2016
Empire City
Kevin was walking down a sidewalk with his hands in his pockets, then he spotted a strange-looking old man, the perfect target. Kevin pretended to bump into the old man, making them both fall over, "Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry sir!" Kevin said as he helped him to his feet.
"Thank you, young man!" Said the old man, "You should watch where you're going, though, don't wanna run into the wrong person!"
"You're very correct!" said Kevin, "You are very wise, goodbye then!" Kevin walked away, with the man's wallet, he opened it up and found a few 100 dollar bills, "Heh, score," he looked at the I.D. inside, "Hmm, Joseph Joest-"
"Excuse me, young man!" The man yelled, "Can you please give me my wallet back."
"Huh!?" Kevin turned around and saw the man again.
"You can keep the cash, I just want my wallet back, it was an anniversary gift from my wife!"
"O-oh… ok," Kevin returned the wallet and ran away, "What a weird old guy," Kevin walked over to a gas station, and picked up a hot dog, "Can't believe my luck, actually cooked food," he sat down on the side of the gas station.
"Well look who it is," said a voice seemingly from nowhere.
Kevin jumped, he looked around and saw a couple of kids, "Oh great, you again, what do you want from me?"
"We want you to know your place, freak!" said one of the kids, wielding a baseball bat.
"You got lotsa guts showing your face 'round here!" said the leader of the punks, "This is a no freak zone!"
"I just want some food you jerks," said Kevin, setting down his meal, "In fact, I was just about to leave so if you could just-"
"You givin' us orders, freakshow?" the leader said, "We're the only ones givin' orders!"
"What should we do then boss?" said another one of his lackeys.
"I think we should teach the freak some manners, GET 'IM BOYS!"
Kevin braced himself, one of the punks whipped a chain at him, Kevin grabbed it and surged electricity through it, making the kid drop it, "Unless you wanna get MORE hurt, I suggest leaving me alone!"
Another kid swung at him with a baseball bat, Kevin dodged and swung the chain around his attacker's arm, zapping him. While he was dealing with the bat wielder, the ringleader reeled back and punched him in the back of the head, Kevin collapsed and the punks began kicking him. In a fit of rage, Kevin covered his body in electricity, making the punks back off and start running.
Kevin began panting, he got up and walked away. When he made it back to his junkyard, it was already dark. Kevin opened the door to a broken car, and slumped down in the passenger seat, he popped open the glove box and pulled out a picture, a family photo, taken when he was very young it was him, as a baby, his mom, and his birth father. Kevin began crying, "I miss you so much…" he held the photo close and began to doze off.
Hours later, he was woken by a strange thing poking his face, Kevin grabbed it, it was a cylindrical floating thing, "What the hell…"
"Oh good! You've finished hibernating!" said Peridot.
Kevin screamed, "Stay away! Listen, weirdo, I don't have that much money but I WILL hurt you!"
"Don't bother attacking me, Hybrid, you are my test subject!" Peridot explained.
"Excuse me?" Kevin, calming down a bit.
"You see, I am of a race that is far more advanced than those on earth. I am from Homeworld, but was stranded on this disgusting place by some rebellious traitors!"
Kevin stared at her in confusion.
"Luckily," Peridot continued, "I had downloaded the schematics for the most powerful weapon in the universe, the Omni-Matrix! And after the past few days, I created my very own!" She turned around and pulled out an Omni-Matrix, it was a dark red color, with a jewel-shaped button on the side. The dial had 4 colored triangles, colored white, blue, pink, and yellow along the border, making an X shape in the middle.
"Ok...?" said Kevin, "What do I have to do with this?"
"My species cannot wield this device, it'd dissipate my physical form, however, your half-Osmosian DNA makes you the most compatible for this device!"
"Osmosian?" Kevin asked, "Wait, you want to give me the most powerful weapon in the world?"
"Why of course!" she said, "How else would I test it?"
Kevin looked at the watch, and thought about how many times he was ganged up on and attacked, "What does it do?"
"Why, it turns the wearer into alien beings, however since I scanned the original while it was in a start-up function, so you only have access to 10 aliens, plus the one DNA sample I collected, a Reactan, they're extinct now, so you're quite lucky!"
Kevin snatched the watch from her and put it over his right wrist, it adjusted to fit him snugly, and Kevin felt a twinge of pain as it calibrated to his DNA, "Woah…"
"Press the button on the side, should be simple enough for your human mind to comprehend, and then select the DNA sample you wish to use," Peridot instructed.
Kevin tapped the button, and the dial popped up, he twisted it, he was drawn to the silhouette of a tall figure with fire on his head. He pressed it down and transformed, his body erupted in purple flames, and was covered in black rocks, with the Watch's dial on his chest.
"Oh my god!" said Kevin.
"Hm, I figured this would happen, the DNA is a bit corrupted due to my crude way of assembling this Omni-Matrix, you see Pyronites don't usually come in this color," said Peridot.
"So I guess it's more of an Anti-Trix?" Kevin asked.
"Yes, I suppose so," said Peridot, "However I did improve on the original design a bit, you can change between aliens while transformed, but you'll run the timer down faster."
"You keep talking about 'the original,' who's wearing that one?" Kevin asked.
"A Ben Tennyson, we'll deal with him and his CLOD teammates soon enough, Hybrid, but for now, we should test the power of this device."
Kevin thought for a moment and then smiled, "I have something in mind."
Kevin lead her to an abandoned warehouse, "What use could this temple have?" Peridot asked.
"Shh!" Kevin peered in and saw the punks that beat him up the day before, "Oh this will be good," he turned to Peridot, "What's the strongest guy I have here?"
"Well if you want pure brute strength, I suggest using the Vaxisaurian form, it's the large reptilian one."
"Perfect," Kevin pushed the warehouse doors open.
The ring leader looked over, "Well look who it is, the freak wants a rematch," he got up and grabbed a bat, "C'mon boys, we got a freak to beat."
Kevin started laughing, and the boys hesitated a bit, "Watch this," he selected the giant reptile alien and slapped the dial down. Suddenly, the punks were staring down a large, red bipedal dinosaur, with spikes jutting from its body. Kevin roared at them, causing them to fall over. He slammed his fists into the ground, causing it to crack and break. He then grabbed the ring leader and began squeezing, but then he loosened his grip.
Kevin brought him close to his face, "If I ever see you or any of your lackeys again, I won't be so nice, understand?"
The ring leader nodded.
"Good," Kevin dropped him and he ran away.
"Well the Vaxisaurian DNA is completely stable, yet also corrupted like the Pyronite Sample," said Peridot, putting in some notes.
Kevin tapped the Anti-Trix and turned back to human, "This is perfect! I have an actual place to live instead of some junkyard!"
"Yes, I suppose this will be a suitable place to test your alien abilities," said Peridot, "shall we continue the tests."
"I don't know how things work on your planet," said Kevin, "But I need like, a few more hours of sleep," he plopped down on a couch, "And don't wake me up this time, let me do it on my own," He closed his eyes.
"Hm, very well," said Peridot, she folded her arms and waited.
Kevin woke up and stretched his arms, he took a look at his new home in the daylight, it was surprisingly nice for what it was, a small tube TV, a recliner, and the couch Kevin spent the night on.
"Well that was fast," said Peridot.
"Were you standing there the whole time?" He asked.
"I had nothing better to do, it was only a few hours," she said, "Can we do more tests now?"
"Alright," Kevin jumped off the couch, "I wanna bring some things of mine from the junkyard here, is there a thing in here that could help me do that?"
"Use the Citrakayah form, obviously," said Peridot.
"Oh yeah, of course, which one is that?"
Peridot groaned and walked over to him, she popped up the dial and twisted it to a cat-like silhouette, "There, the Citrakayah form, as I said."
"Right, thank you," Kevin slapped down on the Anti-Trix and turned into a lanky, dark blue lanky feline humanoid, and ran off to the Junkyard, and quickly returned with his old family photo, a portable game console, and a stuffed animal toy.
"What purpose do those items serve?" Peridot asked, "Are they weapons?"
"What? No, just a few sentimental things, my dad gave these to me before he…" Kevin went silent.
"What is 'dad?'" she asked.
Kevin raised an eyebrow, "Erm, I'll explain later."
"Ok then, change to another form, just press the dial down," Peridot instructed.
Kevin pressed it down and turned into a ghost-like form, with exposed bones and a tail instead of legs, floating in the air, "Woah! I'm flying!"
"Yes, of course, you're an Ectonurite," said Peridot, "Flying is one of their main abilities, along with phasing through solid objects, turning invisible, and possessing organic lifeforms."
"Possession?" Kevin got a wicked idea, "Let's go do some field testing!"
They made their way to the Total Zone Arcade, he went invisible and phased into one of the workers, taking control of their entire body, he then walked into the back room and pulled out a hand truck. He then unplugged one of his favorite games (Fatal Street Kombat) and rolled it out of the building, without anyone thinking twice, he then brought it to his new home and then left the guy behind a gas station. Needless to say, that guy had a very confusing walk home.
"Sweet!" said Kevin, "I've always wanted to own one of these babies!" He plugged it in. Kevin activated the Anti-Trix and began scrolling, "Hey this dude looks cool!" He smacked it down and became an alien made out of purple crystals, "Oh I like this one!"
"Ah yes a Petrosapien," said Peridot, "They have the ability to create synthetic crystals from their own bodies."
Kevin made a small crystal structure from his hands, "I could like, use this to fix up cars!"
"What is 'cars?'" Peridot asked.
"Seriously?" Kevin asked, "They're the metal things people drive around the street, I was sleeping in one when you found me."
"Oh, the primitive transportation devices?"
"...yeah. Hey how long have you like, been on Earth?" Kevin asked, tapping his Anti-Trix and turning human.
Peridot checked her log, "I came here on log date 3-1-2, performing a maintenance check on the Earth galaxy warp. I was then ambushed by a group of traitorous rouges, the Crystal Clods!"
"Oh damn," said Kevin, "What did they do?"
"They prevented me from performing my duties and broke the galaxy warp IMMEDIATELY after I fixed it. As if they haven't done enough to me, they break all my robots!" She swiped on her screen a few times, "Later, I came to Earth again, to remove the Omni-matrix from the Ben Tennyson, but the Crystal Clods destroyed our ship and forced me to use an escape pod."
"Wow… what a bunch of jerks," said Kevin, "Why would they do this to you?"
"It's clear that they just don't understand my motives if they only knew!"
"...I think I get it," said Kevin, "My uh, my stepdad is awful. He called me a freak and did horrible things to my mom and I."
"Ah, because of your supernatural powers," said Peridot.
Kevin looked down at himself, "Yeah, that…" he took a look at his watch, "But now… I have the power to deal with people like that," he looked to Peridot, "So let's finish these tests and teach those Crystal Clods a lesson!"
Peridot smiled, "Yes! Let us finish those tests, you have yet to become the Galvanic Mechamorph, Galvan, Vulpimancer, Lepidopteran, Cascan, and Reactan," She thought about it, "In fact, I believe the Galvanic Mechamorph form could also help with 'cars' fixing."
"Oh, really?" he twisted the dial and pressed it down, he turned into a purple, liquid metal alien, "Is it this one?"
"Yes, Galvanic Mechamorphs can merge with technology, they were a synthetic species created on accident by the Galvans, they inhabit Galvan Prime's moon."
Kevin looked around the warehouse for something to test his abilities, he finally decided on merging with the TV, he jumped into it and it was covered in purple circuitry, he then connected it with the satellite dish atop the Warehouse, extending it's range. Kevin disconnected from the TV and switched it on, turning to the news, "Now I have like, all the channels!" Kevin said excitedly, he was about to change the channel but the story currently being reported on the news. Kevin turned the volume up.
"...in the bank, a man has taken the police by surprise, robbing a bank using… bugs," The anchor said.
"What the heck?" said Kevin, "Peridot come look at this."
"The man in question," the anchor continued, "Had taken out the guards, seemingly by using poisonous insects, police have instructed to stay away from the bank until the situation is resolved."
"I don't understand," said Peridot.
"He's putting those people in danger!" said Kevin, "I-I think I'm going to help them!"
"Kevin, they are not relevant," Peridot said.
"You don't get it!" Kevin started pacing around, "I-I need to come up with a plan, I need to think of something."
"Then become the Galvan form," said Peridot, "They are known for their large brain capacity."
Kevin changed into a red, lanky, somewhat frog-like alien, he took a look at the TV and said, "I'd have to use the Ectonurite form to sneak into the bank, then I can use my Vulpimancer form to take him down, it should be quite easy considering his size, yet I do not know how he is using those insects to his advantage, though I doubt these small creatures would manage to damage me in any way. Peridot, I need you to monitor the situation, and contact me if there's anything I should know!"
Peridot sighed, "Fine. This should be a good opportunity to analyze the fighting power of your forms."
"I will return shortly!" he slapped the dial on his chest and turned into his ghostly form again, and floated away.
Outside the bank, police were surrounding the area, "Sir!" said the chief officer through a megaphone, "what are your demands?"
"My demands?" Clancy yelled at the cops, "I DEMAND bloodshed! Humanity is a stain on this planet! They must pay for what they've done!"
"I don't think so!" said Kevin, who phased through the wall, "Leave these people alone, they didn't do anything to you."
"Hey, you got some freaky powers too," said Clancy, "We have something in common, so what can you do?"
"I can kick your ass, that's what!" Kevin slapped the watch and turned into an eyeless dog-like alien, he roared and jumped toward him, he pinned Clancy down and snarled, he turned to try and tell the hostages to run, but he then realized that he can't talk in that form.
Clancy tried to get Kevin off of him, and yelled, "Get him, Insect Hospital!"
Kevin was pushed away by something he sniffed and sensed something flying toward him, he pounced on it but fell straight through, he growled in confusion.
"Hybrid!" said Peridot through a communicator built into the Anti-Trix, "Turn into a different alien! That thing will overpower you!"
Kevin slapped the Anti-Trix and turned into a green armored crustacean, "Alright, now I just need to," he scanned the room, "Where'd that thing go?"
Clancy chuckled, "You can't see it, just like everyone else!"
"What do you mean you can't see it?" Peridot asked, "It's right in front of you!"
"Heh," Clancy pointed to Kevin, "Insect Hospital, make this kid pay for messing with me!"
Suddenly, Kevin was being bombarded with wasps, he shot high-pressure water at them, some of the shots making holes in the walls, the hostages started screaming.
"Oh, right. Everyone! Get out of here!" Kevin yelled, he shot a blast at the door, making it swing open. People began running out while Kevin held Clancy off.
"Oh, you are gonna pay for that!"
"Peridot! I'm gonna try the last alien I have," he moved his hand to the dial ready to slap it.
"Reactans are very powerful," she said, "If you aren't careful you could destroy that whole currency temple!"
Just as Kevin was about to change, the police began running into the bank and pinned down Clancy.
"Ya know what I think we're good," Kevin used his water powers to fly out of the bank and back home.
"That wasn't so bad!" said Kevin, "I managed to stop that weird dude, I wonder how he got that weird power though."
"Yes, you did manage to test out the DNA samples for my Omni-Matrix, It seems your forms are much physically stronger than average, not to mention the deformations, but for a prototype, it works exactly how I envisioned!"
"Awesome," said Kevin, "So, how about we go and mess up those people who trapped you here?"
"Gladly."