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Ben is basically there
Heard they where making it. Will check it pit eventually.
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Here are some reviews answered by Ghost
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Co-Written by GhostKaiser23
Disclaimer: Do not own Ben 10
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey everyone! Friday was Ghost's birthday so go give him a congratulations!
So here we go, the newest chapter!
Got to stay, I'm happy you all are enjoying this stories return
We're gonna start the set up for the next arc right now. See if you can find the themes.
Krystal's Harem
Chapter 34: The Heirloom Glitch
It was the following day; people were relaxing in their homes and relieved to hear the weather-person say this. "As you can see, the weather today is now a modest 22 degrees Celsius; a much needed welcome relief to many people living in the Bellwood area after that horrendous heatwave yesterday." Krystal sighed in relief, pouring a drink of lemonade 'What a day.' She thought to herself and relaxed on the living room settee as she sat next to Alex "Hey, Alex. You doing better?" Krystal asked her little brother.
"Mm." Alex nodded, drinking his juice while reading a picture book
"What're you reading?" Krystal asked
"Book." Alex answered, looking at the pictures, repeating with one of the few words he knew.
"Is it good?" Krystal laughed softly, looking down at it. It showed different animals: rabbits, monkeys, cats and dogs. Just cure things to help the child to learn how to spell their names
"D-D-Dog." Alex tried to speak the word.
"There you go." She chuckled in encouragement
Alex smiled back and continued to read, trying to mouth the words.
SMASH!
The two looked over the back of the coach, seeing Luna having dropped her mug as she stood there with her faded eyes "Luna!" Krystal leapt over the couch and tried to get the mug shards away from her. "Are you okay? Another vision?"
Her sister did not answer, showing she was in her trance and preparing to speak her next prophecy "Look to the moon of The First Thinker. Locked within the tomb of the Matrix. It will aim to 'reclaim' its birth right." Luna whispered
"... Huh?" they blinked
"Huh? Did. Did I have a vision again?" Luna asked nervously. And due to yesterday, she had her fur trimmed down so that she could go outside easier.
"Yeah." Krystal nodded
"...Was it weird?" Luna asked
"A little, but don't worry yourself about it." Krystal stroked her head.
"Okay." Luna nodded, smiling
"Luna." Alex pointed, looking at his sister.
"Yes?" She smiled, leaning down so she was eye level with him
"L. U. N. A." He smiled, spelling out her name
"Awe~, he's spelt my name." Luna smiled, and hugged her brother.
"Heh!" Alex grinned cheerfully and hugged his big sister
"He's a fluffy hugger." Krystal chuckled
"The most huggy!" Luna nodded in agreement, giggling
"I'm gonna get a drink. Okay?" Krystal asked
"Okay." Luna nodded, letting Krystal go to the kitchen. Luna turned the TV on, turning to cartoons as Krystal went to the kitchen she sighed, getting a drink. Non-alcoholic one, bit too early for that
"What's gotten you in a mood?" Ship asked
"Just. Just about yesterday." Krystal frowned
"What about it?"
"Dad searched for new planets, helping out people... How can I compare?" Krystal responded
"Krystal." Ship sighed
"You be yourself." Gwen smiled as she walked in
"Mama Gwen?" Krystal turned back and saw her seeing her in casual beach wear
"Hey." Gwen nodded, rubbing her daughter's back "As I said, just be yourself. You'll catch up to your dad one day. Probably be even better."
"Yeah well..." Krystal rubbed her neck and touched the Nemetrix.
"So?" Gwen shrugged
"I dunno. I'm just...feeling down." Krystal frowned.
"That thing does not make you any less of a hero." Gwen assured
"I guess. Maybe I'm just feeling intimidated by dad." Krystal answered
"That's normal." Gwen rolled her eyes and hugged her
Krystal sighed and hugged back. "Thanks."
"Your a teenager. It's okay." Gwen joked
Krystal chuckled at that. "I think I needed that."
Gwen nodded, kissing the top of her head "Now go have fun."
"Thanks." Krystal nodded and headed out 'I think I'll go see TwoTwo.'
"Hey, Krystal! What are you doing?" Scout smiled as he ran over, carrying their little sister Skarlet
"I'm going to see TwoTwo. Hey, Skarlet." Krystal stroked her little sister's head.
"Kyas!" Her little sister laughed, grabbing Krystal's hand
"Hey! Can we come?!" Scout grinned
"Err... Well, I was." Krystal mumbled.
"Pwease." Skarlet asked cutely while poking Skarlet's side
"Pweash." Skarlet asked as she pouted cutely, like Scout had been teaching her to do this... sneaky little bastard
"Oh fine." Krystal sighed, her head dropping in defeat
"Yay!" The two cheered
"I'll get her bag." Scout answered as he passed Skarlet to Krystal. As soon as his sister had his other sister in her hands he ran inside as fast as he could
"...You are too cute for your own good." Krystal smirked
"Hee." Skarlet giggled and smiled
*time skip*
KNOCK KNOCK
"Coming." TwoTwo came down wearing her purple and black armour. Her normal attire, honestly. Opening the door she was struck with a rather funny sight
"Hey." Krystal smiled awkwardly, holding Skarlet in her arms, with Scout carrying a large bag on his back and on her back
"Err. Hey. Going for a sleepover?" TwoTwo asked with a jokey smile.
"Haha, very funny. They wanted to come with." Krystal explained as she walked in, Scout jumping off her back
"Hi, TwoTwo." Scout waved.
"Wish you'd told me you where moving out of your brother's house BEFORE you moved out. I would have helped." Krystal frowned
"Yeah well... It was something I HAD to do." TwoTwo answered sadly. "I just got busy. Plus you were busy with that series of bank robberies."
"I... Yeah, I was." Krystal admitted "Sorry."
"A hero's work is never done, I've accepted that before I even started dating you." TwoTwo responded. "Drink?"
"Please." Scout nodded with Skarlet nodding in agreement
"Okay, two lots of juice." TwoTwo answered.
"Thank you." Scout responded
"Got any of that good stuff?" Krystal asked
"What do you take me for?" TwoTwo frowned
"TwoTwo." Krystal frowned at that.
"Of course I do." TwoTwo responded. Krystal snickered and pinched her girlfriends backside. TwoTwo jumped lightly before turning back and glared playfully at a 'innocent whistling' Krystal. She rolled her eyes, going to make her girlfriend and said girlfriend's younger siblings their drinks "Here you go, you two." TwoTwo handed over the drinks to the younger siblings.
"Thank you." Scout nodded, drinking it with a sigh
"And a glass of Vulpin Fruit Cooler for you." TwoTwo smiled at Krystal
"Thanks bae." Krystal winked
Krystal took a sip and sighed, her taste buds exploding with flavour "Hmm~!" Krystal hummed happily as she tasted it.
"You could just buy it yourself, you know." TwoTwo frowned softly
"And they'd try and get me to do endorsement deals." Krystal shot back
TwoTwo snapped her fingers in realisation. "That's true."
"So, what you been up to kiddo?" TwoTwo asked Scout
"Been helping out at home." Scout answered. "Looking after Skarlet and Kitty. And Ren. And..."
"We get it." The older girls laughed
Scout blushed and reclused himself lightly, taking a drink.
"Does he still blame himself for what happened?" TwoTwo whispered to Krystal
"Mmm." Krystal just nodded.
'Those dicks.' TwoTwo mentally cursed Scout's former 'friends'.
"So, Scout, why'd you want to hang out with me and your boring sister?" TwoTwo asked playfully, trying to cheer him up
"Hey!" Krystal huffed "I'm gonna get you for that." she grumbled
"I. Well. CanIseetheguns?" He mumbled under his breath
"Huh?" Both girls blinked
"I. Want to see the guns." Scout responded, feeling embarrassed and his hands rubbing.
"... Okay." TwoTwo blinked
"S-Sorry. I. Well...I'm getting into weapons." Scout admitted.
"It's fine." TwoTwo nodded
"Yeah?" Scout asked
"Yeah. I'll show you a few small ones." TwoTwo answered. "Small meaning 'nonlethal'."
"Oh." He pouted
"Hey, I don't want my future brother in law getting hurt. And I'm CERTAINLY not gonna expose a baby to weapons." TwoTwo responded with a reasonable answer
"Oh? Future brother in law?" Krystal smirked, hugging TwoTwo from behind "I didn't expect such a sudden and random proposal, I don't know what to say."
"No, just a promise." TwoTwo winked
"TT!" Krystal almost squeaked happily at that, hugging her tighter.
"I'm proposing properly when I get a ring and the right chance." TwoTwo stated without hesitation. Krystal smiled back at that, those thoughts of a wedding day now flooding her mind.
'Did...Did I just interrupt something?' Scout thought, feeling a bit uncomfortable about all this 'marriage talk' stuff. He hadn't even had a girlfriend before. Heck, he hadn't talked to WOMEN before. Outside of his family members.
A few girls at school but they had cooties
'Darn cooties.' Scout thought.
"So. Weapons?" TwoTwo asked
"Yeah! Yeah! Weapons!" He nodded
"Watch and enjoy." TwoTwo pressed a button on the wall...and a large rack of guns and weapons emerged... But no weapons
"Huh? Wh-where're the weapons?" Scout frowned
"I... I've been robbed?" TwoTwo blinked in horror
"What? How?" Krystal asked in shock
"I dunno. I've been robbed!" TwoTwo responded as she looked around in horror "I'VE BEEN ROBBED!"
"What do we do?" Krystal asked
Scout froze, he didn't want this. He didn't want to think about this sort of thing again 'Nononononononononono!' he thought in panic
"It has to be one of your neighbors." Krystal frowned
"No, can't be them. They're out of town on holiday." TwoTwo answered
"All of them?" Krystal frowned
"... I dunno." TwoTwo responded, a panicked tone in her voice "Some of them are very dangerous!"
"HOW dangerous?" Krystal asked
"'City destroying' dangerous." TwoTwo warned
"... Why do you have those?" Krystal sighed and facepalmed, not surprised by her girlfriend at all '... is she my fiance now?' she thought
"They were my grandmother's." TwoTwo admitted
"Oh." Krystal blinked
"Sorry. Sentimental stuff." TwoTwo answered. "But we've GOT to find them."
"We will." Krystal nodded and kissed her
"I'll stay here with Skarlet." Scout added, trying to protect his sister.
"Bang!" Skarlet giggled
"Yes, Skarlet. 'Bang'." Scout nodded... and then slowly realised "D-Did you just speak?"
"Bang!" She smiled
"Krys~! Skarlet's spoken her second word!" Scout called out, as Krystal and TwoTwo were gone
"Huh?!" Krystal yelled, running back in "What?!"
"She said her second word!" Scout answered. "Come on, Skarlet. You can do it."
"Bang!" Skarlet smiled again, still innocently.
"... Oh my god!" Krystal cheered, picking her sister up "Way to go!"
"Ababaa!" Skarlet cheered lightly as she was picked up and almost spun around.
"Achoo!"
Krystal froze, hearing a sneeze fill the room that didn't belong to anyone who she could see "Wait. Who's there?" Krystal pulled her sister in and looked around, trying to hear that sneeze. She looked around, in the defensive "TwoTwo. Can you see anything?" Krystal asked
"Hold on." She said, pressing a button on her mask/helmet Her vision turned from normal colour to ultraviolet and infrared.
Krystal holding Skarlet.
Scout
... and an unknown figure.
"THERE!" She yelled, a gun emerging from her firearm and opening fire. The figure leaped out of the way, trying to dodge the bullets/lasers before getting singed on the... back?
A figure fell to the floor, the figure shifting from invisible to visible. It was a light purple reptilian alien with dark purple blotches and a black 'helmet' with a red, green and blue section for eyes. It was hissing and writhing in pain as the singed flesh on his back.
"What the hell?" Krystal frowned
"A Merlinisapien. What're you doing here?" TwoTwo ordered, her gun pressed against the aliens face "And why are you trying to steal from me?!"
"Argh! D-Damn it!" The Melinisapien hissed before Krystal stepped on his chest.
"Start talking." Krystal growled
her Nemitrix flashing, showing how pissed she was
"Gah! I-I'm a smuggler. A guy's paying top Tayden for this stuff." He responded, struggling to pull Krystal off.
"What?" TwoTwo glared
"Who's the guy?" Krystal pushed harder onto his chest, the Nemetrix flaring a bright red.
"A-A Mecha. Morph." The Merlinisapien struggled to breathe
"A what?" TwoTwo glared "I can't hear yoU!"
"Galvanic. Mechamorph." He responded. "In undertown."
"What address?" Krystal ordered, glaring
"11111 Underfield." He responded, soon passing out from the pain and lack of oxygen.
TwoTwo huffed, taking her guns back
THUD!
The Merlinisapien was kicked unconscious and tied up.
*time skip*
Krystal and TwoTwo were now deep in Undertown, going to find the location. They had asked the Plumbers to take Scout and Skarlet home "So. 11111 Underfield. Too many numbers." Krystal sighed. "We're gonna find your guns, TT."
"Glad we got some back, the asshole getting greedy." She nodded
"Yeah, but I wonder what Mechamorph wants tech?" Krystal asked "Especially weapons as old as those. Are they any good?"
"They're strong, but they're old." TwoTwo answered. "They still pack a punch."
Krystal nodded and sighed "So this is dangerous."
"... This way." TwoTwo pointed, showing the way with a map in her helmet
"That thing is stupid useful." Ship commented
"Yes, it is. Here we are." TwoTwo answered, pointing to a dilapidated home.
"... how is this place still standing?" Krystal blinked
"I dunno. But it seems to be standing for now." TwoTwo answered.
Krystal nodded, knocking the door.
There was no response. Makes sense that there wasn't.
"Hang on." TwoTwo answered, readying a weapon
"We are the Plumbers! We're coming in!" Krystal yelled in before taking a step back. TwoTwo nodded, letting Krystal kick the door in and hoped that the door didn't cause any of the walls to fall in. She stood behind her, her guns are the ready
Krystal walked in, trying to see who was in there...and could only see the light in the house... and a crate within. Something Galvanic in nature
"What the hell?" She frowned suspiciously. Krystal didn't get closer to the crate. She's seen enough movies to know that SOMETHING was going to jump scare her. "TT. Are there any live beings inside?"
"It's protected." TwoTwo frowned "I'm not getting any readings."
"Okay." Krystal nodded. "Ship. Get ready." She transformed into Emerald.
"Understood." Ship nodded
Krystal reached outs her hand in a large blade. The crate began to hiss. Sounding like mechanical whirring... and shot out into a black goop with red circuitry lines!
Krystal growled, slashing with her diamond blade arms. The blades tried to cut and slice at the goop, but it seemed to try and absorb her. "GAH! Get. OFF!" She lashed and whipped her arms to splat the goop away...which formed into a figure. Tall and bulky with a center eye on the face with large claws and teeth.
"What the hell?!" TwoTwo yelled "Malware?!"
"Krystal Tennyson. And TwoTwo. It's been a while." Malware hissed, powering up a cannon and shot at them. They jumped out of the way, dodging the blast
"Malware's the one stealing your tech?" Krystal called out as she dodged the blast.
"Makes sense. We've got some amazing gear." TwoTwo responded
"But why?" Krystal frowned "I mean... Time travel."
"Simple. I'm after something from the nearby Plumbers containment center. This was just a bonus." He answered, lifting an item from the container... Albedo's destroyed Ultimatrix from the failed Incarsian Invasion
"Oh no!" The two gasped
"That failed Galvan may not have been Father...But his technology was JUST as potent." Malware answered
"Like hell I'm gonna let you do that!" Krystal glared. Malware slipped down, allowing himself to dodge, only to get blasted in the back
"Take it, bitch!" TwoTwo glared "Give me back my grandmother's weapons!"
"Sorry. They're a part of ME now." Malware answered, shooting a spike from his back
"... What?" She glared
"I mean. THIS!" He shot out at her. TwoTwo grunted in pain, slamming into the wall making the house start to collapse
"TT!" Krystal leapt in to protect her.
PEW!
Malware shot a laser at her, aiming to crush the two under the rubble. The house crumbled down completely, Malware emerging from the rubble "Ah~. Goodbye, you two." He spoke, absorbing the Ultimatrix... but couldn't "What?! Damn it, too badly damaged. The core is too unstable at this point. Need to fix it." He spoke, sliding away to the sewer pipes only for fire to block his path "GAH!" He screamed as he slid out, landing below onto the ground
"Got him!" Scout cheered, holding a giant gun
"You. Little. BASTARD!" Malware snarled, getting up and reformed only to be blaster by ice
Krystal emerged from the rubble as Emerald, her right arm in the shape of Articgwana's head "Don't touch my brother." She glared
"You okay, Scout?" TwoTwo asked
"I. Feel. GREAT!" Scout answered with a burning fire.
"Put that down." Krystal frowned
"Okay." Scout frowned and dropped the gun.
"Ship. Time to go crazy." Krystal frowned "He's tech. Fire and cold."
"I'm on it!" Ship answered, morphing her arms to form a Heatblast arm and Articguana's head.
"You look like Omnimon!" Scout commented in excitement
"Who?" Krystal asked in confusion
"I-watched anime." Scout admitted, feeling embarrassed.
"Oh, a character from one of those cartoons you watch." Krystal nodded making Scout face plant
"GAH! You bitch!" Malware snarled, pushing through the rubble and shot out a big laser. Krystal growled, her main body becoming Speed Queen. She zoomed around the area, alternating between blasts of fire and ice. Malware tried to shoot back, but couldn't, getting blasted in three different directions. Twice from Krystal and in the back by TwoTwo.
Slowly Malwear was being worn down, falling to his knees
Scout wanted to help out, but at his sister's order, he had to hold back. He looked down at his gun and grinned, taking it apart
"Scout! What're you doing?" TwoTwo asked, trying to keep focus.
"Two seconds!" He giggled in excitement
"You better not be doing something stupid!" Krystal answered, combining her two arm cannons.
"Hey!" Scout huffed
"Take. THIS!" Malware shot out a barrage of spike, catching Krystal and TwoTwo off guard and forced them back so he could escape. Several small balls landed around him, inches from his feet "Huh?" Malware looked down.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!
... and he was frozen in ice
"Wh-How? What's this?" Krystal asked, unsure if it was HER or TwoTwo.
"It worked!" Scout smiled as he danced around, holding what looked like a tuba with gun handle. Both of the girls looked and blinked in shock
"How? What? What IS that, Scout?" Krystal blinked in absolute confusion
"A grenade launcher. The grenades forming a localized vacuum similar to space, draining the heat from an area until the person is 'encased' in ice." Scout grinned
"... how and where did you learn to make that?" Krystal asked
"... I dunno." He shrugged
The two looked at each other and then at Malware "Well, can't argue with the results." TwoTwo shrugged
"I'll call it in." Krystal answered
"He IS an Incarsian, it is practically in his blood." Ship commented, Krystal reverting to her human state "And I've already called it Krystal... Your dad did an amazing job with this Omegatrix."
"Yeah, I know." Krystal nodded and agreed "... Way to go bro." She smiled, patting his head
*Time skip*
Outside, Scout was playing with Skarlet, like he hadn't just made a grenade launcher to freeze someone while TwoTwo and Krystal where walking inside the Tennyson mansion "So, any ideas on what to tell Attea about her little boy learning his heritage?" TwoTwo asked
"He's been making guns for years." Krystal shrugged
"Seriously? When and how? I've never seen him make any guns." TwoTwo answered
"Like... All the time! He's been told off at school a few dozen times because of it." Krystal said, throwing her arms up "He can make a plasma riffel with an iPad Venus 7, a stapler, some paperclips and a lamp."
TwoTwo blinked at that and pondered "Think I can borrow him this weekend?"
"... Ask your sister." Krystal smiled
The two laughed at that and patted each other's backs "I love you." They smiled
"What about me?" Ship huffed
"Love you two." They laughed