Nín hǎo, man-sters and ghouls! I have returned, though I doubt you thought I ever left.

I'm glad that everyone's enjoying the different one-shots of their favorite ghouls with everyone's favorite, Omnitrix-wearing hero. Seriously, you would not believe the almost instantaneous feedback I got for the previous posted chapter; in response to that, I have posted this chapter! I'm here to announce that the first chapter of the greatly anticipated sequel to We're All Monsters will be posted on the last day of July, so keep yer peepers open! It'll be there, trust me!

Now, everytime I post a chapter, I will reset the poll on my profile asking for which ghoul I should write about next; the winner of the previous poll will not be deleted from the list, meaning you can vote for that same ghoul again to get another one-shot chapter starring them.

And this chapter's winner is . . . the Copper Beauty herself, Robecca Steam!

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Onwards!

Cupid tossed and turned in her bed, unable to sleep; it wasn't because her wings were making her uncomfortable at all, nor was it because she was too hot or too cold. She just felt too jittery, like she had drunk too much coffee. Being the Daughter of Eros, watching people fall in love was like getting addicted to the worst drug known to fairy tale, and she was absolutely hooked on watching the crystal ball given to her by the Time Walker. Without another thought, she bent over the edge of her bed and pulled the crystal ball out from under her bed, bringing it up onto her covers.

She debated whether or not to rub the smooth orb with her room mate but a few feet away from her; would she be awakened by the voices within the ball, or was it specially created so that only she could hear them? She decided to take a chance and set her finger tips on the crystal ball, rubbing them in smooth, slow circles as images began to swirl and form beneath her touch.


Robecca directed more power to her thrusters, a massive amount of smoke and steam belching out of the bottom of her rocket boots as sge came closer and closer to the upcoming ramp before she shot upwards and off, soaring high through the air where she tucked her legs underneath her and curled the rest of herself into a ball, allowing her to somersault through the air until she touched down on the ramp on the opposite side of a large pit of mud that reached down quite a ways.

She twisted her boots to the right, pushing her into theat direction to avoid walls that suddenly sprouted pop-up spikes as they jutted out of the ground, before she bent her legs and jumped into the air, doing the splits as she soared just over a row of sharp spikes that were thrust out of the ground one after the other until she touched back down on the ground, a smile on her face as she neared the finish line; despite the fact that she a had suffered a few dents that could use some smoothing and her systems were beginning to overheat from her instense training, she had never felt so alive; in the figurative sense that is.

A sudden thundering noise pounded against her audio sensors and she nearly lost control of her systems for a brief moment as a black and blue blur shot past almost before her optical sensors could document and capture it within her memory banks; despite the object moving faster than she could almost blink, she still managed to catch the fact that the thing had taunted her by making a face at her and attempting to make some kind of a gesture with its claws before rocketing off. A cloud of steam escaped Robecca's ears as she redirected all fuel to her thrusters and shut down any unnecessary functions as her rocket boots shuddered for a moment before spewing out flames and smoke and propelling her forward as fast she could to catch up to the black and blue blur as it raced across the finish line and went around the track again in a victory lap; Robecca would make sure that she would cross the finish line before her opponent was able to rub his victory in her face any further.

"Come on, come on . . ." she silently chanted to herself as she heard a familiar sonic boom from behind her nearly rattle her audio sensors out of her metal skull; if she could just close the last couple of feet between herself and the finish line, the rigorous workout she was giving herself would be worth more than it usually was. With the last of her strength, she pushed herself forward, steam pouring out of her ears as her distance from the finish line became shorter and shorter until it was only a couple more feet; she could feel a massive wind coming from behind her that hiked up her skirt to the point her it nearly looked like she was wearing an umbrella turned inside out during a rainstorm around her waist. A sudden yelp came from behind her before she was suddenly slammed into, her world becoming nothing more than a tangle of metal arms and legs mixed in with blue skin and sharp claws with a long, whip-like tail coming into view every few seconds as they rolled along the ground across the finish line and came to a screech halt in a heap of body parts.

"Ouch." XLR8 groaned as his tail fell limp to the ground. "Not one of my better landings. Definetely in my Top 10 Crash Landings list."

"This is a regular thing for you?" Robecca sounded surprised as she removed her metal arm from the Kinceleran's gut and pulling her copper leg out from between the alien's strange feet.

"You have no idea." XLR8 moaned as he climbed to his feet and cracked his aching back. "Not as bad as some of my over crashes though; trying falling out of planetary orbit with your butt on fire. Twice." he grunted as Robecca laughed a little.

"I guess my first crash pales in comparrison to yours," she chuckled. "Was shut down for nearly two centuries before I was reactivated. 'Course, I wasn't on fire, but it was still bad."

"I'll take your word for it." XLR8 smiled before the Kinceleran was encompassed in a bright flash of green light that returned Ben back to the world, a curious look and slight blush on his face. "Um, can I ask you a question?"

"Anything, luv."

"You know before we crashed?" he asked awkwardly. "I, uh, kinda . . . saw up your skirt . . ." he trailed off, his blush deepening as a massive cloud of steam poured out of Robecca's ears. "Um . . . why aren't you wearing any underwear?" he asked in quiet voice; neither of them could fully look the other in the face without blushing out spewing out more steam.

"Well . . . I guess I . . . never really had a use for it?" she replied timidly.

"But . . . don't you have . . . you know . . ." Ben gestured wildly, though he wasn't entirely sure what he was gesturing at.

"I am inorganic, Ben; I don't have a fully functional digestive system, my father was unable to replicate a reproductive system of any kind, and thus, my father left out . . . certain things." she blushed as another jet of stream jetsoned out of her ears.

"What do you mean?" Ben's face was now a deep crimson.

Robecca was sure that her systems were starting overheat as yet another cloud steam enveloped her face, her artificial heart beating faster and faster as oil and water were pumped through her veins; her memory banks were desperately searching for an oppropriate response, but her optical senses refused to let her think in peace, always flickering to take in all of Ben, everything from his real, brown hair and his real, green eyes to his real, smooth skin and real, strong muscles underneath that real skin. Everything about Ben just seemed so . . . real.

"Follow me, luv. I think you need to see in order to understand." she suddenly said before clapping her metal hands over her mouth, having just realized what she had said.

"Uh . . ." was all Ben could say as his face turned a full red; he could almost envision clouds of steam puffing out of his own ears from embarassment. "System error?" he guessed.

"Y-yeah. Sorry about that, luv." she said shakily. "But . . . do you still want see?" she asked, more steam filling the air again.

"If it's okay with you." Ben nodded. "I'm not quite sure I still understand what you're talking about." The two of them gulped and Robecca shakily took Ben's hand, calming down slightly when his fingers closed around her own while she led him towards the outskirts of the SKRM track and to the locker rooms where she quickly pulled him into the ghoul's side and hoped to Sphinx that no one would happen to come down and see them together.

"Should I . . . ?" Ben trailed off; Robecca shook her head as she slipped off her black jacket and let it fall to the floor as she down and in front of her to undo the blue, metal, skirt-like overlay that caged a black skirt behind its frame. Ben felt his face heat up like a pile of hot coals as he watched Robecca slip off her shirt and undid her gold colored corest; she had a scared expression on her face, as if she was undressing for the entire world to gape at.

Ben gave her a supportive look and Robecca allowed herself a small smile as she slipped her black skirt off and stood there fully nude for Ben to stare at, her arms crossed uncomfortably over her descent sized bust; all Ben could do was stare, but not because he found Robecca sexually attractive. Every last inch of her was perfect, as if she had crafted by the gods themselves. Despite the few dents that had been nailed into her flawless, copper skin, Ben couldn't have imagined anyone more beautiful. Her skin was immaculate, each metal panel riveted into place without interruption and her breasts were round and firm without losing any perk or changing size. Her tight hourglass figure was permanent and absolute, with the corset being nothing else but for show and her well formed curves were without assitance of any kind.

"You . . . you're . . . you're beautiful . . ." Ben was absolutely breathless; any other ghoul he had ever come across paled in comparrison to the stunning creation before him. He found himself slowly reaching towards her, backing off slightly when Robecca shied away. He cautioiusly reached out to her and tentavily lay a hand on her shoulder, slowly sliding his hand down her skin and marveling at the craftsmanship. He set her other hand on her stomach this time, sensing a warm sensation underneath her copper plating as he gradually slid his hands over Robecca's body; the robot shivered with pleasure as she felt Ben's hands glide across her back and legs, thankful that he restricted from touching her in other places.

"I-I'm not special . . ." Robecca shied away from Ben's words, steam jetsoning from her ears. "I'm nothing like you or any other ghoul out there." she blushed; now that Ben looked closely, he noticed that as perfect as she was, there were flaws in Robecca's design. She had no belly button, unlike the ghouls he had seen strutting around Gloom Beach in their bikinis and while he had never seen one up close, he was pretty sure the area between her legs was supposed to open up; all that was there was a small crease in the metal plating, nothing else. "I'm nothing like Venus or Rochelle."

"No, you're not." Ben replied. "You're better. You may not function like them, but you're definetly special." he breathed as he slid his hand behind her head where Robecca sudden hissed when his fingers touched a certain spot between her neck and jaw. "Sorry!" Ben quickly apologized, jerking his hands away.

"N-no, no. I-It's fine." Robecca reassured him almost breathlessly. "You just hit one of my pleasure centers."

"Pleasure centers?" Ben sounded confused, but relieved he hadn't put her in any pain.

"I have an artificial nerve system, luv." Robecca explained. "Unlike organic beings, I can turn it up when there's a particularly good feeling I want to feel more of, or turn it off seconds before injury, like that crash we were in before."

"So, you'll be able to feel something like this?" Ben asked as he suddenly lunged forward and returned his hand back to the area that had sent her systems reeling, slowly rubbing his thumb in small, slow cirlces in the air as Robecca's eyes drooped shut and she savored the feeling moaning slightly as Ben carefully moved his hands along her neck and shoulders, never straying any farther than her shoulder blades. Ben never strayed his eyes away from her as he used his other hand to touch her head, gently fingering the rivets that held the paneling together in her forehead before his fingers found their way into her long, blue and black locks, causing the robot to shudder; even her bolts quivered in the sockets.

"Are you okay?" Ben asked after a few minutes of this.

"F-fine." Robecca shivered at his touch.

"Then why won't you look at me?" Ben asked.

"You . . . you don't that I'm . . . ugly?" Robecca sounded unsure.

"Are you kidding? You're the most drop dead gorgeous ghoul I've ever met!" Ben exclaimed. "Sure, you may not be a real ghoul, but that's not what matters. You're unique, you're kind, and while you may be old fashioned, I don't care. Just because you're built differently, doesn't mean that you're different than me."

A cloud of steam poured out of Robecca's ears as she suddenly jammed her head forward and captured Ben's lips in her own, holding it there for a brief second and turning up the settings on her nervous system to as high as they would go before dropping them back down to their normal settings and breaking away from Ben. "S-sorry. You just . . . moved me." she couldn't seem to find the words.

Ben seemed stunned and Robecca feared she had either overstimulated his mind or had disgusted him so much that he probably wouldn't be able to look at her. She bent over to gather her fallen clothes and simply leave in shame when Ben grabbed her hand and caught her attention just before he pressed his lips to hers in a sweet kiss; a jet of steam came pouring out of Robecca's ears and enveloped them both as Robecca cupped Ben's head in her hands and savored the moment, turning her nervous system all the way back up to it's maximum setting. The two teens began to move their lips in accordance to the other's, matching one another's movements and savoring the moment for as long as possible as Robecca took Ben's hand in his and gave it a small squeeze before bringing it up laying it down her left breast, firmly holding it in place when she felt Ben tense up; she wasn't intending to go to such lengths with Ben just yet, if ever, but she wanted him to feel something.

"I can feel your heart." Ben remarked as soon as Robecca let him go so he could breath; she did not require air all that much, only snipets for her artificial lungs to wheeze in and out and sample the surrounding aromas.

"It beats faster when you're near it, luv." Robecca blushed; a slight hissing noise filled the air, like a hose that had been turned on with any water flowing out, just empty air. It seemed Robecca had run out of steam from all of her latest emotional developments.

"Glad to hear it." Ben smiled before he took a small step back; Robecca looked confused and hurt for a few seconds before Ben grabbed the hem of his shirt and lifted it over his head, exposing his bare chest to Robecca as she tried to avert her gaze, but found herself peeking through her fingers as Ben kicked off his shoes and unbuttoned his pants, letting them drop to the ground before he kicked them away and slipped off his boxers, now standing fully nude with nothing but his socks on his feet and the Omnitrix on his wrist.

"Since you're already undressed, I thought it was only fair." was his explanation as Robecca attempted to look away from him but found she couldn't. She took a timid step forward and cautiously touched her metal fingers to his smooth skin, the thousands of millions of her nerves in her hands sending information to her memory banks. She had touched her own skin every now and then and had acknowledged that it was considerably smooth compared to other textures, but this was beyond anything else she had touched before; it was so soft and smooth, unlike Rochelle's hard, tough exterior or Venus's squishy, plush vines. She could almost sense the blood flowing through Ben's veins as she brushed her hand against his other arm, tracing her hands over Ben's strong muscles and up his arms to his broad shoulders.

Robecca felt his collar bone and carressed his chest with her hands, running a finger along his sternum that sent a shiver through Ben's body as she lay her copper palm over his left pectoral, tensing slightly when she felt a strong heartbeat underneath her hand. "It beats faster when you're near it." Ben smiled, copying her words.

Robecca suddenly lunged forward and pressed her lips to Ben's, kissing him deeply as she thrust her artificial tongue past his lips and into his mouth, battling with his own and shuddering uncontrollably every time Ben's tongue struck one of the desired points inside of her mouth; she felt Ben wrap his strong arms around her waist and hug her close, pressing her body to his without even wincing when her breasts jabbed into his chest. She slithered her arms around his neck, holding him close to her as she dug her fingers into his scalp, a steam cloud escpaing her ears and encompassing the both of them until she let Ben break away so that he could breath.

"I love you, luv." she smiled as she hugged him and rest her head on his shoulder.

"Love you, too, my Copper Beauty." he smiled back.

"Oh, my, GHOUL!"

Ben and Robecca turned around to see Spectra halfway phased through the locker room door, frozen in mid-stride as if she had simply been entering the room to change and had unintentionally walked in on the two, naked teens; the ghost quickly fumbled around for her iCoffin, but Ben had faster reflexes as he turned to the Omnitrix and came across the alien he needed before slapping the activation button, swallowing himself in a bright, green light. His gut and chest exploded in size and bloated outwards into a perfect sphere of flesh as his arms and legs were absorbed by the ball of muscle and tissue; his skin cracked and split as it hardened into a thin, metallic sheen colored a deep bronze in color as black markings etched their watch across the perfect sphere before Ben's legs came jutting back out as black tubing or sorts before the ends suddenly swelled int size and shape, becoming something that resembled a bell as his arms were thrust back out, mirroring his legs as his wrists bloated into large balls with his metallic, jointed fingers poking out at the ends. His head popped back out of the top, now bronze and black around the face with emotionless, green expressions that remained unmoving as his head flattened before a sudden growth sprouted from his skull, forming into a windup key-like protrusion; a hexagonal, glass panel opened up on his chest, the Omnitrix forming at its center as green, glowing gears materialized behind the pane of glass, completing the transformation.

"Time out!" Clockwork yelled. Before Spectra could take a single picture, the windup key on the Chronosapien's head suddenly spun counter clockwise as a green beam of energy coursed outwards while the toll of a large, hollow bell echoed through the locker room; the beam swept everything, freezing it in place as Spectra's translucent finger forze just half an inch over the record button of her iCoffin.

"I suggest we get out of here while we still can." Clockwork said as he gathered up his clothes; Robecca gaped for a second before blushing and nodding vigorously, quickly redressing herself and waiting as Clockwork opened the door of the locker room for her, Spectra still frozen halfway through the door itself as they stepped back out into the arena.

"Now to make sure this never happens." the Chronosapien grunted as the windup key on his head started to slowly turn backwards. Robecca watched in amazement as Spectra suddenly floated backwards and out of the door, slipping her iCoffin back into her pocket and flying backwards and through one of the archways that led into the SKRM arena; a colony of bats flew backwards through the air, their wing movements going in reverse as they swept back to their nesting grounds much to Robecca's astonishment. By the time Clockwork was done, the arena was empty of all life and activity; the Chronosapien spun the windup key-like protrusion on his head clockwise once more, returning the flow of time back to normal just before the Omnitrix timed out and returned Ben to the world.

"There we go. Spectra should be along in exactly eleven seconds." Ben dusted off his hands just before the previously mentioned ghost came flying in through the archway and waved at them before phasing through the door to the ghoul's locker room.

"You are bloody brilliant, mate!" Robecca exclaimed, hugging Ben tightly.

"I know I am," Ben chuckled. "And so are you." he added, kissing her forehead as another jet of steam swallowed them whole in its foggy bank.

And there we go!

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