Ben 10 and RWBY crossover
Omni: The shapeshifter of Remnant
Authors notes: Hello everybody! I am...back! I didn't realize how long it had been since I updated this. Thanks for all the reviews and comments about the story! It's helped me flush few things out for the future of this story. I hope you all enjoy the newest edition of Omni!
Chp 16: The fight and a new adventure to come!
"Person or creature speaking."
'Person or creature thinking.'
Ben stares at the blood…his blood…moving it between his fingers. It was sticky, a steady stream coming out of his nose. He wipes it away, ignoring Klaus concerned chitter. "It's ok. Just a little nosebleed. Nothing to worry about."
After saying that, he brings the Omnitrix up, dialing through for an alien that could see and navigate the caves the others just entered. He finds it and with a smile, gets ready to transform. He slams the dial down, the familiar rush of energy rushing through him. His eyes disappear from his face, leaving him in darkness. His muscles and bones lengthen and bulge, doubling his size in a few seconds. He feels the once rigidity of his bones disappear and be replaced with an odd sponginess. The ears on the side of his face moves forward painfully, expanding once they reach where his eyes once existed. All the hair on his body disappear, skin becoming a sickening yellow, and large orbs grow in every place on his body except his face. And with a final noncommittal grunt, all the orbs open to show large green eyes.
"Eye Guy!" The aliens screams, voice deep with an odd emphasis on the 'eye'. The alien stood tall, bordering on 7ft. Clawed, four finger hands grasp at the air; green cuffs held on its wrists. Large batlike ears cover the beings face, the flesh uncurling to show a light pink interior with crisscrossing veins underneath the thin flesh. A small thin mouth is located underneath the ear flaps, 2 fangs poking out of thin lips. The beings back was a deep yellow, with a lighter yellow covering the chest and stomach area. A pair of black pants covers the beings legs, leading down to large and thin 2 toed feet. The first thing someone would see is the large bulbous growths on the beings chest, arms, and back. After a second the slits move and opens, large green eyes moving around in the sockets. The thin pupils in the middle narrow into slits, and the being looks around.
"I am going to have fun with this!" Eye Guy smirks.
Omnitrix database
Species: Opticoid
Home planet: Sightra
This species of bat like humanoids evolved on the odd planet of Sightra. A planet in which the surface is made up of a gelatinous material not unlike that of jello. To the outside view, the planet looks relatively normal; large mountain ranges, deep ravines, and even deep oceans and lakes. Upon further glance however, one would see and feel the gelatinous material in which the planet is made up. Most species on this planet would evolve following the trend of being made of gelatinous materials, having virtually no skeletal systems. The planet experiences long night and day cycles, switching at random intervals due to the planets inconsistent nature.
The Opticoids are Sightras only known sentient species. Evolving with a skeletal system made up of stiff cartilage, they are the only known stiff bodied species on the odd planet. Most Opticoids stand at an average of between 5ft and 7ft. Due to their home planets odd makeup, Opticoids and other species evolved in odd ways. The gelatinous material that covers their planets surface is thick, and constantly shifting. Sounds travels very poorly in the material, so early on sight became the name of the game for survival.
Opticoids evolved with 17 eyes dotted around their surprisingly muscular upper torso. This number can be larger as the number varies from each individual. These eyes are placed around the torso in various locations such as the shoulders, palms of their clawed hands, their back and even their stomach. An odd ability is the Opticoids can move these eyes around their cartilage filled bodies, making for a odd spectacle. Opticoids are fairly strong, able to lift objects and beings double their size and weight. Due to their bodies being made up of a stiff cartilage, they are highly agile; able to do astounding movements. Their cartilage skeletal system allows them avoid broken bones, making them oddly slippery to hold onto. They are also expert climbers.
Their eyes give them full 360-degree vision, as well as seeing things in various spectrums. They can see in the dark, infrared, and see farther than all other known species. An Opticoids vision is so well developed that they can see, the other planets within the solar system in all manner of spectrums. They also have a surprisingly good sense of hearing, alluding to their ancestors beings bat like. Opticoids have the ability to shoot out a thick goo out of the eyes on their bodies, using it as a way to immobilize those threatening them. They can also combine their eyes into larger eyes, which allows them to fire off either a beam of ice or fire.
Opticoids have the odd habit of making ocular styled puns. They tend to put extra emphasis on the letter 'I' making it sound more like 'eye'. An odd transformation; Ben rarely gets to use Eye Guy. He takes quiet pleasure in the 'eye' puns he makes while in this transformation.
Omnitrix database end
Eye Guy gives a small grin, darting into the cave after his friends. When he entered the darkness of the cave, the eyes surrounding his body all narrow; the darkness fading as his natural night vision kicks in. Eye Guy looks around, the eyes on his right shoulder seeing the rear half of the group. He bends his knees, muscles stretching and tightening. With a quiet 'hup', he launches himself to the ceiling of the cave, clawed fingers and feet gripping the hard rock. He nods to himself starting his quick crawl on the ceiling. P.O.D. floats up to him. "Operator. Would you like me to scout ahead for any threats?" This was said quietly, the bots voice barely heard. But to Eye Guys ears, it was perfectly heard. "Nah. Eye think we'll be fine for a little bit. Keep an eye out though."
P.O.D. gives a small hum; floating next to the upside down Opticoid. After a minute, Eye Guy reaches the group, all of them moving slowly and careful not to make a lot of noise. He sees the goggles on their faces glow slightly, giving them the ability to see in the darkened cave. He hears Ruby whisper. "Hey? Did Ben follow us in?"
"Yeah. I heard him transform. He should be behind us…or under us…or next to us…Oh who am I kidding he could be anywhere." Jaune whispers back, the others giving small hums. Weiss was the next to answer. "True. A large amount of his transformations are probably just fine in caves."
"Hopefully he didn't get Echo Echo. I don't want to go deaf today, thank you very much." Ren mutters, sentiments shared by the others. "Aww…But Echo Echo is so cute~~!" Nora whines softly. Eye Guy gives a small smirk at that, agreeing with the orange bomber. Blake, who was at the front of the group stops. The others stop as well, weapons being drawn. "What is it?" Yang whispers, moving closer to her partner. Blake was looking in front of them, the cave splitting into 2 paths. She raises her hand, telling them be quiet; the ears underneath her bow twitching. After a second, Eye Guy speaks.
"Take the one of the left."
The group startles at his voice, goggled eyes looking up at him. They all stare in shock at Eye Guy, the eyes on the back of the aliens body moving and looking down. "Holy crap that is freaky…" Jaune whispers, Pyrrha agreeing with a head nod. "Eyes…lots and lots of eyes.." Ruby muttered, she and Yang shivering when one of the green eyes look at them and narrow.
"Hi…" Eye Guy whispers out, crawling forward; claws digging into the rock ceiling. "That's an odd transformation.." Ren murmurs, watching the Opticoid crawl forward on the ceiling. He entered the left tunnel, waving for them to follow. They all follow after the Opticoid, keeping an eye on the path in front of them. As they traveled, they all started to sniff the air. "Ugh!" Nora blanches, holding her nose. "What is that smell? It smells worse than Professor Ports dirty socks!"
She receives a few confused glances, Ren just shaking his head. Eye Guy drops to the ground, body twisting so that he landed on his feet. "Nutritional slurry by the smell. It tastes batter than it smells.." He gets a few glances at that, Blake pinching her nose. They get closer and closer, Ruby moving forward to stand near Eye Guy. The young reaper takes the time to study the Opticoid, silver eyes staring into the one located on his shoulder. The eye looks at her, slit narrowing and the green coloration flashing through multiple colors. She lets out a little 'ohh' at that, the eyeball on Eye Guys shoulder settling on a sterling silver like her own eyes. Eye Guy lets out a little snicker, the flaps on his face twitching and moving around. Weiss seeing this, hums. "This species is bat like…"
Eye Guy gives a nod, stopping in place. "We have company…" At that, the group hears the tell tale sound of something running toward them. Penny, who had been quiet since entering the cave, lets out a small squeal. "Don't fire your guns in here. The noise will reverberate in the cave and deafen us."
"CQC it is then.." Yang smirks, smashing her fists together. The noise gets closer and closer, Eye Guy jumping up onto the ceiling; eyes darting around wildly. Jaune and Pyrrha move forward, shields up and blades ready. The first thing to appear out of the darkness beyond them was…a Beowulf? It looked like one, but its head and face was covered in a thin tan fleshy substance. The substance had spread all across its body, leaving small patches of black fur to stick out. A large singular green eyes stares at them, a pink brain shown just above the eye.
The creature looks at them, letting a screech that stung their ears. The screech is cut off when Eye Guy darts toward it, the 2 beings quickly grappling with each other. The others watch, looking for a chance to assist when another of the grimm bound past. Another bounds past and another, bringing the number up to 4.
"The Xenocytes are controlling them. No need to hold back!" Eye Guy yelled at them, back bending in a way that was disturbing; leg coming up and kicking the parasite controlled grimm away. The grimm swings warped claws at the Opticoid, the bat like alien ducking and grabbing the grimm head and slamming it into the wall. The force of the impact cracks the wall, the controlled grimm letting out a groan.
Pyrrha blocked a swipe from the grimm, claws raking across her shield; the strength pushing her back. She retaliated with a stab with her spear, the sharpened metal hitting the tan flesh and leaving a small scratch. He eyes widen, pushing the grimm back with a shove. Jaune was in the same boat, blocking and lashing out with his sword. Their weapons found purchase, but the tan flesh was surprisingly hardy.
Yang and Ren were fighting against the remaining grimm, this one having large bones spikes protruding from its shoulders, and forearms. This one was larger than the others, arms pushing the two hunters back with little issue. "Shit!" Yang curses, deflecting a heavy arm swipe. "These things are tough!"
"This one seems to be an Alpha Beowulf." Ren mutters, Stormflowers blades cutting into the flesh of the grimm in front of them. Penny nods from her place next to him, green blades floating behind her in a deadly pirouette. Blake and Weiss darted in when they could, smaller frames allowing them to get in a few hits. Eye Guy seeing the situation, hums. One of the eyes on his back extends beyond his skin, green pupil narrowing. After a second, a stream of fire shoots from the eyeball; the stream encompassing the grimm behind him. Jaune and Pyrrha jump away, the flames sticking the grimm in front of them. The parasitized grimm screeching in pain, Pyrrha and Jaune using their swords cut into the now softened burning flesh.
The swords separate an arm and then a leg; the grimm falling to the ground screechs escaping their warped mouths. Pyrrha dashes forward, sidestepping her grimms attempt to bite her leg. Her spear pierces the now soft tan flesh surrounding the grimms heads. The parasite lets out its own screech, the grimm body fading away into ash and the parasites dead body being left impaled on her spear. She turns to see Jaune behead his grimm, her partner giving a nod to her. They move to help the others with the parasitized alpha.
Eye Guy continues his fight against his grimm, the large beast snapping out with its leg. He blocks with his forearm, the force of the kick sliding him back. He lets out a small growl at that, jumping onto the ceiling and bounding at the grimm. Faster than it could dodge, Eye Guys knee slams into the grimms head with enough force to slam it into the rock floor. The floor beneath craters, the Xenocyte grimms head erupting like a rotten watermelon.
Klaus chitters from his side, Eye guy turning to see his friends square off against the larger alpha xenogrimm. Yang had just deflected a heavy swing, Jaune moving forward to block it from impacting a moving Ruby. The young reaper was darting around, Crescent rose slicing into the brown flesh. Weiss took the chance after her partner darted past a heavy stomp, forming a glyph underneath the large beast. She flicks her hand up, the glyph shining a bright blue; ice starting to snake its way over the grimms legs.
The large beast lets out a screech that rings their ears, the group gritting their teeth and fighting through it. The grimm tries to break free of the ice, but the frozen liquid was proven to be durable. Penny moves forward, smiling. "I am combat ready!" She makes her swords impale the grimms arms, stopping the grimm from moving. Weiss kept the glyph activated, Pyrrha moving forward with her spear raised. With a small grunt, she throws it; red and bronze blur parting the air with a snap. The spear pierces through the grimms head, the creature letting out a final bellow before falling forward.
The others move out of the way, the grimms body hitting the ground and fading away into black mist. The Xenocyte controlling the grimm was left, Pyrrhas spear left inside its brain.
After that, the group stay vigilant; waiting for another group of grimm to come from the darkness. Nothing comes after a minute, Eye Guy and Blake listening for any movement.
"We're clear." Eye Guy mutters, everyone letting out a breathes of relief.
"Sheesh…Those things are tough." Yang remarks, shaking her hand lightly; aura moving to the limb to ease the pain. "Yeah…" Jaune agrees.
After that, Eye Guy comes over to the group and stares down at the now dead Xenocytes. "Eye hoped the Xenocyes couldn't attach to the grimm." Weiss walks forward to the one Pyrrha had speared, looking at it with a raised eyebrow.
"Fascinating. Ugly but fascinating."
"I agree with the sentiment Miss Schnee." Penny smiles, moving forward to stare at the Xenocyte. Eye Guy stares at the orange haired android, seeing her pupils dilate. She was probably scanning the Xenocytes body, storing the info for later.
"Well, they more than likely know that we're here." Blakes statement make the group pause, and nod grimly. Eye Guy snickers at his own little pun, the eyes on his back darting around. "We're getting pretty close. The smell is getting stronger, and I can hear some more screeches ahead of us."
"Time to bust some heads~~" Nora squeals out, teal eyes twinkling behind her googles. The orange haired bomber reaches out and brings Penny in for a quick side hug, whispering excitedly to her fellow orangette. The android girls gives out her own happy smile, Eye Guy smiling at them. The group starts to move further down the cave, back tense and weapons ready. 5 minutes pass, the group stopping when a purple light beams at them. Eye Guy raises a clawed hand, motioning for Blake and Ren to go with him. The three of them stalk their way to the purple light, coming to a large opening. The opening led to a large open cave, thick purple vines crawling into the rock. Thick large leaves cover the walls, stems connecting to the vines.
Glowing bulbs were growing intermittently around, the purple light coming from inside. No DNAliens in sight, Ren moving back and motioning the group to follow.
The others reach the cavern, Ruby letting out an 'ohhh'.
"Woah…This is so…cool!" The young reaper exclaimed, darting around the cavern. She started touching the vines, and leaves; marveling at the bulbs. Weiss moves forward to stop her partner. "Ruby! Don't touch them! We don't know what they are, or what they can do to us!" The others were doing their own bit of exploration, Jaune and Pyrrha looking at the glowing bulbs.
"What…are these things? Plants?" The blonde knight questioned, looking at the bulbs closer. As he did, he yelps when the flowery leaves surrounding the bulb shut violently. Pyrrha deploys her shield, ready for something to happen. After a minute, the group freezing at the knights yelp; stare at the now closed bulb.
"P.O.D.?" Eye Guy questions, the small bot floating forward and scanning the nearby plant. The little robot gives a small ding, not unlike that of a microwave when it was done.
"These plants are from the cold world of Augstaka, homeworld of the Highbreed/Atasians. They grow within the local caves, getting nutrition from the nearest water source. Most of Augstaka before the end of the war was desolate wasteland, these plants adapting to get their nutrition from the local rock formations and the various frozen water pockets. The bulbs growing on them is akin to an Earth apply. They can be harvested for food, but humans may experience stomach aches and diarrhea if too much of the fruit is devoured. The vines and stems are safe to touch."
Eye Guy raises an eyebrow at that, the groups letting a little sigh of relief. After that, they all start to inspect the plants; running their hands down it. Penny takes this time to scan the plants, green eyes taking everything in. Klaus chitters from Eye Guys side, the magical bag slightly worried. "She's just scanning the plants. If she tries to take a sample is when we'll stop her."
After that, P.O.D. floats back to him, turning invisible above him. He smiles when Shifter gives a light groan from his back, the weapon invisible. "Let's get moving. We can come back after taking out the badies." Eye Guy says, jumping to a nearby vine covered wall. He swings his claws, the thick vines falling to the ground.
"I agree." Weiss mutters, moving forward with Ruby at her side. The others filed in behind, Penny and Nora hanging back. As they get closer, noises start to enter their ears; loud screeches and the sound of heavy machinery. Blake tilts her head in confusion, her pistol up and ready. "It sounds like…minecarts?"
The others give shrugs, looking to Eye Guy. The Opticoid was muttering under his breath. "Eye have a bad feeling about this. P.O.D?" The small robot reappears, voice now happy. "Yes Ben?"
"Are there any mines near here?" Eye Guy questions, stalking forward; eyes darting around the darkened area. P.O.D. gives a hum, Klaus jumping from Eye Guys side and hopping away. Jaune seeing the small bag hop away, whispers. "Hey! Klaus! Get back here!" Pyrrha frowns lightly, opening her mouth to warn Eye Guy. The Opticoid waves them off. "He can take of himself."
At that, the noises from before getting louder and louder. The group exits the cave, coming into a large dug out cavern. P.O.D. gives a small ding. "The town of Poppycock is well known for their iron production. Many of the older mines were closed off due to local grimm moving in, newer mines being placed closer to the town."
"Bit late for that info…" Yang mutters, eyes wide as she stared down in shock at what was in front of them. The large cavern had been cleared of the old machinery, humanoid DNAliens moving around clumps of rocks. The old rail system was repurposed to move the rubble away, some of the DNAliens removing a deep red mineral from the ground and walls. They screeched at each other, some of them having extra appendages. The group duck behind a large outcropping of rubble when one pass by by them, the clawed hands holding onto a blaster.
"Holy crap…" Ruby whispers, Weiss peeking around the corner. "What are they mining?" Jaune moves forward, hand on Crocea as he bends down and around the corner. "Most likely iron."
"What would they use iron for? Aren't they like…highly advanced or something?" Nora questions, she and Pyrrha moving to the other side of the rubble pile. Eye Guy who was in the middle of the group, hums. "Iron is an important resource for most alien species. It's actually kinda rare back home. Probably using it to repair the ship they came in on"
The group ponder the information. Iron was rare? That's…an interesting thought. Another DNAlien passes by the rubble pile, picking up a few boulders and walking away. Blake takes the time to peek her head around and look around. "Some of them are carrying…rifles?"
Eye Guy jumps to the top of the rubble pile, the group stilling when he lands and moves across the unsteady rocks. The pile barely moves as the bat like alien moves with a grace and soft touch that was totally alien. Eye Guy reaches his hand above the rubble pile, green eye on the palm looking around and narrowing on a DNAlien guarding another entrance.
"Crap. They got blasters… Looks like the ones Kevin use to sell to the Forever Knights. Laser lances?"
After looking for a few more seconds, he jumps down. "Alright. Good news and bad news? Which one do you want first?" Penny smiles. "The good news please!"
Eye Guy smiles at the android girl. "The good news is that only a handful of the DNAliens have the laser lances, most of them being around the entrance to what is probably the way to the ship."
"And the bad news?" Jaune asks, raising an eyebrow. "A handful of them have laser lances." The group deadpan at that, Jaune and Ruby muttering 'figures' under their breath. "What's so bad about these 'laser lances'?" Ren questions, Stormflower pointed toward the cave they came from. "Laser lances are level 5 technology and incredibly dangerous. One blast from them can put a wrecking ball sized hole through a concrete barrier. They can either fire in a single continuous beam, or single shots."
The group pales at the information. "So…don't get hit?" Jaune nervously remarks. Eye Guy nods, Penny tilting her head. "Can you destroy the weapons before they fire?" She questions. P.O.D. floats down, doing a little bob in front of them. "That is not recommended. Damaging the laser lances during or shortly after firing will disrupt the energy source and cause the weapon to overload. Shortly after the overload begins, the weapon shall self-implode; vaporizing itself and anything near it. Easiest way to disable the laser lances is to separate them from the user, and keep them away. The lasers are relatively slow; so that makes them easier to dodge."
"That makes this so much easier." Nora sarcastically remarks, the group laughing nervously. "So don't get hit, and separate the lances from the aliens. Easy." Eye Guy remarks. At that, the group gets ready to dart from the rubble pile. "Once we knock them all out, tie them up. P.O.D. will gather the lances and deactivate them. Then we find the head honcho and return the villagers back to themselves. Got it?"
He receives agreements from the others, Eye Guy nodding. "I'm going to need a little more muscle." He reaches up and slaps the Omnitrix; the bright emerald flash alerting the DNAliens to their location. The group feel their eyes widen when Eye Guy is replaced by the hulking figure of Four Arms. The Tetramand grins, bounding around the corner with thunderous steps. The group follow in behind, weapons at the ready. Ren and Blake dart forward, pistols barking toward the DNAliens. The aliens duck out of the way, some of them braving the storm of bullets. The ones with the blasters let out screeches, aiming their blasters toward the students. One gets off a shot before being smacked with a minecart; Fourarms grunting when the shot lands low. Pyrrha and Jaune were moving slowly, the partners letting out furious slashes with their swords and bashing DNAliens with their shields. Jaune lets out a manly 'eep' when one DNAliens gets through the small scuffle, the alien wielding a pickaxe.
The pickaxe is swung, Jaune stepping to the side and retaliating with a shot from his cannon. He smiles when the DNAlien doesn't get back up; Ruby darting to his back with a pant. "Sheesh! Ben said they were tough but come on! I've smacked them down but they keep getting back up!"
"Yeah!" Jaune yells back, Pyrrha moving forward to block a claw swipe from one of the DNAliens. Nora was running around, Magnhild smacking away the aliens with fervor; the pinkette bomber grinning when one tries to grab the Warhammer from her. Yang and Fourarms were distracting the ones with the laser lances, the brawlers ducking and dodging the red beams of energy. Weiss was letting out dust attack after dust attack, trapping some of the aliens in stone prisons or shocking them. The laser lances let out furious barks, Penny moving past Fourarms and rushing forward. She had swords floating behind her, the blades darting forward to attack the DNAliens.
The swords land true, the blades getting purchase on the thick skin. The three move forward, while The DNAliens jerk the swords from their flesh, Penny letting out a little 'eh?' when she is jerked toward them. Fourarms grabs her midair, Penny disconnecting the swords wires. "Thank you friend Ben!" He nods at her, hulking form blocking a few globs of sticky snot.
Some of the DNAliens had started to spit toward them, the thick yellow fluid sticking to the floors and wall. Yang curses when one of the globs hits her foot, the brawlers momentum halted suddenly. She starts to pull on her foot, the sticky material holding strong. She ducks under a claw swipe, fist digging into the aliens large eye and slamming it into the ground. "Damn! This crap is sticky!"
"Yeah." Fourarm mumbles, grabbing 2 DNAliens and slamming them into the ground. The ground craters from the force. "Try being covered in the stuff." He points to his back, large globs of the snot sticking to his clothes and skin. 'Ah come on…I'm forgetting something ain't I?'
The Tetramand looks around seeing the students fight against the alien horde, many of the aliens now knocked out. He nods, sweeping one of the aliens into his arms and piledriving it into the ground. Our red haired spartan looks around, taking pot shots at the DNAliens with the laser lances. They were lucky that the aliens were poor shots, the laser landing short or way wide. But the power behind them were not to be underestimated, ducking behind another stalagmites when one of the lasers got dangerously close to her.
She looks at the laser lances, mind racing. 'Are they made of a metal I can affect? Only one way to find out!' With that, Pyrrha throughs her hands out; a black glow emitting from them. The DNAliens screech when their laser lances are jerked from their grips, rushing toward Pyrrha. She smiles and deposits the weapons behind her in a pile, Yang grinning when she finally jerks her foot out of the snot. "Good going P-Money! That evens the odds!"
With the laser lances now out of the battle, the battle is quickly turned to the students favor. A few minutes pass, the last of the DNAliens being knocked out by a heavy swing from Ruby's scythe. "That all of them?" She questions, the students looking around. Fourarms looks around, bending down to be even with the young reaper. "Yep. Seems like all of them stayed to fight."
At that, the group sag as the fatigue from the battle catches up. "Phew! That was fun!" Nora exclaims, swinging Magnhild to her shoulder and grinning. The group simply pass that off as 'Nora being Nora', Weiss walking forward to inspect one of the DNAliens. Next to the heiress, the unconscious aliens were quite large, the purple tentacles on their faces moving slightly as they breathed. "These things are the villagers? The parasite can increase their prowess this much? Interesting…" She hummed.
Blake who was next to her, glanced at the small heiress with a raised eyebrow. Yang walks over, grinning. "That was a good workout! Thanks for the assist P-Money!" The spartan smiles, waving off the compliment. "It was nothing. Should've done it earlier to be honest."
"It was a good move. Didn't think they could be magnetized." Fourarms gives the spartan 4 thumbs up, the girl smiling brightly. "Oi Penny? You okay?"
The young android startles, eyes darting from the still forms of the DNAliens back to the smiling Fourarms. "Yes. I was not harmed during the battle. Just…the thought that these are the villagers, and that we are about to fight actual aliens…is a bit surreal."
Fourarms chuckles, the Omnitrix being slapped and Ben appearing. "Yeah. Took me awhile to wrap my head around it. You get used to it…"
Klaus jumps up from behind a small boulder, the group watching the magical bag hop over to the laser lances and start to eat them. P.O.D. floating over to Ben and letting out a small whir. "Scans of the local caverns, show that the DNAliens ship is approximately a mile down the main corridor. It shows extensive damage to the hull and engines, more than likely from a botched reentry."
"Thanks P.O.D. You guys hear that?" He asks, the group nodding. "It's going to get dirty the closer we get to the main ship, so you guys ready to smack some bad guy butt?"
"Yeah! Let's kick alien butt!" Nora screams, Ben gives her a thumbs up and turns around. Shifter melts from his back, reforming to the SMG form. Ruby gives an 'ohh' at the small weapon. "That's so cool! What does it do?! What does it fire?! Can it shoot missiles?"
Ben sweat drops a little at the reapers excited questions, Shifter groaning in his hands. "I…don't know actually. We can find out after the mission. That good?" Ruby nods, the group making their way down the dark cavern. After a few minutes, the group slowing down when the sound of more machines enters their ears. As they get closer, they go from standing to a crouch. They get close to the exit of the corridor; team RWBY+P taking the left side of the corridor and team JNPR+B taking the right. Ben and Ruby inch forward to glance into the cavern, Ruby's eyes widening. "Holy chocolate chip cookie…"
There, buried underneath some rock, was an alien ship in the process of being repaired. Its hull was a dark purple, small hexagons covering the metal. Some DNAliens were on scaffolding; placing metal plates on places that the hull had sustained damage. A few others moved forward with what appeared to be welders in their hands, attaching the metal plates to each other and onto the ship.
At the rear of the ship was 3 large thrusters, the metal shining bright in the artificial lights. "That's…an alien ship? Thought it'd be more…oval shaped." Yang questions, the others peaking around the corner. "Looks like they're almost done repairing it. Just a few more panels, and they'll be done." Rens remark makes Ben frown. He looks closer, trying to find any weapons in view on the ship. "It's not a warship. Too small. Looks more like a supply ship. That's good."
The others wince and pull back when a DNAlien screech, motioning towards them. "We've been found!" Jaune yells, Ben cursing. "Make your way to the ship! See if you can find an entrance!"
The others dart around the corner, moving forward to combat the approaching DNAliens. Ben joins them, motioning for P.O.D. to fly forward to assist. The small robot gives a chirp, levitating forward. Ben starts to shoot at a few DNAliens coming from the scaffolding. The SMG forms yellow bolts land true, some of the DNAliens falling from the scaffolding and hitting the ground with heavy thumps. They don't stay down, squirming on the ground before jumping up.
"Sheesh! Were you guys always this tough?! If not, I really need to know what training you guys are doing!"
He ducks under a claw swipe, pushing the parasitized human back, Shifter lashing out with a quickly formed metal tail. The alien grunts, slumping when the tail slammed it into a nearby cavern wall. Ben lets out an 'eep' when a DNAlien is slammed past him, Yang moving forward with a grin on her face.
"Found a door!" Blake yells, making a clone to dodge a charging alien. She wraps Gambol shroud around the large alien, swinging it around into another charging group. "Got it!" Ruby yells. At that, the group makes a charge to the door; Pyrrha and Ruby making it there first and turning around to give covering fire. Ren and Jaune make it there next; the 2 boys sliding into the alien shop with small grunts. Next up was Weiss and Penny; the 2 Atlas natives humming and helping the others give covering fire. Nora lets out a small 'wee' launching herself with a grenade, landing with a 'humph'. Ben was last, our green eyed hero running in and yelling. "Close the door!"
"How?!" Yang yells, punching a leaping DNAlien away. She ducks under a flying glob of snot, P.O.D. floating in and finding the panel controlling the door. With a few button presses, the door slides close with a hydraulic hiss. The group stare at the closed door, hearing the furious screeches of the DNAliens as they try to beat down the door. "Well…that was fun." Nora smiled, the group taking a quick breather. Penny was looking around, eyes scanning every inch of the alien craft; Ben seeing this and touching her shoulder.
The girl jumps, Ben leaning in to whisper. "I'd be careful on the scanning." Penny looks at him with a smile, processor running through the data she collected. "Ok friend Ben. I'll be careful."
"Sooo…what's next?" Yang questions, all of them turning to stare into the depths of the alien ship. Ben grins. "Now…we fight our way to the bridge and complete this mission." At that, they all grin; preparing themselves. "This is gonna be awesome!" Ruby squeals, hopping up and down. Weiss was busy running her hands down the closest wall, marveling at the feeling of the alien metal. They start their way to what they hoped was the bridge, Ben and P.O.D. at the front. The alien craft was eerily quiet; the group tense as they walk through a large corridor.
The air was cool, the corridor ending in a large door that was softly humming. "This the bridge?" Jaune asks, shield up and cannon ready. Ben looks at it, nodding. "Yep. You guys ready for a fight?" He gets various nods, weapons and semblances brought to bare. Ben grins nodding to P.O.D. to open the door; the floating bot beeping and opening the door. At that, they rush into the bridge immediately being assaulted by DNAliens.
The bridge was full of DNAliens; the parasitzed human and faunus more than likely preparing for them. They screech at them, the group slamming into the small horde with vigor. Punches are thrown, weapons fired, swords swiped and loud cursing heard. Pyrrha and Jaune moved like water; the 2 guarding the others from the yellow snot; Jaune grabbing 2 DNAliens and throwing them away. His cannon was on his back, the barrel red hot as he fired. Ruby and Weiss dart in and out of the horde helping the others get some distance.
Ben moves behind a control panel, popping out to get some potshots in. Shifter was feeling warm in his hands, grin growing by the second. With a small dash, he shoulder charges a distracted DNAlien; body protesting the motion. The alien screeches at him, cut off by a hammer strike from Nora; the bombette giving him a thumbs up. Penny was running around, swords lashing out like angry snakes. More than one DNAlien was wrapped in the metal wire, heads slumped forward. It was a rumble for control of the bridge, both sides roaring and moving against each other.
None hears the heavy footsteps approach, not even Blake. Ren, who was combating a group of DNAliens in martial arts, stiffens and turns around. He opens his mouth to yell something, never getting it out when a large black 3 fingered hand grabs him and lifts him into the air.
"Pathetic vermin!"
The voice was aggressive, filled with such contempt that the whole battle stopped dead. At that, they all turn to the voices owner; Pyrrhas voice coming out in a whisper. "Holy shit…" Yang, who was next to she and Jaune, laughs nervously. Standing tall, far taller than any of them was a Highbreed.
White skin covered rippling muscle, flecks of black freckles covering the large chest. 4 eyes glared at them with such contempt, it was a wonder they hadn't burst into flames. The Highbreeds long arms flexed with each breath; Ren struggling in the strong grip. Nora seeing this growls. "Let go of Renny!" She charges at the large alien, jumping into the air with her aura flaring. The Highbreed narrows its eyes at her, rearing its long arm back and slamming Nora with Ren midflight. The 2 hunters grunt at the impact, being grabbed faster than they could dodge and thrown into the ground. The ship shakes from the impact, the Highbreed snorting in derision. "Worthless little creatures! Not even worthy of basic breath!"
The others stare at the large alien in shock. Ben had said they were dangerous, but come on! Jaune gulps, taking a small step back. He makes his way to the downed Nora and Ren; grabbing the 2 of them and dragging them to the others. The Highbreed stares at the group, Ben frowning at the large alien. The Highbreed huffs, turning to a few DNAliens near him.
"You allowed these dreadful dirty creatures upon my ship?!" The DNAliens let out nervous chitters, the Highbreed bristling. The large alien smacks them against the nearby wall, the group shivering at the noise of bones breaking and the wall denting heavily. "Should've never captured those humans and sub-humans from their hive. Barely worth the manpower or hassle in taking them. Bah!"
At that Penny rushes forward, blades sweeping out in front of her. The Highbreed simply stares at the girl as she rushed forward, the blades lashing out to tear flesh. The group stare as the Highbreed dodges all the blades and kicks Penny away.
"Attacking me wretched….Ughh!" The Highbreed makes a noise of disgust at the end, shivering heavily. Penny stopped her launch by digging her hands into the floor, the alien metal letting out a screech but not ripping or tearing. The girl looks at her body, systems running diagnostics on her condition. Ben rushes to her, bending down to look at her. "Hey? You okay?"
"I...am fine. The impact drained my aura by a substantial margin, but no physical damage is detected." Ben looks at her, seeing her hands shake a little before settling. He turns and narrows his eyes at the Highbreed. He puts Shifter on his back, the rifle shimmering and going invisible. "Hey! Big guy! Look over here!"
At that, the Highbreed looks over to Ben, the others readying their weapons. He walks forward, cocky grin on his face and walks close enough for the Highbreed to loom over him. "You know me?" Ben asks, staring up at the alien.
"Me? Know a member of a pathetic race of monkeys? A stupid vermin, you are." The Highbreed snarls, looking at Ben closely. After a few seconds, the Highbreed lets out a large snarl. "The Omnitrix wielder…" At that Ben smirks, and nods his head. "Yep! Know what that means?" At that, the Highbreed lifts a foot ready to squash Ben. "It means…that its hero time!"
At that, the Omnitrx glows green and flashes. Bones snap and grow, muscle strands doubling in size and strength. His skin hardens and ripples, scales replacing the smooth human skin. He doubles in size, a deep groan escaping his mouth as organs grow and rearrange painfully. And after a couple milliseconds, the Highbreeds foot is stopped by a large four fingered hand. The Highbreed narrows its eye as it pushes away, a loud voice echoing. "Oh yeah! It's time for Humongousaur to brawl!"
Omnitrix database
Species: Vaxasaurian
Home Planet: Terradino
Natural predator: Kaosseffexx Ultimasauria (Tyrannopede)
These bipedal dinosaur beings evolved on the jungle like planet of Terradino. A planet that is covered heavily by thick forests, they live in large herds that either move through the planet as migrants or making their homes in large openings. Vaxasaurians are quite large, normally standing between 10ft to 16feet/ 3m to 5m. They are very strong, able to lift he They have the unique ability to forcefully increase their size to a whopping 60ft. Though certain members have shown the ability to push past this limit, but very rarely do so due to physical damages. As they increase their size, their strength increases as well. They have shown the capability of throwing objects into high orbit. They are covered in segmented armor plated skin that makes them highly impact, heat, flame, resistant. They can force some of their segmented armor plates to rise, giving them ridges reminiscent of the Earth extinct species called Stegosaurus. Due to their large size, they have a tail that help balance their bodies.
Just as their size is large, so is their roar and sounds produced. Their roars are strong enough to force objects away from them, and can create sonic shockwaves by simply clapping or impacting something with enough force. Due to the rather, barbaric nature of their home planet, Vaxasaurians have a very high pain tolerance.
Despite their size, they have a variety of weakness's that can be exploited if ever on the other end of one. While strong, their strength does have a limit as shown with their natural predator. The soles of their feet and hands are noticeably softer than in relation to their armored hides, and can be exploited. Their large sizes make it hard for them to maneuver in small spaces. They can be affected by an Aerophibians neuroshock blasts, but not to the point of paralysis. Flames produced by Methanosians and Pyronites can harm their tough hides, and Amperis electrical shocks can pierce their skin. Large winds can lift a Vaxasaurian and throw them, but said winds are normally produced by heavy storms and tycoons. Vaxasaurians are not incredibly intelligent, but this is not true for all members. Vaxasaurians do have an evolved form but it shall be explored at a later date.
Database end
Humongousaur lets out a roar that shakes the ship, the other covering their ears. "Holy shit! He can transform into a dinosaur!" Yang yells.
"Apparently so!" Weiss yells, the fighting kicking off. "Take out the remaining DNAliens, then give Ben a hand." Ruby yells, Jaune agreeing with her and telling Nora and Ren. Pyrrha was next to him, covering the blonde knights back as the aliens charge forward. Humongousaur and the Highbreed charge each other, grappling with each other. Klaus was on his side chittering up a storm, the large alien grunting. "Not the time Klaus!" With a grunt, he pushes the Highbreed away; grabbing a beam of alien metal above him and ripping it free.
He slams it into the Highbreed, the alien grunting in pain before pushing it away and landing a kick to the Vaxasaurians chest. Humongousaur stumbles back, stepping over a charging Nora. "Watch out!" He bellows, the orange haired bombette jumping to the side of his foot. She and Penny were running through the DNAliens; the girls combating the larger aliens with a little difficulty.
The 2 giant aliens start an impromptu boxing match, their strikes shaking the air; Humongousaur remembering the first time he tried taking on a Highbreed. He was thoroughly trashed, but he had learned since then. With a stomp, he charges the Highbreed; twisting in place, tail impacting the Highbreeds legs.
The tail sweep hits a few DNAliens as well, their forms launched away with cracks. A few of the DNAliens moves their attention to the rampaging Vaxasaurian; their mouths opening and launching the sticky yellow wax.
Ren and Nora were unluckily in the path of the wax, the 2 letting out noises of surprise when their legs are impacted and stuck in place. "Ewww! This stuff stinks!" Nora shrieks, smacking away a DNAlien that got to close. Ren starts to focus his aura into the goop, nodding when it started to bubble and release him. "The goop is affected by aura!" He yells, the others hearing and nodding. Stormflower was unleashing hell onto the DNAliens, bullets biting into the rubbery flesh. Yang was laughing merrily as she brawled with a group, hair aflame as she punches, kicks, and flips the aliens.
Jaune and Pyrrha were moving as one, shields blocking some blaster fire and globs of snot. Weiss and Ruby were running interference, rose petals covering the ground as the young reaper runs around smacking the aliens with Crescent Rose. Weiss sees Humongosaur be pushed back, the large alien unleashing a haymaker to the Highbreed. The Highbreed grabs the fist, and with a grunt swings the dinosaur like alien around like a bat.
"Woah!" He yells, the Highbreed letting him go towards the others. The heiress eyes widen. "Incoming!" She screams, all scrambling not to get squished by the flying Vaxasaurian. Humongosaur hits the ground, sliding past them all. He groans a little, Weiss skating up to his face. "Ben! You okay?"
"Yeah…Ugh…That stings a little bit." Humongosaur grunts a little, rolling over to get up. "You guys focus on the DNAliens. Getting them out of the way should give us an edge. Unless you can stop the big bad for a minute.."
Weiss stares at the Highbreed, Penny now attacking the large aliens with lasers and her blade. "I got something that could slow him down." At that, she moves forward' Myrenaster rising and a glyph forming underneath her. She takes a breath, the cylinder in her rapier spinning rapidly and starting to glow a chilling blue. More glyphs form around them, and with a yell; she swings her rapier. The group seeing her do this, take cover behind pillars and nearby debris. The Highbreed and the DNAliens seeing Weisses attack stare at in confusion. The confusion doesn't last, when a wave of ice and snow overtakes the control room; freezing many of the DNAliens in place.
The control room looked like winter had come early, thick ice crystals erupting from the metal floor, snow raining down. Many of the DNAliens were frozen solid, faces and body dull against the shiny ice. Weiss collapsed to her knees, aura flaring against her skin as the others looka round in awe.
"Jeez Weiss cream…I knew you were cold but damn…" Yang jokes, swiping a little bit of snow from her shoulder. "Yeah.." Jaune agrees, pushing past a rather large ice crystal. They all group together, Humongosaur looking around, a nagging itch forming in his stomach. He frowns, breath visible in the cold room. The Highbreed had seemingly disappeared, his mind slowing a little bit as a memory pops up. Penny walk up to the group, all of them checking each other for injuries. "Everybody ok?" Jaune questions, getting a few groans.
"Nothing a good nights rest won't fix. Sheesh…Aliens don't pull their punches do they?" Yang quips, rolling her shoulders as Blake joins the blonde hair brawler. Humongosaurs eyes widen when the memory playing in his mind finishes. "Watch out!" He grows in size, armoured plates growing harder as he covers the group from a hail of sticky goop, and a thrown control panel.
"Crap baskets…I knew I forgot something…" Humongosaur mutters, the group staring up at his scaly face. The others jerk when the sound of ice breaking reaches their ears; Humongosaur staning up and growling. The DNAliens had broken out of the ice, the Highbredd standing behind them and taking a deep breath.
"Hmmmm~~Such a nice breeze. Reminds me of the solar harvest back home." If anything, the ice dust had invigorated the aliens.
"I forgot. Their home planet is pretty cold, so ice and low temperatures don't do a lot." At that, they all prepare their weapons again. "Soooo…ice attacks and the like are a no go then?" Ruby questions, putting away a few blue tipped rounds. The only answer she got was the DNAliens letting out more screeches and charging forward. The group disperse, Humongosaur growing larger and sweeping his arms across the floor. A few of the DNAliens jump his arm, the others getting smashed into the nearby pillar. He's punched by the Highbreed, the blow pushing him back and with a roar he tackles the Highbreed. The alien lets out a grunt from the tackle, elbowing the back of the Vauxsaurians neck; making the large dinosaur alien grunt and trip a little. Shifter takes the time to appear, a metallic segmented tail lashing out and wrapping around the Highbreeds leg.
"What the?!" The Highbreed questions, letting out a breath when Shifter yanks the Highbreed into the air and throws him away. As the Highbreed is thrown, Humongosaur lets out a breath and grunts. His tail grows spikes, large and pokey. He swings the heavy appendage and lands a sloid hit to the Highbreeds side.
"Heads up!" He yells, Yang looking up to see the large white alien flying toward her. Her hair ignites, flames bursting to life around her. And with a deep breath, grabs the Highbreed by his side and slams him into the ground. The air is superheated for a split second, sweat forming on the skin of the others near her.
At the sight of the flames, Humongosaur yells out. "They like the cold but can't take the heat!" At that, he slams the Omnitrix symbol on his chest; bright green flash appearing and a literal sun launching out. At that, Yang smirks and pushes her semblance further; feeling a large amount of heat behind her. "And if you can't take the heat!" She yells.
"Stay out of the kitchen!" Heatblast finishes; the two hotheads stomping their feet into the Highbreeds chest. At that, Weiss starts to throw fire dust around, the aliens letting out pained screeches as the flames burn them. With the knowledge that the Highbreed and DNAliens had a weakness to high heat,the others start to use fire dust in their attacks.
Jaune lets out a yell, the cannon on his back letting out a red glow and letting loose a hot payload. The Highbreed lets out a snarl, swiping out with his clawed hand; Yang and Heatblast leaping away and bringing up their fists. "You! Wretched! Miserable! Cur!" The Highbreed seethes and stands to his feet. The attack from Humongosaur had left a noticeable bruise on the Highbreeds side, the skin around his chest a deep purple. The flames from Yang and Heatblasts stomp had seared the large aliens flesh to the point some of it bubbling; but none of these injuries stopped the Highbreed. If anything, they only seemed to make the large alien angry.
"Sheesh dude…You look like an overgrilled squash at my grandpas 4th of July party…" Heatblast quips, Yang snickering at the thought of a grilled squash. At that, the Highbreed roars in anger; clawed hands coming up. Heatblast bends down and Yang seeing this copies him, just in time for black darts to fly over their heads. As the Highbreed continues firing the darts, Highbreed and Yang rush forward with their fists drawn back. The Highbreed seeing them approach, stops shooting the darts and jumps in the air to dodge the punches. As they do, Heatblast puts his hand on the floor doing a spin like a break dancer and launching himself with a pulse of flame. He continues spinning, the Highbreed seeing the spinning Pyronite unfolds his wings and glides away. It was too late however, Heatblast blasting forward and landing the spinning axe kick on the Highbreeds head. The force of the kick launches the large alien down to the floor' Yang below with a viscious grin. Ember Cecilia barks, buckshot round after buckshot round hitting the back of the Highbreed; propelled by fire dust they don't enter the hard skin but burn the surface.
The Highbreed twists in the air, Yang letting out a small 'eep!' and rolling to the right when the Highbreed lands and kicks up into the air. The kick hits Hetablast, an audible 'ooof' coming from his mouth as he's launched like a rocket into the ceiling. The ceiling caves inward, Heatblast groaning and falling out of it.
"Ben!" Yang yells in concern, ducking a claw swipe. The others were faring better; the DNAliens now on the backfoot despite their numbers. Penny seeing Heatblast be launched, knocks out the DNAliens near her and runs forward. "Penny!" Ruby yells, the others seeing the Highbreed mildly deterred by Yang and Heatblast; the orange haired girl rushing forward with her swords behind her. Heatblast had hit the floor near Nora and Ren, the 2 defeating the DNAliens fighting them and rushing forward. "Hey! Benji! You okay?" Nora asks, poking him with Magnhilds shaft. Ren who was peppering some DNAliens with Stormflower glances at the Pyronite. "That was a pretty hard hit. He's-…"
"I'm ok. I'm ok. Sheesh….anybody get the plate from the truck that hit me?" Heatblast groans and stands to his feet shakily. "Yeah! Mr. Big and ugly gave ya a wallop!" Nora's voice makes Heatblast glance around. "Yeah. He did. I'm going to feel that one in the morning." He looks around, seeing Weiss still using her glyphs to form storms of fire.
"You good?" Ren asks, the silent ninja reloading his pistols. Heatblast nods, seeing Blake tie up a group of DNAliens with Gambol Shroud. "Oi Blake! Think you can tie up Mr. Big and angry over there for a minute?!" His yell catches her attention, looking over at the Highbreed and Yang; who were now in an impromptou boxing match. "Probably! I don't think it'll last for long though!" Heatblast nods, blasting forward with his flames and kicking a DNAliens away from Weiss's back. The heiress gives him a 'thanks', and looks around.
"How much fire dust do you got?" Heatblasts asks, forming a stream of flame and melting a nearby metal strut into slag. The DNAliens near it screech and run away, Weiss taking stock of her supplies. "2 vials!"
"That enough to make those weird magic circles with fire coming out of them? Preferably a big one if the answer is yes!" He asks, Weiss frowning. "They're called glyphs! And yes. I could make a fairly strong one if given enough time."
"How about a minute?" He asks, kicking a DNAlien to Jaune and Pyrrha. "I can make it work!" Was her reply. Heatblast nods, yelling up to Blake. "Tie him up or keep him occupied for atleast a minute! Everyone else!" The others look over. "Give Weiss a guard detail. We are finishing this!"
He receives 'Got it!' from them all; looking to Weiss. "When you're done; give Yang and I a yell. We're taking him out in one hit!"
He runs toward Yang, yelling 'heads up' kicking the Highbreed in the face with a jump kick. Yang takes a breath of relief; the fight was wearing her down. The group consolidate their firepower toward the Highbreed, the large alien covering his face from the attacks. Blake ducks and doges globs of snot like a ballerina, Gambol shroud lashing out and tying around the large aliens legs. The Highbreed grunts and bends his legs for a jump. He doesn;t get far, when Nora slams Magnhild on one of his toes. The others wince at the sound of bone cracking, but push forward. "20 seconds!" Weiss yells, her glyphs spinning rapidly and glowing a deep red. "Hey Yang!" The blonde brawler glances at Heatblast. "Follow my lead!"
At that, he takes a breath and with a small 'humph' flames erupted across his body. They were bright enough to illuminate the dark room, Yang looking at him with a grin and flaring her aura and semblance to the maximum. Within a couple seconds, the 2 hotheads were blazing with fires hot enough to melt the floor beneath their feet. Heatblast grins, memories rushing through his body and moving his body. "10 seconds!" Weiss's yell doesn't faze either Yang or Heatblast; the 2 focusing on the Highbreed in front of them.
The world around them grows quiet, words filtering through their minds. "Flames are powerful when running wild and devouring the ether around them But when compressed...flames become stars!" At that, the wild flames surrounding the 2 are sucked inward. Heatblasts rocky exterior starts to crack and leak, the flames bright enough to hide his face. Yang's hair was as bright as the sun shining above the clouds, eyes red and wide. And with a scream that echoes through all their souls and flesh, Weiss lets the charged gkyphs go. "MOVE!" She said, Heatblast and Yang grinning as the flames envelop them, roaring toward the Highbreed. The others dodge out of the way, Nora cursing. "Holy SHIT!"
The Highbreed sees the wave of flame and roars, stomping the ground and covering his chest with the large arms. The flames bite and tear, metal turning to slag around the alien and Heatblast and Yang burst forward. Yang had her right fist reared back, Ember Cecilia glowing a vibrant gold, and her fist hot enough to scald those near her. Heatblast was above her, spinning like a top as he absorbed the dust empowered flames. Our resident shapeshifter reaches the Highbreed first, body shining and burning like a star, and with a grin wide enough to split his rocky cheeks, yells. "I don't have a name for this attack!"
The Pyronites axe kick hits with the force of a molten comet, forcing the Highbreeds knees to the ground, and his face even with Yangs fist. The sound of a mountain crackling and exploding comes from Yangs fists as the Highbreed is torn from his place and launched through a pillar of metal and embedded into the nearby wall. The control room had gone silent, the others looking in awe at the pair of flame empowered beings; the DNAliens nearby running after seeing the destruction caused. Heatblast and Yang land, the 2 grinning. "There's no way he took that and is conscious!" She yells.
"Yeah!" Ruby yells, Penny joining her friend in her exuberance. The group let out cheers, Pyrrha and Jaune slamming their shields together, Nora hugged Blake and Ren to her chest; laughing uproarisly. Klaus who had been hiding nearby hops out, chittering up a storm. P.O.D. Flies out from a nearby vent, scanners already working. Shifter, who had stayed on Bens back, lets out a discomforting hiss. Heatblast hearing the hiss apologizes to the weapon, P.O.D. Lets out a beep. "Warning! Movement detected from the Highbreed!"
"What?!" Weiss yells, on her knees as she takes gulps of air. The smoke and dust clears, the steam from the attack fading quickly and to their shock and horror, the Highbreed was still conscious. The large aliens body was severely burnt, to the point some of his flesh was sticking to the wall he was embedded in. The once vibrant white skins was now black and flaking, green blood leaking from sores and burns. The Highbreed grunts, and with a scream; jerks his arm free from the wall. Large swaths of flesh stuck to the wall, the smell of the burnt flesh permeating the air. They watch as the large alien works himself free from the wall, eyes wide in horror as the alien drops to the floor with a gasp.
"Stop! Stop! You've lost!" Ruby yells to the large alien, hoping to stop him from doing anything else. "Yeah! If you keep moving, you're going to die!" Jaune yells. Heatblast stares forward, eyes never leaving the Highbreeds form. A part of him wanted to go over and help. A part of him wanted to yell at the alien like his friends. A part of him...wanted to kill the Highbreed. At that thought, a torrent of emotions rush through him all of them alien and so familiar.
" What..." The Highbreeds voice was scratchy, sounding like it was speaking through a mouthful of ash. It's breaths were slow and labored, the injuries taking a toll. "...do you know of stopping? What...do you know of...death?"
After that, the Highbreed stands tall. "You! CRETINS!"
"You know nothing of death! You've never seen children so weak they couldn't breathe! You've never watched your species grow so few in number that a single ship could fit the entirety of whats left! You've never watched your species extinction grow ever nearer with each generation passed! Each generation smaller in number and weaker than the last! Stop? No!" The Highbreed walks forward with each step, words heavy with hate and envy. With each step, they all draw their weapons but couldn't raise them.
"I shall not stop! No matter what happens to my flesh! No matter what happens to my bones! We! Are! The! Highbreed! Our fleet is the strongest in the galaxy! We took to the stars when others were barely out of the mud and grime! Why must we go extinct whens lesser beings exist in harmony! We shall take all with us into oblivion!" At that last sentence, the Highbreed falls to the ground. Klaus takes the time to hop over, Heatblast shaking from something when the magical bag spits up something.
Heatblast stares down, eyes widening at the small emblem on the ground. The Omnitrix beeps, the familiar green flash blinding those around it. Ben stands next to Yang, bending down to grab what Klaus spit up. He smiles at what he grabbed and walks toward the Highbreed. Yang seeing this, tries to stop him. "Ben! What are you doing?!"
He doesn't say a word, simply walking toward the Highbreed with something held in his hands. "Then...I think you should see this.." Ben says when he reaches the Highbreed. The large alien dwarfed Ben, even when on his knees. The other start to rush forward, just in case the alien decided to swipe at Ben; when our resident shapeshifter hands the Highbreed something.
"This...is!" The Highbreed gasps, large hand reaching out. In Bens hand was a rectangular emblem with a strange symbol on it. It looked like a set of Highbreed eyes, but it had a certain feel to it. "A...royal emblem! How did you get your pathetic hands on this vermin?!" The Highbreed hisses out, Ben looking at the emblem.
"It was given to me." Ben admits, staring up at the Highbreed and when the Highbreed takes a breath to say something Ben pushes a button on the emblem.
A hologram erupts from the symbol, another Highbreed being seen. This one looked much the same as the one in front of them but it's arm was a deep green instead of purple. The Highbreed in the hologram starts to speak.
"My fellow Highbreed! I am Reinrassig III, seventh son of the Noble Highbreed house of Deralla, direct descendant of the Pure Blooded High Order of Rarsect!-"
"Hell of a name..." Yang mutters, getting agreeing nods from everyone. Penny was nearby, recording the situation in front of them.
"-And I am here to say; The war is over!"
At that, the Highbreed freezes, a quiet 'What' being heard.
"And we...have lost."
The Highbreed roars angrily, standing to his feet with enough force to throw dust in all directions. "Impossible!"
The others tense in preparation of another attack, but the Highbreed is busy looking at the hologram in Bens hands. "Yes! We have lost the war! But this is not the end of us! We can rise again!" The fervor in which Reinrassic spoke made all listening shiver. The aliens voice was loud, catching your attention and never letting you leave. "We can rise again. But not in the fires of war. Not in the fires of extinction. We can live again! No longer are we held back by our bodies! No longer are we sterile! Children shall play once more! And we shall regain our dignity and our place in this universe as a member of its great beauty! Now, all Highbreed within the range and beyond the range of this transmission, return home! We have work to do!"
At that, the hologram is paused; Ben looking up at the Highbreed. "Yeah. You're species is no longer sterile. I used the Omnitrix to scramble the DNA of all Highbreeds in range of Earth during the invasion. And since you guys use warp gates..."
The Highbreed jerks away, stuttering. "Then that means?!"
"Yep! All Highbreeds are now halfbreeds with other aliens species." Ben smirks, putting the hologram away. Ben blinks for a second, "Except for you, I guess?" The Highbreed stays silent, the remaining DNAliens not moving and the others tense. After a few tense seconds, the Highbreed speaks. "Then...what is our purpose now? To be slaves to the other beings in the universe. We've fought for so long...destroyed so much...There's no chance we will be forgiven."
At that, the tension in the room bleeds away. No longer was the Highbreed some large and fearsome enemy. Well, he was still large, still scary, still incredibly dangerous but they could all see the absolute tiredness plaguing the large alien. The injuries from the earlier fight still bled and the Highbreed breathes were heavy. Ben grins and spreads his arms.
"Your purpose? Live! You can live again! You guys aren't going extinct anytime soon, and the part about being slaves? Nah. Not happening."
At that, the Highbreed bends down to Bens level. Disbeleif was shown on the Highbreeds face. "What?" Ben asks. "You guys think you're the only species to go on a galaxy wide genocide? Look at Vilgax. Look at the Incurseans! You guys will have to pay reparations and all that for a couple generations. That and your military has been severely weakened, with all technology developed by you guys being distributed to the species whose planets you destroyed. You guys will have to face the reputation you guys developed, but that comes later. Right now? You guys will be just fine."
"Yeah!" Nora yells, running up next to Ben. "You guys can live. Enjoy life! Eat all the pancakes you want! Smash all the things you want." The others give there own encouragements, Ren speaking up to tell Nora' you can;t just smash everything'. The Highbreed stills, hands clenching but he doesn't speak nor lash out. The Highbreed looks down at them all, eyes darting too all their faces and seemingly finding something.
"Hmmmm..."
At that, the Highbreed raises his hand P.O.D. Letting out warning beeps and weapons being brandished. With a motion of the Highbreeds hands, the remaining conscious DNAliens retreat. "Your words have moved me vermin. I shall allow you to leave with your lives intact while I debate on how too leave this world and return to Tunguska."
They all blink, Yang developing a tick mark. "Yeah...Leave with our lives? We just kicked your alien ass 2 ways to sunday!" Ruby shakes her blonde sister. "Not the best time to get angry Yang!" Weiss agrees, Pyrrha and Jaune walking up. "But what about the villagers you kidnapped? What will you do with them?"
"The...verm-..." The Highbreed starts and then stops. "-...the humans...will stay here until I devise a way to return to my home. After that, they shall be released." Ben frowns a little, hoping the large alien would release the villagers and opens his mouth to speak when a familiar voice echoes.
"Now, now, Benjamin...No need to say anything."
Everyone turns and stares in surprise at the jolly voice of Professor Paradox. Ben grins and waves at the older man, the man giving a small bow. "Old man coming out of nowhere and surprising us?" Blake questions, ears twitching before turning to Ben. "Ben? Explanation?"
Ben grins, walking over and motioning to the time walker. "Everybody! Meet Professor Paradox! A man who accidentally separated himself from time, existed in the before, present, after, who went insane and got bored being insane and became sane and then decided to explore the multiverse as a time walker!" This quick fire explanation answered few questions, making more pop up, the others simply staring forward; the large imposing alien behind them forgotten. "He's a good friend, great guy, bit mysterious and everything. He also gives out gumballs." At that, the grey haired man smiles and pulls out a brown paper bag. "Gumballs anyone?"
He's immediately assaulted by Ruby and Nora, the 2 beaming at the man with hands out. Paradox simply chuckles, grabbing a handful of gumballs from the bag and handing them to the 2 girl. "Thanks!" Ruby and Nora say, happily popping a few of the hard candies in their mouths. The others walk forward, Paradox handing them all some gumballs as they all introduce themselves. After the introductions are done, Paradox nodding a giving another bow.
"Hello everyone. I am Professor Paradox, and as young Benjamin has said, I'm a time walker."
The Highbreed takes this time to give a small scoff. "A time walker? A human? Preposterous." Penny tilts her head, raising her hand. Paradox pointing to her. "Yes young Penny?"
"What is a time walker?" Penny asks, mind processing and recording all the information around her. Paradox smiles. "A time walker dear children, is one who walks alongside time separate from its influences and ensures that nothing happens to the time stream or multiverse."
Once again, this explains very little to those new to the whole time travel business, Ben just smirking at the look of utter confusion on his friends faces. "What? But...that's impossible...isn't it?" Weiss says, blue eyes widening and narrowing in thought. "Nothing is impossible my dear..." Paradox explains, Ben nodding alongside him. Shifter and P.O.D. Reappearing next to Ben as Klaus continues his insane chittering.
"What are you doing here anyway Paradox?" Ben asks. "Here to give us a hand in getting the big guy home?" Ben throws his thumb backwards, the Highbreed bristling a little. Paradox nods. "On the ball like always Benjamin. Yes. I'm here to give you a hand in giving the Highbreed a way back home."
At that, Paradox snaps his fingers; the large metal gauntlet shining in the low light. After the snap, a large glowing portal appears behind him; the swirling vortex making a small hum. "Woah!" Ruby and Nora gasp, dashing forward. They barely got a few feet away when Jaune reaches forward and jerks them back. He holds them above the ground, chuckling when they hang from his hands.
"Let's NOT run toward the portal opened by a time traveler, yeah?" Jaune says, Yang and Ren thanking him for grabbing the 2 before they could dash to the portal. Paradox simply chuckles. "A good idea Mr. Arc. You've truly grown from your beginning."
The cool air surrounding them, makes them all shiver; Ben rubbing his arms a little. The Highbreed walking forward and looking at the portal. What he sees makes the large alien take a step back. Paradox smiles and walks forward. "What you see is no lie. This portal shall take you back to Tunguska. They've been notified of your arrival and are happy to welcome you. That...is your home."
The Highbreed looks into the portal, turning back to the gathered group of humans, 1 faunus, 1 android, and 1 shapeshifter. "If this portal takes me somewhere other than Tunguska..."
Ben raises a hand to stop the Highbreed. "If it takes you anywhere other than Tunguska, I'll give you the Omnitrix." At that, those around him gasp lightly and stare at the smirking brunette. The Highbreed stares at Ben and after a minute, nods. "And what of my ship?" The Highbreeds question makes Ben wave a little and laugh. "I'll take care of it. Unless you have anything you want from it?" The Highbreed shakes his head 'no' Ben giving a thumbs up. "Well then...Tell Reiny I said 'Hi'." At that the Highbreed stands to his full height, pulling something from his wrist. The large alien throws it, Ben catching what looked like a giant watch.
"That'll let you control the DNAliens. Do what you wish with the ship." After that, the Highbreed steps through the portal, disappearing. Paradox smiles, walking forward. "I'll see you soon young Benjamin. Do be safe." At that, Ben grins and gives a nod, the time walker walking into the portal. The glowing vortex closes after Paradox enters, the room around them now silent.
"Well then...That was a tad anti-climatic." Ben remarks quietly, turning to his friends. They had all slumped a little, Jaune looking around. "Are...are we done?"
"Yep." Ben says. They all look to each other and yell in excitement. Yang and Nora had huge grins on their faces, the 2 bruisers rolling their shoulders. Jaune let out a breath, Pyrrha rubbing his back and joining in the little relaxation. Penny and Ruby had taken a seat on the floor, giggling to themselves.
"Everybody ok? Any major injuries?" Ren asks, getting a few groans and grunts. "Nothing a few days of good rest and aura won't fix. Sheesh..." Blake groans out, Weiss next to her and nodding her head. Ben was looking at them all with a smile, P.O.D floating up next to him. "Hey P.O.D? Can you use this to control the DNAliens?" P.O.D hums, floating down and scanning the large bracelet. A few seconds later, P.O.D lets out a happy beep. "I can now control and order the DNAliens."
Ben grins, throwing the bracelet in the air; a hiding Klauss jumping up and eating the object. "Nice." Ben smiles, Penny walking up to him. "Friend Ben?" She asks, Ben turning to her with a smile. "What is your plan for the DNAliens? Can they be cured of the parasites?"
"Yeah." Jaune asks. "Can the people from the town be cured?" The others also look to Ben, hoping his answer was 'yes'. Ben gives a thumbs up. "Yep! Once I make sure all alien tech is on the ship for destruction, I'll cure the villagers and grimm!" That makes the others smile in relief, Nora bounding over.
"Ben! Ben! Can we have a souvenir? Can we? Can we?!" Ben looks at the excitable ginger with a grin, but shakes his head. "Sorry Nora. But I need to make sure this stuff doesn't fall into the wrong hands."
"Aww man..." Nora moans, the others chuckling. Weiss moves forward, a frown on her face. "I wish some of this tech could be studied. It could, no would, revolutionize are war against the grimm."
Ben looks around, thinking about it. He looks down at the Omnitrix on his wrist, thinking of the things he could do, Shifter growing warm on his back. "How about this?" The group looks to Ben, our hero giving a nod. "You guys help me clean up the area of any and all alien tech, and I'll find a piece of tech that won't destroy Remnant if lost to the wrong hands? That also includes some souvenirs."
The excited grins was all the answer he needs. "P.O.D?" The floating bot twirls in the air. "Already done Operator. I've ordered all DNAliens to bring in all alien tech they were using to repair and guard the ship. I'm having them place it all in the ships landing bays for classification and future destruction."
Ben blinks in surprise, giving a thumbs up to the robot. "Alrighty then. Let's finish this up, and get those villagers back home, yeah?"
The others give a happy 'yeah' and move out to grab what they could.
An hour later
They all stare at the gathered DNAliens; piles of laser lances and alien tech sitting behind them. The gathered DNAliens let out screeches and huffs, all standing in rows separating them by species. The parasitized grimm snarl and roar at each other, puss colored skin flexing. The parasitized villagers all stand, singular eyes darting to them all.
"Dang. I didn't get a good luck while fighting them, but damn if they ain't ugly." Yang mutters to Blake, the faunus girl agreeing. Penny and Weiss were looking closer, Ruby trying to get the 2 of them away. "Come on! We don't know how long P.O.D can control them for!"
"Not now Ruby!" Weiss shushes the red reaper, Penny's eyes scanning the DNAliens as they walked near them. "This...is astounding!" The ginger remarks. "Isn't it?" Weiss agrees, they all turning when they hear a curse.
"Oh come on! With everything else you've coughed up, you had to have ate at least ate one of the blasters that can cure them?!" Ben cursed, arms deep in Klauss's mouth. The magical bag lets out some small screeches. "What do you mean 'what does it look like'? It looks like one of those old fumigators!" Another few screeches. "Do you want me to kick you into orbit?! Now stop complaining and cough up the blaster!"
"I think we'll be here for a minute." Ren says, sweatdrop running down his face as Ben starts pulling out random items out of Klauss. Pyrrha and Jaune nod with him, looking around for Nora. They see the bomber next to Ben cheering him on and even joining him in the search.
"Can I say one thing?" Blake asks, the others ignoring the comedy of Ben and Nora pulling out a jackhammer from Klaus. "When I joined Beacon, I...didn't expect to fight aliens and alien parasites." Her ears twitch, Yang giving the faunus a nudge. "Neither did I. But I wouldn't trade it for the world." The blondes exclamation makes them all smile, a yell from Ben making them snicker. Weiss, Penny, and Ruby were talking for a few minutes, Ben and Nora letting out yells of success.
"Aha! I knew you'd have one!" In Bens hand was what appeared to be an old fashioned fumigator colored red and black, green lines running down the side of the thing.
"That's the thing that's going to cure the villagers and grimm?" Jaune questions, staring at the small blaster in shock and skepticism. Ben nods, throwing Klaus down and letting thr magical bag consume the things they pulled out. Ben grumbles under his breath 'why'd you eat a damn jackhammer'.
"Yep! This was developed by a good friend of mine during the end of the Highbreed Invasion. It's slow to use bu very effective against DNAliens. You get 5 shots before having to recharge it." Ben points to what looked like a black handle on the underside. "Pump this up 3 times and you'll be recharged."
"Huh..." Pyrrha mutters, Ben walking forward with blaster. "Weiss, Penny, Ruby! Get over here! Getting ready to start curing the villagers!" The girls nod and move over to them. After everyone was next to him, Ben nods and aims at one of the DNAliens. The parasitized human moves a little but doesn't run. "Don't worry...This'll only sting." After that, he pulls the trigger of the blaster; a green beam of light launching from the barrel and at the DNAlien. The beam hits and to the shock of teams RWBY, JNPR, and Penny; the DNAliens flesh turns black and out of the black skin falls a man. The man groans and falls to the floor unconscious. Ben just grins and shoots 4 more DNAliens, the same thing happening. He turns to the others. "Anybody else want to give it a shot?"
His answer is Ruby grabbing it from his hands and recharging it with a smile. He just laughs, motioning for someone to help him grab the cured villagers. Pyrrha and Jaune give him a hand, dragging the unconscious villagers to a nearby pillar. After that Ben sits back and watches them all give the blaster a try, and before long all the villagers were cured and leaning against the pillar. They then moved to the parasitized grim, and to their surprise; the grimm simply faded away after being cured of the xenocytes. Ben sighs in sadness, finishing off the last parasitized grimm, Klaus jumping up and eating the blaster.
"That's done." He says, the others nodding. Nora blinks a little, raising her hand to ask a question. Jaune, seeing this, points to her. "Nora?"
"How...are we going to get them all out of here? If we carry them, we'd be here all day." The bombers question makes them all blink and Ben to groan. "I knew I forgot something..." He kicks Klaus when the magical bag laughs up a storm, Shifter and P.O.D letting out little hums. Ben looks to pile of unconscious villagers, thinking about it and nodding. "Alright. I wonder if this mine exits anywhere close to the village? If so, we may be able to put the villagers in some minecarts and roll them out of here."
Ruby looks around. "Want me to run around and give a look?" Ben nods, and the young reaper disappears in a flurry of roses. After a few minutes, she reappears with a smile and panting. "The mine has an exit. It looks like a secondary shaft from when the mine was still functional. It has tracks and I found some carts we can use."
They all grin, moving to grab some villagers. With a flash of green, Fourarms takes the place of Ben; the Tetramand grabbing two villagers per hand and following Ruby. The others look at the Tetramand in shock before moving to grab the other villagers. After a few minutes, they smile when they see rail-tracks and minecarts. They each place the villagers inside and return to the ship for more. After 3 trips all the villagers were in minecarts and ready to be pushed up to the surface.
Yang looks back to the alien ship and asks Fourarms. "Hey Ben? What are you going to do with the ship?"
Fourarms hums. "Hmmm...I'll probably see if the jump drive is functional and if so, have it jump itself into the sun. If not, I'll probably eat it as Eatle or drive it into the sun...Idk really." Yang raises an eyebrow at him, nodding. "Neat. Would be cool if we could take it for a trip..." After that, Yang passes by the Tetramand giving the large alien a pat on the side and catching up with the others. Fourarms thinks about what she said and nods.
"P.O.D?" He asks, the small robot appearing above him. "Yes?"
"Check to see if the ship is space worthy. If not, see what needs to be fixed for it to be space worthy. I'll be back after we get the villagers home." P.O.D gives a hum and floats to the ship, Fourarm walking back to the group and they start to push the minecarts up to the surface. "We're going to be here a minute. Sooooo... what's the plan for the mayor?"
"Easy..." Fourarms mutters. "We tell the truth." Ruby nodding and nodding. "Yeah! We tell the truth!" She blinks a few times. "Wait...we tell the TRUTH?!" She screams, the others sharing her surprise. "Yeah." Fourarm nods. "We...just omit a few details and tell him what happened."
Ren agrees with him. "That probably the best course of action. If we tell them the actual truth, we may be thought insane and reported. But if we tell them a bold faced lie, something that really doesn't explain anything. But if we tell some truth while throwing in some carefully placed lies, may be the best bet."
Fourarms gives Ren a grin, the others making noises of realization. Weiss gives a smile. "Yes. But what kind of lie can we say that is both the truth and a lie?"
"How about the Xenocytes being a new species of grimm that had made their way from the frontier?" Jaune suggestion makes them all pause, Pyrrha beaming. "That's...actaully a really good choice. New grimm are encountered nearly everyday, and a with how close we are to the frontier..." Blake finishes the sentence.
"It'd be pretty believable..."
Yang punches Jaunes shoulder, the blonde haired knight grunting at the force. "Nice one Vomit Boy! We knew that head was useful for something other than comic books and chicken nuggets!" They all give a good laugh at that, Jaune giving an indignant squawk. But he joins in on the laughter after a few seconds, they all smile when sunlight beams in front of them.
The sun greets them when they exit the mineshaft, overgrown weeds and equipment surrounding them. With a couple extra hands, they grab the villagers and lay them on the ground. Fourarms nods, smacking the Omnitrix symbol and reverts back to Ben; all looking around for any grimm nearby. Minutes pass and when nothing happens, they all nod and Ruby pulls out her scroll.
"I'll see if I can hail a bullhead from the town."
With a few quick taps, the call is placed and a few rings echo and then a voice comes through.
"This is the town of Poppycock responding to your call. To whom am I speaking too?"
The voice was a guy, sounding fairly wizened and Ruby smiles. "This is Ruby Rose. Leader of team RWBY. We and another team were contacted by your mayor to find the missing villagers and the reason as to why they disappeared."
The voice on the other end sputters a little, and replies. "Oh dearie me! Did you finds them Miss Rose?!" Ruby snickers at the 'dearie me' and nods though the man on the other end couldn't see it."Yeah. We found them. They're okay. They had been kidnapped by some grimm and stored in a nearby mine. We got them out but we can't carry them all with the risk of being attacked by other grimm. Do you guys have an extra bullhead you can send us for pickup?"
The voice on the other end lets out a little 'whoop' before coughing and replying. "That is stupendous news! And they had been kidnapped and stored by some grimm? Dastardly beings. And in a mine you say? The closest mine would be the old iron mines but they had so many entrances an exits it may be difficult to find you. Do you have any way to signal exactly where you are? A flare or anything like that?"
Ruby blinks a little. "Hey! Anybody got a flare or something like that?!" Her question makes most of them shake their heads 'no'. Nora bounds over to Ben, bending down to Klaus and smiling gleefully when the bag spits something out. "I got it!" Nora yells, Magnhild shifting into its grenade launcher form and Nora loading it with something. With a smirk, she aims it in the air and shoots out a bright red flare that hangs lazily in the air for a bit and then holds in place. Ruby nods and looks to the scroll. "We just launched a flare. You guys see it?"
The voice on the other end is heard scrambling for something. "Let's see...Yes! I see it! We'll have a bullhead at your position in 10 mins!" At that Ruby nods and puts up her scroll. "10 mins guys!"
At that, they all relax a little and mingle, keeping eyes on the forest around them. Ben was leaning against a rusty pillar, smiling a little at the group. He shakes his head and takes a step to speak when a wave of pain moves from his head to the soles of his feet. The pain makes him let out a grunt, and stumble a little. No one sees the stumble and Ben looks around wildly. He reaches up to feel blood trickling down his nose again and frowns worriedly. He wipes the blood from his nose with the back of his arm and walks forward to the others.
"Hey guys!"
Penny and Nora looks to him first, Ren following with them all looking to the shapeshifter. "I got a question for ya. If...you guys could go into space in the near future, would you like to?"
Nora grins and puts her hand on her hips. "Of course we'd like to, silly! Captain Nora! Journeying through space and time to fight all and eat the pancakes!" This makes Ben laugh, Weiss answering next. "The thought of visiting space makes me incredibly happy and scared at the same time. If the chance was given, I would accept it." The others give pretty much the same answers, except Jaune and his worries about motion sickness.
"All right then. I'm going to see if the Highbreeds ship is space worthy. If it is, we'll be leaving Remnant tomorrow. If not, I'll repair it and we'll be leaving Remnant tomorrow."
Yang stares at him in surprise. "You serious?"
"Dead serious."
Jaune and Pyrrha look at each other. "You're..not pulling our legs are you?" Ben raises an eyebrow. "You guys want to go or not?"
"YES!"
The noise of 9 excited teenagers made Ben cover his ears, giving a smirk and nodding. They all looked excited at the chance to actually go into space, Ben forgot about his nose bleed and the pain. They all tense when the sound of engines enters their ears and they wave at the bullhead lumbering its way to them. The bullhead moves closer, and with a surprising amount of room left over, lands and the doors open. A couple militiamen exit with rifles ready before moving to them.
The lead militiaman reaches them first, slumping in relief at the sight of the villagers. "This all of them?" Ruby nods. "All of the ones we could find." The militiamen all nod at that, moving forward to help move the villagers to the bullhead. One of them, a young man, grunts as he moves an older man. "What happened to them?" At this, Weiss speaks up. "An unknown species of grimm kidnapped them and was using them as labor to expand it's territory. Those small creatures you saw? Those seem to be a sort of parasite the grimm was able to control and had ordered them to kidnap and control the villagers."
Another of the militiamen pales at that. "Really?! Did you guys take them out?"
"We...don't know to be honest..." Blake says, playing into the little half lie half truth they were making. "But that's why Ben is going to stay behind and search the surrounding area and deeper into the mines." Jaunes exclamation make the militiamen look to Ben; the hero waving.
"Him?" One of the men ask, Ben frowning a little at the tone. "Yeah. Ben is the most suited to search around the area with his semblance."
"You gonna be okay kid?" The closest militiaman asks, Ben giving a grin and thumbs up. "Yep! This isn't my first rodeo going solo." At that, the last of the villagers was loaded into the bullhead, team rwby and jnpr joining the militiamen as they enter the aircraft. Ben waves to them, yelling. "I'll be back later tonight. Go ahead and update the mayor on the situation!"
"Got it!" Ruby yells, the others giving thumbs up. Ben watches the bullhead lift into the air, turn around and lumber its way to the town. After seeing the bullhead disappear beyond the tree line, Ben nods. "Alright. Klaus? Shifter?" The 2 objects give a hum at his questioning tone. "You guys ready to repair an alien supply ship?"
He gets an insane chatter from Klaus and a deep hum from Shifter. With a grin, he runs into the mine another odd feeling building in his chest. The feeling grows in strength, and intensity; tentacles rushing through his bones, muscles twisting and coiling and stomach churning. He reaches the entrance to the Highbreed ship when his vision disappears and he lets out a little 'Huh' before consciousness fades to a lulling whisper. He would awake to a nightmare...A nightmare that would comfort and confuse him in equal measure...
Chapter end
Authors note: I hope you guys and girl enjoyed this very late update to the story. I'm hoping to be typing a lot more since life has kinda calmed down for me and my family; so hopefully the next update won't be a year long wait! Thanks for the reveiws and suggestions. Oh! I may be posting a poll about a future alien transformation for Ben! I'll give you a hint; one is a species from a beloved game series that is nicknamed after pissed off grasshoppers, and the other is from a under appreciated species from an anime about a girl racing for a wish! If you have your guess's post in the review of send a PM!
This is Luckyplains13, signing off!