Ben 10: Alternate Alien
Chapter 20: Bounty Hunters
It was about two days into the roadtrip.
The group were all at a farmer's market, looking at various trinkets and such.
Max was currently at a table filled with fishing supplies, and strange seafood.
Lumi was riding atop Kivi as they stood by Max.
Zane was looking at a booth right next to them that held a lot of old trinkets from various countries.
Kenny was wandering near them, looking for anything that caught his interest, with Scalene following right behind him.
He couldn't get a single moment alone.
Scalene, "you think there's any jewelry around here?"
Kenny, "not sure."
Scalene, "I sure would love me some jewelry!"
Kenny, "we're only ten. I don't think jewelry is that appropriate for our age."
Scalene, "eh, maybe you're right. But who knows, maybe in about ten years, we'll be old enough?"
Kenny, "uh…. I-I gues…."
Scalene just giggled at how flustered she could make Kenny feel.
And thus the crew continued shopping.
Unaware of what would await them that day.
….
Miles outside of this town, we see three small ships descend to the ground.
Out of the first one came a familiar face.
Kraab.
An old bounty hunter from Ben and Gwendolyn's past.
The next one who emerged from their ship looked humanoid, wearing shadow black armor, and a helmet with a red stripe the eyes looked out of. He has two sleek looking guns on his back.
He was called; Visor.
The last was an Incursion with a scar over his eye in an outfit like Bossk's, from Star Wars, and with him was a Terraexcava with a pack of weapons strapped to his back.
They were Retchet and Madock.
All four bounty hunters stood before a small floating disk.
A hologram spring from it, showing a mysterious figure, wearing a cloak and good that concealed their face.
They spoke in a distorted voice, "your mission is to find the Tennyson children, and kill them. Each of you will receive one million taydens each, for this mission. Do not fail me."
Every hunter gave a nod as the transmission ended, and their sights turned towards the town nearby.
….
Lumi and Zane were now both looking at the old trinkets that fascinated Zane so much.
Zane, "are these trinkets not interesting?"
Lumi, "if you find them interesting, more power to ya."
Little did the two kids know that their heads were right in the line of sight of a sniper rifle!
Visor had them in his sights.
Visor, "yes, just stay right there…."
But just as he took the shot, Scalene had grabbed Lumi and Zane!
Scalene, "guys, guess what!"
All three of them heard the shot as it hit the ground!
Visor, "damn."
Kenny pushed Scalene behind him.
Kenny, "we'll have to wait for that. Get behind us!"
Lumi and Kenny quickly activated their watches, turning into, "Crystal", and, "WaterStone", guarding Zane and Scalene.
Max ran over, "what's going on?"
Crystal, "someone tried to shoot at us!"
That's when WaterStone turned, and was punched across the area.
Kraab was there, with Retchet and Madock behind him.
Kraab, "these kids helped defeat Tennyson's greatest enemies? Don't make me laugh!"
WaterStone got back to his feet as he yelled, "who sent you?!"
Madock, "some guy who prefers to keep his face hidden. Offered us a million each for your heads."
Retchet, "no hard feelings. I got bills to pay."
Madock, "but we don't even pay our bills?"
Kraab, "shut up you idiots!"
Kraab was suddenly launched away by a stream of water from WaterStone.
Crystal formed two blades with her arms as she launched herself at Madock. The bounty hunter used his drill arms as he and Crystal kept striking at one another.
Retchet was about to shoot at her, but was kicked in the head, knocking them to the ground.
As he turned into his back, Zane jumped on his chest and began wailing on him with punches a plenty.
Kraab rose from the booth he crashed into. As he made his way towards the fight, he was hit by a blast of energy that moved him a bit and bounced off of him, leaving a scorch mark on his side.
His gaze turned towards Max, who had his robotic arm extended, smoking coming from the end.
Kraab, "aren't you a little too old for this shit."
He was met with several more blasts.
Max, "I don't know the meaning of the word."
Visor had jumped into the fray, facing off WaterStone.
WaterStone, "you guys messed with the wrong family."
Visor pulled out what looked like a Proto-Tool, that turned into a whip.
WaterStone formed two water whips, and the two began striking at one another.
Kivi was standing with Scalene in his larger form.
Scalene, "we gotta do something!"
Scalene looked around, and saw a box of fireworks nearby.
Scapene, "... my brain just hatched an idea!"
Crystal had turned into, "El Tigress", (Lumi had decided her Apoplexian form needed a better name, like when Ben renamed Blitzwolfer to K9).
She had managed to get onto Madock's shoulders, and was hitting him over the head over and over again.
She yelled, "let me tell you something, idiot bounty hunters, who wanna kill me and my brother! You think you can do that to El Tigress and her family? El Tigress will show you the true meaning of pain!"
As she continued wailing on the large ArmaDrillo, WaterStone had been knocked to the ground as Visor stood over him with his tool turned into a sword.
Visor, "any last words?"
WaterStone caught sight of Scalene lighting a bunch if firecrackers, tied together.
WaterStone, "yeah. You got a match?"
Visor slowly looked up, seeing Scalene wave with a shit eating grin as the firecrackers surged forth.
WaterStone rolled out of the way, turning into, "BullJaws!"
He jumped into the air, pulling out two blasters, shooting at Visor as the firecrackers hit him, and exploded in a huge ball of fire!
Smoke covered the bounty hunter as BullJaws landed on the ground.
When the smoke cleared, Visor was covered in soot as he fell on his back unconscious.
BullJaws, "that's how the Tennyson's do it!"
Max was running as Kraab chased him, the old Plumber shooting at him as he did so, making his way towards the others.
Retchet was trying to pull Zane off of him as the kid kept wailing on him.
Retchet was walking backwards as he did so, heading right towards Madock and El Tigress.
El Tigress jumped off of her foe as Zane did his, and the two bounty hunters bumped into one another, and quickly tried to get their bearings.
El Tigress quickly turned into, "Lily, and stretched her arms out, tying the two bounty hunters up.
BullJaws was walking towards Scalene, when he saw his grandpa running from Kraab.
He quickly transformed into, "HumongousStrike", and started powering up energy from the pylons on his back.
(I just now realized that I have two aliens that combine with Humongousaur, so as an explanation, let's just say it's a glitch in Kenny's Matrix, since Albedo and Psychobos aren't the smartest scientists, since their failures outweigh their victories).
Max jumped out of the way.
Kraab stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the dino bathed in electricity.
HumongousStrike, "time to bake this crab!"
The lightning surged forth, hitting Kraab, shocking him until he lost consciousness.
Max gave his grandson a thumbs up as he caught his breath.
They turned to see Zane and Lily dragging over the other bounty hunters.
Max activated a communicator as he said, "Maggistor Tennyson to Plumbers. We've got four bounty hunters in custody. Requesting pick up."
They heard Manny on the other end say, "copy that Magistor. Send your coordinates, and we'll be on our way."
About an hour later, Manny's team and a few more numbers arrived to bring in their new arrests.
Max, "if you can find out who their employer is, contact me or Ben."
Manny, "Roger that. See you guys soon."
The kids waved goodbye as the Plumbers rode off.
Zane, "now, what was it you were trying to show us Scalene?"
Scalene perked up as she got near Kenny, and showed off a little plastic ring.
Scalene, "Kenny asked me to be his girlfriend!"
Lumi and Zane looked at Kenny as he blushed.
Lumi, "never thought I'd see you confess bro."
Kenny mumbled as he just started at the ground as Scalene snuggled into his side.
Max announced, "alright kids. Shall we continue our shopping spree?"
The kids nodded as they followed after Max.
….
Back in BellWood, we see Ben, Looma and the twins shopping.
They were trying to find a present for Helen and Attea's engagement.
And for Hope's pregnancy.
For Hope, they had gotten a purple plush cat, since the color was in the middle of blue and pink. A gender neutral toy.
They were looking at appliances for Attea's new apartment she and Helen would be living in together.
As they did, the couple spoke.
Ben, "I've heard Eunice is trying to make some sort of formula to help couples have kids."
Looma, "how would it work?"
Ben, "well, for men, it would increase their fertility."
Looma, "and for women?"
Ben, "well, for a female couple, it could, um…."
Ben whispered the next part in Looma's ear so the kids wouldn't hear.
Looma blushed d asleep crimson when she heard it.
She looked at Ben and mouthed the words, 'they would grow a penis?'
Ben nodded as he had a blush and a dumb grin from trying not to laugh.
Maxwell and Bridget just shrugged at their parent's strange behavior.
The twins each got a great today at the store.
Bridget got a doll of a little purple creature with horns and a tail, with a button for one eye, and stitches that looked like a squinting eye for the other.
Maxwell got a simple Lego Batman set, of Batman chasing after the Joker in the Batmobile.
The couple smiled at their kids as they gazed at their new toys they were eager to play with when they got home.
….
Meanwhile, we see the shadowy figure standing in a dark room, looking at footage of the Tennyson kids fighting.
Their face was hidden under the hood, bit you could vaguely make out a scarred face under it.
His scowl grew as he said in a disguised voice, "wherever they go, they will not escape..."
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Reviews:
Ohma flame: The smoothie gag is one of my favorites.
Amanny: I'm glad you like the relationships in this story so much.
Nathanael Card: I'm glad this story excites you.
William Escobar 608:
1. Pretty much.
2. She didn't go overboard, she just got stronger.
3. Yep.
4. Yes, Hope and Cooper are expecting, and Attea is gonna marry Helen.
5. That's the point. He's the son of an Anodite and an Osmosian.
6. No, Caspian is just a name that means magic. I wasn't thinking of Narnia.
7. He's shy.
8. It's only been about four years, so they still love to get frisky.
9. They might have more once Maxwell and Bridget are much older.
10 and 11. Most people do the idea of Ben simply being transported to the world of Avatar and meeting the characters there. I wanted to do something different, so I decided to have various Ben 10 characters replace the Avatar characters. Ben as Aang, Kai and Rook as Katara and Sokka, Kevin or Alan as Zuko, Swift, Attea and Ester as Azula, Mai and Ty Lee. Looma and Hope as Toph and Suki. Helen and Lulli would be new additions to the group. So, sorry, I'm probably not gonna do your idea.
Death Fury: thanks.
….
What did you guys think of these bounty hunters?
Kraab returns as one of them.
And then we've got OC ones.
The mysterious masked one; Visor.
The Incursion, Retchet, and his Terraexcava companion, Madock.
Also, who do you think this mysterious hooded figure is?
And finally, you guys know of my poll for another Ben 10 story, but I've got a question…?
If I ever one day wrote a fanfic, retelling a more satisfying version of the Sequel Trilogy, would you read it? Changes would include;
Maybe an OC to be paired up with Rey, who would be either a child of Luke, Leia, or just an old student of Luke's who joined Poe when he went to Jakkuu.
When Rey first starts using the force, she becomes tired afterwards since she's new to it.
I would give a better reason for Luke hiding for years, (he was ashamed of his actions, and couldn't stomach seeing his family again after failing Kylo).
Give a better reason for Holdo not telling anyone her plan, (since the ship is being tracked, she's worried about a spy being on board, and has Poe send Finn, Rose and BB8 to find the Code Breaker, since he trusts them).
Ackbar survives the ship getting blasted, and sacrifices himself with Holdo later on.
Introduce Lando sooner, (maybe as the code-breaker).
Make Finn and Rose's storyline more enjoyable, (no space horses or social commentary, just them running around this crazy town, trying to find help).
Expand on Finn and Phasma's rivalry, along with keeping Phasma alive longer.
Maz Kanada reveals how she found Luke's lightsaber.
Rey's heritage is revealed when she fights Kylo Ren in The Last Jedi.
Palpatine would come back as a Sith ghost, possessing his dead body all of these years, and wants Rey as a new host body.
More of The Knights of Ren.
Finn would get better character development.
A lightsaber duel against Rey and Palpatine at the end, with the spirits of various Sith and Jedi appearing during the fight.
And depending on if it fits the ending of MY version of the story, Rey would either call herself Rey Palpatine, or Rey SkyWalker.
If anyone of you guys would like to see this one day, leave an answer in your reviews. I don't know when I'll get around to writing this story, but it will be one day.