Hello Everybody! Btr100 over here with the 36th chapter of my story, Ben 10: When The Faction Returned.

Hi everybody, I'll try to make this chapter as fast and effective as I can, because next week, it will be our 2nd Quarterly Examination and I need to do my best and also, I promised myself that in the 3rd Quarter, I'll be diverting myself from my crush for awhile and-HEY! Why am I talking about this!

Just get on with the story!

Peace!-Btr100

Previously on Ben 10: When The Faction Returned...

"There. Now you know how I managed to possess you. Now, release me from this bond and remove this power-neutralizing collar from my neck, or suffer my wrath, you inferior scums!" Albedo shouted, tied in a chair, with a power-neutralizing collar strapped on his neck. Ben sighed and he pushed a button, which caused Albedo to be electrocuted, sparks of electricity flying all over his body.

"And they say you're the smart one." Ben muttered.

"However, it seemed that despite of my possession of your body, you still have control over your body. Your eyes were still green, however, that is also one of my greatest advantage. No one easily noticed my possession over you." Albedo added.

Ben, along with Julie, Ship and Ester were in the garage, with Albedo sitting in front of them tied to a chair. Ben already asked him about how he managed to possess him as Negative Ghostfreak, but they still need to know where the villains are hiding.

Then, as he thought about those words, something came into his mind:

Hunter Arian then prepared his shotgun and aimed it at the 13th Techadon Weapon Master's head.

"Any last words?" Hunter Arian asked.

"Unless if you already want to end your pathetic life, you better tell me where my friends are!" Hunter ARian shouted angrily, however, Tehcadon Weapon Master Number 13 merely smirked, making him even angrier by the second.

"You don't have the guts to kill me with that weapon. I don't even need to tell you where we are located, as you and your pathetic Plumber friends go there most of the time." Techadon Weapon Master Number 13 said, but this made Hunter Arian angry, but then he smirked.

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"Fistrick. D-D-Driscoll and Techadon Weapon Master N-N-Number Thirteen are executed by T-T-Tennyson and they have held Albedo c-c-captive with majority of the F-F-Forever Knights and the T-T-Techadon Robots were killed and d-d-destroyed. Ben and his small army is t-t-tougher than I t-t-thought." Dr. Psychobos said, looking at the large screen.

"SEND IN THE SYNTHROID ARMY! WE HAVE TO POSTPONE BEN TENNYSON AND HIS ALLIES' ATTACK ON THE HEADQUARTERS!" Khyber shouted, and the one Synthroid in the large group of villains then pressed some buttons on his wrist and its eyes glowed yellow, as a small satellite dish appeared on his head, which meant that he was calling the commander of the Synthroid army, their ships waiting on the Earth's moon.

"My brethren. It is now time for our attack. Find Ben Tennyson and postpone his way towards the Plumber's Headquarters." the Synthroid said.

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The Synthroid army was waiting at the moon for a little while now, and the Army commander received the Synthroid's message, and the commander then spread the message throughout his entire Synthroid brethren.

"Synthroid brethren! It is now time for our ATTACK! It is now our time to rise! Destroy Ben Tennyson and his allies! Find them!" the commanding officer shouted, and the Synthroid army and all of its ships took off.

There were many types of ships used by the Synthroid army. The fighter ships, which were the main attacking ships and is piloted by only a single Synthroid.. The motherships, which were the ones carrying the fighter ships. A larger type of fighter ships which were piloted by three Synthroids. And they were several large ships and their size can be compared to the ships used by the Highbreed and the Royal Gordanian ships. And all of them are headed straight for Earth, towards Bellwood, with one major target.

Ben Tennyson.

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NRG then slammed his battle axe onto a Synthroid's side, swatting the Synthroid over, before firing a nuclear energy blast at the Synthroid, killing and destroying it. He then slammed his battle sword onto a Synthroid's head, before firing a nuclear energy beam from his grill plates towards the Synthroid at a close range, before slamming his foot onto his chest, creating a hole and kicking out the life energy giving device of the Synthroid. He then threw his battle sword at a Synthroid on his left and his battle axe to the one on his right, before firing two radioactive beams at both of the Synthroids, destroying them. He then punched a nearby Synthroid and ripped out its laser minigun from its arm, before firing an energy blast at the Synthroid's head, destroying the head and destroying the Synthroid. He then fired multiple and fast laser turrets at two Synthroids, before turning his right hand into a radioactive sword and slammed it on a Synthroid, before turning his left hand into a sword as well, as he slammed his right sword onto a Synthroid onto his right, and his other sword for the Synthroid onto his left, destroying them both and leaving a huge explosion of flames.

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"Knock. Knock." Hunter Arian said, before shooting a laser blast from his shotgun, the blast hitting Negative Armodrillo's left shoulder. Then he fired another blast, which then managed to hit Negative Armodrillo's right shoulder. He then fired another blast which then hit Negative Armodrillo's stomach area, which then sent him flying and crashing towards a car, a tree, before finally crashing into a house. Hunter Arian then grabbed his electric staff, before running towards the house Negative Armodrillo just crashed onto.

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"Ben! We have shot down majority of their carrier ships! The remaining fighter ships are retreating! This is our chance to strike towards the Plumbers Headquarters!" Ultimos said, Tini and Synaptak with him. Hunter Arian then took one last look at Albedo's unconscious body, before putting a power neutralizing collar on his neck, before spreading his arms and legs and putting energy cuffs on his hands and feet, leaving him stuck on the floor.

"That should keep him here for a while." Hunter Arian said, before reverting back to Ben.

"Now let's go!" Ben said, before he and the Galactic Enforcers left Albedo and ran back towards their group.

Now...

Ben and the Galactic Enforcers ran back towards their group, with Julie, Cooper and Ester still firing multiple laser and missile blasts at the remaining Synthroid Fighter ships in the area who still wanted to fight with them, before eventually being shot down by the three gunners and crashing down into the ground, before leaving a huge explosion in the war-torn area, with Ben's house now completely obliterated.

"Looks like our work here is done. Now let's go to the Headquarters before anything else attacks us!" Ben said, before Julie patted Ship on the back, and the young Galvanic Mechamorph transformed himself into his battleship form.

"Let's roll." Ship said, before opening his entrance, with all of the heroes entering the Ship and when Ben finally entered the Ship, as he was the last one to do so, Ship closed the doors and flew quickly away towards the Plumbers' HQ, leaving behind a small shockwave on the ground as he boosted too strong.

Meanwhile...

While Dr. Psychobos is off in his laboratory, working on his last resort weapon, Khyber, Malware and the rest of the villains were looking at the monitory screen, seeing Ship in his battle flight mode heading towards the Plumbers HQ in preparation for its retaking and is about to get themselves into one of the biggest battles of their lives.

"Ben Tennyson is now approaching quickly and fast!" Psyphon shouted, the other villains laughed their usual evil laughs and they prepared their powers, weapons and their evil plans, as a counter attack against Ben and his small group of allies. Khyber then pressed a button which showed the current Plumbers' HQ, which was now heavily guarded with Synthroid, Mechaneer and Aggrebot units, with several turret towers, as well as lots of tanks surrounding the area. In addition, the Plumbers' HQ was fixed, added with multiple defense systems, such as cannons, watch towers and you know it.

"You might have more time to prepare for the assault. Ben Tennyson has to put up with our little modifications on his base first..." Khyber said, as the other villains watched and waited as they saw Ship coming towards their way and fast.

Meanwhile...

As Ship made his way towards the Plumbers' HQ, Ben and the others saw the heavy security systems around the Plumbers' HQ and the rebuilt and modified Headquarters itself. Ben then ran towards the door, opened it and his Omnitrix glowed green, signifying that it was ready for another transformation, but instead of jumping already, Ben stood there, waiting.

"I'll jump when Ship starts firing." Ben muttered.

Then, a Synthroid from the nearest watch tower spotted Ship heading towards their way, and he quickly alerted the others and shouted the following words:

"Ready and Start your fire! Ben Tennyson and his comrades are heading this way!" the Synthroid shouted and every Synthroid, Mechaneer and Aggrebot units started to ready their weapons, charged them up, or getting ready in their battle position. Ship then started firing multiple green laser blasts, and that's the moment when the Evil Defense Systems started their fire.

"It's HERO TIME!" Ben shouted, before jumping off Ship, skydiving as he managed to dodge several enemy laser fire, before the Omnitrix core popped out and he slammed it back down, his body being enveloped in green light as his body form changed and the transformation sequence begun.

(Black semi-liquid formed on his wrist and hand, before it ran up towards his face, before covering his eyes, and when he opened his eyes, it became a Galvanic Mechamorph single eye and the green and black semi-liquid then started to form all over his body, and when it was complete, the green and black lines formed all over his skin, before the Omnitrix symbol appeared on his chest, ending the transformation sequence when the background glowed and flashed green.)

"Upgrade!" the Galvanic Mechamorph shouted, before turning into his Mechamorph Armor form, before activating the booster rockets on his feet for flight, which sent him propelling towards the Plumbers' HQ very quick. He then transmutated his hands into missile launchers and laser blasters, before he started to fire several missiles and multiple laser blasts. One missile hit and destroyed a nearby watch tower and several laser blasts hit and destroyed another watch tower

Upgrade then avoided more enemy laser fire as he finally settled on the ground, before preparing his dual Galvanic Mechamorph upgraded energy swords combined with his knuckle turret guns, before firing multiple laser blasts at two Synthroid units, destroying them and leaving a small explosion as they were blasted, before he started to affect the other enemy units with his pumped up rage.

Upgrade then slashed a Mechaneer and an Aggrebot into pieces with his dual energy swords, before transmutating them into laser blasters and missile launchers once again, and fired multiple laser turrets at a Mechaneer, who fell down exploding right after, and a missile at an Aggrebot, instantly destroying it. He then fired multiple laser blasts, laser turrets and missiles altogether, destroying and leaving several Synthroid, Mechaneer and Aggrebots to explode. Upgrade then then transmutated his hands into dual energy swords again and he sliced two Mechaneers into two, before separating his right sword from his hand and throwing it into an Aggrebot, before transmutating his left hand into a minigun, firing several energy blasts that destroyed multiple Synthroids, Aggrebots and Mechaneers, before slicing a Synthroid's head off. He then turned his minigun hand into an energy sword again, before stabbing it into a nearby Mechaneer, before stabbing it in the head with his other sword, before removing it and kicking it aside as the Mechaneer exploded, and Upgrade quickly made work of the nearby Synthroid and Aggrebot by slicing their heads off, leaving a huge explosion behind him and two small explosions beside him as Upgrade advanced through his rage assault.

Upgrade then ran as the Synthroid commander fired a large missile at him, but Upgrade avoided it with a somersault, before transforming his knuckles into spikes and he slammed it on the Synthroid's torso, sending the Synthroid back, with his torso heavily damaged. Upgrade then punched the commander Synthroid again, slammed him down the ground and he transmutated his left hand into his energy sword, before stabbing it onto the Synthroid's head, before quickly removing, sparks flying as the Synthroid's head fell off.

"I've got to hurry. The Mechamorph Armor's Rage Pumping flaw will come to me at any moment now." Upgrade said, but then he was quickly surrounded by multiple Mechaneers, Aggrebots and Synthroids. Upgrade growled, before unsheathing his dual energy swords, which glowed green, before he charged at the surrounding enemy units.

He then quickly stabbed the nearest enemy unit, which was a Synthroid, by the head and he raised him up in the air, before he threw him towards a Mechaneer, the Synthroid's deactivated body exploding on contact with the Mechaneer, before Upgrade turned his other hand into a laser blaster and blasted the Mechaneer into the chest, hitting the Mechaneer's core and it fell down destroyed. Upgrade then continuously fired several large laser blasts, which managed to hit several enemy units and destroy them on contact.

Then, trouble arose as Upgrade's eye glowed red as the Rage Pumping flaw of the Mechamorph Armor was activated and it quickly got onto Upgrade, before he slammed his two bare hands onto a Mechaneer, before ripping its body apart using nothing but his bare hands with relative ease, sparks flying out from the Mechaneer's ripped body.

Meanwhile...

The enemies were watching Ben as Upgrade quickly and continuously destroying each enemy unit on the field, one by one. Malware, deciding that the villains need more time, grabbed his own finger, separated it from his hand, before throwing it into the ground, the semi-liquid matter growing bigger before turning humanoid, until its body formed into the shape of Malware's second form. The Malware clone then transformed himself into an airship and flew away from the HQ.

Back to the battle...

"Weak!" Upgrade shouted, as he stabbed two Aggrebots using his dual energy swords, before throwing their lifeless bodies onto a Synthroid and a Mechaneer, the bodies exploding on contact and the Synthroid and Mechaneer being sent flying. A Mechaneer then grabbed him from behind, but Upgrade ripped off its hand, before slamming it onto the Mechaneer and transmutating his hands onto hooks, before slamming them onto the Mechaneer's head and ripping it apart.

"Pathetic!" Upgrade shouted, before he was shot several times in the back and he turned around to see three Synthroids charging towards him. He then unsheathed his dual energy swords again, before separating it from his hands, and throwing it onto the left and right Synthroid, the swords hitting both Synthroid's chest, and they fell down deactivated. Upgrade then transmutated his right hand onto a missile launcher and fired a missile at the Synthroid's head, obviously destroying it.

"Waste of metal!" Upgrade shouted, before he ripped off the Synthroid's laser cannon and he upgraded it, adding extra nozzle cannons and it looked more like a missile launcher, before he turned around and he saw the red and black airship flying towards him at a very fast speed. Upgrade's eyes glowed red as the anger boiled on his body.

"Malware." Upgrade growled.

"TENNYSON!" The Malware Clone shouted, before speeding up towards the rage pumped Upgrade.

Upgrade then jumped before grabbing the Malware Clone's wings, and the Malware clone sped up his flight, as he forced Upgrade to crash into two watch towers, destroying both towers and the enemy units stationed in there, but Upgrade still dangled at the Malware clone's wings. The Malware clone then decided to take things the hard way and he crashed both of them into the tall steel walls, sending chunks of steel and metal flying as the Malware clone transformed into his humanoid form and he tackled Upgrade in mid-air, before they crashed into the ground with the Malware on top.

"Malware. I see that you have changed your form." Upgrade said as he grabbed part of the Malware clone's face.

"Tennyson. You die PAINFULLY!" the Malware clone shouted, before lifting Upgrade, spinning him around and throwing him onto the steel wall again, Upgrade crashing onto it and rolling on the ground, but he then quickly recovered and turned his left hand into a laser blaster and his right hand into an energy sword, which he separated from his body and he made it hand-held.

The Malware clone then turned his hand into a fusion cannon, but it needed charging, so Upgrade took the opportunity and fired a laser blast, which then hit the Malware clone's shoulder and caused him to spin around, but he used the momentum and he fired a blast from his fusion cannon, but Upgrade countered with his energy sword, which managed to hit the sword and sent it flying off of his hands, but that's what Upgrade wanted.

He then transmutated his right hand into a cannon, and he quickly fired a green laser beam, which managed to hit the Malware clone by the chest, and to the Malware clone's surprise, his body started to turn into dust and weakened, he fell into the ground, kneeling and crawling towards Upgrade, with his body getting weaker and weaker by the second, while leaving a trail of dust behind.

"An aging ray...May your body...rooooo..." the Malware clone attempted to say, but his body turned into dust and the wind blew the dust of his body away, the Malware clone's body now flying out in the air. Upgrade then reverted his cannon hand back into his normal hand and he looked back into the battle field, where he saw Ship firing several missiles and laser at multiple enemy units and watch towers, destroying them.

Upgrade then fired a three missiles, before each missile exploded on mid-air and out came 15 smaller missiles (5 mini-missiles per missile) which then flew in a circular motion, before all of the missiles hit the modified Plumbers' HQ, destroying half of it and creating a large hole. Upgrade then fired three more missiles, before he decided to show up a new trick and he transformed his entire body into a replica of his car, before adding a cannon onto the roof, before he drove at maximum speed towards the HQ, firing several laser blasts along the way, each blast hitting the HQ.

Upgrade also built laser turrets on the sides, which destroyed every enemy units on his way.

"RAAAAHHH!" Upgrade shouted as he bashed through a giant Mechaneer, causing a large explosion, but Upgrade in his Vehicle mode went out of the explosion without a scratch, right before bashing through the HQ walls.

Meanwhile...

The Villains were still watching the battle through the screen, before they looked up to hear someone bashed through the roof and they saw Upgrade in his Vehicle mode, falling towards them with great speed. The villains then started firing laser blasts, fire blasts, sonic howls, electric bolts and everything seemed to go in slow motion as Upgrade prepared to transform out of his Vehicle mode.

(imagine Ben's car transforming into Upgrade in slow motion just like in the Transformers movies while fire blasts, lasers, electric bolts, sonic howls, etc. missed him.)

Upgrade then finally managed to transform into his Mechamorph Armor form, before firing three missiles from his missile launcher. The missiles managed to hit Vilgax, The Sotaraggian Mercenaries AKA Sixsix, Sevenseven, and Eighteight and it also managed to hit a Dimension 12 Robot on the head, destroying the large mechanical being and falling down defeated. Everything then went back to normal motion as Upgrade managed to land with an epic pose and The Sotaraggian Mercenaries and Vilgax were then sent flying.

"At last..." Upgrade said, as he looked at the large horde of villains in front of him.

"We meet again..."

FINALLY! FINISHED AT LAST!

Sorry guys, but I just finished this on the last day of Examination...

But Anyways...FREEDOM!

As like always...

Peace!-Btr100