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9 Better Prepared
Frank and Natalie Tennyson had been living in relative peace since Gwen left for college. They weren't often approached about their famous niece though it did happen a few times. Jen didn't come over often, usually busy with her work and school. So when her green and black motorcycle pulled up outside they both frowned slightly. She hopped off her bike and came up to the door, which Frank answered.
"Hello Jen, haven't seen you in a while." Jen shrugged smiling at her uncle.
"Been busy. How's life?" Frank shrugged as Natalie put on the kettle.
"Pretty ordinary." Frank said and Jen laughed.
"Ah, sometimes I miss ordinary. But I wanted to drop off something for you and Auntie Natalie." She pulled a small package out of her pocket and handed it to Frank. He raised an eyebrow and opened it. Inside sat two necklaces, on which hung a black cylindrical device, one for each necklace. Frank raised an eyebrow.
"Thanks, but I have to ask, what are they for?" Jen sighed.
"They're a failsafe. Things have been getting weird lately. If it gets too dangerous you just have to push the button on the bottom. It'll teleport you to a safehouse. Mom and dad have one each too. I hope you never have to use them but better safe than sorry." Frank nodded.
"That's very thoughtful, thank you." Jen nodded and shook her head as Natalie offered her some tea.
"Can't stay, sorry. I've got patrol. Thanks though." She waved as she headed out, back onto her bike, taking off into the city. Frank shook his head slightly.
"She's got far too much going on these days." Natalie nodded frowning slightly before slipping on the second necklace.
Jen and Rook were in the Prototruck, doing a basic patrol. Rook had been mostly silent the whole time. Jen frowned.
"You doing ok Rook? You're being very quiet." Jen asked frowning at her partner. He shook his head slightly.
"I am sorry, I have had a lot on my mind." Jen nodded.
"Yeah I get that. Is this about what happened on Incarcecon?" She asked looking out the window.
"No. I have just had quite a bit on my mind." He paused. "Are you feeling well?" Jen sighed.
"Just a bit worried. The Incursions shouldn't have been in the Peptos system. They're straying out of their territory. I'm worried where they might be heading next." She commented tapping her fingers against door. Rook took a deep breath.
"Yes that is very worrying." Rook stated shoring up his nerves. He needed to take Gwen's advice. He needed to bit the bullet, he needed to tell her how he felt. "Jen, I…" But he was interrupted by Jen's communicator beeping. She pulled it out from under her shirt and clicked it on.
"This is Jen."
"Jen, it's Pierce. We need you and Rook to take a look at a ship that just came into the atmosphere." Jen frowned.
"How did it manage to get all the way into the atmosphere?"
"It's tiny, moving fast too, slipped under the radar. Could be a stealth skiff, could be a small escape pod. We need you two to check it out. It's heading towards Bellwood now." Pierce stated. "Barely pinged any radar at all. If Kev hadn't upgraded us before he left with Gwen we probably wouldn't have spotted it." Jen nodded cutting off the call.
"Sorry about that Rook, head up to the skyline. We'll see if we can spot this ship." Rook nodded and turned the ship up towards the skyline. Jen frowned slightly. "Were you going to say something?" Rook shook his head.
"It can wait." He insisted, Jen frowned but she spotted what they were looking for before she could ask again.
"What even is that?" Rook frowned glancing up from the controls. His eyes widened.
"That is one of the harvesters Fistrick brought to Revonnah!" Jen frowned unstrapping her seatbelt and standing.
"They kept those?" Jen asked spinning the dial on the Omnitrix.
"They proved quite efficient. Many chose to upgrade." Rook commented swerving to avoid the harvester. It was slightly beaten up, Jen frowned selecting Upgrade.
"Well whoever's in there needs some flying lessons." She transformed sliding up the Prototruck and leapt onto the harvester. She sank into the machinery and popped up her face, such as it was, into the cockpit. "Young one?" The young Revonnahgander screamed. "It's ok it's me Jen. Just hold on a second I'm gonna pull this thing into the Prototruck." Young One stopped screaming and laughed with relief.
"You can become machines too? Unthinkable!" Jen laughed.
"No, one of my aliens can take control of machines though. I call this one Upgrade. Hang on a second I need to talk to your brother really quickly." She readjusted so she could broadcast her voice back to the Prototruck. "Rook open the back hatch! You're never gonna believe this." Her partner did as she asked and pulled the Prototruck to a landing just outside of Bellwood. Jen, still Upgrade, opened the cockpit and Young One leapt out of it and ran into his brothers arms. Rook blinked.
"Young One! When did you learn how to fly?" Rook practically demanded scooping his brother off the ground.
"While you were away!" The young Revonnahgander squirmed. "But that is not why I am here!" But Rook wasn't listening. He was looking over the harvester Young One had been flying.
"Does father know what you have done to this harvester?" This time Rook was actually demanding. Jen raised an eyebrow.
"Well he most certainly does not currently care." That caused Rook's eyebrows to climb too but this time Young One was quick enough to cut his brother off before he could interrupt. "Because Revonnah has been invaded!" Rook set his brother down and Jen squatted down so they were on the same level.
"What happened?" She asked and in that moment Rook gained a whole new respect for his partner. He knew she didn't have siblings but she was willing to listen to anyone's problems. But Young One's tale turned his blood cold. If the ships had arrived at any other time, he might not have been able to make it off the planet to warn them. He looked over at Jen who had turned to the harvester.
"This should fit the three of us, with a little adjustment." She spun the dial on the Omnitrix and transformed into Juryrigg. The little red creature crawled into the device and laughed sticking her head back out.
"Juryrigg likes you!" She called out to Young One before diving back to her work. Within the hour the three of them, Jen having returned to normal, piled into the Harvester and shot off the planet heading towards Revonnah.