Hey, everyone! I'm back with another chapter of Ben 10 meets DC Superhero Girls! Lets begin!
I DON'T OWN ANYONE IN THIS SERIES!*
It was another school day in Metropolis, and Zee was hosting audition for a play she was doing.
Garth: "Uh, avast scalawag. I'm, um, Swash Buckler, scourge of the Seven Seas."
Actor: "Avast scalawag... I'm swashbuckler scourge of the sev-"
Zee: Swash Buckler, not swashbuckler!
Actor: Oh... I don't get it.
Barry: So, yeah like, um... go ahead and avast, Mr.Scalawag, 'cause I'm, like, Swash Buckler, the scourge of the Seven Seas and stuff, and...
Hal was up next, but he seemed to be posing.
Zee: [yells] Read the lines, Hal!
Hal: Oh, right, um... "Swash Buckler enters stage right. He stands upon the deck of the..."
Zee: [frustrated] Next! Ugh. This is a disaster, Karen. Swash Buckler of the Seven Seas could be the best play I've ever done!
Ben: Really?
Zee: Yes! The costumes are hand-sewn, soaked in salt water for the authenticity... the Impolite Minnow is the most ambitious set in Metropolis High history! And the finest most gifted actor ever to grace this stage will play Lady Catherine.
Karen: But I thought you were playing Lady Catherine!
Zee: Look, the point is, none of it matters if I can't find the right actor to play Swash Buckler! [sighs in exasperation]
Rook: I'm sure you will find someone soon.
Oliver: Greetings, company! [in accent] Stage role. Your leading man has arrived.
Zee: [softly] Oh, no.
Ben: Not him!
Oliver: The name is Oliver Queen. I've portrayed everyone from the Phantom to the streetcar. [pulls out a long sheet of paper] Lois Lane of the Daily Planetoid has called my performances "bold," "brash," and "bang on the beam," which I assume means good. So... do you want to go through with this charade of me auditioning or shall we proceed to dress rehearsal?
Karen: [whispers] I dunno Zee, Oliver seem pretty perfect.
Zee: Uh, I hate to admit it... I mean, really hate to admit it, but-
Mortimer: [in distance] "Avest, ye scalawags!"
Ben: What?
[crowd chattering]
Mortimer: [swings from rope and kicks Oliver in the face]
Oliver: [groans]
Mortimer: "I am Swash Buckler, scourge of the Seven Seas! Look not to this coward for salvation! With Swash Buckler at the helm, the horizon hold treasure to the last to your dying days! There's no chains to hold you now, men!"
[all cheering]
Mortimer: "Fill the sails with freedom's wind! And throw that bloated symbol of yesteryears to the sharks!"
All except Oliver: Yeah! [picks him up]
Oliver: Put me down! What are you doing? [scream]
Ben: Wow!
Mortimer: Ha-ha!
Zee: Who are you, stranger?
Mortimer: Who am I? Why, I'm your new Swash Buckler, m'lady!
Ben: Yeah! [to Zee] Looks like you got your Swash Buckler.
Zee: Yeah, I think we do!
Oliver: No he's not! Put me down! You're not seriously considering this hack, are you?
Zee just smiled innocently and shrugged.
Oliver: [gasp] You are! You are, aren't you! Look at me! [waving his hands]
Zee: [whispers] What do I do, you guys? A second ago I didn't have a Swash Buckler and now I've got two!
Karen: Maybe you should do callbacks and then decide!
Zee: [smirks] Hmm. Oliver would hate that...
Ben: Oh boy.
Soon, Zee had decided to do callbacks.
Oliver: Callbacks?! Ha! I've never been so insulted in my life. Who is this arrogant, incompetent, pompous-
Karen: Mortimer... Drake. And, um, don't be so hard on Zee. She's just trying to make sure the right person gets the role, you know.
Ben: Yeah, it's not like she doing it from hate.
Oliver: As she should! As long as it's me.
Later: they were listening to Mortimer rehearse.
Mortimer: "Dawn breaks in the west tonight, men. The laws of this mortal would no longer blind us! We are here to brave the sirens and sea herself..."
Ben: Man, he's good!
Zee: He sure is!
Rook: Indeed.
That's when Oliver thought of a sneaky idea, as he took a couple of song lyrics out of Karen's bag.
Oliver: Time to push this pointless competition over the tipping... point.
That's when he shots the song lyrics at Mortimer's script.
Mortimer: "...sailor on eternity's tide. So come on girl, listen to me, uh huh, uh-huh. Baby, baby, oh, can't you see? [stuttering] That me plus you... equals love that's..."
Karen: [singing] "True!"
Ben: I don't think that's part of it.
Zee: Are those... Up Past 8 lycris? Thank you, I've heard enough.
Mortimer: [stuttering] But... but...
Zee: I take the theater very seriously, sir! Perhaps as Oliver's understudy you'll see that there's no room for these sort of sophomoric jokes on my stage!
Ben: Yeah!
Mortimer: Of course. I respect your decision. The important thing is that the right person gets the role.
Oliver: [cunning laughing]
Karen: Um, Zee! I hate to bother you, but we've a last minute aduition request by...
Before she could finish her sentance, Husdon Horstachio came in with Simon Cinnamonkey by his side.
Husdon: Fear not, your famous friendly Horstachio actor is here!
Ben: Hey, Husdon!
Zee: You act?
Husdon: Indeed I do. [to Simon] Show her my work, Simon.
Simon: [show her the Pinata-adada paper] Here's all his work!
Zee: [looks at papers] Wow, I have no idea what this says, but wow.
Husdon: Indeed. And even candy coated my teeth. Check these pearly teeth! [shows teeth]
[bright light shines]
Karen: [covers her eyes] Wow, that's bright!
Husdon: [blushes] Oh please, you're making me blush from that. And that's a good look for an actor.
Oliver: Oh, please! This is clearly someone in a colorful horse costume! And I'll prove it by removing that mask.
Rook: No, he's a real Pinata.
Oliver: [grabs Husdon's head] Sure he is. Now.. lets see who this really is. [pulls his head off]
After pulling Husdon's head off, he looks to see no other head and candy in the neck.
Oliver: [shocked] Huh?!
Husdon: [ticked off] That was really uncalled for.
Oliver: [grossed out] What the, what the! [throws his head] Ugh!
Simon: [grabs Husdon's head] Don't worry, baby, I got ya.
Zee: No offence, Husdon, but I'm looking for a human actor, not a Pinata. Sorry.
Hudson: Not to worry, I'm sure I'll be a part of one of your plays. We would just checking in on your guys anyway. [to Simon] Lets get my head back onto my body.
Simon: You got it baby!
Zee: Alright, Oliver! You got the part of Swash Buckler, but no funny business! Understood?
Oliver: Funny business? Me? Never!
Zee: Good! We'll be watching you!
Soon, rehersal began! But a shadowy figure was about to cause trouble!
Zee: "Ready the Impolite Minnow. My uncle will rue the day he crossed me."
Oliver: "Of course, Lady Catherine. We'll reach the channel by sundown... my men shall-" [screams]
The shadowy figure had caused one of the sand bags to fall and nearly hit Oliver! Oliver looked and saw Mortimer giving Barry and Garth doughnuts and being innocent! Then, Oliver was praticing his sword technique for the play, when the shadowy figure pulled a lever, releasing the trap door on the stage and causing him to fall in! Oliver climbed out and looked to see Mortimer reading the script and being innocent! Oliver was then rowing a prop boat with Zee in it as he was feeling nervous about what might happen next to him, much to Zee's dimary as they walked away from him and a cannon was literally fire at Oliver, caused by the shadowy figure! But Oliver managed to duck before it could hit him.
Oliver: Something fishy is going on around here! And it's not the costumes!
Soon, the play was about to begin, as Oliver peeked through the curtain at the audience..
Oliver: [to Mortimer] You! I'm warning you, Drake. No funny buisness tonight.
Rook: What's wrong?
Mortimer: I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about, Queen.
Oliver: Oh, you know perfectly when I'm talking about! You've been trying to sabotage me ever since I... sabotage you in callback! Well I know your game, Drake.
Ben: Wait, what?!
Zee: Wait. You sabotaged his audition?!
Oliver: Of course! The best person had to have a role!
Zee: I agree! [to Mortimer] So YOU will be playing Swash Buckler tonight.
Oliver: What?
Zee: I need a leading man with character, which you clearly don't have. Sabotage a rival, why, it's an insult to the theater!
Ben: Not cool, dude!
Mortimer: [to Oliver] Thanks for the opportunity.
Karen: Sorry, Oliver. But, um, look at it this way. Now you'll have a chance to redeem yourself. You know, to be the bigger man! Maybe you lost the part, but you can gain something even better! Your integrity. You can stand up and say, "I did wrong and I accapt the consequences."
Oliver: No, that doesn't sound like me. I'm gonna go trash his dressing room instead!
Ben: Oh boy.
Soon, he was trashing Mortimer's dressing room.
[thuds]
Oliver: Ugh, no style! Look at this shirt, it's so last season!
Ditto: [all clones grabs him] Sorry, pal, but you must be leaving now!
Oliver: Put me down, put me down now!
Ditto: [all clones] [throws him out] And stay out!
Rook: Ben! I found something in Mortimer's bag.
Ditto: [clones went to his first Ditto] What is it, Rook?
Rook shows a paper of him and reads it.
Rook: [reading] "The cast is geneally strong. However, Morty Drake is horribly out of his depth as D'Artagan. It's an embarrasing turn from an 11-year-old who lacks the necessary gravitas for the part. On the other hand of the spectrum, Zee Zatara was radiant in the role of Milady de Winter, acting circles around hapless Morty Drake."
Ditto: Okay, he was a bad actor. So what?
Rook: That's when I notices this! [show Ben red x's on Zee's picture]
Ditto: What?
Rook: I don't think Morty wanted to play the part with Zee, I think...
Ditto: He's here for revenge! Oh no, Zee!
Meanwhile...
[crowd clapping]
Mortimer: [acting] "Up anchor, men! Sail East, to the heart of King James' dominion! Let's show him now the impolite Minnow earned her name!"
Zee: [acting] "Oh, but Swash, how can we evade my uncle's entire fleet?"
Mortimer: [wraps arm around Zee tightly] [acting] "Fear not, Lady Catherine. I have experiance in treacherous waters with sharks lurking below. Their sharp teeth ready to shred your dreams."
Zee: What? Wait, that isn't the line...
Mortimer: I, too, have had dreams crushed, Lady Catherine.I know the exquisite sting of public humiliation, repeating that awful experiance in your mind until you realize that you'll never escape! I know what it's like to be stuck in the worst day imaginable, the day my life was ruined by... you, Zee Zatara!
Crowd: [gasps]
Zee: [gasps] What are you doing?
Mortimer: [climbs mast] Hear my name well, for it is the last that shall ever reach your ears. I am...
That's when he donned a Musketeer outfit!
Cavalier: The Cavalier!
Crowd: [gasping]
Cavalier: [steps down onto the stage] Though perhaps you might remember me by a different name. Does Mortimer Drake ring a bell?
Zee just stood there confused.
Cavalier: [embarrassed] Morty Drake, you know... I was D'Artagnan to your Milady de Winter?
She still stood there confused.
Cavalier: Central City Elementary?
Zee: I... I meet so many people-
Cavalier: [angry] Gah! You shall pay for your crimes, Zee Zatara! I shall have my revenge! [launches rapier at Zee]
Just as the sword was about to hit Zee, Ben 10 as Ditto came with three clone grabbed her!
Cavalier: What?!
Ditto: [to Zee] you good?
Zee: Yeah... I am.
Ditto #2: Good.
Ditto #3: [to Cavalier] [angry] Sorry, pal, but you're not getting her!
Cavalier: We'll see about that!
Green Arrow: [appears] Stand back, Ben 10!
Ditto: [all clones] Huh?
Green Arrow: I have a score to settle!
Ditto: Well, if you have a score to settle. Guess we'll go... [all activates ultimate mode]
He then goes ultimate. they're small, humanoid aliens with blue twisted-looking skin, three fins on his head, and three eyes. He wears a black mask that covers his eyes and head, black pants and black gloves that cut at the tips of his fingers. He has gray dials with green tops on the side of his head and the back of his hands. The Ultimatrix symbol is located on his stomach.
Ultimate Ditto: [all four] Ultiamte Ditto!
Soon, the three clones used their Anatomical Manipulation to transform into Double Team, Slank, and Bouncer.
Green Arrow: Very well, Ditto. [to Hal] Give me a sword!
Hal: This is the weirdest play ever. [tosses him a sword]
Green Arrow: [grabs sword] En garde!
Cavalier: Stay out of my way, Green Arrow and Ditto!
ultimate Ditto (normal): Ultimate Ditto.
Cavalier: Right, or taste the bitter steel of my blade!
Green Arrow: [dueling with Cavalier] Never, Cavalier! I will always protect my friends! Even friends I hate, like Zee Zatara!
Ultimate Ditto (Slank): Wow, that's a first!
Ultimate Ditto (Double Team): [to Zee] Guess he got this!
Green Arrow and Cavalier: [dueling] [effort grunts]
Cavalier: [cuts the rope on the sail] [grunts]
Green Arrow: [cuts rope and swings] eh, you're quite good with a blade, Cavalier. But you've never faced anything like what's in my quiver! [fires net arrow]
Cavalier: [dodges] Ha! Your aim is a muddle as your elocution, Green Arrow. [fires cannon]
Green Arrow: [dodges] How dare you criticize my delivery! [takes out arrow] Meet my cannonball arrow! [fires it]
Soon, the two of them were firing cannonballs and cannonball arrows at each other.
Zee: Lower the curtain, Karen! My play is ruined!
[explosion in distance]
[crowd cheering]
Zee: [shakes Karen] Raise the curtain, Karen! My play is a triumph!
Ultimate Ditto (bounce): Really?
[crowd cheering]
Green Arrow: [dueling with Cavalier] You deserve those bad review, you melodramatic hack!
[both grunting]
Cavalier: And you've got about as much stage presence as her!
Zee: [offended] Hey!
Ultiamate Ditto (Bounce): Not cool, dude!
Cavalier: [clashing swords with Green Arrow]
Green Arrow: [clashes] [whimpers]
However, Cavalier managed to knock his sword out of his hand!
Crowd: [gasp]
Cavalier: Prepare for your final curtain call, Green Arrow...
Green Arrow: [growls] There's only one way to stop you... [launches magnet arrow at beam]
This caused Cavalier's sword to attract to the magnet, pulling him up!
Green Arrow: [takes out arrows with faces] My Heckler Arrows! Always knew they'd come in handy some day. [fires them]
[arrows groaning and booing]
Ultimate Ditto (Double Team): What kind of arrows are those?
Cavalier: [as the arrows continue to boo as he waves them away] No! Make it stop! Please! [falls] [screams] No!
He ended up crashing into the prop rowboat!
Zee and Karen: [gasp]
Ultimate Ditto: [all gasp]
Crowd: [gasp]
Ultimate Ditto (normal): Oh! That's got to hurt!
Cavalier: [sighs] [dramatically] Remember me, friends. As a villain, a rogue, a pirate captain in a facile, witless play...
Zee, and Ultimate Ditto: What?!
Cavalier: ...remember me most of all for which burns in my soul... remember me... always as... an... actor. [fakes death]
Green Arrow: [rushes over to his side] Cavalier! I didn't mean... I never... I'm so sorry.
However...
Cavalier: [laughs] Thank you. Thank you.
Green Arrow: [gasp]
Crowd: [gasp]
Green Arrow: You're remarkable!
Ben 10: [transforms back] What?
[audience applauding]
Green Arrow: That was the most convicing death scene I've ever witnessed.
Rook: Yeah!
Cavalier: [gets up] I was lying before, your delivery is exquisite. You could even make this terrible play sound good.
Green Arrow: Oh. You're too kind. Your battle tactics are remarkable! Your immense talents shows right through her unimaginative direction.
Ben 10: [angry] What?!
Cavalier: [chuckles] And how about her acting? As dynamic as a wet cloth draped over a radiator. [laughs]
Zee: Okay. I'm right here, guy, you know, right here.
Green Arrow and Cavalier: [both laugh]
Elsewhere, Eon was getting the Flame Throwers to get all the parts from Starscream into his base.
Eon: This will be the greatest plan I might ever had.
[groaning]
Eon turns around to see Professor Pester and the Ruffians were burned and painted in pink and blue.
Eon: I'm guessing she came since your here?
Professor Pester: [weakly] Yeah, she's here.
It turns out that the girl that their talking about is Jinx from the Arcane universe!
Jinx: [blows hair] Hi.
Eon: Hello, Jinx. [to the five] You may go!
Professor Pester: [weakly] Good, we need a break anyway.
Soon, the five left, leaving Eon and Jinx alone.
Eon: I read your biography, and I must say, I feel sorry for you.
Jinx: Really? You feel sorry for me?
Eon: Indeed. You killed the concil, and that something to my interests me.
Jinx: Really?
Eon: Yes. You see, I'm putting together people who has been outcast, and give them their deepest wish.
Jinx: Their deepest wish?
Eon: Like you, you want Vi to care for you as you are now. I can make that happen.
Jinx: [surprised] You can?
Eon: Yes, and all you have to do... is join me!
Jinx looks down for a second, then looks up at him with her purple eyes and smirks.
Jinx: What's our move?
End
