S1 EP10: Zomben
It's me again. Today, we were at a museum, checking out some kind of egyptian mystics exhibit. It was apparently filled with all sorts of magical items and cursed artifacts, which I was skeptical about because I didn't really believe in magic or curses, but Charity wanted to go so we couldn't really find a way out of it. I was holding hands with Charity, while looking at this weird looking watch thing with a beetle on it. Logan and Ben were making faces at a mummy statue. Max had left earlier that morning to visit Vera and left me in charge of everyone and the RV, since he had taken a cab. Gwen had went with him.
Trey: "This thing is cool. Looks kinda like the Omnitrix."
Charity: "It's called the Wristband of Anubis..."
Charity and old tour guide lady: "It is said to be over five thousand years old and there have been claims that it is cursed." The lady looked at Charity and smiled.
Tour lady: "Good knowledge, girl. You've got a good head on you." She walked away and I laughed. She giggled.
Charity: "What?"
Trey: "You read that off the plaque, didn't you?"
Charity: "Yep." She started laughing with me. Ben and Logan walked over to us.
Ben: "It is official. Dumbest place ever." I pointed to the Wristband of Anubis.
Trey: "You'd like this, Benji. It's cursed." Ben looked at it with obvious interest.
Ben: "Whoa! This place just got a little cooler!" Logan shook his head.
Logan: "Nope. Still boring." I chuckled.
Trey: "Yeah, it does seem a little farfetched." Charity looked at me with a smirk.
Charity: "Says the boy who turns into aliens on a daily basis." I chuckled.
We all continued walking...until we were suddenly lifted up to the ceiling by some unknown force.
Logan: "This isn't a part of the tour...right?"
Charity: "Of course not!" They all looked at me.
Trey: "It's not me! Do I look like Gravattack or Cere-Bro right now, to you?"
Ben: "Then who?..." Suddenly, the museum wall burst open and in floated a guy with a mowhawk. He looked like he was from Africa, had white war paint all over his body and was only wearing a sleeveless cloak with a hood and combat pants. He was also barefoot.
African guy: "The Wristband of Anubis. After years of searching, it's finally mine!"
Trey: "Not if I have anything to say about it!" Everyone was distracted by the bad guy, so I glowed and transformed into Jet Stream, then flew down and kicked the guy in the head, making everyone else start falling. They screamed as they fell. I quickly flew up, grabbed everyone and sat them safely on the ground.
Jet Stream: "Tour's over. Everyone out." Everyone, except Ben, Logan and Charity ran out through the hole in the wall.
African guy: "Who dares to attempt to thwart Nabu!" I raised my hand.
Jet Stream: "Oo! Oo! That's me! I dare!" He looked at me, angrily.
Nabu: "Then die!" His hands glowed yellow and he fired yellow energy at me. I flew to the side to evade it, then went Red Lightning and zoomed to him and socked him in the face, knocking him back a few feet.
Red Lightning: "I take back not believing in magic. I believe!"
Nabu: "Believe in this!" His eyes glowed red and he shot fire balls at me. I went Flarecrow and absorbed them.
Nabu: "Impossible!" I smirked.
Flarecrow: "Impossible? You obviously never heard of me." I shot fire balls at him but he put up a green energy shield, protecting him. He put the shield down and used telekenisis to lift up a chair and threw it at me. I melted it with my fire breath.
Nabu: "Have this!" His hands glowed grey and he made a rock come up from the ground and threw it at me. I went Igneo and gathered rocks around my fists, then smashed the rock into pieces. Then I went Red Lightning again and charged at him. I hit him with a kick to the gut and kept pummeling him until he used his telekenisis to lift me up and throw me back. I went Web Head, swung on a pole and went right back at him. I shot web balls at him and tackled him into a wall, although he was unaffected thanks to another shield.
Nabu: "You are a worthy opponent, shape-shifter." I became Igneo and slammed the ground, making a rock quake come to him. He flew over it and shot some energy shards at me. They bounced off my skin and he tried fire again, but I jumped right through it and socked him in the face.
Igneo: "I'll admit, your magic is cool. But, you're no match for an alien superhero!" The others were hiding behind a display case.
Ben: "Wow! Not even a sorceror can beat him!"
Logan: "Duh! Trey's way too skilled for him.
Charity: "We should still help him!" She ran out and found a barrel, then nailed Nabu with it, giving me an opening to sock him with my rock fists. He shot an energy blast at us but I put up a rock wall and Ben roundhouse kicked him in the chest, making him stumble over to Logan, who socked him in the stomach and pushed him over to Charity, who hit him with a mop. I went Power House and uppercutted him to the ceiling. He came down, only to be blasted into a wall by me, as Goku. He hit the wall and was instantly out cold.
Goku: "Oh yeah! We did it, guys!" I high-fived all of them. Suddenly, a crowd of reporters crowded around me and pushed the others out of the way.
Ben: "Hey!"
Reporter: "Arsenal, who was that guy attacking the museum?"
Goku: "Doesn't matter. I beat him."
Interviewer lady: "Brilliant performance, out there. Was it difficult to defeat him?" I shook my head.
Goku: "Nah, I'm way to awesome to be beaten by some guy covered in finger paint."
Interviewer lady: "Point taken. Any final things to say?" I smiled.
Goku: "Yeah. Who's your hero? I am!" I started waiving my hands in the air and the crowd cheered loudly for me. Everyone, except Ben.
The manager of the museum came up to me.
Manager: "Thank you so much for saving the museum, Arsenal. As a reward, take anything in the museum that you find interesting." I looked straight at the Wristband of Anubis.
Goku: "That wristband looks pretty cool." He gave it to me and I flew off.
Later...we were back in the RV, which Max had left parked in a park. I was watching my interview on TV along with Charity and Logan. Ben was sitting on the couch, still looking kinda mad.
Ben: "Who's your hero? Seriously?" I looked back at him.
Trey: "What did you want me to say?"
Ben: "That we helped, at least. Back me up here, guys."
Charity: "I'm just happy that we got to help this time."
Logan: "Same here." They turned back around TV.
Ben: "Well, I'd like at least some recognition!" He crossed his arms over his chest. I sighed and got up, then grabbed the wristband.
Trey: "I know it won't mean much, but here." I handed it to him.
Ben: "Really?!" I nodded.
Trey: "Yeah. You were the one who was interested in it, anyway."
Logan: "Yeah, but so was Nabu. We should keep an eye on it." I nodded and Ben put the wristband in his pocket.
Ben: "I'll wear it when I need good luck."
Trey: "Speaking of luck, you guys wanna go shoot some hoops?"
Ben: "Sure!"
Charity: "No can do. The Velvet Horseman is about to come on!" Logan nodded.
Logan: "It's the season 13 finale, dude!" I shook my head. The Velvet Horseman waa some lame show that they watched since before I met them at the orphanage. I guess it's one of those things that makes them friends.
Trey: "Whatever. Let's bounce, Benster." He grabbed our basketball and we headed out.
Ben: "So, Trey..." I looked at him.
Trey: "Yeah, Benster?"
Ben: "What do you think is gonna happen when summer's over?" I thought for a minute.
Trey: "I always thought that we'd go back to the orphanage. I mean, Max didn't technically adopt us." He nodded, slowly.
Ben: "It would be awesome if he did, though. We'd be like, cousins."
Trey: "Yeah. It would be pretty sweet." I sighed. So Ben had been thinking the same thing I was.
Suddenly, we heard an old lady scream.
Lady: "My purse! They stole my purse!"
Trey: "Hoops will have to wait! Hero time!" I glowed and became Biohazard, then put Ben on my back and took off.
Crook: "This lady was freaking loaded! We're getting wasted tonight!"
Crook 2: "Oh shit!" He turned around and saw us chasing them.
Crook: "Go faster!" They sped up but so did I. We got in front of them and I let Ben off. He entered a fighting stance. I went Web Head.
Web Head: "I get one, you get the other?" Ben nodded.
Ben: "Totally!" I ran at one of them and Ben ran at the other. He tried to attack him but the crook immediately pulled out a knife.
Ben: "Oh man!" He looked over at me but I was busy taunting the other crook. Ben pulled out the wristband.
Ben: "I could use a little luck right now." He put it on and suddenly felt strange. His skin turned mucus green and drooped off his body a bit. His eyes turned orange and he grew a few inches. An armor appeared on him. It was black and had a green skull on it.
Ben and Crook: "Holy moly!" The crook stabbed Ben in the stomach but he was unaffected.
Ben: "That tickles." He socked the crook in the face, sending him flying into a dumpster. I had finished off my crook and webbed him to a wall.
Web Head: "Ben? Is that you?" He nodded.
Web Head: "What the hell happened to you?!" He shrugged.
Ben: "I have no idea! The crook was about to stab me, I put the wristband on and suddenly, I'm a butt-kicking zombie!" He gasped.
Web Head: "What?"
Ben: "I have powers! I can actually help you out now, Trey!" I smiled, although you couldn't tell because my Web Head form is covered by a mask.
Web Head: "Sure. If we figure out how that wristband turned you into that thing and you can control it, I don't see why not." He got super hype.
Ben: "Yes! I'm a superhero!" I grinned and shook my head.
Web Head: "Come on, let's get this purse back to that lady." We walked back to the lady and I gave her purse back.
Lady: "Thank you so much, Arsenal!" I looked at Ben, who was still examining his zombie body.
Web Head: "Actually, it was my partner here that stopped the crooks." Ben gave me a surprised look.
Lady: "Really? And, what's your name, hero?" Ben thought for a while.
Ben: "Call me...Zomben!" I looked at him funny.
Lady: "Okay, Zomben. Thank you for getting my purse back." She walked away and I reverted to normal.
Trey: "So, 'Zomben'. How do we change you back?" He looked at the wristband.
Zomben: "Let's try this." He took it off and was immediatley normal again.
Ben: "Whoa, it worked!" We started walking back to the RV.
Ben: "I can't believe I have powers now! This is gonna be so cool!"
Trey: "Easy there, Benji. We still don't know if there are any side affects from this. You could wake up tomorrow and have the urge for brains." Ben rolled his eyes.
Ben: "There weren't any side affects with you and the watch."
Trey: "The Omnitrix is a complicated piece of alien technology. That wristband is a cursed piece of jewlery." Ben suddenly turned to me, angrily.
Ben: "Don't act like you're worried about me, Trey. You're worried that Arsenal won't be the only one in the spotlight now that I have powers, too."
Trey: "Ben, you're totally off your rocker. That's not it at all."
Ben: "Whatever. See ya at the RV." He started walking toward the RV.
Trey: "So, we're not shooting hoops, then?" I shrugged and went to the basketball court by myself to practice a little.
With Nabu...
He was still being escorted to jail...
He suddenly woke up and destroyed the truck doors, then levitated back to the museum. He went to the display case that the wristband was in but didn't find it.
Nabu: "Where is it?!" He flew to the manager's office and levitated him up.
Nabu: "Where is the Wristband of Anubis?!"
Manager: "I gave it to the alien shapeshifter earlier today." Nabu threw him to the side and flew out.
Nabu: "Of course. The battle with that form-changer. He must have taken it as a prize for defeating me. And if I know that creature, I know just how to draw him out." He laughed evily as he flew away.
With us..the next day.
We were all sitting on a picnic table, just chilling. I was sitting down, Charity on my lap, while Ben and Logan were on the other side. Charity was on her phone, looking up information about the Wristband of Anubis.
Trey: "Find anything yet, babes?" She nodded.
Charity: "The Wristband of Anubis was created a few thousand years ago by Josiah, the egyptian health keeper. It was supposed to grant the pharoh immortality but as a side affect, it aged him to almost death and kept him in that zombie-like state. As soon as the pharoh took off the wristband, he immediately crumbled to dust, although the curse of the wristband is still active.
Ben: "As we can all see." He placed the wristband on the table.
Logan: "This is seriously jank! We've been your best friends for years, where are our superpowers?!" I patted his back, sympathetically.
Trey: "Sorry, Loges. Just bad luck, I guess." He shrugged my hand off and got up.
Logan: "Whatever. I guess you don't need us anymore." He stormed off.
Charity: "Logan, wait!" She got off my lap, gave me a quick peck on the lips and went after him.
Ben: "What's his deal? Talk about drama queen." I looked at him with my eyebrow raised.
Trey: "Look who's talking. You were just on my ass last night about your powers!" He shrugged.
Ben: "Water under the bridge, partner. Anyway, I'm thinking we market this!"
Trey: "Market what?"
Ben: "Our partnership. Arsenal and Zomben movies, comic books, t shirts!" I chuckled and shook my head.
Trey: "How about we focus on helping people."
Ben: "Fine." Suddenly, there was a loud noise coming from a local construction site. I nodded at Ben and we ran towards it. Logan and Charity followed to watch.
We got there and saw an out of control crane and people on top of a structure, hanging on for dear life! I glowed and became Jumpstart and Ben put the wristband on, immediately transforming into Zomben.
Jumpstart: "I'll stop the crane, you save the people."
Zomben: "Got it." I flew toward the crane, while Ben ran over to the structure. He spotted a ladder and quickly climbed up.
Zomben: "Everyone grab on to me!" They did and Ben jumped down from the structure, landing on his feet. He normally would have broke both his knees, but he was in zombie form.
Meanwhile, I was having some trouble stopping the crane. I tried to fly in front of it and push it to a stop but it just pushed me along with it. I flew behind it and went Web Head, then pulled it with two web lines. That slowed it down but it was still moving. I looked and saw it was heading straight for the park.
Web Head: "Oh great." I jumped up and went Mark 10, then simply drained all the energy from the crane. It came to a stop right before it got to the park.
Mark 10: "Phew." I went Biohazard and flew back to Ben, who was surrounded by reporters. I went behind a car and reverted to normal so Ben could have his time to shine.
Reporter: "How did you pull of this rescue, Zomben?" Ben smirked.
Zomben: "With awesomeness, of course!" He spotted me and waved, cockily. I shook my head.
Interviewer lady: "An old lady claims to have spotted you with Arsenal, just last night. How true is that claim?"
Zomben: "Yeah, I know Arsenal. He helps me out with the bad guys every now and then." That actually pissed me off a bit.
Reporter: "Well, it was nice chatting with you, Zomben. Hopefully, we can see you in action more."
Later..the reporters had left and Ben was back in normal form. We were all at the picnic table again.
Trey: "I help you out every now and then?! Dude, you've never beaten a supervillian in your life!" I was tapping my foot on the ground like I usually do when I'm agitated.
Ben: "At least I gave you SOME credit, unlike you! You take all the glory for yourself!" I rolled my eyes.
Trey: "I have every reason to! I saved your ass from JT and Cash, I beat Krantz, I beat Ember, I beat everyone, while you sit around and pretend that you do shit, when you really don't do anything at all!" My eyes glowed red.
Ben: "Oh please. You seem to think that you're this big shot, but it's not you. It's that watch!"
Trey: "It's damn sure not you, it's that wristband! Without it, you'd be nothing but a scared little twerp." That actually seemed to hurt him.
Ben: "I'm going back to the RV." He got up.
Trey: "Ben, wait-" I was cut off by an energy blast landing right in front of us.
Logan: "What the hell?!" We all looked up and saw Nabu, floating there.
Trey: "Nabu. How'd you get outta jail?" He smirked.
Nabu: "No mortal jail can hold Nabu! Besides, you have something that belongs to me." We knew that he meant the wristband.
Trey: "Well, guess what, voodoo man. You're not getting it!" I launched myself off the table and went Savage, then started clawing his face. He threw me off after a few claws and I flew smack into a tree. I broke off a tree branch and threw it at him, but he shot it down with an energy blast, then used him telekenisis to lift the entire tree up and throw it away. I became Biohazard and flew off the tree, then went back at Nabu. I swung at him repeatedly but he had a shield up so I wasn't doing any damage. Then, he pulled out a staff with a weird symbol on it and nailed me with it, knocking me to the ground. I became Rath in mid air and landed on my feet. I turned to Ben.
Rath: "Anytime now, Benjamin Tennyson!" I ran at Nabu, only to get blasted back into another tree.
Ben: "Oh right! Sorry." He put the wristband on and turned into Zomben, then he jumped up and socked Nabu to the ground, making him slide through the dirt. He recovered and flew up.
Nabu: "I see you've tapped into some of the wristband's power. But you have no idea of the artifact's true potential." He fired an electric blast at Ben, but I went Mark 10, flew over and absorbed it, then blasted hit back at him. He absorbed it back into his staff and lifted up his arms, making snakes come out of his palms.
Mark 10 and Zomben: "Whoa!" I went Power House and grabbed both snakes by the neck, then used them as whips to smack Nabu. He went flying upward, and recovered when he was high in the air.
Zomben: "Hey, Arsey, how 'bout a boost?" I knew what he meant and became Gravattack. Ben ran at me and I used my gravity powers to boost him high into the air, where he delivered a hard punch to Nabu's face. I levitated Ben down safely and Nabu fell to the ground. Ben and I walked up to him.
Gravattack: "Time to give up, Nabu. There's a nice, safe jail cell waiting for ya."
Nabu: "I don't think so!" Suddenly, a stone bat swooped in and carried him off. I reverted to normal. Charity and Logan ran up to us.
Logan: "He got away." Charity pulled out her phone and researched the town we were in.
Charity: "It says here, the only thing that's in the direction that he went is the new Archeology building." My eyes got wide. I became Red Lightning.
Red Lightning: "We need to stop him." I grabbed all three of them and zoomed off to the Archeology building. When we got there, I sat them down.
Charity: "Okay, let's do this."
Red Lightning: "Actually babes. I think it would be better if you and Logan stayed out here."
Charity: "WHAT?!"
Logan: "No fair! You'd let us come in before!"
Zomben: "Yeah. But that was before I had powers. The fight will be on a bigger scale and we don't need you guys getting hurt." They sighed.
Logan and Charity: "Fine." I became Jet Stream.
Jet Stream: "It's for the best, guys." I flew in, Ben right behind me. We came to a hallway where there were two ways to go.
Jet Stream: "I go left, you go right." He nodded and I flew off, while he started down the right corridor.
Zomben: "It's so boring here...I'm gonna die of boredom."
Voice: "Or you could just die." Ben turned around and got in a fighting stance. Nabu appeared behind him and he backed into him.
Zomben: "Nabu!"
Nabu: "Zomben, is it? You have the artifact I require. Give it to me!"
Zomben: "As if!" He ran at Nabu and kicked him in the stomach, then back-flipped back and punched him in the chest, making him stumble back.
Nabu: "Still taking advantage of the wristband's curse, I see." He was knocked back by another punch from Ben.
Zomben: "Yep! And I'm totally kick butt with it! I can take you on by myself!"
Nabu: "Is that so?!" His eyes glowed pink and he shot three rays from his staff, hitting two statues. A mummy and a sphynx came to life. The stone bat also showed up.
Zomben: "Aw man! Trey, help!"
Nabu: "I thought you could defeat me by yourself!"
Zomben (thinking): "Maybe I'm in over my head, here." He flipped up and over the mummy, but the sphynx tried to bite him. He landed on its head and launched himself off, then landed on the bat. It flew all around, trying to get him off but he jumped off and it hit a wall. The mummy nearly grabbed him but he kicked it back and his leg fell out of its socket.
Zomben: "What the?" Nabu laughed.
Nabu: "You must not be fully informed on the curse. If too much of the wristband's power is used without a proper energy source, it will start to take the host's life force, beginning a transformation into a real zombie! Although, you will be dead before the transformation completes!" He raised his hand to blast Ben.
Zomben: "Okay, hero. This would be a great time for you to swoop in and save the day." Suddenly, a Nabu was pulled back by a web line. I jumped down from the ceiling as Web Head.
Web Head: "Say my name and I appear."
Zomben: "Yeah, you appear late."
Web Head: "Hey, I took the long way." Nabu flew back in.
Nabu: "That's it!" I became Atomix.
Atomix: "Nabu is yours, I got the history lessons gone wild."
Zomben: "Got it. Ow!"
Atomix: "What's up?"
Zomben: "My leg fell out of its socket. Zombie side affect." I groaned.
Atomix: "One sec." I ran at the sphynx and kicked it up and caught it in my hands, then threw it at Nabu. He caught it with blue energy and hurled it back, but I went Makeshift and phased through it.
Makeshift: "Why did I not think of that before?" I became KaBoom and launched one of my fists at Nabu, hitting him and making him fall back. At that time, Charity and Logan showed up and ran over to Ben.
Logan: "Dude, what the hell is going on?"
Zomben: "My leg dislocated and I have to help Trey." Charity got an idea.
Charity: "You're a zombie, right?"
Zomben: "Yeah, why-" He was cut off by her grabbing his leg and jamming it back into place.
Zomben: "OW! Hey, good as new!"
Charity: "Good. Now go help Trey." Ben got up and started clobbering Nabu. Nabu shot some yellow energy shards and he dodged them. I was Igneo, dodging the mummy's bandages.
Igneo: "Ben!"
Zomben: "I got Nabu. Get the minions."
Igneo: "Gotcha!" I ran at the sphynx and punched it back with my rock fists, sending it flying back into a rock wall I created. It got up and roared, then charged at me. I went Makeshift and phased through it, then went Rath and grabbed it by its tail. I swung it around and around and let it go, sending it flying into the air. I went Biohazard and turned my left hand into a boo-yah blaster, then fired, completely obliterating the sphynx. I set my attention to the mummy and went Flarecrow. Logan and Charity were dealing with the stone bat.
Logan: "Have this!" He tried to punch it but only hurt his hand.
Charity: "We're gonna need something harder than your fist, dude!" I ran over and handed her a crowbar, then gave her a thumbs up and went back to the mummy.
Charity: "This'll do!"
Logan: "Hey, what about me!" He picked up some rocks and threw them at the bat. It swatted them away and flew at Logaan but Charity jumped in the way and nailed it with the crowbar.
Charity: "Oh yeah, who's the baddest girl in the world? Me!" Logan chuckled.
Logan: "I'll leave this to you. Ben might need help." She nodded. Ben punched Nabu in the eye, but was thrown off and Nabu shot some energy shards at Ben, who dodged and Nabu was hit over the head with a dictionary.
Zomben: "Thanks, Loges."
Logan: "No prob, Benji."
Nabu: "Die!" He shot some energy shards and they both got out of the way.
Zomben: "Logan, hide somewhere!" He nodded and got behind something. I was still dealing with the mummy. I tried a flamethrower, hoping to burn it but it just spun around and put the fire out, then charged at me and wrapped me up in its bandages. I went Savage and chewed myself out, then went Boombox and blew the mummy back with a huge soundwave. Then I went Biohazard and turned both my hands into BFS's, then ran at the mummy and slashed at it until it was nothing but a pile of bandages. I went Goku and fired an energy ball at the bandages, turning them to dust.
Goku: "Oh yeah! Master Control rocks!" Charity swatted the bat again and kept doing it until it was completely destroyed.
Charity: "No one messes with us!"
Goku: "You got that right!" I flew straight at Nabu, hitting him in the gut. Ben punched him in the face, Charity smacked him with the crowbar and Logan roundhouse kicked him in the teeth.
Nabu: "ENOUGH!" He exploded with magical energy and prepared a yellow energy ball.
Goku: "Guys, get behind me." They did and I went Atomix, then built a shield so the ball wouldn't hurt us. After it fired, there was nothing there. Suddenly, Nabu felt a hard punch to the face from Ben, a double kick to the chest from Logan and Charity and finally, a nuclear blast from me, as Atomix. He fell to the ground, out cold and a bunch of artifacts flew from his pockets.
Charity: "These must have been where Nabu got his powers." I looked at Ben.
Zomben: "If I kept these, Trey and I could be the ultimate superhero duo..."
Atomix: "There could be hidden side affects." Charity looked at me and I sighed and said, "It's your choice, bro." He looked at me, then back at the artifacts.
Zomben: "I know what I'm doing." He took off the wristband and placed it with the other artifacts.
Ben: "Trey, would you please?" I nodded and created a nuclear ball, and used it to destroy the artifacts, causing a huge light show. I reverted to normal.
Trey: "Good choice, dude."
Ben: "Listen, Trey. Sorry for hogging all the spotlight. I just wanted to know what it was like to be called a hero."
Trey: "Are you kidding? You just helped me defeat a magic artifact-wielding sorcerror and gave up ultimate power. If you ask me, that's pretty heroic." He looked at me and I smiled at him.
Ben: "Thanks, bro." He gave me a small bro hug. When he let go, Charity ran up and kissed me.
Charity: "Way to be a good role model, baby." I smirked.
Trey: "You know me." We smiled at each other and all of us started out of the building.
Ben: "Dweeb and grandpa sure missed out." We nodded in agreement.
The end.