S1 EP7: The Shift Brothers?!

Sup. Coming to you after I defeated Khyber and saved the city again. Since then, things have been pretty normal in terms of crime fighting. Sure, there's the daily robbery or burning building, but there hasn't really been any new supervillains to deal with and the Skrulls have been pretty quiet. I've been using this semi-break to hang out with the others and to train Ben. Speaking of..

I had just slammed into the wall of the training room of the Plumber HQ. I rubbed my head and looked up to see Ben zooming at me. He was in his form he called Inertia, an adult version of himself that looked exactly like Inertia from the Flash with the symbol on his chest. I turned my hands into Heatblast ones and rocketed myself over him, making him zoom straight into the wall. I landed behind him.

Trey: "Come on, Benji, ya gotta think out here." He turned around and smirked at me.

Inertia Ben: "That's a little strange coming from you, Trey. You seem to just rush straight in during fights." He started spinning his arms in a circular motion at super speed, causing two tornadoes to push me back. I let them push me to the wall behind me, then turned my feet into Bullfrag ones when I got to it, and launched myself at him, kicking him across the face.

Trey: "Yeah, I admittedly have been acting on instinct during my last couple fights. But I'm pretty damn experienced and I have a huge variety of aliens so I can afford to. You haven't had your watch for more than two weeks." He tumbled across the room, then recovered and zoomed at me. I finally glowed red and green mucus came out of my hands as I emerged from the glow as Snot Rocket. The mucus hit the ground that Ben was running on and his eyes widened before he was stuck in place. He watched helplessly as I hardened my fists and nailed him twice across the face, sending him flying back.

Snot Rocket: "You should've easily gotten out of that, Ben, that's what I mean by think." I charged at him, shooting boogers, but he zoomed all around them, then slapped his symbol. After a burst of green light, he emerged as Plant Guy, a badly named adult version of himself that had on a tan jumpsuit with two dark green lines going down the middle, a pair of goggles, and black boots. He made giant vines emerge from the ground and had them pin me against the wall.

Plant Guy Ben: "Got anymore lectures for me, Unc?" I smirked and my eyes glowed red as my skin dissolved from my head downward, leaving muscle tissue. My head turned into a gas mask, my fingers merged into three claws and a belt containing the Ultimatrix symbol appeared. I finished off the transformation as Outbreak.

Outbreak: "Just one. Never underestimate the OG hero." I grabbed the vines that were pinning me and they immediately dissolved into dust, which was a part of this form's powers. Then I glowed red again and became Echo Echo, then split into 12 of me and surrounded Ben.

Echo Echos: "WALL...OF...SOUND!" We all screamed, firing sound waves at Ben, who fell to his knees in pain. The Metatrix timed out and he reverted to normal. We all stopped screaming, merged back into one, then I reverted to normal and helped Ben up.

Ben: "Dude...that hurt!" I shrugged.

Trey: "Can't expect the bad guys to hold back, so you should be prepared for me to use just as much force." We left the training room and went to the observation area, where Charity and Logan were waiting, along with Magister Lerman, Pierce and Helen, Pierce's sister. Since her, Manny and Alan were all being controlled, the Plumbers let them go and even let them join the Plumbers Academy part time.

Charity: "Treez is right, Ben, the bad guys we fight actually try to kill us. We all have to be ready for anything."

Ben: "Yeah, I know. But on to more important things."

Logan: "Like what?"

Ben: "I've been thinking of some superhero names for myself and wanted to run some of them by you guys." I chuckled and nodded.

Trey: "Lay them on me, although I doubt you'll have a better name than Arsenal."

Logan: "Or Overdrive, I really outdid myself with that one."

Charity: "Didn't Trey come up with your name, Loges?" Logan was silent and Helen giggled.

Ben: "ANYWAY, what do you guys think of Ben 10?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

Magister Lerman: "Ben 10? Why that?" Ben pointed to his watch.

Ben: "You know, my name is Ben and I have access to 10 meta forms. It makes sense."

Pierce: "But what if you happen to unlock more? You wouldn't be Ben 10 anymore." Ben's face fell.

Ben: "Oh yeah...well, what about Kid Arsenal?" I laughed out loud at that one.

Trey: "Flattering, but unoriginal. Dude, you need a name that's yours, a name that people can remember, but one that's catchy and has something to do with your powers." Ben thought about it for a second.

Ben: "How about Changeling? It's original, catchy and has to do with my powers." It sounded pretty dope to me. The others seemed to share my feelings.

Helen: "Changeling it is."

Ben: "Awesome! So, when do I get to go public?"

Charity: "Seriously? Weren't you just afraid of Aubrie not accepting you? Now you want to go public?" Ben blushed at the mention of her name.

Ben: "Stuff is going pretty good with Aubrie and she's accepted me being a meta. Besides, if the world loved Trey, I have nothing to worry about."

Trey: "Good point. Now, come on, I wanna go over some recordings of that last fight with you."

Logan: "Trey analyzing film? Did we fall into another alternate universe?" I stuck my tongue out at him and me and Ben walked off. Had I stayed there, though, I would've noticed Logan's eyes flicker light blue and his body start to twitch.


Meanwhile, at the Skrull HQ, a Skrull was sitting at a giant computer with a smile on his face.

Skrull: "Sire, Sire, you must see this!" King Skrull hurried into the room and looked around, searching for the danger.

King Skrull: "What's wrong?! Has Sergauson found us?!"

Skrull: "Calm down, my liege. Arsenal is not here, but I may have found a way to get rid of him." He pointed to the computer screen, which was displaying a picture of a mechanical chip.

King Skrull: "You summoned me in here to look at parts? I should feed you to Ego." The Skrull looked scared for a second.

Skrull: "No, you have it all wrong, Sire. This isn't just any mechanical chip, this is the complete schematic for Logan Gold's bionic chip. The one in his head, connected to his entire nervous system. It's what gives him his bionic powers."

King Skrull: "Interesting, indeed. But, how does that help us?"

Skrull: "You see, this chip doesn't just give Gold all of his abilities, but it's also a mainframe of sorts for his entire body. Something happens to the chip, something happens to Overdrive." King Skrull started to smile sinisterly.

King Skrull: "I see, you mess with his chip and make him destroy Sergauson. But, I've seen Gold in action, he's nowhere near a match for the Doppelganger."

Skrull: "According to this, Logan's chip has some kind of failsafe on it to keep him from having too many abilities. And I, my king, have just shut down that failsafe AND I started messing with his chip before you got in here."

King Skrull: "So Arsenal will be destroyed by his greatest ally. Irony at it's finest. Good job, subject, you will live to see another day." King Skrull walked out and the Skrull breathed in relief.


Back with us, I was in the monitor room with Ben, Charity and Logan. We were all sitting in front of the huge monitor, watching footage of Ben and I's latest training session. I paused it at the part I trapped his feet with snot while I was Snot Rocket and he was Inertia. I pointed to the screen.

Trey: "See, Ben? When I stuck you to the floor, you could've easily used your speed to vibrate yourself out of the snot. Speedsters can vibrate their bodies to phase out of stuff."

Ben: "Oh okay, that's what you meant by that. Gotcha." I smiled and nodded, happy he was listening. I've learned over the course of time that being a leader also means leading with words, not just by example. I really want to help Ben be the best hero he can be.

Charity: "How do you know that, babes?" I shrugged.

Trey: "I have like what, 5 speed forms that I use. I've picked up a few tricks."

Logan: "Yet, you haven't used a single one to race me." I rolled my eyes.

Trey: "We've been over this, Loges, I'm way faster than you. Godspeed is the fastest in the universe and if I go ultimate, I'd be even faster. Save yourself the humiliation." Logan folded his arms and grumbled something I couldn't make out. I could've sworn I saw his left eye flicker light blue, too.

Suddenly, the alarm blared through the HQ and Pierce's face appeared on the monitor.

Pierce: "Hotshot, there's some guy in a bug suit wreaking havoc in Times Square. Claims to want some kind of showdown with you." I chuckled and shook my head.

Trey: "Another idiot who can't wait to scratch go to jail off their bucket list. We're on it, Pierce." He hung up and the others and I stood up.

Charity: "You sure Ben is ready, baby? He's only just started to master a few forms."

Trey: "He's ready. If you remember, he did help me take out Khyber. Besides, I learned from experience, so will he. Right, Benster?"

Ben: "Totally! Let's do this!"

Logan: "If you guys are all done with the pep talks, we do have a villain to take care of." He zoomed off without another word. The others and I looked at each other.

Trey: "You heard the man.." My eyes glowed red as my skin turned white from head to toe, gold lightning bolts appeared on my ears and I finished off as Godspeed, "Let's take him down." I zoomed off too. Ben activated his watch.

Ben: "Hey, wait for me." He started running and slammed his watch, erupting from the glow as UltraBen and flying after us.

Charity: "Boys." She went demon and rocketed after us.

...

Bug suit guy: "Arsenal...come out to playyyy!" He held up his hand and fired a yellow repulsor blast at the street, causing cars to fly into the air. Just as one car was about to crush a mother and her baby, I landed and caught the car as Fleshwalker.

Mother: "Arsenal." I winked.

Fleshwalker: "Yeah, it might be your transmission or engine. Either way, I'd recommend taking the car to the mechanic instead of getting crushed by it." She thanked me and ran off as I gently put the car down and looked at the villain, "Beetle, long time, no ass kicking."

Beetle: "You surely can't still be feeling cocky about that time you sucker punched me, Trey. I was caught completely off guard." I shrugged.

Fleshwalker: "A won fight is a won fight, bug boy. Now, what are you doing back here?"

Beetle: "Well, sneaker-clad shapshifter, since you absolutely cheated during our last fight, I'm giving you a chance to fight me and get beaten on fair terms. So, hero.." He pulled out his laser pistols, "Let's dance!" He started shooting at me, but I picked up a mailbox to take the shots, then became Web Head and used webbing to pull myself to him.

Web Head: "A dance sounds great, how about the swing." As I said that, I swung him around and threw him into a building. Beetle recovered and pulled out another pistol.

Beetle: "Fuck around and toy with me all you want, Arsenal, but you're standing right in front of me. Meaning, you can't sucker punch me." I shrugged.

Web Head: "Sure can't. But he can." I pointed to Logan, who zoomed up and nailed him across the face, sending him to the street. Charity landed next to us.

Web Head: "Where's Ben?"

Charity: "He said something about making a grand entrance for his first public battle."

Logan: "I told him that he was being ridiculous." I chuckled a bit.

Beetle: "Well, will ya look at that, the three best buddies have come together for little old me. Logan, sorry about burning your eyebrows off that time."

Logan: "Yeah, about that." He zoomed at Beetle and swung, only for Beetle to dodge and knee him in the stomach, then slam him down to the street.

Beetle: "Forgot to mention, my suit is equipped with a photogenic scanner. I can analyze all your moves before you even do them." Logan got up at super speed and roundhouse kicked at him, but he easily dodged under it and nailed Logan with an energy staff. Logan tumbled down the street slammed into a car. His eyes flickered blue, but he didn't get up. Charity pulled out her hellfire chains and slashed at Beetle, only for her chains to deflect off of his gauntlets. She brought them back and rocketed herself at him, then dropped a fireball over his head. He was somehow unharmed and pulled out a water gun, then squirted Charity with it. She screamed in pain and fell to the ground, reverting to normal. My eyes got wide.

Web Head: "What the fuck was that?!" Beetle smirked.

Beetle: "Holy water, deadly to any demon, everywhere. I've done my homework." I gritted my teeth and became Whampire, then flew up and punched Beetle square in the face, sending him flying through the building. He flew out of the other side and shot grenades at me, but I slapped them all aside and flew at him. I punched at him, but he caught my fist and threw me down to the ground. I bounced off the street and became Rath, then brought him down to the street and started clobbering him with punches. He made a bazooka come out of his helmet and blasted me away from him.

Beetle: "Gotta do better than that, kitty cat. I've rigged this entire city block to explode and from what I can see, both of your little partners are down so nobody is left to help stop me."

Voice: "Not that he needs help, but I'll lend a hand anyway." Ben flew down as Merlin, an adult version of himself that looked like an old man with a green magician cloak. He flew around and gathered all the explosives in a magic bubble, then teleported them away. After that, he floated next to me.

Merlin Ben: "That entrance grand enough, Arsey?" I rolled my eyes.

Rath: "LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING, BEN TENNYSON, THE NEW SUPERHERO! RATH COULD HAVE DONE THIS ALL BY HIMSELF!"

Merlin Ben: "You're rambling again, Rath." Beetle was in disbelief. He looked at Ben and saw his Metatrix symbol.

Beetle: "Two of you?! Impossible, that's cheating!" I became Biohazard and smirked at Ben.

Biohazard: "Ready, bro?" He built energy in his fists and I turned mine into the smack hands, then we both nailed Beetle in the face, knocking him out cold. I reverted to normal as a crowd built around Ben and I.

Merlin Ben: "Is this what you go through every time?" I nodded.

Trey: "Pretty much. How does it feel?" He smiled.

Merlin Ben: "Awesome!" A reporter pushed through the crowd and held a microphone up to Ben.

Reporter: "That was an amazing display of heroics, hero. By the looks of that symbol, I'd say you are another alien." Ben looked at me, and I nodded, signaling for him to have his moment.

Merlin Ben: "No, actually. I'm a kid with an awesome watch." He slapped his symbol and reverted to normal, "I'm Ben Tennyson, you guys may know me as Impact. I go by Changeling now." He held up his watch.

Reporter: "Well, you saw it here first, folks. The first heroic collaboration between Arsenal and Changeling...the Shift Brothers. Hopefully, we'll see more of this dashing duo." The crowd went crazy and bunched up more around Ben and I as they chanted 'Shift Brothers'. I fist bumped Ben.

Logan came to and saw the crowd cheering for us. His eyes flickered and he gritted his teeth.

...

A few minutes later, Ben and I zoomed back to Plumber HQ, me as Sonic and him as Inertia. A few seconds later, Logan and Charity followed. Ben, Charity and I reverted to normal as Pierce and Magister Lerman walked up to us.

Trey: "Benji, that was awesome, you totally saved the day back there!" Ben smiled shyly.

Ben: "It was nothing, really. I just got rid of the bombs." I shook my head.

Trey: "Bombs that were totally about to fuck the whole street up. Face it, my boy, you just made your first superhero rescue." Charity playfully slugged Ben on the arm.

Charity: "Yeah, dude, you were great."

Magister Lerman: "You're a real natural, Ben."

Pierce: "Oh yeah, Changeling, let 'em know!" He actually dapped Ben up, surprising me. Ben couldn't hide the huge smile that was on his face.

Ben: "Thanks, guys." I looked over at Logan, who was sitting in a chair, looking mad.

Trey: "What's up, broskey? You haven't congratulated Ben." Logan laughed dryly.

Logan: "Congratulate him for what? Waiting until the last second to take action just for the sake of an entrance? For joining you in your recklessness? Or for stepping directly into the spotlight despite the fact that he hasn't had that watch for more than two weeks and barely knows how to use it?" We all looked at him, shocked by his little outburst.

Charity: "Logan, what exactly is your malfunction?" He looked at her.

Logan: "My malfunction? So because I care about being a good Plumber more than being a shameless glory hog vigilante, I automatically have a malfunction? Why don't you ask the 'Shift Brothers' what their malfunction is, since they're the toast of the town!" Ben started walking toward him.

Ben: "Logan, look, I didn't mean to-" Logan stood up at super speed, cutting him off.

Logan: "Save it, Tennyson, I don't wanna hear a fucking thing you or your little partner has to say. I'm out this bitch." With that, he zoomed off.

Pierce: "Well, someone isn't happy." I raised an eyebrow at him.

Trey: "What the hell bit him in the ass? He seemed fine earlier."

Ben: "You think he's upset that he didn't get to help beat Beetle?"

Charity: "Nah, that wouldn't get to him like that. Maybe it's the whole 'Shift Brothers' thing. He didn't get nearly as much publicity when he debuted as Trey's partner." I groaned in frustration.

Trey: "But he swears up and down that he doesn't care about attention. Logan is a weird dude."

Magister Lerman: "Hey, it takes one to know one, son. How about you and Ben try to lay off the Shift Brothers stuff for a while, just to give Logan some time to cool off." Ben and I nodded.

Ben: "Seems easy enough."

Trey: "Yeah." Right at that moment, my phone buzzed, indicating I had a text, "Or not." Charity came and placed her head on my shoulder to look at my phone.

Charity: "A photo shoot?" I nodded.

Trey: "Yup. Apparently, the city wants to fully market us as its official protectors. You know, to try to lower crime rates even more."

Ben: "That sounds cool, they want all four of us?" I nodded.

Trey: "Yep, me, you, babes, and Logan. I just gotta get Mr. Sourpuss to show up." I pulled out my phone but Charity stopped me.

Charity: "I'll call him, baby, he's not pissed at me." I shrugged.

Trey: "Ok, love. Ben and I are gonna head down to the shoot location, meet us there with or without Logan." I pecked her on the lips and hugged her real quick, then Ben and I walked off.

...

LOGAN'S POV

I don't know why I got so pissed at Trey and Ben, it just felt right. I mean, I know Trey has saved me and the entire universe more than once, but all I can think about is how over-confident and cocky he is. Ben having a watch just adds to the number of cocky shapeshifters.

I zoomed down the street, expertly avoiding cars and civilians until I came to a stop at a certain place.

Logan: "Been avoiding this place for a while." It was the place where we fought the Negative 9, which is the name Trey gave the group of villains that teamed up to try to kill him. I've been avoiding the place because it was the last place I had seen my dad alive. It was also the place everything changed.

Logan: "If only my stupid ass father had never popped up. We would have never fought him, Trey would have never become a Doppelganger, and I would have never killed him and caused this irreversible rift between us." Nobody would admit it, but there was a huge rift between Trey, Charity and I that formed when I killed my dad that night. At the time, I thought it was the proper punishment for all the pain he caused but now, I regret ever doing it. Before that night, Trey, Charity and I were the three amigos. Now, they're the universe's superhero power couple and I'm just their lesser known friend. Ben becoming Changeling only pushes me farther to the wayside.

I walked around the block, noticing all the craters that were still in the street because of the battle, until I got to the spot that my dad was presumed dead by my hands. I dropped to my knees.

Logan: "I know I should feel guilt, or even sadness. But all I feel is anger and rage." My eyes flickered and my hands suddenly turned light blue and fully mechanical. I slammed the ground as hard as I could, causing a crack in the middle of the street.

Voice: "What you are feeling was only inevitable, Logan Gold." I turned around and saw a man that looked to be Hispanic. he was wearing a purple suit with a green tie. My hands turned back to normal before I could even question them.

Logan: "Look, guy, I'm not in the mood for any bullshit, okay? If you're looking for Trey, I don't know where he is."

Man: "You have it all wrong, Logan, I am not looking for Arsenal. In fact, I despise him and so should you."

Logan: "What are you on about?"

Man: "Ever since Trey Sergauson became Arsenal, he has treated you as a lesser, a sidekick who cannot defend himself. While he as welcomed others like Ben Tennyson, the Saiyan, and Marian Smith with open arms, he has shunned you aside. You, the person who was with him before he was anything more than a powerless human. He doesn't respect you and he never will." I thought about his words, getting more angry.

Logan: "NO! Trey is my best friend, my brother, he would never intentionally push me aside. I'm just being paranoid and you are feeding into it." He stepped forward and placed his hands on my shoulders.

Man: "Open your eyes, he's been lying to you, Logan! You are not even from this dimension, just an alternate version that was given the original's memories. The real you is trapped in the Null Void and you know why? Because Arsenal put him there. Think!" I clutched my head as it all started coming back to me. The mutant armor, the battle with Trey in the Null Void, him leaving my alternate body there, me being with Tyson, and Impact giving me original me's memories. I dropped to my knees again.

Logan: "I...can't believe this."

Man: "Arsenal is not your friend, Logan. He is your enemy." My eyes glowed blue.

Logan: "Arsenal...he is my enemy." The man walked into the shadows as my phone rang. I answered it.

Charity: "Logan, the city wants the whole team to do a photo shoot. I don't care how mad you are, get your ass down there." I smirked.

Logan: "Actually, I'd love to be there and to have a word with Trey and Ben. Be right there." I hung up and zoomed off.

...

TREY'S POV

Ben, Charity and I were all at the photo shoot location, waiting for Logan.

Trey: "Babe, are you sure he's coming? You called him like 10 minutes ago."

Charity: "Be patient, baby, maybe he's running late." I scoffed.

Trey: "Chare, he's the fastest human alive, he doesn't run late."

Ben: "Wait, so we're automatically calling him faster than my speed meta form?" I smirked.

Trey: "We are until you race him, Benji." One of the photographers walked up to us.

Photographer: "We'll have to start without Logan, I'm afraid. We are on a strict timetable." I looked at Charity, who sighed and nodded slowly. I rubbed the back of her hand to comfort her.

Ben: "Cool, what are we doing?"

Photographer: "If you three would follow me to the white sheet we have set up, we can begin." The three of us followed him to the white sheet that he had hanging, where a lady came and handed us all T shirts.

Lady: "Put these on, please." I unfolded mine and looked at it. It was dark green with the words 'Bellwood Protectors' printed in black. On the back it had 'Arsenal' on it.

Charity: "Can we keep these after we're done?"

Lady: "Of course. They are yours to wear and take home." Ben and I looked at each other and laughed.

Ben: "We wouldn't be caught dead in these shirts." I nodded.

Trey: "No offense, though." The lady shrugged.

Photographer: "Shirts on, you three. After you put them on, stand in front of the sheet and look serious." We did as he said, then stood in front of the sheet. I stood in the middle, Charity to my left, and Ben to my right. We made serious faces and the photographer took the picture.

Photographer: "Good, now I need one of just Trey and Charity." Ben walked off to the side, "Now, you two look natural." Charity immediately hopped on my back and kissed my neck, making me laugh. The photographer chuckled and took the picture. Next, I turned my hands into Web Head ones and shot a web at the ceiling, then hung upside down from it next to Charity. She smiled and I stuck my tongue out. The photographer snapped the picture.

Photographer: "Okay, now I need Ben to come back and for you all to turn into your powered forms." We nodded and Ben came back, then slapped his watch and turned into Shuriken. My eyes glowed red and I became Cere-Bro, and Charity made a ring of purple fire surround her, turning her into her demon form.

Shuriken Ben: "Cere-Bro? Haven't seen him in a while." I shrugged.

Cere-Bro: "What can I say? I'm feeling nostalgic." Charity smiled and shook her head.

Photographer: "Awesome, now smile, you three." We did and he snapped the picture.

Charity: "Is that it?"

Photographer: "Yep, we just need a shot of the Shift Brothers and we'll be done. Trey, Ben, if you would." Ben and I looked at each other and shrugged. I became UltraTreez and he became UltraBen. Charity reverted to normal and walked off camera.

UltraBen: "What about Logan, though?" I shrugged.

UltraTreez: "I'm sure he'll be fine." He shrugged too and we smiled for the picture.

Photographer: "You two look awesome together, guys. Let's snap a few more." Ben and I nodded and the photographer snapped a few pictures of us laughing and smiling and stuff like that. Suddenly, I dropped to my knees and reverted to normal. Charity dropped to hers, too.

Trey and Charity: "AHHHHHHHHHGG!"

UltraBen: "Guys, what's wrong?!" I clutched my head.

Trey: "Aura...really strong aura."

Charity: "Coming up fast. Never felt something so strong." Ben looked around.

UltraBen: "I don't see anything." He looked at the photo shoot staff, "You all need to leave, now!"

They all tried to run, but were suddenly swooped up by a blur and tied up in a corner. The blur stopped in front of us and was revealed to be Logan.

Logan: "Well, well, well, started the shoot without me? Why am I not surprised?" I weakly stood up and looked at him.

Trey: "Logan, what the fuck?! You're the aura we sensed? What's the big idea tying up the staff?" Instead of answering, his eyes flickered blue and his hand turned into a huge blue cannon. He blasted me and sent me flying through the wall and out onto the city street.

Charity: "Trey!" She went demon and jumped down to check on me.

UltraBen: "What's going on, dude? You just blasted Trey!" Logan twitched and laughed, sinisterly.

Logan: "Look at little Changeling, worried about his Shift Brother. So cute. Don't worry, though, you'll join him right now." He fired at Ben, who slapped his symbol, became Plant Guy, and deflected the shot with a huge vine he constructed.

Plant Guy Ben: "Don't make me hurt you, Logan."

Logan: "Trust me, you won't." His eyes flickered blue again and he zoomed at Ben, kicking him through the hole in the wall before he could react. He landed on the street next to me. Logan covered himself in an electric bubble and floated outside, carrying the hostages.

Logan: "Let's play a game, shall we? It's called Truth or Die. I'm going to ask the three of you some questions and you either tell me the truth or one of these innocents dies. Understand?" I stood up and looked at him. He looked crazy! His eyes were flickering between his regular eye color and light blue, he had thick mechanical wires coming out of his veins, and he was breathing extremely heavy like a wild animal.

Trey: "Loges, let's just calm down, here. You don't want to hurt anybody." Logan laughed.

Logan: "You don't speak unless it's to answer a question, got it, hero?" I sighed and nodded.

Logan: "Good, first question. What dimension am I actually from?" My eyes got wide and I looked at the others.

Charity: "How did he-"

Logan: "Tick tock, guys. You answer or this poor lady dies." He held up an electrically charged hand and pointed it at the lady.

Lady: "No, please! Arsenal, please help me!"

Logan: "You heard her, Treez, help her." He smirked at me. Charity's eyes glowed.

Charity: "Something is wrong with him, I can sense it. His vitals are fluctuating at a very inconsistent rate. It's almost artificial."

Trey: "His chip. Something must have caused it to malfunction." Logan's eyes flashed blue and he powered up more electricity.

Logan: "Time's up, Trey. Say goodbye to this poor lady." He aimed his hand at her.

Trey: "Logan, NO! Ben!" Ben nodded at me and slammed the ground, causing a vine to emerge behind Logan and pull the lady out of his grasp. She was set down safely and ran off.

Plant Guy Ben: "Lady's safe, Treez." I nodded.

Trey: "Good job, dude. Logan, you almost did something that you couldn't recover from. If you had killed that lady..."

Logan: "What would you have done, huh, 'brother'? Throw me in the Null Void like you did to the original me?!"

Charity: "Logan, Trey was just-" She was cut off by Logan shooting the street in front of her with eye beams.

Logan: "Shut the hell up, Charity! I expected these lies from Arsenal, he's a glory hog. But you? You and I were friends way before Trey arrived at the orphanage. I was the one who always snagged you an extra cookie for snack time, I was the one who stood up for you when you were accused of breaking Mr. Terry's china, even when I KNEW you did it, I was the one who remained a loyal friend! But...you chose Trey." Charity looked at the ground, tears in her eyes.

Charity: "I'm so so sorry, Logan." She then outright burst into tears and curled up in a ball on the street.

Logan: "You're sorry? HA, the time for apologies is long gone, hellspawn." I looked down at Charity, who was crying her eyes out, then back up at Logan, who was just smirking like he didn't even care. Then I looked at Ben, who nodded at me.

Plant Guy Ben: "You sure about this, man?" I picked up Charity in my arms and placed her in an alley, safe from the upcoming battle. Then I walked back out onto the street.

Trey: "One last chance to let us help you, dude. You're obviously not well." Logan looked at me with the hate of a thousand suns.

Logan: "Trey, just the alien I came to see. You know, for the longest time, I thought you were my greatest friend. I considered you family. But now I know that i had it all wrong." I gave Ben the 'Be Ready' look, then took a step toward Logan.

Trey: "You don't know what you're saying, Logan, I have always been your friend. Ever since we were six." Logan looked like he was thinking until he was suddenly hit by a rock. A crowd had gathered to see what was going on and had started throwing stuff at Logan.

Man: "I always knew you were no good, robot kid! No good freak!" The crowd cheered in agreement. Logan gritted his teeth in fury.

Trey: "Logan? Logan, stay with me." Logan started to shake and i could feel the aura getting stronger.

Woman: "Arsenal should have put you away a long time ago! Get him, Arsenal!" The crowd started cheering my name and Logan's aura kept getting stronger.

Plant Guy Ben: "Treyyy..." I put my hand up at Ben, signaling him to stay put.

Trey: "Don't listen to them, Logan, you're my best friend. I love you, man." The crowd got louder and Logan looked at them in fury, then looked at me.

Logan: "I'm not the real Logan...you lied to me." He floated down to the ground and started walking toward me.

Trey: "I'm sorry, dude, I thought I was doing what was best."

Logan: "I remember that Null Void fight...you shot at me." I could see his muscles tense up and electricity in his hands.

Trey: "You were going to kill me and Matt, dude. Listen to me!"

Logan: "All this time, I thought you were my friend...you were using me." He started shaking and breathing heavy again. The sky also lit up with lightning.

Trey: "Logan..." He got to me and we stood face to face.

Logan: "You lied to me, you shot at me, you hate on me, you're using me...you're dead to me. And now, Arsenal.." He powered up electricity, "YOU ARE MY ENEMY!" He blasted at my stomach, but I grew Cannonbolt armor so I wasn't hurt. I did skid along the pavement, though.

Plant Guy Ben: "What do we do, Trey?" I recovered and glowed red. A red ring surrounded me from my fingertips to me toes and when it went away, I was Firecracker.

Firecracker: "We do what we have to." Ben nodded and slapped his symbol, transforming into UltraBen. The two of us stood to face Logan.

Logan: "Would ya look at that, the new dynamic duo is going to fight me. Good, saves me the trouble of going after Ben, later." He charged up and zoomed at us, nailing me right in the stomach and sending me flying down the street. I recovered in time to jump over Logan's follow up attack, then landed and punched him in the spine, making him stumble a bit. I went to roundhouse kick him, but he turned around at super speed and caught me by the ankle, then blasted me back with his eye blames. I tumbled down the street and slid into a light pole. Ben flew at Logan and blew his super breath at him, pushing Logan back. Ben then flew down and swung at his face, only for Logan to take the punch full on with no discomfort, and headbutt Ben in the nose. Ben stumbled back and Logan let off a sonic scream, making Ben drop to his knees and cover his ears. Logan raised his foot to kick Ben, but I flung the light pole at Logan, hitting him straight in the stomach and knocking the wind out of him. I charged at him, jumped up and wrapped my legs around his neck, then used my legs to flip him over onto the street. Then I jumped up and became Red-Tail, turned my bracelets into shotgun barrels, and clobbered his face with shotgun punches. He let off an electric aura to blow me off of him, then shot out his whips to pull me back to him, then enlarged his fist and nailed my whole body with one punch. My body felt like it had been hit by a fucking truck. I fell to the ground. Ben zoomed in front of Logan as Inertia, then let off a barrage of super fast punches and kicks to his body, finishing off with a roundhouse kick that made Logan stumble. Ben then followed up by becoming El Diablo and shooting two flamethrowers at Logan, knocking him further back, then rocketing himself at Logan and tackling him to the ground. There, Ben became Tank and reigned down punches on Logan. Logan suddenly caught Ben's fist and encased it in ice. Then he stood up and shot an ice blast at Ben's feet, freezing them solid too. He then froze Ben's entire body, except for his right arm and Metatrix symbol. Right as Ben reached for it, it timed out and reverted him to normal.

Logan: "One down, one to go." He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see me as Chromastone. I waved at him, then nailed him in the stomach with a rainbow beam.

Chromastone: "Easier said than done when that one is Arsenal, dude." I charged at him and nailed him in the face, sending him straight through a building. I flew after him and punched him again, making him fly further away. I flew after him again, then grabbed him and body slammed him into the ground. He suddenly grabbed me by the neck with his enlarged hand and pinned me down to the street.

Logan: "You think punching me in the face will help you at all, Trey?" I struggled.

Chromastone: "If you'd hold still, you'd see that I'm punching you in the face for your own good." I glowed blue. My skin turned completely rainbow as I grew a few inches taller, got more crystals on my back, and my eye turned black. The evolved symbol was on my chest. I powered up energy in my hand and pushed Logan off of me, causing a sonic boom as he flew through the air and landed on top of a building. I flew after him and landed.

Ultimate Chromastone: "I'm not enjoying this, you know. But I can't let you put more people at risk." Logan stood up slowly, laughing.

Logan: "This is all on you, 'brother'. I'm going to show this city what a world without Arsenal feels like." He was suddenly covered in light blue and silver robotic skin and formed electric battle axes in his hands.

Ultimate Chromastone: "Oh great." He charged at me and swung, only for me to dodge each of his swings and grab his wrists. He used my grip on his arms to pull himself up to my face and nail me with eye beams. I only stumbled back a little, but he zoomed at me and kicked me straight in the chest, knocking me off the building. I recovered in mid-air and fired a beam from each of my hands, but he absorbed it and used the energy to create an energy wave in his body, then fired it at me. I braced myself for the impact and slammed straight into the Jasper Industries building. I gave a quick nod to the employees and launched myself back at Logan, this time nailing him with a beam from my eye. He was hit, giving me a chance to get him in a chokehold. He vibrated himself out of my grasp, then vibrated the building, making it start to collapse. My eyes got wide and I went Web Head, then used web lines to pull the civilians out of harm. While i was doing that, Logan zoomed up and nailed me in the back with an electric ball. I seizured in shock, then reverted to normal and fell to the ground.

Logan: "Hurts to be the hero, doesn't it, Treez?" He backhanded me across the face and I tumbled to the other side of the rooftop. He zoomed over to me and kicked me in the side. He powered up electricity, only to be blasted by two powerful water blasts. It was revealed to be Ben as Overflow, an adult version of himself that was wearing a dark green diver's suit with a water tank on his back. He blasted Logan away from me and helped me up.

Trey: "Thanks."

Overflow Ben: "Sorry I took so long, watch had to recharge." Logan zoomed back and slid to a stop in front of us.

Logan: "Big mistake, Benny Boy." He started spinning around in a circle, creating a giant tornado, that sucked up several cars.

Overflow Ben: "Where did he get all these new abilities?!" I quickly became Jet Stream and flew into the tornado. I grabbed all of the people out of the cars, got them to safety, then went back into the tornado and flew in the opposite direction that it was spinning, making it stop. I landed on the street and Logan fell to the ground, dizzy. The crowd cheered loudly for me, making Logan even more pissed off. His eyes glowed blue and his bionic chip beeped and bulged out of his neck. I raised my eyebrows.

Jet Stream: "Ben, get down here!" He used water blasts to lower himself down, "I think I know a way to stop Logan without really hurting him. The more pissed he gets, the more his bionic chip malfunctions. We piss him off bad enough, his chip burns out."

Overflow Ben: "That's brilliant, dude! If anyone is the master of pissing people off, it's you." I smirked and nodded.

Jet Stream: "Follow my lead." I became Buzzshock and flew over to Logan.

Buzzshock: "Hey Logey, remember in 9th grade when Abby Donati chose to go to the dance with me, even though you were the one that asked her? HAHAHAHAHA!" Logan gritted his teeth.

Logan: "I'll kill you!" He reached for me, but I flew out of his reach and Ben blasted him into a mud puddle with a water blast. Ben and I fist bumped. Logan sat up, his chip now beeping wildly.

Logan: "YOU...WILL...ALL...PAY!" He yelled in fury and his robotic skin bulked up. He charged at me, but I became Freakazoid and met him with a pie to the face. I scooped some of the pie with my finger and tasted it.

Freakazoid: "Banana cream, my favorite." I then became Sandbox and shot some sand over Logan's head. Ben blasted the sand with water, turning it into mud, and the mud fell all over Logan, who was absolutely fuming at this point.

Logan: "I WILL NOT BE HUMILIATED!" Right as he said that, I became Ventrilosquid and used my telekinesis to make his pants fall down, revealing his pink briefs.

Ventrilosquid: "Would ya look at that, Changeling, Logey's in touch with his feminine side." We both laughed. Logan's head started to twitch.

Logan: "I...you...AHHHHHHHHH!" He fell to the ground, his body powering up one last powerful electric wave.

Ventrilosquid: "Shit!" I rushed to him, quickly became Bloxx, and covered his body with a lego dome right before his body let off the electric wave. After that, he was out cold. I sighed in relief and reverted to normal. Ben slapped his symbol and reverted to normal too. Both of us dropped to our knees.

Crowd: "SHIFT BROTHERS! SHIFT BROTHERS!"

Ben: "So what do we do with Logan?" I pulled out my phone and dialed someone.

Trey: "Hello, Azimuth."

...

Later, we were all in the RV, Azimuth included. Logan was unconscious, standing in a blue capsule.

Charity: "What's he doing in there, again?"

Azimuth: "You see, Ms. Jennings, Logan's chip was so badly tampered with that it completely unwired his entire nervous system, including his brain. I, unfortunately, could not completely repair it, but I brought this capsule and as long as Logan sleeps in it at night, he will be fine." I nodded.

Trey: "Do we even know what tampered with his chip in the first place?" Azimuth shook his head.

Azimuth: "I'm afraid I do not know, my friend. But I will say that whoever did do it is not a force to be reckoned with." I sighed.

Ben: "Azimuth, that capsule is huge. I'm not sure Trey and the others will be able to live in here with it." Azimuth smirked.

Azimuth: "Which is why I took the liberty of having my best team build this." He pressed a button near the steering wheel and the RV floor descended into the ground like an elevator. My eyes got wide when we finally reached the bottom. It was an exact replica of the Armory, our old blimp mansion. Except it was underground.

Trey and Charity: "Holy...shit."

Azimuth: "My friends, welcome to the Armory 2.0. This underground version has all the features as your blimp version, but is completely undetectable by scanners and tracking abilities. It is accessible through your RV at any time. Your rooms are also just like your old ones and Logan's already has a capsule." I smiled widely at him.

Trey: "Azimuth, I can't thank you enough."

Azimuth: "It is the least I can do for all you've done for the universe, Trey Sergauson. Now, I must get back to Primus, farewell." He waved, then warped away. Charity immediately jumped into my arms and kissed me.

Charity: "Awesome job, baby. Sorry I couldn't help, my emotions got the better of me." I kissed her forehead and told her it was alright.

Ben: "You guys do know that we'll have a ton of explaining to do when Logan wakes up, right?" Charity and I looked at each other, then nodded.

Trey: "Yeah, we know. It's time he learned the truth anyway."

Charity: "Yeah, we shouldn't keep secrets from our brother." Ben nodded.

Ben: "Good. Now, on to important business...can I bring Aubrie down here?" We all laughed at that.

The end.


. Shit, that took a long time to finish. Like, a really long time. But it's done and don't worry, next episode will progress the Skrull invasion plot. Weren't any reviews that need answering so I'll leave you with a question: What do you guys think of me creating an Instagram page for my FF account. If I do it, I'd post updates so you guys will know the progress of a chapter, as well as alien form designs and ideas. Let me know in the reviews. Until next time, peach!