In the planet, the party was over. Everyone returned home except the people who joined the mansion. Xana's death may have been a relief to them. But threats will keep on coming onto the surface terrorising the people they've vowed to protect. This convinced Ben 10 and the Lyoko warriors to found a new order: Code 10.

They did not go public with their alliance at first. But Odd's talkative nature spilling out a new formation had made brought Code 10 to the news.

Ben Tennyson used to relish his famousness for being a hero. This however changed when he fought battles such as the Highbreed, Malware, Vilgax, Kevin Levin who twice turned into a monster, Xana, and Aggregor. The enemies he fought made him realize important lesson: being famous or being a hero was never about having fun, it's about regarding the safety of trillions. This is what pushed Ben into making a decision that involved killing an uncontrollable Kevin Levin. Thankfully, he did not cross a line as Gwen convinced him not to.

The idea of forming Code 10 is a way for Ben to forgive himself for failing to save his best friend Rook, his grandfather, and his grandmother. Not for fun. Aelita and Ulrich understood why Ben formed the team. They felt sympathy for him just as Ben felt sympathy for them too. They've lost people close to them. But their unbreakable bonds will never keep them apart. At least Rook learned that lesson from Ben.

Ulrich, Aelita and Ben gazed the holograms of their deceased allies in a peaceful place. This place is intended to establish as a memorial for all fallen allies, even for former villains like Hex.

"Hurts to come here.", Ulrich said, crossing his arms.

"Yeah.", Ben agreed.

"Each victory, we don't get rewarded with happiness, only thunderous sorrow.", Aelita acknowledged. She learned the results of war from her numerous years of getting involved in wars. She even saw young superheroes from generations ago die.

They left the memorial place.

"Are you sure we can't convince you to stay with us?", Ben asked Aelita. Aelita had earlier told him about her pursuit a away from his planet. Ben has tried to convince Aelita to stay multiple times. He was not able to. Aelita made her decision.

"I'm sorry, Ben. You know this quest is important to me, I told you this.", Aelita said.

"You never told me what your quest is since you told me this earlier.", Ben recalled.

Aelita hesitates to tell Ben and Ulrich what her pursuit is. She believes it is the only way to protect them from the truth, or maybe she's doing it to make herself feel better. Either way, she'll know they would be safe.

As Aelita was about to say something, the three are interrupted by Ben's watch glowing green. "What now?", he said in annoyance.

"What is it?", Aelita asked regarding the watch's glowing. "Another alien detected, a call from the Plumbers or the team.".

Ben examined the cause of the green light glowing until a hologram of a map popped up catching the three by surprise. "The watch picked up a distress signal miles away from Bellwood. Shouldn't be an issue, must be a ship crashing from Photonspace.", Ben said. He turned, preparing to activate the watch's teleportation feature. "Since I know the coordinates, I can Boom Tube there and back.".

"Wait-", Aelita was too late to tell Ben to be careful as Ben had already entered the spiral portal.


A/N: If you don't what Boom Tube is it's a teleportation feature used by the characters from DC Comics.