[==-Episode 8: Ill-Eagle-==]

Yesterday, Ben's secrets were finally revealed. Now the whole world knew about them. And he couldn't believe it too. One moment his secrets were hidden, the next they were revealed and made him famous all over the world! Right now, Ben was asking himself questions. He asked how his mom found out about where he was during the time he stopped Vilgax from terrorizing his home country, he asked what would happen to him now that his secrets were revealed, he asked if there were reasons why Azmuth wanted him to keep his heroing business a secret.

As Ben continued to think, Gwen noticed the expression he had. She asked "Ben?", "Hm?" Ben replied. "You ok?" Gwen asked again, "Yeah." Ben answered. "Just concerned." said Gwen as she got back to reading whatever book she had in her hands.

While Ben and Gwen were just sitting next to each other, you could hear some crackling and smell something good if you went inside the Rustbucket. Max was cooking breakfast, it was bacon, eggs and toast. At least this Max would be willing to feed people NORMAL FOOD. The original Max just chowed down on whatever weird-ass grub he could get his hands on. Marinated mealworms? Seriously?! At least our Ben and Gwen won't have to worry about eating weird-ass food that came from who knows where.

When Max was done cooking, he prepared the meals. After that, he walked over to where Ben and Gwen were and said "Chowtime!" before setting the plates down. "Thanks." both Ben and Gwen said as they started to eat. The, while Ben and Gwen were eating Max started talking.

"Hey kids, y'know I was thinking. Maybe we could go somewhere today."

"To where grandpa?"

"To the zoo."

"-ZOO?! The last time I saw a zoo is when I was fighting Dr. Animo back then. Back when I was still with my mom and when she didn't know my secrets of course."

"Who's Dr. Animo?"

"Dr. Animo's a crazy guy who mutates animals and uses them to terrorize everyone and everything! I've fought him a couple o' times, and he's made some PREEETTYY CRAZY mutants. A shark with the color of a leopard that has legs and can shoot lasers from it's eyes, mutant elephants that fly using their ears, mutant bees, mutant bats and MORE!"

"-WHOA! That guy sounds..."

"I know! He's crazy!"

Max was confused at what Ben was talking about, he didn't know who Dr. Animo was. So he asked

"Uuuuhhhh Ben... who is this Dr. Animo?"

"I just said. He's a crazy guy who turns animals into mutants. I fought him a couple o' times and kicked his butt everytime! Next time I meet him, I'll do it again!"

Max wanted to know more about Dr. Animo, so he asked

"Ben, can you tell me more about this Animo guy?"

"Ok. What else... -oh! He's an old man with white hair that's a bit long. He also wears these weird devices that he uses to mutate animals. One is worn on the head, the other one's worn on the body."

"Hmmm... strange." said Max, before he said "-A-anyway... enjoy your meals kids.". Ben and Gwen looked at him for a bit before they started eating.

A few minutes later, when Max saw that Ben and Gwen were done eating he said "Alright kids, looks like we're ready to hit the road." as he got in the Rustbucket's driver's seat and buckled his seatbelt. "Yeah." Ben replied as Max started the engine.

*...vvvvVVVVVRRRRROOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM...VRRRRROOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM...VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM-*

The Rustbucket roared into life, it's engine growling as it started. Then, Max stepped on the gas pedal and drove off.

While Max was drving, Gwen asked Ben "So... can you tell me more about this Dr. Animo guy?". "Sure." said Ben and did just that. Ben and Gwen ended up talking about Animo at the first half of the ride. Then, the conversation led to other things as the ride went on. Soon, Ben and Gwen were just chatting to each other and having a great time.

[A few hours later...]

A few hours later, Max had already arrived at the zoo. He was just a little bit farther off the entrance right now. "Whoa, I can't believe I'm going to a zoo again." Ben said, Gwen just looked outside. "Okay kids, we're here!" said Max, then he went to look for a parking spot. Once he did, he, Ben and Gwen got off. "Well kids, let's go." said Max as he, Ben and Gwen started to explore the zoo.

Unknown to them... there was something really bad going on somewhere in the zoo. I'll give ya'll a hint, who likes dealing with animals and turning them into his mutants? Yep, ya'll guessed it. Animo.

Animo was walking around in the zoo. He seemed to be looking for something. But what? Anyway, as we ask ourselves this question (which will be answered eventually) Animo continued to walk around the zoo.

Meanwhile, Ben, Gwen and Max were already seeing the different kinds of animals that were kept at a zoo. How nice to be able to see the wonders of nature just by a trip on a vehicle, or on foot if you don't have one. Anyway, as Ben, Gwen and Max continued to explore the zoo Animo was doing something suspicious.

Animo went near to where eagles were kept. He smirked before sneaking up towards one of them. Animo crept quietly until he finally got near to one of them. Then...

"YAAH!" *-MUFFLED EAGLE NOISES-*

Animo TACKLED one of the eagles and held it's beak shut so it wouldn't make too much noise. Then, he held it down with his foot, before activating his new Transmodulator. -Then...

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

As the eagle was continuously hit by the rays of Dr. Animo's Transmodulator, it slowly started to mutate! It got SO MUCH BIGGER IN SIZE, and it's WINGS and CLAWS GREW LONGER TOO! Then, it screeched SO LOUD after the mutation finished!

Everyone was able to hear the very loud screeching! -Including Ben, Gwen and Max! "-What was that?!" Max asked, "Uh oh... -it's probably ANIMO again!" said Ben. "WAIT... -ANIMO?!" said Gwen, "Yeah, now come on!" Ben replied. However, despite her knowledge of all the weird business her grandpa Max and Ben were involved with Gwen was just a normal person and was just like any other normal person. Scared of anything dangerous. "-U-ummmm... -I...-I think I'm gonna stay back... I don't wanna get in the way of a MADMAN!" said Gwen as she hid behind Max. "I'll go check. Grandpa Max, please keep Gwen safe." said Ben, "Alright." Max replied as Ben ran towards the direction where the screeching came from.

Meanwhile, there were some people who FROZE in terror as they saw the monster that Dr. Animo created! "HAHAHAHAHAHAAA! Behold! The fruit of my intelligence!" said Dr. Animo. Then, the crazy madman said "-ATTACK!". The mutant eagle followed his command and SCREECHED so loudly before starting to attack everyone and everything!

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
WHAM! CRASH! BAM! SMASH! -SCREEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH!*

The people screamed as they escaped from the mutant eagle! Some security people tried stopping it, but it was too powerful and managed to fend them off! Just then, Ben came running over. He saw the eagle, -and Animo! Since Ben's old disguise was reported on the news, he wore a new one. "Looks like that creep's back again! Time for me to kick his butt again!" he said as he hid somewhere before activating the Omnitrix, picking an alien and slamming the dial down!

*-OMNITRIX TRANSFORMATION SOUNDS!*

[*Astrodactyl transformation scene!*]

*Transformation completion sounds!*

Ben turned into Astrodactyl, he then looked up and saw the eagle who was still attacking and thrashing everything it could. Then, he flew up towards where the eagle was. When the eagle saw him, it screech before trying to get him with it's beak! But it missed and Ben turned into Humungousaur and SMASHED down on it's beak!

*RRRRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! -SLAM! -SCREEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -BAM!*

When Ben slammed the eagle, it and him ended up crashing onto the ground! As Ben was about to send another punch, the eagle grabbed him with it's beak and threw him across! "Urgh!" said Ben as he fell. Then, the eagle tried pecking at Ben many times, but Ben dodged every time and managed to land a punch on it's beak!

*Eagle grabbing Ben sounds!* "-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA- Urgh!" *SCREEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHH! -CHINK! -CHINK! -CHINK! -CHINK! -CHINK! -CHINK! -CHINK! -CHINK! -RRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! -BAP!
-SCREEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

The eagle SCREECHED and flew back up, before flapping it's wings so fast to blow Ben away! Ben ended up flying and crashing into the wall of an enclosure, making the animal inside it be able to escape so as to not get attacked by the eagle.

Meanwhile, Animo was angry. He could NOT believe his eyes! Ben was going to foil his plan again! Since Ben became famous throughout the whole world, Animo knew who he was now. "-RRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! -IT'S THAT BEN BRAT WHO KEEPS FOILING MY PLANS! -WELL, I'LL HAVE NO MORE OF THAT! Time to deal with him MYSELF!" Animo yelled as he switched some things on on his Transmodulator. Then...

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW! -URGH!*

Animo shot lasers from the head part of his device, the lasers hit Ben making him stay down even more! Animo had upgraded and modified his Transmodulator to be able to shoot lasers from the head piece. Ben looked up and saw Animo, then he got up, avoided the eagle's next attacks and tried to tackle the madman! However, Animo fired lasers from his device again and sent Ben across the ground! After that, the eagle was about to attack Ben. But Animo said "I'll deal with him MYSELF!", then the bird just went back and landed somewhere.

"-YOU!" yelled Animo as he went over towards Ben, "Huh?" said Ben as he got up. "-YOU! -I KNOW YOU! -YOU'RE THAT BOY WHO KEEPS FOILING MY PLANS! -WELL, I'LL HAVE NO MORE OF THAT! I'LL FINISH YOU OFF MYSELF!" Animo yelled again, then he said "Say, aren't you the boy who became famous on the news?" with a devilish smirk. Ben made a face of slight surprise before trying to punch Animo. But Animo dodged and kicked him in the stomach!

*-FWOOSH! -BAP! -URGH!*

As Ben tried throwing another punch at Animo, the madman fired another laser at him! Ben was able to block it with his arms, but it kinda hurt as he held them. "You're going to make a lot of new enemies with your newfound fame boy." said Animo devilishly as he continued fighting Ben, who fought back. "-YEAH, AND I'M GONNA KICK THE BUTTS OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE NEW ENEMIES!" Ben replied before finally managing to land a punch at Animo! This time, Animo was the one that got sent flying!

*-BAP! -ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -BAM!*

As Animo crashed onto the ground, Ben tried to SMASH him! But Animo rolled out of the way and kicked Ben in the stomach before firing more lasers! Then, Ben slammed the Omnitrix and turned into Fourarms before dishing out 2 karate chops at the madman! "Argh!" Animo yelled as he bumped into a wall, Ben tried to dropkick him but the madman got out of the way. Ben then used the wall as some sort of thing for him to boost his jump before attempting to dropkick Animo again. However, Animo just rolled out of the way again and fired more lasers! Ben tried destroying his Transmodulator but Animo fired more lasers! One nearly hit his face! "-O-WHO-OA!" said Ben as he dodged a kick that Animo gave.

"You should've never been involved in these kinds of businesses. How's your mother by the way?" said Animo smiling with a devilish grin again, Ben ROARED before throwing multiple punches towards Animo! Most of them missed, but eventually one of them managed to hit him in the FACE a bit! "ARGH!" yelled Animo as his goggles were nearly removed from his face!

"I'LL SHOW YOU!" Animo yelled again as he whipped out 2 laser blasters from his sides and started using them and the Transmodulator to send out a STORM of lasers towards Ben's way!

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-*

Ben was forced to hide behind a wall, when he did he transformed into Wildmutt, came out from somewhere else and TACKLED Animo while roaring! "AGH-" said Animo, As Ben pinned him to the ground, the boy in Wildmutt form tried to bite him! But Animo was able to avoid him and tried shooting lasers! However, Ben jumped out of the way and tackled Animo again! Before beating him up a bit and kicking him!

*Omnitrix transformation sound! ROAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!* "AGH!" *THUMP! -CHOMP! -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW! Jumping and landing sounds! Ben tackling then beating up Animo sounds! BAP!* "-AGH!"

After Ben kicked Animo, the eagle SCREECHED again before trying to grab Ben using it's feet! However, Ben managed to avoid the eagle and SLASHED it's right foot!

*SLASH! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

The eagle SCREECHED in pain! Ben then turned into Magmatch and splatted himself on the eagle's right foot! The eagle then felt a burning sensation, which made it screech again as it got Ben off of it! After Ben landed on the ground, he tried to burn more parts of the eagle, but the eagle avoided him everytime and eventually flew up.

"ARGH! I TOLD YOU TO STAY BACK! I GOT THIS!" Animo yelled at the eagle as it started to fly to another spot. Ben tried burning it's right foot again but missed. Then, Animo looked at Ben. He was in Magmatch form right now. And he knew that Magmatch didn't like wind or cold things. So he looked for something that could take out Magmatch. When he did, he found a thin steel slab. "Aha!" Animo thought as he grabbed the slab, then he used it like some sort of fan to blow wind in Ben's direction. But Ben just simply turned into Humungousaur and PUNCHED the steel slab together with Animo! "Nope." said Ben as he ran after the madman.

When Animo fell down again, Ben grabbed the steel slab and tried using it to hit him! But Animo rolled out of the way and pushed the steel slab out of Ben's hands and fired more lasers! Ben was able to duck however, and whacked Animo with his tail!

*-WHAP! -URGH!*

Animo held his face, when he was done he saw Ben charging towards him again! The 2 ended up continuing to fight each other! Meanwhile, the eagle REALLY wanted to do something. But Dr. Animo told it to stay back. So it didn't move a muscle.

A few minutes later, more security people arrived at the scene. When they saw what was going on, they started firing at Animo! Animo would sometimes fire back at them,
but sometimes he couldn't do it because he was busy trying to get Ben off of him!

*-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG- -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -RRRRAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH! -FWOOSH-FWOOSH-FWOOSH-FWOOSH-BAP! -PEW -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG- -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -FWOOSH-FWOOSH-BAP-BAP-BAP-WHAM-SLAM!* "-URGH!" *FWOOSH! -BAP!*

The eagle was still watching the fight go on, it tried to stay still but it couldn't stop thinking about attacking the security people and Ben. Then, when it couldn't take it anymore it SCREECHED so loud before it started attacking!

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

The security people had to cover their ears when they heard the screeching, shortly after that the eagle started attacking again! It went for the security people! Who fired lots of shots! But they missed and the eagle was able to make them fall to the ground! Ben then tackled the eagle's beak and started POUNDING it! But the eagle shook it's head so fast that he was thrown off! "-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOAAAAAAAAAA-" said Ben before falling down. "Oomph!" he muttered he finally reached the ground. Animo then tried firing lasers again, but luckily Ben was able to get up just in time and saw what the madman was about to do! Ben quickly tackled Animo and the both of them ended up fighting each other again.

Meanwhile, Max was getting worried. He had been watching over Gwen to make sure nothing happened to her. He could hear the noises the battle was making in the distance. He wanted to help, but he couldn't leave Gwen behind. So he made a plan and said "Gwen, I want you to get in the Rustbucket! I need to help Ben! It sounds like it's a CHAOS out there!". "-G-G-G-Grandpa?! A-are you sure it's safe for me in the Rustbucket?!" Gwen asked, "It's much safer than being out here. Now go!" Max replied as Gwen got in his vehicle. Once Gwen was in, Max shut and locked the Rustbucket's doors before activating it's armor. Then, he went to where the battle was to help Ben.

Meanwhile, Ben was still fighting Animo. Soon, the eagle joined in too as it couldn't stand not being able to do anything anymore. Ben continued to fight both Animo and his eagle as the security people continued to fire more bullets!

*-SCREEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! -CRASH-SMASH-BOOM-CRASH-SMASH-BAM! -BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG- -FWOOSH-FWOOSH-BAP-BAP-BAP-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-BAP-BAP-WHAP-BOOM-FWOOSH-WHAP-BAP-*

The fight between Ben, the security people, Animo and the eagle went on for a while. Eventually, Max arrived. He whipped out 2 of his rifle-sized blasters before firing at Dr. Animo and the eagle! "WHY DON'T YA PECK ON THIS BIRD BRAIN?!" said Max as he continued to fire at the eagle, who screeched and blew him away using it's wings! Luckily, Ben was able to catch Max and said "You ok?". "Yeah." Max replied as he and Ben continued fighting.

Dr. Animo then fired back at Max, but the old man was able to dodge the blasts and fire back! Max hit Animo in the leg. "-YEEOOOWWW!" yelled Animo as he held his leg in pain. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT OLD MAN!" Animo yelled as he fired more lasers from his Transmodulator. However, Max was able to avoid them and Ben punched Animo again!

"OW!" said Animo, Ben's fist didn't really hit his face. It was still painful though as Animo held his chin for a moment before firing from the Transmodulator and the 2 blasters he was holding! Ben turned into Magmatch went towards the madman! The lasers that hit him just went past him. Then, Ben tried to splat himself on Animo's Transmodulator like he did back then. But Animo dodged this time and went somewhere a bit farther. "-I'M NOT LETTING YOU DESTROY MY DEVICE AGAIN, BOY!" yelled Animo.

"That's it, time to "wrap" things up!" said Ben as he turned into Wildvine before stretching his right vine arm and wrapping Animo in it! Animo made some muffled sounds and tried to get out of Ben's grip, but Ben held on to him too tight for him to do so. Then, the eagle swooped down and cut Ben's right arm using it's feet! "Ow!" said Ben as he looked up, the eagled then grabbed him and flew high into the air.

Max tried shooting the eagle, but Animo stopped and fought with him! Meanwhile, Ben managed to free himself from the eagle's grip by making spikes pop up everyhwere on his body. The eagle SCREECHED SO LOUD and immediately dropped Ben!

*-SHHHHIIIINNNKKKKK! -SCREEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-*

Ben screamed as he fell, before turning into Astrodactyl and flying up! However, the eagle tackled and tried to bite him! Luckily, Ben was able to dodge the bite and bit back! The eagle screeched again as it let Ben go. "-OK BIRD BRAIN, -LET'S DO THIIIIISSSSSSSSS!" said Ben as he flew up and turned Humungousaur before falling down to smash the eagle! However, the eagle already knew what he was trying to do and used it's wings to blow him away and send him flying!

*Omnitrix transformation sound! -BAP-SCREEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHH! -CHOMP! -CHOMP! -SCREEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHH!* "-OK BIRD BRAIN, -LET'S DO -LET'S DO THIIIIISSSSSSSSS!" -flap-flap-flap-flap! Omnitrix transformation sound! -FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP- -WHOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!*

"OOMPH!" said Ben as he crashed into the ground. "-BEN!" yelled Max, he tried to help him but Dr. Animo prevented him from doing so! "...uuurrrggghhh..." Ben groaned as he got up. Then, the eagle started flapping it's wings again! Some security people tried shooting the eagle, but the wind from the flapping blew the bullets back! "-AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled the security people as they dodged the oncoming bullet storm!

"rrrrggghhhh! Okay, that's it! Let's take this thing up a notch!" said Ben as he turned into Bowl Weevil and fired some big balls at the eagle! The eagle screeched as the balls hit it's face! After that, Ben turned into Cannonbolt and found some stuff he could use as a ramp to get himself as high as where the eagle was. Once Ben was rolling mid-air and nearing the eagle he yelled "-TAKE THIS!" before SMASHING into the bird and making it fall down!

*-BAP! -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -CRASH!*

The eagle ended up crashing into some empty enclosures, injuring it a bit. While Ben landed on the ground and uncurled himself. Ben looked on to see if the eagle was going to stay down, it didn't. The eagle BURST from the rubble and screeched again! But Ben smacked into it many times by rolling around! Knocking it out!

*-SCREEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH! -BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-WHAM-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-SMASH-BAM-WHAP-WHAP-WHAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAM-*

Once the eagle was knocked out, Ben went back to help Max and the other security guy deal with Animo.

Max and the security guys continued fighting with Dr. Animo. Lasers and bullets were exchanged. "Surprised you're still doing this kind of stuff at this age, old man." Animo said smirking, "You don't look that much younger." Max retorted as he continued firing. "At least I don't look as old as you!" Animo replied. Then, as Max, the security guys and Animo continued fighting they heard a rolling in the distance. Ben came back from where he was fighting the eagle, and now he was heading straight to where Animo was! Animo's eyes widened. But before he could do anything...

*-BAP!*

Ben hit him and sent him into a wall! "Argh!" yelled Animo before rubbing his back. Then, Ben landed on the ground and turned into Fourarms. Before swatting Animo!

*WHAP! Oogh!*

Animo then groaned while lying on the ground. "Nice job Ben." said Max, Ben smirked as he looked at Animo. But then...

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

Ben, Max and the security guys froze at that sound! The eagle was back again! Ben tried to turn into Cannonbolt so that he could rush back to where the eagle was, but before he could... -the eagle already appeared in the sky!

*-SCRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

Max and the security people started firing at the eagle all over again! Ben went Astrodactyl and flew up to the eagle before turning into Magmatch to try and burn it! However, the eagle able to avoid all the attacks that were sent to it. Then, the eagle let out a very loud SCREECH! Max and the security guards had to cover their ears, but Ben was fine. The eagle's screech wasn't that loud anyway. But buildings and some other stuff were wrecked! Ben, Max and the security people looked in shock!
Ben went Astrodactyl again and flew towards the eagle once more, but the eagle decided to blow him back! Ben the went Wildvine and wrapped both his arms on the eagle's feet! The eagle was about to get Ben's arms off of it, but Ben made his spikes pop out on his arms! Making the eagle screech again!

*-SCRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

After that, Max and the security people took their chance to shoot the eagle. This time, all the lasers and bullets hit their target! Making the eagle screech even more! When Animo got back up, he saw what was happening to his mutant. "-NO!" he yelled as he fired lasers! But Ben, Max and the security guys heard him and got out of they way! Ben let go of the eagle's feet and dropped to the ground, while Max and the security guys just went out of the way.

As Ben was falling down, he went Astrodactyl again and switched between him and other aliens while continuing to fight with the eagle. Animo tried getting him off his mutant, but no matter how much he tried he just couldn't.

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-* "-GET OFF MY EAGLE YOU LITTLE BRAT!" *-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-* "Way to go Ben! Keep that eagle busy!" *PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-PEW-PEW-PEW-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-*

As Ben, Max and the security guys continued to fight, Animo was getting more and more frustrated. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and said "-THAT'S IT!" before going crazy and SHOOTING LASERS EVERYWHERE!

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-*

Max and the security guys were forced to hide, they couldn't move around so much with lasers firing everywhere! Max tried tying Animo up using the ropes that could be fired from his blasters, but he missed and Dr. Animo sent more lasers his way!

Ben saw what was happening below and turned into Water Hazard for a moment before shooting water and a couple of icicles at Animo! "ACK!" Animo yelled as he fell down. This gave Max and the security guys a chance to try and apprehend the madman. Meanwhile, Ben continued to fight the eagle switching from alien to alien.

*ROOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRR! SLASH! SCREEEEEECCCHHHHHH! -FWOOSH-FWOOSH-FWOOSH! -BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP! Wildvine arm stretching sounds! -SNAP! -SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP! -SCREEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! -FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP- -SQUAWK! -CHOMP! -SCREEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -FWOOOOOOSSSSHHH! -BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG! -FSSSSS-FSSSSS-FSSSSS-FSSSSS... -SCREEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

While Ben was fighting the eagle, Max and the security guys had a really hard time trying to apprehend Animo. The madman could fight back, and put up quite a fight! Max and the security guys struggled as Animo did everything he could to get them off of him.

"GET OFF ME! GET OFF!" *PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW!* "Hold... still... -YOU!... ...rrrggghhhh..." "ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"

Max and the security guys almost had Animo, however the madman was able to fight back. He even punched and kicked Max and some of the security guys, allowing him to escape! Animo may have had the technology, but Max and the security guys had the numbers and Max's skills. So Animo whistled for his eagle to come to him. Immediately, the eagle stopped fighting Ben and came towards it's master.

"Hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa! So long suckers! I got what I came for! Ahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!" Animo laughed as he rode on his eagle and started to escape using it! "He's getting away!" said Max, "Oh no he dosen't!" said Ben as he flew after Animo. Once Ben caught up with the madman, he turned into Humungousaur and tried to smash the eagle. But unfortuantely, he missed. And the eagle managed to escape along with Animo. "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!" Animo laughed again as he disappeared into the distance along with the eagle.

Ben ended up smashing the ground, after that he got up and said "Missed him!". "After him Ben!" said Max, "-B...-but what about you and Gwen?" Ben asked. "We'll catch up in the Rustbucket. Go!" Max replied. With that, Ben curled up into a ball and rolled after Animo and the eagle. While Max ran back towards his vehicle.

When Max got back to the Rustbucket, he deactivated the armor which were blocking the windows and unlocked the doors. Gwen jumped a bit and looked up when she saw what was happening. "-G-grandpa?!" she asked. Max went over to Gwen before saying "We're going after Ben and Animo, Animo's escaped!", "-W-W-W-W-W-WAIT! -WHAT ABOUT ME?! -I MIGHT GET HURT YOU KNOW!" yelled Gwen. "I know, but we have no choice. Ben needs some help, and the Omnitrix won't run forever." Max replied as he pulled something out of one of the cabinets inside the Rustbucket. "-Wh...-what is that?" Gwen asked again, "It's a suit that'll keep you protected just in case." said Max as he gave the suit to Gwen. Gwen was nervous, but knew that Max really did need to help Ben. So she put on the suit as Max went to the driver's seat and started the engine.

*...vvvVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOMMMMM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOM-VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-*

Max hit the gas pedal and FLOORED it, following Ben. Who was chasing after Animo and the eagle.

Meanwhile, Ben was still rolling. He was trying to catch up to Animo and the eagle, but he couldn't. "COME BACK HERE!" yelled Ben, "HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! Make me!" said Animo as he made the eagle fly faster.

While Ben was rolling, he tried looking for something he could use as a ramp. Soon, he found a piece of wood that had it's front placed on top of a metal barrel that was placed lying down. Once Ben saw the piece of wood he went straight to it and ended up flying in the air as he went past it. Then, Ben turned into Wildvine and stretched his right arm to grab on to the eagle's feet. Once he did, he used his arm to hoist himself up. When Dr. Animo saw what Ben did, he said "WHAT?!". The eagle tried to get Ben's arm off of it, but it was already too late. As Ben hoisted himself up faster and faster, he let go when he was high enough and ended up jumping for a bit before landing on top of the eagle!

Ben tried swiping at Animo, but the man ducked and tried to punch him. However, Ben caught his fist and pulled the man over before punching him! "Ow!" said Animo as he held his face. The eagle tried getting Ben off of him, but this caused it to move so much it almost made both Ben and Animo fall! Then...

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -EAGLE NOISES!- -WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH-WOAH -WOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH- -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-*

Ben and Animo held on for as long as they could trying to stay on the eagle. Ben continued to try to fight and get Animo while the eagle was moving so much. But Animo was able resist a bit and escape everytime Ben was about to get him.

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCH-SCREEEEEEECCCCCCCCHHHHH-SCREECH-SCREECH-SCREECH-SCREECH-SCREEEEEECCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!* "ARGH GET OFF ME YOU BRAT- -ARGH!" "GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE-"

Meanwhile, Max was tearing down the road. Avoiding oncoming vehicles and driving as fast as he could. Gwen was nervous and scared, but knew that Max needed to help Ben. So she held on tight to something while the Rustbucket was zooming.

"-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-G-GRANDPAAAA! -THIS IS SO FAAAAAASSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTT!" Gwen yelled, "Sorry Gwen, but I can't slow down. I have to help Ben." Max replied as he continued to drive. He stepped harder on the gas pedal and the Rustbucket went faster!

*-VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-*

As for what's happening between Ben and Animo... -well... Animo's on top of the eagle right now. Shooting lasers as Ben avoided them as Astrodactyl. Ben squawked as he tried kicking Animo, but Animo fired more lasers! Some managed to hit Ben and almost made him fall! Ben tried to peck and bite Animo next but the man managed to land a big shot on him using the Transmodulator! Immediately, Ben started to fall!

"-Yes! Got him! Hahahahaaaaaaaa!" Animo laughed as he kept on looking down to make sure Ben would stay down. But... a few minutes later Ben came flying back up and turned into Fourarms before jumping on the eagle again and landing a couple of punches at Animo!

*Omnitrix transformation sounds! -BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP!* "-OOF!"

Animo was forced to take some steps backwards, then he said "-W...-what?". "Hey Animo, havin' trouble flyin' that eagle? Maybe you could use a hand. -OR FOUR!" said Ben as he threw punches at the man, before dishing out 2 karate chops at him and dropkicking him!

*-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP! -WHAP-WHAP! -BAM! -SMACK! -OOF! -SCREEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-*

When Ben dropkicked Animo, the man accidentally hit the eagle's head! Which made it SCREECH SO LOUD and try to shake both him and Ben off! Ben and Animo were able to hold on as the eagle continued to try and get Ben off of it. But Ben grabbed a handful of the eagle's feathers before PULLING THEM!

*...-rrrRRRIP! -SCREEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

When Ben did that, the eagle went even crazier! It moved and shook like mad as Ben and Animo were fighting while trying to hold on to it. The eagle went crazy for a while before it finally managed to make Ben and Animo get off of it! The both of them ended up falling down, as they did they were still fighting.

*Omnitrix transformation sounds! -SNAP-SNAP! -WHOA! -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW! Wildvine regenerating sounds! -SHHIINK-SHIINK-SHIINK-SHHIINK! -AGH! -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW! -SHHIINK-SHHIINK-SHHIINK-SHHIINK! -SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP!*

"Come... here... you... little... BRAT!" yelled Animo, "-WITH PLEASURE!" Ben yelled as he went Wildmutt and attacked Animo! Animo tried smacking Ben, but the boy in Wildmutt form just swatted him! "RRRRGGGGGHHHHH! -RIGHT!" Animo growled as he prepared to fire a big laser from the head part of his Transmodulator, but before he could... the eagle managed to get him and put him back on it's back before flying away! "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Animo laughed as he and the eagle were gone.

Meanwhile, Ben was still falling! He tried to turn into something else, but he accidentally hit some small fruits and vegetables stores before hitting the ground!

*-CRASH! -CRASH! -CRASH! -CRASH-CRASH-CRASH-CRASH! -BAM-WHAM-SLAM-BAM-BOOM! -Thump!*

Pieces of the stores fell and buried Ben, who got them off of him a little while later before getting up. Ben shook his head before looking up to see if Animo was still there. -Nope. Already gone, obviously. Ben said "Oh man! He's gone!" in an animalistic way. A little while later, he heard some beeping in the distance.

*BEEP BEEP!*

Ben looked back to see where the beeping came from, when he did he saw the Rustbucket rushing towards him! Max stuck his hand out and grabbed Ben once he got close enough to him. Ben ended up being inside the Rustbucket before he turned himself back to normal. "Thanks." said Ben, "C'mon, let's go after Animo!" said Max as he drove faster.

*-VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-*

Soon, police vehicles joined in the chase! The cops had gotten word that Animo was on the loose with his crazy mutant eagle, so they went after him and the bird.

*-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WEW-WWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW-WWEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW-*

Meanwhile, Animo was still escaping with his mutant eagle. "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa! They'll never catch me now!" he said laughing, but he was wrong.

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM- -WHA-AUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! -HUH?!*

Out of nowhere, lasers and small missiles were fired at him and his eagle! Animo managed to control the eagle to make it dodge the lasers and missiles. "-HUH?!" Animo said as he looked down to see where the lasers and missiles came from. It was the Rustbucket! Apparently, it had guns that could shoot lasers and missiles. While Max was trying to hit Animo and the eagle, Ben activated the Omnitrix and said "It's hero time!" before slamming the dial down and transforming!

*-OMNITRIX TRANSFORMATION SOUND!*

Once Ben was transformed, he squawked a bit, opened the Rustbucket's door and flew towards Animo and the eagle. Ben was Astrodactyl right now. when got to Animo and his eagle he bit he eagle's left wing! Which made it screech and SWAT HIM using it!

*-CHOMP! -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FRUSH-FRUSH-FRUSH-FRUSH-OOF! -SQUAWK!*

Ben ended up tumbling back a bit in the air, when he regained his balance he turned into Magmatch and tried to burn the eagle. But Animo saw him and made the eagle avoid him. Ben almost fell to the ground, but quickly switched back to Astrodactyl again and flew back up. Ben then conitnued fighting.

Max fired more lasers and missiles, but it was no use. Animo knew he was down there and used the eagle to avoid his attacks. Max then decided to try something else, he pressed a button on the Rustbucket and the rope that was attached to the front of it suddenly sprung out! It went high into the air before tying itself to the feet of Animo's eagle! After the rope got ahold of the eagle's feet, Max stopped and tried to reverse so fast. However, the eagle was too heavy and would've PULLED THE RUSTBUCKET UP if it wasn't for Ben removing the rope and hitting the eagle's head!

*SMACK! SCREEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

The eagle tried pecking at Ben swiftly, but Ben was able to dodge as Astrodactyl and whip it's face as Wildvine before switching back to Astrodactyl again. "-RRRGGGHHH! -GO AWAY YOU BRAT!" yelled Animo as he fired lasers! One of them almost hit Ben, "-WHOA!" he yelled as he tried swooping down on Animo and attacking him with his feet! However, Animo was able to catch Ben by the foot and toss him afar! Then, the madman fired more lasers!

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW!*

Ben continued to avoid the lasers Animo fired, then he went Water Hazard and tried blasting water and icicles. This hurt Animo and the eagle a bit, but then as Animo was about to use his device again Ben quickly turned into Magmatch and tried to splat himself on the madman's device! "-AAH!" Animo yelled in surprise, but when he dodged Ben accidentally hit the eagle's back instead! Making it screech and go wild again!

*-SCREEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHH-SCREECH-SCREECH-SREECH-SCREECH-SCREECH-CRAZY EAGLE NOISES-*

"-OH-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-OOOOAAAAAAAA!" Animo yelled as he held on to the eagle, Ben went Wildmutt and tried biting but Animo managed to kick him in the face! After that, Ben roared and unleashed a flurry of swipes, swats, bites and kicks!

*ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR! -FWOOSH-FWOOSH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH! -BAP-BAP-BAP-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -WHAP-BAP-BAP-CHOMP-CHOMP-BAP-FWOOSH-SLASH-SLASH-BAP-SLASH-*

Animo fought back, but Ben avoided his attacks and managed to land a couple of hits and slashes. Animo held the parts of his body that were slashed by Ben's claws. The wounds weren't too bad as the cuts were just shallow. But there was some blood starting to drip from the body parts where Animo got slashed. Animo got mad and used the head piece of his device to shoot a laser at Ben's face! Ben held his face in pain as he was letting the pain pass. However, Animo took the opportunity to beat him up!

Animo wasn't able to beat up Ben for very long as the boy in Wildmutt form was able to resist and attack back. Meanwhile below, Max was trying to figure out what to do. Nothing he tried seemed to be working, so he tried thinking of another way to catch Animo and the eagle. Then, Max had an idea. He would try to make Animo and the eagle fall down while they were distracted by Ben. But he had to be careful because Ben fighting Animo and the eagle would mean a lot of moving, and that could mess up his aim. Max readied all the guns in the Rustbucket, and waited for the right time to strike as he was aiming.

As Ben continued fighting, Max said "Steady... steady..." to himself as he continued to aim. Ben's fight with Animo and the eagle went on for a few more minutes before-

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -ACK! -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-*

Max fired the lasers! The lasers managed to hit both Animo and the eagle successfully. Ben was surprised when he saw the lasers flying through the air, but immediately realized they came from the Rustbucket. As Animo and the eagle started to fall down, Ben quickly turned into Astrodactyl and flew away before he would fall down with them.

*SCRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHH! -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH- -CRASH!*

Animo and the eagle ended up crashing onto the ground, while Ben managed to land safely. Just then, the Rustbucket pulled over to where he was. Max came out with his 2 rifle-sized blasters. But... when he was about to fire at both Animo and the eagle... -the eagle SCREECHED and WENT CRAZY! It picked up an iron bar and threw it at Max! "-O-WHO-OAHHHHHH!" Max said as he ducked and got out of the way. Ben went Humungousaur, picked up broken pieces of buildings and threw them at the eagle! But the eagle managed to break them using it's beak and kick Ben with it's feet! After Ben got kicked, he went for the eagle again and grabbed it's feet before swinging it around and throwing it!

*-CRASH! -RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-*

The eagle crashed into a wall, the rubble burying it. Just then, Dr. Animo got back up. He groaned as he looked around, when he did he saw that his pet eagle was weakened for a bit. "-OH NO YOU DON'T!" Animo yelled as he fired lasers from his device. Ben saw what Animo did and tried to avoid the blasts, but some of them hit him! One sent him sliding back a bit! "Urgh!" Ben groaned as he continued to withstand laser blasts from Dr. Animo. Max whacked Animo on the head using one of his blasters and shot him using the other. Animo tried to punch and kick the old man, but he proved stronger than he looked as he was swept by the leg and ended up falling down!

"WHO-OOAAAHHH!" *THUD!* "-OOMPH!"

After that, Max tried tying Animo up by firing the ropes from his blasters again. But Animo was able to get back up and kick the old man! "Oomph!" said Max as he fell down. "-GRANDPA!" yelled Ben as he punched Animo! The madman was sent into a wall once more. Ben was about to smash Animo, but the madman fired a big laser right at his face! Ben ended up flying into the air before crashing onto the ground!

*-CRASH!*

When Ben hit the ground, Animo continued to fire more lasers at him! Max then got back up and fired his own lasers at Animo, the 2 ended up exchanging lasers again. Meanwhile, the eagle was able to get back up and flew towards Ben! It grabbed him using it's feet and threw him across! Then, it started attacking him! Ben tried to fight back, but the eagle was too quick and was able to beat him up hard.

Ben tried whacking the eagle's beak using his tail, but the eagle just grabbed it and threw him into a wall before flying up and stomping on him!

*-SMASH!*

When the eagle got off, Ben groaned. he tried to get back up, but he couldn't. Then, the eagle started to beat him up all over again! When Max saw this, he yelled "-GET AWAY FROM HIM!" before firing at the eagle! However, Dr. Animo elbowed the old man and kicked his leg before swatting him!

Meanwhile, Gwen was still in the Rustbucket. She could hear what was going on outside and muttered "...I... I hope nothing so bad's happening out there..." nervously while huddling in a corner.

Ben, Max, the eagle and Animo ended up fighting each other. Ben would switch between aliens, Max and Animo would fire at each other and the eagle would go crazy every once in a while as it was attacking.

*Omnitrix transformation sound! ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR! -SLASH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH! -SCREEEEEEECCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH! -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- Omnitrix transformation sound! -BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP- -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -CRASH-SLAM-WHAM-BAM-CRASH-WHAM-SLAM-WHAM-CRASH-SLAM-BAM- -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -SCREEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH! -Omnitrix transformation sound! FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG! Omnitrix transformation sound! -SMASH-CRASH-BAM-WHAM-CRASH-BAM-*

A few minutes later, the police were finally able to catch up. Once they did, they were SHOCKED at the scene! After a while, they started firing at Animo and the eagle!

*-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-*

Gwen could hear the guns firing, she covered her ears and huddled even more on the corner of the Rustbucket she was in! Meanwhile, Ben, the security people, Max, Animo and the eagle went into a crazy fight!

*Omnitrix transformation sounds! BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-CRASH-SMASH-BAM-BOOM! -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -WHAP-BAP-BAP-SMACK-BAM-
-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG- Omnitrix transformation sounds! -SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-SNAP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP- -BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG- -WHAP-SMACK-BAM-SMACK-BAM-WHAP-BAP-BAP-WHAP-BAP-BAP- Omnitrix transformation sounds! -BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-SMASH-CRASH-BAM-WHAM-SLAM-WHAM-BAM-BAM- -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-*

It wasn't long before everyone who was fighting got tired, they all stopped for a moment to catch their breath. While everyone stopped fighting for a moment, Ben took the chance to beat Animo and the eagle. He went Humungousaur and SMASHED the ground causing Animo and the eagle to get thrown across! Ben then tried charging at Animo, but the man jumped on his eagle and made it fly. Animo was a bit too tired to keep on fighting, and neede a few moments before he'd be able to get back in action again. But he wasn't planning to going back into action, instead he was escaping. "So long suckers!" said Animo as he and his eagle escaped as fast as they could.

Max and the security people tried firing, but they missed. Ben slammed the Omnitrix and turned into Astrodactyl before flying up to follow Animo and the eagle. When Animo looked back he could see Ben about to catch up to him. Animo fired some lasers but Ben was able to dodge them and and give a kick to his head with his feet! "Ow!" said Animo as he continued to try and land some shots at the boy in Astrodactyl form, but it was no use.

Animo had had enough, so he said "Get rid of this nuisance my pet!". The eagle followed it's master's command and started flapping it's wings super fast again. It blew Ben back and made him crash onto the ground! Max and the security guys were still firing, but Animo was able to escape with the eagle and disappear. When Ben got back up again, he tried following Animo. -But...

*Omnitrix time out sounds!*

The Omnitrix timed out and reverted him back to his normal form. "What?! No! Not yet!" said Ben as he tried to make the Omnitrix work again, but to no avail. "C'mon!" said Max as Ben followed him all the way back to the Rustbucket.

Once Max and Ben were able to get inside the vehicle, Max started the engine and drove off. "So, where do you think Animo went?" asked Ben, "I don't know, but we'll look for him. And we won't stop until we find him." Max replied as he continued to drive.

Max and Ben searched for Animo everywhere, but the madman and his pet were already gone. And it would be hard to find them now. Meanwhile, Animo and his eagle landed near a bank. "Would you do the honors?" Animo said to his eagle as the eagle SMASHED the window of the bank and started screeching loudly!

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -PEOPLE SCREAMING-*

Once Animo and the eagle were in the bank, people started screaming, hiding and running! Security tried shooting at the madman and his pet, but Animo made his eagle flap it's wings to blow back the bullets. Then, Animo made his eagle screech SO LOUD people had to cover their ears! Security included. While security was distracted, Animo fired at them using the Transmodulator. One of the security people got a BIG WOUND on his stomach! And BLOOD started to POUR out of it! More security people continued to fire their guns, but Animo's eagle didn't like that and THRASHED THEM AROUND!

*-CRASH! -SMASH-CRASH-CRASH! -SCREEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-*

Animo's eagle ended up killing 2 more security guards, while 3 were severely injured. Then, Animo made his eagle walk over to where the safe was. The eagle smashed and crashed ont the safe's door many times before it finally broke! When Animo saw all the money, he said "At last!" before pulling out a big bag and putting lots of money in it!

Meanwhile, Max and Ben were still searching for Animo. When Ben saw the bank's destroyed window, he said "-STOP! -LOOK! -OVER THERE!". Max immediately stopped the Rustbucket and looked to where Ben was pointing at. "C'mon! Let's get Animo and kick him and his mutant eagle's butt!" said Ben, but Max stopped him and said "Hold on Ben, the Omnitrix is still recharging. You need to wait first before you can get back into action again.". "-B-But grandpa! I wanna help now!" Ben added, Max them gave Ben one of his blasters and said "Here. Take this.". "Wait, REALLY?! -COOL!" said Ben as he grabbed the blaster and went with Max inside the bank.

Once Ben and Max were inside the bank, they were SHOCKED at what was going on! Animo and his eagle were trying to fight off the remaining security guards while Animo continued to steal more money. "Alright, lock n' load!" said Ben as he fired at the eye of Animo's eagle.

*PEW! -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-CRASH-SMASH-CRASH! -WHO-OAAAHHH!*

The eagle SCREECHED and went CRAZY for a bit! Then, Ben and Max continued to fire at it and Animo! Animo got behind his eagle however and started firing back with his device! "-HOW DID THOSE TWO FOLLOW ME HERE?!" Animo said to himself as he continued firing lasers.

Ben started to get closer and closer to where Animo was, but the eagle tried to peck him! Luckily, Ben dodged just in time and tried to whack the eagle's head using the blaster. However, it didn't do much as the eagle simply tried to grab the blaster. Luckily, it didn't. And Ben continued firing.

"YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE REALLY PERSISTENT AREN'T YOU?! No matter, I'll get rid of all of you once and for all!" Animo yelled as he commanded his eagle to attack Ben and Max. The eagle then let out a VERY LOUD SCREECH which forced Max and Ben to cover their ears before firing again! Ben tried to shoot the eagle's other eye, but he missed and the eagle swatted him using it's right wing!

"Oof!" said Ben as he fell on the ground, "-KEEP AWAY FROM HIM!" Max yelled as he fired and whacked the eagle repeatedly! Ben then got up, he looked at the Omnitrix for a bit and said "I wish this thing was recharged right now!" before using his blaster again!

The last security guards were shooting at the eagle, but the eagle got mad and SCREECHED LOUDLY before RIPPING THEM APART!

*-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG- -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH-CRASH-SMASH-BAM-WHAM-SMASH-CRASH-SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-SCREEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-*

Luckily, Ben didn't see much of the ripping apart thing. But he did see that the guards were DEAD, and that the eagle was still going CRAZY! Ben tried firing at the eagle's other eye again, but he couldn't get a shot. The eagle was angry now, and it beat up and threw Ben across! Max then fought with the eagle and tried to take it down, but he was struggling to do so.

Meanwhile, the bags that Animo brought along with him were getting pretty full. "Yes... yes... hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!" Animo cackled, then he tied up the bags and said "-LET'S GET OUT OF HERE MY PET!". When the eagle heard it, it flew towards it's master. Ben was about to do something, but Max did something first and fired at the eagle! The eagle screeched and went for Max, Ben took his chance and started fighting Animo.

Ben tried to remove Animo's Transmodulator, but the man punched and kicked him! Ben felt some pain, but the punches and kicks only sort of grazed him. Ben then punched Animo in the face before giving an uppercut to him! "Argh! You'll pay for that you insolent BRAT!" Animo yelled as he punched and kicked Ben again! "-Oomph!" said Ben as he fell onto the ground! Animo then walked over to Ben before punching and kicking him again!

Max wanted to help Ben, but the eagle was preventing him from doing so. The eagle started flapping it's wings again and blew Max back a bit. Max made the eagle stop by shooting at it, the eagle screeched a few times before picking Max up with it's feet and dropping him onto the ground!

"Oomph!" Max said as he landed on his back. He groaned and rubbed it as he got up. Then, the eagle did something different. It spread out it's wings and started shooting it's feathers like darts!

*-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-FWIP-*

Max ran around everywhere, dodging the feathers and shooting back. However, Max was getting a bit too tired real quick because the eagle was shooting it's feathers REAL FAST!

Meanwhile, Ben was still duking it out with Animo. Ben tried firing at Animo's device, but Animo dodged and tried to blast him back! Ben then ran away from where he was hiding and hid behind a big table. "Oh man! This guy's too tough!" he said as the madman was still firing in his direction. "-RRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH! -RIGHT!" Animo finally yelled in frustration as he made the head piece of his Transmodulator charge up on energy. Ben could hear the energy charging and immediately tried to think of what he would do next. Then, an idea popped into his head. He was going to find a way that would allow him to sneak up on Animo without having chances of giving away on what he was planning to do.

As Animo stopped making his device charge up on energy, he let it release a BIG LASER BLAST! -SHATTERING the table Ben was hiding behind!

*-SMASH!*

Pieces and chunks of wood flew and fell everywhere! Smoke covered the surroundings, so Animo wouldn't be able to see for a while. Once the smoke cleared, Animo smirked devilishly. He was sure that Ben had been obliterated into nothing, but... that was hardly the case at all.

What Animo didn't realize was that Ben had gone away from where he was hiding before he was able to blast it. Ben was sneaking up on Animo right now, he didn't want the man to see him. As Ben crept slowly behind Animo, he waited for the perfect time to strike. -Then...

"-YAAH!" *THUMP!* "OOGH!" *SLAM!*

Ben TACKLED Animo! And the both of them ended up hitting a wall! Ben attempted to remove the Transmodulator once more, but Animo was able to resist him. Still, Ben kept on trying.

"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! Gimme that!" "GET OFF ME YOU LITTLE PEST!" "RRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!" "ARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!"

After a bit of struggling, Animo managed to grab Ben and toss him! Ben hit the ground but got back up to deliver a punch right at Animo's face! Animo then tried shooting at Ben using his blasters, but Ben was able to kick one of them away and deliver a swift kick to Animo's gut!

*-BAP! -OOGH!*

"I'll show you you little runt!" yelled Animo as he punched Ben in the face! "Ow!" said Ben as he held his face in pain. Animo was then able to sweep Ben by the leg, making him fall! Then, he kicked Ben again. However, Animo kicked Ben to where his other blaster ended up in! When Ben got up and saw the blaster, he quickly grabbed it and started shooting at Animo!

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-*

However, Animo was able to counter the lasers with some of his own from his device! Ben and Animo continued to exchange laser blasts, they flew in the air. Some of them hitting each other. While Ben was still fighting with Animo, he got closer and closer to him. But Animo took a step back each time Ben took a step forward. But at last, Animo was eventually cornered and stopped by a wall. He had nowhere to run now. Seeing this, Ben IMMEDIATELY TACKLED Animo before beating him up! After that, Ben removed the Transmodulator and said "Got it!".

Meanwhile, Max was getting pretty beaten up. He put up quite a fight, but the eagle had the advantage. "Hang on grandpa! I'm coming!" said Ben as he quickly wore the Transmodulator as much as possible. He didn't know how to wear it properly and didn't have enough time. Ben twisted the dial on the Transmodulator's body piece before aiming the head piece at the eagle. -Then...

*-KZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! -SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-*

He blasted the eagle with the head piece! The eagle SCREECHED and made other loud noises as it shrunk and turned back to normal. Then, it flew away.

Max was tired, he kneeled on the ground gasping for air. He was a bit old now, so he got a bit weaker. But he's still got that plumber skill and endurance. "-GRANDPA! -Hold on! I'm coming!" yelled Ben as he went over to the old man. "You ok?" Ben asked, "-Y...-yeah I'm fine... thanks Ben." Max replied. "No problem." Ben replied back as he helped his grandpa up.

If you were on the right spot, you'd hear some soft groaning. It was from Dr. Animo. He had finally gotten back up. He growled as he saw Ben and Max. "-I'LL SHOW THEM!" he thought as he yelled and charged at them!

"-HRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

When Ben and Max heard the yelling, they looked back to see Dr. Animo coming towards them! Max jumped in shock for a bit, while Ben charged back at the madman and gave him an uppercut!

"-TAKE THAT YOU CRAZY GUY!" *BAP!* "-OOGH!" *-THUD!*

Animo flew into the air for a bit before landing back down on the ground with a THUD! "...Och..." said Animo as he held his back in pain. Then, Ben kicked the madman in the stomach. "-OCH!..." Animo groaned again clutching his stomach in pain.

"Good job Ben." said Max as he gave him a thumbs up, Ben just smiled and did a thumbs up back. However, unknown to him and Max... Animo had some sort of remote in one of his pockets, the madman stood up and said "-Y... -You wretched brat and you puny old man! I'm not going to let the both of you have my plans foiled again! -That's it!" before pressing the button on the remote.

Immediately, HORDES OF ROBOTS SUDDENLY WENT INSIDE THE BANK! They looked like they'd usually move around by jumping. The robots had a rectangular head and body while also having thin but strong feet.

Ben and Max were shocked, they looked at the robots for a sceond before getting ready. "I've had enough of having my plans foiled! -ATTACK!" Animo yelled as the robots started JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. Ben and Max tried shooting them but they were too fast and too crazy!

*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW- -BAM-SMASH-CRASH-WHAM-SLAM-BAM-BAM-BAM-WHAM-CRASH-SLAM-SLAM-CRASH-*

"They're too fast!" said Ben struggling to shoot at least one of the robots, "Keep on firin'!" Max replied as he and Ben shot some more lasers. Then, out of nowhere... a robot JUMPED IN THE AIR and KICKED MAX! "-OOF!" said Max as he hit the floor, "-HEY!" Ben yelled as he fired at the robot destroying it!

*-PEW! -BOOM!*

Animo wanted to fight, but realized that he didn't have his Transmodulator. Without it, he didn't really stand much of a chance against Ben and Max. Thinking ahead, Animo did something none of you would expect. He escaped. That's right. You'd think Animo would do something, but I guess the man knows when he dosen't have the chance anymore. I guess his intellegence helps him too.

As Ben and Max were fighting the robots, Ben saw Animo run. "-ANIMO'S GETTIN' AWAY!" yelled Ben as he pointed at him, "Go after him Ben! I'll hold these robots off!" Max replied. "You sure?" Ben asked, Max just nodded in response. Then, Ben ran after Animo.

"-GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!" Animo thought as he continued to run, when he looked back he saw Ben running after him! "-HEY! -GET BACK HERE YOU CRAZY MAN!" Ben yelled as Animo ran faster.

Ben chased Animo all the way down the stairs that connected the floor they were in and the previous one. Animo fired a blast from one of his blasters, "-WHO-OOAH!" said Ben as he almost fell down the stairs avoiding the blast! Ben retaliated back using the blaster Max gave him, but he couldn't hit Animo and ended up chasing him further down the stairs.

Sometimes, Ben would catch up to Animo and use physical attacks to try and stop him. But since Animo was older and bigger, he could resist Ben a bit easily. Ben was trying to grab Animo by the shirt, but the madman was able to keep him away.

"-RGGHHH... -G-GET OFF ME YOU BRAT! ARGH!" "GIVE UP ANIMO!" "-N...-NEVER!" *-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW! -PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-*

As Ben and Animo were fighting on the stairs, Ben stepped on Animo's foot! "-OW!" yelled Animo as he took a step backwards. But when he did...

"-WHO-WHO-WHO-WHOAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

-He FELL DOWN THE STAIRS! While Animo was falling, he managed to grab Ben by the shirt taking him with him and making them BOTH FALL!

*-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD- -ACK! -OOH! -OW! -OW! -OOMPH! -OOF!*

When Ben and Animo reached the bottom of the stairs, they groaned. But Ben was able to get up quicker, when he did he quickly grabbed his blaster. When Animo got up, he did the same thing. But Ben got to him first and pointed his blaster at him and said "-DON'T MOVE!". Immediately, Animo FROZE and put his hands up! He did not wanna get blasted!

"Alright Dr. Freakimo, -TALK! -WHY THE HELL DO YOU KEEP MAKING CRAZY MUTANTS THAT DESTROY THE WORLD?! -ARE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHIN'?!" said Ben, "-IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Animo growled. "It is now, I'm the one who's stoppin' ya!" Ben replied, "...No... No... you aren't." said Animo as he kicked Ben's blaster off of his hand before PUNCHING HIM!

*WHAP! -KLAK-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK! -BAM! -OOF!*

As Ben was thrown to the ground, Animo tried to run towards him to land another punch! However, Ben got up and delivered a SWIFT PUNCH at Animo's gut before kicking him! Animo tried blasting Ben, but Ben punched him in the gut again and kicked his blaster off of him!

*-BAP! -WHAP! -KLAK-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK-KLAK!*

Both Ben and Animo were now unarmed, and seeing as neither of them would be able to get their blasters in time... they held their fists up and got ready just in case. Ben and Animo stared down at each other... staying still while watching each other. "It's just you, me and our fists now boy!" said Animo, "-BRING IT! -I GOT 2 KNUCKLE SANDWICHES READY FOR YA!" Ben replied. -Then...

"-HRRRRRAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-" "-YAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH-" *-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-FWOOSH-BAP-SMACK! -BAM-WHAP-SMASH-BAM! -BAP-BAP-WHAP-BAM-SMACK-BAM-WHAP-CRASH-BAM-SMACK-*

Ben and Animo got into a physical fight with each other! They were both sending punches, kicks and other physical attacks! Suddenly, Animo managed to grab Ben and hold him by the body! "...rrrrgggghhhh..." Ben groaned as he tried to break free from Animo's grip, but the madman held on. "-LET GO OF ME!" Ben yelled, "With pleasure." Animo replied as he threw Ben and punched him!

"-OW!" said Ben as he hit the ground. Then, Animo walked over to him and said "You should never have interfered with my plans boy! Kids like you should NEVER be involved in these kinds of things anyway. Hahahahaahahaaaa!". As Animo was about to send a punch at Ben, the boy quickly got up and delivered a punch first RIGHT IN HIS FACE!

*-BAP! -OW!*

Animo held his face in pain! As Ben tried to attack him again, the madman grabbed him by the arm and tried to strangle him! But Ben was able to resist. Ben tried pushing Animo off, but he couldn't. So he elbowed him instead! "OW!" Animo screamed he held his chest. As Ben was about to land another punch, Animo looked up first and SWUNG HIS RIGHT ARM AT HIM! Hitting his face and SMASHING HIS SHADES OFF!

*-BAP! -SMASH! -KLANK-KLANK-KLANK-KLNAK-KLANK-KLANK!*

"Ow..." Ben groaned, his shades had fallen off and were now in PIECES! When he turned to face Animo, the madman said "So... that's what you look like in person..." while smiling devilishly. "-Y...-YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" Ben yelled as he managed to land a quick punch at Animo's face! "OW!" yelled Animo as he kneed Ben in the gut before kicking him!

*-BAP! OW! -WHAM! -BAP! -OOF!*

"-HRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Animo yelled as he ran over to Ben and PUNCHED HIM SO MANY TIMES! After a while, Ben was able to grab one of Animo's fists, twist it and push him away before kicking him!

*-BAP! -OOF! -CRASH!*

Animo ended up crashing onto a table! Now it was Ben's turn to beat Animo up, and that's what he did! He beat him up nonstop to make sure he couldn't get back up again. However, the madman did get back up and kick Ben back!

*-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-WHAP-BAM-WHAM-BAP-WHAM-BAP-BAP-BAP- -BAP! OOGH!*

Ben ended up sliding backwards a bit, then he saw Animo get back up and put up his fists. "You know... in all my years I have never seen someone your age fight like you do..." said Animo, "That's because I'm a kid who can kick your butt!" Ben retorted. "Well... -SHOW ME WHAT YA GOT BOY!" yelled Animo, "With pleasure!" Ben replied as he tried giving a swift kick to Animo's head! But Animo caught his leg and used it to flip him over and make him fall down!

"OOF!" said Ben as he hit the ground, Animo tried to kick him but the boy stood up and punched his stomach! Animo then tried elbowing Ben's head! But the boy ducked and punched Animo in the gut again! Then, things just went crazy from there on. Ben and Animo were doing everything they can to take out the other!

*-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP! -WHAP-BAP-SLAM! OW! -WHAP-BAP-BAP-WHAP! -SLAM-BAM! -WHAP-BAP-BAP-WHAP-BAP! -WHAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP! -WHAP-BAP-BAM-BAM!*

The fight was long and wild! By the time Ben and Animo stopped for a moment to catch their breaths, they were really tired!

*Breathing noises*

"-H... -HOW ARE YOU NOT DOWN YET?!"

"Because I'm no ordinary kid. I fight bad guys, -like you."

"-Y... -YOU SHOULD BE TIRED BY NOW!"

"Shouldn't YOU BE TIRED TOO?!"

Ben and Animo ended up talking to each other for a while. After that, Animo said "Well... -IT'S TIME TO FINISH YOU OFF! -RRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH-". But as Animo jumped and tried attacking Ben, the boy jumped and gave a swift kick to his stomach! Sending the madman flying back and crashing on the ground!

"-RRRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH-" *-FWOOSH-BAP!* "-URGH!" *-THUD!*

Animo groaned, this time he couldn't get up. Ben kicked him in the stomach again to make sure he stayed down. "So, DO YOU GIVE UP ALREADY?!" Ben yelled, "...rrr... ...rrr... -y...-yes..." Animo groaned as he laid there on the ground. Tired and unable to keep on fighting. Ben then crossed his arms and smiled.

Then... -something starnge happened. The whole building started RUMBLING AND SHAKING, and the ceilings started to look like THEY WERE ABOUT TO FALL! "-HUH?! -WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Ben thought, then Max came rushing over to where he was and yelled "-LET'S GET OUTTA HERE! -THE WHOLE BUILDING'S GONNA COLLAPSE!.

Quickly, Ben grabbed the blaster that Max let him borrow and followed him outside of the bank! -Then...

*-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-CRASH!*

-The WHOLE BANK COLLAPSED! Luckily, Ben and Max were able to get out in time. As for Dr. Animo...

*-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-CRASH-CRASH-CRASH-CRASH-CRASH!*

[Some Time Later...]

When the smoke cleared, Ben asked "Hey grandpa, what happened?! -WHY'D THE BANK GET DESTROYED AND COLLAPSED?!". "The robots were moving around too much and destroying too much things. The bank collapsed as a result." Max replied. Ben looked at the bank in shock, "-C'mon! Let's go see if there was anyone injured." Max added as he and Ben went over to the now destroyed bank.

Ben and Max searched in the rubble, as they did Max found some dead bodies in there. It looked like there were some people who weren't so lucky when the bank collapsed. Whenever Max saw a dead body, he made sure Ben didn't know about it. He didn't want him to see this kind of stuff at a very young age.

Just then, a yellow portal appeared in the distance. Out came what looked like to be a bunch of superheroes. And they looked like they were here to help. With their powers, they started to put everything back in order. Ben and Max helped as much as they could.

[Some Time Later...]

After some time, everything was normal again. Well... -almost everything. The people who died when the bank collapsed were still dead. I do have some good news though, the money that Dr. Animo tried stealing was recovered and put back in a new safe in the bank. -Well... almost all of it. Some of the money got lost or destroyed when the bank collapsed.

"Phew! Our work's done here." one of the superheroes said, "Yeah, let's go back to our homes." another one added as they all went inside the yellow portal and went back to their homes.

Ben smiled, some people may have died (he didn't see the bodies but Max told him) and some of the money may have been lost but it could've been WAY WAY WORSE. "C'mon Ben, let's go." said Max as he and Ben went back to the Rustbucket.

When Max deactivated the Rustbucket's armor and opened the doors, he found Gwen still huddling in a corner. "Gwen, it's ok now." Max said, Gwen let out a sigh of relief. Then she asked "-Wh...-what happened out there?! It sounded like PURE CHAOS back there! And the both of you were GONE for a LONG TIME!". "Oh, we helped a bunch of other superheroes fix everything up." said Ben. "-W-W-W-W-W-WAIT WHAT?!" Gwen asked in shock, "Yeah, they came from a yellow portal. They said some of them sensed trouble here, but those superheroes were too late in getting here. So just helped fix everything they can." Ben continued.

[Some Time Later...]

"So, Ben made his own shirt?"

"Yeah, he said he'll come out in a bit."

Max and Gwen were waiting for Ben to come out of the Rustbucket. Apparently, Ben had made his own shirt. How he did that, I don't know. Maybe Azmuth or some of his friends taught him? Maybe Max did? Whatever it is, Ben made his own shirt and would come out in a bit.

As Ben finished putting on his new shirt, he burst out the Rustbucket's door and said "TA-DA! What do you guys think?". Ben's new shirt was colored blue with a white stripe on the middle and a white number 10 on it. Along with it, he wore pants that were a darker shade of blue than his shirt and shoes that were colored blue and white.

"-WOAAAHHHH..." Gwen said in amazement, "That's pretty cool." said Max as he gave a thumbs up. Ben smiled in response. "That looks cool!" Gwen added once she got over her slight surprise.

"Guys, I made a new superhero name for myself." Ben then said, "What?" Gwen asked.

"From now on, my superhero name will be... Ben 10."

All of you might be thinking, "Why did Ben make a superhero name for himself? Wasn't he supposed to keep his secrets hidden?". Well, the whole world knows about Ben now. When Azmuth and his friends paid a visit to Ben, Gwen and Max not too long ago before this moment, Ben asked a bunch of stuff, including if he could make a superhero name for himself and get famous. Azmuth reluctantly agreed since the whole world pretty much knew about Ben now.

Gwen chuckled, Max smiled as he and Gwen went over to Ben. Then, Ben looked at the Omnitrix. He wasn't going to disguise it anymore since the whole world now knew about it too. Then, something happened. The Omnitrix started to glow blue. As it did, Ben raised his left fist up in the air. The Omnitrix let out a flicker of blue light before returning back to glowing again.

"It's hero time!"

Ben's secrets may have been revealed now, but it didn't turn out that bad. And besides, this was a new beginning for our hero. Now that he's famous, what kinds of things do all of you think is going to happen to him? I guess we'll have to find out next time.

[==*The End*==]