A giant golden book with a green hourglass symbol appeared from the empty space as it opened up its pages...again.
The Forgotten Ben's: Chapter fifteen, Walking with Cretaceous Aliens.
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-Earth, Laurasia, Northwest Laramidia/North America, Alaska-
Dawn rises on the polar wetland of this portion of the ancient continent of Laurasia, the sunlight hitting the many conifers and sequoias that dotted the marshy landscape, it's many stagnant pools of water being fed fresh rainwater from the previous night's thunderstorm.
In the distance, a herd of Edmontosaurus were on the move as they grazed on the local flora, making their normal calls that echoed across the landscape, attracting the attention of several packs of Dromaeosaurs and Saurornitholestes from every direction.
But close to the trees dotting the nearest pool of water, hidden within the ferns and conifers, a small three foot tall bird-like reptile with big forward facing yellow eyes, long raptorial hands with sharp three-fingered black sickle-claws, long slender hind limbs, large retractable black sickle-shaped claws on it's second toes that were raised off the ground, a broad U-shaped jaw with small coarsely serrated teeth that were closely spaced near the lower jaw and had serrations on the sides of them, covered in thick white feathers with said feathers spreading out near the tips of the arms and tail, walked carefully in the underbrush in search of food.
This was Stenonychosaurus Inequalis, a small predator that hunted for food in packs...usually, but this one was different, its pack was killed by a plague many seasons ago, leaving it alone in the marshy tundra, scavenging for food anywhere its plentiful.
It looked around while small flying insects moved from one fern to the other, making sure that it was safe to hunt as it walked towards the stagnant pool of marsh water.
The Edmontosaurus in the distance moved passed the pool as the little predator was taking its time looking for carcasses or small mammals.
It then noticed the decaying carcass of a Ugrunaaluk near the right side of the pool before it pulled out a single eyeball and ate it in one gulp.
WOOOOOSSSSHHHHHHH!
The Stenonychosaurus looked up and saw a small bright light in the sky, heading towards the pool at a speed greater than any known animal on the planet.
WOOOOOSSSHHHHHH!
The predator ran for cover, along with the herd of Edmontosaurus, as the ball of light came closer and closer until-
BOOOM!
It hit the ground with enough force to scorch the marshlands and for the pools of water to evaporate.
The Edmontosaurus that escaped the flames stampeded away from the area while the little predator poked its head out from behind an elm tree.
It looked at the smothering crater as it noticed a freshly made kill near the left end of the crater, all the while the smell of burnt marsh water lingered in the air. It moved closer to the carcass while seemingly unafraid of the stream or lingering embers dotting the ground.
Within the smothering crater, about a mile deep, was a small black rock that seemed to be made of an unknown material with what looked like green lines dotting the exterior.
The Stenonychosaurus sniffed the flesh of the Edmontosaurus while not noticing that the rock was 'cracking' and a deep green hue was coming from within, causing it to blink from the bright lights hitting its large eyes and turn in the direction of the lights. It looked through the smoke and noticed a large black and gray 'rock' with a grey circle on the front coated in green stones and had white lines covering the sides, in the center of the crater as the lights almost blinded the predator.
The strange rock's light suddenly died down as it jumped right at the predator.
(A few months later)
Down the coastline of the ancient continent, a herd of Pachyrhinosaurus moved across the shoreline as Dromaeosaurs moved near the outer edges of the nearby forest, looking for the sick and young to feast upon.
But trailing the beach for food alongside the herd was the Stenonychosaurus, who now was sporting a strange black band on its neck with a green circle near the throat area as it hunted for anything edible.
The waves washed up the decayed remains of ancient sea life, many ammonites of strange shapes and sizes, that were affected by the large storm from two nights ago.
It looked around while taking small bites of some dead ammonites who's shells broke post-mortem, not being careful of its surroundings at all.
Stomp.
Stomp.
Stomp.
Stomp.
From the forest, a figure walked out, looking for flesh as the sunlight of early morning made it more visible to the world.
This figure, a large six meter long upright reptile with large dark yellow eyes, long three-toed feet, two small arms with two fingers, covered in pure white feathers except for the feet, fingers and the upper portion of its large skull which had light gray scales, a thin rostrally forked median spur on the top of its skull and over its small crescent-shaped crest behind the eyes, a long heavy tail, a thick S-shaped neck, and thick large circular teeth with the first two teeth being smaller than the others, was a Nanuqsaurus and it was hungry.
The Stenonychosaurus kept on looking for an easy meal while the large predatory animal spotted the tiny reptile and prepared for an ambush.
The Nanuqsaurus crept closer and closer to the smaller predator as it turned its head and looked around as the strange circle on its neck turned dark orange.
Ping...ping….
"Scanning. Incoming threat, activating randomization."
The predator charged as the circle flashed and blinded the animal, causing it to fumble in its initial attack to regain its bearings.
But as it looked again at the spot where the Stenonychosaurus was supposed to be, a ten foot tall giant with dark yellow eyes, three-toed feet, a long tail with spines on the tip, four long claw-like hands, dagger-like teeth, three long horns in the shape of curved blades on its head, and a green circle on its neck, stood in its place as blue flames emanate from its nostrils.
It roared at the Nanuqsaurus, flames licking the sand and turning it into glass in the process, as it looked ready to turn the tables on the predator.
The formerly larger predator, knowing that this thing was more dangerous than itself, tried to drive the creature away with its own roaring, but had to back away as the creature moved closer and closer to it.
It roared before charging at the predator and ripped out its throat in one move, causing the Nanuqsaurus to collapse to the ground in a pool of blood.
"Threat neutralized. Ending transformation."
FLASH!
The predator vanished in a split second of light as the Stenonychosaurus reappeared in its stead, its jaw covered with blood along with its feathers. It then walked towards the carcass while a pack of Saurornitholestes ran behind it, the scent and death cries of the Nanuqsaurus attracting the nearest pack in the area.
The alpha of the pack signaled its pack to circular around the Stenonychosaurus as the circle turned orange again.
Ping...ping….
"Scanning. Incoming threat, activating randomization."
FLASH!
The predators blinked from the intense light as from their blurred visions, they saw a strange form in front of them, a final roar of anger the only thing they could register as the world became black as night.
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Name/Designation Title: Stenonychosaurus Inequalis (Dinosaur Ben- DBen)
Age: 5 (Full grown adult of the species)
Affiliation: Neutral
Dimension: 9912166- 175 DB10
Trix/Abilities: Omnitrix, Troodontid abilities, Dinosaurian physiology, high intelligence for its species.
Aliens used: To'kustar (Ancient ancestor of the modern day Way Big), Detrovite (Not shown.)
Bio: Hatched in the Late Cretaceous period, 100.5–66 Ma, this particular Ben isn't even human, but a Stenonychosaurus Inequalis that was a normal male of the species, until the omnitrix crashed landed in its ecosystem after Azmuth finished it ahead of schedule but lost it due to his own negligence. While intelligent, this version of Ben doesn't have the ability to voluntarily transform into alien lifeforms, so as the compensation for the lack of sentience, the omnitrix created an 'early warning' system that allows it to scan for danger and triggers an automatic yet random transformation to intimidate or defend the subject from predation.