Author's Note: I own nothing. Yes I'm aware the original is Albedo he's getting genderbent too. Bad enough to be stuck in the wrong body than to be stuck the wrong gender too.

27 Meet Again

Getting stuck to the wall with packing foam by her cousin's evil alien twin was not something Gwen had ever wanted to say happened to her. Jen was an only child so she'd never expected it. But even Gwen could admit there was some merit in watching her cousin fist fight herself. Not the fight between aliens, though that was sort of hard to follow as it ranged out of her view but watching Jen kick ass as a regular human.

Grandpa Max had taught his grandchildren many, many things. He loved them all dearly and ever since the girls had learned about the truth of the universe he'd taken it on himself to teach them how to fight. Gwen, being the more controlled of the two had favored the discipline of marshal arts. Jen though, Jen liked to cheat when it came to fights. Once before during a fight with the Forever Knights one of them had accused her of having no honor. She'd responded that nine times out of ten honor in a fight got you killed. She'd favored MMA more than the traditional style and it wasn't often Gwen saw her let loose in a fight but when with Albeda it seemed Jen had decided it was cool to let off a bit of steam. When Albeda lunged Jen used the momentum against her, tossing her past her with a simple shove and step out of the way. But she didn't leave it there. Her foot connected with the back of a pair of jeans sending Albeda flat onto her face. The human-galvan growled and lunged again. This time the foot made contact with Albeda's jaw sending her spinning to the ground.

"Jesus Albeda! Lay off her!" Gwen blinked at Kevin and snorted a laugh. He raised an eyebrow. "You cousin's getting her ass kicked, and your laughing? Are we sure you haven't been replaced by an evil copy too?" Gwen shook her head.

"That's Jen kicking Albeda's ass, for the record. I'm a black belt in Karate but Jen prefers MMA. She's never really gotten to let loose in human form around you before." Kevin blinked as Jen twisted one of her double's arms up her back.

"Yeah well I don't wanna hurt anybody most of the time. Fighting myself is cathartic. Is that a bad thing?" Gwen shrugged.

"Probably." The redhead had no chance to elaborate as green lightning crackled as Jen made to restrain Albeda's other arm. Their Omnitrixes were stuck together and no matter how hard they pulled they wouldn't come loose. Gwen didn't quite understand what a DNA feedback loop was, but it didn't sound good. Then the green lightning sparked again and Albeda shifted.

It was freaky to watch. The color drained from Jen's brown hair, turning white, nearly silver. The eyes were the next thing to change. The green seemed to shudder and crumble, leaving behind blood red irises. Her jacket suffered the same fate.

"No confusing those two now! Kevin stated as Gwen managed to break him loose from the foam. He absorbed the stone of the wall and dug his hands into the foam that surrounded her and ripped it down. Gwen dusted herself off as Jen wrestled her negative double.

"How do we get these apart!" Jen asked through gritted teeth, keeping Albeda captive by her Omnitrix arm.

"If one of us could manage to die!" Gwen didn't really like that answer but It wasn't another moment before they got the Omnitrixes apart. Another flash of green light blared and Albeda cowered slightly.

"Oh no. He's here!" Kevin raised an eyebrow at Albeda's exclamation.

"Who's here?"

"Azmuth." Both voices spoke it at once. Albeda sounded nearly frightened but Jen sounded happy. Indeed the small grey figure, clad in green and black, appeared and smiled at Jen.

"I am here indeed. And I am quite unhappy." He hopped up onto Albeda's arm and spun in a complicated turn on her now red Omnitrix and pulled the dial out completely. Albeda fell to her knees. "I warned you there could only be one Omnitrix. I warned you that if you tired there would be consequences." He nodded to Jen not taking his eyes off Albeda. "Jennifer's DNA is the default setting for the Omnitrix, for safety purposes. It became yours when you copied the programing of the Omnitrix to make your knock off."

"You've abused your intellect and in doing so proved yourself a lesser being."

"I will not trust the fate of the Galaxy to a lowly human!"

"She has done more for this Galaxy than you ever will! You have endangered yourself and others with this stupidity! Your punishment will be to be trapped as you are, stuck like this for the rest of your life." Albeda gasped.

"You can't do that!" Surprisingly her statement was in stereo. Azmuth looked at Jen as Albeda dissolved in light, shrieking her hatred for the inventor as she vanished in the teleporter. "You can't do that Azmuth. It's cruel. No one should have to be trapped as something other than themselves." Azmuth shook his head and hopped up into Jen's hands.

"There are times I think you are too kind hearted for what you do." Jen shook her head.

"I've been stuck as something I'm not before. I know what it feels like! It's… It's not right Azmuth." The Galvan nodded slightly.

"Perhaps. I will see what I can do for Albeda. I would like you to note that she does not care for your life in the slightest." Jen shrugged.

"She's not the first she won't be the last. Doesn't mean she should be trapped as me for the rest of her life." Azmuth shook his head.

"I marvel at the minds of humans every time. The logic isn't there but you have compassion to the point of near stupidity. You are truly the only being worthy of the Omnitrix." Jen shrugged.

"So the universe isn't in imminent threat from the Omnitrix."

"Only if you lose it." Azmuth paused. "You know I'm not the only one who thinks you're the universes best hope for the Omnitrix." Jen frowned.

"Who else?" Azmuth smiled.

"Oh that's a surprise for another time. You have many trials in the future. Be ready." With that he dissolved into light and Jen shook her head.

"Didn't even get a chance to ask why the Watch changed or why I have a bunch of new aliens. Azmuth never answers anything I ask anyway. Not with a straight answer." She shook her head again and stalked out of the trashed store. Kevin shook his head.

"Is it often that the First Thinker just pops by?" He asked. He wasn't a Galvan but he was aware of just how smart Azmuth was, and how revered by an entire race. It wasn't like him to take time out of whatever he was doing to pop by a backwater level two planet.

"Azmuth… He's got a soft spot for Jen. He'll never say it aloud but he likes her. I think he thinks she's spunky, and she is. But she cares more than he ever could. He looks at the world through a lens of pure logic. Jen sees more grey area than he does. She's an emotional being. She's got something Azmuth doesn't, heart." Kevin nodded as the two of them followed Jen out of the store and back to the car.

"Hey can we stop by the grocery store. I need more pickles!" Jen said from her spot in the backseat twiddling with the dial on the Omnitrix. Kevin shrugged.

"Why not. Not like today could get any weirder." Gwen laughed.

"You get used to this level of weird eventually." Jen shook her head.

"To a point. You'll learn to roll with it but it never gets easier."