Ben 10 Alien + Vampire

Chapter 10: Time Alone with the Stars; Pier Pressure pt.2

Elsewhere

Food Court

After a while of fuming to herself, Moka-sama had found the food court for the carnival, and immediately went to a beverage bar. Luckily for her, they had tomato juice, chilled to perfection. Purchasing at least five cans, she sat alone at a bench, drinking them slowly, as she looked at them in deep thought. At the moment, even though her pride had been a bit damaged, but in slight relief, she had separated from Ben. Though for some odd reason, she seemed rather… distressed about the situation.

She sighed, leaning forward on the table, rubbing her forehead, "What is wrong with me? It's not as if I care about him."

'Hey, why did you fight with Ben,' Outer Moka spoke out, as Moka-sama had the Rosario on her, which she held in her pocket, but was startled by it.

She nearly jumped out of her seat, as she looked at the Rosario, gulping, "Wha? Wait a minute!" But then she calmed down a bit, as she cocked an eyebrow, "Wait, now you can speak through the Rosario?"

"I guess since it works for you, it must work for me," Outer Moka responded, but then sternly lectured, 'But enough about that, why did you act that way towards Ben?'

"To remind him," Moka-sama answered, as she nonchalantly took a sip from her tomato juice, "I may have interest in his usage of the Omnitrix, as well as his courage and that he's taking care of me while I sleep, but that's all he's good for. No matter how hard he tries, no matter how much he believes we're friends, he will never win my heart." She took a huge gulp, until she placed the empty can down… and then looked a bit… lonely, "It's also safer for him to stay away from me."

"And may I ask why is that?" someone asked not too far from her, making her jump in her seat.

She looked over to her right, and saw someone sitting casually, sipping a cup of coffee. He appeared to be a Caucasian man, thirties, with short black hair combed back, with a somewhat British heritage to him. He was dressed in what appeared to be a white button up shirt, khaki brown vest, black tie, black pants, and dress brown shoes. Though the odd thing about him was that he also wore a white lab coat, and a pair of green lab goggles. The man looked like somebody from the 1950s, the era during the Cold War. He casually sipped a cup of coffee he purchased from the food booths, as well as looking at an old pocket watch. But from Moka's perspective or suspicions, he had suspicious written all over him.

However, Moka-sama was a bit annoyed at this, as she scowled, "It's none of your business."

"If it's about how you treated Ben, then don't worry about it," the man calmly replied, not intimidated about the anger radiating off her, "He's not the kind to hold a grudge against his friends, unless they betrayed him in some way." He smirked as he took a sip from his cup, "Though he hardly ever shows any resentment or grudges against you. Ever at all… Moka Bloodriver Akashiya."

The vampire girl, despite her calm demeanor, went bug eyed, as she turned around, "H-How do you know that name?"

Not turning to face her, the man simply chuckled, "There isn't anything I don't know about you, my dear. Let alone Benjamin." He finished his coffee, as he looked at the timepiece, "And if you're worried that if you've damaged what you have with him so far, don't be. I believe he'll receive a certain something to patch things up."

"What are you…" suddenly, a huge crash caught her attention, as she looked towards the dock area. Some strange ruckus was going on, as others claimed it was a rogue carnival ride, suddenly coming back to life. Though they said the ride wasn't harming anyone, though it was chasing after only one person. A boy who was obviously American. Moka-sama paled as her red eyes went wide, as she gulped, "Ben…"

"I wouldn't worry," the gentleman calmly got up, and closed his watch, turning towards Moka-sama, as he smiled, "He's faced worse in his human form. You underestimate him that way, and that's usually what his enemies always do."

Moka-sama snarled, not liking this man's tone as knowing as much as he should, "Alright! Who are… you?" she asked, as she whipped around, coming face-to-face… to nothing. She looked around to see any signs of where the man went off to, but no traces of where he was. Moka-sama was deeply confused, "What the…?" But then another crash was heard, as her attention, as well as unaware concern, was turned to another's attention, "Ben…"

Back with Ben

The Bearer of the Omnitrix was currently running for his life, and from a runaway bumper car to boot. Luckily he had managed to run away from it as best he could. Even jumping over a row of trashcans to evade it, though it ran through them like they were nothing. Ben was currently running from it, evading anyone else in the process. Though a cotton candy stand wasn't the fortunate, as the bumper car plowed through it, with the vendor crying out screaming for his downed cart. Once Ben had made a turn, he hopped on top of a stand, climbing up to the roof, hiding in plain sight.

The bumper car stopped, as it turned in different directions, looking around for Ben. The boy sighed in relief, as he plopped flat on his back, looking at the watch, "What did you get me into this time? You're like an evil alien magnet."

The bumper car looked around, and stopped, as it stuck out the electric antenna straight up, and gave out a signal. Suddenly, the Omnitrix started beeping loudly again, catching Ben's surprise. Knowing full well the renegade bumper car would detect it, he shushed at it, in an attempt to silence it, "SHSSSH! Hush, will you? I don't want that thing to…"

"Ben?"

Suddenly, Ben shot up from hiding, as he looked over the ledge to see Moka running in the bumper car's direction. She came to a stop, as she saw the Mechamorph possessed carnival ride, slightly startled. Then, she called out to it, getting the wrong idea, "Ben! What are you doing? This is childish of you to even consider!" the Bumper vehicle just stared in her direction, simply humming in place, not making a move. Seeing that he was calming down, Moka-sama did the same, as she looked… apologetic towards 'him', "Okay, I get it. You're angry about what I said to you earlier. You're not weak without the Omnitrix, and you're not a lowly worm of a human. My Outer side just wants us to get along, but what you're doing now is just…" She shook her head, and sternly stated, "Benjamin Tennyson, just change out of your Upgrade form, and…"

"Moka!" Ben called out from the roof top, as Moka spotted him, completely surprised, as he pointed out to the shocked vampire girl, "As much as I appreciate the apology, despite I haven't apologized yet… that's not me!"

Moka looked to Ben, and then back to the bumper car, as it slowly growled… like an attack dog. But just before a move between the vehicle and vampire girl could even be made, Ben jumped right on the bumper car. Startled, the vehicle hopped around, like a bunking bronco with a clown atop him. However, it decided to drive away, with a surprised Ben atop it, leaving Moka standing in confusion. After her confusion wore off in a few seconds, she bolted right after him.

As Ben tried to steer it, he huffed, "Why is it I can't have at least one normal day in my life? I mean, seriously."

He then hopped off, as they both had gained distance away from anyone else. The vehicle stopped a few feet from Ben, as they both stood to a standstill, one or the other waiting to make the first move. The bumper car charged forward, attempting to do whatever it was gonna do to Ben. However, he wasn't gonna take this sitting down, as he ran to one end, which he had spotted something of importance, and pulled off his jacket, waving it around like a cape as he shouted, "Toro, toro!"

The cart ran faster and faster, until Ben pulled out of the way… revealing a fire hydrant, which it crashed in. The bumper car bounced and fumbled, as it crashed into a heap away from Ben. He sighed, seeing the trouble gone, and groaned, "I hope there's a reasonable explanation. But I doubt it." He then placed his hands in his pockets, and winced in pain, "Ouch! What the…?" he then suddenly pulled out something from his right pocket, which caused him the pain earlier. And saw in his right hand, a black rose, with a note attached to it.

He pulled it off, and it read the following.

Dear Ben,

If you're reading this, you found the rose, and I suggest you give it to your friend. Consider it a peace offering to her, seeing as how she's fond of Romanian Black Beauties. And don't worry, there's a reasonable explanation for all fo this, even if you doubt it.

Signed,

PP

Ben raised an eyebrow in confusion, as to oppose this unlikely mystery befallen him. "Okay… the weird-ometer's gone through the roof these past few months here," he eyeballed the flower, "How'd whoever gave me this, managed to give me this?"

"Ben," Moka called out, as she finally caught up to him, surprising the boy. Once she stopped to him, without a bead of sweat or a huff of air, she nearly glared daggers at him, as she seemed miffed off, "You idiot! What purpose was there for you to just do something that foolish? And without transforming at all!"

Ben sighed in defeat, knowing full well that either Moka, Inner or Outer, were one and the same person, just separate, there was one fundamental difference. This Moka didn't have faith in his human abilities; seeing that she just saw any human as a weakling. He sighed, as he tried to reassure her, "Relax, Moka. Believe it or not, I'm more than capable of handling my own without the Omnitrix once in a while."

"No, you can't," Moka-sama proclaimed, thinking she knew humans better. "All you're capable of doing is…" But she stopped, as she spotted the rose in Ben's hand. "A Black Beauty?" she asked, almost dazzled at the flower's intoxicating unique beauty.

Ben looked at the rose in his hand, and then got the idea, as he smiled, handing the rose out for her, "It's for you." She gently took it and took a gentle whiff of the scent it gave off. Ben shrugged, hoping to start a conversation again, "It's a peace offering. You know, so we could talk to each other again."

Moka-sama looked a little calmed down, almost teasing him as she looked to him, with the rose still close to her, "Is this your way of apologizing?" After a moment of silence, Ben sheepishly nodded. She mockingly thought about it, tapping the rose gently on her cheek, as she finally answered, her smile a bit brightened than malice-filled, "Apology accepted."

"Great!" Ben nearly jumped up, nearly startling Moka-sama, until he calmed a bit, "I mean, um… okay. Cool."

And the two walked off, both forgetting the strange event of a stranger involved. However, all wasn't considered normal, as the small Mechamorph slorped from the wreckage of the bumper car, and secretly tailed the two friends. However, none of them were aware of a fellow dressed in a black trench coat and hat, with red eyes… and a yellow star on his left breast pocket, looking at them. Especially at Ben, with an irate sense of hatred aimed for the poor unsuspecting boy.

Meanwhile

Back in the forest, the crashed ship's occupant wasn't doing too well. A huge gaping hole was in place to the hull, with a red energy field surrounding it for no apparent reason, at least none that could be known. The occupant of the ship, a black, green and jungle green Mechamorph, trapped in a pile of rubble. He struggled to get free of it atop his back, but was still weak from the crash.

Outside, he spotted a four-legged humanoid shadow out there, and knew he wasn't alone. "You ruffianic buffoon!" he shouted, struggling to free himself, "Do you really believe that a Plumber will come to rescue me? They don't even know where we are!"

"But you did send out that lil' symbiote you budded out," the shadow spoke out, almost taunting the Mechamorph out. "But I wouldn't worry about that. My associate's chasing him down, and if that certain someone's out there… he's gonna go…" And then he proceeded to make a slicing sound, with a clawed digit going across his seemingly headless body. "And besides, if that doesn't work… we always have the contingency plan." Pointing to the inside of the ship, as something was beeping rapidly.

Back at the Carnival

So far both Ben and Moka had an enjoyable time, with the previous squabbles and insults gone from their memory. The black rose, which Ben had found was called the Black Beauty, was actually a favored flower to vampires. He also found out that rumors they were dyed in the blood of vampire bats to give it the darkened color. But he figured Moka was happy for the flower due to its reminder of her supposed home in Romania, where the flowers grew in fields. It was while they had spent time, without arguing with one another, that Ben had found out a few things about this supposed 'Real' Moka. She had this aristocratic side to her, but while they were hanging around, she seemed to act like a normal teenage girl. She even laughed without thinking when Ben had slipped on a banana peel, and nearly crashed head first into a trash can. In truth, despite the fact she had silver white hair, red eyes, and was obviously a vampire to him, she seemed… normal.

"You know," Moka-sama suddenly said, nearly making Ben jump out of his shoes. She turned to him and smiled, "This is actually the first time we've had this long together. It's not too bad, doing this once in a while."

Ben thought about that, and shrugged, "Why not doing it all the time? I mean, well…"

Moka-sama knew where he was getting at, and sighed sadly, "I can only stay out for this one day, Ben. Once it's over, I have to go back inot the Rosario."

As they made their way around, Ben finally got the guts to ask, "Why do you have to get sealed up? I mean, if you're the real Moka, the really real Moka, why do you have to get sealed up?"

Moka-sama simply answered, "I'm not really sure myself."

Ben sighed, not liking that no one knew the answers to important questions, "Okay, then how am I the only one who can unseal it?"

Moka-sama thought about that one, until finally, she sighed, "That… I'm not too sure of myself."

"You seem to not know a whole lot about that Rosary," Ben admitted bluntly.

Moka-sama cocked an eyebrow as she pointed to the Omnitrix, "What about you? You seem to know so little about that watch of yours. Only the fact that you can swap out, time out, or select any alien form you wish. Why haven't you been able to stay longer than ten minutes?"

"Touché," Ben sighed, but explained, "But I know why I can only stay in alien form for only ten minutes. That's a limiter because if I stay in that form for more than ten minutes, the alien DNA and personality override my own. I found that out the hard way when a rogue Chronian named Eon tried to make a clone of himself out of me."

The vampire girl was a bit surprised by all that, and simply asked, "If it's that dangerous, why don't you have it removed? You could have a chance to live a normal life."

Ben stopped in his tracks, putting his hands in his pockets, as Moka-sama stopped. Not seeing his face, she guessed she must have offended him in some way. But that was pushed aside, as he looked up at the stars, and smiled, for her to see. "If I did that, I wouldn't be the guy I am now. I'd just be some nerd, no expectations, no friends, bullied every day of my school life, and possible future. Nothing would ever change," he answered. He then turned his attention to Moka, as he smiled to her, "My grandpa once said to me, 'Not everyone is destined to have a normal life'." He then turned to face her fully, and answered without thinking, "And if it was normal… I'd have never met you."

Moka-sama looked surprised by that answer, and just for a moment… a small blush appeared on her face. Before Ben could see it, she turned around, looking for some way to lie to herself about it. But instead, she found something to get their mind off of it. She pointed, to what appeared to be a jet-shaped flight simulator, "Oh, look at that." She looked to Ben and asked, "Care to show me if you have any skills in flying?"

Ben looked at the simulator as it stopped, and saw the occupants wobbling out nearly about to throw up. Unknown to anyone, the red and black fellow stood behind it, and melted, merging with the device.

Ben shook it off as he confessed, "Sorry, but even though we didn't eat the burgers from that stand, I'd pretty much lose the lunch we had later on."

"This is coming from the boy who can change into a smelly flying insect," Moka-sama asked, incredulous to his proclaim of air sickness.

Ben shrugged, "Sue me." But then the two heard screaming, as they looked up at the ride.

Suddenly, the whole simulator ride was engulfed in a black and red blob, merging with it. Once it did, the jet didn't look earth-based, but more futuristic and alien. The now-four engines roared to life, as the wings suddenly folded into spider-crab legs, attempting to pull itself off the device holding it in place. The two teens stepped back, as the jet thrashed and bashed about to free itself on the spot.

Moka-sama stood battle ready, as she asked Ben, though not taking her eyes off the target, "I thought you took care of it last time?"

"This isn't the same one," Ben pointed out.

The jet looked around, and then eyed both Ben and Moka. There, in its sights, it scanned the boy, and took notice of the Omnitrix. The optical circular spot on the windshield of the jet turned into an angry V, as it glared at Ben. It then returned to a circle and began charging up, almost for something unknown. But Ben knew, as he went wideyed, and immediately shoved Moka out of the way, as they both suddenly dodged a powerful plasma beam attack from the transformed jet spider.

Ben groaned as he slowly got off the ground, rubbing the back of his head, "Sucks being at the receiving end of a plasma blast."

"Do you mind getting off?" Moka-sama snarled, as Ben came into focus, and saw he was on top of Moka. A small blush appeared on her face, but she wasn't embarrassed, but rather, angry, as she snarled, "You're on top. KNOW YOUR PLACE!" And shoved him hard enough to skid across the ground, and slam into a garbage can, nearly knocking him out and leaving him disoriented.

Moka-sama saw what she did, but turned her attention to her desired target, as it finally broke free. It slowly made its direction towards Moka-sama as a minimal threat, but then turned its direction towards the unconscious Ben. And was close to skewering the poor boy, until a silver blur appeared, pummeling its head. Disoriented, it crashed into a Fun House, luckily no one was in there, and everyone else was just running away from fear around the area.

As the machine regained consciousness, Moka-sama stood atop of it, proclaiming soon to be victory as she glared at it. "I don't know what the hell you're doing, but you're ruining the only night I have to walk about freely," Moka-sama snarled at the eye. "Whatever business you have…"

"My business, lies with Tennyson," the alien-possessed machine spoke to her, in a digitized demonic voice, as the eye looked in her direction, "If you are an acquaintance with him… then you are furthered value as a hostage."

The vampire girl snarled at this declaration, as she hissed, "You'll have the Devil's Chance to even do…" but suddenly, red bolts of electricity shot at the creature's outer layer, hitting her as she screamed out in pain. Until finally, she went limp, and everything went dark, as she nearly fell over, only to get caught by a couple of tendrils ensnaring her.

The mechanical monster then got up, standing upright as it looked to Tennyson, as he was slowly getting up. "See you soon, Tennyson," and then took off into the air, heading to wherever it was going.

As Ben was regaining consciousness, he stood up, groaning, "Never get on top again. Got it, Moka." But he didn't get a reply, as he looked around, and saw Moka was gone, "Moka? Moka! MOKA!" he also realized the giant monster was gone, meaning that it was gone… and the worst case scenario, was that it took Moka with it. He punched the wall, in self-anger, as he sneered with rage, "Dammit! Now I don't even know where it went!"

"SHIIIP! SHIIIP!" A small yelp came from not too far from him, getting his attention as he looked around. He heard it again, "SHIP! SHIIIIP!" He looked down, as to where the noise came from, and spotted the little Mechamorph, no bigger than a puppy.

He remembered from ago the rampaging bumper car, and nearly yelled out in surprise, "Wha…? You're the reason this all happened?!"

The little Mechamorph shook its head as it yelped out, "SHIP! SHIP, SHIP, SHIIIIP!"

Ben grumbled, "I can't understand you." But then lit up as he activated the Omnitrix, and scanned through, "But I know someone who does." And slammed the control down hard, and in a green flash, Upgrade was there, as he knelt down, and extended his hand, "Okay, now tell me everything that's going on."

The little blorp, probably called Ship, slurped toward his hand, and he and the arm merged together in a blob. The circuitry merged close to his head, and into his eye, as Upgrade saw everything. In his mind, the memories of the little symbiote Mechamorph was shown into him. He saw it all, an emergency crash landing, as a drilling laser was used to take down the enemy vessel that shot the pilot down. And then the splitting, making Ship, as the parent figure weakly told him to go get help.

Ship unmerged from Upgrade, as the latter stood up, looking down at the little symbiote, "Okay, if you're from that crashed ship, then you obviously know where they are now, right?"

"SHIP. SHIP," Ship yipped out.

Upgrade then tapped the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, and changed into XLR8 in a flash. He scooped up Ship, "Okay, then show me the way." His mask then flipped closed, as the two sped off, with Ship advising his direction.

Deep in the Forest

When Moka had finally come to, she found she was tied with steel wire cable, and sitting next to a downed ship… of alien origin. She looked to her surroundings and saw only trees and forest. However, she heard clicking sounds, almost like spiderlegs tapping on the metal. And she was only half-right, as she saw what was crawling on the side of the ship, with glowing yellow eyes. It appeared to be male and had a human torso with four crab legs, though it didn't appear to be a monster, as more alien due to some things different about it. It had goldish brown-colored armor, a sideways mouth, four scythe-like legs and a large, powerful pincer for his left hand. Within the pincer was a power blaster combined with what appeared to be a chemical sprayer. When he was about to talk, he pulled his head up, making his neck appear. He resembled a fiddler crab.

"Hey, Malware," Kraab spoke up, looking to the side, as where the still mechanized-robotic jet stood, "Looks like Tennyson's girlfriend woke up."

Ignoring the 'girlfriend' title, Moka-sama turned and saw the jet fall over, as the black and red goo slurped out and formed, taking shape. In its place, stood a "negative" version of Upgrade, having red demonic circuitry stripes. He had a glowing yellow star symbol on his chest and neck. And apparently unlike when Ben was Upgrade, his central eye didn't glow when he started talking.

"You must be terrified," Malware spoke to her, as his neck stretched over to get into her face, as they were now eyes to eye. "Waking up in a strange place, near a strange ship of strange origin, being held captive by two strange beings, that hail from a strange world?" And shoved in further, almost breathing on the unflinching vampire, "Strange, isn't it?"

"Hardly," Moka-sama huffed, looking unafraid. "This isn't the first time I've seen aliens or a Galvanic Mechamorph."

Malware and Kraab looked to each other, deflated by the whole answer, as Malware's neck retracted, and Kraab merely shrugged, "Wow. You really get around."

"Look, what do you want from me?" Moka-sama asked, obviously annoyed.

"You are mere bait to trap the loathsome bearer of the Omnitrix. The one called Ben Tennyson," Malware explained. "If Ba-zel's symbiotic offspring as made his way to finding you…"

"He already did!"

Both Kraab and Malware turned around… just to see Upchuck loogie at them, shooting exploding loogies at them. The shots caused the two to disperse, as Upchuck along with a black and green backpack on his back, hopped over to Moka-sama. He immediately shot his tongues out, eating the ropes that bound her. Once she was free, she looked to Upchuck and asked, "Those two friends of yours?"

"Yeah, pretty much," Upchuck answered as he and Moka-sama stood together, side by side, as Kraab and Malware were regaining their composure. "Kraab was an old bounty hunter that went after me five years ago. Vilgax hired him, along with two other bounty hunters to come after me while I was still wet around the ears with this watch." He then smirked mockingly as he spotted another familiar face. "Malware," Upchuck half smirked at the evil Mechamorph, "Gotta admit, you look pretty good for a Galvanic Mechamorph I beat up a while ago. I mean, it's been what? Nearly Four years?"

"And fifty-six days," Malware hissed. "I have recorded and calculated every day I was caged by an animal like an animal on Incarcecon."

"Well, if you didn't try and do what you did, the Plumbers wouldn't have put you behind bars like that," the Gourmand shot back.

Moka-sama looked to Upchuck, as she guarded his back, and asked, "Just what did he try to do?"

"Oh, he tried to syphon the Earth's O-Zone layer, and sell it to the Intergalactic Black Market," Upchuck answered.

Malware merely shrugged, "I find it very odd that you humans are so touchy when it comes to this global warming."

Upchuck licked his lips together, as he and Moka stood ready for battle, "Well, either way, I'm gonna send you to the Null Void. And this time, you and Kraab'll stay there."

Malware transformed into his Mechamorph form, along with a few stocks with laser barrels added to them, as he hissed, "Over our dead silicon bodies." And fired right at them.

Luckily, Ship slorped outward, and formed a shield abosorbing the blasts. Once Malware stopped, Upchuck and Moka-sama hopped over to their respective opponents; Upchuck went to face against Malware, while she took Krabb. The crablike alien attacked with a blast from his claws, but Moka easily dodged them with no problems. Kraab snarled as he lifted his claw up, attempting to crush her once she was in range, "You're dead, you stupid human!" And brought it down to crush her.

However, it didn't happen, as instead of him crushing him, she caught the claw in the air… with her bare hands. She huffed at the crab alien, as he struggled to try and overpower her, but to no avail. She slipped off her sandals, as she brought her right leg back, "I think it's high time, scum like you…" and brought it up for a devastating kick, "KNOW YOUR PLACE!" and kicked the alien crab through the forest, screaming until he disappeared from sight.

Meanwhile, Upchuck was gaining the advantage in the fight. Seeing as how Mechamorphs were easily overpowered by electricity and acidic chemicals, defeating Malware with a Gourmand form was cakewalk. Upchuck nailed Malware right into the chest, sizzling a hole there, as the Mechamorph leaned onto a tree.

Upchuck cackled, "Seriously, Malware. You couldn't beat me back then, what in a snowball's chance gave you an idea I'd lose now?"

Malware looked to Upchuck, and sloshed his arm forward, wrapping it around Upchuck, as he answered, "This is how." And pressed the Omnitrix symbol.

He let go of Upchuck, and disappeared in a flash of green, stood a shocked and surprised Ben. Once he saw he wasn't Upchuck anymore, he sighed, "Aw man."

Moka-sama saw Ben in danger, and knew she had to go over there. Until a yelping caught her attention, "SHIP! SHIP!" She looked down and saw the little Mechamorph that had protected her and Ben a while ago. He pointed to the downed ship, getting Moka-sama's attention, even now. He suddenly morphed into a mini-replica of the ship, and then went kaboom, reforming itself as it pleaded to Moka-sama.

Moka-sama could only surmise that wasn't good, "That's never a good sign." She looked to Ben and shouted, "Ben!"

Ben fiddled with the Omnitrix for a moment, trying to get it recharged again. He already knew of a perfect choice, but it wouldn't work unless the watch charged up. However, it was going to have to be a rush job, as Malware stared him down, "Any last words, clever quips, or observations, before I finally destroy you, Ben Tennyson?"

Getting fed up with it, Ben looked to Malware as he snarled, "Yeah, after four years, you need a tic tac. Because personally… YOUR BREATH STINKS!" suddenly, he heard the beeping come from the Omnitrix, and saw the green light up again. "But here's a fresh reminder for you." He picked the choice, and slammed down on the watch.

In a green flash, Ben's new form shouted, "BENVICKTOR!"

This new form had an appearance similar to the classic depiction of Victor Frankenstein's monster, hence the name. He had a muscular body and a human nose. He had greenish-grey skin, a black mullet hairstyle with brown at the end and sideburns, and 2 tower-like conductor coils on his back. He wore black pants with lines on them with a triangle dash in the middle that glowed green. He had stitch-like lines on his arms (right arm: half of his shoulder and left arm: half way from his glove). He had brown gloves with his fingers showing. He had 3 black bolts on his chest and 1 black bolt on each side of his neck, all bolts had a green line on them. He had white lines on his waist that connected it to the Omnitrix, whose symbol he wore on his waist, like a belt clasp.

Omnitrix Encyclopedia

Transylian AKA Benvicktor

Transylians are an extraterrestrial species of Frankenstein-like humanoids from the planet Anur Transyl. Anur Transyl used to be home to two different races, the Transylians and the Vladats. Transylians were the Vladats main source of food, feeding on their energy. But the Transylians rebelled against the Vladats, using superior technology that they had developed in secret, they hunted all Vladats on Anur Transyl into extinction and became the dominant species on Anur Transyl. However like the other inhabitants of the Anur Belt, they have become enslaved by the Ectonurites. Transylians have two conductor coils on their backs that allow them to generate and manipulate lightning and electromagnetism. They can emit powerful lightning bolts and magnetize their feet to attach to metal structures.

They also possess enhanced strength and durability and can survive in the vacuum of space.

Malware charged forward to deliver a punch to Benvicktor, but the Transylian jumped up, flipping-dodged him, as he landed on the other side. Malware turned around and charged at Benvicktor again, throwing a mean right punch at him. But Benvicktor caught it, holding the rogue Mechamorph in place. He brought up his left foot, and kicked him, the magnetic force causing a major screw up to the Mechamorph's system, making him disoriented.

He then shot forward, grabbing onto Malware's shoulders, as the two towers on Benvicktor's back started shooting up with lighting. It traveled down the Transylian's arms, and shocked Malware, and proceeded to keep on doing that for a minute or two. Once Malware was sparking, Benvicktor drew back his right fist, charging it up with electricity, and delivered a devastating punch to the Mechamorph, sending him flying about fifty yards away from the location.

Benvicktor smirked, as he fist pumped the air, "Oh yeah! He shoots, he scores!"

"Ben, get over here," Moka called out to him. Once Benvicktor ran over to her, he saw she was standing next to an energy shield, and pointed the inside. "There's something in there that's going to blow up. And I can't get in there."

"Then let me open the door," Benvicktor advised, as he gently pushed Moka out of the way. He then shot his fists forward, digging into the red shield doors. The energy danced all around him, as he screamed out in pain, but held his own. He ripped open a hole through the shield, but still screamed out in pain.

Moka-sama realized this was causing him pain, "Ben! Stop it, you're just hurting yourself!"

"Don't worry about me, just get whatever's gonna explode in there!" he seethed out.

Not wanting to argue anymore on it, Moka-sama and Ship hopped in there. Once they were in, Moka looked around to see what was the problem, until she spotted the injured Mechamorph pinned by the debris. But Ship got her attention, pointing to a device being red symbols, almost counting down to something. That would usually indicate some kind of bomb or somewhat. Immediately, she grabbed it and sped out, placing it on the ground, and with all her vampiric power, she kicked it high in the air.

Sensing danger at its worse, Benvicktor dropped what he was doing, and grabbed a startled Moka, shielding it. Ship did the same as he got behind Moka, as a huge explosion formed, nearly lighting up the air. Once the dust and cloud settled, things seemed pretty okay, although Benvicktor was still hugging onto Moka. Who for some odd reason, was flushed at this.

"Um, the explosion's over," Moka-sama replied, hiding her blush as best she could.

Realizing it, he stopped hugging her, deeply embarrassed, "R-Right."

After the explosion, the duo helped the fallen Mechamorph from the rubble. After he was suddenly coming to and recovering, he had told them his thanks as well as his name, which was Baz El. As he recovered, he explained the situation that he had come across a freighter ship that had come from the Prison Planet, Incarcecon. Before he could do something, the ship started shooting at him, causing a crash-landing on Earth.

"And before I lost consciousness, I extruded a symbiote to go get help," Baz El explained, as he pointed to Ship, "The one that designates itself as Ship."

"Ship," he yipped out.

"Thank you," he nodded. "And once that happened, he set off to find the nearest Plumber. Hoping to stop the engine block from blowing up, as well as taking care of those villainous rogues holding me hostage."

Moka-sama seemed to get the picture, but Ben pointed out, "Wait, that beeping. He was calling for help?"

"Yes," Baz El pointed out, pointing to the Omnitrix, "Don't you know how that works?"

Ben sheepishly groaned, "Um, well the creator wasn't as coming forth with an instruction manual on the device. Said I'd have to learn about it on my own. That, and seeing as he's thousands of years old, he must've forgotten all about it."

Moka-sama just sweat dropped at this, "That would explain everything."

Baz El got up as he looked at the ship, "Well… I'd better get my vessel fixed and out of here." He hopped forward, merging with the ship, advancing it more and more. But before he took off, he looked to the two teens, "By the way, thank you for everything, Grandson of Magister Tennyson."

Ben went wide-eyed, as he asked, "You know me?"

"Who hasn't heard of the Bearer of the Omnitrix, and Savior of the Universe," Baz El shrugged, almost as if the question didn't seem to have a point to it.

But then Moka-sama looked to Ship, as he was rubbing against her leg, she asked, "So what about him? Doesn't he blorp back into your body or something?"

Baz El groaned, "Blorp, yeah. That's not how it works. Besides… he seems to like you both." And with that, the ship took off, heading straight towards the sky and breaking the atmosphere, disappearing into space.

The two teens and Mechamorph pup just looked up at the skies, as Ben finally looked to Moka, as he stated, "Sorry about the whole night. I bet this is the worst date you've ever had."

"It's my first date," Moka-sama pointed out. But then she turned towards him, and smiled a little, "But in comparison, it's a bit different. And honestly, being different is fine." Ben smiled at that, but then the two looked own, as Ship snuggled at Moka's leg, as she asked, "So, um… what's a Mechamorph's usual diet?"

Ben looked down at Ship, and asked Moka-sama, "You're going to keep him?"

"We could both keep him," Moka-sama answered, but smiled, "Besides… he kind of grows on you."

After a While

Nearing Dawn

Highway

The two were now walking down the highway, in a failed attempt to get to the bus stop. Ben helped Moka-sama walk along the way, seeing as how the two were pretty tired out. But Ship was sliding along the way, figure eighting around the two. Moka-sama confessed, "Actually, this part of our little outing I'm not too fond of." She looked to Ben and denied the help, "You don't have to help me; I can handle my own."

"Really? I'm helping you?" Ben joked. "I thought you were helping me. I'm getting more tired on my feet right now. At least Ship's got an excuse; he's pretty charged up." But then, a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle with its rider past them, catching Ship's attention. The little Mechamorph chased after it, getting good way, as it disappeared around the corner. Ben sighed, as he looked to Moka-sama, "Well, so much for bonding."

Suddenly, another engine roared, as it was coming to them. Once it was close enough, they saw Ship coming back to them, transformed into a black and green copy of the Honda Gold Wing. It stopped next to them, almost inviting them both on. The two teens looked to one another, in sight surprise at this turn of events.

A while later, Ben was driving Ship, while Moka-sama was on the passenger seat behind Ben. The two sped out into the road, with no one to stop them. Which was a good thing, seeing as how Ben didn't have a license, though who needed a license to drive a Mechamorph. Though Moka-sama reacted out of pure instinct and terror to the quick acceleration and wrapped her arms around Ben's waist, holding on to him for dear life. Though nearly crushing him, as he wheezed out, "Moka! Need! Air!"

Realizing what she had done, she loosened her grip, "Apologies."

But as she did so, she realized that they weren't traveling nearly as fast as she had originally thought and relaxed a bit, but didn't let go of Ben. She blushed realizing that this was the closest she had ever been to him while awakened. She could feel his body beneath his jacket and could smell the scent of what seemed to smell like cologne, and…she stopped herself from going any further into what she was thinking about. 'What am I thinking? I can't be falling in love? And with a human no doubt! I can't do that!' But somehow, despite her initial fear and prideful nature of the situation, something felt very right about this situation to her, almost like a long forgotten memory that was half remembered.

However, one particular scent got to her, as she snuggled next to his enck, as she whispered, "Oh, Benjamin… you smell heavenly this morning."

"Huh?" Ben blinked, and then realized, "Oh no…"

"Oh, yeah… CHU!" and bit him on the neck, partaking his blood.

"MOKA! NOT WHILE WE'RE DRIVING!"

"SHIIIIP."

Next Chapter:Arts and Crafters; Happy Birthday… or Modeling Day