Disclaimer: I own no characters except for my OCs Bman Allstaria, Domino, R.O.T.O.M., Darkball, and Anti-Timmy.
Location: Bellwood
Normal POV
In a poof, Ben and the group appeared in the dark alleyways of Bellwood. It looked as if it were night out, but the sky didn't look right. The dark sky didn't look natural. Dexter noticed this and motioned to the others. "This doesn't look like normal darkness to me." He said.
"What time is it anyway?" Asked Panty.
Ben looked at his Ultimatrix to check, but then sweat dropped after staring at the face. "I forgot it doesn't tell time…" He admitted.
The others face palmed, with Stocking uttering a 'dumbass' under her breath.
Geno and Domino stepped forward as they looked to the sky.
"I sense something dark in the sky. This isn't natural." Geno observed.
Domino sniffed the air. "It's Bman. I'm sure of it." He said.
Stocking pulled out her cell phone and checked the time. "Shit! It fucking 10 in the morning!" She exclaimed.
Timmy gulped. "That can't be good." He muttered.
Blossom came to the front of the group. "C'mon guys! We need to start looking for Bman right away." She reminded.
"She's right. The sooner we find 'em, the sooner we save him." Said Buttercup as she joined her sister up front. "So let's stop speculating and shit, and start searching!" She commanded. She then turned on her heel and flew up to the skies.
Blossom turned to Bubbles, unsure if she should leave Bubbles behind. She was taking it the hardest out of everyone, and was the most innocent. She was worried if she was really prepared for what was to come…
Bubbles caught the look of her sister. "I'll be fine Blossom." She insisted. Blossom's look didn't change until Timmy put a hand on the blue puff's shoulder.
"I'll take care of her Blossom. Don't worry." He promised. Blossom nodded and took off after Buttercup. Bubbles looked at the fairy teen, dumbfounded.
"Timmy…you-"
"Don't worry about it." He interrupted. "I'm there for ya if you need someone." He said. Bubbles blushed slightly and went with Timmy to explore on foot.
The angels left on their own a while ago, but Domino didn't care. Geno offered to keep an eye on them while looking for Bman.
Ben nodded. "Just be careful."
"Rodger that."
That left Ben, Dom, and Dex to go on their own. They searched several warehouses up and down the Bellwood pier. After what seemed like forever, the three paused. Domino laid on the ground, tired from all the rushing.
"Damn it all." He complained. "If only Bman didn't distort his scent, otherwise we'd find him already."
"I just hope nothing bad has happened…" Said Dexter. Ben said nothing as he just stared out into the sea. Trying to calm his nerves was important to do. He wasn't sure if he would kill Bman if it came to it. He wasn't tough like Kevin, and doesn't kill either.
Ben sighed. He wished that none of this had happened…that he never got B-Mayhem!, even if it saved their lives from Ultimate Kevin.
Suddenly, there was a moaning coming from down the path. Dexter and Domino gasped. "OH MY GOD…BEN?" They cried.
Ben turned to see half of another Ben. This Ben's legs were torn off, wearing a black suit with metal armor on the chest and arms. He left a trail of blood behind him as he crawled, his black eye gazing mistily in front of him.
"No…no, stop…mercy…" He babbled. Dexter looked him over while Dom looked at the real Ben.
"Who is that?"
Ben's face looked worried and angry. "That…is a Ben from another timeline, manipulated by a rogue Ben named Eon. Eon controls time, and he…" Ben paused. Dexter was trying to do what he could to stop the bleeding, but he knew it wouldn't work.
"He almost killed me…"Admitted Ben.
"He aged my aliens so much that he killed their DNA." Domino was shocked at the revelation, while Dexter stood up. "He's gone…" He started, "But at least we know where to go next." He pointed to where the trail of blood the other Ben began, snaked around a distant warehouse. Hesitant, the trio went over to investigate.
They found several more bodies of other Bens, some with a metal helmet with a purple visor. Their outfit had more metal on their waist and legs as well. Other then the dead bodies, there were Blossom and Buttercup, currently fighting off some living minions, with some difficulty. The minions were fighting with surprising agility and strength, even equipped with red beam swords.
Dexter pulled out a long wrench and Domino crouched down growling.
"Hang on girls!" Cried Dexter. He and Dom ran after the two puffs, but Ben stayed back. He was too busy thinking about Eon. His servants were here, no doubt about it, but where was Eon? Did he find Bman before they did? And what was he doing back in Bellwood? Ben had already destroyed the Hands of Armageddon that allowed Eon to enter this world a long time ago, so how did he get back?
Ben looked at the battle, seeing Dexter clash his wrench with a Servant's red sword, while Buttercup threw Domino at a few more as a projectile, the puppy bouncing back to her like a racket ball. Blossom froze some Servants with her ice breath before sending them flying with a punch. But on the roof, Ben saw a figure in a similar suit to the Servants. It had a purple cape and metal armor on the upper body, with braces on the arms and legs. It had a black helmet on with a purple visor.
It was Eon.
He held out a hand at Blossom, but no one else noticed. The hand glowed purple, which Ben knew was his time ray attack. He got hit with that as some of his aliens last time, and they were turned to dust!
Ben didn't think anymore as he sprinted to the pink Puff. His Ultimatrix was activated, as he hastily tried to select the one alien that could survive against that attack. But with over 50 aliens on his playlist, he only hoped he got who he wanted…
"BLOSSOM!" He yelled out. He dived at the confused pink puff, slamming the Ultimatrix down right as Eon fired.
It was a direct hit as the beam made the area explode. The others stopped fighting, shocked at the sudden attack.
"BLOSSOM!" Cried Dexter and Buttercup.
"BEN!" Cried Domino as he ran closer. Dexter smashed a servant's head with his wrench, knocking it out. Buttercup punched one through a warehouse wall in her rage.
Tense silence followed.
As the smoke cleared, Blossom opened her eyes to see her surrounded by a green temporal field. With her was large automaton with copper skin with black stripes on it. There was a transparent piece of green glass on it's chest, showing green gears inside. It looked like something of Mayan origin, despite being an alien, based on the protrusion on it's head. It was rotating quickly and glowing green. It spoke out with a German accent.
"Clockwork!"
The other three gave a sigh of relief. "Ben…" said Blossom.
Clockwork turned to her. "I'm honestly as surprised as you are. I knew Clockwork could control time, but I didn't know he could defend against it." He chuckled. He looked up angrily at Eon as the temporal field began to weaken, for his protrusion spun slower until it stopped all together, as with the field. "Now Eon, it's time to meet your end."
Eon growled as he fired another purple time ray, but Clockwork countered with his own green time ray. The rays clashed, evenly at first, but Clockwork's overpowered Eon's. Eon was blasted full on, smoke exploding from the impact.
When the smoke cleared, Eon was gone! Well from his position anyway. He reappeared down on the ground with the other heroes, flanked by two of his servants. Now closer, they could see a light purple spot for his nose and eyes from inside his visor.
"Well…Ben, we meet again." He said casually.
"How did you get back here Eon?" Questioned Clockwork.
Eon stretched out his arms, looking to the sky. "The very time-space continuum is falling apart at the seams. It won't be long before the Multiverse will be overrun with my servants." He bragged. Dexter went to check on Blossom while Buttercup and Domino stood with Ben.
"Are you OK?" Asked the genius, helping her to her feet.
Blossom nodded. "Yeah. Thanks Dexter." He gave a small smile.
"You're welcome." Blossom felt her face get warm, but she didn't know why.
"Especially with your so called 'hero' helping me." Added Eon.
Domino's fur bristled up. "What did you do to him?" He demanded.
Eon chuckled. "That weapon of a boy is currently in my strongest temporal containment unit. He's quite the rascal, having broke out of my first trap. Killing off my servants like flies…" He trailed off.
"You would use your own servants as fodder like that?" Cried Dexter in alarm.
Buttercup sweat dropped. "Well, he's evil. Go figure…"
Eon snapped his fingers, creating temporal rips that summoned an army of his servants behind the heroes. Buttercup yelled and threw up her hands in aggravation.
"Fuck! Not more of these assholes." Dexter and Blossom took a stance, as Clockwork's hands glowed green. Buttercup cracked her knuckles with a scowl on her face. "Time for a first class ass kicking!" She declared.
Right as the group was about to charge in and fight…
Domino screamed.
The scream made the heroes jump and stop in their tracks. Dexter actually tripped and fell on his face. Blossom slipped as well, but she just floated in the air. Buttercup stomped down due to surprise, getting her foot stuck in the concrete. Clockwork's green energy dissipated as he looked at the pup.
"D-Domino?"
Domino was shaking with the tail between his legs, a look of fear on his tiny face. His red coat seemed to have paled in color, his eyes misty.
"What's wrong?" Asked a worried Blossom.
Domino tried to organize this thoughts, but failed miserably. After a pause, he gulped and finally spoke.
"He's here…"
In that moment, a distortedly warped cry broke through the air. At that moment, the sky seemed to warp with it, and sent a chill up the spines of the group.
Then in a flash of blue light, there was a massive explosion within the army of servants, scattering their bodies like confetti. Almost impossible to see, the blur went from minion to minion, killing them gradually.
Eon scowled and took a step back. "H-He broke out again?" He said, actually worried. He thought he had him under control before. Perhaps he should have looked farther into the timeline to see how it would play out before interfering… "I should take my leave." He announced to his two servants guarding him. He only ran a couple of feet before a giant fireball blasted the trio.
They were only blown back from the blow, their armor taking most of the damage. Eon put up a temporal shield at the last second. As the smoke cleared, a four legged creature rushed in and charged at one of the guards with his horns. A pinkish energy ball exploded on the other servant, taking him down next.
The smoke from the fireball still obscured his vision, so he was clueless as to what this was. Was it him?
His answer soon came when a small tornado blew him off his feet and cleared the smoke away. His shield gave out, some kind of energy draining its power. He landed hard on his back and looked up at the attackers.
Gwen used her Mana powers to constrict Eon, lifting him off the air as she and Spyro glared him down. "Where. Is. BMAN?" She demanded, her voice slightly warped herself. It was her heritage as ¼ of an Anodite showing through.
Eon took a second of pause, then laughed. He jerked his head behind him. "See for yourself."
Back with the others, Ben and the others watched in disbelief as the flaming blur tore through the ranks of Eon's servants. Domino was still shaking slightly, but his color had returned.
Dexter shook his head in confusion. "How is that Bman?" He questioned.
"I don't care how, but at least he's fighting the bad guys." Pointed out Blossom.
Buttercup smirked slightly. "Yeah, the idiot probably just learned a new power or something and got over the Mayhem thing…" She suggested, but she didn't sound all that convinced.
Ben gazed down at Domino, knowing that he smelt something dark within the hero. As the flaming teen finally finished off of the servants, the blue flame suddenly disappeared.
And the pained cry and sound of Eon slamming against a wall was heard. The group turned in surprise to see Eon struggling to stand as Bman glared at him in evil insanity.
They couldn't believe how much Bman has changed in his mayhem. Domino felt sick to see his master like this. Blossom felt tears in her eyes, as did Buttercup. Dexter shut his eyes and turned away. Ben just stared at the monster he had become…
Bman was currently on all fours like an animal, his bloody mangy raccoon tail wagging in anticipation. There were still the three rusty drills sticking out of his tail, but now the tail and drills glowed an electric red. They were storing Bman's Lightning Surge inside, with some sparks of electricity letting loose with the specks of blood.
From Bman's waist down was some of his Knight's Armor, but it was more evil-looking. It had Bman's sleeve designs on the legs, glowing blue instead of pink to represent his Sonic Rave. It still looked like the normal Forever Knight armor, but was slightly darker then normal.
Bman's arms looked like gauntlets from his armor, but coupled with claws styled after his drill. Like the drills on his tail, the metal was rusted and tarnished, jagged pieces making them more dangerous. Like his legs, they were dedicated with more designs glowing pink.
Bman's chest was glowing pink with the shirt designs, but was mostly unchanged from when they last saw him. Except for the various gears and springs sticking out of his chest and back. The gears themselves were black and spiky, also designed with the glowing pink designs.
His skin though was like a corpse, pale and cold to the touch. His breath was visible as he breathed, much like Big Chill. His eyes were still a glaring red and leaking clunky, faded stars. His grin was disproportionately large, almost reaching ear to ear if he really smiled. And finally, his eyebrows and hair were enveloped in searing blue flames. There was splotches of blood on various parts of him.
After the shock of the Bman ended, they took note of a damaged Spyro lying off to the side, apparently thrown just like Eon. But where was Gwen? Ben was worried for his cousin…
But before he could think anymore on it, Eon got to his feet laughing, part of his helmet cracked.
"Hahahahahahaha! You're stronger then I thought!" He complimented. "But not my problem. I know enough of this timeline to tell where this is going." He activated his time traveling powers, but right before he warped away, he turned to Ben and the others.
"So is the dawn…of Bmaniac Arcania."