As Ben and Gwen were caught up with Van Kleiss, Holiday and Six were finding they were having issues with Rex. Holiday had tried multiple cliché lines to try to get Rex back to his regular self. However, even trying to ask him out on a date didn't faze him. The furthest they had gotten was Six's comment when he had come in. With every line, too, Rex had almost landed another attack on them.
"Holiday, stop," Six stopped her when she was in the middle of yet another trite line.
"Six, what are you planning to do?" Holiday looked up at him.
"Snap him out of it." He quickly threw one of his swords whisking past Rex's head. In reaction, Rex pulled out the Rex Ride and started driving towards Six, who then ran right for where no one expected.
Meanwhile, Gwen was still trying to get Skalamander out of the way by throwing one disk at him after another. She didn't stop and hoped to distract him from what Ben was doing as Jetray.
He was flying right overhead, ready to fire a laser at Van Kleiss, when he saw the villain turn his head and start running towards his castle. Ben, confused, decided to try and follow him, but coming into the building through a gap in the wall and hiding up where he wasn't going to be seen.
Not only did he see Van Kleiss run inside, but he also saw Six, who was swiftly knocked into a wall by the hypnotized Rex. The hit looked like enough for knock anyone senseless, but Six got up swiftly, kicking Rex to the side to buy some time.
"No!" Van Kleiss practically screeched upon seeing the hallway Six was headed Rex, upon seeing how his "Master" was reacting, took it upon himself to run after Six. Ben, seeing as this was his chance now that he was alone, he fired a laser right at Van Kleiss' back, leading him to fly forward a couple feet. Ben jumped down from his hiding spot, pressing on the button on his chest and landing with a huge thud.
"Humungousaur!" he shouted upon his landing.
Van Kleiss turned around grinning and shot his hand into Ben's stomach. Ben look down and stared at it for a second.
"Nice try," Ben quoted, pulled out the golden hand, and flung Van Kleiss into a nearby wall.
"What are you?" he asked, getting up.
Ben pressed the button again, turning back into a human. "An alien," he shrugged.
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Meanwhile, Rex had followed Six through a maze of dilapidated corridors. Six was searching for the lab he had been to once before and he was being followed closely behind by Rex, who had the Smack Hands out.
Six made a quick turn right, narrowly dodging a wall-crumbling punch by sliding onto the floor. He quickly got up and continued running until he ran into the lab, not having a chance to look around because he had to dodge another punch. He met it with a swift kick in Rex's stomach, which knocked him back a couple feet, and, most importantly, bought him some time. He looked around until he found a couple of beakers filled with a yellow liquid.
Deciding not to waste any more time, he ran for them, slamming into the table they were lying on. Most of them crashed to the floor, but he was able to save one. He turned around and saw that Rex was right there.
Quickly, he splashed the liquid into Rex's face. He immediately stopped his rampage, actually stopped moving all together, his eyes turning yellow and the face print on his face going away. Six knew one issue was over, but a whole new one was about to start.
***Page Break***
Ben, now, was left in a battle with Van Kleiss. Every time Ben tried to reach for his watch, he was slammed by a gold hand.
He tried once more to reach for his watch and saw, out of the corner of his eye, a hand grabbed that golden hand, pulling it over to the side. Ben looked over hopefully and saw Kevin turning gold and ripping the hand in two at what he guessed was the elbow.
"Let's see how hard you can punch now," Kevin smiled as he dropped the piece in his hand to the ground.
"What did you just do?" Van Kleiss grabbed the leftovers of his arm in disbelief.
"I think that's obvious," Ben couldn't help but laugh. "He just-"
He was cut off by the sound of a wall crumbling not far away. The three in the room looked that way and silently decided to all run at the same time.
