On another planet far from Earth, a city was virtually demolished from top to bottom from battle. A familiar robotic jellyfish-like alien was trapped under some rubble and was struggling to get out. This was, of course, the Galactic Enforcer known as Synaptak.
"Synaptak!" his teammate, a Tetramand known as Tini, shouted as she leaped from a destroyed tower and ran over to her teammate. "Hang on, I'm coming for you."
Tini hopped down to Synaptak's level and pulled and threw all the rubble off of him.
"Please be alright."
Suddenly, Tini was pulled from behind and tossed away into a pile of rubble by a hulking squid creature who most would know.
Vilgax now wore a red and blue armor. He has a belt which is attached to the Raygun pocket. He wears dark blue stockings with metallic squares. He has a ruby gauntlet on his right hand, a shield gauntlet on his left arm and held a large sword on his back. He now has just 5 tentacles, all on the front of his face, and his eyes were larger than before. He also had a metallic part replacing the green sac on his head.
The building that Tini crashed into caved in on her and buried her in the rubble.
"Where is he?!" Vilgax demanded. "Where is Ultimos?"
"Right here, Vilgax!" Ultimos shouted, flying in with a punch. "And rest assured, you will pay dearly for your kraven attack on my teammates. The Galactic Code of Conduct-"
He was interrupted when Vilgax generated a shield from his left gauntlet and blocked his punches before he slammed the leader of the Galactic Enforcer down.
"The Galactic Code of Conduct states that a Conqueror's Challenge is between the greatest warrior of the attacking race and the greatest warrior of the planet under attack. That's me and you."
He then kicked Ultimos away from him with a growl.
"Your teammates cheated. But they have not changed the outcome."
"I am the most powerful hero on this planet. I'll perish before I let it fall into your hands!" Ultimos declared before throwing a punch.
"Yes. You will."
Vilgax blasted Ultimos with a ray from his right gauntlet that sent him flying away.
"I salute you. Few have withstood an assault from the Ruby Ray of Ulo."
"I... can't... let you... win!"
"The battle is over, hero. Go down to your rest."
Ultimos glared as Vilgax delat the final blow, literally sending a cloud of dust up over the unconscious Ultimos as Tini and Synaptak could only look on with horror at their defeated leader.
Soon, Vilgax's Bioids walked up with a large machine along with a new alien.
His body is white with his head fin being white and outlined with three black stripes. He wears a sleeveless black robe and a brace-like armor with red bars in the bottom, one in the middle, and one square and circle on top. He has fingerless gloves with three rectangles which he sometimes uses for fighting. His lips and around his eyes are black while his eyes are red. This is Vilgax's most loyal servant, Psyphon.
"People of Planet T-K, I have defeated your champion! By rule of the Galactic Code as ratified by the Casey-Kelly Accords, I claim dominion over this planet."
"Congratulations, Lord Vilgax, Conqueror of Ten Worlds," Psyphon said, bowing.
"Prepare the transfer, lackey."
"At once, master."
The Biods walked the machine over to Ultimos and Psyphon took the clamps from the side and attached them to Ultimos' neck before he pulled the lever. The machine hummed to life before draining the power from Ultimos' body into the machine and two handles rose up.
Vilgax took the handles as his entire body glowed blue, the powers from Ultimos transferring into him and Psyphon grinned with glee.
"It is done. Ultimos' powers are now yours."
"The power of the greatest heroes of ten worlds surges within me. Finally, I am ready to take my revenge."
"Master?"
"We travel to Earth where I will destroy that backwater world's two greatest heroes: Ben and Jen Tennyson!"
In Bellwood's warehouse district, just outside the Omni-Team headquarters, Lucky Girl, Absorber Huntress and Matter Girl were battling a snake-like alien named Ssserpent.
Ssserpent resembled a snake that stood as tall as a human. He had two boneless, jointless arms that end in snake mouths and a long tail that slithered across the ground.
Huntress shouted out as she ran in with her spear and leaped up, shouting out before she was swatted away and hit with a groan.
Lucky Girl looked to her sister and shouted out as she fired a bunch of mana balls that the serpentine alien dodged as Matter Girl ran in with bladed arms, only for the alien to slither around her and flick her away with his tail.
Ssserpent then wrapped his hissing arm around Lucky Girl and hoisted her up into the air.
"Let me go!"
The creature growled as he tried to poison Lucky Girl with his arm, but luckily, she brought a shield up with her leg, blocking him as she blasted him with her mana eye lasers, sending him crashing away as she hit the ground with a frontflip.
"I thought snakes were supposed to rattle before they strike," she said as Huntress aimed her bow at him.
"I'm not a rrrattlesssnake."
"Whatever," Huntress said, knocking an arrow. "She was just trying to make conversation, snakeskin."
They both started firing blast arrows and mana discs at Ssserpent as he dodged around them and Huntress got him with a sharp arrow, causing him to yelp out before he swatted her away as Absorber ran in with metal arms and hit him.
"Where were you?"
"I was looking for some metal to absorb."
He then tried landing metal punches on the snake creature, but he dodged them and spat some venom in his face before striking him off with his tail.
The snake alien tried to attack Absorber, but he was grabbed in a headlock by Matter Girl and blocked off by Lucky Girl who formed a shield to block him.
"Back off!"
"Snake venom! Burns!"
Matter Girl then formed an energy ball in her hand and blasted off the top of a fire hydrant and Lucky Girl redirected it into Kevin's face, washing away the venom.
Ssserpent then slid over to Huntress and coiled around her, smiling.
"I swallow my prey whole."
"I did not need to know that," Huntress groaned before she reached to her belt and stabbed Ssserpent with a dagger, causing him to stumble back as she flicked off the blood.
Lucky Girl then restrained Ssserpent with her mana tendrils as Matter Girl and Huntress then jumped in and laid the smackdown on Ssserpent.
"You okay, Kevin?" Lucky Girl said to her boyfriend.
"I will be, Gwen. As soon as I armor up," Absorber said, absorbing the concrete.
"This would be a whole lot easier if the twins were here like they promised!" Matter Girl shouted, grabbing an arm as her brother grabbed it too.
"Yeah. An hour ago!" Huntress shouted as she held him back with her spear.
"I guess those fancy watches of theirs don't keep good time!" Absorber said.
"I just wonder where they are!" Lucky Girl said.
The twins were in the living room of the Tennyson residence where Emma sat, playing with Jen's hand-me-down dolls on the couch as Jen sighed and sat at the family piano as her little sister watched the TV with her bother as he sipped on a smoothie and rubbed her head.
"Hmm... what to write," Jen said as she pressed down on the keys, only to catch a rhythm and an idea clicked in her head as she started pressing the keys rhythmically as she sang to herself.
"I can't lie
It's hard to hear
After all we've shared
After all these years
I don't know
What I'm supposed to say
What I'm supposed to feel
Seeing you this way
I wish I had the answers
To all the questions in your mind
Wish I could say it will get better
But I can't look at you and lie
I know I've had my share of troubles
So who am I to give advice
But if you ain't felt forgiveness
It seems like now's the time."
"Wow," Emma said, enamored by her sister's singing. "You are really good at this."
"She's right," Ben said, jabbing his shoulder. "You are one of the best I've seen."
"Oh, stop," Jen said, blushing. "You're just saying that because you're my siblings."
"No way!" Ben and Emma said.
Suddenly, an image flickered before them and an white-skinned alien in radiant robes appeared and the twins instinctively gasped and reached for their Omnitrixes.
"Pardon the intrusion, Ben and Jen Tennyson. I mean you no harm."
"And you are?" Ben asked.
"I am Lukik, Senior Ambassador of the Dracosian Empire."
Ben suddenly burped and Jen slapped him upside the head for rudeness.
"Sorry. There's more room out than in."
"You are wise indeed, Ben Tennyson. As is your sister. I have been granted the great honor of presenting you with these."
A shimmering box appeared in Lukik's hands and he opened it up.
"As a small token of gratitude in your parts in saving all life in the universe from extinction at the hands of the Highbreed, my people present you two with the Galactic Medal of Honor. It is the highest reward a non-Dracosian can be given."
Lukik then marched over and hung the two medals around the twins' necks.
"Thanks," Jen said. "The two of us are honored."
"I think we can turn into one of you guys," Ben said, flipping through the Omnitrix.
"We haven't unlocked the Dracosian form, bro," Jen whispered.
"The people of Dracosia marvel at your power and offer you our gratitude," Lukik said, bowing to the twins before vanishing.
"Yeah," Ben said. "That's what they all say."
Jen sighed as she and Ben walked over to the two trophy cases on either side of the room and opened them, placing the medals inside of the cases that were clearly starting to overflow.
"We're gonna need bigger trophy cases," Jen said.
"Tell that to Mom and Dad."
"This summer," the TV Announcer said over the TV as the twins attention was caught. "Ishiama and Kenko play the game of their lives. Sumo Slammers: The Motion Picture!"
Ben and Jen then screamed as they grasped hands and jumped up and down, clearly fanboying/fangirling over it.
"Wow," Emma said, smiling before the twins' cellphones started ringing.
"Hello?"
"Ben, Jen? It's your cousins Gwen and Becky," Lucky Girl said.
"Yeah?"
"Is this a bad time?"
"Yeah, kind of," Ben said, flipping through the channels. "There's going to be a Sumo Slammers' movie and I'm trying to see if the commercial's coming back on."
"Wow," Huntress said. "We're really sorry to disturb you two, but it's just that you're late for our mission! And the bad guy is kicking our butts!"
"So if it's not too much trouble, hero up and get over here!"
"Oh," Jen said. "Sorry, guys. I guess we just forgot about it."
"NOW!"
"Okay," Jen said as Ben grabbed his jacket and prepared his Omnitrix before Emma dropped the dolls and walked over, placing a hand on Jen's leg.
"I'm coming too."
"Why?" Ben asked.
"Because Mom and Dad are working right now and we can't leave Emma alone," Jen sighed as she flipped through her Omnitrix. "Let's just go."
"Right," Ben said as they slammed the cores down and transformed into...
"Jetray!"
"AeroForce!"
Jetray grabbed Emma and flew them to the site of the fight as AeroForce closed the windows before taking off.
They looked down and observed the fight going on as their four teammates were constantly swatted away before transforming into...
"Cannonbolt!"
"Crystagirl!"
"About time you got here," Matter Girl said, placing a hand on the Ephedian's shoulder.
"There's going to be a Sumo Slammers' movie," Crystagirl said.
"Really?" Absorber asked. "Live action?"
"Guys, focus! Bad guy on the loose!" Huntress said.
"And what's Emma doing here?" Lucky Girl asked.
"We can't leave her alone," Crystagirl said.
"Right," Cannonbolt said. "It's not that big a deal. Creeps like this... uh, what do you call yourself?"
"I am Ssserpent, the snake that walks like a man."
"Crystempactus," Crystagirl said, slamming the ground, sending up a ton of pink crystals that slammed into Ssserpent before Cannonbolt rolled up into his ball form and rolled over Ssserpent several times.
"Is it okay if we call you Roadkill, the snake that only made it halfway across the street?" Cannonbolt asked.
"Uggh."
"We'll take that as a yes," Crystagirl smiled.
Emma giggled and hugged her sister's leg as she and Ben transformed back.
"Well, that didn't take long," Ben said.
"We've been fighting that guy for over an hour!" Becky said as she and the others went back to their civilian clohting.
"Oh. Sorry," Jen said, rubbing her head.
"Oh?" Gwen asked. "Where have you two been?"
"We were kind of hung up getting another medal," Ben said. "That reminds me, we need bigger trophy cases."
"Seriously, our closets are full of awards."
"You two have been so full of yourselves lately," Ally said, disappointed.
"What's the big deal? We got here, we took out the bad guy for you," Ben said.
"No harm done," Jen said nervously as her friends and cousins huffed and left before she looked down to her sneakers, slightly ashamed.
"Shotgun! I called it!" Manny said as the new and improved Rust Bucket drove down the road with the Light Triplets, Helen, Pierce, Alan, Jess, Cooper, Simon and Rosie riding inside.
"You're already riding shotgun, Manny," Helen said.
"Yeah," Jess said, resting her hand on her chin. "Why do you keep calling it over and over?"
"Because it's fun to yell shotgun. Shotgun!"
"Okay, Manny, that's enough," Max said. "This is a Plumber's training mission, not a-"
"Huh?" Wade asked, hearing a beeping from the dashboard.
"What is that?" Lila asked, standing up.
"Planetary defense alert. We just put the satellites in a month ago. An alien war fleet is heading for Earth."
"Another one?" Rosie asked. "Seriously?!"
"I take back what I said earlier, kids. This isn't a training mission. This is the real deal."
Max made a legal U-Turn and turned around to the site.
A bunch of news helicopters were flying over the site of an alien device that was blockaded by a bunch of police squad cars. Psyphon was typing in commands on the alien device rapidly as the S.W.A.T. team aimed their weapons on him.
"Okay, buddy, last time. Either come along quietly or we're gonna take you down hard!"
"Doubtful," Psyphon said.
The S.W.A.T. team fired a laser at Psyphon that he blocked with a force shield before he threw a grenade at the police that he then detonated, causing a huge explosion that sent the S.W.A.T. team running away, destroying the ground and trees surrounding it and causing a huge crater.
"If you distract me again, I shall not be so merciful."
Psyphon then typed in more commands on his gauntlet and the device opened up and shot a blue light into the heavens, creating a large domed force field that surrounded the entire park. No one could enter or leave the park at all.
"It is done," Psyphon declared. "No power on this pitiful planet can breach my forcefield. All within may witness the historic events about to unfold."
Thunder suddenly sounded through the air despite the clear blue skies.
"The master comes."
It was that moment that Vilgax instantly teleported in, stunning all the police outside the forcefield.
"People of Earth, I am Vilgax. Shortly, you'll know me as your master."
"Per the rules of the Galactic Code of Conduct, Lord Vilgax challenges this planet's two greatest protectors to a trial by combat. To the victor, the Earth!" Psyphon announced... just as the Rust Bucket peeled up to Vilgax.
"Never gonna happen, fish face!" Manny said as the Plumbers Kids all lined up, ready to fight with Vilgax.
"Listen to the kid, Vilgax," Max warned as Alan morphed into his Pyronite form. "He knows what he's talking about."
"Max Tennyson. And a particularly motley crew of new Plumbers, I see."
Cooper glared as he used his powers to assemble his giant mech as Simon tossed his backpack up in the air to form his mech as they both ran towards Vilgax.
"Cooper, Simon, no!" Max warned.
Ignoring him, they blasted every missile they had towards Vilgax, who only used his sword to slash the missiles apart, destroying them with nary a scratch on him. He then blasted the Ruby Ray of Ulo at them, only for Helen to quickly rush in and grab them before the mechs were destroyed.
"How many times do we have to tell you to to watch out for the laser beams?"
"You're very fast. But are you faster than this?" Vilgax asked before firing lasers from his eyes that chased after Helen in a similar fashion to Darkseid's laser vision.
"I don't know!" Helen shouted as she dodged left and right around the trees, but the lasers followed her no matter how fast she dodged or ran. She was eventually shocked by the lasers. "I guess not."
"Helen!" Max shouted.
Helen rolled on the ground as Vilgax stood over her with his sword before he was blasted by a solar blast as he looked to see Wade standing there with his hands smoking.
"Leave her alone, you big bully!"
Manny ran in and tried to lay the smackdown on Vilgax, only for the Chimera Sui Gerenis warlord to catch him with one hand.
"Hey! Put me down!"
"Precisely my intention."
Vilgax tossed the Tetramand-human hybrid into Wade, sending the light Osmosian down as Alan flew in and blasted him with several fire blasts as Lila tossed several moon daggers at the squid alien from the other side.
He then sent out possibly the deepest breath ever to Alan, putting out his fire and sending him flying into a tree and down to the ground. He looked to Lila, who eeped nervously as she backed up and put up a moonlight shield before he was blasted by an eclipse blast that sent him skittering back as Nate stood by his sister and Wade walked up to him and groaned as they blasted him with a triple light blast.
Vilgax rolled his eyes and sent a massive rock wave out with a single step that sent the Light Triplets flying, only to fall into a crystal hand that caught them as Rosie glared and manipulated all the plants around Vilgax to ensnare him and sent his sword skittering away before she sent a wave of crystal at him that sent him back as she blocked the his laser eyes with crystal shields that were instantly shattered.
He was then blasted with a wind blast as Jess blasted her air blasts at him from above, glaring as she fluttered in the air.
"I'm impressed. You are certainly a skilled fighter, little one. But not skilled enough!"
Vilgax used his insane strength to break free of the plants before he sent a wave of fire at her that sent her skittering back. The Florian-Petrosapien hybrid groaned as she fainted in Pierce's arms as he sent tons of thorns at Vilgax, not even phasing him as he sent another rock wave towards him, sending him crashing down, unconscious.
"No!" Jess shouted before she was hit by the Ruby Ray of Ulo and sent to the ground, unconscious, wings furled up.
Vilgax looked around at the destruction he caused and the defeated Plumber's Kids all around him.
"Now where are you hiding, Max Tennyson?"
"Closer than you think!" Max shouted, taking off his ID mask that rendered him invisible and he blasted him with the energy cannon from the Rust Bucket, but it barely phased Vilgax and he smirked.
"Oh. There you are."
He then simply backslapped his old nemesis away, sending him crashing to the ground, unconscious. Psyphon then appeared to him with the collar for the power transfer machine, only for Vilgax to stop him.
"No. Don't waste your time draining their feeble powers. Leave them here and let them deliver my message. In one Earth rotation, I will return to this place to battle the Earth heroes Ben and Jen 10, otherwise known as the Omni-Twins for the fate of the Earth."
"And if they do not come?"
"I will exercise my legal right and destroy this pitiful planet."
The Omni-Team sat at a table at Mr. Smoothies, sipping on their drinks as Emma sat on her brother's lap as he sighed.
"I'm not kidding, you two. I'm really mad at you."
"But you won't stay mad at us," Ben said. "We're family."
"Come on, Gwen," Jen said, holding up a smiling Emma. "How could you stay mad at this adorable little face?"
"Wow. Using your little sister as leverage. Not cool," Becky said as Jen frowned.
"You guys are completely full of yourselves."
"Which is forgivable because we saved the entire universe," Ben said.
"You were late for a mission. The four of us could've been killed!" Ally said.
"And I don't think you guys are cool right now," Kevin said. "I think you're obnoxious."
Everyone turned to him, shocked.
"Obnoxious. That's what Gwen used to call me all the time. Am I using it right?"
"Couldn't have said it better myself."
"He's right," Becky said. "You tow have been obnoxious ever since you-"
"Saved the entire universe?" Jen asked, raising an eyebrow.
"See? You're doing it again."
"Obnoxious," Becky agreed, sighing as Emma winced and laid a hand on Jen's leg.
"I think they're a little right," she said, bracing for it. "You have been a little bit cocky lately."
"You think so, Emma?" Jen asked. "I mean, we did save all life in the universe."
"Yeah, but not by yourselves," Ally said. "Without our help and all of the heroes we recruited, you two never could've done it."
"Maybe you're right," Ben said. "But after we stopped the Highbreed invasion, I think we deserve to enjoy our success. Not just us, you guys too. Especially you, Ally. You have $10,000 to waste."
"I put it in the bank. There's a lot I can use that for."
"Lighten up, guys," Jen chuckled. "Have a smoothie on me."
"Okay," Gwen said as she uncapped her lid. "Here's a smoothie on you."
Gwen then dumped the smoothie all over Jen's head and she gasped as the others chuckled at her.
"Uh-oh," Ben said as Jen smirked and her eyes glowed pink as everyone's smoothies levitated out of their hands as she smiled and uncapped them with her telekinesis.
"I hope you guys like pineapple!" she said. "You know how long it takes to wash my hair as is!"
"Come on, Jen!" Gwen said, gesturing at her red and black attire. "This is a new shirt!"
That was when Ben and Jen's Omnitrixes started beeping and Jen gasped as she set the smoothies down.
"That's the Plumbers' comm link," Ben said as he and his sister pressed a button on their Omnitrixes, activating the communication function.
"That's got to be... Grandpa Max?" Jen asked.
"Bad news, guys," Max said as the Plumbers' Kids were recovering in the Rust Bucket. "Vilgax is back."
"What?" Ben asked. "But that's impossible."
"Last time, we blew him to bits under the city," Jen said. "How can he still be alive?"
"I'm sure he remembers what you guys did to him. Vilgax has issued a Conqueror's Challenge to you two."
"The twins can't accept that!" Kevin shouted as everyone else looked on as Emma looked worried.
"I don't think we have much choice," Ben said. "What's a Conqueror's Challenge?"
"The Galvan set it up to limit the destruction caused by interplanetary wars. Rather than risk mass destruction, both planets can choose a single warrior to represent them. The winner becomes the ruler of both worlds."
"And Vilgax is challenging us?" Jen asked. "But I thought you said a single warrior."
"This is an exception because he knows that neither one of you can fight nearly as well without the other. He wants revenge on both of you, after all."
"So when and where do we kick his butt again?" Ben asked.
"It's not that simple. After he recovered from his final loss to you five years ago, he's since conquered ten worlds and absorbed the powers of those worlds' champions after he defeated them. He's not the same warrior you fought before."
"Oh man," the twins said in chorus as Emma looked worriedly to them.
"What's wrong?"
"Um, Emma, your big brother and sister have to go fight a really bad squid man," Ben said, placing his hands on his little sister's shoulders.
"Sorry guys. You're not going to leave me out of this one."
"But you can't fight," Jen said, worried. "We don't want you to get hurt."
"I know how scary it is," Emma said. "And I don't care... I kind of snuck off and played your video games when you two and Mom and Dad were asleep."
"The Rated-M ones?" Ben asked as Emma nodded innocently. "What?"
"For how long?"
"Um... a few months," Emma said, smiling widely.
"Wow. She's super-smart for a five year old," Jen said. "And that's why we love her."
"Let's get to the headquarters and prep," Becky said.
"I'll get Pink Angel," Jen sighed as she and Ben walked off in the opposite direction of the others to get their cars.
Everyone regrouped at the headquarters with the cars parked outside as Ben looked up to the computer.
"Courtney," Ben said. "Replay today's brawl at the park."
"Yes, Ben," Courtney complied as she played on the monitor as Jen looked at her Omnitrix and sighed.
"I'm thinking about changing my hero name," she said. "Omni-Pink isn't unique enough."
"Didn't you choose that name?" Ally asked.
"Actually, no. That name was given to us by the public when we announced we were the Omni-Twins."
"So you don't want to be the Omni-Twins anymore?" Ben asked.
"Oh no, we're keeping that part. I just don't want to be called Omni-Pink anymore. So you guys can start calling me... Morphina!"
"Morphina?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah. It fits the shapeshifting theme I have. It'll take some getting used to, but trust me."
"If you're changing mine to... Hero Core," Ben said, crossing his arms.
"Nice," Jen said, fist-bumping him.
The team looked up at the large computer screen to see Vilgax get blasted by their grandfather at point blank range.
"That's gotta hurt," Ben said.
...And then their grandfather getting slapped aside by said squid alien warlord effortlessly.
"Or at least you'd think it would," Ally said, wincing.
"He's more powerful than ever," Gwen said.
"No kidding. We barely used to beat him in the old days."
"But we were ten years old, or thirteen in Ally's case," Jen remembered.
"Um, you guys see how easily he took down Max and his new Plumbers?" Kevin asked. "I doubt even your Master Spark form can handle that kind of power."
"But those were the rookies," Ben said. "We're the A-Team. We've taken down Vilgax (and you on one occasion) down before and we'll do it again."
"And if we can take down the Highbreed and-"
"Save the whole entire universe!" the rest of the team chorused.
"We know," Becky said, folding her arms.
"...we can handle this."
"But it's a Conqueror's Challenge," Ally reminded. "If what Max said is any indication, the four of us can't help you per the Galactic Code of Conduct."
"So I still think you're gonna need an edge," Kevin said, walking away as the video shut down and pressed a button on the keyboard that lifted a garage door open and they looked inside to see a huge machine of some sort before them.
"Okay, what is that for?" Ben asked.
"You know your Omnitrixes?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah?" Jen asked, nervously.
"We're gonna hack them."
"Huh?!" Ben and Jen asked, slightly disturbed.
Later on, Jen pulled on Ally's leg as the goth girl picked the little girl up and held her in her arms, petting her head.
"There, there, kid," Ally said. "We're all nervous from this."
"I don't think this is such a really bad idea," Gwen said.
"Right there with you," Ben said, stepping back as he and his twin stood on opposite sides of the table with the twin nozzles above it.
"Me three," Jen gulped.
"Relax, guys," Kevin said. "I've been acquiring stuff we need to fix the Omnitrixes for months."
"Make that years when you count the times you were trying to steal it from them," Becky said, stepping back.
"Let it go, Becky," Kevin whispered.
"It's too risky," Gwen said.
"I don't want anything bad to happen to my family, Kevin," Emma begged.
"I agree," Jen said. "But what's the bigger risk? Not doing this, or risking it to have a better chance to take down Vilgax?"
"If Kevin can bypass the safeguards and unlock the Grand Master Control, we'll be able to do anything with them," Ben said. "But then, you guys are kind of right."
"Do you ever think there's a reason they call them safeguards?" Ally asked.
"I thought that you already had the Master Control?" Gwen asked.
"Azmuth did reward it, but he only unlocked our ability to instantly change forms at will and only every alien we've ever unlocked. We still can't use all the forms."
"I think that's what Kevin has in mind," Ben said. "He wants to hack them to unlock every form in these things."
"Vilgax won't stand a chance," Jen nodded as the twins placed their wrists on the scanners.
"I'm in," Kevin said. "Let me see if I can access the user interface."
A green and pink laser beam shone down on the Omnitrixes, morphing them back to their original forms.
"Ooh, sorry."
"Are you sure you know what you were doing?" Becky asked.
"As much as ever," he said as he pressed a few more buttons. "See? Nothing to worry about."
It was at that point that two alarms sounded out and the Omnitrixes both shined out a brilliant light to reveal a projection of...
"Azmuth?" the twins chorused.
"Yes, Azmuth, Creator of the Omnitrixes."
"And we don't think we've ever thanked you for that," Ben chuckled." Really nice of you."
"This is no time for jests, Ben and Jen Tennyson. My disappointment with you two is great."
"Yeah, the line starts over here," Kevin waved.
"Shut it!" Jen shouted.
"Once, I believed you two possessed the maturity to wield the two most powerful weapons in the universe."
"And then you paid the slightest bit of attention," Ally sighed.
"Wrong. It was only very recently that the twins have strayed from the hero's path."
"But we saved-"
"I know what you two have achieved. That is the only reason that I allow you two to keep the Omnitrixes. My hope is that you will grow into the roles. But the full power of the Omnitrixes cannot be entrusted to you two just yet. Do not tamper with the Omnitrixes, Ben and Jen Tennyson. You are not ready."
With that, the image dissipated and the twins sighed, bowing their heads.
"Whoa," Becky said.
"Seriously," Gwen said. "You really dodged a bullet this time, you two."
"But what if this is a test?" Ben asked.
"A test?!" Ally asked.
"What if Azmuth wants us to take the situation into our own hands?" Jen asked, unsure. "You never know what's going on in that frog's head. Maybe we have to earn the power?"
"Maybe," Ally said. "But he definitely didn't mean it this way!"
"Seriously, don't do it," Gwen said. "Shut this thing down now."
"Yes, ma'am," Kevin said as he started typing in commands, only for the machines to start sparking.
"Um, Kevin?" Ally asked as she and the others stepped back. "Did you test that thing before using it just now?"
"Um... no?"
"Oh boy," Jen asked as the machine sparked and overloaded as the lasers blasted the two Omnitrixes started glowing and a holographic interface showed up around both of them.
"They're out of control!" Ben shouted. "Run for it! All of you!"
"Hang on!" Kevin said as the others all crowded around Gwen and she put a forcefield over them as Kevin ran for the twins and tried to help pry their arms off the table, only for the Omnitrixes to let loose a magnificent surge of energy, causing the machine to explode in a green and pink light and that section of the headquarters was completely destroyed in seconds flat, burying everyone under a mountain of rubble.
To be continued...