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The Ruins of the Murderfly...
Ben had returned to his normal form after his last attack. He also wished that Vilgax had died right there and then, after all the pain and suffering he caused over the years. But Vilgax was alive, but he was at the end of his patience for the young man.
"I..'cough' never would...have thought you to..b-be this vicious, Ben Ten-te-Nyson. But thanks to your lack of judgment, you shall be the first...to suffer at the hands of my NEW BODY'S FULL POWER!" Ben was horrified that Vilgax survived that last attack. Either he would die from Vilgax or some other factor (I.E: Getting electrocuted by the stray power lines)
After shouting that to Ben, he underwent his final transformation. Spikes grew on his shoulders as his eyes darkened to a oily crimson, then Vilgax sloughed off the damaged form of Super Vilgax to show Ben a vision of true terror.
Now he was truly Monster Vilgax, a being of savage power and mind. With razor sharp spikes on his shoulders and knuckles, his mouth was full of jagged teeth, two glowing red eyes, and a sickly green tint to his skin, Vilgax was the stuff that nightmares were made of. His evolution cost him his wrist mounted lasers, but he could care less about them. They were only good for heating water and slightly burning the skin of his foes.
Ben just sneered at him and turned into Fourarms, then grabbed debris with all four arms and threw it at M. Vilgax, though it did little to no damage to the dark ruler. Fourarms was not a happy camper about this.
"Ah man! Can't you ever give me a break, Vilgax?!" Ben whined, knowing full well that Vilgax would give him no quarter. Nor would he as well.
"You cannot even begin to fathom how much pain you're in, child. I am the true master of not only this world, but soon all others as well!" The voice of Monster Vilgax was overlaid with the voices of the 13 Horoscopes as well, giving him a frightening sound that shook Fourarms to his very core. "I have become one with the powers that were once your friends and enemies, boy! Now feel our combined hated and DIE!" he snarled, as he jumped right into Fourarms, connecting a punch with Fourarms' jaw, sending the Tetramand crashing down on the floor.
Spitting some blood out, Ben resumed his battle with Vilgax. With loud and tacky heavy metal music blaring from the remaining speakers of the base, Ben did a short hop and using all the leg strength of Fourarms' people, Rider Kicked the merged monstrosity clear across the base, right into a lower level. If the Kamen Rider Club was still here, they would have been proud.
But Ben didn't want to endanger them any more. They wished to stay and fight, but Ben wanted them to go home and be safe. This was his battle and he was going to end it and bring justice to all those who died, or die trying.
M. Vilgax landed on his butt after skidding to a painful halt and though Gwen busted him for it constantly, Ben wanted to hype up his successful attack on the dark ruler.
"Aw yeah, Fourarms is still one of my best guys!" Ben cried out, as he switched to Big Chill and fired off icicles at Vilgax, drawing a little blood, but so far nothing worthwhile. Vilgax just laughed it out, then crushed a fish that had jumped up onboard by accident and ate it raw.
Hovering overhead, Big Chill snapped out "Murderer! How much blood must be on your hands before you see reason? You finally have the power you've been craving since Day 1, but is it ever enough?" His feelings softened and quietly asked "Will it ever be enough for you?"
Vilgax definitely roared out "Never! I will drown my foes in a ocean of their BLOOD!" then jumped up and grabbed Big Chill's head and brought the moth alien down hard, face first. Laughing at Ben's pain Vilgax then kicked him in the ribs while he was down, bruising his left side. Big Chill was far from out and phased though Vilgax's shins with his arms, then deep froze them to the bone.
Vilgax just broke free of the ice, then stomped on Ben's head, causing him to see stars. While he was dazed Vilgax grabbed a wing and violently tore it off, making Ben turn back to human form. Ben was in too much pain to fight, but he cannot fall unconscious. He was fighting with all of his willpower to stay awake, for should he fall asleep, he would never wake again.
Vilgax was ready to land the killing blow, when a fire blast from Albedo's Swampfire rocked him away from Ben. "Albedo?! Why would you act now, after being here for so long?" But his question was met only by his cold red glare. Losing patience with his former partner, Vilgax tried to punch the Gavan turned Ben clone, but Albedo merely laughed and dodged the blow, then karate chopped the head of his attacker, sending him onto his knees.
"I found other employment. Consider this my resignation, you simpleton!" Albedo arrogantly spat out, then he was teleported away by a unknown factor. (We'll find out who was reasonable for Albedo's new allegiance in the next chapter, don't you worry!)
Blinking the odd light from his eyes, Vilgax got up and went back to Ben, but by this time he was back on his feet as well and was in his Goop form, slipping and sliding all over the place, burning Vilgax when he was close enough to do so. Eventually he got tired of this and reformed, then squirted Vilgax with powerful acid.
"Sucks to be you, huh?!" Goop taunted the monstrous alien, as his flesh sizzled and bubbled. But soon that stopped as Vilgax healed most of the acid damage away and Goop moaned in complete frustration. His lack of focus during this was nearly fatal, as Vilgax tried to smash his UFO, but Goop regained his bearings faster than Vilgax was able to react to, dodging his blow like a snake dodges his prey. Ben was in the zone and he knew to capitalize on that, oozing onto Vilgax and burning him some more.
Vilgax was enraged! Throwing the slime alien off of him, he then slammed his fist into the ground, causing it to crack all over. Ben switched to Heatblast to began to superheat the floor that Vilgax was on, burning him some more. Snarling like a mad dog, Vilgax then flew towards Ben and tackled him with great force, knocking him into the cold waters.
Snorting with disgust, Vilgax then started to walk towards the exit, but Ben was not dead yet. He knew that Heatblast couldn't survive in the ocean, so he went with Ripjaws and, using his mighty mouth and teeth, tore the flooring from under Vilgax's feet, sending him into the drink.
Vilgax wasted no time regaining his bearings and when he had Ripjaws in his sights, he started squirting ink at Ripjaws, blinding him and taking the time to uppercut him out of the water, making Ripjaws crash onto a terminal, shocking Ben and hurting him a lot!
Vilgax leapt out of the cold sea and grabbed Ripjaws' legs, then slammed him repeatedly at the metal floor. Ben got sick of this after three rounds of this and switched to Ghostfreak, phasing out of Vilgax's clutches.
"Pathetic! Did you think you could hold ME?!" Ghostfreak growled and slashed at Vilgax's face with his ghostly claws, drawing more blood and scaring the dark ruler for life. Vilgax got him to stop with a light grenade, driving the photosensitive alien off him and clapped his hands over his head, stunning him.
He then threw Ghostfreak at a wall, but Ben recovered faster than Vilgax had anticipated, going with Shocksqaush, who hopped onto the ceiling and unleashed a powerful electric shock from his mouth.
Seeing as the floors are mostly made of copper and copper is a wonderful electrical conductor, Vilgax got the shock of his life. "You feelin' OK? You look a little off colour." Shocksqaush mocked the smoking Vilgax, grinning like a child in a toy store as he got down and did a piledriver on Vilgax. Vilgax rolled away from Ben and was now well past the limits of his patience
"ENOUGH OF THIS CHILDISH GAME! You will die, mortal and I shall be your angel of death!" Vilgax bellowed and grasped Shocksquash's arms and spun him at speeds that would have made even Yuki and Erin sick, then tossed Ben like a sack of potatoes.
Ben was past the point of dragging this fight on any longer. "Yeah, I'm not feelin' like I wanna keep doin' this too." Turning the Omnitrix dial to NRG, he cried out "Time to really heat things up! Hope you like red hot action, Vilgy!" and pressed the dial, turning into NRG.
Monster Vilgax shoulder rammed NRG and kicked him in the chest, though Ben superheated the armor and burned Vilgax's foot, rendering him off balance. Chuckling darkly, he shot at M. Vilgax with a heat beam attack that singed his flesh, but M. Vilgax was not ready to give up yet.
He was advancing at NRG with murder in his eyes and when he got close enough, he placed his claws on the face vent, covering it and blinding NRG, then clawed at the armor four times and while NRG was stunned, did a one inch punch on his armor, sending Ben crashing down.
"OW." Ben rubbed the spot that Vilgax did his once inch punch and was horrified that Vilgax did damage to the armor. "You're failing the Gary Stu test, Vilgax! Might want to dial those attack back a tad, will ya?" he snarked at the dark ruler. But Ben knew that NRG in his armor was just no match for Vilgax.
There was only one option left and though it threatened Earth, he had no choice. Taking off his helmet, he flew out of the bulky suit and was finally seeing the true form of NRG for the first time.
He was a fiery being of redish energy, with glowing yellow-green eyes, two green straps on his chest that crossed over to make a triangle, with two green spots near his shoulders, black breifs that was held up by a green belt made from the Omnitrix, its main dial near his belly button, and two black and green straps on his arms and legs.
Sure, it meant that he was risking exposing the people of this world to fatal amounts of radiation, but there was no other choice. He had to end this NOW. Not after CSI, not after he took a nap. NOW.
"Let's end this." NRG hissed, the air near his mouth sizzling from the extreme heat that was coming out of him. Vilgax roared in insane rage and charged at NRG with blind madness, trying to crush his head with his claws.
It did not work, as NRG was out of his armor and was just a being of pure energy. Vilgax withdrew his hands from NRG's head, the skin of them bubbling as he was just at his limit for pain.
"What do you want from me, BOY?! Tell me NOW!" Vilgax shouted at NRG's face, his face contorted into a gross mess of anger and fear. NRG just smiled cruelly and said just one thing, his voice cold and dark.
"I want you to just die."
That would be the last thing Vilgax would ever hear, as NRG torpedoed his way though Vilgax's chest, tearing out his very soul. Ben was a little surprised that actually worked, but he figured that having soaked in so much negative Cosmic Energy, his soul was ripe for the picking to Prypiatosian-Bs. Shrugging it off, Ben then tore Vilgax's soul apart with a fury that would have frightened even Arggregor.
Ben was upset at himself over what he did. Sure, Vilgax was beyond redemption an d this was the only way, but damn was it painful to do, even to his most hated enemy. Returning to NRG's armor, Ben put the helmet back on and powered down, collapsing from all the fighting he just did.
Sighing, Ben was unsure what to do with his life now that Vilgax was gone. "I can't die just yet. There's still work to be done, plus Rook and his people need me. But how am I going to do that?"
As if he could read minds, Monsteroso answered Ben's unspoken question. "Keep on fighting the good fight, lad. I, as well as everyone here, owes you a debt of gratitude that we shall never be able to repay. You did what had to be done, and no one will blame you for doing your job. But the life of a hero is never easy. I want you to remember that you are never alone, Ben." Monsteroso was in much pain and Ben knew that he will not survive.
But the lawyer was at peace. "Thank you for saving my soul, as well as everyone else's. He was using my body to make Zodiarts Switches will greater power than the earlier ones, though you destroyed the only working prototype when you saved Brock Samson." he croaked out, coughing up blood as he was saying this to Ben. "You will find love again, Ben. I know it." Just before he breathed his last, he whispered "Mol...my love..." and went into the darkness that awaits us all when we die.
Ben closed his eyes for the lawyer, then turned into Jetray, flying out of the ship and into the sea. With a laser attack from both his eyes and tail, Jetray sunk the ship deep into the bone chilling waters, allowing Monsteroso rest for eternity.
Then Ben resurfaced and got on the beach, where Jonas, Rusty, Sally, Ned and Rook were waiting for him. Guild policy allowed Monarch, his wife and men to go free after Vilgax took their home away from them, but Ben wasn't worried about that at all.
"You did it, Ben! Vilgax was going to take over the world, but you pooped his party!" Rook cheered, overjoyed that their universe was avenged. But Ben was lost in his own thoughts, his mood dark and somber. "Ben?" he asked with sincere worry in his voice.
"I'm OK." Ben replied, his voice cracking from the hard work he put into stopping Vilgax for good. "But how are we going to find your world, Albedo and Julie? We can go to other dimensions, but we have no leads and our luck sucks right now."
What Rook said brought Ben out of his funk. "Our luck is about to change, dude. Jonas was able to find where my planet is!"
"Really? Awesome! But where is it?"
"That must be said and answered over at our home, with a cup of chocolate, Ben."
Next time: Where is Rook's world? What do Albedo and Julie have in common? Perhaps most importantly of all, where are Ben and Rook going to stay? Find out in the last part of "Dash forward. three heroes!"
AN: Ok, people, I really need constructive criticism for my work so I can get better, but I'm not really getting that. So here's what I need YOU to do. I need constructive feedback and for that to work I need you to tell me that this and this works or that and that doesn't, and I need you to tell me why. I do not want a run-of-the-mill review like "great chapter," "enjoying this," "loving it," "don't really like it," "it sucks balls," or even "WTH?." I'm asking for serious feedback.
Now I'm cool with you saying that you loved or hated this story, as well as my other ones as well. But I need detailed messages telling me WHY you feel the way you do about a certain chapter and/or story.
And no, I'm not bringing Ben's universe back.