Ch.10: Lucky Girl and the Amethyst Dragon
The gang was checking out a museum that collected artifacts of history, Ben and Angel were looking through shaman's mask on a stand before Ben smirked ad they walked to the rest of the family as they were checking out an exhibit that was being described by the museum tour guide.
"…and behind this impenetrable glass is the recently discovered and only known existing copy of the Archamada Book of Spells."
Angel just shrugged as Gwen started to talk along with the tour guide on the book.
"It contains ancient witchcraft and rituals from the late 1600's," the both said.
The tour guide then noticed Gwen doing her job and following her hand gestures. "Maybe you should work here, dear," the tour guide told Gwen as she walked away.
"Don't let mummy face get to you," said Ben, nudging his cousin.
"Yeah, she's probably older than the spell book," said Angel and the three of them laughed.
Their amusement was cut short when a continuous crack echoed through the museum and the building trembled. Angel and Gwen held onto Ben and before anyone could realize what was happening, Ben, Angel, Gwen, Max, and everyone else in the museum were suddenly lifted off the ground and pinned to the ceiling.
"Something tells me this isn't part of the tour," said Max.
"What makes you say that," asked Gwen.
From the window below them, a steady strea of red smoke slipped through the crack, circling the air, and stopped in front of the Archamada Book of Spells. The smoke took a solid form as it approached the ground, becoming a man with a worryingly thin disposition and unnaturally pale skin underneath a black and red robe that was practically draped over his shoulders and a sash of five different charms across his chest. The man had a skull tattooed across his face and carried a wooden staff with a bird's skull on top and a metal ring sliding through the eyes.
"The Archamada Book of Spells," said the wizard. "All of its powers shall soon be mine."
The wizard spoke in a foreign language as one of his charms glowed and the once impenetrable glass was ripped apart by an unseen explosion.
"Impenetrable glass? Yeah, right," said Angel and Ben reached for the Omnitrix.
"Now would be good time to go–," Ben began before Hex noticed them and used his staff to dispel his levitation enchantment, sending them to the ground. "–hero!" Ben shouted as they came crashing to the ground.
(Theme song:
It started when an alien device did what it did,
It stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid,
Now he's got superpowers, he's no ordinary kid,
He's Ben 10!... (Ben 10!)
So if you see him, you might be for a big surprise,
He'll turn into an alien before your very eyes,
He's slimy, creepy, fast and strong; he's every shape and size,
He's Ben 10!... (Ben 10!)
Armed with the power, he's on the case
Fighting evil from Earth or space,
He'll never stop 'til he makes them pay,
Cause he's the baddest kid to ever safe the day,
He's Ben 10! (Ben 10! Ben 10!)
Ben slammed the core down, engulfing him in green light. When the light faded, in Ben's place stood XLR8.
The Kineceleran zipped to the ground before anyone else, raced over to the wall, grabbed the corners of the large hanging banner, and pulled it out to tie the corners to strong supports by the time the first bodies landed. Angel, Gwen, Max, and the rest of the tourists hit the banner and slid to the ground safely.
"Everyone out," shouted XLR8.
"Ben, be careful," said Angel as she and Gwen were led to the exit by Max.
"She's right. You don't know what tricks he has up his sleeve," said Max.
"Hey, skully freak! If you want a book, try the library," taunted XLR8 as he faced the magician.
"I'm Hex, the most powerful sorcerer this word has ever known and I will not be hindered by some Velociraptor," proclaimed Hex.
One of the talismans on his chest glowed and the wizard in his unknown language as he swung his staff across the air. The bird skull opened its beak and a stream of flames shot out to burn the top corners of the banner. The flaming banner hit the ground and came to life as it started chasing the Kineceleran.
XLR8 quickly turned and raced to the wall where he proceeded to run the surface while the banner slammed below him. Hex turned his staff up the wall and fired a barrage of red crystals at the speedy alien, but XLR8 expertly swerved around the assault and bounced off the ceiling to land back on the ground. XLR8 tried to run at Hex directly, but the magician waved his staff again and a flash of golden light blinded the Kineceleran, sending him sliding into one of the museum displays.
Hex turned to the downed alien and raised his staff for the finishing blow when a pair of trashcans flew out of nowhere and hit him in the back; he staggered, but didn't fall. Gritting his teeth, Hex swirled around and leered at Max and Gwen.
"Guess we got his attention," said Gwen nervously.
"Kinda wished we hadn't," said Max.
Hex used his silent spell and threw the pair across the floor before he got hit in the head by a metal pipe. He turned and saw Angel.
"Big mistake, little girl! What chance do you have against me," asked Hex with a leer.
"Me, no chance at all. But him," said Angel with a smirk as she gestured behind Hex.
The magician turned around and saw XLR8 zipping across the room and got punched in the face by the Kineceleran.
While Hex struggled to stand, XLR8 encircled him in a blur of motion, repeatedly wailing on the dark sorcerer without him being able to put up a struggle. During one particular punch, one of the charms on Hex's chest fell off and was thrown out of reach. XLR8 created a funnel of blue wind that he used to lift Hex off the ground and slammed him back down with enough force to break the floor, rendering the dark sorcerer unconscious. XLR8 smirked at Hex's downtrodden form before he spotted the dropped charm, and took it when Angel, Max and Gwen came up to him.
"Nice job," complimented Max.
"Just doing what I need to do to keep it low key," said XLR8.
Five minutes later, XLR8 was standing outside the museum as a crowd of adoring fans cheered and took pictures of him while the emergency medical team loaded a strapped down Hex into the back of the ambulance.
"Who's your hero," shouted XLR8 arrogantly.
Angel couldn't help but smile and blush, but Gwen didn't share her admiration as she crossed her arms and looked away disdainfully.
Ben, Angel, Gwen and Max returned to the RV later that night after Ben had his literal ten minutes of glory. The first thing Ben did when they got back to the Rust Bucket was pull out his box of summer souvenirs they had collected during their travels: Animo's transmodulator, a bottle of Vera's Chicken Liver, a piece of armor from Sixsix, photos from Sparksville, and the golden Sumo Slammer card Angel gave him. And now he had Hex's charm to add to the collection.
And, of course, Gwen had to ruin his happy moment.
"All I'm saying is that you didn't exactly stop that creep all by yourself today, okay," complained Gwen across the table, much to Ben's irritation. "I helped save your sorry butt, but does anybody notice me?"
"Hey, being a hero is not about getting attention," said Ben.
"Except when you shouted 'Who's your hero?' in front of all those XLR8 fans," said Angel.
"Hey, no offence, but you threw a trash can at the guy," said Ben, trying to argue his point. "That doesn't exactly make you a hero, unlike me."
"Wake up, doofus," said Gwen, looking close to having a meltdown. "The only reason you're a big hero is because of the Omnitrix. If I had grabbed the watch instead of you, I'd be getting all the attention and all the cool souvenirs." She pouted and turned to stare out of the window.
Ben looked at his pouting cousin and sighed as he took out the magic charm and offered it to Gwen.
"All right, here, take it," said Ben
"Really," asked Gwen, surprised by his generosity.
"Yeah, I got tons of other stuff," said Ben nonchalantly.
Gwen didn't argue, accepting the magical charm with a feeling of giddiness inside of her.
"Gwen, don't you have something you want to say to Ben," asked Max with a proud smile from the driver's seat.
"…You know this doesn't change the fact that you're just plain lucky," said Gwen drily at first, but eventually smiles. "But thanks."
"You're welcome," said Ben.
Meanwhile in the travelling ambulance, an EMT is monitoring Hex's vitals on a machine when one of the sorcerer's charms came to life and Hex's eyes opened.
"My destiny shall be fulfilled," said Hex ominously.
The back of the ambulance was suddenly blown open by an unseen explosion and the driver brought the vehicle to an immediate stop. The driver leaned closer to the side mirror and spotted Hex floating cross legged through the dense, mist–covered forest with his staff in hand, heading back to New Orleans.
Later at a restaurant, the Tennyson party were sitting at a four–seated table as Angel sipped her Pepsi. By this time, Gwen had fashioned the talisman into a necklace. Ben and Gwen looked and there was only one crawfish left on the plate.
"I've been counting," Gwen noted Ben and Angel. "You've each had seven crawfish to my six."
As she said this, the talisman began glowing.
"Then I guess it's time to make it an even eight," said Ben as he picked up his fork before Gwen slapped it away.
"I don't think so," said Gwen challengingly.
Without any of them realizing it, Ben's fork flew across the room and ended up stabbing a passing waitress in the ankle, causing her to jump at the sharp pain and send the glasses she was carrying flying into the air. One of the glasses somehow managed to lodge itself in the crevice of a chandelier, doing a full rotation, before flying into the open window of the kitchen and hitting one of the chefs in the back. The chef jumped up and unconsciously paced back into a cart carrying a bowl of live crawfish and sent it out the door. The cart slid all the way to the Tennyson table and flipped the bowl right on Ben's head. While the boy slumped in his seat, Gwen took the opportunity to collect the last crawfish and eat it with a smug expression.
"Okay, now I'm full," said Gwen.
"But they're not," groaned Ben as one of the live crawfish started to slither up his nostril.
Ben cried and fell over himself onto the floor, much to Angel's worry, and Gwen and Max's amusement. But in the middle of her laugher, Gwen looked down and noticed her new necklace glowing just before the light died away.
Back at the witchcraft museum, Hex trashed the place once again, looking for the Archamada Book of Spells. When he didn't find it on display anymore, he levitated the helpless security guard's face to his own, clearly not happy.
"The Archamada Book of Spells," demanded Hex. "Where is it!?"
"We locked it in the vault," said the guard. He pointed to the vault, which Hex walked to, levitating the shelves out of the way as he glared.
"Lata Avidimona Lata," ha chanted as the vault suddenly dismantled itself, sending the door flying off of the hinges. He then levitated the Archamada Book of Spells to his hand before flipping it to the page he desired. "Yes. Soon my power will know no limits!"
Yellow energy flowed from the book into him. Suddenly, the incantation stopped itself before he looked down at his necklace and gasped.
"One charm is missing," said Hex before coming to a realization. "Of course, the battle with that speed creature!"
Later, the Tennysons walked into a festival downtown as they took in the sights and souvenirs that decorated the booths.
"You know, in all my travels, I never saw a crawfish crawl up someone's nostril," chuckled Max before rubbing Ben's hair.
"Glad I could make your day, grandpa," said Ben.
"By the way, thanks for the charm again, Ben," said Gwen before walking to a hot dog cart. "One please."
"Help," cried an old lady. "They stole my purse!"
Three thugs ran up with the woman's purse in hand as they smirked before Max got in their way, putting his hand up.
"That's far enough," said Max sternly.
"Yeah, and who's gonna make us? You, pops," asked the leader as he slung the purse over his shoulder.
"Actually, him and his own personal friend, Kickin Hawk," said Ben as he ducked behind the cart, Angel following him, before he started to fiddle with the Omnitrix.
The thug pulled out a pole from his pocket and twirled it around.
"Come on, work," said Ben, struggling.
"Hey, that's a nice necklace you got there, little girl," said the thug as he reached for the necklace around Gwen's neck, but Max stepped in front of them.
"What's taking you so long," Angel asked Ben in fear.
"The stupid thing won't work," said Ben as continued fiddling with the watch. "Man, this is not my lucky day."
Suddenly, the talisman glowed again as Ben stepped in front of them, pushing Gwen back.
"Let me handle them," said Ben.
"Hey," shouted Gwen as she stumbled into the juggler, who lost control over his bowling pins and fell his unicycle. The unicycle was sent flying into one of the thugs, knocking him unconscious and the clubs fell on the leader's head, causing him to stumble back into Max's hold as he detained him. The final thug approached Ben and Angel as Ben glared at him and held Angel protectively.
Gwen stood up and ran towards them to help, stepping on a mustard bottle, which squirted right into the vendor's face, causing to blindly kick his cart towards the thug and knocking it right into him.
As the first thug was starting to gain consciousness, the thug and the cart were knocked into a wall, causing a flower pot to fall from its perch and right on top of his head, knocking him out again.
"How the heck did that happen," asked Ben, bewildered.
A crowd gathered to watch the scene unfold, including an officer who was standing next to the old lady whose purse was stolen as she smiled at Gwen. "This young lady's a hero, officer!"
"Who, me? Just lucky I guess," smiled Gwen as she then spied a masquerade mask stand and smirked.
Early the next morning, Ben and Angel were groaning in their beds as they heard Max's loud snoring as Ben covered himself with his pillow to drown the noise, to no avail.
"Hey, Gwen? You got a mega–sized cork on you," asked Ben as he looked down at the first bunk only to find it empty.
"Where could she be," asked Angel as she got down from the second bunk.
Outside the Rust Bucket, Gwen was playing basketball in a nearby court as she dribbled the ball and tossed it, going nowhere near the hoop. But then, it bounced of the RV before it was slung back by the antenna and landed on a nearby power line, bouncing off the frames briefly before it rolled down the line and landed squarely in the net.
"Nothing but the bottom of the net again," Gwen smirked before the talisman stopped glowing as Ben and Angel walked out, stunned.
"Okay, we're definitely not playing Horse," said Ben as he picked up the ball.
"Give me the ball," said Gwen, grabbing for it as Ben pulled it away from her.
"Not until you tell us how you did that," said Angel.
"What can I say? I'm charmed," said Gwen as she admired her necklace. "It's like every time it glows, everything just goes my way."
"Nothing like a good night's sleep," said Max as he walked out of the Rust Bucket. "Who wants breakfast?"
The kids gulped, knowing what was coming.
Suddenly, everyone heard a crash from the nearby construction site as the scaffolding started to destabilize. The rope holding the workers up broke and the platform stumbled, causing the workers to fall before they grabbed onto the poles, hanging on for dear life.
"Time to watch a real hero at work," said Ben as he dialed the Omnitirx.
"Yeah… Me," said Gwen as her necklace started glowing again. "I'll be right back." She then ran off to who knows where.
Ben shrugged as he activated the Omnitrix and slammed it down as he was enveloped in green light. When the light died down, in Ben's place now stood Stinkfly.
"Yes, I got what I want," said Stinkfly before flying up towards the structure, but didn't notice Angel following him from the ground.
"Over here! Somebody," a voice shouted out as Max saw a man trapped inside his truck underneath a fallen beam from the structure.
Then, from the corner, Gwen stepped out, looking completely different. She was in a black catsuit that hugged her body in all the right places with a cape tied around her waist and black gloves and boots as well as a cat–themed masquerade mask that she had picked up earlier from the stand earlier, as well as her necklace as she stepped into the light.
"Gwen," asked Max, surprised.
"It's Lucky Girl, grandpa," she said before running into the action. She looked around and saw a stand with a loose board with some other boards on top of it. Her talisman started glowing and she ran up and jumped onto the loose board, sending the boards on top flying into the crane, breaking through the windshield and putting the clutch into ignition, activating the wrecking ball, which fell on top of the beam that was pinning the trapped truck down flying and smashed into a button, sending the structure's elevator upwards as Stinkfly flew forwards as he spotted the construction workers hanging from the destroyed platform and smiled to himself as he rubbed his hands together.
"Time to show–," he was suddenly struck by the elevator rising and was sent flying to the ground.
Lucky Girl then looked upwards to see her cousin falling to the ground. "Uh–oh."
"Ben," shouted Angel in worry as she saw Stinkfly falling to the ground. She then closed her eyes and was suddenly engulfed in pink fire. When the fire disappeared, in her place stood an amethyst–colored dragon. She was slightly taller and had a pink chest, and a long tail. Her wings were purple and had dark brown spikes along her back. She didn't react to this and flew upwards and caught Stinkfly before blasting fire at the beams that sent planks of wood hurtling towards the ground.
"Gwen– I mean Lucky Girl! Move," ordered Max.
Lucky Girl then ran away as she saw the wooden planks fell around her. She then ducked for cover inside a cement truck, but her hand accidentally hit the crutch, sending it into reverse and knocking the pipe chute right below the workers before it struck the resting Angel and Stinkfly and knocking them into the wet cement as they struggled.
"This can't be happening," groaned Stinkfly.
"Slide down the chute," Max shouted to the workers, who let go of the platform and slid down the chute and onto the mat for safety as Angel and Stinkfly shook off the cement from them as Stinkfly glared at Lucky Girl.
"How did you pull off this amazing rescue," a news reporter asked Lucky Girl as she smiled to the camera.
"With style, of course," said Lucky Girl and turned to the camera. "Who's your hero!?"
"You heard it here first, live," the news reporter said.
"Lucky Girl? Yeah, right. More like Lucky Show–off," snarled Stinkfly.
"Ben, no matter what, you'll always be the real hero for me," said Angel with a smile as she turned back to human.
"Thanks, Angel. It means a lot coming from you, but how the heck did you turn into a dragon," asked Stinkfly.
"Well, the truth is, this isn't the first time," admitted Angel and she sighed. "The first time was 2 years ago. My parents and I were coming back from a restaurant. We lived in Canada back then. We were walking down the street when a couple of criminals got in our way, wanting everything valuable we had. They had guns and I got really scared that I turned into a dragon and blasted them with fire. They fled and we moved to America. I told you that my parents have tortured me my entire life, but ever since that day, the tortures got worse."
"How much worse," asked Stinkfly.
"A lot worse," said Angel with a sniff and she lifted her T–Shirt and Stinkfly gasped at what he saw. There was a huge scar by a whip on her stomach that went all the way her back. He couldn't imagine what she's been through and hugged the sobbing girl.
"I swear if I see Frightwig again, I'm going Heatblast on her," said Stinkfly.
Angel hugged Stinkfly back and cried on his shoulder.
Hex levitated through the town as he glared, searching for his missing charm as he pushed past all the passersby, when he heard an announcement coming from the television sets in a store he passed by.
"…an exclusive on–the–scene interview with our city's very own:"
"Lucky Girl," she said, proudly.
Hex looked down at her necklace and recognized it as his lucky charm. He smirked as he thought of a devilish plan to lure her out.
As the Rust Bucket drove down the highway, Gwen was on her laptop, researching her charm as Ben and Angel stood by her side with Ben being a little annoyed.
"I cross–referenced the Archamada Book of Spells with dark magical charms and look: it's part of a set called the Charms of Bezel. This charm is Luck," said Gwen, showing her charm. "There are also charms of Fire, Levitation, Reincarnation."
"That explains why I'm so unlucky lately," said Ben.
"Those are the charms that Mr. Magic at the museum wore when XLR8 kicked his butt," said Angel.
"That's why he wanted the book of spells," said Gwen. "But it says all Charms of Bezel must be used for the spells to be at full power. Oh well. His loss is my gain."
"I'm afraid more like was," warned Max. "We need to return that charm into the museum."
"No fair," Ben and Gwen said at the same time before looking at each other. "Not before I–"
"– try it," finished Ben as he twirled the Lucky Girl mask.
"– use it again," finished Gwen, snatching the mask back. "The world needs someone with the power of Lucky Girl."
"News flash," said Ben. "Angel and I are the only ones here with powers."
"Well you can make it three," Gwen shot back. "Besides, until today, none of knew about Angel's dragon powers."
"All that stuff you did? It's not you, it's that charm," said Ben.
"And it's not you either. It's that watch," Gwen fired back.
"You're just jealous," said Ben.
"Am not," said Gwen.
"Are too! Times ten," said Ben.
"Listen, Gwen. I know this charms means a lot to you, but Hex will stop at nothing to get it from you," said Max firmly.
"Oh man," groaned Gwen.
Then, they heard an announcement over the radio.
"And 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."
"Grandpa," said Ben.
"On it," said Max as he drove towards the mansion.
"I have the feeling Hex is the cause of this," said Angel.
"I'd be shocked if it wasn't him," said Gwen.
"And I'll give him a shock he won't forget," said Ben with a smirk while looking at the Omnitrix before turning to Angel. "Think you can help out with your dragon powers?"
"I don't know, but I'll try," said Angel with a smile.
The Rust Bucket drove to the mansion and stopped in front as the door flew open as Ben started cycling through his aliens when Lucky Girl ran out, wearing her outfit and zipping past him.
"I'll handle this," said Lucky Girl.
"I'm the real hero here," said Ben as he followed her into the mansion.
"Doesn't Gwen sound a little too confident," Angel asked Max as they followed the two cousins.
"Yeah and that's worries me," said Max.
The Tennysons rushed in as the place was in absolute chaos. The tourists were screaming and running everywhere and out of the building, the chandelier and balconies were shaking back and forth, seemingly on their own, with the tourists still on them, meaning they couldn't get off. They were really scared.
Gwen looked in shock as the camera zoomed in on an open window that Hex suddenly appeared from out of thin air.
"I knew you couldn't resist… Lucky Girl," Hex said with a smirk.
Hex activated his staff and the stairwell and balconies in the foyer started shaking even more violently, causing the tourists to panic even more.
"Help us!"
"I'm afraid of heights!"
"This thing is gonna crash down!"
Lucky Girl pushed past Ben, who was dialing the Omnitrix as she smiled proudly. "Everybody stay calm! Lucky Girl is in the haunted house!" She then ran towards the tourists, completely oblivious to Hex standing at one of the windows.
He activated the Levitation Charm and the telekinetic field caused the stairs to shoot out towards Ben, Angel and Max as they ran for cover. Angel panicked and turned into a dragon and blasted the stairs with a flamethrower, vaporizing the wood and she flew for cover as she stood behind Ben.
"That was some fast thinking," complimented Ben.
"Thanks, but how are we going to stop this fiasco," asked Angel.
"Well, luck isn't everything," said Ben as he dialed the Omnitrix. "You need to have the skills to back it up." He slammed down the core, engulfing him in green light.
As Lucky Girl ran up the stairs, the balconies finally caved in and started flying around the room, the tourists still on them and screaming intensely.
Hex was in the center of it, levitating everything in the room as he glared at the charm around Lucky Girl's neck.
Lucky Girl grimaced and groaned as she held onto for dear life as she held onto one the flying floorboards. Her grip eventually gave out and she was sent flying. Fortunately, the Luck Charm started glowing and she corrected herself as she fell safely on a column. She stumbled a bit, correcting her balance.
A man and a woman lost their grips and fell off of one of the levitating balconies, screaming all the while. Fortunately, Max ran up directly underneath the woman and Angel flew towards the man, and caught them. They set the two on the ground before avoiding the leg of the column and was sent flying… into Shocksquatch's clutch as he groaned as he tried to stabilize the leg.
"I've got it," said Shocksquatch.
Lucky Girl then noticed the tourists still on top of the balcony as her eyes widened.
"But who's got them," she asked.
The column Lucky Girl was standing on suddenly broke and was sent stumbling forward. Lucky Girl saved herself by jumping onto the chandelier hanging from above and swung back and forth before landing on the balcony and using her legs to stop her momentum.
"Everybody grab hold!"
The tourists leaped off and grabbed onto the chandelier as it swung backwards with them on it.
Shocksquatch suddenly let go from the sudden jerk backwards and was sent flying into the opposite side of the room.
The cable holding the chandelier broke from the weight of all people on it. Lucky Girl screamed as the Luck Charm glowed again and the cable suddenly stabilized as the tourists got off and ran out the door with their lives safely intact.
As Lucky Girl let go off the chandelier, the doors suddenly closed and her hands were suddenly enveloped in yellow energy. She screamed as her body was suddenly lifted up towards Hex and he smirked at her. He tossed her away from him as she grabbed onto a curtain. The curtain broke off and she landed safely on the ground before running off.
"Give me my charm," demanded Hex.
He landed on the ground as the curtain covered him and he stumbled into a suit of armor due to his lack of vision, which fell on top of him.
"You should've said please," Lucky Girl teased before running off into the hallway.
The curtain was suddenly enveloped in yellow energy glow as it and the armor levitated off of an obviously furious Hex, who followed the young heroine.
Lucky Girl ran down the corridors of the mansion and she then stopped once she reached a room with many different exits.
"Which one," she asked herself.
The Luck Charm glowed and she stumbled before she knocked over the head of a statue, which lifted back to reveal a button. She pressed it, resulting in a wall lifting up, revealing a stairwell which led to the catacombs. She then cautiously went down the stairs, hoping for an exit.
Max, Shocksquatch and Angel noticed the hallway they ran down as they nodded.
"They must have come down this way. Come on," said Max.
"I'm starting to get a serious headache from all this magic," groaned Shocksquatch.
"That makes two of us," said Angel.
Hex followed Lucky Girl and smirked as he noticed the stairwell to the catacombs. He had that charm now.
Within the passage, Lucky Girl and Hex end up in the catacombs of the house. Hex found her rather quickly, but the charm once again allowed Lucky Girl to escape. This time, she leaned on a stone and knocked it out of place, dropping the roof on Hex. He shielded himself and continued to chase her. As he tried to blast her, Lucky Girl's charm dragged her to the floor, making an opening for her that leads into the graveyard.
In the graveyard, Lucky Girl trieed to hide behind a tree. Unfortunately, Hex had thought ahead and used some branches to restrain her. Her charm did no good this time, and Hex took it from her. He then completely sealed her within the branches.
Soon, Shocksquatch pulled the branches off of her and released Lucky Girl.
"Thanks," said Lucky Girl.
"Where is he," asked Shocksquatch.
Angel flew up in the air and spotted Hex levitating in the middle of the graveyard.
"Time to turn this city into an old memory! Rava Eelartas Gallametroy," chanted Hex.
Storms gathered in the sky directly over the city and lighting crashed down onto it. The civilians screamed as they were lifted up into the air along with the cars and street signs.
Shocksquatch jumped up with his fists sparkling with electricity and slammed right into the deranged sorcerer, causing him to lose his focus and the storms disappeared, saving the city.
Angel, Max and Lucky Girl ran down, but Shocksquatch stopped them.
"Stay back," said Shocksquatch and looked at Hex. "Without that charm, you're nothing."
On top of one of the graves, Hex levitated his staff to his hand again as he glared at the Gimlinopithecus.
"You dare challenge me!?"
"I've already beat you once. I'll be glad to do it again," said Shocksquatch with a smirk.
"Gargelia Vortium," chanted Hex and a scarlet–colored smoke escaped from his staff and was absorbed by the gargoyles, whose eyes glowed red as they advanced on Shocksquatch.
"We might be in trouble," said Angel nervously and Max and Gwen nodded in agreement.
A smaller gargoyle grabbed onto Shocksquatch's face as he glared and shot it away with an electric blast. A larger gargoyle whipped its tail at Shocksquatch as he glared and grabbed his tail before he bit his shoulder as he shouted in pain.
The flying gargoyle charged at Angel, but she flew out of the way and blasted the gargoyle with a steam of fire from behind, sending it crashing to the ground.
While Shocksquatch and Angel were busy, Hex went back to work and activated the storm again. Suddenly, he was hit in the leg with a rock as he groaned out in pain as he saw Gwen tossing another rock in her hand.
"Luck only gets you so far, grandpa," said Gwen before she tossed another rock at Hex's face, knocking him unconscious as he fell off the grave.
Angel, who was being chased by the flying gargoyle saw Max picking up a discarded pole with a cinderblock on it and flew his way and the gargoylr went after her.
Max noticed Angel flying at him with the gargoyle right behind her.
"Going… going… gone," he said as he swung the pole and Angel flew upwards at the last moment, resulting the gargoyle to be destroyed by the pole.
Shocksquatch then tossed the middle gargoyle into the grave, causing it to cave in on it. He then picked up a large sword as the gargoyle noticed him and charged at him. Shocksquatch swung the sword with all his might at the gargoyle, destroying it.
The largest gargoyle charged at Shocksquatch, but the Gimplinopithecus dodged its blow, causing the gargoyle to stumble a little. Shocksquatch took the opportunity and jumped onto the gargoyle's back, and wrapped his hands around its neck before sending an electrical charge, causing the gargoyle to cry in pain before cracks started to form all around the gargoyle's body. Shocksquatch noticed it and put more power into the electric charge and didn't stop until the gargoyle was blown into pieces.
Gwen kneeled and picked up Hex's necklace of charms curiously as Hex recovered and noticed it missing and that his nemesis was holding it. He ran forward to stop her before he was grabbed by Shocksquatch who just smirked.
"Time for the magician to disappear," said Shocksquatch as he punched Hex in the face, sending him flying into a grave as Max and Angel covered it with the lid as they smiled.
The three then looked to Gwen, who smiled at the charms. "I could fly, shoot bolts of electricity, brig tree to life… I'd be unstoppable! Or, I guess I could just be me.
She then placed the necklace on a grave stone and looked at Shocksquatch. "Okay, Ben, you can destroy them now."
"Are you sure about this," asked Shocksquatch.
"Yeah. These charms are too powerful to be used," said Gwen and stepped aside. "Do it."
"Well, if you say so," said Shocksquatch as his body sparkled and fired a thunderbolt at the charms, destroying them and sending a sending a mystical blue mist into the skies.
The cops uncovered Hex's grave and arrested him as the Tennysons drove off in the RV.
"You three make a pretty good team," Max commented.
"Made," Gwen reminded him and gestured at Ben and Angel. "These two are the heroes now."
"Wait? Me," asked Angel, taken back by what Gwen said.
"Yeah, I've got to admit, your dragon powers are pretty cool," said Gwen. "But why didn't tell us about your powers?"
"I don't know. It's just, I thought you'd treat me differently," said Angel. "I thought that you'd think of me as some sort of a monster."
Ben looked at her in sympathy and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Angel, I want you to know that no matter what, we'd never treat you different because of your powers," said Ben with a smile. "And what's more, your powers just make you even more awesome than you already are!"
Angel looked at him in surprise and blushed by what he said and smiled.
"Ben's right," said Max. "Just because you're able to things others can't, doesn't mean you have to be treated differently."
"Thanks you guys," said Angel with a smile. "I don't know what I'd do without you."
"Hey, you're part of the team now so don't think about the past," said Ben before he looked at Gwen. "By the way Gwen, you did a pretty good job."
"Thanks, Ben. It makes me happy coming from you," said Gwen with a smile.
"Good, cause I'm never saying it again," said Ben.
"You won't have to," said Gwen with a smirk as she held up a tape recorder and pressed play.
"By the way Gwen, you did a pretty good job," Ben said over the tape.
"Oh man," groaned Ben.
Gwen laughed as Angel put a hand on Ben's shoulder.
To be continued…
Hi, guys. I'm back with another chapter. Sorry you had to wait this long. I was planning to update the story by the begging of the month, but I was out of the country for 2 weeks and didn't have my laptop with me.
I bet some of you are surprised by Angel having dragon powers. How she got them will be revealed in one of the upcoming chapters. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you all next time. R&R