Chapter 8: Washington b. you soon (PT 2)
Bolded words are for reverberating or alien voices
Italicized thoughts
Underlined emphasis or shouting
Disclaimer I do not own ben 10 or anything I am writing; only Benni Donna/ don-don, Zena, and Memry are my character.
Now begins our story.
Ben woke up to a surprise
He opened his eyes only to see a white bottom he figured it was Don-don sleeping on his face like he does with Benni he was planning on lifting him up off him but he couldn't lift his arms before he could look to his left he was staring at a beige ceiling with arms around his neck. Don-Don had transformed Ben looked at the 10 year old girl cradling his neck she was crying whimpering even in her sleep. Her eyes puffy and red, her black hair at the white tips were flying out in a disheveled manner this was all Ben was able to see from his angle. 'She looks terrible' Ben thought to himself
"Benni no… you don't… just leave hi…" she finished breaking into a quiet sob into Bens chest.
Ben looked at her confused 'How did Don-don transform into this girl?' Ben asked himself but he was blinded again. Don-don had transformed back to his usual bird form laying on Bens face before waking up and flying to bens chest. Ben saw that Don-don had a look of disbelief on his face Don-don looked to ben's left then his right still with a dumbfounded look on the birds face. Ben for the first time since he awoke looked to his sides instantly his face turned tomato red Ben found himself in the middle of the bed his arms wrapped around two people each on opposite sides of him. Gwen was on his left her head on Bens shoulder using it as a pillow Memry on his right laying on Ben the same way Gwen was but Memry had a smile on her face.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?" Don-don shouted making Ben jump in surprise at his sudden outburst Ben shot Don-Don a deep and angry glare clearly mad before he felt the girls stir in his arms. Gwen was the first one to wake-up she saw she was cuddling close to ben she blushed embarrassed as she saw that one of bens arms was wrapped around her waist and her head was on his shoulder. She was happy inside but her face was blushed by embarrassment she was about to pass her hand over his chest before her embarrassment turned to rage as she saw Memry on the other side of Ben his other arm wrapped around her too. She looked up at Ben anger taking control; she slapped him with an audible "smack" sound. Don-don was stupefied she had flown off Ben from the surprise of the "smack" sound and was hovering a few feet away. Auto defense had awoken Memry and in a swift motion she had her arm outstretched her fingertips almost making contact with Gwen's throat. Ben caught her hand mid-air his head was turned from the force of the slap so he was looking at Memry. Memry looked up to ben who was facing her. She flipped.
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!" Memry screamed at Gwen she had tried to lunge at Gwen but Ben grabbed her shoulders firmly restraining whole body his face still hidden from Gwen and did something that surprised Gwen and Memry, he pulled memry into a hug. The hug lasted for a few second but those seconds had done its damage and repair. Memry had calmed down and hugged Ben back enjoying his warmth on her, the feel of his toned arms wrapped around only her, she smiled a placid and peaceful smile.
Gwen was heartbroken as she looked at Ben and Memry hugging. She hung her head down 'why is he hugging her? She's just a copy of me can't Ben see that, can't he see how I feel about him?' Gwen asked herself before revelation hit her 'I just slapped ben.' She thought looking at the hand that had struck the one she loved and hurt him deeply. 'This is my fault that he's hugging "her", looking at "her" right now, at that replica.' She finished as she slowly walked out into the living room leaving Ben and Memry in there close embrace. She found Benni in the kitchen of the suite cooking an omelet he turned his head to look at Gwen
"Well Gwen your right on time. omelet they always make you feel better." Benni offered a still shocked Gwen. "Guess not, well don't worry things are always bad in the beginning they usually get worse but they always get better at the end you'll see." Benni finished working on the fourth omelet.
Gwen looked at Benni "Did you hear all that?" she asked already knowing he did.
"Yeah I did tuff luck huh. Well it could have been worse."
"How could it have been worse?" she asked accusingly at Benni still cooking not looking at her as he answered.
"Memry could have killed you." He said flatly but Gwen knew Benni enough to know he wasn't lying (of course she does.) "But I promise you things will get better and you will get what you want, trust me." He finished adding the salt to the omelet and herbs Gwen couldn't place her finger on what they were.
"How will this possible get better Benni? Ben was in bed with me and another girl with his arm wrapped around "her", now he in there hugging "her" and I just slapped him I know that hurt him." Gwen confessed to Benni, she said "her" with evident disdain. Gwen could tell Benni anything he always listened and gave pretty good advice she had trusted him with her deepest darkest secret and he kept it safe.
Benni smiled his remarkable smile and looked at Gwen. "Worry later eat now, even the strongest of armies are defeated if they never eat and you definitely need this." He said placing an omelet on a plate putting it on the table and sat her down. With fork in hand he shoved the first fork full into her mouth just before she could say anything. Soon Gwen was over taken by the flavors and she sat there eating his amazing omelets she had started to cry. Benni smiled "Gwen did you know that if you feel glum the food won't taste as good as it should and it will do everything within its power to change your attitude to something more fitting its taste?" she asked a still crying still eating Gwen not waiting for a response he continued. "Say if you eat an ingredient that had its time in the sun and was taken care of well the taste would be bitter at the beginning if the food was meant to be eaten happy but you are sad changing to sweet when you finish eating it get it, but these omelets were made with ingredients were it always rains and the sun always comes out shining later it is best to eat these sad while it is raining," he said looking outside to the pouring streets of Washington D.C. "since by the time you're done you will feel so much better just like the flowers, herbs, and trees in Washington D.C. when they are greeted by the sun." he finished as the first rays of light shone through the window.
Gwen had finished her two omelets and even with all that happened she smiled happily not knowing why. "The power of food, huh." She stated looking at Benni he was still in his hoodie a shadow across his eyes so she couldn't see them but she saw the smile on his face and how it reminded her of Ben it stung but not as bad as it would have a few minutes ago. She looked to Benni.
"Well get dressed we have a long day ahead… and it just got longer." Benni said as the hotel door swung open and Zena Benni's mom walked in angry.
"BENNI!" she screamed instantly Ben Memry and Don-don filled into the living room Don-don landing on Benni's head. Benni noticed that Memry had a grimace on her face but her eyes shone with such pleasure. Ben looked terrible to say the least he had a huge hand print on his face, his eyes puffy and red. 'Ouch poor Ben looks like it hurt.' Benni's thoughts cut off by his mom. "What is the meaning of this?" she questioned Benni.
"I completed the game that all you asked me to do. The rules were that I be the last person standing and I was." Benni said in a matter-of-fact way. His reasoning clear and sound.
"But you had to kill them…"
"No I didn't I had to knock them out that was all, besides I killed the minimum of one." He said Zena had notice that Benni's eyes were hidden under his hoodie she figured he had them closed a smile creeping on her lips.
"You did then let me see your eyes. Yes it's a demand or you lose two friends right now" she demanded raising her left hand to Ben and Gwen.
Benni scratched his hair. He gave up. He took off his hoodie. Ben saw his hair was white. Benni had glasses on under his hoodie completely hiding the colors of his eyes. Zena had a smile crawl across her face as Benni began to remove his glasses his eyes shut. What Ben and Gwen saw shocked them, Memry with her acute senses felt an indescribable fear as she looked into Benni's eyes his blood red eyes his dark menacing blood red eyes.
"Weren't your eyes green?" Ben asked
"Yes and no my hair is white and my eyes are red, Benni's eyes are green and His hair is black." Said Benni
"Well how ar…" ben was cut off.
"Alpha how long have you been in control!" Zena asked Benni/Alpha with a grin that was evidently full of happiness.
"Since last night."
"Amazing and Benni hasn't asked for control yet?"
"He has but I asked for the favor I want to explain myself to Ben and Gwen before Benni has to do it again make it easier on him the next time" Alpha said leaving a confused Ben and Gwen looking at him like he's gone crazy.
"What are you saying? Explain what to us?"
"Ben, how old do you think I am?" Alpha asked
"10 obviously like us."
"Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Yes I guess technically but I personally am more than 7 trillion years old a thousand times older than your universe."
"How is that possible? Who/What are you?" ben asked getting pissed. Alpha smiled 'Everyone is reacting just like benni thought they would ben is asking the questions gwen and memry aren't saying anything Don-don is on my head listening intently waiting if I try to attack mom'
"Oh come now ben haven't you heard that energy cannot be created or destroyed, memory, thought, experiences, everything. every action in space time has been recorded into energy unfortunately I had proved that theory I didn't know something that bad would happen and in a lab accident I had merged with the energy of the universe gaining complete control over every aspect in the universe, of course there are debilitation and ramification I have to deal with, huh best example is to say if any of the other me try to interfere in a set event then a time space calamity would happen. But that's another concept all together…. I hope that answers how it's possible to be 7 trillion years old but also be just 10. Ah yes, about who/what I am, I am the tide as it recede and advances I am the earths speed as it rotates around its axis I am its revolutions around the sun the transfer of its heat to every living thing on this planet in any universe but I am just a small part in the whole cycle that is what I am for the who I am nothing a whisper in the ear of reality, yes I know its corny but it is the best I can give for right now. Benni right now, he exists for this time period. He can directly interfere in this time he has all my knowledge but none of my powers. Think back Gwen?" he asked Gwen and instantly memories flooded Gwen's mind, events that she had forgotten about Benni and Ben.
"I learned all of this before. You told me before." Realization dawned on her face as she remembered one year ago when she found out Benni's secret then a memory form two years ago as she almost kissed Ben, another memory one day after summer vacation started Ben and her lying on the ground as she was caught up in passion and lust and a thought hit her. "So that's why you're telling us this? you can manipulate our memories so we forget all of this." She stated shrinking away not wanting to forget how she was with ben. "You manipulate events so that…"
"NO, haven't you been paying attention I don't manipulate events Benni does, he has knowledge of science, math, history, basic intelligence infinite knowledge but we don't let him see the future he makes it himself. Anyways the reason I actually came he was just to give Benni an idea of how to explain things to you guys later. Don't be too hard on him okay… Not like you'll remember any of this anyway." Benni finished waving his hand in front of the trio's faces getting tired of explaining this to them. They fell to the floor snoring before they even touched the ground. "Now Zena I kept the deal in our game of hide and seek you leave benni alone for the rest of the summer okay? He has had to kill once already I don't want his hands dyed in blood like mine and everyone else's are."
"he hasn't killed anyone that guard at the end was mortally wounded but he lived if that was worrying benni tell him that I would never have him kill anyone I am his mother after all alright honey." Zena said in a motherly tone that took Alpha back.
"Huh I know it weird that your husband and son are the same person." Alpha stated but Zena shook her head.
"Yes it is but you were Alpha I gave birth to Benni you just tagged along with him." Zena said laughing her angelic laugh sending shivers down Alphas spine 'This is my body don't get any ideas.' Benni said to Alpha.
"Alpha what exactly is your and benni's compromise He let you control him for so long what did you give him?" Zena asked her former husband.
"Two things one was that I would allow benni to teach ben how to fight in his human form the next was that ben be altered so that he could learn anything simply by seeing how its done." Alpha stated. Zena simply nodded her head trying to figure out what her son was planning.
"Benni truly is the best out of all of your selves isn't he. There is one thing that bothers me."
"Yes he is he will be a great man. What's that?"
"You said benni doesn't know the future but he obviously must I mean he's able to plan this far ahead."
"No like I told Gwen he can't see the future. Everything he has done he planned and guessed would happen. He has an ability all his own an extreme intuition that borderlines with prophecies. Oh seems like my time is up bye honey maybe we will se each other soon."
With that out of the way Alpha let benni have control back. His hair turned to his regular black color he got that from his mom and his eyes turned back to their green color they looked a shade lighter he got those form his mom too. "Good to be back in control now help me take these guys to bed they will wake up in about four minutes." Benni told his mom. She helped him with ben but memry and Gwen he had to take care of himself. As they had finished lying the trio on the bed benni led his mom to the kitchen and gave her an omelet. "Don't worry they these are best eaten in silence the ones I made for Gwen were special. You played your part extremely well, it must have been difficult to pretend to be angry all that time?" benni questioned his mom.
"Not really you asked me so I played my part. I just wish you would come home more often." She said a real tear forming in her eye.
"I will after this vacation I will come home. Alright?" benni told his mom as she smiled. She began to eat her omelet it was still just as delicious as she remembered. She finished before the scene form this morning had repeated. SMACK, YOU LITTLE BITCH, and gwen walking in confessing to benni but something was different this time gwen noticed Zena and shouted at the top of her lung instantly Ben and Memry went into the kitchen. Ben looked terrible to say the least worst then he was before he had a huge hand print on his face but it was fire truck red it was as bright as Rudolph's nose, his eyes were puffier and redder. 'Ouch poor Ben twice in one day.' Benni thought.
"Hey gwen its cool she just wanted some omelets that's all." Benni said in a simple tone.
"She attacked with 30 armed men and blew memry apart." Ben interjected pointing an accusing finger at Zena.
"Dude it could have been worse at least she didn't RPG the room like last time. Besides she's my mom its regular behavior for u… her anyway" That comment left an amazed Ben and a Shocked Gwen.
(In a lab a few blocks away)
"How many times do I have to tell you all my money goes into my research" a 50+ old man human but he had slightly green skin with white hair.
"Mr. Animo…"
"Dr. Animo" Animo corrected
"Dr. Animo you have yet to pay your rent for the year I am sorry but you have to leave now." The landlord commanded. Animo shrugged as he put on a helmet aiming it at the landlord but changed his shot to an amphibian that was behind him the frog instantly was enveloped in a red light what took it place was a larger frog with red eyes and three horns growing out of its head.
"Now then would you be so kind as to take care of this problem?" Animo asked
"But how do I take care of that." The landlord had slumped to the floor a look of shock on his face.
"I wasn't talking to you homosapien." Animo said. The landlord went from shock to fear as it dawned on him he looked to the large frog the large hungry frog. It flicked out its tongue enveloping the landlord and brought it to its mouth swallowing it whole. "now that that is taken care of I need just a few more parts to bring my trans-modulator up to its next level but where can I get it I have search high and low but where can I find them…" as if by divine answer or stupid luck the TV Presented an ad about a new shop that had everything from osmium to kitchen towels. Animo smiled at the ad. "We are going on a trip my dear." Animo said to the frog, he started laughing manically only to be inturupted by the frog burping up the landlord left shoe. "perfect." Animo said sarcastically
