Nate was an average kid. This was not much of a surprise to anyone, really. Even with something as mythical as the Yo-kai Watch, it didn't change the fact that Nate was too...ordinary. And everyone of his quote unquote "friends" constantly reminded him of it. He continued to deal with their torment, his endurance eroding with every passing day. Until, one day, he just couldn't take it anymore and broke down the moment he got home from school.
Since then, he had moved away from Springdale a few moments ago, heading to start his new life in the bustling town of BBQ, Texas. After moving in, unpacking everything, interacting with the (barely legible) residents, gaining a Yo-kai to understand said residents, get the brand new Yo-kai Watch Model U from Whisper (who gave the Medallium that Nate had worked oh so hard to fill up in order to get). Needless to say that his move to BBQ had been eventful. By the time dinner came around, Nate was already feeling well at home at his BBQ residence.
Nate: Thanks again for dinner, Mom.
Lily: No problem, sweetie. I hope you have an easier time here than back at Springdale. I still can't believe that you had to endure all of those insults...I wasn't even aware that you went through so much torment...
Nate: Mom, it's fine. Although, I hope that I can patch things up with everyone back at Springdale. We didn't exactly part on good terms.
Aaron: Well, it's nice to see you be the bigger man, Nate, but lets ignore them for now. After all, We're in a new town, with new sights and sounds. And most importantly, it's a chance for you to make some new friends!
Nate: Yeah. But lets save that for tomorrow, yeah? I'm beat.
Lily: Sounds like a plan. Rest well, sweetheart!
With a nod, Nate walked upstairs, brushed his teeth, got dressed into his pj's and flopped onto his bed, passing out immediately. Eventually, the same was true with both of his Yo-kai friends, Whisper and Jibanyan. All three slept the night away, blissfully unaware that soon, their lives would get even stranger than before.
Meanwhile, on the planet of Galvan Prime, home Planet of a hyper-intelligent race of frog-like aliens known as Galvans, one incredibly gifted Galvan was slaving away in his lab. This was Azmuth, the smartest being known across five galaxies. Currently, he was working on a brand new Prototype for his new and improved Omnimatrix, better known as the Omnitrix. The Omnitrix was a device that had two purposes;
1.) to promote interspecies understanding by allowing the user to transform into varying alien forms, allowing them to experience how the lives of the aliens differed from their own.
2.) to preserve and catalog the DNA of intelligent alien species that either went extinct or had the potential to go extinct. Then, the Omnitrix would be able to restore life to said extinct species, if the need arises.
With careful movements, Azmuth worked on his new and improved prototype, making sure each piece was in its proper place. He continued this process for hours on end, until finally, his latest and greatest creation was finally completed. After Vilgax, the mad Chimera Sui Generis Warlord that Azmuth had once considered an ally and a close friend, turned on him in order to get the earlier Omnitrix Prototype he had been working on, which resulted in its destruction, Azmuth made sure that his lad was entirely Vilgax Proof, not wanting to repeat the mistake he had mad all of those years ago.
After he had finally finished his new Prototype, Azmuth carefully put it into a special containment sphere that would hide it from Vilgax's scanners. He then took the containment sphere, put it into an advanced looking contraption, inputted the proper coordinates into the machines interface, and watched as his latest and greatest creation was warped away from his lab and to its desired location; the backyard of the new Adams Residence.
Azmuth: The deed is done, Nathaniel. I can only hope that your grandson can surpass you like you hoped he could.
The night was silent in BBQ. Everyone slept soundly, our protagonist included. Well, that was the case, until the faintest of whispers woke him up from his stupor.
Nate: Hurgh? Who said that?
The boy surveyed his room, looking for who could've made the noise. He noticed that his Yo-kai friends were all sound asleep. Sure, they mumbled in their sleep at points, but they didn't sound anything like what he was hearing. Getting out of his bed as quietly as he possibly could, Nate silently shuffled out of his room, trying to locate the source of the odd whispering. As he continued to the lower floors of his house, the whispering got more prominent. Eventually, the whispers led Nate into the backyard of his new home, which was where he saw something odd; a rather large, metal sphere, embedded into the ground.
Nate: W-what? That certainly wasn't here before...
He knew he shouldn't, but Nate's curiosity got the better of him. Nate, albeit cautiously, got closer to the metal sphere. Almost as if it sensed him coming near, the metal sphere let out a hiss as it expelled some steam, causing Nate to jump back slightly. The panels on the top of the spheres began to fold back, revealing what was inside; a rather odd looking watch that had an hourglass on its face plate.
Nate: A...watch? Well, I already have the Yo-kai Watch, but I guess another one couldn't hurt.
Nate reached his right hand out so he could put it on his left wrist...but, suddenly, the watch opened up, leapt at Nate's wrist and latched on tight.
Nate: AH! What the heck!? Get off of me!
Trying his best to keep his voice and actions down, Nate began to make a feeble attempt at removing the "watch" that had latched onto his right wrist by pulling at it with his off hand. It didn't matter how many times he tried, the damned thing was not budging. It was almost as if the watch had fused to Nate's skin! But, during his final attempt to remove the odd watch, his hand slipped, causing Nate's Yo-kai Watch to make contact with the device. This caused something even stranger to occur. In a bright flash of green light, the Yo-kai Watch had fused with the "watch" Nate had found in the metal orb.
The body of the fused device had many similarities to the Yo-kai Watch, with the colors now being an assortment of white, black and, most prominent of all, green. The Yo-kai Lens of the Yo-kai Watch was gone, the face of the Yo-kai Watch no longer had its hands, with them being replaced with the green hourglass symbol the odd watch had on its face. The empty space on the sides of the hourglass were colored pink (right) and blue (left).
When Nate looked at his left wrist, he saw that it was gone, with his new Yo-kai Watch being where the odd "watch" had latched onto.
Nate: W-w-w-what i-i-is happening?!
With a panicked expression, Nate practically ran back to his room, not knowing that, out in the cosmos, multiple beings had taken notice of him. Some good and some very, VERY bad.
Meanwhile, in the deepest recesses of space, an alien warship was cruising throughout the cosmos, seeming to be on a one way trip to a specific destination.
Soldier: Lord Vilgax, we have found the location of the Omnitrix.
On a large throne in the middle of the control center of the ship sat a large, humanoid alien that had similar features to a Cthulian entity.
Vilgax: Where?! I must have it!
Mechadroid Soldier: During the limited time the signal of the Omnitrix was visible, the scans say that the Omnitrix is located on Earth. More accurately, a County in Texas that goes by the name of BBQ.
Vilgax: How long will it take for us to reach its location? My patience wears thin.
Soldier: We shall arrive within a few hours, Sir.
Vilgax: Grr...soon, Azmuth. Soon, the Omnitrix shall be mine, and then I shall rule the galaxies beyond with an iron fist!
After the stressful experience that Nate had gone through last night, he had forced himself to sleep, hoping that when he awoke, his watch would be back to normal. Unfortunately, when morning came around, Nate saw that his Yo-kai Watch was still in its new, incredibly odd form. He only hoped that his parents didn't notice the sudden change his watch had undergone. So, he quickly went downstairs to get some breakfast. And luckily, his mom made his favorite;
Nate: Chocolate chip pancakes!
Lily: Yep! Dig in, sweetheart.
The young boy gladly did as he was told, taking three pancakes, gave them a glaze of maple syrup and began to go to town. As he did so, however, Lily Adams noticed the alterations of Nate's Yo-kai Watch, causing her to go wide eyed. Nate seemed to catch this.
Nate: Mom, a-are you alright?
Lily: Huh? O-oh, yes, I'm fine, sweetheart. I was just wondering why your watch looked so different.
Nate: U-um, my w-watch? Well, I, uh, found it in m-my closet! Must've been left here by the previous owners or something.
Lily: Interesting. Well, as long as you like it.
Lily walked over to Nate and patted him on the head, then she walked out of the kitchen and went out the front door. Once she was outside, she pulled an odd looking white badge with a red circle in its center and began to speak into it.
Lily: Magister Patelliday? Yeah, this is Magistra Adams. I've got good news; my son has successfully acquired the new Omnitrix prototype. But it looks somewhat different than the schematics that I was shown. I suspect that the Omnitrix might've fused with my sons Yo-kai Watch. Yeah, I'll keep you posted. Magistra Lily, over and out.
After taking a deep breath, Lily looked up to the sky and flipped it a rather rude finger.
Lily: Alright, Vilgax. You want the Omnitrix? You're welcome to try, Squidface!
With a satisfied look on her face, Lily walked back inside her new home. Once she returned to the kitchen, she saw that Nate had just finished cleaning his dish and his utensils.
Lily: Wow, aren't you just the most responsible boy ever?
Nate: Thank you, Mom.
Lily: Hey, sweetheart, why don't you head out for the day? Go and make some friends like you said you would, yeah?
Nate: Sounds good to me. See you later, Mom!
Lily: Have a lovely day, sweetie!
With a determined expression, Nate ran out of his house and onto the streets of Southmond.
Nate: Alright, time to make some friends! Whisper, Jibanyan, you two ready?
Whisper: Oh, of course we are Nate. Lets get going!
Jibanyan: Nyeah!
Meanwhile, at a rather luxurious mansion, a young boy with ginger hair and green overalls was in his bedroom, staring at his gloved hands with a somewhat worrisome expression. He continued to look at his hands for a long while, until he finally grabbed his left glove with his right hand. He began to shake somewhat as he attempted to remove one of his gloves...until there was a loud knocking at his door, causing him to quit what he was doing.
Elderly female voice: Young Master Buck, your breakfast is ready.
Buck: U-um, I'll be down there in a second!
In a huff, Buck began to rush out of his room, nearly stumbling on himself as he did so. Once he was halfway through the corridor of the Hazeltine Mansion, Buck slowed down a bit. He then took out a picture of the boy who had recently moved to BBQ; Nate Adams. The image was from a newspaper that had the following title;
Shocking News! The Adams Family move out of Springdale and into BBQ!
Do they just want a change of scenery, or is there a darker reason behind this sudden move of location
Buck: So, the boy genius and his parents have moved outta Springdale, eh? Maybe he can help me with my problem...so I can be able to touch things without these darned gloves. But will I even be able to see him is the question. He's pretty well known in BBQ...if anything, people are probably gonna be asking him a lot of questions.
High School girl 1: AHH! OH MAI GOODNESS! It's Nate Adams! I'll be darned, the papers were really tellin' the truth!
High School girl 2: Oh, of course they were tellin' the truth, Beth. Ya really think that those bigwigs in those news companies would make sumpin' as drastic as this up?!
Farmer: Wow, so the famed boy genius really is here! Oh, wait 'till I tell Margret! She'll be happier than a squirrel in an acorn silo!
Nate: Mmm...
Nate tried his best to make himself seem smaller by huddling in on himself as he walked the streets of Southmond. You see, Nate was well renowned across the world for being the smartest man on Earth, as well as being the most humble about it. As a result, this had made him a prime target of multiple fans. Nate, however, hated it when he was the center of attention, with him just wanting to live a normal, peaceful life.
Whisper: How're you holding up, Nate?
Nate: I-I'm fine. I just forgot how scary people can be...
Whisper: Well, this is the best way for you to get over that fear.
Jibanyan: Nyeah. Sorry for getting off topic, but what happened to the Yo-kai Watch, Nyate?
Whisper: That's what I was about to ask. Despite what you told your mother, that's clearly the same watch that you received by yours truly.
Jibanyan: Which you did by giving away Nyate's old Medallium! He worked hard to collect all of thyose!
Whisper: T-the Model U was an item of the utmost importance!
Nate: ...Honestly, I'm not even sure what happened. It felt like something out of a cheap Sci-Fi B-Movie. But, the one thing I do know is that after that whole...thing happened, my Yo-kai Watch somehow fused with that thing I found and now I can't take the darn thing off!
Jibanyan: What thing?
Nate: I'm not sure what it was. The only thing that I know was that it kinda looked like a watch. I try to grab the thing, it lunges at me, gets stuck on my right wrist, I try to remove it, my hand slips and boom! In a flash of green light, the Yo-kai Watch is off my left wrist and is on my right wrist. And it seemed to have been fused with that other watch I found!
Whisper: Are you sure you didn't just dream it?
Nate: That's what I hoped it was. But when I woke up, I saw that the changes to the watch were still there. And I'm too afraid to use it now.
Jibanyan: Why?
Nate: Cause I dunno what it's gonna do! What if it malfunctions or something? Or worse, what if it-
Before Nate could finish his sentence, he felt someone tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see two girls behind him. One had tanned skin and pink, curly hair while the other had lighter skin and blonde hair that was in two braids, but she also had a hat on that covered most of her hair. The blonde
Sue-Ellen: Howdy, pard'ner! My name's Sue-Ellen, and this shy fella here's my friend Mary-Lou!
Mary-Lou: H-howdy...
Nate: O-oh, um...it's nice to meet you two. I-is there anything you need?
Sue-Ellen: Yeah. You see, Mary here wants your autograph. She's a big fan of yours.
With a rather furious blush, Mary-Lou handed a clipboard that had a picture of a younger Nate sitting next to a spider-like robot and a pen. With a bit of a blush and a nervous smile, Nate took them both and began to sign the picture. Once he was finished, Nate returned both items to Mary-Lou, who looked visibly pleased.
Nate: S-so...how'd you get that picture?
Mary-Lou: W-well, my Ma used to be a photographer when she was younger, with that being one of the pictures she took back then. A-and she knew that I was a f-fan of yours, so she gave me that after she sized it up a bit.
Nate: W-wow, I didn't know that. Man, seeing that image though...it brings back a lot of memories. I was about five when I first made Ocho. If I recall correctly, I had won the science fair at the local High School by complete accident. I just sorta found the parts and jerry-rigged something together.
Nate began to give a small and cute smile that made everyone react as if they had seen God descend from the heavens above. But Nate stopped smiling, going back to his normal nervous self as he began to practically force out his next sentence.
Nate: S-so, uh...would you two...like to be friends with...me?
Mary-Lou: Wait, you want us to be friends with you?
Sue-Ellen: Who the heck would say no to an offer like that, eh? Of course we'll be friends with ya, Pretty Boy!
Nate: T-thank you! Man, that was horrifying...
Sue-Ellen: Hey, now that we're friends, maybe we should introduce him to everyone else, yeah?
Nate: Um, okay...who're they?
Sue-Ellen: Wyatt, Austin and Buck of course! But Buck may be running a bit late, though.
Mary-Lou: Well, you know how he is.
Sue-Ellen: Yeah. Either fashionably late or not there at all. Well, what're we waiting for? Lets get goin', yeah?
Mary-Lou: Y-yeah! Last one there's a rotten egg!
Sue-Ellen: Oh, you're on!
Nate: H-hey, wait for me!
In a huff, Nate, along with Jibanyan and Whisper, followed Sue-Ellen and Mary-Lou as they ran through the streets of Southmond. He wondered what would happen next.
Mechadroid Soldier: Lord Vilgax, we've finally reached the Solar System containing Earth.
Vilgax: Excellent. Psyphon!
A white, skeletal being with a sharp fin and black garb entered the command bay of Vilgax's Warship; the Chimeran Hammer.
Psyphon: Yes, my Liege?
Vilgax: Prepare a Mechadroid Destroyer. We shall wait for the boy to activate the Omnitrix so we can more accurately ascertain its location. Once we do, you will send the Destroyer to that location. Understood?
Psyphon: Of course, Lord Vilgax. It shall be done.
After he bowed, Psyphon left Vilgax to his own devices.
Vilgax: Nathan Adams...I will have the Omnitrix...even if I have to tear it off of your eviscerated corpse.
Wyatt: Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! You really are here!
Austin: He really is! We're luckier than a man in a field of four leaved clovers!
All Nate could do was laugh nervously as the two boys called Wyatt and Austin were geeking out over the fact that he was simply here. The five of them were waiting patiently in a part in Northbeech for Buck to finally arrive.
Mary-Lou: So Buck isn't here yet? Well, that's not surprising.
Austin: Yeah. Either fashionably late or not here at all.
Nate: Sue-Ellen said something just like that earlier.
Sue-Ellen: Well, it's the honest to God truth.
Wyatt: Yep. Now, can you tell us what it feels like bein' so smart?
Nate: O-oh, um...well, I don't really feel different from the average Joe, but that's probably because I'm just use to having it. But, I'll admit...I absolutely hate it most of the time.
Austin: Wait, you hate bein' smart? I know that I'd kill to have sump'in as useful as that!
Nate: Yeah, it seems good to start with. A high intellect means that I basically never have to study for any test because I've already studied every topic known to man. But when it comes to social interaction...I have no clue how to do it without making others around me feel awkward.
Mary-Lou: So, you ain't good at makin' small talk?
Nate: I mean, I can. But the forms of small talk I bring up have the tendency to involve Quantum Physics and Thermonuclear Fusion. And I also have this bad tendency to ramble on about these topics because I genuinely care about and I start to get really into it and-
Sue-Ellen: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Nate! Calm down, Honey-Muffin, you're speakin' a mile a minute!
The blonde girl walked over to Nate and squeezed his cheeks together.
Sue-Ellen: Be a doll and calm down, okay? Take some deep breaths.
Nate: O-okay...could you pweash shtop squishing my fashe?
Sue-Ellen: Oh, right. Sorry.
With a blush, Sue-Ellen (reluctantly) took her hands off of Nate's cheeks. After taking a few deep breaths, Nate continued to speak.
Nate: Alright, as I was saying...I-I'm incredibly socially awkward. I can't really interact with people normally, both because of the awkwardness and my trust issues. Back when I was still in Springdale, some folks I considered friends sorta...betrayed my trust. I figured out that they were using my intellect as a way to give themselves a good public image, on top of constantly degrading my confidence with insults.
Mary-Lou: That's horrible! Why would anyone do such a horrid thang?!
Nate: F-for everyone's sake, they'll be anonymous. Anyways, while we did leave off on the wrong foot, I'm hoping that they can learn from this experience and become better people. Maybe we can actually be friends the next time we meet...
Wyatt: Sorry if I'm soundin' like a Debby Downer, but I think yer bein' a bit too optimistic. N-not that there' anythang wrong wit that!
Nate: Y-yeah, I know...I just want everyone to be happy. I don't like seeing people suffer.
Mary-Lou: Nate...sufferin' is a part of life. If you never go through it at least once, you've never truly lived.
Nate paused for a few seconds before responding.
Nate: Well...yeah. S-sorry for souring the mood and all.
Austin: Nah, you don't have to worry 'bout that! If anythang, its better that you got that all offa yer chest now rather than bottlin' it up.
Nate: Yeah, I know that more than any-wait, what's that noise?
Nate turned around to see a boy with orange hair speeding towards him on a bike.
Wyatt: Buck!
Nate: That's Buck?!
Buck: AHH! GET OUTTA THE WAAAAY!
With no way to slow down, Buck (on his bike) continued on with its abnormal speed. Everyone dove out of the way...excluding Nate, who suddenly had an incredibly serious expression on his face. Without any form of hesitation at all, Nate ran towards Buck, leapt at the last possible second, grabbed Buck off of his bike and landed safely back on the ground as the bike continued on until it lost momentum and fell over. Nate then safely put Buck down on the ground, letting him catch his breath.
Jibanyan: Whoa! Way to go, Nyate!
Nate: Hey, you alright?
Buck: Y-yeah, I'm alright. Thanks.
The boy named buck looked up to the person who saved him, seeing that it was the boy he had been needed to meet
Buck: Wait a minute, I know you! You're the kid all over the news!
Nate: I get that a lot. Hold on...aren't you Buck Hazeltine?
Buck: Y-you know who I am?
Nate: It's kinda hard not to know the son of the second richest family in the world.
Buck: Well, in any case, it's good to see you. I wanted to ask you something.
At this point, everyone who hit the deck in order to escape the runaway bike finally got up and circled around Buck.
Nate: Okay. What is it you need to ask?
Buck: W-well, I sorta have this...condition.
All of Buck's friends gasped at this. Now, it didn't seem like a gasp of shock in the normal sense. Rather, it seemed like they new what Buck was talking about and were shocked that he had willingly told someone about it.
Nate: Condition?
Buck: Y-yeah. It's sorta hard to describe but...whenever I touched someone, something would happen to me. It's like my body undergoes this sort of rapid mutation. A-and it's painful as well. Not only that, but it's been gettin' worse with each passing day. I feel like one day, these gloves aren't gonna work and I'll just end up hurting those I love. I-I know that this sounds like a big joke, but I swear, I'm...
Whisper: Really? Who'd believe something as absurd as-
Nate: I believe you.
Whisper: WHAT?! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!
Buck: What, just like that?! Why do you believe me without any proof?! For all you know, I could be lyin'!
Nate: Listen, Buck, I'm not gonna go into too much detail, but I've seen and stopped a lot of weird things before I came to BBQ. In all honesty, this is probably the least weird thing I've heard of.
Buck: Okay...so, do you have a way to fix it?
Nate: Maybe. Now, this is gonna sound kinda stupid but...maybe its been getting worse due to a lack of use?
Buck: A lack of...use?
Sue-Ellen: Oh, I get it! It's like when you leave a tool out in the open for too long!
Nate: Yeah, basically. As something like a tool isn't used and is exposed to the elements, it has the tendency to rust. If not repaired immediately, the tool could be damaged beyond repair. So, if you start to use it more and more, maybe you'll find yourself feeling better?
Buck: But I told you that whenever I touch people, then-
Nate: Then try something that isn't alive. Try something inanimate, like...that pole on the playground.
The young genius pointed over to the aforementioned pole. Before Buck responded, he took a few deep breaths.
Buck: You sure this'll work?
Nate: Honestly? No, I'm not. But...you'll never know if you never try.
Deciding to trust Nate, Buck walked over to the metal pole. Once he reached it, he delicately removed his gloves, carefully stretching each finger on both of his hands. He removed the first one (the left glove) with his right hand and used his teeth to remove the right glove. He took three deep breaths, in and out. Once he finished his third exhalation, Buck reached out and grabbed the metal pole, and much to his (and everyone else's) shock, something did indeed happen.
The red color of the pole began to transfer, not only onto his skin, but onto the fabric of his clothes as well. After the conversion was complete, Buck did his best not to fall to his knees. It had worked. Not only did the color of the pole cover his body, he could feel that his body was different. But it wasn't in the normal bad way he had grown accustomed to. If anything it felt rather pleasant. While Buck was admiring his new body, Nate walked over and knocked on Buck's stomach, hearing the sound of him hitting metal rather than the sound of him hitting flesh.
Nate: Yep, your made of metal.
Whisper: I-i-i-IMPOSSIBLE! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!
Jibanyan: What the Nyan?! This is crazy!
Mary-Lou: This is amazin'! Imagine what else he could do with this power!
Sue-Ellen: And we never would've found a way to fix this if it wasn't to Nate.
Nate: Hey, all I did was make a hypothesis. There was a chance that this wouldn't work.
Austin: But it did! If you hadn't made that suggestion of yers, we never would've made this discovery!
Buck: Yeah! Not just that, but I feel great! Better than I've ever been, in fact. But, uh...how do I turn back to normal?
Nate: Try to calm down. Think of something that makes you happy and take deep breaths as you do so.
Since trusting Nate had led to such an incredible discovery, Buck decided to put his trust into Nate yet again. And, lo and behold, it had worked. By calming down, Buck had managed to revert himself back to normal.
Buck: Yeah, baby! This is cause for a celebration! It's Mr. Smoothy's time!
Austin: Alright!
Sue-Ellen: Heck yeah, Mr. Smoothy's!
Nate: Mr. Smoothy's? W-what's a "Mr. Smoothy's"?
Everyone looked to him with shocked expressions.
Wyatt: You've never been to Mr. Smoothy's?!
Nate: N-no. Is that a bad thing?
Without hesitation, Sue-Ellen grabbed Nate by the arm and began to drag him along as she walked.
Sue-Ellen: That isn't gonna slide! Trust me, yer gonna love it!
Nate: O-okay, but could you ease up on my arm, please? It feels like you're cutting off my circulation.
Nate looked at the odd smoothie shack in awe and confusion. The location known as Mr. Smoothy's was rather simple, a main building that had multiple tables that had benches around them and umbrellas to keep the sun from beaming down on customers. But the most notable thing about Mr. Smoothy's was the mascot itself. On top of the main building (that was shaped like a smoothie cup) stood a smoothie cup with large arms, straws for legs and a noticeably goofy facial expression.
Nate: So...this is Mr. Smoothy's?
Sue-Ellen: Yep. Well, a smaller one, but it's still a Mr. Smoothy's! C'mon, lets get you the good stuff.
Nate followed the group of kids to the ordering window of Mr. Smoothy's. After a bit of waiting, one of the employees came to and opened the window.
Mr. Smoothy's Employee 1: Greetings, customers! What'll your orders be?
Buck: Just the usual for us, please, but-
Nate: I've never heard about M-Mr. Smoothy's before, s-so if you have any recommendations, I'd love to hear them.
Mr. Smoothy's Employee 1: Well, I'll be darned! Nate Adams, as I live and breathe! Well, if ya want some darn tootin' recommendations, I'm sure you'd absolutely adore the Mega Berry Blast!
Mr. Smoothy's Employee 2: Mega Berry Blast? Nah, Dave, give him the Tropical Medley!
Mr. Smoothy's Employee 3: What typa stuff are ya on, Sandra? The Peanut-Butter-Fudge Surprise is the best one of the bunch!
Dave: Sandra, Evan, please don't fight in front of the customers, please!
Nate: Man, all of those sound good. You know what? I'll take all three of those! Medium sized, if possible.
Sandra: Really? Well, if that's what ya want.
Buck: Alright. Here's yer payment!
Buck took out some money and handed it to the Employee.
Dave: Thank ya kindly. Just take a seat and wait patiently. Yer orders will be out in a tootin' second!
The gang went and sat down at one of the tables and began to chat with one another as they waited for their smoothies. While they were in the middle of their conversation, though, Nate's Yo-kai watch began to emit a beeping noise, with the hourglass symbol flashing a green light as it did so.
Nate: What...the?
Wyatt: Hey, what's wrong with yer watch?
Nate: I don't know. Its never done that before. But then again, after what happened to it last night, I'm not sure whats been up with it.
Mary-Lou: Um, pardon my askin', but what in the Sam Hill happened last night?
Nate began to explain the events that happened that night, going into incredible detail about everything that had happened. Once he finished his story, he waited patently to see how his new friends would respond. He wouldn't blame them for think it was some story he had made up.
Buck: Wow. That's kinda unbelievable...but then again, you believed me when I told my story. So, I'll take your word on this whole scenario.
Austin: Yeah! We all believe ya!
Nate: R-really? Thank you...
Jibanyan: It's still kinda far-fetched, though?
Whisper: On that we can both agree. But seriously, who knew that Buck would have superpowers? This feels like something straight from a comic book.
Sue-Ellen: Um, Nate? Is it just me, or is that thing Nate's watch is doing getting faster.
Nate: Huh?
Nate lifted up the Yo-kai Watch up to his face to get a good look at it, and true to Sue-Ellen's words, the pace of the blinking light and the sound of the beeping was getting faster. But before Nate could ever muster a sentence, the Yo-kai Watch began to speak!
Yo-kaitrix: Syncing complete. Yo-kaitrix online.
Nate: Yo-kaitrix? I thought it was called the Yo-kai Watch. Is something-
Dave: Sorry it took a while, customers! Your smoothies are here!
Buck: Oh, sweet!
Dave: Okay, we have a Banana Cream Blast for Austin, a Blueberry Cobbler Cooler for Wyatt, two Peach 'N' Mango Blends for Mary-Lou and Sue-Ellen, a Hawaiian Style Cooler for Buck and a Mega Berry Blast, a Fruit Medley and a Peanut-Butter-Fudge Surprise for Nate.
Sue-Ellen: Thanks, pard'ner!
With a nod, Dave left and headed back to the main building. Immediately, everyone began to drink their smoothies with gusto and vigor, with the only one not doing so being Nate, who was still looking at his watch, which was now called the Yo-kaitrix apparently, with a worried expression.
Mary-Lou: You 'kay, Nate? Yer smoothies're gonna get warm.
Nate: Huh? O-oh, sorry.
Nate picked up the cup that had the label "Fruit Medley" written on it and looked at it for a bit. Then, he took a single sip and waited. Then, without hesitation, he began to slurp the smoothie with more vigor.
Sue-Ellen: I think he likes it!
Wyatt: Boy, he's suckin' harder than a vacuum durin' spring cleaning!
In a blur, Nate drank all three of his smoothies in a heartbeat, while somehow not suffering the effects of brain freeze afterwards.
Nate: Amazing, each smoothie is so unique! Not one tasted the same, and none tasted artificial!
Buck: Glad you liked it, Nate!
As the group of humans (and the two Yo-kai that could not be seen) were chatting with one another, they failed to notice five abnormal beings watching from afar. The five beings, while some were humanoid, had many things that were off with them. One was a being who had red armor and what appeared to be barnacles on his arms, one was some sort of turtle creature, one looked like a man in an incredibly clunky metal suit, one was a yellow armored giant that had giant forearms and one looked like a blue humanoid jellyfish.
?: Bivalvan, is that him?
Bivalvan: If you mean "is that the kid who found the Omnitrix" P'andor, then yes. That's him.
?: Do you think he'll be able to help us defeat Aggregor?
P'andor: He'd better. Or it won't end well for him!
Bivalvan: Do you really want to go after Magistra Adams's kid? Besides, he doesn't seem to know what the Omnitrix can do yet. Looks like we'll just have to watch and wait. Ra'ad, is your teleporter still functional?
Ra'ad: It's still working, yes. Are we returning to the Escape Pod?
Bivalvan: Not all of us. You have the advantage of stealth, so you'll be keeping an eye on Nate for now, while P'andor, Andreas, Galapagus and I will be monitoring you back from our pod. Understood.
Ra'ad: Yes. Just make sure someone swaps places with me after a few hours.
Bivalvan nodded. Ra'ad then took out an odd device and began to press a few buttons on it. A few moments later, Bivalvan the Orishan, Galapagus the Geochelone Aerios, P'andor the Prypiatosian-B and Andreas the Talpaedan were teleported away, leaving only Ra'ad the Amperi left, who was hiding in the bushes.
Line break brought to you by Chibi Nate drinking a Mr. Smoothy's smoothie.
Buck: Ah...that hit the spot.
Austin: You said it!
Nate: Yeah. Now, if you don't mind me bringing it up, maybe we can discuss what the heck just happened with my Watch?
Sue-Ellen: Yeah, now would be as good a time as any. It said somethin' like "the Yo-kaitrix was online" if I heard correctly.
Wyatt: Yeah. It also said that it had completed syncin' with somethin'.
Austin: Yeah, it did! But what in the Sam Hill could that be?
Nate: ...I think I might know what it is
Buck: Say what?! Well, spit it out then!
Nate: I think that it's synced with two things. The first one would be the that odd device was syncing with my watch throughout the duration of their fusion and the second is that my new watch was syncing to me.
Sue-Ellen: W-wait, the first one I can understand. If that thang that jumped onto yer wrist fused with your actual watch, of course it'd take time to sync with it. But yer new watch sycnin' with you?! How the heck does that work?
Nate: Well...what if it was syncing to my DNA? To my nervous system, to me as a whole? It would make sense. I've tried multiple times to get this thing off, but every time I try to, it feels like the watch is fused to my skin. And make it even stranger...I think it has a some other ability But I also feel like its something that shouldn't be seen by the public.
Austin: Somethin' that not even the public can see? Wow.
Buck: Hmm...I think I know where we can go. Far away from any pryin' eyes.
Nate: Y-you do? Where.
Buck: Just follow me. And make sure none of ya are followed.
Everyone got up from their seats, threw their cups away and began to follow Buck as they kept an eye out for anyone that might have an idea of tailing them. Unfortunately, they were only keeping a lookout for any potential humans that could follow them. Not aliens.
Ra'ad: Alright. Now we're getting somewhere.
Remaining as hidden as he could, Ra'ad followed the group of kids. He didn't know where they were going, but he was about to find out.
The little journey that Buck had taken his friends on had led them from Northbeech back to Southmond, to the quaint section of BBQ known as East Pine to a forest area off the beaten path of East Pine. After a bit more walking, the gang reached what seemed to be a tree house that was next to a dock like area where one would normally shove off from while on a raft.
Wyatt: Well I'll be...I didn't know ya had somethin' like this!
Buck: Well, I was gonna show it to y'all later. Y'know, as a surprise.
Nate: Whoa...it's awesome! It's a secret base, just like the one my Grandpa had!
Austin: Yer Grandpa had a secret base...? Ah, we're gettin' sidetracked! Nate, you mentioned somethin' about yer watch having some sorta power?
Nate: Yeah, that's what I said. But I'm not entirely sure how to activate it.
Nate eyed his watch rather carefully, inspecting the entirety of it. He didn't see anything that would activate the Yo-katrix...until he looked at the dial of the Yo-kaitrix. For some odd reason, Nate felt attracted to it. So, holding his arm out (as if he was checking the time on his watch), Nate lightly tapped the hourglass on the face of the Yo-kaitrix twice, which caused a holographic array to pop up.
Sue-Ellen: Whoa! That's somethin' you don't see everyday!
Whisper: I'll say. But what exactly...is it?
Everyone began to huddle around Nate in order to properly read what the holographic screen said. The array itself had a rather simple layout. It had the current time and date up on the top left corner, weather on the top right corner and the Yo-kaitrix's Rank (which was somehow at it's highest rank) on the bottom left corner. But what caught Nate's attention the most were the things at the center of the screen; a two by two square formation with a circle in its center that had one option in each section.
The top right square had the words"Search Function" on it, the top left square had something called "The A.L.D.B." on it, the bottom left square had the word "Locations and Landmarks" on it, and the bottom right square had the words "Yo-kai Medals" on it. But the one that attracted Nate's eye the most was the circle in the center, which had the words "Transformations" on it. Nate touched the icon, causing an entire new gallery to appear.
It had what seemed to be hundreds, if not millions of odd and unique looking creatures, with each one having some sort of species name and a full image of what the creature looked like. But the one Nate was drawn to the most was the image of a creature that looked similar to a mummy, with it having the garb to match. Under it had the name of "Thep Khufan". Nate tapped it, causing the image to become the main focus of everything, with the image of it now being front and center. There were even stats to go along with the image. Nate tapped the screen again, which finally caused the array to go away. Then, the face of the Yo-kaitrix to pop up, with a faint beeping being heard as well.
Nate: Well...here goes nothing, I guess.
Buck: W-wait, I don't think that's a good idea, Nate!
Whisper: Nate, I'd listen to Buck, you don't know what'll happen!
Jibanyan: Nyate, please, dyon't do it!
But all of their warnings fell on deaf ears. Nate pressed the face of the Yo-kaitrix down, causing him to be engulfed in a bright flash of green light, which caused everyone to cover their eyes.
Multiple bandages began to come out of the Yo-kaitrix, wrapping and clinging to Nate's skin, moving up his arm and up to his head. Once his head was fully covered, he opened his eyes, which were now a solid green. Soon, all of the bandages were wrapped around his entire body. Then, certain parts of his body began to bulk up under the bandages, mainly the areas around his forearms, his calves, his shoulders and his head. Through the bandages on his forearms, two red bracers with green markings and a star symbol tore through. Through the bandages on his calves, two greaves that were a simliar color to his shoes broke through, and from his head and shoulders, two parts of a pharaoh's headdress.
The bottom part of the headdress was blue and red, and the main part of the headdress was black with gold being mainly around the face. One long bandage hung from the brown belt that wrapped around his waist, which was connected to his Shendyt and two bandages were flowing in the wind behind his back. From the bracers, four bandages exited the ends of them, giving off a similar feel to hands, while his greaves had four bandages (three in the front and one in the back) that gave the impression of him having "toes". The symbol of the Yo-kaitrix appeared on his left shoulder.
Once the flash of light dissipated, everyone looked back at Nate, only to find that he was replaced by the mummy-like creature that they all saw on the Yo-kaitrix's holographic array.
Nate?: Huh. Guess nothing happened...wait, why do I sound so different?
Buck: Nate...is that you, pard'ner?
Nate: Of course it is! Who else would it be?
Sue-Ellen: U-um, Nate...ya might wanna go over to the river and check yerself out fer a bit.
Nate: Why would I...you know what? Fine.
Nate walked over to the river to look at his reflection, expecting to see his human form...but instead, he only saw the mummy. His expression turned to shock, but he didn't react, to interested in what he was seeing. He lifted his hands to touch his face, feeling the gold that made up the headdress.
Nate: T-this...
Austin: Nate, whatever ya do, don't freak out!
Nate: This is...
Buck: Nate, I get that yer a little confused, but I promise you that we'll figure this out-
Nate: AWESOME!
Buck: ...
Austin: ...
Wyatt: ...
Sue-Ellen: ...
Mary-Lou: ...
Whisper: ...
Jibanyan: ...
All: WHAT?!
Nate: This is beyond incredible, it's indescribably awesome! The Yo-kaitrix must've turned me into that mummy thing! What was it called again? A Thep Khufan?
Buck: Whoa, simmer on down for a sec, Nate! I'll admit, this is cool and all, but how're you gonna turn back to normal?!
Nate: Hmm...that I didn't think of. Well, maybe there's a time limit for how long I can be in these forms. Like, after a while, maybe it'll time out or something. But until then...lets see what this baby can do!
Nate began to stretch his bandaged body in order to prep for some experimentation. Nate then held out his hand, causing his "fingers" to stretch outward, wrapping around a rock over on the other side of the river. He then moved his arms up, causing the multiple long, prehensile bandages to lift it up into the air with ease.
Nate: Whoa! This guy's surprisingly strong for being made of bandages!
Nate then set the rock back down and retracted the bandages that were wrapped around it. Once his hands were back to normal, he then had another idea. He decided to relax his body and lessened the tension on his bandages. As he did so, his body began to unravel, his garb and the Yo-kaitrix insignia disappeared as all of the bandages fell to the ground, with the only part that remained unchanged was the face area of his headdress. Mary-Lou walked over and picked the face up.
Mary-Lou: Huh. Guess the only physical part of yer body is this thang here. So weird...
Nate: Weird? Try amazing! Whatever the Thep Khufan are, they somehow use bandages as a way to prop up their masks! And since they look kinda like pharaohs, there's a high chance that things like mummification and the garb worn by pharaohs was influenced by these creatures these...aliens!
Buck: Aliens?! As in "creatures that come from space on spaceships" aliens?!
At this point, Nate began to reconstruct his physical form, all of his essential pieces of clothing returning as he did so.
Nate: I know that it kinda sounds far fetched, but it's the only thing that would make sense. Whatever that watch-like thing I found was, it was obviously way more advanced than any other technologies that exist nowadays. Not to mention the name under the image. "Thep Khufan" is clearly the name of a species rather than an individual. And you saw just how many different types of creatures were in that gallery. It looked like thousands, if not millions. With this thing, I could be the world's first actual superhero!
Buck: I like the sound of it. Lets just hope that you don't have to do anything too soon, though.
Mechadroid Soldier: Sir, the Omnitrix has been detected! The location is in a forested area of BBQ, Texas.
Vilgax: Excellent. Psyphon! Launch the Mechadroid Destroyer, NOW!
Listening to his Master's commands over the comm system, Psyphon launched a pod that contained one of the Chimeran Hammer's Mechadroid Destroyers. Soon, Nate was going to be dealing with quite the conundrum down on the surface. Speaking of which...
Back on the surface, everyone was still gawking at Nate's new form, who was performing incredibly athletic feats in front of them all.
Nate: Man, doing this stuff's a lot easier when you don't have any bones.
Sue-Ellen: This is...somethin' else, Nate. It's still hard to believe that this is even happenin'.
Nate: Yeah. But it doesn't feel right, being called Nate when I'm in this form. Maybe I should give this guy a name?
Austin: A...name? Like ones you'd give to a Superhero?
Nate: Yeah! But it needs to match the theme of the hero in question.
Sue-Ellen: Okay...um, Bandage Boy?
Nate: Eh...not bad, but it sounds like a name that someone in a different dimension would use.
Mary-Lou: Uh, how bout the Mummy?
Nate: Again, not bad, but it needs more oomph.
Buck: Hmm...Oh, I got it! How about Snare-Oh?
Snare-Oh: I like it! From now on, this guy'll be known as Snare-Oh!
Just as he said the name, the Yo-kaitrix began to flash red for a bit until a red light engulfed Nate, now named Snare-Oh. Once the red light died down, everyone saw that Nate had returned to normal.
Nate: See? Time out!
Whisper: Oh, thank goodness! I don't know what would've happened if your Mother saw you like that.
Sue-Ellen: So...what's up with it now?
Nate: Best guess? It's on some sort of cool down.
Wyatt: What makes you think that, pard'ner?
Nate: Because of this.
Nate lifted the watch to the air, showing that the formerly green hourglass symbol was now red.
Nate: Since the symbol itself is red rather than green, it's rather safe to assume that this is the cool down mode for the Yo-kaitrix. This also means that Transformations are off the menu until it fully recharges. But, if my hypothesis is correct...
Nate tapped the hourglass symbol, causing the holo-screen to pop up again. The circle in the center of the squares had the word "recharging..." underneath it with a percentage bar alongside it. But the rest of the options were fully accessible.
Nate: ...the other options are still able to be selected.
Wyatt: Nice. Maybe now we can finally learn more about that mummy thang.
Nate: Thep Khufan would be the accurate name.
Nate tapped the A.L.D.B. section of the screen, causing another gallery to appear. Nate then scrolled until he saw the words "Thep Khufan" and then tapped it, causing tons of information to pop up.
Nate: Alright, here it is! Lets see here...hey, Yo-katrix?
Yo-kaitrix: Yes, Mr. Adams?
Nate: Whoa, it worked! Anyways, read file on Thep Khufan.
Yo-kaitrix: Of course, Mr. Adams.
Species name: Thep Khufan
Home planet: Anur Khufos
Planet location: The Anur System
Description: Thep Khufan's are bipedal alien humanoids that heavily resemble ancient Pharaoh's of ancient time. This is due to the fact that Thep Khufan's would frequently visit an early Earth back in the day, causing the early civilization to shape their lifestyles similar to that of the Thep Khufan. Thep Khufan's are made out of a few think bandages that coil together to make a body, which the mask of the Thep Khufan (the only real physical part of a Thep Khufan) rests upon.
Strengths: Enhanced strength, immunity to Corrodium (a highly corruptive/mutative mineral substance that can only be found in the Anur System, most abundantly found on Anur Khufos), prehensile bandages that have incredible tensile strength, rapid regeneration, advanced mobility, enhanced reflexes, ability to breath underwater, enhanced durability, night vision, abilities to use magic akin to Pharaoh's Curses (with enough practice).
Weaknesses: Easily frozen by extreme cold, susceptible to strong winds/suction forces if stretched out enough, can become tangled in own bandages, easily overpowered by a Vladat's Corruptura, easily scarred by an Abominoid.
Nate: Interesting. I'll have to research on some of these aliens later on tonight.
Almost on cue, the Yo-kaitrix gave off a sound that gave off the vibe that it had finished recharging. Looking back at the hourglass symbol, it was now back to its original green coloration.
Nate: Or I can just transform into one right now.
Buck: Whoa, Nate, lets try and slow down a bit. I get that yer excited about this whole "being-able-to-transform-into-aliens" thing, but we can't just jump from one thang to another!
Whisper: I'd listen to Buck, Nate. For now, we should probably not use it until we fully know what exactly this device is capable-
But before Whisper could finish his sentence though, something massive rocketed into the river beside them, creating a giant splash as it did so. Everyone turned to the source of the splash, which was some sort of giant brown pod. From the pod, three massive, mechanical legs, two arms and a head with red eyes deployed from the pod, its body shifting its mechanical body as it did so. Once it was fully complete, the mechanical titan turned to the group, almost as if it was examining them. Then, it stopped at Nate, seeming to focus on the Yo-kaitrix.
Mechadroid Destroyer: Primary Directive; destroy Nate Adams and acquire the Omnitrix.
The massive machine fired a devastating beam towards Nate and his friends, who all barely avoided being fried to a crisp.
Wyatt: What the heck is that thang?!
Nate: I don't know! But that thing it mentioned...the Omnitrix. Wait, what if that watch thing I found was that Omnitrix thing?!
Nate barely dodged another laser that was aimed at him.
Buck: That would make sense! But if its lookin' fer that there thang on yer wrist, how're ya gonna git away from that vile var'min?
It took a bit of thinking (while Nate was barely avoiding devastating laser beams that were being shot at Nate), but eventually, he did come up with a plan.
Nate: Guys, I got an idea!
Austin: Lets here it then!
Nate: I'm gonna lure this thing deeper into the forest, far away from the rest of the town! You guys get out of here and get to the local authorities!
Sue-Ellen: And leave you alone to the giant robot?! Nate, yer gonna die if you do this!
Nate: Don't worry, I've got the Yo-kaitrix! I got this, just hurry and get some help!
Whisper: Nate, this is insane! Please, think this through!
Jibanyan: Listen to Whisper for once!
Nate, being followed by Whisper and Jibanyan, ran off down towards Gloombell Forest, with the Mechadroid Destroyer being hot on Nate's tail. Everyone looked on in horror as Nate and the mechanical beast got further and further away.
Wyatt: W-what are we gonna do?! We can't just let Nate fight that thang alone!
Sue-Ellen: ...I think it's time we show Nate our true selves.
Austin: W-what?! He already knows that Buck's-
Sue-Ellen: No he doesn't. The only thang Nate knows is that Buck can become anythang he touches. He doesn't know that he's part alien...nor does he know that we are as well.
Buck: Yeah...after all hes done for us in the short amount of time that we've known him for, we at least owe him this!
Austin: Well, when you put it like that...yeah. Yeah, we can do this! But I'm gonna need some tech to work with.
Mary-Lou: Luckily fer you, I packed some scraps.
Buck: Alright, once we get properly prepared, we'll go and assist Nate! Sound like a plan?
All: YEAH!
Meanwhile, in the Gloombell Forest, Nate was currently doing his best to dodge and weave past the varying lasers and rockets that his mechanical pursuer launched and fired at him, causing mass destruction to many parts of the forest in the process. After a while of this, though, Nate did eventually find some cover behind a massive series of blocks that were in the shape of a plus sign. Once he hid, the monstrous machine quit its rampage, with it now simply searching the area for Nate.
Deciding that he didn't want to wait around for the thing to eventually find him, Nate activated the Yo-kaitrix, went straight to the Transformations gallery and began to scroll through the varying aliens. He eventually landed on a skeletal alien with a thick fin-like crest on its head and four eyes. The name under the image was "Skeletosapien". He then tapped the image multiple times, causing the face of the Yo-kaitrix to once again.
Nate: Alright, lets see what this one can do!
Nate pressed down the main dial of the Yo-kaitrix, causing yet another flash of green light to fill the air.
Nate's body began to become malnourished, his muscles weakening and his skin clinging to his skeletal structure. Eventually, his eyes faded away, as did his skin and his clothing. But then, the raidius and the ulna of Nate's arms began to coil around one another (which caused them to resemble DNA strands), as did the fibula and tibia of Nate's legs. Then, his middle and ring finger fused into one, and his hands became sharper and increased in size. The same thing happened with his three middle toes, and the other two toe bones began to extend and sharpen, with a fourth "toe" bone growing out the back of Nate's heel bone.
In general, Nate's skeletal structure got bigger and bulkier. From his shoulders, two curved spikes grew, as did one on the top of his skull. Then, the sockets of his skull split, granting him four eye sockets that looked like they were in a permanent state of glee. Moments later, the sockets lit up green and a thick, blue, mucus-like membrane began to surround the skeletal body, causing his structure to gain more bulk.
Finally, a sleeveless red and blue jumpsuit with a white collar and a white star plastered on the from of the jumpsuit formed around the body of the skeleton. A brown belt housed the insignia of the Yo-kaitrix
Whisper: A...skeleton?
Nate: Okay. Lets see what this baby can do!
The now skeletal Nate parkour'd over the rock formation he had hidden behind and began to run up to the giant droid and began to actively throw some globs of his mucus membrane at certain spots of the body. This unfortunately caught the attention of the damned thing, which began to make chase.
Nate: Oh, come on, his stuff is useless! Unless...?
Almost by some sort of instinct, Nate held his hand out and began to focus. This caused the mucus on the Mechadroid Destroyer to glow a bright blue. Then, with each stride, the robot seemed to be getting slower and slower, its three legs creating sizable craters with each step, until it couldn't even move anymore.
Nate: Whoa! Molecular density shifting?! Get outta town, bro! This guy is officially awesome! But what to call him?
Before Nate could finish that thought, the all too familiar sound of a charging laser could be heard. Nate turned his attention back to the robot, which was charging up for a big attack. Once again, on instinct, Nate tensed his entire body mere moments before the laser fired. The force of the laser caused Nate to slide back a bit, causing the ground beneath him to deform slightly, but once the laser stopped, it showed that Nate himself was unscathed.
Nate: Wow. You must be dumber than ya look! You sure that you're capable of takin' me outta the picture?
Mechadroid Destroyer: Affirmative.
Nate: Heh, then you're in ovah yer head, ya overgrown tin can!
Mechadroid Destroyer: Negative. Must retrieve Omnitrix! Must destroy Nate Adams!
Nate: Yeah? Well it's a shame that I'm not Nate right now!
Mechadroid Destroyer: Incorrect. You are still Nate Adams. Must destroy Nate Adams!
The massive machine tried its best to swipe at Nate with its massive mechanical claws, but Nate's Skeletosapien form was too fast.
Vertebreak: Nope. Right now, I'm Vertebreak! And if I was you, I'd just put up yer mechanical mitts and give up!
Before his adversary could finish his sentence, a blue beam of energy shot by Nate and nailed the beast in its left eye, causing it to recoil. Nate looked behind him, only to see his new friends behind him. The most odd thing to note was that Austin was riding atop some sort of odd looking mechanical spider droid.
Vertebreak: Wait, you guys?! I thought I told the lotta ya to go and get the authorities?
Buck: Sorry, Nate, but we ain't lettin' ya die on us! We're helping, whether you like it or not!
Vertebreak: Alright, alright, I get it. But, just one question; HOW?!
As Nate and the others were arguing, Mary-Lou noticed that the Mechadroid now had its attention back on Nate and was preparing another attack. Without hesitation, Mary-Lou bolted past Nate and towards the mechanical abomination.
Vertebreak: W-wait, Mary, whatta ya doin'?!
But Mary-Lou ignored him, continuing her run towards the machine. But as she ran, what seemed to be pink electricity began to spark from her body. Then, what appeared to be nodes broke through the cloth of her shirt around her shoulders Her hands turned to gauntlets, a node popped out from her ab area, her hair began to raise upward, almost as if her hair had been struck by lightning, her normally all pink hair had a white streak that looked like a bolt of lightning, and her body began to develop marks on her body that gave off the vibe that she had been stitched together.
Once Mary-Lou had gotten close to the robot, she shot a beam of electricity at it, which the droid attempted to counter by swatting at Mary-Lou. But she managed to avoid it, continuing her attack.
Vertebreak: W-what the what?!
Sue-Ellen: Yeah...all of us are part alien. Sorry that we didn't tell ya earlier.
Vertebreak: Uh, okay...what would you tell me earlier, though? We barely knew each other when we all met for the first time. Heck, I still don't really know much about youse guys.
Sue-Ellen: Point taken. Now, enough talk! It's time to kick some robot behind!
Wyatt: Agreed!
Cracking her knuckles, Sue-Ellen and Wyatt began to run at the bot at an abnormally high speed. As she ran, she began to get taller and somewhat more muscular, the skin around her forearms and face, she somehow grew another pair of eyes and two new arms grew out from the area under her armpits. Wyatt on the other hand, began to grow some sort of black mask around his eyes as his hair began to turn a shade of blue. That blue coloration continued down to his arms and legs, which made it look like he had some sort of fancy gloves and fancy boots on. His green jeans became torn around his calf area. Much like Sue-Ellen, Wyatt got taller and a tad bit bulkier.
As the three alien/human hybrids fought against the Mechadroid Destroyer, Nate (Vertebreak) could only watch in awe at what was happening.
Vertebreak: Whoa! Talk about changin' faces! Alright, Austin, what can you do?
Austin: Well...if you really wanna know...
Austin began to undergo a form of rapid change much like the others. His body became black, with the area around his stomach and the innermost part of his arms were blue. On his body were lines that resembled circuitry (blue lines on black and black lines on blue). His face remained somewhat normal, with his key facial features (eyes and mouth) being blue.
Austin: I'm part Galvanic Mechamorph. I can upgrade technology by merging into it. But since I'm only part Mechamorph, I can only enhance technology via physical contact.
Vertebreak: Being able to upgrade tech through touch, eh? That kinda gives me an idea...Buck!
Buck: U-um, yeah?
Vertebreak: Join them in the fight, create a distraction! Austin and I will make our way up the body and to that things head!
Austin: Wait, what?! Why do you want me to-
Vertebreak: Austin, if you can enhance technology, maybe you can also hack into it. In other words, if I can get you to that things brain...
Austin: I might be able to shut it down...how come I've never thought of that before?
Vertebreak: Maybe it's because this is new territory for everyone here?
Buck: Yeah, that makes sense.
The human/Osomsian hybrid touched a rather large stone, causing his entire body to become it. He then ran towards the Mechadroid and began to wail on its legs, causing sizable dents to appear. Nate, alongside the invisible Whisper and Jibanyan, then jumped onto Austin's mech and Austin himself put his hands onto the metal of his machine, causing them to fuse into the mech's body. As soon as it finished spreading around the mech's body, two massive wings sprung forth from the sides of its body, with the mechanical spider soon taking flight.
But the main issue with getting to the mechanical beast's head was the fact that it still had its eye lasers, which it was using vigorously. Luckily, Austin was able to steer his mech, dodging and weaving around each laser blast.
Vertebreak: We ain't makin' any progress! Hmm, maybe if we had some sort of smokescreen...
Austin: Smokescreen...well, maybe Wyatt can help with that.
Vertebreak: Wyatt? What can he do?
Austin: Austin's part Chitrakayah, an alien species known for its enhanced speed. Although they're not as fast as Kinecelerans, they make up for it with their increased muscle mass.
Vertebreak: Oh, I get it. If we have Wyatt whip up a bit of a storm around this bucket of bolts, we'll be able to get onto that things head undetected! Oi, Wyatt!
the human/Chitrakayah stopped its assault and looked up to Nate and Austin.
Wyatt: Y-yeah?
Vertebreak: We can't get close to this thing! Run around this rust-bucket and kick up some wind!
Wyatt: Roger that.
Cracking his neck, Wyatt got into a running position. After breathing for a bit, Wyatt began to literally run circles around the monstrous machine, creating a tornado around the thing as he did so. Austin then used his ability to see the workings of technology to properly guide both of them to the head of the thing, where they landed safely. Nate then dismounted off of the transport and onto the surface to the bot's head.
Vertebreak: Alright, lets see if I can crack open this overgrown tin can!
Nate began to slash at the things head, which did cause visible scratches to be made, but didn't really succeed in cracking the head open. Austin wasn't having much luck either, as his optic laser's weren't making a dent in the armor either.
Austin: It's not working! Whatever alloy this things outer shell is made of, it's too durable for my optic laser to penetrate!
Vertebreak: Ain't having much luck here, either. If only I had somethin' sharper than my claws, maybe the I'd have more luck.
Austin: Sumpin' sharper, you say? Wait a minute, that's it! Nate, you're a Skeletosapien, right?
Vertebreak: That's what it said when I selected it, yeah.
Austin: Great! If I recall correctly, Skeletosapiens can create any material they need by taking chunks of their mucus membrane off. But they need to know the molecular structure before they do it though.
Vertebreak: Really, that's all? C'mon, that's child's play for someone like me!
Nate took a glob of mucus from his body and began to shape it into something that vaguely looked like a sword. He then focused on the shape in his hands, and just like clockwork, a sword formed in his hands, hilt and all. He swung it around a few times before stabbing it directly into the top of the mechanized monsters head, which went all the way through it.
Vertebreak: Oh, now that's what I call a sword! A lot more durable than I thought it would be, though.
Austin: Well, that's the perks of items created by Skeletosapiens. Weapons they create are more durable than normal weapons and food they make is a lot more delectable then normal food.
Vertebreak: Well, ain't that somethin'?
With incredible speed, Nate began to run around the head, with the sword still in his hand, cutting the top of the beasts head off with ease. Once he finished this process, he reverted his sword back into the mucus membrane, merged it back into his body, and began to focus the mucus on his body to his arms, which began to increase in size (well, the mucus did, not the size of the bones). He then lifted the cut off piece of metal and threw it to the side, giving Austin complete access to the inner workings of the Mechadroid Destroyer. After this process, Nate returned his arms back to normal. Well, as normal as an alien skeletons arms could be, anyway.
Vertebreak: Alright, Austin, it's all yours.
Austin: Roger that!
Austin jumped into the now opened head of the robot, with his optics set on the core, which seemed to be acting as the things brain. With careful movements, Austin latched his hands onto the core, his nanites infesting it.
Austin: I hope I know what I'm doing...
After a bit of hacking, the robot began to twitch and convulse wildly until it had shut off. Its limbs went limp and the lights in its eyes went out, which made everyone stop what they were doing. At this point, the mucus that was chucked at the robot began to slither up the its body and merged back into Nate, who was hanging on the side of the head, holding on to the edge of the hole he had cut.
Whisper: I can't believe that worked.
Vertebreak: I knew you had it in ya, Austin! Now, lets get down from here before I time out!
Austin: Sounds good to me, pard'ner!
Austin let go of the core, got out from the head of the robot, and leapt onto Nate's back. Nate then began to slide down the bot, reuniting with his new friends. Once on the ground, Austin got off from Nate's back. Then, like clockwork, the Yo-kaitrix began to beep thrice and Nate was engulfed in a flash of red light, returning to his human form.
Nate: Okay, now that was awesome!
Mary-Lou: Y-yeah, I guess it was!
Buck: Darn tootin' it was! We actually took down an alien robot!
At this point, those who entered there alien forms began to revert back to normal, with most having torn clothes that would need repairing.
Nate: I know right?! But I'll be honest though, I didn't know that you guys were part alien.
Mary-Lou: W-we didn't want you to be scared of us.
Wyatt: Yeah. It's why we have our human disguises. Thank goodness we can actively change our forms when we want to, eh?
Nate: It's definitely convenient. So, I'm guessing that if they're part aliens, then you're one too, yeah Buck?
Buck: Y-yeah...part Osmosian. But I only found out around a month ago. I understand if you wanna...y'know...stop be-
Nate: I'm gonna stop you right there. I'm still gonna be your friend.
Mary-Lou: R-really?!
Nate: It's the least I can do for the folks who helped me stop that thing.
Without hesitation, the folks from BBQ embraced Nate into a group hug.
Whisper: Aw, this is so touching!
Jibanyan: Nyeah! But, sheesh, all of that styuff was crazy!
Nate: Man, am I beat. Lets get outta here before someone swings by-
?: Hey!
Everyone turned to the voice that called them. The source of the voice was some sort of humanoid fish man that had sharp teeth, glasses and some sort of lure like an angler fish. This fish man also wore a white and black armor that had a red circle at the chest area.
Nate: U-um, who are you? You aren't the guy who sent that robot to attack me, are you?
Patelliday: Don't worry son, I'm not here to hurt you. I'm Magister Patelliday. I was sent here to deal with this issue with a squad of other Plumbers that are outside this forest. But it looks like that you've beaten us to the punch.
Nate: Plumbers? Why would a bunch of guys who fix toilets for a living team up to fight an alien robot...
Patelliday: Heh, we aren't those types of Plumbers, Nate.
Nate: How do you know my name?!
Patelliday: Because Lily told me all about you.
Buck: Um, who's Lily?
Nate: Wait, that's my Mom's name. Y-you...know my Mom? How?!
Patelliday: Well...
?: Don't worry, Patelliday. I'll take it from here.
Out from the entrance of Gloombell Forest entered...Lily Adams, Nate's mother. This in front of her all held confused expressions...all excluding Nate, Jibanyan and Whisper, who had expressions akin to shock.
Nate: M-MOM?!
Lily: Hey sweetie. Guess Mom's got some explaining to do, huh?
Nate: Y-yeah...I guess so.
Almost on cue, Nate's stomach began to growl, causing him to hold his belly with a slight blush.
Nate: M-maybe over dinner?
Lily: Sounds good to me. You planning on joining us, Patelliday?
Patelliday: Only if your cooking.
Patelliday and Lily turned back to the entrance and began to walk away, with Nate and his friends following close behind. He didn't know what was happening...but he knew one thing was for sure; his life was only gonna get more interesting from here on out!
Meanwhile, back on the Chimeran Hammer...
Mechadroid Soldier: Bad news, Lord Vilgax. The Destroyer has been decommissioned.
Vilgax: What?! Impossible! How can this be?!
Mechadroid Soldier: Nate Adams seemed to take the form of a Skeletosapien. That, and he had help from natural born human/alien hybrids.
Vilgax: And what of the Mechadroid Destroyer?
Mechadroid Soldier: It has fallen into the hands of the Plumbers, my Lord...and Magistra Adams was the one leading the operation.
Vilgax: Magistra Adams...Lily...just you wait. Soon, I will have the Omnitrix, and then, not a single soul in this universe and others beyond will be able to stop me! So says Vilgax the Conqueror!
Activating an interface on his throne, he began to send some sort of message out to three individuals.
Vilgax: But first, I will have to deal with her brat of a son. It's time for you to become one of the hunted, boy.