A/N: Hey guys! I've returned and, like I said last time, this one's gonna be a shorter chapter this time around. With that said, I think you guys are going to get a kick out of how this big battle in Bellwood concludes, especially since we get the arrival of a group of Hunters-in-training who're known for being completely badass. With that said, let us dive in, shall we? This is…

Chapter 3: Does Not Compute

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"MUST DESTROY BEN TENNYSON!" Computron's monotone voice blared out as one of its arms extended toward the group of heroes. "ATTACK!"

Swampfire couldn't believe what he was seeing. Before him was an automaton that he had seen get its head blown completely off by Captain Nemesis well over a year or two ago… and it was just here, looking completely brand new as if he hadn't been destroyed in the first place. "Computron?!" Swampfire shouted, his eyes widened in shock. "Someone actually REBUILT him?!" How this was possible, he didn't know, but what he DID know, was that he NEEDED to get all of the civilians out of here. He narrowed his eyes and stood up, waving a hand toward the crowd. "Okay, this just became serious business. Everyone, GET AWAY!"

Not needing to be told twice, the crowd of onlookers quickly got to a safe distance before the entire team regrouped. Ilia craned her head up toward the much larger robot. "So, I'm guessing that's the head computer guy?"

"Yep, that's Computron." Swampfire confirmed as he watched both the red robot come to a halt, allowing a multitude of his blue minions to keep rolling toward the team. "But… he's a LOT bigger than I remember him being. And he's brought even MORE of those grunts of his."

Sun grit his teeth. "Damn, and here I thought we had actually made a dent in his little army."

"But how is he even here?" Blake asked. "I thought you said someone punched his head off."

"Well… it WAS only his head." Kevin pointed out. "Pretty sure it wouldn't be HARD to repair something like that."

Yang furrowed her brows up to the massive bot, pounding a fist into her palm. "Alright, so just have to make sure he's even MORE pieces that he was last time. Sounds easy enough."

"Perhaps…" Penny said before going back to the blue bots. "But then again, we do still have THOSE to deal with as well." She glanced up at her shoulder cannons in uncertainty. "I believe I have enough power for another blast, but it probably will not be as powerful as the first one."

"And all my grenades are used up." Nora added. "I didn't have time to bring more." She pursed her lips and set her eyes up toward Computron, musing to herself; "I mean, I think I can try to take the big guy down anyway, but…"

Swampfire shook his head. "No, if we want to make sure he's taken down for good, we should make this a team effort. But Penny's right, we're gonna want to take out all of the minions beforehand, just so we can make sure that they're all taken care of. So, anyone have any—"

Honk-honk! Everyone's heads snapped up and whipped around toward the other end of the street… where they saw a certain someone's care pull up next to the Plumber Assault Vehicle. The car in question seemed to be an old-fashioned roadster, painted a cocoa brown color with shiny gold detailing on its headlights, grill, and bumpers. The team couldn't help but grin at the familiar vehicle as its doors opened, with Swampfire wearing a small smirk. "Heh, well, now THIS is perfect timing."

From out of the vehicle stepped five people that the team knew particularly well. From the back seat came a very tall swordsman clad in green armor, a blind, redheaded warrior with bladed gauntlets on his hands, and a brunette girl with long bunny ears sticking out the top of her head. From the passenger seat stepped out a certain blonde, technopathic genius in a purple leather jacket, and finally from the driver's side, a brunette fashionista in a brown turtleneck stepped out, donned with a barrette and sunglasses. She also had a rather large handbag slung over her right shoulder as well. Said brunette lowered her sunglasses and gave the whole team a smirk. "So… who said you guys could start this party without us?"

"COCO!" A majority of the team shouted simultaneously.

"Yo, Cooper!" Kevin called to the blonde teen with a salute.

A smile came to Cooper's face as he waved back to the group. "Heh, hey guys! Glad we could finally make it."

"Hope we're not TOO late." The blind redhead said while crossing his arms. "I've been itching for another fight."

"Oh Fox, you're ALWAYS itching for a scrap." the bunny girl said as she rolled her eyes, her voice having a distinct English accent.

The tall swordsman grinned in amusement. "Velvet DOES make a good a point, Fox. Maybe if you'd have less scars if you'd stop jumping head first into fights."

"Heh, Yatsu, you know me WAY better than that." Fox snickered.

Coco waved her hand to her team with a small smirk. "Hehe, alright guys, we get it. Now enough with the pre-fight banter and let's get in there already, huh?" Not needing to be told twice, Fox and Yatsuhashi all charged toward the final wave of incoming blue robots, with Velvet going right over to Rex.

The bunny girl took out her camera, Anesidora, and gazed up to the EVO. "Rex, sorry to be a bother, but I need a—"

"AAAAAAH!" Velvet's eyes widened and her head snapped over to the crowd, seeing a bunch of people staring at her in adoration. "Oh my goodness, do you SEE that cute bunny girl?!" "Woah, first a cat girl and now her?! What is this, an anime or something?!" "Who cares, man?! I just think it's awesome!"

Velvet blushed profusely and hid her face behind her camera. "O-Oh my… so much attention…"

"No kidding, girl." Ilia nodded. "These people are… pretty into us Faunus, actually."

Swampfire gave Velvet an apologetic grin. "Yeah… you'll find that some people on Earth are actually big fans of humans with animal traits. But what were you saying before?"

"O-Oh, yes, that." Velvet set her eyes back onto Rex and bowed her head slightly. "Like I was saying, I need a good weapon."

Rex smirked and nodded to her. "Sure! Contento de ayudar, Velvet!" Within seconds, Rex brought out his BFS, the massive sword practically bursting out of his arm. "Here's something you should be familiar with."

"Thank you very much!" Velvet took a picture with Anesidora and put it back in its box, letting the weapon do its thing. "Alright, it's done…" She did an about face and started toward the mob of robots. "Now let's get in there, shall we?"

"I hear that!" Coco said before facing to the crowd with her hands raised to get their attention. "Ladies and gentlemen, you guys are in for QUITE the show here, today! So keep your eyes glued, because you won't wanna miss it!" Her words elicited an excited cheer from the crowd, prompting Coco to spin around and give Cooper a wink. "So, you ready for this, Tech Head?"

Smiling at the nickname he became oh so familiar with, Cooper readied his energy pistol and gave Coco a nod. "Sure am, hon. …Though I kinda wish I still had my Centurion Armor for this one."

"Yeah, that would've made this a breeze, probably." Coco agreed before slipping the handle of her bag off her shoulder and into her hand. "But hey, I'm always up for a good challenge."

"Now that, I can agree on. Let's go!" Cooper and Coco bolted right for the robots, following their teammates with gusto. The moment they all collided with the horde, things started erupting immediately. Coco began smashing her way through the robots by just swinging her handbag at them, either severing their arms, wrecking their midsections, or caving in their heads with a single swing. She even managed to trip one up with it at one point, sending it careening straight into another.

"Psh, these things are only slightly more durable than Beowolves, I guess." Coco mused.

Cooper, meanwhile, started blasting at robots left and right, and while his pistol didn't do a LOT of damage, it was still powerful enough to leave clean holes in the mech's armor plating. This allowed Fox to tear into them further, using a combination of his bladed weapons; Sharp Retribution, and his bare hands to force his way into the robots before tearing them up from the inside out. He'd work his way out through the head cavities, kicking the single-eyed craniums off in the process. "Woo! Nice work, Fox!"

"Thanks, Coop." Fox answered back through his telepathic Semblance, giving him a thumbs up. "Oh, on your six!"

Cooper did a one-eighty spin and shot his pistol right into one of the robot's optics, blinding it effectively. "Someone mind giving me a hand?!"

"On it!" Yatsu shouted back as he pulled his huge sword, Fulcrum, off of his back. With a massive swing, Yatsu decapitated the robot before cleaving the sword right through the rest of its body, reducing it entirely to scrap.

"Hah, thanks, Yatsu." Cooper said with a thumbs up.

Yatsu nodded, but then directed his eyes over to the rest of the robots rolling toward them. "Don't thank me yet." He scanned his eyes around until he found Velvet, who was leaping around the battlefield and avoiding robots left and right, her quick feet actually serving her well as the robots ended up rolling right into each other instead of her. "Hey, Velvet!" Velvet stopped in her tracks and Yatsu continued; "I've got a plan to take a bunch out, think you can help?!"

Velvet smiled and sent him a thumbs up. "You know it!"

"Great!" Yatsu popped a few muscles in his neck before readying Fulcrum, facing the robots head on. With mighty strides, the tall swordsman charged forth and spun himself around, giving him some momentum before slamming his blade directly onto the pavement, causing it to break apart and go flying up into the air. …And consequently, so did a multitude of robots. The audience couldn't help but marvel at just how strong Yatsuhashi was, but surprising to them, it wasn't Yatsu himself who followed up on his attack. "Vel! Now!"

"On it!" Velvet rushed in and jumped straight up, activating Anesidora in the process. The box that she kept on the small of her back briefly glowed before creating a hard-light construct of Rex's Big Fat Sword on her arm, one that perfectly resembled the EVO's own. Velvet unceremoniously sliced through two robots on the way up, landed on one of their heads, and then pulled back on the BFS's handle, activating its Battle Saw configuration. "Time to slice and dice!"

Velvet then propelled herself off of the falling robot and began swinging her saw through the rest of them, slicing them cleanly in half all with a single slice. The moment she came back down for a landing, the robots she had sliced through were nothing but piles of scrap laden upon the ground, the bunny girl smiling in satisfaction as she heard the cheers of the crowd of citizens. "Hah, well… I suppose that takes care of—" BLAM! "EEP!"

Velvet jumped just in time to avoid an incoming laser blast from yet another blue robot… which was leading a whole swath of even MORE of them. "Oh, you've GOTTA be kidding me!" Yatsu exclaimed.

"I know, right?!" Cooper said in utter disbelief. "Just how many of these things got sent over?!"

"I dunno." Coco said as she strode forward, an irritated expression now written across her features. "But I gotta tell ya, I'm not about to spend my first afternoon on Earth dealing with this crap." She put a hand onto both Cooper and Velvet's shoulders, assuring them that she would take care of this. "Take five, guys… I've got it from here."

Cooper, Velvet, Fox and Yatsu all shared affirming looks before the blond genius allowed his girlfriend to take the reins. "By all means, dear."

"Thanks, babe." Coco smirked as she planted her feet firmly between her team and the sea of blue robots approaching them. She gripped her handbag and pressed a button on it… and then the crowd's jaws all went slack at what happened next. With an astonishing and mind-boggling conversion process, Coco's handbag converted into a huge rotary cannon that the young woman held at hip level, aiming it directly at the robots without a second thought. Gianduja had been activated. "Smile, you sons of bitches." Coco muttered before activating her Semblance, the Dust cartridges in her weapon beginning to flare up a little with some added "oomph" to their power.

Coco pulled the trigger and, all at once, a volley of powerful shots were unleashed upon Computron's minions, with each round tearing through them and exploding upon impact. The force was so great that it even caused bits and pieces of the ground to be upturned, sending dirt and rocks flying everywhere across the street. The audience were utterly gob smacked by just how much power they were seeing on display, and by the time Coco had finished, none of the blue robots were left standing. Coco stopped firing and raised a middle finger to what used to be the army of blue robots, reduced to bits and pieces that laid across what remained of the street.

"Get Hype, assholes." she declared. All at once, the crowd of civilians erupted into roaring cheers, their hands all raised up high to the sky as Team CFVY stood victorious. Coco and her teammates couldn't help but smile at the attention…but the celebrations didn't last for very long. Computron's single eye began to glow bright red and, recognizing the danger instantly, Coco gave the word; "Oh god, EVERYBODY SCATTER!"

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Swampfire grit his teeth and glared up at the massive red robot as it approached, the mechanoid staring back at him with its single optic as it prepared for its blast. He heard Coco shout out a command to scatter and it was then that he knew it was now or never; they HAD to end this fight… and he knew just how to do it. The Methanosian began running toward Computron rather than away from it, which raised many red flags for the rest of the team.

"BEN?!" Jaune called out. "W-What's going on?!"

Pyrrha followed that up with; "We need to perform a tactical retreat!"

"NO TIME!" Swampfire said as he sprinted past Team CFVY as his hand reaching to the Omnitrix on his chest. "Stay back, I've got this!"

"Ben!" Yang cried out. "What're you—"

FLASH! All at once, another green flash came from the Omnitrix… and Swampfire's body began to change drastically. The green vines that made up most of his torso began growing and hardening until they had changed entirely into wood, the Methanosian's flower-like head transforming into something else entirely all together. Rather, the alien's face was now inside of a pod containing a blue, napalm-like gel, his green eyes piercing through it. There was also a much larger pod of the same blue substance on his back, and three smaller ones on each of his arms as well. Planting his mighty feet onto the ground, the alien balled his fists and bellowed;

"ULTIMATE SWAMPFIRE!"

The entire crowd AND team were all stunned into silence, with Yang muttered; "Oh yeah, I almost forgot he has that now."

"Duck and cover, people!" the Evolved Methanosian said as he raised his arms, preparing himself for what came next. All at once, Computron let loose a MUCH more powerful laser beam from his single optic that blasted straight toward Ultimate Swampfire before almost anyone could blink. However, the tree-like alien opened up his palms and shot back at the laser with a HUGE blast of blue fire, creating a big explosion that rocked the era fiercely. There was a lot of dust and smoke kicked up by that explosion, but through it all, the team could still make out Computron's red optic growing closer to them. Swampfire pumped a fist and turned to his allies. "Alright guys, time to take the big guy down!"

"Now that, I can agree on." Rex said as he activated his Blast Caster, ready to do battle with the giant robot. "Who's with me?!"

"You can count me in!" Yang said willingly as she smashed her fists together. She stepped up next to Swampfire and gave him a wink. "Like I'd let YOU have all the fun, Green Boy."

The evolved Methanosian couldn't help but smirk. "Heh, I didn't expect you to, Goldie Locks."

"Count us in, too." Weiss said as she and Winter sprinted up, with Ruby and Blake not too far behind. "My sister and I think that we can give you some pretty good back up in this one." The former heiress smiled to her sister and nodded. "Ready?"

Without hesitation, Winter nodded back. "Indeed, let's do it." The Schnee Sisters pulled out their respective weapons and focused on their Semblances, each of them bringing forth their respective summoning glyphs. Behind them, the crowd were utterly flabbergasted at what they saw next. From out of the glyphs came two large, white and blue creatures; a giant suit of armor that held a sword dutifully in its hands, and a large lion-like beast with a pair of feathered wings and a scorpion's tail… a Manticore.

Ruby smiled widely at the sight. "Hehe, it's always so cool when you two summon things together!" She craned her head around to see the crowd of citizens all staring slack-jawed at the two summons as well, making her chuckle even more. "Heh, and it seems like I'm not the only one, either."

"Thanks, but I think you'll like this little idea we cooked up even more…" Weiss gave a nod to her walking armor, the Arma Gigas, and it saluted before then climbing onto the Manticore's back, readying its sword in the process. The massive feline beast then reared onto its hind legs before spreading its wings and taking off, much to the group's shock. "See? What'd I tell ya?"

Blake let out a small laugh as she pushed Ruby's jaw back up. "Gotta admit, that's one effective combo." She turned to the Hooded Huntress and nudged her arm. "So, you wanna start with Ladybug and go from there?"

Ruby shook herself from her stupor and pumped a fist. "HECK YEAH! Let's go!" She and Blake then dashed off, the duo performing a serpentine maneuver as they approached Computron. The robot locked its optics onto them and thrust one of its arms out at Blake, only for the cat girl to create a shadow clone at the last second to take the hit instead. In no time at all, she had reappeared and was running up Computron's arm, with Ruby using her own Semblance to rush directly upward as well.

Back with the group, Weiss and Winter nodded silently to one another before waving their hands at the same time, silently commanding their summons to go on the attack. On cue, the Manticore flew down directly toward the robot and the Arma Gigas pulled its legs up, crouching down on the beasts back before vaulting itself down toward Computron. In the meantime, Blake had gotten up right into Computron's face and used her Semblance one more time, creating another fiery shadow clone of herself that she sent right into Computron's massive red optic, the clone exploding upon impact.

With Computron effectively blinded, Ruby sliced through one arm of the massive robot with Crescent Rose before the Arma Gigas came down and did the same thing to another arm with its sword. Seeing Computron taken off guard and unsteady on its large wheel, it was all the cue that Rex, Yang and Swampfire needed. "Alright, let's get in there!" Rex hollered as all three charged to the battle.

Just as they did, the Manticore Grimm came flying down and slammed right into Computron, biting right into its remaining arm as Blake jumped off and landed on the Manticore's back. However, at that moment, Computron turned its head around and blasted randomly into the air, managing to actually hit the Manticore's face. The beast roared in pain and was dissipated in an instant, forcing Blake to jump and land on the ground again, with Ruby joining her soon after. "Blake! Are you okay?!"

"I'm fine." Blake assured… only for her eyes to widen as Computron began to stand itself up on its wheel. "…But we might wanna wrap this up."

"Already on it!" Yang called out as she propelled herself up into the air with her Ember Celica, ready to hit Computron with all her might. But just as she was about to close the distance, Computron whirled around and slammed her away with its one remaining arm, sending her straight into a nearby brick building.

From the audience of civilians, there came gasps of concern, but for Blake, Ruby and everyone else, this only made them smirk. "Oh, it should NOT have done that." Ruby commented.

Sure enough, a large BAM was heard before Yang emerged from the building, the hole she made with her body now much larger than it had been. The Blonde Brawler's eyes had changed from violet to red, and a fiery aura had surrounded her entire being. "…Yeah, that wasn't a smart choice." Once again, Yang let off a shot from her Ember Celica and propelled herself forward with another battle cry, this time hitting Computron square in the chest… and caving it in in the process. The robot was sent toppling over as Yang called out; "Rex! Ben!"

"On it!" The two heroes simultaneously said before getting straight to work, the Arma Gigas joining them as well. The walking armor charged forth and stabbed its sword into Computron's wheel, making sure that it couldn't go anywhere before Rex then jumped up and wrapped his Blast Caster around Computron's remaining arm. All at once, the EVO sent a huge surge of energy through its arm and into the robot, forcing it to stop as its systems were being fried.

Ultimate Swampfire then took off all six of his small, napalm-filled pods from his arms and threw them at Computron, the pods exploding upon contact. One of said pods even hit Computron where Yang had caved in its chest, causing it to explode particularly well. Yang landed next to Swampfire and gave him a wink. "Ready to finish this?"

"Oh yeah." the hero said before lowering his palm for his girlfriend. "Hop on!" Yang obliged and Swampfire threw her straight up, the blonde rearing her fist back again as she eventually made a high-speed impact with Computron's head, using a Fire Dust-fueled punch to take it clean off. Once that was done, Swampfire unloaded another blast of blue fire at the body of Computron, melting the red metal behemoth until it was nothing but a molten pile of sludge on the ground.

Over with Computron's head, Rex switched his Blast Caster for one of his Funchucks and swung it down hard, crushing the last part of the killer robot in an instant. "Dulces sueños, Computron."

"And don't come back!" Yang added as she then punted the smashed head straight up into the air, with Swampfire giving it one last blast of blue flames to make it explode for good measure. Yang's eyes returned to normal and she let out a sigh, hearing her friends cheers of victory approaching from behind her. "Hah, well, that was a good work out."

"Sure, was. I—" Beep-beep-beep-beeeeeep… Ultimate Swampfire was cut off when the Omnitrix on his chest began flashing red, its anchors retracting into itself and transforming himself back to his regular form… before then a red flash engulfed the area and Ben was back to his normal, human self. The hero eyed his watch, seeing that the faceplate was indeed red. "Gah, ran the battery dry already?"

Yang smirked and crossed her arms. "Well, you DID go Ultimate Cannonbolt to destroy Weiss' dad's Bullhead back in Remnant before we left, remember?"

"D'oh, yeah, that's right." Ben recalled, a small smile coming to his face as his eyes went back to the broken pieces of robot that littered the street. "Ah well, at least we managed to save the day in the end."

"WOOO-HOOO!" The couple were taken off guard when suddenly, Nora sprang up in between then and put her arms around their shoulders, bringing them in for a victory hug. "HAHA! Yes! First mission on Earth and it was a SUCCESS!"

Sun raised a fist at that and shouted; "Hell yeah! Nice work, team!" He then went over to Blake and pulled her into an embrace of his own. "And you, beautiful, were particularly great out there." He gave her a smooch on the lips and added; "Nice work blinding that robot."

Blake rolled her eyes and shrugged. "Thanks, Sun, but honestly, those guys did WAY more than I did."

"Hey, it was a team effort!" Ruby asserted. "We ALL did a great job out there!"

Winter gave a resolute nod as Weiss dismissed her Arma Gigas, the Schnee sisters joining the group. "Indeed, good job everyone. You all performed quite admirably as always." She shifted her eyes around and took note of how much destruction had been caused to the street. "Granted, there could have been a bit less collateral damage."

"Yeah, but most of it was caused by Computron and his minions." Jaune pointed out. "And thankfully, nobody died."

"Maybe so." The teens all perked their heads up as Bobo, Holiday and Six came walking up to the group, the latter of whom was wearing a serious expression. "But still, it would be in yours and everyone's best interest to keep that fact in mind going forward." the green-clad agent said in a serious tone. "Just because the heroes aren't the ones causing collateral damage doesn't instantly make it okay. You have to be sure that no matter what villains you face going forward, you have to be aware of the condition of the environment."

Six gestured over to a nearby ambulance, one that had arrived on the scene in order to pick up the people who got hit with the light pole. "Like those two, for instance. They may not have gotten directly hurt or killed by the villain…" He then nudged his chin toward the fallen light pole itself. "But because of their environment, they got hurt anyway." He craned his head toward Gwen, Kevin and Rex. "And those three were quick to make the save after disposing of the immediate danger. Good work."

Gwen smiled and bowed her head slightly. "Thank you, Agent Six."

"Yeah, all in a day's work." Kevin said with a smirk. "This ain't our first rodeo, after all."

Rex smirked as well and crossed his arms. "Gee, Six, you're actually in a pretty good mood today. Someone put something in your coffee?"

Bobo gave a chuckle at that. "Heh, nah, he just ACTUALLY got some good shut eye." He tapped his chin in contemplation. "Although, puttin' some happy juice in his mornin' joe DOES sound pretty—" Bobo was cut off when he received a glare from Six, the EVO chimp crossing his arms in irritation. "Bah, forget I said anythin'."

Without missing a beat, Six went back to the group of heroes. "It's important that you start learning things like this if you all really want to be heroes, and I'm sure that it's important for Hunters to know as well."

"Yes, very true." Pyrrha affirmed with a slightly saddened face. "Unfortunately, with how things are going back in Vale, collateral damage is pretty much unavoidable with how many Grimm attacks it's been through."

"Then let's start fresh here in Bellwood." Six said plainly. "Just keep in mind to avoid as much collateral damage as possible if you can avoid it. And if you can't, make sure that no one gets hurt from it. That's your first of many lessons from me, understand?" He received a "Yes sir!", to which he nodded. "Good, because while I was impressed with what I saw here today, I have a feeling that you kids can all do even better. And I'm not gonna pull any punches with what I have in mind for you. Training wheels are off starting now."

Off to the side, Neptune couldn't help but wear a nervous expression. "Woah, Six is startin' to sound like Raven, don't ya think?"

"Yeah, something tells me that they're gonna get a long pretty well." Ilia murmured. "And that means WE'RE in for some torturous training."

"Perhaps, but you must admit that it WILL be quite interesting going forward!" Penny beamed brightly. "And I for one cannot wait to train some more with my new powers! Maybe I can even succeed in getting my Mechamorph abilities down…"

It was then that Ren finally spoke up. "There IS still one thing that's puzzling me though…" Everyone directed their attention to him and he went on. "Just where exactly DID all of these robots come from? And how was Computron rebuilt?"

Ben pursed his lips and put a finger to his chin. "Hm, that IS a good question, Ren. Plus, they were sent specifically to find and kill ME. Kinda odd since Computron's whole thing was just destroying EVERYTHING related to organics and not just ONE person." He scratched his head and pondered out loud; "You'd think that someone reprogramed him to have a grudge against me or something…"

…..

(Meanwhile, in Dimension 12…)

"Master Billions, I bring unfortunate news. Computron's signal has stopped transmitting. He has been destroyed, most likely by Ben Tennyson."

"DANG IT! I KNEW rebuilding that bucket of bolts would be a waste of time! Mazuma, it's time to move on to Plan B!"

"The de-aging ray, master?"

"YES, THE DE-AGING RAY! What OTHER Plan B do I have?!"

…..

Back in Bellwood, Ben shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, something to think about later, I suppose. Right now, I'm ready to get back home and finish lunch. So, who's with—"

"AAAAAAAAH!" Everyone suddenly jumped in shock as a chorus of loud screeches filled the air around them, causing everyone to whip their heads back to the other end of the street. There, the group's eyes widened as they saw the audience of citizens come charging straight at them… but the screeches were coming at the dozens of fangirls that were leading the pack, their eyes focused directly onto Ben. "BEN! You're BACK!" they all shouted to some extent.

"Oh boy." Cooper muttered as he put a hand to Coco's shoulder. "It's Ben's biggest fan club."

Coco lowered her sunglasses and her eyes widened, glancing over to the Omnitrix bearer with a shocked gaze. "Damn, Ben, you definitely know how to attract the ladies. Pretty impressive. Wish I had that kinda magnetism."

"Knowing you, Coco, I'll take that as a compliment." Ben said before backing up as far as he could. "Now could we maybe GET THE HECK OUTTA—"

But it was too late. In the blink of an eye, Ben and everyone else were swarmed by the fangirls, though they were focused mostly on him. "BEN! We missed you so much!" "Oh my gosh, you have NO idea how dull it's been without you around." "PLEASE tell us that you won't be leaving again!" "And are you still single?!"

Ben winced, knowing that last question was the straw that broke the camel's back. BAM! 'Oh have mercy on their souls, my dear.' Ben opened his eyes to see a red-eyed Yang now in between him and the many fangirls, the women all staring on in shock and horror as Yang glared at them intensely.

Yang took a deep breath, straightened out her cowboy hat, and addressed the girls accordingly. "Alright, ladies, listen up. For one, you guys are getting WAY too close for comfort with ALL of us. And two…" Yang spun around, walked over to Ben, and put an arm around him, wearing a proud expression as her gaze went back to the girls. "I'm afraid you all are too late. I'm gonna lay down the law right here, right now; Ben and I are a couple." All at once, the girls all gasped, many of them reeling backward. "Yep, drink in that fact now, ladies. I am staking my claim and this boy?" She pointed at Ben's chest. "He's it."

The ladies in the crowd were in utter disbelief. "W-What?!" "B-But how?! It's only been three weeks since his break up!" One girl in particular was very indignant, crossing her arms while glaring back at Yang. "Who even ARE you, anyway? Are YOU the reason why Ben's been gone for three weeks?"

Yang narrowed her eyes and was about to snap back when Ben put a hand on her shoulder, garnering her attention. "Sweetie, I'll handle this." he whispered before addressing the girls himself. "Ladies, listen, I can tell you right now that what I've been through in the past three weeks has been… pretty hectic. It's a REALLY big explanation that I don't have time for right now, but it's something that I'm going to be addressing soon." He settled his eyes over to his girlfriend and smiled. "But, during those past weeks… I met all of the heroes that you've seen debut here today… including this lovely woman right here." He laced his fingers with Yang and sent a resolute smile to the crowd. "Her name is Yang, and we are indeed a couple. In fact… I'm fairly confident that she's gonna be who I'm sticking with. I'm sorry."

Once again, the ladies gasped, with many of them even breaking down into tears. "This… this can't be!" "He's gone for three weeks and comes back with a girl who's not only obscenely hot but incredibly STRONG too?!" "I know, right?! How's THAT fair?!"

Yang narrowed her eyes at the rather odd scene. "…Should I be taking that as a compliment, or what?"

Ben couldn't help but shrug. "Honestly, I have no idea myself at this point… but they ARE right, you are insanely hot and strong."

"Aw, thank you, babe!" Yang cooed before going up on her tip-toes and giving Ben a kiss full-on the lips… which caused the crowd of fangirls to cry out in despair and sadness. Yang removed her lips from Ben's and thrust and arm out at them. "HEY! C'mon girls, you can't be making that a regular thing."

"Hey, hey, ladies, ladies!" All of a sudden, Neptune came sliding onto the scene, the blue haired boy catching the girls' attention. "No need to be all sad like that!" Neptune slicked his hair back and pointed finger guns to the group of ladies. "After all, while Ben's off the market, there's still plenty of studs out there in the world!" He gestured to himself. "Namely, yours truly. Now, if any of you are interested, why don't we all…" Neptune wiggled his eyebrows for emphasis, "get to know each other better, huh?"

Silence. That was all Neptune received for his attempt at a pickup line. Well, that and a bunch of deadpan expressions from the countless women. You could practically hear a cricket chirping; it was so quiet. Neptune's smile started to falter and he laughed nervously, giving them all a shrug. "Uh, hehe… any takers?"

"Oh, for crying out loud." Coco said with an eye roll before stepping up and taking center stage. "Hey, girls, news flash!" The fashionista pointed directly over to Fox and Yatsu, the boys taken aback by what their leader did next. "Those two hunks over there are completely single. The redhead's a goofy bad boy who's got scars for days. He might be blind, but you probably WOULD be to let him slip by. Oh, and the tall one is a total softie. Have at 'em!"

Immediately, the group of ladies let out excited screams as they charged directly toward both Yatsu and Fox, the duo of boys wearing panicked expressions as they were swarmed completely. The rest of the team managed to side step the crowd as Velvet muttered; "Wow, Coco… you're good."

"What can I say? Sometimes being blunt works." Coco said before her eyes trailed across the sea of women. "Plus, this gives ME a good show, too."

A cheeky grin came to Cooper's face as he set a hand to his girlfriend's back. "Coco, you are one hell of an opportunist."

"Thanks for noticing, Tech Head." Coco then eyed Neptune, who's jaw was completely slack at what he was seeing. The leader of Team CFVY closed his mouth and gave him a pat on the head. "Aw, cheer up, Neptune. I'm sure you'll hit a home run someday… if you change up your game a little bit."

Neptune grasped at his hair in disbelief. "I don't GET IT! What the heck am I doing wrong?! Am I coming on too strong or something?!"

Gwen sighed and broke away from the team, stepping up to place a hand on Neptune's shoulder. "Neptune, you're not being who you really are. You're trying to be suave and cool with the ladies… when you're actually a total goof."

"Ouch!" Neptune cringed. "Hurt my pride a little more, would ya Gwen?"

"Hey, being a goof is GOOD." Gwen assured. "Because there are ladies out there who LOVE goofy guys."

Blake smirked and jerked a thumb over to Sun. "Yeah, Neptune, I mean, I settled up with your bud over here, didn't I? He's the biggest dork I know, and I still love him."

Sun let out a chuckle and wrapped his hands around Blake's midsection, nestling his head onto her shoulder. "Hehe, thanks, Blake. You've definitely got a way with words." The monkey boy then pecked the cat girl's cheek, though if anything, this only made Neptune feel worse.

"Ugh, knowing MY luck, I'll probably NEVER find a girl who likes me for me." The blue-haired boy hung his head in disappointment. "I'll be single and alone forever at this rate."

Weiss rolled her eyes at that. "Oh, don't be like that, Neptune. Listen, while OUR relationship was brief, I still think that you're a really nice guy. Any girl would be lucky to have you."

"She's right, Neptune!" Ruby concurred. "Love works in a whole bunch of different ways. You either find it… or it finds you." She sent her friend a small wink. "And when it DOES find you, it usually hits you pretty hard, so be ready if that happens."

Neptune sighed and sent the girls a small smile. "Thanks for the words of confidence, ladies, but at this rate, I don't know if I'm cut out for romance." He began to walk away, wandering into the middle of the road to get to the Plumber Assault Vehicle. "At this point, I think it's better if we just… hm?" All of a sudden, a sound of rushing wind graced Neptune's ears, which was also heard by everyone else as well. They could tell that it was coming from down the street, which coincidentally was also where the bridge was. And to top it all off… it was getting closer. "Hey… does anybody hear—"

Just then, from down the road, they all heard a voice shout; "GET OUT OF THE WAY!", before the sound of screeching tires began to ring out through the town.

"W-Wait, wha—" FWOOSH! BAM! "AAAAGH!" In the blink of an eye, a rushing black and blue blur suddenly smacked directly into Neptune, taking everyone by surprise. The entire team, as well as the fangirls, let out a yell as they watched Neptune and whatever had smacked into him tumble down the street, the blur having become just visible enough to tell that it was a person.

"Woah!" Jaune shouted. "What the HECK was that?!"

Ren shook his head. "I… I don't know… but it looked like it had a tail?"

"Who CARES what it was?!" Sun asked. "Whatever it is, it made off with Neptune! C'mon, we gotta make sure he's okay!"

…..

After speeding about twenty-five yards of down the street, Neptune finally came to a halt, his back landing flat against the pavement. "AGH! What the—oof!" At the very next second, he felt something land on his chest, knocking the wind out of him. "Gah, okay what the heck… was… that?"

Neptune had to blink to make sure that he was seeing things correctly. The thing that had landed on his chest… was a girl XLR8. She had the aerodynamic helmet, the blue face with the black lips, the raptor-shaped body and the long, slender tail, along with the wheels on the bottoms of her feet. The only thing different about her was that she had fingers instead of scissor claws… and a few certain other humanoid features that Neptune had to force himself not to think about. Fortunately, that was easy for him, because the moment he saw this Kineceleran's face, he recognized her immediately. He had seen her in footage and in pictures beforehand… but he certainly wasn't expecting her to literally run into him. "W-Wait… aren't you…"

All at once, the Kineceleran gasped and stood up, a panicked look coming to her face. "O-Oh my gosh, I am SO sorry! I-I didn't see you out there, I-I was so focused on getting back to headquarters that I—OH MY GOD, I still need to get to—"

"Woah, woah, slow down!" Neptune stood up and brought her focused onto him, hoping to calm her down and get some answers. "Let's take this one step at a time. First off, are you okay? I mean, you smacked into me pretty hard."

The Kineceleran girl put a hand to her helmet, rubbing it slightly. "Y-Yeah, I'm okay. Honestly, I should be asking YOU that since I rammed into you."

"Heh, w-well, don't worry. I'm good." Neptune assured. "I'm actually pretty hard headed, so I can take a hit."

The alien girl let out a small laugh. "Hehe… hey, that was funny. …Say, I don't think I've seen you around before. Who are you?"

"O-Oh… I'm Netpune. Neptune Vasilias."

"Hm, now that's a unique name. Well, it's nice to meet you, Neptune. I'm—"

"HELEN?!" The alien girl was cut off when the rest of the team finally caught up with them, with the Alien Trio, Rex, Six and Holiday at the forefront, all of them with surprised or shocked expressions. The girl, whose name was apparently "Helen", spun around quickly on her wheels and her eyes widened at the sight, relief washing over her features.

"Ben! Gwen, Kevin!" Helen zipped right over and gave each of them a hug, thankful that she had found them. "Oh, thank goodness, I was worried that I'd have to search EVERYWHERE for you!" She smiled over to Rex and Holiday as well. "Rex, Doctor Holiday, welcome back."

Six, however, was quick to question the Kineceleran. "Helen, what's going on? I thought I sent you and your squad on a mission to Niagara Falls."

Helen sent Six an apologetic face and lowered her head. "Six, I… I'm sorry. Things didn't go as planned, and…" She squeezed her eyes shut. "Six, Manny and the others have been captured, and I was forced to retreat." The group of teens began to murmur in concern amongst themselves as Helen continued. "I had to run back to warn you all since Rook still had the keys to the Proto-Truk when he was captured. A-And I—"

"Wait, Helen, you RAN all the way back here?!" Gwen said in disbelief. "From Niagara Falls?! That means you've crossed over THREE state lines just to get here!"

"Yeah, how're you not exhausted at this point?" Kevin added.

"Oh please, like I'm going to let a little four-hundred-and-thirty-mile run get to me—oooooh wait, never mind." All at once, Helen's eyes rolled into the back of her head and her legs began to wobble underneath her, with her body giving out just a second later. Fortunately, however, someone was quick to stop her from falling onto the pavement. Neptune surged forward and caught Helen in his arms, holding her gently as the Kineceleran girl lost consciousness. In the end, there was only one question on everybody's mind, and Neptune was the one to voice it for all of them;

"What the HELL just happened?!"

…..

A/N: And there you have it! The battle had concluded and our heroes have one the day! And with some assistance from a returning Team CFVY and Cooper to boot! Those blue drones are looking more like swiss cheese at the moment, hehe. But of course, if anyone were going to finish Computron off, it would HAVE to be Ben and Team RWBY, along with Rex and Winter for good measure. Gotta love those Summoning tricks, huh? Plus, having Ultimate Swampfire around also helps out quite a bit.

And in addition… we got a little sneak peak at a future villain still to come, emphasis on LITTLE. I mean, who ELSE could it have been who sent those drones? Expect to see HIM arrive some time later on.

But with that said, the time has come for Yang to lay down the law when it comes to fangirls. Of course they would try to throw themselves at Ben the moment he came back, but fortunately, Yang's made it pretty clear that Ben is hers and hers alone. Hopefully the girls get the idea just as clear… but that won't stop them from going after the new guys who just so happen to BE single… well, except for Neptune. Poor guy just can't catch a break…

…Especially when it involves being rammed into by speeding Kinecelerans. Yep! Helen has made it back to Bellwood and it's pretty obvious her long trip has worn her out quite a bit. With that said, NEXT TIME! The gang regroups back at Ben's house and Helen wakes up after a while, and it's there where she explains just what happened while she was at the falls. And after that, she gets to meet the gang from Remnant as well! How will she take to them? Well we'll just have to find that out for ourselves! Until then, thanks for reading everyone, and I'll see you all next time! And as always, stay safe out there!