"No way!" Ben said.
"Under arrest?" Kuri said.
"For what?" Reiko said.
"For unauthorized vesselization." Magister said, then eyed Ben. "And stealing."
"Who are you calling a vessel?" Reiko said, clearly insulted.
"Reiko, don't." Kuri said, eyes flashing silver. "He's a Plumber. Aren't you? Sir, the Omnitrix belongs to him; he's Ben Tennyson."
"Wait. You're the legendary Ben Tennyson?" Magister said. "I lost track of your grandfather. And you two...you can't be...of the Hikawa clan?"
"Yeah we are." Reiko said. "Reiko and Kuri Hikawa."
"You look just like Kaori when she was younger." Magister looked down at Kuri.
Kuri gaped at him. Did her Grams have a thing with all guys, alien or human?!
Xxx
"This can't be good." Kuri said, as Ben pulled her to his side. Was he really jealous that old fishface had a thing for her Grams and was now giving her googoo eyes?
"We have to keep an eye on these Forever Knights and—"
"Those Forever Knights aren't trading with humans." Kuri said, eyes flashing silver. "Those are DNAliens."
"Kevin's down there right in the thick of them!" Reiko said.
"Aw your old crush!" Ben teased.
"One more word and you'll wake up in a swimming pool full of cherry jello again." Reiko's eyes flashed.
Reiko ran down there and placed her right hand, with index and middle fingers extended, in front of her chest, then raising her hand to the upper right. It appeared in her hand, a polearm weapon called the Naginata of Kenkon.
"Fulminus!" Reiko held it in the air and it gathered energy from the sky, then blasted several enemies at once.
"It's hero time!" Ben said, and slapped down the watch, but it didn't respond.
"Hiko!" Kuri fired a whirlwind at the enemy, after calling her sword in precisely the same method Reiko had used.
The Omnitrix transformed, and Ben was finally able to use it to become Swampfire.
Swampfire attacked and their bullets couldn't hurt him.
"Guys stay behind me! I'm bulletproof!" Swampfire said.
Kuri and Reiko held their weapons at the ready, breathing hard.
"Hey Tennyson. At least you keep good company these days. Nice to see you, Reiko." Kevin said.
"Is that all you have to say?! After getting your stupid self trapped in the Null Void the same day we were supposed to have our date?!" Reiko hissed, eyes gold. "FULMINUS!"
She zapped him unconscious before he could absorb a thing.
Xxx
Reiko was left next to Kevin alone.
"I can't believe I was such an idiot. I waited for you. At the park bench, for an hour." Reiko ranted. "Ben came and told me what happened, how you ended up in the Null Void."
"I was going to go. I mean it. Cmon..." Kevin said.
"You made me cry." Reiko continued.
"I'll make it up to you." Kevin said.
"Oh? Then help us track down the Forever Knights." Reiko said. "That and clean up your act, and maybe we can see about that date."
"Convinced?" Ben peeked around the corner.
"She tricked me." Kevin admitted.
"She does that." Kuri laughed.