A/N: This chapter takes place after the events of Trey's adventure with Stan Hopkins in Stan 10. It's not out yet but it will be soon so look out for that. The story is in my favorites so you guys should totally give it a read! This chapter also mentions some future storylines for Season 3. See if you can spot them. Buckle up, it's gonna be a long one!
S2 EP10: The Battle of Champions
It all started on Earth, down in the streets of a futuristic Bellwood. Ben, Logan and Victor were walking down the street toward the Plumber HQ. Ben was wearing a green hoodie with an Omnitrix symbol on the left side.
Victor looked up at Logan, who was holding his hand.
Victor: "Daddy, where are we going? Home is that way." He started pointing behind him frantically. Ben and Logan chuckled.
Logan: "We're going to see Magister Lerman, speedy. Daddy wants to see if there's any missions for us." Ben raised an eyebrow at him.
Ben: "Seriously, Loges? You never do that. What happened to your whole thing about not seeking out danger?" Logan looked at the ground, sheepishly.
Logan: "Uh, I've kinda been avoiding Charity." Ben looked at him like he was insane.
Ben: "Avoiding her? We just got her back after she's been in a coma and you want more time away from her? You're a weird dude." Logan looked down at Victor, who was busy twirling a blue energy disc on his finger. Then he looked at Ben.
Logan: "No, dude, you don't understand. I want to spend time with my best friend, it's just that I know if I do, she'll ask questions about our other best friend." Ben nodded at him.
Ben: "Oh...yeah. And from what Trey told me about how he got her soul back in the jar, she knows he's alive. She's going to ask questions."
Logan: "Which is why we're not going home. Charity is having girl time with Marian and Aubrie and we're going on a mission. Perfect distraction." As they walked past an alleyway, a bomb rolled out and started beeping. Logan's eyes got wide and he quickly grabbed Victor at super speed and flung him, right before the bomb exploded. Victor did a backflip and landed on top of a car while Ben and Logan went flying into the side of a building. Out of the alley, came Badaboom.
Badaboom: "Hellooooooo Ben Tennyson, Looooogan Gold. I'm looking for somebody." Logan looked over and saw that Victor was safe, then he and Ben stood up.
Ben: "By the looks of it, that person isn't a therapist." He turned on his Ultimatrix and slammed it. His eyes glowed green as his body erupted in a green glow. His skeleton grew as his skin turned black and scaly. His feet morphed into wheels and he grew a tail with a plug at the end. A green and black jumpsuit formed on his body and the symbol was on his chest. He also had a gauntlet with three bars on his wrist.
Ben: "XS!" Logan looked at him.
Logan: "This doesn't need to get messy, Ben. Let's take him out quick." Ben rolled his eyes but nodded.
XS Ben: "You know, you used to be a lot more fun about this kinda thing." He zoomed at Badaboom, avoiding the numerous bombs he was shooting at him. One of the bars on his gauntlet lit up as he ran. He nailed Badaboom in the stomach, sending him flying back into the alley.
Logan: "This isn't supposed to be fun, Ben. Dangerous people try to kill us all the time." He held out his hand and an electricity whip formed in it. His eyes flashed blue and he zoomed at Badaboom, easily dodging the explosives he was shooting with precision. He wrapped his whip around Badaboom's leg and pulled, sending him flying toward Ben, who did a sideways aerial flip kick, knocking him back into a dumpster. Victor came down and closed the lid, then started clapping eagerly.
Victor: "Yay that was fun, Daddy! I want more bad guys!" Logan and Ben chuckled and Logan zoomed up, grabbed Victor, and zoomed him back to the ground.
Logan: "Remember what I told you, speedy. We never wish for trouble." Victor nodded.
Victor: "We only stop it when it comes." Ben rolled his eyes and walked zoomed over to the dumpster, opening it up and grabbing Badaboom.
XS Ben: "Okay dude, make this less difficult for you and tell us what you're talking about. I know you don't want this butt kicking I have to offer." Suddenly Ben was launched into a car by an unknown force. It turned out to be Nabu, using his telekinesis. Logan looked at Victor.
Logan: "Victor, get outta-" He was cut off by Nabu sending a green fireball, sending him crashing into a brick wall. Nabu smirked and looked back at Ben. He was wearing a tiger skin vest with no shirt underneath, combat shorts, and no shoes. His hair was in cornrows.
Nabu: "The boy is much more full of himself than when he studied magic." Ember rode in on her guitar. She looked pretty much the same as before, oddly.
Ember: "Yeah, he thinks he's Sergauson or something. But since he's alive, he can't pretend to be him anymore." Logan's eyes got wide and he looked at Ben, who stood up quickly.
XS Ben: "How did you find out about that?!"
Voice: "Now now now, you're not in a position to be asking questions, Ben." Ben rolled his eyes as Noah Jasper appeared walked out of an alley, smirking.
XS Ben: "Noah. Dude, I forgot what your power even is. That's how unafraid I am of you." Noah looked at Ember and she nodded. Noah took his glasses off and sat them on the ground, then started walking toward Ben, who had a puzzled look. As Noah walked up to him, his skin turned grey as he suddenly grew into a nine foot monster with huge muscles. Jasper Hyde smirked at Ben. Ben gulped.
XS Ben: "Oh yeah, now I remember." Hyde tried to backhand Ben, but he easily dodged under his hand and zoomed away from him, only to be blasted back into the air by one of Ember's soundwaves.
Victor: "I gotcha, Benji!" He zoomed up the side of a building and launched himself off of it, catching Ben in mid air and expertly landing on the street. He put Ben down, who patted him on the top of the head.
XS Ben: "Good looking out, little man. But you should leave before something happens to you." Victor pouted.
Victor: "But,but, but, I wanna help!" Ben was about to say something, when he was suddenly hit in the back with an explosive hand. It exploded and Ben went flying into the arms of Hyde, who started bear hugging the life out of him.
XS Ben: "AHHHHHH! VIC, GET OUTTA HERE!" Victor hesitated before zooming off. With him safe, Logan's eyes sparked with electricity and his hands turned into his electricity cannons. He leaped up and started letting off shots at Hyde, shocking him and making him let Ben go. He zoomed over and stood next to Logan.
Logan: "Still think what we do should be fun, Changeling?" Ben rolled his eyes and slapped his symbol, transforming into Scorch.
Scorch Ben: "Strangely, yes." Ember rolled her eyes and launched a powerful soundwave at the two of them, sending them flying into the side of the building, where Nabu trapped them there with red energy. Ember walked up to them.
Ember: "Alright, goody two-shoes. we know Arsenal's alive and about his little challenge to the villains. Don't think because he wears a mask that we don't know it's him." Ben glared at her.
Scorch Ben: "I don't know what you're talking about, grave girl. What kind of challenge?"
Logan: "Yeah, this sounds like a bad excuse to come and attack us." Ember grimaced at the name 'grave girl' but turned back to Nabu .
Ember: "Show these dipsticks what I mean, baby pop." Nabu nodded and held up his hand, conjuring up a giant screen in mid air. It was footage from Novas News, showing me after I had defeated Ultron. I was in full costume and talking directly to the camera.
Trey: "...If you ever think I can't destroy something, just know that I can and will bust that shit up. The path of dominance will ALWAYS run through Arsenal." Nabu made the screen go away.
Nabu: "We want to test this little dominance theory of his. We are more than capable of taking out this Doppelganger. From the footage of his battle with the mechanical being, his attacks were nowhere near the strength of what they used to be. He is weaker." Ben looked over at Logan, who was doing his best to break free with no luck.
Logan: "Is that a costume? That's a red flag right there, Trey doesn't even wear a costume." Ben shook his head.
Scorch Ben: "The costume is his, Loges, I've seen it myself. But that can't be Trey. He's always been a little full of himself but that dude is full on arrogant." At that moment, Ben's symbol made the timeout noise and he reverted to normal.
Ben: "Oh, great." Ember smirked and got right in Logan's face.
Ember: "Okay, Gold, we figured Arsenal would be here because this is where he used to operate. In the video, there were people. Humans. If your best buddy isn't here, where is he?" Logan just looked at her.
Logan: "Like I'd ever tell you, Ember. You're not the only girl who wants answers about Arsenal. actually, I think the other one is more intimidating." Ember scowled at him.
Ember: "Fine, you don't wanna talk? Hyde, smash." Hyde grinned and cracked his knuckles before charging at Ben and Logan.
Logan: "Ben, anytime you wanna transform would be great."
Ben: "I can't move to reach the Ultimatrix...can you phase us through the building?"
Logan: "Nabu's stupid spell is interfering with my bionics. I'm no good either." Hyde charged closer and closer, fire powering up in his fists.
Hyde: "HYDE SMASH PUNY HEROES!" Right before he could get to them, a chain wrapped around his waist and yanked him away, sending him flying back into the side of a building. Surprised, everyone looked up to see Charity, in her demon form. She basically looked like a female Ghost Rider with purple fire, a purple jumpsuit with a spiked choker, and black combat boots.
Charity: "Eh eh eh, Noah. No smashing allowed until after I get my answers." Fire sparked in her eyes, making Logan and Ben gulp.
Logan: "Chare...how'd you know we were in trouble?" At that moment, Victor zoomed in, wearing his mission suit. It looked like a small version of Logan's very first Overdrive suit.
Victor: "I told her, Daddy! If I'm too small, I got somebody dat isn't too small!"
Charity: "He also told me you were on your way to Plumber HQ because you're avoiding me." She shot Logan a glare and Ben chuckled nervously.
Ben: "Kids say the darndest things, don't they?" Nabu looked at Charity, then at Hyde who was still lying on the ground, then at Ember.
Nabu: "You did not tell me the demon girl was back. If it one thing I do not interfere with, it is Mephisto energy." Ember rolled her eyes.
Ember: "I didn't even know Hellspawn was even back to life, magic boy. Last I heard, she was pushing up daisies. Besides.." She smirked at Charity, "I never did think she was all that tough. We can take her out, then go find Arsenal."
Nabu nodded and released his hold on Ben and Logan, then he and Ember charged at Charity. Her eyes flared up with fire and she leaped up, dropping a purple fireball over Ember's head, slamming her into the concrete. Nabu chanted some kind of spell and started shooting red energy balls t her, but she slashed them in half with her chain, then used it to whip Nabu across the face, knocking him to the street. Ember recovered and hopped on her guitar, then flew into the air, shooting soundwaves at Charity. Charity jumped up to dodge them and opened up a necro-portal in the street, landing in it and coming out above Ember. She pulled out a hellfire magnum and nailed her with a huge hellfire shot, knocking her off the guitar and sending her crashing into the street. Hyde recovered and roared before charging full speed at Charity, who launched out a chain to grab Ember's guitar. She infected it with necroplasm and launched a demonic soundwave at Hyde, making him scream in agony and fall to the street, shrinking back into Noah.
Charity: "So much for not so tough." She reverted to her normal form and walked over to Ben, Logan and Victor. Victor was clapping happily and Ben and Logan were in awe.
Victor: "Aunt Charrie, you rock!"
Ben: "I'll say! You just took out Hyde, Ember and Nabu by yourself!"
Logan: "When did you get so powerful?" Charity shrugged.
Charity: "I've felt pretty amped since I woke up. Figured my body is just expelling all the energy it couldn't use while I was out." The guys nodded and she looked back at the unconscious villains, "Why were these guys attacking you, anyway?"
Logan and Ben looked at each other and Ben rolled his eyes.
Ben: "They came here looking for Arsenal."
Logan: "Ben!" Charity stopped in her tracks and looked at Ben.
Charity: "What? Trey? They're looking for him?" Logan glared at Ben, then nodded.
Logan: "They're looking for someone named Arsenal, yes. We don't know if it's-" Charity cut him off by making fire spark in her eyes.
Charity: "Cut the shit, Logan, I retained all the memories my soul collects. I know Trey is alive so don't even bother lying." Ben shot a look at Logan.
Ben: "Told you." Logan rolled his eyes and looked down at Victor.
Logan: "Listen speedy, head back to Omni-Tower and tell your Mommy to prep the Lair for briefing, okay?" Victor smiled at him and nodded.
Victor: "Okay Daddy! Even though I have no idea what bwiefing is." Logan kissed him on the forehead and ruffled his hair, then Victor zoomed off.
Charity: "Alright Loges, I want answers. Where is Trey?" Logan looked at Ben, who shrugged, then back at Charity.
Logan: "If what I'm fearing right now is true, you may get to find out. I'll explain everything back at the Lair." He zoomed off, leaving Ben with Charity. She raised an eyebrow at him.
Charity: "You know where he is, don't know you?" Ben rubbed the back of his neck, not answering. Suddenly, the Ultimatrix face plate glowed green.
Ben: "Well, would ya look at the time." He activated and slammed it, transforming into Astrodactyl and taking off into the air.
Charity: "Why do I have a feeling I'm not going to like this?" She opened up a necro-portal and stepped through it.
What she didn't see, though, was a large figure standing on the rooftop above them. It was revealed to be Ruger, the contract hunter! He pulled out a communicator.
Ruger: "Boss...yeah, I found Arsenal's old partners. They were on Earth, just like you said. They should be attempting to meet up with the Doppelganger soon and then you'll have your contestants." He put the communicator down and smirked, "And I'll have my money."
He hopped on his motorcycle and rode off.
Back at Omni-Tower, everyone was in the Lair for the briefing Logan had called. Ben, Charity, Aubrie, Marian and Victor were all seated at the circular table while Logan stood in front of the super computer. Ben and Aubrie were next to each other, Charity to Aubrie's left, and Marian to Charity's left with Victor in her lap.
Marian: "Okay sweetie, what was so important that you had to call an emergency team briefing?"
Aubrie: "Yeah, Skurd and I aren't even officially part of the team and Benny even called us." Skurd oozed out of her shirt and rested on her shoulder.
Skurd: "We were in the middle of a riveting episode of the Velvet Horseman, dear boy." Logan paused.
Logan: "I'll have to catch it when it comes back on. Anyway, I called this emergency briefing because I believe something is coming that could be a danger to us all."
Aubrie: "Danger to all of us? Even Ben?"
Ben: "Yeah, I have an Ultimatrix. I'm basically a Doppelganger." Charity shot him a look.
Charity: "Yeah, minus the limb-changing, and the immortality, and the healing factor, and-"
Ben: "OKAY! I get it, not a Doppelganger." Everyone chuckled, Victor laughing the loudest.
Marian: "What kind of danger is it, Logan?"
Logan: "Not sure, Mare, but I have this feeling it'll be something we're not prepared for."
Ben: "How do you figure that?" Logan turned around and started typing something on the super computer. Footage of the Novas News popped up on the big screen.
Trey: "...the path of dominance will ALWAYS run through Arsenal."
Aubrie: "That's Trey? He seems kind of..."
Marian and Ben: "Arrogant." Aubrie nodded.
Skurd: "That cannot be the same legendary being that once saved the universe." Charity just stared at the screen in silence.
Logan: "Ember, Hyde and Nabu showed us this video. If those bozos have seen it, everyone in the universe has seen it. Who knows what could come after Trey. After us. There are a lot of scary things in the universe."
Marian: "Logan, we can't let Victor get exposed to that kind of power. Not at this age." Victor pouted.
Victor: "But I'm strong! See?!" He flexed his muscles, making everyone laugh.
Logan: "Don't worry, dear, I feel the same way. Which is why we're leaving Vic here with you, Aubrie and Skurd while we go see Trey. He's the only one who's powerful enough to to combat whatever threat is coming. Not to mention the reason something is after us, in the first place. His cockiness has put us all in harm's way." Charity's head snapped to look at Logan.
Charity: "So you know where he is?" Ben and Logan looked at each other before Logan nodded. He typed something else on the keyboard and a picture of me popped up, along with a bunch of information.
Logan: "This is from the Novas City records on the planet Tetris Nova. It's on the edge of the universe, thousands of miles away from the nearest Plumber sector. The planet is filled with humans." The others looked at the screen.
Aubrie: "Trey Sergauson; Student at Novas University, 19 years old, close friend of heir to NexCorp, Kyrie Nexus."
Marian: "It doesn't say anything about his powers."
Ben: "That's the point of the costume, Marian, his superhero identity is totally secret. It's like he's a whole different person when he puts on the mask." Logan raised an eyebrow at him and typed something else. A picture of me in costume popped up, along with more information.
Charity: "Arsenal; Dangerous meta-human vigilante, able to transform into countless different monster forms. Will usually be found fighting other meta-humans in an attempt to what is now believed to be strengthen his dominance. It says he's...wanted for kidnapping?" Everyone looked at Ben, who put his hands up.
Ben: "I had no idea about that when I visited him, I swear! The police there did seem kind of hostile toward us, though. Maybe Trey's being framed." Charity pointed to the screen again, with narrowed eyes.
Charity: "Wait, additional information about Arsenal; Seems to be in an intimate relationship with the notorious demon girl, a known murderous monster that is confirmed to have killed at least one person. The two have been spotted together on numerous occasions, each time showing each other obvious amounts of a-affection." She looked down at the table when she finished reading.
Aubrie: "Demon girl? Trey is dating another demon?" Ben rubbed the back of his neck and looked at Logan, who shrugged.
Ben: "Not exactly. She's not a demon, she's a vampire. Her name is Ellie, I met her before Trey and I took off for the demon world. She seems to know a lot about monsters and stuff like that." Marian looked over at Logan, who looked kinda nervous.
Marian: "Vampire? Logey, didn't you say you were working on a project for Trey's vampire friend?" Charity shot a look at Logan and he gulped.
Logan: "Yeah, Trey asked me to see if I could manufacture a cure for her. I didn't know they were an item."
Ben: "Still no luck?" Logan shook his head.
Logan: "Haven't tried again since Charity woke up. I need some of her DNA, it's the only thing close enough to Ellie's." Suddenly, Charity stood up and slammed the table with her fist.
Charity: "You want me to hand over some of my DNA to help some...vampire bitch that stole my boyfriend?!" Ben stood up.
Ben: "Now now, Chare, I think you've got it all wrong. Ellie didn'-" He stopped when Charity glared at him.
Charity: "I don't give a fuck about your reasoning, Ben. Trey left me to die while he went off to another planet to fool around with a vampire! That's grounds to go see him and get some answers." She created a necro-portal and stepped through it.
Marian: "Weren't you guys gonna go see him anyway?" Logan nodded.
Logan: "Yeah, that was the reason for this whole briefing." He turned to Ben, "Ben, let Magister Lerman know that we'll be off-world for a while and prep the Omni-Ship for launch."
Ben nodded and pecked Aubrie on the lips before heading out of the room.
Logan: "I hope you girls don't mind staying behind with Victor, babe. If he were a bit older, it'd be a great learning experience for him." Aubrie shook her head.
Aubrie: "It's no problem, Loges. I love Victor and you guys' sweet house." He chuckled and Marian stood up, letting Victor off her lap. Then she went over and hugged Logan.
Marian: "This mission doesn't involve me anyway, hubby. It's looking like it'll be a lot of drama." Logan nodded in agreement and she continued, "Just promise me you'll make it back safely, okay?"
Logan smiled at her and nodded.
Logan: "I promise. The only reason I'm even going is to make sure you and Vic are safe. I couldn't imagine anything happening to you two." Victor zoomed over and hugged Logan's leg.
Victor: "See ya later, Daddy." Logan reached down and ruffled his hair.
Logan: "Aunt Charity, Uncle Ben and I will be back before you know it, speedy. Keep everyone safe while we're gone, okay? You're the man of the house now." Victor nodded eagerly.
Victor: "I won't let you down!" He zoomed off at super speed.
Aubrie: "Victor, wait for me! Skurd, speedster feet."
Skurd: "On it, dear girl." He oozed down to her feet and formed pink speedster boots. She waved at Logan and zoomed off after Victor.
Marian: "You sure you're okay with seeing Trey again, Logan? You were pretty pissed at him, not too long ago." Logan sighed.
Logan: "He's my brother, Mare. Regardless if I'm over what he did or not, I can't avoid him forever. Besides, he might be the only one who can help keep you all safe." Marian sighed and hugged him. Logan hugged back with an unsure look on his face.
Meanwhile, with me on Tetris Nova. It's currently night time and I'm at home with Ellie, in her room. I figured it was time to get more of a handle on some of my newer forms and I thought what better form to start training with than the form with the same powers as my girlfriend.
Ellie: "Welcome to Vampire 101, honey. I'll be teaching you everything you need to know about your vampire form's strengths, weaknesses, and anything in between." She grinned at me and I smiled back. She was wearing black sweatpants and a red tank top with no shoes and her hair in a high ponytail.
Trey: "Thanks for helping me out, love, although I'm pretty sure you're using this as an opportunity to kick the shit outta me." I playfully raised an eyebrow at her and she smiled innocently.
Ellie: "Honey, you know I would never do that." She shifted her eyes into cat eyes for a split second and I smiled and rolled my eyes. Things have been going great with Ellie and I in the month that we've been together. She's opening up to me a bit more, each day (night) and it's really nice to have someone who really understands what it's like to be different from everyone else.
Trey: "If you say so, bloodsucker. So..." I glowed red and became Bloodlust, "Let's get this started, shall we?"
Ellie: "Sure thing, baby cakes. Remember, no blood weapons, just pure strength and agility." I nodded.
Bloodlust: "And no bat swarm either." She nodded and we both got in a fighting stance, waiting for the other person to make a move.
Ellie: "What's wrong, honey? Is the Extraordinary Arsenal scared of his 90 pound girlfriend?" She smirked at me and I growled.
Bloodlust: "As if!" I zoomed at her at vampire speed, only for her to spin away from me and grab me by the back of my shirt. She flung me back and I slammed into the wall behind me.
Ellie: "Good thing my room's walls are indestructible and soundproof. Wouldn't want anyone to hear what goes on in here." She shot me a flirty wink and I recovered, smirking back at her.
Bloodlust: "With how loud you are, it's a wonder how the walls even keep that much sound in." I launched myself off the wall and swung my fist at her. She easily weaved around it, then kneed me in the stomach, making me stumble back. She followed up by leaping up and wrapping her legs around my neck, then flipped me onto the ground. I kicked her off of me, then zoomed up to the ceiling and tried to slam her down, but she recovered suddenly and her wings came out of her back so she was flying. She dodged my slam and gave me a spinning backfist to the nose, sending me spiraling to the floor, where Ellie landed on me. She grinned and pecked me on the lips.
Ellie: "You have to move with grace in this form, shape-shifter. Pure muscle won't work with vampires." She lifted me up by my jumpsuit and slammed me into the wall, disorienting me, then let me go and delivered a spinning roundhouse kick to my temple, sending me flying to the other side of the room. I rubbed my head and looked up, seeing Ellie was smirking at me again.
Bloodlust: "Grace, huh? Sorry, babe, but you know I'm all about finesse." I charged at her and before she could strike, I flipped over her and sweep-kicked her legs from under her, nailing her in the nose before she hit the ground. She recovered before she hit the wall and flipped off of it, launching herself back at me with her claws out. I dodged each slash at my face, then grabbed her arms and pinned them behind her back, kicking her away from me.
Ellie: "You catch on fast, hon'. I think it's time to crank it up a notch." She turned into her bat swarm and charged at me.
Bloodlust: "Now you're talking my language, babe." I used my claw to cut open the palm of my hand, making blood leak out and form a shield. I used it to block Ellie's bat swarm, then used it to smack the swarm away. The swarm flew away from me and landed on her bed, turning back into Ellie. I smirked and shimmied my shoulders a little. Ellie raised an eyebrow.
Ellie: "Oh, you did not just shimmy on me." I grinned.
Bloodlust: "I think I did, pretty lady. What are you gonna do about it?" She smirked and her eyes turned into cat eyes, then she zoomed over and grabbed me, zooming me back over to her bed so she was lying on top of me.
Ellie: "I've got some distraction tactics of my own." She grinned at me and pressed her lips against mine. My eyes widened in surprise but I quickly kissed her back, putting my hands on her ass. A few seconds later, I was in normal form with my shirt off and Ellie was still on top of me. We made out heavily until we were blinded by a sudden flash of white light.
Voice: "Trey?" Ellie and I immediately looked up, seeing Logan, Ben and...CHARITY?
Ellie quickly got off me and we stood up, me with my shirt in my hand.
Trey: "Uh, hey guys...what are you doing here?" Charity just glared at Ellie and I before turning and leaving Ellie's room, slamming the door behind her.
Logan: "Nice going, Trey, she was already upset before." I shot him the stink face.
Trey: "ME? It's not my fault you guys don't know how to RSVP!" Ellie looked back and forth between Logan and I.
Ellie: "So...I'm assuming that was the ex-girlfriend." She looked at Ben and waved at him, shooting him a smile. He waved back and nodded.
Ben: "Yeah, that was Charity." Logan continued to glare at me.
Logan: "We should talk, 'brother'. It seems like you have a knack for getting us all into trouble." Ellie and I looked at each other and I shrugged.
A few minutes later, we were all in the living room. I was sitting on the couch with Ellie sitting close to me, Logan was standing in front of the TV looking all pissed, Ben was on the other side of the couch and Charity was in the recliner, also looking pretty pissed. I was wearing a white and black striped long-sleeved shirt with dark blue fitted jeans, my pair of black and white converse and a grey beanie on my head. Ellie was wearing a white hoodie that was a bit too big to her, a black leather jacket and black skinny jeans. Her hair was in a ponytail. We sat there for a while but nobody said anything.
Trey: "So...sorry I don't have any refreshments for you guys. I didn't know you were coming." I chuckled but Logan glared at me.
Logan: "You think this is a joke, Trey? The only reason we came all the way here is because YOU put us in danger."
Ellie (whispering): "I thought you said he was chill." I resisted the urge to crack a smile.
Trey (whispering): "Sometimes." Then I raised an eyebrow at Logan and said, "Let's take a chill pill, Loges. I'm sure whatever you're yelling about isn't that bad."
Logan's eyes flashed blue as he continued to glare at me.
Logan: "Not that bad?! You know what?! You..." He didn't finish, instead shaking his head, "I knew you wouldn't take this seriously. I don't even know why we bothered coming to you for help. You let us down before so of course you'd do it again." He stormed off, back to my room.
Charity: "There's that brotherly love." I looked over at her, seeing that she was glaring at Ellie. I opened my mouth to say something to her, then decided not to and turned to Ben.
Trey: "What's Loges talking about, Ben? Why do you guys need my help?" Ben sighed.
Ben: "I know you remember that newscast you did." I smirked and looked over at Ellie.
Trey: "The one after I turned Ultron into a pile of scrap? Yeah, I remember." Ellie nodded.
Ellie: "I was there. It was awesome."
Ben: "Well, after you gave that little speech about the path of dominance running through you, the newscast must have spread off-world somehow. We were attacked by three of the Negative Nine." I raised an eyebrow.
Trey: "What? Why?"
Charity: "Because they thought you were with us. But you weren't..." My eyes got wide and I looked back at Ben.
Trey: "Is that true?" Ben nodded.
Ben: "They wanted to test out your dominance theory. Treez, Victor was with us. He could've gotten hurt."
Trey: "Did he?"
Ellie: "Who's Victor?"
Charity: "Logan's son. You'd know that if you were actually a part of this family." Ellie snarled at her.
Ellie: "You have a problem with me, demon?" Charity rolled her eyes.
Charity: "Don't get your fangs in a twist, Ellie. I was just saying." Ben looked at me and I shrugged.
Ben: "Victor is fine. Logan's just scared that people more powerful will come after Vic and Marian. He doesn't want to put them in danger." I looked at the ground.
Trey: "Oh. Well I don't want anyone to get hurt, you know that. I was just having a little fun." Logan suddenly zoomed in from my room.
Logan: "Your 'fun' is putting MY family in harm's way, Treez! How many times do we have to tell you that this isn't a game?!" He glared at me and zoomed out the door. I stood up quickly.
Trey: "Loges come on, let's talk!" I pecked Ellie on the forehead and ran out the door after him. Ben stood up too.
Ben: "I should follow to make sure they don't kill each other. You guys don't kill each other while I'm gone." He ran out the door.
Ellie's POV
After Ben left, Charity and I just sat in silence. She looked me up and down and smirked.
Charity: "So, why are you really with Trey?" I raised an eyebrow at her.
Ellie: "Excuse me? Maybe because I like him?" Charity stood up, chuckling.
Charity: "Yeah, I'm sure you do. What I'm trying to figure out is why someone like Trey would be with someone like you." I stood up, my eyes shifting into cat eyes.
Ellie: "Watch it, sunshine. You have no clue who I am." She smirked.
Charity: "But I know about you, Ellie. I know that you killed that guy and I know that vampires usually kill more than one. I think it's safe to assume you aren't much different." I snarled and picked the coffee table up with one hand, flinging it away. I stepped closer to Charity.
Ellie: "I am NOTHING like those other vampires! I took no pleasure in what I had to do, I did it to survive!" Charity looked me in the eyes.
Charity: "I don't care why you did it, I just know that you've roped one of my best friends into it and I don't like it." I looked her up and down and smirked.
Ellie: "One of your best friends? You're not fooling me, Charity, I know there's more to this than just friendship. I've been through this before and I'm going to tell you the same thing I told her; Trey chose to be with me by himself, I didn't convince him or lie to him. Honestly, he only ever mentioned you as a friend before Ben came around." She snarled and purple fire erupted from her eyes. She suddenly burst into flames and when the flames faded, she was a flaming purple skeleton!
Charity: "I'm gonna send you back to whatever coffin you came from, bitch!" My eyes got wide and she whipped a flaming chain at me, but I ducked under it and grabbed her legs, swinging her away from me. She flew through the wall and out into the city. She slammed into a building a few blocks away and landed on the street.
Ellie: "My shape-shifter isn't gonna like this. But on the other hand, I will." I sprouted my wings and flew through the hole in the wall after her. When I spotted her, I charged at her and swung my fist at her. She rolled out the way and I punched the street, then turned around and tried to sweep-kick Charity's legs from under her but she jumped up and dropped a fireball on top of me. I shrieked in pain and turned into my bat swarm, flying behind her and turning back to normal, then punched her in the spine. She went flying forward and through two cars, making them catch on fire and explode.
Ellie: "You're causing a scene, Charity. Just stop if you know what's good for you." A chain suddenly appeared from the fire and wrapped around my waist, pulling me toward Charity, who pulled out a shotgun that was on fire and blasted me to the ground.
Charity: "Sorry, but I hold a special kind of grudge for monsters. Especially slutty ones." I hissed and bared my fangs, my face turning demonic.
Ellie: "See, now you've REALLY pissed me off." I turned into my bat swarm and flew above her, then turned normal and flip-kicked her over the head. She bounced off the street and I slashed her with my claws, sending her flying. She flipped over in mid-air and pulled out some kind of fiery machine gun, then started letting off rounds at me. I jumped forward and turned into my bat swarm to avoid the bullets, then turned back to normal and grabbed Charity by the throat. I shifted directions while flying and slammed her through several buildings, then flung her down. She slammed through the display of a department store, making the alarm go off. Charity stood up and cracked her neck.
Charity: "That all you got?" I snarled and charged at her but when I got close to her, we were suddenly beamed up by this blue light.
Trey's POV
Logan and I walked down the street with Ben trailing behind us.
Trey: "Come on, Loges. I'm not seeing the problem with the way I do things."
Logan: "Treez, you are one of the most powerful beings in the universe. You have a lot of responsibility and people counting on you and instead of taking it all seriously, you're making jokes and dancing around like it's no big deal. You are too cocky for your own good, now more than ever since nobody knows who you are." I groaned.
Trey: "Loges, I know what I do is a big deal. It's such a big deal that it can get scary, knowing that if I die or stay on the ground for a second too late, everyone is going to die. If I want to let loose and have a little fun at the expense of people who are trying to KILL ME, I think it's a little justified."
Logan: "This isn't supposed to be fun, Trey! The jokes and the fucking around was fine when we were younger but we're older now, the stakes are higher. We have to actually act like Plumbers."
Trey: "But, I'm not a Plumber! I'm not stationed in a big tower at the center of the city, I don't get universal clearance or admiration. I'm a fucking vigilante, I wear a mask. I help people because it's the right thing to do, not because I'm a part of an organization of space cops. You and I do not have the same life so you have no right to judge me, Logan." We stopped walking and Logan looked at me.
Logan: "That right there! That is why I didn't want to include you in any Team Arsenal business! You're too unpredictable." I smirked and looked him up and down.
Trey: "Team Arsenal? You forget Loges, I am Arsenal. That whole team you have on Earth, all that success, it's because of me. There wouldn't be a Team Arsenal without me. You guys might be all put together now, but I'm the fucking glue." He glared at me but I just smirked back. Ben looked back and forth between us.
Ben: "Come on, guys. Can't we all just-" He was cut off by a metal ball dropping from the ground. White gas suddenly came out of it, immediately making us sleepy. Logan started stumbling and leaned on a nearby wall to hold himself up.
Logan: "What...happening?" I swayed back and forth.
Trey: "*Cough* Sleeping gas. But...who?" I suddenly felt an aura and Ruger appeared out of the layer of gas.
Ruger: "The Doppelganger is Nexus' friend? Ain't that a twist." I could feel my eyes getting heavy and I blinked to stay awake, hoping my healing factor would keep me awake long enough to think of something.
Trey: "Ruger...what do you want?" He chuckled and grabbed me by my shirt, putting me on his shoulder.
Ruger: "It's not about what I want, Arsenal. My new employer saw your little interview and wants you and your little friends to participate. The revenge doesn't hurt, either." I managed to get my costume on before I knocked out and the last thing I remember is Ruger picking up Logan and Ben.
Ruger: "Boss...yeah, I got 'em." After that, everything went dark.
Voice: "Wake up, my contestants. There is much to do." My eyes flickered open and my hand immediately flew to my face. When I felt my mask, I sighed in relief and sat up.
Trey: "Where the hell am I?" Looking around, I saw the others were still knocked out on the ground. I also noticed we were in a giant glass dome in the middle of space!
Voice: "This, Arsenal, is a chance for you to test that dominance theory of yours." There was a light warped and when it faded, there was a blue alien with white hair standing there. He had on a purple suit and some kid of blue armor piece around his neck. He was carrying some kind of cane. I stood up and raised an eyebrow under my mask.
Trey: "Look Q-Tip, I know I look good on TV and all, but that doesn't mean you can just kidnap me and my friends whenever you want." Q-Tip chuckled and shook his head.
Q-Tip: "You are quite mistaken, Doppelganger. I am Whis, angelic attendant of Lord Beerus. I am also the founder of the Battle of Champions." Lord Beerus? Why does that name sound so familiar?
Trey: "Battle of Champions? What are you talking about, dude?" He smirked and held his hand up. Suddenly, the dome we were in started moving and we were suddenly floating through space.
Whis: "You see, Arsenal, I have gone across the universe, collecting the most powerful beings. These beings will engage in numerous battles in order to determine who is the champion of the universe." I thought about what he said and realized something.
Trey: "Wait, collecting? You've been going across the universe, kidnapping people?!" Whis waved a hand at me.
Whis: "I am not concerned with trivial things such as consent, Arsenal, this is important. A champion must be named." I glared at him under my mask and before he could react, I glowed red and went Shock Rock, then blasted him into the glass dome with a blue energy blast.
Shock Rock: "Sorry to rain on your parade, Little Boy Blue, but not only are we not participating, I'm freeing everybody you kidnapped. I'm not letting you keep innocent people imprisoned." Whis suddenly levitated himself to his feet and raised an eyebrow at me.
Whis: "You are under the false assumption that this is optional, Doppelganger. You will participate." I powered up blue energy in my hands.
Shock Rock: "Yeah...no." I charged at him but his eyes suddenly flashed white and I reverted to normal, still in costume. I looked at myself in awe.
Trey: "What the hell? I didn't wanna change back."
Whis: "I told you, Arsenal, I have collected some of the most powerful beings in the universe. You don't do without learning a few tricks. Now, if you are quite done, I'd like to wake up your friends and explain further." I sighed and nodded. Whatever this guy is, he's gotta be super powerful. His aura is incredibly strong. He smiled.
Whis: "Excellent." There was another flash of light and the dome came to a stop. The others groaned and started to wake up.
Ben: "*YAWN* Aw man, what happened?" Logan rubbed his head and looked up, seeing Whis and I.
Logan: "Tr-Arsenal, what the hell is going on?" I started to say something, but I noticed Ellie had woken up. I quickly turned my legs into Godspeed ones and zoomed over to her, engulfing her in a hug.
Trey: "Bloodsucker, I'm so glad you're okay. When I saw you knocked out, I thought they might've really hurt you." She hugged back.
Ellie: "I'm okay, hon'. Despite the best attempt of SOMEBODY." She shot a look at Charity, who just rolled her eyes.
Charity: "Oh please, she was totally egging me on. Besides, that was so not my best attempt." Ellie snarled at her.
Ellie: "I'm down for round 2, princess! Let's go!" Her and Charity advanced toward each other, but I held Ellie back while Ben grabbed Charity.
Ben: "Let's put the cat fight aside until we figure out where we are, girls." I nodded.
Trey: "Ben's right, love. We can settle things later." I looked over at Logan, "All of us."
Logan nodded. Whis clapped his hands and smiled at us.
Whis: "Oooo, civil war, I just love it! But there will be plenty of fighting during the tournament!"
Logan: "Tournament? What are you talking about?" I looked at him.
Trey: "He wants us all to fight in some kind of Battle of Champions. The winner apparently is named the champion of this universe." Whis nodded.
Whis: "Precisely. I have been searching for a while now but when Ruger showed me Arsenal's news cast proclaiming himself to be the most powerful in the universe, I knew I had to collect him."
Charity: "So why bring the rest of us?"
Whis: "Extra insentive for Arsenal to participate. You see, nobody will leave until the tournament is done and the champion is crowned. And trust me, I have kept the other contestants here for a very long time." Ben and Charity looked at Logan and Ellie looked at me.
Ellie: "What's our next move, baby cakes? You gotta have some kind of scheme in that cute head of yours." I looked at her.
Trey: "Sorry, love. It's looking like the only way to get us and the other contestants outta this huge snow globe is to do what he says. You in?" She smirked and shot me a playful look.
Ellie: "Come on shape-shifter, you know I'm down for anything." I smiled back at her.
Ben: "Loges? What are you thinking?" Logan thought about it for a second.
Logan: "We'll have to participate, too. Maybe if we do, we can get other threats to leave Vic and Marian alone." Ben nodded and Charity sighed.
Charity: "Great, this day just keeps getting better." Logan nodded at me and I looked at Whis.
Trey: "We'll all fight, Whis. But when this is over, you're gonna let everyone you captured go." He raised an eyebrow at me.
Whis: "Is that a request?" I shook my head.
Trey: "No, it's what you're gonna do." Whis chuckled and shook his head.
Whis: "We shall see, Arsenal. Now, I have already entered your names into the champion list. Each of you will have a set number of battles based on what I ranked you in terms of power. The last two contestants will battle each other for the title of Champion of the Universe." We all nodded.
Trey: "Alright. When do we all start?" Whis smirked at me.
Whis: "For you, Arsenal, it begins now." He tapped his staff on the ground and we were all blinded by another flash of light.
I rubbed the fog off my goggles and opened my eyes.
Trey: "Man, somebody needs to take those flash bangs away from him." I suddenly sensed a large group of auras and looked around, "Whoa.."
I was standing in some kind of huge battle arena. There were cameras everywhere, which I assume were broadcasting this everywhere. In the stands, thousands of aliens were cheering and I spotted Ellie and the others sitting in a particular section marked 'Contestants'. Ellie blew me a kiss, Ben gave me two thumbs up, Charity gave me a small smile, and Logan's eyes flashed blue.
Logan's voice (in my head): "I know you're not exactly my favorite person right now, but be careful. I don't want you to die again." His eyes turned back to normal and I nodded in their direction. Then I smirked and looked around the arena.
Trey: "YOU GUYS READY TO SEE A FIGHT?!" The crowd erupted in cheers and I held my hand up to my ear, motioning for them to get louder. Logan rolled his eyes, up in the stands.
Logan: "He's gonna doom us all." Ellie shot him a smirk.
Ellie: "I wouldn't be so sure, Robot Jones. My mate may be the most arrogant person in the universe but he's got the walk to back up the talk." She grinned and turned her attention back to the center of the arena. Ben and Logan looked at each other.
Ben and Logan: "Mate?" Charity looked furious.
Charity: "Mate. Of course."
Back down with me, I was still waiting for whoever I had to fight.
Trey: "C'mon Whis, I thought this was supposed to be a Battle of Champions. Not a game of Hide and Seek." Right after I said that, I was launched back by some kind of force, sending me crashing into one of the stadium walls. I recovered, only to be hit by what felt like two punches to the face and a knee to the stomach. I dropped to my knees clutching my stomach and coughing, then was sent flying back by some kind of energy.
Trey: "Okay, maybe this guy is a little too good at Hide and Seek. I can't even see him." I was kicked back again by some kind of blur and when it stopped, the blur was revealed to be a purple alien guy wearing a black trench coat, black pants, and combat boots.
Purple guy: "You are the new Arsenal of Tetris Nova, correct? I must say, I expected more." I stood up and cracked my back, then looked at him.
Trey: "That's what everybody says until I kick their ass. I've dealt with speedsters before, just because you happen to be a tiny bit uglier doesn't mean you'll be any different than them." I turned my hands into Web Head ones and started shooting web balls at him, only for him to disappear and appear behind me, then roundhouse kick me upside the head.
Purple guy: "I am no speedster, Arsenal. My name is Hit, I am a Time Assassin." I went flying toward the other side of the arena but Hit somehow appeared over there and grabbed me by the neck, slamming me to the ground. He picked me up by my arm.
Trey: "Time Assassin? Nobody told me there'd be Time Assassins." He rolled his eyes and kneed me in the stomach, making me cough up blood into my mask and making me fly upward. He interlocked his fingers and slammed me back down, creating a crater. Before I could try to get up, he jammed his fist into my spine, further crateringe
me into the ground.
Trey: "Thank you, enhanced Doppelganger bones." Back in the glass dome, Whis was watching the battle on a giant glass ball.
Whis: "This does not seem to be boding well for the Doppelganger. I had forgotten the Time Assassin was of such high level in strength." He suddenly felt a sudden shift in aura strength and grinned, "Oh! This should be good."
Back down in the stands, the others were looking kinda worried.
Ellie: "What's going on with him? Why is he not fighting back?"
Logan: "Because he can't." Everyone looked at him.
Ben: "What are you talking about, dude? Is there something wrong with his powers?" Logan shook his head.
Logan: "Nah his powers are fine. Hit is just too powerful for him." Everyone looked at him like he was crazy.
Ellie: "You don't know what you're talking about, buzzcut. My shape-shifter is the most powerful thing in the universe." Logan chuckled.
Logan: "In theory, maybe. He's literally every alien in the universe. But in reality, his maturity level combined with his lack of respect for the situation prevents him from ever truly being more powerful than someone like a Time Assassin. I've come across one before, they are no joke."
Ben: "Wait, so are you saying Arsenal is going to lose?" Charity chuckled.
Charity: "Why are you acting like that's so impossible? I mean be honest, when has Arsenal ever really saved the day without some kind of help from us?" Ben opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't think of anything. Charity nodded.
Charity: "Because he hasn't. Arsenal has always had support behind him to help him save the day or beat the big bad guy. The streak of wins has him thinking he can't lose, hence the bravado." Ellie rolled her eyes.
Ellie: "That may be true for the Arsenal you used to know, but my Arsenal doesn't lose." Charity groaned and turned to Ellie.
Charity: "I don't know why you think Arsenal is some super extraordinary guy because he's not! He never was! He's an arrogant, showboating, show-offy jerk that would rather take the alien way out than actually seeing something through! Face it, Ellie, your mate is overrated." Ellie just glared at her. Suddenly, Charity's eyes got wide and she looked back at the battle field, "Whoa."
Back with me, my body had started shaking, making the whole battle field shake. Hit looked around.
Hit: "What? What is happening?!" He picked me up by my neck and looked me in the eye, "Are you seriously foolish enough to go against a Time Lord? You must accept defeat if you wish to continue breathing." He looked at me and right when he did, he was blinded by my eyes glowing yellow. The glow expanded and engulfed my entire body. I became a fusion of Void Matter and Clockwork that was slender with Void Matter's torso and Clockwork's hands floating next to me. My legs disappeared and was replaced by red and black energy and my head morphed into a black version of Clockwork's.
I erupted from the glow and fired and black time ray at Hit from one of my hands. It nailed him, sending him flying back into the arena wall.
Trey: "Alright, Cosmix is in the house. Time to have some fun." The crowd was silent, anticipating what was going to happen next. Ben grinned and jumped up.
Ben: "Oh yeah, fusion! Show him what you do, Treez!" The crowd also started cheering and Ellie smirked to herself.
Logan: "Okay brother, let's see if you can actually do this." I smirked at Hit, who got up looking furious.
Cosmix: "You know if this were a cartoon, you'd have steam coming outta your ears." He yelled in fury and charged toward me, disappearing. I didn't even bother looking around, instead powering up some blue energy in my hand and slamming it to my right. The energy nailed Hit right in the face, making him reappear and fall to the ground.
Hit: "What?! How did you see me while I was Time Running?" I shrugged.
Cosmix: "I'm half Clockwork, time is kinda his thing. And thanks to my Void Matter half.." I powered up in a black aura and grabbed Hit, firing a black beam right into his stomach, sending him flying forward. I winked at Ellie and ripped open a portal, stepping through it and coming out in front of Hit. He recovered and formed some kind of purple saber, swinging it at me. I dodged it and nailed him in the jaw with a powered up left hook, making him spin to the right. I warped in front of him and socked him in the face with a right hook, knocking him to the ground. While he was down, I blasted him with a green beam, draining some energy from him. He recovered and flip kicked me back, sending me flying away from him.
Hit: "What did you do to me?!" I grinned.
Cosmix: "Drained some of your time control energy. Just enough so you can't do that lame Houdini act you do." Hit smirked at me and powered up in purple energy, then charged.
Hit: "You are a fool, Arsenal. I am still dangerous." He blasted a purple beam at me when he got close, but I ducked under it and uppercut him in the jaw, sending him flying into the air. I glowed red and became Web Head, then launched myself off a wall and went Sandbox, slamming hit down with a sand mace I turned my hand into. He fell toward the ground but recovered and zoomed at me, but I became Biohazard and flip-kicked him back toward the ground with a Punk Buster. I turned my leg back to normal and zoomed down after him. I went Beat Em' Up and launched a yellow fist at him, but he slashed it in half with his saber and launched himself off the ground, nailing me in the nose when he got to me. I went Goku in mid-air, then went Super Saiyan.
SSJ Goku: "Haven't gotten to use this in a while. Hey Hit, you know your parents just set you up to be a punching bag by naming you that, right?" He gritted his teeth and the entire arena started to shake. He suddenly erupted with purple energy and charged at me at an amazing speed. He slashed his saber at me, but I dodged it easily and kicked him in the stomach, then flipped over and jammed my heel into his back, making him cough up saliva. I flew back and started launching energy balls at him, but he zoomed around each one and created a purple energy whip, using it to pull me toward him.
SSJ Goku: "Hold on there, Scorpion, this isn't that kinda party." I grabbed the energy whip that was around me and powered up a Super Saiyan aura. The whip suddenly turned golden and shocked Hit back, making him let me go and sending him crashing to the ground. I smirked.
SSJ Goku: "I gotta hand it to you, grape face, you're dangerous. Just not as dangerous as me." I turned toward the crowd and put my hand up, motioning for them to get loud. The crowd erupted in cheers and I stuck my tongue out, giving the camera a cheeky grin. The ground suddenly started to shake and I turned around, seeing Hit standing up.
Hit: "You will not display such antics at my expense, Doppelganger! I am a Time Assassin, one of the most feared things in the universe!" He powered up a huge purple beam with both his hands and launched it at me. I grinned and glowed blue, going ultimate, then launched a Super Kamehameha with one of my hands. Before the blast even hit, I turned around and reverted to my normal costumed form.
Hit's eyes got wide as my beam engulfed his and nailed him, sending him flying into the wall. He fell to the ground, out cold. The crowd went crazy and I turned around and did the Usain Bolt pose, pointing at Logan. He rolled his eyes, smiling.
Logan: "The motherfucker really did it." Ben was clapping along with the crowd.
Ben: "THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, ARSEY!" Ellie smiled proudly at me and I pointed to her, winking. She turned to Charity and smirked.
Ellie: "What was that about him not being extraordinary?" Charity looked at me with an unreadable expression. There was a flash of light and when it faded, Whis was standing next to me.
Whis: "And Arsenal is our winner! He is one step closer to being our Champion of the Universe." I looked at him.
Trey: "Just how many steps are there, Whis?" He grinned at me.
Whis: "Not many for you, Arsenal. You will only have to go through two more contestants, assuming you make it that far." I rolled my eyes under my mask.
Trey: "That was a good one. What about my friends? I don't want them to face this kind of thing, they didn't do anything."
Whis: "They are contestants, Arsenal! They will compete! Now, you are all free to roam the arena facilities but do not try to leave. It will not bode well for you." He smiled and warped off. I sighed and looked up at the others.
Trey: "Something tells me none of this is gonna bode well for me."
Later on, I was walking down a random hallway with Ellie, in my normal clothes. I figured as long as nobody saw me without my costume, I didn't have to keep it on. Ellie laid her head on my shoulder as we walked, holding hands.
Ellie: "I don't think your friends like me very much, shape-shifter." I chuckled.
Trey: "I think Ben likes you. Or he's afraid of you, one or the other." She giggled.
Ellie: "Ben is cool, but I'm talking about Logan and Charity. Charity attacked me because she thinks I stole you from her and Logan talks to me like he knows more than me."
Trey: "He talks to everyone like that, don't worry. And Charity is...my problem. I'm gonna talk to both of them and after I do, I'm sure they'd love to get to know you. I mean, you are pretty dope." She picked her head up and smiled at me.
Ellie: "Right back at ya, baby cakes." She kissed me and I wrapped my arms around her. At that moment, Logan zoomed in.
Logan: "Why are you guys always doing that? I swear, you guys are like rabbits." We stopped kissing and I smirked at him, putting my arm around Ellie.
Trey: "Says the 20 year old with a son." Ellie giggled and Logan laughed too.
Logan: "Heh, true. Anyway, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute, Treez." I nodded and looked at Ellie.
Trey: "You gonna be good?" She grinned at me.
Ellie: "Aren't I always?" I shook my head.
Trey: "Nope, but that's why I like you." Logan rolled his eyes.
Ellie: "You boys talk, I'll see what Ben's doing."
Logan: "I think Charity wanted to talk to you, actually. Said something about apologizing." Ellie and I looked at each other and I shrugged.
Trey: "Seems harmless enough, love. Can't hurt to talk to her." Ellie thought about it, then nodded.
Ellie: "You're right, honey. I'll go find her." She pecked me on the lips and zoomed off at vampire speed.
Logan: "You guys seem happy." I nodded, smiling.
Trey: "Yeah, I really like her. She's..."
Logan: "Extraordinary?" I playfully punched him on the arm and we laughed. When we stopped he continued, "I'm happy for you, dude. She seems to really like you too. When you were getting thrashed by Hit, she was the one who knew you'd win. The rest of us doubted you. Love the pose, by the way." I nodded and smiled. Then Logan frowned a bit and looked at me, "Listen, man, I'm sorry for blowing up at you over your crime fighting style. I know you're just having your fun, but it feels like you let your ego get the best of you sometimes."
I nodded at him.
Trey: "It's okay, Loges, I wasn't stressing over it. I know this is really about something else." I raised an eyebrow at him and he sighed.
Logan: "Treez, you let me down. The planet was being destroyed by Skrulls and my brother, who is supposed to be the greatest hero in the universe, left us all to deal with it without him. Worst thing, we thought you died. But you didn't, you handed yourself over to the very thing we were trying to stop. Charity isn't the only one who thought you'd always be there for us." I nodded. I figured it wouldn't be that easy to get Logan to forgive me. Ben said it himself.
Trey: "I Know I wasn't there you guys, Loges, and I'm really sorry for that. I thought I was doing what was necessary to keep you guys safe but I didn't realize how much you guys needed me. Forgive me?" I held my hand out. He looked at it and smiled, then we did our old handshake.
Logan: "Of course, you're my brother." We hugged and after a second we let go. We started walking down the hallway after that.
Logan: "So, Ellie tells us you're her 'mate'." I chuckled and nodded.
Trey: "Yeah, it's some kind of vampire tradition thing. I figured we're together so why no-" I was cut off I felt myself being lifted off the ground, it turned out to be a giant vine that had wrapped around my waist and lifted me up.
Logan: "Treez, what are you doing? Is this one of your new Doppelganger powers?" I looked down at him, making my costume come on.
Trey: "It's not me-" I didn't finish, as I was thrown through the wall next to me. I landed out in the battle field.
Logan: "TREY!" He tried to zoom after me, but crystal suddenly grew out of the ground and trapped his foot. Down from the ceiling came a huge Skrull with a purple and black jumpsuit. One of his arms way a Heatblast one, the other one was a Diamondhead one. One of his legs was a Swampfire one and the other was covered in Jumpstart energy.
He smirked sinisterly.
Skrull: "Hello, human." Logan gulped and the Skrull launched a fire ball at him, sending Logan crashing through the wall too. He landed next to and groaned.
Logan: "Aw, my head."
Trey: "That's basically become my mantra, lately." We both stood up as the Skrull stepped through the hole and onto the battle field. There was a flash of light and Whis warped in.
Whis: "Logan Gold, meet your opponent. The Super Skrull, he is-"
Logan: "A genetically enhanced Skrull that survived the destruction of most of his race due to having the powers of several aliens. I know, this isn't the first time we've met." Super Skrull smirked.
Super Skrull: "And you ran away instead of facing me, Logan. What kind of Plumber does that?" Logan's eyes sparked with electricity.
Logan: "I was protecting my baby, Skrull! This time, there's nobody holding me back." Whis grinned at the both of them.
Whis: "Oh, goodie, I love a good hatred! Now, Logan, this is a strictly one on one fight. Arsenal is strictly forbidden to help you and him doing so would lead you both to be disqualified. Trust me, you do not want to find out what happens to contestants that are disqualified." He looked at us and we gulped, nodding. He smiled, "And BEGIN!" He warped away.
Logan glared at Super Skrull and turned his arms into electricity cannons. I turned my arms into Under Wraps ones and pulled myself up to the stands with bandages
Trey: "Come on Loges, you got this!"
Logan's POV
I nodded at Trey, then turned back to Super Skrull.
Logan: "I'm not playing around with you, big ears. I'm doing this for my family." I zoomed at him and launched an electric cannon shot at him, but he put up a diamond shield to block it, then nailed me in the stomach with a fire ball. I went back, but did a back flip and landed on my feet, then turned my hands back to normal and fired two ice beams from both my hands, freezing Super Skrull from the neck down. I zoomed toward him and slid to a stop in front of him, charging up and launching a HUGE sonic scream at him. The ice broke and he dropped to his knees, where I cocked my fist back and nailed him in the nose, sending him flying way back and slam into the wall. Trey excitedly stood up in the stands and started jumping up and down as he watched. I chuckled a bit and turned my attention back to Super Skrull, who stood up and brushed himself off.
Super Skrull: "You should have stayed with your family, Gold, this is for the big dogs. I'm not sparing your life again." He rocketed himself forward with Heatblast fire and swung his Diamondhead arm at me. I dodged at super speed and kicked at his chest, but he caught my foot with a vine and used it to slam me to the ground, then turned his diamond hand into a mace and nailed me in the stomach hard. I coughed up saliva and he made the vine drop me, then sent me flying back with a flamethrower. I slammed into the wall and my eyes flashed blue as I shook my head.
Logan: "Now would be a great time to unlock my enhanced form that I've only accessed ONCE." I tried, but nothing. I groaned and stood up, forming my electric whips, then wrapped them around Super Skrull's arms and pulled him toward me. I zoomed forward to meet him and blew my ice breath at him, which froze him in mid-air, giving me the opportunity to form my energy bo staff and nail him across the face. He recovered and charged toward me, but I started shooting electric bullets at him like a machine gun. He absorbed all of them and lashed me across the face with a vine. I spun around in a circle and he sent a fire ball into my back, sending me flying to the ground. He turned his diamond hand into a mace again and started wailing on my back.
Logan: "AHHHHHHHH!" He slammed the mace into the back of my head, making me dizzy. If it weren't for my chip mechanizing most of my skull, I'd be done for.
Super Skrull: "Tsk tsk, Logan. If I had known it would be this easy to beat you, I would have chased you down and killed you. The baby too." That pissed me off. My eyes glowed blue and I zoomed away from him, but he sent a flaming vine out at me and grabbed my leg, pulling me back to him. He jammed an electrified diamond fist into my stomach when I got to him. I groaned and struggled to keep my eyes open.
Super Skrull: "I'm glad we got to have our rematch, Logan. After Whis disposes of you, I might just pay your family a visit." I tried to move but everything started to go dark. I suddenly heard Trey's voice. He had a Freakazoid hand with a megaphone.
Trey: "Logan, get up! You can't let this loser get the best of you! You're Overdrive!" My eyes fluttered open and I tried to move but I was kicked in the side my Super Skrull.
Logan: "I'm not...like you. Don't have...extraordinary power."
Trey: "Logan, you have way more power than this, you just have to let yourself unleash it. Let loose!" My eyes glowed blue but I quickly tired out.
Logan: "I can't do it, dude. My body is completely drained." Super Skrull smirked and turned his diamond hand into a shard, pressing it up against my neck.
Trey: "Dude, if you don't do it, your family is going to be all alone. Nobody will be there to protect them! Do you want that to happen?!" I gritted my teeth and my eyes glowed blue as I transformed into my full bionic enhanced form. I basically looked like Iron Man's nanotech armor with blue and black colors and electricity flowing through me.
Logan: "That's not going to happen!" I fired an electric uni-beam from my chest, making Super Skrull drop me, then landed on the ground and formed two electric batons, nailing him the the chest with both of them. He recovered slowly and smirked at me.
Super Skrull: "So, you're not as pathetic as I thought. Fine then, let's battle!" He rocketed himself at me, but I turned my arm into a sonic cannon and nailed him with a sonic wave, sending him to the ground. I zoomed over and stepped on his chest.
Logan: "I'm not going to toy around with you, skrull. I told you I'd take care of you and I'm not wasting any time." I turned my other arm into an electric cannon and fired three beams from that, my sonic cannon and my chest uni-beam. The beams hit him dead on, knocking him out cold. I sighed in relief and changed back to normal, walking back toward the hole in the wall. Trey turned his legs into Fasttrack ones and zoomed down to me, then started yelling excitedly in my face.
Trey: "LET'S GO, LOGEY! LET'S GOOOOO!" I didn't even crack a smile.
Suddenly there was a flash of light and Trey and I were back at the center of the battlefield. Whis was standing there with a smile.
Whis: "And Logan Gold has defeated Super Skrull! He is one step closer to being Champion of the Universe!" The crowd erupted in cheers and Trey nudged me with his elbow. I rolled my eyes and smiled, waving to the crowd a little. Then I looked at Whis.
Logan: "Okay, what's the next step?" He grinned at me.
Whis: "For you, Logan, rest." He shot a white beam at my neck and I fell to the ground out cold.
Trey's POV
My eyes widened behind my mask as the floor opened up and Logan fell through.
Trey: "LOGAN!" I glared at Whis, "What did you do with him?!"
He smiled at me. This dude smiles all the fucking time. It's kinda creeping me out.
Whis: "Relax, his vitals were incredibly low after his battle with Super Skrull so I had him sent to a bionic capsule to heal him. I want my contestants to be in full health to compete." I nodded.
Trey: "Thanks...I guess. When will he wake up?"
Whis: "In time for his final battle. But that will not be until after your second one, which will start soon so be ready." I nodded and he turned to Super Skrull's knocked out body. He paused and looked at me, "If you wish to view Ben Tennyson's battle, it will start momentarily. I am aware that you and he are quite close."
I nodded.
Trey: "Thanks for telling me. Any word on when the girls' battles are?"
Whis: "Your mate's battle should be happening any time now. Vampires are of great strength so I put her up against someone who could handle her." I raised an eyebrow under my mask.
Trey: "And Charity's?" Whis grinned at me and warped away with Super Skrull. I shook my head.
Trey: "He said Ben should be battling in a few, I should find some place to call home and watch him kick ass." I became Sonic and zoomed off.
Ben's POV
I was currently lounging on a bean bag chair, talking to someone on my Ultimatrix. My hoodie was off and lying next to me.
Ben: "It's all really gone to hell, cuz. I thought once everyone reunited, it'd be like it used to be but so far, it's been anything but." I looked down from the ceiling and back at the watch, which was displaying a hologram of a 14 year old Gwen Tennyson. She was wearing grey pants, a red shirt and black vest over it. Her hair was in a ponytail.
Gwen: "Well did you really expect everyone to just forget all the baggage they have, Ben? And now you're apparently fighting in an intergalactic battle tournament. It's not exactly a stable talking environment." I gave Gwen a look.
Ben: "But Ellie has nothing to do with what happened with the Skrulls. Charity is just having a hard time letting Trey move on." I sighed and continued, "I just wanted this visit to be us having fun like we used to. Instead, it's looking like nothing will be the same again."
Gwen: "Come on cuz, cheer up. You-" Her hologram suddenly disappeared as the Ultimatrix's face plate popped up and glowed green.
Ultimatrix: "Uncaptured DNA sample in the vicinity. Will attempt to scan when close enough." My eyes got wide and I stood up, grabbing my hoodie and putting it on.
Ben: "Uncaptured DNA, huh? It's gotta be my opponent. What other kind of species wouldn't be in the Ultimatrix?"
Voice: "You got that right, Ultimatrix wielder." I was suddenly blasted through a wall by some kind of black particle beam. I crashed through two more walls and landed out in the battle field. I rubbed my head, groaning.
Ben: "Never thought it'd hurt being right." I stood up and looked around, seeing the cameras and the crowd in the stands. I looked over at the contestant section and spotted a costumed Trey, who tapped his chest and pointed to the sky. I smiled at him and did the same. A particle warp suddenly opened up and out stepped this huge alien. He was 8 feet tall and had metallic blue skin and a golden metal face with two glowing eye holes. He had a golden chest piece and his hands glowed with particle energy as he looked down at me. I gulped and jumped out of the way before he could blast me.
There was a flash of light and Whis warped in.
Whis: "Ben Tennyson, meet your opponent. This is the Anti-Monitor, he has access to early limitless cosmic powers and can mold said energy into any way he wishes." Anti-Monitor smirked.
Anti-Monitor: "Millions of different ways to kill you, Ben Tennyson. You will grow to be a pain in my side in the near future and I have decided to slaughter you now, before that happens." I looked at Whis.
Ben: "Not that fun at parties, is he?" Whis shook his head.
Whis: "No, I would imagine not. Anyway, BEGIN!" He warped away and Anti-Monitor immediately started firing cosmic beams at me. My eyes got wide and I ducked, then took off running. He powered up and flew after me, shooting little meteors at me.
Anti-Monitor: "This is the legendary successor to Arsenal? I find that both hilarious and sad compared to the other versions of you." I ran up and flipped off a wall, flipping over Anti-Monitor and landing behind him.
Ben: "I don't know what you're talking about, dude, but I never asked to be anybody's successor. I'm Ben Tennyson, Changeling, my own hero. " I activated my Ultimatrix and quickly scrolled through the holograms until I found the form I wanted, then slammed it. A green light erupted from my body as I turned into a slender ghost-like alien with light green chains wrapped around my arms, a dark green mist around me, and a glowing bow and arrow pack on my back. My neck faded away, leaving my dark purple skeleton head floating above my body. The Ultimatrix symbol on my chest shined green and I finished off the transformation with a smirk.
Ben: "GHOULSEYE!" Trey turned his hand into a Freakazoid one and pulled out some popcorn, making the mouth part of his mask go away so he could eat it.
Trey: "Awesome, haven't seen that one before."
I pulled out my bow and arrow, making it glow with dark energy, and launched an arrow at Anti-Matter, who opened up a small portal for the arrow to fly through. He shook his head and teleported behind me, nailing me with some kind of energy bolt. I recovered and powered up dark energy in my hands, forming an axe, then swung it at him. The axe sliced his armor open, making green liquid come out. Anti-Monitor looked down at it in surprise.
Anti-Monitor: "But...how is this possible?! I am pure cosmic energy, I do not bleed!" I smirked.
Ghoulseye Ben: "Funny thing about dark force energy, it seems nothing can stop it from being destructive." He smirked.
Anti-Monitor: "No matter, your time will run out soon and then you will die. I just have to waste your precious time."
Ghoulseye Ben: "Or I have to kick your butt quickly!" I vanished and reappeared in front of his face, then formed scythes out of dark energy and slashed him across the face with both of them. He stumbled back and I shot another arrow at his chest, making him fall flat on his back with a sonic boom.
The crowd went crazy and Trey threw his arms into the air in excitement. Suddenly, a black hole opened up and started sucking me through. Anti-Monitor appeared, giving me an evil grin.
Anti-Monitor: "Your dark force energy may counteract my cosmic powers, but I can warp reality at my will. You have no chance of living, boy." I looked at the symbol on my chest.
Ghoulseye Ben: "Now would be a great time for you to give me Alien X or something!" I slapped it and glowed green, becoming an alien wearing a huge green containment suit. I was 8 feet tall, had a transparent chest that showed glowing red energy flowing through me, and the symbol on my belt. The glow faded and Trey's goggles lit up.
Trey: "Oh, I know that one! He is so in trouble." Anti-Monitor powered up and lightning suddenly struck my body. I charged straight out of it and my right arm glowed red, powering up with energy. I nailed him in the face, then powered up my other arm and nailed him with that one. He went flying back and I fired a red blast at his face. He slapped it away and teleported behind me, but I spun around and pushed him away with a burst of red energy. Anti-Monitor flew back but recovered in mid-air, then glared at me.
Anti-Monitor: "What is the meaning of this?! What such transformation can match reality warping?!" I thought about it and smirked.
Ben: "Fallout. And I'm not exactly sure what this dude is but if it can help me totally own you, I don't really care." I powered up and launched two red beams at him, only for him to absorb them and shoot them back at me, even stronger. I dodged them, but Anti-Matter launched some kind of energy disc at me. It nailed me and wrapped me up in some kind of goop. I fell to the ground and Anti-Monitor nailed me with a cosmic beam. I slid across the ground, then burst out of the goop and fired a huge red energy ball at Anti-Monitor. He smirked and caught it but as soon as he touched it, it exploded, filling him with red energy. He yelled in pain and fell to the ground, unable to move. I walked over and stood over him.
Fallout Ben: "You're looking both hilarious and sad about now, Anti." He tried to get up but I slammed another red energy ball into his chest, knocking him back down. He roared and glared at me.
Anti-Monitor: "YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT ME SO EASILY, BEN TENNYSON! I WILL NOT-" I cut him off by powering up red energy and socking him in the face, knocking him out cold.
Fallout Ben: "Sorry to interrupt you, man.." My symbol made the time out noise and the Ultimatrix reverted me to normal, "But I'm on a time limit."
I looked out at the crowd in the stands and grinned.
Ben: "WHO'S YOUR HERO?!" The crowd erupted in cheers and Trey jumped down from the stands, running up to me and giving me a body bump. We landed on our feet and Trey pushed me excitedly.
Trey: "Hell yeah, Benji! Show these boys, Benji!" Whis warped in at the moment and grinned at me.
Whis: "And Ben Tennyson is our winner! He is one step closer to being Champion of the Universe!" Ben and I looked at each other.
Ben: "So you just say that same line after every win, huh?" Whis nodded.
Whis: "It is true, after all! Now, there should be only one more fight in the first round before the second round begins." Trey looked at him.
Trey: "The girls, right? Wait, one more fight? If both of the girls are competing, how can there be only one more-" He was cut off by Whis snapping his fingers, making everything go black.
Charity's POV
Seeing Trey in action again after all this time was...weird. I mean, he's as amazing as ever and even more of a show-off, but it wasn't like how I expected. I thought I'd see him and all of these feelings would come flooding back and I'd fall back in love with him like I always seemed to do. But instead...I doubted his ability to even win the fight. We all did...except Ellie.
I sat in a chair in one of the facility break rooms, putting my purple hair into a bun and waiting for Ellie to get here. I decided I have to apologize to her for saying all those rude things to her.
Charity: "Hopefully Logan gets the message across to Ellie soon, I want to clear things up as soon as I can." While I waited, I pulled out my phone and started scrolling through my stored pictures. I stopped when I got to a particular one. It was of a selfie I took of Trey and I the night of our first date, after the bounty hunters attacked us. I sighed and smiled.
Charity: "Can't say that it doesn't hurt, but I've only ever wanted Treez to be happy. If Ellie is the best person for him, I've got to let him go." I deleted the picture and put my phone down. I suddenly heard chuckling and turned around quickly, flames sparking out of my eyes. Sitting on the table was a really pale boy with orange eyes. He was wearing a white T-shirt under a blue blazer, khaki pants, and dress shoes.
Pale boy: "Best person for him? Trust me, Eliasia isn't the best person for anybody." I materialized one of my hellfire magnums and pointed it at his face.
Charity: "Who the fuck are you? How'd you get here?" He raised an eyebrow at me and turned into a swarm of bats, flying behind me before turning back to normal.
Pale boy: "Easy there, demon, we're on the same side." I lowered my magnum and looked him up and down. The only other person I've seen do that is Ellie. That must mean..
Charity: "You're a vampire, aren't you?" He nodded and grinned at me, then walked toward me, taking a bow.
Pale boy: "Damien Hargrave, pleased to meet you. I am here because I do not want you to be misinformed on who you are dealing with." I made my magnum go away and gave him a serious look.
Charity: "What are you talking about?" Damien pulled a folder from behind his back and dropped it on one of the tables, making papers spill out of it. The words 'Ellie Stroker' was written on one of them and the rest were a bunch of names. There had to be at least a hundred of them.
Damien: "This is a confirmed list of every single person that Eliasia has killed over her time as a vampire. Men, women, even children." I looked at the list of names in shock for a minute.
Charity: "This is...terrifying. What kind of monster would hurt so many innocent people?..." Damien suddenly zoomed on top of the table and looked me in the eye.
Damien: "Ellie, that's what kind. Do you really think a monster capable of such murder should be trusted?" I thought about it for a second before shaking my head.
Charity: "No. If Arsenal can't see it, fine, but I have to do something about Ellie before she kills anyone else." Damien smirked and nodded.
Damien: "Exactly what I was thinking. I'll see ya around, demon." He turned to go, but I shot out a chain to stop him,
Charity: "Wait, why are you telling me this? Ellie's a vampire too, don't you all stick together?" He chuckled and looked at me, his eyes flashing into cat eyes.
Damien: "Ellie...wronged me a few decades ago. She left my entire family broken and worse, broke my heart. I just don't want others to be fooled like I was." I nodded and let him go, "Oh and let's keep our little meeting between you and me. Vampire stuff, you know."
I nodded and he winked at me, then jumped into the air, disappearing in a trail of smoke. I looked down at the list of victims again and shook my head.
Charity: "I bet Trey doesn't know about this." At that moment, Ellie zoomed in, sliding to a stop in front of me. She took her sunglasses off and gave me a small smile.
Ellie: "What's the deal, flaming skeleton chick? Logan said you wanted to see me." I looked at her,then back at the list of victims.
Charity: "I..uhhh.." Ellie looked down at the table.
Ellie: "What's all that?" Before I could answer, she zoomed to the table at vampire speed and grabbed the papers. As she looked at them, I materialized my hellfire shotgun behind my back. She suddenly looked up at me with a hurt expression.
Ellie: "Charity, I can explain!" She stepped toward me and I pointed the gun at her.
Charity: "Explain what?! How you're a fucking monster that murders people to drink their blood? Or how you don't care who you hurt to get it? Babies, Ellie?" She looked like she was about to cry and took another step toward me. I went full demon and cocked my shotgun, warning her.
Ellie: "Charity, I didn't want to kill all those people. Believe me, I tried to go without feeding a lot of fucking times. After a while, the hunger...it takes over." I lowered the gun a little and looked at her.
Charity: "What do you mean tried to go without feeding? Why would you do that?" She groaned.
Ellie: "BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED TO BE LIKE THIS!" She grabbed the gun away from me at vampire speed and threw it away, "Which is why Logan was working on a cure." My eyes widened in realization.
Charity: "And you need my DNA." Ellie nodded slowly and gave me a pleading look.
Ellie: "If you help, I won't have my blood lust any more, I could go out in the sun." When she said that, I remembered Damien's words. Don't trust her. I sighed and shook my head.
Charity: "No." Ellie's eyes got wide and her eyes immediately started to water.
Ellie: "What do you mean no?! Why would you deny me the chance to be rid of the curse I've had to deal with for almost 200 years?!" I chuckled darkly.
Charity: "Because you don't get to be cured and run away from this after all those people you murdered. No, your 'curse' will be your punishment." I smirked at her, purple fire coming out of my eye holes. Suddenly, Ellie looked at the ground and started shaking violently.
Ellie: "You have no...Idea!" She looked up at me, her face all grey and demonic. Her eyes were cat eyes and her fangs were showing. She pounced at me with her claws out, grabbing me by the throat and sending both of us flying through the wall. I kicked her off and recovered, materializing two hellfire SMGs and letting off hundreds of rounds at me. She snarled at me and zoomed around the rounds, then jumped up and drop kicked me in the chest. I flew backwards and Ellie turned into her bat swarm to catch up to me, then became normal and nailed me in the stomach, making me fly clean through a wall and out onto the battle field. Ellie floated after me with her wings out and charged at me, only to be blinded by a flash of light. When it cleared, Whis was standing there with his arms behind his back. Ellie stopped in mid-air, hovering there as her wings flapped. I stood up.
Whis: "Charity Jennings, meet your opponent. Ellie Stroker, a vampire from the Stroker family line of vampires." Ellie rolled her eyes.
Ellie: "Do not associate me with them, please. I am nothing like any of them." I glared at her.
Charity (mumbling): "I beg to differ." She glared back at me.
Ellie: "I heard that." I snickered and Whis grinned at the both of us.
Whis: "I knew this would be a grand idea! After a review of your powers and information, I determined that the only thing powerful enough to handle a vampire...is a demon. It was just icing on the cake that you two would already want to kill each other!" Ellie and I looked at each other. She looked almost...hurt. Maybe I'm doing the wrong thing, here. But, I can't overlook all those people she's killed and what about the vampire that said not to trust her? He said he knew her and if he didn't how would he have the list of her victims? I shook my head. I can't be too careful.
Charity: "The vampire's just bitter I won't let her run from what she did." I shot her a smirk and she hissed at me.
Ellie: "I'M GOING TO SEND YOUR SOUL BACK TO MEPHISTO, YOU BITCH!" Whis grinned.
Whis: "BEGIN!" As soon as he warped away, Ellie landed and swung her foot at me. I blocked with my forearm, then wrapped a chain around her other leg, pulling it from under her. She tumbled downward and fell into one of my necro-portals, coming out above me. I leaped up and nailed her with a round from my hellfire shotgun, sending her flying into the wall. The crowd erupted in cheers and I cocked my gun again. A swarm of bats erupted out of Ellie's direction and swarmed around me, clawing at my face. I powered up purple fire to send them away and the swarm turned back into Ellie, who zoomed at me and punched me on both sides of my jaw, then turned around and roundhouse kicked me. I opened up a necro-portal and flew through it, then came out in front of Ellie and sent a purple fireball right into her face. She hissed in pain and dropped to the ground, where I sent a chain to wrap around her neck.
Charity: "It's about time to give up, girlfriend. After you're eliminated, I'll show Trey your list of victims and he'll finally see you can't be trusted." She grabbed at the chain around her neck with her claws, growling.
Ellie: "What did I ever do to you?" She made her wings come out and took off into the air, pulling me with her by the chain. She pulled the chain apart with her vampire strength and used a piece of it to slash me across the face, sending me flying back to the ground, creating a crater. She landed in the crater too and picked me up by my throat, then punched me in the stomach and impaled me with one of her claws. I opened my mouth and let off hellfire at her to make her let me go, then pulled out my hellfire SMGs and started letting off rounds at her. They nailed her, slowing her down and making her hiss in pain, but she suddenly zoomed toward me and spartan kicked me back into the arena wall. I slowly stood up and gritted my teeth, pulling out two long chains that were covered in purple hellfire. I charged at Ellie and whipped my left chain at her but she jumped over it and used her bat swarm to fly next to me a little, then became normal and side kicked me in the jaw. I stumbled back, but went back at her with my other chain, managing to knock her out of the air. She hit the ground, but when I went to follow up, she flipped up, kicking me in the jaw with both her feet. I flew back but went through a necro-portal and came out behind her, swinging the chains into her body. They connected and she screamed as they hellfire touched her body, using her bat swarm to avoid the chains. I quickly powered up necroplasm in my hands and fired it, making a green net fly out and trap Ellie's bat swarm against the wall, making her return to normal.
Ellie: "You know, my shape-shifter has terrible taste in women. Besides me, of course." I rolled my eyes and pulled out my hellfire shotgun, pointing it right in her face.
Charity: "At least I didn't sleep with him before being together a month, slut bat." After I said that, her eyes turned into cat eyes and she broke her claw out of the net, then freed herself and sent a hard punch into my jaw, sending me flying back. Before I could recover, she flew at me and punched me again.
Ellie: "If there is one thing I hate..." She zoomed at me and roundhouse kicked me in the side, making me stumble back, "It's being called a slut!" She zoomed back over to me and kicked my legs from under me, then jumped up and slammed me to the ground, making me bounce off it and fly into the air, where Ellie caught me and slammed me back to the ground. I recovered and pushed her off me, then shot flaming skulls at her. She smirked and slapped all of them away, then zoomed over and leaped off a wall, becoming her bat swarm in mid air, flying over to me, and dropping onto my neck in normal form. She wrapped her legs around my throat and flipped me onto the ground so her legs were cutting off my oxygen. I struggled to get out.
Charity: "*GASP* Cant...breathe..can't...power up." Ellie smirked and tightened her grip.
Ellie: "That'd be a vampire leg hold you're feeling, devil girl. A vampire's legs are the strongest parts of our body so there is no way you're getting out unless I want you to. And you really pissed me off so.." She hissed and bared her fangs, tightening her grip on my legs. I tried one more time and powered up my most powerful hellfire spark, putting everything I could into it. I erupted with purple fire, sending Ellie flying away from me. I stood up slowly, but dropped down to my knees a second later.
Charity: "There goes the last of my extra demon energy. And my regular demon energy too." I reverted to normal. Ellie smirked and zoomed over to me.
Ellie: "You all tuckered out, Chare? Aw, that's too bad." She grinned at me, showing her fangs, and turned her hand into a claw, "That's the funny thing about demons, they burn out after using too much power. I thought you'd know that."
I glared at her.
Charity: "So what, you're gonna kill me? Add my name to your list of victims?" She snarled at me and put her claw down, instead kicking me onto my back.
Ellie: "I'm not that person anymore, Charity. The fact that you can't see that doesn't mean a thing to me." She started to walk away, but Whis warped in front of her.
Whis: "No no, Ellie, you must administer the finishing blow. There is no winner until a contestant is fully down." Ellie looked back at me and shook her head.
Ellie: "No, she's been beaten enough. Hitting her when she's down would make me as bad a person as she thinks I am." I raised an eyebrow at her. She'd give up winning to avoid hurting me, even after I denied her a cure?
Whis: "You do not understand, vampire. If neither of you finishes the other, you both will be disqualified and that would be very unfortunate. Are you sure about this?" Ellie sighed and nodded.
Ellie: "I didn't want to be Champion of the Universe anyway. That's more of my mate's kinda thing." Whis grinned.
Whis: "Very well." I suddenly felt a huge aura and Whis glowed white, shooting out tentacle things to grab Ellie and I.
Charity: "What the hell?! What are you doing?" Ellie struggled to get free, but more of them wrapped around her.
Whis: "Ellie Stroker, Charity Jennings. You have been disqualified!" The tentacle things completely covered Ellie and the floor opened up, swallowing her into it. As they covered me too, I heard Whis say something.
Whis: "Goodie, this just got more interesting!" My vision faded after that and I felt myself fall through the floor.
Trey's POV
I woke up in an empty room, still wearing my costume, and rubbed my head.
Trey: "Usually I like random naps. That one, not so much." I stood up and looked around my body, checking for injuries, "Arms, check. Legs, check. Head, yep still there. Now it's time to find the other-" I stopped talking when I noticed Logan on the ground next to me. I quickly got to my knees next to him.
Trey: "Loges? Loges, are you okay?" He opened his eyes, his pupils flickering blue for a second.
Logan: "Treez? What's going on? How am I free?" I raised an eyebrow at him under my mask.
Trey: "Free? What are you talking about, dude? Where were you before this?" He gave me a serious look.
Logan: "In some kind of cage in the basement. After I defeated Super Skrull, Whis brought me down there and told me I wouldn't get out until my next battle." I nodded, taking in what he was saying.
Trey: "That asshole said he put you in a bionic capsule to heal. Should've known not to trust a guy who dresses like that." I thought about something, then looked at him, "Wait, your next battle? He told me my battle was happening soon."
Logan: "Yeah, so?"
Trey: "SO, there's only one battle field. If you're about to battle, how am I going to battle too unless-" I was cut off by the sound of loud cheering. Logan and I looked at each other.
Trey and Logan: "We're fighting each other." I grinned at him under my mask and he sighed.
Logan: "Okay, let's do it." I patted him on the back.
Trey: "That's the spirit. Be excited about your ass kicking." He flipped me off and we walked down the hall, walking onto the battle field. I looked around, seeing the crowd, cameras and everything. My eyes widened when I realized something though.
Logan: "Looks like everything's the same as our battles." I shook my head.
Trey: "Not everything." I pointed over to the contestant section of the stands, seeing that it was empty, "Ben and the girls aren't here."
Logan: "That's weird, I know they must've heard the crowd. Wonder where they are." I looked at him.
Trey: "I think Whis did something with Ben, dude. When I blacked out, Ben had just got done with his battle."
Logan: "Did he win?" I looked at him.
Trey: "What do you think?" He chuckled.
Logan: "What about the girls?" I looked down at the ground, unsure what to say. I hope Ellie is okay, she's never dealt with alien stuff before and honestly, I really miss her.
Trey: "I think Whis set them up to battle each other. I had just figured it out when shit went dark." Logan nodded.
Logan: "Who do you think won?" I laughed.
Trey: "Is that even a question? Ellie, obviously. She's crazy strong, not to mention has over 100 years of practice." Logan raised an eyebrow at me.
Logan: "Practice? You mean kill-"
Trey: "Finish that sentence and Victor will be wondering why his daddy doesn't have a tongue." He quickly shut up and nodded. There was a familiar flash of light and Whis stood in front of us when it cleared. He opened his mouth to say something but before he could, I turned my hand into a Web Head one and shot webbing over his mouth.
Trey: "Lemme handle the intro this time, powdered wig boy." I turned to Logan, "Logan Gold, meet your opponent. Arsenal, the awesomest and handsomest Doppelganger you'll ever meet. He likes long walks on the beach, shimmies, and pork chops."
Logan bust out laughing, holding his sides.
Logan: "Lemme try, lemme try! Arsenal, meet your opponent. Logan Gold, the only bionic superhuman that manages to defend the city, raise a kid and still look great in shorts." The both of us started cracking up and Whis rolled his eyes, pulling the webbing off his mouth.
Whis: "If you both are quite finished, we do have a battle to commence." I stopped laughing and looked at him.
Trey: "In a second, dude. First, you're gonna tell us where my girlfriend and our friends are." He grinned.
Whis: "If that is all it takes. Ben Tennyson is in containment until the winner of this battle is decided. Ellie Stroker and Charity Jennings have been disqualified and given the proper punishment." My eyes got wide and I glared at him under my mask.
Trey: "Proper punishment?! What did you do with them?!" Whis waved me off with another fucking grin.
Whis: "They are not dead, Arsenal, do not worry. They have just been placed in a paralyzed state until the competition is over. They are forced to ponder their actions without being able to move." I looked at Logan in horror. He's torturing them. This is all my fault, I got them involved in this.
Logan: "Arsenal, stay with me. You heard what he said, we can help them by continuing the competition. After one of us wins, we'll battle Ben and the girls will be freed." I nodded, looking back at Whis.
Trey: "If you touched one hair on Ellie's head-" He shook his head.
Whis: "I did not harm your mate, Doppelganger. COMMENCE!" He warped away and I turned to Logan.
Trey: "We can't let Whis get away with this." He nodded.
Logan: "Agreed. He's breaking so many laws that it'd be a crime not to bring him down." He smirked and held his hand out, "Hero team up?"
I smirked back under my mask and shook it.
Trey: "Hero team up." I looked up at the crowd and at the cameras, then smirked at Logan again, "But now I have to kick your ass. Can't get to Whis if we don't get Ben."
Logan nodded and his eyes glowed blue. There was a sudden shift in his aura and diamond formed around his arms. My eyes got wide.
Logan: "You know what, Arsey? I think I'm gonna do the ass kicking, this time. I've got a lot of pent up aggression." He made a diamond come out of the ground and launched it at me, firing a sonic yell at it to push it faster. I turned my legs into Bullfrag ones and leaped on top of it, then made my legs normal, turned my hands into Bloxx cannons and started shooting legos at him. He formed a diamond shield and blocked them all, then leaped up and drop-kicked me off the diamond pillar, sending me crashing to the ground. He leaped down, preparing to punch me, but I quickly became Ghostfreak and his fist went right through my stomach. I shot him the peace sign and phased through the floor, bursting back through as Boltneck. I charged at him and nailed him with an electrically charged right hook to the jaw, sending him flying back into the wall. He quickly recovered and zoomed at me, running in a circle around me when he got to me. He punched me in the jaw at super speed, then zoomed behind me and kicked me in the back, then slid under me and flip kicked me in the jaw, making me tumble to the ground. I became Hydro Tide and blasted him with a water blast from my right hand, making him stumble back and giving me the opening to become Red-Tail, turn my bracelets into photon cannons, and nail him with a photon beam. He went flying and slammed into the wall, cratering into it. I made my cannon go away then did the talking gesture with my hand.
Red-Tail: "Keep talking all that shit, boy. Gotta back it up." I charged at him and jumped up, then became Jet Stream and flew at him at top speed. He zoomed away from me, making me hit the wall, then turned his hands into electric cannons and started letting off shots at me. I launched myself off the wall and into the air, then sent a miniature tornado at Logan. He chuckled and zoomed right through it, using a diamond pillar to launch himself into the air and roundhouse kick me in the head. I spiraled out of control and he nailed me with his eye beams. I slammed into the ground and rolled a bit, but recovered quickly and became Biohazard, then turned both my hands into BFS's and charged at Logan. I slashed at him, but he weaved under it and sweep-kicked at my legs. I jumped over his kick, then flipped over and turned my foot into a punk buster and kicked Logan over the head, slamming him to the ground. He phased through the ground and suddenly kicked me in the chest at super speed, then bounced off a wall and nailed me in the jaw, sending me flying back. I flew through the air and he formed his energy whips, then wrapped them around my waist and used them to fling me to the ground. I became Blackout and grabbed the whips, sending my own electric current into them and shocking Logan back, then went XLR8 and zoomed at him, going Spidermonkey when I got to him and nailing him with all four of my fists. He slid back on his heels and I shot webbing into his eyes with my tail, then became Gax and nailed him with my enlarged fist, sending him flying back. I shot my arm out and caught him before he hit the wall.
Gax: "Gotcha. Not going easy but not being cruel, that's the rule for this competition." I put him down and he glared at me.
Logan: "That's your problem, Arsey. You think you're so much above everybody else, that's why you're so cocky. That may have been true, three years ago." His eyes glowed blue and he transformed into his Bionic Evolution form, "But times have changed!"
My eyes got wide and before I could even think about reacting, Logan zoomed at me and sent a diamond burst into my stomach, sending me tumbling across the ground. I recovered, only to be kicked across the face and sent back to the ground. Logan stood over me with his arms folded and looked down at me.
Logan: "What do you have to say now, brother?" I smirked at him and became Web Head, then shot webbing in his face and jumped up, launching myself off the top of his head and landing behind him.
Web Head: "Well, the metallic skin is an improvement over how you usually look. But that doesn't change the fact that you're totally going down." His eyes glowed blue and he simply waved his hand, motioning for me to bring it on. I jumped up and used a web line to slingshot myself toward him, becoming Shocksquatch when I got to him and swinging my fist. He caught it easily, then spun around at super speed and roundhouse kicked me in the side, then wrapped his energy whip around me and used it to slam me to the ground. I powered up and overloaded the whip, then became Crashhopper and drop-kicked Logan in the chest, but he covered his chest with diamond to protect himself, then fired some kind of chest beam out of it, knocking me way back. I slammed into a wall and slid to the ground. The crowd went wild and I gritted my teeth at Logan, then went Teleportal and teleported behind him, going Crypto and swinging my tail at him. He suddenly dodged at super speed, turned around with his electric cannon, and nailed me with a blast from it, sending me flying back again. My eyes glowed red as I flew through the air and I became Godspeed. I flipped over in the air and zoomed to the ground, then zoomed over to Logan and started running in a circle around him, lightning building up behind me as I did. I punched him in the face, then zoomed behind him and kicked him in the back, then zoomed to his right and started letting off hundreds of super fast punches. He let off some kind of electricity pulse and knocked me back, but I recovered and started running around the battle field, building up my lightning trail. I stopped, grabbed the lightning, and hurled it at Logan. To my surprise, he held his hand up and caught it, absorbing it into his body. My jaw dropped.
Logan: "Surprised?" I nodded.
Godspeed: "A little bit, yeah." He rolled his eyes and zoomed at me, grabbing me by the neck and slamming me into the wall behind me. I was about to phase away from him, but the hand around my throat powered up ice, freezing me from the neck down. Then his eyes glowed red and he nailed me in the face with his eye beams, reverting me to my normal costumed form. I groaned.
Trey: "Oh man." He smirked.
Logan: "What's the matter, Arsey? Finally realize that you're not in a tier by yourself anymore?" I looked at him, smirking under my mask.
Trey: "Nah, I totally am. I just didn't think I'd have to bust this out." I suddenly released a powerful flash of red light, blinding Logan and making him drop me. When it cleared, I was in my Doppelganger battle suit with a red aura. I smirked and turned my arms into Atomix ones.
Logan: "Your Doppelganger armor? Dude, you were better off staying transformed." He leaped at me, swinging his fist, but I punched it with my own, sending him flying back with a radiation explosion. He made a diamond hand come out of the ground to catch him, then zoomed down it and launched a sonic scream at me. I chuckled and turned my hand into a Feedback one, then absorbed the sound wave.
Trey: "And you were better off just surrendering before the fight even started." I turned my hands into Frightmare ones, then shot chains out to pull myself toward Logan, then turned my feet into Bullfrag ones and slammed my feet into his face, slamming him into the ground and stepping on his head. He zoomed away from me and zoomed back, then formed his energy bo staff and clocked me over the head with it. I recovered and turned my hands into Spykeback ones, then grew to spikes out of them and swung at Logan. He blocked with his staff and kicked at me, but I blocked with my spikes, turned around and made my hands into Water Hazard ones, and blasted him with two huge water streams from both my hands. He went flying back, but I turned my hand into a Gravattack one and used my powers to hold him up in the air.
Logan: "Oh gross, feels like I'm gonna throw up."
Trey: "Sorry, lemme help you with that." I used my powers to slam him to the ground, then leaped up, turned my hands into Firecracker ones, and started letting off shotgun punches to his body when I landed on him. I wailed on his face until I felt another spike in aura power and suddenly, an electric whip wrapped around my neck and pulled me off of Logan. I looked up and saw...another Logan?!
Trey: "What in the fuck?!" The real Logan stood up and smirked at me.
Logan: "Oh, you didn't know about my duplication ability, did you? Just a little trick I learned when I fought an evil Ditto, a while back." His eyes glowed blue and he split up into two more of him, then all 4 of them surrounded me.
Logan 2: "Still think you're in a tier by yourself?" I smirked at him under my mask.
Trey: "I think you'll shed a tear when you see how bad I'm about to own all four of you." They all powered up eye beams and fired them at me, but I turned my arms into Smoxe ones and dropped a smoke bomb, blinding them. They looked around for me, only for me to drop down from the ceiling with Savage hands and feet, and sweep kick one of the Logans' legs from under him. He tumbled to the ground, but I uppercut him into the air before he could. He slammed into the ceiling and I turned around just in time to dodge a sonic scream from another Logan. I leaped up and glowed red, transforming into OmniFire and letting off a barrage of star bolts at the real Logan. He zoomed around them and bounced himself off a wall, then dropped an electric ball over my head, sending me flying back to the ground, where the other Logans nailed me with continuous eye beams. I quickly went KaBoom and exploded, blowing them all away from me, then reformed and went Fleet. One of the Logans zoomed at me, but I pulled out a laser sniper rifle, aimed, and fired, nailing him right in the center of the chest and knocking him to the ground. He glowed blue and disappeared. I smirked until something zoomed up and nailed me in the back of the head. I fell to the ground and looked up, seeing the third Logan clone.
Logan 3: "You may have the versatility, bro, but speed is our thing." I rolled my eyes and glowed blue, transforming into Ultimate Godspeed.
Ultimate Godspeed: "And you say I'm too cocky?" I zoomed at him at an amazing speed and kicked him in the mouth. He stumbled back and swung at me but I easily weaved around it, "Too slow." He formed an energy baton and swung it at my legs but I jumped over it, delivering a roundhouse kick to his face in the process, "Nope, try again."
His eyes glowed blue as he gritted his teeth and launched his most powerful eye beam at me. I yawned and easily zoomed around it, stopping right next to him.
Ultimate Godspeed: "Damn, you almost got me that time." I cracked my knuckles and delivered thousands of super fast punches to his body, knocking him to the ground with a loud thud. He glowed blue and disappeared. I looked at Logan and did my shimmy dance. The crowd erupted in cheers, but a bolt of lightning suddenly struck me and I seizured in shock before falling to the ground. Logan 2 hovered over me and launched an electricity beam at me, but I quickly became Blackout so I was unharmed, then powered up in an electric aura and zoomed up at him. He braced himself for my attack, but I flew right through him. He opened his eyes and looked at me. I smirked and waved at him. Suddenly electricity started to spark from his body and he exploded.
Blackout: "Sorry dude, I didn't feel a spark between us." An energy whip wrapped around my leg and pulled me down, slamming me to the ground, where Logan stepped on my chest, "Okay, I deserve that for the lame joke."
Logan: "And for that dance you did. Seriously, could you tone down the showboating?" I rolled my eyes and became Web Head, shooting webbing into his eyes and pushing him off me.
Web Head: "Why should I?" He pulled the webbing off his face and held his hands up to attack, but I covered them both with webs so he couldn't, "I mean, I'm doing really amazing stuff, right now. It's not like I don't recognize when I'm in the middle of doing something extraordinary." He freed his hands and charged at me, but I shot two web lines at the ceiling to pull me up, then let go and became Cannonbolt, landing on top of him.
Cannonbolt: "So what's the harm in a little celebrating?" He lifted me up with his super strength and threw me toward the wall, but I became AmpFibian in mid-air and fired two blasts at him from my tentacles. I leaned over in anticipation as the blasts nailed Logan spot on, sending him flying back and slamming into the wall behind him, "Especially since I totally just kicked your ass."
He reverted to normal and so did I, doing a little cabbage patch dance when I did. I walked over to him, seeing he was barely awake. He looked up at my masked face.
Logan: "Some hero team up this is." I chuckled and leaned down next to him.
Trey: "Sorry about bringing you guys into this, dude. I'm gonna make this right." I pulled out one of my Arsey tracers and stuck it to him, "Oh, sorry about this too."
I decked him in the face, knocking him out cold. I stood up, looking around the battle field.
Trey: "Okay Whis, time for you to show up and do your whole congratulations speech." Suddenly, there was a flash of light and I was back in the glass dome in space. Whis was standing there with a smile on his face.
Whis: "Congratulations, Arsenal. You are a finalist for Champion of the Universe!" I chuckled.
Trey: "Got tired of coming down to us, huh?"
Whis: "It can get quite tiring. The only person that really has to see this battle is me. This is the one that determines the champion." I looked around.
Trey: "I don't see Ben anywhere. I thought you'd let him go after I finished beating Logan." Whis grinned at me.
Whis: "It is funny you should mention the Ultimatrix wielder, Doppelganger. Because he is also a finalist." I raised an eyebrow at him under my mask. Suddenly, there was another flash of light and Ben was standing there with his hands in his pockets.
Ben: "About time, Whis. Where's this last guy I have to beat up to be champion?" He smirked at him but then saw me and smiled, "Hey, what's up Arsenal. What are you doing...ohhhh." Whis and I nodded. Then I walked over to him and whispered something in his ear. He grinned then looked at me, nodding. Whis looked at the both of us with a curious expression.
Whis: "What are you two coercing about?" I looked over at him.
Trey: "Nothing you should worry about. So...the winner of this fight is automatically the Champion of the Universe?" Whis smiled and nodded.
Whis: "Yes, it is as simple as that. My need for a champion is rather...dire. It is a matter that is bigger than myself." Ben and I looked at each other and I nodded, then we looked back at him.
Ben: "Alright, dude, we'll battle."
Trey: "Yeah, I've been meaning to teach Benny boy a thing or two." Ben rolled his eyes and smirked at me.
Ben: "That's not gonna happen this time, dude." I chuckled.
Trey: "That's what Logan said too." Whis grinned again and clapped his hands.
Whis: "BEGIN!" He warped away, appearing out in space on a floating throne. Ben raised his eyebrows a bit.
Ben: "That's pretty sick." I nodded. Then I looked at him, smirking under my mask.
Trey: "Okay Benji, I know we have the plan and all but we can still have some fun." He smirked back and nodded, stepping back and activating his Ultimatrix.
Ben: "I was hoping you'd say that, Arsey. I have someone I really want you to meet." He scrolled through the green holograms, passing Armodrillo, Upchuck, and Lodestar, until he got to a particular one. He slammed it down and his eyes glowed green as a green light erupted from his body. Blue feathers grew out of his skin and covered his whole body as his mouth morphed into a beak and his feet morphed into crow's feet. A raccoon-like mask formed over his green eyes, he got a scarf tied around his neck and black pants with green. The Ultimatrix symbol was on his chest.
Ben: "CROW BLADE!" Two sabers grew out of the feathers on his hands and he got into a fighting stance. I nodded.
Trey: "Impressive. Lemme see what I've got." I glowed red. Red samurai armor formed around my whole body as two katanas appeared on my back. The armor covered my face too and my eyes shined red as I finished off the transformation as Blamurai.
Blamurai: "Haven't used this one in a while. Don't see many threats that require an alien samurai in Novas City." He charged at me and swung his saber, but I ducked under it.
Crow Bade Ben: "Missing the big time villains, Arsey? I know protecting Tetris Nova makes you street level." I raised an eyebrow and sweep-kicked his legs from under him, sending him tumbling to the ground. I stood up and pointed a katana at him.
Blamurai: "What are you talking about, watch boy? What's street level?" He smirked at me and lifted his legs up, then kicked me in the jaw. I flew upward and crashed into the glass dome, putting a crack in it.
Crow Blade Ben: "Oh that's right, you didn't know...my bad. Dude, since you've been asleep, a ton of crime-fighting units have popped up across the universe. Since that's happened, a system had to be developed by the Plumbers to designate which unit could handle what threats. Cosmic level is the highest and what the members of Team Arsenal are, as well as the Ultimates. We handle home planet, universe, and beyond. Street level is the lowest level. You..handle home planet." I stood up on the glass dome and became Boombox, then fired soundwaves at him from both my hands. He did a sideways aerial flip do dodge them, then slapped his symbol and became Scorch, then started letting off fire rings at me like a machine guy. I launched myself off the dome and became Bloodlust, nailing him in the face and slamming him to the ground.
Bloodlust: "You've got to be kidding me, Ben, street level? Do these people know who I am?" He sent a huge fireball into my chest, making me shriek in pain and fly away from him.
Scorch Ben: "Actually, they don't know who you are. I thought that was the whole point of the mask, to keep your identity a secret." I paused when I realized he was right. I've actually been doing a pretty good job of keeping my secret identity this time around. The only people from home that know are Ellie and Lola. And that Sculptor guy, still don't know what to make of him. I hadn't given much thought to revealing who I am to people off-world but I have been wearing my costume pretty much since we got here so maybe being completely secret is the best thing.
Outside of the dome, Whis yawned.
Whis: "This battle is boring. I would have never thought that a final battle between two shape-shifters who be so...slow. Unless they are..." He grinned, "Holding back."
He warped off.
Back inside the dome, I was Brickhouse, a form I got from Kyle. I was basically Brick from Powerpuff Girls with red and black colors and the symbol on a chain around my neck. I shot eye beams at Ben, who was Armodrillo. He blocked the beams with his arm.
Brickhouse: "So who are the Ultimates, anyway?" He made his drill arm spin and drilled into the ground, popping up behind me and nailing me across the the back of the head. I went flying, but recovered in mid-air.
Armodrillo Ben: "Only the best of the best. A team of the strongest heroes from each section of the universe! They come together to handle bad guys who could threaten the universe as a whole." I chuckled.
Brickhouse: "We used to handle those kind of threats every other stop, back on the road trip." Ben laughed.
Armodrillo Ben: "No kidding. Times have really changed, dude. There's some crazy stuff in the universe now." Before I could even think about what he said, Whis warped in with a grin on his face.
Whis: "Suspend the 'battle' for one moment, finalists." I raised an eyebrow at him. Ben's Ultimatrix symbol made the time out noise and he reverted to normal.
Ben: "Looks like I have no choice." I nodded and reverted to my normal costumed form too.
Trey: "Okay dude, what is so important that you'd stop a battle for? I thought naming a champion was soooo important." Whis shot me a look.
Whis: "It is important, Arsenal. So important that I cannot allow any attempt at heroics to get in the way of a champion being named." My eyes got wide and Ben looked confused.
Ben: "Arsenal, what is he talking about?" I didn't answer him, instead glaring at Whis.
Trey: "He found us out, Ben. He knows about the plan." Whis grinned.
Whis: "I sure did." He tapped his cane on the ground and in a flash of light, Logan, Ellie and Charity were all standing there with some kind of energy wrapped around them. Their mouths were covered too but they were awake. Whis threw something at me and I caught it with one hand. It was my Arsey tracer. I looked back at him.
Trey: "How'd you know?"
Whis: "Your previous battles have all had you showcasing immense strength all at once. When I noticed that you and the Ultimatrix wielder weren't fighting at anywhere near your full power, I knew that something was amiss." Ellie and I looked at each other. She didn't seem to be hurt and neither did Logan and Charity.
Ben: "What's the plan now, Arsey? I thought Whis would be distracted by the battle!" Whis chuckled.
Whis: "A pitiful plan indeed, Arsenal. Trying to stall me with a fake battle while the bionic freed your mate and the demon. How did you not think I would find you out?" I looked at Logan and he nodded. Then I smirked at Whis under my mask.
Trey: "You might wanna hold off on your villain of the year speech, my guy. That was never the plan." Ben looked at me.
Ben: "What?!" Whis' expression turned from smug to angry.
Whis: "WHAT?!" My eyes glowed red as I turned my hands into Beat Em' Up ones and sent out two yellow energy fists at Whis, knocking him back a few feet.
Trey: "That's a cue if I ever gave one, Logan." He nodded and his eyes glowed blue. Blue electricity powered up in his body and he burst out of the energy restraints. Then he used his eye beams to free the girls. Ellie immediately zoomed over to me at vampire speed and hugged me. I hugged her back tight.
Ellie: "Shape-shifter, are you alright? I thought something had happened to you." I looked at her and noticed she was about to cry. It breaks my heart that she was so worried about me, even though I was just as worried about her.
Trey: "I'm okay, love. How about you? I know Whis had you in some kind of disqualification torture." She shook her head and smirked at me.
Ellie: "Remember my cerebral telepathy power? Well, it acts as a mental shield that keeps outside forces from invading my head. Blue boy wanted to paralyze me, but I could move the whole time." I made the mouth part of my mask go away and kissed her. She kissed back and after a few seconds, we pulled away.
Charity: "She also extended it out to shield me so...thanks, Ellie." I looked at Ellie, who just glared at Charity and buried her face into my neck.
Logan: "I hate to interrupt, guys, but he's coming back." I suddenly felt a huge aura and White charged through the air at us out of nowhere. We all managed to dodge and Whis hovered in mid-air.
Whis: "Ah, I see, get the whole team together. A smart tactic."
Trey: "You hear that, Overdrive? The guy with a giant rattle thinks we're smart." Logan chuckled.
Logan: "In this instance, he's right."
Ellie: "What are you guys talking about?" Charity smiled and shook her head.
Charity: "Sounds like an Arsenal and Overdrive hero team up." I grinned and nodded at her.
Trey: "You see, after I totally cleaned Logan's clock and before I knocked him out, I used a mental link that Logan established back when I fought Hit." Logan nodded.
Logan: "We had a feeling that Whis would find Arsenal's tracer so we made a plan anticipating that he did. He got the whole team here and we take Whis down." Charity looked at me.
Charity: "You sure you want to fight with your old team, Arsey? You seem to like it on Tetris Nova." I nodded.
Trey: "As much as I love being a solo hero, we'll always be stronger together." We all looked at Whis, who smiled slightly and shook his head.
Whis: "It was, like I said, a smart tactic, Doppelganger. However, your combined efforts are still not enough." He powered up in a white aura and we all prepared for his attack. Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and looked around.
Whis: "Oh no." I raised an eyebrow at him until I suddenly felt an IMMENSELY strong aura. Charity clutched her head in pain.
Charity: "AHH! Whatever that is, it's...the most powerful aura I've ever felt." Everyone's eyes got wide.
Ben: "Whoa!" Ellie looked at me.
Ellie: "Is that true for you too, hon'?" I didn't say anything, not wanting to admit it was. I simply nodded. Logan just stayed quiet. I turned my legs into Godspeed ones and zoomed over to Whis, then turned my hand into a Biohazard smack hand and grabbed him by the throat.
Trey: "What the fuck is going on, Q-Tip? What could possibly have an aura that strong?" Whis looked at me sadly and shook his head.
Whis: "I have run out of time...I have not found a champion in time." Right as he said that, a huge vortex opened up, making purple lightning start to strike everywhere. Out of the vortex came an alien that resembled a purple Egyptian cat. He had on a black armor piece around his neck and baggy blue pants. He also had a tail and yellow eyes with small black pupils.
Cat alien: "Whis, it is about time I found you. Where have you been?" We all looked at Whis, who stood up straight.
Whis: "I told you, Lord Beerus, I needed to find a champion for the...event." My eyes got wide and I looked at Beerus. This is the guy who Whis works for?
Trey: "You're Lord Beerus? I was expecting some huge bad ass beast, not something that needs a litterbox." Beerus stopped talking to Whis and looked at me.
Whis: "Uh oh." The others all gulped as Beerus walked right up to me and looked into my goggles.
Beerus: "You're a Doppelganger." I smirked under my mask.
Trey: "Good, you're not as dumb as you are ugly." Beerus chuckled.
Beerus: "I do not know who you are, masked one. But I do not wish to make the Doppelganger race go completely extinct again so please..." He held up his finger and unleashed a blast so powerful that it felt like my body was being hit by an entire planet. I went flying back and crashed into the glass dome, "Do not be so mouthy."
Ellie, Logan, Ben and Charity: "ARSENAL!" Ellie made her wings come out and flew over to check on me.
Ellie: "Are you alright, honey?" I smiled up weakly at her.
Trey: "They are putting something different in that cat food." She gigged and held me tightly in her arms.
Beerus looked at the others.
Beerus: "I assume one of these beings is your champion." He stopped when he got to Ben and grabbed his left wrist. He pulled his hoodie sleeve back, revealing his Ultimatrix.
Ben: "Hey! Hands off the merchandise, dude!" Beerus looked at the Ultimatrix in awe, then looked at Ben.
Beerus: "An Ultimatrix! The most powerful and...destructive tool in the universe. Attached to a human." Ben glared at him.
Ben: "Hey!" Charity looked at Logan.
Charity: "Didn't people say the same thing when they found out the Omnitrix was attached to Tr-Arsenal?" Logan chuckled a bit and nodded.
Logan: "I can see their concern." Ben and I glared at him.
Trey and Ben: "HEY!" Beerus grinned at Ben.
Beerus: "Whis, I don't care you the winner of you contest was, the Ultimatrix wielder is our champion!" Everyone's eyes got wide but I grinned at Ben under my mask.
Trey: "Hell yeah, Benji! Who's the champ?" Ben smirked and looked at his Ultimatrix.
Ben: "I'm the champ." Before anyone could say anything else, Whis clapped his hands and warped over to where Beerus was standing.
Whis: "Well, it has been fun! Ben Tennyson, you will be called upon when you are needed. All of you are free to go!" Everyone looked at each other confused and I stood up, turning my legs into XLR8 ones and zooming over to him.
Trey: "What's the catch, chalk head? You were hell-bent on keeping everyone here before." Logan nodded.
Logan: "Yeah, what's your hurry now?" Whis glanced down at Beerus, who had his arms folded, staring into space.
Whis: "I do not have time to explain. It is just very important I get Lord Beerus away from here as soon as possible." He opened up another vortex and prepared to push Beerus through it.
Beerus: "It is good news that we have found a suitable champion. Now you can assist me with my project." Whis pushed him through the vortex and my eyes got wide. That's why the name Beerus sounded familiar!
Trey: "Wait!" He turned my hands into Web Head ones and tried to shoot two web lines at them, but the vortex closed, "Son of a bitch."
Logan: "What's your problem, Arsenal? Beerus basically solved this whole problem for us."
Charity: "And made Ben the championof the universe!" Ben smirked.
Ben: "Bet you've never been that, Unc. That's Changeling at 1 and Arsenal at like.."
Ellie: "One million." Everyone laughed and Ellie pulled me to the side, away from everybody else. Charity watched us as we left.
Trey: "What's up, bloodsucker?" She raised an eyebrow at me.
Ellie: "How about you tell me, baby cakes? We just survived the contest, I thought you'd be doing your cute dance." I sighed and made my costume go away. I opened my mouth to say something but before I could.
Paradox: "I think your work here is quite finished, young Tremaine." Ellie and I turned to him and Ellie hissed, baring her fangs.
Ellie: "Watch out, baby cakes, I got this one." I chuckled a bit and wrapped my arms around her waist, then picked her up and placed her behind me, her pouting the whole time. After that, I turned to Paradox.
Trey: "Sorry about that, forgot about the memory wipe." He chuckled and shook his head.
Paradox: "It is quite alright, young hero. I am here to bring you all back to Tetris Nova so that the others may return home." Ellie smiled wide at him and wrapped her arms around my neck.
Ellie: "Woo hoo, we're going home!" I laughed and the others looked back at us. Ben and Logan's eyes got wide and they ran over to us, charity walking up after.
Ben: "Professor Paradox, you're here. We haven't seen you in so long." I chuckled to myself. We all actually worked with him recently but he doesn't exactly remember that. Yeah, long story...
Paradox: "Indeed, young Benjamin. It has also come to my attention that you are this universe's champion. Congratulations." Ben smiled and nodded at him. Logan rolled his eyes.
Logan: "You said you can get us home, right? Can you do that?" Paradox nodded.
Paradox: "Why, of course. I will bring you all back to Tetris Nova and you can all continue from there." Everyone nodded and Paradox looked at me, "May I speak with you?"
I nodded and we walked away from the others.
Trey: "Everything alright, Doctor Who?"
Paradox: "For now. I just wanted to stop you from revealing too much about Beerus before it is time. I know you have figured it out." I gave him a confused look.
Trey: "Why not? Don't you think everyone deserves to know?"
Paradox: "Some information just isn't meant to be disclosed until a certain time, Trey. Your encounter with future Victor Gold gave you insight on the future but that does not mean everyone has to know." I sighed and nodded. I guess we don't have to worry about Beerus right now so there's no reason to worry everyone anyway.
Trey: "Fine."
Paradox: "There is something else I have been meaning to discuss with you, by the way. With young Stanley present during our last encounter, there wasn't an opportunity." I nodded.
Trey: "Okay, lay it on me." Paradox gave me a serious look.
Paradox: "It is about the planet you currently reside on, Tetris Nova."
Trey: "I know of it. What about it?"
Paradox: "I was going through timelines and in every possible one, you are on Earth. In no future are you residing on Tetris Nova." I thought about what he was saying.
Trey: "But, how the hell is that even possible? I live on Tetris Nova, there has to be some possible future where I stay there. Right?" I looked at Paradox, seeing that he was giving me a sad look.
Paradox: "I'm afraid that is not always the case. You see, when something does not exist in any possible timeline, that usually means that this has...no future. In this timeline or in any." My eyes got wide as I looked at him, processing his words.
Trey: "No future? Paradox, please don't tell me you're saying what I think you're saying." He nodded slowly.
Paradox: "I'm sorry, Trey, there is no way to save Tetris Nova. The planet is doomed to die." I looked past him, at Ellie. She was smiling and joking around with Ben. She playfully punched him on the arm and I smiled, then looked back at Paradox.
Trey: "Sorry Paradox, I know you're a Time Walker and all. But I have people to fight for, including a whole bunch of people on that planet so I don't care if there isn't a timeline where Tetris Nova survives." My eyes glowed red as I smirked, "We'll create one."
Paradox shook his head.
Paradox: "Alright, let us take our leave."
A short time later, we were all back on Tetris Nova, on top of my apartment building. The Omni-Ship was running, with the ramp down as Ben and Logan stood in front of it.
Trey: "You sure you guys are gonna be alright?" They both nodded.
Ben: "Yeah Treez, don't sweat it. With my champion status, I can make sure nobody comes after us because of you anymore."
Logan: "And since the tournament was broadcast all over the galaxy, everybody knows the 'new' Arsenal of Tetris Nova is NOT on Earth. Your alter ego may be getting a lot more attention, brother." Ellie and I looked at each other, her smirking at me. I frowned for a second, but quickly smiled when she interlocked our fingers.
Trey: "If they really did watch the tournament, they'd know that it's not a good idea to mess with me." Ellie nodded in agreement. There was a beep from inside the Omni-Ship we all turned to look at it.
Robotic voice: "Incoming transmission from Marian and Victor Gold. They ask 'When are you coming home, Daddy?'. Would you like to respond?" Logan looked back at Ellie and I quickly.
Logan: "The fam calls. It's been...fun, Trey. I might actually call you to help with Team Arsenal business." I rolled my eyes.
Trey: "We're Team Arsenal, you guys can't be Team Arsenal too!" Ellie nodded.
Ellie: "Yeah, that'd be very confusing for the bad guys." I chuckled.
Logan: "Well, what do you suppose we call ourselves? We've been going by Team Arsenal since we started." I thought about it but couldn't come up with anything. Then, Ben got an idea.
Ben: "Hey, what about the Champions? It makes sense since we're the champions of Earth and since I'm the universe's champion." Logan and I looked at each other and he shrugged.
Logan: "Sounds good to me." I nodded and looked at Ellie.
Ellie: "Champions. Sounds like the name of a cereal brand. But cool enough for you guys." I laughed and they rolled their eyes.
Ben: "Then it's settled. From now on, we're the Champions." There was another beep and Logan looked anxious.
Logan: "Sounds great. Now, I really want to get home to my family so I'll be in the ship. Brother,see you later." He hugged me at super speed and gave a quick nod to Ellie, then zoomed up the ramp. Ben chuckled and shook his head, then smirked at me.
Ben: "Always a fun time, Arsenal." I smirked back.
Trey: "I have a feeling there'll be more fun ahead, Changeling." We dapped each other up with our left hands and for a brief moment, my Ultimatrix muscle and his Ultimatrix met. We hugged and Ben shot a wink at Ellie, who playfully bared her fangs at him. He chuckled and walked up the ramp.
Ellie: "Alright honey, ready to go inside?" I shook my head.
Trey: "Not yet, love. There's still something I have to deal with." I nodded my head toward Charity, who was leaning over the edge of the building. Ellie's eyes turned into cat eyes when she looked at her.
Ellie: "Oh. Her. Shape-shifter, there's something I have to tell you.." I nodded but kissed her on the lips.
Trey: "We can talk about it in a few, doll. Go in the apartment and I'll meet you there." She looked up at me and nodded, kissing me again.
Ellie: "Okie dokie, honey. See ya in a few." She zoomed down the fire escape. I sighed and walked over to Charity, leaning on the edge next to her.
Trey: "You know, the purple really does suit you." She turned her head to look at me and giggled a little.
Charity: "Trey Sergauson, when did you become some a charmer. Oh lemme guess, it came with the shimmy." We laughed for a minute, but she quickly frowned.
Trey: "Look Chare, I...it's just...damn." She raised an eyebrow at me and it was then that I really got a good look at her. She was still beautiful, that hadn't changed. But being a demon definitely changed her, made her more confident and sure of herself. She's still Charity, though.
Charity: "What?" I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly.
Trey: "It's just that...I've practiced what I was going to say to you over and over and now that it's time to tell you, I'm at a total fucking blank." She giggled, but turned to me and gave me a serious look.
Charity: "Trey, you don't have to say anything. I'm not mad." To say I was shocked as hell would be an understatement.
Trey: "You're not?! Then what the hell was with the girl fight with Ellie? And she told me you denied her a chance for a cure." Charity sighed.
Charity: "I have my own reasons for not giving my DNA for a cure, Trey. Whether those reasons are right, I don't know yet. What matters now is that I was mad, really really mad. I thought you betrayed everything we'd been through as a couple and as best friends. I thought you made a mistake and ran away like a stupid boy." I looked at the ground and she continued, "But then I saw you again."
I looked up at her.
Trey: "Huh?"
Charity: "More specifically, I saw you with Ellie. The way you look at each other, the way she encourages you, how you want to make sure she's safe. Trey, your life was in danger all day and all you could think about was making sure Ellie was okay." That's when my eyes went back to the ground, but was blushing this time.
Trey: "Do you have a point or are you trying to embarrass me?" She rolled her eyes.
Charity: "Treez, you're obviously totally in love with that vampire. And seeing you with her made me realize that you belong with someone who is going to bring out the best in you. If that's Ellie, I can't stand in the way." I looked up at her again, seeing that she was smiling at me.
Trey: "You mean that?" She nodded and wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling me in for a hug.
Charity: "Yeah dude, we're way better off as best friends anyway. You ever disappear like that again, though, and I'm using one of my chains as a leash." I laughed and hugged her back. After a second, we let go and she leaned in, slowly kissing my cheek. She moved her mouth to my ear after that.
Charity: "Be careful, Treezy. And let me know if you don't work out with the vampire. You really grew up, hero." She moved away from me and smiled, then walked up the ramp of the Omni-Ship. Her, Ben and Logan waved from the window and I waved back as the ship took off into the air.
I sighed in relief.
Trey: "What a long night. I thought not needing much sleep meant I wouldn't get tired." I headed toward the fire escape and started to climb down, "I'm sure as hell looking forward to it being just me and Ellie for the rest of the night. Maybe I'll see if what Charity said about me being in love with her is true. I definitely feel like it could be."
I opened up my window and climbed into our apartment.
Trey: "Bloodsucker, are you-" I stopped talking and froze in my tracks when I saw what was in front of me. There in my living room was Xavier Red. His eyes were light blue and he was pointing some kind of weapon at Ellie.
Xavier: "So, Trey Sergauson...Arsenal, eh?" I looked at him, then down at Ellie, then straight forward.
Trey: "Oh, man."
The end.
And, scene! Well, how was it? Episode 10 is a wrap and I told you it'd be a long one. The longest episode I've ever written and that goes for both series'. I wanted every character involved to have a decent amount of screen time so they're own individual sub-plots could be seen. Those sub-plots will be explored more next season, where the Champions will appear quite a bit. What do you guys think of the new team name? I figured they couldn't be Team Arsenal if Trey isn't on the team and the new name establishes them as a separate team than Trey's team. The next couple episodes will finish up the gang war arc and then it's the season finale. Those episodes will come out way sooner than this one did so don't worry. One more thing before we sign off; a friend of mine recently started writing on the site and is starting her own OC Omnitrix wielder story! Her name is Rocky and you can find her upcoming story, The Watch, on her account, RockyxRoad. I've been helping her out with some story elements and it seems like it's going to be dope. Check that out when it drops. Well, that's it, homies. This episode's question is below and as always, let me know what you think if you want. Peace!
This month's question: What do you think about Trey's showboating? Too arrogant or justified?
