Ben slowly regained control over himself and his eyes had returned to their normal colour, he stumbled around for a second still feeling lightheaded wow he thought now that was a new experience, he looked at his wrist looking closely at the watch.

It was medium size mainly black while on the top in the middle of it was was a green symbol that was like a dial, Ben decided it was best to head back he didn't know what this could do maybe grandpa would know hopefully so he started sprinting back as fast as he could.

Back at camp Max was getting worried it had been at least an hour and Ben was knowhere in sight and that green light Max had never seen anything like that before,"Ben's been gone for quite a while" Max said staring at the woods.

"Unless he wound up bear food" Gwen said cheerfully.

Max gave her a look "what I can dream can't I" Gwen said.

"But seriously I'm sure he's fine but I'm curious what was that green light grandpa" Gwen asked.

"I don't know but he's got ten more minutes to get back here or I'm going after him" Max said.

Ben was still running before he tripped over a tree branch causing him to fall forward and land on the floor he hit his wrist where the watch was and the dial poped up, Ben got up annoyed at his clumsiness and saw the dial raised, he cautiously twisted it and the picture seemed to change to different silhouettes this only increased his curiosity and he eventually gave in and pushed the dial all the way down.

There was a green flash and Ben's body began to change he was aware of the transformation he felt a slight pain like he was being pulled apart but there was also a feeling of power when the green light subsided he opened his eyes and looked up and down his body.

He was a lot taller now and his body looked like lots of molten rocks held together by lava while his hands were on fire but there was no pain, he marvelled at his new form "okay I will admit this is pretty cool" Ben said.

Ben decided at test was in order so he turned to a nearby tree, raised his arm and concentrated a fireball shot from his hand engulfing the tree in flame this time he tried something different, he put both hands together and formed a much larger fireball and threw it the other way this one destroyed two or three trees before burning out.

He started laughing this was awesome but his joy suddenly turned to shock when he suddenly realised that most of the forest was on fire. Ben panicked and tried to bat the flames out with his hands and feet it didn't do much good "okay this may have been a mistake" Ben thought.

Gwen and Max were sitting at the campsite still waiting for Ben when they both saw smoke coming from the forest "what's that" Gwen asked.

"Looks like a forest fire we'd better let the ranger station know probably some damn fool messing with something he shouldn't" Max said then a lightbulb went off on both their heads at the same time "Ben" they both said together. Max opened a box next to him which contained two fire extinguishers and handed one to Gwen "let's go" Max said and they headed toward the forest.

Ben was still desperately trying to think of something "why do I never think things through" he said as he continued to uselessly bat the flames, Gwen enters the forest and used the fire extinguisher to douse the flames as she moved through but she wasn't looking where she was going and bumped into Ben who turned around still in his alien form.

They stared at each other one in relieve while the other was in shock "okay now Gwen it's me okay so there's no need to" he started to say but Gwens scream cut him off and she proceeded to hit him with end of the fire extinguisher, he stumbled back "ow Gwen seriously it's me I swear" Ben said raising his hands in defends before he was doused.

"Okay that's it" Ben said annoyed grabbing the fire extinguisher off Gwen and breaking it with his bear hand "seriously freak attacking someone when their talking to you is pretty rude" Ben said in a sarcastic tone. This seemed to snapped Gwen out of it "Ben what happened to you?" Gwen said stunned.

"Well I might have messed with something I shouldn't it's actually quite complicated" Ben said scratching the back of his head.

"Why am I not surprised" Gwen said faceplaming

Max appeared out of the clearing and said "Gwen are you alright, what the hell" Max was stunned standing next to Gwen was an alien, he immediately raised his fire extinguisher and was about to attack.

"Hey grandpa guess who" Gwen said gesturing at the alien.

"Hey grandpa I just what to say that I am very young so I can't really take any responsibility for this" Ben said nervously.

"Ben what happened to you?" Max said.

"Maybe we should discuss this when we're are not in the middle of a forest fire" Gwen said strictly.

"Okay anyone got any ideas?" Ben said.

"Backfire start a new fire and let it burn into the old fire, they'll snuff each other out think you can do it Ben?" Max asked.

"Actually I'll do one better I'm going to absorb the flames into me" Ben said confidently

"Are you sure about this Ben?" Max asked

"If this fails at least we have a plan b" Ben said focusing.

"Okay good luck let's go Gwen" Max said as he and Gwen got to a safe distance.

Well here goes nothing Ben thought as he ran directly into the middle of the fire held his hands out and started to absorb the flames after a few minutes the flames were completely snuffed out and Ben started running to catch up Max and Gwen before the ranger arrived.

In space above Vilgax was in critical condition inside a tube hooked up to many types of equipment, "what do you mean it's not there, this battle almost cost me my life and now your telling me The Omnitrix is not on the transport" Vilgax said roughly.

"I am afraid the sensors report a probe was jettisoned from the ship shortly before boarding and landed on the planet below" his minion said.

Vilgax turned his attention to another robot standing by his tube "go bring it to me" Vilgax ordered the robot obediently left and headed to one of the pods.

"And your saying that this watched jumped up and clamped on to your wrist" Max said trying to wrap his head around the story.

They had got into the rv and drove some distance away to avoid any incidents and were sitting on a couple of logs around a campfire.

"Yeah I swear this wasn't my fault it landed I was about to come and get you when I felt this pull you know and before I knew the watch was on me just like that" Ben said.

"And the green light must of been from that" Max said.

Ben was confused "what green light?" Ben asked.

"Duh doofus you know the green light which shot into the sky everyone could see it" Gwen said

"Look when the watch jumped on me I just felt weird okay I didn't see any green light" Ben retorted.

"Its okay Ben I believe you" Max said comforting him.

"You think he is going stay a monster forever" Gwen asked curiously.

"His not a monster, he's an alien" Max said before realising they looking at him weirdly "I mean what else could he be" Max quickly added.

"Are you kidding I can't stay like my parents would kill me if they found me like this their already overprotective as it is" Ben said panicking.

"You and me both" Max said quietly already working out a plan.

That was when they heard a beeping sound originating from Ben's the icon on his chest started blinking red and there was a bright flash of red when the flash subsided Ben was back to normal, "oh thank God I'm me again" he said proudly before suddenly feeling tired and falling forward he would of gone into the fire if Gwen hadn't caught him.

"Woah easy are you okay" Gwen said concerned.

"Yeah just a bit tired, this is going to take some getting used too" Ben said weakly.

"I think it's best you don't fool with it anymore until we know what we are dealing with" Max said getting up.

"I'll go check out the crash site, you guys stay here until I get back" Max said switching on his flashlight and heading toward the crash site.

The pod contacting one of Vilgaxes robots rocketed down to earth and landing on the surface right next to the crash site the large robot emerged from it and launched two discs from its shoulder which transformed into mini robots and started scouting the area for The Omnitrix.

Ben stood leaning against the back of the rv still tired staring deeply at the watch, he wasn't going to try what he did earlier again he was such an idiot what if he had hurt someone or even worse what if he had hurt Gwen or grandpa for that matter, Gwen appeared next to him surprising him "hey Gwen what's up"

"I hope your not messing with the watch you know what grandpa said" Gwen said.

"Yeah don't worry I already acted like an idiot once today" Ben said glumly.

"Oh yeah but the whole absorbing the fire thing was actually a pretty smart considering it came from you" Gwen said impressed.

"Hey I do have a brain you know not as big as yours but I can still think" Ben whined causing Gwen to laugh.

Meanwhile Max had arrived at the crash site and was checking out the container that had contained the watch, "I don't like this one bit, there goes that promise I made" Max said annoyingly.

"So what did it feel like going alien?" Gwen asked as she toasted her marshmallow on the fire.

"Well Weird at first it felt like my body was been pulled apart briefly but after that I felt totally exhilarated you know though the exhaustion afterwards is going to take some getting used too that's for sure" Ben said.

Unbeknownst to both of them one of the drones had spotted them and was slowly hovering closer and closer taking aim at Gwen but before it could fire Ben noticed it above "Gwen look out" he shouted and tackled Gwen out of the way the drone missed hitting the floor causing a small explosion.

Ben immediately got off Gwen and sprung into action he told Gwen to take some cover before pressing one of the buttons on the watch and giving it a few twists before slamming the dial down, there was a green flash and Ben had transformed into a big Orange mutt with dagger like teeth and razor sharp claws.

He roared in rage at the drone and started to charge it, the drone started firing at him but Ben dodged every shot with cat like reflexes and jumped high into the sky landing on the drones body, biting down on its torso. The drone tried to shake him off slamming him into nearby trees but Ben held on and using all his strength ripped off its head causing to malfunction and explode Ben landed on all fours and roared in triumph.

However the watch started blinking again and a brief flash later he was himself again albeit tired but okay that's was when the second drone suddenly burst through the foliage and took aim at him he cursed his luck and held his hands up saying "er I surrender"

But before the drone could do anything it was hit in the back by a shovel which Gwen had found when hiding and hit the floor Gwen finished it off hitting it a second time.

"So we even" Ben asked

"Even" Gwen confirmed

A couple of minutes later they were back at the rv telling grandpa max what had happened he wasn't surprised "I had a feeling someone was after those drones or whatever didn't find you by accident, it's clear they want the watch" Max said.

"So Ben's basically walking around with a big target symbol on his head while he has that watch" Gwen said.

"And with no way of getting it off they are probably going to keep coming, that's just great" Ben said.

"It seems that way so I think it would best to help you how to use that thing and fast" Max said.

It was then that Maxs radio picked up a distress call from someone near "Mayday Mayday if anyone is near by we need help here you won't believe me but we are under attack by some kind of robot requesting immediate assistance" the voice said panicking.

"They must be after the watch, we need to go and help them now" Ben said jumping from his seat.

"Hang on this is definitely a trap" Gwen said.

"No kidding but innocent people are in danger we can't just leave them" Ben said desperately.

"No we can't" Max said jumping into the driving seat "buckle up you two this is going to get bumpy" Max said pressing down hard on the pedal causing the rv to speed toward the location of the distress signal.

"You sure about this" Gwen said holding on to the seat for dear life.

"Yeah it's time to go to work" Ben said with a determined expression.

They made it to the where the distress signal had come from and saw the large robot causing chaos blasting things left and right, Ben psyched himself up for the coming battle he was nervous but he was ready the rv swerved into place and all three of them got out.

"Okay here's the game plan I going to deal with tinman over there while you guys help the people get out of here" Ben said.

Max was impressed by Ben's sudden leadership, he was starting to wonder whether Ben getting the watch was an accident. "No problem just be careful" Max said.

"I'm always careful" Ben said cheekily.

Gwen suddenly hugged him whispering the same it took Ben a few seconds to get over the shock but he hugged her back before they left go of each other. Ben moved behind the rv for cover so he could transform without being seen while Gwen and Max went to help the people evacuate.

The robot continued destroying whatever it could see while the civilians tried desperately to escape, a child who had been separated from his mother during the chaos was crying in out for her the robot scanned for the source of the sound and took aim with the intention of silencing it regardless whether it was a human or not.

The child saw the robot aim at him and closed his eyes wishing for a hero after a few seconds he opened his eyes and saw a large alien standing in front of him crossing its arms protecting him from the blast, the alien turned his head and gave the boy a thumbs up which distracted him from his fear his mother who had lost him during the chaos appeared running toward him scooping him up and hugging him tightly before getting to a safe distance.

"Hey tinman this is between you and me" Ben shouted he had transformed into a 6ft tall alien completely made of diamond wearing and single piece of clothing hiding his body showing The Omnitrix symbol. The robot had finally found its target and began to move toward him, Ben ran forward morphing his arms into a blades and tried to slash the robots legs but it jumped into the air avoiding the attack then slammed its foot down burying Ben under it.

It began to apply pressure before large diamond spike shot out piercing its foot causing to stumble backwards Ben took advantage of its surprise and jumped on to its arm running on it and tried to slash its face but it had recovered quickly and grabbed Ben in a vice like grip with its arm causing Ben to shout out in pain.

The robot still holding Ben blasted him full force with his hand that contained the laser causing Ben to go flying into a nearby mini van, "okay that hurt" Ben said weakly.

Ben got up and tried again but the robot slammed his hand down on Ben again and kicked him sending him bouncing across the field.

Gwen and Max had finished escorting the civilians to safety and were watching the fight between Ben and the robot they both saw Ben get kicked across the field like a ragdoll.

"Come on Ben use your head" Gwen whispered

Ben got up sluggishly this wasn't working he needed a plan he desperately tried to think of what he could do that was when it hit him when had saved that kid he had just blocked the blast but maybe he could deflect it as well Ben examined his diamond arms only one way to find he thought.

He ran until he was a couple of metres away from the robot and gave a come on gesture with his hands "hey tinman free shot right here" Ben said. The robot was happy to oblige and fired directly at him but this time Ben was prepared and took the blast head on before manipulating his hands causing the beam to reflect straight back destroying both of the robots legs making it crash into the floor.

This was his chance Ben jumped high in the air and made his arm razor sharp before penetrating the robots head destroying it. Ben was breathing heavily from exhaustion though for his first proper fight he would give himself 8 maybe a 9 if he was being generous he had been so caught up with his own thoughts that he hadn't realised someone was behind him tapping his back, this startled him out of his thoughts and he turned around seeing the mother holding the child in her arms the one he had saved earlier.

"Thank you" she said gratefully "yeah you rock mister" the child said grinning wildly.

Ben felt slightly embarrassed and didn't know whether they could see his blush "no problem it's my job" Ben said ruffling the child's hair softly.

"Anyway I'd better get going see you around" Ben said before running away awkwardly.

On the bridge Vilgax had seen the entire thing it seemed The Omnitrix was in possession of someone with mediocre skills no matter he thought when he had had gotten his full strength along with some upgrades he would keep the users head as a trophy once he had ripped it off.

The next morning Gwen and Max were packing up the rv when he noticed Ben wasn't around.

"Where's Ben?" Max asked looking around.

"I haven't seen him since breakfast" Gwen said before they heard a distant rumbling coming towards them their was a figure running at high speeds directly at them they both instinctively braced themselves waiting for the impact but he skidded to a halt right in front of them.

"Ben is that you?" Max asked.

"Yep it seems this guy's power is super speed pretty useful huh" Ben said in a raspy voice.

In this transformation Ben was wearing a full black body suit covering his whole body including his face while his arms and legs were visible and were the colour dark blue with a long slender tail which was a mix of dark blue and black.

"Watch this" Ben said while he sped into action packing up all of the stuff in a few seconds and putting it inside the rv he revered back to his normal form shortly afterwards.

"I think I'm going to call that guy XlR8" Ben said proudly.

"Don't tell me your actually naming them" Gwen asked.

"Yeah so I don't exactly know their real names or I guess species you would say so I'm giving them my own names" Ben said irritated.

"I take it your going to yell out their names everytime you transform right" Gwen said fearing the answer.

"No of course not, well maybe my watch my rules" Ben said looking away.

"Anyway one things for sure this is going to be an interesting summer" Max said before he ushered them on to the rv and drove off leaving the camp ground behind them.