Chapter 8: Crisis on the Moon

Hello, everyone! I'm here with another chapter of Power of the Omnitrix. Last time a whole squadron of Plumbers broke into the warehouse and told Marcus that he and Azmuth were under arrest. How will this workout? Read and find out!

Marcus was cuffed and loaded onto a ship along with Azmuth. The tall bulky Plumber who led the arrest drove the ship. His name was Lt. Corang. He had green skin and a throaty voice. Marcus leaned over to Azmuth and asked,"Azmuth, where are they taking us?"

"The Plumber Head Quarters for this quadrant." Replied the Galvan.

"You mean they're taking us to the moon?"

"Yes."

"Aw man. My mom is going to kill me for not being home and in bed before she gets off work!"

Azmuth looked at him sternly and said,"We have more problems to worry about than your mother!"

"You don't know my mom." They rode out of Earth's atmosphere and came to the Moon in less than 10 minutes. The ship pulled into a docking bay and they were loaded off and led into the base. It was crawling with Plumbers. They ran from one place to another always in a hasty mood. Azmuth was taken away from Marcus and Marcus was forced into a room with one table, two chairs, and a black window. Marcus sat in the chair facing the window. Someone in a Plumbers uniform came in and sat down on the opposite side of the table. He was human and he had a file in his hands. He closed the file and slapped it down on the table. "So. You're the new Omnitrix guy, huh? Gonna be savior of the universe and all things like that?" the plumber said.

"I guess so." Marcus muttered.

"Yeah. Ok. Look kid, the Plumbers appreciate your help with those alien spawn a two weeks ago, but we have matters under control now. We don't need another savior."

"Sir, please. The Plumbers can't defeat the Magnus Comedenti. Only the wielder of the Omnitrix can."

"That reminds me. We will be confiscating the Omnitrix."

"What?!"

"We're going to give it to someone more worthy of it."

"But only Azmuth can make that call!"

"Which is why we are in the process of convincing him to let us take it away."

Meanwhile, Azmuth is in a separate room on a table sipping tea. A Plumber was talking to him about the situation at hand. "Azmuth, everyone on this base has an incredible amount of respect for you, but you going behind our backs to give the most powerful device in the galaxy to some kid is a complete mockery of the Plumbers! You should've given the Omnitrix to one of us. The Plumbers have a right to that thing."

"You seem to forget, Magister Frag, that the Omnitrix is mine to do with however I see fit. Giving the Omnitrix to Marcus was the best thing. He has what it takes to be a hero." Azmuth said.

"And you think there isn't Plumber on this base that wouldn't give their life to save the world?"

Azmuth paused in silence. "Give him time and he will prove himself to you."

Magister Frag thought about it. "Hm. Alright, Azmuth. I'll give him a chance to prove himself, but only because of everything you've done for this planet." Magister Frag goes to the door and opens it, he looks back and says,"Tell your boy he has twenty minutes to get ready."

Marcus is walking to an arena where the Plumbers train. Azmuth was on his shoulder giving him advice. "You're going to do fine I have every hope that you will defeat this Plumber. Just remember, we want to prove to these guys that you are worthy of the Omnitrix."

"Don't worry. I've got this." Marcus said. Azmuth jumped off his shoulder and ran off into the stands. Marcus walked on into the center of the fighting arena. A door opened to his left and out came a looming alien. He was about ten feet tall and three feet wide. His skin was purple, his eyes were yellow, and his face was human-like. He was wearing a Plumbers uniform.

"Amos will crush human!" the alien bellowed.

"Yeah. Not gonna happen." Marcus activated the Omnitrix and slammed down on the dial. "Brainstorm!" Marcus yelled. He now resembled a giant crab. His skin was orange and he had two pincers on each hand. "My my. It appears as though my intelligence has increased ten-fold! With this form I will be able to defeat you, for I am an intelligently superior species. Now face my lighting you savage!" Brainstorm's head plates opened, revealing his brain, and fired an electric bolt from it. The lighting hit Amos and he stumbled backwards, but quickly collected himself and charged Brainstorm. Brainstorm fired another bolt of lightning from his brain. Accept this one encircled Amos, lifting him off the ground.

"What's going on?" cried Amos in frustration.

"Silly being. My brain power is so extensive that it grants me the ability of telekinesis." Brainstorm threw Amos into a wall. Amos got up and shouted,"Puny crab! It will take more than that to defeat Amos!"

"Indeed, it would appear so. I'll have to immobilize you by launching an electrical attack at cerebral cortex." Brainstorm concluded.

"Uh. No more big words!" Amos charged Brainstorm, raising his fist high. Brainstorm fired a bolt of lightning at Amos. The bolt hit him in the forehead and he toppled over temporarily paralyzed.

"That, my dear ruffian, was I believe my victory." Brainstorm retorted. The other Plumbers cheered. Azmuth smiled up in the stands next to Magister Frag. Brainstorm reverted back into Marcus. Azmuth came to him on Frag's shoulder.

"Congratulations, Marcus. Good thinking, using brain over brawn." Azmuth complemented.

"Actually, I meant to go Humungousaur." Marcus admitted.

"Well that doesn't matter now. Magister Frag it looks like he proved himself worthy. May we return to Earth?" Azmuth asked. But before Frag could reply an explosion was heard and the whole base shook. An alarm started wailing. Plumbers surrounding the arena ran towards the disturbance. Magister Frag took off with Azmuth hanging onto his shoulder. Marcus ran after Frag.

"What's going on?" Marcus asked the Magister.

"Stability problem. Somebody activated the base's emergency release." Magister Frag replied.

"What does that mean?" Marcus questioned.

"This base has a switch that can cause the base to eject from the moon. We have it if somebody tries to destroy the moon or the base."

"So what's the problem? Can't we just turn it back on and stay put?"

"The problem is according to these scanners, the return engines are on the fritz. We can't come back!"

"Oh. That is a problem."

Marcus, Azmuth, and Magister Frag arrived at the ejection bay. A young alien Plumber that looked like peacock ran over and said,"Magister Frag, sir. The engines are down. What do we do?"

The Magister started thinking. He took to long to come up with something so Azmuth came forward with an idea. "I'll take a team with me to help repair the engines. Marcus, you go outside and hold down base as long as you can." Marcus nodded and headed for the outside bay.

"Azmuth! What are you doing? You can't let that kid go out there!" Magister Frag objected.

"I'm sorry, Frag but he is the only one that can keep the base on the moon. At least for a little while anyway." Azmuth jumped off Frag's shoulder and went with a group of Plumbers to get suited up for the task. Marcus got to exit bay and before he opened the doors to get outside he activated the Omnitrix and slammed down the dial. "Humungousaur!"

Humungousaur pressed the button that opens the doors and walked out onto the moon. He turned around to see the base was already 50 feet off the ground. He ran over and grew to his maximum size. He grabbed the base by some cables that held it to the ground. He pulled with all his strength and managed to pull the base back down some, but it wouldn't stay that way for long. Meanwhile, Azmuth and three Plumbers flew to the engines with jet-packs. Azmuth crawled inside one of the two engines and began working away on it. Fixing all the damaged parts.

Humungousaur strained to keep hold of the base, but it was starting to get away from him and he was running out of breath. 'Where the heck are those engines!' he thought to himself.

Azmuth finished the first engine and flew to the second one and began working on it. He then felt a massive jolt and he knew Humungousaur was having some trouble. 'Come on, Marcus. Just hang in there.'

Humungousaur felt himself get woozy from loss of oxygen to the brain. He tried to hang on but he couldn't. He let go of the base and he fell unconscious. The base slowly floated away from the ground. Suddenly, the engines kicked in and the base started to come back to the moon. It landed and a cargo ship with Azmuth and his team on it came and picked up the half-dead Humungousaur. They loaded him in and Azmuth pressed the Omnitrix on Humungousaur's chest. He reverted back into Marcus and someone put an oxygen mask over his mouth. The ship flew back to the base. Marcus got off feeling fine with Azmuth on his shoulder. A round of Plumber cheers erupted for Azmuth and Marcus. Magister Frag came up to Marcus and shook his hand. "Good work out there kid. Thanks to you and Azmuth the base is safe."

Then another alarm went off and a Plumber woman called the Magister over to her computer. "I wouldn't say we're out of the woods yet, sir. Look." She pointed to a blinking red light on her computer screen.

"The Null Void projector! Someone is tampering with it!" Magister ran towards the room with the Null Void projector. "Marcus, follow me!"

Marcus ran after the Magister. While running he asked Azmuth,"So what's a Null Void?"

"The Null Void is a dimension the Plumbers created to store their most dangerous convicts." Azmuth replied.

"A whole dimension just for criminals? Narly."

They arrived at the room. There was a bulky creature at the control board. The creature looked humanoid except for the two pillars sticking out of it's back. In fact, looked like Frankenstein's monster. "Magister Frag. So good to see you again." it replied.

"Dr. Henry! How did you get on this base?" Magister Frag demanded.

"None of your business!"

"What are you doing?" questioned Frag.

"I'm going to blow this base up by destroying what keeps this Null Void projector stable. Then I will have my revenge on you!" The monster pressed a button and stepped in front of the projector.

"Is revenge on me so important to you that you would endanger all the lives on this ship?"

"Nothing would stop me from killing you."

"So wait. Did you sabotage the engines?" Marcus asked.

"Yes, human. While everyone was watching your fight I snuck out and broke the engines. Then I snuck back in and dealt with the Null Void projector while everyone tended to the engines."

"Wow. You're an overachiever aren't you?" Marcus asked.

"Marcus be careful." Azmuth warned.

"It's okay, Azmuth I've got this." Marcus activated the Omnitrix and slammed down the dial. "Heatblast!" Heatblast fired a stream of fire at the ground and rocketed at Dr. Henry. He tackled him and they both fell through the active Null Void portal.

"Marcus! No!" Azmuth shouted. Magister Frag ran over to the controls and shut off the portal.

Magister Frag said,"Explosion diverted."

"But now the machine is fried and Marcus is lost in the Null Void." Azmuth said.

Alright. I hope everyone liked this chapter. Brainstorm looks like he did in Alien Force. That Dr. Henry guy, if you guessed, it is based on Dr. Vicktor from one of the original Ben10 episodes. He is a Transylian from the planet Anur Transyl. He looks just like Dr. Vicktor except both of his eyes are of equal height. Tune-in next time for when Marcus tries to survive in the Null Void!