Stan 10

by Luke Starkiller

What if Ben had a best friend who was with him on that summer road trip? How would the series change due to the presence of one new character? Meet Stan Hopkins, a shy and nerdy young boy who will ultimately discover the Omnitrix and become one of the greatest heroes in the universe. Rated T for Teen. (A Change in Face is halfway done.)

10. Chapter 10: Lucky Girl

Disclaimer: This is a non-profit fan fiction made, by me. Ben 10 is copyrighted to Man of Action and Cartoon Network, Stan Hopkins is a character made by me. All rights reserved for all owners and companies.

Author's note: Hi there! Welcome to the latest chapter of Stan 10, this is the biggest update I have done yet as three whopping chapters have been added to the overall story!

But I do have some news that will affect the story, don't worry it's a good thing. Anyway, enjoy reading.

Italics: Thinking.

Previously on Stan 10: Moving on from Albuquerque and the encounter with Rojo, Stan and the Tennyson trio found a friendly and charming circus belonging to a clown known as Zombozo.

Despite Ben's fear of clowns that he displayed, the vast majority of people seemed convinced that it was simply a normal circus and that nothing was threating about it.

However Stan and Ben discovered that Zombozo's circus was a horrific façade in that Zombozo drained people of their happiness and other positive attributes.

Upon discovering that Zombozo had affected Max and Gwen in significant ways, Stan transformed into Ghostfreak and successfully scared him by using his fears against him.

Now moving on from the circus incident to New Orleans. Gwen will soon find that she like Stan will be involved in an event that will change her life with a set of mysterious charms and a desperate source seeking to acquire them…

Chapter 10: 'Lucky Girl.'

It was a thick and cloudy miserable day as the Rust Bucket drove on a back road in the state of Louisiana near the city of New Orleans.

Inside the Rust Bucket, Max focused on driving the vehicle as usual, however, he was keeping an eye out for any potential hazards on the back road such as potholes.

Next to Max in the front seat, Ben was listening to music via earphones that were connected to a Sony Walkman device as he hummed to himself in happiness.

In the side booth, Gwen was researching articles on her laptop in intrigue whilst Stan was sat in the opposite booth.

Stan was flicking through the latest issue of Superman as he muttered out loud, "I'm the man of steel… Hah! Classic Superman!"

Giggling in happiness, Gwen couldn't help but stop working and peered around the corner of her laptop noticing Stan laughing.

"Um, hello could you keep it quiet, please? Some of us have better things to do than read comic books for young kids." Gwen bickered to Stan.

Noticing Gwen complain, Stan, adjusted his glasses slightly before he replied, "Gwen, comic books are not for young kids, they are enjoyable for every audience. Besides I'm a real-life hero now anyway."

"Really? Just because you found some stupid watch in the middle of the woods means that you can gloat now?" Gwen asked Stan in jealousy.

"Hey! I was not gloating, that's hypocritical. Are you still jealous Gwen?" Stan grinned, mocking Gwen.

Annoyed, Gwen ignored Stan as she went back to her laptop thinking, "Damn. All Stan does is get to be a hero and save people! I want some of that glory and action as well! Ugh…"

Yawning, Stan then grabbed his Superman comic from the table and left the side booth as Stan walked over to the front of the Rust Bucket.

"Hey, guys." Stan greeted Ben and Max.

"Oh, hey there." Ben stated as Max spoke, "Greetings, kiddo."

"So how far is it to New Orleans?" Stan asked Max who said back, "We should be there in about 20 to 30 mins."

"Cool, so what are we doing there?" Ben asked Max who spoke to him, "I booked us a museum guided tour if you remember from yesterday."

"Oh, right after that whole mess with Zombozo." Stan remembered from yesterday as Ben shuddered to mutter, "Don't remind me."

"Anyway you kids just relax, I'll let you know where we'll be," Max informed the two boys.

Smiling, Stan turned around and walked to the back of the Rust Bucket as the large Rv slowly drove past a sign that said: 'Welcome to New Orleans!'

Forty mins later…

The wind howled outside as Stan and The Tennyson trio was now inside the New Orleans historic Voodoo museum.

Inside the museum, various displays and other creepy but old artefacts detailing the cultural history of New Orleans lurked around in the building.

Within the museum, a small crowd gathered around a female elderly tour guide who provided information about the establishment in the large room.

Watching on with curiosity, Stan listened to the tour guide whilst Gwen was looking at the many exhibits with intrigue.

As for Max, he was reading a tourist brochure about the city while Ben was messing around.

"Blah..." Ben mumbled under a voodoo mask he was wearing as he took it off and laughed happily.

Putting the voodoo mask on the display again, Ben turned around and caught up with the others as the tour guide showed the crowd a large book in a special glass case.

"And behind this impenetrable glass is the recently discovered and only known existing copy of the 'Archamada Book of Spells!" the tour guide introduced the book.

The Archamada Book of Spells itself is a medium-sized book.

The book has a blue cover protecting the contents inside with a bright yellow symbol in the middle.

Oddly enough, the bright yellow symbol is almost like a look with various gold covering located on each side of the book.

Whilst the tour guide continued to provide information, Gwen could not help but smile in excitement as she began to copy what the tour guide was informing.

"It contains ancient witchcraft and rituals from the late 1600s." both Gwen and the tour guide spoke at the same time.

Confused, the tour guide noticed Gwen copying her before she coughed muttering to Gwen, "Tch. Maybe you should work here dear. Now then if you will please…"

Sighing, Gwen lowered her head in disappointment whilst the tour guide walked away from her.

As the crowd followed on, Stan and Ben quickly walked over to comfort her.

"Don't let mummy face get to you. She's probably older than that spellbook." Ben mockingly spoke about the tour guide.

"BZZZZ!" Ben continued blowing a loud raspberry with his tongue before he froze like a mummy.

Gwen laughed in happiness whilst Stan giggled in response to having another one of his 'Happy moments.'

No longer giggling, Stan calmly stated to Gwen, "Ben's right Gwen. Don't let someone discredit you for…"

Rumble… Shake...

The museum building rumbled slightly with dust flying from the ceiling as everyone inside the museum looked around in confusion.

"Was that an earthquake?" Gwen pondered to herself.

Rumble...

And then the museum began to shake again as the gravity went haywire.

WHOOSH! BZZZT!

One by one each of the kids ended up being flung upwards into the air along with the other people in the room.

Screaming each member of the crowd was hurled upwards into the air with everyone landing on the ceiling.

THUNK!

"Ooof!" Stan grunted in pain as he felt himself slam into the ceiling.

Slowly reopening his eyes, Stan discovered that to his shock, he was hanging against the ceiling among dozens of other people.

"Something tells me this is not on the tour!" Max exclaimed in shock as Stan shouted out, "Why has the gravity gone wonky?!"

ZAP! SMASH! WHOOSH!

Something flashed in the air outside as a red aura floated in through a nearby glass window which shattered into debris.

The red aura then floated inside the museum as the aura floated near the Archamada Book of Spells.

THWOOSH! ZAP!

The red aura then vanished as a humanoid figure emerged from the red smoke gave off.

Oddly enough the figure was floating in mid-air with his red cape floating upwards.

The figure was revealed to be a male who seemed to be in his mid-50s to early 60s.

He had pale ghost-like skin with a skull-like face and black yellow eyes staring brightly at the book.

He had several tattoos on his arms that seemed to be magic-based along with a drop around his neck.

He wore crude clothing such as black coverings for his feet and hands whilst a black tapestry dragged over his front and body like a cape with a red outline along with a thick black hood to cover his head.

He was also shown to be carrying a large wooden staff in his left hand that had a bird-like head with a golden ring that ran through its eyes.

Finally, the necklace he wore had six various charms on his neck as well.

This is the dark and cunning magician known as Hex.

Observing the book trapped in the glass case, Hex spoke in a thick and deep voice that echoed throughout the room, "The Archamada Book of Spells, all of its power shall soon be mine!"

On Hex's necklace, one of the charms began to glow a bright yellow colour before the sorcerer shouted out words that Stan had never heard before, "That Mey Goof!"

BZZZT! CRACK! CRASH! THWOOSH!

A large yellow flash surrounded the bookcase before it exploded.

BLAST! WHOOSH!

The bookcase exploded with the glass flying into the air briefly before it landed onto the ground as a bright yellow flash blinded the room briefly.

On the ceiling, Stan grunted as he slowly managed to move his left hand.

"Ughhh..." Stan grunted as he managed to drag his left hand over to his right arm and pressed down the Omnitrix button.

BEEP!

The Omnitrix activated as Stan managed to slowly flick through to the XLR8 silhouette.

On the ground, Hex used his magic to levitate the book in mid-air before he grasped it.

"Okay, fine this guy wants to cause trouble? I'll just change." Stan mumbled under his breath as he prepared to transform.

However, Hex heard the Omnitrix activating as he looked upwards and noticed Stan ready to transform.

Huffing under his breath, Hex activated his staff as it glowed yellow.

However, Hex heard the watch beeping as Hex looked upwards and activated his staff as the gravity on the ceiling where the people were failed.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

Immediately, the gravity revered back to normal as the people on the ceiling began plunging back down to the ground.

"Oh crap!" Ben screamed out loudly as he began falling towards the ground.

FLICK! WHOOSH! THWOOSH!

"ARGHHH!" Everyone in the room screamed out loudly panicking.

Gulping, Stan quickly slammed down the exposed Omnitrix core and transformed with a large flash of green light covering him.

FLASH!

Quickly emerging from the green light, XLR8 shook his head dazed by the transformation.

WHOOSH!

No longer dazed, XLR8 noticed that he was plunging towards the ground.

Quickly taking action, XLR8 retracted his helmet over his face as the Kineceleran landed on the ground.

ZIP! THUD! WHOOSH!

Zipping downwards like a missile, XLR8 noticed a large red tapestry connected to the wall.

Acting on instinct, XLR8 ran upwards to the banner.

ZIP! WHOOSH!

Grabbing hold of the ropes, the Kineceleran quickly used his ambidextrous hands to drop the ropes into a large knot.

ZIP! WHOOSH!

XLR8 then sprinted over to the opposite side of the banner and quickly modified the rope into a knot on the other side.

WHUMP!

The red tapestry ended up forming into a large slide as the various falling people safely landed on it.

BOING! WHUMP! BOUNCE!

One by one each person slid down onto the tapestry as XLR8 quickly counted the number of people with Max sliding down last.

"Three… Two… One… Okay! I need everyone to get out now!" XLR8 shouted out to the medium-sized crowd of people.

Following XLR8's advice, the vast majority of the crowd quickly sprinted towards the exit as Max advised XLR8, "Stan, be careful. We don't know what trick's he has got up his sleeve."

"Thanks, I'll be careful," XLR8 responded to Max.

Nodding, Max then led Ben and Gwen outside the large room with the rest of the crowd as XLR8 turned and glanced towards Hex.

WHACK!

XLR8's tail lashed the brick wall as he muttered to Hex, "Dude, you want a book? Try the library."

Hex merely stayed calm as another one of the charms on his neck glowed yellow.

BZZZT!

XLR8's mask quickly flicked and covered his face as Hex thrust his right arm back yelling, "Berdi Mordo Nata!"

WHOOSH! BLAST!

A large yellow heat beam fired out from Hex's staff towards XLR8.

ZIP! BLAM!

XLR8 narrowly dodged the heat beam taunting Hex, "You wouldn't happen to be saying gibberish would you?"

"Silence lizard! You will feel my wrath!" Hex shouted back to XLR8 in response.

Sss...

Confused, XLR8 turned around and noticed that the heat beam had ignited the large red tapestry.

Surrounded by the flames, XLR8 quickly scaled upwards onto the wall narrowly missing the burning flames below on the ground.

WHOOSH! ZIP! BURN!

Annoyed, Hex aimed his staff towards the Kineceleran as it glowed red.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! CRACK! WHAM! BLAST!

Red homing projectiles fired out from the Hex's staff as the Kineceleran swiftly dodged the homing projectiles with them exploding on the ceiling.

SCREECH! BLAM! KABOOM!

Skidding downwards on the ground, XLR8 sprinted towards Hex yelling out, "Missed me!"

Glaring, Hex aimed his staff towards XLR8 and fired a yellow beam from it.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

"GAH!" XLR8 yelled in shock as he skidded and tripped over the ground before he crashed into a nearby wall.

SKIDD! CRASH!

Rubble and dust flew off the wall as XLR8 groaned in pain.

Seeing his opportunity, Hex prepared to finish XLR8 off when...

Whoosh!

THWACK!

Two barrels slammed into Hex's back.

CLANG!

As the barrels rolled to the side, Hex turned around and noticed the Tennyson trio behind him.

"Guess we got his attention!" Gwen shouted out in shock as Max replied, "Kind of wish we had not." With Ben dropping his famous catchphrase, "Oh, man."

Fed up with the constant delays for his plan, Hex aimed his staff at the Tennyson trio as it glowed yellow.

FLICK! THWOOSH!

The Tennyson trio was sent scrambling across the floor as Hex once again manipulated the gravity.

Stunned, XLR8 zipped towards Hex before he jumped up and leapt in with a diving kick yelling out, "Don't touch my friends and family!"

WHOOSH! THWACK!

Stunned, Hex'x was sent stumbling back by XLR8's kick as the Kineceleran then zoomed around Hex.

THWOOSH! ZIP! WHOOSH!

A medium-sized tornado of black and black colours surrounded Hex as XLR8 delivered numerous jabs and crosses to the sorcerer.

SMACK! WHACK! CRACK! BLAM! PUNCH!

"Ooof!" Hex yelled in pain as one of the charms connected to Hex's neck flew off to the side and clattered on the floor.

WHOOSH!

XLR8 then morphed the tornado even higher before XLR8 ended it as it cleared away.

CRASH! CRACK! WHOOSH!

Smoke and dust filled up the interior of the museum as XLR8 stood over a battered Hex lying in a small crater on the floor.

Observing Hex's battered state, the Kineceleran retracted his helmet downwards mocking Hex, "Tch... Your so-called 'magic' is nothing compared to my alien forms."

"Ugh..." Hex groaned back in response.

Chuckling, XLR8 slowly looked away from Hex and noticed one of his charms lying on the ground.

Curious, XLR8 leant down and grabbed the discarded charm with his thick claws before he turned around and noticed the Tennyson trio walking over to him.

Ben and Max were smiling at XLR8 whilst Gwen unusually seemed quiet and glum.

"Nice job." Max complemented XLR8 as Ben shouted out, "Way to go XLR8!"

"Just doing what I need to do and keeping it low key. We should probably go." XLR8 informed the others.

Agreeing with XLR8, Ben and Max followed XLR8 as Gwen sighed from the back muttering unhappily, "Why does Stan get all the glory and I don't?"

Sulking, Gwen reluctantly followed the group lurking behind at the back.

Opening the exit door, XLR8 walked out in shock before yelling, "What the?!"

Outside the New Orleans Voodoo museum dozens of reporters, photographers and journalists saw XLR8.

"There it is!" A random reporter shouted out noticing the Kineceleran.

Almost instantly, XLR8 was swamped by the mass amount of reporters attempting to talk to him as the Tennyson trio ended up being pushed to the side by the crowd.

Shocked, XLR8 gulped under his breath as a female reporter approached him asking, "Hello! I'm Lucy Williams, reporting for CNN. What is the story behind your success?"

Struggling to process the question begin asked, XLR8 nervously asked back, "Well… I um… You want to know who I am?"

"Sure, we might as well know the truth behind all these recent sightings with creatures like you." A random photographer shouted out to XLR8.

Hoping to protect his identity, XLR8 stated, "Oh, I do have time to provide some information on who I am… My name is XLR8 and I'm an alien."

"Where do you come from?" the reporter asked XLR8 who lied, "Well, Space… and I hail from the planet known as Obani. It's a very nice planet…

Nearby, Ben and Max slowly whispered to each other whilst Gwen continued watching XLR8 gloomily.

"Is he making this up, Grandpa?" Ben whispered to Max who whispered back, "Hard to tell, I can't make out anything he's saying."

"I think I do. He's possibly lying by saying stuff he knows from a game or film I bet." Ben suggested to Max.

Realizing Ben was right, Max whispered, "True, he does seem nervous and somewhat terrified of media attention. I can't help but imagine how bad it would be if the world ever found about him."

"I mean who wouldn't want media attention these days?!" Ben asked Max in confusion.

"Not everyone. Some people who are famous like to keep things quiet and peaceful to themselves." Gwen finally talked suggesting her theory on Stan's worry.

Back near the entrance to the museum, XLR8 continued to sweat with the Kineceleran rambling on about fake facts as he finished with, "So there you have it..."

As XLR8 finished talking a photographer asked him, "Do you want any photos being taken?"

Hoping to finally escape, XLR8 shrugged before shouting out, "Well... Eh sure why not, Who's your hero!"

The nearby crowd then cheered loudly in approval as XLR8 began posing for pictures graciously.

As XLR8 posed for the pictures, the police officers deployed struggled to keep the large crowd that had gathered outside the museum entrance.

At the same time, a pair of medical workers wheeled a gurney out of the museum with an injured Hex being loaded into a hospital ambulance.

Frowning, Gwen huffed in annoyance and crossed her arms as the cameras continued to take pictures as XLR8 then waved goodbye saying, "Okay, I need to go now… But thank you for your time!"

WHOOSH! ZIP!

The Kineceleran then rushed off in a blaze of blue light and sped away from the Voodoo Museum.

Stunned, the photographers and news reporters began gathering their equipment and leaving the area with the Tennyson trio quietly walking away from the scene as the police began dismissing the large crowd away from the museum entrance.

However, a sole single CCTV camera had been recording the XLR8 event...

Twenty mins later…

It was late afternoon as the Rust Bucket drove down a side street in New Orleans.

Inside the vehicle, Stan was sat down in the side booth as he fumbled around with his Star Wars backpack looking for something.

Opposite Stan, Gwen was watching him with jealousy and anger whilst Ben could be heard humming in the bathroom.

And guess what? Max was driving the Rust Bucket at the front as usual.

"Where did I put that Superman comic?! Must be near my Wonder Woman copy…" Stan mumbled to himself.

Having had enough of Stan's obsession with heroics, Gwen ranted out, "Um hello?! Are you blind?"

Noticing Gwen shout at him, Stan looked at her muttering back, "Oh, what now Gwen? I want to read the newest edition of The Man of Steel."

"All I'm saying is that you did not exactly stop that creep all by your self-today okay?!" Gwen ranted in annoyance to Stan.

"Yes, I know and..." Stan began as Gwen intervened angrily yelling, "No! I helped save your sorry ass! But does anyone notice me?! No, they don't!"

As Gwen finished ranting, Stan frowned slightly as he took out the charm he had snagged from Hex earlier and placed it on the table.

"Gwen, being a hero is not about attracting attention to yourself. If it's one thing I've learned from DC comics, people like me need to protect our identities."

Frowning, Gwen jumped upwards with her arms before she yelled loudly, "WHO'S YOUR HERO?! You were saying…"

Annoyed, Stan retaliated back, "Okay, I had to act because of the press okay?"

"Hmph!" Gwen mumbled in annoyance as Max peered from the driver's seat commenting, "I noticed you, Gwen."

"We're related. So that does not count." Gwen spoke back to Max as she noticed Ben walking by.

"What's up with you dweeb? Sounds like demand for fame is getting to your head." Ben mockingly taunted Gwen.

Fed up with everyone bothering her, Gwen shouted to Ben, "Not now doofus! I'm having a bad day."

"Well, I think Ben does have a point, Gwen. Plus no offence, you threw a trash can at the individual in the museum which does not exactly make you a hero." Stan reminded Gwen.

Furious, Gwen gritted her fingers on the table before she waved her fingers in the air annoyed and frustrated.

Laughing, Ben walked past Stan and Gwen towards the front of the Rust Bucket as Gwen yelled to Stan, "Wake up! The only reason you're a big hero is that watch."

Stunned, Stan looked at the Omnitrix on his right arm as a mixture of emotions overwhelmed him before he looked away from Gwen and lowered his arm.

"If I had found it before you, then I would be getting all the attention and the cool souvenirs!" Gwen continued to rant at Stan before she huffed again and went silent.

Frowning, Stan spotted Hex's charm on the table near his bag as he then asked Gwen, "Do you want this charm?"

Surprised by Stan's act of kindness, Gwen calmly stared at Stan asking back, "Really?"

"Yeah, I've got a bunch of cool collectables anyway." Stan casually replied to Gwen who stretched his hand towards Gwen's.

Smiling, Gwen carefully grasped the charm with her fingers as she observed it with intrigue.

"Gwen, don't you have something to say?" Max reminded Gwen as Ben mockingly added, "Yeah, don't you?"

"I just wanted to say thank you for this generous donation." Gwen happily stated to Stan.

Smiling, Stan happily replied, "You're welcome."

Meanwhile on another road near the outskirts of New Orleans...

The medical ambulance that had acquired Hex continued to drive onwards to the local hospital.

Inside the medical vehicle, the two medical drivers were discussing the events that had recently occurred on the news regarding the sightings of various Omnitrix aliens across the U.S.

In the main section of the ambulance, a young medical worker checked and monitored Hex's heart rate and vitals.

BZZZT!

One of the charms on Hex's neck then glowed yellow as his eyes popped open.

Stunned, the medical worker stepped back in shock as Hex declared, "My destiny shall be fulfilled."

KA-BLAM! SCREECH!

The ambulance screeched to a halt before the back doors were sent flying off with smoke rising from the back of the vehicle.

WHUNK!

Confused, the ambulance drivers noticed Hex creepily floating across the ground towards the New Orleans bayou.

"What is this world coming to?!" One of the medical drivers yelled in shock as his coworker shouted, "I don't know man... Oh god! Phil, hurry!"

Frantically scrambling out the back seat, the medical workers quickly checked on their coworker as Hex floated back to the New Orleans Voodoo museum...

Meanwhile back with the main group...

The Rust Bucket was parked outside of a fancy New Orleans restaurant known as Oceana Grill.

Inside the restaurant, various customers were eating different meals of all kinds.

At a table reserved for four, Stan crunched down on a nearby crawfish he was happily enjoying sat next to Max.

Opposite Stan sat Gwen who was now wearing Hex's charm via a rope around her neck as Ben sat next to her.

Crunch!

Ben happily crunched down on the last crawfish he had before both him and Gwen noticed the last the piece of crawfish on the table.

BZZZT!

Unbeknownst to anyone else, Gwen's charm on her neck started glowing bright yellow.

"I've been counting. You've had eleven crawfish on my nine." Gwen informed Ben who cockily replied, "Sounds like it's time for an even dozen."

Not taking any chances, Gwen thwacked Ben's fork.

Whump!

The fork went flying off the to side as Gwen told Ben, "I don't think so."

"What?!" Ben exclaimed in shock as no one noticed the fork flying over towards the foot of a waiter who was carrying a tray with food and drinks on.

Whoosh... POING!

"GAH!" The waiter yelled in shock as she dropped the tray onto the floor with a glass cup accidentally being smacked upwards by her.

WHOOSH! CRASH! SMASH! CLANG!

The tray crashed onto the floor as food and glasses were sent scattering across the floor.

At the same time, the glass cup landed on the chandelier before it was sent hurling across the spinning chandelier.

SPIN! WHOOSH!

The glass cup ended up plunging into the kitchen before the glass cup smacked into the back of a chief.

"OW!" The cooking chief grunted as he slammed back into a tray full of crawfish at a fast speed.

BUMP! WHOOSH!

The impact caused the tray of crawfish to be catapulted out of the kitchen.

WHAM!

The kitchen doors were slammed open as the crawfish tray rumbled on over to the table where the main group was sat.

"What the?!" Stan yelled in shock as Max shouted to everyone on the table, "Duck!"

Everyone on the table narrowly ducked as the tray cart slammed into the wooden table.

CRASH! WHOOSH!

Ben gasped in shock as he noticed the bowl of crawfish flying in the air towards him.

SPLAT! WHAM!

"Ugh..." Ben groaned as he slowly moved the bowl of crawfish off his eyes.

The impact had sent crawfish squirming all over him and the table itself with Stan and Max froze in shock.

Seeing her opportunity, Gwen then snagged the last cooked crawfish and ate it from the bowl saying, "Okay, now I'm full."

Frozen in horror, Ben realized live crawfish were squirming all over him as Stan noticed a live crawfish squirm into Ben's nose.

"Umm Ben…" Stan blurted out in horror as Ben panicked yelling out, "But they're not! AGH!"

Screaming Ben toppled off his chair and crashed onto the floor.

Whoosh! BANG!

Stan felt his face go green from the disgusting event as Gwen and Max began laughing loudly.

"Gain way! I need the bathroom!" Stan screamed out ready to puke.

Whoosh! CRASH!

Stan then jumped off his chair and quickly sprinted off to a nearby bathroom.

SLAM!

Laughing even louder, Gwen smirked at the chaos the boys had ended up in before she noticed the charm glowing yellow around her neck.

BZZZT!

The charm then stopped glowing yellow before it flashed back to its dark black colour no longer active.

At the same time back at the New Orleans Voodoo Museum...

WHAM! BLAST! CRASH!

Hex grunted in annoyance as he threw some old books onto the floor with his destructive sacking of the building continuing.

Hex was looking for the Archamada Book of Spells as his destruction of the property had left various ransacked exhibits in his wake with a security guard hanging upside down preventing him from calling for assistance.

SMASH!

A frustrated Hex then knocked over a marble statue that toppled onto the ground crashing in rubble as the sorcerer then confronted the security guard asking him, "Where is the Archamada Book of Spells?"

"I ain't tell you anything dumbass!" the security guard bluntly shouted back in defiance.

Annoyed, Hex took out his staff as another one of his charms glowed yellow.

BZZZT!

"Avan Keda Vra!" Hex muttered out as he pointed the staff towards the security guard.

Glowing yellow briefly, the security guard's eyes widened in pain before he began screaming and coughing.

"ARGH!" The guard howled in pain as blood slowly began leaking out from his mouth.

"Now tell me! Or I will make you suffer more." Hex threatened the security guard.

Seeing no choice, the security guard reluctantly stated, "Alright! We locked it in the vault…"

Smirking, Hex released his grip on the staff as the guard stopped gagging in pain but he was still hung upside down.

Walking past the guard to a large steel vault, Hex muttered out, "Lata Avidimona Lata!"

BZZZT! CREAK... SMASH! WHAM!

Immediately, the vault door glowed yellow and imploded in on itself before Hex used his staff and sent the vault door flying to the side.

Statifisted, Hex calmly raised his hand as the book floated towards him declaring victoriously, "Yes… Soon my power will no known limits!"

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

Grinning, Hex then raised his arms and staff and began glowing yellow.

THWOOSH! RUMBLE!

The museum began rumbling as violent and power yellow aura of magic and energy surrounded Hex when...

ZAP! SPARK! BZZZT!

"Ugh!" Hex grunted in pain as he kneeled on the floor as the yellow magic aura surrounding him quickly fizzled away.

Frowning, Hex noticed the missing charm on his neck muttering, "One charm is missing… Of course the battle with that speed creature! I must make haste and acquire it quickly so that I can regain my full power."

Slowly walking out of the room, Hex's staff glowed yellow as he left the building.

Whoosh! THUNK!

"GAH!" the security guard grunted in pain as he dropped onto the floor with Hex leaving the museum behind.

Twenty mins later…

On the other side of New Orleans near the Rust Bucket...

The group was walking through the narrow streets of New Orleans in a market district filled with various shops and stalls.

The clouds had also now cleared up with a pale cloudless sky now covering the sky in the evening.

Stan lurked near the back of the group as he thought about the events that had occurred in the restaurant.

"How did Gwen do that? I mean she does not have powers like me, so how?" Stan pondered as he walked down the path paying attention not to hit anyone or anything.

Flashing his blue eyes towards Ben, Stan heard Max point out, "In all my travels, I never once saw a crawfish climb up someone's nostril until today Ben."

Gwen and Max then blurted out in laughter again as Stan smiled slightly at the joke.

"Ha… Glad I could make your day Grandpa." Ben responded sarcastically as Stan replied to him, "Yeah, it was not the best thing for you huh?"

Grinning, Gwen turned to Stan and spoke happily to him, "Oh Stan, Thanks for this good luck charm, I feel like I should get you something in return."

Stunned, Stan couldn't help but stop walking and blush slightly as Gwen walked over to a hot dog vendor.

"Help! Help! They stole my purse!" Someone shouted out for help.

Stunned, Stan's red blush immediately vanished as his left-hand automatically reached for the Omnitrix.

Turning his head, Stan noticed three common thugs running down the street with one of carrying a stolen purse.

Quickly thinking, Max stood defensively in the middle of the street halting the criminal whilst Stan moved his left hand away from the Omnitrix.

"That's far enough!" Max shouted at the thugs.

Stopping to a halt, the lead thug laughed at this statement with his goons chuckling as well.

"Oh yeah? Who's going to make us, you pop?!" The lead thug taunted Max.

"A little friend I like to call Diamondhead," Stan mumbled under his breath before he quietly sneaked behind the hot dog stand.

Gulping, Ben slowly backed off muttering under his breath, "Oh man, it sucks that I can't do anything to help. Maybe one day…"

Kneeling near the hot dog stand, Stan tried to get the Omnitrix to work as the lead thug took out an industrial lead pipe from his coat and walked towards Max.

BEEP! FLICK! SPARK!

The Omnitrix beeped negatively with the core not popping up as Stan pleaded behind the hot dog stand, "Oh come, I need someone to use!"

Moving forward the lead thug noticed Gwen's necklace and smirked darkly with a greedy and malicious look appearing in his eyes.

"Hey, hey. That's a nice little necklace you got there girlie." The thug mocked Gwen darkly.

Bravely, Max stood in front of Ben and Gwen protecting them as stan frantically tried to get the Omnitrix working muttering, "Ugh, this is not a lucky day for me or Ben."

BZZZT!

Unbeknownst to anyone else, Gwen's charm started glowing yellow again.

Annoyed at not being able to help, Ben shoved Gwen back yelling out in anger, "That's it! I'm tired of not being able to help!"

"Ben! Get back!" Max ordered Ben as Gwen shouted in shock, "Hey!"

Giving up on trying to get the Omnitrix to work, Stan peered up from the hot dog stand and what a crazy chain of events that baffled him.

As Gwen stumbled backwards, she was accidentally sent flying into a juggler who was balancing three bowling pins in his hands.

WHOOSH! BANG!

"ARGH!" The shocked juggler yelled as he struggled to maintain his balance on the tricycle.

WHOOSH! CLANG!

As the juggled flipped over and fell off his tricycle, the wheel off the tricycle flew off towards one of the thugs.

SLAM! CLONG!

"Ooof!" the thug shouted out in pain as he slid across the ground before the bowling pins crash-landed on his head.

CLONG! CLANG! BOING!

"Ugh..." the thug groaned as he fell onto the ground dazed.

Seeing his opportunity, Max grabbed hold of the thug leader and restrained him in a bear hug holding him captive due to his larger size.

Alone, the last thug quickly cornered Ben who bravely held his ground.

Frowning, Gwen quickly rushed forward before she accidentally stepped on a mustard bottle.

SPLURT!

Yellow mustard spotted in the owner of the hot dog vendor.

"My eyes!" The hot dog vendor owner yelled in pain as he rubbed his eyes before he kicked the hot dog cart accident.

WHOOSH! SKID! CRASH!

Ben narrowly dodged the hot dog cart with the runaway vehicle crashing into a nearby wall with the thug attached to it.

SLAM! WHACK!

Finally, the last thug on the ground groaned as he slowly stood up only for the impact that the hot dog cart caused the flower pot to fall off the wall.

CRASH!

The flower pot impacted the thug's head as his eyes boggled out comedically before he finally fell to the ground knocked out.

Whump!

"Umm… what just happened?!" Stan muttered in confusion and shock.

Nobody answered back in response as Gwen once again noticed the glowing charm around her neck.

BZZZT!

Gwen's charm then stopped glowing yellow and reverted to its normal colour as Gwen spoke in awe, "Huh... Cool."

"Did Gwen just save the day?" A baffled Ben asked Max who replied, "Looks like she did."

Stunned, Stan couldn't help but stay quiet as he noticed an elderly lady walking over with a police officer.

"This little girl is a hero officer." The elderly lady informed Gwen who turned around and replied happily, "Oh me? Just lucky I guess."

As the police officer walked over to the thugs, Gwen looked around and noticed a mask shop.

Smirking in satisfaction with her green eyes widening, Gwen asked Max, "Grandpa, can I go to the mask shop?"

"Sure, I'll help if you like." Max called back to Gwen who calmly stated, "Nah, I've got this."

Walking over to the mask shop, Gwen smirked happily as Stan regrouped with Ben and Max whilst the thugs were slowly arrested by police officers.

"How do you feel about Gwen taking your credit Stan?" Ben asked Stan who calmly responded, "I think it was a mere coincidence. She can't have powers right?!"

Concerned about Stan, Max quickly calmed him down stating, "Now, then Stan. Don't get so riled up. We'll talk about it in the morning."

Agreeing with Max, Stan pointed out, "I know, I think Gwen has been lucky today. I'm sure everything will go back to normal in the morning."

Max smiled back in response before he walked off as Ben rolled his eyes behind Max's back.

Preparing to walk back to the Rust Bucket, Stan noticed Gwen exiting the shop carrying a goodie bag which contained a cat mask and some other props.

"I don't know how you did it, Gwen. But it must be connected to that charm that crazy guy in the museum was using. There must be a logical explanation for all this." Stan pondered in his head as he watched Gwen walk by him.

No longer thinking, Stan followed the Tennyson trio back to the Rust Bucket as he wondered what would happen tomorrow.

Several hours later…

It was a bright and sunny day as the Rust Bucket was parked in a nearby parking zone next to a construction site.

Inside the Rust Bucket, Max snored loudly near the front of the RV, "ZZZZZ..."

"Ugh..." Ben groaned as he tossed and turned in his bed above Stan who was sleeping quietly under his bed.

Grabbing the pillow off his bed, Ben tired covering his ears before rambling out, "Hey Gwen? You got a mega-sized cork on you?"

At the mention of food, Stan's blue eyes slowly opened before he yawned exclaiming tiredly, "Eh what? Fork? Is it dinner time already?"

Looking around the Rust Bucket, Ben spotted that Gwen was nowhere to been found in the Rust Bucket.

"No, Gwen's not in the Rust Bucket." Ben spoke to Stan who moved his hands over his face stating, "Just let me get changed and we'll find her."

Clambering out of his bed, Stan faintly heard a ball being bounced outside.

A few moments later…

Creak...

The side door of the Rust Bucket opened up as Stan and Ben emerged outside.

Both boys then spotted Gwen playing with a basketball on a ball court.

BZZZT!

Gwen's charm then began glowing yellow again as Gwen turned her back towards the ball hoop and closed her eyes.

WHOOSH!

Gwen then threw the basketball behind her back into the air.

THWOOSH!

The basketball flew past the basketball hoop before it bounced off the roof of another parked RV.

BOING! WHOOSH!

The basketball then flew towards a Tv antenna on the RV as it stretched and launched the basketball upwards again.

THWOOSH!

The basketball then landed on an electrical cable as the ball rolled on with gravity taking over before the ball stopped above the basketball hoop.

THUMP! WHOOSH!

The basketball then plunged off the electrical cables and plunged into the basketball ball hoop as Ben managed to catch the ball.

"Nothing like the bottom of the net again," Gwen muttered happily as she noticed Stan and Ben arriving.

"Morning Gwen." Stan greeted Gwen as Ben said to Gwen, "Okay, we are defiantly not playing horse."

"Give me that ball Ben!" Gwen shouted out to Ben in annoyance as her charm stopped glowing yellow.

BZZZT!

"No way! Not until you tell me how you did that." Ben yelled back to Gwen as Stan calmly stated, "Yeah, I would like to know as well Gwen."

Grinning, Gwen happily boasted about the lucky charm saying, "What can I say? I guess I'm charmed. It's like every time it glows, everything goes my way."

Noticing the glowing yellow charm, Stan finally realized what Gwen meant as Ben blurted out in anger, "Well, it sucks because I'm the only one who does not have any special powers!"

"Hey, you just need to be patient and wait." Gwen bluntly stated to Ben as Stan optimistically suggested, "Yeah, I guess something will pop up soon right?"

Creak...

The side door of the Rust Bucket once again opened as an amused Max exited the vehicle saying, "Ah… Nothing like a good night's sleep. Who wants breakfast?"

Feeling hungry, Stan turned to Max asking him, "Got any pancakes?"

CRAKABOOM!

A massive explosion caught the attention of everyone in the area.

Shocked, Stan looked at the nearby construction site and spotted machinery and structure failing from the site with two workers stuck on a lift connected to the structure.

SNAP! CRACK! BLAM!

The cable then snapped as the lift malfunctioned and dangled sidewards.

WHOOSH! THUD!

The two workers ended up dangling onto the malfunctioning lift with a large crowd quickly gathering below the accident site.

Stan looked at Max who nodded back indicating he could use the Omnitrix.

Smirking, Stan looked down at the Omnitrix as the charm on Gwen's neck glowed bright yellow again.

BZZZT!

"I'd better go Wildmutt or Stinkfly and save the workers!" Stan muttered to Ben who smiled saying back, "Yeah, time to watch a real hero go to work. Good luck."

Seeing her opportunity to prove herself, Gwen shouted out, "Hold that thought! I'll be right back."

BEEP!

As Gwen ran back to the Rust Bucket, Stan activated the Omnitrix and scrolled through to the Wildmutt silhouette thinking about his choice.

"Should I goWildmutt? Then again… Screw it. I need to act quickly." Stan realized in thought before he slammed down the exposed core.

FLASH!

Green light enveloped Stan and the surrounding area briefly before Wildmutt emerged from the green light snarling.

"ROARR!" Wildmutt howled in anger as the Vulpimancer ran forward past Ben and Max towards the construction site.

"Please help me…" Someone moaned in pain nearby.

Confused, Ben and Max noticed a broken and battered truck that was crushed with a large metal pipe with a truck driver trapped inside.

Hiss... SPARK! BLAM!

A spark of energy then ignited the truck engine with it lighting on fire.

Stunned, Ben and Max attempted to help only for Gwen to reappear wearing a completely different outfit.

Gwen was now wearing a homemade and custom-designed superheroine costume.

It consisted off a dark blue jumpsuit that covered Gwen's body along with a matching pair of blue gloves and shoes with the glowing yellow charm still tied around her neck.

The jumpsuit also had a light blue sash around Gwen's waist that dangled like a cloth belt of a martial arts gi.

Finishing the design was a dark blue cat mask that had cat ears with two soles for the eyes along with a light purple shading around the eyes.

This is Gwen's heroic alter ego: Lucky Girl!

"Uh, is that Gwen? She looks like Catwoman." Ben mumbled in shock as Max inquired, "Gwen? What are you doing?"

"It's Lucky Girl, and I'm going to save the day!" Gwen triumphantly shouted out before she ran over to the construction site.

At the construction site, Wildmutt looked around the area trying to figure out a good way to scale the building as the crowd watched on.

As Lucky Girl arrived on the scene, she noticed the panicking crowd as she yelled out, "Everyone, Stay calm! I'm here to help."

Confused, the crowd turned away from Wildmutt with the various people spotting Lucky Girl.

Stunned, the people began talking about the young heroine in awe and confusion as Wildmutt snorted slightly before he began scaling the construction building.

"Who is that?" Someone asked in confusion as another person added, "I don't know, she seems very young, however."

"This will be very interesting to watch." One last person spoke finishing the conclusion.

Looking around to free the trapped construction worker in the truck, Lucky Girl noticed a wooden plank that was stacked on another one at the opposite end.

Smirking, Lucky Girl's charm glowed a bright yellow colour as she began sprinting to the wooden plank.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! THUNK!

Leaping in the air, Lucky Girl used her gymnastic skills and landed gracefully on the wooden plank at one side.

WHOOSH! KA-THUD!

The impact caused the wooden plank to haul upwards with the other wooden plank being launched in the air.

And thus another event of chain reactions occurred.

WHOOSH! SMASH! WHUMP!

The wooden plank that was launched in the air smashed into the window of a nearby crane.

The window shattered into glass debris as the plank was pushed into a lever of the crane.

Flick! THWOOSH! WHIRRR!

The wrecking ball connected to the crane plunged downwards before it impacted the wrecked burning construction truck.

WHOOSH! CRASH! SMASH! THUD! HISS! WHAM!

The impact was so significant that the construction ball imploded the construction truck.

The impact also caused the metal pipe on the truck to go flying off to the side with the flames on the truck being extinguished briefly.

Seeing his opportunity, the truck driver quickly scrambled out and successfully escaped from the mangled wreckage of the truck.

However, the metal pipe for the truck was sent skidding into a nearby button.

SCREECH! CLANG! WHOOSH!

The nearby construction lift used to transport material ended up flying upwards.

At the same time...

WHUMP! CLANG!

Wildmutt grunted slightly as the Vulpimancer continued to climb the construction building utilising the pipes as momentum to carefully jump across.

THWOOSH! THUMP!

Finally getting close to the construction workers, Wildmutt's heat gills flashed widely with his senses detecting the heat signature the construction workers were giving off.

Grinning, Wildmutt plotted out his next move thinking, "Yes, now I just need… What is that sound?!"

WHIRRR!

Turning his head downwards, Wildmutt noticed the cage lift rising upwards.

WHOOSH! THWACK!

"HOWL!" Wildmutt yelled in shock as he was dragged along up with the lift until it stopped at the top floor.

SKID! SCREECH! THWOOSH!

Wildmutt was then launched upwards into the air for a few seconds with him thinking, "Ah crap! I should have used Stinkfly!"

"RARGH!" Wildmutt panicked as the Vuplimancer flayed his arms wildly before gravity took hold and he plunged back down to the ground.

Shocked, Lucky Girl looked upwards and noticed Wildmutt falling to the ground shouting out, "Oh no! Wildmutt!

KA-CRASH! WHAM!

"HOWL!" Wildmutt howled in pain as the Vulpimancer crashed onto a wooden platform before he grabbed hold of a wooden rope with his paws.

SKID! BURN! CRASH! WHACK!

Clutching onto the rope, Wildmutt skidded down the rope before he came to stop as wooden debris and planks plunged from above onto the ground.

"Gwen... I mean; Lucky Girl move!" Max shouted out to the young heroine.

Frowning, Lucky Girl managed to run narrowly missing the wooden debris raining down onto the ground.

WHOOSH! WHAM! THUNK! CRASH!

Quickly thinking Lucky Girl spotted a nearby cement mixer and lept into the driving seat of the vehicle as the last wooden plank clattered onto the ground.

CLATTER! THUNK!

Once inside the vehicle, Gwen's leg accidentally knocked over a gear lever for the cement mixer truck.

Flick! SCREECH! KA-THUD!

The cement mixer ended up reversing back before the vehicle impacted a metal pipe.

Rumble... CRACK! WHAM!

The impact caused the construction structure to shake and turn upright as Wildmutt finally ended up losing his grip on the rope with the metal pipe impacting the Vuplimancer.

WHOOSH! CLANG! CRACK!

Falling back down to the ground, Wildmutt bluntly thought in embarrassment, "Worst rescue ever."

WHEEE... SPLOSH!

As it to make the humiliation even worse, Wildmutt ended up being sploshed around in the active cement mixer.

"HOOWWWLLL!" Wildmutt howled in pain as he felt the cement dragging him down.

Enraged, Wildmutt slowly dragged himself out of the cement substance before leaping out of the cement mixer truck.

SPLOSH! WHAM! THUD!

Shaking in panic, Wildmutt began licking himself down wiping away the thick cement stuck to his orange fur.

At the same time with Ben and Max...

Max noticed the construction workers dangling above the pipe as Max called out, "Slide down the chute!"

Understanding what Max was saying, the construction workers carefully slid down the large pipe.

Whoosh! Thump!

The construction workers safely slid down at the bottom landing on an old mattress at the bottom before the crowd cheered happily.

SLURP! SHAKE!

Wildmutt finished shaking his body as the Vulpimancer spotted the construction workers.

Sighing with relief that they were safe, Wildmutt then noticed a medium-sized crowd of reporters and journalists near Lucky Girl.

"Greetings, I'm Lucy Williams, reporting for CNN. How exactly did you pull off this amazing rescue?" The same reporter from last night asked Lucky Girl.

Smirking, Lucky Girl noticed Wildmutt staring at her in confusion before she boldly proclaimed, "With the style of course. Who's your hero?!"

Watching on, Wildmutt whimpered in a mixture of anger and sadness at Gwen, "Grrrr..."

Slowly walking off from away from the crowd, Wildmutt's Omnitrix symbol began beeping red.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"And you heard it here first. Live with CNN!" The news reporter shouted out as Wildmutt thought unhappily, "I guess I know how it feels to be second best now… Am I worthless with Gwen being a hero?"

FLASH!

Wildmutt then transformed back into Stan in a flash of red light.

As the red light faded, Stan slowly sighed and began walking off back to the Rust Bucket in a depressed state not used to being thanked for his heroic actions.

At the same time in another part of New Orleans...

Floating above the ground, Hex continued to hunt the missing charm he owned until he heard the Tv report from earlier playing in an electronics store.

Turning his head, Hex noticed a series of Tv's displaying the news reporter talking to Lucky Girl.

"And on CNN today, exclusive luck at this city's vigilante. Over very own…" The reporter began as Lucky Girl shouted out, "Lucky Girl!"

Looking closer, Hex's dark yellow eyes scanned Lucky Girl as he spotted his missing charm draped around her neck.

Smirking darkly, Hex began plotting a plan to lure out Lucky Girl and reacquire all of the Charms of Bezel...

Several hours later back in the Rust Bucket...

It was now late afternoon as the Rust Bucket drove down the main interstate road out of New Orleans.

Inside, Max hummed to himself enjoying the classic rock music that was playing on the radio.

Next to Max, Ben stared blankly out the window in a bored and tired state.

In the side booths, Gwen and Stan were sat opposite each other as Stna observed Lucky Girls mask before he placed it back on the table.

On the other side, Gwen was using her laptop gathering research on the charms as Ben then walked over in curiosity.

"Hey, so what's going on here?" Ben asked Gwen.

Turning around her laptop, Gwen peered around explaining, "I've cross-referenced the Archamada Book of Spells with dark magical charms and look. It's part of a set called the Charms of Bezel.

"Bezel? I've never heard of him before." Stan replied to Gwen who nodded and looked at her charm stating, "I know, that sounds odd. But this charm I'm wearing is luck. And there are also charms for fire, levitation, injury and reincarnation."

"But magic now? This summer just keeps getting crazier and odder." Ben exclaimed in disbelief and shock with the presence of magic now being revealed.

Realizing the connection with Hex, Stan pointed out, "Hey, I've seen those charms before. The crazy guy in the voodoo museum was wearing them when XLR8 defeated him."

"So, that's why he wanted the book of spells. But it says here that all the Charms of Bezel are needed for the spells to be used at their full power. Oh well, his loss is my gain." Gwen exclaimed before she smiled happily.

Frowning slightly, Stan looked at the Charm of Bezel as Ben scratched his head in confusion wondering what should be done.

"I'm afraid more like was. We need to turn that charm into the museum." Max bluntly intervened.

"No fair! Not before…" Ben and Gwen shouted out at the same time before Ben finished yelling, "I try it! I need some kind of power to help others."

"I don't think so, Ben. The world needs the power of Lucky Girl!" Gwen shouted back defiantly.

Annoyed with Ben and Gwen arguing, Stan then blurted out, "Newsflash. I'm the only one with powers okay?! I agree with Max."

That was the last straw for Gwen.

Pissed off with Stan's attitude with her jealousy finally boiling over, Gwen shut off her laptop and slammed the cover down.

THUNK!

Staring back in shock, Stan flinched as Gwen yelled at him, "Well then. You can make that one a two now!"

Frozen in shock, Ben stepped back as Max listened in as well with Stan's anger beginning to boil over as he yelled back, "Hey, all the hero stuff you were doing earlier was with that charm!"

Then the tensions finally boiled over.

"It's not you either! It's that watch you found! Besides, you don't seem to be doing a good job today do you?" Gwen snapped back to Stan in anger as she leaned over the desk to his face.

Glaring back, Stan moved over the table glaring at her as he shouted back, "Listen, Gwen. You're jealous that I found the watch earlier this month aren't you?"

"I am not! Now zip it!" Gwen grunted back as Stan shouted out, "Yes you are! Admit it already!"

"NO, I AM NOT!" Gwen finally snapped yelling even louder than before.

"YES, YOU ARE!" Stan shouted back even louder in response.

And then Gwen took it too far.

"SHUT UP DORK! I'M A DAMN BETTER HERO THEN YOU EVER WERE!" Gwen yelled loudly to Stan.

Stunned, Gwen gasped and realized her mistake as Stan's anger instantly vanished as he whimpered, "Did you just call me a dork?"

"I didn't mean to…" Gwen apologised back as Stan's sadness slowly took over his emotions.

Freezing in sadness, Stan's blue eyes began watering before a single tear slowly fell out of his left eye.

Splosh!

The tear landed on the table as Stan lowered his head before he sadly ranted out, "You know what? I just realized something, you always hated that when I was the hero because I was using the Omnitrix for good. At first, I didn't like it, but I've become more used to as the days have gone by because I realized I could help other people and make the world a better place."

Catching his breath, Stan sadly finished off with, "But now Gwen? You have your gimmick now and you can save others. But you know what you lost today? My respect because you are nothing more than a jealous and clingy girl who cares only for herself."

Finishing off his emotional rant, Stan ran off the side booth and rushed to the bathroom and began crying in sadness.

SLAM!

Stunned by Stan's revelation, Gwen sighed unhappily regretting her idiotic decision as Ben bluntly spoke, "Nice going, dweeb."

Ben then moved away from the side booth as Max sighed muttering to Gwen in disappointment, "We need to have a serious talk about your attitude young lady."

"I didn't mean to be like that…" Gwen replied in sadness before she leaned against the side booth staring out the window.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Ben knocked on the bathroom door as he heard Stan crying from within the bathroom.

"Stan, can you hear me in there?" Ben carefully questioned Stan.

"Go away! I want to be left alone since I'm useless." Stan responded sadly.

Frustrated, Ben pleaded with him yelling out, "You're not useless Stan! Don't let what Gwen said to get to your head!"

"NO! I want to be left alone!, I'll come out when I want to!" Stan brokenly shouted back at Ben.

Sighing, Ben leaned against the door before advising, "Well, we need your help. We all always do. Hell, Gwen needs your help."

Ben then walked away from the bathroom door towards the front of the vehicle when the radio beeped.

Beep!

"This just in, in the news of the weird, reports are coming in that the city's famed haunted history mansion has come alive trapping dozens of visitors inside." The radio blared out loudly.

Stunned, Gwen leaned up from the table and shouted out, "Grandpa!"

"On it," Max responded as he slammed his foot on the accelerator gear.

SCREECH! WHOOSH!

The Rust Bucket quickly sped off towards the outskirts of New Orleans leaving the bustling city behind.

Twenty mins later on the outskirts of New Orleans...

The Rust Bucket was parked outside a large old haunted house museum establishment that was covered by foggy weather.

Surrounding the building and area was a thick marshy swamp where crickets and other marsh animals were lurking in the swamp.

Creak...

The Rust Bucket side door was flung open as Ben carefully stepped outside and looked around at the marshy landscape.

Shove!

Gwen then shoved Ben aside wearing her Lucky Girl outfit.

"Back off! I'll handle this." Gwen shouted out loud as she ran off towards the haunted house.

"Hey! Wait up!" Ben yelled back as he began sprinting after Gwen.

Max then walked out of the Rust Bucket as Stan carefully exited the vehicle last, tear streaks having run down his face.

"Stan, are you coming?!" Max asked Stan.

"No... I am not helping Gwen this time. She can handle it herself." Stan bluntly pointed out in anger and sadness.

Sighing, Max kneeled and informed him, "Look, Gwen needs you. Please come with us and help her."

Looking around, Stan finally gave in saying in annoyance, "Fine. I will. But I'm not doing it for her."

Smiling, Max and Stan quickly ran after Ben and Lucky Girl towards the entrance of the old building.

Near the entrance doors of the building, a guy ran out of the building before he noticed the group rushing to it.

"You can't go in there… It's too dangerous!" The man pleaded with the group.

Wanting answers, Max asked him, "What happened in there?!"

"We were looking at the exhibits… Next thing I know some pale robbed guy comes in and starts wrecking the place. I'm getting the cops!" The man shouted out as he ran off.

Max then led the group inside the building where they saw chaos unfolding as Lucky Girl muttered under her breath, "Oh my god."

BZZZT! RUMBLE! WHOOSH!

Various people fled down the stairs of the large interior with the room glowing a bright sickly green colour.

A nearby chandelier on the roof was also shaking violently whilst a nearby balcony tipped left and right.

On the balcony, people struggled to maintain their grip and balance on the structure with people crying out for help.

Glaring at the carnage, Lucky Girl slowly walked forward not noticing Hex staring at her from above the ground near the upper window.

"I knew you could not resist Lucky Girl…" Hex mused to himself before he couldn't help but laugh loudly with his sinister laugh echoed throughout the building.

Beginning the second part of his plan, Hex aimed his staff up towards the balcony as it glowed yellow.

BZZZT! CRACK! SNAP! RUMBLE...

The balcony swayed even more as the structure began to detach from the wall.

"The whole thing is going to crash down!" Someone shouted from the balcony as someone else yelled, "Help, I'm afraid of heights!"

Realizing how bad the situation was, Stan decided not to take action and see how Lucky Girl would resolve the situation without him.

Moving back, Stan watched as Lucky Girl moved forward before she yelled out, "Everyone stays calm. Lucky Girl is in the haunted house!"

Lucky Girl then charged towards the staircase past a glaring Ben and a frowning Max as Stan chuckled watching Lucky Girl in action.

Hex grinned as he spotted Lucky Girl running towards the staircase as another one of Hex's charms glowed bright yellow in response.

BZZZT! RUMBLE! KA-CRACK!

The staircase that Lucky Girl was on began shaking violently with the bolt peeling away and firing in different directions as the floorboards for the stairs came loose one at a time.

WHOOSH! SNAP! CRASH! WHAM! THUNK!

Shocked, the remaining group split up and fled across the room narrowly dodging the wooden staircase boards.

Running over underneath the large support structure, Stan looked around before he heard the Omnitrix beeping on his right arm.

BEEP!

Noticing the Omnitrix was now fully recharged, Stan activated the green button with the exposed core popping up.

Thinking carefully about what alien he had to use, Stan scrolled from the Wildmutt silhouette to the Four Arms silhouette muttering under his breath, "Who needs luck, when you have good practice and skill?"

Smirking with excitement, Stan tapped down the core of the watch and transformed.

FLASH! CRACK!

A massive flash of green light covered Stan as he slammed his growing red fist onto the ground as his metamorphosis into a Tetramand began.

At the same time, Lucky Girl had managed to reach the top of the staircase.

Shocked, Hex quickly acted as he used his staff to cause the balcony to collapse and separate from the staircase.

BZZZT! SNAP! CRASH!

"ARGHH!" People on the balcony screamed as the substructure began groaning and slowly tipped sidewards.

Seeing his chance, Hex then aimed his staff at Lucky Girl and decided to separate her from the others.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

A running Lucky Girl ended up floating off the staircase as the charm on her neck glowed yellow in response.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! THUNK!

Using her luck powers, Lucky Girl used her acrobatic skills and flipped up backwards from the staircase as she ended up landing on a wooden support beam fro the staircase.

As she landed on the ground, Lucky Girl gasped when she noticed someone else slide off the staircase.

"AHHH!" The person screamed as she fell to the ground with a wooden support beam cracking and plunging after her.

Wham! Grab!

Stunned, the civilian opened her eyes as Max narrowly grabbed hold of her with Ben having run over to assist him.

The three then narrowly ran off and missed a falling wooden beam that impacted the floor.

CRASH! SMACK!

Wooden debris was sent scattering across the floor as the main balcony finally groaned tipping sidewards.

Creak... SNAP! WHAM! GRAB!

"GAH!" Four Arms grunted in pain as the Tetramand slammed into the wooden post and clutched it with his four hands.

Scrape! CRACK!

The balcony groaned in pain as Four Arm's thick feet dragged into the ground as he struggled to hold onto the large structure despite his massive size.

"Gwen, I've got the supports! If you're going to do something then do it now!" Four Arms shouted out to Lucky Girl who yelled back, "But who's got them?!"

CRACK! SNAP! CREAK!

Immediately after Lucky Girl said that the wooden support beam she was on began rocking back and forth.

Smiling confidently, Lucky Girl then jumped high into the air just as the wooden leg fell over and collapsed onto the floor.

SMACK! WHOOSH!

Leaping gracefully in the air, Lucky Girl ended up swinging onto the chandelier connected to the ceiling.

WHOOSH! SWING! CREAK!

Using her reflexes, Gwen swung with the chandelier and landed her legs on the collapsing balcony below her.

"Everyone grab hold of the chandelier!" Gwen yelled out to the three trapped people on the balcony.

Seeing no choice, the three people who were trapped on the balcony leapt onto the chandelier from the balcony.

THWOOSH! SWING CRACK!

"ARGHH!" Everyone on the chandelier screamed as Four Arms finally lost his grip on the wooden balcony.

KA-CRACK! SNAP! WHAM! THUD! THUD! THUD!

Struggling to maintain his grip, Four Arms lost his grip on the balcony as it finally collapsed and broke into wooden debris.

"GAH!" Four Arms yelled in shock as the Tetramand stumbled forward numerous times before he crashed into the wall of the building.

KA-CRASH! SMASH! BLAM!

Rubble and debris-covered Four Arms with thick dust and smoke filling the area around him.

Fed up with all the bad luck, Four Arms finally snapped yelling loudly, " Argh! I am not letting bad luck get to me again!"

SMACK! CRASH! WHAM!

Four Arms angrily grunted as a thick red hand smashed out from the wall as the giant Tetramand began scrambling out of the rubble covering him.

Shocked, Ben and Max ran over to assist Four Arms whilst the chandelier continued to swing wildly.

SWING! THUD!

The chandelier then stopped swinging as Lucky Girl looked around before calmly informing, "Okay, we just need to stay focused okay?"

SNAP!

The rope of the chandelier began snapping as someone sarcastically replied, "Great, we've been jinxed."

CRACK! THWOOSH!

The chandelier then plummeted back down to the ground as everyone screamed on it as no one noticed Lucky Girl's charm glowing yellow.

BZZZT! WHAM! SNAP!

By mere luck, the chandelier had managed to not impact the floor and was instead hanging by a single thread of rope left with glass and more debris landing on the floor.

"Everyone off now!" Gwen ordered the stunned visitors.

Following Lucky Girl's advice, the visitors scrambled off the chandelier and ran towards the exit.

Sighing in relief, Lucky Girl leapt off the chandelier and ran for the exit.

WHOOSH! SLAM!

The thick wooden entrance doors slammed shut.

Seeing his chance with everyone else gone or distracted, Hex used his staff to trap Gwen.

BZZZT!

"Woah!" Lucky Girl cried out in shock and worry.

Struggling to break free, Hex used his telekinesis to raised Lucky Girl to his face.

Stunned, Gwen finally confronted her rival as Hex examined her muttering out, "So you're the one who has been stopping me from achieving my destiny. Give me my charm and I may consider letting you live."

"Go to hell. There's no way I'm giving you the charm of Bezel!" Lucky Girl shouted back in anger toward's Hex's face.

Enraged at Lucky Girl's defiance, Hex coldly replied, "No, I think it is you who I will send to hell girl!"

Raising his staff, Hex threw Gwen flying downwards with it.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

"ARGH!" Gwen screamed out in response as Hex smirked darkly floating in the air.

Thinking quickly, Lucky Girl spotted a red curtain and gracefully slid down the red curtain onto the floor.

Thump! RIP!

The red curtain then ripped and fluttered down on the ground as Lucky Girl kneeled in exhaustion.

Floating down after Lucky Girl, Hex shouted in annoyance, "Give me my charm brat!"

WHUMP!

The red curtain ended up floating down on Hex as the rogue sorcerer fell onto the ground.

Grinning, Lucky Girl got up from the ground and spotted a nearby marble statue of a knight.

Running over to the marble bust, Lucky Girl then pushed the bust of the pedestal as it crashlanded on Hex.

KA-CRASH!

"Ooof!" Hex grunted in pain as Lucky Girl taunted Hex saying, "You, should have said please!"

Running off from Hex, Lucky Girl vanished into a corridor further into the building.

Skirt... BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

A bright yellow glow occurred beneath the carpet before it exploded in a flash of yellow light.

The carpet and marble debris flew off to the side as Hex emerged from the carpet.

Turning around, Hex calmly began walking after Lucky Girl down the same corridor she fled into.

Spotting what was going on and worried about Gwen, Four Arms shouted out, "Oh no! Guys we've gotta hurry, he's after Gwen!"

"I've got it! Come on Grandpa, we need to hurry!" Ben called out to Max who said back, "Remeber boys, I ain't as young as I used to be."

At the same time in the corridor...

Skirt!

Lucky Girl sprinted down the corridor of the building before she skidded around the corner and stopped panting in exhaustion.

Once around the corner, Lucky Girl spotted an old living room in the quiet building with an adjacent fireplace.

Walking over to the living room, Lucky Girl looked around the room trying to find a secret panel to use.

"Which one?" Lucky Girl muttered in confusion as she placed her hand on a stone bust.

Creak...

Looking at the stone bust, Lucky Girl's hand pushed it open with a red button below it.

Laughing, Gwen murmured in disbelief "Always the stone busts…"

Pressing down the button, Lucky Girl's charm then stopped glowing yellow as a nearby wall slid open.

BZZZT! Creak... Rumble...

Looking at the wall, Lucky Girl noticed a secret passage that went underground.

Stepping into the tunnel, the sound of dripping water echoed in the tunnel as Lucky Girl muttered, "I wonder where this goes?"

Meanwhile in the entrance lobby...

Leading ahead, Max walked ahead of Ben and Four Arms with the group noticing the empty passageway where Lucky Girl and Hex had walked into.

"Is that the passage they went down?" Ben asked Max who replied, "Yes, seems like it. Come on! They must have gone that way."

Further ahead in the corridor...

Hex looked around as he entered the empty living room before he noticed the hidden passage.

Smirking darkly, Hex entered the stone tunnel with his bare feet tapping on the stone floor.

At the same time...

Tap! Tap!

Further down in the stone tunnel, Gwen gulped as she noticed a decaying human skeleton.

Being carefully to walk by, Gwen walked past the skull before she noticed a snake slither out and stare at her.

"Hiss!" The snake hissed at Lucky Girl.

Panicking, Lucky Girl then sprinted down the tunnel scurrying above a hoard of disgusting rats that fled into the darkness when they saw her.

"Ugh... This place is so gross." Lucky Girl complained loudly as her voice echoed through the tunnel.

One min later...

"Phew..." Lucky Girl muttered in exhaustion as she leaned against a stone wall in a catacomb.

Unknown to her, however, Hex was lurking on the other side of the wall.

Hearing, Lucky Girl panting, Hex smiled darkly before shouting out another spell, "Eterla Morbulous!"

BZZZT!

Lucky Girl's charm then began glowing yellow again.

Stunned, Lucky Girl accidentally placed her hand on a nearby stone brick.

Crack... WHAM!

The stone brick slowly slid through the stone wall on Hex's side.

Rumble... CRACK! WHAM! SMASH!

Looking upwards, Hex was greeted with falling rocks and other rubble and debris crashing onto him.

The stone tunnel was covered with dust coating the tunnel as Lucky Girl coughed with her vision getting blurry.

As the dust cleared away, Lucky Girl noticed that she was sitting next to a decomposing human skeleton.

"AGGHH! Oh god!" Lucky Girl panicked in horror.

Scattering away from the human remains, She spotted Hex having survived the rockfall with a bright yellow shield glowing around him.

Hex then smiled creepily at Lucky Girl before she turned around and ran off again as Hex's shield deactivated.

"Give up Lucky Girl! You can't hide from me!" Hex shouted out to Lucky Girl as he floated in the air again and aimed his staff at the young heroine.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

Another magic beam of yellow energy was fired by Hex's staff as Lucky Girl narrowly ducked missing the energy projectile.

KA-BOOM! RUMBLE!

The magic beam collided with the end of the rocky tunnel as the wall was blasted open.

Outside, the debris and rocks cluttered as Lucky Girl ran out of the tunnel and into the outside world.

Lucky Girl discovered she was in a creepy and ancient graveyard that was illuminated by thick grey skies with the pale light of the moon illuminating the ground.

Panting, Lucky Girl ran for her life as she exited the graveyard via a stone path before she ran into a thickly wooded forest.

Crows hawked loudly as the trees blew in the wind whilst Lucky Girl hide behind a tree catching her breath.

"Okay, maybe dissing off Stan was not the right thing to do." Lucky Girl cursed under her breath as she realized the giant mistake she had made.

Peering around the tree, Lucky Girl noticed Hex calmly walking forward like a ghost with leaves blowing away when he walked across the ground.

Panicking, Lucky Girl hid back behind the tree as Hex spotted her briefly as Hex's staff glowed yellow.

BZZZT! Groan...

A nearby tree branch groaned as the branch slowly slithered near Lucky Girl and grabbed her leg.

WHOOSH!

"ARGH!" Lucky Girl screamed in panic as more branches appeared and began tying her up.

RUMBLE... CRACK! SNAP!

A tree branch then appeared around Lucky Girl's neck and snagged her charm.

"No!" Lucky Girl shouted out in shock.

Snap!

The rope separated from Lucky Girl's neck as the branch then flung the charm to Hex who calmly grabbed it.

Smirking in victory, Hex walked off from Lucky Girl as the branches slowly obscured her vision as all became black for her.

A few mins later...

Lucky Girl's vision was blurred out before she heard people talking.

"I've found her!" Ben shouted out with his voice being muffled as Max stated, "Good work, Ben!"

"Stand aside, I'll cut her out." Four Arms pointed out to Max and Ben.

Snap! Crack!

Slowly peeling off the branches, Four Arms noticed Lucky Girl cough out loudly before her breathing stabilized as she thanked Four Arms, "Ah, thanks."

"So where is he then?" Four Arms asked Gwen before Ben spoke out, "Uh, I think Grandpa just found him."

Turning their heads, Four Arms and Lucky Girl noticed Hex floating in the air the graveyard on a large tomb.

Smirking, Hex noticed the city of New Orleans in the distance as he now wore all the Charms of Bezel around his neck along with the Archamada Book of spells floating around him.

BZZZT! ZAP! SPARK! WHOOSH!

Hex's charms then all glowed yellow one at a time with the book glowing yellow as well.

Grinning, Hex's white eyes slowly shifted colour morphing to yellow as a bright aura of magic sparked and glowed around Hex.

Hex then floated above the ground higher as the winds overtook him with a large whirlpool forming above him.

THWOOSH! WHOOSH!

Finally, Hex's eye pupils then vanished with his eyes becoming bright yellow and pale.

"Time to turn this city into an old memory… Rave Eelartas Gallametroy!" Hex powerfully declared as he shouted out a powerful incarnation.

As soon as Hex said the incarnation, New Orleans was plunged into chaos and madness.

WHOOSH! ZAP! SPARK! BLAM! CRASH! THWOOSH! KA-BOOM!

Vast lightning bolts generated from the spell crashed landed on many objects such as cars and buildings damaging them.

The wind also howled loudly with civilians and various objects becoming sucked up by the hurricane-force winds as the city began to fall apart.

Below the ground, police officers were caught off guard and struggled to keep control of the city with the destruction triggering some all too familiar memories for some people.

"Mayday! Mayday! New Orleans is in trouble! I repeat a vast hurricane or storm seems to have hit the city and everything is getting sucked upwards! Oh sh…" A police officer spoke on his radio before...

WHOOSH! KA-THWACK!

A flying tyre stunned the police officer before he ended up being sucked upwards into the portal along with other objects and people including a large fuel tanker.

Back at the graveyard, Hex watched the devastation of New Orleans has become satisfied with his work.

"Perfect... Now... Citrao Macola!" Hex began only for Four Arms to interrupt him yelling, "RARGH! You stupid wizard! I'm coming to kick your ass!"

Stunned, Hex looked up only for Four Arm's leg to slam into his face.

THWACK! KA-CRASH!

Four Arms and Hex slammed into the tomb with a massive dust cloud obscuring the view.

Instantly, Hex's spell incarnation stopped with the hurricane-force winds vanishing along with the stormy conditions.

As a result, the various objects and people that were in the sky stopped flying upwards and began plummeting back down to the ground.

One lucky man did not get sucked up that far before he crashlanded on the ground.

Groaning, the injured man looked upwards and noticed the large fuel tanker plummeting towards him.

Panicking, the man quickly fled from fuel tanker narrowly dodging the vehicle before it exploded.

KRACKABOOM!

A massive cloud of flammable gas exploded across the city that was visible for miles around at the graveyard with a massive amount of destruction left behind in the aftermath of the storm.

Back at the graveyard...

WHOOSH! WHAM! CRASH!

Four Arms skidded across the ground as the Tetramand landed near the Tennyson trio.

Groaning, Four Arms got up from the ground blocking the Tennyson trio with his main arm exclaiming, "Stay back! He's just getting started..."

THUNK! CRASH!

The cloud of dust cleared from the top of the large grave as Hex glared at Four Arms in annoyance.

Furiously, Hex grabbed his staff with the Charms of Bezel brightly glowing around him with a yellow shield encasing him as his clothing blew widely in the wind and electrical yellow aura he gave off.

"You dare challenge me?" Hex boomed out loudly to Four Arms.

Cockily smirking, Four Arms cracked his knuckles as his love of fighting quickly overwhelmed his common sense.

"Yeah, I do. You and I have a score to settle." Four Arms shouted out to Hex who yelled back, "Very well then. Gargelia Vortium!"

Raising his staff high in the air, after the incarnation. Bloody red mist flew out of the staff and into the air towards a series of stone statues.

BZZZT! Rumble... ZAP!

The first statue, a small stone gargoyle roared as it came to life and flew off ahead.

Rumble... SNAP!

Then it's bigger counterpart also came to life and growled slightly before it stomped off.

Rumble... SNAP!

Finally, a huge minotaur statue activated as the giant statue stomped forward as Four Arms stepped back in shock.

"Arise my pets! Crush the four armoured creature and their associates!" Hex commanded the living stone statues.

"Oh man, this is not looking good." Four Arms commented as the Tetramand got into a guard stance ready to fight.

WHOOSH! SWIPE!

The smallest gargoyle swooped in first attempting to slice Four Arm's thick head.

Grunting slightly, Four Arms attempted to grab the small gargoyle only for the stone creature to fly away just as the bigger version came charging in.

WHOOSH! GRAB!

Quicky thinking, Four Arms grabbed hold of the gargoyle's rocky hand and grinned back taunting, "You're just a stone piece of junk! Come here so I can smash you into pieces!"

"HISS!" The stone gargoyle replied as Four Arms surprisingly grabbed hold of the stone creature's neck.

SNAP! CRACK!

"Urrrghh..." Four Arms grunted out as the stone gargoyle then used it's tail to coil around the Tetramand's neck.

Slither... CHOKE!

Struggling to breathe, Four Arms let go of the stone gargoyle before it bit into Four Arms neck.

CRUNCH!

Stunned by what happened, Four Arms finally snapped as his anger overwhelmed him.

"ARGHHH!" Four Arms screamed in anger and pain as his booming voice echoed across the graveyard.

Four Arms then grabbed hold of the stone gargoyle's face.

CRACK! WHOOSH! WHAM!

The stone gargoyle's face cracked slightly as Four Arms hurled the stone creature to the side.

Panting, Four Arms quickly noticed the wound that he had on his neck as the Tetramand gritted his teeth before he glared at the giant minotaur statue.

WHOOSH! CRASH!

The giant minotaur statue kneed Four Arms before it grabbed hold of the Tetramand and slammed him into numerous statues one at a time.

SMASH! SCREECH! CRASH!

A huge cloud of dust and debris went flying into the air before both titans crashed into a nearby stone memorial.

KA-WHAM! CRACK!

The stone memorial cracked and fractured as a series of dust clouds rose up from the impact.

Satisfied that Four Arms had been beaten, Hex raised his staff back into the air.

BZZZT! ZAP! SPARK! WHOOSH!

As Hex's staff glowed yellow again, the chaotic storm from earlier briefly returned.

Whoosh! Thwack!

A small pebble was then thrown in the air before it landed on Hex's foot.

Grunting in pain, Hex dropped his staff onto the large tomb before he noticed Lucky Girl smirking near a smiling Max and Ben.

"Nice throw. You have good accuracy." Ben complemented Lucky Girl who calmly stated, "Thanks. After all, practice makes perfect."

THWACK!

Folding his arms, Max asked Lucky Girl, "And what have you learned today Gwen?"

"I've found out that luck only takes you so far." Lucky Girl replied happily before she grinned and grabbed another pebble from the ground.

Whoosh!

Lucky Girl then hurled the pebble towards Hex at lightning speeds as he barely saw the projectile hit him.

CRACK!

Blood and spit flew out of Hex's mouth before he groaned and fell off the tomb onto the dirt ground with a satisfying thud.

THUD!

As Hex crashed onto the dirt ground, the small gargoyle reappeared and discovered the Tennyson trio lurking around.

"HISS!" The small stone gargoyle hissed as it swooped to attack the Tennyson trio.

"Looks like those statues are still alive!" Ben shouted out in shock as Max yelled back, "Kids, get back! I'll deal with it!"

Nodding back, Ben and Lucky Girl split away from Max who grinned and surprisingly grabbed hold of a large piece of loose stone rubble from the ground.

Holding it upwards like an oversized golf club, Max timed the swing just right as the stone gargoyle slammed into it as Max shouted out, "Going… Going… Gone!"

WHAM! CRASH!

The small stone gargoyle exploded into rocks and dust into Max's face as he dropped the stone rubble onto the ground.

"Even this old geezer has some moves still left in him." Max triumphantly declared as he wiped the dust off his face.

At the same time with Four Arms...

"HAAAAAA!" Four Arms yelled out loudly as he slammed the giant stone minotaur with a massive uppercut.

WHOOSH! SKID!

The giant stone minotaur was sent flying across the ground as it narrowly missed the remaining gargoyle statue.

KA-CRASH! RUMBLE! BOOM!

The minotaur statued collided with an old stone clock tower that collapsed and imploded in on the state.

A massive cloud of dust and rubble was sent into the nearby area before the gargoyle noticed Four Arms stumbling near him looking slightly dusty and injured.

"Man..." Four Arms muttered in exhaustion before he looked around and spotted a giant stone sword in the debris field of rubble and rocks.

Grinning, Four Arms leaned down and dragged the giant stone sword from the debris field muttering in awe, "Huh, just like The Sword in the Stone."

"HISS!" The stone gargoyle hissed back to Four Arms.

Turning his head, Four Arms calmly motivated his two fingers and thumb to aggravate the stone gargoyle to attack him.

As predicted, Four Arms spotted the stone gargoyle charging towards him.

WHAM! CRASH!

At the same time, the minotaur statue had recovered and began stomping back to Four Arms slowly.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Focusing patiently with his plan, Four Arm's observed the stone gargoyle as he had to predict when it would attack and how he would slice it in half.

It was closer… Four Arms braced his hands as he gripped the stone sword.

And even closer... The Tetramand glared at the stone gargoyle with his feet tense as the stone gargoyle leapt in the air behind him.

Now! Four Arms turned around and screamed, "RARGH!"

SLICE! WHAM!

Four Arms then used the stone sword to quite literally slice the stone gargoyle in half.

The immense pressure caused the stone statue and sword to splinter into rocky debris.

Sighing, Four Arms threw the remnants of the stone sword to the side just as the stone minotaur emerged from the fog.

Turning around, Four Arms quickly dodged the stone minotaur charging out.

WHOOSH! CRACK!

As Four Arms stepped back, the minotaur used it's large strength and grabbed hold of a large boulder.

THWOOSH! SLAM! CRACK!

Four Arms narrowly dodged the large boulder as it crashed into a nearby stone wall behind Four Arms.

Planning, Four Arms noticed the stone minotaur's behaviour before he shouted out cockily, "Come on… Toro, Toro!"

Glaring, the stone minotaur attempted to ram Four Arms with its horns as he grinned back before roaring, "RARRGHHHHH!"

Four Arms then grabbed hold of the statue's head and bodyslammed it onto the dirt ground even though it was twice the size of the Tetramand.

WHOOSH! GRAB! KA-WHAM!

Snarling in fury, the minotaur statue attempted to escape the Tetramand's grip as Four Arms chuckled loudly before he muttered, "Ole!"

THUNK! WHAM!

The Tetramand grabbed hold of minotaur's mouth and began pulling it apart with his index hands whilst he used his outer hands to keep the minotaur statue on the ground.

"ROARR!" The minotaur statue howled in pain as its face started to crack and fall apart until...

KA-CRACK! SNAP! WHAM!

The minotaur head was imploded in as Four Arms leapt off the giant statue which toppled onto the dirt ground.

"I always wanted to try that out. Better head back." Four Arms happily stated before he walked back to the Tennyson trio.

Back with the Tennyson trio...

Leaning down, Lucky Girl spotted the discarded Charms of Bezel all together with the sash connecting them.

Smiling, Lucky Girl held onto the sash with awe and intrigue, not noticing Hex rise behind her.

Groaning, Hex looked around and spotted Lucky Girl holding the Charms of Bezel.

Enraged, Hex prepared to attack Lucky Girl just as Four Arms yanked him by the red headcloth he wore.

YANK!

"Time for the magician to disappear!" Four Arms mockingly taunted Hex who then launched Hex towards a stone wall.

WHOOSH! WHAM!Hex then slid off the stone wall before he plunged into an open grave casket defeated.

Opening his pale white eyes, Hex looked around in horror before he noticed Max and Ben sealing the tomb above him.

SKIRT!

"No! My Charms of Bezel! I will be ba_" Hex protested just as the coffin lead was sealed above him.

THUNK!

"Back? I don't think so!" Ben cockily shouted out as Max smiled stating with Ben, "True to that."

Turning around, Ben and Max spotted Four Arms who pointed over to Lucky Girl.

Understanding the situation, Max whispered to Ben, "Let them make up."

Nodding, Ben and Max stepped back and watched as Four Arms quietly walked over to the young heroine.

"I could fly, shoot out bolts of electricity, bring trees alive… I'd be unstoppable. Or… I could be normal plain old me." Lucky Girl wondered in awe.

Whump...

Lucky Girl then felt a giant red four-hand touch her back gently as Four Arms stated caringly, "Hey, it's your choice, Gwen. Take your time."

Looking at Four Arms, Lucky Girl noticed the Charms of Bezel before she looked back at Four Arm's Omnitrix symbol.

Sighing, Lucky Girl placed the Charms of Bezel on a gravestone before she grabbed a near shovel declaring, "I'm going to be normal."

"But people will still remember Lucky Girl." Four Arms informed Gwen gently.

Gwen then slammed the old rusty shovel onto the Charms of Bezel.

THWACK! WHOOSH!

The Charms of Bezel then glowed violently before they exploded into a blue mist.

KA-BLAM! RUMBLE!

The Charms of Bezel then vanished into the sky like clouds with the blue mist being sucked into the night sky which rumbled until...

KACRACKABOOM! RUMBLE!

The night sky briefly flashed an aurora of different colours before the rumbling stopped with the night sky returning to normal.

"I'm proud of you Gwen. I think you made the right choice." Max proudly stated to Gwen.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

The Omnitrix symbol on Four Arm's shoulder then beeped red numerous times as Four Arms reverted to Stan.

FLASH!

The red light cleared away as Stan spoke to Gwen, "Same, I just hope that things can still work out between us."

"So Grandpa can we please go now?" Ben asked Max who spoke agreeing, "Yes, we should keep moving and leave before the cops show up."

"What about that Hex guy?" Gwen asked everyone else.

"He's done. He's lost all his power and won't bother us again." Stan optimistically suggested to the group.

Satisfied with Hex being beaten, the group slowly left the graveyard behind as Hex continued to struggle inside the tomb trying to escape.

Ten mins later...

Hex groaned in annoyance as he had finally given up trying to escape the tomb.

Creak... Whump!

Stunned, Hex slowly noticed the top half of the tomb reopen with Swat soldiers pointing their guns at him.

Groaning in annoyance, Hex was dragged out of the tomb before he was swiftly arrested with a large crowd of police officers and Swat soldiers surrounding him.

"Hex, you're under arrest for terrorist crimes. You may not have to say anything nor will it harm…" A Swat commander informed him as Hex didn't bother to listen.

As the police and the Swat forces continued to investigate the area, the Rust Bucket drove by on a small road near the graveyard.

Peeking out the back window, the kids watched Hex being arrested before they moved back and closed the red curtain with the group leaving New Orleans behind.

Inside the Rust Bucket, Ben slid off the bed whilst Stan and Gwen sat in the side booth.

Stan was reading his latest copy of Man of Steel whilst Gwen sighed in gloominesses staring out the window.

"You know you two make a pretty impressive team." Max complimented Stan and Gwen from the driving seat.

"Made, now that my power is history." Gwen sadly responded.

Pausing, Stan placed the comic book on the table as Stan explained his opinion, "Hey with great power come great responsibility, Gwen. I still think you made the right choice though destroying those charms."

Understanding Stan's opinion, Gwen said to him, "Also, I wanted to apologize for my ungrateful actions earlier today with me being jealous of you all with the watch. Can you forgive me?"

Thinking briefly, Stan's face lit up in joy before he replied happily, "Sure, friends always make mistakes. Today was just a mistake for our friendship and were cool. Plus I guess I'm the only one who can be the hero as per the norm."

"I guess so. And Stan, just one favour?" Gwen asked Stan who said, "Yeah?"

"Just say I did a good job," Gwen spoke back eagerly.

Smiling back, Stan praised her, "You did a pretty awesome job today Gwen. Does that make you feel any better?"

Grinning at Stan, Gwen informed him, "Yes it did. Oh and by the way don't bother about saying it again."

"Uh… What?" Stan asked in confusion.

Smirking, Gwen took out a tape recorder from her pocket.

Sighing in annoyance, Stan muttered loudly, "I swear, you guys and your blasted pranks."

Laughing slightly at Stan, Gwen watched on as Stan covered his ears with his fingers to limit her laughing as the Rust Bucket drove out of New Orleans.

Behind, Stan's back laid Lucky Girl's mask which was hanging from the clothing closet.

Meanwhile back at the New Orleans Voodoo Museum...

The building was virtually empty as the wind howled outside.

ZAP! SPARK! BZZZT!

An orange portal with mythical runes on it with sparking magical energy then appeared in the room as it flashed open.

Emerging from the portal was a Chinese male who had thick balding hair along with a thin goatee.

He also wore thick orange Chinese robes.

Looking around the museum, he walked around the exhibits before he noticed the Archamada book of spells was missing from the museum.

"The traitor Hex must be punished for his continued usage of dark magic and his catastrophic attempt to destroy New Orleans. The Ancient one has requested that I find the Archamada book of spells and return it to the library within the sanctum of Kamar-Taj." The Chinese male muttered under his breath.

He then continued to search around the museum for the spellbook, however, he was unable to locate it.

Sighing under his breath, he walked back into the orange portal before it sealed shut and vanished with the building plunging back into darkness.

Author's note: So what did you think of this revamp of the old chapter?

Did your readers also spot any easter eggs or subtle references to other franchises?