Stan 10

by Luke Starkiller

What if Ben had a best friend who was with him on that summer road trip? How would the series change due to the presence of one new character? Meet Stan Hopkins, a shy and nerdy young boy who will ultimately discover the Omnitrix and become one of the greatest heroes in the universe. Rated T for Teen. (Merry Christmas is now being written.)

21. Chapter 21: Tough Luck

Disclaimer: This is a non-profit fan fiction made, by me. Ben 10 is copyrighted to Man of Action and Cartoon Network, Stan Hopkins is a character made by me. All rights reserved for all owners and companies.

Author's note: Well, yet another chapter of Stan 10 is here.

This chapter sees the return of Lucky Girl along with the appearance of a massive surprise that I've planned out for this chapter.

Don't worry, the chapter won't get bloated with the amount of stuff in it and will stay true to the source material.

Anyway, time to read the chapter and remember to Read, Review and Favourite. ;)

Italics: Thinking.

Previously on Stan 10: Having moved on from Camp Opinicon, the group had proceeded to the desert state of Texas.

Whilst the Rust Bucket was parked up, an alarm blared off inside the RV alerting the group to the next major adventure.

The search for the Ancient Mayan mask of Ah Puch and the Sword of Ek Chauj.

However, during the mission, Max became very cold and brooding as he was determined to find the mask at all costs seeing the kids as second nature.

The Forever Knights were also searching for the Sword of Ek Chauj as the two groups came into conflict.

Ultimately, Stan confessed how he truly viewed Max.

As the Great Uncle, he never had.

Following this revelation, The Sword of Ek Chauj and the Mask of Ah Puch were destroyed as the group went back to the US.

However, yet another old threat will soon return with a new one as Gwen must once again take up the mantle of being Lucky Girl...

Chapter 21: 'Tough Luck.'

It was a long and boring day at the Orleans Parish Prison where the sorcerer known as Hex was currently incarcerated following his rampage in New Orleans a few weeks ago.

However, things would soon prove chaotic in that Prison.

BLAM! WHOOSH! THUD!

A security guard was sent flying against a cell door before he smacked out onto the ground and was knocked out as various dark purple explosions covered the hallway of the prison.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BOOM! CRASH! THUNK! SLAM!

Various security guards were sent flying from the explosions as chaos engulfed the prison with prisoners attempting to escape in the chaos.

"Mayday! Mayday! We are under attack from an unknown assailant! We're also dealing with rioting inmates in Sector C, we need backup..." A nearby radio droned on.

Walking past the beaten security guards was the unknown assailant who smirked confidently.

A female sorcerer who was known as Charmcaster.

Charmcaster had a light but pale skin tone with her grey hair being donned in a long and slender ponytail with two bangs near the front of her head.

Oddly enough, she also had bright pink/purplish eyes with her grey hair making her stand out with her lips covered in pink lipstick as well and few ear piercings on her left ear being present too.

Her clothing consisted of a long magenta coat which had a purple heart engraved in the fabric along with purple stripes near the end of the clothes. She also wore a pair of long purple belts with black stripes around them with a purple band used to hold her ponytail.

Also, she carried a bag around her waist with a leather belt which was her Magical Charm Bag which had an odd human-like face on with a zipper forming a mouth.

Charmcaster was a teenager around fifteen years of age believe it or not.

Despite this, she is a very formidable adversary having been trained on how to use magic with her Magical Charm Bag being used to summon many magical weapons from it.

Walking forward into the prison complex, Charmcaster then opened her Magical Charm Bag and took out a sparking ball of pink energy.

"Freeze! You're under... ARGH!" A prison guard shouted to Charmcaster as she casually tossed the orb onto the floor.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BOOM! SLAM!

The pink orb exploded as more security guards were sent flying through the air and knocked onto the floor.

Determined to prevent Charmcaster from breaching the prison further, a security guard moved a nearby industrial door he was behind.

"Come on... that should keep the bitch out..." The security guard muttered under his breath as he sealed the door shut with the lock on it.

Creak... Thunk!

Then the door began expanding with several holes as Charmcaster blasted the door open with her magic.

BZZZT! BLAM! WHOOSH! THUD! CRACK!

Purple smoke blasted from the door as the security guard tumbled onto the floor on his back as blood leaked out from his bleeding nose whilst Charmcaster walked down the hallway.

At the end of the decaying hallway was a locked up cell door that had a padded cell lock on it.

Moving closer to the door, Charmcaster spotted that the door had a tag stuck to it that stated, 'Prisoner 0986.' 'Hex.'

Peering inside the open hatch on the door, Charmcaster smirked and stepped back from the door as she opened her Magical Charm Bag again.

Taking out some pink dust from her Magical Charm Bag, she threw the dust on the door and stepped back.

"Fallum Quarca Damingian!" Charmcaster shouted out the incarnation in a light fair voice as she placed her hands together on the door.

BZZZT! BLAM! WHOOSH! THUD! SLAM!

The cell door exploded in a flash of purple light as it slammed onto the cell floor as Charmcaster walked into the cell which was covered in various newspaper reports.

"Charmcaster. I've been waiting." The familiar voice of Hex informed Charmcaster in the cell.

Placing her hands on her hips, Charmcaster then boasted, "Hm, major jailbreaks aren't exactly easy to pull off, you know."

Unimpressed, Hex then coldly informed Charmcaster, "You will show me respect, my dear niece. Or you will suffer the consequences."

Hex's eyes then flashed to bright yellow colour as his irises briefly vanished whilst Charmcaster calmly bowed her head and said, "Yes, uncle."

Will his power slowly recovering, Hex then ordered Charmcaster, "My staff."

Nodding, Charmcaster then opened her Magical Charm Bag and pulled out Hex's staff using hyperspace inventory.

"The magic must have drained out of it. It doesn't work. But I swear, it's not my fault." Charmcaster then nervously informed Hex.

WHOOSH! THUNK!

Hex's staff then flew out of Charmcaster's hands and into Hex's grip as the rogue sorcerer muttered, "Its powers can be brought to life only in the hands of a master magician like myself."

"I've also reacquired the Archamada Book of Spells for the ritual." Charmcaster then informed Hex who nodded back in response.

"He's broken out! Open fire!" A security guard shouted out as he ran into the cell door with his colleague and aimed their Glock pistols at Hex.

Not having any of that, Hex then aimed his staff at the guards and fired a yellow beam of magical energy from it.

The yellow beam then surged towards Charmcaster before it reverted sidewards and slammed into both security guards on either side of Charmcaster.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! WHAM!

With the security guards subdued, Hex then informed Charmcaster, "Now to find the Keystone. The moment of alignment is nearly upon us."

Hex then aimed his staff towards the cell wall and fired an explosive magic blast from his staff that destroyed the wall.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! KA-BOOM!

Rubble and debris covered the cell as the wind howled outside in the open air of New Orleans as the two sorcerers moved onto the busted cell door.

"Once I have completed the ritual and gained its powers, I shall take my revenge on the one responsible for imprisoning me in this festering sewer!" Hex ranted out as he aimed his staff at the cell door.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The cell door then floated off from the ground as an injured security guard ran up to the hole and watched as the two sorcerers flew off in the distance.

Unbeknownst to him, on the nearby cell wall was a newspaper article about Lucky Girl with red paint underneath the article saying, 'Revenge'.

Meanwhile back in the U.S. state of Nevada...

In a mountainous valley, on a back road. All was quiet.

Except for a retirement complex bus that was tilting over the edge of the road near a smashed-up fence.

Inside the bus, various elderly individuals were panicking as they attempted to escape the bus.

Creak... Rumble... THUD!

The bus then shook significantly on the backside as the elderly passengers spotted a familiar red Tetramand wearing a brown jumpsuit with the Omnitrix symbol on his shoulder.

"Urgh..." Four Arms grunted out as the Tetramand used all his strength and dragged the bus onto the roadside before he placed it down.

"Man, I've been using Four Arms a lot recently, I should try to balance the transformation roster." Four Arms briefly mused in his head as he looked in the back window of the bus.

Placing his hands on the back window, Four Arms then ripped the back of the bus off.

Creak... WHAM! THUNK!

Staring back at the elderly citizens, Four Arms then gestured his arms to the passengers and casually said, "It's okay everyone. Everything's alright now."

The elderly citizens then walked to the bus as an elderly man then asked Four Arms, "So, you're not gonna help us off, Mr strong guy?"

"Of course I am, why would I not?" Four Arms replied as an elderly woman then stated, "Oh, be a dear and carry me, would you? My bunions are killing me."

"Your bunions, my butt!" Another elderly woman complained before she ranted out, "My new hip is killing me! I'm first!"

Rolling his yellow eyes, Four Arms then informed the crowd, "Everyone please calm down, You're all getting out. I promise."

The heroic Tetramand then began assisting the elderly civilians out of the bus one at a time with his large arms.

Back in the Rust Bucket at the same time...

In the front seat of the RV, Max looked out the window and watched as Four Arms assisted the elderly civilians out of the retirement bus.

With Ben, he was lying on the bed at the back of the RV reading an Aquaman comic book he had borrowed from Stan with great interest.

As for Gwen?

She was feeling a bit disappointed and bored.

Sitting down on the side booth with her laptop on the table, Gwen was browsing the internet via Google as she observed magical artefacts and locations.

Ever since the Hex incident in New Orleans, Gwen had become somewhat fascinated by the idea of magic existing even though she mainly was interested in science.

Plus she enjoyed being Lucky Girl for that brief period of time even though the relationship she had with Stan became somewhat fractured.

Thankfully the two sorted out the issue but Gwen couldn't help but wonder one question.

What would happen if she managed to become Lucky Girl again and how it would affect Stan?

Not wanting to know the answer, Gwen observed some of the pages she was looking at.

First was an article about the rumours and urban legends surrounding Stonehenge. The site was rumoured to be part of an event known as the Convergence which occurred every five thousand years.

Briefly reading the article, Gwen then flicked the mouse and scrolled through an image of Merlin firing a magic blast at an unknown target.

Gwen then flicked through some more images that included a magic bracelet and charm, an image of a witch flying on a broomstick and several other magical artefacts that were widely discussed as urban legends online.

No longer looking at her laptop, Gwen then looked at her Lucky Girl mask before she sadly whispered, "Lucky Girl. I wish you were just more than another Halloween costume."

The telltale signs of the Omnitrix beeping out was then heard as a bright red flash occurred outside the Rust Bucket.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! FLASH!

The red light then faded as somewhat dizzy Stan climbed into the Rust Bucket having opened the side door before he closed it.

Creak... Thud!

*Yawn* "Why is it that every time I turn Four Arms, I feel tired and dizzy? Sheesh, this hero work can be exhausting." Stan remarked as he moved to the front of the RV.

Ben then spotted Stan and moved off the bed and walked to the middle of the RV as Max then informed Stan, "You should be proud of yourself Stan, those folks would have been in a real pickle without you."

Ben then suggested to the group, "When was the last chance we had a regular summer day to kick back where I could do nothing?"

Agreeing with Ben and Max, Stan then explained his opinion, "I know Max, but still I get the feeling that I'm a bit pressured sometimes. A regular summer day would be nice. Plus I could relax like Gwen."

Gwen then froze and glared at Stan before she complained, "You should appreciate what you have Stan. I only got to be Lucky Girl for a few hours."

Being reminded of the painful memory of Gwen calling him a dork, Stan bluntly reminded Gwen, "Gwen. We don't talk about that. With all the bragging you did and the time you called me a dork..."

WHACK!

Gwen then threw a pillow into Stan's face as she huffed angrily in response.

Not impressed, Stan pulled the pillow off from his face and glared at Gwen before he calmly explained, "Tch. Unbelievable, even though I gave you the chance not to destroy the Charms of Bezel, you got rid of them anyway. So you're acting a bit hypocritical."

With tension steadily flaring back in the Rust Bucket, Max then calmly shouted out, "Okay, that's enough the pair of you! Now please settle this argument in your own time."

Sighing, Gwen then stopped arguing as Stan also remained quiet before Ben then asked Stan, "So who was on the bus?"

"Oh, it was a bunch of old grannies who were going to some kind of stupid magic convention in Las Vegas. As if." Stan remarked back to Ben.

Parking up upon hearing the magic word, Gwen then asked the others, "Magic convention?"

An idea forming in his head, Max grinned as he knew how to make the relationship that Stan and Gwen had even better.

"Hmm... What do you say we pay a visit to Las Vegas and check out this Magic convention?" Max suggested to the kids.

"Oh yes please Grandpa!" Gwen then shouted out to Max as she begged to go to the convention.

Not sure what to make, Ben then shrugged and stated, "Yeah, Why not? It could be fun."

Feeling somewhat reluctant to go having a bad amount of experience with magic, Stan then groaned out, "Urgh... Fine."

"Good, strap yourselves in and will be off." Max then informed the kids.

Meanwhile in another part of the Nevadan desert...

In the middle of nowhere Hex and Charmcaster were in the thick Nevadan desert as a large campfire raged with the thick smoke heading into the sky.

Approaching the fire, Hex then chanted out the incarnation, "Dakara Dorokey Aghosto!"

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The flames grew significantly bigger as a red Charm of Bezel appeared in the fire.

"Keystone of Bezel, reveal your secrets to me!" A grinning Hex declared as the flames morphed again.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The flames morphed into a hexagon which was an old map where a glowing red dot blipped on the map revealing the location of the Keystone to be in Las Vegas.

Feeling nervous with her goal of rescuing Hex complete, Charmcaster then explained, "Okay, well nice seeing you again uncle. I'm out of here."

Turning around Charmcaster walked away from Hex before he fired a yellow bolt of energy from his staff.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

Shocked, Charmcaster turned around and watched as Hex glared at her with his bold yellow eyes sparkling with magical energy as his staff sparked with yellow bolts of magical energy.

"You may leave my service only when I say so!" Hex angrily shouted out to his niece.

Seeing no choice, Charmcaster reluctantly agreed and said to Hex, "Yes, uncle."

Hex grinned darkly in response as he began his plans to acquire the Keystone of Bezel so that he could get revenge on Lucky Girl.

Several hours later in the bustling city of Las Vegas...

The Rust Bucket was parked outside the Magic Lamp hotel where the magician's convention was taking place.

Near the parked RV was a large billboard sign that stated 'Magician's convention, July 6, July 7, July 8, Attendees welcome!"

Inside the hotel, the group walked forward and looked around with intrigue.

Various stands had been set up with different individuals showcasing the practical and goofy aspect of magic.

Looking around the stands, Stan noticed that it was mostly cheap gags and in his opinion thankfully was not the real deal.

"I'm not a big fan of magic since I don't understand the concept. It's hard to think about." Stan thought in his head as he looked around the various exhibits which included magic acts with card tricks and other games with a colourful banner connected to the roof of the building stated, 'Magician of the Year Expo.'

There was even a dedicated LARP section of the convention where some fantasy cosplayers were playing a card game of Magic the Gathering.

No longer thinking, Stan then shook his head briefly before he spotted Gwen who looked disappointed as she complained, "Magician of the Year Expo? It's just a bunch of cheap junk and gross-out tricks! I thought it was going to be 'Magic' magic. Not cheesy magic."

Trying to be honest with Gwen about magic, Stan then pointed out and tried to deny that magic was real, "Well just because we've encountered the magic phenomena with Hex before doesn't mean it's going to be real on a large scale by people like me."

In response, Gwen crossed her arms as Ben then said to Stan, "Hey, I agree with you about this whole magic thing being odd, but I think it's real. Anyway, check this out."

Ben then walked over to a cheap gags vendor and began interacting with the props.

"Hey, look, fake bugs in ice cubes, fake barf, fake dog poo!" Ben happily called out to the group.

"Yeah, we get it, Ben. Still as long we're here. We might as well take a look around." Max suggested to the kids.

Gwen nodded still feeling disappointed as Stan shrugged to Max.

A few mins later...

The group had split up and gone into different directions inside the hotel.

Ben was lurking around the gags and jokes section of the convention.

Max was observing the displays of artefacts and knick-knacks.

Stan was carefully walking around the convention feeling slightly bored.

As for Gwen?

She was looking around at booth referred to as 'Magic Jewels.'

Intrigued, Gwen moved over to the booth and saw a variety of different jewels as Gwen asked the store owner, "I don't suppose you have any real magic artefacts?"

The female store owner stopped reading her book and replied at Gwen with a slight German accent, "What you see is what you get honey."

Feeling even more disappointed, Gwen's green eyes carefully scanned the jewellery before she spotted something rather intriguing.

The object in question was a medium-sized bracelet that had yellow streaks on the outside of the bracelet with patterns of blue streaking across like lines.

In the centre of the bracelet was a red and black keystone that some lined streaks running across it.

Leaning down, Gwen grabbed hold of the bracelet and stared at the red keystone in the middle before she slid it on her right arm.

Grinning confidently, Gwen informed the store owner, "I'll take it."

"It's free kid." The store owner replied to Gwen.

"Thanks!" Gwen thanked the store owner before the others then walked up to her.

"Gwen, you find something you like?" Max asked Gwen as Ben and Stan watched on.

Smiling, Gwen then explained, "Yeah, it kind of reminds me of..."

WHOOSH! CRASH!

"ARGHHH!" People screamed from outside as Stan worriedly said, "Oh, that does not sound good. Come on!"

The group of four then ran outside the hotel and saw a large crowd gathered nearby.

In the sky above Las Vegas was a helicopter that was out of control as the pilot struggled to get the vehicle working.

Smoke poured out from its engine whilst a stuntman wearing a straight jacket was trapped underneath via a rope upside down.

Feeling dizzy and sick, the stuntman shouted out, "Someone please help me for the love of god! I don't know how much longer I can hold on like this!"

"I don't think that's part of the act!" Ben remarked in horror as Max pointed out, "Stunts like that are always risky in the first place."

Knowing what had to be done, Stan stated, "I know, I know. It's time I got to work."

Looking around, Stan quickly ran off from the Tennyson trio and crept into a nearby back alley which was deserted.

WHOOSH! ZIP!

The out of control helicopter soared through the air as the aerial vehicle then sliced through some electrical cables.

SNAP! CRASH! WHACK!

Several nearby buildings ended up losing power as the electrical cables sparked onto the nearby roadside where thankfully no one was present.

The rope that the stuntman was trapped on then sparked and ignited as the rope began to fail as things got worse.

However, Stinkfly then arrived.

WHOOSH! ZIP! THUNK!

The Lepidopterran then clung onto the bottom of the failing helicopter and tried to stabilize the vehicle with his strength.

"Everything's under control!" Stinkfly shouted trying to calm the worried people down.

SNAP! CRACK!

The tail fin of the helicopter then snapped and plunged to the ground as Stinkfly then remarked, "Me and my big mouth!"

The helicopter tail fin quickly plunged towards the large crowd as Gwen spotted the oncoming projectile which was about to hit Max.

"Grandpa, look out!" Ben shouted out to Max as Gwen quickly sprinted into action.

BZZZT!

The charm on Gwen's bracelet then began glowing yellow as Gwen then surprisingly jumped and front flipped over two cars as her stamina and strength improved.

Gwen then jumped near Max and shoved him out of the way of the tail fin as it sliced into the ground and destroyed a parked taxi.

WHOOSH! THUD! SLICE! BLAM!

Confused, Max looked at Gwen and asked her, "Gwen? How'd you do that?"

Gwen briefly looked at her right wrist and watched as the Keystone stopped glowing yellow before she confidently remarked, "Just lucky I guess."

Gwen then ran off away from Max as Ben sprinted over to him.

WHOOSH! ZIP!

Back with Stinkfly, the Lepidopterran looked around and gained an idea thinking, "Eureka! I'll use my Stinkfly spit to stick the helicopter to the apartment buildings!"

Opening his mouth, Stinkfly then fired out a massive amount of green goo from his mouth.

SPIT! WHOOSH! SPLAT!

With goop stuck on one building, Stinkfly then turned his head and fired out some green goop from his eyestalks.

SPLAT! WHOOSH! SPLOT!

More green glop and goop splattered onto the buildings as the helicopter came screeching to a halt stuck in the goop.

WHOOSH! CREAK... SNAP!

With the helicopter now trapped, Stinkfly quickly began trying to free the stuntman with his hands.

The stuntman saw Stinkfly trying to reach him with his hand as the Lepidopterran called out, "Hold on just a few seconds longer!"

SNAP! CRACK!

The burning fire then burnt through the rope as the stuntman plunged to the ground screaming, "ARGH!"

Panicking, Stinkfly leapt off the helicopter and divebombed down to the stuntman and shouted out, "Almost there... Come on!"

On the ground, however, a familiar heroine sprang into action.

Lucky Girl was back!

Jumping off a parked car with the Keystone of Bezel glowing brightly, Lucky Girl front flipped onto a nearby bus and sprinted across the roof before she jumped in the air.

Lucky Girl then grabbed hold of the stuntman and landed gracefully on a shop cover before she bounced off and landed on the ground.

WHOOSH! GRAB! BOING!

Shocked, Stinkfly then flew to the ground and landed near Lucky Girl.

WHOOSH! ZIP! THUD!

"Lucky Girl?! How did you..." Stinkfly muttered as the crowd began cheering for the two.

Within the crowd, some people recognised Lucky Girl from the news reports as one person whispered, "Is that Lucky Girl from the news reports?"

"It is! It's so exciting isn't it?!" An excited fan of Lucky Girl murmured from the crowd as some else remarked, "What is going with today's society?"

Back with Stinkfly and Lucky Girl, the heroine informed Stinkfly, "Don't even start with me on cramping up your superhero style."

"We need to talk about this back in the Rust Bucket, but thanks for the help. How'd you even get your Lucky Girl powers back?" Stinkfly then informed Gwen.

Lucky Girl merely smirked at Stinkfly in response.

Half an hour later back in the Rust Bucket...

The group was gathered near the table and the seated booth as Gwen was sat down with her laptop researching the bracelet whilst a now Human Stan was looking at Lucky Girl's mask.

Using her laptop, Gwen had managed to find an image of the Keystone of Bezel's charm as Gwen compared the two.

"It looks like it's one of the Charms of Bezel," Gwen observed the results of the comparison she made.

"But that doesn't make any sense. You destroyed all those Charms of Bezel back in that New Orleans cemetery when were fighting that Hex creeps. Although I'm not sure what happened to that spellbook. Maybe it's still there." Stan rambled on stating his opinion on the matter.

"Same here, but I thought I did," Gwen spoke remembering the flashback when she used a shovel to destroy the Charms of Bezel on a gravestone.

No longer thinking, Gwen held up the bracelet on her right arm and explained, "But this is the legendary lost Keystone. It's rumoured to increase ten times the powers in the scale of the one who possesses it."

"Well like most urban legends, this one seems to be fact. Not fiction." Max then remarked to Gwen.

"Oh man... if everything we've encountered so far is real, then who knows what else is out there," Ben spoke in shock before he ranted out, "And I still don't have some kind of cool power which sucks..."

Silence gripped the Rust Bucket before Stan looked at Gwen and pointed out, "You are so lucky."

"It's not luck. It's magic." Gwen responded to Stan before she went quiet.

Wanting to inform Gwen about how he truly felt about Lucky Girl, Stan then stated, "I just want to get this off my chest. I'm sorry."

"For what?" Gwen asked Stan in confusion as Ben and Max watched Stan explain.

"Well, I mean ever since we met the Galactic Enforcers, I was kinda exposed to working with a superhero team. Heck even before that, I've been thinking about wanting to work with other people like me. The issue was I was alone until now." Stan explained his opinion as he handed Gwen her Lucky Girl mask.

Speechless, Gwen smiled happily at Stan before she explained, "I appreciate that. I'm glad there is not any more tension between us about working together as costumed vigilantes. Thank you, Stan, for letting me fight with you."

"Hey, same here. The only we can work better is to move on from the argument we had. And don't worry, we'll make sure that no one will take the Keystone from you, Gwen." Stan declared before he moved out his right arm to shake Gwen's right hand.

Smirking, Gwen then moved her right arm out and shook Stan's right hand as The Omnitrix and The Keystone of Bezel briefly made contact with each other.

Twenty mins later back in the magic convention...

Stan and the group were with a large crowd watching a magic show back in the hotel.

Ben and Max were cheering for the magic show whilst Gwen watched on in boredom with Stan observing the magic show in curiosity.

"Hmm... I wonder who will return this time? Seems like Hex is going to be the most likely person who will come back next." Stan briefly mused in his head joking about the matter.

Walking onto the stage near the front of the crowd was an emcee who spoke to the crowd via a microphone, "And remembers, the Best Magician of the Year will be found in just a few hours during the solar eclipse. Now, please, remember today's contestant, the Amazing Alan!"

Moving away from the stage, thick smoke covered the stage as a blonde magician emerged with a crate behind him on a chair.

"There's a solar eclipse today?" Stan muttered under his breath as the group watched Alan call out, "For my first trick, I'll need a volunteer!"

"Hey, Stan, why don't you go out onto the stage?" Ben suggested to Stan who grinned back in response.

Moving past Gwen, Stan stepped onto the stage and yelled out happily, "Stan Hopkins, at your service."

Shocked, Alan jumped in the air slightly before he calmed down and watched Stan smiling at him.

"What's he up to?" Max asked the others as Ben then said, "He's about to make things a lot more fun."

On the stage, Alan carefully placed an eager Stan in the box as Alan explained to the audience, "And boy goes in. But what comes out will amaze and surprise you."

As Stan ducked his head in the box, he muttered under his breath, "They won't be the only ones."

Creak...

Alan then closed the box of the lid on Stan's head and locked it as Stan giggled inside.

Inside the cramped Box, Stan managed to look at the Omnitrix as he activated it.

Beep...

The green core slowly rose and popped up as Stan prepared to scroll through the silhouettes.

"I'm thinking Shocksquatch or maybe Heatblast," Stan muttered to himself.

ZAP! BEEP... SPARK!

The Omnitrix core then glowed as green sparks of energy started lashing out into the box which glowed.

"What the?! Not a..." Stan whispered before the Omni energy overwhelmed him in the cramped box.

Closing his deep blue eyes in pain, Stan's body and DNA template began to change as he reopened his now glowing green eyes which had no pupils in them.

FLASH!

As the Omnitrix core shrunk down into his right arm, light black fur slowly grew out from his arm and slowly moved up the rest of his body.

With the black fur growing on his Human body, Stan didn't grow in size unlike most of his alien transformations with his size reaming the same.

Stan's Human features slowly vanished as his hands morphed into black furry hands with faint brown furry stripes going across the fur with the hands having four fingers and one thumb as brown gloves formed over the hands with his black arms being exposed bare.

Next, his feet morphed with Stan's trainers vanishing to have been replaced by flat bobcat-like feet which had two small claws growing on each side.

The feet were then covered by a pair of black combat boots which had a brown striped line running across on the back of each glove similar to some of the other aliens wearing clothing Stan could turn into.

Following this, on his back, a black feline-like tail with a light black ball of fur then grew from his back and curved upwards slightly.

With his fur growth now complete, Stan's face morphed into a bobcat-like face which had a bobcat-like nose which was light brown with his mouth remaining the same but growing to the sides slightly.

In addition, two large pointy ears that had faint brown furry stripes in the fur then sprouted from his head as two deep blue eyes with large black pupils and two brown bushy eyebrows stared at the camera with his head being bare revealing black fur that was pointed upwards in a wild and unruly fashion almost like a haircut design.

Following this, an armoured jumpsuit then morphed on the alien similar to what Four Arms and Diamondhead wore as it covered the alien's body with a hole in the bottom near his trousers for his tail.

The armoured jumpsuit had bright white large stripes that were covered on the left and right side of the bodysuit whilst the middle of the jumpsuit was a thick black colour.

Both of the coloured stripes went down to his trousers and the combat boots he wore whilst his sleeves up the glove remained exposed.

The jumpsuit also had a brown belt with white stripes like Shocksquatch's and also had small black combat shin guards built into the jumpsuit on his legs which protected his legs from damage.

The Omnitrix symbol then morphed on the alien's chest beneath his face as the main transformation finished.

Observing his new body, the bobcat-like alien noticed that something was missing before a weapon fell on the ground before him.

Looking down, the alien saw a large wrench tool that was a dark black colour with brown stripes running across it with a green circle in the shape of the wrench.

The handle of the wench also had green bolts that glowed on it for brief periods of time with a large handle running near the back of the weapon.

The large wrench was known as an Omni-Wrench.

Knowing what the weapon was used for his species, the alien leaned down and grabbed hold of the wrench's handles before he swung it slightly and tossed it over his back before he stared proudly at the camera.

Stan had become a Lombax known as Gadget Cat.

(By the way, I would recommend listening to some Ratchet and Clank music if you want to.)

The green light then faded away as Stan's fourteenth alien was ready to finally unleash action and chaos upon all his foes.

FLASH!

A few seconds later back on the outside world...

Near the box, Alan the magician then shouted out, "Abra Kadabra!"

The box then began shaking as Stan transformed into Gadget Cat for the first time as the box expanded out with the green light getting stronger.

Shocked, Alan stepped back as the box finally exploded with the green light flashing away.

CRASH! WHAM!

The black-furred Lombax flew out of the box and crashed onto the wooden stage with the Omni-Wrench that had spawned near him landed near the dazed alien.

There was stunned silence in the crowd as the Tennyson trio froze in shock upon discovering that Stan had transformed into yet another new alien.

Except this one seemed rather different.

"No... It can't be..." A shocked Max whispered under his breath as Ben and Gwen stared at him in shock.

"What's the wrong Grandpa?" Gwen asked Max who replied, "I'd never thought I'd see one..."

"See what?" An annoyed Ben asked Max who informed Ben with excitement, "A Lombax... One of the rarest alien species in the universe... And they are not even native to the Milky Way Galaxy..."

Ben and Gwen then looked back at the stage as Gadget Cat slowly moved his face off the ground and groaned slightly with his voice sounding like a young teenager which faintly had a bobcat-like meow if you listened very carefully similar to Shocksquatch's electrical charge when he talked.

"Urgh... What am I this time?" The dazed Lombax complained as he observed his new humanoid cat-like form before he remarked, "Number fourteen? Figures."

Looking around, Gadget Cat then spotted his Omni-Wrench and leaned down grabbing the giant wrench as the shocked crowd watched on.

"A wrench? What good is this alien if I need a wrench?" The Lombax thought in his head as he discovered that unlike the other alien forms, this one had no specific powers in him that he knew off.

If there was anything the Lombax could do.

However, Gadget Cat then realized something.

He had transformed near a large crowd of people when he was a brand new alien that he didn't know how to use.

Blushing in embarrassment and fear, Gadget Cat slowly faced the audience and waved to them slowly with his left hand whilst his right hand clutched onto the OmniWrench.

The crowd then exploded in excitement and cheered loudly as the Tennyson trio watched on.

CRASH! SHATTER! WHOOSH!

The glass window of the ceiling in the auditorium then melted into plastic as a thick cloud of red smoke entered the building.

The red cloud of smoke floated down to the stage right where Gadget Cat and Alan where before it exploded.

BLAM! WHOOSH! THUD!

Alan was sent flying off to the side as Gadget Cat ended up spotting the explosion and incredibly managed to backflip away from it which surprised him.

Gadget Cat ended up landing on the floor of the stage as the Omni-Wrench landed on the floor nearby.

"Okay, I'm very good at athletics and I seem to have increased reactions and reflexes, that's pretty cool actually." The newly transformed Lombax muttered under his breath.

Back on the stage, the smoke vanished as Hex and Charmcaster appeared together on the stage as the crowd began screaming.

Recognising Hex, Gwen glared and shouted out, "Hex!"

As Gadget Cat grabbed the Omni-Wrench and stood up, spotting Hex, Alan moved forward and yelled at Hex, "Hey, wait your turn pal. You're ruining my act!"

"You idiot! It's not a show anymore! Get out of here!" Gadget Cat warned Alan knowing how dangerous Hex was.

Not impressed, Hex's eyes flashed pale yellow as he muttered to Alan, "I have no time for amateurs."

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

Alan ended up floating in the air as Hex used his telekinesis to hurl him towards Gadget Cat.

Spotting Alan being throw at him, the Lombax quickly glared and used his athletic skill to jump sidewards to the right.

WHOOSH! THUD!

Alan ended up narrowly missing Gadget Cat as the Lombax held his ground and gripped onto his wrench tightly.

Ignoring Gadget Cat, Hex then boomed out towards the crowd, "Give me the Keystone of Bezel!"

"Shut up Hex! The pair of you aren't getting the Keystone!" Gadget Cat angrily shouted to Hex and Charmcaster back.

Turning around, Hex noticed the Lombax and stated loudly, "Ah, the shapeshifter. If you're nearby, then Lucky Girl should be as well."

Knowing how to draw out Lucky Girl, Hex angrily shouted out to the crowd, "If it's magic you want, then it's magic you shall have!"

Aiming his glowing staff at the crowd, chaos occurred as red explosions of smoke sent the crowd scattering.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM! BOOM! CRASH!

Within the thick smoke, the Tennyson trio stuck together as Max remarked, "Hex is up to his old tricks again."

"Then we'll beat him once again!" Ben then declared loudly.

Agreeing with Ben and Max, Gwen then bravely muttered, "Looks like a job for Lucky Girl!"

Gwen then ran off as Ben and Max nodded and ran off into the crowd together whilst Hex continued shouting out, "Give me the Keystone or I will destroy you all!"

Back on the stage, Gadget Cat had enough and decided it was time to take action.

"Alright... Bring it on!" Gadget Cat shouted out as the Lombax charged towards Hex.

"Charmcaster! Deal with the shapeshifter!" Hex ordered his niece wanting to focus his revenge on Lucky Girl instead of Stan.

Seeing no choice, Charmcaster shouted out, "Yes, uncle!"

Facing the Lombax, Charmcaster opened her Magical Charm Bag and hurled some grey disks from the bag.

WHOOSH! SLICE! THUNK! WHAM!

The grey disks flew towards Gadget Cat who tried to swat the projectiles away with his Omni-Wrench before Charmcaster managed to repel him back.

As Charmcaster battled Stan, Gwen confronted Hex having changed into her Lucky Girl costume.

"You forgot to say pretty please you ancient dinosaur!" Lucky Girl mocked Hex.

Hex spotted the Keystone of Bezel on Lucky Girl's right arm and shouted out in shock, "The Keystone and Lucky Girl?! How convenient..."

WHOOSH! CRACK! GRAB!

Hex was then smacked in the back of his face by the Omni-Wrench as Gadget Cat managed to catch it as the weapon returned to him like a boomerang.

"You really shouldn't talk back when someone is about to attack you!" The Lombax shouted from behind Hex's back.

Infuriated, Hex then glared at Gadget Cat with his eyes flashing yellow as the sorcerer fired invisible eye beams at the Lombax.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

"Gah!" Gadget Cat shouted in shock as the alien flew through the air before he crashed onto an empty magic store.

CRASH! SMACK!

Rubble and debris from the store went flying everywhere as the Lombax groaned in pain before he muttered, "Urgh... I've got to find out what else I can do."

Shocked at what had happened to Stan, Lucky Girl then charged towards Hex and Charmcaster.

Turning around, Charmcaster fired more grey disks from her Magical Charm Bag that slammed into Lucky Girl and sent her tumbling onto the floor.

WHOOSH! THUNK! SLID!

Rezipping her Magical Charm Bag, Max and Ben then hurled some bowling pins at her back.

WHOOSH! CLANG! CLONG!

Unimpressed, Charmcaster quickly reopened her Magical Charm Bag and hurled a disk towards Max and Ben.

Unlike the other discs, the disk expanded and grew in size as it ended up rolling on the floor.

Rumble... WHOOSH!

"Watch out!" Max shouted out to Ben as the two ran away and scattered into separate shop booths that were empty.

CRASH! CRACK!

The giant disc then crashed into a nearby wall as Charmcaster turned around only to be kicked by Lucky Girl with a flying sidekick.

WHOOSH! SLAM! SKIDD!

Charmcaster crashed onto the wooden stage as Lucky Girl shouted out, "If you're playing around with Hex, you're no friend of mine."

Hex then saw his advantage and grabbed hold of Gwen's right arm before he muttered back, "There are two kinds of luck child. Let me show you the bad kind."

"Guess what? I'm just not lucky anymore. I can kick ass!" A smirking Lucky Girl replied at Hex.

Using her strength that the Keystone of Bezel provided to her, Lucky Girl then grabbed Hex and flipped him downwards on his back as she escaped his grip.

"Ooof!" Hex grunted in pain briefly before he glared at Lucky Girl and recovered.

"Even with your new powers, you are no match for a master magician! Now give me the Keystone!" Hex shouted out to Lucky Girl who adopted a martial arts stance in response.

"No, how about I give you this?" Gadget Cat called out to Hex.

Confused, Hex turned around and spotted Gadget Cat carrying some kind of futuristic weapon where the Omni-Wrench he was carrying had now been replaced by it.

The weapon in question was a short dark blue shotgun that had silver highlights with a glowing blue scope and a left-hand grip.

Cocking the energy weapon like a shotgun, Gadget Cat aimed the weapon at Hex and informed Hex, "See hello to the Shock Blaster."

"Your pointless technology won't work against me shapeshifter!" Hex replied in anger as Lucky Girl watched on wanting to see what Stan was up to.

A gigantic grin appeared on the heroic Lombax's face as he cocked the futuristic shotgun and clicked on the trigger.

Flick! WHIRRR... BLAST!

A massive ball of green wave-like energy erupted from the weapon that slammed into Hex as he crashed into a speaker system.

The speaker system then fell onto Hex as Gadget Cat sarcastically mocked Hex, "You were saying?"

CRASH! WHAM!

Moving over to Gadget Cat, Lucky Girl asked him, "How did you even get that weapon, to begin with?"

Facing Lucky Girl, the Lombax explained, "Unlike some of the other aliens I can turn into, this one can use a gimmick I've dubbed Quick Select."

"And what does that mean?" Lucky Girl asked in confusion as Gadget Cat stated, "I can get some kind of random weapon which replaces my Omni-Wrench for a brief period of time. I'm also smart like Grey Matter but not for everything, just technology and what these weapons are that I can use."

"That's cool, you're some kind of Gadget Cat aren't you?" Lucky Girl grinned as she crossed her arms not noticing Charmcaster recover nearby.

Smiling back in response, the Lombax said back, "Gadget Cat... That works well for this fourteenth alien I've unlocked. Thanks for the name."

Lucky Girl nodded back before she spotted Hex who was pinned underneath the speaker as she mocked him, "Finders, keepers, skull face!"

"And losers, weepers!" Charmcaster responded to the two heroes.

Lucky Girl and Gadget Cat turned around as the Lombax cocked the Shock Blaster weapon in response.

Charmcaster then unzipped her Magical Charm Bag and hurled some pink and brownstone figures near the feet of the two.

"Is that the best you've got?" Lucky Girl mockingly asked Charmcaster as the rocks then began glowing purple.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The rock figures then grew in size and morphed into large stone canine dogs which were about the size of Wildmutt.

"Then again, that's pretty good." Gadget Cat informed Charmcaster as the Lombax activated his Quick Select ability.

Green digital dots then surrounded the Shock Blaster as the Lombax gained another random weapon by thinking about it almost like he was being controlled by a controller.

WHOOSH! ZAP!

The Shock Blaster had been replaced by a futuristic pistol weapon which was a medium-sized orange blaster that a barrel used to store plasma energy with a barrel opening for the gun.

The green digital dots then faded as Gadget Cat observed the pistol before muttering in disbelief, "A Combuster? Plumber recruits would use something like this."

Shaking his head, Gadget Cat then ran forward and began firing bolts of green plasma energy towards Charmcaster as Lucky Girl began fighting the stone dogs.

WHOOSH! BLAST! BLAM! THUD!

Getting close to Charmcaster, Gadget Cat then jumped upwards and kicked the female sorcerer in her face as the Lombax then aimed the Combuster in her face.

WHOOSH! CRASH! THUNK!

"Give up! You can't beat technology vs magic!" Gadget Cat shouted at Charmcaster who yelled back, "Get off me cat breath!"

Charmcaster then used her Magical Charm Bag to summon a totem which slammed into the Lombax's gut.

WHOOSH! SLAM! WHACK!

"Urgh!" Gadget Cat muttered in pain as the Lombax skidded onto the floor as Charmcaster then took out some stone marbles from the Magical Charm Bag and hurled them at the wooden floor.

"See ya around kitty!" Charmcaster mocked Gadget Cat who looked around and noticed the Combuster weapon he had was gone just as the marbles landed near him.

The stone marbles then exploded in a flash of purple smoke destroying the wooden floor below the Lombax.

BOOM! CRASH! WHOOSH!

"ARRGHH!" Gadget Cat screamed in shock as he plunged into the basement and landed at the bottom.

At the same time, Lucky Girl grabbed hold of the stone dog and slammed them both together as the stone materials quickly disintegrated and crashed on the stage.

SLAM! WHACK! CRASH!

Shocked, Charmcaster stepped back as Ben and Max then pushed a tipped over shelf onto her back.

WHOOSH! SLAM! THUD!

Charmcaster crashed onto the stage as Hex managed to free himself from the speaks and snapped in anger.

"ENOUGH! I WON'T LOSE TO YOU AGAIN LUCKY GIRL!" Hex madly shouted out as his eyes glowed a pale yellow.

Aiming his staff at the Tennyson trio, Hex swung the weapon as a psychokinetic blast of energy was launched from it.

"Urgh!" Everyone grunted together at the same time as the trio flew out of the stage via the red curtains and the back door.

WHOOSH! SLAM!

Once outside the trio crashed into the back edge of the complex landing near the garden maze of the hotel which was near the gardens.

CRACK! SKID!

Groaning, the trio then quickly recovered as Max asked the kids, "Where's Stan?"

Then below on the ground landed more of Charmcaster's stone figures.

"Run!" Ben shouted out loudly as the stone dogs came to life.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The trio quickly fled from the large dogs as the stone animals chased after them.

Quickly the three hid behind a nearby bush as the stone dogs ran off behind another section of the maze.

Near the entrance to the maze, the familiar red cloud of smoke appeared as Hex and Charmcaster landed in the maze.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

A cloud of purple smoke blasted over the two as Hex ordered Charmcaster, "Circle, then drive them towards me like lambs to the slaughter."

"Yes, Uncle." Charmcaster nodded to Hex before she ran off into another part of the maze as Hex began searching his half of the maze.

At the same time back in the deserted hotel...

Creak... Thunk!

A gloved hand emerged from the hole as a dusty and sweaty Gadget Cat managed to climb out of the hole and back onto the stage.

"Oh good grief, that was a long climb... Wait, where is everyone else?!" The Lombax panted out before he realized everyone else was gone.

Straightening himself up, Gadget Cat once again used his Quick Selectability and reacquired his Omni-Wrench.

WHOOSH! ZAP!

Feeling confident, the Lombax then rushed to the back of the stage and muttered, "I've got to hurry before something bad happens to the others!"

Back in the maze...

The Tennyson trio had ended up splitting up as Hex and his forces searched for the three whilst Gadget Cat ran into the entrance of the maze.

As Lucky Girl sprinted down one part of the maze, she reached a dead end and rushed into another part whilst Ben ran past in the opposite direction as Max then sprinted nearby as well.

Reaching a dead end in the maze, Max turned around and gasped when he saw one of the stone dogs charging towards him.

But then Gadget Cat jumped up from above the maze and glared at the stone dog before he slammed the OmniWrench into its face.

WHOOSH! CRACK! WHAM!

The stone dog was reduced to rubble as the Lombax quoted, "Puny dog."

"Stan are you okay?" Max asked the Lombax who nodded back.

Gadget Cat then looked at Max and asked him, "Where's Ben?!"

"ARGH! HELP!" Ben screamed out nearby as he ran around the corner where four more of Charmcaster's stone dogs were chasing him.

Shocked, Gadget Cat quickly focused his mind on using his Quick Select ability as the OmniWrench vanished in a pile of green digital dots.

WHOOSH! ZAP!

Gadget Cat then ended up with a crazy new weapon, which appeared in a pile of green digital dots, the Sheepinator.

The Sheepinator was a medium-sized weapon that had three triple beams with blue energy cables connecting the main beam of the weapon with it having a seeable handle for the energy charger.

Not knowing what the weapon would do, Gadget Cat shouted out to Ben, "Get over here behind me!"

Seeing the new alien shout, Ben quickly moved behind near Max as the Lombax pressed the trigger of the futuristic gun and aimed it at the stone dogs.

WHOOSH! WHIRRR! POOF! POOF! POOF! POOF!

A green energy beam lashed out towards the stone dogs before they poofed in thick smoke as they transmorphed into sheep.

Flicking the weapon off, Gadget Cat placed the Sheepinator on the floor as the group watched the smoke clear up.

Where four vicious stone dogs once were, they had now been replaced by four small and cuddly sheep.

"BAAA!" One of the sheep called out as it hungrily crunched on some nearby leaves in the plant maze.

"Did you just turn them into sheep?" Ben muttered in shock dumbfounded by what had happened.

"I just did, Ben. I just did." Gadget Cat remarked back as the Sheepinator then vanished back into digital green dots.

The Omnitrix symbol on Gadget Cat's chest then began flashing red indicating that he would transform back to normal.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Well that was fun while it lasted, see you on the flip side guys." Gadget Cat informed Ben and Max before he transformed back to Stan in a flash of red light.

FLASH!

The Omnitrix then reverted to Human DNA as Gadget Cat's Lombax features slowly vanished as Stan morphed back to normal.

As the blinding red light faded, Stan briefly groaned before muttering, "Whoa... That was one of the most interesting alien's I've become yet."

"Darn right! That alien was awesome!" Ben spoke as he patted Stan's back enthusiastically.

"We'll talk about it later, but right now we need to find Lucky Girl," Max advised the boys as they both nodded.

In another part of the maze...

Sprinting towards the bushy wall, Lucky Girl carefully placed her back against the bush and slowly sneaked across the wall.

Rustle...

Something rustled on the other side of the maze as Gwen stopped moving and said, "Okay, Hex. Time for a surprise party."

Lucky Girl then leapt over the hedge bush and landed on the other side.

And saw Charmcaster, not Hex.

CRACK! WHAM!

Lucky Girl's foot collided with Charmcaster's face as the sorcerer crashed onto the ground with her Magical Charm Bag being discarded to the side.

Gwen also leaned down and grabbed said bag before she asked her, "Not so lucky without that bag of tricks are you?"

Charmcaster backed away from Lucky Girl as fearfully explained, "I... I... I didn't mean to hurt anybody! My uncle made me do it, I swear!"

"Why should we believe you?" Lucky Girl questioned Charmcaster who replied, "My name is Charmcaster. I'm Hex's niece. You know what he's like, he doesn't take no for an answer."

Lucky Girl crossed her arms as Charmcaster pleaded, "I can help you, he's after the Keystone and your bracelet."

"Duh, he wants it to magnify his powers." Lucky Girl said remembering Hex's plan last time.

"That's not all. If he performs the ritual of Bezel with the Keystone and the Archamada book of spells at the highest point during the eclipse, he can recreate the other charms you destroyed and then he'll able to reshape the world in the manner he sees fit." Charmcaster fully explained Hex's plan to Lucky Girl.

"Making new friends are we Charmcaster?" Hex mockingly informed the girls.

Gritting her teeth angrily, Lucky Girl and Charmcaster watched as Hex morphed through the bush of the hedge.

Raising his hand, Hex was then shown to be levitating Stan, Ben and Max in the air as Hex demanded out, "Give me the Keystone or watch them suffer a painful demise!"

"Don't do it, Gwen! Hex can still be beaten!" Stan encouraged Gwen from above whilst Hex ignored Stan.

Seemingly encouraged by Stan, Charmcaster then yelled at Hex, "I won't let you do this, uncle!"

Grabbing her Magical Charm Bag from Lucky Girl, She opened it and aimed at Hex as dozens of small stone bats flew out of it.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! FLAP! FLAP!

"What trickery is this?! Charmcaster! How dare you betray me!" Hex shouted at Charmcaster enraged by her actions as the stone bats grabbed him by his clothing.

The stone bats then flew Hex into the air as he struggled to escape with his levitation spell wearing off as Stan, Ben and Max plummeted to the ground.

WHOOSH! THUD!

As for Hex?

He ended up being dumped in the nearby swimming pool outside the hedge by the stone bats.

"No! No! No! Argh!" Hex cursed as he plunged into the chlorine infested waters of the swimming pool.

WHOOSH! SPLASH!

Once Hex landed in the pool, nearby swimmers quickly ran away from the area knowing how dangerous Hex could be.

"I guess you are legit, now let's go finish the job before Hex can dry off!" Lucky Girl optimistically suggested to Charmcaster.

"My uncle is going to be mad at me isn't he?" Charmcaster replied to Lucky Girl as the others approached her.

"Okay, then go with my Grandpa and my cousin, Stan and I will handle your uncle." Lucky Girl casually remarked back.

Surprised and feeling joyful, Charmcaster then tightly hugged Lucky Girl.

"Oh thank you! Thank you! I will never forget this." Charmcaster thanked Lucky Girl as the two stepped back.

"Gwen, let's rollout," Stan informed his partner as Lucky Girl nodded back and the two ran off into the maze.

"Urgh. Is it just me or was that a bit weird? Lucky Girl questioned Stan.

"Hey, you're a superhero now. Trust me people act weird around us." Stan bluntly replied as the two reached the maze's exit.

Reaching the swimming pool complex, the two-spotted Hex emerging from the swimming pool on a waterspout.

SPLOSH!

Briefly looking at the Omnitrix, Stan spotted it was still recharging as he informed Gwen, "The watch still hasn't recharged yet. We should wait a few mins."

"We can't wait!" Lucky Girl shouted back at Stan as she charged towards Hex and leapt up in the air.

Only for her to fall back on her face.

CRASH!

Worried for Gwen's safety, Stan angrily glared at Hex as he moved forward and landed on the edge of the pool.

"Leave her alone you freak!" Stan shouted at Hex who merely turned around as his eyes glowed yellow.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

Stan ended up being frozen in mid-air as he hatefully glared at Hex.

With Stan out of the way, Hex glared to Lucky Girl and grabbed her by her right arm having lost his patience.

"Give me the Keystone!" Hex calmly ranted to Lucky Girl as he prepared to pull it off the gauntlet.

However, Hex then froze and discovered that Keystone was not on the bracelet.

Smirking, Hex then let go of Lucky Girl and dropped Stan onto the ground.

THUD!

Lucky Girl quickly pulled Stan up from the ground as Hex informed the two, "We'll see each other soon and finish our business then."

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

Hex then vanished in an explosion of red smoke as the two kids covered their eyes briefly before the smoke cleared away.

"What just happened there?" Stan asked Lucky Girl.

Looking down, Lucky Girl realized that the Keystone of Bezel was gone on her right hand.

"HUH! The Keystone! It's gone! Charmcaster..." Gwen gasped before she growled in anger furious that Charmcaster had screwed with her.

"Trust me. I know how you feel, the same thing happened with Kevin." Stan darkly muttered in response to Gwen's fury.

On a nearby rooftop above the swimming pool...

Charmcaster waited for Hex as he triumphantly smirked and praised her before he remarked, "Playing innocent was genius, my dear. Though you should have informed me first."

"Yes uncle, I was wrong not to. But I had to think fast when the Lucky Girl surprised me." Charmcaster explained to Hex as she handed him the Keystone of Bezel.

"No matter, soon I shall have enough power to destroy all my enemies and rule the world!" The powerful sorcerer declared before he began laughing darkly.

Looking over the rooftop was the largest building in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Space Needle where the sun and the moon were slowly moving into the eclipse phase.

Back with the group at the Rust Bucket nearly ten mins later...

Ben, Lucky Girl and Stan carefully moved Max back to the Rust Bucket as he leaned down against it.

"Ahh... I and Ben turned away for just a second and Wham! When I came to, Charmcaster was gone." Max informed the group.

"Yeah, I can't believe she tricked us! She was a fraud!" Ben angrily complained.

"All that Uncle made me do it stuff was just an act! She needed to get close enough to me to steal the Keystone. " Lucky Girl remarked before she took off her mask.

"Some hero I turned out to be." Gwen sadly muttered as Stan moved forward and decided to make her feel better.

"Gwen, I know you wanted to help others out, but this is important. You gave people something I never could. Hope." Stan explained to Gwen.

"Hope?" A confused Gwen asked Stan who explained to the best of his ability, "Take my favourite fictional hero, Superman. In-universe, Superman is seen as a beacon of hope because he can inspire people with his secret identity. Superman can live his life in peace and quiet like me as long as my identity is not revealed."

Stan then finished his talk by informing Gwen, "It's the same with Gwen and Lucky Girl. On the outside, they're both different people, but in my opinion, Lucky Girl has inspired hundreds if not more people by installing hope and inspiration into them. That's what it means to be a hero in my opinion."

Gwen gave off the biggest smile Stan had ever seen in response as she said to Stan, "Thanks for never giving up and supporting me."

Stan smiled back as his face blushed red briefly not knowing what to say whilst Max watched the behaviour of both Stan and Gwen and realised what was happening.

"Um hello?! We have bigger things to worry about! Right now we should be worrying about how to stop Hex and Charmcaster before they recreate all those other charms." Ben then intervened to the group.

"She said that the ritual would be performed at the highest point during the eclipse." Max informed the other as Gwen stated, "And the highest point around here is..."

"The Las Vegas Space Needle tower." Stan then spoke as the group looked up at the giant tower which dominated the landscape for miles.

At the top of the Las Vegas Space Needle Tower...

The tallest structure in Las Vegas dominated the urban landscape for miles as Hex and Charmcaster leapt from each building before they jumped up high and landed at the top of the building.

Ding!

A nearby elevator then opened up as some tourists spotted the two sorcerers on the separate pipes they had landed on as the wind rippled in their faces.

Glaring at the tourists in the elevator, Hex's eyes glowed yellow as he fired a magic beam from his staff to the elevator.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

The tourists managed to frantically close the elevator doors as Hex then sealed the doors shut with his staff by using a heat beam of magical energy.

SIZZ! HISS! THUD!

With no one to distract him or ruin his plans, Hex then shouted out to Charmcaster, "I do not wish to be disturbed!"

Charmcaster nodded back as Hex then began the ritual to reacquire the Charms of Bezel.

Looking up to the sky, Hex watched as the Sun and the Moon slowly aligned into place.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The Keystone of Bezel then glowed yellow in Hex's right hand as the evil sorcerer began chanting, "Barban Hextida Zerzam! Barban Hextida Zerzam!"

The glowing Keystone flew upwards out of Hex's hand towards the top of the radio tower before it stopped at the moon and sun aligned behind each other.

The sky then began glowing red as the sun and moon formed a dark red object that illuminated the sky.

Down below at the base of the tower...

SCREECH! WHOOSH!

The Rust Bucket screeched to a halt outside the gigantic tower as the group opened the side door and stepped out.

Grouping together the four watched the chaotic solar eclipse preparing to begin shortly.

"We're running out of time, the eclipse is only a few minutes away," Max informed Stan.

Gwen then sadly muttered to Stan, "Guess it's all up to you then."

"I'll need some help from you three. Besides, you can't save the world alone. Anyway, you still feeling lucky Gwen?" Stan replied to Gwen.

"What can I do without my powers?" Gwen said to Stan still feeling depressed as Ben and Max listened to the two talks.

Stan then touched Gwen's shoulder with his right hand and reminded her, "What about all the times you helped us without magic powers?"

Remembering Stan's motivational speech, Gwen nodded back as a red tint briefly flared over her cheeks as Stan moved his right hand off her shoulder.

A security guard then ran past the group as the police forces quickly cordoned off the building as the elevator landed at the bottom of the building where the shocked tourists began walking out of the tower.

"Elevator's out. How are we going to get up there?" Gwen asked the other as Stan looked at the Omnitrix which was still recharging.

"The Omnitrix is still recharging, I'd used Stinkfly but that's not an option." Stan bluntly informed the others as Ben complained, "Oh man, that sucks when the stupid watch doesn't work right."

Looking around, Max spotted a window washer platform as he told the kids, "But that window washer's platform is."

The group then spotted a window washer platform as the cleaner retreated from the area.

Max then ran over to the window washer platform as Ben and Stan grinned at each other.

"I have an idea for my ride." Ben remarked back to Gwen as Stan then said, "I know what you're talking about..."

Ben and Stan then ran off inside the Rust Bucket as Gwen then sprinted over to the window washer platform.

ZAP! SPARK! WHOOSH! BZZZT!

The Keystone of Bezel gave off numerous sparks of magical energy as the moon moved in closer to covering the Sun.

"Barban Hextida Zerzam!" Hex shouted as his incarnation became more powerful.

"You didn't think you'd get rid of me that easily did you?" A familiar voice mocked Hex.

Both Hex and Charmcaster turned around and spotted Lucky Girl seemingly floating over the edge of the building.

"Lucky Girl... You should learn when to give up brat." Hex replied to Lucky Girl who bravely yelled back, "Now give me back the Keystone or deal with the awesome powers of Lucky Girl!"

Not fooled by Lucky Girl, Charmcaster then shouted out, "That is bogus! She can't have any powers, It's some kind of trick!"

Agreeing with Charmcaster, Hex then aimed his right hand at Lucky Girl and activated his psychokinetic spell ability.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

A yellow glow surrounded Lucky Girl as Hex lifted the young heroine where Max was shown to have boosted her up from the window washer platform.

Lucky Girl and Max were then chucked onto the tower platform as Hex chuckled slightly.

SMACK! THUD!

Aiming his staff at the two, Hex confidently remarked, "Your silly stunt has gained you nothing!"

Recovering from the ground, Lucky Girl then informed the two evil sorcerers, "You should know better than anyone that sometimes Magic is about misdirection."

"Alons-Y!" A familiar voice shouted out from up in the sky.

Confused, Hex looked upwards and saw Ben and Stan on Tetrax's hoverboard.

"Take this skull face!" Ben mockingly taunted Hex as he flew the hoverboard into Hex's face.

WHOOSH! ZIP! CLONG!

The hoverboard flew back into the air as Stan and Ben then cheered loudly.

"Wow! This thing is a lot of fun!" Ben shouted out to Stan who yelled back, "Thank Tetrax for this when you next see him!"

WHOOSH! ZIP!

Ben and Stan then turned around as Max and Lucky Girl waved up to the two.

"Boys, watch out! Hex is..." Max called out to the two.

Listening to Max, Stan then turned around and watched as Hex shoved Ben off the hoverboard.

"Ben! NO!" Stan screamed in fear and horror as Ben went tumbling off the side of the hoverboard.

Thankfully, Ben managed to grab hold of the edge of the hoverboard as Stan angrily glared at Hex.

"I shall not be denied my destiny as ruler of the world you brats!" Hex calmly ranted to Stan.

Having had enough, Stan angrily remarked, "That's it! You're not becoming ruler of the world you dumbass! We'll just beat you again!"

"Then perish shapeshifter." Hex coldly spoke back preparing to kill Stan.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

Hex's staff then glowed yellow as he swung the weapon towards Stan.

Seeing the oncoming staff, Stan quickly ducked his head sidewards and dodged the magic weapon before he raised his left leg and performed a snap kick.

Right in Hex's private area in between his legs.

WHOOSH! CRACK!

Grinning darkly, Stan watched as Hex's eyes widened in pain before he angrily gritted his teeth and swung his staff towards Stan again.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

"I've just got to keep this up until I can use the Omnitrix and beat Hex again." A confident Stan mused in his head as he continued to dodge Hex's attempts to swing him of Tetrax's hoverboard whilst Ben continued clinging onto it trying to climb on and regain his balance.

Tetrax's hoverboard flew around the Space Needle numerous times as Charmcaster watched on.

Turning her head, Charmcaster spotted Lucky Girl and Max charging towards her as Lucky Girl shouted out, "Hey, Charmcaster! Read any good stories lately?"

Charmcaster remained silent as she unzipped her Magical Charm Bag and tossed some stone bombs onto the ground.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

Lucky Girl and Max were sent flying onto the nearby High Roller roller coaster train as the train remained non-operational.

Leaping up on a nearby railing, Charmcaster spotted the control booth for the ride and hurled a stone bomb towards it.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

The High Roller roller coaster ended up becoming operational as the train moved across the red tracks at a very fast speed.

"Hold on!" Max shouted out to Lucky Girl as the roller coaster train speeded up even more.

Smirking, Charmcaster then spotted Tetrax's hoverboard flying across the skyline as Hex and Stan continued their brief skirmish.

Dodging another one of Hex's attacks, the Omnitrix finished recharging on Stan's right arm.

BEEP!

The dark red colour changed back to the bright green colour and changed it to the Upgrade silhouette automatically.

Hoping he would transform into Upgrade, Stan shouted out to Hex, "Yes, time for a digital Upgrade!"

SMACK!

Hex then smacked Stan's feet as Stan ended up tumbling off the board with Ben then falling with him.

"ARGH!" Ben screamed in fear as Stan quickly slammed down the exposed core of the Omnitrix.

Unfortunately, Stan's hand ended up slipping the silhouette to Wildvine's icon instead.

FLASH!

A bright green flash of light engulfed Stan as Wildvine subsequently emerged from the other side.

Looking over his body, the Florauna muttered in shock, "Wildvine?! You've got to be kidding me!"

"Save us now, complain later!" Ben reminded Wildvine as the two plunged to the Las Vegas streets below.

Nodding back, Wildvine then stretched out his right plant hand and grabbed hold of a nearby hotel sign.

WHOOSH! STRETCH! GRAB!

Wildvine then grabbed hold of Ben with his stretchy left hand as the two swung above street level.

Right below a crowd of gathered civilians.

WHOOSH! STRETCH! BOING!

Wildvine then flew across the ground and back into the air as the civilians cheered Wildvine on below.

Wildvine then crashed into the bottom of Tetrax's hoverboard.

WHOOSH! STRETCH! THWACK!

Shocked, Hex attempted to balance his weight on the hoverboard as Ben dangled below the hoverboard in Wildvine's left hand which was encased around him.

"Don't look down Ben!" Wildvine advised his best friend as the Floaruna gripped onto the board with his stretchy body and right hand.

Ben closed his eyes in response as Tetrax's hoverboard ended up flying back to the Space Needle tower.

WHOOSH! CRASH! THUD!

Charmcaster narrowly dodged the crashed hoverboard as the two Humans and the single Florauna crashed onto the floor of the tower.

Hex ended up being briefly knocked out as Ben and Wildvine groaned in pain together.

"You okay Ben?" Wildvine asked Ben who groaned out, "Yeah... Oh man... I don't feel so good..."

Looking ahead, Wildvine then watched Charmcaster hurling some stone bombs at the two.

Quickly grabbing Ben, Wildvine dodged the bombs which landed onto the roller coaster track nearby.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

The roller coaster track was shredded into debris and rubble as Wildvine and Ben spotted the High Roller vehicle speed around the track.

"OH CRAP!" Ben shouted in shock as Wildvine quickly placed Ben onto the side and ordered him, "Stay here."

As the rollercoaster hurled around the track, A panicking Lucky Girl screamed out, "We're not going to make it! ARGH!"

The roller coaster train then plunged off the track as Wildvine leapt into action.

Stretching his body as far as it would go over the edge, Wildvine's legs managed to balance onto the floor as Ben helped to stabilize them by grabbing hold of the legs with his hands.

WHOOSH! STRETCH!

The wind blew in Wildvine's face as the plant-like alien managed to grab hold of the plummeting roller coaster cart and caught it just in time with his hands and arms ensuring the metal vehicle.

WHOOSH! STRETCH! GRAB! THUD! CRUNCH!

"URGH!" Wildvine grunted in pain as green blood leaked out of his arms briefly as the shattered Florauna slowly dragged the roller coaster cart back onto the Space Needle tower.

Once the roller coaster cart was dragged back up the Space Needle tower, The Tennyson trio regrouped around Wildvine as he retraced his long bleeding arms.

"That's going to leave some marks." Max muttered to Wildvine who replied, "Urgh... Hopefully, when I change back, I won't be injured like this."

BZZZT! WHOOSH! ZAP! RUMBLE! SPARK!

The moon and the sun finally aligned between each other as the solar eclipse began as Hex slowly recovered and stood up.

"I'll take it from here, Charmcaster." Hex informed his young niece.

Having enough of dealing with Hex, Charmcaster then bluntly stated, "That would be a big no, uncle."

"What?! You dare defy my orders again?!" Hex raged to Charmcaster as she turned around and explained, "Change in plans, I get the power of the Keystone, the Book of Spells and the charms and you get squat."

"Traitorous bitch!" Hex angrily cursed as he grabbed his magic staff using his telekinesis.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! GRAB!

However, Charmcaster then hurled some stone bombs at Hex before he was able to grab the staff.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

Purple smoke sent Hex careening off to the side as he crashed into a ventilation pipe before he was knocked out again.

Sliding against the pipe in a seated position, Charmcaster grinned and muttered out, "I just needed a Master Magician like you to perform the recreation ritual. And now that's done..."

Walking away from Hex, Charmcaster raised her hands to the sky and declared, "Now where was I?"

BZZZT! WHOOSH! ZAP! RUMBLE! SPARK!

Various yellow sparks of magical energy lashed out across the sky as the clouds began swirling around the red moon.

ZAP! SPARK! WHOOSH! RUMBLE!

Yellow balls of energy then lashed out as the Charms of Bezel began reforming as Charmcaster cackled and shouted out, "The power of Bezel will soon be mine!"

Charmcaster was so confident that she didn't notice Lucky Girl grab hold of Hex's staff from the ground as the main group gathered behind Charmcaster.

"Hey, Charmcaster! The show's over!" Lucky Girl shouted out to the evil female sorcerer.

"Are you serious?! That stuff only works in the hands of a Master Magician! Charmcaster boasted back before she began laughing at Lucky Girl.

Lucky Girl only glared at Charmcaster as she felt the magical staff called out to her with its magical potential.

"What's up with me?" Gwen thought as she felt the magical energy of staff resonate within her almost as if something had awoken...

ZAP! SPARK!

Hex's staff then glowed bright yellow as Lucky Girl's energy level increased slightly with her green eyes briefly flashing to a pale white purple colour.

BZZZT! WHOOSH! BLAM!

A magical ball of yellowish purple energy was fired from the staff as Charmcaster was slammed against the wall before she was knocked out as the Arachmada Book of Spells fell out of her Magical Charm Bag.

The group exchanged looks of shock as Lucky Girl's eyes flashed back to normal and she looked at Hex's staff before mumbling, "Okay, how come that worked?"

"Guess there's more to you then meets the eye." Ben quoted suggesting his theory to Gwen.

ZAP! SPARK! WHOOSH! RUMBLE!

The sky continued to spark with yellow lightning as the ritual continued with Hex slowly waking up.

Knowing what he had to do, Wildvine smirked and muttered, "Time to end this magic show once and for all."

Wildvine then stretched out his regrown plant hands upwards at the Charms of Bezel.

WHOOSH! STRETCH! GRAB!

Grabbing the Charms of Bezel, Wildvine's slowly used his fingers to crush the Charms of Bezel destroying them once and for all.

WHOOSH! STRETCH! CRACK! RUMBLE! THWOOSH!

A massive rush of wind and orange energy rushed across the Las Vegas skyline as the magical ritual began falling apart.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

On Charmcaster's knocked out body, purple wisps of magical energy flew out of her body and up into the air as purple energy flew out from Hex's staff as well.

Having recovered, Hex looked at the group in horror before he angrily raged, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!"

"Saved the day again?" Wildvine sarcastically asked Hex.

BZZZT! WHOOSH!

Purple energy then flew out of Hex's body as he screamed out, "ARGHHH!" before he collapsed onto the floor knocked out.

THUD! BZZZT! WHOOSH! THUNK!

The ritual then ended as the Keystone of Bezel landed back on the ground of the Space Needle tower near Lucky Girl's feet.

Lucky Girl picked up the Keystone as the moon moved away from the sun as the solar eclipse ended.

The Omnitrix symbol on Wildvine's chest then began flashing red before he transformed back to Stan.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! FLASH!

A bright red light engulfed Wildvine as Stan slowly emerged from the red light feeling slightly dizzy as usual before he shook his head.

"Nice work, Stan." Max praised Stan who nodded back in response.

Noticing Gwen hold onto the Keystone of Bezel, she placed the Keystone back in her bracelet as the Keystone was seemingly lifeless.

"Huh, looks like the magic is gone and Lucky Girl along with it." Gwen sadly remarked to Stan.

Grinning, Stan then reminded her, "I dunno Gwen, maybe you have something inside of you for magical talent."

"And don't be bummed, there are other ways you can be a hero." Ben then spoke agreeing with Stan.

Gwen then turned her head and saw Tetrax's hoverboard lying on the ground before she smirked and asked the boys, "Like learning to ride on a hoverboard?"

"You know to get good at those things takes a lot of practice," Ben remarked to Gwen as she ran off to the hoverboard.

"Then I'd better get started!" Gwen shouted back to Ben as Stan couldn't help but start giggling slightly in response.

Annoyed, Ben then yelled at Gwen, "Wait! Wait a minute! That's my hoverboard!"

WHOOSH! ZIP!

Ben then ran after Gwen in annoyance as Gwen used the hoverboard to fly around the Space Needle Tower as Max and Stan watched on together.

"It's times like this, I'm grateful for my family," Max remarked under his breath as Stan continued to giggle in happiness whilst Ben tried to run after the hoverboard to no avail.

Several hours later at the Space Needle...

It was now late evening as the Rust Bucket had long since left Las Vegas behind.

At the crime scene was a team of forensic experts and police officers who had cordoned off the building to the public as a full investigation into the incident with Hex and Charmcaster was ongoing.

Near the crime scene in nearby storage was a glass container where Charmcaster's Magical Charm Bag was stored whilst the Archamada Book of Spells was nearby.

ZAP! SPARK! BZZZT!

A small orange portal with familiar mythical runes then emerged near the book as a hand slowly grabbed the spellbook and pulled it back into the portal before it vanished.

ZAP! SPARK! BZZZT! WHOOSH!

The small orange portal then vanished as the storage truck became eerily empty again...

Author's note: So there you go! Another long chapter of Stan 10 completed.

Not only does this chapter wrap up the Lucky Girl storyline and introduces Charmcaster, but it also introduces Stan's fourteenth alien.

The DNA sample of the Lombax race from the Ratchet and Clank franchise aka Gadget Cat.

In other words...

Stan 10 now has a crossover with Ratchet and Clank!

This means that Gadget Cat is the first alien to be added to the roster from a third party franchise as it was not introduced in the original Ben 10 series.

And yes, this was the alien that I kept secret for a long time from your readers and he was always planned as the first third-party character.

So you're all probably wondering, Why this alien out of all the third party choices and does the events of Ratchet and Clank take place in the Stan 10 universe?

Well, I've always been a fan of Ratchet and Clank and I grew up with some of the games as a kid such as Two, Three, Size Matters, and the Future trilogy.

I've also seen the PS4 reboot and I think it's okay, but I still prefer the original series like most gamers.

As for the events in the games?

You'll just have to speculate about it. ;)

Anyway, here are some behind the scenes facts about Gadget Cat I'd like to share:

One: Gadget Cat is the first third-party alien in Stan 10 that has been added to the roster.

Two: Gadget Cat is the first third-party alien from a game series who was planned as a major surprise for this fanfic.

Three: Gadget Cat's skin and jumpsuit colour are based off Stan's hair colour and clothing like some of the other aliens Stan can turn into.

Four: Gadget Cat's Omni-Wrench is colour coded in a very similar manner to the Omnitrix as a callback.

Five: Gadget Cat's jumpsuit design has many references to different armours and designs for Ratchet in the game series such as the gloves from One and the reboot, the design of the bodysuit from Three and the combat boots from Tools of Destruction.

Six: Many of Gadget Cat's abilities and weapons are references to the gameplay mechanics for the franchise with the Quick Select ability being a gigantic callback to the weapon selection system from the series which is even called that in the games if you haven't played them.

Seven: The various weapons that Gadget Cat can use all come from different games in the series. For example, the Shock Blaster is a weapon in Ratchet and Clank 3 whilst the Sheepinator has appeared in the Reboot and 2.

Eight: As for Gadget Cat's reason for being selected, this alien is completely different than anything Stan has gotten before and was designed to have a variety of strengths and weaknesses like all the other aliens Stan can use.

Nine: For the design of Gadget Cat, I looked up different images of Lombax's on the Ratchet and Clank wiki and I used the features that Stan has as the template for the eye and fur colour along with the jumpsuit design being inspired by other Ben 10 aliens. I also wanted to avoid making him a carbon copy of Ratchet and gave him a unique design.

Ten: Gadget Cat's voice actor is Mikey Kelley who voiced Ratchet in the first-ever game although you the reader can choose a different voice actor if you want.

Eleven: Gadget Cat's name is also the same as the English version of Doraemon with the name being a shout out to that series.

Twelve: Gadget Cat will be one of the first of many more third-party aliens to join the fanfic series long term. I also believe that Gadget Cat is the first-ever time that a Lombax from the Ratchet and Clank series has even been represented in a Ben 10 fanfic as I've read some others and it has not appeared.

Thirteen: The idea for Gadget Cat was a spur of the moment realization as I realized I could make the concept of the alien work as a character by balancing him out. At first, I thought it was a gamble, but it has been very successful writing about the Lombax alien and I'm sure he could be well-liked.

Anyway, that's all the facts about Gadget Cat.

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Thanks for reading and goodbye!