A/N: Alright, here it is. I'm pretty sure this is the only time I'm going to do a chapter that's not canon like this.
"You think they're going to stop any time soon?" Kevin asked.
"Not if we don't jump in," Gwen said.
Their attempt to getting the fourth map piece ended up going badly, since Aggregor had managed to make his way to the piece before they did. Azmuth had been upset at the fact Ben of all people had been outwitted by Aggregor at every turn.
Ben couldn't really refute that fact, but the fact that Azmuth was yelling at him about something that he full well knew the consequences of wasn't really helping matters. So he bit back.
"And how exactly do you plan on getting to the Forge Of Creation? Because not even I know where it is," Azmuth said, staring at Ben with an angered gaze.
"The only way I can think of," Ben said before dialing the Ultimatrix to Alien X. But before he could slam the dial, he felt a hand on his arm.
"That won't be necessary, Ben," Paradox said, sounding as calm as ever. Even though the universe was in danger of being under the thumb of a psychotic Osmosian. "I can take you to the Forge."
"How? Azmuth said it was hidden," Gwen said.
"Who do you think hid it in the first place?" Paradox told her.
"So you can get us there?" Ben questioned.
"I can. I know I don't need to remind you of the stakes if you do not stop Aggregor here and now. Just make sure you do whatever it takes to bring him down," Paradox told him, his face serious despite his neutral tone.
"I will," Ben said with a nod.
"Then there's no time to waste," Paradox said, pulling out his pocket watch.
In a flash of light, everyone except Azmuth disappeared in a flash of light and appeared in the Rust Bucket starship, which was already flying in... wherever this place was.
"Where are we? There's nothing on my instruments," Kevin said, noticing that everything on his screens was completely blank.
"Understandable. There isn't anything outside either. You see that faint glow in the distance?" Paradox asked with a point.
"Is that a star?" Gwen asked, squinting her eyes.
"No, that is an entire universe. Your universe, in fact," Paradox said. "We're in the space beyond."
"Then what's that?" Gwen asked, pointing another glow on the opposite side. This one was blue.
"That is the next universe over. I don't like it at all. The physics there are incredibly counterintuitive," Paradox said, shaking his head.
"I thought there was only one universe," Kevin said, looking up at Paradox.
"A common error of the palokial mind. There is always more to reality than one imagines," Paradox said before looking up. "Ah, we've arrived. Full stop."
"Here?" Gwen asked. "I don't see anything."
"That's because it's enclosed by a Chrono-randomization barrier. It is out of sync with all time, and totally inaccessible without the Map Of Infinity," Paradox said before smiling. "Unless, of course... you're me."
"Or Alien X," Ben said, standing up and walking near the cockpit. "I'm actually surprised you gave us a ride instead of waiting until I did that."
"Time is of the essence, so I figured I would save you the process of trying to convince Bellicus and Serena," Paradox said.
"Good point," Ben said before his jaw dropped along with Ben and Gwen's.
There was nothing surrounding them for a while, but now they were surrounded by the most beautiful looking part of the galaxy they had ever seen. There were numerous colors surrounding them, and it was hard not to be drawn by the beauty of it.
"Inside this hidden nebula is the birthplace of a bouncing, baby Alien X. And while it is a truly adorable creature..." Paradox trailed.
"...Aggregor can't touch him," Ben finished.
"I wouldn't let someone as creepy as Aggregor touch my kid even if he wasn't trying to drain him dry," Gwen said, raising an eyebrow when she noticed Paradox was trying to hide a smile. "What?"
"Oh, nothing. Just a bit of time traveler's amusement," he said, waving an airy hand. Then he looked up. "This is as far as I can take you."
"Couldn't you just go back in time and stop Aggregor from getting the Map Of Infinity pieces?" Gwen questioned.
"If it were that simple, I would have done it already. There are places I cannot go and things I cannot do," Paradox said.
"But Ben can," Kevin said, looking to the guy in question.
"You'd be amazed of the things he's capable of at his full potential," Paradox said, making everyone's eyes widen.
"Wait, you've seen that?" Gwen asked.
"Of course I've seen it. I've been in countless timelines," Paradox said before putting his hands in his coat pockets. "I've opened a portal through the barrier and arranged for life support. While inside, you will not need air, nor will you feel discomfort from heat or cold."
"Well, that definitely solves the problem of needing our Plumber suits," Kevin said.
"Make sure to stay on your guard once you enter the Forge. Aggregor will send everything he has at you once he realizes you're here," Paradox said.
"It won't slow us down," Ben said, punching an open fist.
"It will, but only very slightly. It's what comes next that you will waste more of your time. And no," Paradox said once they opened their mouths. "I can't divulge anything."
"Let's just get through this thing already then," Kevin said.
"It's coming up on you right now," Paradox said before disappearing. The moment he did, the portal beyond the nebula was directly in front of them. Now instead of the beautiful nebula, they were flying in an endless void of white.
Not long after they entered the area, the ship rattled loudly from something hitting it. And that something was dozens of Aggregor's bogeys trying to enter the ship.
"Can this thing take electricity?" Ben asked as he turned around.
"It's insulated," Kevin told him.
"Exactly what I was hoping to hear," Ben said, transforming into Frakenstrike as Aggregor's goons cut into the ship.
The first one that tried to lunge at Ben had his face grabbed by the Anodite. A distasteful look was on his face before he channeled electricity into the minion and tossed him into the others. The minion exploded in an electrical explosion the moment he made contact, sending each of them flying back out of the hole they made.
One of them jumped past Ben and leaped at Kevin, who accidentally turned the ship to the side trying to knock him off.
"Turbo!" Gwen exclaimed, creating a large whirlwind. The pull of it was strong to drag every single one of the minions into the vortex and send them back the way they came. Ben then transformed into upgrade and reattached the part of the ship that was cut back onto it.
"He was right. They only slowed us down slightly. Question is, what did he mean about the next thing wasting more of our time?" Upgrade said before turning back into his Anodite body.
"I have a pretty good idea," Kevin said, releasing the pilot's wheel in frustration. "We're stuck."
"Then let's get unstuck," Ben said before transforming into Big Chill and phasing all of them to the roof.
Looking to the side, he could see that the wing seemed to be stuck in whatever the white stuff on the side was. He made six different tendrils and tried to pull it free using his hands and tendrils both, but it wasn't showing any signs of budging. He didn't want to put much effort into pulling - otherwise he might rip the wing off.
"Any luck?" Gwen asked.
"Nope. Not without ripping the wing apart," Ben said, releasing his hold on the wing.
"Maybe we can get on the other side and push," Kevin said.
"You sure you trust this white stuff?" Gwen asked, waving a hand in front of it. Ben tentatively put a hand through it, and he didn't feel any pain.
"Seems to be- whoa!" Ben exclaimed, nearly falling over. Though all he had to do was right himself with his flight, and he avoided being pulled in.
"You alright?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah. Though if we're going to do this, I suggest you two dig your heels in," Ben told them.
"If I get pulled into the vacuum of space, I am blaming you," Gwen said.
"You can fly now. You'll be fine," Ben said with a roll of the eyes.
All three of them walked on the wing of the ship and both Gwen and Ben made tendrils in the shape of hooks. Kevin grabbed ahold of a handful of them, and with a hard pull or push from the three of them, the ship came free.
"Ha! Just takes a little elbow grease," Kevin said with a grin.
"Alright. Back to..." Ben cut himself when he could see three figures standing on the center of the wing. But they couldn't make out who they were through all of the white. Only that they were less than half their size.
"What do you suppose those are?" Gwen questioned, creating a ball of mana so they could see better.
"I'm not a thing, you know," a female voice said. A young, very familiar voice.
"Wait..." Ben pushed forward to look at the three figures standing there.
And his eyes widened in shock when he saw each of their younger selves standing there. Himself, Gwen, and even Kevin before he mutated. Ben couldn't even recall the last time he had seen that black and white T-shirt that used to be his favorite.
"So this is what Paradox meant..." Ben mumbled before looking to each of them. "Um, we should probably continue this outside of this strange mist."
"Who're you?" young Kevin asked, looking up at Ben. Then he grinned when he noticed the mana on his head. "What kind of energy are you made of?"
"Oh, right. Younger Kevin was kind of a psychopath," Ben thought before narrowing his eyes and grabbing him by the scruff of his neck.
"Hey! Let go of me!" Young Kevin exclaimed, squirming around in Ben's grip. But he didn't let him go.
Ben tossed him on the section of the wing out of the mist, and when he immediately stood back up to try and punch him, he was knocked back down to the ground by a foot to the face.
"Do yourself a favor, and stay down," Ben said, rotating his wrists. The others walked out, and Kevin's eyes widened once he saw his younger self lying on the wing.
"Is that really..." Kevin trailed.
"Yeah. Cause look who was also in there," Gwen said, gesturing to her and Ben's younger selves.
"Paradox, I swear..." Ben muttered, rubbing his forehead.
"Who are you people?" Young Gwen asked, looking around at each of them.
"You mean I don't look familiar?" Gwen asked her younger self, who looked at her inquisitively.
"Hang on. That's Kevin!" Young Ben said, walking forward.
"We noticed. And you're not fighting on the wing," Ben said, holding his younger self back.
"Do you even know who that is?" Young Ben asked, looking at his older self angrily.
"The guy we got into a bunch of trouble with and cost our Grandpa Max a bunch of money? Yeah. I'm well aware of that," Ben said, causing Young Gwen to look over at Ben in shock.
"Wait, you said 'we.' You're..."
"Maybe this'll clear up a little confusion," Ben said before raising the Ultimatrix. He got two pairs of widened eyes for his trouble, but he didn't warrant them with a response. "We can talk while we're moving."
"I'm not going anywhere. I got business with him," Young Kevin said, pointing at younger Ben before moving to rip a hole into the Rust Bucket. But older Kevin grabbed his younger self by the arm and held him up roughly.
"You're not ripping apart my ship, and you are going to come along. Unless you want to get killed along with the rest of the universe," he said in an annoyed tone.
"You think you can tell me what to do?" Young Kevin said defiantly before his words started to register. "Wait, what?"
"Universe level threat here. So again, we need to do this while moving," Ben said, tapping the Ultimatrix impatiently.
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on," Young Ben said, crossing his arms. Ben's eyes flashed as he turned his gaze onto his younger self, and both him and younger Gwen took a step back from the intimidating look in his eyes. But younger Ben also had his hand hovering over the Omnitrix, and younger Gwen's hands started to glow blue.
"Deep breaths..." Ben trailed, exhaling deeply before speaking calmly. "I don't exactly know why, but I can guess the reason you're here is because of some sort of time travel accident."
"That's how you want to play it?" Young Ben said before charging at Ben. But he was stopped cold by a hand to the face, holding him at literally arm's length.
"I am literally you. I know exactly how you think. And I know exactly how you move. Save your aggression for the guy that actually deserves it," Ben told him calmly.
"Calm down doofus. You really want to waste time fighting yourself?" Young Gwen said as younger Ben was trying his best to squirm out of the hold his older self had on his face.
"There's no way that this is dork is- hey!" he exclaimed as Ben grabbed him by the back of his shirt.
"We don't have time for this. Everyone. Move. Now," he demanded forcefully, moving towards the ship impatiently. Kevin hauled his younger self towards the ship immediately after while the younger Gwen looked at her older self, who only shook her head.
"I'll explain in the ship," Gwen promised as Kevin also forcefully escorted his younger double to the ship. It looked like she was the only one who would be on good terms with her younger self.
"Omnitrix: Enter Stasis Mode," Ben said as he sat his younger self in the chair.
There wasn't a voice confirmation like he was used to with his watch, but he could tell the Omnitrix still followed his command considering how dim the green light on it had become dimmer. He wasn't exactly sure how that worked, but he wasn't going to complain.
"Now... here's what we're doing," Ben said once everyone was inside, making a human body for himself in a flash of green light. "Your Omnitrix is in stasis mode. It will not do anything until I reverse it."
"Gwen, Kevin? You're going to explain what's going on to them while I pilot the ship. You should have them up to speed and calm by the time we reach the Forge. If we can all work together efficiently, then stopping Aggregor should be a much easier job," Ben said, walking to the cockpit once they nodded.
"You take orders from him?" Young Kevin asked his older self, his tone distasteful.
"He's t he leader of the group, so yeah. He asks me to do something, I do it," Kevin told him.
"Ok, let's just get this straight for a moment. You're me, that's Kevin, and that's Ben?" Young Gwen questioned, pointing to each of them in turn.
"That's right," Gwen confirmed.
"Wow. How did I end up so uncool?" Young Ben questioned, crossing his arms.
"You're just saying that cause he made you look stupid," Young Gwen said with a small amount of amusement. Her cousin only turned away stubbornly like she hadn't said anything, and even the older Gwen had to smile. Something about this whole thing felt incredibly nostalgic.
"That really does raise the question of why he's so... grim," she continued, unable to find another word for it.
A lot of the time, it was hard to get Ben to take anything seriously even if lives were at stake. But not this Ben. Plus he seemed so much older even though he didn't look any older than sixteen.
"I shouldn't really say anything could it mess up something involving the timeline, but things happened. And Ben wound up changing because of it," Gwen said, crossing her arms and looking away.
"Must've been serious," Young Gwen said, craning her head to look at her older cousin.
"Well, whatever it is, I'm not gonna end up like that," Young Ben said before turning his gaze to teenager Gwen. "What's even going on? You had to have brought us here for some reason."
"We didn't bring you here. Whatever that white mist we walked through must've brought you here. But the important thing is that there's a guy who wants to take over the universe, and we got to stop him from getting the power that's going to let him do that," Gwen explained.
"Well, at least he has a reason to be serious," Young Gwen commented.
"And why are you with them?" Young Kevin asked impatiently, directing the question at his older self.
"We met again two years back. A lot of stuff happened, and they gave me another chance. They helped us turn our life around," Kevin said, crossing his arms.
"Kevin? Changing?" Young Ben questioned skeptically.
"People do change, pipsqueak," Kevin told him, which only made younger Ben narrow his eyes.
"They don't change that much. I've got my eye on you," he said with a point.
"I'm quaking in my boots," Kevin said flatly before punching his younger self in the arm hard enough to make him wince. He saw him reaching towards Ben's Omnitrix. "Don't even try it."
"We're here," Ben suddenly said from the front, causing everyone to look around them.
Once again, they were in a colorful nebula, but now you could see a Celestialsapien no matter which way you looked outside.
"Celestialsapiens spend all their time debating. That means we won't have any trouble from them as long as we don't make too much of a noise," Ben said.
"What's so great about these guys?" Young Ben questioned.
"They could just blink, and we'd be gone," Kevin told him.
"And that's not an exaggeration. Not in the slightest. These things are practically gods," Gwen said before looking at Young Ben in particular. "So keep it down."
"Is that what this guy you were talking about is after? Trying to get one of their powers?" Young Gwen asked.
"You always were smart Gwen," Ben said warmly, a small smile adorning his face. The younger Gwen's face started to heat up from the unexpected compliment, and the older Gwen just smiled.
"I... well, yeah. I-I guess you finally did realize it, even if it did take you all these years," she stammered out. Both Kevins snickered, and that earned them both a glare. "What's so funny?"
"Not gonna say it," the older Kevin said, deciding to focus on the outside world.
"Me neither," Young Kevin said, following his older self's example.
"Guess some things never change," Ben said with a small smirk.
"You can actually smile?" Young Ben questioned, and his older self only rolled his eyes.
"Yeah. I can smile. But I keep the jokes to a minimum when things are this serious," Ben told him, giving him a side glance. "Any other questions?"
"Not a good idea," Gwen quickly cut in. "If we answer a wrong question, it could mess up the continuity of the time stream or... something."
She didn't know how this time travel stuff worked.
"Good point. Besides, it's best that some things happen naturally," Ben said, to which Gwen agreed.
She could tell that he was referring to their relationship, and if they showed their younger selves that it happened in this future... well, neither of them wanted to find out if that could have any consequences. Better to play it safe in that regard.
"Glad to see you eventually learned how to utilize your brain," Young Gwen said, which earned her a scowl from the younger Ben.
Then he saw Gwen bend down to brush some debris off her legs, and he didn't quite understand why he had a hard time looking away. So naturally, he said the first thing that popped up in his head.
"Your butt is huge," Young Ben said bluntly, and the older Gwen turned around and shot him a glare while the younger Gwen smacked him in the arm. "Ow! What? It is."
"It is not!" Young Gwen said.
"No, it definitely is," Young Kevin said, and that got him a smack from the older Gwen. "Ow!"
"Jeez, you're so annoying. Don't you dare say a word," Young Gwen said, glaring at the older Kevin.
"I'm not," he said honestly. That still didn't stop him from grinning in amusement.
"Then let your fearless leader answer the question. Which also happens to be me," Young Ben said with a smirk before looking at his older self. "Gwen's butt is huge, isn't it?"
"...Not another word about how big Gwen's butt is," Ben said, refusing to turn around. Naturally, his younger self ignored it.
"Ha! He just said it was big!" Young Ben said with a smirk, pointing at his older self victoriously.
"No. I didn't," Ben said calmly. This time, the older Gwen turned away to hide her smirk.
Big may not have been a word he used to describe it, but she did recall other positive adjectives.
"You so did," Young Ben said, and teenage Ben only sighed in annoyance.
"I can't believe I used to be this obnoxious," he said, leaning back in his seat.
"Take solace in the fact that you grew out of it," Young Gwen said, and Ben nodded at that fact.
"You can take a break if you want. I got it," Kevin offered, and Ben nodded before trading places with Kevin. He put his hands behind his head, and closed his eyes in relaxation.
"So... how many aliens you got in the watch?" Young Ben asked.
"Ultimatrix?" Ben said, not even opening his eyes.
"One million, ten thousand and fifty three genetic samples available," the Ultimatrix said, and Young Ben's eyes widened.
"It talks?" he said.
"It does. So we don't have time for you to view all of the aliens. You'd be lucky to make it through even a hundred before we get to where we need to go," Ben said.
"How'd you know I was going to..." Ben opened one eye while raising an eyebrow, and his younger version grinned sheepishly. "Right."
Soon Young Gwen and Ben had moved towards the back in order to talk, and Kevin also kept his younger self nearby to keep an eye on him. It seemed he trusted him about as much as the younger Ben did. And that was saying something.
"So why did you end up becoming a good guy?" Young Kevin asked. "Doing good would've got us nothing, you know."
"Yeah. I know that. But in the here and now, being a good guy gets me everything that matters. You'll learn when it's your turn to experience all the crap I went through," Kevin told him.
"Yeah. That ain't happening," Young Kevin said with a roll of the eyes. "And I don't even have a reason to help you in the first place. I'm only with you cause I literally have nowhere else to go."
"How about this. If this guy gets his hands on what he's looking for, the entire universe is screwed. Including you," Kevin said.
"Ok, that's a reason," Young Kevin corrected, and the older Osmosian only scoffed. The only one of them who didn't find their younger self obnoxious was Gwen. Lucky her.
"We're here," Kevin pointed out once they started nearing a female Celestialsapien with her hands out.
"There's the mother," Ben said before squinting his eyes at her hands. "And there's the baby."
"A baby?" Young Gwen questioned.
"Remember how we mentioned these things are practically gods? Well, their children are just as powerful as their adult counterparts. And they're defenseless while they're developing in their childhood years," Gwen said before the ship rumbled loudly.
"Let me guess. We got hit," Ben said, his voice flat.
"Yup. We got nowhere to go but down," Kevin said, pulling as hard as he could on the wheel.
They landed on the mother Celestialsapien's hand for a crashing landing, and both Gwen and Ben needed to make cushions to prevent their younger selves from flying into the pilot's window.
"Everyone alright?" Ben asked, letting his younger self and Kevin down from the cushions he made.
"Yeah, we're..." Young Ben paused and then widened his eyes when he realized he just saw him use powers without the Omnitrix. "You just..."
"Long story, and I don't want to say too much, but let's just say we have an interesting heritage," Ben said before walking off. "To the landing bay then."
"Hold up. Shouldn't you-" The younger Ben gestured to his Omnitrix, and his older self nodded.
"Disable stasis mode," Ben said, and the older Omnitrix shone its regular bright green again.
Next, everyone followed him down to the loading bay, and there was no way out for them. But all Ben had to do was hold a hand against the wall and let out a blast of mana, blasting a hole big enough for a group twice their size to walk through.
"That's kinda scary," Young Gwen said, her eyes wide.
"Don't worry. You'll be able to do this one day too," Ben told her before his gaze darted upward. "Incoming!"
Aggregor was flying at them with the Map Of Infinity clutched in his fist, firing radiation beams from his eyes. Ben raised a shield while flying up to meet Aggregor, the shield protecting him until they got within melee range.
Aggregor shifted his Armadrillo hand into its digging form, but Ben adjusted his body to avoid the swing before kicking Aggregor to the side. The mutated Osmosian dug his heels into the Celestialsapien they were standing on to stop himself.
"I don't know how you managed to beat me here Tennyson, but it doesn't matter. I'm going to kill you and take the ultimate prize," Aggregor said, pointing at the young Celestialsapien.
"If you want me so bad, then come and get me," Ben said, raising his left arm behind him and his right hand in front of him. Then he did a taunting gesture. "Come on freakshow. It's about to someone put you on a leash."
Aggregor growled as he flew forward to meet Ben, and the younger Ben and Gwen looked at each other.
"Well, at least we know for a fact that this is you," Young Gwen said.
"Let's just get to it so he doesn't get to have all of the fun," Young Ben said before transforming into Fourarms. His cousin quickly followed after him, ready for a fight.
"How do you expect me to help? I got nothing to absorb," Young Kevin said as he watched his older counterpart absorb the metal from his ship. "Can I do that?"
"Not yet. Just stay back and let them take are of Aggregor. Cause if you die, I die. And that is something we're both trying to avoid," Kevin told him.
"With his powers, we could take him," Young Kevin said, nodding at the older Ben. He was surprised to see his counterpart's eyes flash angrily immediately after his statement.
"You'd never even get them. He'd knock the hell out of you without even breaking stride from Aggregor. Because you're that inexperienced and he's that good. So don't even try it, and keep still," Kevin warned him, his tone hard.
"Hard to believe I even turn into a pansy like you," Young Kevin said.
"Hard to believe I ever used to be an idiot like you," Kevin retorted.
While both Kevins were busy hashing out their disagreements, Ben raised a shield to prevent their younger selves from being hit with radiation blasts Aggregor aimed at them. But left himself wide open, which Aggregor took full advantage of to shoot him out of the air.
"Get off of him!" Gwen exclaimed, throwing several mana discs at Aggregor to get his attention.
"Your mana attacks can't touch me," he said before sending a radiation blast at her that she blocked with a shield.
"I know. But it got you to turn around," Gwen said, causing Aggregor to turn around just in time to eat a simultaneous punch from both Bens. The both of them were Fourarms, and the two of them used all four of their arms. It was enough send Aggregor skidding across the floor.
"How tough is he?" Young Fourarms asked in an incredulous tone, seeing that he looked unharmed from the blow. "He just ate eight punches from Fourarms."
"We could punch him all day, and he wouldn't feel it. Luckily, I've got a few ideas," Fourarms said before turning back into an Anodite.
"Merchucus Verditis!" Young Gwen exclaimed, holding her hands out.
Aggregor used the wind from his chest to adjust his position quicker than his regular flight before speeding at her as fast he could.
"Vorcess Nebulae!" Young Gwen said, raising a shield in front of her. Aggregor only smirked at the attempt before cocking his fist back.
The younger Gwen braced herself for an impact that never came. Because Ben had jumped on Aggregor's back while holding both of his arms.
"You want to pay attention to something? Pay attention to me," Ben growled, using one of his feet to press Aggregor's face in the ground.
"If you insist," Aggregor said in a deadly tone before surrounding his body with radiation. Ben managed a quick shield underneath his feet, but that broke after a few moments and sent him flying back.
"Hey!" Young Ben exclaimed as Aggregor stood to his feet. He went for a punch, but the Osmosian only grabbed his hand before lifting him up into the air.
Aggregor barely made it more than ten meters in the air before a lightning bolt struck him in the back, causing the Osmosian to scream in pain from the impact. He dropped younger Ben in the process, but Gwen easily caught him before he fell to the ground.
"In retrospect, I should've figured out sooner that you couldn't stand lightning," Frakenstrike said, his hands crackling with electricity. "You never got the chance to go back for Ra'ad."
"It doesn't..." Aggregor was cut off by another scream of pain when he was hit by lightning once again. This time, the source was Gwen.
"It does matter when you have no chance of dodging us. Give up Aggregor," Gwen said in a serious tone, her fingers crackling with electricity.
Aggregor ignored her statement and immediately started flying towards the baby Celestialsapien while moving from side to side to avoid Gwen's lightning bolts. But Ben teleported in front of him before he made it all the way.
"Hi," Frakenstrike said insincerely before grabbing ahold of Aggregor's head with both hands and channeling electricity through them. "On. Your. Knees."
For the younger Gwen and Ben, it was actually a bit disturbing to see how Aggregor was erratically convulsing as Ben channeled massive amounts of electricity into his body, actually driving him to his knees from the pain of it.
The Osmosian managed to raise a hand to try to get a punch off, but Kevin came up from behind him and held his arms in a Full Nelson that he couldn't break out of while being electrocuted. And the metal he was covered in prevented him from being hurt by the electricity.
After a few seconds of constant electrocution, Aggregor eventually fell over unconscious and Kevin threw him onto the floor like a sack of meat.
"He's still alive. Took enough volts to overload an entire city, but he is," Frakenstrike said, transforming back into his human body while keeping his eyes on Aggregor. He wouldn't put it past the man to be playing possum.
"You ok?" Gwen asked, noticing the way he was holding his stomach.
"Fine. No human body was meant to survive all that radiation, so this is pretty much useless," Ben said before his human body disappeared in a flash of light. "Much better."
"Wait, that's not a transformation? That's really what I look like?" Young Ben asked. Before Ben could even come up with an answer for him, Paradox appeared in a flash of light.
"A question that you'll eventually know the answer to," he said.
"Let me guess. We're not going to remember anything that happened while we were here, are we?" Young Gwen asked.
"You'll think it was a dream. You'll remember it vaguely," Paradox told her.
"You should try and be nicer to your Gwen, you know," Ben said, giving his younger self a side glance.
"Try and be nicer to the Queen of the Dorks over there? Yeah, I don't know what happened to me to start saying stuff like this," Young Ben said, causing Young Gwen to look to her older self imploringly.
"I have to wait how many years for him to grow up?" she questioned.
"You're looking at about two more, give or take. That's the point where he decided to try and shape up," Gwen said, making her younger self sigh.
"Great," she said before feeling a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry. He's more than worth the wait," Gwen said with a wide smile, which earned her a curious look.
"Nothing I said is going to stick, is it?" Kevin asked Paradox as he pushed his younger self in a line with the others.
"Sadly, no. But when the time comes, you will still make the right decision," Paradox said, patting Kevin on the shoulder encouragingly. Then he looked at all the younger kids with a wide, jovial smile. "And now my adolescent friends, it's time to send you where you belong."
"I'm not ending up like him," Young Kevin said, looking at his older self contemptuously.
"Well, I suppose you'll know later down the line, won't you?" Paradox said before the four of them disappeared in a flash of light.
"You really can't stand your younger self, can you?" Ben asked, looking at Kevin.
"I just can't stand the stuff that I did at that age. I think my younger self just can't stand me the way I am now period," he told him.
"Well, the fact that you're still here says a lot," Ben reminded him.
"That means our past selves are taken care of. Now we just got to deal with Aggregor," Gwen said.
"We'll have to force the aliens out, because there's no way Aggregor is just going to let them go even if he could. I could try and consult with Alien X - try and free them that way," Ben offered.
"You try that. We'll work on a different solution in case it doesn't work out," Gwen said before looking at Aggregor. "The problem is finding a prison that can hold him."
"I've already discussed that with Azmuth," Paradox said, causing all three teens to jump as he walked from behind Kevin. "A power containment unit will keep his abilities under control while a solution is devised."
"Great. Now there's just the matter of finding a way to free the aliens in case Alien X doesn't work out," Ben said.
"Cooper should be able to help," Gwen mentioned immediately, and Ben nodded his agreement.
"Sounds like a plan. Just hope he doesn't flirt with Gwen too much," Kevin said with a smirk, and both Tennysons rolled their eyes.
A/N: I figured it would at least be kind of fun to make it to where all three younger versions of themselves showed up. Doesn't change all that much in the long run, but it was fun writing the interactions. Hope you enjoyed.