Ben was playing a video game. "Game over? It just started. This thing ate my tokens!"
"Read the sign, kid. It said '"play at your own risk"." Clerk walked away.
"This place is a rip-off, you know that?" Ben said.
"You're right. The games here stink." Kevin said, coming over.
"Yeah, but not as bad as his breath. Major case of sewer mouth." Ben said.
Kevin laughed. "You're funny. Here, you owe me one." Kevin used his power to cause the arcade machine to spit out tokens.
"Whoa. How'd you do that?" Ben said.
"I've got some skills." Kevin said.
"We can't take those. They're not ours." Kuri pointed out.
"They are now." Reiko picked up a handful of tokens.
"Thanks. I'm Ben." Ben said.
"Kevin." Kevin said.
"Wanna play some air hockey?" Ben said.
Kevin saw gang members walking up. "Nah. Gotta bail."
"He's total trouble." Kuri said.
"He seemed okay to me." Ben said.
"No she's right, he's total trouble." Reiko said. "I'm Reiko."
"Kuri." Kuri said.
Bully turned to Kevin. "Long time, no see."
"Where ya going, freak? Home to recharge your batteries?" Bully said.
"Need some help?" Ben said.
"He's gonna need a lot more than you." Bully tossed Ben away. "Now beat it."
"I've got some skills, too." Ben ran off to use the Omnitrix.
"Ben, don't!" Kuri protested.
Ben transformed into XLR8.
"How's the hangout? Still trashed like I left it for ya?" Kevin said.
"Yeah, and you're gonna pay. You can't take us all alone, freak." Bully said.
"But I can." XLR8 said.
Bully laughed. "Little early for halloween, dude, isn't it?" XLR8 beat up the first gang member and ran off. "Where'd he go?"
XLR8 beat up two of the three remaining gang members, then stopped next to the last one.
XLR8 opened his mask. "Trick or treat?"
The gang member screamed and ran away; XLR8 waved and then left.
"I can't believe you went alien." Kuri scolded.
"He helped me, so I helped him. You wouldn't get it, and neither would Grandpa. That's the problem." Ben said.
"I get it, but you should still be careful." Kuri said.
Kevin walked up. "You see what that speed guy did to those losers?"
"Yeah. Dude's name is XLR8. In fact, we're pretty tight." Ben bragged.
"Cool. Want a tour of New York?" Kevin grinned.
"We gotta go. Like now, Ben." Kuri urged, glaring at Kevin and Reiko smirking behind him.
"Don't you mean you have to go?" Ben said.
"You're on your own." Kuri walked away, shooting a final glare at the two strange kids facing her friend.
"Good. That's the way I want it." Ben walked away with Kevin, Reiko trailing behind.