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Chapter 1 Something is off…
On a panet, light years away from from earth, had departed ships for their next target to be conquered. The planet was dark and gloomy, inside the atmosphere was nothing but debris. Bare of any life that might bring color to this planet. Among the debris however was a tower that could be seen from hundreds of miles in each direction.
Inside the tower however were creatures that no being would want to see, human, or alien. Inside the tower were deep and cryptic hallways that lined up with alien technology that no one would be able to recognize.
In one of the rooms to the side, there was a lab, stacked with odd looking eggs that were the size of a baby. With a weird dirty color and a purple tip with the look of a brain that could give anyone the chills. Behind the stacks off alien eggs was a humanoid creature about the size of a man, bowing down to their leader that was 3 times its size, but with a white coat, and a purple head with red glowing eyes that anyone would run away from.
"Master, the ships have departed, and on the course straight to Earth." The small one spoke. The big one lifted his head up in amusement.
"Exilent, Earth is too wrapped up in there own affairs to even see us coming, but we have one more threat that we would need to take care of swiftly." The Alien stood up and squinted his eyes. "Max Tennyson."
On the planet Earth is a city called Bellwood, everyone in town was currently watching a game of soccer in the cities arena against a nearby town. At the field the soccer teams were at each other's throats when it came to the score. Bellwood was up by a few points, but it only took one solid score for the opposing team could have them lose the season. The ball quickly made it to the other side of the field where our former hero was standing ready. The kicker lined up the shot and kicked with procession to the corner of the goal. To the boy however, the ball was slow for his focus and he quickly jumped to the corner and grasped the ball out of the air before it made it in the goal. It was then the time ran out and the crowd went crazy.
"Way to go Tennyson!" One of his teammates yelled. They cheered as they picked the boy up in celebration, surprising him at first, but let a bright smile escape from his accomplishment for winning the season.
Yes, the boy's name was Ben Tennyson. The boy that wielded a device that could change into different aliens until a few years ago, he was one of the best warriors to fend off a terrorist group and save the world from any outside evil. Though it had its fun moments, he wanted to settle down with his future lovers and enjoy a quiet and happy life.
He was sitting on a bench drinking some water to quench his thirst before a girl that is said to be the most popular in his high school. She stepped up with a smile on her face and a bash in her eyes before speaking.
Ben right? I was wondering if maybe you would like to go see a movie with me?" She asked trying to look as much appealing as possible. Ben was shocked by this request but gulped down the last of his water before saying…
"I appreciate the offer, but I'm with someone right now." Ben said. The girl was shocked and left in a huff. He kind of laughed at himself from that encounter until his cousin, Gwen, showed up.
"You just can't get the ladies off you back, can you?" She joked.
"I don't know what it is about me, but I've had to turn down almost every girl in this school." Ben said.
"It's no surprise, a few years ago you were thought missing since no one knew what you were really up to, then you show up like a superhero and winning all of the sports since the end of middle school. It's like every girls dream guy found in a novel." Gwen explained.
"I have to keep my physical ability, I want to look good for the girls when they get back." Ben said, but that raised the tension a bit.
"Ben, are you sure there coming back?" Gwen asked in concern.
"Of course they'll be back." He said.
"It's been a year." She brought up.
"They said that there business was going to take a while, I'm not concerned, of course I'm having trouble sleeping now a days but they said that it was best that I stay here." Ben said, and yes, they were talking about his harem.
Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Irina Rossweisse, Ophis, Hades, Izzy, Kuroka, Gabriel, Aphrodite, and Raynare. They all had to go their separate ways due to a call in heaven and hell by the faction leaders, and it was something about needing repairs. Ben wanted to go, but the girls and faction leaders all agreed that that Ben deserved to live in retirement from his hero days, after all he was the one that took out the Chaos Brigade and saved all of the Devils, Angels, and Fallen angels. He didn't like it at first, him staying alone by himself, but the girls wouldn't let him go due to the past of his habit to risk his life at any chance he has. Which is why he is here now, biding his time until they come home.
"You miss them." Gwen said.
"Of course I miss them, there's not a day when there not on my mind, but they said that they'll take a while, and so I'm giving them all the time they need. It's not like my aging is that of a human." Ben said, Gwen almost forgot that he was a devil.
"Still I worry, I know your happy with your life here now, but sometimes you look sad." She said. Ben sat up and stretched.
"I'm going home, I think I need to lay my head down after that game." ben said trying to steer away from the subject.
"Good idea, I need to head home and study." Gwen said going with the flow.
"Anatomy again?" Ben asked.
"Not the kind your thinking of." Gwen punched Ben in the arm as they both laughed. They both waved goodbye and went their separate ways.
He was walking down the street and thinking how much he didn't like how Gwen was bringing them up. He really misses them, and questioned if they were coming back sometimes.
"There coming back, any day now." Ben said. He stepped in front of his huge mansion you call a house held the knob tightly in hope for something. He quickly opened the door hoping for a surprise. Over a year and they might want to come in and visit maybe. But his hopes were gone as he swiftly opened the door to see the same dark and dusty setting in his home. Bare of anything or anyone. He gulped before thinking to himself.
"If there not gonna visit me then fine, I'm going over there." He said. The 17 year old boy threw his bag aside and grabbed his favorite green jacket with a 10 on it and left for the trailer park.
After a short walk, Ben was knocking at the door of the Rust Bucket where his Grandpa Max lives, but there was no answer.
"Grandpa, you there? I need to ask you for a favor?" No answer. It was quiet, and Grandpa rarely leaves the Rust Bucket due to it being his baby. He tried to open the door to find that it was unlocked.
"That's not safe." Ben thought out loud. He stepped in the RV to see that the whole place was trashed. Ben stepped deeper with a feeling of anxiety. Who ever was in here was either trying to find something, or was fighting Grandpa Max. Now Ben knew that Max Tennyson was a retired plumber, and that he was able to do anything, which made him worry why the inside of the Rust Bucket was like this, and that there was no sign of Grandpa Max.
Trying to figure out the situation, he began to conduct a search, he looked under the seat and in the cabinets until he found a device that was left alone. He picked it up and it turned on automatically showing a holographic image of Grandpa Max.
"Hello Ben." He spoke.
"Grandpa Max!" Ben said.
"Sorry for just leaving you this recording but something came up. Something dangerous showed up a while ago that demands my attention so you won't see me for a while." Max explained.
"Explains why your not here, but why is the Rust Bucket a wreck?" Ben asked himself.
"Say hi to Gwen for me, and don't worry about the omnitrix, I know it's safe. They'll never find it." Max said in a suspicious tone, like he was trying to send a secret message to him. The holograph died and the RV was dark again.
"What danger is he talking about, and what is he bringing up the omnitrix for?" Ben was concerned for his Grandpa, but he was saying was confusing.
He was thinking to himself until he saw movement in the corner of his eye and quickly stepped back as the figure tried to pounce him. It stood up and gave a disturbing screech when Ben got a good look at it. An alien with a brainiac head and one eye, showing him that now wasn't the time to just stand there. The alien then lunged at him once again.
Outside of the Rust Bucket, a window broke out by the alien flying out of it. Ben jumped out of the broken window and looked back.
"Sorry Grandpa." He said before approaching the crawling alien. He grabbed it by the throat and punched it in the eye.
"Where's Grandpa Max?" Ben growled. The alien gurgled a bit before speaking in a raspy voice.
"It doesn't matter now, your world and all dimensions are going to crumble before the hybrid." he said.
"Hybrid? All dimensions?" What are you going on about, what is your plan?" Ben was going to punch again, but the 'Hybrid' spat out some gross sticking gunk, blinding Ben, making him let go. He struggled to rip the slime off, but managed only to see that the Hybrid was gone.
"Was he talking about the underworld?" Ben asked himself which led him into a panic. Max was gone, a threat new threat has appeared, and now he's not even sure if the girls were even okay.
Wasting no time, he sprinted to Gwen's house to tell her about this rising issue. He knocked on the door and rang the doorbell several times before Gwen answered.
"Geez Ben, it only takes one knock to get someone's attention." She said, but Ben didn't have time for her whining.
"Grandpa's gone, an alien attacked me, and I think Rias and the others are in danger." Ben said quickly. Woah, slow down. Start from the beginning.
Ben was welcomed inside and he took a deep breath before explaining. Telling her about the alien attack and showing the message that Max left him.
"Is he saying what I think he's saying?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah, I think he wants me to put on the omnitrix again." Ben said.
"Well what are you going to do?" Gwen asked.
"I wish I new, I'm no good at the hero thing ever since I took that watch off, and I was hoping that I could just live happily with Rias and the others." Ben said. He wasn't interested in the omnitrix or being a hero. "Grandpa Max says that the Earth is in danger, and if the people I care about are in trouble, I don't have much of a choice." Ben said.
'You always have a choice, but I'm confident that you'll choose the right one." Gwen said.
The two left for Ben's house and went down to the basement. He rummaged through some old boxes. Memories of his time in Japan that he hasn't had time to put up as he was too busy trying to have a normal life. He then found a small shoe box and opened it. It revealed a picture of the time him and the girls went to the pier together before a robot attack. He smiled at the memory of them working together and moved the picture from his vision to see the omnitrix. The same device that fell from the sky, that helped him fight evil, and that he swore that he would never put on again.
"You sure?" Gwen said, making sure that Ben would own up to the decision. He thought of all the good he's done in the past, and that he knew that Max and his lovers were in danger. With no sign of hesitation he slapped on the omnitrix and showed Gwen his decision.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure." Ben said holding up the watch. He flipped a switch turning on the computers to see if he could find Grandpa Max's location, but no luck. He was completely off the grid.
"Let's see if there is any activity happening Bellwood, and start from there." Gwen suggested. Ben nodded in agreement and pulled up a radar. It didn't seem like anything was happening at first, but then the computer located a strange energy disturbance on the map.
"It looked like its at one of those old storage facilities." Gwen pointed out.
"Then let's go." Ben said. The two quickly ran out hoping that Grandpa Max would be there.
It was dark out, Ben and Gwen crawled under a fence that surrounded the storage warehouses. The place looked almost abandoned and creepy. The two heard movement off in the distance and ducked in some bushes. Ben looked closely until Ben and gwen both recognized the armored folks.
"Forever Knights?!" They both whispered.
"I thought they dispersed after the you beat the Chaos Brigade." Gwen said.
"I thought so too." Ben said. It was then a semi backup and stopped before the knights. The door opened to see one of Ben's old enemies, Kevin, but taller, and much more handsome in Gwen's eyes.
"That's not good." Ben said. The other door opened up revealing someone that shocked both of them. Ben choked in his breath when he recognized the relatively small size and short white hair.
"Koneko?" Ben said in shock.
"What is she doing here?" Gwen asked.
"I don't know, but whatever she's doing, she's making a big mistake." Ben said. What was she even doing here, and with Kevin of all people? Ben wanted to pounce and get Koenko out of there to ask her why, but it was best to play out the scene.
"You have everything we requested?" One of the knights spoke.
"Yes." Koneko said in an emotionless tone, but this time it was different. It was like she was a robot. Ben picked up on it which made him want to jump in even more.
"And who is he?" The knight asked about Kevin.
"I was just hired to help with the smuggling, that's it." He answered. A couple more men left the semi and opened the back, dragging drums of something unknown out to show to the knights.
"What's this? We asked for weapons." He stated.
"We brought our own." Koneko said before kicking a drum over as slime spilled out that was similar to the gunk that was spat in Ben's face.
"Are you mocking us?" The knight accused. It was then the slime began to move, revealing that it was some sort of creature crawling out on six tentacle legs.
"What is that?" The knight spoke feeling nervous before a multitude of them pounced on there faces. Like Xenocytes.
It was then Kevin was shocked at what was happening, he was only there to sel some guns, not witness a scene like this. It was then Ben and Gwen revealed themselves and Ben faced Koneko.
"Koneko what are you doing? This doesn't seem like you!" Ben shouted. Kevin was shocked to see Ben and Gwen, but wasn't sure what to do with the sight before him, so he just took off and left in a flash, but Ben wasn't paying attention.
"What are you doing here and what's with all this Hybrid crap?" Ben demanded and explaination, but Koneko just took a few steps forward.
"Answer me!" Ben was getting irritated until Koneko landed a fist into Ben's gut making him flying until he his a wall.
"Fine, you don't want to talk? Then lets see you deal with Fourarms!" He said before slamming his watch. Nothing happened.
"Fourarms?" Diamondhead! Wildmutt!" Ben kept trying to call out, but it was useless. Nothing happened except a weird blue rotation of the omnitrix's symbol. Gwen was trying to fight the Xenocytes with her magic but more kept coming out of the barrel drums.
"Ben!?" She said eager to get this situation under control.
"Watch!?" He said eager to get the stupid thing to work. Koneko was walking as intimidating as possible making Ben almost pee his pants. A light then glowed blinding both Ben and Koneko and then died revealing that the watch had morphed into a more cool, and refining shape. Ben pressed a button which activated a cool hologram showing different an alien that he's never seen before.
"These were never the ones I used before." Ben said as he scrolled. Koneko was getting closer.
"On second thought, this one's fine." Ben said before slamming on the dial. His body began to morph as the DNA was injected into his veins. His blood was replaced with chlorophyll and his skin was replaced with wood as vines wrapped around him, hugging him tight.
"Swampfire!" He yelled and a deep and raspy voice. He then began to sniff the air. "Is that me? God I smell like a locker like one of Grandpa's stew left out for too long." He said. Koneko was close, but Ben didn't want to fight. Woah girl, did you forget about me? It's Ben, you liked to sit on my lap! Koneko then sent her fist threw his stomach.
"Well maybe not now, but that was just rude." Swampfire said. Koneko then landed another bunch which ran threw his head. Gwen stopped in shock as his head began to slowly grow back.
"Fine, it's my turn." He said before he began swinging. Not really sure what he could do he sent a storm of fists only to have Koneko block them. He then sank below the ground which surprised him and confused his dear Neko. He jumped up from below her sending her an uppercut. She fell to the ground and so did a mask which landed right next to Swampfire. He picked it up and looked at Koneko before gasping in shock. It was a Xenocyte that was morphing onto the poor girl's body almost covering everything except for one of her golden eyes and some of her hair.
"What happened to you?" Swampfire was in shock. Koneko only charged with increased speed and sent one blow after another knocking him back.
"Enough!" He yelled and stretched his hand out before releasing a seeds and planting them under her. The plants grew and grabbed he by the ankles and reached further until she couldn't move her arms or legs. He jumped forward before landing one right in Koneko's face knocking her out cold.
By that time, Gwen fought off the Xenocytes and the forever knights fled, but that wasn't Swampfire's concern right now. He turned back into Ben making the plants die and releasing Koneko's limp body. He caught it and inspected how bad that the creature turned her.
No, Koneko." Gwen said. "This is more serious than we thought." She said
"I know, but I have no choice but to take this one step at a time." Ben said.
"What are you going to do?" She asked.
Ben threw Koneko on his shoulder. "I'm going to find a way to help her, try to find Kevin or more of those forever knights, and if you find grandpa, let me know." He said before leaving to take his troubled girlfriend home.