Authors Note: Hello everyone, Welcome to Chapter 2 of Ben 10 x Coraline. I'm glad to see I got a couple of reviews and some followers. I appreciate it as it motivates me to want to continue writing more. Now this chapter and the next are going to be focused entirely on Ben and him meeting the neighbors. This will Include Ms Spink and Ms Forcible, Mr. Bobinsky, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and Wybie's Grandma. Coraline will not be making an appearance with her parents but will be heard off panel. This will be right after Wybie just dropped of the doll at Coraline's house the next day. Now let's get started. Make sure to follow and review this story as new chapters are posted. This took so long due to finals, but now that I have more free time, I can work more on the story.

The Next Day, Pink Palace Apartments, Tennyson Residence.

Ben's POV

I yawned as I woke up with the sun shining in my face. I groaned as I got out of bed and shut my blinds. I looked at the clock on my phone and it said it was 11 a.m. '' Aww man, I overslept and missed breakfast'' I groaned in disappointment. I heard my stomach growl for some food, but I ignored it for now. I went to the bathroom and decided to take a shower. I turned on the water and hopped in. As I started putting shampoo in my hair, I thought back to the events of yesterday. Everything with the cat, meeting Coraline, and her yelling at me, to meeting Wybie, and the omnitrix acting weird. Speaking of the omnitirx, I look at it to make sure everything was alright with it. Upon looking at it, everything seems to be normal. Normal green, dial is staying still, and is entirely as it should look.

'' It must've been a glitch then, since everything seems to be back to normal now'' I said. I am used to glitches with the omnitrix, whether it is transforming me into the wrong alien, leaves me stuck as an alien for hours, or even doesn't work at all, something always seems to go wrong with it sometimes. I am just used to it at this point, and while it is annoying most of the time, at least I know if the watch is acting weird it is nothing serious. I exit my thoughts just as I shut off the shower. I get out and dry myself off, and dress myself in my usual clothes. I head downstairs to look for my mom. My dad headed out today to meet his new boss and get a tour of the company, which he will start at in a few days. I start calling for my mom, but I don't get a response back. I head into the kitchen.

''Mom!? , Mom!? Are you here?'' I shout out to my mom. I still don't get a response. I look around and then I see on the counter some containers and a note. I walk over and look at the containers and I see they are filled with my mom's famous Mac n cheese that she makes for special occasions, and her double fudge chocolate chip cookies. I'm surprised my mom made these. Recently, my mom has been eating healthy and has been getting me and my dad on the same meal plan. I used to hate vegetables like any other kid, but after a summer of my grandpa's weird cooking, such as dung beetle stew, I appreciate any normal food a lot more. Not to say my mom doesn't still make these, but it is a lot rarer. I wonder what the special occasion is. Is it to celebrate dad's new job? I turn and look at the note on the table. I pick it up and it says:

Dear Ben,

Hey sweetie, I hope you had a good night's sleep. As you know, your dad went out to meet his new boss and get the big tour of the company. I decided to spend the day out shopping for food, new clothes for your school, as your new school has a uniform policy, so I will be buying you one. I am also going to buy paint and decorations for the house to make it look nicer. I didn't want to wake you as you looked peaceful sleeping. I'll be out most of the day, probably won't be back until around dinner time, same with your dad so you have the day to yourself. As you can see I left some containers with my Mac n cheese and cookies out on the counter. I put some in the fridge for you to have for lunch and a snack as you have been a good boy lately. The one's out are for our neighbors in the three apartments and for the landlady. I want you to bring a container each of Mac n cheese and cookies to them. Make sure you are nice and mind your manners. Thanks Ben, I will see you later. Love you,

Signed,

Mom.

I looked at the note and then back at the containers. I groaned as I just wanted to relax, but I knew I had to do this as my mom would be mad and she put a lot of hard work into making all of these containers of food. I sighed and went and grabbed my hoodie. I put on my hoodie and grabbed the containers. Surprisingly, they were not that heavy despite there being quite a few of them. I walked out the door and locked it. I stepped down the stairs and looked around, deciding which direction I wanted to head in first to drop off the containers. I started thinking.

'' Ok there is the neighbor's all the way upstairs, the one's downstairs, Coraline's apartment which is just on the other side of mine, and then down the road is Wybie's grandmother's house''. I started thinking to myself what would be the best order to do this in. I immediately decided not to go either to the upstairs or downstairs first. I have seen the steps for both, and they would both be steep steps to go up and down, and I didn't want to risk dropping any of the food. I decided.

''First I'll go to Coraline's, hopefully she isn't the one who answers the door and it's one of her parents instead, then I'll go to Wybie's grandma, then upstairs and then finally downstairs'' I said to myself, proud I came up with this plan. I started to walk around the house and in about a minute, I was at Coraline's door. Before knocking I looked around and up on a nearby hill I saw the cat again and it was looking down at me again. I was getting weirded out a bit by it.

''Seriously? What is up with that cat? I know Wybie said it was a weird catt, but this is almost too weird'' I said to myself. I look away for the moment and knock on the door a few times. I do not hear anything at first but then I hear two voices, both sound like girls. One I could tell was Coraline, while the other sounds older. I'm guessing that must be her mom. It sounded like they were arguing over who should get the door.

'' Coraline can you get the door, someone is knocking'' her mom called.

'' No way, you get it your closer and you should get off the laptop you've been glued to it all morning'' I heard Coraline yell back.

''Don't give a tone with young lady, you know me and your father have to work hard on this garden catalogue, it is our jobs you know and it is what pays these bills. Now go answer- Coraline don't you walk out on me young lady! Hey get back here and ans- I hear a door slam. I then hear her mom say

'' GRRH! That child, sometimes I don't even know what to do with her'' I hear her mom growl in annoyance. I then hear her get up and start walking toward the door. I turn real quick to look back at the hill and I see the cat is closer now! I rub my eyes real quick. I open them again and the cat is gone! Where the heck could it have gone? I start hearing someone say something, but I am caught up in thought on where this cat could have gone.I finally snap out of it when someone shouts and shakes my shoulder.

'' Hey!''A lady shouts as she shakes my shoulder. I snap out of it and jump up in the air a little bit and nearly fall over. I balance myself and then look up. I see a lady, about the same age as my mom, standing there arms crossed not looking impressed. She has black hair, wears a white shirt, some jeans, and flats. She also has a neck brace on. I compose myself as the lady says.

''Sorry to scare you but you were not responding when I called your name, so I shook you to get your attention, so how can I help you young man?''she asked me, in an almost bored voice. I introduce myself to her.

''My name is Ben Mrs Jones, I know who you are as I had a not so fun run in with Coraline yesterday.'' I said, as I held out my hand for her to shake it. She looked at it for a second then shook it.

''Nice to meet you Ben, my name is Mel Jones and yes, I believe my daughter mentioned you and another boy named Wybie yesterday. She says that you were following her and then crashed into her. Knowing my daughter, she overexaggerate any situation ,but I just want to ask is that true?'' she asked looking at my very serious. It scared me for a minute, but then I calmed down and looked at her, telling her the truth.

'' I didn't follow her Mrs Jones. You see I just moved here like you guys did, and I decided to go explorer after unpacking. I heard about the well from my parents and decided to check it out, since it seemed like the most interesting thing here so far''. '' I got up there and I was looking around for it, which is when I crashed into Coraline without seeing her. She then accused me of following her since she said she heard a noise in the bushes. I told her it was cat I saw on the hill, which she didn't believe'' I said to Mrs. Jones, who looked at me before nodding and waving her hand for me to continue.

''Turns out I was right, It was a cat following her, a cat that hangs around the area and is actually sort of Wybie's pet, and then a few seconds later Wybie showed up on his bike, scaring her and crashing into me'' I said as I finished my story to Mrs Jones, who looked at me for a second before laughing a little bit.

''HaHa! That is kind of what I figured happened. I can tell by your eyes and tone that you are telling the truth. I am terribly sorry if my daughter caused you any problems Ben. Would you like me to talk to her?'' Mrs. Jones asked me. I looked at her and shook my head and told her

'' No you don't have to do that, I am annoyed at how she acted, but I do not want to cause any trouble for her or you guys. My mom evens says me and her sound like we are alike'' I said as I rolled my eyes at that thought. Mrs. Jones smiled a bit at that and then asked

'' So Ben, what are you doing here if it's not about Coraline?'' Mrs. Jones asked me.

'' I am here as my mom wanted me to drop off food for the neighbors. She has made Mac n cheese and her double fudge cookies as gifts for all the neighbors and the landlady, so I decided to come to you first'' I told her as I handed her a big container of Mac n Cheese and two containers of cookies. She grabs them from me, looking appreciative.

'' Thank you Ben, tell your mother I said thank you. I'm sure Coraline will enjoy this, as between you and me my husband isn't the best cook in the world'' Mel says as she rolled her eyes. I nearly laugh as I can relate.

''I can relate' I told her, '' My Grandpa Max makes some pretty weird food himself over the summer that me and my cousin could not stand'' I told her.

She gave a soft smile and was about to head in.

'' Thanks again Ben, have a good day and hope to see you and your family around sometime'' she said as she was getting ready to head in, I was about to go myself when I saw something on the porch wrapped up. I stopped and picked it up. I stopped Mel before she went.

''Mrs Jones! Wait there is a package here on your porch'' I shouted. She stopped and turned around and saw what was in my hand. She looked at it questionably. She took it from my hand and looked at it. She seemed confused.

'' A package? I never ordered a package, and I am sure my husband didn't order anything either'' She said looking at the package while turning it over. She then finds a piece of paper attached to the package, and seems to be reading it. She then looked at me.

'' This is for Coraline, it appears it is from Wybie '' Mrs. Jones said. I was surprised, what would Wybie need to be leaving Coraline? I thought about it for a minute, but I figured it was probably a gift for Coraline for welcoming her to the Pink Palace. I bent down to pick up the rest of the containers, secured them, and then looked back at Mrs. Jones.

''Well I have to get going and drop off the rest of this food, It was nice meeting you Mrs. Jones'' I said as I started to walk away. She waved bye to me and went back inside. I walked down the stairs and started to make my way down the road to Wybie's place. Walking down the road, I started feeling uneasy again, but different than before with the cat, I feel more disturbed, like I have when I am about to face a super villain or powerful enemy. I look around trying to see if anyone or anything suspicious was around. I looked around, at the house, at trees, and up at the hill where the well is, but I saw nothing. I heard a noise and looked down at my wrist. It was the omnitirx, acting the same way it was last night. It has an even darker green color than the one from last night and the dial was spinning on its own. I was surprised. I put the food down and started to mess with the dial. I was twisting and turning it trying to get it to stop. I was starting to get very angry.

''Come on! What is wrong with this thing, it was fine after last night and this morning , now it's doing this again!?'' I said as I now started to bang down on the watch to get it to stop. As I was about to hit it again, I jumped when I heard a voice.

Cor-a-line…. Sweet girl… meet you.. so..o..n , be ho…m.. with yo.. real mot.. youll be mi.. for…r. I heard a voice of a lady say. I jumped and fell onto the ground,.

''What the heck was that!? '' I yelled as I jumped back up to my feet and raised my hand over the omnitrix. I look around , and I see absolutely no one?

'' Hello!?, is anyone out there? I shouted, thinking maybe someone was close by. When no one responded I was getting the chills, so I decided to just grab the food and get out of there. As I started to walk fast away from there, I started to think about something.

''Did I hear that voice say Coraline's name? That was weird, why would I hear some weird voice say her name? Was it all just in my head?'' I muttered to myself as I thought about what I heard. After thinking for a minute or two, I decided I must have just heard it.

''I must have heard it, I'm just thinking of yesterday and what happened and its making me hear things, along with what is going on with the watch its just making me crazy, I just need to relax after I deliver this food'' I said to myself, convincing myself it was just in my head, despite my hero sense still being in the back of my mind telling me otherwise. I just shrugged it off and continued to Wybie's house.

Little did Ben know, just as he left the area, that same voice could be heard laughing sinisterly as Ben left the area.

A few moments later, Ben arrives at Wybie's house.

'' So this is Wybie's house?'' I said as I stared at the house Wybie lived in. I could tell it was a old house, probably not as old as the pink palace but still pretty old. I slowly walked up the steps, with them squeaking with every step I took. Once I was at the door, I rang the door bell. I waited for a few moments until the door finally opened. The person who answered was an old lady, one who looked to be as old if not older than my Grandpa Max. She opened the door and looked down at me. She seemed surprised to see me.

''Hello there young man how may I help you?'' she asked me.

Hello, I'm here to drop off some food made by my mom Sandra'' I told her. Her eyes jumped up a little.

''Ah Sandra and Carl Tennyson two of the new tenants, so you must be their young son Benjamin then, Wyborn told me he met you yesterday'' she said to me.

''Yeah, though I prefer to go by Ben'' I told her, I hated when people called me by my full name. She nodded her head in understanding. I continued to tell her why I am here.

''My mom made some mac n cheese and cookies for everyone in the neighborhood as a greeting, including for you and Wybie'' I told her. She had a small smile on her face after I said that.

''Thank you Ben, Tell your mom I said thank you , but before you go you mind bringing them in and setting them down on the table. I'm not as young as I used to be'' she asked me.

''No problem'' I said. I was always willing to help people, even with small things like this. She smiled at me and gestured for me to go inside. I went in and she followed inside. Looking around the house, I could see it was a bit more modern inside the house, but still looked pretty old to me. I walked through the living room and as I did, I saw a photo. It was a picture of a man and a woman, in what looked to be their 20's with a toddler. I looked a bit closer and saw the toddler was Wybie, as seen by his hair. I turned and looked at Mrs Lovat to ask her about the photo.

''Mrs. Loavt, is that Wybie and his parents?'' I asked her. Her smile instantly disappeared and she looked very sad. She turne to me and said.

''Yes they are, sadly they are no longer with us'' She said with tears in her eyes. I almost felt stupid for asking now,

''I'm sorry for asking, I didn't know'' I said to her. Had I had any idea, I wouldn't have asked. She looked at me and smiled a bit.

'' It's ok young man, its just hard remembering what happened to them'' she said as she cleared out her tears. I was curious and respectfully asked

''What happened to them?, If I may ask'' I asked her nicely, as I didn't want to upset her more. She looked at me sadly and took a few moments to speak.\

''Car Accident, terrible tragedy it was. After that Wyborn had only me and my husband, but sadly my husband passed on only a year later as he couldn't handle the fact our only child and son and our Daughter in law were gone forever. Its only been me and Wyborn for almost 10 years now'' she said to me. I looked at her and felt pity for her. I mean I Lost my grandma before I was born, and I've never met my mom's parents for some reason that she won't explain. I looked at Mrs. Lovat and just looked at her with sadness.

''I am so sorry that happened to you, I couldn't imagine going through all that'' I told her. As a hero I risked my life everyday and worry about my loved ones, like my parents, grandpa,Gwen and everyone else I care about being taken away from me. I hope I never have to go through what these two have gone through. Mrs. Lovat looked at me and smiled. Though, something about this smile made me have chills, like there was something more than appears to be. I shrugged it off, figuring it was left over from the incident earlier. I walked into the kitchen and put the food down on the table. I turned around and looked at Mrs. Lovat.

''There you go Mrs. Lovat, all set'' I smiled at her, patting myself on the back for a job well done.

'' Thank you Ben, you are such a nice young boy'' she said to me, causing me to blush in embarrassment. She laughed a little at that. When my blush went down, I looked around and realized,

''Hey, speaking of Wybie, where is he?'' I asked her, wondering where he was right now.

''Oh Wyborn is out doing his usual stunts, riding his bike and playing with that cat of his'' Mrs. Lovat said, rolling her eyes while smiling. I guess I should have figured since he said he was always around that cat. I then decide I better get on my way. I go to grab the remaining containers of food and get ready to deliver them to the last two neighbors, I wave goodbye to Mrs. Lovat as I am about to head out the door.

''Well it was nice meeting you , but I have to get the rest of these to the remaining neighbors'' I said to her as I started to head out the door until she stopped me to ask me a question.

''Ben, before you go I have a question to ask you that I am curious about'' She asked me. I turned around, confused.

''Sure Mrs. Lovat what do you need?'' I asked her , thinking she needs help with something else. What she asked surprised me a lot.

''Looking at your family name, you wouldn't happen to be related to a man named Maxwell Tennyson would you?' ' she asked me, making my jaw drop a knew my Grandpa Max? It took me a second to regain my composure but I replied to her

'' You know my Grandpa Max?'' I asked her in complete shock, I met another person that knew my grandpa. This was surprising as I didn't think I would meet someone who knew my grandpa, especially somewhere like this. She smiles at me as she nods her head.

'' I have known Maxwell Tennyson for over fourty years. We met in our teens and were the best of friends, along with our friend Donovan Grandsmith'' she told me, with a smile on her face as she was remembering the past. I was even more surprised now, as she just said she also knew Donovan Grandsmith, The famous hotel owner who my grandfather was friends with.I spoke to her

'' you knew Donovan Grandsmith also?'' I asked her in complete shock. I didn't think she knew another one of my grandpa's friends. She nodded.

''Yes, Maxwell,Donovan,and I were the best of friends. Old Donovan decided to go into business and start up his hotel chain. He tried to get me and your Gramps into the business with him, but we were to busy going down another career path, a simple mudane life of being plumbers'' she said to me as I jumped up in shock when she said that, almost falling over. She was a plumber herself! After regaining my balance, I stood to catch my breathe. Mrs. Lovat looked at me starngley after my reaction.

''What is wrong Ben, what has spooked you?'' she asked me concerned. I look up at her and I calm down, and just explain to her why I reacted the way I did.

''Sorry, I was just surprised to hear that you were a plumber just like my Grandpa Max'' I said, still very surprised but a bit calmer now. She looked at me and nodded a bit in understanding.

'' I see, your just surprised to meet one of your Gramps old friends out of nowhere and that we worked together, I understand'' she said very understanding. She then continued by saying

''We were a great team, Maxwell and I, We cleaned toilets,pipes, and anything needing fixing in the world'' She said with a bright smile on her face. I was shocked, she was talking about actual plumbing. I then realized something and felt stupid. Of course she wouldn't know about the actual plumbers and what they did.I'm only 11, she isn't gonna know that my Grandpa told his family about his job,especially his grandson. I was thinking of telling her that I knew, but I stopped myself. There was no reason to tell her that I know anything. Unlike my Grandpa, she seems to want to be retired and she doesn't seem that physically fit anymore, so it's not like I could rely on her for help If I needed it, and even then she seems content to being retired with her grandson. I felt it was time to go. I went to shake her hand goodbye. She takes my hand and her eyes seem to jump up for a moment. I thought that was weird, but I let it go. I started to head out the door and said one final goodbye.

''Have a good day Mrs. Lovat, enjoy the food and tell Wybie I said hi'' I told her while leaving. She smiled at me as I walked out the door

'' I will Ben thank you again, tell your mom and dad I said hello, and tell your Maxwell I said hi'' she yelled as I walked away. I turned and gave her the thumbs up, walking away to deliver the rest of the food. I still had a weird feeling in the back of my head, but I ignored it and moved on.

Third Person… Following Mrs. Lovat, just as Ben Leaves

Mrs. Lovat looked as Ben left, and when he was out of view, Her kind face morphed into a scowl. She walked inside, and seemed to be contemplating something. She seemed annoyed and almost angry.

''So Maxwell's grandson seems to know more than he has let on. He knows of the plumbers, but not only that watch he had on his wrist. It can't be! IT CANNOT BE THE OMNITRIX! THIS BOY COULD RUIN ALL MY PLANS!'' she yelled as she flipped a table, all of the sudden going from feeble and kindly to strong and angry. She all of the sudden calmed down but was still mostly rage filled.

''I can't let this boy ruin my plans, I've heard rumors of the power of the omnitrix, and now this explains all those aliens that appeared starting last summer, it was this boy all along!'' she said. She started to ponder how to get around this. She briefly wondered if Ben could help her, by finally putting down HER! The beast that took her sister away from her! But she quickly put that thought away.

'' That is a gamble that I cannot take, I have to keep the only family I have left safe, especially since she almost got him a decade ago''. Thinking of that made her sad, especially since it was what took her beautiful son and Daughter in law from her, she was done! After losing everything near and dear to her, she wouldn't lose the one thing she has 's why over the years she has done dark terrible acts, luring upset children from the nearby town who were unhappy with their lives and letting them be lead to the beast and her twisted world. But things have begun to look suspicious over the years, with children being prevented from going out this is why sadly Wybie could not have friends over. So she decided to start renting to families with kids to hopefully get new victims. She found the doll recently that looked like that new girl Coraline.

''Such a nice child, but sadly she has to go. When She chooses a victim it is more special to her and it feeds her longer, and I have to do anything to protect my baby boy''. She was a bit sad, but as always she wached the guilt away, saying it was for the greater good, and after all she has lost, she deserves to be goes to eat the food left in the kitchen and then to take a nap. Before going she looks out the window to the pink palace, and sees Ben getting ready to deliver the last of the food. She scowl, but then softly smiles with one final thought

I'm sorry Ben, you seem like a nice boy, I have seen your actions on the heroic exploits are incredible. However, I cannot let you find out what I do or about HER! You may be the good guy Ben, and you may have succeeded against some pretty tough foes and come out on top, but there is a vauble lesson you will learn from this,

The hero doesn't always win, and sometimes they are meant to fall, or in a case like this, the inneconts they are trying to protect. You cant be the good guy and always expcect to win, I learned that the hard way, and in time I hope you learn this lesson as well.

End

Ok that was the second chapter. So Mrs. Lovat has sinister motives that come from a good place. I wanted to give her a good role.I figured this is good, as this explains why she let kids all of the sudden stay at the pink palace, and the tragedy of it all with her sister, and everything behind why she is doing this. I wanted to have her be doing horrible things but for what she preserves as right, as she feels life has taken enough from her. This makes her different from ex plumber seen in Ben 10, like Phil and Driscoll, who were just after money and power respectively. I hope you like the bit about Wybie's parents. You will probably wonder what exactly happened to them. Well you will find out later, and you are probably wondering why Ben can here the Beldam. These questions will be answered in time. I hope you enjoy it and leave your reviews with any suggestions if you have any to improve the quality of the story or if you have any questions. And check out my bio page where I have story concepts I want to do in the future and let me know what you think.

Have a good day and stay healthy from Corona and be safe.