Hello and welcome to my return back to writing. It's been a while and all I can say is I'm sorry. I lost my muse and family issues impeded me from coming back. But, I'm here now and I have dozens of ideas bursting from my cranium. Some you may know, some you may not. Wait and see what diabolical plans I have in store. Bwahahaha-*cough*.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10 or Mass Effect. If I did, the Ben's personality wouldn't flip-flop between Omni and UA and ME3's ending would be fixed.
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Chapter 1: New Worlds
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Nexus
Bubbles the size of Texas, filled with infinite scenes from a menagerie of worlds, floated by in an ever-expanding ocean; painted with every color imaginable. Someone lazily floats through the chaos as if they haven't the faintest care in the world.
He's a tall Caucasian man with flaming red hair flowing out from under a biker scrub cap. He's wearing black cargo pants, stuffed into knee-high pirate boots; around his waist is what appears to be a flaming belt, which on closer inspection is a flaming monkey tail. His upper apparel consists of a black tee with a graphic of Cthulhu, with the words OBEY emanating around him in a spiral pattern; over this, he wears a black leather vest adorned with a phoenix on the back. The phoenix was split through the middle; the left is ice, and the right is fire.
This is Plazmaster, though he used to be called James and has been around for several millennia. His world, like many, suddenly ended one day and then began again. These are worlds whose tale have been paused. None of them having an end to their story, only the infinite cycle. Unfortunately for Plazmaster, due to his physiology and background, he kept his memories of every cycle.
In the words of a familiar Professor, "At first I went mad, of course. But after a few millennia, I got bored with that too and went sane. Very sane." He had figured out how to escape his never-ending torture cycle and explore the Nexus.
The Nexus is what one could call a 'library' of sorts; one that is ever-growing, with new worlds popping up every second. It helps those, who can reach it, to traverse the omniverse with ease. Plazmaster had gotten bored in the last few centuries, so he had decided to do what he had seen other higher beings do; create worlds.
He was looking for the section where the two worlds met. He came to a stop in front of a large bubble, the size of a small moon. Cracking his eyes open, which were a solid navy blue, but when observed closely, show a faint slit pupil. He looked up and saw a familiar hourglass symbol he scoffs playfully, "Finally."
He dove into the bubble, emerging within a sea of more bubbles like the ones outside. There was a certain rule followed by those dubbed, Creators.
When creating new worlds, do so within the relevant area you wish to create them from.
This meant if you wanted to create a world that has characters that would change the history of the other story; you must do so in the zone Plazmaster had entered. A place where the two multiverse overlap.
Plazmaster looked around in relief and satisfaction in finally reaching his goal. He clasps his hands, "Alright, let's get to work." He crosses his legs, hold his hands out, and started to meditate. He brought his hands slowly together before a sphere appeared in between them. It slowly expanded and quickly grew into the size of an elephant, which was the point Plazmaster began to focus on developing his world to the starting point he wanted. He began to sweat and just when he thought he would pass out, the bubble thrummed and floated out into a position among the other bubbles.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed, "Phew, man. Those guys were not kidding. The first time really does take it out of you." He quickly adds a screen to his HUD, one that only he can see, that streams the world to him. "Now on towards the next zone, I got more worlds to create." He then emerged from the crossover zone and headed towards the exit of the Mass Effect universe.
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The New World
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Year:2164
Location: Mindoir, Baldr System, Yssdrasil Nebula, Attican Traverse
Maxwell Tennyson, a plump older gentleman with gray hair, pilots his ship towards the Planet Mindoir, heading for the port. He and his wife, Nirvana Tennyson, had settled here years ago after Max had retired from the alliance.
After years of service, being a part of the First Contact mission, brokering a peace treaty with the Asari, and the political debacle that was the 314 Relay Incident; he felt he deserved to rest. He had two daughters with his wife; Caroline and Nixsys, both of whom found partners themselves.
Nixsys bounced from partner to partner before settling down with a quarian, Zeh'Velas vas Famorn. They have two kids; 20-year-old Maele'Velas nar Famorn, who was currently on her Pilgrimage, and 10-year-old Gwen'Velas nar Famorn.
Caroline met her love, Sandra, on her travels mapping star systems. When Caroline became pregnant and gave birth to their son, Benjamin Tennyson, they knew they would have to settle down themselves. Problem was that when you have a son like Ben, it made it hard for them to fit in.
Ben and Gwen were anomalies that were paradoxical in nature and laughed in the face of science. They were true hybrids; Ben, an Asari-Human hybrid, and Gwen, an Asari-Quarian hybrid. Ben, in all appearances, looked like a normal boy except for one key factor, his skin was blue. Gwen, on the other hand, had quite noticeable features; like how she looked like a grey human but had digitigrade legs.
These facts stirred the Asari community, let alone the fact that Ben was male, and the quarian enclave; the Asari Republics, The Conclave and the Siari heads got together to discuss this situation.
The Republics and the Conclave saw the medical breakthroughs that Ben & Gwen could provide, while the Siari saw this as a sign from Lady Athame herself. They saw Ben as a blessing from Lady Tevura and so treated and worshipped him as a demigod. That's another reason the Tennysons couldn't stay in one place too long.
The word always got out about them and then they are swarmed by either a congregation of Siari or *shudder* fangirls. This leads us to our current situation, Max helping Caroline, Sandra and Ben move onto Mindoir. Some suspicious and shady-looking people had been showing up lately around their last settlement.
Max was good friends with the mayor of the town he lived in. He had explained the situation his family was in and asked for assistance. The mayor reassured him and told him he would call a town meeting to inform everyone about what was going on. He could only hope the townsfolk took the news well. The ship locked into the dock and he got the okay to disembark the craft, so he unbuckled and got out of the pilot's seat. Most ships no longer have seatbelts and call Max old fashion, but he rather be safe than sorry. He traveled to the airlock and saw his daughters and grandson waiting on him.
There was Sandra, a woman of average height with blond hair. Caroline was tall for an Asari, being 5'10", and she had a mixture of blue and purple skin. It made patterns that Caroline joked, 'Looked like a painted-on stripper outfit'. Her markings looked like she had a torii gate on her face and pincer-like markings on her cheeks. Finally, Ben was of average height for a ten-year-old, with brown shaggy hair, wearing tan cargo pants into black combat boots and a white tee with a green zipper hoodie.
"Alright, the mayor said some movers would come later to get your stuff and take it to the house we built you."
Caroline shakes her head at her father. "Which, again, we can't thank you enough for Dad."
Max chuckles. "It was nothing sugar-plum," Caroline groaned at her father's pet name for her, "your family, I was happy to do it."
Sandra giggled at her wife's embarrassment. "Well thank you anyway, Max, I just hope we finally found our home." She smiled sadly, while Caroline hugs her.
Ben shuffled nervously near the door. Max, picking up on his grandson's mood, kneels down next to him and asks, " What's wrong Ben?"
Ben answered nervously, "What if the people don't like me here, or what if they make fun of me?"
Max smiled gently at Ben, "Well, I can tell you they won't hate you, these are good people. Some may be wary, but most won't hold your appearance against you. So, give them a chance. For me?" Ben thought for a moment before nodding. Max smiles and ruffles Ben's hair causing Ben to fuss at him.
The family stepped out and off the ship and took a small shuttle from the docks to the town. While they explored the town, Ben did get a few quizzical looks, but nothing came from it. Then as they were leaving the local diner, Ben bumped into someone causing them both to fall to the ground. Ben, after a minute, looked up at the person across from him. She's a girl about his age with red shoulder-length hair tied into a ponytail. She appeared to have a blend of Asian and Caucasian features. Her outfit consisted of brown combat boots, khaki cargo shorts, and a white tank top under a brown leather vest.
"Ow, hey! Watch where you're-" she didn't get to finish her rant as finally noticed the blue boy she crashed into. She saw him wince and remembered this morning when her parents were telling her about the new family moving in next door. About how their son was different, and to be understanding when she met him. She didn't know they meant this different. She sighs and realizes she may also be at fault, being distracted by her Omni-Tool, "Sorry. My temper seems to have a hair-trigger sometimes," she gets up and walks over to him, "I'm Rachael Shepard, here, let me help you up."
She held her hand out to him as he looked at it trepidly. He didn't know what to think of the girl. She had seen his blue skin and had started shouting at him. But then she stopped and was being nice as if she didn't seem bothered by his abnormality.
He slowly takes her hand and she helps him up, "I'm Ben, Ben Tennyson." Off to the side, Ben's family giggled at the scene.
She shakes the hand still in her grip, "Nice to meet you, Ben. I haven't seen you around so I'm gonna guess you're my new neighbors." Ben nods.
Caroline steps forward, "Hello Rachael, I'm Ben's mother, Caroline. Could you take Ben on a tour please? He's quite shy," she ignored the indignant shout from beside her, "so I was hoping you could help him make some new friends." Rachael thought for a moment before nodding and grabbing Ben's arm. She started dragging him down the road with him confused trying to escape.
Sandra speaks up, "Are sure that's safe?"
Max laughs, "I know the Shepards. They're good folk. Rebecca, Rachael's mother, has a sister who is a part of the Alliance."
Caroline shrugs, "And besides, it won't hurt him to have some fun with kids his age finally.
Sandra knowing she wasn't going to win, concedes, "Fine, Let's go see the house. Maybe the movers will be done and we can start unpacking." They all laugh as Max led them to their new home.
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Ben and Rachael
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Rachael showed Ben all the spots to hang out; the candy shop that a retired officer set up, and the movie lot (similar to drive-in theaters). Then she dragged him to the park, to meet her other friends. They arrive at the playground area where two other girls were waiting. The girl on the left was a bit taller than Ben, with long black hair in a 3 strand braid. She had on a sleeveless black jumpsuit under a leather corset, opera-like brown leather arm warmers, and tight-laced boots.
While the girl next to her was wearing what could be called anything but normal. She was dressed in a gaucho; the orange jumpsuit was sleeveless, baggy, and stopped at her knees. Over this, she wore a leather frock with the part of the top part being pink, and at her waist was a flap apron that was pink with a bunny patch. She wore a belt which a fanny pack and a belt bag, with the same bunny patch on it, sat. On her feet were knee-high socks and blue sneakers. She had a baggy white arm warmer on her right forearm and the bangs of her dirty blond hair were tied with red ribbons.
The blonde launched herself and latched onto Rachael. "Rachael! Where have you been? Who's that boy with you? Is he the reason you're late? He looks cute. Why's his skin blue? Is he part Asari? " Ben flinched and blushed at that questions.
The brunette pulls her off Rachael, stopping her mid-question stream, "Tina, you're being rude again. I'm sorry about her." She smiles at Ben, who turned his head so they couldn't see his blushing face.
Rachael chuckles, "Ben, let me introduce my friends Tina," gesturing towards the blonde and brunette, "and Asami."
Ben waved shyly, "HI, I'm Ben."
The four kids played until sunset. They lay on a grassy hill, tired from playing. Ben sighs and looks up at the sky. "Hey, guys?"
The three girls looked at him "Yeah," all three answered.
He smiled, "Do you think, when we're older, we'll still be friends and go on lots of adventures.
Tina snickered, "Of course."
Asami smiled, "We'll always be your friend Ben."
Rachael grinned, "Ha, wouldn't be fun without yall."
Little did the kids know the adventures they would go on and not all of them were good.
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Vilgaxia
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LOST IT!" A dark figure roars at the beings in front of its throne.
A group of bounty hunters bowed fearfully in front of the most feared being in several galaxies. These are Kraab, a cybernetically enhanced Piscciss Premann; Tetrax Shard, a Petrosapien who sold his planet. Finally the Sotoraggian family; the oldest EightEight, her younger brother SevenSeven, and SixSix who was mutated.
Kraab raised his head, "My lord..."
"SILENCE! Your incompetence has lost the crown jewel to my supreme reign." The silhouetted being sighs, "No matter. There is nowhere for the First Thinker to hide. Soon, I shall have my Omnitrix and no one shall oppose me ever again. Mwahahaha!"
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First Thinker's Ship
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Azmuth, First thinker of Galvan Prime, sighs as he stares out at the vastness of space. He turns his head to look at the very thing that has caused him so much trouble, the Omnitrix. A device that would allow some to 'Walk a mile in another being's shoes'. He had created it in an attempt to make up for the crime of creating Ascalon.
"Father?" He turns around to see his 'daughter'. A mutant galvanic mechamorph, who went by the name Virus now. He remembers when she came into being the form she has now.
*Flashback*
Booom!
An explosion rocks the tower Azmuth resides in. "*Sigh* They are getting closer. I will need to leave soon." A groan catches his attention behind him. He turns to see the stasis pod that held Malware open, with it on the ground.
"F-father, w-what's going on? I'm still incomplete, w-why have you not fixed me?" Malware asked as it stood up.
"I'm sorry Malware. I have still not found a cure, and I don't know if I will with the current situation."
Malware felt rage fill its entire being, "What! What is more important than fixing me?!" As it finishes its sentence another explosion rocks the tower. "We are being attacked? By whom?"
"Vilgax, a warlord bent on ruling the universe. At any means necessary." Azmuth's voice grew grave at this. Malware could have sworn it heard a hopeless tone in its father's tone. Their conversation was interrupted by a bigger explosion that knocked Malware backward off its feet.
Azmuth watched as Malware fell onto the prototype for his Omnitrix, the Unitrix. Sparks flew and surrounded Malware when he made contact with the matrix, then it screamed. Azmuth had to look away as the light produced was blinding. The light died down to reveal a radically changed Malware. Its body had slimmed down and became more feminine, its head more rounded and the yellow star shrunk and rested between its cleavage.
"Ugh. Father, what happened? W-what's wrong with my voice?!" Malware looks down, "I'm whole? I'm complete, oh father I feel wonderful."
"Hmm. You seemed to have merged with an early prototype matrix of mine. Which seems to have cured you of your condition. Oddly enough, it also made you a female mechamorph. This is unheard of. We must study this later."
Myaxx ran in, "Azmuth we need to leave now." He nodded and inputs a code into a metal sphere causing it to float. It then followed him on his floating platform.
"Malware will you join us?" He hoped his child said yes. She nodded and stood up, "Yes father, but call me Virus now. I have been reborn so I feel like I need a new name." Myaxx was shocked to see the new form of Malware, now Virus.
She shook her head, "Come on. The ship is this way."
Azmuth stops at the door, "Computer. Activate the Tabula Rasa Protocol."
UNDERSTOOD CREATOR.
SELF-DESTRUCT IN 10 MINUTES.
GOODBYE CREATOR.
"Goodbye computer."
*End Flashback*
"Azmuth?" Myaxx knocked him out of his memories, "What are the coordinates for the planet we are heading for?" He types in the coordinates and an asteroid-type planet with two rings appears on the screen. "Xenon?!"
He nods, "We will need to create defensive measures to keep the unwanted out. I'll start designing them here on the ship." As he floats away he mumbles under his breath, "I hope you're right about this Time Walker."
AN:
Hello everyone! I'm back and with new vigor. For those who are new to my stories, I stopped writing due to family issues. But I'm back now with a bunny farm bursting, ready to explode. So look forward to more stories. I also want to thank all those that have stuck with my lazy butt. So this is my first story, a Ben 10 x Mass Effect crossover with some cameo reference characters. It will be quite exhilarating.
AN 2: So I kept coming back to this chapter and thinking could do better so I've fixed what I wanted. Now Virus's model is from Amino apps, look up female Malware. I also wanted to add a scene from the Ben 10 universe to show what has happened without Ben or Max being there.
