Volume 1 Issue 12: Welcome to Beacon Pt 3

Beacon Academy Dorms

Team CFVY's Dorm

6:20 P.M.

After eating dinner with her new friend, Velvet brought Ben back to her dorm, as she wanted to use her camera to take a picture of Ben's alien monkey form, that he nicknamed "Spidermonkey."

Ben was curious about what her weapon was exactly and so inquired her about it. Velvet showed him her weapon, Anesidora, as he began to observe it from all angles. Velvet's weapon of choice consisted of a camera and a box. The box was a large wooden chest, with golden metal bands covering the edges, and Velvet's heart emblem imprinted on its front. The box itself was about the size of a handbag.

The Rabbit Faunus explained to Ben that her semblance was the ability to mimic people's exact moves and use in combat to a degree. However, her Semblance did not allow her to mimic the Semblances and capabilities of others and perform moves that are a direct result of another person's Semblance.

"So, your camera is a conduit that allows you to make light copies of other people's weapons from the photos you take with it?" Ben declared, fascinated by Velvet's weapon making the latter smile as she nodded.

"Yes, Ben," Velvet replied back. "Once I take a picture of that person's weapon with my camera, I put it back inside my box, and the box will project a transparent solid light copy of the weapons in a light-blue outline. In conjunction with my semblance, I'm able to use these copied weapons with skill comparable to their original wielder. The light copies of the weapons retain all of their original functions and abilities, even those that are normally fuelled by Dust."

"However." She pauses for a very brief while to see it was following what she was explaining at the moment. "Every time I use one of the weapons I copied I lose it, in due to only lasting for a brief period, so even a short fight and long fight requires me to switch copies several times. I must thus carefully moderate my usage, lest I run out of copies." She resumed after being satisfied with her observation.

"Amazing!" Ben exclaimed in awe, It was no wonder that the technology in Remnant was very similar to alien technology on Earth. Ben could only fathom whether Remnant's Technological Level would be measured at Level 2 or 3. Because in his universe, Earth was at least 500 years away from being a Level 3 Planet, despite being a Level 2 planet with Level 3 and 4 technology such as Nuclear technology and Internal Combustion Engines in Cars.

Also, another fascinating thing he discovered in Remnant was that there was no nuclear radiation here since the technology here on Remnant was fuelled by Dust. If memory served him right, Dust was an energy propellant that was not only used to fight against the Creatures of Grimm, but it was also utilized for everyday use here in Remnant. Everything ranging from ammunition for weapons, fuel for vehicles, home appliances, communication technology, and military weapons in the Atlesian Military in Atlas were all dependant on dust as a power source.

As the two of them continued talking about weapons, Velvet suddenly questioned Ben about the Ultimatrix. "Ben, I was meaning to ask you." She hesitated for a bit before continuing. "Does your Ultimatrix have a powerful function that allows you to stay in alien form without transforming back?" The inquisitiveness was evident in her voice and visage.

Ben's eyes widened, as soon Velvet popped that question out of the blue. He knew that like the prototype Omnitrix, the Ultimatrix too had a Master Control Access. A special program that grants full access to all of its functions, including one that enabled the wielder to instantly change into alien forms at will without timing out due to the limiter being disabled with Voice Command and mental thought.

"Y-Yes, Velvet it does," Ben began to explain after a slight pause. The wielder of the Ultimatrix decided to choose his words carefully. "The Ultimatrix has a special feature that can allow that called "Master Control."

"Master Control?" Velvet tilted her head.

"Yes, Master Control is a special program incorporated in the Ultimatrix that grants me access to the full power of the watch." Ben Tennyson flashed his watch at her for a brief moment. "What it does it disables the limiter, allowing me to transform at will or with Voice Command. In layman's terms, I don't need to touch the dial to activate as I think of the form mentally in my mind or I can say the name of the form with my voice."

Velvet's eyes widened as soon as she heard his answer. Her new friend not only had an Ultimate Function but also a Master Control Function. She found it difficult to believe that with a simple voice command his power could go instantly godlike, similar to the story of the four seasonal maidens.

"Can you please show it to me?" Velvet asked softly. "I know you don't want the Atlas military to find out about your device. But I promised you Ben, didn't I? That your secret is safe with me." Velvet said as she softly grabbed Ben's hand promising him not to reveal the Ultimatrix on his arm but to only friends of his choosing including her teammates.

"Thank You, Velvet, for keeping my watch a secret," Ben laid his hand on hers, relieved that his new friend would keep it concealed from anyone. This gesture of his earned him a slight blush from his female friend. "Very Well, I will now show you the Master Control Access."

He then began to take off his jacket and handed it to her, as he began to speak to the Ultimatrix. Velvet leaned in as her eyes were focused on the watch curious to see it to believe it.

"Ultimatrix, Voice Command Mode," Ben commanded to the Galvan device on his arm.

"This mode is locked and not available." The Ultimatrix responded much to the dismay of its owner.

Velvet stared at the watch in disbelief. Ben's Ultimatrix had an A.I. and it somehow spoke in his voice.

"Command Function Override Code 10," Ben mandated at it again.

"Override accepted. Voice Command activated." The Ultimatrix now responded in the affirmative.

"Ultimatrix, Access Master Control: Command Code: 000 - Access - 0," Ben commanded yet again.

"Command accepted. Master Control Access: Granted." The Ultimatrix voiced again, as an emerald green light began to glow on the hourglass symbol, due to the time limiter being switched off now. Ben instantly decided upon the alien he wanted as he transformed without touching the dial, the green light produced as a result blinding Velvet.

When Velvet opened her eyes, she saw Ben transformed into a short alien that she could describe as cute.

In front of her, stood an alien that was about the height of an average human child. It has white skin, a black and white head, a pale face, along with black shoulders. Its hands were large with 4 digits and its feet were mere stubs. It possessed three fin-like growths on its head and gem-like orbs on its arms. Three button-like gems at its waist added to its feature. The section outlining across its chest and on its arms were blue. It adorned the Ultimatrix symbol on its chest.

"Ditto!" Ben shouted in a cute child-like voice and pose. The alien that Ben transformed into was Ditto, a Splixson from the planet Hathor, However, unlike his other self-duplicating alien, this Sonorosian he nicknamed, Echo Echo. Ditto and his clones could feel pain due to their telepathic connection, which as a result, negated his ability to create more clones.

As Ditto finished his announcement, he was suddenly pulled into a hug by Velvet. Ben himself was blushing from embarrassment as he was being hugged like a plush toy.

"Ben! You're so cute!" Velvet squealed, as she cuddled the Splixson's soft body. Ditto who was still blushing created a clone to take his place.

Ditto #2, who was now blushing turned to his original. "Dude! Seriously?!" He bellowed at him, still being hugged by the rabbit Faunus.

Ditto Prime then wiped off his forehead, as stuck his tongue out at his clone. "Look, okay... I just wanted to show Velvet, the Master Control Access, and then I choose this form to see if she liked this."

Velvet then looked at the other Ditto, her eyes widening in shock. "Oh Ben, I didn't know you can clone yourself in this form. What do you call this alien?"

The two Splixsons then fixated their eyes at that of the rabbit Faunus. "Well, in this form...," Ditto Prime began but was immediately interrupted by his clone, Ditto #2 who took over. "You can call us Ditto... Me and Prime me here have the ability to self-duplicate ourselves indefinitely to perform multiple tasks."

As soon as Velvet put Ditto #2 down, he immediately ran over to his Prime self and stood right next to him. Then they then began to split themselves into eight more Dittos, resulting in ten Splixsons.

"You see, Velvet, we can multiply ourselves in sheer numbers!" The ten Splixsons explained in unison.

"And I appreciate, you calling me cute...," Ditto #10 said flexing his arms, but then the other nine plus Ditto Prime then turned to him and said, "No way! she was talking about me I'm the cutest!"

The Dittos were about to break into an argument before Velvet whistled at them loudly before giggling at the clones arguing with themselves. "Calm down Ben, I just like all of you especially when you're this cute," Velvet Scarletina continued to chuckle softly as she took out her camera and snapped a picture at the ten Splixsons.

"Oh, thank you...," Ditto Prime bowed his head in response, a slight blush on his face, as his clones snickered at him.

Before Ben could open his mouth to talk to Velvet, the sound of the lock being opened was heard. Soon, the door opened and the three other members of the rabbit Faunus's team entered the room.

Ditto Prime and his nine clones turned their heads towards Velvet's direction and looked at the three new individuals who entered the room. The first one was a teenage girl with fair skin, short dark-brown hair, and dark-brown eyes. She had wavy locks on one side of her face, dyed with a gradient that began in dark brown and transitioned to caramel.

Her clothes consisted of a long, cocoa-colored shirt with a dark brown waist cincher. She wore long, dark brown trousers with ribbons on the left side. On her waist, she wore a brown belt with bullets.

Above it, she wore another cocoa-colored belt of bullets with a gold crosshairs buckle. What appeared to be a drape of black skirt hung on her right side. Her footwear consisted of a pair of high heeled, leather boots with buckles.

She also wore a number of accessories, such a bracelet with black roses as decoration. These were accompanied by a pair of black gloves and necklaces. She also had on a beret of a darker brown and a pair of black, wire-rimmed aviator sunglasses. At the moments, she held a black shoulder bag with gold studs, which in turn was held by a bandolier strap. The bag she held was her weapon, which transformed into an oversized black and gold mini-gun.

The person beside her was a teenage boy with dark skin and dark, messy copper hair. His hair extended into a long fringe and it also had a cowlick.

He wore a sleeveless, muted orange zipper vest with black lining and a high collar, a pair of black jeans, and brown, laced shoes. His eyes appeared to be pure white, giving off the appearance that he was blind. His arms are covered in scars, and he had a vertical scar than ran over his lips. He also wore a pair of long black gloves and had several pouches attached to his belt. His weapons appear to be a pair of orange gauntlets with blades attached as they were worn across his arms.

Finally, standing right behind him was a tall and athletic-looking young man with shaved-short black hair and tanned skin, wearing mostly pale-green and brown attire.

He had on a long short-sleeved robe, which he wore on one shoulder over a black muscle shirt. The robe is fastened at the waist by a leather armored belt with two pouches on it. He also wore brown pants and black-and-green boots. His left arm had a 5-layer sode which extended up past his shoulder. His weapon is affixed to his back with a padded brown strap slung over his shoulder.

All three of the figures raised their eyebrows at the site before them, the tall boy turned to the girl with an annoyed look on his face.

"Coco, I swear if you put something in the food again, I will hide all of your bags again."

The girl, who Ditto presumed was Coco just continued staring at him.

"Yatsuhashi. I haven't done anything yet. I am really glad you see them as well though," Coco retorted in a mocking tone after a short time had elapsed, still carrying over her stare at the Splixson and his nine clones in front of her.

After a while when the two of them recommenced conversing with each, the other Ditto noticed the other boy walking towards him, Velvet moved in front of him and tried to block his view as if she thought she could make them all unsee all the other Dittos. He continued moving towards Ditto though and once he was close enough he kneeled down and held his hand out towards Ditto.

The two of them shook hands before Velvet spoke up.

"Hey, guys didn't think you would be back so early." She said rather meekly. Her voice displayed only a scarce amount of energy.

"Yeah well, Fox said he had work to do." Velvet's eyes widened at this statement from Coco.

"He spoke?" she shot out in bewilderment.

"No, scroll." Coco riposted nonchalantly and Velvet's eyes returned to normal.

"So what have you guys done today?" Velvet tried to shift the topic of the conversation.

"Velvet, hun, don't try to change the subject from..." The leader of CFVY pointed towards the transformed Ben. "Whatever, this is."

The four members of team CFVY all looked at each other before nodding. A green light then engulfed the room causing the four other occupants to cover their eyes.

"Tennyson, Ben Tennyson," Ben said as he pointed at himself. Coco kept opening her mouth to say something but each time, she failed to muster up any rational sounding words and ended up closing it again.

"Velvet." Coco Adel turned to her Faunus teammate. "I think it would be best if you explained what all of this is about..." She paused to clear her throat.

"That was before you had an aneurysm," Yatsuhashi finished it for her. Ben walked next to Velvet and gestured for her to lean in.

"Do you trust them?" Ben whispered while looking into Velvet's eyes.

"With my life." Ben just nodded his head, satisfied with the response he got. "OK then."

"Well then." The rabbit faunus stated gaining the attention of the remaining occupants in the room

"How about, we all take a seat." Velvet motioned to her teammates towards the chairs in the room. Coco and Fox sat on Coco's bed while Yatsuhashi pulled up a seat facing Velvet's bed, where Ben and Velvet had positioned themselves.

"So where do you want me to begin?" Ben inquired looking towards Coco, who he assumed was the leader of the team. A goofy looking grin found its place onto his face.

"The beginning." She curtly replied, leaning in closer to show how much he had piqued her interest.

Ben Tennyson heaved a deep sigh to pacify himself, for the lengthy session which was about to unfold. "It all began..."