Ben 10: Alien Rebirth
Chapter 1: And Then There Were 10
We see two large ships in a heated chase through outer space!
One was small, shaped like a trident and was speeding through the asteroids around them. The ship pursuing them was large, red, and looked like it was made of jagged spiked metal!
On the bridge of the larger ship, many small robotic looking aliens were working the controls. Sitting at a command chair was a large figure, covered in shadow, as we can only barely see green skin and red eyes poking out from the darkness.
They spoke in a deep, crackling voice, "keep the ship in sight! I don't care if it's destroyed! I want the Omnitrix! By any means necessary!"
One the smaller ship, we see a tall and slender figure with a strange head piloting the ship.
The figure was female.
As she flew, she said, "at this rate; I'll be blown up before I can get this thing to Earth. But I need to get it to him!"
Right at that moment, both ships had drawn closer to a familiar blue and green planet.
Earth!
The female pressed several controls before saying, "sending the Omnitrix. Let's hope he can find it. It's going to be at the old campsite we used to go to in a few hours. Hopefully it will reach him soon!"
Right at that moment, the small ship was hit by a blast from the larger ship.
The female yelled, "I'm hit! I'm going to have to make an emergency landing!"
The smaller ship rocketed towards Earth, a rather snowy area at that as the figure got into some sort of stasis pod.
The larger figure on the large ship yelled, "what happened!?"
One of the smaller aliens said, "sir, the ship has crashed on this planet; Earth. They already sent the Omnitrix down there. We cannot retrieve it until it lands. We can pinpoint the coordinates in a few hours."
The larger figure yelled, "do it as fast as you can! I! Want! The! Omnitrix!"
But as he yelled this, suddenly, a series of asteroids began crashing into the ship!
The larger figure emerges from the shadows, revealing what he looked like. A green squid man with glowing red eyes and razor sharp teeth!
The figure, "what's going on?!"
One of the minions exclaimed, "the ship is taking damage!"
And before they could blink, a huge asteroid headed towards the bridge, smashing into it! The aftermath of the carnage showed several small drones pulling the torn up body of the alien leader into the more intact part of the ship as several other drones began making repairs.
….
At that very moment, in a town called Bellwood, school had just let out for summer vacation!
As all of the kids run out, we focus on one kid in particular.
A boy around the age of twelve. He had short brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing a white shirt with a black line down the middle of it and black on the edge of the sleeves. He had a green jacket with a ten on the front over his shirt, but he had to roll the sleeves up a little, since it was a little big on him. And he wore dark green pants and black shoes.
This is Benjamin Kirby Tennyson.
Or as he liked to call himself, Ben.
As Ben walked out, he saw two other boys picking on a younger kid.
One was skinny, wearing a red shirt and blue pants with black hair. Cash.
The other was bigger, with a green jacket, glasses, brown hair and shorts. JT.
Ben approached the boys as they spoke to the younger kid.
Cash, "come on. We didn't beat you up that much this year. The least you could do is do our homework over the summer!"
JT, "yeah. Really, you owe us!"
Ben, "leave him alone, jerks."
The bullies turned to Ben as the younger kid ran yelling, "thanks!"
Cash, "what's wrong Tennyson? We were just doing our best to get our work done."
Ben, "by beating up a kid two grades below you. Great job!"
JT, "oh, you're just asking for a whooping, aren't ya Tennyson?"
Ben tried to look tough as he said, "I'm not scared of you guys."
JT, "oh? Wanna bet?"
Cash and JT cracked their knuckles as they drew closer to Ben, who put up his hands with a worried look on his face.
….
A few minutes later, Ben was sitting in the nurse's office. He was washing some blood off of his lip, and his eye was slightly bruised. Ben also had some bandages on his arm.
Cash and JT were in chairs across from him, glaring at him. JT had a towel pressed up to a bloody nose, and Cash had a cold rag pressed up to his eye.
That's when the nurse approached and said, "Benjamin, your Grandfather is here to pick you up."
Ben instantly smiled as he got up and practically ran outside. When he got outside, standing there was an older man wearing a red Hawaiian shirt, scuffed up blue pants, and a dingy old baseball cap on his head. His hair was mostly gray, with a few flecks of brown in it.
This was Max Tennyson, Ben's grandpa.
Ben, "Grandpa!"
Max, "hey there Ben!"
Ben hugged his grandfather with a huge smile on his face.
Ben, "I've been so excited to go on this trip with you!"
Max, "me too kiddo…. Now, what's this about a fight?"
Ben sighed as he and Max began walking out of the school.
Ben, "Cash and JT were picking on a younger kid. Threatening to beat him up. I stepped in to stop them, and they totally kicked my butt. I didn't even throw the first punch!"
Max, "good. I don't like you getting into fights, but I'm glad you had a reason to do so. And that it was self defense."
Ben, "you always taught me never to start a fight, but if I get into one, be the one to finish it."
Max, "and did you?"
Ben, "I gave JT a bloody nose and Cash a black eye before they gave me this bruise and a near wedgie."
Max, "that's my boy. Just uh, don't tell your parents you got into a fight. You know how they are about violence."
Ben, "you mean mom. Dad encourages me to defend myself. Mom's a pacifist."
Max, "well, we shouldn't judge her for it."
At that moment, the two of them stood outside of an old RV that Max traveled in.
The RustBucket.
On the side, there were some old painted words that read; Max's Plumbing.
Max used to be a plumber before he retired, that's what Ben knew anyway.
Ben, "ah, the good 'ol RustBucket! I've been so excited for this trip!"
Max, "now uh, Ben? I need to tell you, someone else is going on this trip with us."
Ben, "oh? Who?"
Max, "well…."
Max opened the door, and Ben grew wide-eyed at who was standing there.
Standing there was a girl the same age as Ben, with green eyes, short red hair, white pants and a blue shirt with a cat on it. She had some blue glasses as well, with a pin in her hair.
This was Ben's cousin, Gwen.
Ben, "you?!"
Gwen, "nice to see you too, dweeb."
Max, "now kids, be nice."
Max climbed into the RV and made his way to the driver's seat.
As Max sat down, he said, "I picked up your suitcase from home, Ben."
Ben, "thanks Grandpa."
Ben got into the RustBucket and closed the door, glaring at Gwen as she went to sit down.
Ben, "and what are you doing here?"
Gwen, "our parents thought it would be a good idea if we BOTH went on this trip with Grandpa. So we could bond."
Ben, "then how come your brother's not here?"
Gwen, "Ken is going to summer camp this year."
Ben banged his head lightly on the wall and said, "well this summer is off to a great start."
Max, "alright you two, get into your seats! We're off!"
As Ben sat down across from Gwen, who had begun typing on a laptop, the RustBucket began driving.
Gwen glanced at Ben for a moment and said, "what happened to your eye?"
Ben, "uh…. I bumped into a door?"
Gwen, "you got into a fight, didn't you?"
Ben, "it was Cash and J.T. They were gonna beat up another kid. What was I supposed to do? Just walk away?"
Gwen honestly didn't have an answer. So, they dropped the subject.
Ben, "so, Grandpa, where are we headed first?"
Max, "an old campsite. I used to take both your father's on camping trips. I once took your grandma's there."
Gwen, "I've always wondered; whatever happened to Grandma Verdona?"
Ben, "yeah, and Grandma Xylene?"
Max, "well, uh, Verdona and I got together when we were very young. After Frank was born, Verdona and I drifted apart. We still cared for one another, but mostly as friends. Now she travels all the time. We still talk now and then. And she still contacts your father when she has time. When Frank was five, I met Xylene at work. We began dating, and eventually, Carl was born. We spent a long time together. And, unlike with Verdona, the spark never really left."
Ben, "will we ever meet them?"
Max, "I'm sure you will one day."
Gwen, "what happened to Grandma Xylene?"
Max, "that's a story for another time. And a difficult story to explain."
Max chuckled as Ben shrugged and started playing on a gaming console while Gwen went back to her laptop.
….
Later, the RustBucket arrived at the campsite.
Max, "well, we're here!"
Ben woke up from a nap as Gwen marked her place in the book she was reading.
The three of them got out of the RV, and saw the beautiful clearing around them. A picnic table and a fire pit sat at the site.
Gwen, "wow. Grandpa, it's beautiful!"
Max, "I knew you'd love it. Now, let's start setting up camp. I'll set up the tents before I begin dinner. I hope you kids are in the mood for some roasted squid!"
Ben and Gwen cringed at that. The one thing they could never understand about their grandpa was his strange taste in food. Ben already got enough of it from his mom, since she liked to eat vegan food.
As Max went back into the RustBucket, Ben whispered to Gwen, "do you have anything edible in your bag?"
Gwen, "I've got several candy bars I got to keep from selling them for my school. Along with a few granola bars. What about you?"
Ben, "I've got some chips, beef jerky and cookies I packed as snacks for the trip. Think we can make those last this summer?"
Gwen, "I doubt it. I'll try to convince Grandpa to make some normal food."
Max walked out of the RV with some tents ready to set up.
Max, "now, who wants to get firewood, and who wants to help me set up camp?"
Ben, "I'll get the firewood!"
Gwen, "I'd be happy to help with the tents."
Max, "good! Glad to see you two finding some common ground."
As Max walked away, Ben muttered, "the one thing we can agree on; you can actually pitch a tent."
Gwen, "true. Don't go too far."
Ben, "hey, careful is my middle name."
Gwen, "really? I thought it was Kirby?"
Ben, "dork."
Gwen, "dweeb."
With that, Ben made his way into the woods to find some firewood.
….
A few minutes later, Ben had a bundle of sticks in his arms.
Ben, "a great start to summer vacation. I get into a fight, my dorky cousin joins the trip, and Grandpa thinks grasshoppers are a delicacy. If only something awesome would happen!"
That's when Ben saw it. What looked like a meteorite crashing into a nearby clearing, shaking the ground!
Ben, "woah! That's something!"
….
Back at camp, Max and Gwen could feel the ground shake from there!
Gwen, "woah, what was that?"
Max, "I dunno, but it doesn't seem good. Go find Ben, I'll finish setting camp up."
Gwen, "alright Grandpa."
With that, Gwen made her way into the woods.
….
Ben slowly approached what he thought was a meteorite.
What he found in a crater was a big metal case of some kind.
Ben, "woah, freaky."
Ben slowly approached, and the case opened up! Ben peaked in, and saw what was within the case. It looked like a watch of some kind. It had tubes on the sides, and a small dial on the top, with a green hourglass symbol on it.
Ben, "cool…."
As Ben got closer, a green light from the watch began scanning him!
Ben heard it say in a monotone voice, "DNA signature confirmed. Omnitrix preparing to attach."
Ben, "wait wha-"
The watch suddenly lunged forward like a facehugger, and flung itself onto Ben's wrist, fusing to his skin!
Ben, "aahhh! Get off! Get off!"
Ben tried prying the watch off, but it was stuck to his skin, almost like it was a part of him! Ben grabbed a branch and tried to pry it off, but no luck!
Ben tried to calm himself down as he stared at the watch.
Ben, "what is this thing? It called itself an…. Omnitrix?"
Ben touched the dial, and it sprung up! Ben saw the silhouette of a large figure with four arms on it. Ben grew more curious and moved the dial around. The image changed to what looked like a bug of some kind. Then a ghost. Then finally, a slim figure that looked like its head was made of flames.
Ben, "so, do I just-?"
Ben pressed down, and he was suddenly engulfed in a green light! Ben felt his body transform!
When the light faded, Ben was now a new creature! They looked like they were made of living flames, with skin made of red rock and magma, a purple shell of some kind was strapped to their shoulder. The symbol on the watch was on his chest.
Ben looked down at his hands, which were made of flames, and felt his face, confirming it was made of rocks as well!
Ben screamed in terror!
He started yelling, "aaaagggghhhh! I'm on fire! I'm on fire!"
Luckily, Ben was able to calm down for a moment and look at himself. He wasn't in pain.
Ben, "I'm on fire…. But I'm fine? What…. Am I?"
Ben accidentally shot a ball of fire at the ground!
Ben saw the fire he started, and quickly put his hand forward, and somehow absorbed the fire!
Ben, "woah! Cool. I'm like some kind of…. HeatBlast? I like the sound of that."
Right at that moment, Gwen showed up looking around.
Gwen, "Ben? Ben! B-"
That's when she saw the newly named HeatBlast standing there.
HeatBlast, "um…. Hi?"
Gwen, "aaaaagh!"
Gwen quickly grabbed a small bottle of pepper spray from her pocket and sprayed the substance into HeatBlast's eyes!
HeatBlast, "ow! Pepper spray? Really?!"
Gwen, "stand back! I'll scream!"
HeatBlast, "calm down dork! What is your deal?"
Gwen, "wait…. Dork? Ben?!"
HeatBlast, "yeah? Who else calls you that?"
Gwen, "okay, you're definitely Ben. But…. What the heck happened to you?"
HeatBlast, "I dunno. I found this weird watch. It called itself an; Omnitrix. It jumped onto me, and when I fiddled with it, I became…. This?"
That's when they heard someone running towards them.
Max ran forward saying, "Gwen? Are you alright? I hea-"
Max saw HeatBlast and Gwen.
Gwen, "hey Grandpa. Guess who I found?"
HeatBlast, "heh. Hey Grandpa."
Max, "Ben?"
….
A few minutes later, the three of them sat around the campfire. HeatBlast had lit the fire for them, as a way to show his powers off.
HeatBlast, "and before I knew it, I became this…. Monster."
Max, "you're not a monster, you're an alien."
Gwen and HeatBlast looked at Max confused.
Max, "well, uh, look at him! He doesn't look like anything from Earth!"
HeatBlast, "am I gonna be stuck like this?"
Gwen, "as much as I complain about you, I'd rather have you as a human dweeb than a flaming dweeb."
Just then, the symbol on HeatBlast's chest started blinking red, and he was engulfed in a red light! When the light faded, Ben was back in human form!
Ben, "alright! I'm back!"
Gwen, "how did that happen?"
Max, "it must be some kind of time limit. You were that thing for around ten minutes, right?"
Ben, "right."
Max, "so that must be the time limit. You can transform for ten minutes, and then this Omnitrix thing has to recharge or something."
Gwen, "well, what do we do now?"
Max, "for now, I'm gonna go see the rangers. Hopefully no one else noticed that thing crashing."
Max walked off down a path, a sign nearby reading: Ranger's Office 1 mile away.
….
On the large ship from before, the squid man was in a large tank of water, his body slowly healing and his missing right arm and legs slowly regrowing.
He spoke through a breathing device, saying, "what news do you bring me?"
One said, "repairs are underway, Lord Vilgax. The ship will be fully repaired in a few months.
Another said, "and we have tracked down where the Omnitrix has landed on Earth."
The now named Vilgax said, "good. Send several probes to apprehend the Omnitrix."
The minion said, "yes, my Lord."
….
Back on Earth, Ben was looking over the symbols on the watch.
Gwen, "what are you doing?"
Ben, "I'm looking at how many of these aliens I have on this thing. It looks like there's only ten right now."
Gwen, "heh. Does that make you; Ben Ten?"
Ben, "very funny."
Gwen, "I don't know if you should be fiddling with that thing."
Ben, "oh come on! Aren't you even a little curious?"
Gwen, "well…."
Ben suddenly activated the watch, and started looking over the symbols.
Ben, "I named the fire guy: HeatBlast! I'm gonna name all of the aliens, in order to remember them better."
Gwen, "of course you would name them."
Ben flipped through the silhouettes. A smaller figure with big eyes, a figure that looked like it was made of crystals, a reptile of some kind, the ghost, the four armed figure, a fish man of some kind, a droopy looking figure, the bug, and finally, a big furry animal of some kind.
Gwen, "looks like some kind of wild mutt."
Ben, "hmm…. WildMutt? I like it!"
Ben pressed the dial down, and was engulfed in green light as he transformed!
Gwen shielded her eyes. When the light faded and she looked back, standing there was a large orange furred creature. It had huge front legs, and smaller hind legs. They had sharp teeth with tusks, but no eyes!
WildMutt roared as it turned its head around.
Gwen, "no eyes? Then how do you see?"
WildMutt looked at Gwen, seeing her heat signature in front of him, and she noticed what looked like gills were on their neck.
Gwen, "those must be how you see. Like a heat signature or something?"
WildMutt nodded at Gwen. They could understand her in this form.
Gwen walked around WildMutt and said, "maybe we could get you a saddle for this form? So you could give me rides?"
WildMutt huffed at Gwen, as if to say, 'never gonna happen.'
That's when they heard strange noises back in the forest.
Gwen, "what was that?"
WildMutt started growling.
Suddenly several drone-like things flew out of the forest and around the two of them.
One of the drones flew at Gwen, who yelled in fright before WildMutt jumped into the air and slashed at it with razor sharp claws!
The rest of the drones focused on WildMutt and began attacking them. WildMutt kept jumping at the drones, slashing them and even biting into them as if they were chewing toys. As one was about to attack him from behind, Gwen quickly threw a large rock at it, smashing its head!
WildMutt looked at Gwen and nodded, as if to say, 'thanks for the save.'
Within a few minutes, all of the drones were on the ground in pieces, and WildMutt turned back into Ben.
Ben turned to Gwen and said, "well…. That was something."
….
Back on the ship.
Vilgax, "what happened?"
One minion replied, "the drones were destroyed. By a Vulpimancer."
Vilgax, "impossible! Unless…. Someone has found the Omnitrix!"
The minion, "sir, shall we send more drones?"
Vilgaxs' remaining hand hit the glass and he said, "no. Send one of the robots to retrieve the Omnitrix. Kill the wielder if they have to. But I! Want! The! OMNITRIX!"
….
Max had just arrived at the rangers office, when his gaze went up. And what did he see in the sky? A large object heading towards the edge of the campsites.
Max, "that can't be good."
….
When the object landed, it slowly began to transform into a very large robot!
It had its orders.
Find the Omnitrix.
….
Ben and Gwen were looking at the drones.
Ben, "what did these things want?"
Gwen, "well, they showed up right after that watch crashed nearby. You don't have to be a wiz-kid to connect the dots."
Ben, "you're a wiz-kid?"
Gwen, "ha ha, very funny."
That's right When they heard the loud footfalls of the robot that had landed.
Ben and Gwen looked at one another and yelled, "Grandpa!"
The two kids began running in the direction Max had gone.
….
The robot was lumbering around, shooting the area with lasers as people ran for their lives.
Max was hiding behind a car, staring at the robot.
That's when he heard, "Grandpa!"
Max turned to see Ben and Gwen running towards him.
Max, "what are you kids doing here?"
Gwen, "we got attacked by a bunch of drones. They looked like THAT!"
The robot continued to shoot the area, right as the Omnitrix powered back up!
Ben, "maybe one of these guys can stop that thing."
Ben once again cycled through the list of aliens.
The droopy looking figure, the fish man, and when Ben stopped on the crystal looking figure, Max said, "try that one!"
Ben, "why?"
Max, "I've uh…. Just got a feeling."
Ben shrugged as he ran over to a nearby tree to change without anyone seeing him.
A flash of green shined from behind the tree. And as the robot took a step towards a car, several crystals lodged themselves into their side!
The robot turned to see what had done that.
Standing there was a large man made of green crystals. They wore some sort of suit over their torso and legs, leaving their arms and head showing. The armor was half black and half white.
It was Ben in another alien form!
He said, "hey! You got a problem, big, tin and ugly?"
The robot started shooting at Ben, who blocked the lasers and bounced them into a nearby boulder!
Max, "yeah! Way to go B- er, diamond headed guy!"
Ben tested out the name, "DiamondHead. Definitely a descriptive name!"
The robot shot at DiamondHead, who quickly formed a shield out of their left hand!
DiamondHead, "woah! If I can make a shield, then…?"
DiamondHead formed his other hand into a sword!
DiamondHead, "wicked!"
The robot then threw a tree right at Gwen! DiamondHead ran forward and sliced the tree down the middle.
Gwen, "thanks for the save."
DiamondHead, "you're welcome. Now, get to safety!"
Gwen nodded and ran off as DiamondHead started running at the robot. He slammed his foot into the ground, and suddenly, a bunch of large crystals emerged from the ground and pierced the robot's legs!
DiamondHead launched himself into the air with a large crystal they formed! They thrust their sword hand forward, and several crystals embedded themselves into the robot's arms! And with a mighty slash of their sword, DiamondHead split the robot's head right down the middle! The robot fell onto the ground with a mighty fall as the crystal hero stood atop them.
Max and Gwen cheered as everyone else in the around looked on in confusion and awe.
DiamondHead formed their weapons back into hands as they yelled, "aw yeah! Who's the man!"
Max and Gwen gestured for him to tone it down.
DiamondHead cleared his throat and said, "well, uh, I guess my work here is done. See ya later!"
He quickly ran back into the woods back towards camp as Max and Gwen sneaked their way back as the rangers started getting all of the people together.
….
We later see Ben, Max and Gwen back at camp.
Ben, "that was awesome! I felt like a hero back there!"
Gwen, "even I have to admit…. You did good."
Max, "as long as you have that thing on your wrist, I'm sure we'll see more things like that. We're gonna need to be prepared this summer."
Ben, "hey, as long as we work together, nothing can stop us!"
Ben's enthusiasm was infectious. Max chuckled as Ben reenacted his fight, while Gwen facepalmed.
….
The next day, Max and Gwen had woken up and changed into their normal clothes.
Max, "hey, where's Ben?"
As soon as he said that, another alien appeared before them as fast as light!
They looked like a bi-pedal blue lizard, with a long tail and balls for feet. They wore a black and white suit, and wore a black helmet over their head, with a visor covering their face with a blue X on it.
The visor went up, showing their blue face with black lips and yellow eyes.
He spoke in a scraggly voice and said, "hey guys! Let 'ol XLR8 clean up this campsite!"
The now named XLR8 began running around, cleaning up the campsite in a matter of seconds!
XLR8, "get it? XLR8?"
Gwen, "ugh. And just where were you?"
XLR8, "oh, just tying up some loose ends."
….
Back at the school, Cash and JT were hung up on the flagpole by their underpants.
JT, "um…. How did we get up here?"
Cash, "how the heck should I know?!"
At that moment, the kid they had been bullying walked over.
Cash, "hey! Get us down from here!"
The kid picked up a nearby rock and threw it up, hitting JT right in the nuts!
JT, "OW!"
The kid laughed and said, "payback is a witch!"
….
XLR8 then turned back into Ben.
Ben, "I have a feeling this is the start to a great summer."
Max, "I think so too."
Gwen, "it's certainly going to be an interesting one."
And with that, the three of them made their way back onto the RustBucket, starting off a summer that none of them would soon forget….
….
A retelling of the series, but with a slightly darker tone. And unlike my other retellings, this one will have the most differences, with the chapters mainly following the basic plots of the episodes, but the events for some will be totally different.
We'll see more of characters like Xylene and Technorg later on. Ben x CharmCaster is the main pairing this time, Ben and Gwen are slightly older here, Hope is slightly younger, Kevin will get redemption by the end of the first show, since he joins Ben and Gwen in Alien Force.
One detail I added was, some of the aliens wear different clothing.
Such as HeatBlast wearing a CrabDozer shell, GreyMatter wearing goggles, FourArms having armor, etc.
Certain episodes will be skipped later. Namely the ones where Hope is in the role of a villain. Like the episodes where she hypnotized Kevin, the one where she and her uncle take over the world in an AU, the one where she and Gwen switch bodies, the one where she and DarkStar are a couple, and her backstory for her magic abilities will be much different, (I won't spoil how yet). Hope will join Ben, Gwen and Max on their trip after her first appearance, where her story about Hex forcing her to help him would be true, and she will be one of the good guys from them on, so that's why most of her episodes will be very different from the show, or skipped altogether.
