Sorry for the hiatus. I have an explanation, I assure you.

The main reason why I haven't posted anything - is because my dog broke my laptop! It wasn't the first time either. Well, for this dog, it was. But I had something happen in a similar fashion with another dog.

Anyways, I got a new laptop a little while after Hurrican Dorian - a storm that damn near hit me. But we got lucky and I stressed out about it for close to two weeks and wasted a lot of money preparing for it. But hey, I'm not too mad about it.

So here I am, back in business!

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When the bright green flash faded, Vilgax growled, red eyes narrowing as he stared upon Diamondhead's newly changed form.

The change of appearance wasn't that significant. On his shoulders, he sported two different protrusions with greenish crystal. One being circular and the other being almost hexagonal. On the opposite shoulder, rested a blade-like protrusion that was easily a foot and half large and almost just as wide. From his chest, were two four-inch protrusions of crystal that came in the form of four-sided blades. His body was a slight bit bulkier and the Omnitrix symbol on his chest now glowed green instead of white.

He crossed his arms and stared at Vilgax with his pale-yellow eyes. Within a quick swipe, he brought his arms down and separated them. As he did so, his arms transformed into blade-like lances and they gleamed under the streetlight.

"Today you breathe your last, Vilgax!" Ultimate Diamondhead said with a growl as he stared off against his foe. Vilgax however, regained his nerve and snarled.

"How bold, but even now, you are but an ant for me to squash!"

"Please," Ultimate Diamondhead scoffed, walking steadily at a slow pace, Vilgax doing the same, and they not once separated eye contact. "If I was, I would be dead long AGO!" With the last word coming out as a shout, Diamondhead summoned a huge crystal, eastern style dragon within just a thought.

With a grunt of surprise and pain, Vilgax was launched off his feet, his torso locked within the crystalline dragon's mouth. As he flew through the air, he used his meaty arms for strength and slammed down his balled fists upon the crystal construct. He expected it shatter like glass, but to his surprise, it only fractured a slight bit. He would have slammed his hands on it once more, but his back was slammed into the ground, forming a huge crater.

Once again, to his surprise, the crystalline construct faded away as if it was never there to begin with. Just then, he was punched in the face by Ultimate Diamondhead's fist and his head shot to the side. He would have retaliated, had the punch not stunned him with the absolute force that was behind it. However, once he was punched in the stomach, he spat up a glob of saliva and the ground underneath him rumbled angrily. In an effort to stop the brief onslaught of attacks, Vilgax headbutted Ultimate Diamondhead right in his cranium by shoving both of his fists into his torso, propelling him a few hundred meters away. When he sailed away, Vilgax lurched forward and gasped, more saliva leaking from his mouth.

'Damn that Tennyson.' He thought, bringing a hand to his mouth in an effort to stop it from draining blood and saliva onto the splintered crater. As he sat crouched in the crater, he slowly regained his bearings and ignored the pain leering in his torso where Tennyson had struck him. The second he stood, he noticed that Ultimate Diamondhead was standing right outside of the crater, waiting for him to leave the cavity formed in the ground.

However, once Vilgax took his first step, a crystalline hand shot from the ground beneath him and grabbed into both of his ankles. Instinctively, Vilgax tried forced his feet from their grasps by kicking ahead, but their grip was far too strong to be freed that easily. So, with a yank, Vilgax was pulled under the ground and soon, he was sent involuntarily tunneling through the dirt. He was then brought up through the ground and punched in the stomach, earning another gut-wrenching gasp, followed by an elbow, which was slammed in the side of his chin, a glancing blow. In retaliation, Vilgax raised his forearm and blocked another strike that had nearly scraped passed his defenses. Just as he moved to attack, another crystalline fist came from underneath his forearm and slammed right into his elbow. His arm then jolted upwards, earning an opening, allowing Ultimate Diamondhead to land a kick, square in his chest, which sent him barreling through the ground. His body broke right through cement as easy as a rock through a thin glass window.

However, Vilgax was not deterred as he rolled back on his feet and thrust off the ground. Just as he did so, spiderweb cracks spread through cement and nearly shattered upon the force given. As Vilgax soared through the air and cocked his fist back and his bicep rapidly grew in size as he focused a good portion of his brute strength into that single limb. Ultimate Diamondhead saw the attack coming and thought rationally, knowing that it was safer to not meet his attack head-on. So, within a thought, he materialized a large crystalline shield in front of him. However, Vilgax slammed passed it, shattering the crystal construct into a million pieces. With a grunt, Ultimate Diamondhead rapidly formed another shield as Vilgax neared him by centimeters. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough time to fortify it enough and his fist sailed right through that as well, completely obliterating it.

Now that his shields were broken, Vilgax's fist uprooted Ultimate Diamondhead through the air, in a resounding bang, followed by a few sonic booms.

Ultimate Diamondhead spat out silvery saliva as well and mentally groaned in pain. But once he opened his eyes, he saw Vilgax's fist near him right at the last millisecond before he was jackhammered back to the ground at such force that created another sonic boom. Once again, Ultimate Diamondhead could do nothing and his face was planted down into the ground, creating a much larger crater then before. Just when the dust settled, Vilgax landed on the ground with a loud 'clank' and his metal-like feet trekked across the scarred concrete street, making the same noise as he did so. As he neared the edge of the crater, he saw Ultimate Diamondhead's form, laying in the bottom of it, unmoving.

His keen eyes were also able to see that he had cracks spreading along his crystalline body. With a small snarl, Vilgax turned heel and started walking away, no longer finding the need to fight, as he thought Ben was finally defeated and dead. However, when he felt sharp pain pierce through his shoulder, he grunted in shock when he felt it. With a quick look, he stared down at where the pain originated from and his eyes widened in shock when he saw a green, crystal penetrating through his shoulder. With an angry snarl, he whipped right around, just fast enough to feel the fist slam into his cheek, sending his head and some of his torso snapping to the side, followed by a loud sonic boom from the sheer force of the attack. However, Ultimate Diamondhead was not done as he backhanded the Squidface's head to the other side. He then brought his knee right into his stomach before reaching up. With a quick maneuver, he brought down his elbow on his neck, earning another gasp of pain.

Having enough of being a glorified punching bag, Vilgax ignored the pain and reached across to Ultimate Diamondhead and grasped onto his shoulders. Instantly, he dug his claws into his shoulders, earning short gasp in surprise/pain before headbutting him, getting spiderweb cracks to spread out through Ultimate Diamondhead's face. Prying himself free of Vilgax's grip, Ultimate Diamondhead conjured a fist of crystal that appeared from Vilgax's side. The Chimera Sui Generis tried blocking the attack, but he was a bit too slow to react from the unexpected counterattack. Thus, he was punched on the left side of his body, sending him flying through a set of abandon buildings, due to the invasion of Darkseid. The second he was freed, Ultimate Diamondhead thrust out hands and they were positioned sideways, with the bottom of his palms touching. From his hands, he sent a few thousand crystals flying at where he projected Vilgax would land.

Ultimate Diamondhead's estimate was correct, as the second his form collapsed through a set of roofed buildings, the fury of crystals slammed right into set of buildings. Shockingly enough, when Ultimate Diamondhead made a quick hand gesture, the crystals exploded into millions of smaller crystals, destroying and tearing through every building within a mile radius. Within a full second, those buildings were left in shambles and the ones that were even still standing, were littered with thousands of small, inch sized holes. Smoke was rising from some of those houses and even some explosions rocketed off, most likely due to some gas pipes getting hit in the midst of the attack. As Ultimate Diamondhead floated in the air, an ability he gained through his Ultimate Feature, was that Ultimate Diamondhead could fly. Something of which was good because Diamondhead was typically bulky and not as fast as his other aliens. But now that he could fly, that rid himself or at least elevated himself from that weakness.

From the rubble, Vilgax grunted in pain as he used one of his arms to push off some debris, sporting many bleeding wounds and gashing holes throughout his body. He even sported three holes in his torso; two in his stomach and one in his chest, an inch away from his heart. He gasped in relief when he felt the holes closing up and within a few seconds, his body was fully healed from the damage he sustained from the previous attack. With an extremely guttural grunt, Vilgax stomped his foot and crossed arms over his chest, while staring up at a frowning Ultimate Diamondhead. Slowly, a dark green aura flared around his body, the wind and the very ground started warping. Instantly, he was enveloped by clear, silver winds and small parts of fallen debris.

With a mighty shout, all that aura shaped itself into his arms and he carefully channeled it to a single point where his limbs converged. The second Ultimate Diamondhead's yellow eyes widened; he unleashed a huge wave of sickly green energy that traveled at speeds massively faster than light. The crystalline humanoid was just barely able to tilt his body to the side, in hopes of avoiding the attack. Once he was too late and did too little as the blast enveloped him, creating an absolutely massive explosion that briefly shook the Earth to its core.

As the light died down, Vilgax let his arms fall and he nearly fell over on his knees, gasping for air.

'I still can't use that move properly without straining my body nearly beyond repair.' The warlord thought, although there was a great deal of satisfaction in his mental tone. 'However, I did not faint, and I feel as if I can still fight, so that's the first piece of good news I've had in two moon cycles.'

For Ultimate Diamondhead, he was much worse off than Vilgax. His crystalline body was horribly damaged, and he was missing his entire right leg, half of his torso, and his entire right arm – up to his shoulder. It was a miracle his head survived the brunt of the attack, although, his facial features were rapidly contorting to one of pure, unadulterated pain. As he winced heavily, his mouth frowning and curling into different ways, he let out a short scream of pain, alerting Vilgax that he was still in the realm of the living, much to the warlord's chagrin. However, seeing him in such a state did fill him with something akin to a combination of both pride and sadistic elevation.

"Gah!" He gasped, spitting blood from his mouth and his left arm snaked over and his hand shakily grasped over towards torso and a missing arm. "W-What?" He asked himself, not really comprehending that he was mortal danger – such a thing being admittedly uncommon for the Omnitrix Bearer. "How?"

He asked himself once more, rapidly repeating himself. "I don't understand?! Just what... what the hell was that?!" He questioned himself staring at his torn and misshapen body in shock, horror, and denial, all wrapped into one.

"HOW?!" He screamed after a few moments, filling the air with his seething and pained yell.

Slowly, mad and gleeful chuckles fill the air, as well as Vilgax, stared upon his rival's defeated from. "Finally… after all this time… I'm the winner." He breathed, but suddenly, he reeled in his arrogance and set his eyes on Ultimate Diamondhead's injured form.

'I can't take the chance of Tennyson regenerating.' Vilgax thought to himself, internally grateful his will power to refuse getting caught up in the moment. 'I have to finish him off now!'

With that thought now in mind, Vilgax shifted his footing while the same green aura started flickering around him, before it returned full force, summoning the cyclone of winds. Pieces of rubble broke off from the ground and encircled his form as the aura grew brighter and the atmosphere grew even hotter; more humid.

Ultimate Diamondhead looked in shock and horror as he saw Vilgax beginning to prepare another one of those attacks that got him in his current position in the first place. So slowly, his missing right arm regenerated after a second and hurriedly formed a crystalline shield in front of him. However, once he saw Vilgax transfer that same, dammed green aura into his arms, he gulped audibly and he instinctually floated backward, feeling fright for the first time in a great while.

"Goodbye… Tennyson." Whispered Vilgax before unleashing his attack once more, creating a huge, onwards spiraling beam of energy, which was a bit smaller than the first attack. Due to the exertion that he experienced, the next attack was much weaker. But he was giving it his all.

However, as he released the attack that would end Benjamin Tennyson, his longtime nemesis and constant pain in his ass, he felt a small shred of respect that replaced the ever so lasting hatred that always burned in his heart, ever since his first defeat against the boy. And once he saw the technique slam against the crystalline shield and carry it into space, nearly leaving his sight, he collapsed onto one knee. However, he kept staring upwards and never once dropped his gaze, staring as what looked like a bright green star shoot off into the sky, disappeared for good before another explosion rocketed off into space, almost looking as big as the sun itself. Once it did explode, everything was quiet for a split second, but harsh winds followed and in Vilgax's weakened state. He was nearly driven off the ground and onto his back. The strength of the aftermath had taken its toll. Vilgax knew that Ben was dead and there no chance he could have survived that in his own weakened state.

Around him, the town was completely devastated. There was no longer a single building standing. The town was nearly a flat slate. It would have been completely flattened out, had it not been the giant crater Vilgax was standing in. Feeling no need to stay, Vilgax pulled out a device from a hidden compartment and chest and held it in front of him. It was rather small, or at least, it looked so in his grasp. The base of the device was silver in color and it had dozen or so small buttons, ranging from color to color and it had one button in the small left corner, which was red in color.

Throwing one last look in the sky, Vilgax stared at where the exploding, fiery, sun-like attack would have been. With a quick tap of his clawed finger, he was enveloped by a rainbow-colored funnel of light before he disappeared, burring the ground beneath him as he did so.

Darkseid vs The Justice League: Battlefield

Moments Later

The only thing that could be used to describe the entire situation with Darkseid, was a fucking mess. The various members of the Justice League were laying on the ground, clothes, and costumes torn, they were wounded and most of them were unable to fight any longer. But it was a miracle that all of them were still alive.

The members of Ben's team weren't any better and the only one on the team that was still fighting was Kevin. And he was barely hanging on to consciousness. It was only raw determination that was fueling him, causing him to fight and he was running purely on fumes as it was.

The Kryptonians were really the only ones still fighting, as well as the two of the Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and John Stewart plus Kevin and even they profoundly were injured.

Darkseid, however only sported a few shallow gashes that barely bled, and his blue armor was slightly cracked. But that was it. So, imagine their surprise when a being jumped right in front of Darkseid's Omega Beams, which were just about hit Power Girl in the back, an attack that would have surely killed her.

However, once she looked at him, she noticed that it was one of Ben's aliens, due to the white and black Omnitrix symbol on his chest. But to her surprise, he wasn't being hurt, nor was he dead. In fact, he had his hand out in front of the beams and they were steadily shrinking in size.

Darkseid frowned and cut off the energy needed to use for the attack and saw Chromastone standing right in front of Power Girl, who he was going to kill. But when he saw the being was completely unharmed during the extent of the attack, he frowned slightly but managed to appear interested.

"A Crystalsapien? What are you doing so far away from home?" The Dark God asked, actually somewhat curious. He then straightened his posture and stared at the humanoid in front of him.

"I'm not here to talk." Chromastone snapped shortly, not in the greatest of moods. It was only due to the Omnitrix fail-safe, that he actually survived the blast against Vilgax. Other than that, his pride had taken a massive blow.

Flashback - Minutes Before

Right as the bright green beam totally enveloped him and exploded, the Omnitrix immediately glowed green itself and transformed Ben into another alien.

Within a bright green flash of light, a green, slime-like humanoid appeared in Ultimate Diamondhead's previous position. The alien was tall, around six feet in height and had deep green eyes as well. This was Goop, a form the Omnitrix named the Polymorph sample in the Omnitrix. Polymorph's easily had great regeneration and even the average Polymorph could survive being vaporized and or being reduced to ash, dust, smoke, or vapor. However, the extent of Ben's mastered Polymorph form's regeneration, was unknown. Once the beam of green light exploded, Goop was vaporized as well. But soon after the explosion ended and the light died down, small bits of green goo started flocking up to a small, circular silver piece of technology. Within five whole seconds, Goop's body was completely reformed and he immediately hunched forward, gasping for air.

'What happened?' He questioned to himself, still in a self-induced state of panic. But once he saw his hands, he released a huge breath of air in a sigh of relief, as he realized what must have happened.

"I must have subconsciously transformed into Goop," he whispered before he inwardly smirked, internally celebrating that he managed to survive the blast. But he knew that the fight wasn't over yet.

Vilgax may have beat him this time, but Darkseid was still alive and the Earth needed help; it needed it's hero and Ben was more than happy to deliver.

Ben transformed into Jetray in relativistic speeds, he shot back down to Earth and landed. In another flash, he transformed back into his human form. However, he stiffened once his eyes landed on what was left of his home town. His eyes widened and his breath hitched and was caught in his throat. Everything around him was just flat. No houses, no streets, no trees... just a flat plane, except for a giant crater. It must've been the place where Vilgax released his attack, Ben thought, gulping. However, he stiffened once more and immediately looked around.

"Mom?! Dad?!" He yelled, his eyes darting back and forth, scanning around. There was no sign of them anywhere. Swiftly, Ben transformed into XLR8 and his visor slid down. In a white and blue streak, he disappeared, running across the entire leveled town.

In less than a second, he came a halt, ten miles away from where he started. He found a dirty and bloodied limb trapped underneath some rubble. Just as quickly, he sped over and quickly moved all the debris from the area. When he got back, his breath hitched once more. There lay, his father and mother.

His father's body was cleaved in two.

In all his years in the Null Void - all the people he had killed - all the death he had been surrounded with - nothing ever even came close to causing the amount of horror and pain Ben felt once he laid eyes upon his father's gruesome form. If his visor hadn't been up, he wouldn't have puked his guts out. But immediately, all that disgust and fear evaporated and was replaced with seething hatred. His mother was breathing, at least. There was blood along her, but none of seemed like her's. She had minor scratches lingering her form and a horrible bruise forming on her forehead, but other than that, she looked unharmed. The Omnitrix symbol his chest glowed green before he transformed into his human form.

Once the light vanished, Ben crouched. He couldn't, for the life of him, tear his eyes away from his father's body. Or, the two halves of it, Ben thought bitterly, a prominent lump in his throat. A cold pit opened up in his stomach and Ben barely felt able to breathe.

'I can't think about this now,' Ben thought, trying to be objective. This wasn't the first dead body he had seen. Nor had it been the worst one. He opened his mouth and let out a shuddering breath. Standing at full height, Ben settled his trembling and stiffened shoulders. 'Now isn't the time,' he shook his head, 'there's still an invasion happening all the around the world.'

With a heavy heart, Ben cast a look over his shoulder. His mother would be fine. His father was already dead. There was nothing he could do for either of them yet. But he could save the world from experiencing a fate like his father's. Ben stood straight and proper and looked around.

"I hope you can forgive me... mom, dad..." he muttered.

In a bright green flash, he was gone in a red and green streak through the sky.

Flashback - Over

"A Crystalsapien? What are you doing so far away from home?" The Dark God asked, actually somewhat curious.

"I'm not here to talk," Chromastone spat. "I'm here for your head," he declared venomously.

Darkseid stared impassively before his eyes drifted to the Omnitrix symbol on the alien's chest. "Tennyson."

"You know who I am?" Ben asked.

"I do. You aren't the only one cursed with knowledge," The Dark God replied.

Chromastone sneered, his fists clenching. "Really?" He asked, tilting his head. "Well, from the bottom of my heart, I don't give a fuck. The only thing you're going to be cursed with is death!" The ground shook in speeds thousands of times faster than the eye could see, Chromastone leaped forward.

Darkseid boredly sidestepped Chromastone's fist. He then snatched the limb from the air and smashed him into the ground, sending tremors throughout the city. The Dark God then moved his grip and roughly palmed his crystal-like face. In a brutal fashion, he dug the alien through the ground, face first. In a mighty throw, he then sent Chromastone cultivating through the ground, miles away in just a millisecond.

Chromastone grunted as he was thrown and winced as his back derailed off ground. In a blink of an eye, he soared through a skyscraper. His body tore through it like a bullet through wet toilet paper. He only recovered a moment later and halted himself midair with a burst of energy.

'His energy is massive,' Chromastone thought, gulping. 'He's much, much stronger than Vilgax,' he thought direly. 'I won't beat him if I hold back,' he realized. 'If I fight him with the kid's gloves on, he'll kill without a seconds hesitation.'

Taking his time, Chromastone hovered back over to where the beaten and defeated Justice League lay. Darkseid stood beside them and made no move to land a finishing blow on any of them. His attention was solely on Ben.

"I have heard many things about you throughout the Universe," Darkseid began. The Justice League beside them listened carefully. "About your exploits in the Null Void dimension. Many say you were the fiercest warrior there. You had no mercy - you fought for yourself and only yourself. Your ruthlessness was well known. And your lack of mercy was as well."

Chromastone tilted his head, the Omnitrix symbol on his chest glowed green.

In an explosion of light, Four Arms walked out.

'Lack of mercy? Ruthlessness?' Power Girl thought, holding her right arm.

"So why do you fight for the humans?" Darkseid inquired.

"And why do you care?" Four Arms asked, in his usual grumpy, grinding voice.

The Universal Conquer tilted his head and smirked. "Simple; I wish to indulge in my curiosity."

Four Arms looked around. They were just outside of Metropolis and it looked like it had taken quite the beating. The Parademons had subsequently evacuated everyone from the city and those near. While now, he didn't have to worry about casualties while fighting, he still didn't want to have their battle here. The damages could be irreversible by normal human means. Nodding to himself, Four Arms looked over at Darkseid.

"Let's do this somewhere else."

Darkseid tilted his head once more. "Why? Your world is already going to be mine."

"Because, jolly-jackass, I said so."

Darkseid's eyes briefly widened when a small explosion of green light appeared, followed by a black and blue streak of movement. Another green flash appeared, and Four Arms came leaping out of the cloud of light. Too surprised, Darkseid was too slow to dodge the Tetramand's fist and was sent flying at relativistic speeds.

When he opened his eyes, he looked around, his scenery completely different. Around him, were trees, massive ones for as far he could see. Snow dropped from the sky and there were mountains towering above him.

'I believe Tennyson threw to me to another country - one the humans call Canada,' Darkseid thought. He looked down, still hovering in the air as blue and black streak sped down below him.

Transforming once more, an alien stepped out of the glow. His form consisted majorly of blue energy. He was tall, nearly twelve feet in height. There were four energy spikes protruding from both of his shoulders. His arms, chest, and legs were rock-like and a moss-like substance cascading around his shoulders and neck.

"A Fulmini," Darkseid said. "A weak species."

Instead of speaking, Shock Rock brought his hands together. A bright blue glow radiated from his conjoined hands. Slowly, his hands were forced apart. A bright blue orb formed and smaller, dim specs of energy were being fed into the orb. Steadily, it grew in size until it became as big as a basketball.

Bolts of green electricity gathered around it. They discharged randomly from the orb. Some traveled up his arms and some shot to the ground. The earth split from underneath him and a shockwave erupted from his form. Trees around him were uprooted from the ground. Darkseid watched as Shock Rock aimed the orb toward him. In a display of dominance and calmness, he placed his hands behind his back. His red eyes gleamed.

"You will not win. It is your destiny to lose," Darkseid said.

Wind from around him picked up in speed. Small bits of twigs and wood were tossed his way. Though, he merely cast a forcefield of telekinetic energy and watched his opponent prepared his attack.

"You gave me time. That was your mistake," Shock Rock said, the orb growing even larger. "Your second was underestimating me."

Darkseid's eyes momentarily widened. The energy Tennyson was giving off was enough to obliterate several solar-systems at once. Nothing compared to his full power. But now, in his current, suppressed state, it would prove to be a challenge to fend off such an attack. Shock Rock leaped into the air. He danced and spun. The orb levitated around him and orbited his body. As he flew into the sky, he turned. He aimed his hand up at Darkseid. The orb rotated around his form and moved inches from his palm. With one massive shockwave that shattered the ground underneath them for miles, Shock Rock launched the orb. Another shockwave was released. The terrain shivered and a fissure opened up underneath them.

"And your third was aligning yourself with Vilgax!" Shock Rock roared.

Darkseid turned, his hand aimed at the orb. In a burst of telekinetic force, he slowed the attack. Forcefully, he slowly clenched his hand. With great force, strong enough to shatter stars, he telekinetically rendered the attack useless. In billions of small specs of energy, Shock Rock's attack combusted under the superior force of Darkseid's strength.

'He's that strong?' Shock Rock thought eyes widened. Narrowing them, he held out his left hand.

He summoned even more energy than last time, but quicker. Forcing it and molding it into a weapon. In just mere moments, a massive crude battle-axe formed. He brought it down in a horizontal swipe. A great vertical wave of power shot forward. Darkseid, less casually, brought his hands up. The ground under him flew upwards and formed into a massive earth wall. It took the brunt of the attack, but Shock Rock's efforts proved to be stronger. The wave passed through and Darkseid held back his left hand.

Just as it neared, his hand shot out. He backhanded the blast and half-expected it to combust upon impact. But no, the force struggled for a few valiant moments before dissipating. Though, Shock Rock didn't stop there.

He leaped into the sky and spun. In four quick slashes, he released four identical blasts of energy, but from different angles. Impressed, Darkseid made a fist and with more force, he defended himself against Shock Rock's efforts. He deflected each of the attacks and punched the last one. Standing, entirely unmarked, his red eyes gleamed.

"You had three attempts," Darkseid began, his muscles tensing, "It's my turn now."

In speeds greater than what Shock Rock could perceive, he was punched in the face. Grunting, he was thrown back by the force of Darkseid's attack. But that wasn't his last attempt, as he was batted around the sky. Bits of rock began chipping from his form. Shock Rock's eyes widened and he nearly screamed out in agony. But in a thought, he transformed. Four Arms snagged Darkseid's fist, inches from his race. Midair, Four Arms spun and tossed him further into the sky. Rearing back all four of his arms, they tensed. In an instant, he clapped them all together. In a massive shockwave, capable of leveling entire solar-systems, he forced Darkseid even further into the sky.

He transformed and Jetray soared through the green haze. As he neared, he released Neuroshock lasers blasts. Though, when he realized his attacks were doing nothing, he decided to pick it up.

'I got to get him out of the sky!' Jetray thought, zooming past the Dark God.

Jetray transformed into Chromastone. Still midair, and in another flash, he went Ultimate.

The six magenta shards on his back grew larger and denser. His body grew more muscular. The shard on his head disappeared. Along his elbows, came shard-like blades. On his forearms, sprouted two more shards, curving like a machete. Bolts of electricity sparked around his body and he turned. In a succession of rapid moves, he released thousands of blasts of energy, in a danmaku. Each of them sailed down and impacted into Darkseid's back. He watched as Darkseid was sent into the ground, creating a massive crater, at least a few miles long.

As he floated down, Ultimate Chromastone watched as Darkseid stood up, only light scratches along his back and shoulders. As he touched down on the ground, he kept his eyes fixated on the Dark God.

'Good - he can be damaged. His invulnerability only works against foes massively weaker than himself,' he realized. 'If someone, even only slightly on his level lands an attack, it bypasses his durability and everything's fair game.'

Not letting up one bit, Ultimate Chromastone bolted forward. Fist raised, he punched Darkseid across the face. To his surprise, his face jolted back from the force. He then threw another punch, this time aimed at the other of his cheek. After each blow, shockwaves exploded outward. Darkseid recovered and raised his own fist, blocking Ultimate Chromastone's own. This time, a shockwave easily twice as strong as the others exploded off their hands.

Dancing back, Ultimate Chromastone twirled and spin-kicked Darkseid to the side. As the Dark God flew, he raised his hand and summoned a large, magenta crystalline construct. A massive hand rose from the ground underneath Darkseid. Regaining his footing, the Dark God swatted the construct back, shattering it into billions of pieces. Though, he was attacked from behind by another crystalline construct, this time in the form of a closed fist. When his face nearly collided with the ground, Ultimate Chromastone uppercutted him to the sky.

Ultimate Chromastone aimed his hands at the airborne god. A bright magenta glowed around his hands. In a brief second, he shot a wide beam of pure energy. It cruised into the air and spun in a corkscrew-like form. Due to his surprise and restricted form, Darkseid was helpless to react. A huge, extensive bright light echoed off the explosion. Several, high-powered shockwaves flew outwards in all directions.

Ultimate Chromastone himself had to brace himself to stay rooted to the ground. Like a missile, he shot off toward Darkseid, who was still buried in a heavy cloud of smog. He zoomed up from the sky to strike Darkseid squarely with both fists. The collision rattled the Dark God, but he fought back furiously. They traded dozens of blows, each of which could shatter a planet and thrust away solar systems. Slowing down, he deliberately moved slower to catch Darkseid off guard. With Darkseid mid-punch, he twirled. With finesse that could only be taught, he spun and delivered an Earth-shattering elbow right in the center of Darkseid's neck. However, a fist rammed its way into Ultimate Chromastone's face. One blow was enough to knock the flight out of him and he sank like an anchor in an ocean.

His nigh-indestructible body smashed through layers of wood and dirt before sliding to a stop on the edge of a rocky cliff. Darkseid floated back down at a moderate pace. Crimson beams leaked from his eyes indiscriminately, shooting downward. His singular magenta-colored eye snapped open. Just barely, Ultimate Chromastone was able to throw his body to the side, at the very last second. Beside him, the Omega Beams smacked into the cliff and erupted into a fiery haze. He leaped instinctively from the inferno, seeking the open air. He staggered to his feet, reeling. Darkseid rushed down to quite literally crush his foe while he was down. Ultimate Chromastone positioned his body to the side and unleashed another blast of energy, stunning him somewhat.

His own attack sent him flying into a canopy of trees. Grunting as he fell and landed face first, his nose burrowing deep into a lump snow. Rising to his feet, he cautiously stumbled forward. The ground rumbled beneath him. Dirt and rock and pools of cooling slag lifted off from the Earth, floating around him. Darkseid hovered, just mere scratches along his face and bare chest. "Congratulations - you managed to destroy my armor." He mockingly clapped, "I feel as if I should offer you some advice, earthling."

Sneering, Ultimate Chromastone stood tall. "Just shut up," he shook his head, a hand finding its way up to his right arm. In a bright flash of light, he transformed back to his human form.

His eyes were red, as if he had been crying for hours. "You're working with the man that butchered my father," he spat. "You brought him here, and I'll kill you for that."

"I know what it feels like to lose," Darkseid mumbled, bringing his hand. Slowly, he balled it into a fist and spoke loudly, "to feel desperate, and to lose."

"I don't care," Ben shook his head. "He took my dad from me. And now, I'll kill you for that."

Without speaking another word, he transformed. Stepping out of an ominous green haze, he stood tall. Feedback cracked his neck. Bioelectricity crackling all around him, his hand slowly hovered over the Omnitrix symbol along his chest. Wordlessly, he slapped the symbol and in a bright flash, another transformation occurred.

His body became more muscular, but he didn't get any taller. His singular green eye bled a golden yellow. His two antennae and his tail twitched before turned an ethereal blue. Around his torso, legs and much of his arms, came a yellow bodysuit. Underneath it, his body rapidly changed until it shifted into the same blue. At the end of his tail, a golden spike-ball formed and finally, orange gauntlets appeared around both his forearms.

"No more!" Ultimate Feedback roared.

In a flash, his fist thundered across Darkseid's face, actually sending him toppling back. He then charged forward and rammed his knee into the New God's sternum. In the same motion, he drilled his elbow into his neck. Twirling, he hooked both his legs around Darkseid's throat before tossing him back. Without even landing, Ultimate Feedback's bod snapped and he aimed his left hand at his opponent. A thunder-bolt discharged off his hand and struck Darkseid right in the center of his chest. As the god flew back, his chest bleeding heavily, Ultimate Feedback boomed forward once more.

Once he was within a few feet from him, he bombarded him with a barrage of energy blasts, all damaging him. His attacks collided with his form and simultaneously created a massive, blue, yet fiery explosion. Roaring in both pain and effort, Darkseid advanced through the attacks and angrily tried tackling his foe midair. Only for Ultimate Feedback to flawlessly grapple him. While upside down, he tied his legs around his throat. Swiftly, he executed another maneuver and placed a palm on Darkseid's back. A dim blue sheen escaped through the cracks of his fingers. Before he could react, Ultimate Feedback scorched his back with an energy wave. Ultimate Feedback watched as Darkseid soared through the air like a flaming meteor. Just in reverse.

He took a deep breath and summoned all the energy his body had stored inside. His Omnitrix symbol glowed as well. But not in another transformation, but as power funneled outwards. Coils of green energy spiraled around his arms and channeled into his hands. When the Omnitrix symbol glowed a dim green, he knew that's all the power it had. Finally, he aimed his hands at the flaming Darkseid. Slowly, he closed his eyes. Once he could no longer see, he let out a mighty howl as twin beams of cyan-colored energy sailed. Darkseid's eyes fluttered. Once the energy slammed into his chest, he cried in agony. Only, that was before his face was completely eviscerated by the raw heat and strength of the energy. In just a nanosecond, the beam left Earth's atmosphere - it left the Solar System and even left the Milky Way Galaxy.

In the far reaches of the cosmos, in a distant part of another galaxy, a bright red explosion erupted, blinding trillions of people for just breif second. That's all it took and just like that, the flash of light was over.

In an instant, Ben de-transformed and fell onto his knees. The Omnitrix issued a mechanical whine before the faceplate went back. The device was completely and utterly out of power. His chest heaved as he forced as much air into his lungs as possible.

The last thing he saw before his vision died black, was a set of oddly familiar orange hair.

Ben's eyes snapped open. His eyes darted across the room, and his fists clenched tightly. The aseptic smell of carbolic acid reached his nose and the walls became increasingly more familiar. That's right, he sighed. He was the one who designed them.

The room he was in was large, around eight-hundred square feet. The walls were a bleak white and laid along a high-tech medical bed. Above him, painted on the ceiling, was the white, silver and black Omnitrix symbol. Lifting himself up, he propped his arms along the bedside. His eyes flickered over to his left arm, noting the Omnitrix wasn't glowing like normal. It was radiating a dim, lime green glow.

"Thank god," Gwendolyn's voice reached his ears as two arms wrapped along his form. "You're awake."

Ben groaned slightly and cracked his neck. He looked to his side and spotted Gwendolyn leaning on him, her arms wrapped around his neck. "How long was I out?" He asked, his voice raspier than normal.

Gwendolyn lightly coughed before sitting back on her chair. "Twenty-nine hours."

Ben's eyebrows furrowed. "Twenty-nine hours? Why? As far as I could tell, I didn't have any physical injuries."

"You weren't hurt physically," Gwendolyn began, "the Omnitrix's AI informed us that you dramatically overused it. You also subconsciously channeled your own latent magical power during your last attack. On top of that, you used every bit of energy the Omnitrix had (1)."

Ben shook his head. "That can't be right. I have no skill for magic."

"I'm not disputing that," she quipped. "But everyone has latent magical power stored within them. You just used yours in a time of need."

"Wunderbar," Ben sighed, speaking in a perfect German accent. "How bad?" He asked quietly.

Gwendolyn narrowed her eyes, her green orbs darkening. "After you defeated Darkseid, his Parademons fled. The Justice League sought out the kidnapped civilians and as of now, most of them have been returned."

"My mother?"

Gwendolyn swallowed. Her eyes darted to the side. "She's... in a deep coma. Atlas said he doesn't know whether or not she'll live. Or wake up, for that matter." She knew that was tough for Ben to hear. But she couldn't lie to him. Not now - not after everything he must have been enduring.

Ben let out a shallow breath. With stiff muscles, he brought up his hand and palmed his face. His eyes grew warm and misty. But didn't let any tears fall. Taking a deep breath and putting a false facade of indifference, he turned back over to his cousin.

"How's your family?" He asked seriously, expertly hiding his emotions. "Your mom and pops."

"They're fine," Gwendolyn answered, nodding slowly. "Superficial injuries at best. They were one of the lucky ones to be kidnapped by the Parademons. The only injuries they got, were defensive wounds."

"That's good," Ben nodded, feeling a large sum of jealousy that her parents got off well. His father was torn in half and his mother was in a coma she may never recover from. "At least there's that," he acknowledged, stiffly smiling. While a large part of him felt jealous, there was still the portion of him that loved Gwendolyn more than anything. By that, it was the reason he felt relieved that she still had parents.

Gwendolyn sat uncomfortably. "I-," she tried before pausing. "I'm sorry about your parents, Ben. I truly am." Ben nodded, a half-smile on his lips. He snaked his hand grasped onto her own and nodded.

"I know you are," he whispered. A light blush on her cheeks, Gwendolyn stood up and eyed him.

"Is there anything you want? Food? A water?" A smirk stretched across his lips.

"A scotch? On rocks with some buffalo chicken wings from that place I like?" Gwendolyn rolled her eyes but nodded.

"Sure," she sighed. "I'll have Kevin order it." Just as she was about to leave the room, she halted when she heard Ben's voice.

"How's the team?"

She turned and smiled. "Starfire has a fractured arm. Raven has a grade-one concussion, Kevin has a slight hairline fracture on his left leg. I think Alan and I are the only ones that go by Scott-free."

"They're healing in the infirmary. Right?" He asked seriously. Gwendolyn nodded.

"Kevin's fracture is already healed. Starfire's is taking a little while longer. Atlas told me that it should take more than a few more hours for her to fully heal," Gwendolyn answered.

"That's good," Ben breathed and laid back down. He was glad his team was alright.

They were his responsibility. If they got hurt - seriously hurt, he wouldn't know how to feel. He was sure he would feel terrible. There was no disputing that. But not surprised. Their line of work was dangerous. It went without saying. But still, there was that factor, that he had grown close to each of them. And to see them hurt or mortally injured... he released a sigh. Shaking off that train of thought, Ben closed his eyes, trying to drift off to sleep.

Taking his silence as a dismissal, Gwendolyn ducked out of the room and soundlessly closed the door on her way out.

Ben sighed.

His father's death, he could tell Vilgax didn't just pull him apart. No, he was probably killed by the force of the winds or by flying debris. Nothing was impossible. Except for the fact that Vilgax did the deed purposely. There was absolutely no way, as much as he didn't want to admit it, that Vilgax had the time and energy after his two attacks to look from parents and murder his father, but spare his mother. That didn't make any sense.

So, all evidence pointed to the possibility that his father was killed and his mother was put into a coma, by the backlash of Vilgax's attack, on accident.

It made more sense than Ben would have liked to admit.

(1): In the show, the Omnitrix was strong enough during the SDM, to obliterate the entire universe. So, the reason why Ben was able to beat Darkseid, with Feedback, was because he used Feedback to absorb the energy inside the Omnitrix, and channel it into raw energy. Mind you, this Darkseid was operating through Avatars. That's why he was so overwhelmed. If it was Darkseid, the real Darkseid, the fight would have turned out differently.

There it is! The long-awaited Chapter: 7. I hope you all enjoyed and remember, join the discord if you want to interact with me or my friends.