PLUMBER BASE
THE MOON
Ben was pacing up and down outside the entrance to the hospital ward.
The door opened, and Magister Gilhil stepped out.
"Is it true?"
"Yes, Gilhil replied. "The patient termed 'Gwen-2' has woken up."
"I thought you said it would take a while," Ben said.
"I don't know, but she suddenly woke up last night. My top rookies are in there now. They should be able to find out presently."
"Ben."
Ben turned to see Verdona in her human form. She looked like an elderly woman in her 70s.
"You've heard?"
"Yes," Verdona answered. "I came to check. Where's Gwen?"
"She's with Kevin in the engineering division," Ben said. "It doesn't matter, let's check now."
They walked in, and they saw two Galvans checking the equipment attached to 'Gwen-2'. One of them was slightly chubby, but dressed formally, while the other was dressed like a redneck.
"Hello!" the chubby one said as he walked towards them. "You must be the great Ben Tennyson. My name is Driba, from the planet Galvan Prime. And that idiot is Blukic."
"What's up," said the one dressed as a redneck.
"Be more respectful, you fool," Driba said. "Don't embarrass me."
"Moving on," Ben said. "Do you have any idea how Gwen...umm, Gwen-2 woke up so quickly."
"We are still running a few tests which should come back in a few hours," Driba said.
"But, we think we know what's going on," Blukic said. "Lady Verdona, you're an Anodite, right?"
"Umm, yes," Verdona answered. "Why?"
"We believe that Gwen-2 manifested her Anodite ability to absorb the living energy around her," Driba said. "Which is why she woke up soon after you arrived. You are a literal embodiment of living energy."
"That's right," Blukic said. "She absorbed energy from the glowy lady."
"Glowy lady?"
Ben looked at Gilhil.
"What? I told you they seemed stupid."
"Anyway," Ben said. "This seems good and all, but I have never seen Gwen do that before."
"Yes, that doesn't seem right," Verdona said. "Normally, it would take at least another two decades for someone to manifest that ability. But there are exceptions. Let's speak to 'Gwen-2' for a moment."
They walked up to the hospital bed, and Gwen-2 had her eyes opened, but barely.
"Hi," Ben said. "Do you know who I am?"
Gwen-2 was completely silent, instead, a mechanical voice came from a machine
"BEN."
"Do you remember what happened to you?"
"NO. WHERE AM I? WHO ARE YOU?"
"Huh? I thought you said you knew me," Ben said.
"She seems to remember nothing but a few names and faces," Driba said. "She's also still extremely exhausted, so she will need this artificial speaker for a little while."
"DO I KNOW YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
"You're my...we don't know," Ben said. "We'll find out."
Ben walked out.
Ben was sitting down as Verdona walked out the entrance of the hospital ward.
"Why did you act like that?" Verdona asked. "You shouldn't treat your cousin that way."
"I don't even know whether she's my cousin."
"Her aura is an exact match," Verdona said.
"Anyway," Ben said. "You've been in there for a little while. What do you think?"
"I have seen cases before where Anodites managed to get some abilities early in exchange for extreme exhaustion. She needs time to heal," Verdona said. "My theory is that she tried to use her full Anodite form far before she was ready."
"Any chance of her getting her memories anytime soon?" Ben asked.
"Likely not."
"Alright," Ben said. "I have another plan. Grandma, come with us to Earth. Let's go back to where it happened."
BELLWOOD
BEN PRIME UNIVERSE
A car drove past a Mr. Smoothy to a place surrounded by 'Do not Cross' tape. Ben got out of the car, followed by Kevin and Gwen. Verdona flew down and joined them.
"This is the place?" Verdona asked.
"Yes," Ben said. "Do you sense anything?"
"There is definitely something here," Verdona said. "But it's too...tiny...I can't pinpoint it."
"Perhaps this will help," Kevin said. "I got some footage from traffic cams."
The footage showed a large purple flash engulfing and blinding the camera, and then, there was an Anodite who fell down.
"Wait," Gwen said. "Slow-mo. Try it."
Kevin played it at slow motion.
"Pause."
They looked closely, and though it was blurry, they saw what looked like a tiny tiny wormhole the size of an insect.
"Oh my gosh."
"I think we need to call Azmuth."
GALVAN PRIME
BEN PRIME UNIVERSE
There were loud beeps coming from the computer.
"Myaxx, could you please shut that off?" Azmuth said.
Myaxx walked towards the computer, and she answered it.
"Call from Earth, sir," Myaxx said. "It's urgent."
"Well, put that in the list of 'urgent' things," Azmuth said. "I'm busy."
"It's from Ben Tennyson."
"Sigh Very well. Patch him through."
A holographic screen flew into the air and expanded three sizes.
"Azmuth?"
"Yes, Benjamin," Azmuth said. "What is it now?"
"There's something that we need your help with," Ben said. "I'm sending you footage now of what seems like wormhole travel."
"Why me?"
"Because the Galvans were the ones who created the Null Void dimension," Ben said. "And I have never seen any wormholes like that from anywhere except the Null Void projector. Especially since in this case, this wormhole was very different."
"Really?"
Azmuth's eyes widened.
"Finally, something interesting."
Azmuth ignored Ben and started going through the footage.
"Ahh, okay, so how long do you need to research this?"
"Most likely a few day, max," Azmuth said. "I will get on it immediately. Bye."
"Wai-"
The screen closed.
Azmuth zoomed in on the tiny wormhole in the footage.
"Computer, add artificial pixels to the image."
The image became clearer.
"Are those...buildings?"
VILGAXIA
VILGAX 10 UNIVERSE
Many buildings and towers were present throughout the capital city of Vilgaxia. There were houses, but they were more like slums for the slaves. In the highest tower, there stood Vilgax's throne, with Psyphon sitting on it.
A portal opened, and Psyphoned quickly moved.
"Welcome back," Psyphon said.
Vilgax walked through the portal.
"I assume your mission was a success?"
"Yes," Vilgax said. Another Omnitrix at my disposal."
He opened a case, and there were four Omnitrixes there. Black, red, brown and orange.
"I finally have enough power," Vilgax said. "It's only a matter of time now."
