Ben and Zastin stood with there sabers ready to duel,
"you shouldn't interfere with matters that don't concern you, Tennyson," Zastin said to Ben,
Ben places himself into a stands with the handle and hilt close to his chin and the blade pointing downwards to the ground, "you going after my cousin, concerned me," Ben retorted,
They stared each other down for a moment, waiting for one to make the first move until, Zastin charge attempting to stab Ben in the torso, but Ben blocked and countered it By letting the blade graze his saber to the side, Ben lifted the blade then swung it down words, Zastin Jump back preventing Ben's blade to strike him, Ben then immediately charged at Zastin And they both began striking and countering each other's attack so fast that even Lala was having a hard time seeing the blades, Jonathan was unable to see the sabers striking each other and was only able to see sparks from the strikes and the clanking from the sabers clashing each other until there sabers collided and simultaneously broke the them into pieces,
"You, truly are a worthy adversary, Tennyson," Zastin complemented Ben while huffing to catch his breath,
"You're not so bad yourself," Ben return the compliment to Zastin,"What do you say we finish this?" Ben added while smiling and performing a jujitsu stance,
Zastin agreed with him by saying nothing and performing a fighting stance himself, both Lala and Jonathan we're afraid for Ben thinking since he's human, Zastin would kill Ben, both Ben and Zastin Charged at each other ready to exchange blows with each other, until,
"Enough!" A mysterious male voice shouted stopping both Ben and Zastin as a green light appeared in between the two,
The light faded as a small creature started to appear from the light, he looked like a anthropomorphic grey frog from his bulbous green eyes with rectangular black pupils and gray skin, there were four thin tendrils grow out of his lower jaw, while two longer ones grow out of his upper jaw, giving him the appearance of having a beard, he wore a green tunic with black sleeves and a black stripe running down his chest and abdomen, a black belt surrounded his waist, the platings were colored silver and covered more of his neck, shoulders and wrists, as well as his legs and feet, leaving his toes exposed,
"Azmuth?" Peke announced sounding surprised while Lala looked nervous with a smile seeing him appear,
Zastin immediately kneeled seeing Azmuth, "sir Azmuth, I apologize for the delay of retrieving—," Zastin spoke trying to apologize,
But Azmuth, "save your excuses, your delay wasn't the reason why I'm here," Azmuth claimed to Zastin sounding annoyed, "your reckless, "hostage negotiation", along with attempting to kill the boy, is what brought me here," he added while staring down Zastin despite his height,
Jonathan leaned in close to Ben's ear, "What's with the 3 inch gray matter?" He asked whispering in Ben's ear,
"Excuse me, I'm "5" inches, thank you very much!" Azmuth overheard Jonathan and retorted by correcting his hight assumption, "And where do you think you're going, young lady?!" He added by directing his attention loudly towards Lala as she tried sneaking away without him noticing,
"Ah heh heh heh, Hello sensei, it's been a while," Lala greeted Azmuth nervously while scratching the back of her head,
"Sensei, This guy is your teacher?" Jonathan ask sounding surprised,
"She also used to be my lab assistant, that is, until she stole the Omnitrix from my laboratory, and gave it to you," Azmuth tried to explain to Jonathan that he was right and claiming that he was the creator of the Omnitrix, but Jonathan was too stupefied seeing someone so small could be Lala's teacher, let alone a inventor,
"Woaw woaw woaw, pause and rewind for a moment," Jonathan said in his confusion with his head starting to hurt again,
Azmuth saw on how vexed Jonathan was getting from all the new information that was coming, "Perhaps it is best that I start from the beginning boy?" Azmuth suggested to Jonathan, "Come, lower your hand, Jonathan," he added,
Already annoyed, "It's Johnny," Jonathan corrected Azmuth to what he prefers to be called as he lowered his hand to the ground,
Azmuth hopped on his hand and held onto his thumb for stability, he was now able to see everyone at there eye level, "All right now, Tennyson?" He called out for Ben, but,
"yes?" in unison both Ben and Jonathan answered Azmuth causing to groan out of annoyance,
"I meant the older Tennyson," Azmuth corrected Jonathan while rubbing the bridge in between his eyes,
"Oh," Jonathan said feeling stupid,
Azmuth directed his attention towards Ben, "I need you to escort Lala & Zastin to the current location that Lala is staying in," he instructed Ben, and Ben nodded his head confirming that he will do as he was asked to, "And, Zastin, you and I will be having a discussion after I'm done talking with the boy," he added while giving a disappointed glare towards Zastin,
After Ben escorted Lala & Zastin out of the alleyway, it left Jonathan & Azmuth alone to talk,
"Alright, Jonathan—," Azmuth spoke,
"Again, that's Johnny," Jonathan interrupted Azmuth and corrected Azmuth on what he prefers to be called,
"Yes yes, and I am, Azmuth, One of the greatest minds on Galvin Prime and three galaxies, arguably five," Azmuth said introducing himself, "I am also the creator of the Omnitrix," he added surprising Jonathan a bit,
"Wait, you made this thing," Jonathan asked clarifying if what Azmuth said was true,
"That, "thing", is one of the most powerful devices in the entire universe," Azmuth retorted, "what's worse, it's in the hands of a creature that knows nothing outside of its own planet," he added,
"Well it's not like I asked for this to come to me, I mean it literally try to hit me with that weird sphere it was in," Jonathan argues,
"Yes, That's because, Lala, programmed the genetic signature For you when it was meant for, Benjamin," Azmuth said to Jonathan while looking out at the alleyway, "but before we can continue talking let's go somewhere where it doesn't smell like a Lepidopterran," he added wanting to continue their discussions in a different location,
Jonathan didn't say it but he did agreed with Azmuth and placed him on his shoulder as he walked out of the alleyway, "so, Azmuth, what is the Omnitrix?" Jonathan asked,
"The Omnitrix is a portable library of intergalactic genetic data that allowed the wielder to alter their DNA at will and transform into a variety of different alien species, each with their own unique abilities," Azmuth answered by explanation the Omnitrix's basic function and amazing Jonathan on what he has on his wrist, "This device would promote inter-species understanding by allowing other beings to experience different ways of life," he added by explaining its purpose,
"You mean like, "walk a mile in someone shoes" kind of way," Jonathan said in layman's term,
"Yes, exactly," Azmuth said Sounding impressed that Jonathan was able to follow what he was saying, "However, there are those who would abuse this device, and turn it into a weapon," Azmuth added,
"I got the feeling I ran into those people last night," Jonathan said remembering the three drones that attacked him,
"Those three drones you encountered were scouts at best," Azmuth said assuming that's what Jonathan meant and surprising Jonathan that he knew about that event,
"You knew about that?" Jonathan asked,
"Yes, I placed a tracker on the omnitrix if it were ever stolen or fell into the wrong hands," Azmuth explains,
"So that hostage negotiation?" Jonathan asked assuming it was his plan,
"Oh no, I asked for Zastin to retrieve the Omnitrix discreetly, I didn't expect him to take such drastic measures so quickly," Azmuth explains The hostage negotiation was all Zastin's idea,
"So what can you tell me about the "plumbers"," Jonathan curiously asked,
"in short term: They are galactic police officers that are meant to help keep the peace and protecting planets," Azmuth answered, "Most of your relatives like your aunt and uncle are well known plumbers, your second cousin, Benjamin, is one of the best, and was supposed to be the wielder all the Omnitrix," he added,
Jonathan couldn't help but enjoy a lot of his questions being answered and discovering why his aunt and uncle we're hardly around, he wanted to ask a question about Lala, but (Sirens) Jonathan and Azmuth Saw a few fire trucks heading towards an area showing tremendous amount of black smoke causing Jonathan to worry, he immediately grabbed Azmuth and ran holding Azmuth with both of his hands following the firetrucks, He managed to follow the firetrucks at a blazing apartment while hearing people screaming and crying, Jonathan places Azmuth on the ground and press the button to activate the dial not knowing what alien could help,
"What are you planning to do, boy?" Azmuth asked Jonathan,
"I don't know, but I got to help those people in the there somehow," Jonathan answered while trying to turn the dial seeing which alien would help the people in the burning building,
"You don't even know what most of those creatures do," Azmuth argues,
Jonathan didn't want to admit it, but he knows that Azmuth is right, but Jonathan remembered Azmuth was the creator, "but you do," he said to Azmuth, "please, tell me which one could help me with this situation," Jonathan asks for Azmuth's help,
"This problem is not yours nor mine, I came here to retrieve the omnitrix, not help you use it," Azmuth states his reason why he won't help,
Jonathan feared for the people in the building safety and had to act fast,"Then how about this, If you give me one that will help save those people, i'll go with you to get the omnitrix off, no fuss, no resistance," Jonathan struck a deal with Azmuth, Promising to return the Omnitrix for Azmuth assistance,
Seen the seriousness on Jonathan's face Couldn't help but gave Azmuth A sense of believing him, "Very well," Azmuth agreed with Jonathan's deal and repeatedly curled his finger telling Jonathan to bring the omnitrix closer to him, when Jonathan did, Azmuth turn the dial to the creature he knew that would help and press down the dial,
The omnitrix disappeared as red rocks began to form around his arm then entire body, after the red rock covered his body they began to ignite in between the cracks and send his head looking a blaze and his clothes ignited along with his possessions in his pocket leaving his phone fried, his wallet chard, and his mask undamaged, "Wow, I'm on fire, and it doesn't even hurt," Jonathan sad feeling amaze,
"The creature that you are now it's called a Pyronite," Azmuth said to Jonathan, "now, listen carefully as I'm going to explain what this one can do, these creatures are able to control and produce fire, how they do tha—, HEY!" he tried adding by trying to explain what the Pyronite does but Jonathan ran to the burning building before he had a chance to explain, "that boy is definitely a, Tennyson," he said to himself
Firemen were starting to panic as the fire wasn't showing on letting up, "there still people in the building!" One fireman said as he was running out of the building caring a woman,
"Sir, our water pressure is getting low," another fireman Holding the hose said to the leading fireman as they were running low on water in their trucks,
"Tell your man to shut off the hoses," Jonathan said to the leading fireman As he approaches to them,
"And who are you?" The leading fireman begrudgingly asked wondering why he should listen,
"Omniten," Jonathan stated his reason why by only giving the name he used earlier,
The leading fireman remembered hearing that name from his sons Twitter account, as much as he didn't want to listen to the walking burning man, he was more desperate wanting the fire to be put out, " OK, what's your plan?" The leading firemen asked,
"Get a fireman to carry a hose on each side of the building after I cleared it out,"Jonathan instructed the leading fireman and the leading firemen agreed, Jonathan then directed his attention to the firemen that came out of the burning building, "you said there was other people in the building, where are they?" Jonathan asked,
"There on the second floor, it's a kid, One of my friends went to that floor, but he wasn't responding on the radio," The firemen explain and added,
Jonathan ran into the burning building knowing what his Objective is now, the leading fireman instructed each fireman handling a hose to standby like Jonathan instructed,
Jonathan ran through the building unaffected by the heat from the embers or the smoke in the air, he had to admit To himself it felt cool on how he wasn't getting burned, he made it to the second floor passing an iron skinny box sitting on the wall horizontally, "hey, anyone here?" He shouts trying to find the kid or fireman, HEY, I'm here to help!" he spoke louder hoping someone would hear him, until,
"(sob) help, please, somebody help (crying)!" he was able to hear a kid crying for help behind a door to an apartment,
"hold on kid, I'm coming!" Jonathan shouted Then ripped the door off its hinges like it was cardboard, mistakingly it caused the fire to spread in the living room further from air entering the room, he saw the kid cry out of terror, he found a little girl sitting in the middle of the living room and began to walk towards her frightening her a bit, "hey kid," Jonathan said to the child getting her attention, "it's OK, I'm here to help," he stated Causing the kid to calm down a bit, "You mind doing me a favor bud?" Jonathan asks the kid causing the kid to not her head, "Do you know where I can find a fireman?" He asked the kid and the child nodded her head pointing in the kitchen, Jonathan ran to the kitchen and found the firemen unconscious laying on the ground with a beam on him, Now that he finally found the kid and fireman he still didn't know and how to get them out without getting them burned, but remember that there was a long skinny box at the end of the hallway and remembered those boxes contain flame retardant blankets, he fell he didn't have time going around to get it and decided to bust a hole through the wall for a shortcut, he made it back to the hall where the box was in ripped it off The wall and ran back to the Little girl, When he got to the living room immediately open the box and laid it out for the kid, "OK bud, now I need you to stay on this blanket," He asked for the kid and the kid did as she was told, Jonathan had to act fast knowing that the building was getting hotter and weaker by the second, he ran back to the kitchen to rescue the firemen by lifting the beam off of the firemen and grab the firemen by the shoulders of his jacket knowing that it was also flame retardant, but,
"Ahh!" He heard the little girl screaming from the fire spreading faster, he realize now that he created a wind tunnel for the fire to spread when he open the door and bust a hole through the wall,
"Oh no, no no no no no!" Jonathan begin to panic knowing that he just may have sealed the little girls fate, He was beginning to feel fear once again on not knowing how to save someone with an alien that he knows nothing of, he extended his hand thinking he could try to grab the flame resistant blanket, But had no luck from finding out that the fireman's boot got caught onto something, at the very moment he saw the little girl starting to cry wanting help, memories Of his past flash before him in bits, he remembered crying in looking the same way that the little girl is now, feeling fear by a faint image of something he still doesn't know, and began to grow frustrated from not even being able to handle a simple rescue, but in his mixed emotions he began to noticed that the fire was coming to him and was being absorbed in his extended hand, "well that's a new trick, "He said to himself, "but handy," he added as he started absorbing all the fire in the living room saving the little girl for the moment, he managed To get that fire men's boot off of whatever got caught and quickly gently placed them on the fire blanket, "OK kid now we're gonna play a little game called, "wrapped like a burrito", ok?" He said to the child Which the child responded well, "OK ,while I'm wrapping you and Mr. Fireman in this blanket, I need you to hold onto him really tight like a big hug, can you do that for me?" Gently instructed the Little girl and the kid did as he asked by hugging onto the firemen as hard as she could, Jonathan acted fast as he saw that the fire was starting to spread back into the living room, he managed to fold a blanket around the child and fire man without scorching the fire blanket And picked up the blanket bridal style, "I'm really not gonna like this next part," he said to himself as he looks at the window in the living room,
[outside]
The four fireman were waiting for the leading fireman To tell them to turn the hoses back on as the leading fireman was worrying on the fire spreading to the other buildings from the wait,
"where's my baby girl?!" A woman shouts as a fireman was holding her back from her running into the building looking for her,
"Come on, Come on, come on," the leading fireman impatiently said, until,
(crash) Jonathan jumped out of the living room window On the second floor and his butt and back landed on a car roof While carrying the fireman and little girl in the fire resistant blanket,
"NOW!" The leading fireman shouted causing all for the firemen to release the hoses and dousing the flames like there was no tomorrow for them,
Jonathan managed to get off the car without setting it on fire and gently place the fire resistant blanket burrito for the firemen to unravel it, after they unravel the blanket finding the little girl and unconscious firemen,
"Mommy; Sakura!" The little girl shouts running to her mother and vice versa leaving Jonathan satisfied on seeing a family reunited,
"That was a good job, Omniten," The leading firemen complemented Jonathan for saving the little girl and one of his brothers,
"Thank you, burning man," the little girl said to Jonathan while being hugged by her mother And everyone clapping in applies to his good deed,
Jonathan couldn't help but feel embarrassed as he enjoyed it a bit,
"Sir we found the source of what caused the fire, it was found In behind the check in room filled with beakers and test tubes and charred animals in cages," the firemen informed the leading firemen,
The leading fireman thanked his crew member then turned around to find Jonathan gone, Jonathan made his way back Azmuth Who is in patiently waiting for Jonathan by tapping his foot,
"Well Now that I helped you save those people, It's time to fulfill your end of the bargain," Azmuth said to Jonathan,
As much is Jonathan enjoyed being the hero and didn't want to give up the Omnitrix now, " A bargain is a bargain," he said to Azmuth knowing that he has to hold up his end of the deal now, "So, do we wait for me to Time out so that I could be able to carry you, because I also need pants," he added,
"we could wait, but—," Azmuth said to Jonathan then curled his fingers again for Jonathan to lean forward then touch the Omnitrix icon turning Jonathan into a Kineceleran,
"Woh, I changed," Jonathan sad sounding surprise,
"Yes, I turned you into a Kineceleran to make our travels to your home go faster," Azmuth stated why he changed Jonathan, "I also took the liberty and holding onto your cell phone, wallet, and mask, unfortunately your wallet and sell phone got a little Scorched when you turn into a Pyronite, however, the mask seems to be flame resistant, no doubt my Lab assistant, Lala, thought of this, clever girl," he added,
"Oh man," Jonathan wasn't too happy on how one of the aliens just torched his belongings, he did however Found it relieving when he checked and found that the money he had in his wallet did not get burned in the process, "hey, before we go to my house, do you mind if we get something to eat, i'm starving," he asked while his stomach began to gurgle from hunger,
Azmuth couldn't lie that he needs nourishment himself, "very well, will stop for food, then home—," he agreed and Jonathan immediately picked him up without warning,
"Great, I know just the place," Jonathan said and immediately dashed off without warning Azmuth,
While running, Jonathan couldn't believe how exciting a Kineceleran speed was, the faster he went, the more everything slow down for him, while running he thought he saw Risa and Mio In the process, he turned around for a moment seeing if it was them, but Got distracted by being able to see Risa black lacy panties and Moi yellow checkered panties from there skirts getting blown upwards by his speed, he would lie to himself saying that it wasn't a perk as he was enjoying the view, Until, (Bonk) he ran into a streetlight and fell to the floor with a powerful headache,
"you speeding dunderhead, I can't catch my breath with you going that fast, you almost killed me," Azmuth shouts stating that the speed Jonathan was going too fast and prevented him to grasp some air, "what do you have to say for yourself?!" He added,
"Black with yellow checkers," Jonathan said with a goofy smile,
Azmuth didn't know what he meant by that until he heard Risa and Mio yelp A bit while pushing down there skirt front area but exposing there panties rear, "teenage hormones, right," he found it joylessly relieving that colorful fabric found on the females reproductive area saved his life,
Jonathan snapped back into reality and grabbed Azmuth and ran a slower pace to a thrift store to grab a pair pants and a plain white shirt and left ¥10,000 on the checkout counter as payment, (Beep, bop, bop, bop, bou) The omnitrix time out placing Jonathan and Azmuth behind a burger joint to where they can order outside And Jonathan been able to place the clothes he bought on him do to the Pyronite burning his last, Jonathan sat down to a picnic bench already knowing what he wants leaving Azmuth looking at the menu finding what to eat,
"nothing here for me seems, edible," Azmuth said finding nothing for him to eat,
"I go with a smoothie," Jonathan suggested for him, Azmuth nodded his head with a grunt confirming that he agreed finding the only thing edible for him,
Jonathan then saw one of the check out girls coming to the picnic bench to take their orders, "Hi, sweetie, how may I take your order?" The checkout girl asks,
"I'll take your custom burger With a vanilla smoothie please," Jonathan politely said his ordered,
"sure thing, cutie pie," the check out girl answered as she took his menu and walked back making his order leaving Jonathan and Azmuth alone again,
Jonathan felt that would be a good time to ask Azmuth a question about Lala, " since we're gonna have to wait a while, mind telling me how you and Lala know each other," Jonathan asked while resting his cheek on his hand,
"Ah Yes, the Galvan and the Devilukeans are, Believe it or not neighbors, we didn't exactly see Eye 2 Eye in some parts, until we met with a common enemy, but that story is for another time, after I saw Lala's innocence with a great mind, I felt I could be her teacher in meca-mechanics, even have her assist me in several projects I was working on, including the Omnitrix with a little help from your relatives collecting some DNA samples," Azmuth explains his and Lala's species relationship leading to there personal one, "that is until something happened that changed my opinion," he added,
"What changed it?" Jonathan asked,
Azmuth Then pointed at Jonathan saying "you,"
"Me, Why?" Jonathan asked Azmuth why he changed Azmuth's mind about Lala,
"Because since that day you saved her, she has done nothing but talk about on figuring a way on how to make you into a so-called "hero", I didn't mind at first really, it gave her something to do while she was helping me with making the Omnitrix, but then she stole it from my lap and claimed it to be a Royal engagement present," Azmuth explain,
"Wait, engagement present?" Surprised to Jonathan's believe, he never would've thought that the Omnitrix was a actual engagement present, he wanted Azmuth to explain more, until,
"(whoosh, Swoop) Azmuth!" Jonathan shouted as a raven came down and grabbed Azmuth without warning and began flying away Leaving Jonathan running after it to save Azmuth, while chasing the bird, Jonathan noticed that the raven looked a little Larger then an average raven, Jonathan manage to follow the raven in an abandoned factory and began sneaking his way in Hoping no one would notice, The further he went into the factory the more uncomfortable he felt as he noticed that there were a lot of cages filled with dead animals and the ones he found alive for too scared to even make a sound, he managed to find a room with the lights on but not from the room it's self then saw the raven fly down and dropped Azmuth in the person hand causing the person to clinch tightly onto Azmuth preventing Azmuth to escape,
"what an interesting specimen you brought for me today," the strange man said to the raven while holding Azmuth and examining him,
"Unhand me you back water cretin," Azmuth Demanded from the mysterious stranger,
"Oh my, my, and amphibian that can speak, I wonder how in all of the animal kingdom, you show knowledge?" The stranger curiously asked himself not directing towards Azmuth, "let's find out," he added been strapped Azmuth to a table and began scrimmaging through his belongings,
Jonathan was afraid for Azmuth, he wanted to call his family but remembered that his cell phone got scorched from his last transformation And knew he couldn't run to go get them without Azmuth getting cut open, He did, however, remembered he still has the mask Lila gave him,
The stranger place the surgical tray filled with dissecting tools such as a scalpel, forceps, and a few small needles causing Azmuth to worry a bit, "now, shall we begin?" He rhetorically asked Azmuth before dissecting him, until, (Tap tap,) The stranger turned when someone tapped on his shoulder, (Pow) Then fell to the floor from blonde Jonathan punching his nose hard,
Jonathan manage to free Azmuth by cutting the straps with the scalpel,
"it's about time boy, any longer and I would've been cut open," Azmuth impatiently said to Jonathan as he jumped to his hand
"The night is still young," Jonathan stated that they haven't left the factory to make there escape,
The stranger picked himself off the ground looking angry then grabbed what looks to be a bulky mechanical arm close to him and ended at his Raven,
Jonathan manage to make his way to the factories exit, until, (slam) The raven stopped him from going any further by landing on that ground and looking like he grew to the size of a human And let out a screeching roar, "I'll admit, child, that little sneak attack there was quite vexingly painful," The stranger commented on Jonathan's sucker punch to him in the dark, He steps out of the shadow showing that he had pale skin with silver hair and yellowish eyes showing that he had a lack of health, he wears a lab coat with a black tank top under it holding to mechanical arms connected to a device holding onto his chest and wearing brown pants and black boots, "now, handover my specimen, child," The stranger demanded for Jonathan to give up Azmuth,
"That's not gonna happen, Umm..," Jonathan tried to sound intimidating to the stranger but did not know what the strangers name was,
"oh yes, where are my manners, I am, Dr. Aloysius Animo," The stranger introduced himself to Jonathan,
"well then, "Dr. animo", This "specimen" is going with me," Jonathan retorted to Dr. Animo,
"Have it your way, child," Animo smiles to Jonathan then snapped his fingers, causing the mutated raven to attack Jonathan,
The raven tried stabbing Jonathan with its beak, but Jonathan dodged and ran just some debris and found a metal pipe do use as a weapon,
"What are you doing, transform!" Azmuth shouts to Jonathan to change into a different alien to even the playing field,
"No," Jonathan denied,
"Why?" Azmuth begrudgingly ask,
"Because, even if I were to take out the raven, Dr. mutate over there will just find another animal for me to fight," Jonathan explains why he wouldn't change causing Azmuth to underestimate his thinking strategy now,
They both noticed that the raven hasn't tried swooping down to catch them yet, until, (crash) The raven circled around during their argument with each other and attack Jonathan I diving headfirst towards them, They both I landed out in the middle of the factory having Azmuth close to Dr. Animo's, Jonathan tried getting up to save Azmuth, but the raven immediately landed on top of Jonathan with its talens leaving him pinned but unharmed,
"Finally, now I can get back to finishing my work," Dr. Animo spoke out loud smiling,
"What do you plan on doing with him," Jonathan demands an answer from Animo While struggling to break free from the raven,
"This amphibian is able to walk On two legs and is able to speak, I plan on figuring out how his evolutionary structured I allowed him to do so, and once I do, I, Dr. Animo, shall be the pinnacle of being the Apex predator, by restoring my health, and being physically powerful as well as matching my intelligence," Animo explains to Jonathan with a monologue, "I almost had it complete, but my work was too much for the electrical's, and caused a fire destroying my lab," he added,
It then hit Jonathan, "wait, that fire in the apartment building, that was you?" Jonathan asked Animo and Animo said nothing but just smiled, "You almost killed everybody in there!" He added sounding furious,
"It's not evolution, without a few weaker ones dying," Animo Coldly said to Jonathan and causing Jonathan to feel pure anger,
Jonathan realized that he still had the pipe he was going to use as a weapon and noticed on how shiny it was, his memories came again remembering once in class that some known animals show sign of intelligence by being attracted to shiny object like how humans would be attracted to gold, and a raven was one of the known animals, he then managed to shine a little bit of The pipes reflection in the ravens eye and catching its attention, (peck) when the raven tried grabbing the pipe, (peck) Jonathan would move it to another direction to as it grabbing the pipe and begin pecking at the ground like a chicken grabbing corn feed, until, (Peck, peck, peck peck peck peck) Jonathan got it so frustrated that he managed to make it miss it's mark and a aim at one of its talon causing the raven to screech in pain and releasing Jonathan's arm, Animo turn his head as Jonathan threw the pipe for the raven to go fetch it,
"Clever, child," Animo complement to Jonathan,
"Now you're going to see what happens when you piss me off," Jonathan stated, he held the Omnitrix close to his face exposing the face plate to Animo and Azmuth, then press the button below the face plate activating it and grabs onto the dial, "shift into Omnidrive," he shouted his battle cry while cranking the dial and slam down not knowing what alien he will turn into, the Omnitrix disappeared along with his eyes, nose, and ears Having his his entire body covered with orange fur with his upper body growing large ripping his shirt and his lower body shrinking dropping his pants and giving him an ape like stands, his hand changed into paws with carving claws and his mouth growing fangs, the Omnitrix reappeared on his shoulder Finishing the transformation with him extending his arm up words then down with a whaling roar and shaking his head rapidly with foaming drool flying out of his mouth,
"what is that?!" Animo shouted not expecting anyone would answer,
But Azmuth, "That, Dr., is called a Vulpimancer, a very strong and very dangerous creature, I suggest you surrender now," Azmuth explained what Jonathan turned into while telling Animo what he should do next,
"silence," Animo ordered Azmuth to no longer speak, "you, subdue the creature now," he then took his mechanical arm and pointed it at Jonathan ordering the raven holding the shiny pipe in his beak to capture him,
The raven took flight in charge that Jonathan while he was standing in panic from being unable to see at all from not knowing on what the alien is able do, the raven attacked with its talon scratching his back and having him whaling in pain, Jonathan panics trying to bite and scratch randomly fighting air trying to hit the raven as he's literally fighting blind,
"Your, "friend", seems to be losing," Animo gloats to Azmuth, but Azmuth wasn't showing any form of worry,
Jonathan knew that in order to know how the alien worked, he needed to calm down, so he took a moment to breathe softly to understand the alien he has become, he felt the ground scratching with his claws, his heartbeat began to slow down from being calm, and then the gills on his neck began to open Able to sense heat and hear and smell everything around him, The raven charged again behind Jonathan, but Jonathan since the raven coming after him and immediately jumped up and flipped backwards landing on the ground unscathed, The raven try to attack him again, but instead of fully jumping over the raven, he jumped up high enough to get on the birds back and write it, the raven tried to shake him off by spending but was unaffected to Jonathan, Jonathan managed to lead the bird to the pile of garbage where he found the pipe and putting the bird out of commission, he then used his senses to find Animo standing in fear while holding Azmuth as a shield,
"S-s-stay back, I'm warning you, stay back," Animo gave false threats to Jonathan asked Jonathan was slowly creeping up to him growing like a predator cornering its prey petrifying Animo,
[police station]
Wow some police men were keeping reporters back, some reporters were pushing their microphones through to get a better vocal response on the police commissioner, one of them being Julia Yamamoto,
"Commissioner, have there been other recordings on local apartments on fire, is this a work of an arsonist, or an accident?" Julia ass as she held her microphone in between two police man's shoulders that were keeping her back,
"We've have reason to believe that it was a tenet that was performing illegal experiments And I right now bringing him in for—," The commissioner tried answering Julia's question, but,
They both began to hear a prolonging scream from Animo dropping from the police station roof and had rope tied to his feet saving him from him his head splattering the pavement, a clear bag followed him containing Animo's Mutation equipment with a sign saying "I was the one that set the fire in the apartment building","
As reporters were trying to interview Animo and policeman were trying to cut him down, Julia was looking up at the rooftops trying to figure out who was the one that brought Animo in, but her gut was telling her that she already knew who it was,
[Yūki's home]
The Tennysons and Yūki's we're in the living room with Lala and Zastin watching the breaking news from Julie Yamamoto, "a local Mad scientist was conducting illegal experiment, but, it went wrong and set the apartment building on fire and fled leaving everyone to die, but a superhero came at the last minute and saved the people in the burning building and apprehend the mad scientist mentioning The hero we know as, "Omniten",
They all saw a red flash outside and Gwen was the first to respond by going outside scene Azmuth walking towards the deck,
"Where's, Johnny?" Ben asked being the second outside,
Azmuth pointed at the bushes over by the cement wall where they were able to see the top of Jonathan's head,
"You need some pants there bud?" Kevin asked Jonathan while smiling knowing that he's naked behind the bushes and thinking he was getting death glares from Jonathan,
After got his pajama pants he walked into the living room with Azmuth standing on his palm,
"Are you mad still, Azmuth," Lala asks Azmuth while twirling her fingers together,
"He won't once the omnitrix returns home with him," Jonathan told Lala shocking everyone, "I made a deal with Azmuth that if he helped me save those people that were on the news, I would return the Omnitrix to him," he added giving the reason why,
"Yes, well, that "was" the agreement," Azmuth stated while he dug in one of his pockets, Jonathan grew confused hearing that from Azmuth, Azmuth pulled out a device that looks like A miniature black and gray version of Lala's D-dial phone, "All right, boy, now Bring the Omnitrix here," he ordered Jonathan while curling his finger repeatedly for Jonathan to bring the omnitrix closer to him, When Jonathan did Azmuth Crank the faceplate A few times and pulled The faceplate out with the entire dial stance with it leaving the base in the center hollow, Azmuth tinkered with the other end of the faceplate then pulled out a small part from his D-dial and installed it into the dial stand, "now hold out your wrist, boy," he ordered Jonathan and Jonathan did as he was told, He placed the dial stand in first then cranked the faceplate a few times and the Omnitrix icon turned blue and the face plate began cranking on it's own,
"What the—?" Jonathan wondered what Azmuth did to the Omnitrix,
"Relax, child, it's recalibrating," Azmuth answers as the base of the Omnitrix began to shrink,
It began to look smaller and slicker and finally stopped after the large base look like a strap looking more like an average modern day watch with the hourglass icon still on the face plate and two prongs sticking out side ways of the faceplate, "Omnitrix, Version two, complete," the omnitrix spoke while the icon flashed as it spoke,
"well, I believe congratulations are now in order," said Azmuth causing everyone in the living room getting confused,
"What are you talking about?" Jonathan asked Azmuth,
"I've constructed the Omnitrix's genetic code signature to work for you now, Lila may have made it to find you, but I improved it by allowing it to give you full functions on some parts," Azmuth explain to Jonathan,
"You mean you're letting me keep this?" Jonathan asked Azmuth feeling confused,
"Oh no, absolutely not, you are still light-years from handling such an equipment, I will, however, lend it to you," Azmuth explains confusing Jonathan even more,
"OK, now I'm confused," Jonathan told Azmuth feeling vexed,
"yes, well, I had full intentions on taking the Omnitrix from you, but it wouldn't matter, because even if I were to get it off you, I can't give it to Benjamin anymore, not since the accident," Azmuth explains one of the reasons why the Omnitrix is still with Jonathan, but now Jonathan is confused by what he meant by "accident",
Jonathan turns to look at Ben and doesn't see anything, until, he noticed that Ben's belt Looked a little more jagged and wasn't actually through the pants loops,
"You finally noticed it, cuz," Ben said to Jonathan with a smug smile as the belt began to unravel its self around his pants, the tip of the belt looked like a spear like a scorpions tail as the rest of the tail look jagged leading all the way to the back of Ben's back, Jonathan finally realize that Ben's belt is a tail and looked exactly like Zastin's,
"you mean he's —?" Jonathan tried to ask if Ben is an alien,
But Azmuth, "Yes, He's a Devilukean, when we first tried testing the Omnitrix on him, something went wrong after we try using the Devilukean DNA and irreversibly making him a Devilukean, unfortunately we couldn't test it again because the Devilukean genetic structure scrambled A lot of his human DNA Due to the genetic make up being similar with each other and made the Omnitrix unable to read the Tennyson side of him," Azmuth answered and explains,
Jonathan looked at his second cousin And saw that Ben wasn't upset, he did, however, saw his aunt and uncle turning their heads away leaving Kevin looking ignorant and Gwen looking guilty, he then turned his head to Lala looking Like she had something to hide,
"Lala, did you sabotage the experiment so you can make sure Ben wasn't able to use the Omnitrix," Jonathan asked Lala she's the reason that Ben is an alien,
"Bite your tongue, human, Lala-sama, gave that to you so she can fulfill the promise you two made to each other years ago!" Peke shouted at Jonathan defending Lala and confirming Jonathan's suspicion,
Jonathan paused surprised when he heard what Peke said, "what promise?" He asked, but instead of Lala answering,
"Maybe I should tell you this, Johnny," Gwen steps in to answer Jonathan's question, "see, Before the scrambler, you two made a promise with each other, Lila promised to help you to be a hero, and you promised her that if that was possible you would marry her," she explains and caused Jonathan's eyes open to be the size of dinner plate finally understanding why Lala is here now,
"you're kidding, right?" Jonathan asked thinking that they were pulling his leg, but nobody was confirming it, he wanted to asked Lala more there promise, but he knew he would have to put a hold on it for now and directed his attention towards Azmuth, "So why are you "lending" me the Omnitrix?" He asked while quoting lending with his fingers,
"Because when word gets out that you no longer possess it, they will believe that you will know the information on where it is located and will find ways to retrieve that information, one way or another," Azmuth answered,
"Wait, how does everybody from space know that I have it, it's only been a day?" Jonathan ask on how people found out on how he's holding the Omnitrix, but instead of puzzling how, he probably already knows and was concluded when he saw Lala with a cheeky smile, "Lala," he called out her name wanting her to explain,
"well, when you were passed out from taking down that giant drone, I made a live broadcast to papa and the candidates that my papa wanted me to marry, they saw on how you were able to turn into one of the many Aliens and then saw you save so many people in the process," Lala explained,
"Did you know about this?" Jonathan asked his aunt and uncle,
Gwen nodded her head confirming that she did, "We did, but we wanted to wait to announce it after you had a better control over the Omnitrix," she explains,
Jonathan was upset and wanted to yell at Lala, but, "Don't be too upset with my protégé, her love for you was simply, impeccable," Azmuth spoke up to Jonathan, "you see, Lala is next heir of this galaxy the very minute her father decides to retire, and the only way he can do that, is for her to choose to marry someone, but she wanted to marry you, and her father was getting impatient and wanting to retire, so she decided to patch up the things she needed for the Omnitrix and ran away from her home to find you," Azmuth explains why Lala did what she did,
"wait, is that why you came to earth, because your father is forcing you to choose who to marry?" Jonathan asked her while she gave a hollow smile looking away,
"she did, and while I had no idea that she was planning on using the Omnitrix as an engagement present for you, she wanted to marry you, and she wanted to fulfill her promise doing so," Azmuth finishes his explanation,
While Jonathan wanted to be angry towards Lala from all the things she did And secrets she kept from him, he couldn't help but pity her on how her father is making her get married at such a young age, he scratches the back of his head while walking towards Lala, "Zastin," he calls out to Zastin and got his attention, "Do me a favor, and tell your king, her father, that she is going to be living with me, her fiancé, And will be looking for a date to plan the wedding, but by our decision," he asked for Zastin to deliver a message towards Lala's father while standing next to Lala, a message that even shocked both Gwen and Kevin not thinking that Jonathan would go along so well with the idea of being married to A royal alien, let alone a regular one, "okay?" He Zastin if he followed what he was saying,
After Zastin nodded his head to confirm what he needed to do, Azmuth walked toward him and jumped on his shoulder, "So you actually plan on going through with this?" Azmuth asked Jonathan, Jonathan nodded his head confirming that he is, "And you are, OK with this?" Azmuth asked again,
"No, not really," Jonathan bluntly answered, "Honestly, I don't even consider myself worthy enough to be called a hero, let alone worthy enough to be called king," he spoke with doubt causing Lala to feel sad for him, "but," he continues, "In time, after I know how to use the Omnitrix with Lala's help, I guess maybe, it could, happen," he finishes with scratching his cheek a bit while blushing considering on actually marrying Lala after he proves himself worthy,
Hearing Jonathan say that, working together, living together, and helping him become a hero together, filled her up with so much joy she couldn't help but express how happy she was, "Johnny, Hahaha Hahaha!" She jumped and hugged Jonathan as tight as she could without breaking him and rubbing her cheek towards his feeling nothing about warmth and joy hearing him accepting her,
While Lala was coddling Jonathan, Gwen saw Azmuth was being escorted out by Zastin for them to go home, during the commotion she thought she could try talking with Azmuth more privately, but when she caught up to them,
"you have a question for me, Gwen?" Azmuth spoke to Gwen already knowing that she was behind them,
Gwen knew how smart Azmuth was from her work and time with Lala, "You already knew the Omnitrix was gone, before Johnny, even before Lala left with it, you just wanted to see if Johnny was worthy of Lala, weren't you?" She assumed by stating what Azmuth's intentions were,
But Azmuth, "oh please, if I was smart enough to know that if was going to be an engagement gift, I never would've made the Omnitrix all those years ago," He nonchalantly stated on how he not able to predict the outcome, " besides, Lala, did nothing but constantly talk about that boy for so long, I just had to see what was so special about him," he added sounding like a parent feeling at ease now, But just as Azmuth pulled out a small spiracle device from one of his pockets, a grin creeped to the side of his face, "Plus, the boys going to have more than just bounty hunters and assassins on his case," he finally added just before both him and Zastin disappeared from my blinding green light and leaving Gwen wondering what he meant by that,
[The next day at Sainan High]
Everybody at the school Student and teacher wise in the auditorium with Jonathan in between Rito and Haruna,
"I wonder why the principal called all of us here?" Haruna asked Jonathan,
"If I know him well enough, he's probably announcing a new student, and will spend most of his time talking and how cute she is," Jonathan claimed his assumption only for Yui to yank his ear to stop talking,
"Quite, the principal is about to speak," Yui stubbornly held Jonathan's ear keeping him quiet as the principal walked up to the podium to speak as announcement,
The principal cleared his throat before he fully stepped onto the podium, "Good afternoon students, I have great news, as well as depressing news," he starts by giving big hints for the students, "first of all, I will be stepping down as principal," his first announcement made all the students feel concerned on wondering who the principal will be filling in for him, "but, fear not, I would not be a good principal if I didn't have one ready to fill in for me, So let's give around of applause for your new mistre— I mean principal, Mrs. Gwendolyn Catherine, Tennyson!" Gwen walks up next to the podium looking serious in her dress shirt with a gray cutaway blazer and matching tight pants, but immediately gave a small smile with her eyes close the students a feel a of mixed feeling, but when she opened her eyes slightly. it gave the boys a nice bulge in their pants from seeing her icy cat like stare from Gwen, "I would also would like to give you an introduction to your new physics teacher, her husband, Kevin Tennyson!" Kevin stepped in next to Gwen wearing a suit looking like it's a little too tight while giving a small nervous smile, some of the girls felt suddenly a little flutter with their cheeks turning rosy on how muscular he looks and thought the suit was going to burst, "and lastly-,' just as the principle was about to announce the next teacher,
the teacher decided to introduce himself by grabbing the microphone cord and yanking it hard enough pull off the podium and catches it in his other hand, "HELLO SAINAN HIGH!" the teacher gave a loud prolong greeting shout giving everyone a sense of excitement with a hint of laughter, "ladies and gentlemen, young minds of this great school, I'm going the teacher that's gong to open mind pass through stars and tomorrow, I'm going to be the teacher pushing your limitation well as exception, I AM-" just as he was about to give his name,
"BEN, will you stop horsing around, you dufus!" Gwen shouted to at her cousin for being obnoxious and taking too long,
seeing Gwen ruined his big entrance, he tried to work with what he got left for intro, "that's right, Ben Tennyson, coming to be your P.E. teacher, so let give it our all, and nothing but our best, RIGHT!" he finishes by giving a hyped intro of him being the new gym teacher wearing gym shirt and shorts causing the whole students cheer in excitement,
but as the students were cheering the new teachers welcoming them to the school, Jonathan was eyes were the size of beach balls with his jaw down to the floor really hoping he was dreaming or his aunt is making him hallucinate as a form of punishment, but no, he sees them, clear as day with his aunt, uncle, and 2nd cousin standing in front of everyone and announcing they will be teaching at his school, but was not over for him yet, just as he thought he saw a little strand of pink hair behind them,
But, "hey cuz, you go to this school, that's awesome!" Ben shouts out of excitement seeing Jonathan in crowd and having everyone's attention now at Johnathan,
"OK, now I'm liking school," Kevin told Gwen smiling while she tried not to laugh and smile by covering her mouth with both her hands,
but it was not yet over Jonathan, "JOHNNY!" Jonathan heard Lala giving a prolong shout and landing in Jonathan's arms bridal style,
Gwen walked up to the podium to speak, "everyone, I would like to announce, of our new student along with us, Lala, would you like to," Gwan gave Lala a chance introduce herself,
A spot light came and shined under both Lala and Jonathan, "Okay, my name, Lala, Satalin Deviluke, and I'm Johnnies fiancé," she gave her name while shouting in happiness of both her and Jonathan's engagement causing every man but Rito looking at Jonathan like he's a dead man,
and with Lala in his arm, the Omnitrix on his wrist, and his relatives ready to teach him, his life, was never be the same again,
stay tune,