Chapter 10: A Tom of 10

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Yeah I know that the last chapter was a bit boring because there is very little to no action in it but rest assured this next chapter will be twice as good as the previous one. And now without further ado let's get right down to the meat and potatoes of this chapter shall we.

To say the next day was busy at Team Omni 10's base was an understatement. When they all woke up they quickly transformed into their XLR-8 forms and went to their bathrooms to get their business done. Once they were done all of them sped off to the mess hall. Once they got there to the mess hall they turned back into their human forms where they had gotten seated for breakfast. Once they were all seated, Max 10 came out of the kitchen and served them all waffles with chocolate chips in them. As they chowed down on the delicious meal, Cooper 10 who had just entered the mess hall grabbed a plate with chocolate chips waffles on it and started to inhale them down instead of eating them. "Jeez Cooper, careful there you don't want to choke on those waffles you're chowing down on". Ben 23 told him with concern Cooper 10 wiped his mouth and gulped down the food very audibly. "Sorry guys, It's just that I've been busy working on something that could help us with our mission all last night and barely got any sleep". Everyone looked at him with concern until Ben 10,000 spoke up. "Look Cooper we get it, you want to make sure that we succeed in our mission to save the multiverse, but try not to exhaust yourself too much or else you'll become a liability on the mission instead of a teammate".

Cooper 10 nodded as he continued to eat his meal. As soon as the team finished eating, Max 10 brought out a holographic map of what looked like the multiverse and the earth's that they had already been to. "These are the earth's we've been already". Max 10 pointing out to the green dots on the map. "And these are the earth's we're sure that Ben X will attack". Max pointed out to the red dots on the map. "We can only assume that these will be the earths that he will attack, we need to act quickly before he sends his hunter bots for those good Bens". Ben 10,000 stated to them. "And since there are so many of us now on the team, we can split up into different groups to make the recruiting process even faster". Gwen 10 stated as she observed where they were going with this. "Which is why I created these belts". Cooper 10 then pulled out two omnitrix symbol-like belts from his pocket. "These belts are what I call the Multi-belts. I did a quick scan of the Chrononavigator last night and got the idea off of that discussion we had earlier about how to travel the multiverse faster before we got separated by that Hunter Bot". Everyone who had been a part of that discussion all nodded their heads in agreement and understanding while the rest of them who had been informed about what had happened to the team before they joined only stared in amazement at the great ingenuity of the Multi-belts.

"Cooper, one day I hope that in your reality, your ideas will solve all of the universe's problems". Gwen 10 said proudly to him. Cooper 10 blushed beat red after hearing this comment. "Aw shucks I don't know about that, maybe someday, but I don't think anytime soon". Cooper 10 said to her modestly. "Alright with that aside, here are the teams that will be assigned today". Max 10 said to them as he got the team back on track with the matter at hand. "Alright with that aside, here are the teams that will be assigned today". Max 10 said to them as he got the team back on track with the matter at hand. "Ben you will be taking Jen 10 and Ben 10,000 with you to reality 721 as well as reality 985". "While Gwen, you and Ben 23, Lucy 10, and Ben 10r will be going to reality 939". He then gestured at Cooper and said to them "Cooper will be putting the coordinates into the Multi-belts to the realities that you will travel to, other than that, that will be it. Dismissed". With that everyone went back to their homes to get ready for their next missions. As Ben 10 prime was heading out back to his bunk house, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning he saw his alternate version of his grandfather looking at him with a grim expression on his face. "Ben, do you think we can talk for a minute in private"? Max 10 asked his grandson in concern.

He nodded and followed him to the command center. Once there they sat down onto two comfy chairs as Max began to talk to him. "Ben, as you know, there are many realities in the multi-verse that are similar and different at the same time for all of them". Ben nodded not sure where he was going with this. "Last night, while I was scanning for earths that Ben X might attack I saw that a lot of them were very different from the realities that you've seen so far already. I just want you to keep an open mind and to know that this reality you're going into With your teammates will be extremely dangerous". Ben Felt a little bit uneasy at what his ultimate dimensional grandfather was telling him. Seeing his uneasiness he continued on. "All I'm asking is that you and your team stick together no matter what". Ben nodded in understanding and after talking to a little bit more about what to expect when going to this new reality, he as well as his Interdimensional grandfather decided that it was time for him to go and meet up with his team before they left without him for the mission. Just as he was about to leave the command center Max 10 said to his inter-dimensional grandson "Good luck Ben, and promise me you'll come back with your team in one piece all right"? He took one last look at his interdimensional grandfather and said to him "I'll try to come back in one piece". He smiled as Ben left the command center to meet up with his team that he was going with.

As soon as he left the command center, he was able to quickly catch up with his team as well as Gwen 10's team. "What took you so long, getting one last smoothy break in before we go onto our next mission"? Jen 10 joked to him. Ben 10 prime only rolled his eyes in a humorous manner. "Very funny, nah I was just having a talk with Grampa about this next reality that we're going to". Jen 10's face went from a smile to a concerned look as she asked him "Anything that we should be worried about before we go there"? Ben 10 prime only shrugged as he told her "Only that we should keep an open mind for whatever we encounter in this next reality that we drop into". Before she could ask for more confirmation from him, Ben 10,000 had activated a portal via Multi-belt. "Hey you two, ready to go"! Ben 10,000 asked/called out them. They both nodded as they followed him through the portal. Just before Ben 10 prime went through the portal to join them, he looked at Gwen 10 and her team and said/shouted at them "Good luck"! They all nodded and said the same thing to him just before he disappeared through the portal to join up with his team. After both teams had gone to their destinations, max 10 who is still in the command center was looking out into space hoping that his intra-dimensional grandsons and daughter as well as Gwen and her team would be all right. And he hoped beyond hope that Ben 10 prime as well as Jen 10, and Ben 10,000 would take it very easy on what they were about to learn in this new reality that they were going to.

Reality: 72

Time: 12:00

Destination: Bellwood

When Ben and his team exited out of the portal they landed on top of a building in a city that looked very much like Ben 10 prime's Bellwood. "Is this Bellwood"? Jen 10 asked her teammates. "Sure looks like it, I mean the sky looks like the same color as my reality as well as Ben 10'000's, and The streets and the buildings look the same unlike some of the realities that we've been to. But something is definitely off". Ben 10 prime looked at his future self and asked him "What do you think Ben 10k"? Ben 10,000 looked around the city trying to think of what to do. Then he got an idea. "How about we go scouting around the city trying to find out what's going on, and if we find The next Omnitrix wielder to recruit we'll go from there". They both nodded as they transformed into Stinkfly, Anne Artica (Female version of Big Chill), and Nanofly(A fusion between Stink Fly and Nano Mech). As they flew over Bellwood, people that were walking around in the city stopped and gawked at the sight of the three Omnitrix wielders. "Uh guys, is it just me or are the people around here surprised at seeing us"? Jen 10/Anne Artica asked her teammates. Ben 10,000/Nanofly nodded in agreement with her as he said to them "She right, I've been noticing it for a while bye, but I think it's more shock then surprise to tell you the truth. Ben, what do you think"? Before Ben 10 prime could say anything, an explosion so great came from what looked like an alternate version of Billions tower.

The team stopped in mid-air as they saw what looked like a most horrific battle taking place, and from the looks of it, it wasn't going so well. A HeatBlast alien with the Omnitrix on its chest was battling what looked like a nightmarish version of Vigax. This version of Vigax was completely armored from head to foot. He had on his left arm an armodrillo arm with eons time traveling version and ripoff of Ben's Omnitrix. While on his right arm was a mixture between Malware from the upper part of his arm, and to the lower part of his arm was Phil's old monster hand. What's separated between the two villain parts of the arm was the wristband of the Nemitrix. He had Ghost Freak tail on the lower part of his back with Hybreed wings on the higher part of his back. His beard was a mixture between his tentacles and Amphibian tentacles. His crown was a mixture between Servantes and Dr. Psychobos's head. On the middle of his chest was Maltruant's red clock glass piece. He had WaterHazard legs, Terraspin chest, and NRG's faceplate around his waist as well as on his left shoulder on the button coloration. He also had an Alpha Rune on the center of his chess on Maltruant's red clock glass piece as well as Charmcaster's bag around the waist. "Is that Vilgax"? Jen 10/Anne Artica asked to no one in particular. "It must be an alternate version of him where in this reality he absorbed most of the powers of the Villains of the past and became some monstrous version of himself to fight that Ben". Ben 10,000/Nanofly said to her as they watched the fight.

As they continued to watch, Ben 10 prime saw that the Heatblast was losing to this hyper powered version of Vilgax, poorly I might add. Deciding that enough was enough Ben said to his teammates "Guy's we need to go and help that Ben or he'll be destroyed quicker than we can recruit him". Nodding in agreement with him, they flew with him at their top speed to go and help save the Ben/HeatBlast from the Hyper-powered Vilgax. Meanwhile back with the fight the HeatBlast, he was already having a rotten day. Not only was he late for training at the plumber academy but this had been the 18th time in a row that Vilgax had attacked this week. "You think you can stop what's coming boy"? Vilgax asked HeatBlast venomously as he tried to shoot a beam of red energy at him, only for HeatBlast to dodge it, and throw three fireballs at him. "You are sorely mistaken". "REALLY"? I hadn't noticed you were trying to kill me this time around squid face, and what's with the hybrid get up, trying out for the worlds ugliest fashion show this year". Heatblast asked him sarcastically as he continued to weave, dodge and throw fireballs at Vilgax. "I really need to switch things up because this ain't working". Heatblast thought as he quickly slapped down on the Omnitrix, transforming into Gravattack. "Let's see how you like to add a few extra pounds to the hyper evolved body of yours". He then threw out gravitational energy at Vilgax sending him forcibly to the ground which started to crack underneath the pressure of the added G forces.

When the floor finally gave way due to the greatly added G forces, Vilgax was sent straight through 4 to 5 floors of the building. Gravattack, while glad that he had finally taken down Vilgax, he had a sneaking suspicion that he wasn't down for the count. As he went over to check the hole in the floor where Vilgax went through, he was suddenly met with an Armodrillo haymaker of a fist to his face. While Gravattack was strong and durable, he didn't come close to how powerful Vilgax was. Each time he tried to throw a punch or an uppercut at him, Vilgax would always counteract it with his own set of skills and powers. Feeling as though he needed something to really put Vilgax down for good, Gravattack slapped down on the omnitrix and transformed into XLR-8. XLR-8 ran around in circles around Vilgax, and started to throw punches and kicks at him as he ran around him. Vilgax, after a while having had enough, used Maltruant's as well as Eon's time powers to stop time. After he stopped time Vilgax quickly grabbed XLR-8 by his chest and threw him through the walls of billions tower and sent him straight through three office buildings. When he finally stopped crashing through buildings, XLR-8 tried to get up but couldn't because Vilgax was on top of him again. He had him underneath his boot, and was being crushed by Vilgax very slowly.

"Any last pithy quips or clever observations before I destroy you, boy". Vilgax asked him menacingly. He then raised his right hand and charged it up with an energy beam that would be directed at XLR-8. "Can I get a minute to think about it? You have a pen"? XLR-8 weezed as he tried to get Vilgax's Boot off him. Vilgax chuckled darkly as he prepared to fire at him. "Goodbye Tom 10". But just before he made the killing strike, Vilgax suddenly felt a sting sensation shooting straight through his eyes. He stumbled back clutching his eyes in pain. This gave Tom 10/XLR-8 the chance to finally breathe as fresh air filled his lungs. As looked up to see who his savior was, his jaw completely hit the floor. Looking up, he saw what looked like a retro version of Ben 10's Stink Fly. But that couldn't be possible because he was already… "You alright dude"? Stink Fly/Ben 10 prime asked him. Tom 10/XLR-8 just continued to stare in shock at him until he fainted from both the stress of fighting Vilgax and seeing Ben 10 prime in person. "I'll take that as a no". Stink Fly/Ben 10 prime muttered to himself. He then heard Ben 10,000 voice over the comms of his omnitrix he told him "(Get that Ben out of here, me and Jen will handle Vigax)". Nodding in understanding, Stink Fly/Ben 10 prime quickly picked up Tom 10/XLR-8 and flew off to safety.

Meanwhile back with the fight, things had gone from bad to worse for both Ben 10,000 and Jen 10. Sure they had faced Vilgax on their own before, but this version of him that they were facing was absolutely ridiculous. Jen 10/Anne Artica had tried to freeze him in his tracks only for him to break out of it using his immense strength as well as using his NRG waste to melt right through the ice. He then tried to destroy her by firing energy blasts at her and for her to faze right through them. Jen 10/Anne Artica flew straight at him and then tried to punch him. Only for Vilgax to turn intangible like she did and have Jen 10/Anne Artica go right through him straight into the wall of the building. Ben 10,000/Nano Fly having had enough of where this fight was going, deciding that they needed a little more fire power to knock Vilgax out, Ben 10,000 Quickly transformed from Nano Fly into Diamondstone. Seeing that Ben 10,000 had transformed into a new alien form, Vilgax definitely welcomed the next opportunity to crush his old enemy. But he was also very wary of what this alien form could do. Before he could attack him, Vilgax was suddenly engulfed from head to toe in ice courtesy of Jen 10 who had recovered from crashing into the wall and using Vilgax distraction to her advantage. Seeing that he had an opening, Ben 10,000/Diamondstone fired an energy blast that sent the frozen statue of Vilgax crashing straight into the building that used to be Will Harangues old TV news studio.

"That ain't gonna hold him for long, we gotta move right now"! Nodding in agreement Jen 10/Anne Artica and Ben 10,000/Diamondstone flew off to catch up with Ben 10 Prime and Tom 10. Meanwhile back in the crash sight, Vilgax suddenly burst from the rubble, freeing himself from his icy prison as chunks of ice went flying everywhere. As he looked around trying to figure out where his enemies were, he then used both Maltruant's and eons time powers to reverse time and to see where his enemies were going. As he saw the replay of where Ben 10 Primes team went his glare got even darker as he watched where they were heading. Once the replay was done, Vilgax took flight and started to track them done. He knew that those new omnitrix wielders that he had just met that day would pay for their interference in his plans. As would all who'd pay for interfering with him and his schemes for universal conquest. Around the same time, the team was able to find a safe place to lie low, transform back into their human forms and waited until Tom 10/XLR-8 woke up. As they waited they suddenly heard a groaning sound. Turning they smiled in relief as they saw that Tom 10/XLR-8 had started to wake up. "You OK kid"? Ben 10 Prime asked him in a worried tone. Tom 10/XLR-8 quickly looked at them, rubbed his eyes a few times and blinked a few times as well. Still feeling as though he was dreaming, Tom 10/XLR-8 started to pinch himself from his shoulders all the way to his tail. Seeing as though he was still awake he deduced that the only reason why he was seeing Ben 10 and over versions of him was because he had sustained heavy trauma to his brain from the battle and the shock of seeing Ben 10.

"I must've hit my head harder than I thought in the fight with Vilgax because I swear you one of you guys look almost like Ben 10, but I'm not sure about who the rest of you are, but I'm also guessing that you're sort of related to him in some way". Ben 10 prime only chuckled at what he said as he started to explain to him about who they were and why they were there for him. "Well, you got the whole me being Ben 10 part right because I am him, & these are alternate versions of me from different realities. Just like how you're an alternate version of me". Tom 10/XLR-8 was so shocked at hearing this that he jumped up in a panic. "WOW, WOW, WOW, I'M NOT YOU"! Tom 10/XLR-8 said in alarm. "Your dea… which makes me dea… no way, none of us could be dea… but that's impossible, Ben Tennyson… So let me get this straight, you're not dead"?! The team looked at each other in concern as Ben 10,000 asked him "We're not what now". Seeing that this was going to take more than a little bit of explaining to do, Tom 10/XLR-8 decided that it would be best if he explained what was going on. "Ok, seeing as though you don't know what I'm talking about, I think I should just show you guys instead". Tom 10/XLR-8 said to them as he taped on the Omnitrix. In a flash of green light, the team covered their eyes so as to not get blinded from it. When they uncovered their eyes they were shocked at what they saw. They saw a boy no older than 11 or 12 years old, with black spiky hair, blue eyes, a t-shirt that looked like what Ben 10 Prime wore when he was 10 years old and underneath it was a green long sleeved shirt. He also had dark brown cargo pants as well as black and gray combat boots. And on his left arm was the prototype version of the Omnitrix. "HUH"!? The team said in shock.

"My name is Tom Martinez, but my hero name is Tom 10". Tom said as he introduced himself to the team. "This isn't a joke or a prank that's being pulled on me right? Because if my parents and Magister Max Tennyson find out I'm dead they are so going to kill and probably ground me for the rest of my life". Jen 10 was the first to get over her shock of seeing a different person wearing the Omnitrix. Sure she was used to seeing alternate versions of herself and other people she knows like Ben 10 Prime and Gwen 10, but seeing a different person who is younger than her and wearing the Omnitrix at the same time definitely surprised her and the team. "Sorry, we're just not used to seeing a different person who's an Omnitrix wielder on our mission throughout the multiverse". Tom frowned at this as he said to her "So what are you going to do about it, card me? Look I may be young, but I'm 12 almost 13 in 7 months". Ben 10,000 nodded in understanding as he said to him "Well like Jen said we're sorry for the misunderstanding of you not being an alternate version of us or someone we know of". Tom nodded in understanding as well. Ben 10 Prime then remembered something that Tom 10 had said to them about being dead. "Hey Tom, when you asked why we weren't dead what did you mean by that"? Tom 10 looked at him with a very serious worried look as he asked him " you guys really don't know do you, because this is an a ha ha kind of topic or a personal prank you guys are playing on me right? You guys really don't know what happened to Ben Tennyson, I mean you guys"? Ben 10 prime, Jen 10, and Ben 10,000 looked at each other before looking back at Tom and Ben 10 prime asking him "What really did happen to the alternate version of myself here in this reality Tom"? Tom 10 only sighed sadly as he said to them "I think you guys really need to see this". And with that he and Ben 10 primes team transformed into their previous alien flight forms and followed Tom to where he was going.

A few minutes later:

The team had followed Tom 10 to what looked like a cemetery. Once they arrived, they transformed back into their human forms and followed him on foot from there. When they finally arrived at their destination, Ben 10 Prime as well as his team were shocked at what they saw. They saw a statue of what looked like Ben 10 Prime only instead of wearing the new Omnitrix like he did, he was still wearing the original. He and the team also saw that the statue also had the green jacket with the number 10 emblazoned on his left shoulder, while he was wearing the shirt that Ben wore at 10 years old. The only thing the statue had on that was the same that he was wearing right now was the brown cargo pants and the green tennis shoes. Beneath the statue a message was written on it and it said Here lies Ben Tennyson, A hero, A boyfriend, A Brother, A Son, and A True Savior of the Universe. Another message was also seen underneath the first one and it said Being a hero isn't about fame. It's about putting other people before yourself, or what you want. It's about doing the right thing just because it's the right thing to do. It's about making a difference. "I'm dead"!? Ben 10 Prime asked in shock. "Yeah". Tom said sadly to him. The team just looked at him as Ben 10 Prime remembered something his alternate dimensional grandfather said to him before he went on this mission. "I just want you to keep an open mind and to know that this reality you're going into with your teammates will be extremely dangerous". "Maybe this is what grampa meant by keeping an open mind when going to this reality". Ben 10 Prime thought as looked back at the statue. Jen was the first to break the shocked silence as she asked "How did this happen"?

Tom 10 looked down sadly and started to tell them about what happened to his realities Ben 10. "In my reality, Ben 10 took on a newly formed Negative 10". Tom 10 looked at the statue as he continued on. "This newly formed Negative 10 was made up of his toughest villains that he had ever faced in his past such as Vilgax, Malware, Khyber, Eon, Albedo, Zs'Skayr, Princess Attea, Dr. Psychobos, Dr. Animo, and Charmcaster. He was able to defeat all of them all, but during his last fight with Vilgax, he was able to defeat him but it also cost him his life". Tom 10 sighed sadly and started to tear up as he continued. Tom 10 sighed sadly and started to tear up as he continued. "After the sacrifice he made, people all over Bellwood as well as the universe put up everything he was known for in the hall of heroes including his Omnitrix, then about three years ago, while me and my family were visiting the Hall of Heroes during the anniversary of Ben 10's death, Albedo somehow got out of the prison he was locked in at plumber HQ and attacked the Hall of heroes to try and take the omnitrix for his own selfish purposes". Tom 10 paused for a moment and smiled as he continued on. "But when both the police and plumbers came to try and detain him, I was still in the building, thankfully my parents and sister had gotten out safely. But I however got separated from them in all of the panic and confusion. I had gotten knocked out for a few minutes and when I woke up, I saw the Omnitrix right at my feet".

Now the team got really interested as they continued to listen to Tom 10's story. "When I finally regained myself from my dazed state of mind, I saw that the cops and plumbers weren't making any headway in trying to stop Albedo, so I decided right there & then to put the omnitrix on and help them out. After that I became the newest Omnitrix wielder, I became Tom 10". The Team stared at Tom in shock at hearing about his origin and how he became who he is today. Ben 10 Prime couldn't help but feel proud at what Tom 10 had done in the name of being an Omnitrix wielder. "Well Tom, I gotta say that's a pretty impressive origin story of yours, and if I know one thing, it's that your Ben 10 was still alive you'd make him proud of what you've been doing". Tom smiled at this, feeling pride in his heart from Ben 10 Prime's words. Then a question popped up in his head and asked the team "So if you guys are from different realities, why have you come to my reality". Before the team could reply, suddenly a loud boom came from behind them. Turning around quickly, they saw that Vigax had finally tracked them down and from the looks of things he was hornet swarming angry. "Well". Vilgax said menacingly with a smirk as he looked at the team. "Isn't this a nice surprise". Ben 10 prime as well as his teammates felt a little uneasy after hearing him say that. Sure they were used to fighting Vilgax in their realities, but this version of him looked like a whole different ball game.

Tom was the first to say something as he stepped in as he glared at Vilgax hatefully. "You're not touching them squid face"! Tom 10 said to him as he got into a fighting stance and readied the Omnitrix. Vilgax laughed darkly as he said to him "Boy, I have no intention of letting you or any of these copies of Ben Tennyson walk out of here alive". At this point the team ready themselves just like Tom did, as they like him already did their own Omnitrix. "Because once I'm done with you and these copies, your family and the plumbers are next". At that point Vilgax had struck a nerve in Tom that he slammed down on the Omnitrix transforming into Four Arms and charging angrily into Vilgax, roaring at the top of his voice. Only for this to be a big mistake that Tom made, because he had been baited right into Vilgax's trap. But the only flaw in his trap was that Tom 10 wasn't alone this time around, he had Ben 10 Prime and his team to back him up in this fight. Just before he could spring the trap on Tom 10, Vilgax was suddenly hit with a haymaker of energy blast from out of nowhere, sending him flying back. He crashed into a morgue and when he picked himself up he saw that Ben 10 Prime and his team had transformed into their alien forms. Ben 10 Prime had transformed into AmpFibian while Jen 10 transformed into a female version of Humungosaur called Cree-Taceous. Ben 10,000 on the other hand transformed into a mixture between Alien X and Clock Work called Clock X. Before he could do anything, Vilgax was suddenly met with a barrage of pouches courtesy of Tom 10/Four Arms. Jen 10/Cree-Taceous came charging in at him to help Tom 10/Four Arms take him down. But unfortunately she arrived too late because Vilgax had caught two of his arms and threw him at Jen 10/Cree-Taceous which sent both of them flying half way across the cemetery.

Just before he could go after them, Vilgax was suddenly met with a barrage of green energy blasts and electrical energy shots. He turned around to see that Ben 10 Prime/AmpFibian and Ben 10,000/Clock X were trying to take him down via energy and electrical powers. But this only seemed to do nothing but make the problem even worse, because Vilgax then used Phils powers to absorb the energy they were putting out on him and then throwing it right back at them. But unfortunately for Vilgax both of them got lucky as they both were able to dodge the energy blasts that were thrown right back at them. Ben 10,000/Clock X used his powers to stop time and teleport from one side of the fight to another, while Ben 10 Prime/AmpFibian just weaved and dodged the energy blasts as they came. Meanwhile back with Jen 10 and Tom 10, they groggily pick themselves up after being fling halfway across the cemetery. When they shook themselves out of their groggy daze, they saw that their teammates really needed serious help. They started to run as quickly as they could so that they could help their teammates fight against Vilgax. Meanwhile back with Ben 10 Prime/AmpFibian and Ben 10,000/Clock X, things weren't going well for them. Well things weren't going well for Ben 10 Prime/AmpFibian anyway. Sure his Amperi form was powerful but it was nowhere close to how powerful this version of Vilgax. Each time he tried to send an electrical energy zap at him, each time he tried to focus an attack on him, Vilgax would either stop time to avoid getting hit by his attacks or just absorb the energy and throw it right back at him. Ben 10,000/Clock X on the other hand was making more of a headway in the battle then his younger past counterpart was.

Sure, he was able to stop time and teleport from one point to another, but he also used his cosmic energy power to either change what other flying projectiles came his way that Vilgax was throwing at him or just basically punch or dodge right through it. Meanwhile back with Tom 10 and Jen 10 they had arrived and just in time to because Vilgax had started to get really tired of not being able to win this fight. "ENOUGH OF THIS FOOLISHNESS"! Vilgax Shouted as he sent a huge massive energy wave that sent the team flying backwards. This unfortunately however resulted in the team transforming back into their human forms just as they hit the ground. The team got up groggily only to realize that Ben 10 Prime wasn't on the side that they had landed on in the cemetery. They tried to get to him but unfortunately they were blocked by an electrical force field that Vilgax had conjured up. "You Tennesons have interfered with my plans for the last time, and this time I am going to make sure that none of you will live through the next day"! Vilgax then pulled out of charmcaster's bag What looked like the Stone Creatures that she used to use when she was fighting team 10. But the only difference was that these looked like miniature versions of Vilgax rather than the skull golems that she used to have. "Enjoy these as your parting gifts, for these will be the last ones you ever receive". Vilgax said to them as he threw the miniature stone golems of himself at Ben 10 Primes teammates, which unfortunately grew into life-size versions of himself.

"Is your Vilgax always this cliche"? Jen 10 asked Tom 10 as she readied her Omnitrix. "Oh you have no idea". Tom 10 sighed as he too readied his Omnitrix for the fight. Meanwhile back with Ben 10 Prime and Vilgax, they started to circle themselves at the edge of the force field like two big cats or wolves ready to tear at each other and rip themselves and their throats apart and out. "You know I'm glad that you decided to come back from the dead Ben Tennyson". "Really, why is that"? Ben 10 Prime asked him narrowed eyes as he readied the Omnitrix. "Because when I finally defeat you, I'm gonna make you watch as I tear down everything you hold dear to you, that includes the plumbers and your family". After hearing this a bubble of anger started to form inside of him. Ben knew that even if this wasn't his reality, it was still a reality where his family lived as well as the plumbers, and he wasn't going to let Vilgax destroy everything that he held dear to himself. Right before the fight started he put two fingers on the Omnitrix, rotating the dial through all of his aliens, and when he found the Humungousaur Icon, he flipped the lid off the dial and slapped down on it. Only this time he didn't transform into Humungousaur. Instead he transformed into what looked like a cat faced two tailed monkey, with yellow fur, a shoulder pad green like suit, and fingerless green gloves with the Omnitrix on his right hand. "Wow who the heck is this"? Ben asked himself in a chippery voice. "You can change all you want Tennyson, but it will not save you, not like it did before anyway". Vilgax then fired a purple energy time blast from his Armodrillo/Eon hand. And just before it hit him, Ben 10 Prime tried to cover himself with his arms, only to feel a strange sensation as if something was sucking him into a hole or a tunnel. When he uncovered himself and opened his eyes he realized that he had somehow teleported from where Vilgax had tried to shoot him and was now behind him.

Vilgax looked around confused as to where Ben 10 Prime went, until he turned around to see that he was right behind him. "A Telemate"! Vilgax said in shock as he looked at Ben 10 Prime's new alien form. "I wonder what else this guy can do"? Been thought as he examined his new form. However, before he could continue his thoughts, he suddenly heard a roar of anger and frustration coming from Vilgax. Looking up, he had just enough time to duck his head before an energy blast came pelting straight over his head. As soon as he ducked, two energy beams came out of his two twin tails hitting Ville Jack's directly at his chest, sending him flying straight at the edge of the force field. As soon as he hit it the force field suddenly vanish, allowing Ben 10 prime to teleport away from Vilgax and to be allowed to join his teammates who were still fighting the stone statues of Vilgax. "What took you so long"? Jen 10 asked as she was in her Abnorma form (female version of Frankenstrike). Ben 10 Prime only shrugged as he helped out his teammates in the fight. Oh you know the usual, fighting against one of my old rivals and trying to save your butts, and also discovering a new alien form that I can transform into. Hey what do you think I should call this guy? Monkey cat, nah doesn't have that oomph to the name, Tella tail, nah doesn't really roll with the tongue, oh wait I got it how about Teleportail". Jen 10/Frankenstrike only granted as she was dealing with eight stone Vilgax's at once. "That's great Ben, I like the name but could you help me out here"? Ben 10 Prime mentally slapped himself as he went to help his teammate in need. Meanwhile back with Tom 10 and Ben 10,000 they were like a well oiled machine. The alien forms that they had transformed into were Echo Echo and Spitchuck (Perk version). Ben 10,000/Spitchuck continued to swallow and spit out any or all stoned Vilgax's that got too close to him while Tom 10/Echo Echo used his sonic screams to shatter or destroy any stoned Vilgax's that were in his path.

Meanwhile back with Ben 10 Prime/Teleportail & Jen 10/Abnorma were making their own headway through the stoned statues of Vilgax as well. Jen 10/Abnorma was either shooting at them with electricity or smashing them if they got too close to her. Meanwhile Ben 10 Prime/Teleportail was either teleporting on and off of the stoned Vilgaxs and dropping them off from the air where they fell to the ground or shooting at them with his twin tails. Once they finished all of the stoned Vilgaxs, they then turned around to face the real Vilgax Who was steadily getting up. Vilgax groaned and cursed as he got up, even with all the power he had collected over the years (and by collected I mean stolen) he was still too weak to destroy Ben Tennyson once and for all. "Give it up, Vilgax". Ben 10 Prime/Teleportail said as he got into a fighting stance as did his other teammates. "You can't win". Vilgax only growled in frustration as he said to him "I may not be able to defeat all of you today, but that does not mean I cannot defeat one of you today". As soon as he said this, Vilgax raised both of his arms and shot out purple and red energy. He directed this energy blast directly at the one person he hated most of all in the entire universe, even in death.

Ben Tennyson

Before Ben 10 Prime/Teleportail could do anything Tom 10 quickly changed from echo echo to Feedback and jumped right in front of him as he absorbed the energy blast from Vilgax through his two antennae on his head and fired the energy blast right back at him. Tom 10/Feedback seemed to be doing all right at first, but suddenly he started to lose ground very quickly because of how much energy Vilgax was putting off. Ben 10 Prime/Teleportail was the first to take notice of this and began to grow very worried for their new teammate/recruit. "Guys, he's losing Energy fast we need to help him now"! Nodding and understanding, He and his teammates transformed into Feedback, Catie Current (female version of Feedback), and finally Feedsquatch. The team poured all of the electricity they had into Tom 10/Feedback's antennae with everything they had. This seemed to work however because of the extra energy they were pouring out, it gave Tom 10/Feedback the energy he needed to push back against Vilgax. It was then that Vilgax realized that it was he who was losing ground, and as hard as he tried he couldn't get it back. "No, No, NO! This cannot be! I can not be defeated, I am Vilgax, Conqueror of ten systems, Ruler of the universe, Slayer of Ben Tennyson. I will not be defeated by a child, never again"! The team and Tom 10/Feedback only smirked as he said to him "Sorry dude but your reign a terror kind of ends today". And with that he gave the final push and unleashed everything he had into one final attack. It was then that Vilgax realized that he was about to lose and before he could do anything the energy blast that the team was pouring out finally engulfed him. When they finally ceased their attack, they saw that Vilgax was now nothing more than a stone statue of himself. It turns out when or if you go onto too much power it will destroy you. And that's exactly what happened to Vilgax. When he collected/stole the powers of Ben 10's other enemies, It made him weaker to the point where that much power that he collected/stole would only kill him if it had not been for the charm totem that he had on his chest. That charm totem was the only thing keeping him from completely being destroyed by the other powers that he had absorbed.

When the team transformed back into the human form Tom 10 let out a huge relieved sigh as he looked at the team and said to them "You guys did it you won". Ben 10 Prime only shook his head as he said to him "No, We won. By working together we were able to finally defeat Vilgax, and you were the one that finish the fight, so we can't take all the credit". he smiled proudly at Tom as he patted his shoulder. "And if there's one thing I do know, it's that your Ben 10 would be proud of the person you are today, because I know I am and so are the rest of my teammates". Tom 10 only smiled, feeling honored and proud to receive such praise. Then suddenly he remembered a question he still had that hadn't been answered yet. "Hey guys, about my previous question from earlier before the fight why are you guys here in my reality anyway"? Ben 10 prime as well as his teammates mentally slapped themselves on the head. " Well Tom, the reason why we came here is to recruit you. There is an evil version of me well Tom the reason why we came here is to recruit you. There is an evil version of me out there in the multi-verse wanting to destroy all the good versions of me, and we're going from reality to reality recruiting those versions. That's why we came here, we came here to not only recruit you but also to rescue you before Ben X got to you first". Tom 10 pondered this at first and then asked them "You want me to join in the multi-verse war of yours"? Ben 10,000 only shrugged as he said to him "The choice is up to you, you don't have to come, but if you do we are your best chance of survival in trying to win this war, so what do you say"? Tom 10 looked down at his feet for a minute pondering on what to do, then a few seconds later he looked up at the team and said to them "I'm in". The team smiled as Ben 10,000 activated his multi belt and opened a portal. Just before they entered through it Tom 10 quickly said to them " just let me text the plumbers to tell them what has happened and to pick up the statue of Vilgax before I forget". The team nodded and in a few seconds later he was done.

"All right let's go, the multi-verse isn't going to save itself". The team laughed at what the new recruit had said. As the team enters the portal, none of them noticed that a hunter bot who had been observing the whole thing was behind some trees and was now sending the video feed to his master. "Master X, I have tracked Ben 10 Primes team to this reality, only to find that they have escaped into another one, what are orders"? The hunter bot had to wait for a few seconds before Ben x said to him "Go to the Equestrian reality of earth 985, there you will meet the other units and cause destruction of that reality so that you can draw out Ben 10 Primes team like the cowards they are. Until then you are dismissed". The hunter bot nodded in acknowledgment and opened a portal, and went through it to the coordinates that it had been given. Ready to cause destruction of the reality it was heading for for its master. Meanwhile with Ben 10 Primes team they were traveling through the portal to the reality they were going to. "So what Ben are we recruiting this time"? Tom 10 asked his new team. Ben 10,000 was the first one to speak up as he told him "The Ben that we are recruiting is by the name of Dan Tennyson, before we recruited you Tom we found out that Dan had somehow jumped from his reality into one that is similar to his own". Ben 10 Prime asked his older future counterpart "How did he even get to this ultimate reality in the first place"? Ben 10,000 Only shrugged as he said to him "I don't know, but I'm hoping that we can get there to him before Ben X's Hunter bots get to him first". And with that they continued to travel through the portal to arrive at their destination.

Reality: 988

Time: 8:00

Destination: New York City

Soon, they were back in the Turtle's lair, celebrating with Pizza, Pinkie's cupcakes, laughing and dancing. "I definitely need this after that fight". Dan stated while eating a pizza as he kicks back and chills out. Dan then approaches Carmen and Leo as the woman spoke with a smile. "We have to thank you, Dan. If it wasn't for you coming into our reality, we would have never been able to stop Sombra and managed to capture VILE at last". "Well… I don't want to brag, but your welcome". Leo ruffles his head as Dan chuckles out. Carmen then leans down and gives him a kiss on the cheek as he spoke out in surprise. "Why did you do that"? "As a sort of thank you". Just as he was about to take another bite of his pizza, A large blue energy portal popped up out of nowhere as everyone saw this and quickly gathered their weapons or powered up their powers, ready to face whatever came through and what did come through shocked them to their core. A group of people wearing what looked like different versions of Dan with Omnitrixs with different colors came out of the portal. The teenaged one with the Green Omnitrix and a big 10 on the middle of his shirt looked at Dan and said to him. "Dan 10, we need your help. Ben X is planning on invading your reality soon, but we can prevent that happening, if you help us. And don't worry, we'll take you back home as well". "And we need help soon, this Multiverse war is getting a bit out of hand". The older version of the teen spoke as Dan blinks in surprise. "Multiverse war? Awesome"! The kid then spoke to the others. "See ya! And don't want to be ya"! "Right back at you"! Leo spoke out as they all waved bye as they went into the portal as it shuts, making the group all smiles at each other in response.

Well everyone that chapter was one heck of a doozy. I hope you enjoyed reading it because I enjoyed writing it. A shout out to rzgmon200, zigwolf, jupago25, nomiskahn, arw10 of Deviant art and Feedbackblast18 of Fanfiction for they were the creators of these characters. Anyway I hope you're all excited for the next chapter because the next one is going to get even better. Anyway that's it for me for now this is Julian 10 signing off. Adiós, hasta la vista, Yeehaw. P.S here are the websites of where you can find the characters of this story.

rzgmon200/gallery

zigwolf

jupago25

nomiskahn

arw10

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