Hello everybody and welcome back to Dustin 10 Classical Adventure. This time we'll be delving into the world of Balto, a real all-time classic.
Stories Include:
Disney:
The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, The Emperor's New Groove, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Mulan, The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride, Tarzan, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the with and the wardrobe, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Toy Story, Fantasia, Tron, Robin Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Dinosaur, Cinderella, Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, A Bug's Life, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp, Fox and the Hound, Cinderella, Mulan, 101 Dalmatians, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Hercules, The Rescuers, Brother Bear, Hocus Pocus, Wreck-it-Ralph, The Great Mouse Detective, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Black Cauldron, Zootopia, Bambi and Frozen.
Non-Disney:
Ferngully the Last Rainforest, Balto, Anastasia, We're Back, Bartok the Magnificent, Rock-a-doodle, Coraline, The Secret of NIMH, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Cool World, Kung Fu Panda, Quest for Camelot, Ice Age, The Pebble and the Penguin, Despicable Me, Cats Don't Dance, The Iron Giant, All Dogs go to Heaven, The Princess Bride and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1998)
I might add a few more but no more after that.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10, or anything Disney and non-Disney related! I only own my OCs.
"Normal Speech"
'Thinking'
"Songs"
"YELLING"
"Megaphone"
Telepathic communication
Flashback
Lone Wolf
Bellwood
It was January 22, and Dustin, Kibbles, Ben, Nega Dustin and Julie were out at the Park. Dustin and Kibbles were sitting at the bench while Julie, Ben and Nega Dustin were paying with ship.
Dustin then noticed two Yellow Lab puppies cuddling together as they appear to be struggling living on the streets. Dustin was saddened and felt bad for the poor canines, before he got up and slowly approached the pup. They growled at first but Dustin held his hand slowly towards the pups, causing them to sniff it before ultimately walking towards him.
Dustin: "Aw, poor things." Dustin said as he patted the helpless animal. The puppy was a little malnourished and shivering, meaning the poor animal was not fed well.
Kibbles: "Aw, you poor babies." Kibbles said as she approached, as did Ben, Nega Dustin, Julie and Ship.
Ben: "We may wanna take them to the vet, just to be sure she's okay." Ben said.
Time skip
After they took the poor puppies to the vet, they were relieved that they're not suffering any illnesses and have no fleas. They bought some food, a kennel, some chew toys, and a collar and tag for bith. Dustin decided to take in the puppies an named them Ellie and Maggie.
Once all that was said and done, they went to Dustin's apartment and let Maggie wander around the place. Dustin and his friends
Julie: "I still can't believe you decided to take those little guy in." Julie said, smiling at Dustin's kind nature.
Dustin: "Hey, the poor things didn't deserve to be shivering and starved." Dustin said as he pats Maggie, who was currently playing with Dexter while Ellie was playing with Toady.
Kibbles: "And it looks like Dexter and Toady don't mind." Kibbles said as Dustin pulled out The Book and flipped pages until he stopped at a certain page.
Dustin: "They also reminds me of Balto." Dustin said as the others saw the page.
Kibbles: "I remember seeing that movie when I was little." Kibble said in nostalgia.
Ben: "I still can't believe it's based on a true story." Ben said.
Julie: "And he saved an entire city from a diphtheria outbreak." Julie said as suddenly a familiar blue mist when came out of The Book.
Dustin: "Oh boy, Team Rocket's blasting off again!" Dustin said, making a Pokémon reference, as the five were sucked into the Book.
Nome, Alaska
The group had fallen from a blue vortex and on the ground. Thankfully the fall wasn't to bad and nobody was around to see it. They find that they are covered in thick coats, hats, gloves and boots.
Ben and Dustin checked their Ulimatrix and Omnitrix rosters to see what aliens thy have available. Like at Arendelle and the North Pole, Ben and Dustin have access mostly icy aliens.
The five then went to see a commotion. The people were focused on a sled race. They hen noticed two figures.
One was a little girl with red hair and green eyes. This was Rosy.
Jenna is a purebred husky with a red and white fur, which is dark red on her ears, back, the upper parts of her legs, and the upside of her tail, and white on her facial, chest, and underside areas. She has small black markings on the tips of her ears and amber eyes. She usually wears and red-orange bandanna around her neck. This was Rosy's dog, Jenna.
Then suddenly a gust of wind came in. Which caught Rosy's musher's hat.
Rosy: "Ah! Oh, no." Rosy said after her hat left her hand thanks to the wind.
Rosy's hat flew with the wind, but no one seemed to notice except Jenna. The hat was a bit far away from them and the finish line and they couldn't cross since the dogs would be making their round to cross it and please everyone in Nome for the race.
Rosy: "My hat!" Rosy wanted to go after it, but Jenna bit her loose coat sleeve to pull her away from the commotion.
Luckily the hat was flying towards Dustin and just as he was about to catch it, there came a wolf-like dog who was riding along the sled dogs and angered the people. He seemed to had been trying to ignore their jeers and retrieve Rosy's hat.
This was a wolf-dog, he has brownish-gray fur, light two brown dots on his eyes, pinna & underbelly, brown ears and large paws. He also has a yellow sclera. This was Balto.
Dustin: "Nice catch there, buddy." Dustin said, patting the dogs head as he, his friends and the dog walked to the girl.
Rosy: "Balto, what a crazy thing to do!" Rosy smiled at the wolf-like dog. "Just to show off for a pretty girl." Rosy said as Balto handed Dustin the hat, who gave it to Rosy.
Dustin: "Here ya go little princess." Dustin said as Rosy took the hat with gratitude.
Rosy: "Thank you, mister." Rosy said.
Julien: "So, you know this little guy?" Julie asked while patting Balto.
Rosy: "Yes. This is Balto. I'm Rosy, and this is Jenna." Rosy introduced them.
Ben: "Names Ben. These are my friends Dustin, Justin (AN/Nega Dustin's alias), Kibbles and Julie." Ben introduced as Dustin looked at Jenna.
Dustin: "Aren't you gorgeous?" Dustin said as he patted Jenna.
Jenna: "Hello and welcome to Nome, weary travelers." Jenna said to Dustin and his friends.
Dustin: "Thanks." Dustin said to Jenna, who blinked in surprise.
Jenna: "Wait, you can understand me?" Jenna asked.
William: "You kids stay away from him!" William, Rosy's dad, got Rosy away from Balto and kicked snow into his face.
Ben: "Hey man!" Ben said as Dustin gently wiped the snow off Balto's face.
Ben: "What's the big idea?! This little guy wants gonna hurt anybody!" Ben exclaimed to William.
William: "Watch your tone, young man and besides, Balto is still part wolf." William said.
Ben: "That's still doesn't mean you just kick him around like that!" Ben exclaimed to William out of anger while Julie tried to calm him down.
Rosy: "Dad, you hurt his feelings!" Rosy argued.
Jenna followed William and Rosy as Balto was going off in deep pain. Dustin and the others followed him.
Balto was very sick to his stomach now as he continued to walk, trying to ignore Steele and Jenna's conversations. He looked up to Dustin and his friends.
Balto: "Oh, you're those people from earlier."
Ben: "Yep! That's us." Ben said.
Dustin: "We figured you needed some comfort after what happened." Dustin said, surprising Balto.
Balto: "Wait, you really can understand me? I thought Jenna was kidding." Balto asked.
Nega Dustin: "Yeah, still not sure how though." Nega Dustin said to Balto.
Suddenly, there came a snow goose.
Goose: "Oh, Balto, there you are!"
Julie: "Oh, hello, who are you?" Julie asked the snow goose, as she knew his goose, but not his name.
Goose: "Name's Boris," the snow goose introduced. "If you'll excuse me, and I need to get goin' now before the people come after him."
Balto: "Don't remind me..." Balto sighed.
Ben: "Why don't we come with you?" Ben said.
Balto: "Really?" Balto sounded thrilled that another human besides Rosy wanted to be around him.
Ben: "Yeah. It's not like we got a place to go back to around here anyway?" Ben said, surprising Balto.
Balto: "Why is that?" Balto asked, making the group look at each other.
Nega Dustin: "It's a long, crazy story." Nega Dustin said.
Boris: "You can explain on the way there." Boris said, and they were off.
Balto: "I can't believe those people were still mad at me even though I helped Rosy get her hat back..." Balto mumbled, feeling ashamed to be alive.
Nega Dustin: "There are some people who huge people, or in your case, animals by their appearances. As such they ostracize them instead getting to know them better." Nega Dustin said.
Ben: "Yeah. That's just the way some people are." Ben said when Balto's ears then pricked up suddenly. "Did you hear that?" he asked, though was sure Boris couldn't since he was a goose and didn't have special hearing.
Boris: "No." Boris said. Balto suddenly dashed away.
Dustin: "Hey! Where's the fire at?" Dustin asked as the others ran after him.
Boris: "I don't see a fire." Boris said.
Ben: "It's a figure of speech." Ben said when they stopped and see that Balto ended up running into Jenna, much to his embarrassment.
Ben: "Oh. It's Jenna he was hearing." Ben said with a smirk.
Dustin: "Four legged Romeo." Dustin said with a snicker.
William: "Jenna!" William called as he walked with Rosy.
Rosy: "Jen, come on!" Rosy called to them as they were going home.
Jenna smiled about going home, but then turned to see that Balto and the others had already gone off somewhere else. She tried to look for them, but the family had called her so she just decided to get going.
Meanwhile
Hidden behind a building was a woman of Japanese ethnicity with greenish-blue hair in pigtails, wearing a black hoodie, a pair of shorts hidden under her hoodie, black boots and a surgical mask obscuring her mouth. She then pulled out a small hand mirror from her hoodie. The mirror glowed and showed the all too familiar face of Annabelle Lilith.
Anabelle Lilith: "Have you something to report?" Anabelle Lilith asked the girl.
Girl: "Yes, mistress. It appears that Hogan and his comrades are here." The girl said to Anabelle Lilith.
Anabelle Lilith: "They are, aren't they?" Anabelle asked with a sinister chuckle.
Girl: "What are your orders, mistress?" The girl asked.
Anabelle: "Tell me, this is the world of Balto, correct?" Anabelle asked, the girl nods.
Girl: "Yes Mistress." The girl responded.
Anabbelle: "And surely you know what happens later on, don't you?" Anabelle asked, the girl then caught what she was getting on.
Girl: "I see what our getting at, mistress." The girl said with a chuckle.
Anabelle: "And you do have the power to control and create diseases. You don't own the title of "Plague Spreader" for nothing, my dear Pestilentia." Anabelle Lilith said to the now revealed Pestilentia.
Anabelle Lilith: "And Hogan does have a soft spot for snot nosed brats." Anabelle Lilith said, Pestilentia chuckling as she understood what her mistress was suggesting.
Pestilentia: "It is as good as done, mistress." Pestilentia said with a nod.
Anabelle Lilith: "Excellent. Do not fail me." Anabelle Lilith said as the mirror now showed it's normal silver cover. Pestilentia closed the mirror and chuckled.
Pestilentia: "Now. Time to go to work." Pestilentia chuckled sinisterly before walking off.
With Dustin and friends
Dustin and his friends were sight seeing, until they noticed Balto, who along with Boris, was being bullied by Steele and three other dogs.
Kibbles: "Oh boy. We got trouble." Kibbles said as Dustin made a snowball.
Dustin: "Hey, leave him alone! Beat it!" Dustin exclaimed as he threw the snow ball right at Steele.
Steele snorted at the snow ball and glared as he came over to Dustin.
Steele: "You got a lot of nerve doing that to me!" Steele growled to Dustin, but he wasn't backing down..
Dustin: "Unless you don't want a tin can or a rock flying towards you, I suggest you and your three stooges leave Balto alone." Dustin said while glaring at Steele and the three dogs.
Ben: "Dude. Calm down man." Ben said to During.
Steele continued to growl and glare at the human.
Balto: "Hey, I got a message for your mother," Steele taunted Balto after slapping him in the face with his tail. He then howled loudly which made his minions howl with him.
Balto was very angry with them for mentioning his mother like that. Boris was hiding behind a pot and tried to stop Balto from pursuing Steele and his gang. Dustin was now really mad by this.
Dustin: "Oh! So you want to see how a wolf howls? I'll show you how a wolf howls!" Dustin activated his Ultimatrix and transformed into Blitzwolfer, or as Ben calls him Benwolf. Steele, Balto, Boris and the three other dogs were stunned.
Steele: "What the…" Steele said in shock.
Balto: "Whoa." Balto said in both shock and amazement.
Ben: "Dude, no!" Ben said, but Blitzwolfer took a deep breath before his jaws split in half, and howled an ultrasonic howl at the four dogs, making them cover their ears.
Steele: "Run for it!" Steele said as he and the three other dogs ran off, Dustin then reverted back to normal.
Dustin: "Yeah! That's right you four legged punks! You better run!" Dustin shouted before going to Balto.
Dustin: "You alright there, Balto?" Dustin asked Balto, who nodded.
He stopped and sniffed something in the air that seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't place it, then looked over on top of a hill to see a few wolves who stared at him and his companions. Then one of the wolves howled hoping he would reply back with his howl. Balto looked at them, but ignored them and sulked away to get to a broken down boat which is what he took for shelter.
Boris watched the other wolves leave right then.
Boris: "Not a dog, not a wolf, all he knows is what he's not." Boris looked up to Dustin and the others, explaining Balto's sadness.
Dustin: "Well he's a mixed breed a wolf dog, half wolf, half dog." Dustin said.
Ben: "Yeah. If say he's very special." Ben said, the others nod in agreement.
Boris: "If only he could see what he is." Boris added in slight dismay.
Balto kept walking in sadness and walked up the boat's board to get himself comfortable.
Kibbles: "Well, if anyone gives you trouble, well help out." Kibbles said to Balto, hoping that would cheer him up.
Boris even attempted to pretend to act like a dog to humor Balto. Balto was in too much pain and decided to wrap himself underneath a blanket to keep himself warm, very depressed.
Boris then tries to do an infamous Russian dance that many people knew. When he finished, he saw Balto was still depressed and started to give up himself. He joined on Balto's side.
As Boris did that, there was a flock of geese flying in the sky and they honked.
"Homesick, Boris? You ever think about going back?" Balto asked Boris.
"Yeah you can just go back home and see your home and then come back here." Dustin said.
Julie: "I would be if I were separated from my parents for a while." Julie said.
Boris: "Don't fret," Boris insisted. "I'm sticking here until I'm sure you can stand on all four feet." He then started to mop the floor then.
Boris: "You're taking care of me?" Balto sounded amused.
Kibbles: "That's a very sweet." Kibbles said patting Boris' back.
Boris: "Don't thank me." Boris smirked.
Nega Dustin: "After all, we mammals have to stick together." Nega Dustin said to Balto, paying his head.
Balto chuckled a little, then suddenly sniffed something.
Balto: "I smell..." Balto took another sniff. "Herring!"
Boris: "The herring are flying south too." Boris scoffed.
Balto: "Must be Muk and Luk!" Balto chuckled, then looked up to Dustin and friends. "They're twin polar bears, they usually like to play pranks on Boris."
Boris: "Good news..." Boris chuckled nervously, not sounding too excited about seeing the bears who he also took care of with Balto.
Julie: "I'm sure they sound very nice." Julie said when suddenly they hear voices
Voice: "Uncle Boris?" A voice said from a distance. We see too plar bear's of different sizes.
Ben: "That must be them now?" Ben said.
Boris: "Oh, no." Boris mumbled as he tried to protect himself with the mop and bucket.
Boris: "No hugging, no licking." Boris said, while holding up the mop and bucket as a way to protect him. The bigger polar bear had hugged Boris and licked him despite being told not to.
Smaller Polar bear: "We love you, Uncle Boris!" the smaller polar bear said to the snow goose with a cheerful smile.
Kibbles: "Aww! Cute!" Kibbles said, the two polar bears noticed the newcomers.
Dustin: "Why hello there." Dustin said to the polar bears. The bigger polar bear looked worried and mumbled behind the smaller one.
Muk: "Sorry, he's a little weird around strangers," the smaller polar bear explained. "He's Luk, and I'm Muk."
Luk, the big polar bear, continued to whimper around his brother.
Nega Dustin: "No need to be afraid, my ursine acquaintance. I assure you we mean no harm or ill intentions." Nega Dustin said, Luk finally calmed down, but still a bit scared.
Balto: "Never knew he knew big words or fancy phrases." Balto said to Dustin.
Dustin: "Yes. His intelligence is high, even surpasses my own." Dustin said to Balto, looking over as Boris was putting his feathers back in place.
Boris groaned and put his wing feathers to his face. "Hey, Boitshicks, let's play a game!"
"Yes, please, Uncle Boris!" Muk beamed as he and Luk were excited.
Balto: "Race you to the shore, one, two, three, go!" Boris called and the polar bear brothers were off without him. "They win." he smirked then.
Ben: "Genius my feathered friend." Ben said to Boris. There was suddenly splashing sounds.
Balto followed the source of the sound and had an amused smile, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Muk was crying for help since he and Luk couldn't swim, though they were obviously too big to be drowning over the small flow of water.
Boris: "Bears!" Fellas! Idiot balls of fluff!" Boris called to get their attention, but the bears were still 'in danger'.
Dustin: "Muk, Luk, it's okay, you're not drowning! The water isn't even nearly that deep." Dustin called out to them.
The two bears finally stopped and calmed themselves down.
Boris: "He has a point, bears," Boris walked over to them. "You are not drowning because if you will pause one moment you will observe perhaps, tide is out!"
Luk mumbled something, sounding insecure.
Ben: "What is he saying?" Ben asked.
Kibbles: "Speak up sweetie." Kibbles said to Luk.
Muk: "'Oh, the shame of the polar bear who fears the water! No wonder we are shunned by our fellow bear. Woe is us'!" Muk translated mellow-dramatically.
Kibbles: "Aw. Poor things." Kibbles said, feeling bad for the two.
Boris: "What, more whimpering? Between you and Balto is like Dostoevsky novel around here. Lighten up!" Boris said to the two bear's.
Balto was now wandering from the group and watched the town in the far beyond distance.
Dustin: "Hey, Balto, you alright?" Dustin asked.
It got very dark as Balto kept looking, seeming distracted. "Jenna." Balto finally said softly.
Dustin: "Ah. I see. You're hooked." Dustin said S Boris walked beside them.
Boris: "Is love," Boris diagnosed. "So, go make move! When the angels balalaika's strum of a sweet song of love? Mambo!" he beamed, then started to dance instantly.
Balto: "She's not my type..." Balto muttered in sadness.
Dustin: "How is she not your type?" Dustin asked.
Boris: "This wolf business again?" Boris scoffed.
Ben: "Seriously man. You have some real confidence issues." Ben said.
Nega Dustin: "It matters not what you are. You are who you are, and who you are is fine." Nega Dustin advised.
Boris: "He's right. What's wrong with being half and half? I'd like to know! Sometimes, I wish like crazy I was half eagle!" Boris said.
Balto: "Why?" Balto asked, while chuckling.
Ben: "Probably better profile and less likely to get eaten." Ben chuckled.
Julie: "Ben!" Julie glared at Ben.
Dustin: "Not that I blame you, my bird of a feather. The eagle is a symbol of freedom, independence and patriotism. After all, is isn't America's national symbol for nothing." Dustin said with a smile.
Meanwhile
Pestilentia was just outside the Brewer house, eying Rosy and her parents.
Pestilentia: "Time to put the plan into action." Pestilentia muttered as her hand glowed a sickly green aura.
Inside, Rosy wasnt looking so good.
Rosy: "Mom, I don't feel well..." Rosy muttered.
Sandra: "Oh, dear," Sandra, Rosy's mother, picked up her daughter. "Cold? Flu? Stomach pain?"
Rosy continued to cough.
Sandra: "Oh, dear, I think she's caught that nasty disease that's been floating around." Sandra sounded horrified as Rosy continued to cough.
Sandra: "We better get to the doctor." Sandra said as she took Rosy, putting her daughter in her coat.
"Right then, come along." William agreed and walked out with them to do just that.
Rosy coughed and clung close to Sandra as they walked around the snow.
Jenna watched them come out and got excited, but saw horror on everyone's faces and looked worried right then.
Sandra: "It's okay, honey..." Sandra whispered to Rosy.
As they walked, Pestilentia eyed the group with a sinister grin under her face mask.
Pestilentia: "Oh dear. How unfortunate." Pestilentia chuckled sinisterly.
Jenna noticed Pestilentia and began to growl at her, sensing an evil aura from her. Pestilentia noticed the dog and smeared at her.
Pestilentia: "Ugh! I hate dogs!" Pestilentia said as Jenna ran towards her, but she dodged.
Pestilentia: "Well, feisty little fleabag, aren't you?" Pestilentia taunted.
Jenna: "I have no idea who you are, but I can tell you're up to no good." Jenna said to Pestilentia.
Pestilentia: "You're right on that, mutt!" Pestilentia said to Jenna, surprising her. "Yes, I can understand you, just like Hogan and little posse." Pestilentia said to Jenna, surprising her more.
Jenna: "How do you know them?" Jenna growled.
Pestilentia: "Wouldn't you like to know?" Pestilentia said before jumping on top of a building.
Jenna: "Who are you?" Jenna growled. Pestilentia only chuckled before disappearing in a sickly green mist.
Jenna: "Whoever, or whatever she was, I have to warn Dustin and the others." Jenna said before she walked to where Rosy and her parents were heading to.
Soon, they got to the doctor's place and Jenna waited outside like she was supposed to.
William: "We think Rosy might be ill." William told the doctor, even if he had a lot of other patients, but took time to see them.
Doctor: "Well, let me see what I can do..." the doctor had them sit and took their temperatures.
There were several other people, one man brought in a baby, an elderly woman brought in children, and it was mostly healthy adults, but diseased children.
A nurse came with another sick child after the doctor checked the three girls.
Rosy then suddenly heard barking.
Rosy: "Jenna!" Rosy ran outside without her coat and hat and hugged her true canine companion. They played for a bit, until the nasty cough came back and Rosy couldn't do anything fun anymore.
Jenna looked worried for Rosy. Rosy smiled and pet her dog gently.
William: "Rosy?" William called as he came outside with his daughter's coat. "Rosy, come on, you're gonna catch your death out here."
Rosy: "Okay, Dad..." Rosy gave in, allowing him to put her coat on her as they went back inside together.
The door closed on Jenna. The dog then decided to look inside the window as all the humans were inside and the kids were suffering. She finally sat on a pile of logs, smiling as she saw Rosy, but instantly frowned as her parents and the doctor had grave expressions on their faces.
With Balto and friends
Balto was coming then as he got a view of Jenna, he was going to see the female dog and tried to make himself look good by looking in an ice puddled reflection.
Julie: "Don't worry, Balto, you look great." Julie whispered.
Dustin: "Yeah. No pressure. Just do your best." Dustin said, giving Balto a thumbs up.
Balto: "Well," Balto gulped a little. "Here goes nuthin'," he then went to see Jenna as she looked worried.
Balto: "Hey... Uhh... I know it's a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if, uhh... I dunno... Maybe you'd like to go... Chase a few sticks by the moonlight?" he chuckled nervously, then saw Jenna wasn't paying him any attention.
Balto: "Jenna?"
Dustin and the others noticed the look Jenna had, and knew what the issue was.
Dustin: "Oh boy. We better comfort her." Dustin said as he and the others went to the two canines.
Julie: "Hey. What's the matter?" Julie asked as she looked in the window, feeling disheartened by the site.
Jenna: "Rosy is in there..." Jenna murmured.
Dustin and the other noticed the very gut wrenching site.
Balto: "In the hospital," Balto looked too. "Why?"
Jenna: "She feels warm, she has a terrible cough, guys, what's wrong with them?" Jenna sounded hopeless.
The doctor had just then taken Rosy's temperature just in time for her to cough and grab her severely sore throat.
Nega Dustin: "Diphtheria." Nega Dustin, catching the two dogs' attention.
Jenna: "What?" Jenna asked, confused.
Nega Dustin: "Diphtheria. It's a very lethal disease if not treated. It can Ben result in fatality." Nega Dustin said grimly.
Ben: "In short, Rosy might die." Ben said, making Jenna really disheartened.
Jenna: "No." Jenna said, tears welling up in her eyes.
Pestilentia: "My, my. Quite a truly grim sight. How I enjoy the suffering in this popsicle stand!" Pestilentia's voice caught everyone off guard. They looked to see Pestilentia, her back pressed into a wall with her arms crossed.
Jenna: "You!" Jenna said with an angry growl..
Balto: "You know her?" Balto asked Jenna.
Jenna: "I encountered her briefly. I was going to warn you about this girl, Dustin. She somehow knows you and your friends." Jenna said to During, surprising him.
Kibbles: "And judging by her attire, I'd guess she's one of the Hellraisers." Julie said with a glare.
Pestilentia: "Correct you are. Allow me to introduce my self! Remember my name! I am Pestilentia, the Plague Spreader." Pestilentia said with a chuckle.
Nega Dustin: "Plague Spreader? Wait! You're responsible for this outbreak, aren't you!?" Nega Dustin said, his anger boiling.
Pestilentia: "Very perspective. Yes, I am. As my title suggests, I possess the power to control and create diseases. From harmless diseases like a cold or chicken pox, to more fatal diseases such as influenza, scarlet fever, cancer, and of course, even diphtheria." Pestilentia said, a hint of pride in her voice.
Dustin: "You emo bitch! Why target these innocent children!? Why dammit!?" Dustin shouted in rage.
Pestilentia: "Simple! To hit you right where it hurts! I'm well aware of your compassion towards children." Pestilentia said, making Dustin shake in pure rage.
Dustin: "So you mean you're killing off innocent children just to break my resolve!?" Dustin growled, his anger reaching it's boiling point.
Balto: "You think you're going to get away with this, you're de wrong!" Balto growled.
Pestilentia: "Oh, I'm afraid I already have." Pestilentia said when she snapped her fingers, cashing multiple puffs of sickly green smog appear around her? Once the puffs dissipated, Dustin and company saw truly a haunting sight.
Pestilentia was surrounded by creatures that look like mutated zombies. Their skin was a deep shade of olive green, their eyes were nothing but hollow sockets with glowing sickly yellow dots, they had what looked like a small antenna on top of their heads, three writhing tendrils jutting from their midsection, the middle, index and ring fingers on their right hands resembled insect-like legs, they were skeletally thin and they appeared to have stitching on their mouths.
Julie and Kibbles: "EEEEWWW!" Julie and Kibbles said, grossed out.
Nega Dustin: "Egad! That's truly a horrid sight!" Nega Dustin said, just as grossed out as everyone else.
Pestilentia: "Maul them, my minions! Leave no remains!" Pestilentia ordered as the zombie-like creatures chased towards them. Nega Dustin used his psychic powers to the row them backwards.
Dustin transformed into NRG while Ben turned into Big Chill. Jenna was shocked by this.
Jenna: "What on Earth?" Jenna asked.
NRG: "No time to explain. Balto! You and Jenn find someplace see. We'll hold these maggot sacks off!" Dustin said to Balto, who just nods and he and Jenna hid behind a few crates.
Dustin then noticed the Ultimatrix symbol glowing multicolored light, as did Ben.
NRG: "Alright! Time to see what NRG's Dusk Variant looks like!" Dustin said as he and Ben slapped the symbol, encasing themselves in a dark purple flash. Big Chill was now Lunarctic, but NRG was something else?
It looked similar to NRG in body shape, but the containment suite changed from grey to rusty orange, the headpiece having holes creating an angry face, along with pipes on both sides of the headpiece that emit smoke. He had Spikes on his shoulder pads and shin guards. And finally, the pipes on the bottom half and the run in the central piece were glowing orange, as if they were superheated.
NRG: "INFURNACE!" the new form of NRG shouted in a deeper voice.
Pestilentia: "What!? I was not informed of this!" Pestilentia shouted in shock as Ben froze the zombie creatures in place while Ben emitted flames, burning them to ash and cinders.
Infurnace: "Now! Either you call off the outbreak, or I'll burn you to cinders!" Dustin growled in rage, but Pestilentia growled.
Pestilentia: "Never!" Pestilentia waved her arm and disappeared in a sickly green fog. Dustin and Ben reverted to normal as Balto and Jenna got out of hiding. Suddenly, Jenna looked over and there was the four-legged big shot himself, Steele. Steele had sausage links in his mouth and he tried to be smooth with the Jenna.
Kibbles: "Oh boy, just what we needed. More trouble." Kibbles uttered in anger.
Steele: "Well, well, well, what's wrong with this picture? Jenna, join me for dinner," he wrapped the links around her to pull her close, away from Balto. "You start at one end, I'll start at the other, when we get to the middle... Well, heh, you tell me."
Ben: 'Ugh! This is like a less romantic version of the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp.' Ben said to his friends telepathically
Dustin: 'Yeah.'
Balto: "Alright, Steele..." Balto growled at Steele.
Jenna: "Balto, no." Jenna stopped him and came toward Steele in a seductive way, even by fluffing his muzzle with her tail, but made a face to Balto and the others and gestured toward something behind them for a plan to be brought to action.
They saw what she was planning.
Kibbles: "You fuzzy deviant." Kibbles thought with a smirk.
Jenna was seducing Steele and causing him to back up into the boiler as Balto and the others stood out of the way. Steele suddenly got his butt burned and he growled out.
Ben: "Pfft! Oh God!" Ben chuckled.
Dustin: "Run for it!" Dustin said as they ran off and left Steele in there, but then Steele was after them and crashed onto them. William and a butcher.
Steele then had a sneaky plan though, he threw the sausages over Balto and made it look like he was a pointing dog to make it look like Balto was the one in trouble.
William: "Looks like Balto's found his way to your meat locker." William scoffed, telling the butcher.
Dustin: "Oh, bullshit!" Dustin growled.
William: "Excuse me!?" William asked, not happy with Dustin's choice of words.
Ben: "Balto wasn't the one that stole the sausages.
Dustin: "If anyone is the thief, it's this little bastard!" Dustin said, pointing to Steele.
William: "You best watch your mouth!" William asked.
Dustin: "I'm twenty-fucking-four. I can say whatever I damn well please!" Dustin growled as Kibbles try to calm him down.
Butcher: "Steele would never do anything wrong. Good boy, Steele, you've earned these, besides, I can't do anything with them after that wild animal's touched them." The butcher allowed Steele to eat the sausages as a reward.
Dustin: "Good boy my ass!" Dustin growled as Steele smirked darkly as he ate his meat which he actually stole.
William: "Go on, get out of here, you little thief!" William kicked snow in Balto's face again, sending off the wolf-dog.
Dustin: "Kick anymore snow on him, and you're gonna be sorry!" Dustin growled in anger now.
Ben: "Uh oh." Ben said in fear and worry.
Nega Dustin: "Oh dear."
Julie: "I don't like this."
Kibbles: "Honey, please calm down.
William: "Are you threatening me?" William asked in anger.
Dustin: "Not threatening, more like promising! Tell me something, you have a girl named Rosy?" Dustin asked.
Julie: "Dustin, choose your words carefully!" Julie said.
William: "What do you know of my daughter?" William asked, worried for his daughter's safety.
Dustin: "I'd knock your ass down a peg or two for mistreating Balto here, but the reason I'm not is because if I did, I'd be hurting Rosy too." Dustin said, making William calm down a bit.
Dustin: "Rosy is a good kid, and I'd rather not upset her. Right now, she's suffering enough as it is. But bottom line is that Balto here is not the bag guy! So, anyone else that gives Balto the stink eye is definitely going to suffer my wrath. And trust me when I say this, you won't like me when I start seeing red." Dustin said more calmly, but still kept his glare.
Butcher: "Should I call the police on this punk?" The butcher asked William, who kept his gaze in Dustin.
William: "No. Right now I've got more important things to sorry about. What's your name, son?" William asked Dustin.
Dustin: "Dustin Hogan, sir." Dustin said.
William: "Well, Dustin. I'll be keeping my eye on you. I'll let this encounter slide. But if you try anything brash, I'll we to it that you are apprehended. Do I make myself clear?" William asked Dustin.
Dustin: "Crystal clear, sir." Dustin said with a nod.
William: "Good. Come on Jenna." William said as Jenna walked to him, and the two walked off as the butcher walked off to the meat locker.
Ben: "Dude! You're just lucky you didn't get knocked on your ass." Ben said to Dustin.
Julie: "Seriously! Are you trying to get in trouble?" Julie asked Dustin just sighed.
Dustin: "Ok, I'll admit I may have gotten a little too far." Dustin said as Trixie appeared from the Ultimatrix.
Trixie: "You threatened the father of a girl, and he thought you were going to injure Rosy hen you mentioned her name!" Trixie scolded.
Kibbles: "Seriously. You really need to work on controlling your temper!" Kibbles scolded Dustin, making him flinch.
Dustin: "Ok, ok. I'll be sure to calm down next time." Dustin said as Balto walked to Dustin.
Balto: "Thanks for stand up for me." Balto said thankfully.
Dustin: "Don't mention it, buddy." Dustin said with a smile, rubbing Balto's head.
Ben: "Come on, let's go." Ben said as the gang walked off.
Meanwhile
In the forest, Annabelle Lilith, Necro and Pestilentia were gathered as Pestilentia showed the two a projected imagery of Big Chill and NRG turning into their Dusk Forms. And needless to say, both she and Necro were shocked.
Annabelle Lilith: "Now this is something new." Annabelle Lilith said in shock.
Necro: "How did those two gain such power?" Necro asked, just as shocked.
Pestilentia: "How am I supposed to know?" Pestilentia said with a growl.
Annabelle Lilith: "Regardless how they achieved this feat, the sooner we take those tools, the better." Annabelle Lilith said with a frown, before smirking at Pestilentia.
Anabelle Lilith: "Excellent work on spreading the outbreak." Annabelle Lilith said to Pestilentia who bowed and chuckled.
Pestilentia: "I aim to please, mistress. But what now?" Pestilentia asked Annabelle Lilith, who only smirked and chuckled.
Annabelle Lilith: "I have a few ideas." Annabelle Lilith said evilly.
That's another chapter done. Hope y'all like this story so far and I'll see y'all next time.
