And new chapter! So, sorry that it took to update, but my town was hit by a massive storm and shorted out the power in my house. I had no electricity for 3 whole days, luckily the power went on so, I can bring you this new chapter!...Anyway I don't own Ben 10, only my OC's
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY
{Episode 9: Be-Knighted}
The story starts at the Bellwood's local gym, where we see our faithful heroine standing in the middle of a boxing ring as she smirked confidently at her opponent, who turned out to be her cousin Mikey as he gave her a grin and cracked his knuckles.
"You know Mikey, it's really great that you drove all the way here just to help me train." She said with a grateful smile as he smirked at her amusedly and casually puts his hands on his pockets.
"Eh, it's no trouble."
"No, seriously you are doing me a huge favor." Vanessa said, while eyeing him carefully as they both started circling each other. "Kevin was supposed to spar for me today, but he said that he had other business to attend. I would've asked Ben or Gwen, but they were too busy training by themselves on the other side of the gym."
"Vanessa, relax. Is not that long of a drive, besides it gives me a great excuse to visit you again. It's been quite some time since we see each other, it's always good to catch up with my favorite cousin…no offense, Sabrina."
He said, while turning to Sabrina, who was doing her own unique version of training with Ship. Which consists of Ship taking the form of a tennis ball launcher as Sabrina stood in front him, while wearing a blindfold as she threw a thumbs up at her cousin's general direction.
"It's okay!" She said, before squealing in pain as Ship launched a tennis ball that hit her shoulder, thankfully at half of its original speed. "Ow!"
"Sabrina, stay focused! You need to clear your mind and let your senses override your body. Let your senses tell you when the tennis ball is coming and dodge!" Vanessa instructed as Sabrina nodded and tried to dodge the incoming tennis ball's…keyword "tried".
"Ow!"
She yelped as a tennis ball hit her knee.
"Ow!"
She yelped again as a tennis ball hit her chest.
"Ow!"
She yelped once again as a tennis ball hit her stomach and caused her to double over as she fell on the ground and covered her face as Ship continued pelting her with tennis balls.
"I know that I'm technically the grownup and I shouldn't laugh, but this is too hilarious." Mikey said, while doubling over in laughter at the sight of Sabrina being buried alive by tennis balls.
"OW! THIS ISN'T WORKING! OW! SHIP! OW! STOP!" Sabrina screamed, while holding out her hands as Ship beeped at her worriedly and transformed back to his normal form.
"Are you okay?" Vanessa asked worriedly as Sabrina angrily took off her blindfold and stood up.
"No, I'm not fine. That really hurt! Why am I doing this again?!"
"Hey, you were the one who wanted to be trained. I'm just doing what you wanted."
"By having Ship throw tennis balls at me?!"
"No…well, yes, but that is beside the point. You see Sabrina, since you're only 9 years old, you're punches and kicks won't work on a full grown man, much less an alien. So, for now your training will focus mainly on enhancing your senses and reflexes in the same way that our uncle taught me."
"Yeah, well, it still hurt." Sabrina pouted.
"Hey, if you think dodging tennis balls are hard, then try dodging shuriken's. Is not as easy as it looks and I should now, I have the scars to prove it."
She said as she lifted up her shirt and Sabrina face went paled at the sight of the numerous old scars littered across her body as Sabrina slowly turned to Ship and put on her blindfold.
"Let's do this again, but please try to go slower this time." Sabrina says as Ship nodded and transformed back into a tennis ball launcher.
"Shuriken's, huh?" Mikey asked to Vanessa, who nodded to him as he threw his head back and let out a long sigh.
"Yeah, that sounds like my old man, alright. Sorry you have to go through that." He said apologetically as Vanessa waved off his apologies and smiled.
"Its fine, you don't have to be sorry about that. I was the one who accepted his offer on swordsmanship training, without thinking of the consequences. And besides his training did pay off, I'll show you!"
She said with a mischievous grin as she charged at him and grabbed him by his wrist as she leaned over to him and bend his arm forwards. Causing him to scream in pain as Vanessa used the distraction to sweep him under his legs and managed to make him crash on the ground.
"That was just one of the many things that you're dad taught me." Vanessa said with a smug look on her face as Mikey let out a laugh and spat blood from out of his mouth.
"That was a very good move, Vanessa. But you're forgetting one thing."
"What?"
She asked as Mikey quickly leaped up from the ground and roundhouse kicked her stomach. Causing Vanessa to fall on the ground as she hissed in pain and held her bruise stomach.
"You forget that dad taught me a few things too." Mikey said with a laugh as Vanessa glared at him and stood up from the ground as she cracked her neck.
"Alright, tough guy. Let's see what you got!" She screamed as she rushed at her cousin and threw a serious of rapid punches. All of which he blocked with ease as he grabbed her fist and punched her jaw, before turning around as he raised his leg and threw an axe downwards kick.
"So, anyway I wanted to ask you something. Can you please explain to me, what Ship is? Because all that Sabrina told me was that he was her new…pet, but I'm still confused on what he really is."
He asked as Vanessa crossed her arms into an "X" and raised her hands as high as she could to block his kick. Vanessa gritted her teeth as the force of the kick stings her arms and caused her to bend down as Mikey grinned at her. Vanessa huffed at him as she used all of her strength to push her cousin off, before dashing at him as she delivered a palm strike at his chest, before giving him a killer uppercut that threw him in the air and crash against the ropes of the boxing ring.
"Well, since you said please I will tell you. Ship is an alien symbiote and his species are called The Galvanic Mechamorph's. They have the power to control machines and can apparently turn into one."
She said, while rushing at her cousin as Mikey spin around and threw a kick at her. Vanessa quickly stepped aside to avoid the kick as she leaped up and threw a heel kick that manage to hit his temple and caused him to fall down flat on the ground.
"The story of how we found Ship is complicated. You remember, when I told you that me and Ben went on our first date?"
"Yeah, you won't stop talking about it for weeks."
He said with a chuckle as he remembered the countless hours that his cousin talked about her amazing date and how she wish she can go to another one. Vanessa smiled at him, before raising her leg as she was about to stomp her foot on his chest and declare victory, when suddenly Mikey rolled out of the way and leaped a few feet away from her as they glanced at each other, before glaring determinedly as they circled each other again.
"Well, after Ben and me had our date. Ben's Omnitrix started beeping and suddenly a strange symbiote-like alien appeared out of nowhere and started attacking us. We fought with it for a while, before figuring out that he wasn't really out to attack us. He was just leading us to his master, since he needed help and Ship thought that we were plumbers by our alien devices. We followed Ship into the forest and saw a Galvanic Mechamorph trapped under the debris of his ship that was rigged to explode for some reason. Thankfully Ben saved us by turning into Humoungousaur and threw the bomb into space…it was actually kind of hot."
She said with a perverted smile as her cousin gave her a blank stare and charged at her, while she was distracted by her perverted fantasy. Thankfully her enhanced hearing saved her from being hit as she bends down and threw a back fist at his stomach, causing him to spat out blood as he fell on the ground and cringed as he felt a few of his bones break.
"Anyway long story short, we fixed his ship and as a reward he gave us, Ship. Sabrina took an instant liking to him and we had Ship ever since." She said as she walked over to him and was about to declare victory again, when suddenly Mikey grabbed her wrist and threw her on the ground as he jumped on top of her and pinned her to the ground.
"Hmm, Interesting. So, Ship is Sabrina's pet, huh? With that little alien by her side, Sabrina will be very helpful to you guys in missions." He says as Vanessa wiggled in his grip and manage to get her left hand free as she quickly threw a quick jab at his ribs, causing him to loose his hold as she rolled them over and now she was on top of him.
"Yeah, he has been extra helpful so far. I mean sure, he was a handful at first. Always taking over various machines in the RV, always barking at our mailman or popping in my shoes, but after a while he learned how to behave."
She said, before raising an eyebrow in confusion as she and Mikey heard a surprised squeak coming from behind them as they turned to look at Sabrina and saw her being licked in the face by Ship. Who was back in his original form as he continued licking his master's face uncontrollably, while ignoring the young girl's plead to stop...even though she was clearly loving on the account of her giggles.
"…Well, sometimes." She said with a nervous chuckle as Mikey sweat dropped at the scene. "But, after Ben gave me a book on how to domesticate dogs. Handling Ship has gotten really easier." She said with a cheerful smile as Mikey raised an eyebrow at the mention of Ben and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
"You know that reminds me, I haven't talked to Tennyson about your guy's new relationship, yet. Maybe after our spar, I should go and have a talk with him." He said with a devious grin as Vanessa narrowed her eyes at him in silent anger and slammed his head on the floor.
"Michael Akeno Cunningham! I know the look, there is no need for you to be concern! Ben is not like other boys! He won't hurt me, so please don't scare him off!" She pleaded as Mikey gave her a sly look, before grabbing her waist with his legs as he threw her off and stood up.
"Aw, come on! I'm just going to talk to him, what's the big deal?" He asked as Vanessa huffed at him and stood up as she placed her hands on her hips.
"The big deal is that every time that a new boy remotely likes me, you always manage to scare him off before we even talk! Thank goodness that you weren't around, when Ben asked me out!" She screamed as Mikey crossed his arms and a dark look appeared on his face.
"Vanessa, you know what happened the last few times you dated someone. I Just don't want to see you cry again." He said as Vanessa soften and sighed exhaustedly.
"Look I know what happened last time, and the time before that, but still I'm a big girl now! I think I'm old enough to know if a boy is a jerk or not, so please just trust me, okay?" She asks, while giving him her puppy dog look as Mikey stared at her for a few minutes, before sighing as he threw his head back and nodded.
"Okay, okay, if you don't want me to talk with Ben, I won't."
"Really?" She asked hopefully.
"Yes…I will interrogate him instead." He said with a smirk as Vanessa face went red with anger and fumes came out of her ears as she clenches her hand into fist and was about to deliver a fatal punch, when suddenly the doors of the gym open and Kevin poked his head in.
"Hey, Cunningham's how is it going?" He said, while casually walking in as he jumped on the boxing ring and grabbed Vanessa by her arm. "Good? Great, come on Vanessa, mission time." He said hurriedly, while pulling Vanessa out of the ring as she looked up to him and gave him a confused look.
"Hey, wait! Where are we going? And what about training? I just barely started and I was about to kick Mikey's ass!" She screamed as Kevin gave her an impatient look and pulled her over to the exit.
"You can kick his butt later, for now we have a mission to do."
"Yo, Kevin! Can Sabrina and I come with?" Mikey said, causing Kevin to let out an irritated sigh, before nodding reluctantly.
"Yeah, sure whatever. But first we need to find Ben and Gwen." He said as Mikey perked up at the mention of Ben and grinned.
"Ben, huh? I been meaning to have a talk with him." He said, not noticing the angry look Vanessa was giving him as he turned to Sabrina, who was finally spared of Ship's licking and was now rubbing his tummy. "Yo, Sabrina! Training is over, is mission time!"
"Cool, come on Ship let's go!"
She says as Ship nodded and jumped out of her lap as he and Sabrina walked over to them and together, the group went to find the Tennyson's. After a few minutes of searching, they found Ben and Gwen training by themselves at the far end of the gym...well it was more like Ben training by himself by punching a punching bag, while Gwen supervised him.
Vanessa and Mikey cringed at Ben's sloppy technique, which consists of just throwing random punches and hoping that he land a good hit. They could tell that Ben had at least some training, which obviously came from Gwen teaching him some of her moves, but it seems that Ben wasn't take it seriously like she or they do, since he is just punching the punching bag without any form or technique.
"I mean, it's great to have the Omnitrix and all, but there might come a time when it's not enough!" He said to Gwen, who was only paying half-attention as Ben continued punching the punching bag. "Got to expand my repertoire!"
"You're repertoire?" Gwen asked confusedly.
"Yeah. Hya!"
He said as he leaped up and threw a foutté kick at the punching bag. Those of you who don't know what foutté is, Ben just simply perform a roundhouse kick, while making sure that he hit the punching bag's side with the tip of his toe.
"That's Savate, and this is Karate!" He said, while punching the punching bag two times as Gwen rolled her eye's at him.
"I know, Ben. I thought it to you." She says as Ben jumped a few feet away from the punching bag and started jumping up and down.
"Yeah? Well, here's some good old Marquess of Queensberry boxing!"
He says as Gwen shook her head at him, before grinning mischievously as she pushed the punching bag over to Ben and with no time to react, the punching bag made contact with his jaw and knocked him to the floor. Vanessa giggled at the sight of Ben getting his ass kicked by a punching bag as Ben stood up and instead of getting mad at his cousin, a light bulb appeared on top of his head and he grinned widely.
"Good idea! Head butt!" He screamed as he lowered his head and charged head straight into the punching bag, but thankfully he was stopped by Gwen.
"He is a keeper." Mikey said cheekily as Vanessa crossed her arms and glared at her cousin. After a while of hearing Gwen and Ben talk, Kevin decided that he had enough as he threw open the doors and walked in.
"Okay, fun's over. I just set up a meeting for Ben."
"With who?" Ben asked as Kevin grabbed him by his arm and dragged him over to the exit.
"It's important, come on."
"With who, Kevin?" Gwen asked with a strict tone, stopping Kevin in his tracks as he sighed and turned to his friends.
"Um…with the Forever Knights." He said with a nervous smile as the others gasped in shock and Ben got out of Kevin's grip.
"No way!" Gwen screamed.
"Are you crazy!?" Ben said, while looking at Kevin like he lost his mind.
"Hold it, hold it. They're in trouble." He said as Vanessa shook her head in confusion and waved her arms.
"Wait, wait, wait! Refresh my memory, but didn't you guys say that they were the bad guys?" Vanessa asked as the others nodded. "So, why do we care if they're in trouble?"
"Yeah, she's right. They aren't exactly friends of ours." She said as Ship suddenly let out a beep and sniffed the air curiously, before leaping out of Sabrina's arms as he started making his way over to Kevin.
"Ship? Where are you going?" Sabrina asked, while following Ship as the others continued on with their conversation.
"Now, hold on everybody. If the Forever Knights are indeed enemies of yours, then don't you think is suspicious that they are asking for your help?" Mikey asked as Kevin nodded.
"Exactly. Aren't you guys curious? They must've had a good reason, let's go see what they want." He said, not noticing that Ship slithering behind him as he sniffed his pants and growled.
"Wait a minute. They paid you didn't they?" She said as she and the others gave him blank looks.
"Aw, that hurts. Don't you think I ever do something out of the goodness of my hear-hey, what the hell!?" He said, before suddenly letting out a surprised scream as Ship jumped on Kevin's leg and started looking for something. "Sabrina! Tell your mutt to get off me!"
"Sorry, Kevin! Ship, you let go of him this instant!" She screamed, but Ship ignored her as he poked his head into Kevin's pocket and pulled out a small piece of alien tech.
"Hey! Give that back, you mangy mutt!" He screamed, while grabbing the small alien machine as he and Ship started playing tug-of-war with it and for some reason was Ship winning, much to Kevin chargin. "I said LET. IT. GO!" He screamed as Ship did what he commanded and let go, causing Kevin to fall on the ground as his team circled around him and glared at him. "Uh, this isn't what it looks like."
"Oh, so you're telling me that you didn't get the alien tech by trading with the Forever Knights." Gwen said with a raised eyebrow.
"...Okay, so it is how it looks like." Kevin said with a weak grin as Gwen rolled her eyes at him.
"Kevin!"
"He's got a point, though. If the Forever Knights are desperate enough to ask me for help, we should at least hear what they got to say." Ben said.
"Still smells like trap, though. I'm not sure if this a good idea." Vanessa said as Ben smiled at her and held her hand.
"Don't worry, if anything happens I will protect you." Ben said, causing Vanessa to blush heavily as Gwen, Kevin, Sabrina and Ship were looking at the couple with sly looks, while Mikey narrowed his eye at the oblivious teen.
"G-Good to know, Ben. Let's g-go."
Vanessa stammered, while not making contact with him as she and the others headed out. Ben smiled and was about to follow them, when suddenly he was pulled away from the group by Mikey, who was giving him a predator-like look as he placed his hands on his pockets.
"Hey, Tennyson. Why don't you and me have a talk, before we head out." He said as Ben gulped from the look the older teen was giving him and smiled meekly.
"Uh, sure. What did you wanted to talk about?"
"Well, I heard from Vanessa that you guys are dating now, right?" He asked as Ben slowly nods his head. "Well, I just want to say that since I'm technically Vanessa's legal guardian, I'm responsible to what happens to her. And since she seems to be happy around you, I will give you my permission to date my cousin."
"Oh, well...thanks that means a lot." Ben says, surprised that the older teen wasn't going to hurt him as he was about to walk away, when suddenly Mikey stopped him.
"Oh, and one more thing. Vanessa may have never told you this, but she had a terrible luck in dating boy's. She only manage to go on a few date's with two boys, both of which broke her heart for vary reasons. Either, because she was flat chested or short, it doesn't matter. But what does matter is that since she speaks highly of you and you two have been dating for 3 weeks, I'm going to trust her judgement and let you two continue with your relationship."
He said, before roughly grabbing Ben by his collar as he leaned closer to his face and glared viciously at the poor shaking teen.
"But, if I hear that you made my cousin cry, even once. I will find you and not even your Omnitrix will protect you from my wrath! Do I make my self clear?" He said with a demonic voice as Ben nodded quickly and Mikey let him go. "Good. Now, come on. Lets go, before Vanessa ask questions."
He said as he walked out of the Gym, leaving behind a shivering Ben as he held his chest tightly and breathed heavily. Ben quickly placed his hand on the wall as he tried to catch his breath and wondered if Vanessa's cousin is secretely the devil?
{Time Skip}
The story then skipped as we cue at the Forever Knight's castle, where see the team following a blonde teen as he guided them through the hall's of the Forever Knight's castle. Earlier on, they saw a young boy standing beside the front gate as he walked over to them and introduced himself as Squire, before leading them into the castle.
"That's the most ridiculous story I have ever heard!" He says, after hearing Squire telling him the reason on why the Forever Knight's needed his help.
"Yeah, I mean it does sounds kind of farfetched." Mikey added in.
"No, it's all true. Everyone thinks dragons are creatures of myth, fiction, but they're real. At least one was, and is."
"Did you say 'is'?" Ben asked as Squire turned to the tapestry that was hanging beside them and started retelling an old tale.
"A thousands of years ago a handful of knights battled a giant fire-breathing dragon. They were the king's greatest warriors, but even they couldn't finish it off. All they could do was trap it and then build a stone fortress around it. Years went by. Dozens of farfetched dragon legends sprang up. But all the while, the knights passing the custody of the real beast down from father to son to grandson. Unfortunately, the dragon was invulnerable to every new weapon we tried on it. The latest was alien quantum-disassembler canon, we had high hopes for it and still do, but...the dragon escaped."
He said as the team stared at him dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what he said. Not only did they found out that dragons are real, one is released into the open world. There was no telling what kind of chaos that thing will bring to the city or how the populace will react to see a real fire-breathing dragon.
"Ben, we need you to help us."
"You're saying you want me to be part of all this? Be a knight?" Ben asked as his team gave Squire quizzical looks.
"Yes, Ben. Join us on our most noble causes." He said, while spreading out his hands dramatically.
"Do I get some of that cool armor?"
"Can I have one too?" Sabrina asked as she and Ben smiled childishly at the thought of dressing up like real knights.
"What is with you?" Gwen asked Ben, shocked at how he accepted the offer so easily without thinking ahead.
"What do you mean?"
"You see a bunch of old swords and axes and you're ready to jump in and start playing knight and shiny armor? There is still a lot, we don't know."
"Like?"
"Like, if there really is a dragon. I mean all they got for proof are these things."
Kevin said, while grabbing the tapestry as he pulled on it and it accidently rips apart.
"...Sorry." He said to Squire, who shrugged it off.
"Well, can I at least play knight and shiny armor? Ship can be the horse!" She said enthusiastically, while lifting Ship as he let out a scared beep. Not liking the idea of Sabrina riding him like a horse.
"Don't even think about it!" Vanessa said, while smacking Sabrina upside of her head as she glared at her. "Gwen and Kevin is right, there is still a lot we don't know. What if they are lying about the dragon? What if this was a trap?"
"Let me assure you that this isn't a trap and there is indeed a dragon, you have my word." A long haired man said, while appearing out of the shadows as he walked over to them. The man wore a knights armor, minus the helmet, with a red cape and the symbol of the Forever Knight's logo on his chest.
"Ben, Gwen, Kevin, Vanessa, Sabrina, Mikey-" Squire started, before getting interrupted by Sabrina as she glared at him.
"And Ship! Don't forget Ship!" Sabrina said, while holding her pet close to her chest as Ship beeped in agreement.
"...And Ship, this Connor, the greatest of all the Forever Knights!"
"At your service or whatever you guys say." Ben says as the man glared at him and stood straight.
"What I say, is that the Forever Knights do not have doubts. So, if you or your friends have any doubts, you don't belong with us." He says, rather rudely I might add, as Ben gave him an annoyed look .
"Hey, you're the one asking for help."
"Yeah, if you didn't have a problem then you shouldn't have called." Vanessa says, while standing by Ben's side as Connor glared at them.
"You insolent! The dragon will fall by my hand!"
"But, sir..." Squire said, before backing away in fear as Connor turned to him.
"You take the purity of our order, by bringing in this...this..."
"This what?" Ben said, while reaching for his Omnitrix as he and the others had a stare off with the rude knight.
"Choose your words carefully..." Vanessa said coldly, while bringing out her swords.
"Or else, things will get messy...for you that is." Mikey said, while cracking his knuckles menacingly as Squire came in between them and turned to Connor.
"My lord, it's the only way." He said as Connor was about to protest, when suddenly the alarms went on and blared across the castle.
"What's that?" Sabrina asked as Squire and Connor ran over to a computer to check what tripped the alarm.
"We been monitoring the military frequencies."
Squire said as he and the others checked the video feed and their, minus Connor, faces went pale as they saw a real life fire-breathing dragon taking down military planes with ease. The video feed was then cut-short as the dragon took out the last plane and everything went silent.
"Are you sure you don't need our help?" Ben asked cheekily as Connor huffed at him and looked away.
And done! Man that was not easy to do, especially since I had to research different martial arts moves for Vanessa and Mikey's spar. Speaking a which, I hope you guys like the way their fight went and yes, Vanessa and Mikey know martial arts. The reason they don't use it much is that Vanessa prefers to use her swords, while Mikey prefers to use his aliens strength and power.
Anyway as always, I will talk to you all later.
