The Omni-Team only stared in horror as they drew their weapons and powers on Ultimate Aggregor.
"You killed them," Ultimate AeroForce squawked.
"I absorbed them," Ultimate Aggregor corrected, generating powerful lightning from his fingertips. "All their power is now mine."
Humungousaur shouted out in fury as he lifted Ultimate Aggregor and dragged him across the walls, making sure to make it as painful as possible. Ultimate AeroForce shouted out as she spun around and started raining down her razor feathers on him, causing various gashes in his armor.
Humungousaur landed another punch that sent Ultimate Aggregor hurtling out of the building as Ultimate AeroForce flew above him and gave out a massive tornado blast that sent him crashing into a truck by the building before she slammed her core to transform back to human form before morphing into her Anodite form as Humungousaur grabbed another truck and slammed it right on top of Ultimate Aggregor before Jen shouted out and let loose a powerful mana blast that caused both trucks to explode, sending Ultimate Aggregor skidding back even further into the streets.
Humungousaur saw him skid to a stop before he lifted an entire building from its foundation and tossed it right at Ultimate Aggregor with a scream of fury, leaving him in a pile of rubble as Jen screamed out and let loose another massive mana blast that instantly vaporized the rubble, leaving Aggregor in a massive crater.
"You want some more?!" Jen shouted as Ultimate Aggregor simply chuckled as he got up and faced the twins.
"Is that the best you two can do? Because I didn't feel a thing."
Humungousaur brought a punch onto him, only for Ultimate Aggregor to violently shock him before he gave a mighty punch into a house.
"I'm as invulnerable as Bivalvan and Zirconia's armor. The Tennyson Twins can't hurt me! Nothing can!"
"Eradico!" Lucky Girl shouted as she let loose several tendrils of mana from her hands that encased Ultimate Aggregor in a cocoon of mana... that instantly faded.
"Did you know that Galapagus' people can't be harmed by mana?" Ultimate Aggregor asked before firing two radioactive beams from his eyes that blasted straight into Lucky Girl.
"Gwen!" Kevin shouted as he, Ally, Becky and Max ran in as Becky felt Gwen's neck and gave a sigh of relief.
"She's okay," Huntress said.
"Which is more than I can say for Aggregor!" Max shouted as he ran in and fired several bolts from his blaster, which did nothing to Aggregor's armor.
He simply smiled and blasted a shadow blast from his hand at the veteran Plumber, sending him crashing through the streets.
Becky shouted out as she sent out a smoke arrow that seemingly blinded Aggregor before he used Galapagus' powers to clear the smoke away as she leaped in with her spear, only for Aggregor to grab it, toss her to the ground and then attempted to bring the spear down on her head as she moved her head to the side several times.
Ally ran in with energy crackling from her fingertips as she fired a lightning blast forwards that Aggregor countered with an ice blast as Becky grabbed her spear and ran for her life as Kevin ran in with stone arms, only for the mutated Osmosian to grab him by the head and smashed him into the ground, hard enough to leave a crater.
"AGGREGOR!" Humungousaur shouted as he ran forwards, only for Aggregor to shift ihs arm into a powerful mace and he smashed Humungousaur's face, sending out a massive shockwave that shook all of Los Soledad.
Jen looked as she collapsed forwards and turned back to human as the twins blacked out.
"Wake up Ben and Jen Tennyson," said a familiar voice and they looked up to see none other than Azmuth looking down at them.
"Azmuth?" Jen groaned as everyone recuperated and groaned in pain from the wounds.
"Where's-" Ben began.
"Aggregor is long gone. His eventual goal is why I am here," Azmuth said.
"And he's not alone," a voice said as the team looked up to see Scarlett walking up with her arms crossed.
"You guys only show up when it's an extremely dire situation," Becky said.
"Yes," Azmuth said. "You see, we find ourselves in a situation so dire that perhaps I should risk giving Ben and Jen my new Omnitrixes."
"New Omnitrixes?" Ben asked.
"Do you think they can help us destroy Aggregor once and for all?" Jen asked.
"If only it were that simple," Azmuth said. "They're not completely ready because I am in the process of building a third Omintrix for your little sister. And you two aren't ready for them either."
"Wait," Ben said. "You want to give Emma her own Omnitrix?"
"She deserves some kind of reward for all the times she's helped you save the universe," Scarlett nodded. "It'll help her assist you in her missions better since she's still just a rookie with her Anodite powers."
"Okay," Jen said. "Scarlett's clearly here to help us fight Aggregor since we're not doing so well with him on our own. But Azmuth, we need to know his ultimate goal. If we don't destroy him, who knows what he'll do if he succeeds."
"Yes," Azmuth said. "I do know where he's going and if you don't kill him, the entire universe will tremble at his might. Possibly the multiverse."
"First thing's first," Ben said. "Aggregor's got to be looking for a ship to replace his busted one."
"Best way to get one is to hit some old Forever Knights bases for parts and build one," Kevin suggested. "That's what Dr. Chadwick managed to do."
"What about old Plumber headquarters?" Becky asked. "Some of them have mothballed starships."
"I applaud your attempts to think ahead, but Aggregor won't be looking for a ship," Azmuth said. "With his new powers, he doesn't need one."
"Then we're never gonna find him," Ally sighed.
"If you just listen to Azmuth, you will," Scarlett said. "This situation is so grave that the Protectors are considering coming in full force."
As the group was talking, Huntress spotted something out of the corner of her eye and spotted Aggregor's spear that he had discarded after he had absorbed the aliens and she walked over and picked the spear up and examined it.
"Okay, Becky," Huntress told herself. "You're an expert with weaponry. You can definitely figure out how to use it."
"Maybe I can help," Jen said as she blasted the spear with her mana as it instantly absorbed the energy and Huntress shouted out as she gave out a swipe that sent out a red energy blast that destroyed a nearby house as she smirked at the spear in her hands.
"Thanks Aggregor," Huntress said as she spun Aggregor's spear and hoisted it over her shoulder "You just gave me an advantage against you."
"You should bring the spear to Alexia," Matter Girl suggested. "She should be able to use it to repurpose it into the same technology as your old spear. Plus, you'll be able to carry it easier."
"Could it be? I'm going to help kill Aggregor with his own weapon?" Huntress smiled. "Poetic justice."
The team was suddenly warped to Galvan Prime and everyone began looking around at the sights of Azmuth's new lab with a smile.
"Welcome to Galvan Mark II."
"Really?" Gwen asked. "You rebuilt your entire planet?"
"Of course we did. It was damaged from the war with the Highbreed," Azmuth said as Myaxx walked in with a serious nod as she started working on the controls. "This is what Aggregor is after."
Myaxx nodded as she hit the final button and the screen showed a giant infinity symbol.
"Cool screen saver," Ben said.
"This isn't a screen saver," Myaxx said. "This happens to be the single most important item in the universe."
"The Map of Infinity," Scarlett realized, with eyes as wide as dinner plates and a horrified look on her face. "There are ancient Protector legends of it, but... but even I thought they were just that. Legends."
"No, Your Highness," Azmuth said. "It is as real as you and I."
"A complete map of space-time?" Max asked, rubbing his brow.
"Yes. Extending through seventeen dimensions," Myaxx said. "With it, one can travel anywhere."
"So valuable is this map that Professor Paradox himself divided it into four pieces and hid them throughout the galaxy," Azmuth said. "This was Aggregor's plan from the beginning."
"But wait," Jen said. "If Aggregor's after some map, then why would he wait by kidnapping the ten Andromeda aliens? And why would he not send his minions after the pieces if he knew where they were?"
"Because, Jen, Aggregor needed the powers that the Andromeda aliens possess. They are powers that will allow him to survive the arduous quest for all four pieces of the map. As for the latter, he prefers to work by himself since he's more of a loner."
"But still," Becky said. "Why is it more important that Aggregor doesn't get a map?"
"It's more than just a map, it's-"
"It's not just the map, Becky," Max groaned weakly. "It's where he intends to go with it. I'm right, aren't I?"
"I'm afraid so," Scarlett said, putting the pieces together. "Aggregor's final destination is the Forge of Creation."
"You look terrible, Grandpa," Gwen said, putting a hand on Max's forehead. "You've got a fever."
"Not now, Gwen. I'm fine."
"You're not fine," Azmuth said, pulling up an X-ray of Max. "Aggregor's electrical attack has damaged your entire nervous system."
The door behind Max opened as three Galvans walked up with a large healing tank big enough for Max.
"My assistants will replace your damaged central nervous system with a new one. A few weeks in this regeneration chamber should do the trick."
"After the mission, maybe."
"Absolutely not," Ben said.
"We have to do this on our own now," Jen said. "You'll die if you don't do this now."
"Jen is right," Myaxx said. "You won't survive that long without treatment."
"You have given much to this galaxy, Max Tennyson," Scarlett said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "But now, it's time to rest and recover. You must let myself and your family take this mission on ourselves."
"I still think-"
"Do what they say, Grandpa," Ben said.
"You kids be careful," Grandpa sighed.
"Just like you taught us," Jen smiled.
"Maybe a little more careful than that," Max said before walking off to get into the regeneration tank.
Azmuth turned back to the screen.
"Your godmother is right," Azmuth said. "If Aggregor manages to reassemble the Map of Infinity, he will be able to travel to the Forge of Creation where he can gain the greatest power in the universe."
"But just what kind of greatest power is in the Forge that Aggregor is after, Azmuth?" Becky wondered.
"The Forge of Creation is where Alien X's race, the Celestialsapiens, are born," Azmuth explained. "Aggregor is going to absorb the abilities of a newborn so he can become omnipotent."
"But why would Aggregor be after a baby?" Ally asked. "Wouldn't it make sense to go after an adult Celestialsapien like he did with the Andromeda aliens?"
"It's not that simple," Myaxx said. "All Celestialsapiens' powers are created equal to prevent an uprising. A newborn Celestialsapien, however, hasn't developed its two consciences yet. That means that Aggregor would have complete control over its' powers to change and alter reality however he pleases."
"He has the full powers of the ten Andromeda aliens. That already makes him one of the most powerful beings in the universe. If he absorbs that baby Celestialsapien..." Azmuth began.
"He could destroy life on a scale hitherto undreamt of," Scarlett realized, paling. "Possibly throughout the entire multiverse. Nothing would be able to stop him."
"Where the hell is Paradox?" Kevin asked. "Why isn't he doing anything to help?"
"He already has," Azmuth explained. "He erected a chronal randomization barrier that hides the Forge of Creation from everyone... except the Forge's inhabitants... and whoever has the Map."
"Got it," Ben said. "We only have to kill Aggregor one time out of four, then it's a complete game over for him."
"Yes," Azmuth said. "But you must succeed. As Scarlett said, that much power in Aggregor's hands would be a disaster of intergalactic proportions."
"But Ben," Jen said. "If Aggregor was able to figure out where Paradox hid the pieces of the Map of Infinity, who knows how many other monsters like him there are? If we do manage to destroy him before he gets all the pieces, I think we should collect them ourselves."
"That way, you can give them to me," Scarlett realized. "I can take the Map of Infinity to the Mystic Isles. That way, it will be truly safe."
"Your sister and your godmother are correct, Ben," Azmuth nodded.
"Then we'd better get going," Ben nodded.
The Rust Bucket III flashed through space towards the first destination as the team were all suited up in their suits in armor mode to protect against the harsh conditions as Scarlett sighed and leaned against the wall with a sigh, for even someone as powerful as her has their limits. She really had nothing in her arsenal that would allow her to survive the harsh conditions of the planet they were going to, magic or not.
"We're on route to the Monceros system," Kevin said as Becky leaned against the wall of the ship and sighed.
"Where's the first piece of the Map of Infinity again?" Jen asked.
"An ancient temple on the planet Mikdi'lty," Gwen said before Ally analyzed the planet.
"You've got to be kidding me."
"What is it?" Ben asked.
"It's really close to this system's sun and it's tidally locked," Ally explained as Becky felt something in the cabinet of the wall she was leaning against but chose to ignore it.
"What does that mean?" Jen asked.
"It means that the same side of this planet is always facing the sun," Gwen said. "Sun side, Mikdi'lty's surface is completely molten and the temperature is 3,600 degrees. On the night side, it's a little cooler: 320 degrees below zero."
"This isn't going to work," Kevin said as everyone generated their helmets. "The armor may help in most situations, but they're going to fail instantly on the hot side of the planet. And they're only good for maybe an hour on the cold side."
"You guys have fun," Scarlett said, waving her hand casually. "I'm not going anywhere since this planet is a little beyond even my capabilities. Especially since I don't have a space suit like you guys. Even I have my limits."
As Kevin landed the Rust Bucket and the group filed out onto the icy surface, the cabinet door suddenly opened and none other than Emma panted for breath as she looked on.
"Go get them, guys," she said. "I can't make myself known just yet. Especially on this planet."
Unfortunately, as the door closed, Scarlett heard her with her enhanced senses and leaned down to open the cabinet and picked Emma up with a smirk.
"You are so busted," she smiled. "But I can't say I'm surprised. You want to help your family after all."
"W... what can I do, Scarlett?" Emma asked as Scarlett smiled and rose an eyebrow.
"Get ready guys," Becky said. "We've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone."
The Omni-Team looked on to see the border between the molten side which was blazing with never ending fire and the side they were standing on which was completely frozen in a sheet of ice.
"So we're right between the hot and cold sides?" Ben asked as they moved forwards.
"This planet is inhabited by alien colonists," Ally explained. "Keepers of an ancient temple they found thousands of years ago."
"It wouldn't happen to be that temple, would it?" Jen asked as she pointed to a large temple deep in the distance.
"And that's where the first piece of the Map of Infinity is," Gwen said.
"But the planet's entire atmosphere is either frozen into liquid or on fire. Who could live here?"
"The colonists find it quite comfortable," Ally said as Ben and Jen looked up and saw a colony of white-cloaked...
"Necrofriggians," Ben noticed. "The same species as Big Chill and Coldphase."
"They don't need oxygen and they aren't bothered by the heat or the cold," Becky realized.
"Hopefully, they're not bothered by us either," Jen gulped.
"Let me talk to them," Kevin said, stepping forwards, only for Ben to stop him.
"Maybe you should leave the diplomatic speeches to Gwen."
"I'm better at it than you are."
"Lot of room between that and good."
"They've got a point," Ally said. "Take the floor, Gwen."
Gwen stepped forwards and approached the Necrofriggian colonists.
"Who dares approach the sacred temple?"
"Um, hi," Gwen said as the Omni-Team stepped up. "I'm Gwen Tennyson. This is my sister Becky, my cousins Ben and Jen and my friends Kevin and Ally."
"'Sup," Kevin said.
"A pleasure to meet you," Jen said with a smile.
"We're Plumbers and it's really important that we get inside the temple."
"This is unprecedented," the lead colonist said. "Strangers are not allowed in this place. Only pilgrims who seek wisdom."
"Hey, we and our friends are okay," Ben said as he and Jen dialed up their Necrofriggian forms with a smile.
"See?" Jen said as they slammed the cores down and transformed into...
"Big Chill!"
"Coldphase!"
The Necrofriggian colonists murmured amongst themselves at the twins' sudden transformation into their own species.
"You are one of us?" the lead Necrofriggian asked as Coldphase nodded.
"Technically, we're one of every species in the galaxy," Coldphase said.
"And we just need to pop inside the temple and grab one of the artifacts," Big Chill said. "The fate of the universe hangs in the balance."
"Grab one of the artifacts? Sacrilege!"
The colonists hissed as they took to the sky and the Omni-Team looked on with a nod.
"Um, is there any chance that 'sacrilege' means go right ahead?" Kevin asked.
"No way," Becky said as she took out her newly modified spear and nodded. "Okay, let's see if I can figure out how to use this thing's new features."
The Necrofriggians turned intangible before blasting a super cold blast of air towards the team as Gwen nodded and formed a force field and blocked it.
"Crap," Kevin said. "I can't use my powers unless I remove my suit."
"Not a good idea," Ally said as she fired a few lasers from her suit's wrists that hit a colonist in the chest. "Luckily, Alexia's team upgraded our armored suits for situations like this."
"We can do this," Coldphase said as she turned intangible and was then socked aside by one of the colonists anyway. "Right. Intangibility means nothing if something else is intangible too."
Kevin ran off from a barrage of icicles as Big Chill was dogpiled by the colonists, unable to do anything with his intangibility.
"Hey! No fair!"
Lucky Girl tossed her ice-covered forcefield at the Necrofriggian before she cartwheeled away and put her hands together.
"Somnus!" she chanted as the colonist suddenly hit the ground, falling into a deep sleep.
Becky dodged the ice breath attacks as she stuck her spear out and twirled it around as it absorbed the ice attack with a smile.
She then pressed a button on the handle and swiped her new spear, sending out a wave of red energy that blasted her Necrofriggians right off her and they fell into the ground.
The twins groaned at the onslaught of ice and they nodded as they slapped the cores on their chests and transformed into...
"Echo Echo!"
"Soundwave!"
They then slapped the cores again as they grew four spikes and the twins morphed into their evolved Sonorosian forms.
Ultimate Echo Echo had a tall blue robot-like body with black stripes, an overall rounded design, long arms and legs, and stumped feet. An additional feature was that he had fifteen blue, removable speaker-like components attached to his body and a marking on his back resembling a cassette tape and the evolved Ultimatrix symbol on his chest.
Ultimate Soundwave was mostly the same, only her metallic body was purple instead of blue.
"Ultimate Echo Echo!"
"Ultimate Soundwave!"
The colonists noted the change and flew away from the twins as Ultimate Echo Echo and Ultimate Soundwave took the speakers off their shoulders and tossed them at the Necrofriggians, letting out powerful sound waves that caused the aliens to scream out in pain, crashing into an ice wall.
Kevin ran away towards the edge of a wall, dodging icicle blasts as his sister blasted her wrist lasers, knocking a few colonists down as they were cornered, the last colonist about to blast at them.
Fortunately, a purple sound disc stuck to its chest and let out an extremely loud blast that knocked it out. The speaker then reattached itself to Ultimate Soundwave's arm.
"Thanks, Jenny," Kevin said as Ultimate Soundwave nodded and the Omni-Team walked off into the temple.
One Necrofriggian flew up to attack, only for the lead to stop them.
"Let them go," he ordered. "Without a guide to help them, the temple's defenses will make short work of them."
"No telling how long until Aggregor gets here," Becky said. "We'd better hurry.
Unfortunately, she accidentally stepped on a floorboard that glowed and sunk into the ground.
"Oh," Ultimate Echo Echo gulped. "That can't be good."
And that was when a section of a wall opened up and a giant spiked stone mallet flew in and smashed the team into the opposite wall.
Fortunately, when Kevin's armor was cracked, he absorbed the material from the mallet and pushed it back with a grunt of effort.
"Whoa," Ultimate Echo Echo said. "I didn't know you could armor up that fast."
"You know, with the proper incentive, anything's possible," Kevin said.
"That stone's been on this planet for thousands of years," Gwen said. "You should be safe from the elements."
"Yeah," Ally said. "But if there was one booby trap, this temple is probably chock full of them. We'd better be careful."
"Pretty much," Ultimate Soundwave said as she hovered in the air. "Any step we take could be our last in this place."
"I think you should follow Gwen," Ally said. "She and Jen are the only ones who can sense the map piece."
"In that case," Ultimate Echo Echo said, sapping his Ultimatrix symbol to transform into...
"Lifeforce!" the Anodite shouted as Jen sighed and transformed back before transforming into her own Anodite form.
The three Anodites then put their hands together as their eyes glowed pink.
"This way," Jen said as she and her brother hovered above the group as they and Gwen led the way down a corridor.
"You know, Ben," Kevin said as Lifeforce floated beside him. "I was thinking instead of Ultimate Echo Echo, you should call that form Ultimate Echo Ultimate Echo?"
Kevin then accidentally stepped on a particular piece of the floor that glowed blue and the entire floor opened up, causing everyone except the twins falling down screaming.
Gwen quickly shot her hands out and formed a forcefield around herself and her teammates as the twin Anodites flew down to them just as the forcefield splashed down into a pool of what seemed to be boiling acid.
"Are they okay?" Lifeforce asked as Gwen levitated the team over the bubbling green pool.
"Guys, hurry up! This is totally acid!" Becky shouted.
"It's probably liquid methane," Gwen said.
"Which is also definitely not good for swimming."
"Tur-bo!" the twins shouted as they sent out a gust of pink wind out that pushed the bubble towards the end of the pool and the team stepped out as Gwen deactivated the forcefield.
"Thanks for those pointers on spells as Lifeforce, sis," Lifeforce smiled.
"No bigs," Jen smiled, looking at the two doorways in front of her. "Now where do we go?"
Gwen closed her eyes and walked through the doorway in front of them, leading the team to follow her.
"Really, Gwen?" Ally asked. "Because I think there's something in there."
That was when a loud roaring noise could be heard in the distance.
"See?"
"Just go, guys," Lifeforce said, pushing the team ahead. "We're on a schedule after all."
Unfortunately, that push sent the rest of the team hurtling down a slide and they all screamed in terror before they hit the ground with the twins flying behind them.
"That wasn't so hard," Becky smiled.
"Uh, guys?" Kevin asked as they all looked up to see a giant two-headed lizard-like creature hissing at them, flames leaking out of its maw.
"Should've known the map piece would have a guardian," Jen sighed.
"Come on already!" Lifeforce shouted. "Show us what you got!"
The beast's right head spewed icicle shards at them while the left one blasted fire out of its mouth.
Gwen created a forcefield to block the flames and Jen and Lifeforce flew forwards and blasted the icicles apart with a well-placed mana beam.
"Guess who's made out of stuff you can't hurt!" Kevin shouted before leaping through the beast's flames and slamming it on the right head with his hammer arms.
The left head blasted out an ice blast from his maw and Ally caught him as he fell down to her and Becky ran in and fired a sonic disruption arrow to the wall behind it, disorientating it as the twins flew up and gave a powerful mana blast to each side of its head, knocking it out instantly.
"Man, I hope we're not doing Aggregor's job for him again," Lifeforce said.
"The map piece is close," Jen said. "This way."
The teams carefully walked forwards, only for Becky to accidentally touch another floor sensor with a gulp.
"Guess it was my turn for the jinx," she shrugged before several sharp darts flew out of the walls and the three Anodites created three force fields around the team and they all ran/flew forwards and blocked all of the darts that flew to them.
"Think they ran out of ammo?" Ally asked.
"Our weight on the floor is the trigger for the traps," Gwen realized.
"Nasty," Jen said, picking up a dart.
"Careful, Jen," Kevin said. "They're probably poisoned."
Jen quickly dropped the dart as the team converged around a giant door.
"It's behind this door," Jen said.
Ally, Kevin and Lifeforce walked up to the door and lifted the bottom of the door from the ground, all giving out a shout of effort.
"We need more muscles!" Ally shouted.
"Excatly what I was thinking!" Lifeforce shouted as he slapped his Ultimatrix symbol and transformed into...
"Four Arms!" the Tetramand shouted as the three of them lifted the door as Jen, Becky and Gwen stepped through the door.
"How do we get in there?" Kevin asked.
"You don't. We do," Gwen said as they pressed forwards and then her sister looked to see a tiny dart sticking out of her arm.
"Uh, sis?"
"Uh oh. I think I may have been... oh," she gasped before she collapsed into Jen's arms.
"Gwen!"
"We've got to get them out from under there," Kevin said.
"And fast," Four Arms siad.
"Oh, it's a puzzle alright," the sinister voice of Ultimate Aggregor smirked and walked up behind our heroes.
"Aggregor!" the team shouted.
"Always a pleasure to see you, Tennysons," Ultimate Aggregor smiled. "Particularly when you're doing my work for me."
"What are you talking about?"
"This temple is a dangerous place. So I figured I'd let you and your friends trigger all the traps and lead me directly to the prize."
"Yeah, I figured as much," Becky said as took her spear out nad twirled it with a smlie.
"I do appreciate you holding the door for me, Levins," Ultimate Aggergor said. "And they say young Osmosians have no manners."
Jen blasted out her mana blasts as Becky stuck her spear out and absorbed the blast, sending Aggregor flying back with a red energy blast, tumbling out into the temple as Jen flew out and grabbed the piece of the map and Gwen over her shoulder.
"She doesn't look well at all," Ultimate Aggregor said as Four Arms looked to Jen.
"Jen, you've got to teleport the piece of the map to Scarlett!"
"On it!" Jen said as Ultimate Aggregor shouted out as she charged at her and then she gulped as she focused her mana on the piece of the map and then it vanished from her hands with a flash of pink light.
"NO!" Ultimate Aggregor shouted.
"We led you right to the Andromeda aliens," Jen said. "I am NOT making that mistake again!"
"And now it was your turn to make a mistake," Becky said. "You gave me the perfect weapon to use against you: your own. Your new powers are useless on this new upgraded spear for the same reason you used it against the Andromeda aliens."
"Cheater," Kevin smirked.
"She's using his strengths against him," Ally realized. "That's not cheating, that's strategy."
A portal suddenly opened beside the door and the team all shouted out as they leaped into it and Jen carried Gwen inside and the portal closed behind them.
"TENNYSONS!" Aggregor shouted.
"Just like I taught you," Scarlett smiled, leaning down to Jen's level as the twins transformed back into human and Kevin had the ship take off into the atmosphere. "You learned from your mistakes with this guy."
"One down, three to go," Kevin said as Scarlett put the piece in her pouch.
"You know he's not going to stop until he gets this piece back from us and all the others, right?" Becky asked.
"We'll be ready. Like I said, I'm going to end him," Jen said. "And I'm willing to do whatever it takes."
Becky reached into her pouch and pulled out a syringe and stabbed it right into her sister's neck, causing her to jolt upright immediately and the team smiled.
"Wh... what happened?" Gwen asked.
"You took a poisoned dart for the team," Becky smiled. "Good thing I always keep a vial of universal poison antidote on hand at all times for situations like this. Just part of being a huntress."
"This girl really prides herself on being the best hunter in the universe," Ally said. "You really think she wouldn't prepare for poison?"
"And we got the piece of the map," Kevin said. "But Aggregor's not going to stop until he gets it back from us."
"Oh, I know," Scarlett smiled as she gave out a smile. "Oh, by the way, look who I found hiding out in the cabinets?"
She then gave a kick to one of the cabinet doors as Emma walked out and folded her arms with a huff.
"Emma?" Jen asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I may have snuck onto the Rust Bucket, but that's only because I really want to help," Emma begged. "I just want to be like you. My friends at school all love and worship you. You guys started out as nothing and now you're at the top of the mountain. And I want to climb that mountain too."
"No, no, we really understand, Emma. But you're still really young," Ben said. "It's dangerous."
"Which is exactly why Aggregor won't be expecting someone like me to come along to help. Please, guys. You know for a six year old I'm really smart and you know that I'm getting better and better with my powers every day."
"You really want to help us, don't you?" Gwen asked as Emma nodded curtly.
"Well, I say let her," Scarlett said. "Aggregor might be extremely dangerous, but just look at her. In all my years of being the Scarlet Warrior, I've only ever seen one person her age with as much vigor and tenacity as her: Princess Sofia, my cousin. And she was the one who destroyed the Shadow Lord."
"You know, Emma, for a six year old, you never cease to amaze me," Jen said, taking a smiling Emma by her shoulders. "You have more bravery and courage in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body. I think you can come with us this time. But only on support."
"Done," Emma said, giving the cutest smile imaginable.
"Emma has stowed away on the Rust Bucket!" Azmuth shouted back on Galvan Mk. II. "That stubborn fool!"
"True, but are you really that surprised?" Myaxx asked, swiveling in her seat.
Azmuth gave a sigh before shaking his head. "No. The twins would have done the same."
"Emma's more like her big brother and sister than you care to admit. That's why you want to make that third Omnitrix for her."
"I know," Azmuth sighed. "No need to remind me."
You may have noticed I did cut out one particular line. No, I'm not canning the Evolutionary Function when I get to Omniverse. There is so much potential for it that I really don't want to waste.
Next time on Ben and Jen 10: Ultimate Alien
Reflected Glory