My Lovely Family
Initial Notes
1) If you access Ben 10 Planet, you may think that the girl who appears at Kenny's birthday party is a daughter of Ben 10,000 whom the writers later decided to reconnect from the story. Well, in my fanfic this girl is a different character because biologically it is IMPOSSIBLE for Ben 10,000 to be her father unless he has swung by India.
2) Derrick J. Wyatt said the episodes "Ben 10,000", "Ken 10" and "The End of an Era" are three possible futures for the original story. In "My Lovely Family," the future that is shown in "Ken 10" is the real one, as it is the only that makes sense. This chapter contains facts that happened before, during, and after "Ken 10", including explanations of details that were unclear in the episode.
Chapter 20: Shanti - Ken 10
It was the year when Kenny would turn 10 years old. He strolled with his sisters, each on a board that floated in the air. Everyone noticed the six children, the Tennyson Bunnies. As much as they grew up, they liked to be called by that name, because the fact that they were many and Kevin had kidnapped them was the ideas most associated with them.
"Damn it! I forgot to pass sunscreen! My skin is all burned!"
"Relax, Kenny! That will be a few days from now," Gwendolyn recalled.
Suddenly four young people running with their boards passed the Bunnies. Kenny ended up bumping into a girl and they both fell. They were at a great height and they were going towards the ground.
(Opening theme)
Kenny's reaction was to create two mana platforms to hold them both. Both he and the girl were saved. He stood up and, still standing on the platform, helped the young woman to her feet. She was a little scared.
"Don't be afraid. You're safe now."
"Thank you! Oh my God, I almost died!"
"You weren't going to die with me here."
She was a young Indian woman wearing a blue dress. Her hair was black and her eyes were brown. She wore a small bindi on her forehead.
Kenny's sisters and the three boys who were with the girl came to see their condition.
"It's okay," she said. "He saved me."
"Very well, Kenny!" congratulated Gabriella.
"Just did my job" he turned to the girl. "I'm Kenny" he extended his hand to her.
"I'm Shanti" she shook hands with him.
"These are my sisters: Cassandra, Gwendolyn, Gabriella, Talitha, and Karina" with each performance, Shanti shook hands with each girl.
"These are my brothers: Niraj, Karan, and Anuj" - the boys greeted the Bunnies. They were the same age as the Tennyson's three oldest daughters - "Sorry for the stunt, I should have been more careful."
"Oh, never mind," said Kenny, smiling. "The important is that we are fine."
"That's true" she smiled. Suddenly a female voice came from her communicator and her brothers.
"Children, come! We have to prepare for Shabbat!"
"We're coming back," Shanti replied. "Well, we have to go now. Nice to meet all of you."
"Nice to meet you all too" Kenny replied.
"See you around. Bye!" the four siblings came home while the Bunnies did the same.
At headquarters, Ben and Gwen were talking.
"It's a pity, but I won't risk the safety of my children."
"Damn Charmcaster! Doesn't she have a life of her own? Does she always have to mess up with us?"
"And that's the only way to stop her, Ben. I still don't know how the kids will react, but I'm afraid it's not good."
"They've never been apart for so long, Gwen. And in two weeks, Kenny turns 10, will earn his own Omnitrix."
"I know and hate to know that I won't be here to see it. Neither me nor the girls," she lamented. "But let's find a way to at least talk to Kenny and wish him a happy birthday."
"Worst is that last year I missed his birthday because of a Dr. Animo attack."
- FLASHBACK -
Ben used his best aliens to stop Dr. Animo, who invaded the 1-A-Center section of headquarters where the Null Void containment chamber was located. The villain planned to unleash the creatures that lived in the Null Void to create mutant creatures from their DNA.
Meanwhile, Kenny was celebrating his 9th birthday with his mother and sisters. Other relatives were also at the party, such as his great-grandfather Max and his grandparents. The boy was very happy, but he wanted his father to be here.
"What kind of father miss the birthday of his son?" Natalie said quietly.
"Lily, you will end up hurting Kenny," Frank warned.
Ben only defeated Dr. Animo when the kids were already sleeping. He went up to Kenny's room and kissed his son's cheek, who woke up and hugged his father.
"Happy birthday, Kenny!"
- END OF FLASHBACK -
"I think in two weeks we're back. Take it easy, Ben! You've been three years away from me, two weeks is nothing."
"For me, a second away from you is an eternity!" the couple kissed passionately.
The six Tennyson Bunnies were on the couch in front of their parents.
"So kids," began Gwen. "I'm sorry to say that, but we have a very difficult mission ahead."
"Nothing is difficult for us," Cassandra interrupted.
"I think this will be. Because we'll have to go to Zoraster, me and the girls, while Kenny will stay here with Daddy. "
"WHAT?" the six shouted together. "NOOO!"
"I know how hard it is, but if we don't, our planet will be doomed."
Gwen started to explain what was going on. Charmcaster had not given up on dominating the entire universe, and not even the Plumbers prevented her from coming into contact with energy from Ledgerdomain. As a result, several portals spread across the Earth brought plagues that endangered the lives of millions of people. The villain would not give up until she defeated her biggest rival, the only one who could prevent her plan from materializing. The only way to stop Charmcaster (without killing her) was to deactivate her powers. To do this, one had to go to Zoraster, a place in Ledgerdomain, and get some of the blood of a red dragon that lived there.
The problem is that even though Gwen was very powerful, Ledgerdomain was infested with ferocious creatures. Because of this, she decided to take her daughters, as they had great magical abilities and could help their mother. Her son, on the other hand, would be very vulnerable to danger.
Kenny had weak magic. His spells were not as effective as those of his sisters. That was one of the reasons that led Ben to take his children away from the fight against crime. He had thought of giving the Omnitrix to Kenny earlier but feared it would create a conflict between him and his sisters (who would feel wronged). The way was to leave Kenny with his father so they could protect Earth in the absence of Gwen and the girls.
The heroine had to cast a spell over the country so that all but her family would forget who she and her daughters were. Charmcaster's portals had the power to access the minds of every human being on earth and track the people they were thinking about. Of every human but the Tennyson whose Gwen magic he managed to protect.
"It's important that our mission remains secret. No stranger can know who we are while we are in Zoraster. So during that time, if you're with someone other than Tennyson, don't call me 'Mom', and don't call the girls 'Sisters'. Pretend we are just cousins."
"It's all right, Dad! In a month, I'll attack the Tennyson headquarters and release you."
"Bravo, Devlin! You're the son I always wanted!"
"Everything to have you back!"
"I knew I could count on you. Did you train the powers of your mutation right?"
"I trained, Dad." Devlin became the same creature as Kevin when he was 11 years old. "Saw? They won't recognize me."
"Of course not. Your mother's tongue-in-cheek warned the Tennysons that I had a child, but they never saw you, nor did they know your power. By the way, where is she?"
"She married Hervé after divorce. He let me live alone when he discovered my powers."
"Did she abandon you?" Kevin asked irritably.
"Not! It was my choice and she agreed."
"Great! If I had done the same thing as my mother, she would see it! Well, Devlin, I trust you. Don't let your mother know about the DNA tube you absorb to transform. Neither about your plan."
"You can trust me, Dad."
Kenny was crying in Gwen's lap.
"I know it's hard, son! But if everything works out as planned, in two weeks we'll be back."
"And you guys coming for my birthday?"
"Let's try it. But if we can't, we'll open a portal to talk to you. Let's not forget!"
"I love you all!"
"We love you too, Kenny," the mother and sisters said at the same time and each hugged him tightly.
"Calm down, Kenny! We'll think about you a lot," said Karina.
"I won't get you out of your mind, Ka!"
"It will be alright!" said Talitha.
"I trust you, little sister!"
"Take good care of Daddy," Gabriella joked.
"I'll care!"
"God be with you, Kenny!" said Gwendolyn.
"Amen! God be with you, Gwenny!"
"Come back soon! We'll finish this witch!" promised Cassandra.
"Kick her for me."
The next day they said goodbye to Ben and Kenny and left. As soon as the portal closed, the boy fell to his knees and began to cry. His father hugged him.
"I understand you, son! I was just like that when I had to leave your mother."
"Have you ever done that?"
"Yes. When your mother was finishing her master's degree, I started military training in Israel. I was three years away from her. We talked every night on the cell phone."
"So you guys managed to talk?"
"Yeah, and when I came back, I tried to make up for all the time I spent away from her."
Kenny smiled hopefully. Two days later, he went for a walk with his board and found Shanti leaving the Jewish market with two large bags. The boy approached to help her.
"Hi, Shanti!"
"Hi, Kenny! Nice to see you again!"
"The pleasure is all mine. Are the bags heavy?"
"Oh, not much. I can carry it."
"Let me take it to you."
"Oh, thank you so much! That's very kind."
Kenny picked up the bags and set off on his board, accompanying Shanti. On the way, they talked.
"I was born in India, but I came here as a baby. My family and I are Indian, though not Hindu, but Jewish."
"Cool! I am of Jewish descent."
"Really?" Shanti smiled and his eyes twinkled. "That's great!"
"Look what a coincidence! We both have Jewish blood and are the fourth children of our parents. "
"Haha," she giggled. "There is some reason for this to happen. In Judaism, we don't believe in coincidences."
Kenny and Shanti spent a long time talking until they got to her house.
"I live there," she pointed to a house in a Jewish neighborhood. The two of them went down to park the boards. "Thank you so much, Kenny! It was a pleasure talking to you."
"The pleasure was all mine! Hey, before I forget, my birthday is on the 10th."
"Congratulations!"
"Thank you! And I wanted to invite you to my party."
"Really?" she asked excitedly.
"Really. I know it's only the second time we've seen each other, but I feel something like I've known you for years. Do you understand me?"
"Yes… I feel the same."
"And my mother and sisters had to travel for work. I'll be alone with my father, my great-grandfather, and two friends. I'd be happy if you could come."
"I'd love to. Give me your number and I'll confirm it to you later."
The two of them exchanged the numbers for some kind of more advanced cell phone.
"Great! I'll ask my father for the party food to be all kosher."
"Haha, thanks!"
"You're welcome!"
"Well, see you later, Kenny!"
"See you later" he kissed her hand. "Shalom!"
"Shalom!"
Kenny left as Shanti entered the house.
(Shortly before the events of Ken 10)
It was midnight on November 10th. The girls appeared as holograms in Kenny's bedroom.
"Kenny!" they shouted together.
"Aaaah!" he sprang to his feet from the bed. When he saw the sisters, he was very happy.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENNY!"
"Thank you, girls! You're awesome!" he said trying to contain the tears of happiness.
"Mom told us to talk to you at a different time from her," Gabriella warned.
"So the energy of the portal gets smaller and gives no sign of the mission to Charmcaster" completed Cassandra.
"We are close to the place. We'll be done soon," said Gwendolyn.
"Great! So you're almost back?"
"Almost. Maybe we'll come home today," said Talitha.
"In the meantime... there are gifts for you," Karina warned.
The girls teleported several gems they found in Zoraster. They were very valuable. Kenny was delighted.
"They were the best gifts we could find," said Gabriella.
"But you are more valuable than all of them together!" exclaimed Cassandra.
"You are my greatest treasure, girls!" Kenny was thrilled and wanted to hug his sisters. But as they were holograms, he could not feel them. They formed a wheel and their projections "hugged" their brother.
"Enjoy the party! We'll be back soon!" said Gwendolyn.
"Give Daddy a hug for us," the five said together.
"Yes, I'll give him! Thank you very much, girls!"
"You're welcome, Kenny!" they said before the holograms disappeared. Kenny spent a long time looking at the jewelry before going back to sleep.
(Compiled from things that happened in Ken 10 - this includes Gwen's message to Kenny on his birthday, he receiving the Omnitrix, the fight between Ben and Devlin, Kenny being disappointed with his father and helping Devlin, Kevin being released, fight between the villain and Tennysons and, finally, the "adoption" by Ben Devlin)
That night, Ben took Devlin to the headquarters. He and Kenny had a big surprise.
"GIRLS! MOMMY!"
"KENNY!"
The five sisters rushed to hug Kenny! It seemed like the brothers hadn't seen each other in years! Gwen rushed into her husband's arms, who lifted her off the ground and kissed her lips as if it were the last minute of his life. Then she hugged Kenny while the girls did the same to their father. The women of the Tennyson family were so thrilled to see Kenny and Ben that they didn't notice Devlin in the room. After the reunion, they realized it.
"Ohhh, do we have company?" said Gwen. "What's your name?"
"Well... I…" Devlin was a little embarrassed.
"He's Devlin Levin," said Ben. "The name already says whom he is the son of."
"Kevin's?" Gwen was startled and the girls did the same.
"Did you know your father kidnapped us when I was six?" Cassandra asked Devlin, visibly nervous.
"Don't rush, Cassie," Ben warned. "Devlin is not a threat."
"I know nothing of what my father might have done. But now I don't doubt anything else."
"You're not to blame for Kevin's actions. Oh, I was already forgetting ... these are my daughters: Cassandra, Gwendolyn, Gabriella, Talitha, and Karina. And this is my wife, Gwen."
Devlin greeted each girl. Shaking Gabriella's hand, his eyes locked on her. "What a beautiful girl!" he thought. When Devlin greeted Gwen, he understood Kevin's madness.
"Wow, my father is right! You're beautiful!"
"Your father is crazy about Mommy," Talitha recalled.
"And you can't imagine how much! He kept telling me, 'She's hoooooooot!'" - the Bunnies laughed.
"Well, the 'hoooooooot' has an owner!" Ben put his arm around Gwen's waist and pulled her close. "Your father will be without teeth if he comes near my wife."
"You can rest easy, Dad! Great-grandfather will keep him tight this time around," said Kenny.
"Well, you tell us everything tomorrow. We have to get ready for bed. Kenny, take Devlin to the guest room."
"Yes, Mom! Oh, and I was going to ask you: Did you beat Charmcaster?"
"Yes, honey! She won't be a problem anymore. I've taken the spell out of the country and everyone remembers us now. But get ready to answer questions when your friends remember you called your mother 'aunt' "- Gwen winked at him. Kenny blinked back.
In the bedroom, Gwen was lying down and talking to her husband.
"Ben, I didn't want to talk in front of Devlin, but have you talked to Julie yet?"
"Oh my God! I forgot he's Julie's son!"
"I found it very strange that he would accept adoption when his mother is alive."
"Maybe Julie has abandoned him…"
"Or maybe he has run away from home and she must be overly concerned. I'll call her now."
Gwen opened a communication portal and contacted Julie.
"Julie, can you hear me?"
"Yes, Gwen. What's up?"
"Well, I wanted to warn you that Devlin is here with us."
"Oh, thank you so much! He's in good hands. But how did he get there?"
"He became friends with Kenny and asked to sleep here." Gwen didn't want to talk about Kevin so as not to worry Julie.
"No problem."
"Are you coming to pick him up tomorrow?"
"No, he lives alone."
"Alone? Julie, he's 11 years old."
"I know. But he has Kevin's powers and I don't know how to train an Osmosian. He asked me to live alone and I let."
"But does he have contact with you?"
"Yes, we talk to each other every day."
"Oh, that's fine! See you the other day."
"Thank you, Gwen. Bye!"
"Bye!"
The portal closed.
"I can't believe such a thing. How does a mother let her 11-year-old son live alone?"
"It must be a Levin tradition to abandon children."
"Ben! In any case, we'll see it tomorrow. For today, I just want to rest."
The next day Kenny and Shanti were sitting on the statue erected in honor of Ben. He explained everything about his mother's mission to Zoraster.
"And now, with the defeated Charmcaster, everything is back to normal. Everyone remembers who my mother and sisters are and I can call her mother again."
"Baruch Hashem!* Everything is okay!"
(*Translation: "Blessed be God!" / "Thank God!")
"Baruch Hashem!"
"Do you speak Hebrew?"
"My father taught me some things. He lived in Israel for three years while in military training."
"Great choice! There's no better-prepared army! Your father's name is Benjamin, isn't he?"
"Yes, why?"
"It's my brother Anuj's Hebrew name. All Jews have a Hebrew name and a name in documents. They may be different. There's a divine illumination in choosing this name. My brother's name is Anuj on papers and his Hebrew name is Binyamin."
"Wow! That's why some of my dad's friends call him Binyamin."
"Exactly! On paper, we are Niraj, Karan, Anuj, and Shanti. In Hebrew, we are Mosheh, Yaniv, Binyamin, and Shulamit."
"Shulamit. What a beautiful name!"
"Thank you! It's the female version of Shalom, which has the same meaning as Shanti: peace."
"That name suits you a lot!"
"Oh, yeah?" she asked excitedly. "And why?"
"Because whenever I'm with you, I feel a very good inner peace."
Kenny and Shanti looked at each other affectionately as the sunset.
Author's Notes
I hope that, if you had some duties about "Ken 10", the chapter may help you. If you didn't understand anything, watch "Ken 10" first.
This chapter should be translated on November 10th, Kenny's birthday. As I didn't have time, I'm posting on November 13th, my birthday.