Darkstar Rising
I don't own Digimon or Ben 10
Kevin's car was driving down a deserted street with Raidramon and Daisuke following behind it and Kevin's car pulled up to a warehouse and Daisuke dismounted her partner who turned back into Veemon and both walked towards the warehouse. "Ben, are you sure this is the place?" Daisuke asked him.
"That's what the tip said," he answered.
"And that's what worries me. You don't get tips, I get tips, you've got no connections," Kevin told him.
"I do so have connections, there's Gwen and Daisuke," Ben replied.
"True, he does know us," Gwen said walking off.
"Lot of support there, thanks," Ben said.
"Let's take a look and see," Daisuke said and Ben nodded before he made a platform of mana and lifted everyone to the roof, they all then looked through a skylight to see the Forever Knights moving stuff into trucks.
"Forever Knights," Kevin said absorbing the stone from the roof.
"Up to no good as usual," Gwen said as Daisuke was bathed in a golden flash of light and she turned into Chromastone.
"Showtime," she said before jumping down and she smashed through the skylight and landed, Kevin jumped down and landed beside her and Ben, Veemon and Gwen followed. "Alright, nobody move!" Chromastone shouted but the Forever Knights kept moving.
"Didn't you hear her?" Kevin asked them.
"I don't think so," Ben said as he touched a Forever Knight and his hand moved right through it.
"Holograms," Chromastone said.
"Good guess," a voice said and everyone looked to see an alien wearing Plumber get standing beside a pillar as the holograms vanished and the Plumber put a device into his belt. "Magister Gilhil of the Plumbers," the alien said. "Magister Prior Gilhil. I'm the commanding officer of this entire quadrant. You're all under arrest for impersonating officers of the law," he told the group holding up his Plumber's badge.
"Are you serious?" Chromastone asked him as she turned back into Daisuke. "For what?"
"Impersonating a Plumber. We're the only law enforcement recognized by all signatories of the Milky Way Treaty, which makes what you've done an interstellar class felony," Gilhil told her.
"Sounds bad," Kevin said.
"If I were I'd keep my big mouth in check," Gilhil told him.
"If I were you, I wouldn't threaten a guy who can kick your butt up the street and back," Kevin replied.
"You feeling froggy son? Then jump," Gilhil told Kevin.
"And if you're feeling smart don't," Gwen warned him and Kevin looked at her and then and Gilhil.
"Ribbit," he said before he punched at Gilhil who caught his hand and threw him into a crate and he rolled across the ground.
"Stay down son," he told Kevin who absorbed some metal and punched him twice sending him skidding back. "Much as I would like to go a few more rounds, I don't have the time," he said before pulling out a blaster and fired a bolo towards Kevin which wrapped around him and Kevin was lifted into the air and he hung upside down, Daisuke ran at him and she was enveloped in a gold light and turned into Goop who jumped at Gilhil and wrapped around his body and he tried to escape but couldn't and he fell to the ground and Goop's face appeared in front of him.
"You want to talk? Then let's talk," she told him and a few minutes later everyone was on the roof.
"I don't see why we have to listen to this guy," Veemon said.
"Because I'm the Plumber in charge of this whole sector of space," Gilhil told him.
"Then you know we're the good guys," Ben said.
"What I know is over the past few months I've been getting reports of you lot passing yourselves off as Plumbers," Gilhil said.
"Their grandpa was a Plumber and my father is one as well," Daisuke said.
"Max Tennyson and Derrick Motomiya, good men both of them," Gilhil said before he looked at Kevin. "But you however. You don't even have a claim by blood," he told him.
"Yes I do. My father, my real father was…." Kevin stopped himself just in time.
"Kevin?" Gwen asked him.
"Nothing. Never mind," Kevin answered crossing his arms.
"Point is, there is a reason we shut down Plumber activity on Earth five years ago, when Vilgax was destroyed…" Gilhil said.
"You mean after I destroyed him," Daisuke said.
"Credit due. But I can't have Plumber resources being wasted here. Earth is a backwater level two planet with no imminent threat," Gilhil said.
"Look Magister, there is a threat. We've seen them, I wrecked one of their ships," Daisuke told him.
"Aliens are attacking our planet, we're just fighting to keep it safe," Ben told him.
"I've assigned a new Magister to this region, he'll check on Earth in a couple of months, if what you say is true, show him proof and he'll take care of it," Gilhil said.
"A few months!?" Veemon asked.
"I'm inclined to give you kids a break. Daisuke you wear the Omnitrix so that gives you special dispensation the Galvan have requested you not be interfered with in minor matters," Gilhil told her. "And the reports I've read indicate you've never impersonated Plumbers," he told Ben and Gwen. "And as for you," he said looking at Kevin.
"What?" Kevin asked.
"You've got a record. You've done time in the Null Void for various crimes," Gilhil told him.
"He's changed," Gwen said.
"He's helped us fight the aliens threatening our home," Daisuke told him.
"He's impersonating a Plumber," Gilhil said walking over to Kevin and he held his hand out. "Give me the badge you stole,"
"Don't take my badge man, please," Kevin said.
"Now. Or you're going back to the Null Void," Gilhil told Kevin who handed him his badge reluctantly. "Thank you," he said tapping the badge and it deactivated. "You're free to go. But if you ever get involved in Plumber's business again, I don't care what Azmuth says, you're all going to the Null Void. Even you Daisuke," he told everyone before he teleported away.
"Is that it? Is this the end?" Ben asked and the others looked at him unsure. The next day Ben was carrying a tray of smoothies and he drank one and burped as he walked towards Kevin, Gwen and Daisuke who were sitting on Kevin's car. "Cheer up, Mr. Smoothy makes everything better," he said handing one to Kevin who drank it and gagged.
"How's turnip and wheatgrass supposed to make anything better?" he asked.
"It's got ginger in it," Ben answered.
"Oh ginger. That will solve all our problems," Kevin told him throwing his smoothie away.
"Face it Ben, Magister Gilhil basically shut us down," Gwen told him.
"I talked to my dad, but he said he can't do anything. Gilhil is the head Plumber in this sector of the galaxy, and even though Dad's a magister as well he can't order him around," Daisuke told the others.
"Well, we will keep doing what we're doing. Fighting aliens and fighting bad guys," Ben said.
"He said he'd put us in the Null Void, not a place I want to visit again," Daisuke said.
"He said Plumber's don't come around here anymore. We'll worry about it if he ever comes back," Ben said.
"He took my badge," Kevin said
"Badges? We don't need no stinking badges," Ben said before Kevin grabbed him by the collar.
"You think this is funny!?" he asked him angrily.
"Kevin, let him go," Daisuke told him and Kevin threw Ben onto the hood of his car.
"Hey!" Ben shouted.
"I want to be a Plumber okay?" Kevin asked. "When I was little my mom always told me stories about my dad. How he was a Plumber and did all this cool stuff," he explained.
"I never met your dad," Gwen said.
"Me either, but I still want to be like him," Kevin said.
"So that's how you knew about the Plumbers and all the alien tech?" Daisuke asked him.
"Yeah. And it's why I wanted to help you guys in the first place," Kevin told them looking at Gwen. "Mostly," he said as he climbed into his car. "I need my badge Ben, it's all that matters," he said before he drove off. Daisuke's cell phone then beeped and she took it out.
"Hello?" she asked. "Daddy? What is it?" she asked her father. "Yeah, I'll be there in a minute," she told her Dad before hanging up and she turned into XLR8 and sped off back towards her house. Meanwhile below ground DNAliens were busy working when they heard someone approaching and they looked to see a figure wearing a metal helmet and a black outfit walk towards them, four DNAliens looked at him and spat gunk towards him but he held his hand out and fired black beams with a white outline towards the gunk destroying them and he fired at the DNAliens sending them flying, he then walked to the nearby ship and ripped the door off its hinges and three DNAliens fire energy rifles at him but he withstood the energy bolts and he sent more black beams at the DNAliens sending them flying, he then walked off and threw two more DNAliens into a door before he pushed it down and it skidded towards a chair where a Highbreed was sitting.
"Who are you? What insignificant alien speck dares to enter a command center of a Highbreed Lord?" the Highbreed asked as the figure walked up to him. "No matter, dead men don't need names," he said swatting the intruder into a wall and debris fell down but the intruder lifted a huge chunk into the air.
"Nice shot. You're just as strong as I heard," he said and the Highbreed roared at him as he threw the debris at the Highbreed knocking him down and the Highbreed threw the debris off him. "That's it. Show me your power," he said holding his hand out and a black beam hit the Highbreed and covered it making it scream. "Give me all of your strength," he said as the Highbreed collapsed.
"What do you want from me?" he asked.
"I want to make a deal," the intruder told him. Meanwhile Kevin was fixing his car when he heard someone approaching him.
"Who's out there?" he asked moving out from under his car to see Gwen.
"Me. I brought you something to drink," she said.
"No thanks," he said.
"It's not a smoothie," she told him drinking from the cup. "See? Just a plain old soda," Kevin sighed and took the drink and drank from it. "Just wanted to see how you were doing," she told Kevin.
"Fine. Look I'm not interested in talking about my dad," Kevin told her.
"Never crossed my mind. I brought you a present," Gwen said holding up a bag and she pulled out a wooden ball throwing it to Kevin who caught it.
"What's this?" he asked.
"A wooden ball. Absorb it," Gwen told him and Kevin absorbed the wood from the ball and his hand was covered in wood. "Try this one, it's a ball bearing made out of…I don't know ball bearing stuff,"
"Stainless steel," Kevin told her.
"I bought you a whole bag of them, made of different materials, that way when we fight you can change to whatever you want," Gwen said handing the bag to Kevin.
"Thanks. But it doesn't work that way, I need a lot of whatever I'm copying," he explained to her.
"Oh," Gwen said.
"And what makes you think I will keep fighting with you?" Kevin asked as Gwen held his hand.
"Because you've changed," she told him.
"Maybe, but I'm still on parole. That magister guy can put me back in the Null Void whenever he wants to," Kevin said as he and Gwen leaned in before the Highbreed smashed through the wall to the garage.
"Human scum! I will cleanse the world of your filth!" he told them.
"I sure picked a bad day to stop fighting with you guys," Kevin said absorbing the metal from his car when an energy bolt hit the Highbreed in the back making him stumble.
"That's far enough ugly," the Highbreed turned to see Derrick holding a blaster in his hand with Daisuke and Ben beside him.
"Filth. You dare attack me!?" the Highbreed shouted.
"Oh he dares," Daisuke said before she turned into Humungousaur in a flash of gold light. "And so do I!" she shouted running at the Highbreed with a roar and she tackled him sending him through the other side of the garage and she slammed him to the ground and held him down. "Don't move if you know what's good for you," she told him as Gilhil appeared.
"Didn't take you long for you kids to get into trouble did it?" he asked.
"Us!?" Humungousaur asked as she turned back into Daisuke. "He's one of the aliens attacking the earth!"
"They attacked me for no reason. They said they were Plumbers," the Highbreed said.
"That's a lie and you know it," Derrick told the Highbreed.
"Magister Motomiya. I thought you retired," Gilhil said.
"Well consider me un-retired. My daughter has done nothing but save the world from these things and their plans. It should be he attacked us for no reason," Derrick said as the Highbreed stood up.
"I don't know what's going on but you're coming in for questioning," Gilhil said.
"No one is going anywhere," everyone turned to see the intruder from before standing there. "Not until I make your powers my own," he said shooting black beams at everyone but Daisuke back flipped away and turned into XLR8 and she saw her friends, Gilhil, the Highbreed and Derrick being drained.
"You promised if I helped you…." The Highbreed said.
"I can't be trusted," the figure said.
"Don't worry guys, I'll be back!" XLR8 told them and she ran off.
"You can't run forever Daisuke, I'll have my revenge on you yet. But first thing's first," he said looking at the others who were all out cold. Soon they were all chained up and suspended in an energy field inside a familiar building to Gwen, Ben and Kevin.
"I don't understand. That was the guy who tipped me off you were all impersonating others," Gilhil said.
"And he scammed ugly into working for him," Kevin said and the Highbreed snarled at Kevin who smirked. "Hey, he got you. Admit it. Don't snarl at me," he told the Highbreed.
"I know who he is," Ben said.
"Do you really?" the figure asked him.
"You would have to be someone who knew about the Plumbers and the Highbreed. And someone with a grudge against us. Why don't you take off the dopey mask Michael," Ben said.
"Michael Morningstar? The same who tried to steal Gwen from….who stole his powers from those girls at his prep school?" Kevin asked.
"When you ruined my plan. You nearly destroyed me. But over the weeks my powers returned, stronger than ever, and so did my hunger. My old method of feeding is no longer sufficient," Michael said.
"High school girls too tough for you?" Ben asked him.
"Quite the contrary. I need more power than they can supply, Michael Morningstar no longer exists," Michael said removing his helmet to reveal he had lost most of his hair and his face looked like a zombies. "Now I am Darkstar. You did this to me, and now you will feed my hunger," he told them as he started to drain his prisoners of their power. "I will take your strength and make it my own," he said before a black and blue blur sped past and smashed into Darkstar sending him flying.
"Hey ugly, why don't you try that on someone who isn't chained up?" XLR8 asked him and Darkstar looked at her.
"I have the powers of your teammates, plus the Highbreed and the two Plumbers, how can you possibly hope to defeat me alone?" Darkstar asked her.
"Who said I was alone?" XLR8 asked as the DNAliens jumped through the windows. "They're pretty steamed about you kidnapping their boss," she told Darkstar as the DNAliens attacked Darkstar who managed to drain some of them and XLR8 turned into Heatblast and sent a fireball at the top of the energy field and everyone else dropped down and Kevin absorbed some of the metal and broke his chains while Heatblast freed Gwen and Derrick while Kevin freed Ben and Gilhil.
"Thanks kid," Gilhil said and Kevin nodded.
"What about me?" The Highbreed asked.
"Hang in there," Heatblast told him.
"Too many to absorb!" Darkstar shouted.
"And that's the beginning of the bad news," Gwen said as she sent a mana blast at him sending him flying and Heatblast turned into Echo Echo who screamed at him and Gilhil and Derick fired their blasted at him and Spidermonkey jumped above him and kicked him down to Kevin who punched Darkstar sending him flying into Ben who sent a mana blast at Darkstar sending him crashing to the ground.
"Nighty night!" Four Arms shouted as she jumped up and stomped onto Darkstar creating a crater.
"Ow," he managed to say before passing out as the DNAliens freed the Highbreed and fled.
"They're getting away!" Kevin shouted.
"Let them go," Four Arms said as she picked up Darkstar. "What should we do with this jerk?" she asked. A few minutes later everyone was outside the building with Darkstar inside an energy field and with energy cuffs.
"Will that hold him?" Kevin asked.
"It's level six technology son. He's going nowhere but the Null Void," Gilhil answered.
"What about us?" Daisuke asked him.
"I've been giving that some thought. You guys made a difference today," he answered.
"And?" Ben asked him.
"Maybe I don't need to reassign good men to this quadrant. Maybe their already here," he said.
"What's that mean?" Kevin asked.
"You've been drafted. Here's your badge back," Gilhil told him handing Kevin's badge back, and here's one for you two as well," he said handing a badge to Ben and Gwen and Daisuke smiled at him. "Don't push it kid. You've already got the Omnitrix," he told her. "As of now. You're the only law in the quadrant, do a good job." He told them before he and Darkstar teleported away and Kevin walked off.
"Where you going?" Daisuke asked him.
"I gotta tell my mom," he answered and Daisuke smiled and nodded at him.
"And I gotta tell mom about me being a Plumber too," Daisuke said.
"Oh great, your mother is gonna kill me," Derrick said making Daisuke laugh.
The end of the chapter
Read and review