Ch.3: The Krakken
Late at night by the lake with a full moon in the sky, Ben was wearing his blue swimsuit and ran up to the lake. "Cannonball!" He dived into the lake before surfacing and spitting the water out. "And he scores: Yes! Perfect 10! Yeah! *Imitates crowd cheering* and the crowd loves him!"
Angel and Gwen were standing on the boardwalk as Angel giggled and Gwen sighted.
"A perfect dweeb is more like it," said Gwen.
"Come on! Dive in," Ben encouraged.
"Are you kidding me? Please! Who knows what slimy nasty things are slithering around in there," asked Gwen as she shone her flashlight on Ben. "I rest my case."
"That was uncalled for," said Angel as she crossed her arms.
"What's the point of camping by a lake if you're scared to get wet," asked Ben as he splashed the girls.
"Knock it off, midget," complained Gwen before walking away.
"Hey," shouted Ben as he started flailing in the water. "What's happe–?" He then fell below the water as if drowning.
"Very funny, Ben! I'm not falling for it," said Gwen, not convinced at all.
"Gwen, I think he really is in trouble," said Angel worried as she got near the edge of the boardwalk.
Gwen walked back concerned and the girls saw bubbles rising up out of the water with the look of concern. "Ben?"
Then, a monster rose from the water and let out a screech (just like the one Dr. Animo's mutated parrot), which scared the two girls. Angel screemed in horror and hid behind Gwen, who fell on her butt and dropped the flashlight. The light shone at the monster whose upper part of the body was covered with seaweed, mainly its shoulders, revealing to be a combination of a rooster and a hawk. It had sharp black claws on his toes and talons on his hands, as well as two larger talons protruding from its arms. It had a short yellow beak. It was covered in brown feathers and also has a white-brown mohawk and belly. It also wore a green mask, a green belt with a white stripe, black underwear, and a strap vest. What caught the girls' attention was the Omnitrix symbol on the vest hooker. Ben called this form Kickin Hawk.
"Not funny, Ben," said Gwen as she stood up and glared at her cousin, Angel doing to same.
"You should've seen the looks on your faces! Ha, priceless," laughed Kickin Hawk as he pulled the seaweed from him.
"What's wrong with you!? Do you have any idea how worried I was!? I thought that you really were attacked by something in the lake, but it was just a prank!? I never thought you would do something like that" shouted Angel as she ran to the RV, crying.
"Look at what you've did, Ben! You're in so much trouble when I tell grandpa," Gwen glared at her cousin and followed Angel to the Rust Bucket.
"Come on, it was just a little joke," said Kickin Hawk innocently. "I think I overdid it a little."
Then, a giant green–scaled monster with two tendrils coming from its mouth and a long neck rise up from out of the lake, causing Kickin Hawk to look at it in horror.
"I should've seen this coming," said Kickin Hawk.
(Theme song:
It started when an alien device did what it did,
And stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid,
Now he's got superpowers, he's no ordinary kid,
He's Ben 10!... (Ben 10! Ben 10!)
So if you see him, you might be for a big surprise,
He'll turn into an alien before your very eyes,
He's slimy, creepy, fast and shiny; he's every shape and size,
He's Ben 10!... (Ben 10!)
Armed with the power, he's on the case,
Fighting off evil from Earth or space,
He'll never stop 'till he makes them pay,
'Cause he's the baddest kid to ever save the day!
Ben 10! (Ben 10! Ben 10! Ben 10!)
The lake monster stared down and the humanoid/hawk–like alien before grabbing Kickin Hawk with one of its tendrils and tossing him across the lake. Kickin Hawk surfaced and looked around for the monster before being grabbed by a tendril pulled down deeper into the lake and soon, Kickin Hawk was staring at the biggest blue eye he has ever seen.
Kickin Hawk gasped and 'stabbed' his beak into the tendril. The giant monster released Kickin Hawk from its grasp as the humanoid/hawk–like alien used his powerful kicks to hit the tendril in several places before swimming back to surface. Kickin Hawk got out of the water as fast as possible and made his way to the Rust Bucket, and loudly opened the door.
"I was just…attacked by a giant…lake monster," said Kickin Hawk as he panted. Gwen threw one of her pillows at him.
"Hello, current events," said Gwen tired. "You already got me and Angel with that one,"
"But I'm not kidding this time," Kickin Hawk argued desperately. "I swear!"
"Come on, champ, jokes over," said Max stifling a loud yawn.
"But I–," sputtered Kickin Hawk.
"Just go to sleep, Ben," said Angel harshly.
"Remember, we've got an early day tomorrow for our fishing trip," said Max, before drifting off to sleep.
The Omnitrix timed out, turning Ben back to human. The Tennyson boy was disappointed that no one believed him.
The next morning, the four were walking towards the dock with Ben trying his best to explain his encounter with the lake monster the previous night. Max was holding a fishing rod and a cooler for the fish they were going to catch.
"No really," exclaimed Ben. "It was humungous with huge blue eyes."
"I'm sure it was just some kind of a big fish," said Max. "That's all."
"Yeah, so give the mega–fish story a rest, will you Captain Dweeb," asked Gwen.
"You believe me, right," Ben asked as he turned to Angel.
"The only monster I saw last night was you as Kickin Hawk," answered Angel harshly.
Ben sighed and walked ahead of the group, and noticed a bucket of live worms. He then smirked devilishly, grabbed a handful and showed them to Gwen, disgusting her.
"Breakfast," asked Ben.
"Oh, Ben. Gross," said Gwen.
"What's with the bucket of worms," asked Angel.
"Bait," explained Max.
"Yeah, well, I think I'm gonna pass out the fishing thing," said Gwen. "I'm gonna stay here and catch some sun instead. Angel, wanna join me?"
"Thanks, Gwen, but fishing sounds kind of fun," said Angel. "I'll just pretend Ben is not there."
"Wow, you're really mad at him," said Gwen.
"Yeah," said Angel. "Well, have fun catching sun."
"Thanks," said Gwen as she walked away.
Ben, Max and Angel turned to the boat behind them, where the captain was preparing to go out. He wore a beige long–sleeved shirt and a white and red cap.
"Captain Shaw," addressed Max.
"Who wants to know," asked the captain.
"I'm Max Tennyson and this is my grandson, Ben, and our friend, Angel," said Max as Ben and Angel waved. "We charted your boat today for a fishing trip."
"Well, what are you waiting for, an engraved invitation? Get aboard," said Shaw as he turned to the controls. "I ain't got all day."
"That guy is not very kind," said Ben as he, Angel and Max climbed aboard as the boat left the docks and headed out in the lake.
As the boat continued on, Max turned to Shaw, who was driving the boat.
"Anything interesting to catch there today," asked Max.
"More than you can possibly imagine," answered Shaw. He then turned to Ben, who was looking out over the boat and into the water. "Looks like your boy is using his breakfast as chum."
Ben had put on a life jacket for safety as he gazed out into the water.
"Ben, you feeling OK," asked Max as Ben stood up.
"Yeah, I'm just keeping an eye out for the lake monster. That thing's not taking me by surprise this time," said Ben as Max raised an eyebrow at what Ben just said.
Ben looked out and saw something unusual and gasped. "There it is!" But as the boat passed it b, Ben realized it was just a fallen tree branch with a discarded cooler stick in it. "Oh. My bad."
"Ben, this is a fishing trip, not a monster hunt," addressed Angel.
"It's called the Krakken," said Shaw.
"Whoa. You know about it," asked Ben.
"It's my business to know about it," answered Shaw as he showed a picture he took at the lake. The picture had a shadowy figure under the water, as if it was the monster that Ben encountered before. "I've been on its tail for years. Folks say my rudder's not right."
"Why doesn't that surprise me," asked Max.
"Sightings go back hundreds of years on this very lake," explained Shaw. "Some say it's a myth. Not me. I can take you to the spot I personally laid eyes on the beast. That is if you have the stomach for a real adventure."
Ben beamed up at his grandfather hopefully and Max sighted in defeat.
"I guess," said Max.
"Yes," said Ben happily.
"I guess it'll be fun," said Angel.
A bit later, Shaw showed the trio the controls equipped on his boat to help him catch the Krakken.
"Sonar, hi–def video setup, ultrasound, I got it all," said Shaw. "And I will find it! Mark my words. It can't hide forever."
Ben stared in wonder before Max took him aside to have a word with him, Angel following them.
"Ben, I don't want you to put too much stock in what Mr. Shaw says," said Max. "I don't think he has both oars in the water if you know what I mean."
"Why? Just because he saw the Krakken, too," asked Ben with an upset tone. "I'm telling you this and I'm not crazy," said Ben as he walked to the other side of the boat.
"That talk could've gone better," Angel said to Max, who nodded.
Later, the boat had stopped as in front of them were a few buoys floating in the water held together with a line that said 'Do Not Enter' forming a barrier over the further area of the lake.
"'Do Not Enter'," asked Shaw surprised. "What's going on?"
"Looks official. Maybe we should turn back," said Max.
"Nonsense. This is my lake and I'll go wherever I–," said Shaw, but he was interrupted.
"Fishing boat. Stop where you are," said a male voice.
The four looked over and saw a big blue and white boat with a few men on it. The initials F.O.F. were written on the side of the boat. The men wore blue uniforms with black collars. The leader had brown hair and a goatee, and he stepped up to the edge of the boat with a smile.
"I'm Jonah Melville, founder of Friends Of Fish. We've closed this part of the lake for environmental study," explained Jonah. "You'll have to turn your boat back."
"Who's gonna make me, fish–hugger," asked Shaw angrily.
"Well, since I charted the boat for the day, I believe I'm in charge. Isn't that right, Captain," said Max as Shaw sighted in disappointment and walked off muttering to himself.
"But what about the Krakken," asked Ben.
"Ben, just because the Captian has seen it, doesn't mean it's real," said Angel.
"Your friend is right," said Jonah as laughed. "The Krakken is an old fish story. Now look, I'm a marine biologist and anyone who tells you they've seen a monster in this lake is fishing without a hook." Then Jonah and his crew walked away.
Later, the Friends Of Fish boat was leading Shaw's boat back to the docks with a very disappointed Ben. Suddenly, Shaw's sonar picked up a signal from under the lake.
"The sonar! We've found something," exclaimed Shaw.
"Or something found us. Look," said Ben as he noticed a fin that was scraping the surface of the lake, heading straight for the boat.
Angel, Max and Shaw looked to where Ben was pointing at and saw the fin coming for them.
"Please tell me that's not what I think it is," said Angel with fear.
The fin then went back under the water. Then, a giant shadow moved directly under Shaw's boat, shaking it violently.
"It's headed for the docks," exclaimed Shaw.
"Gwen," shouted Ben, Max and Angel together.
As the Krakken was heading for the docks, Gwen was resting on the edge of the docks, kicking her feet.
"Aw, finally a little sun," said Gwen not suspecting the incoming monster. "And with Ben nowhere in sight, I can just sit back and relax.
Shaw then rang out his horn to warn the people at the docks.
"How many times does he think I'm gonna fall for this," asked Gwen when the Krakken rose up in all its glory and let out a loud shriek and smashed the docks, sending everyone sprawling into the lake. The civilians surfaced, Gwen among them, her soaking wet hair drifting down in front of her face.
"That's not Ben," said Gwen worried.
"I told you it's real! The Krakken lives," said Shaw as he looked from his binoculars.
"Sail now, gloat later," said Max as he turned to Ben and put a hand on his shoulder. "Someone's got to rescue those people."
"Way ahead of you," said Ben as he leaped into the lake, dealing his watch, showing an icon of a fish. "Ripjaws to the rescue." He took a deep breath and dived, before slamming the Omnitrix, but who came out was not Ripjaws, but XLR8.
"Hey! I said Ripjaws, not XLR8! Stupid watch," said XLR8 as he looked over to the people that were swimming away from the Krakken. "Here goes nothing." XLR8 closed his visor and kicked his legs rapidly, eventually rising up. He was so fast that he was able to run on the water. XLR8 managed to grab Gwen and ran her over to the shore.
"You OK," asked XLR8.
Gwen coughed up some water and sighed in relief. "I guess so. Thanks for the safe."
XLR8 nodded before he turned around and zoomed out, splashing his cousin with mud.
"Hey! You did that on purpose," shouted Gwen.
The Krakken swam after the people in the lake to eat them, but XLR8 grabbed them and brought them safely to the shore.
"Get us out of here," ordered Jonah to one of his crewmates, back on the F.O.F. boat, who fired up the engines and engaged the gears, causing the boat to go away, but this didn't go unnoticed by the Krakken as the monster tossed a boat it was terrorizing, and swam after the F.O.F. boat.
XLR8 noticed the shadow going after the boat and ran after it as fast as he could. Soon enough, the Krakken popped out of the lake and roared. The captain tried to turn the boat around, but not fast enough as the Krakken knocked it aside with its tentacle. Just as it was about to hit the boat again, XLR8 zoomed in and created a water tornado, which knocked the Krakken back into the water before XLR8 back–flipped onto the boat.
But then, the Krakken popped up on the other side of the boat and shredded apart a cannery box, which Jonah ran towards in order to protect it.
"No you don't," said Jonah as he and the box were dragged by the Krakken.
XLR8 ran forward, grabbed the tentacle and ran in reverse, pulling the Krakken back, which caused the monster to let go of the box and got freed from XLR8's grip. It tried to grab the box again, but XLR8 ran underneath it and kicked it rapidly in the jaws, which made the Krakken to retreat back in the water.
"Thanks for the hands…and the feet," said Jonah as he shook XLR8's clawed hand.
"What's so important in that crate that you risked your life for it," asked XLR8.
"Uh…our lunch," said Jonah.
"You almost got munched for a few sandwiches," asked XLR8 surprised.
Then, without a warning, the Krakken's tentacle popped up, grabbed the cannery box dragging it into the lake. That was when the Omnitrix began to time out.
"Oh, gotta run," said XLR8 as he ran away and zoomed towards Shaw's boat. "Almost there. I think I'm gonna–," said XLR8 as the watch timed out and Ben came down splashing into the water, near the boat.
"Man overboard," said Max as he turned to Shaw. "Shaw, Ben's overboard!"
"Next time I see you in my sights, you won't be so lucky," said Shaw as he turned the boat around and tossed a net that Ben climbed.
That night, a lot campers were leaving due to the attack from the Krakken. Ben, Angel, Gwen and Max were by a campfire drying off as Ben had a towel around him.
"That's the same thing that tried to munch me last night," said Ben. "Captain Shaw and I were right!"
"Just because he was right about the Krakken, doesn't mean I was wrong about him," said Max.
"You're just being stubborn, grandpa," said Ben.
"Yeah, don't you just hate people like that," asked Gwen.
"We'll leave this one to the experts," said Max. "Like those Friends of Fish guys."
"Experts? Who better to bust a monster than the guy with the monster–busting device on his wrist," asked Ben.
"This is just going to be one that got away, son," said Max.
Then, Captain Shaw walked by and growled to himself. "Low–down, no–good fish–kissers."
"Captain Shaw? What is it," asked Ben.
"The nerve of those enviro–punks! They shut down the entire lake! Nobody tells me where to sail and nobody is gonna keep me away from reeling the catch of the century," said Shaw as he walked away.
Later, Captain Shaw went out on the boat sailing despite the shutting down the lake, but failed to notice Ben who sneaked up on the boat, but the young boy failed to notice Angel also sneaking up on the boat.
Inside the Rust Bucket, Gwen was in her PJs as was Max as she was knocking on the bathroom door, which Ben was supposedly in.
"Come on, Ben," shouted Gwen. "Did you fall in there or something?"
Max then opened the door, revealing the empty bathroom! Max gasped and saw that Angel was gone, too.
On the lake, Shaw's boat came out from the docks when he heard rumbling by the crates. He looked and saw one of them shaking.
"Hey," said Shaw as he grabbed an oar. "No stowaways o my boat, even if you're a filthy rat." He uncovered the crate to see Ben hiding.
"Um, first mate Tennyson reporting for duty, sir," Ben said nervously when they heard a sneeze, coming from one of the other crates.
"Looks like you're not the only one who sneaked up," said Shaw as he uncovered the crate and saw Angel.
"Angel," said Ben shocked to the 8–year–old on the boat.
"Ben," said Angel as she saw him.
"Guess we both had the same idea, huh," asked Ben.
"She's probably been scared deep by our fishy friends," suggested Shaw as he put on his green swimsuit and a snorkel. "Only one way to fish her out: life bait."
"Maybe I should go with you. You know, just in case," said Ben as Angel looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"No need," said Shaw as he grabbed a harpoon. "I've got all the help I need right here. Wish me luck," said Shaw as he dived into the lake.
"We have to do something," said Angel.
"Yeah," agreed Ben as looked down and then at Angel. "Angel, listen. I need to tell you something."
"And what exactly," asked Angel curious.
"About that prank last night, I just wanted you to know that I'm really sorry for making you worried," apologized Ben. "I didn't mean to scare you like that and I really hope you can forgive me."
"OK, Ben," said Angel. "I can forgive you if you promise me one thing."
"Sure. What is it," asked Ben.
"Never scare me like that ever again," said Angel.
"It's a deal," said Ben as he brought out his hand. "So, friends?"
"Friends," said Angel as she shook his hand and then hugged him as Ben hugged her back.
"OK, now what should we do," asked Ben as he broke the hug.
"Don't ask me," shrugged And.
Ben looked around and saw a diving suit by the crates. "OK. You stay here. I'll back as soon as possible," said Ben as he put on the suit.
"Be careful," said Angel when Ben dived into the lake.
Under the lake, Shaw was swimming through the lake searching for his prey, scaring off a school of fish, breathing heavily. He was then shocked by what he thought was the Krakken, but it was actually an eel.
He then went to a crater below the ocean, which could only be the Krakken's nest and saw a giant ball with veins poking out of it. He analyzed it in thought when a shadowy figure appeared in the clearing and fired his harpoon at it before it dodged, revealing to be Ben as he sighed.
Shaw gestured Ben down to the nest before going up for some air. But as he went up to his boat, he saw a black boat near his before he was grabbed and thrown violently on the boat's floor to see a group of men in diving suits, one of them holding an unconscious Angel over his shoulder.
"Don't you know night–diving is dangerous, old timer," asked the leader. "Unless, of course, you went with a friend."
"I work alone. I ain't got no friends," said Shaw.
"Oh yeah? How about this girl," asked Shaw as he pointed at Angel.
"She just someone I met today," said Shaw.
"Men with a sparkling personality like yours," the leader smirked as Ben came out of the water and gasped as he saw the divers.
"I ain't got anything worth stealing, either," said Shaw.
"Ah, but have us all wrong. We want some information, like what did you see down there," asked the leader.
"Nothing. Same as always," said Shaw.
The leader then punched Shaw unconscious before he removed his mask, revealing to be Jonah, much to Ben's shock.
The young Tennyson boy looked at the Omnitirx which was still recharging. "Come on, work."
"Take those two here with us," Jonah commanded his assistants. "Find out what they know back at the cannery. We'll come back here later with a mini–sub for the rest of the eggs." He then tossed a tracking device to the bottom of the lake, down to the nest. "In the meantime, I think his boat just got lost in the sea." Jonah threw a bomb on Shaw's boat, destroying it instantly as the F.O.F. boat sped away.
Ben dove underwater, avoiding the debris and looked at the watch which was green. Ben activated it and got Stinkfly's silhouette.
"It's hero time," smirked Ben.
On the F.O.F. boat, Jonah's assistants saw a shape forming in the sky.
"Is that a bird," asked one of them.
"Nah. Looks like a plane," said the other before Stinkfly showed up in the sky, glaring.
"It's a bug," shouted Jonah. "Man the harpoons."
"Give it up," shouted Stinkfly. "You're totally busted."
The sailors hooked up two harpoon guns and started firing at Stinkfly before he shot them with slime. Jonah angrily flipped a few switches, dropping charged barrels into the water.
"Oh boy," said Stinkfly before Jonah blew the barrels up. He was able to through a few before one blew up a tree, surprising him and sending Stinkfly sprawling into the lake. He tried to fly again, but found himself unable to. "Oh great! My wings are too wet for take off!"
The boat went around with an angry look in Jonah's eyes.
"Let's squish that bug once and for all," said Jonah.
Stinkfly swam away from it until he reached a log and climbing on top of it before flapping his wings in a hurry. "Come on! Come on! Dry off." Jonah's assistants fired at Stinkfly with the harpoon guns.
The Lepidopterran then spotted a tree branch above them and fired a steam of goo from his mouth, sticking to the branch. Stinkfly swung away from the log just as the boat ran over it, almost killing him as he landed on the tree branch, leaving Jonah and his men confused as the used flashlights to try to spot him, but Stinkfly covered behind the tree as Jonah shown on his area.
Jonah the spotted a fin going underwater.
"It's getting too crowded," he said. "Dump the trash overboard."
When Jonah's men grabbed the unconscious Angel and Shaw, the young girl came to conscious and saw that Jonah's men were about to throw her and Shaw in the water.
"Hey, let me go," said Angel as she struggled to get free.
"If you say so," smirked one of the men and carried her to edge of the boat.
Stinkfly shook the last of the water from his wings as the men tossed Angel and the still unconscious Shaw in the lake. But before they could sink any deeper, Stinkfly grabbed them and pulled them out of the water.
"Are you OK," Stinkfly asked Angel, who smiled at the sight of the Lepidopterran.
"Yeah, thanks to you," said Angel as Stinkfly nodded and then looked around for Jonah's boat, but it was nowhere in sight, and flew back to the campsite as fast as possible, with Angel now on his back.
"Almost there," said Stinkfly as he saw the Rust Bucket in the distance. Unfortunately, the watch's symbol began to beep. "Ah, not again!"
Gwen had her binoculars out, trying to spot them as Max came out of the RV.
"Any sign of Ben, Angel and Shaw," asked Max.
"Not yet," said Gwen.
Then, they heard the beeping which meant one think as a red flash of light came from the sky and the trio fell right out of the sky and Gwen could've sworn she saw Angel grabbing Ben's hand. Luckily, they were saved by the awning on the Rust Bucket, which broke their fall.
"I hate it when that happens," said Ben.
"So the Krakken's nest was full of eggs," asked Angel as Ben and Shaw gave the story of what they saw in the lake.
"No wonder she's been attacking everything," said Ben. "Jonah must be stealing her eggs!"
"And I think I know who Jonah is," said Gwen as she showed Ben, Angel, Max and Shaw a webage on her laptop. "I did a little checking on Friends Of Fish and it turns out it's not listed on any environmental website. But I did found this: Jonah Melville isn't a friend to any kind of wildlife. He travels around the world poaching wild animals, crates them up and sells them to private collectors."
"Crates them up," thought Ben. "Oh man! I bet that crate the Krakken took off their boat had a hurt egg in it!"
"Looks like we were all too hard–headed," stated Max.
"We've gotta stop them," said Angel.
"They said something about going to a cannery," Ben reported.
"All this talk doesn't change a thing," said Shaw. "Mommy or not, that beast is mine." He then walked out of the doorway and motioned the team to follow. "Let's go. I've got a spare boat down at the docks."
The four smiled at each other mischievously and ran out after Shaw.
On the boat, Gwen had dialed 9–1–1 on her cellphone.
"It'll take a while for the police to get here," said Gwen as Shaw untied the boat from the dock. But when he did, the group sped off without him as he held up his lantern.
"What are you doing? Get back here," shouted Shaw.
"Sorry, Captain," said Angel.
"You don't know what you're doing! A monster is a monster and I know a monster when I see one," shouted Shaw as he then spied a rowboat next to the dock.
At the cannery, a crane hooked up to Jonah's underwater mecha–suit as he was holding one of the eggs and lifted him up to the dock as one of the men pushed a can with the other egg. Jonah handed it to his worker and he struggled to carry it due to its weight.
"Careful or you'll be cleaning the world's most expensive omelet," warned Jonah as his worked put the egg into the can with the other egg. "After we sell these babies to the highest bidder, we'll be kicking back at the beach in the Bahamas."
Under the dock, the boat sped up to the ladder as Max and Gwen climbed it.
"Angel, go with them," said Ben.
"What are you gonna do," asked Angel as she started to climb the ladder.
"I'm gonna kick some Friends Of Fish tail," Ben smirked as he activated the watch and slammed down the hourglass when he found the right alien for the job. When the green light faded, in Ben's place stood an alien that appeared the share a number of traits with Earth's aquatic life, such as alligators, eels, anglerfish, and sharks. He had a phosphorescent light on his head and the Omnitirx symbol was on his left torso. This alien was known as Ripjaws.
But before he could do anything, the Krakken burst up from the lake and wrecked the dock, knocking Ripjaws out of the boat.
"The bigger the Krakken, the bigger the pay day," said Jonah with a smile as he ran up to his mecha–suit while his men opened fire on her with their guns, which did nothing to pierce her thick side. One of them, giving up, ran inside the cannery to be safe as the Krakken knocked the other one into the lake.
The Krakken then went down to get her eggs, but Jonah used the crane to use the suit to swipe them before she could get to them. He then fired blue bullets at her, which were actually doing some damage as she began to fall into the lake.
Bu then, Ripjaws came swimming up and leaped out of the water and onto Jonah's suit.
"You wanna mess with a monster? Try me on for size," said Ripjaws as he crawled down, using his claws to grab the eggs. Jonah tried to blast him, but Ripjaws ripped the blaster with his powerful jaws. Ripjaws then ripped of his grip on the eggs and Ripjaws dove down to try to grab them, but Jonah swatted him out off the way as the container broke on the dock and the eggs rolled away onto a loose board. Just a shake could cause them to fall in the lake.
Inside the cannery, Angel, Gwen and Max sneaked quietly and peeked around the corner at Jonah's henchmen, who were grabbing a weapon. Max then did a game of charades to signify that he was going to go and for the girls to keep watch.
Meanwhile, the man that was knocked over by the edge by the Krakken surfaced and took a deep breath. He then went and climbed the ladder back to the cannery. He then got behind Angel, Gwen and Max and aimed his gun at them.
"Okay, buddy. We can do this the easy way or the hard way," said Max as he pounded his fist into his open hand.
The henchman smiled and backed them up.
Suddenly, the Krakken's tail burst through the cannery and Angel, Max and Gwen were surprised, as were the henchmen.
"Go high," said Max as he, Angel and Gwen grabbed onto three of the latches for shipping the cans and swung forward as the floor underneath them was knocked out, sending the first henchmen back into the lake.
As they reached the other side, the other henchmen came out with the weapon, but before he could do anything, Max kicked the weapon out of his hands and the girls kicked him unconscious.
"Is this the easy way or the hard way," Gwen asked Max who just shrugged with a chuckle.
"Let's go help Ben," said Angel as she ran towards the exit, followed by Max and Gwen.
Back with Ripjaws, who still fighting Jonah with the Krakken, all the fighting was causing the eggs the shake on the board.
Jonah went for them, but the Krakken grabbed them with her tail, saving them.
"My eggs," shouted Jonah as he tried to go for them again, but Ripjaws grabbed onto his suit's legs.
"They aren't your eggs," said Ripjaws. He then tackled Jonah away as he grabbed the eggs and dove into the lake.
Jonah scowled and released the crane's grip on his suit as he followed Ripjaws and they were both followed by the Krakken. He then caught the Piscciss Volann and started brawling with him as he grunted from the quick punches from the heavy metal suit.
"Rescuing babies? Very heroic, but not very smart," Jonah smirked.
He then grabbed the eggs and controlled his suit to go back up with them.
Ripjaws rubbed his head as he growled and swam back up.
"Now you made me mad," said Ripjaws as he merged his legs together to form a tail and swam up as fast as he could.
He then reached Jonah and grabbed onto his suit and started their brawl again as the Piscciss Volann eventually got the eggs out of Jonah's grip and caught them in his jaws as he knocked the poacher back with his tail.
But that was when the Krakken came swimming up and used her tentacles to slam Ripjaws, causing him to lose his grip on the eggs as they went flying out of his jaw. The Krakken then caught them in her tentacle as Ripjaws recovered on the lake floor and gazed at Jonah going after the Krakken, and went swimming after him.
Jonah let loose a sonic pulse from his suit's claws, causing the Krakken to screech in pain as she dropped the eggs. Jonah then gripped them, but before he could swim away, Ripjaws tackled him into what remained of Shaw's boat.
Ripjaws saw the anchor loose before he kicked himself up onto Jonah's suit's claw, but he released an electric shock which stunned the Piscciss Volann as he fell down and tried to swim away.
Ripjaws recovered and looked at the anchor in his claws. He swung it around like a mace and threw it, managing to grip the suit, preventing Jonah from going any further as the Krakken swam in and chomped down on the chain of the anchor as Ripjaws and Jonah were flung away as the three of them got into a tussle with the eggs, but eventually Ripjaws grabbed the eggs with his jaws and swam to the Krakken's nest, Jonah and the Krakken following.
As the Krakken reached him, Ripjaws placed the eggs down in the nest as the Krakken cradled them lovingly as Jonah came swimming up to them. But the Krakken gripped the suit in her tentacles ripped it to shred, causing Jonah out of the suit.
In a last–ditch effort, Jonah pulled out a knife from his pent leg, only only to have it break against the Krakken's hide.
The Krakken then screeched in an attempt to eat him, only for Ripjaws to block her way with his arm spread out, telling her to spare him. The Krakken reluctantly agreen and went back to her eggs as Jonah shrugged at Ripjaws, who gave him a knuckle sandwich, knocking him out.
On the surface, Ripjaws hung Jonah on a loose wooden plank as he glared at his unconscious body.
"Hang here until the police finds a nice dry cell for ya," said Ripjaws as he dove underwater after noticing the blue and red lights from the police's boat.
Angel, Max and Gwen then saw the police picking Jonah up.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish," scoffed Max.
"Got one," said Shaw as came up in his rowboat with Ripjaws in his fishing net. "One of the eggs must've hatched! Image this mounted on my wall."
That's when the Omnitrix decided to time out, turning Ben back to human.
"I don't think your catch of the day is exactly as advertised," chuckled Angel at the sight.
Shaw raised his eyebrow as he lifted his lantern, revealing Ben tangled up in the net as he smiled innocently, water dripping from his hair and clothes.
"But I could've sworn," said Shaw as he removed his hat and shaking his head.
Under the lake, the Krakken cradled her eggs lovingly, thanking Ripjaws for saving them.
To be continued…
Here's the 3rd chapter. I hope you liked it. I know I said it'll be up by the end of the month, but I completed it earlier than I expected. Tell me what you think about Angel giving Ben the 'cold shoulder'. With the speed I started posting, the next chapter will be done in a few days. I mentioned at the beginning of the first chapter, that some chapters will be crossovers and the first one will be pretty soon. I'll see you all next time. Until then, have a good day. See ya.
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