Chapter 3: A Past Connection
It was a few hours since the incident of the encounter of Vilgax's brother-Ajax. Both Ben and Gwen wanted to know who were those men in black suits.
"Grandpa" said Gwen as Grandpa Max was reading a book while resting on the bed, "who were those men in black suits?"
"Yea" replied Ben, "when Gwen mention you had some sort of a nightmare or something like that, you had a scary look on your face."
"I, uh don't know what you're talking about" said Grandpa Max as he lowed his head back to reading the pages of the book.
"Grandpa" said Gwen, "this is important. Those men could of also seen Ben as an enemy for all we know."
"Okay, you two win" said Grandpa Max as he placed the book down on a nearby table and began to walk toward the window, "they are known as the Men in Black. A secret government organization dedicated to protecting and hunting aliens."
"But I thought you when you were in the Plumbers were the only ones whom knew about aliens or other mythical things like that" added Ben.
"Well, when I was recruited into being a Plumber, we were all told to watch out for the Men in Black" continued Grandpa Max, "there were some devices to which the Men in Black even used to wipe the memories of their targets, and of course if you were a Plumber, well, you were definitely a target."
"So that's what scared you in your nightmare very early in the mourning" said Gwen, "you were afraid that these Men in Black would wipe your knowledge of being a Plumber."
"Quite true" said Grandpa Max, "and I also feared that Ajax would come looking for me after Vilgax was first blown up in my encounter with him."
"So why on Earth would the Men in Black ever want to have Ajax in their custody?" asked Gwen.
"Hello?" replied Ben as he pointed to his Omnitrix, "I'm pretty sure it has something to do with this."
Ben was right on the money because at that same moment, Ajax whom was in heavily modified chains was being led to a secret facility underground of the city with the two leading agents J and K prepared to interrogate him. The two agents whom led the alien in sat him on the chair and agents J and K sat on the opposite end.
"You must be the brother of the late Vilgax are you not?" asked Agent K.
"Why do you even bother with someone like me?" replied Ajax.
"We're looking for this device known as the Omnitrix" replied Agent K as he showed a photo of it to Ajax, "we definitely heard rumors that your brother was after such a device for his own personal use."
"And what else did you find out about my brother, his demise perhaps?" asked Ajax as he placed the photos back on the table.
"We heard he was killed by an ex-Plumber and his two grandchildren" replied Agent J, "but we are still trying to get pass the various regulations to get the files on them via Area 51 with Lieutenant Steel."
"So what do you want me for?" asked Ajax.
"How about we give you a full pardon of whatever crimes you have committed by working for us?" asked Agent K.
"I'm not sure if this is such a good idea" whispered Agent J to his partner.
"Relax, I know what I am doing" continued Agent K, "help us draw whoever is wearing the Omnitrix out into the open and we'll handle things from there."
"Hmm, an interesting proposal" said Ajax, "I get my revenge on whoever killed my brother and you Men in Black get your precious Omnitrix. Deal."
"Seems fair enough" said Agent K.
"We'll give you more details in due time" said Agent J as they were leaving the interrogation room.
A few hours after that and night finally fell on the city. It was the right moment for the Men in Black to put their plans into action with the aid of Ajax now at their side. Ajax of course was in what looked like to be an armored car in handcuffs. A red light started to flash in the room giving Ajax the right signal to break free of the handcuffs and of course cause some damage to the armored car while its personal fled the scene. While that was going on, the Tennysons were out for a walk and were prepared to see a movie at the local theater when Ben noticed that Ajax was out on the prowl again.
"Looks like it's your signal" said Grandpa Max to Ben.
"I'm way ahead of you" said Ben as he was switching to Heatblast.
Ben then ran into a dark alleyway and changed himself into Heatblast. He then zoomed right toward Ajax whom was having the time of his life turning the armored car into scrap heap when Ben gave Ajax a good punch sending him across the street and falling right onto a hydrant.
"That's our que" said Agent K as he and Agent J got their weapons ready and began to head out into the scene of the incident.
While the two agents were heading into that direction, Ben was firing various fireballs against Ajax, but at every turn Ajax managed to dodge each one. Ajax then decided to take a lamppost that was nearby off its foundation and use it as a club against Ben. Ajax swung the lamppost knocking Ben right against a parked car. Ben quickly recovered from the attack and fired a streak of fire at Ajax knocking him off the street and onto a car destroying the front window. While the two were fighting each other, the two Men in Black agents came right on the scene with their weapons aimed right at Ben.
"Uh, grandpa" said Gwen as she observed the two agents, "I think this was a definite setup."
"Then we should really get the upper hand against these two agents" said Grandpa Max.
While the two agents were trying to get a good shot at Ben, Grandpa Max snuck up upon the two agents and then threw a trash can lid at Agent J knocking him out cold, but Agent K managed to dodge the trash can lid.
"Well, well, well" said Agent K to Grandpa Max, "I thought I smelled an ex-Plumber around these parts. You must be that ex-Plumber I have been hearing about who is associating with the person whom is using the Omnitrix."
"Look" said Gwen as she came into the scene, "you don't understand, we're using the Omnitrix for good not for evil."
"That's just great Gwen" said Grandpa Max in a sarcastic mood, "why don't you tell your cousin is wearing it?"
"So, you people are indeed associating with the individual wearing the Omnitrix" replied Agent K, "well I'm afraid I am going to have to take you in."
As Agent K was approaching Grandpa Max and Gwen, Ben who was busy fighting Ajax saw it. Ben flared up knocking Ajax right against a brick wall and knocking him unconscious. He then turned his attention toward Agent K.
"Get away from my grandpa and cousin" said Ben.
"Sorry kid" said Agent K as he was pulling out some sort of grenade, "but I'm afraid we're going to have to take you three in."
Agent K then threw some sort of grenade and there was a yellow flash knocking Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max out cold. As the flash dimmed down, Agent J and Ajax woke from their ordeal.
"So did you use the mind zapper on them?" asked Agent J.
"No" replied Agent K, "we have other ways with dealing with them."