Author Note: Part of the Christmas Explosion! Merry Christmas!
I do not own Ben 10.
Enjoy!
Waiting for his car to come back and being forced to stay within the city walls because there was no way he was using his body to leave, Wanderer was reminded of how the whole city was basically a giant middle finger to the Breathers.
Amazing level of resources spent on the dead who don't need it.
He was spoiled and groomed simply because he wasn't breathing, what breathers feared and yet they were the ones fighting, smelly and starving.
When he got his car back and checked it, he hugged it.
It no longer smelled disgusting and had that brand new car smell.
He took his car on a few short rides before going back to the start, nice long drives through chaos and desperation.
It was glorious.
And then he saw it.
A nice car heading his way, it beeped at him.
He ignored it and slowed down so, it can pass.
However, it did not pass but instead, it slowed down as well.
He sped up, it sped up too.
It was after him.
He smiled.
Let see them keep up with him.
Then he floored it and the car seemed stunned before flooring it too.
He made crazy turns, the car behind him did too.
Okay, now he was interested.
He continued to make turns and spin, the car followed him, then he hit the nitro and he sped off.
The car hit nitro too.
He flicked a switch and his car got wings, then he began to fly.
The other began to fly too but cooler.
"Woah. Who is this driver?" He said.
He wanted to meet this person.
He flew down but in a place where zombie aliens roamed and received his orders.
The car flew down too.
Side by Side, both cars windows were tinted so they couldn't see the other.
Who would reveal themselves first?
Wanderer got out first because he was powerful, he took a smoothie with him and leaned against his car, clean and groomed.
He was surprised when four people came out, one was a ginger-haired female that looked really familiar.
They cautiously came out and then they saw the multitude of Zombies surrounding them but not coming close.
He said. "They're waiting for you to try and hurt me" he stunned them all. "If you keep your distance, you'll get out of here alive"
All of them stared at him drinking his cup.
He went to the car, got out a few things, he made sure his hand couldn't spread his virus and then he threw bottles of cold water at them, much to their shock.
Nobody said anything as they stared at the fresh water in their hands and then back at him.
"When you're near me, you get at least something," he said, he didn't want starvation near his parked car.
Well, that's what he told himself anyway.
The goth dude said. "Nice" and then he opened the water and began to drink.
"Kevin!" Said the girl.
The guy was fine, to the breathers shock.
"If he wanted to kill us, he has these Zombies to do it, so it's unlikely he poisoned the water," said the guy, before taking another swing. "This is the best water I've ever tasted. Nothing like that piss cleaned water"
"Your guys drink your own pee? That's gross" he said before he said. "So where you the one driving just now?"
"Yep," said the guy. "Impressed?"
"A little," he said. "What do you have on your ride?"
Kevin proudly said his Car specs and he whistled in appreciation.
"What's yours?" Said Kevin.
He proudly said his car specs and Kevin did his own whistling.
All the while the others breathers we're looking back and forth with wide eyes and slowly drinking the water.
"How is your car still running? Sunflower oil?" He said.
"No, I nab some alien power crystals before this began." said the guy. "What about you?"
"Don't need that stuff, where I'm from there is a Patrol station, a Car Mechanic and next to it is the most amazing sandwich shop," said Wanderer.
"Lucky," said the guy.
"I know," he said.
"I have some chicken burritos? It's going to go to waste" said Wanderer.
"Load me up," said the guy.
He went to the car and throw it at the guy, the guy unwrapped it without fear and dug in.
"So good!" Said the guy. "There's chicken and sauce in here!"
"Can I-" began the blue alien.
"No," he said, snapped back, surprising the alien. "Have a sweet ride, then you can have a burrito"
The old man was watching him really closely.
He saw the guy finish and said. "Want some Pizza?"
The guy looked shocked and so did everybody else.
"Damn man. No wonder people want to get into your car" said the guy.
"...there are people who want to get into my car?" He said before he looked to the left before he said with barely a smile. "How amusing"
Everybody seemed to go silent as they saw his expression.
"My name is Max Tennerson," said the old man. "This is Brook" pointing to the blue alien. "That's Kevin"
"Yo," Said Kevin.
"Ah, the guy I like," said Wanderer.
"And that's Gwen," said the old man, pointing to the woman.
The woman seemed upset by something.
He said. "Wanderer"
"What? Like a Nickname?" said Kevin.
"No. That's genuinely the name I was born with" he said, stunning them. "Where I come from, it's normal for us to be given titles as names. It really separates us from breathers"
Breathers?
There was silence as everybody watched him not breathe.
He gave them time to come to terms with it.
"Would you like to come over for a visit?" said Max and from his expression he did not expect this.
"Why?" He said to them. "You guys are shocked when I bring out fresh water. It's safe to say, dining with you guys need to be avoided"
"I know," said Max. "We're not going to pretend, most of our foods don't come from a can. We just want you to come over, just because. Take this as a thank you for helping members of our base to get back"
"Hmmm," he said before he got into his car and drove away.
He expected them to follow but they just quickly got in and floored it the other way.
He had no intention of going to a breathers base willingly.
He went back to the city and bask in the superior air and went to the movies and went to the Spa and attended class.
He didn't know why but he took pictures, maybe it was to inflate his ego because he framed the pictures and placed them in his apartment.
Meanwhile, the four of them went back to their base.
"Did you see that he had no Omnitrix on his arm?" Said Max Tenson.
"How could we not see it?" said Kevin 11. "Unless the watch can suddenly turn invisible all of a sudden. He doesn't have it. It must be a party every day for the Undead without that watch and Ben."
"Did you see his eyes? They genuinely scared me" said Gwen. "Ben uses Jokes to make things lighter and hide his insecurities. This guy uses personality to hide the fact he's a terrible person on the inside"
"I was more aware of the control, he had overall the Zombies even to our fallen fighters," said Brook. "He's not breathing. Perhaps, we met the origin of the virus? He said he was born this way. Perhaps, somebody took the DNA from his kind and mutated it to cause this mess"
They live in a world where all sorts of things exist, so why not a species very close to Zombies?
"And what about if he's lying and its just Been but brainwashed?" said Gwen.
"Brainwashed, clone, whatever you want to call him," said Kevin. "The rumours about him are true. He has a safe home and he does not live in fear like us. The Zombies listen to him. I've gleaned him, he's a guy who loves taking his car out for a spin. If we be patient, we will meet him again. Then we can get on his good side, find out about his past, convince him to help out here and there. Perhaps, we can make an appeal"
"Kevin is right," said Max. "This guy is real and he sleeps on many resources. We'll find out more about him and hopefully, we can convince him, to help us. Finding out, if he's my grandson, should take a back seat to make sure everything breathing survives. Ben fought to preserve life till the moment he died. We can not waste that."
An hour and a half later, they were back in the base and Kevin 11 went back into his tent.
The moment he was alone, he took out something that he sensed had been put into his pocket.
He saw it was a note that read "Congratulations, you made an impression on me. Meet me at these coordinates in two days and we can chill"
"When did he?" Said Kevin, but then he memories the coordinates and ripped it into pieces.
He should tell the others about this but then he remembered how everybody treated Ben while he was busting his butt for them.
He was going to keep this hidden and try to help the Kevin 11 way.