The group was outside, looking over the hill only to find that the rouge army was there. "That can't be good." Ben said.
"Here we go again." Elena said.
"Get used to it, we're always fighting armies that outnumber us a million to three." Gwen pointed out.
"Or five." Julie reminded them.
"Like that makes a difference." Ben said. "We might be outnumbered, but as long as we have each other's backs, we'll always come out on top."
"So, you think we'll actually be able to pull this off?" Elena asked.
"We're talking about the guy who saved the universe from the Highbreed," Gwen said, then she turned to her cousin. "Though there were like fifteen of us fighting altogether."
"Ship!"
"Ship, quiet." Julie whispered.
"Not to mention he wiped save your father and take out that race of alien chips." Kevin pointed out.
"Did you manage to contact that group?" Ben asked.
"I tried, but my connection only lasted a few seconds." Gwen said.
"Then it looks like we're going to have to start out on our own, then." Ben said.
"I can't believe we're doing this." Kevin said.
"We take on stuff like this all the time," Gwen pointed out. "Why is this any different?"
"Elena, are you sure you want to do this?" Julie asked.
"Don't worry about me, I fight well unarmed." Elena said.
"Here, I found this in the back of the ship." Julie said, handing her a pipe.
"Okay, let's go!" Ben said. Everyone followed his lead down the hill.
"There's way too many for us to handle." Gwen realized, seeing how big the army was.
"Then let's even things out." Ben said, setting the dial on the Omnitrix and slamming it down.
"Echo-Echo!" He made hundreds of copies of himself.
"Alright, let's do this!" Elena said. The group ran over.
"You again!" The leader of the rouge army said. "I warned you never to cross our path again. Now you must pay!" The army opened fire on them.
"I'll give us some cover!" The lead Echo-Echo said.
"Better make it fast!" Kevin said, absorbing a rock he was standing near.
"Wall of Sound!" The attack was able to stun them long enough for the others to jump in.
"Ship!" Julie called. Ship rushed over and merged with her to form a battle suit. She opened fire back at the enemy, then switched when to physical attacks when they got too close.
Elena managed to hold them off, but ran into some trouble. Suddenly, a burst of pink energy blasted the enemy in front of her. She turned to see Gwen fighting off a group of them. Kevin was doing well for the most part, until one of the aliens punched him, hard.
Gwen fired at it, but then she got hit with a beam. Julie saw Elena in a bit of a jam, so she ran over to help her. The Echo-Echo army was starting to get weak from fighting.
"Everyone, over here!" The group ran over to Gwen. Julie used her suit to project a green energy field around the entire team. Unlike Gwen's mana shields, this one was unbreakable.
"How long can you hold this up?" Gwen asked.
"As long as it's needed." Julie said. Ben changed back to normal.
"We can't stay in here all day, though." Ben said. "Unless we get some serious back-up, we're done for." Fortunately, their help arrived overhead as a group of what looked like blue jays up in the air floated overhead.