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Animaniacs and Freakazoid characters are from Warner Brothers
Ultimatrix, and all alien forms are from Cartoon Network/Man of Action
Chapter 10
Ultimate Upgrade
The others were happy that they finally put their rivals in their place, but at the same time the oldest brother could tell that the human was still indecisive over wanting to leave or stay here. 'I hope this works.' Yakko thought after getting one specific item from the water tower vault. Once in hand the humanoid started walking down the road he knew the human to take.
'Another day with no one needing my help.' Ketchum thought after going to the usual people and came up dry for those that wanted his help. As he walked the human spotted a Warner heading straight for him. "Finally something to do." He muttered hi happiness, and was about to give chase…only to have the creature stand right in front of him.
"Hey, Ash, what do you know? What do you say?" The black/white creature said with a big grin on his face. "Wait don't answer that because I'll answer it for you." The creature said before adding, "Your about to be the proud owner of your very own Ultimatrix." With that the creature showed him that ball.
'Ulti-what?' The other thought while peeking in on the now half ball. Since he did not see anything the human tried reaching inside it, and was answered with something slipping on to his left wrist. "What is this?" The trainer questioned after seeing the armband.
"This is the Ultimatrix. It belongs to a show called 'Ben 10', but when Man of Action didn't like our idea of having the actor have all the heroes at ones, so we were left with a fully working watch, but no one to use it." The eldest Warner told the human who was looking at the device.
"That's pretty bad, but what's this do." Ketchum questioned before activating the dial and pressing it down with one finger. The hero felt a new surge of power flowing into him; it was so strong that he felt like shouting out:
"Diamondhead!" It was then the human now looked at his stone like body: from his hand to his feet. "So, I guess this is what that armband can do. "I want to give this guy and the others a proper workout. Do you know of a studio building that is not in use?" He questioned and got a suppressed snicker from the creature before him.
"Yeah…yeah, I know a place." He said before getting better with his laughter. "It's down that way a bit. Just look for numbers that are the same when flipped." He said before walking away while laughing his head off.
'I still think that guy needs to seek professional help.' The rock thought before walking in the direction he pointed at. After a few hours of searching the human saw what he may have meant. "69? What's so funny about that number?" Diamondhead questioned before walking in. Once inside, and turned on the lights the Petrosapian went to work on training. After experiencing the projectiles, club, and shield the trainer was impressed. "This is pretty cool." He said after calling back a diamond shield. As he tried another guy out Rita was growing concerned.
"Where is he?" She whispered while laying on the couch. "He knows that today is another free day, so why isn't he here yet." He whispered, but with a sigh she stayed where she was because the feline was trying to have more faith in the monster tamer.
"This is so cool." Ash said after trying out elemental creatures: Heatblast, Big Chill, Terraspin, and Arcticguana. The hero thought that they might do should he ever want to go back. As he went back to work by testing out another batch of five another one questioned about him.
"Weird. We usually find him by now." Lana said to their target. The trio still loved their fellow birds as much as they always have, but they really liked the conversation he had with them.
"Great. Another five that are great." A two legged wolf said as he had now tested the extent of ones known as. NRG, Ghostfreak, Thunderstein, Underwraps, and the body he was currently in - Lobo.
"I know that there are several more, so let's keep it up." Ash said after powering down only to activate the dial again for another batch.
"He's just running a little behind." Minerva said to herself as she stood in an open field while bouncing a Soccer ball on her head. After the Soccer game the two wanted to find out if it was possible to have a compete Soccer game with just two people, and she knew that he would never go back on his word.
"One Earth factor, three strength factors, and one flight class." A red ray said while staying in mid-air. The hero tried the Earth based moves of Armodrillo, the strength of Fourarms, Rath, and Humungousaur, and finished it up with the flight style of one called - Jetray.
"This is usually Ash's volunteer job." The leather skinned woman said as she fed her snakes by pouring Snack food in a big dog food bowl. This was one main reason she liked the kid's company was that he willingly fed her pets for her.
"These ones may be small, but they are crafty." Ash said as he stood in a small black and white body with Green electricity surging around him. The ones that he chose this time were at random: Wildmutt, Goop, Ampfibia, Spitter, Eye Guy, and his current body - Buzzshock.
"Time for a quick break." Ash said once he returned to normal. The Pokemon protector said and sat down for a bit. 'I know from those images I get as those guys that there's a stage after the one I'm in, but I don't think it's good to use that ability when just seeing what they can do.' He thought, and after five minutes the hero got back up and tried it again.
"You did what!" Dot shouted to her brother who had told his other siblings over what he did to their new friend. He knew that she had every right to be worried since no one has ever tested this device, but he mainly gave him that tool, so the hero could forget about his loneliness.
"He may need it if Plotz decides to use him in one of our cartoons." The pants wearing one said since he knew that the girls have been trying to do just that. Back at the training Ketchum has already used creatures calling themselves: Spidermonkey, Echo Echo, Grey Matter, Nanomech, and Upchuck.
"I still have no idea how this little guy is going to be useful." Ketchum commented after going back to Nanomech and wondered how a creature with the power to shrink and fire stingers were going to be useful in a fight.
"Hmm? Nothing in his physical can explain how he was able to do the things he's done." Hello Nurse questioned while going over the paperwork for Ash to find out how he was able to do those things when they were playing sports.
"These guys have good moves even though this one seems to be at a disadvantage in this room." Ash said as he stood in a body that had a yellow/black Zebra design along with a silver head floating in between two spikes. The other ones that he's used were beings known as: Water Hazard, Swampfire, Ripjaws, and Wildvine; all of which were powerful in their own right.
"I hope Ash's okay." Katie questioned as she sat in her room: waiting for the man in question. Ketchum promised her that he would help the young woman with her anger issues. Back at the studio the native to Pallet Town had just gotten through another batch.
"I can't believe that there are creatures THAT powerful in this little thing." Ash said while panting in exhaustion due to the power they had. These ones called themselves: Chromastone, XLR8, Brainstorm, but the more feared ones were - Alien X and Eon. 'It was amazing what I could do with those two forms.' He thought and decided another break was in order.
"I can't believe that you actually caved into doing that." The grey squirrel questioned to her old friend. The deer before her had aged down to young adult age, and the veteran cartoon character did not like it.
"Don't knock it till you tried it." The fawn said to the squirrel.
"I'll pass." The stubborn one said with her arms crossed, but for some reason or another her mind lingered to what the new guy would think of her younger form, but that was not what the hero was thinking in reality.
"These guys are definitely the strangest I've seen." Ketchum said as he stood in the form of a yellow/white pillbug. The others that he chose were strange ones as well: Stinkfly, Upgrade, and Ditto.
"Well, there's only one form left." The hero said once he was back to normal and was looking at the only creature he hadn't tried. "First is some food." He said while digging into his bag for food. As he did that the girls got out of their homes and all met in the lot.
"Where could he be?" Rita voiced to the others since she had a feeling that none of them were in possession of the kid. The others just gave a shrug since no one knew where he was, but one of them had another thought running through her head.
'That rat better not have backed on his word.' Queen Cobra thought since she once paid a visit to the Acme Lab with both of her pets circling around it to make sure that all of his attempts ended in failure.
"Maybe if we each take a section of the lot we should be able to…" The medical one was about to finish her comment, but was stopped by a loud crash from just around the corner.
"Way Big!" The hero shouted after tearing through the roof, and stood tall in a red and white body. "I really should rebuild that." He muttered before seeing something past a few buildings. "Hey, guys, what's up?" He questioned to them after bending to face them.
"Well, for starters - you." Katie said as she awed at the size of the giant before her. The hero looked at his body, and understood what she meant so after gently pulling his feet out of the hole he walked over to them.
"Sorry if I worried you." The human said after hitting the hourglass symbol on his chest. The others stared at him with wonder for a moment before one spoke out.
"That thing didn't harm you, did it?" The youngest Warner questioned out of concern which the others looked at him for the answer.
"No, it didn't. In fact those forms felt incredible. I can't wait to…use them around the studio." He said to them while trying to stay focused on his current location. They all gathered around him for a big group hug with the hero in question.
"We'll forgive you for not being with us when you should have, but you're going to have to make it up to us." Rita explained while purring happily in his neck.