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Author's note: Hi there! Welcome to what I think is one of the most unique chapters I have written so far in terms of pacing, tone and the overall style making it a pretty unique Ben 10 episode from the source material in Season 1. Anyway, read and review!
Italics: Thinking.
Previously on Stan 10: The group had proceeded to the City of New Orleans in which the group became discovered a new foe known as Hex.
He proved to be a unique foe due to utilizing magic that confused and baffled Stan.
As the group continued to visit New Orleans, Gwen discovered a set of charms known as The Charms of Bezel.
Once she acquired one, Gwen became a heroine known as Lucky Girl and helped to save people in New Orleans using her lucky gifts.
However, Stan and Gwen ended up butting heads which lead to a final confrontation with Hex and Gwen choosing to sacrifice her heroic powers by destroying the charms for good.
Now moving on from New Orleans, Stan will soon end up being trapped in a sticky situation in one of his most troublesome accidents yet...
Chapter 11: 'A Small Problem.'
It was a glorious and sunny day in the Six Flags Hurricane Harbour water park.
Smiling happily, Stan enjoyed the sounds of people laughing and enjoying themselves at the busy water park with Ben and Gwen watching a nearby slide in awe.
Max was currently browsing the various shops, not interested in going into the water pool.
The kids were also wearing different swimming costumes so they could enjoy the hot weather.
Ben was wearing a pair of light blue swimming trunks whilst Gwen was wearing a light pink swimming outfit.
As for Stan, he was wearing a pair of dark grey swimming trunks, light blue flip flops and bright orange goggles that covered his eyes and allowed him to see better in the water.
"Six storeys of over twists and turns..." Ben began as Gwen added "Hurtling down a two hundred foot plunge…" with Stan finishing, "All at speeds of twenty-five mph and then drop down in a two hundred foot gallon wave pool…"
"You've entered the riptide rapids zone!" Ben and Gwen shouted at the same time.
Cheering happily, Ben and Gwen high-fived each other as Stan giggled happily in joy before he yelled loudly in excitement, "The last one on board is a rotten egg!"
"Not me!" Ben yelled back as Gwen shouted out, "Nor me!"
Laughing happily, all of the kids then ran underneath the entrance of the attraction before they ran up the wooden staircase to the slide.
"This is going to be an awesome day at Hurricane Harbour! I love theme parks!" Stan happily thought in his head as he reached the top of the wooden staircase where he noticed Ben and Gwen running under the height restriction sign of a cartoon Bugs Bunny wearing swimming trunks.
Walking quickly, Stan passed by the restriction sign only for him to be stopped by a young man who informed Stan, "You're too short."
Annoyed at being stopped, Stan bluntly pointed out, "What?! Um, I am not."
Determined to prove his point, Stan ran underneath the height restriction bar and using his feet attempted to reach the top of his bar.
However, he was not tall enough to reach the top of the bar.
Panicking, Stan asked the ride attendant politely, "Oh… Can you please make an exception just this once?"
"Sorry squirt, rules state that if you are not tall enough you can't ride. I'm just doing my job. Next!" The ride attendant shouted out to Stan.
"But that's not fair!" Stan huffed in annoyance as he noticed Ben and Gwen approaching him.
"Don't worry, Stan I hear the banana boats are fun for the smaller set." Ben grinned laughing at Stan as Gwen added, "True after all not everyone makes the trip down!"
Laughing at Stan, Ben and Gwen then walked off towards the slide as Stan's anger flared up as he gritted his teeth.
Furious, Stan walked off behind a nearby pillar muttering darkly, "Oh, I'm getting on that slide at all costs."
Looking around the pillar to see if it was clear, Stan then kneeled and activated the Omnitrix.
BEEP!
The Omnitrix core popped up beeping in response with the Ripjaws silhouette selected.
"Ripjaws will do nicely." Stan grinned under his breath imagining the ride attendant's reaction to a giant fish alien scaring him.
Stan then gently taped down the core and braced himself for the transformation into the Pisciss Volann.
THUNK! SPARK!
The Omnitrix core was jammed and stuck.
Stunned, Stan continued to gently tap down the Omnitrix core as it beeped and sparked slightly with green energy.
ZAP! BEEP! SPARK! BEEP!
Annoyed, Stan began tapping down the exposed core fast as the Omnitrix continued to beep loudly as Stan mumbled under his breath, "Oh come on! Now the watch is broken?!"
Enraged by all the bad luck that seemed to be troubling him, Stan snapped and slammed the Omnitrix into the side of the wooden pillar as his anger overtook him.
SLAM!
Immediately after Stan slammed the highly advanced and malfunctioning alien device onto the wooden post, chaos broke out for Stan.
BEEP! ZAP! SPARK! FLASH!
"URGH!" Stan grunted in pain as he felt the Omnitrix spark on his right arm with violent green sparks lashing out from the Omnitrix.
Unable to deal with the amount of energy being given off from the Omnitrix, Stan felt his eyes morphing from their normal blue colour as his eyelids shut.
When he reopened them, they were now a dark green with his iris slowly changing as Stan's body began shaking violently.
BEEP... SPARK! ZAP!
With Stan's body now struggling to cope with the amount of energy, the Omnitrix was giving off, a powerful and large green flash of light covered the dased and stunned human.
CRACKA-FLASH!
As Stan's DNA morphed, he felt himself getting smarter and smaller as Stan transformed into Grey Matter.
FLASH!
The Omnitrix then finished the transformation as the large burst of green light faded.
Groaning, Grey Matter slowly opened his green frog-like eyes and noticed the area from a small point of view.
"Huh? Oh no… no… no… Anything but being stuck as a micro munchkin like Grey Matter!" Grey Matter panicked with fear.
Rumble... Thump!
Noticing the ground shaking, Grey Matter gulped and turned his head around.
A large group of kids was giggling loudly and running over to the waterslide.
Freezing in shock, the reality of the situation began sinking into Grey Matter's head.
"Oh dear!" Grey Matter yelled as he began looking around for a hiding spot.
Spotting a wooden post, the Galvan quickly sprinted over to the wooden structure as he narrowly missed the group of kids stampeding across the floor.
WHOOSH! THWIP! SPLAT!
Using his suction cups, Grey Matter leapt from the ground and onto the wooden post sticking to it.
Thankfully, the group of kids stamped past Grey Matter as he muttered under his breath in relief, "Man, that was close. Okay, I now just need to sneak back to the Rust Bucket or find Max."
Peering around his surroundings, the Galvan then carefully clambered down the wooden post and landed on the floor.
Quickly moving onwards, Grey Matter quietly sneaked over to the waterslide where he saw a man talking to the ride attendant.
The man had brown hair and he was wearing a pair of light grey glasses.
His clothing consisted off a light beige t-shirt with a life jacket over it along with a pair of yellow shorts and blue shoes.
Meet Howell, a person fascinated with alien sightings and extraterrestrial activity.
"So why are you here again?" The ride attendant asked Howell who explained, "In 1951, when this waterpark was a cornfield, recently declassified documents suggest that an alien spacecraft crash-landed right here."
Yawning the ride attendant didn't pay any attention as Howell droaned on.
Underneath the two, Grey Matter quickly snaked by as the Galvan spotted the teen attendant from earlier.
Sighing, Grey Matter looked at the slide and the ride attendant again thinking, "Curse my need to balance smarts with a common desire for revenge."
Running over to the teen, Grey Matter slipped beneath the shoes of the teen before he grabbed the laces on each trainer and began lacing the knot's together whilst staying quiet.
"So if you could get someone from upper management down here so that I could start checking soil samples…" Howell suggested to the ride attendant.
Having enough of Howell, the ride attendant mocked Howell raising his fingers before saying, "Ring, Ring… Uh, guess what dude, no answer. Next in line!"
Sighing, Howell then gave up and looked downwards towards the ground when he spotted Grey Matter.
Humming slightly, Grey Matter finished tying the shoelaces together as he rambled on as he looked upwards, "Excellent, Now I just need to…"
Freezing in shock, Howell noticed Grey Matter staring at him as the Galvan's frog-like eyes bugged out.
Silence gripped the area before Grey Matter ran off in the opposite direction towards the waterslide.
"Did you see that?! An alien! Maybe a remnant of that fateful crash..." Howell informed the ride attendant about spotting Grey Matter.
As Howell droaned on, Grey Matter panted in exhaustion hiding behind the wooden support post thinking in worry, "Oh no… I just need to stay quiet and not get spotted again... I wish I was Ghostfreak! That way I could sneak away."
"Dude, you've been out in the sun way too long." The ride attendant mocked Howell.
Having had enough of the teenager, Howell shoved the ride attendant and began sprinting towards the water slide.
Shove!
"Hey! No cuts!" The ride attendant shouted out as he attempted to run after Howell.
Whoosh! Thud!
The ride attendant then toppled onto the ground due to his shoelaces being tied together.
Panicking, Grey Matter noticed Howell chasing after him as the Galvan yelled to him, "Ugh, get a life you creepy stalker!"
Turning around, Grey Matter sprinted towards the slide entrance and landed near Gwen who was preparing to go down.
Noticing Grey Matter, Gwen glared at the nervous Galvan who spoke to her, "I'll explain later okay? See ya at the bottom!"
Laughing, Grey Matter then slid down as Gwen rolled her eyes and slid after the Galvan.
Behind them, Howell noticed the two slide down as he ran over to the water slide.
Inside the water slide...
"WHEEE!" Grey Matter yelled out in excitement as he flipped upside in the water slide.
Splash!
Landing on his back, the Galvan ended up flying in mid-air before he landed on his head as the Galvan was sent flying out of the water tube head first.
SPLOSH!
Emerging from the water, Grey Matter gasped for as he looked around in the thick pool and noticed Ben swimming out of the pool.
"That was so awesome!" Grey Matter shouted out happily before he heard Gwen approaching in the water slide.
Reacting quickly, Grey Matter dived back into the water just as Gwen landed in the pool.
SPLOSH! Splash!
The two then resurfaced moments later from the water as Grey Matter grinned slightly at a glaring Gwen.
"Grandpa is not going to let you go alien just to sneak on a ride. I thought you were better than this." Gwen criticized Grey Matter in disappointment.
Defending himself, Grey Matter explained, "Um hello?! I'm taller than Ben but shorter than you. If the attendant had just let me on then this would not have happened."
"I thought you would be smarter than this at least." Gwen ranted in anger to Grey Matter.
"Ugh... Look it won't matter because in a few mins I'll be back to my normal human self, and he will never know right?" Grey Matter pointed out to Gwen.
The Galvan then gave an innocent look with his eyes before Gwen sighed and shook her head muttering in disbelief, "I'm not impressed. I'll dry off or in your case... Napkin off."
Walking out of the pool, Ben noticed Gwen exit the water as the two cousins began talking near the shoreline.
Sighing in relief, Grey Matter leaned on his back floating on the water murmuring happily, Ah well, in a few moments, I'll move on and not look back on this."
Knowing he would revert to normal soon, Grey Matter hummed happily to himself as he floated on the water.
Splosh...
Unknown to the Galvan however, Howard's head slowly emerged from the water behind him as Howel carefully scooped up Grey Matter from the water.
SPLASH!
Confused, Grey Matter noticed that he was rising above the water a human hand.
"Wait, is that a hand?!" Grey Matter mumbled in shock before he turned around and noticed Howard's face staring at him in the victory.
"There you are, my little alien ticket to fame." Howell greedily introduced himself to Grey Matter.
Worried, Grey Matter screamed, "Ben! Gwen! Help! I'm being kidnapped!"
Stunned, Howel held onto Grey Matter tightly as he spotted Ben and Gwen swimming after him.
"Let him go!" Gwen yelled to Howell as Ben shouted out to Grey Mater, "We're coming!"
Ingoing the pleading kids, Howell quickly swam to the side of the pool and scrambled off and began running away.
Using his fist to clutch Grey Matter, A soaking Howell ran past crowds of gathered children and adults as he looked around and noticed Ben and Gwen chasing him.
"Let go of me! I'm not your property!" Grey Matter protested under Howell's grip.
Not paying attention, Howell ran past a nearby picnic table and spotted a large cooler.
Quickly thinking, Howell then tossed Grey Matter into the cooler.
WHOOSH! SPLAT! CLICK!
"Ooof!" Grey Matter grunted in pain as he noticed he was in a cooler as Howell then sealed the lid up top.
Trapped inside the plastic box, Grey Matter ran over to a nearby wall and began tapping his fists on the plastic wall.
Struggling to contain his emotions, Grey Matter was overwhelmed with a mixture of sadness, anger and fear as Grey Matter yelled, "Please help me! Guys..."
As Grey Matter continued to plead inside the cooler, Howell ran past Max who narrowly avoided getting knocked over by him.
Ben and Gwen then ran around the corner as Max who was carrying four ice creams asked them, "What's the rush?"
"Grandpa! That guy stole Grey Matter!" Gwen informed Max as Ben added on, "Yeah, he was abducted!"
Frowning, Max quickly discarded the ice creams into a nearby bin before the Tennyson trio began chasing after Howell.
Turning his head, Howell noticed the Tennyson trio chasing after him whilst he heard Grey Matter screaming inside the cooler.
Inside the cooler, Grey Matter was struggling to maintain his grip on the cooler as he continued to be shaken around.
WHUMP! SMACK!
Slipping over and falling on his back, Grey Matter finally panicked and leapt into the air before he used his suction cups to grab hold of a nearby apple.
WHOOSH! THWIP! SPLAT!
Clutching onto the apple, Grey Matter began thinking in worry, "What if I turn back to normal in this?! The damage to me would be horrific… UGH!"
Back with Howell, he managed to make it to the entrance of the Hurricane Harbour waterpark.
Smirking, Howell pushed through a large crowd attempting to leave the park as he vanished.
Panting in exhaustion, Max stopped running as Ben and Gwen supported him.
"Huh… I keep forgetting I'm not as young as I used to be, Go!" Max ordered Ben and Gwen.
Nodding, both Ben and Gwen continued to pursue Howell and ran through the exit gates.
Now in the car park, Ben and Gwen noticed that Howell had tossed the cooler in the boot of his thick green car.
WHUMP! LOCK!
Slamming the boot of the car shut, Howell smiled before he ran to the driver seat and locked himself in.
REEV! RUMBLE! SCREECH! THWOOSH!
Howell's car then screeched off away from the parking space just as Ben and Gwen ran over to the car.
Waving from the car, a grinning Howell then drove the car away from the water park.
Shocked at what just happened, Ben snapped swearing loudly, "Damn it! Grey Matter's gone, He could be anywhere!"
"Don't worry, we'll find him… Somehow." Max stated to the two have managed to walk over to them in the nick of time.
Agreeing with Max, Gwen suggested to the other two, "We should get changed and get back to the Rust Bucket."
Understanding the situation, the Tennyson trio slowly walked back to the water park as there search for the missing Galvan began.
Ten mins later...
Howell continued to drive the car frantically back to his house as he swerved past a truck at high speed.
Inside the cooler, Grey Matter had given up on escaping as the Galvan was sat down against the grey wall of the cooler.
"Great, What is going to happen next? Am I going to be stuck in a house for the rest of the day?!" Grey Matter ranted in annoyance.
Sighing, Grey Matter noticed the red apple he was clinging to earlier and smelled it with his nose.
Sniff...
A delicious aroma of apple went through the Galvan's nostrils as Grey Matter smiled and hungrily chewed on the apple.
Chomp!
Eating the apple, Grey Matter happily remarked, Although apples are still nice, no matter what how small or big you are."
SCREECH! WHAM!
Once again Grey Matter was hurled across the cooler as the Galvan skidded across the ground of the cooler.
Groaning, Grey Matter heard the car door open along with Howell walking to the boot of the car.
Not sure what would happen next, Grey Matter braced himself for what would occur.
At the same time, outside...
Howell's car parked up in a driveway as the car entered a garage that was connected to his house.
The house that Howell lived in was a modern double story house that was connected to a garage.
On the outside of the house were also various security camera's that flicked around the house.
In the garage...
Creak...
The boot of Howell's car creaked open as Howell carefully grabbed hold of the cooler and exited the garage.
The house was quiet and empty as Howell walked down a long hallway filled with red beams on either wall.
"Security system off," Howell ordered the system in his house.
BEEP! FLICK!
The red beams deactivated as Howell continued to walk down the corridor.
Due to his wet shoes, he was leaving footsteps in his trace, however, he didn't seem bothered.
Interestingly enough, robotic hoovers moved over the wet marks acting like independent robots with the wet marks being cleaned up.
Entering the kitchen, Howel walked over to a table and placed the cooler on it.
"Lights on, Prepare dinner," Howard ordered his appliances as he placed the cooler on a kitchen table.
FLICK! BEEP!
The lights in the house flashed on in the kitchen whilst a nearby microwave also activated automatically.
Smiling, Howell walked over to the microwave whilst a white furry cat leapt onto the kitchen table.
"Meow!" The cat meowed as it noticed the cooler and smelled it briefly.
Moving over, the cat began shaking the cooler about as Grey Matter panicked inside.
"Gah!" The Galvan yelled inside the box.
Hearing, Grey Matter panic, Howell quickly intervened saying to the cat, "No. No. This one is all mine."
"HISS!" The cat snarled in response as Howell then grabbed hold of the cooler and walked out from the kitchen.
At the same time...
WHOOSH! SCREECH!
The Rust Bucket had left the waterpark behind as now driving down on the Interstate the group had used to drive to New Orleans.
Inside the vehicle, everyone was in the front section of the Rv with Ben standing up near Gwen who strapped in the front seat.
"Okay, so if he is Grey Matter now, he'll just turn back into Stan and then he'll go Four Arms and escape," Gwen suggested to the others.
"But if you said he went alien when he did, Stan should have changed back before he was taken." Max pointed out to Gwen.
"Which means that maybe something is wrong with the watch!" Ben shouted out in shock.
"Well at least as Gray Matter he's twice as smart then he is normally." Gwen optimistically said to the others.
"True, but we just need to stay focused and find him." Max reminded the kids as he continued to drive the Rust Bucket.
Meanwhile back at Howell's house...
Grey Matter looked around in the circular glass jar he was being held captive in.
Currently, Grey Matter looked around in the side room he was being held in with his frog-like hands placed against the glass.
The room was filled with various alien artefacts and equipment on various shelves and displays that were scattered all over the room along with posters of planets and galaxies.
"So this is what being a zoo animal feels like." Grey Matter mused sadly.
On the outside of the glass jar, Howell remarked in shock at Grey Matter, "Incredible… Truly incredible… A truly perfect miniature alien being."
"Who are you calling miniature?!" Grey Matter complained back to Howell in annoyance.
Glaring at Howell, Grey Matter tried hard not to curse at him as Howell began bombarding the Galvan with questions.
"So tell me, which galaxy are you from?" Howell asked Grey Matter who lied stating, "Uh... The Solana galaxy and I ain't saying anything else!"
"Fiesty little life form, aren't you?" Howell spoke out observing Grey Matter's anger.
"You want to see fiesty? Just wait until I break out of here and get bigger..." Grey Matter threatened Howell.
Smirking, Howell watched on as Grey Matter angrily shouted at him, "What?! Do you want a photo? I've got one for you."
Obscenely raising his finger to annoy Howel, Grey Matter was surprised to see him watch on in fascination with his behaviour.
Giving up, Grey Matter and sighed sat down on the glass floor of the jar whilst Howell took out a 2006 iPhone saying, "My thoughts exactly."
FLASH!
A bright white light blinded Grey Matter briefly as the Galvan rubbed his green frog-like eyes.
Smiling with his goal complete, Howell walked out of the room and down into the corridor humming to himself happily.
Creak...
Howell then entered a computer room which was opposite the storage/exhibit room.
Inside the room was a large computer setup where various monitors were connected to the security cameras in his house.
Sitting down on a computer chair, Howell fumbled through the drawer below the computer as he found a USB cable.
Next, Howell connected the USB cable to the iPhone before he activated the computer and began calling his client.
A few mins later...
Howell had successfully managed to establish a connection with his client.
Gulping slightly, Howell began talking to the individual who was talking on the other side of the computer.
The bizarre part was that the figure was wearing a knight outfit of some kind and seemed to be sitting in a castle.
The figure was sat in a wooden oak room where a glass portrait of a knight was located behind him.
The knight seemed to be a thick bulky male.
He wore a thick gold-coloured mask that covered his face along with a grey-blue painted crown on his head that was connected to a thick black hood encasing the crown.
He was also wearing a burgundy surcoat with a shield and skull emblem beneath it with a grey belt with his arms and legs completely encased by thick medieval-style armour.
"Mr Howell, we've more than had enough of your fuzzy games and blurry photos of supposed alien spaceships. I'm not someone you want to annoy." The knight responded with his voice being thick and deep.
"I know that, but this one is different. I promise you, Enoch." Howell explained back to Enoch in desperation.
Howell then showcased a series of images he had taken of Grey Matter including him looking glum and the Galvan placing his fingers against the wall.
Intrigued Enoch observed the pictures as Howell explained fully, "He's only about six inches in size, and converses fluently in English and has been shown to figure out and perform advanced mathematical equations. Perhaps the organization will reconsider?"
Once Howell finished taking, Enoch pondered over Howell's discovery before he replied, "I'm sending you a car, you'd better not be wasting our time or our resources."
Howell exploded with joy before Enoch continued talking to Howell.
Back with Grey Matter...
Still trapped in the glass jar, Grey Matter muttered in disbelief, "Great, a thousand people at Hurricane Harbour and the U.F.O freak is the one find and capture me like a zoo exhibit."
"Meow..." Howell's cat meowed in hunger.
Confused, Grey Matter noticed Howell's pet cat crawling near the glass jar as the animal started at Grey Matter with a hungry look in its eyes.
Freezing in surprise, the Galvan's eye's widened back as a brilliant idea entered his brain.
As the cat licked its lips, Grey Matter mumbled under his breath, "Eureka! I'll get him to knock over the jar."
Carefully placing his hands on the glass jar and bracing himself for impact, Grey Matter shouted out to the hungry feline, "Here, kitty, kitty… I taste just like chicken…"
No longer being able to stand the temptation of a fresh meal, the cat used it's hind legs to propel upwards into the air.
WHOOSH! THUD!
As the cat gracefully landed on the table, it used it's paw to knocked the glass jar off the table as it plummeted to the ground.
THUNK! WHOOSH!
"Whoa!" Grey Matter panicked inside the falling glass jar.
SMASH!
The glass jar shattered into pieces of broken glass with the debris scattering across the carpet.
Thankfully, Grey Matter opened his eyes and noticed that he was slightly dusty and not injured.
"I'm free! Time for operation break-out!" Grey Matter declared in excitement as the Galvan began brushing himself down.
Rumble... WHIRRR!
Confused, Grey Matter turned around and noticed a robotic hoover rumbling across the floor to him.
Panicking, Grey Matter quickly ran away from the robotic device just as Howell's cat jumped off the table.
WHOOSH! THUD!
Skidding to a halt, Grey Matter noticed the giant cat starting hungrily at him.
"Uh oh. Time to find the exit!" Grey Matter shouted out as the Galvan turned around and ran towards the robotic hoovers behind him.
WHOOSH! THWIP! THWOOSH! THWIP! THUMP!
Grey Matter carefully jumped over each of the robotic hoovers one at a time as the Galvan used his small body and mobility to fling himself into the air.
Once Grey Matter landed on the other side of the carpet, the Galvan heard the cat howling loudly in panic.
"MEOW!" The cat howled as it ran off and leapt onto the table hissing loudly.
No longer noticing the cat, the robotic hoovers turned around and continued chasing after Grey Matter.
Whoosh!
Running out the side door into the corridor Grey Matter ran off as the robotic hoovers continued chasing after him.
Then, Howell emerged from the computer room murmuring happily, "Howell Wayneright! Alien discoverer ha! Let the fame and fortune begin!"
Entering the exhibit room, Howell noticed the empty glass jar.
"No! Damn it! Where did the alien go?!" Howell yelled in shock and anger.
In the Kitchen...
Grey Matter panted as the Galvan entered the kitchen area and noticed the kitchen counter.
WHOOSH! THWIP! SPLAT!
"WOAH!" Grey Matter yelled out as he jumped away from the floor and landed on the handles of the kitchen cupboard using his suction cups.
Grunting slightly, the Galvan then jumped onto the kitchen handles one at a time before Grey Matter finally hauled himself onto the top of the kitchen counter.
Slowly standing upright, Grey Matter happily declared, "Nice! Now to find a viable way out."
Looking around, Grey Matter spotted a large broadband phone and smirked walking over to it.
Once he arrived at the phone, Grey Matter used his frog-like hands and dialled in the number for Gwen's phone he remembered.
On the Rust Bucket...
RING! RING!
Gwen felt her phone vibrating in her pocket with Ben and Max staying quiet in response.
Quickly acting, Gwen pocketed out her phone and turned it to loudspeaker before replying, "Hello? Who is this?"
"Gwen, it's me, Stan, I'm currently looking for a quick exit." Grey Matter's voice spoke through the phone.
"Stan, you're still Grey Matter?" Gwen asked surprised as Grey Matter explained back, "Yeah, the Omnitrix hasn't timed out yet!"
"Where are you anyway?" Gwen then said to Grey Matter.
Sighing, Grey Matter slowly grabbed the large mobile phone and dragged it across the kitchen counter to a large window near the sink.
Thump!
Placing the phone near the window, Grey Matter looked out the window and spotted a large mountain along with a series of houses located in the valley outside.
Analyzing all the details, Grey Matter explained fully, "Okay, there appears to be a mountain peak 13.2 miles due west with a peak angle of 45 degrees in a valley full of large suburban housing and various trees with…"
Annoyed with Grey Matter's rant, Gwen bluntly pointed out, "Hey brainiac, how about a street?"
"Oh sorry, the street sign I can see states, Ripley." Grey Matter replied as the Galvan leaned his hands against the window.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
An alarm bared throughout the house with red flashing lights everywhere as Grey Matter sarcastically remarked, "I just had to set the blasted alarm off."
WHOOSH!
The window then groaned as a large metallic shuttered plunged towards Grey Matter.
Panicking, the Galvan narrowly dodged the flying shutter as he then bumped into the phone.
WHACK!
Realizing what he had done, Grey Matter yelled out, "NO!"
SMASH!
The mobile phone shattered into rubble and debris as Grey Matter sweated realizing the loss of his only means of communication back to the outside world was gone.
The window then groaned as a large metallic shutter plunged towards the Galvan as Grey Matter panicked narrowly jumping and dodging the flying shutter.
Back on the Rust Bucket...
"Stan?! Something happened!" Gwen yelled out as she began panicking.
"Grandpa, can we go any faster?! Ben asked Max who spoke back, "Not unless you want the cops to come after us. We should be there in about five mins time."
Back in Howell's house...
The alarm stopped blaring as Grey Matter gulped and turned around.
An angry Howell glared back at him before he shouted out, "You're not escaping this house! Not when I'll become famous!"
"You'll have to catch me first imbecile!" Grey Matter taunted Howell back.
Furious, Howell charged towards the kitchen countertop where Grey Matter was.
Grinning slightly, Grey Matter came up with a plan to cause chaos for Howell who then yanked his hands on the table.
WHOOSH! GRAB!
Grey Matter was tangled up in Howell's hands as he smiled in victory.
However, Howell did not notice Grey Matter crawl through his right sleeve using his suction cups to hold him onto his skin.
"I have you now... Uh... Why am I itchy?" Howell asked in confusion.
Frowning in shock, he noticed Grey Matter crawling underneath his yellow shirt as the Galvan's head popped out near his left sleeve.
"This is for kidnapping me." The smirking Galvan said to Howell.
Climbing back into Howell's shirt, Grey Matter approached the back of his neck before muttering in disgust, "This is so inhuman for my species."
Grey Matter then opened his mouth and bit into Howell's neck.
CRUNCH!
"ARGH!" Howell yelled in pain as he felt Grey Matter's teeth sink into his neck.
As Howell's hands clutched his neck, Grey Matter jumped out of the neck and slide down Howell's left sleeve and landed on the floor.
THWIP! SPLAT!
Landing on the floor and running off, Howell noticed Grey Matter scampering away from him.
As Howell chased after Grey Matter, the Galvan spotted an air vent and ducked into it via the hatch.
Immediately, Howell ran over to the vent and began pulling the hatch off as Grey Matter vanished into the vent system.
Creak... THUNK!
Pulling off the vent cover, Howell placed his hand inside the air vent to try and capture Grey Matter only for the Galvan to be long gone.
Howell cursed in annoyance as he then placed the hatch cover back on the air vent.
At the same time on the Rust Bucket...
Gwen opened up an Atlas map of North America for the local area that Ben had given her.
Watching on, Ben noticed Gwen studying the map and the local area before he asked, "Found anything called Ripley?"
"Yes, but it's Ripley Avenue, Ripley lane, Ripley drive. We don't have time to check these all out." Gwen groaned in annoyance.
"Do we have a choice? No, we don't." Max reminded the two kids.
SCREECH! WHOOSH!
The Rust Bucket then drove down a hill into the residential valley that Grey Matter had previously described.
A few mins later back with Grey Matter...
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Grey Matter was climbing upwards through an air duct using his suction cups on his hands to stick to the metallic surface.
"What is your malfunction? Probably something stupid like the DNA splicing replicator copping a fractured amino acid sequence." Grey Matter pondered to himself as to why the Omnitrix was broken.
Stunned by how smart he was, The Galvan froze with his eyes widening in surprise and joy before he muttered, "I've gotten even smarter than before in my natural human state. Still, I must admit I prefer the Galvanic Mechamorph state rather than being trapped as a Galvan however."
Thud! Whumf!
Reaching the top of the air duct, Grey Matter clambered over the top before he stood up remarking, "Huh, just like Half-Life. Now I know how Freeman feels in these."
Standing upright, the Galvan then continued walking down the air duct.
Brrrrr... Whoosh...
Freezing in cold, Grey Matter mumbled under his breath, "Great, a vent fan."
BRRRRR... WHOOSH!
On the outside of the vent, Howell smirked as he increased the air system in his house to hight muttering to himself, "I'll teach you to blow me off..."
Inside the vent, Grey Matter struggled to maintain his grip on the air vent before the Galvan was sent flying through the ventilation system.
Back on the outside of the vent, Howell listened to Grey Matter thumping on the outside as he followed the wall.
Inside, Grey Matter continued to tumble through the air before he spotted a grate opening in the vent system.
Stretching out his arms, Grey Matter grabbed hold of the grate opening and clutched on tightly.
The Galvan then used his frog-like hands and flicked the latch that connected to the grate.
Flick! Whumf!
The gate flew open and fell downwards upside down as Grey Matter clutched onto it muttering, "Okay, new plan."
Looking upwards, Grey Matter spotted Howell using a large broom to catch him.
"Got ya!" Howell yelled at Grey Matter who shouted back, "I don't think so!"
THWIP! WHOOSH! SPLAT! CLANG!
Grey Matter then leapt downwards from the hatch as Howell slammed the broom onto the vent grate.
SPLAT! CLANG!
The vent grate clattered onto the floor as Grey Matter once again landed on the counter side of the kitchen.
Spotting a nearby sink, Grey Matter quickly sprinted over to the stink just as Howell thwacked the countertop with the broom.
WHAM! CRACK!
Narrowly missing the broom, Grey Matter laughed at Howell as the Galvan jumped into the sink and slid down the hole into the drainage system.
Whoosh! Splosh!
Grunting in disgust, Grey Matter noticed the waste tunnel he was in and murmured in disgust, "Ugh... I hate water areas, especially a sewer."
Back in the kitchen up top...
Howell looked on at the sink muttering nervously, "He gets away and the organization will come after me, Come on think Howell…"
Realizing what the sink was used for, Howell smiled and turned it on.
WHOOSH! SPLURT!
Instantly, water poured out of the tap and into the sink.
Rumble... Splosh...
In the sink, Grey Matter noticed the sink rumbling and turned around only for the water to blast in his face.
KA-SPLASH!
Coughing out in shock, Grey Matter has pushed down the drainpipe even further.
"ARGHHH!" Grey Matter screamed in fear as the Galvan began panicking due to his overwhelming fear of the water.
SPLOSH! WHOOSH!
The next thing Grey Matter knew was that he had been flushed into a large body of water.
Immediately, Grey Matter was sent flying upwards due to the flow of the water until...
SPLASH!
Resurfacing above the water, Grey Matter sighed in relief muttering in relief, "Finally, fresh air..."
Looking around, however, Grey Matter discovered he was in a toilet.
"Water and smelly waste?! This is so darn gross!" Grey Matter shouted in disgust.
Sighing in annoyance, Grey Matter began swimming to the side of the toilet and began climbing out of the toilet bowl.
Meanwhile back at the Rust Bucket...
The Rust Bucket was parked in the suburban complex as the Tennyson trio stepped outside the parked vehicle.
"Where do we start looking?" Ben inquired to the others.
Taking charge and wanting to find Grey Matter, Gwen ordered the other two, "Ben you scour out the east side, Grandpa you help Ben, I'll check the west side."
Agreeing with Gwen's decision, Max stated out, "That sounds good enough for me, let's go!"
Ben and Max then sprinted off towards the east side of houses while Gwen went searching to the west side in response.
On the east side of the housing complex, Max ran up to a nearby house as Ben split off and ran to another one.
Trying not to be rude, Max carefully peeked inside a nearby window asking, "Stan?"
SKIRT! SPLASH!
A nearby water sprinkler then activated and doused Max with water.
Stunned, Max quickly ran off from the garden being reminded of the Limax due to being soaked by the water.
Ben was not having much good luck.
Sighing, Ben walked passed a nearby door and knocked on it.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Not getting any reply, Ben noticed a nearby window.
Shrugging, Ben walked over to the window and peeked in muttering, "Stan, you in here..."
Ben then saw something that scarred him for life.
Freezing in horror, Ben's eyes boggled out as he slowly walked back looking grossed out.
"That will give me nightmares for weeks..." Ben muttered under his breath in horror before he ran away from the area.
With Gwen...
Looking around the east side of the housing complex, Gwen noticed a small basement window.
Crouching down on the ground, Gwen looked from the small window and noticed a spider dangling from it making a web.
Gasping in surprise, Gwen stumbled back and ran only for he to accidentally bump into Ben and Max at the same time.
CRASH!
The three members of the Tennyson family then bumped into each other before they all slammed onto the ground dazed.
Slowly the three recovered and stood upwards before the search for Grey Matter continued.
Back inside Howell's house...
In the computer room, Howell was watching various security cameras in the house by using his computer.
"You can run, but you can't hide," Howell muttered under his breath.
Beep... Whirr...
As another security camera moved around in the basement, Grey Matter scaled down a brick wall before he landed on a circuit breaker box.
Confused, Howell spotted Grey Matter opened the circuit breaker box as the Galvan smirked at the camera.
"What?" Howell said in shock.
FLICK! Whiirrrrr...
The electrical system within Howell's house then deactivated and failed.
Frustrated, Howell tried to get the security system up and running only for him to fail.
Sighing in annoyance, Howell rolled his chair back and fumbled around in the drawers below until he found a flashlight.
"Fine, I'll find him myself." Howell declared as he exited the computer room.
Creak...
Exiting the computer room, Howell shined the flashlight down the corridor and into the hallway.
Walking out of the hallway, Grey Matter peeked out from a nearby plant pot as the smirking Galvan watched Howell walked nearby.
Looking around, Grey Matter noticed a fireplace to climb into as the Galvan whispered, "Ah, my ticket out of here."
THWIP! WHOOSH! THUD!
Grey Matter then jumped out of the plant pot as the Galvan landed on the floor and began scampering over to the fireplace.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Hearing Howell's thumping footsteps, Grey Matter ducked behind as sofa as Howell walked past carrying a flashlight in one hand and a net in his other hand.
"Don't be this hard on your self…" Howell advised Grey Matter as he exited the living room.
Checking, Howell was gone, Grey Matter ran away from the sofa and leapt onto the fireplace.
THWIP! WHOOSH! SPLAT!
Landing on the wall, Grey Matter used his suction cups to cling onto the wall as he reached the fire hatch above him.
"Okay, I hope that I'm strong enough for this." Grey Matter whispered to himself.
Breathing in Grey Matter grunted and used all his strength to rip open the hatch.
Creak... CLANG!
Smoke and dust fell from the fireplace as Grey Matter cheered out, "Success!"
In the kitchen, Howell heard the sound before he turned around and ran back to the living room noticing the open fireplace.
Peeking under the fireplace, Howell activated his flashlight.
FLASH!
Howell spotted Grey Matter climbing up the wall to the chimney.
Turing his head down, Howell glared at Grey Matter who taunted Howell, "You lose! I'm going to climb out of here to freedom!"
Laughing, Grey Matter continued climbing up the brick wall as Howell replied, "Really? I'll smoke you out then if I have to!"
Grabbing a nearby matchstick, Howell ignited the wooden logs on the fireplace.
BZZT! WHUMP!
Smirking, Howell watched as the flames slowly rose upwards along with the thick black smoke from the wooden logs.
Further upwards, Grey Matter began coughing as the smoke obscured his vision.
"No way I am losing here! I will get back to the Rust Bucket and get back to normal!" Grey Matter vowed as the Galvan continued climbing upwards holding his breath.
However, the lack of oxygen and heavy fumes slowly blocked the bright blue air of the chimney as Grey Matter struggled to hold his grip on the brick wall.
Feeling shattered, Grey Matter finally gave up swearing slightly, "Darn... So close..."
THWIP!
Grey Matter's suction cups finally failed as Grey Matter plunged.
"ARGHHH!" Grey Matter screamed as he tumbled down through the smoke towards the bottom of the fireplace.
WHEEEE... BOING!
Using the fishing net, Howell scooped up Grey Matter.
Depressed and sad, Grey Matter gave up as Howell smirked in victory declaring, "I win."
Grey Matter didn't respond as Howell smiled and walked back to the exhibit room.
Back outside...
SCREECH! WHOOSH!
The Rust Bucket was driving down another part of the housing estate with Ben sat in the front seat whilst Gwen was standing up.
Looking out the window, Ben then spotted Howell's green car.
"Grandpa, his car!" Ben shouted out to Max who nodded back and drove the Rust Bucket even faster.
Back inside the house...
THUNK!
Carefully placing Grey Matter in a glass cage, Howell then closed the door to prevent the Galvan from sneaking back out.
Once inside the cage, Grey Matter looked around and noticed the various alien figures and exhibits Howell had on display as he walked around the room whilst staring at the Galvan.
"Ugh, something tells me you're the type of person who has not a lot of friends." Grey Matter deduced from observing Howell's behaviour.
Turning around, Howell boasted back, "Who needs friends when you'll have the fame I'm about to have?"
"This is about money and fame?! Oh, so you're another person who only cares about money and wealth. What about your family? They matter to you?!" Grey Matter shouted out to Howell in rage.
Rolling his eyes, Howell cockily replied, "I don't care. Once I'm rich, I'll be happy enough."
WHOOSH! THUD!
And then the front door was slammed open as three men entered the house.
The three men were wearing thick brown coats and hats along with silver pale masks covering their faces.
They were also wearing the same symbol Enoch had been donning earlier along with thick boots and gauntlets.
One of them was also carrying a futuristic electrical cage to carry Gray Matter in.
Hearing the front door slam open, Howell explained in shock and joy, "They are here! The Organization!"
Realizing he would get tangled in more trouble, Grey Matter muttered in disbelief, "Great, more flunkies after me."
Feeling nervous, Howell gulped as the three knights of the organization entered the exhibit room.
"Oh, you don't know how long I have waited to meet you, people. It is truly an honour." Howell introduced himself to the knights preparing to shake a knight's hand.
Howell was ignored, however, as Grey Matter placed his hands on the glass case whimpering sadly, "I'm never getting home am I?"
Howell then attempted to shake the hand of the organization member instead, but he was ignored as Grey Matter placed his hands on the glass case and sighed sadly.
At the same time outside Howell's house...
The Tennyson trio arrived near the locked red door to Howell's house as Gwen asked, "Want to ring the doorbell?"
"No, I think we give them a hard entry," Ben muttered under his breath darkly.
"Good thinking Ben, I'll knock hard," Max replied chuckling.
Raising his left leg, Max slammed it on the red door.
WHOOSH! THUD!
The red door was slammed open as a brown hairy dog snarled back at them.
Whirrr...
An elderly lady then moved over in her wheelchair and spotted the stunned Tennyson trio shouting out, "Brutus! Sic em boy!"
"Oh crap! Wrong house!" Ben shouted out in shock as Gwen yelled, "Get back!"
Quickly moving forward, Max shielded the kids as the dog charged at them.
Back in Howell's real house...
"Where is the alien?" The Organization knight bluntly asked Howell.
"Oh, I put him in the display case here," Howell spoke showcasing Grey Matter in the glass case.
Satisfied, the Organization knight then showed Howell aside and opened the glass door.
Terrified, Grey Matter stumbled back before the knight grabbed hold of the Galvan's back.
"Hey, hands off!" Grey Matter protested as the knight stated, "Silence creature. You will not talk."
THWIP! SPLAT! SKIRT!
Grey Matter was then dropped into the electrical cage before the top was sealed shut.
With Grey Matter captured, the Organization knights then walked out of the exhibit room with Howell nervously following behind.
At the same time with the Tennyson trio...
WHOOSH! WHAM!
"GAH!" Max yelled out as he struggled to keep the dog from lashing out and attack his face.
Ben and Gwen attempted to help pry the dog off Max when the kids noticed the organization knights leaving Howell's house walking to a large black limo with the logo of the Organization on the front.
One of the knights hurled Howell into the car which caused him 2006 iPhone onto the pavement.
"It's him! They're getting away!" Gwen shouted out as Ben yelled back, "That's the guy who stole Grey Matter!"
Noticing the black limo drive off, Max grabbed hold of the dog's face and gently tapped it on its sensitive nose.
Tap!
"Rrrrr..." The dog whimpered as it slowly fell unconscious.
Carefully, Max stood upright and placed the sleeping dog onto the ground as Max sighed murmuring, "Down boy."
"Nice work, Grandpa." Gwen complimented Max as Ben added on, "Yeah, same here."
"Come on! We need to find out where they went." Max reminded the two kids.
Ben and Gwen then followed Max as the group began investigating Howell's house.
Meanwhile back with Grey Matter...
The large black limo drove was driving away from the residential village and was now driving in a thick forest down a side road.
Inside the limo, the Organization knights sat on either side of Howell with Grey Matter being in the electrical cage in the middle of the car.
In the electrical cage, Grey Matter lied casually on his back staring at the ceiling before he muttered out, "I sure have a pretty bad feeling about this so-called Organization."
"That's because you're the one in the cage and I'm not," Howell replied to Grey Matter.
Then Grey Matter noticed something interesting, the thick forest had cleared up and was now replaced with an open plain along with a large medieval-style fortress in the distance.
"We have arrived. You are to present this specimen to our leader Enoch, Mr Howell. Is that understood?" The driver of the limo informed Howell.
Understanding and wanting a reward, Howell asked back, "Oh yes, I understand. Will I be rewarded for this like fame and money wise?"
There was merely silence in the Limo as the vehicle approached the castle.
Looking from the electrical cage, Grey Matter noticed that the fortress was gigantic and was covered with various guards who wore medieval-style equipment and gear.
"A medieval-style mansion with knights? Did I go back in time to the middle ages?" Grey Matter questioned himself as the Limo approached a pair of large wooden doors.
Creak... SCREECH!
The pair of large wooden doors creaked open as the Limo drove inside the castle.
Once inside, the limo screeched to a halt in a driveway as the Organization knights exited the vehicle with Grey Matter being carried out in the electrical cage.
Pausing, Howell looked around his surroundings before he was shoved out of the Limo by an Organization knight.
The wooden door to the castle was then slammed shut.
Creak... WHAM!
Back with the Tennyson trio near Howell's House...
Outside Howell's House, Max peered into the garage window noticing his parked car in there.
Looking around the area, Ben was searching for clues whilst Gwen was quietly thinking to herself when Max stated, "Heh, the old lady and the creep have the same taste in cars. Go figure."
"So any clues as to where Grey Matter was taken?" Ben asked Max who replied, "Not that I know off yet, sport."
Not listening to Ben and Max talk, Gwen spotted Howell's discarded iPhone lying on the pavement.
Reaching down with her hand, Gwen grabbed the iPhone and turned it on.
Beep...
The iPhone activated as Gwen noticed a photo of Grey Matter looking depressed pop-up.
"He looks so sad," Gwen muttered to herself as Ben and Max walked over and noticed the picture as well.
"They can't just do that to him. It's not right at all." Ben spoke in sadness agreeing with Gwen.
Frowning, Max carefully took hold of the iPhone and flicked from the picture app to a series of text numbers on the phone.
Realizing it was the call history of the phone, Max explained out, "If we can get a reverse trace on that number, we should be able to get an address."
"Grandpa, there's a sneaky side I'm starting to appreciate." Gwen praised Max in happiness.
Smiling at Gwen, Max stated, "Well thank you, Gwen. Let's get back to the Rust Bucket and figure this out."
Max then walked ahead with Ben and Gwen following him back to the Rust Bucket.
SCREECH! WHOOSH!
The Rust Bucket then drove away from the residential area following the phone signal trail.
Inside the Organization mansion...
THUMP!
The group had now entered Enoch's office as the electrical cage that contained Grey Matter was carefully placed on his oak table.
Watching from the cage, Grey Matter noticed Enoch turn his oak chair around and observed him with curiosity and intrigue.
Gulping, Grey Matter slowly moved back from Enoch who stated to Howell confidently, "Well, Mr Howell. You seem to have acquired a remarkable specimen."
"Heh, Heh. So how are we doing this? Hitting the major talk shows, a joint press conference?" Howell questioned Enoch.
"Please don't. I would prefer to stay hidden." Grey Matter quietly whispered back.
Crossing his hands, Enoch spoke back, "We prefer to keep our discoveries private."
Stunned, Howell stepped back in disbelief protesting, "Eh?! What are you talking about? We need to tell the world about this."
"We don't." Enoch bluntly informed Howell as the doors to Enoch's office flew open.
WHOOSH! THUD!
A rumbling cart was then pushed into the office by two Organization scientists.
Both scientists were wearing bulky hazmat gear and thick black helmets.
The scientists pushed the cart past Howell who watched on in confusion and fear realizing what would happen to Grey Matter.
THUMP!
One of the scientists grabbed hold of the electrical cage and placed it on the cart carefully before the scientists wheeled him away.
"What? Where are you taking him?" Howell asked Enoch who calmly stated, "Our scientists have a few tests to run."
Inside the electrical box, Grey Matter boasted out, "Umm tests? I'm good at most subjects, but math is my best."
Once Grey Matter was wheeled outside of Enoch's office, Howell finally had enough and argued back, "Look, I found him. He belongs to me!"
"He is our property now. And you've just become disposable. Guards, remove Mr Howell from the property." Enoch confidently spoke out grinning underneath his steel mask.
The two Organisation knights from before then grabbed hold of Howell and began dragging him out of Enoch's office.
Glaring at Enoch, Howell shouted out angrily, "You bastard! I won't let you take my alien away! You hear me?!"
Enoch merely ignored Howell's pleas before he was alone in his wooden oak office.
Thinking about his plans for Grey Matter, Enoch smirked underneath his mask darkly before he turned around and looked out the glass window.
At the same time, Howell was tossed down some wooden stairs into the basement of the mansion.
THWACK! CRACK! CRASH!
"Ooof! "Ow!" "Argh!" Howell cried out in pain before he landed at the bottom of the basement covered in dust and dirt.
Groaning, Howell slowly stood up onto the ground and glared at the Organization knights who had tossed him down the staircase yelling out, "They can't do this to me!"
Creak...
An Organization knight then opened a wooden door and stared at a pissed off Howell.
Enraged, Howell then rammed his body into the wooden door.
WHACK!
Running away from the basement, Howell began his search for Grey Matter.
Meanwhile outside the Organization mansion...
An Organization knight patrolled the outer perimeter as he gripped onto a futuristic energy lance of some kind.
Rustle...
The Tennyson trio carefully sneaked into a nearby bush as they all spotted the intimidating fortress.
"This isn't a house. It's a fortress." Gwen remarked having observed the fortress.
"Are they having a masquerade party here or something?" Ben asked in confusion by studying the building and thinking about the parrels with the medieval design.
"They call themselves the Organization, a well-financed secret society. They are dedicated to collecting to alien technology of any kind." Max briefly explained.
Ben and Gwen looked at Max confused before he replied, "When you've been around as long as I have, you pick up a few things."
Not bothered by what Max said, the Tennyson trio left the bush behind and continued to sneak over to the mansion by using the nearby foliage as cover and keeping an eye out for any Organization knights patrolling the area.
Back inside the Organization mansion...
Grey Matter looked around the cart he was on before the scientists entered a small laboratory.
Inside the laboratory, a large industrial-grade laser cutting machine was connected to the roof of the mansion as the cart was wheeled over to the machine.
One of the scientists then moved away from the cart and took out a model of Grey Matter from his pocket.
The scientist then placed the model onto the machine as Grey Matter watched on realizing what would happen to him.
"Oh no… Please don't tell me that's what I think it is." Grey Matter whispered with fear and horror.
The pair of scientists then activated the machine as it whirred to life.
BZZT! WHIRR! HISS! CUT!
A series of laser cables then detached from the top of the machine before the lasers cut the wooden model of Grey Matter into pieces.
"ARGH!" Grey Matter panicked in shock as he noticed the arms and legs of the wooden model chopped off.
Covering his mouth, Grey Matter whimpered as one of the Organization scientists said to his colleague, "Prepare subject for dissection."
"Oh dear! Where is a miracle when you need it?!" Grey Matter panicked in fear as one of the scientists reached inside the electrical case and grabbed the struggling Galvan.
Grey Matter was then dragged by the scientist and secured onto the table as the dissection was prepared to begin.
Back outside the Organization mansion...
The Tennyson trio had managed to get closer to the mansion and had successfully climbed up a large oak tree near the edge of the mansion.
"Ready?" Max asked the two kids.
"Not really." Gwen said to Max nervously as Ben confidently declared, "I am."
Smiling back at the kids, Max stood up and began walking across the large tree branch.
Creak... Rumble...
The oak branch creaked as Max carefully balanced himself across the oak branch as Gwen and Ben followed on behind him.
"Jump now!" Max yelled at Ben and Gwen.
The group then jumped off the oak branch before they all landed on the brick wall of the mansion.
BOING! WHAM! CREAK!
Ben and Gwen slowly clambered over first as Max grunted struggling to hold on as Ben and Gwen pulled him as he toppled onto the stone floor.
Just as an Organization knight appeared from around the corner.
Surprised, Ben and Gwen stepped back from Max who calmly greeted the knight, "Hi there."
In response, the knight raised the staff he was carrying and prepared to strike down Max only for him to yell, "HAH!"
WHACK!
Max then extended his rear leg and knocked the guard onto the ground.
Whumf!
The knight was sent toppling over before he regained his foot before Max then punched the knight in the face several times.
CRACK! SMACK! WHAM! PUNCH!
With both combatants being knocked around, Ben and Gwen spotted the discarded staff on the floor.
Quickly acting, both Ben and Gwen grabbed the staff together just as Max was sent tumbling onto the stone floor.
CRASH!
The Organization knight then prepared to take Max out when...
"Hey, metalhead!" Gwen yelled as Ben shouted out finishing, "You forgot this!"
Turning around, the knight noticed the staff flying towards his face as Ben and Gwen worked together to slam it into the knight's face.
CLONG!
"Urgh..." The Organization knight groaned in pain as he slowly toppled over and fell onto the ground backwards.
WHAM!
Gwen smirked and twirled the staff in the air whilst Ben brushed his hands down.
Slowly getting off the ground, Max complimented the two, "Good teamwork the pair of you."
"What can I say? I guess me and the doofus get along well." Gwen muttered to Ben who spoke agreeing, "You, can say that again dweeb."
The Tennyson trio then moved on and entered the mansion via a top door sneaking quietly inside the old building as Gwen discarded the staff onto the floor.
Back with Grey Matter in the Organization mansion...
Struggling to escape, Grey Matter was locked into place by a pair of bio locks that restrained him.
The remaining scientist in the room began operating the machine just as his coworker approached from behind.
BZZT! WHIRR! HISS!
The laser cutters began charging up and were locked into position as Grey Matter pleaded loudly, "Don't bother with the slice and dice, trust me. I'm just as grey on the inside as I am on the out!"
"Allow me to assist you then." One of the scientists replied to Grey Matter before he grabbed a fire extinguisher.
The scientist then slammed the fire extinguisher onto his co-workers head.
CLONG! WHACK!
"Urgh..." The scientist operating the device moaned before he fell onto the machine controls slumped.
Confused, Grey Matter watched as the remaining scientist took off his helmet and put on a pair of glasses revealing Howell.
"What are you doing here?!" Grey Matter yelled at Howell who explained back, "I'm getting you out of there. Now stay still."
Operating the control panel, the lasers slicked the bio locks that restrained Grey Matter's arms and legs.
HISS! SLICE!
Free from capture, Grey Matter jumped up and happily stated to Howell, "Well, thanks for saving my life."
"True, now then we should escape before…" Howell began before...
DING!
A nearby door opened up as two more Organization scientists entered the laboratory carrying glass containers as they noticed Howell rescuing Grey Matter.
"Look out! Behind you!" Grey Matter shouted out to Howell.
CRASH! SMASH!
The two scientists then dropped the glass containers as Howell began operating the machine to restrain the two scientists.
"Back off! Aliens are people too! Well, sort off…" Howell shouted before he rambled loudly.
WHIRR! HISS! CLUTCH! WHOOSH!
The laser cables from the machine activated with the scientists ended up being grabbed and restrained by the cables.
With the scientists dangling from the air, Howell moved to the table and gently grabbed Grey Matter before he walked out of the laboratory.
"Why did you kidnap me anyway Howell?" Grey Matter asked Howell who explained, "Eh, I was always intrigued by alien activity. You're the first real specimen I have found."
"Who knows, you might come across more of my kind if you're lucky enough." Grey Matter mused back to Howell.
"Possibly, then again..." Howell began before...
CLANG! WHOOSH! WHUMP!
An Organization scientist then sneaked up behind Howell and shoved him onto the ground with Grey Matter tumbling away from the two humans.
"Woah!" Grey Matter yelled as he landed on the ground and noticed Howell and the scientist begin to brawl on the laboratory floor.
Running out of the laboratory, Grey Matter ended up in a large stone hallway with a series of different doors connecting to various rooms.
Walking down the corridor, Grey Matter looked around before he muttered to himself, "Okay, exit... exit..."
SPLAT!
Grey Matter's face ended up colliding with Ben's leg.
"OW!" Ben grunted out as he held his left leg pain with Gwen and Max arriving near him.
"Ow! I just hit something." Ben complained loudly before Gwen noticed Grey Matter shouting out, "That's Stan!"
Pulling his face back from Ben's leg, Grey Matter looked up and noticed the Tennyson trio.
"Guys! You found me!" Grey Matter yelled with a mixture of joy and sadness.
Kneeling, Gwen picked up Grey Matter in her hands as the Galvan noticed everyone else towering above him.
"Got something to say?" Gwen asked Grey Matter who blurted out loudly, "Yes, I do! Gwen, I'm sorry I tried to convince you to lie and Max, I'm sorry for using the Omnitrix when I should not have in the water park..."
"We can save this reunion for the road later," Max suggested to the kids before he began walking off.
Following on after Max, Ben ran after Max as did Gwen who gripped onto Grey Matter tightly.
Sighing to himself, Grey Matter spoke to himself, "Finally, I'm safe."
The group then exited the mansion and entered a courtyard briefly.
THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!
The boots of Organization knights echoed across the courtyard before Max led Ben and Gwen past the courtyard and into another corridor.
THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!
More boots echoed inside the building as Max noticed a pair of Organization sprint past a corner, looking around, Ben spotted a pair of double wooden doors and opened them.
Creak...
Realizing what Ben had planned, Gwen and Max followed Ben into a large storage room as Max closed the oak door.
Creak... THUD! FLICK! FLASH!
Immediately after the group entered the room, the floor lit up in a bright yellow colour.
Slowly, more circular lights around the room activated revealing dozens of different alien artefacts and technology that had been gathered.
Various glass cases displayed the alien artefacts with the largest piece of technology being displayed in the middle of the room.
Among some of the artefacts on display were a bronze rustic glove, a large greenish-yellow eye probe, a statue of a humanoid figure, and a flag with a bright yellow star on it.
"Look at all this alien tech, some of this stuff looks familiar to me as Grey Matter…" Grey Matter spoke in awe and wonder with the group further exploring the storage room.
Meanwhile in Enoch's office...
THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!
In Enoch's office, An Organization knight ran into the office and kneeled stating, "Sir, our scientists were found unconscious and there has been a security breach at the northeast perimeter, the alien is gone."
Unimpressed, Enoch turned his chair around and ordered the knight, "Mobilize all troops, secure the perimeter and find me that alien!"
Nodding, the knight stood up and ran out of the room whilst Enoch glared in annoyance about how to remedy the situation and continue his plans.
Back in the storage room...
"So does Grey Matter know where this stuff is from?" Ben inquired to the Galvan in curiosity referring to the Omnitrix aliens as separate individuals.
"Well, I do recognise some of these items. I just can't place where they came from or how they ended up here." Grey Matter responded to Ben.
"I don't think that matters right now." Gwen bluntly stated interrupting the discussion.
Realizing Gwen was right, Grey Matter shouted out in shock, "She's right! These creeps don't know what these pieces of technology are or what they have got here."
"Or maybe they do," Max suggested to the group.
"Hmm… We've got to destroy everything in this room before it is misused anymore." Grey Matter finally stated beginning his plans to bring down the building.
"How exactly do we do that?" Ben asked Grey Matter who replied, "I'm working on it… There has to be something explosive here."
Rumble... BEEP! CUT...
Red lasers slowly peeled open the door to the storage room before it exploded and was blasted open.
BOOM! CRASH! THUD!
Thick dust clouded the room briefly as Enoch walked into the storage room is flanked by several knights carrying blue energy swords and electronic spears.
"Spread out and find them!" Enoch ordered his troops as the knights began spreading out into the storage room.
Behind, Enoch some knights dragged a battered Howell by the top of his suit with the large heavy footsteps thudding across the storage room.
THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!
Peering around an exhibit, Max noticed the knights searching the room as the group hid behind the largest display case.
Looking around at the artefacts, Grey Matter came up with a plan.
"Gwen, grab that pulse hyper core to your right. Max, acquire the Millenium capacitor over by the left. Ben, I need you to grab me and I'll direct you okay?" Grey Matter fully explained to the group.
"Uh, what?" Ben asked Grey Matter with Gwen and Max looking on in confusion.
Sighing heavily, Grey Matter said in annoyance, "It's not Stan talking, it's Grey Matter saying that okay? Now then could you please do what I asked?!"
Understanding the importance of the situation, Gwen handed Grey Matter over to Ben who crouched down and continued hiding near the main exhibit.
Gwen and Max then acquired the alien components that Grey Matter needed as the Galvan studied the alien device in the main exhibit.
Regrouping, Grey Matter then jumped onto the exhibit came from Ben's hands as Max and Gwen placed the alien components near the young Galvan.
THWIP! SPLAT! ZAP!
A red laser blast then zapped onto the side of the large exhibit just as Grey Matter crawled inside the main exhibit with the alien components he needed inside a small gap.
"They are over here!" An Organization knight called out as Ben yelled back, "Incoming!"
Angry, Max then charged towards the knight before he bodyslammed into the large figure.
WHOOSH! THUD! CLANG!
Raising his fist, Max slammed the stunned knight onto the ground with a large left hook.
CLANG! THWACK!
With the knight knocked out, Max quickly leaned down and grabbed hold of the bio staff and aimed it at the knights in the storage room.
BEEP... ZAP! BLAM! CRASH! BOOM! WHACK!
Max then began firing red laser beams from the knights.
With little choice, the knights then attacked back with a deadly game of cat and mouse being created.
BEEP... ZAP! BLAM! WHOOSH! THUNK! BOOM! BEEP... ZAP! KA-BOOM!
Peering out from the main exhibit, Grey Matter yelled at Gwen, "Get out of here!"
"What about you?" Gwen asked Grey Matter as Ben yelled out, "And leave you behind here?! No way man!"
Turning around, Grey Matter pointed upwards to the large figure in the display case explaining his plan, "If I can get inside the power grid, I can hook up the power core and capacitor up to it which means in laymen's terms. I'm making a bomb that will level this whole mansion for good. This where being small comes in handy."
"That's a really good idea." Gwen praised Grey Matter who said back, "I know, Now get out! I'll meet up with you three shortly outside."
"On it, Grandpa! We need to go now!" Ben shouted out to Max.
Hearing the commotion, Max nodded back as the Tennyson trio quickly retreated from the horde of Organization knights in the room.
Noticing the Tennyson trio was gone, Grey Matter got to work on the machine by crawling back in the hole with the power core and capacitor.
On the outside, Enoch's knights slowly approached the exhibit cautiously as Enoch walked near it.
Inside the machine...
Focusing carefully, Grey Matter placed the capacitor into the machine before he disconnected a sparkling live cable and hooked it up to the power core.
BEEP! SPARK! ZAP! FLICK!
On the outside, the device began to glow yellow as the energy began building up within the machine with large sparks of violent lighting shaking the ancient mansion.
"That reaction will decimate the mansion and everything in it. Everyone out, except you, Howell. You and your little alien have been nothing but trouble." Enoch shouted out in shock and disgust towards Howell.
Grabbing hold of a stunned Howell, Enoch tossed the injured man onto the ground next to the shaking machine.
WHOOSH! THUD!
"Urgh..." Howell groaned as Enoch led his knights out of the storage room just as Grey Matter slowly clambered out of the sparking exhibit and near the exit of the glass case.
"Mission accomplished! Now to…" Grey Matter declared as the Omnitrix symbol touched a yellow spark from the electrical energy the machine was giving off.
ZAP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Realizing he would change back to Stan, Grey Matter happily stated, "Oh well, at least I won't be stuck as a Galvan anymore."
CRAKA-FLASH!
A massive flash of red Omnitrix energy covered Grey Matter as the Galvan's eyes briefly flashed from a bright green frog-like colour back to a bright red pupilless colour.
Slowly, the DNA template morphed from Galvan back to Human as Grey Matter transformed back to Stan.
Due to the Omnitrix exposure being longer than normal, the change was more dramatic as Grey Matter slowly grew bigger as Stan's human features emerged.
Finally, the red eyes transformed back to Stan's bright blue eyes as he reopened them.
CRAKA-FLASH!
The red light vanished as Stan emerged from the red light still wearing his swimming costume.
"Ugh..." Stan groaned in pain as he shook his head briefly before he noticed the predicament he was in.
Moving forward, Stan felt his left hand stuck in the machine as yellow energy continued to shake the building.
ZAP! SPARK! RUMBLE!
"Oh crap! Just when I did not want you to work." Stan yelled in anger attempting to wedge out his left hand.
Groaning slightly, Howell moved up his head and noticed Stan struggling to break free from the machine.
"Huh? Where'd you come from?!" Howell asked Stan who replied, "I'll explain later, but could you please free me from this infernal situation?"
Nodding back, Howell slowly stood up from the ground and walked over to the malfunctioning machine and placed his hands on Stan's stuck arm.
"Should I do 1..2..3 or 3...2...1?" Howell asked Stan in confusion.
Rolling his eyes, Stan yelled at him, "Really?! Just pull me out."
Shaking his head, Howell then gently pulled out Stan's as his stuck hand popped out from the machine.
POP!
Stretching out his left arm, Stan flexed his left hand quickly before he turned to Howell and thanked him for saying, "Thanks, now a friend of mine told me we should run and escape this decaying ruin."
Immediately, Stan then sprinted for the exit with his flip-flops tapping on the ground.
Not seeing any choice, Howell quickly sprinted after Stan as the mansion continued to fall apart.
CRACK! ZAP! BOOM! CRASH! SPARK! RUMBLE!
Outside the mansion, it was now night time with the thick black sky covering the night as the Tennyson trio watched the mansion fall apart on the front grassy lawn.
ZAP! SPARK! SHATTER! BLAM! WHAM!
Yellow sparks and lighting shook the mansion as the glass windows smashed open whilst bricks and rubble began falling from the ruin.
CREAK! CRASH!
Soon after Stan and Howell ran out of the mansion, the end came for it.
KA-BOOM! CRASH! WHIRRR!
The mansion began imploding in on itself with rubble and rocks falling onto the grassy verge with the rubble being pulled in on itself with a large red energy ball forming from the ruins that sucked all the rubble in until...
CRAKABOOM! THWOOSH!
The red energy ball imploded in on itself before a violent gust of wind blasted the area.
The gust of wind shook the area briefly as a large hoard of birds fled from the nearby trees before all went quite a few seconds later.
Exhausted with everything that happened to him, Stan walked over to Max and collapsed onto the grassy verge near Max as Howell then asked the others, "Did anyone see where that little alien went?"
"Nope." Ben said as Gwen added on, "Not a clue." With Stan finishing, "No idea."
Howell looked at Max who shook his head back.
Sighing sadly, Howell declared loudly, "Well I am done with anything alien. I think maybe I should call my brother…"
Feeling determined, Howell slowly walked off away from the group as Max pointed out, "Well, it's been a long day. I'll find us a place to park up for the night."
As the group prepared to walk back to the Rust Bucket, Stan sat on the grass asking, "Can, I just say something please?"
Everyone then stared at Stan as Gwen stated, "Yes, you can. I think we all know what it is."
Okay, I'm sorry I put myself in a really risky and chaotic situation. I don't what the outcome of today will be, but I've learnt my lesson that is for sure. Never use a highly advanced alien device in a buggy situation and don't break it." Stan promised to the others as he shivered slightly in the cold breeze.
"Can I find something warm to wear?" Stan asked the others who couldn't help but smile back in response.
A few mins later in the Rust Bucket...
The Rust Bucket was now driving away from the ruins of the Organization base back on the main road.
Inside the Rv, Stan sighed happily now wearing his casual outfit as he placed his swimming gear back in the clothing drawer.
Turning around Stan walked over to the side booth and stood near the side booth as Ben was leaned back on the booths with his legs over the table tired whilst Gwen was leaning against the wall.
"So how does it feel to be big again?" Ben asked Stan who calmly said, "Feels brilliant. I'm just glad that things are back to normal."
"Big? Get real shorty." Gwen taunted Stan as she grinned slightly.
Annoyed with Gwen, Stan shouted back, "Oh for crying out… Gwen! Mocking me was the whole damn reason I ended up as Grey Matter in the first place!"
"Alright kids, settle down and keep calm okay?" Max yelled at the kids from the front of the RV.
BZZTT! FLICK! SPARK!
The Omnitrix on Stan's right arm then sparked red and lashed out onto the wooden table as Stan quickly withdrew his hand in the air yelling, "Okay! I did not do anything with it!"
"We do have to get that fixed," Gwen said agreeing with Stans as Ben asked him, "How do you fix something like that though?"
"I don't know Ben. Something is telling me I won't be using it for a while." Stan pointed out to the others before he yawned feeling tired.
And the Rust Bucket continued to drive along the main road as the summer vacation continued.
Back at the ruins of the Organization mansion...
Thick black smoke rose up from the ruins of the site as an Organization limo pulled up near the wreckage of the mansion.
Inside the limo, Enoco browsed a computer monitor connected to the limo as images of Stan, Ben, Gwen and Max on the computer with profile descriptions for each of them.
"Find out all there is to know about these people," Enoch ordered his remaining goons as the limo then drove away from the ruins of the mansion...
Author's note: So what did you think of this revised chapter of Stan 10? Remember to read and review. :)