Chapter 10: Undersea Siege
Hello, everyone! This is the chapter that Marcus's tenth alien will be unveiled! I hope y'all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Ben 10 franchise.
Marcus was walking through the hallways at Bellwood High, on his way to his next class, when his girlfriend, Natalie, stopped him. "Hey, hero." She said.
"Hey, babe." Marcus said and they kissed.
"Do you have any plans this weekend?" Natalie asked.
"No. Why? Do you want to do something?"
"Well, some guys on the track team are hosting a party at the lake and was wondering if you would come to it with me?"
"You know I don't like going to parties. I don't have good people skills."
"Oh please! How are people supposed to get to know you if all you do is avoid them? Come on, it'll be fun!"
"Ok. I'll go for you. But I just know something bad is going to happen though."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because, lately it seems trouble follows me where ever I go."
"Nothing bad is going to happen I promise."
"Fine. Whatever. I got to go. See you later." They hug and they go to their separate classes.
The following Friday Marcus meets with Azmuth in the warehouse. Azmuth, as usual, is monitoring his computer for any signs of the Magnus Comedenti. Marcus walks into the building and walks to his mentor. "Hey, Azmuth. Any signs of the Magnus Comedenti?"
"Not yet. But I can feel its presence. It will come into view soon enough."
"Cool."
"What's on your mind?"
"Well, I'm going to this party with Natalie."
"Good."
"Yeah, but its a lake party. I'll have to swim."
"So?"
"I'm a little self-conscious. I'm afraid I'll be made fun of by the other kids who probably have a better body than mine. Plus, it's the first time Natalie will ever see me without a shirt. She might not like what she sees."
"Don't worry about that, Marcus. The one thing you should not do when around other people is to not care what they think. If they laugh then forget about them. At least then you'll know not to be friends with them."
"Well, I still don't like the idea, but I'll go anyway. I just hope I'm welcome." Marcus leaves the warehouse and heads home to get ready for the party.
Later, Marcus flies to the lake as an invisible Big Chill. Down below he sees light orbs illuminating the spot for the party. The spot was right an open space right next to the lake and it was surrounded by trees. There were about fifty teenagers down there dancing and chatting among themselves. Humans and aliens alike. Big Chill flew down behind a tree and changed back into Marcus. Marcus was wearing black and green swim trunks and a black t-shirt. He was also wearing his black Nike tennis-shoes. He spotted Natalie talking with her girl-friends and walked over to greet her.
"Hey." he said while trying to avoid contact with her friends.
"Oh, hey babe! Girls this is my boyfriend, Marcus." Natalie introduced Marcus to her friends.
"Nice to meet you, Marcus. So what sport do you play?" One girl asked.
"I don't really play sports."
"Oh..."
Marcus was feeling out-of-place already. He knew he didn't fit in with Natalie's crowd. He wanted to leave, but he couldn't just leave Natalie. Across the open space near the food table, a group of football players were talking to each other. "Look, Stan. Its Natalie's new boyfriend." One of the player's point at Marcus.
"No way. That's her new boyfriend? God she must be desperate." Stan said.
"Maybe this is your chance to steal her back." another player said.
"Dude. Look at that wimp. If I get her back it won't be stealing." Stan said. Stan walks over to the lake and calls to Natalie,"Hey, Natalie! Want to go swimming?"
Natalie and Marcus turn around, along with the other girls, who began to giggle. "Not with you!" Natalie called back.
"Oh don't be like that! Come on, ladies!" Stan takes off his shirt to show his well toned abs. Then he walks into the lake. Natalie's friends follow Stan into the water. One of the girls says,"Come on, Nat. Let's go swimming."
"Ugh. Fine. Do you want to go swimming?" She asks Marcus.
Feeling a sense of jealousy, Marcus couldn't say no, especially with that Stan guy around his girlfriend. "Sure."
"Ok." Natalie takes off her top and shorts to show a flowered bikini. She walks into the lake as far away from Stan as possible. But Marcus lingers before he goes in. He is suddenly hit with a wave of self-doubt. 'Oh no. I don't have abs! Natalie is going to be repulsed by me! Then she'll go running back to that creep, Stan. No. Remember what Azmuth said. Don't care what they think. Whew. Ok. Let's do this.'
Before Marcus removes his shirt a massive monster emerges from the water. It came up so fast that it propelled the swimmers out of the water. "Natalie!"
He ran over to her and saw that she went unconscious from the impact with the ground. Then he looked upon the monster. It had green scales, blue eyes, two tentacles protruding from the sides of its mouth, and it had two arms and two legs. It was about 30 feet long and ten feet high. It moved onto shore and started smashing things like the light orbs and the snack table. It reached out with its tentacles and grabbed onto a teenagers hover car and started shaking it. Marcus pulled Natalie behind a tree and checked to see if the coast was clear, then he activated the Omnitrix and slammed down the dial. "Humungousaur!"
Humungousaur ran out of the trees and charged the sea monster. He tackled it and caused it to drop the hover car. "Sorry, bud, but no party crashes." Humungousaur said and tried to punch the monster, but the monster grabbed Humungousaur's arm with one of its tentacles and then grabbed the other arm and pulled Humungousaur into the lake and started swimming at high speeds dragging Marcus behind. The monster dragged the alien hero to the bottom of the lake. Humungousaur was running out of breath, so he grabbed the tentacle on his right arm and bit it. The monster cried out in pain and released Humungousaur. It swam away in the darkness of the lake. Humungousaur swam back to the surface and breathed in the sweet air, he then swam back to the shore and swam away from the party crowd. He reverted back into human form and climbed to shore. He found his way back to crowd. He went back to the tree where he left Natalie, but she was not there. He looked around for his girlfriend and saw that she was in the arms of Stan. Marcus trudged to where Stan was holding his girlfriend. When Marcus arrived Natalie woke up and asked Stan,"What happened?"
"A Krakken came out of the water and attacked us. Its ok. I saved you." Stan said.
Marcus looked at him coldly. Stan looked at Marcus and smirked. Marcus was about to object, but then changed the subject. "Who's car is that?"
"Mine." Stan said nervously.
"That's weird." Marcus said.
"What?" Stan asked.
"From the trail of destruction, it looks like the, um, what did you call it?"
"The Krakken."
"Right. The Krakken. It seems like the Krakken made a bee line straight for your car. Why is that?"
"I don't know. Just bad luck, I guess."
"Right. Come on, Natalie."
Marcus lifted Natalie away from Stan and they walked to the edge of the open space. "I think Stan is hiding something." Marcus whispered.
"Like what?" Natalie asked curiously.
"Something to do with that monster. Something in his car."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because, he called that thing by a name and he tensed up when I asked about the car. There is something in his car that thing wants. I need to find out, but first I'm taking you home." Marcus and Natalie walk in the direction of town. Then a football player comes out from behind a tree and runs to Stan.
"He knows something's up. What do we do?" the player asked.
"We get him and make sure he doesn't spill his guts. After that, we come back here and get the rest of the eggs. And who knows, maybe that loser will make a good lake monster treat." Stan responds. "But first, help me with my car." Stan and his buddy start trying to lift the car off its side.
Marcus is walking home. He just dropped off Natalie and was heading home when he was suddenly jumped by three guys dressed in black. Marcus tried to reach for the Omnitrix but he couldn't reach. The guys threw him into the backseat of a busted up hover car and they drove off. Marcus stopped fighting when he heard Stan's voice. "Stop struggling, Wilcox."
"What are you doing?" Marcus demanded.
"We're going to feed you to that monster."
"Why?!"
"Because you're too suspicious. I can't have you messing with my plans."
"So you are behind this! What did you do to piss off a Krakken?"
"We stole one of its eggs earlier today. We found the nest in an underwater cave. We're going back for the second one tonight. With those eggs I can make some serious cash. I know an alien that would pay taydenite for the eggs."
"You can't take those eggs. They belong to the Krakken." Marcus said. The hover car was driving over a bridge that went over the lake. When the car was half way over the Krakken jumped out of the water and landed on the bridge. The hover car halted to stop and the teenagers got out. The football players, who removed their black clothes to show scuba gear, jumped off the bridge and into the lake. The Krakken began trying to get to the egg inside the car. Marcus didn't help he knew if he did then the Krakken would return to its nest and find the guys there stealing the second egg. He had to get them out and save the egg.
Marcus activated the Omnitrix and scrolled through the aliens. "Hm. Which one do I use for underwater?" He stops on one. "How about the alien that looks like a giant fish." He slammed down on the dial and transformed into a humanoid fish alien. It had a light bulb on its head, razor-sharp teeth, claws, and he was wearing a black loincloth. "Ripjaws!"
Ripjaws dived over the side of the bridge and left the Krakken behind. When he hit the water his legs morphed into a tail. With the power of the tail he swam around very fast. He eventually found a cave and went inside. Inside he could see lights moving over a seaweed nest. Then he saw the guys sliding a giant egg into a net-bag. Ripjaws swam over to them and snagged the egg away. He ripped open the bag with his claws and placed the egg back in the nest. He turned around in time to see a an electric harpoon coming towards him. He dodged and swam at the shooter. Ripjaws got close and chomped down on the shooter's gun. The gun split into pieces and the shooter swam out of the cave. Two of the four football players came at Ripjaws and tried to punch him, but he caught one fist and swung the player at the other puncher. They realised they were outmatched so they swam away.
The only one left was Stan. Ripjaws looked at him and barred his teeth. Stan swam for the exit, but was stopped by the Krakken. The monster looked at Stan with an angry expression and opened her mouth ready to take a bite out of him when Ripjaws swam in front of Stan and the Krakken closed its mouth. Ripjaws and Krakken exchanged looks and an understanding passed between them. Ripjaws grabbed Stan and swam to the surface. The Krakken returned to its cave so it could care for its eggs. Ripjaws resurfaced and swam to shore. His tail morphed back into legs and he walked on the land carrying Stan over his shoulder. He threw Stan down and said,"Beat it."
"Wh-who are?" asked a frightened Stan.
"Name's Ripjaws. And if I ever catch you coming around here messing with that Krakken or those eggs, I'll be the sea monster you have to worry about. Now leave or I'll throw you back."
Stan scrambled to his feet and ran into the woods. He was heading back to the bridge to get his car. Only when he gets there he'll find his car torn to shreds, courtesy of the Krakken. When Stan was out of sight Ripjaws reverted back into Marcus and he went home. "Man, I'm partied out."
And there you have it folks! The tenth alien has been revealed! Ripjaws looks like he does in Ultimate Alien. I'm sorry if anyone is disappointed by the choice of aliens. But now that the first ten is out there I will now take suggestions on the aliens Marcus will get in the future. Hope you enjoyed and don't forget to tune-in next time!