At the time of posting this, I'm nearly done with season C. Neat.

He growled, tapping his free claw on the table. The building he was in had many more creatures than himself, all doing one thing or another. Part of his mask pulled back, revealing a mouth full of cheshire cat-like teeth, and he drank from the glass in his claw. When he placed it back down, the door opened. The mask went back into place as the figure entered. Some of the other patrons looked over to the figure as it walked over to him.

The figure was a massive orange skinned humanoid wearing dark solar-colored armor. Two horns came from near his jaws and pointed downwards and spikes decorated his armor. It stopped in front of the table he was at, took out a device and set it on the table.

"Hello, SevenSeven," the figure said.

"Vulkanus," he replied, staring at him. Vulkanus sat down across from the Sotoraggian with a thin yellow creature with dark yellow mask and wings and wearing a red uniform coming over to them.

"Would you like anything, sir?" the yellow creature purred, holding a tray under one arm.

Vulkanus looked at the creature and asked, "Do you have any liquid solar?"

"We have the cube and fragment variants of solid solar, but not liquid solar, sir," the creature answered.

Vulkanus hummed before saying, "I'll be fine." The creature nodded before floating off.

"What did you want to see me for, Vulkanus?" SevenSeven asked, tapping the glass on the table.

"In the Bounty Hunter Code set by Pyros and Galvan B, what is specified as an item retrieval and a guarding duty?" Vulkanus asked.

"Item retrieval is getting something someone ordered in advance or something was lost or left on a relatively dangerous planet but they can't get it themselves," SevenSeven started. "Bounty hunters can't guard stuff unless it's someone of royalty or high status like a president, but even then it always has to be more than one. And before you ask, the only times item guarding isn't illegal is if it's considered worth a million or more tayden per weighthold."

Vulkanus was silent for a moment before asking, "What if said item doesn't have value in taydens due to the planet not following the tayden system?"

"Translate the price into taydens, idiot," SevenSeven scoffed. "Not that hard with the Extranet tools out there."

"Earthen iron," Vulkanus stated.

"As far as I care, it's identical to Andesiton iron," Seven Seven replied.

"There's a difference between iron from Andesite and Earth," Vulkanus stated.

"Does it look like I care?" SevenSeven hummed.

"Mana," Vulkanus smirked. The Sotoraggian was silent, causing him to follow up, "Which means Earthen iron falls under the Mana Material Laws."

"The Bounty Hunter Code's Mana Amendment," SevenSeven replied.

"Oh?" Vulkanus inquired.

"Unless provided with an item that allows mana resistance by whoever hires them, bounty hunters aren't allowed to do missions involving mana," SevenSeven answered. "Makes up for the whole mana material loophole." Vulkanus then placed a starbit-shaped crystal covered in amber. The Sotoraggian glared at the item before gurgling, "The towerspark is this?"

"An Amberline Flower from Paleontamba," Vulkanus answered. When the Sotoraggian tilted his head, he elaborated, "Amberline items are charms made on Paleontamba for protection against different diseases and emitter-like powers. The Amberline Flower is protection against mana."

The Sotoraggian sighed and lowered his head a bit. A few seconds of silence from the two passed before SevenSeven hissed, "Fine, but I'm not forgetting the part you played in making TwoTwo go missing."

The Detrovite paused before grabbing the two items and standing up. He then said, "Meet me at the Omnium-Pourri Third-Tower Docks at the next Third-Tower peak." Vulkanus walked out of the building.

Once Vulkanus left, a Chimera Sui Generis muttered, "Spiteful Zhah."

Voices and movements of agreement were released, SevenSeven making a few as well.

-(...)-

Kevin stared at Styx and Belltail as they laughed a laugh that sounded like the embodiment of insanity and floated circles around each other.

"This wasn't the last thing I expected, but it's still somewhat surprising," EightEight gurgled.

"This is amazing!" Belltail cackled.

"No trace of fear!" Styx grinned. "No fear!"

"No fear!" Belltail chanted.

"This feels like Danny Phantom shenanigans," Kevin commented. The ghost-likes stopped and stared at him. "... What?"

"What's Danny Phantom?" Belltail asked.

"You haven't heard of Danny Phantom?" Kevin asked.

"No," Belltail replied.

"Ken mentioned it, but I haven't seen it at all," Styx added.

"What rock have you two been under?" Kevin asked.

"More into wildlife stuff," Belltail answered.

"I've never been into whatever Ken watches," Styx commented.

"What in Celestialsapiens are you three talking about?" EightEight asked, causing the three to look at her.

"She asked what we're talking about," Belltail relayed.

"Oh, there's this TV show that was released sometime two or three years ago called Danny Phantom, it's about ghosts," Kevin answered.

"Well, we have alien ghosts," Styx then commented.

Belltail cackled as EightEight commented, "Ectonurites and Anurian Shadows can be seen as ghosts." Kevin's face went red and he looked away.

"Uh… what now?" Styx asked.

Just then, something caused the ground to shake and the group froze. Once the quaking stopped, EightEight ran towards the exit. Styx snatched up Kevin before following Belltail and EightEight.

When the came to the main area, some of the others had come out as well, looking towards the ceiling of the cave.

Feraska noticed them and said, "I assume none of you know what happened either?"

"Nope," Belltail answered, EightEight nodding while Styx and Kevin made a noise of agreement. Feraska hummed slightly, holding his ID mask in his hands.

Tora and Malice came from around the corner, stopping near them. The redhead looked at Feraska and requested, "Can you make sure Ani and Beu don't do anything stupid? We're going to see what happened."

"Why of course," Feraska smiled. Malice eyed the Lewodan, silent.

"Can we follow?" Styx asked, allowing Kevin to get out of her grasp.

Tora started off again, saying, "Don't see why not~" Malice followed after her, somehow managing to get his mask on as he did so. With his mask on, he looked like a big, bipedal, fluffy white cat. Eight started after them, the Wyrmlings following.

Feraska laughed slightly as the odd mix left his sight. He then turned and faced Ani. The hybrid paused, causing Feraska to say, "I'm sure you heard your mother." Ani backed away on all fours, odd gloves on his hands, before he crawled away. Feraska sighed and followed the hybrid.

They came to a set of metal stairs dug into the side of the cave, the Wyrmlings stalling slightly before they followed Tora, Malice, and EightEight up. At the top, they came to what seemed like a closed off garage with windows near the ceiling. Tora put on her mask, making her appear as a typical tiger, EightEight doing the same. Belltail and Styx looked at each other as Kevin followed. The maybe-human held out their masks, the transformed humans taking them.

Allie showed up, perching on one of the vehicles as she asked, "Do any of you know what group uses a symbol that looks like a flame on a pillar in a pentagon?"

Tora and Malice tilted their heads at the same time as EightEight gurgled, "The Galactic Enforcers?" The three looked at the disguised Sotoraggian.

"Uh, she just said the Galactic Enforcers," Belltail relayed, "whatever that is…"

"Oh shit, the Galactic Enforcers?" Malice growled.

"Language," his wife snapped. Malice just released a massive grin at Tora, who stared disapprovingly at him.

"Can anyone answer who these Galactic Enforcer guys are?" Kevin prompted.

Malice dropped the grin and looked at the Wyrmlings. "Fair as I care, the Galactic Enforcers already had what the Plumbers are trying to do way before the Plumbers dipped their toes into that water."

"What he means is that the Galactic Enforcers are a large group that are basically intragalactic but intersystem police," Tora added.

"Plus, the Pyros-UltiMation Galactic Coderules exist," Malice added, shrugging slightly.

"Ulti…Mation? That's a dumb name if I've heard of one," Allie commented, putting on her mask.

"In UltiMation's defense, their naming system doesn't come close to how weird the naming system of Fulmas is and they just went with combining the names of two of the most famous creatures in their history for their planet name," EightEight shrugged.

Tora ignored the Sotoraggian and questioned, "Why are the Galactic Enforcers here, then? Especially this close to Sparksville."

"Kindog, do you think someone tipped the Galactic Enforcers on the whole non-human sapients on Earth thing?" Malice growled. Allie winced, one of her eyes closing in response.

"Even if someone did, there have been humans known to be part of the Plumbers. I'm sure you overheard that story the Solar Manzard told involving a human in the Plumbers," EightEight gurgled.

When Malice, Tora, and Allie did nothing in reply, Belltail repeated what the Sotoraggian said.

"I guess that's true," Allie shrugged.

"Then why are they here?" Tora repeated.

A knock at the door caused them to look over. "I'll… be right back," Allie stated, scampering towards the door.

Malice looked at the two ghost-likes and growled, "Hide." Belltail and Styx immediately followed the instructions, hiding under one of the vehicles in the area. Tora and EightEight went after Allie with Malice following.

Allie opened the door and stared at the three just outside. The first was a creature that appeared like a human, but with darkish pale purple skin, no hair whatsoever, pure white eyes, and a black mask-like thing around his eyes. The smallest was an octopus-like creature with its face and exposed brain inside of a fish tank. The largest was obviously a female Tetramand with long, black hair and golden eyes. They all wore a similar outfit, mainly being yellow with white accents and the symbol Allie described being somewhere on their person.

The first said, "Hello citizen."

Peregrine didn't say anything as Afri, Tiger, and Cornix came up behind her. Crow stayed in the background, looking at them as he stayed still.

The smallest took notice and questioned, "Did we interrupt anything?"

"Your ship landing hard as hell scared most of the town, that's for sure," Tiger snapped. The smallest and largest made nothing in reply but the first did stall slightly.

"K, why are you here?" Peregrine asked.

The first answered, "An illegal mining operation has been spotted on Earth, and as stated in the Mana Material Accords, we are obligated to arrest the ringleader. We were hoping if any of you got any sightings of a Detrovite named Vulkanus or the Sotoraggian bounty hunter he hired, SevenSeven."

Cornix squinted at them and asked, "Who's Vulkanus and SevenSeven?"

"Vulkanus is a large, human-like figure with orange skin and dark orange but not yet brown armor," the Tetramand started.

"And SevenSeven looks like a human in strange red armor," the smallest finished. "Both are male."

The four looked at each other, silent for a moment. They looked back and Peregrine replied, "Sorry, no one like that has come into this town recently."

The first muttered, "That's… odd. I'm sure the ship wasn't too far off…"

"They speak the truth, however," the smallest hummed. It then turned to them and said, "We're sorry for wasting your time. We shall leave."

"And don't forget about the Bounty Hunter Code's Mana Amendment," Afri snapped at them.

"Oh that's why," the Tetramand scoffed before trotting off. The smallest followed, the first quickly joining them once he realized they were walking.

Allie quickly shut the door. Immediately after, the disguised Planchakule asked, "Who were those three?"

"Belltail, come out, translations," EightEight gurgled, causing the Anurian Shadow to fade into existence next to her.

"... Were you right there the whole time?" Malice asked.

"No, came over when Sister Afri made that comment," Belltail answered.

The disguised Sotoraggian continued, "To answer your question Allie, at a glance, I would say those were members of the Oct-Peptos-Nemunimos Sector of the Galactic Enforcers. Can't imagine why natives from UltiMation, Khoros, and Encephalonus IV would not only be working together, but also on Earth."

"Sister EightEight said that those three were, at a glance, part of the Oct-Peptos-Nemunimos Sector of the Galactic Enforcers," Balltail relayed. Kevin came over as Styx snapped into existence next to Belltail.

"Why does the sector have such a long name?" Styx questioned, pink eye looking around.

Malice replied, "It has three different systems in the name: the Peptos System, the Nemun Tale System, and the Oct-One System."

"Oct-One is a better name than what they were suggesting before. How does Nona-One roll off the tongue, anyways?" Allie commented.

"Thanks, Pluto," Tora laughed.

"Wait, Oct-One is our solar system?" Kevin asked.

"From what I can tell, the moment you Earthlings started calling your solar system just 'the solar system', you gave up the rights to name your system, thus the rest of the universe calling it Oct-One," EightEight gurgled.

"What… happened to Pluto?" Styx asked.

"Dwarf planets," Tora answered, shrugging.

The Wyrmlings looked at each other as the Predatrix and the Omnitrix began to beep. They detransformed in red and green flashes.

"I say ignore them," Malice stated. "The Galactic Enforcers are focused on a mana material thing, so Undertowns and alien cities in general are fine."

"Then go make sure no one freaks out, then. I'll keep an eye on the Galactic Enforcers if they come back into town," Allie replied. Tora and Malice nodded before they began back to the underground city. EightEight followed them, motioning the Wyrmlings to follow.

Allie watched them disappear before letting out a groaning sigh and jumping up to the window. She perched on the windowsill, staring at the Galactic Enforcers through tinted glass.

-()-

Tini looked back at the odd shop they were just in front of before looking back at Ultimos and Synaptak. "Was it just me, or did it feel like we were being watched?"

"If I had to guess, this is probably a secret alien hideout," Synaptak hummed.

"We have no time for side quests," Ultimos snapped. "We do not have time to investigate such a thing."

"Calm yourself," Synaptak scolded. "If I remember correctly, we have no clearance to search for secret alien hideouts. In fact, they seem to be organized, so I'm sure their leader has some legal backing, even if they're illegally set up. What we need to do is focus.

"If we divert a bit more power to the scanner, we may be able to pick up a second Sotoraggian armor set. If we can do that, we'll be fine," Synaptak continued. "If we cannot pick up another Sotoraggian armor set, then we can use the mana scanners for pockets of Earthen materials that have mana in them and continue based on what we pick up, especially if other tech is mucking up the system."

Tini nodded, saying, "Good plan, Synaptak."

"Why did we agree on me being the leader when I haven't been allowed to do anything of the like?" Ultimos questioned, but he was ignored. Synaptak and Tini began to go back inside the ship, Ultimos sighing before following them.

-(...)-

SevenSeven retracted a bit of his mask before biting into the chunk of half-frozen branch dragon (by branch he meant leg). The Amberline Flower dangled off his wrist as he ate, staring at Vulkanus and the little mining mites he didn't bother to learn the names of.

The Sotoraggian took another bite before noticing the ship lowering to the ground from the air. He swallowed before yelling, "Hey Vulky, you got some visitors!" The mites and Vulkanus turned towards him as he pointed towards the ship.

When Vulkanus began to freak, SevenSeven scoffed before shoving the rest of the chunk in his mouth. The mask went back into place as the ship landed and promptly opened.

The Notion (the species from UltiMation) came out first, pausing when it saw the Sotoraggian. The Cerebrocephalopoda floated by, briefly looking at SevenSeven before saying, "Let's go, Ultimos." The Notion stabilized, nodded, then followed. A Tetramand was last, giving a thumbs up to him before jumping into the fray.

"Have fun," SevenSeven thrilled before turning and walking towards his ship.

"We will!" the Tetramand happily chirped.

Once he was back to his ship, SevenSeven muttered, "I'm just gonna ignore how Tini wasn't using a translator." A beat. "I swear, if Eight managed to get TinTin to teach her…"

Ushi: 1- There will be a Ben 10K chapter. 2- Rook is cool.