Hello Everybody! Btr100 over here with the 9th chapter of my story, Ben 10: The Faction Returns...

So..this is going to be one of the unimportant chapters of my story! You remember Captain Nemesis? Well...He's back!

Peace!-Btr100


Will Harangue, a news reporter of the Will Harangue Nation and a very big hater of Ben, walked into the Bellwood Prison, and walked into the desk, where a police officer is checking papers of the prisoners. The jail houses the most toughest and most feared human criminals in Bellwood.

"Is Carl Nesmith in this prison?" Will asked the officer.

"Yes he is. Why?" The officer asked, setting down the papers.

"Well he is about to get out." Will said, smirking.

In his cell, Carl Nesmith, formerly known as Captain Nemesis and then as Overlord, was a big America 'superhero' who fell into prison after being defeated by Ben Tennyson two times in a row. He was still mad at him, even until this day. Then he heard the prison doors open.

"Nesmith. Your moving out of here. Someone's bailing you out." the officer said and he moved out of the way. Carl stepped out and walked in front of Will. They then both smirked, and not in a very good way too...

"So...are you thinking what I'm thinking friend?" Will asked Carl.

"Yes. We re getting revenge on our world-famous alien menace that is Ben Tennyson." Carl replied.

Meanwhile, Ben is once again fighting another alien villain, in this case, a human villain outside of a warehouse. Now, he is battling a new villain and he calls himself 'Atlas", a greedy human teenager who stole an Level 14 alien tech suit, added some modifications and started robbing banks and beating up those weaker than him.

Ben is currently battling him as Shocksquatch. He charged towards Atlas before tackling him and sending both of them crashing into the warehouse and crashed into the conveyer belt before crashing into the other side of the warehouse and Atlas was sent flying into a couple of crates.

"Call yourself tough eh? Well if I were you, I would just give up eh." Shocksquatch said.

"I will never give up! Atlas never loses a fight!" Atlas angrily shouted.

"There's a first time for everything eh." Shocksquatch said, but Atlas suddenly fired several missiles from the holes in his robotic hands. Shocksquatch then destroyed the missiles with his electrical blasts. He then attempted to blast Atlas with an electric blast but Atlas jumped and avoided it.

"Okay now, "hero". It's my turn!" Atlas said before charging at Shocksquatch before successfully punching him in the face. Atlas then gave him another face which sent Shocksquatch backwards. Shocksquatch then punched Atlas in the face, sending him back by a few meters.

Shocksquatch then transformed himself into:

"Spitter! Man. I never used this guy for a while." Spitter said before spitting some slime at Atlas which sent Atlas flying, all covered in slime. He stood up and laughed at Spitter.

(A/N: Spitter has his Ultimate Alien appearance.)

"Hahaha! Is that all you've got? Slime? HAHAHA!" Atlas said before laughing at Spitter. Spitter then transformed himself into:

"Buzzshock!" Buzzshock shouted before firing blasts of green electricity from both his hands that hit Atlas. Because of Spitter's conductive slime, Atlas was then severely shocked by Buzzshock's attack. After the attack was over, Atlas was left paralyzed and his suit was left shut down.

(A/N: Buzzshock looks similar to his OS look, but the white has been changed into green.)

Buzzshock then transformed himself into:

"Articguana!" Articguana shouted before firing an ice breath that completely frozen Atlas from head to toe. Articguana then reverted back into Ben as he walked towards the frozen greedy teenager.

"Don't worry. The police will come to your company any minute now." Ben said before transforming himself into:

"Jetray! Now to go home and watch that Sumo Slammers season 6 last episode!" Jetray said before quickly flying towards his house. Just as Jetray left, the police came to arrest Atlas, who apparently was still frozen.

Meanwhile...

Will and Carl were both at Nemesis Tower, where they were working on a plan to destroy Tennyson once and for all. As they only relied on brute force and strength, Carl ordered his staff of technicians to make him another suit while Will thought through his old plans.

"So Will? Tennyson is out there, claiming he's the worldwide famous super-hero, while I am still in here, being treated like an ordinary person when I should BE the hero of this world!" Carl angrily said, pounding the table.

"Easily Carl. We will destroy him this time. By any chance, do you know my attempts in destroying Tennyson using 'The Stalker'?" Will asked Carl.

"Yeah. I saw it in TV during dinner in prison. Why?" Carl replied.

"If Tennyson can destroy both of our plans, he won't be able to stop them together." Will said, and Nesmith smirked. Then a technician came over to them, holding a checklist and sweating from all the work he and his friends did.

"Sir Nesmith, your suit is now ready for you. Would you like to test it yourself?" the technician asked Carl. Carl then stood up from his chair and smirked once again.

"Yes I would like to test it. By destroying Ben Tennyson with it." Carl said, smirking in a very evil way.

Meanwhile...

Ben is talking a walk around his block, to get some fresh air while Gwen and Kevin are spending some time together, with Rook being needed in the Plumber's HQ which is the reason they didn't join in the mission in stopping Atlas's rampage.

"Okay..what unexpected event will happen next? A cry for help? Khyber and his stupid dog going to attack me again? Or is it another surprise attack from someone who hates me so very muc-AHH!" Ben said before he was blasted by a laser blast and was sent flying into a tree. Despite that, he felt little pain, due to his excessive training in martial arts and lots of workout hours.

"Okay! Who just blasted me with a laser!?" Ben shouted, before dodging a missile which then hit the tree.

"That would be me Tennyson." said a voice. Ben then looked to see:

"Overlord. What are you doing in here?" Ben asked.

"I am here to destroy you!" Overlord angrily replied before shooting more missiles at Ben. Ben then transformed into Chromastone just as he was hit by the missiles. Chromastone was then sent flying into a car, but he felt no damage and stood up.

"Overlord. Being a hero is not all about fame or fortune and I realized that when I was 16 years old. And Chromastone is going to prove it to you!" Chromastone said before shooting an ultraviolet beam from his hands which hit Overlord and sent him backwards.

"You'll never beat me Tennyson!" Overlord said before shooting two large energy beams from his hands.

"Sure, that's what they all say." Chromastone said as the large energy beams successfully hit him, but he merely absorbed them, unbeknownst to Overlord, who was sure that the attack destroyed Chromastone but was left surprised when he saw Chromastone standing, glowing multicolored.

Chromastone then fired another ultraviolet beam bigger than the last one. It hit Overlord and sent him flying into some houses before flying into a lamp post before crashing into a fire hydrant, with water spraying all over his suit. Fortunately for him, the suit is water-proof.

Chromastone then flew over to where Overlord was and looked at him, but before he can do anything, Overlord fired three missiles at Chromastone which sent him flying into a door and crashed into a television. Luckily, the people were out. Overlord then walked over to Chromastone.

"Look at your pathetic body needing my help that I won't answer." Overlord taunted as he prepared to fire another missile at Chromastone.

"That's because I help people and myself." Chromastone said before firing an ultraviolet beam from his eye, sending Overlord flying. Overlord then activated the jetpacks and he regained his balance in mid-air. Chromastone then flew near him.

"You are not going to help any people anymore when I'm done with you Tennyson!" Overlord angrily shouted as he fired another energy beam from his left hand, but Chromastone merely absorbed it and he glowed multicolored.

"I'm not afraid of you Tennyson! I have much more tricks than ever before!" Overlord angrily said.

"Well you should be. I know all of Chromastone's tricks." Chromastone said before his multicolored ray became even more brighter and he enveloped himself in a blinding light. When the light cleared, hundreds of Chromastones are flying in the air, all in front of Overlord.

All of the Chromastone then simultaneously fired ultraviolet rays at Overlord, all which managed to hit him and sent him flying towards a very tall building in the city, before crashing into a Mr. Smoothies Store. All of the duplicate Chromastones then glowed multicolored and went back into the main Chromastone before flying into the Mr Smoothies store.

"Oh Carl...come out, come out, wherever you are." Chromastone said, before several missiles managed to hit Chromastone, sending Chromastone backwards. Chromastone felt no pain at all and looked to see Overlord walking out of the destroyed Mr. Smoothies store.

"Alright Tennyson. You've foiled my attempts at being a better hero than you in the past. But now, your just making your death much more difficult. If you want to finish this, you might as well let yourself rot!" Overlord said before turning his hands into bio-battling guns and shooting several missiles from it.

Chromastone then glowed multicolored again before running so fast and dodging the missiles. Chromastone's speed was so fast, that it left two multicolored afterimages of him as he ran. Overlord just continued firing missiles.

"Get back here Tennyson!" Overlord shouted. Chromastone then took a turn before ramming into Overlord and tackling him so hard that he was sent flying into the Mr. Smoothy logo before crashing into several cars before finally crashing into a lamp pole.

Chromastone walked over to Overlord. Overlord was about to strike back, when Will's voice was heard.

"Carl. You need to retreat. Now. It's my turn now." Will said. Overlord then faced Chromastone again.

"You may have beaten me now. But I promise you, that you will not like the next time we meet." Overlord said before flying away.

"Uh huh. That's what they all say." Chromastone said.

...

Overlord flew back to his tower, where Will was waiting, grinning boldly.

"Is it ready yet Harangue?" Overlord asked.

"Oh, it's ready. Ready to destroy the alien menace that is Ben Tennyson." Will said, smirking very evilly.

...

Ben is taking his ride for a spin around town. Again, Rook, Gwen and Kevin didn't come with him as they rejected his offer of coming with him. Ben just shook it off and went to relax with his beautiful car all by himself.

"I wonder if there's going to be any interruptions in my day off today?" Ben asked himself as he drove his car.

Then, an unexpected laser blast nearly hit Ben's car, but luckily, Ben noticed and swerved, causing the red laser blast to hit a fire hydrant. People near the scene started to run away while screaming very loudly.

Ben then stopped his car and got out, very angry that his day of relaxation was interrupted once again.

"Alright! Whoever who just messed with my day off will be getting a big load of trouble on their faces!" Ben shouted, before transforming himself into:

(Ben then starts to get very fat, before yellow shells appeared all over his body and his fingers turned into black claws and his hand grew thicker as well. His eyes then turned green and the Omnitrix symbol then appeared on his chest. He struck a pose as a green light flashed in the background.)

"Cannonbolt!" Cannobolt shouted, before he looked at his opponent. There stood The Stalker, tall and strong and ready for destruction. It then shot a red laser which Cannonbolt dodged, causing it to hit a lamp post.

"The Stalker!? Not you again! Well, in that case.." Cannonbolt said, before slapping the Omnitrix symbol, causing it to grow four spikes. Cannobolt then turned metallic silver and his shells grew spikes.

"Ultimate Cannonbolt!" he shouted, before rolling into his spike form and rolling towards The Stalker. The Stalker then shot sticky goo at the streets, but thanks to Ultimate Cannonbolt's pointed spikes, he rolled past it and bounced high enough to hit The Stalker just below the eye area.

Ultimate Cannonbolt then fell down after he hit the Stalker. His spikes then grew longer and he uncurled out of his ball form to fire several pointed spikes that successfully hit The Stalker, denting the parts that were hit.

"Firing sharp spikes? Cool!" Ultimate Cannonbolt excitedly said before firing more spikes. The spikes hit the Stalker and this time, the spikes exploded on contact, forcing the Stalker backwards.

"Exploding spikes? Awesome!" he shouted, before rolling once again. He then bashed the two left legs, destroying them, before taking a turn and is about to bash the other two legs. The Stalker then shot some sticky goo, all over Ultimate Cannonbolt, but it failed thanks to his pointy spikes.

Ultimate Cannonbolt then shot some spikes as he was rolling towards The Stalker. The spikes were enough to make several small holes on the Stalker. Ultimate Cannonbolt then bounced high up, before slamming down onto the Stalker, sending it crashing down into several buildings.

The Stalker then showed a new ability to morph into a new shape. In this case, a shape in the form of Sevenseven. The Stalker then blasted Ultimate Cannonbolt off of him, with Ultimate Cannonbolt being forced backwards. The Stalker then shot more lasers, but Ultimate Cannonbolt easily endured them.

"Okay Stalky, my turn!" Ultimate Cannonbolt said before shooting several spikes from his hands. The spikes exploded on contact which seemingly obliterated the Stalker. Ultimate Cannonbolt smiled, but it disappeared when the Stalker regenerated.

"Oh man! Well, I guess exploding spikes is out." Ultimate Cannonbolt said before devolving back to Cannonbolt, before transforming himself into:

"Armodrillo! Luckily, I don't have this one when they scanned my aliens' moves! Try to counter this!" Armodrillo shouted, before punching the ground so hard that an eruption of earth sent The Stalker flying into a car. Armodrillo then turned his hands into drills and he dug underground.

The Stalker then stood up and scanned it's environment, only to find its opponent gone.

Meanwhile, Will and Carl were controlling the robot and were surprised Armodrillo disappeared.

"What are you waiting for Harangue? Attack that damn alien!" Carl shouted angrily.

"I don't know what kind of alien it is! We never scanned it or what it can do!" Will replied angrily as well.

Will then turned his attention on the screen and made the Stalker turn around, and when they did that, they looked to see Armodrillo. Armodrillo then punched the Stalker, sending it flying into several cars, into a fire hydrant before crashing into a lamp pole, and the lamp pole fell on the Stalker. An eruption of earth then sent the Stalker flying into the streets.

The Stalker then stood up to find Armodrillo charging at him. Armodrillo then punched the Stalker two times, before slamming it down to the ground with an earth shattering punch, causing a large cloud of dust to fly.

When the dust settled, the Stalker was lying, with a large crater surrounding it. Just as Armodrillo thought it was all over, the Stalker then shot a missile blast, which then sent Armodrillo flying out of the crater and into the streets.

The Stalker then fired some missiles, but Armodrillo punched the ground and created a wall of stone in front of him, which blocked the laser blast, but was destroyed. Armodrillo then created a large stone within his palms, before throwing it at the Stalker. Armodrillo then created more stones and fired them at the Stalker.

"Throwing rocks never felt this good!" Armodrillo said, before firing one large rock at the Stalker, which successfully hit it and sent it flying into a stop sign.

The Stalker then stood up and saw Armodrillo charging at it once again.

Will and Carl saw Armodrillo charging at their robot with Will frantically panicking.

"Harangue! Get the Stalker out of there!" Carl angrily shouted, but that's what Will intended to do.

The Stalker then flew away, but not before throwing multiple bombs on the streets. They then blew up and sent Armodrillo flying into a truck of lasagna. He automatically reverted back to Ben once he flew into the lasagna truck.

"Lasagna truck? This reminds me of an orange fat cat in a TV show I used to watch..." Ben pondered.


In the Nemesis Tower, Carl Nesmith and Will Harangue are talking about plans on destroying Ben, or as they call him "an alien menace".

"Okay Carl. Your Overlord suit wasn't enough to defeat Ben Tennyson and my Stalker isn't good for him too. We need to attack him together this time." Will said.

"That's just what I was thinking."

Meanwhile, Ben was driving back to his house after eating some lasagna and hanging out at Jimmy's apartment. It was already evening when Ben and Jimmy finished their hang out. Ben was thinking about Overlord's and The Stalker's sudden attacks this morning.

"Why would Overlord and The Stalker suddenly attack me? Sure Overlord wants to destroy me because he wants to be in the spotlight, but the Stalker...sounds like the work of Will...but why would they attack me on the same day?" Ben asked himself.

"Unless...Will and Carl are working together to try and destroy me!" Ben realized.

"Will is still trying to destroy me...like that time when I was 22 years old and a month after I regained the Evolutionary function..." Ben thought..

Flashback...

Ben, Kevin and Gwen are currently switching trough the TV channels inside Ben's house, as they had nothing to do. Gwen was much more patient than Ben and didn't feel bored and was reading a book while Ben switched trough the channels until he stopped at Will Harangue Nation.

"Ooh! Ooh! Let's watch this one!" Kevin shouted.

"Welcome folks, to the Will Harangue Nation. All of my countless attempts in stopping the alien menace that is Ben Tennyson have failed thanks to Ben Tennyson himself, but now thanks to the technology Earth has achieve all this years, I can finally stop him and his threats in destroying our beloved planet." Will said as the program started.

"Oh great...not again...this whole trying to kill me thing...What's next? There just going to fall right out of the sky?" Ben asked angrily.

But he was right, Will Harangue's forces DID came out of the sky, in this case, they were soldiers who literally bashed the roof out of Ben's house just to enter and some just blasted the walls with their high-tech Plasma Blasters.

"Great. Looks like the military is against me too. Well, if that's the case..." Ben said, before scrolling through his aliens, locked in the selection, and the Omnitrix core popped out. Ben then quickly slapped it and the transformation sequence began.

(Ben's skin then turned white and his eyes then turned into straight vertical lines with his mouth turning into a small robotic frown. His ears then turned into headphones and cassette tapes appeared on the side of his legs. He then shrank down in size and when he turned small, the transformation sequence ended, a green flash in the background. He then jumped and did a pose and the green light covered the screen.)

"Echo Echo!" he shouted, before duplicating into five and letting out a huge sonic scream so loud that the soldiers that were hit were blown out of the house and was sent flying into different directions and the ones near them had to cover their ears. It was also loud enough to destroy the windows, crack the wall and send the door flying out.

Echo Echo then duplicated again until his number matched the soldiers' number and each Echo Echo tackled one soldier per Echo Echo and their strength were sufficient enough to knock them down. An Echo Echo lifted the soldier he tackled, spun him around before letting go, flying through the window and was sent crashing into a tree.

But then, plenty more soldiers crashed through the roof and prepared to shoot the Echo Echos with their plasma blasters. The Echo Echos then formed a circle together, with each Sonorosian facing away from each other and facing the soldiers.

"You might want to cover your ears. Wall...Of...SOUND!" all of the Echo Echos shouted. Their screams were so loud that it was sufficient enough in wrecking the entire house, destroy nearby houses' and cars' windows and crack the nearby houses' walls and also force the people to cover their aching ears. The scream also reached the city and were enough to destroy some of the buildings' windows. In fact, the entire population of Bellwood had to cover their ears.

The screams even reached Undertown and every alien had to cover their ears. Vuplimancers all over Undertown were all knocked unconscious because of the loud screams.

When the attack was over, Echo Echo merged back to one and he looked around, to see all the soldiers knocked unconscious along with Kevin and Gwen.

"Oops. Sorry." Echo Echo said before transforming himself into:

"Jury Rigg!"

Flashback End...

"Great. It looks like I have TWO adults to deal with. Why do they even hate my butt so much?" Ben asked himself as he drove the car. Then suddenly, a laser blast managed to hit the left back tire and the car swerved until Ben stopped it. Ben then got out of the car to see Overlord flying towards him.

"A fight you want. A fight you get." Ben said, as the Omnitrix core popped out and Ben automatically slapped it down, transforming himself into Chromastone.

"Another fight with Chromastone, that is!" Chromastone shouted before shooting an ultraviolet beam from his hands. The beam managed to hit Overlord and he was sent skidding on the streets before crashing into a truck delivering construction supplies. Overlord then destroyed the truck from the inside with a giant metal beam. He then threw the beam at Chromastone, and scored a headshot as a bonus.

"Luckily I'm made out of super dense silicon. An attack like that feels like only a piece of paper hit you." Chromstone said, before taking off the two longest crystals on his back, but two long crystals came as he pulled it out. Chromastone then threw both magenta crystals and it exploded on contact with Overlord, with an explosion of ultraviolet energy which managed to sent Overlord crashing through several buildings, before skidding into an edge of a bridge.

Chromastone then flew over to the scene, only to meet several orange lasers. He then created an energy shield that protected him from the missiles, but when his shield disappeared, Overlord fired several lasers that Chromastone merely absorbed. Despite absorbing the blasts, Overlord just kept firing and firing, only making Chromastone stronger.

"When is it going to get in your thick skull that I merely absorb lasers, electricity and other types of energy!?" Chromastone said, before firing a large ultraviolet blast, but before it hit Overlord, a drone that looked like Humungousaur, only orange and has black eyes with red pupils, took the blast and redirected it into the sky. But Chromastone already knew it was the Stalker.

"Uhh..and they say I'm getting on their nerves." Chromastone muttered.


And that's it for the 9th chapter!

Hope you liked it! Please?

Peace!-Btr100...