Title: Face of Tyranny
A news-station helicopter is following police cars chasing a speeding armored car. "We're live on the scene of a high-speed police pursuit of an armored car stolen earlier today from the federal reserve in Denver. It is believed the thieves also Have a hostage."
Along the highway however, that speeding car was passing by a very familiar RV. Suddenly, large crystal grows out from the pavement, completely destroying the undercarriage of the car. The effect made it spin and completely stop. One of the criminals gets out of the vehicle with the hostage, and the other holding a rather large rifle. He aims his rifle at the police car and shoots it and it flies to the air, just after the police inside it went out.
"Pardon the interruption gentlemen.", a familiar deep voice said behind them."
"Wait. What's this? Yes. It looks like we have another alien sighting!", the reporter said with astonishment.
The criminal then directs it toward Diamondbreaker, though he doesn't seem to be afraid of it, and slashes it to pieces. The criminal runs away with terror, but he's stopped by another crystal emerging from the cement, lifting him up. The first criminal then walks out from behind with the hostage. Diamondbreaker is silent and he transforms his hand into a spike. With that appearance, they surrender immediately
"We don't know where these strange creatures come from, but they seem to be here to help.", the reporter said as the screen went silent.
The squid like creature had been watching the broadcast on his ship. "The Omnitrix wasted on pointless heroics.", the creature said with absolute disgust in his voice.
His artificial lieutenant looked up at the tank. "Shall I dispatch more drones to retrieve it?"
"Fine.", the creature said as the regeneration tank finally opened, releasing a thick smoke. One of the medical robots crawls out, only to be crushed by a massive metal foot. "I'll do it myself."
Alex wakes up panting heavily and clenching his chest. He was covered in sweat as the Omnitrix was doing something strange... "Wassup man?" Alan yawned as Max got up.
"Another nightmare, Alex?", Max said approaching him.
"It was that weird alien from my vision, only bigger, uglier, and scarier.", Alex said as he calmed down finally, a slight bit shaken still.
"Sure, you weren't just looking in a mirror?", Alice chimed in with a teasing smirk.
"It was just a bad dream, son. We can talk about it in the morning.", Max said patting his grandson's head a bit. He turned and heads back to bed.
"It seemed so real... too real actually.", Alex said as he popped his neck a bit. "He looked right at me and said, "I'm coming for you now"." He said trying to mimic a deep voice."
Max was actually shocked at that statement. "Change of plan. We're hitting the road right now.", he said as he immediately went and sat at the drivers seat
"Grandpa, it's 3:00 in the morning.", Alice groaned a little bit.
"Best way to beat the traffic.", Max said quickly as he sped of. He kept at this until morning when they were passing a field of bison.
"Uh, grandpa, what's with the lead foot?", Alex said, fully dressed in his normal clothing by then. Still kinda confused.
"I want to make Mount Rushmore by nightfall.", Max said with a little sigh. Alex cocked an eyebrow before shrugging.
"Is he always like this or is this just a one time thing?", Alan whispered to Alex who just shrugged, then turned his attention to to Alice... then suddenly getting an idea.
On the Chimerian Hammer, the activation signal of the Omnitrix is detected. ""The Omnitrix has been activated. Pinpoint its location.", The sensors took a few seconds to find the signal's general location. Vilgax stares at the screen, becoming satisfied with how well his plans have succeeded so far. "I have you now."
Alice was still messing with something on her computer... before her computer started generating green electricity "Hey! What gives?"
"Sorry. You are a dumbass and always will be.", Circuit Breaker said as his face took up the entire screen.
"Alex! Get out of my computer.", she said trying to shake him out. Only for the computer to become coated with a black and white substance, before becoming outer shape again, but with mechanical spider legs.
"Query: What? I'm just entertaining myself.", Circuit Breaker said chuckling a bit. Alan laughed at this slightly.
"This is my computer. And I don't want you poking around in there.", Alice said as the possessed computer jumped out of her hand and onto the table.
"Observation: Ooh! What's this? A diary! "Dear diary, my cousin Alex is such a-", a red blush started to form on Alice's face as she started physically pounding the computer.
"Knock it off!", Alice said out of sheer and utter embarrassment.
"Alex, now is not the time to go alien. Do you understand?", Max piped up with a slightly annoyed yet stern tone of voice.
Circuit Breaker's head was poking out of the computer. "Observation: I was just fooling around.", he said before slithering out.
"We can't afford to attract attention right now.", Max said keeping his eyes on the road. All three of three minors looked at each other
"Query: What kind of attention could I attract in here?", Circuit Breaker reformed into a humanoid form as he slapped the Omnitrix and reverted to human.
"Never mind.", Max said as the three looked at each other again, slightly confused at this.
Back on the Chimerian Hammer, the Omnitrix insignia suddenly disappeared. "We have lost the Omnitrix signal."
"No matter. I've narrowed down its location". The large creature said. Looking at the screens which held various heroic acts Alex has done, such as stopping a car as Daft Punk, using Silk Spitter's webs to capture a wanted criminal, ect. "I know just how to draw this Earthling out.", he said with a slight tinge of confidence. Without caution, he punches the last screen, which shows Diamondbreaker saving a kitten from a tree
In the bison-filled field, the creature descends his ship to a near ground-level. The hanger of the underside of the ship opens, and a swarm of drones and a red large mace. The mace doesn't fly, so it just falls to the ground with the drones following it. It then begins rolling, leading its force on its way to Rapid City, destroying the welcome sign along the way.
Alex and Alice notice several fires coming from Rapid City. "What's going on over there?", he asked cocking an eyebrow.
Max is concerned about the situation as a bead of sweat rolls down his forehead. "I'm sure the local authorities have the situation well in hand."
Alex turned his head to see a large explosion occur. "Yeah sure, you keep thinking that.", Alex said as he got up and smiled a bit.
"Alex, I don't think that's the best ide-", Max said as Alex looked at him.
"You're a Technician Grandpa, we gotta do what we gotta do.", he said as he slammed down and transformed into Cold Soar. "Back in a bit." He said as he flew out of the RV.
The strike force continues to destroy everything in sight. The mace is conspicuously missing from the battle. Suddenly a green flash exploded from above as Hotshot shot out a large fire ball from his palms.
"Hey. Why don't you pick on someone with real fire power?", Hotshot said getting back up and popping his knuckles. All at once, the remaining drones fly in and surround him all at once. "Oh, man. I didn't mean all at once. Why do I get the feeling you were expecting me?", despite this, he begins to attack back, and surprisingly, the task of destroying the drones turns out to be easy... too easy, just one shot and they exploded.
He was cut off guard as an electrical net was shot out and pinned him to a wall. He shook his head dazed. He looked to see the mace rolling over to him before stopping... it suddenly opened to show a door shaped like a face.
The small door opened up, as a large figure came out... Alex immediately recognized this face. "You're the alien from my visions!"
The alien he was referring to, he had become much more burly than before. Now wearing a mask covering his mouth, attached to his armor. He wore reddish brown armored pants and matching shoulder pads. His arms possess red veins around his arms, as well as reddish brown cylinders-like objects piercing his arms, giving him much stronger and more muscular limbs. His chest plate seems to have a black form fitting sleeveless shirt, while the chest plate itself was a deep red. He wears two matching fingerless gloves. "At last we meet, the being that has caused me so much trouble.", he said with heavy hatred in his voice.
Hotshot cocked an eyebrow. "Who are you?"
"I am Vilgax, and I have come for the Omnitrix.", the now names Vilgax said as Hotshot chuckled nervously.
"And, uh, I'm guessing you're not with the good guys.", The Pyronite said with a snicker as he burned through the net. However, Vilgax stands in the same place, taking each attack as if it were nothing. With a single toss, he throws Hotshot halfway across the city. After recovering from being thrown into several buildings, he got up. "Ok. This guy's really tough.", he got up from his crater to s
"I've gotta slow him down.", the Pyronite said as he clapped his hands together and let out a massive blast of fire, melting the asphalt. "Now burn!" He roared out as Vilgax tripped and got stuck in the tar.
Max then arrives in the RV, and sees Vilgax, and immediately horrified. "No! It can't be.", he said as his eyes narrowed in hate.
Hotshot let out a cocky laugh. "Not so tough when you can't move, are you?", he gloats, as he gave himself a high five, Max interposes the RV between him and Vilgax.
Alice pokes her head out the window facing Hotshot. "Hey dimwit, grandpa says to get in now!", she said as Hotshot cocked a brow.
Alex slammed down on the Omnitrix emblem and reverts to human The RV sped off as Vilgax finally got out. "Believe when I say, you do not want to pick a fight with Vilgax.", Max said with a furrowed brow.
"Uh, how do you know his name is Vilgax?", Alex asked confused.
"I fought him before... I thought I killed him. Turned out I was wrong... I should've prepared you more.", Max said as he cursed himself for not training Alex more rigorously.
"It's okay Grandpa, you didn't know.", Alice said before looking out the window again. "Two robot goons closing in fast!"
"Hold on!", Max barked out as he speeds up more and swerves to avoid them. Alice finds her way to the front.
"We can't keep this up forever!", Alice said frightened beyond belief.
"Things are gonna get a whole lot worse if we don't get to Mount Rushmore.", Max said said as the cousins figured there was a safe haven.
"Well I'm not going down without a fight.", Alex said as he activated the Omnitrix and scrolled through his arsenal. Before landing on his old favorite, slammed down and became Circuit Breaker. "Declaration: Looks like you need an upgrade."
Circuit Breaker flops down to the floor of the RV in his liquid form, merging with the RV. Making it look sleeker, a bit more armored and generally more advanced. "Declaration: Upgrade complete." He said as his glowing eye popped up on the roof of the Rust Bucket, two large cannons formed and started shooting the drones down.
"Observation: Hah, this is easy.", Machine King said as he was met with Vilgax leapt onto the roof.
"Give me the Omnitrix!", Vilgax said demandingly as Circuit Breaker rolled his eye.
"Go fuck yourself.", Circuit Breaker said slightly annoyed as he blasted Vilgax in the face with a powerful optic beam, sending him flying back.
Vilgax immediately got up, as if that didn't even bother him. Before his large mace like ship rolled up next to him, before he disappeared into the distance.
"Where are we going?", Alice asked taking a breather as Circuit Breaker re-emerges in his Humanoid form and reverting to normal.
"We will, but first, we'll need to get some special help.", Max said as he sped off to Rushmore.
Vilgax opened up his pod and jumped in, sitting down in that throne with a amused expression on his face. "I do love a chase."
As he said this, his mace ball closed up and started rolling towards his ship.
Max is driving along a side road in Mount Rushmore. "I don't think tourists are allowed on this road.", Alice said slightly worried.
"We're not tourists. We're Tennant's.", He then stops in front of a "ROAD CLOSED" sign and he presses a button under the dashboard. The ground beneath them appears to be an elevator, which transported them to a massive underground facility. Alex, Alice and Max travel the corridors of the facility and it's covered with hundreds of compartments. Max opens several of them, and they contain devices, which don't appear to be human technology, obviously.
"Woah, this was all here?" Alex looked around in awe, Alice sharing that same expression before Max smirked.
He opened up what looked like a closet, a tall, bulky and sleek suit of armor walked out by itself. Before opening and revealing the mechanisms and an empty inside. Max turned and walked backwards into it, the suit closed up, fitting snugly around his body and now showing a blue glow. "Always wanted to use this."
The trio immediately ran back to the RV(with Max turning his suit into a suitcase) and leapt right in. Being lifted up by the elevator with him driving down the road again.
Vilgax was sitting in the bay, relaxing himself while thinking of ways to kill them all. He smirked as he saw a familiar dot speeding away from Rushmore and right into the city. "Open it up.", he said as he stood up and went towards the back of the ship.
The RV was parked around the corner, with Alex and Alice watching Max in his armored power suit walking towards where he last saw Vilgax. His Suit's A.I beeped rapidly as something was rapidly descending from the atmosphere.
Max, alarmed, looked up as his visor zoomed in on that object. It was Vilgax, flying through the atmosphere at a rapid rate, a loud... no, an explosively loud thud was heard as Vilgax landed on his feet, standing upright to face his former enemy. "Hello again Vilgax. It's been a while, last time I saw you you were sent into the atmosphere by a middle."
"Yes, Max Tennant. It's been quite the long time since we've last seen each other.", Vilgax if he had been showing his mouth would've had a grin. "And what's with the pointless armor? Is that supposed to threaten me."
"No, it's supposed to stop you. I failed to kill you back then... that's what I realized.", Max said as his visor flipped up. "This isn't gonna go like last time, I guaranteed."
Vilgax let out a laugh, a laugh that sent chills down the Tennant Trio's spine. "You've got to be mocking me.", he said genuinely finding that hilarious before his demeanor changed back to a glare. "Your human blathering is so unimportant when you're about to cease to be... and yet, it's so important to those who face true horror. It's like you believe it'll make a difference in battle, or act as some sort of closure before experiencing your demise."
Vilgax turned his head a bit to see the two Tennant cousins hide behind the wall. "And it seems there's been a misconception."
"What?!" Max's visor dropped back down.
"Isn't it obvious Max? I'm not here to squabble with an old fool.", Vilgax smirked as Max pointed a cannon at him as a threat. "It seems you do not understand, you have seen so much of what I've done and still you do not understand.", he said as he walked towards Max, who stood his ground. "You are children, your lives without meaning, your only fate is to hand over the child. Kneel before me, or you shall be the first to see this planet die."
Max grits his teeth before a mouth guard formed around his own. Before firing the cannon from his arm, Vilgax just continued to walk, simply taking the blast directly making no effort to block it
Max then noticed this... Vilgax was just walking through the blast as he grabbed him by the face. Before Vilgax can crush his skull, Max activated the shoulder boosters and clocked Vilgax in the face, the warlord simply snickered. "Tickles."
As Vilgax said this he threw him into the air before leaping with him, then drop kicking the former Technician to the ground.
Alex and Alice looked ok in shock. "Alice, get the blaster.", Alex said as sprinted over, turning into Four Fist in the process.
Vilgax smirked as he gestured him to come forward, Strongarm leapt and sent jabs his way, which Vilgax simply blocked or dodged. With the former blocking the Tetrmand's kicks before a blast to the face caught him off guard.
Alice gave a thumbs up as Alex caught any punches Vilgax threw his way. The two zipped off at high speeds and clashed with each other, blocking and dodging each other's attacks. With the same at lord barely showing any effort as Alex seemed to be trying his hardest... which he was doing. The two split off before Vilgax leapt up and slammed his fist onto the ground, causing a tremor.
Max steadily got up as the life support system helped the recovery process. Alice ran over to Max with a very worried expression. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." He said as he started firing at Vilgax's back, Alice nodding and joining in.
Vilgax just caught Strongarm's punch, before grabbing the Tetramand's face and slamming him into the ground. "You've got my attention."
He sprinted over as he barreled through the onslaught of blasts as he grabbed Max and spammed him right into the ground, before lightly flicking Alice into a wall. "A battle field is no place for children."
As Vilgax said this, he peeled off the power armor Max had been wearing with ease and tossing it away. "Let's catch up old friend.", Vilgax said sarcastically as he took a stance and leapt back up to his ship, using his rocket boots.
The Omnitrix flashed red as Alex reverted to his human form, getting up and walking over to Alice, breathing heavily as he helped her up. "Holy shit we got our asses kicked."
"No duh," Alice said as her forehead had some blood leaking out. Both looking up to the sky.
Max woke up, it might've been a few minutes later... maybe an hour? He didn't know, he was so disoriented he had shortly forgotten what had happened... until it all hit him. Max struggled to get out of his restraints as Vilgax walked up to him with a blade. "How was your nap Maximoff?"
"Where's my grandchildren?!", Max barked at him aggressively as Vilgax rolled his eyes.
"I said you'd be the first to witness the death of your home world.", Vilgax said looking at the blade, which seemed to be a bit dull and tossed it away. "I'll bring them up here shortly, just so you can watch me rip them into shred. First the girl... then the boy, that little brat is in between me and universal domination of course. You will be watching me torture him endlessly, and as since you're his grandfather... you will be the one to kill him.", he said with a pleasant look, with Max looking absolutely horrified
Alice was currently getting her head patched up by the roll of bandages. Before Alex ripped off the bit of it, his hands were shaking violently as his breathing was pretty shaky. "Alex, it's okay. We'll think of somethin-"
Alex looked at his jacket, which looked a bit torn and tattered as he just tossed it away. "Dammit this fuckin watch.", he said as he started to rapidly scroll the dial, wanting to unlock an alien strong enough to beat him.
Do you wish to save him?
Alex looked around, as he looked down on the Omnitrix. With Parasyte's icon appearing, he hadn't touch the button yet it was there.
I am the answer to your prayers.
Alex smirked as he pressed the button as he scrolled through the Omnitrix's icon again. "Okay... I have an idea.", he said turning to Alice.
"Locate the the Omnitrix signal.", Vilgax said as one of his robotic minions started to pinpoint it's location.
"Master... it's approaching us fast.", the robot minion said looking up at the warlord.
Suddenly, a green beam cut a large square and something ripped open the wall. [Hull Breach!-] that robotic minion's head was shot off. Mach Manta flew in and set Alice down who was on his shoulder.
Alice took out both her Bō staff and the Technician pistol as she flipped the staff in the air as she fired at two, then caught the staff and slam it into one of the robots
"There you are boy.", Vilgax said as a green flash exploded from Mach Manta , he was sent flying back by Parasyte. "Round two then!" The two charge at each other before colliding their fists into each other.
Alice ran over to Max and shot the cuffs holding him in place. Max fell down and caught his breath. "Heh." He smirked as he got up and patted his granddaughters head. "Looks like boldness runs in the family."
Alice smiled as she shot another robot. "Well of course, we're your grandchildren.", she said boldly.
Max nodded as he flipped up a panel in his arm. "I'm guessing Alex figured this out?" Alice nodded as Max pressed a button. Down below, the RV started to move before rockets formed from the side, sending it flying into the air.
Vilgax attempted to catch a familiar blur, that being Rush who was zipping around. The shock waves of his punches caused holes to erupt from all sides. "You think you can escape me?!"
" Wasn't planning on it.", Rush said in the distance, running at high speeds with a smirk under his visor. "Peek-a-boo!", he said before he ran into him at full speed.
Normally this wouldn't do much, but as soon as he came back he morphed into Diamondbreaker with a blade arm and rammed in head first into Vilgax, causing some blood to leak from his forehead and his leg, as he had managed to pierce his armor.
He began to fix himself while Vilgax was in shock at this actually happening before rage overcame him and he grabbed Diamondbreaker by the head and threw her hard, sending him flying into another head, obliterating it as he laid there while he slowly limped towards him and punched to shatter his skull.
Only he hit into a... slimy black substance. Parasyte leapt up off his hand and punches him.
To think that little human could harm him like this?! How dare he! He was starting to hate anything with the name Tennant.
Max was a little busy destroying Vilgax's ship with his handy RV, trying to escape in the process, with the RV having flew towards him with the advanced autopilot. "Better hang on to something. This may get a little bumpy.", Max said as he drove off out of the stern of the ship.
A green flash shone from Alex, who had threw his glasses away and popped his knuckles. "Quite the skilled creature you are." Vilgax said, anger pulsing through his veins.
"Looks like the good ol' warlord can't handle a little kid.", Alex said crossing his arms.
"Don't you dare to underestimate me boy!", Vilgax roared in pure rage as he charged at him. Alex smirked as he flipped away.
He pressed down on the Omnitrix core, turning into Strongarm... but midway. A black substance covered him as he clocked Vilgax in the face.
Vilgax looked up in shock and excitement as he looked at the new challenge. The black substance had covered Strongarm completely, giving him a new total of TWELVE ARMS. His body now covered in primarily red with black spots. His clothing now looking more like armor.
"I can get used to this," More Arms said examining his new body as his whip like tongue whipping around.
On the outside, clouds started rolling in, looking similar to storm clouds actually. Although the weather was perfectly fine except for a slight chance of Vilgax rain.
Vilgax leapt up as they two charged at each other once more. Before the two were collided in a thunderous exchange of blows. Vilgax looking as if he's putting more effort not much to push him to his limit but a bit more than before, while More Fist looked determined to kill him.
The extra shockwaves from their colliding fists caused the entire ship to rattle and fall apart before they stopped as they heard.
[Commencing self-destruct launch.]
"Nooooo!", Vilgax roared out as More Fists punches him back and ran to the open hole, as he did he slammed down on the Omnitrix. Transforming into Hotshot.
"See ya squid face!", Hotshot laughed as he rocketed out of the ship, riding on a comet of fire as the ship exploded violently behind him. "WOOHOO!", he yelled out in glee as he crashed to the ground.
Alice and Grandpa Max make it out, though the RV is completely damaged. "You all right, Alice?
Alice rubbed her head as her nose was bleeding, not bad but just some minor leakage. "Oh. At times like this, going back to school doesn't seem so bad."
They walked out to see the Chimeran Hammer explode into pieces, with HotShot flying down before landing right onto the ground.
Alice and Max ran to where he crashed, only to see Alex in a smoking crater, sitting on a pillar in the middle of it. "Not bad.", Alice said crossing her arms.
Alex turned to them with a smile. "Grandpa, we need to talk.", he said as he looked up, watching his own little firework show.
"That we do," Max said as he never told them the full story... and deeply regretted that decision.
"What if he comes back?" Alice asked in worry which was understandable considering how dangerous this guy was compared to the past enemies but Alex held up the watch.
"If he does, I'll be ready for him. As hell, I got me some new tricks," Alex said as Parasyte's icon appeared on the Omnitrix.
/End/