Chapter 9: A home away from home.

The Null Void, a terrible and most despicable place in the entire universe. A long time ago it was originally created by the galvan to imprison the worst of the worst criminals in the entire galaxy. However like any prison, during times of peril it can be used for something good like a base of operations. "Alright, I want you two to place those craits other there while the rest of you help me with carrying this conductor energy core to the energy conduit generator". The Null Void settlers nodded as they helped Max 10 (who was in his Frankenstrike form) carry a type of energy generator to the core of what would be team Omni 10's new base. Ever since team Omni 10 decided that Max 10's Null Void would be the perfect place to build some form of base of operations, he and his inter-dimensional great grandson had been hard at work building a headquarters for their team and other future members. Unfortunately his great grandson had been called back to help out the team, but fortunately, Max 10 called in a few favors from some of his buddies in the Null Void such as the peaceful farmers, The Null Void settlers.

Once they finished putting the energy core in the generator Max gave the thumbs up signal to one of the Null Void settlers. He nodded and started to type on a datapad And then he pushed a big green button on the control panel. After he did that the base lit up like a giant Christmas tree. Indicating that it was now operational. All of the settlers cheered at their hard work while Max 10 only smiled proudly at their achievement. It was all thanks to his Grey Matter form that he was able to create an energy generator that could not only use energy but also reuse it as well. As he continued to stare fondly at their achievement he suddenly heard a most familiar noise from behind him. Turning around his smile grew wider as he saw team Omni 10 arrive. As he saw them exit out of the portal, he noticed five new arrivals that came with them.

Three of them were very familiar to him. Those being Lucy, Cooper, and Alan. He guessed that these were people who got the Omnitrix Instead of Ben while the other two were not so familiar to him. One looked like a female version of Ben 10 prime while the other looked like a 10-year-old version of Ben 10 prime only his T-shirt was slightly different. It looked like it had a black shoulder pad that was sewed in on the left shoulder with the number 10 on it while the rest of the shirt was green. Before Max could say anything one member of the team started to run over to him. Once he reached him he gave him a tremendous big hug. "GRAMPA"! Ken shouted with joy as he hugged his grandfather tightly. "It's good to see you again". "It's good to see you too Ken, how have you been since you went with the team"? Max asked as he embraced his dimensional great grandson. "Oh you know the usual, recruiting other Ben's, taking down Hunter Bots, that kind of thing". As he and his great grandfather relinquished themselves from their hug Ken then asked him "I wanted to ask how the base has been coming along since I was last here helping you build it".

Max 10 smiled as he gestured his hand towards the base and said to him "Kiddo I think you'll be quite impressed with how well defended this base really is". As the team followed him, Ben 10 prime couldn't help but notice that on the outside it looked similar to the Null Void Incarcecon in his reality. "Uh grandpa"? Ben 10 prime said to his grandfather. "Why does this look like the Null Void Incarcecon"? Max 10 stopped walking and turned around to look at him with a wide smile on his face. "Oh it may look like the Null Void Incarcecon on the outside, but you will be quite surprised by what's on the inside". They continued to walk until Max stopped in front of two solid taydenite/Infinitum armored doors. Max 10 turned to face them again and said to them "These doors are made up of a mixture between taydenite and Infinitum, practically indestructible, this means that even if Ben X does find out where we are and send a Hunter our way he won't be able to get through the front doors". This surprised the members of the team greatly because some of them knew already that both taydenite and Infinitum were two of the most indestructible elements in the universe. But combined together, they would make a super indestructible Element.

After explaining what the doors were made out of, Max turned his attention to a data pad that was near the doors and placed his hand on it. As soon as he did that, the screen quickly scanned his hand print and the taydenite/Infinitum doors opened and what team Omni 10 saw on the other side took their breath away. Their base was literally a fortress. Covered from head to toe in the same substance as the door, this base of theirs was indestructible from the inside out. They also saw that the base had four double barrel cannons on the front and back of the base. It also had a landing pad on it with what looked like a command center under it. The base also looked like it had multiple house-like buildings surrounding the base complex. "Alright since all of you are new here, Let me give you the grand tour of our new base". They then followed him as he gave them the grand tour of their newly created base. "Training halls on the right, mess hall and home bunks on the left". Max 10 pointed out as the team followed him. "That landing pad over there on top of the command center will be used to help all of you with flight training just in case some of you need some practice with some of your alien flight forms".

As Max 10 continued to explain what was what on the base, Ben 10 prime couldn't help but feel as though he was having eyes look at the back of his head. Turning his head, he noticed that the girl known as Jen 10 was looking at him quizzically. Before he could ask why she was looking at him funny, Max 10 had finally finished his tour of the base. "And that concludes our grand tour of the base, any questions"? Cooper 10 raised his hand and asked him "Magister Tennyson sir, where do you have the tech workshop at by the way". Max 10 smiled a genuine smile as he looked at Cooper and said to him "The tech workshop is down in the lower levels of this here base, I take it you will want to go and see it"? Cooper nodded enthusiastically. With that Max 10 nodded and led Cooper to the entrance to where the lower levels would be. But before they did Max 10 looked at the rest of the team and said to them "As for the rest of you, how about you all go get some rest at bunks, I'll get dinner ready in five minutes". They all nodded and went to where the bunk houses were.

As soon as they got to their bunkhouses they started to check out their new homes. Let me tell you these houses had everything. From the latest in technological entertainment in video games and TV to the latest in Great novels. But before Ben 10 prime could check out his home, he felt a tap on his shoulder. Turning around, he saw the girl version of him, Jen 10, standing right in front of him. "Hey"? She asked him. "Can we talk for a minute"? Ben nodded as he let her into his bunkhouse. As soon as they entered his home, Jen 10 said to him "Sorry about giving you that weird look earlier, it's just been A little weird for me lately. Seeing alternate versions of me I mean". Ben 10 prime smiled in agreement. "I know what you mean, when I first met an alternate future version of myself I was pretty shocked as you are right now, so I know what it's like". Both of them laughed after hearing that. "So what do I call you, Benny 10"? Jen laughed at Ben's joke and said to him "Sort of, in my universe l'm called Jen 10".

Ben 10 prime smiled as he asked her "Let me guess in your universe everything is the complete opposite in my universe, such as instead of your cousin being a girl she's a guy in your universe, and that also implies your best friend from being a guy to a girl. Am I not correct"? Jen 10 nodded as she told him. "Yeah they are, am I universe my cousins name is Gavin all my best friends name is Kendra, Kendra 11. What about you, what are their names in your dimension"? Ben's smile grew wider as he told her "My cousin's name is Gwen while my best friend's name is Kevin". They both laughed at how funny it was at distinguishing the similarities of their loved ones in their representative realities. They then went into sharing stories together, discussing how similar their adventures had been and how different they were at the same time in their realities. What was really interesting was that Jen was more of a pizza fan than a smoothie fan. And unlike Ben she finished and graduated from high school early as well as college. Now that in itself he found interesting, because unlike her he wasn't able to finish high school because of how busy his superhero life got. One thing that he was shocked about but was happy for her was that unlike how he and Kevin started out when they were kids was that instead of becoming enemies she and Kendra became really good friends, and The reason why they never became enemies is because Kendra came from an abusive family and unlike her mother who was a drug attic she wanted to help people. So when she ran away from her home and met up with the Tennysons they took her in. Thus changing what would've happened if Kendra had started out like Kevin, being selfish and arrogant and not caring about anyone other than himself.

This also helped in the long run when they were able to defeat Aggregor, And unlike what happened to Kevin when he had to absorb the Ultimatrix's power to defeat Aggregor, Kendra, with the combined powers of both Jen, who was in her nuclearabella form (female version of NRG) and Gavin was she able to absorb enough energy to defeat Aggregor but not enough to drive her into a complete crazy psycho God like state. They could've continued on with their stories, but they were suddenly interrupted by a Long gong bell like sound that went throughout Ben 10 prime's room. "Well looks like dinner's ready, come on let's go before we miss out on all the good grub and end up on clean up duty by your grandfather at the same time". Ben smiled as he and Jen 10 got up from his bed and walked over to the mess hall. The good thing was that they weren't the last ones to get there, but much rather were the first ones to get to the mess hall. After they took their seats, the rest of the team minus Cooper who was still in the tech work shop arrived to take their seats at the mess hall and just in time too because Max 10 had just brought out the food and let me tell you this, it smelled so good that it made all of their mouth's water. "Wow Grampa, whatever you just made smells great, what is it"? Max 10 only smiled as he opened the pot up where the food had been presented in. "Ok just what the heck is that Grandpa because it smells good". Max 10 smiled at Ben 23's question as he pointed to the stew and said to them "This everyone is what is called Spinach, sausage and potato stew, it was given to me by an old friend and let me tell you my kids and my grandkids in my reality love it and I know that you guys will love it to. So dig in and enjoy".

As they dug into the tasty meal that their interdimensional grandfather had provided for them, They all started to strike up conversations. Ben 23 started to joke around with Ken 10, Ben 10r, and Alan 10. Gwen 10 was talking girl stuff with her interdimensional cousin Lucy and Jen 10. Meanwhile, Ben 10 prime, Ben 10,000, And Max 10 were discussing on better ways to deal with the war between their team and Ben X. "We could fortify our base just in case Ben X find out where we are". Max 10 suggested. That does sound like a good idea, why don't we add more torrents as well as add a personal forcefield just in case he brings something worse than an entire army to our doorstep". "That doesn't sound like a bad idea. Maybe you should give Cooper some ideas for what you've just suggested grandpa". Ben 10,000 said to him. While they were discussing on better ideas for the base Ben 10 prime was wondering what Cooper was working on down in the tech workshop basement. After everyone finished their meal, cleaned up their dishes and went to their respective bunk houses, Ben 10 prime went to check on Cooper 10. Going to wear an elevator shaft would lead to the lower levels of the tech workshop. He entered the elevator and it took him down.

Once he entered the lower levels he was pretty impressed on what his intra-dimensional grandfather had put together. There were robotic cranes and arms for lifting up stuff, as well as A lot of other sci-fi tools. but what really caught his eye was Cooper who was in his Upgraid form working on something that looked almost like a sci-fi utility belt. Like he would see in Batman. " Hey Cooper". Ben 10 prime greeted his friend. Cooper/Upgraid looked up from his work and greeted him back. "Hey Ben, what are you doing down here"? Ben shrugged as he told him "Came down here to check on what you're doing". Cooper/Upgraid picked up the sci-fi utility belt that he had been working on and showed it to Ben. "This Ben is what is called the multi belt, this will allow us to travel to the other realities to recruit the other Ben's So that if we encounter any other Hunter Bots that Ben X even decides to send our way, all we have to do is press this little button here on the belt buckle and I'll send this right back to our base, as well as the other Ben's we recruited along with us". Ben looked at the multi belt in all, then turned to Cooper/Upgraid and said to him "Have I ever mentioned how cool you are even in another reality"? Cooper/Upgraid shrugged as he told him with a smirk "You could stand to mention more". Ben smiled as he shook his head and humor as he turned to leave. But before he did, he looked back at Cooper/Upgraid and said to him "There is some food in the mess hall if you want some it's really good if you want any". Cooper/Upgraid gave Ben The thumbs up as he acknowledged what he had said and went back to his work on the multi belt. As Ben 10 prime entered the elevator he couldn't help but smirk how well things have been going for them as of late.

They not only had a base that was operational but also a way to traverse the multi-verse without using the Chrono navigator all the time. "Whatever you're planning Ben X you better be prepared for what is coming at you because this war is only just beginning". Ben 10 prime thought as he exited the elevator and went to his bunkhouse.

Meanwhile in Ben X's world:

Ben X smirked menacingly as he looked at what his slaved engineers were making. "My Lord". Said one of the slaves. "We are almost done with the new Hunter bot you requested, We just need two more months to finish it before it's complete". Ben X nodded as he continued to stare at the new mechanical monstrosity that was being built. "Soon, The entire multi-verse will be at the mercy of my hands, and then all of the Omnitrix's Will be mine once and for all". Ben X thought as he chuckled darkly as he continued to watch his new invention and monstrosity being built.

hey everyone it's been a while but I'm back with another chapter I just want you to know that a lot of these characters don't belong to me and they belong to the rightful creators Who I have enjoyed watching their art being created. I would also like to give a shout out to JupaGo25, NomisKahn, and Onyx1327 of deviant art for helping me create the story for they are the true inspiration for helping me create this story.