Chapter 4
Ben was dropping Julie off at the airport.
"Be careful." he called out to her.
Julie smiled "you know I will, I have ship with me."
"Alright, see ya babe."
Julie then kissed ben on the lips and then leaves to catch her plane.
Ben made sure she got inside before driving off.
Later on Ben got a call from Ester.
"Yeah, what is Ester?"
"Ben how about we go on a date to get to know each other a little more since I am one of your girls?"
"Sounds cool."
"Ok see you at Mr. Smoothy."
Ben ended the call before taking a turn to his favorite place.
Ester was waiting there patiently
She spotted Ben's car and smiled as he got out.
"Ben!" Ester said as she waved her hand.
"Hey Ester." he smiled walking over to her.
Ester then hugs him affectionately.
He smiled and returned it.
"Let's start our date Ben."
"Sounds good to me."
Both of them then got smoothies which Ester was curious about
"I never really tried smoothies before them good?"
"Oh big time." he smiled as they took a seat.
"Wow!"
Both Ben and Ester got one smoothie each.
Ester sipped from hers and her eyes widened.
"Incredible, this taste amazing!"
"See? That's why I never stop coming here."
"I mean wow this a lot better than most of my tribe's food."
"Well don't get addicted. Even I have to ear other stuff, regrettably." he joked.
"Understood, so where is Julie?"
"She went to this convention called MasterCorp which is supposed be a technology con in a way."
"So she must be really into machines huh?"
"Yah she has been really into technology lately, so much that is she has been starting to make her own technology."
"Really? She makes her own gadgets?"
"Yes though she plans on using them when they are fully made, which she wants to see how other people's inventions for inspiration."
"Cool."
"So Ester tell me about yourself?"
"Well what do you want to know?"
"One of them is what got you into me?"
"Well, at first it was your cute face."
Ben blushed at that.
"But then I was intrigued because usually other guys I meet try hitting on me, but you focused on your job."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"What's your favorite activities?"
"I like parkouring cause living under the city is kind of boring and it helps me stretch out my legs."
"Nice."
Suddenly a huge, rock-based life form with a crab-like body and a rhino-like face and six crab-like legs and has spikes on its legs rush at Ben and Ester.
"Woah!" both jumped out of the way as it crashed into the table.
"What is that thing?"
"I've got a pretty good idea." frowned Ben.
The rock rhino then rush at Ben.
He ran and dialed through aliens.
"Let's go Humungousaur." Ben then slams his Omnitrix and unfortunately he turned into Stinkfly.
"Aw come on."
Ester then extended her arms and punch the crab rhino.
But they bounced off its head.
Stinkfly then spits goo on its legs, sticking them to the floor.
He flew up above the mutant.
The "mutant" then changes into what looks like a giant iguana with a white, black and red color scheme, it has a black head which dons a white patch on each side of its head. Located on these, it has four red eyes, two on one side and two on the other. It has sharp teeth and the gums protrude in the lower jaw. It has a row of red spikes running down her back, which also has a black stripe. It also has four legs and black feet, each ending in three red claws, and a tail with a red-marked tip.
It blew at the goo with some odd vapor and made the stuff dissolve away.
Ester surprised by what it then said "Did it just?"
The creature growled before running at Stinkfly.
"BEN!"
Stinkfly flew above the lizard as it started climbing on the smoothie building to get at him.
Ester then rushes to the creature to try to tie it up to pin it down
But it saw and swiped its tail at her.
"Oof"
"Ester!" Stinkfly called out before the alien jumped up and tackled him in the air.
The Lizard then grabs Stinkfly as Stinkfly was going to tackle the lizard.
How? At this point the lizard has him pinned
"Can't get up." said Stinkfly
The beast hissed with its teeth near his head.
Suddenly a bunch of Nano chips then lunge at the lizard like a punch
It went flying as Stinkfly became Ben again.
"You ok Ben?" said a familiar voice.
"Huh?"
Ben then sees Elena with her hand out.
"Yeah, thanks." he smiled letting her help him up.
Ester came up to Ben and saw Elena "Ben you alright and who is she?"
"Ester, this is Elena.
"Hello Elena."
"Hi Ester."
"So why are you here?"
"I saw you guys being attacked and rushed over here."
"I see so what do you think that thing is?"
"I don't know but when it changed my Nano chips heard a high frequency whistling."
"Whistling?"
"Like a dog whistle."
"That's weird."
"Maybe I should call Rook since we both have been facing this creature before."
"Good idea."
Ben got his phone out and called Rook.
"Rook?"
"Yes Ben?"
"We need your info on something."
"Sure but on what?"
"Some kind of alien and whistling."
"Is this about the shapeshifting alien we faced before?"
"That's the one."
"I will be there just hold on."
Ben ended the call. "He's on his way."
Few minutes later Rook was came up to them in his Prototruck.
Rook then asked "where to?"
Elena then said "the nearest shop that sells dog or alien dog whistles."
Rook nodded as they draw there.
"Oh no not him." said Ben
"Ben Tennyson!" yelled Pakmar.
"Yup I knew it."
"No. You stay away from Pakmar's store!"
"Listen we are just here to just look at the different dog whistles."
The small alien still looked doubtful.
"If we break any, my girlfriend Elena can probably replace it Pakmar."
"Oh really?"
"Yes I am not going to say how but she can."
"Fine, but don't try to jip Pakmar."
"This time I won't."
Elena, Rook, Ben, and Ester then try different Dog whistles to see which ones is basically the ones Elena's Nano chips heard.
Up until the last one they came up which sounded like the exact match
"That's it that's the one." said Elena
Unfortunately at that exact moment now a giant four-legged spider with a body of a silverfish with four pincers with one claw on each and a silver colored exoskeleton, the lower half of her legs and back of its head is covered with light brown hair. Its eyes are red, reptile-like head with an open mouth smile, attacked Ben.
"AH!"
"Ben hurry and change."
He reached for the dial and switched through aliens.
Ben changed into a small bug-like alien. He is yellow in color with black eyes and green pupils. He has four stick legs and a beak along with a big antenna. He wears the Omnitrix symbol on a green and white brace around his neck.
"Ball Weevil? Not my first choice, but he'll do."
Ball Weevil then spits on the ground rolling it up in the dirt to make it bigger.
He rolled it towards the creature who seemed to be grinning.
The creature then spits what looks like a red web at the ball and it disinigrated
"Ok, bad move." remarked Ball Weevil.
The spider then lunges at Ball Weevil.
"Yipe!"
Suddenly Ester then try to grab the spider, unfortunately the Spider then had an electric Aura shocking Ester
"ESTER!"
Ester was ok just a little smoking, "I am ok just a little burned."
Rook ran over. "Hang on!"
Rook then shot with his omnitool at the spider
It growled before running at the Plumber.
Rook then tries his best to hold off the spider.
But the claws were stronger than he thought.
"Any time Ben!"
"I'm coming!"
Ben then switches to a different alien, Diamondhead
He ran over and hit the alien in the face.
The spider then hisses angrily but then heard a whistling only a dog can hear and ran toward it
"After it!"
Ester, Ben, Elena, and Rook went after it
Unfortunately it got away.
"Great."
"We need a plan." said Rook.
"Like what?"
"Well it is mostly after Ben."
"Wait, you don't mean..."
"You rather it attack us right here?"
"So you want to use me as bait?"
"It is the best we got."
"Alright, if it's the best plan we got." he conceded.
Elena gave Ben a Nano chip and said "In case you get caught."
"But where should I try to lure it out?"
"I am betting that it will attack as soon as I, Elena, and Ester leave so best that it attacks on the surface level."
"Alright, let's go."
Later on, Ben is left alone in the neiborhood which unknown to everyone he is being watched one by the Hunter and his pet, and one by what looks like a purple orb with a camera
"Hmmm, this reeks of an amateur attempt at an ambush."
Suddenly a giant worm-like alien with sharp teeth, a wide beak-like mouth, and a tail ending in a pincer like set of spikes, possesses a lavender and orange hide, a white underbelly, grey spikes running down her back, and four red insectoid legs on each side near the front came from under Ben.
"AH!"
The worm then grabs ben in its mouth whole.
"Got to try something!"
Ben then hit his watch and changed into a yellow-armored body alien and looks much like a robot. His head is similar to a Greek Corinthian helmet with two ears on it giving him the appearance of an armadillo, with a gray tail and jackhammer parts on his elbows, wrists and hands.
"Now we're talking!"
Armodrillo then punches inside the mouth of the worm.
It roared while trying to keep the alien in her mouth.
Armodrillo kept on punching the worm's mouth raying to get out
Thankfully the alien's mouth started to open a little.
Which Armodrillo used this as a chance to escape.
He grabbed the beaks and pulled it open before jumping out.
The worm then roars
"Bring it on slimy!"
Both lunge at each other and Armadrillo kept on punching it.
But the creature pushed him back.
"Time for something different." Armadrillo then slams the omnitrix and changes into Chrashhopper.
The worm growled before changing.
It turned into a fat, grey, rock-skinned alien with has purplish-pink spheres.
"Wow, you look uglier than before."
Crashhopper jumps around trying his best not to hit him in the purple sacks.
But when he touched one, he got stuck.
"Damn it again."
The creature growled while he tugged his legs.
Crashhopper still trying to get out of the pink sack, with all his strength he jumped out.
But panted due to the exertion he was putting up with this creature.
"Damn it I don't think I will last."
The creature growled before moving towards him.
Chrashhopper then slaps the omnitrix and changed into what looked like a humanoid brown Dinosaur "Humungousaur! Finally!"
The creature stopped in what the hero thought was fear.
"You afraid now you face something you size?"
The creature though started changing again.
It then changed into a large, segmented purple and gray body and a red head resembling that of a Carnotaurus or a Tyrannosaurus with a horn on its forehead with four legs and six small arms with two clawed fingers on them.
"Ok that is new."
It roared before charging at the hero.
Humungasaur then tried to pick up the creature and flip it on it's back to catch it off guard.
But it was heavier than he thought and he strained just to lift it.
"Damn it's heavy."
He tried growing bigger, but the creature roared and started shooting some webbing around him.
"HEY"
"Ben!" cried the others.
Suddenly an alien in a black suit covering his upper body with a red stripe in the middle and grey pants. He has grey gloves and a grey belt, as well as black boots with grey soles. He wears bones as ornamentation over his clothes, the broken up skeletal remains of the creatures he has hunted, described as "some of the most vicious quarry in the universe", which consists of A ribcage on his chest, A tail bone on his right shoulder and a skull of a horned animal on his left shoulder, Ribs covering the back of his black suit and boots.
Claws on his shoes, the only part of his body that is exposed is his face, which is turquoise with a large lower jaw. His jaw has teeth fused with his lips. He has dark red sunken eyes. He also has gills under his cheeks. "Nice to finally see my prey finally captured." said the alien.
"Who are you?"
"Khyber, and I been hired to capture you."
"Capture me? Not happening."
Humungasaur then got bigger
But the webbing was restricting his movement.
"Damn it."
"Let him go!" yelled Ester running at the odd creature webbing up Ben.
"So the rest of the party finally shows up." Said Kyber amused
"Whoever you are, call off your animal, or I will place you under arrest." spoke Rook.
Kyber then uses his Gills to whistle and the creature then webs Elena, Ester and Rook.
"You were saying?"
"Let him go!" Yelled Ester
"No, I need to show I've captured him by taking his head."
"WHAT!" Yelled both Ester and Elena.
Ben struggled as he reverted back to normal while tangled in the web.
The creature then turns into what looks like a dog with spikes as Kyber then takes ben to his ship.
Ester then tries to struggle to get out. "Damn it why am I so weak." said Ester.
"You're not, this thread is just meant for large and stronger aliens." spoke Rook struggling to get out as well.
"I mean I got my ass handed to me about 3 times now."
"I can happen to anyone." spoke Elena.
Elena then breathed in and out as her Nano chips are eating away some of the threads weaken it.
Rook activated a blade from his Proto-tool to cut through the sticky threads.
Elena now free then said "Now let's find that hunter."
"Hello, still stuck." spoke Ester.
Elena then said with a blush "Oops." which Elena's Nano chips made her hand turn into a blade. "Hold still."
She walked over and cut the threads, freeing Ester.
Ester was now free "Thanks."
"Now let's free Ben."
"Yah"
Elena then tries to sense where the chip she gave Ben.
"This way."
Elena then brought them to a big alien ship
Meanwhile Ben now tied up by chains.
"Let me go!"
"Not until I get payment for giving the omnitrix to my clients"
Khyber pulled out a knife.
Ben had been looking around for a way of escape
But his binds were too strong.
'Damn it'
Outside the ship the group is there.
Rook then asks Elena "Elena, could you help shut down Khyber's defenses with your Nano chips?"
"It would be my pleasure." Elena then sends Nano chips into Khyber's ship then said "It might take a while."
"I just hope we can get to Ben before Khyber dissects him!"
"Don't worry, we will." spoke Ester.
Suddenly the door finally opens.
And out stepped the hunter.
"So you try to interfere while I collect my trophies?" Kyber said
"Let Ben go now!" spoke Ester.
Kyber then whistled to call his dog
It came bounding out with a growl.
Elena then changed to her Nano chip form and sent an electric ball at the dog
It jumped away before changing.
It changed into the spider from before
Ester ran at it.
Ester remembered what happened last time which she searched for a way to beat it without touching it
It tried swiping at her.
Ester then dodged it
She back flipped away as it tried hitting her with another leg of it.
Meanwhile Ben is trying to get out
"Come on!"
Ben then managed to see a wall where he can hit the omnitrix
'Let's see if it'll work.'
Ben then moved to slam on the omnitrix
He was consumed in a green flash.
Ben then changed into what look like a gorilla made out of Lego bricks
He struggled against the shackles.
Ben then remembered that the alien he changed to was Bloxx which he disassembled his arms where his shackles are.
"Heh, easy."
Suddenly the alarms rang
"Oh great."
Bloxx then tries to run to the exit only to see Rook and Elena fighting Kyber and Ester fighting the creature from before.
"Time to fix this."
Bloxx then rushes toward the creature to help Ester out.
"Ben you are ok!" Ester said.
"Ester, duck!"
Ester then Ducked as a Lego like fist punch the creature.
It stumbled back as Bloxx ran over.
Bloxx then jumps over the creature and turned into a cage as he lands on the creature.
It roared and rammed against the sides.
Unfortunately the ship starts to take off.
To be continued