Eyes Wide Open

by 3Triadac

Takes place after the events of Ben 10,000. Once lost, now found again, Ben rediscovers the importance of friends and family thanks to Gwendolyn. At the same time, Ben and Gwendolyn regain what they have lost long ago. Ben 10K x Gwendolyn. Events mentioned from the past takes place between the Original series and Omniverse.

5. Chapter 4: Revonnah

Winter is finally here and so is the next chapter. Eyes Wide Open continues. Dive right on in.

"TTT"-Alien Language

TTT-Thoughts

Ch. 4: Revonnah

"WHAT?!" Ben and Gwendolyn shouted in unison at the news of their friend.

"How? What happened?" Ben looked at his device as his mind tried to comprehend was happening.

Ben's omnitrix communicator goes off again. "Hold on, Shar. I got another call coming through. Most likely Grandpa Max." Ben answers the second call. "Yeah, Grandpa?"

"Good, you're awake."

"Both of us are", Gwendolyn called out.

"Listen, there's trouble on…"

"Revonnah?"

"How did you know?"

"I just spoke to Shar."

"No doubt she has told you about Rook. I need you two to come in early. There will be a briefing on the latest attack."

"See you there." Ben got off the line with Max and continued his conversation with Shar. "Shar, don't worry. Everything is going to be okay. We're going to get to the bottom of this. Right now, you need to calm down. Tell Rayona and the family to do the same."

Ben cuts off the communicator and sighs. Gwendolyn looked at her male cousin with a worried look on her face. Ben looked at woman and said, "I guess we know what we're doing tomorrow."

Next Morning, Plumber HQ…

Ben, Gwendolyn, and Max were at Plumber Headquarters with several other Plumbers watching a intergalactic news report on the attack. They showed scenes of various aliens running being carried out by paramedics and guardsmen. Plumbers were trying to herd curious civilians and reporters from entering the building. Sirens were blaring and screams could be heard as lieutenants shouted commands to other guardsmen.

"Pause the monitor", Max commanded one of his subordinates at the monitor controls. The magister looks at his Plumbers and begins to speak. "As you know, last night, we got a call from Revonnah. One of our own, Rook Blonko, was injured during a attack by 12 cloaked figures. According the report, the royal family was hosting a traditional celebration at the Akai Garden Palace for Emperor's retirement. Half way through the celebration, that's when the attack happened."

"How was Magister Rook injured?" Asked an anthromorphic pheasant alien.

"He shielded the prince from an explosive device. But his injuries are not from the explosion, but rather from the debris dispersed by the explosion. Magister Rook was sent to surgery earlier. They analyed pieces of the debris removed from the body. They believe the explosive device some kind of shrapnel grenade, but an usual one."

"Is there any particular reason for this attack?" asked a Porcisapien.

"We believe this was an assassination attempt. It is common for new incoming leaders to face opposition from their people for various reasons. Many of the guests at this gathering were planetary leaders, politicians local and foreign, and various other important figures. The most likely target would be the prince. As you know, the prince, he is supposed to ascend to the throne in the next 4 days. However, being that this many high profile persons were present, he may or may not be the only target as the have the people they are after."

"Does anyone know who they are or what they look like?" asked Ben.

"The assassins are believed to be Revonnahganders based on the descriptions given. However, they had cloaks and masks, so there are no particular descriptions that could help us identify any of the individuals." Max looked at Ben and Gwendolyn. "Benjamin, Gwendolyn, you two will be sent to Revonnah to help out in the investigation and find whoever is behind this and why." His grandchildren nodded. Max looks back to the rest of the Plumbers. "Rest of you, keep communications open in case anything else comes up. Dismiss."

The Plumbers left to do their assigned tasks except Ben. The old Plumber noticed that his grandson had not left. He walks over to the man and asks, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, Grandpa. I'm fine", Ben answered as he walked towards the door.

"Ben", Max called his grandson. Ben stopped at the door. He looks back at Max. "Look, I know your worried about Rook…"

"Rook is a strong guy. He'll pull through, I know he can. It's his sister I'm worried about."

"Just stay focused on the mission. Tell Rook Shar to do the same. Given that she and Rook are close, she could take this personally. Who knows how it could effect her as a Plumber." Max knew the Rook siblings as well as his own grandchildren.

"Will do, Grandpa."

"And Ben?"

"Yeah?"

"Be safe."

Ben nodded as a sign of understanding. He soon joins Gwendolyn to the spacecraft hangars. "What took you?"

"Had a chat with Grandpa Max. Ready to head out?"

"Been ready."

Byakohu System

A Plumber ship flies towards to a deep blue planet. The ship enters the planets atmosphere and flies over at city. In the middle of the city was a palace almost resembling the Forbidden City. The heroes soon reach the Plumbers Revonnah HQ on the west side of the city.

As the pair exits the ship, they are greeted by a pair of female Revonnahganders on the far end of the hanger. Shar had bandages on her arm, leg, and face.

"Ben. Gwendolyn", Rayona called their names.

"Rayona, Rook Shar, good to see you two." Gwendolyn greeted the females. "How are you two holding up?"

Shar looked down trying to hide tears in her eyes. "Not well. I am worried for Blonko. He was hurt very badly."

"And the family?" Ben asked.

"We are all worried for him. Shar and Ben are taking it the hardest." Rayona looks at her sister-in-law with a sad face. She knew Rook meant a lot to Shar.

"Let's go see how he's doing", Ben suggested.

Infirmary…

The four walks the halls of the Plumbers infirmary. There, rest of the Rook family were waiting outside a room. Rook Da held his wife close for she was crying for her eldest child's well-being. She, like her husband, was a strong Revonnahgander female who normally had great control of her emotions. But, not to show any amount of sadness for your child's well being would make a them seem cold-hearted. Rook's other sisters sat on the side fearing if they would never be able speak to their brother again. Ben's heart sank at the scene. In the midst of sadness, he noticed that there was one person missing.

"Where's Rook Ben?" Ben asked the two female Revonnahganders.

"In the training room. He was incredibly upset with the news of Blonko."

The door opens. The group turns to see an young, jade-haired, serpent-like alien come out of the the room. He looked at the family and noticed the Tennyson cousins. "Ben 10,000, Agent Gwendolyn. Magister Tennyson told me you would be here. I'm Dr. Serpe Asklep. The topic medic at this Plumbers Headquarters."

"Pleasure to meet you, doctor. Is Rook going to be okay, doctor?"

"Magister Rook Blonko has been injured quite badly considering the fact he was the closest to the grenade. He needed to undergo major surgery to removed the taydenite shards from his body and to repair vital organs. He should be able to pull through and make a full recovery. For now, he needs time to rest and recuperate."

"Can we see him?" Asked Rook Shar worried about the state her brother is in.

The doctor nods, then moves to the side.

Ben, Gwendolyn, and the two female Revonnahganders enters Rook's room. The humans saw shocked to see Rook covered in bloody bandages. All over his body, he adored stitches that closed his lacerations made from pieces of debris that had been stuck into his very being. He had I.V. and blood transfusion tubes going to his body, and was breathing on a respirator. Rayona started to cry at the sight of her wounded husband. Shar hugged her sister-in-law to comfort her.

Ben and Gwendolyn looked at Shar and Rayona. Ben's heart sank for his injured friend. He looks over to Gwendolyn wondering if she would do the same if that was him in that bed. An idea light up in his head. He turns to cousin and asks, "Gwendolyn can you use one of your spells to heal him?"

"I could. But he's in very bad shape. The spell won't heal him completely, but it might speed up the healing process."

"Do it." Everybody turned to Shar with a single tear stain on her face and her left hand was clenched as tightly as her teeth. She demands, "Do it! He might not heal completely, but it's better than to having him suffer for who knows how long."

Ben looks at Gwendolyn. The human female nods and turns her attention to the bedridden Rook. She takes a deep breath then closes her eyes. She begins speaking an incantation in a foreign tongue. She opens her eyes, her green irises and whites of her eyes were fully replaced with glowing fuchsia light. Gwendolyn continues to speak the incarnation as two energy bubbles form around her hands. From the energy bubbles, streams of mana snake their way to Rook and cover his body in fuchsia mana.

Behind her, Ben, Rayona, and Shar observes Rook's body as he began to heal. Much of the lacerations and stitches from previous surgeries have healed. As soon as Gwendolyn finished performing the spell, she found herself about to collapse due to the amount of energy it took to heal him. Ben ran to Gwendolyn and caught her just before she could fall to the floor.

"Gwendolyn", Ben said under his breath. He held on to her using his strength to keep her up.

"I'm okay. Thanks Ben," Gwendolyn said in a soft, tired voice. Ben sighed in relief and smiled.

"Go sit down. That spell took a lot out of you."

Normally, Gwendolyn would tell try to fight back and say act like she was fine. However, she knew using this amount of energy for a powerful healing spell could lead to dire consequences. With only a little strength left, sh decided not to fight her cousin. With Ben supporting her one side, Gwendolyn walked to a chair near a window and sat down.

"Well?" Rayona asked the human woman in a concerned voice.

Gwendolyn took a deep breath and few seconds to clear her head. She told the females, "He's a hell of a lot better now than he was hours ago."

The four heard groaning come from behind. Rook started to open his eyes, his pupils slow to respond to light. He turns his head and stares at his visitors as he allows for his eyes to adjust. His vision is blurred, but clears after some time. He is finally able to see his wife, sister, "Shar? Rayona?" He looks at his surroundings again and saw, much to his surprise, the Tennyson cousins. "Ben? Gwendolyn?"

"Rook", Shar calls her older brother's name.

"Blonko!" Rayona shouts his name and rushes to her husband's side. The male Revonnahgander tries to roll on his side, but grunts loudly as his body was still in pain.

"Slow down. You took quite a hit", Ben said as he walked over to his friend.

"What happened, where am I?" asked Rook as he laid back down.

Shar explains to her brother, "Your back at the infirmary. You were badly damaged by a teadenite grenade trying to protect Basc and I. Gwendolyn used a healing spell on you." Rook looked at Gwendolyn sitting on the chair exhausted looking as though she was falling asleep.

Rook holds his wife's hands and gives her a small smile happy that he will be able to see another day. He turns to his human friend and says tiredly, "Thank you, both of you. Not to sound ungrateful, but what are you and Gwendolyn doing here?"

"Max sent Gwendolyn and I as soon as we got the news. He wanted us to investigate the attack and bring in who ever did this", Ben explained.

Rook tries to sit up and calls his friend's name, "Ben...ahhh." He hisses in pain.

"Don't push yourself Rook. You need to rest," Rayona told her husband in a soft tone. Rook layed back down and relaxed. Rayona held his hand and smiled. Rook turn to his wife and asks, "Where's my son?"

"Here's outside with the rest of the family?"

"Everyone is here?"

"Of course we are," Rayona kisses Rook. She then asks, "Would you like to see your son?"

"I would love that," was all Rook could say. Rayona walked out of the room to retrieve their son.

Ben turns his attention to Gwendolyn still exhausted. He walks back over to his cousin. He examines the woman. Breathing appeared to be a little slow with deep breathes. He looks at her face; she appeared to be sleeping. He waves his hand in front of her face and says her name, "Gwendolyn?"

"Hm?" She opens her eyes and tries to turn her head to Ben. He could see the tiredness in her eyes. It look liked the spell drained a lot more energy out of her than he thought. He asks her in a soft tone, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine. Just tired," Gwendolyn answers slowly. She puts a hand on her head. Ben notices his female cousin's sluggish movements.

He gave his cousin a worried look. Even as a quarter Anodite, she still had limits. Human limits. "You need to rest. Build your strength back."

"We can take her to the temporary living quarters. She can rest there for a while," Shar suggested.

"That would be a good idea," Gwendolyn answered tiredly. Shar got up and went outside leaving Ben and Gwendolyn with Rook. Ben looks back at Gwendolyn to see her falling asleep again. He decides to sit and wait.

Rayona returns holding hers and Rook's young son. Behind her, Rook's parents stood by the door to see their eldest child awake and in much better shape than before. Rook Da and Bralla slowly entered the room and walked towards their son.

"Oh, Blonko. My son," Bralla says softly as she gently ran a hand on the side of his face as if she was touching glass. A single tear of happiness ran down her face glad to see Rook's condition had changed for the better.

"I am fine, mother."

Rook's parents looked at the human pair sitting on the chair. Da smiles and says, "Thank you. Both of you."

"Actually, it was Gwendolyn. She's the one who casts the healing spell," said Ben being modest. However, as modest as he was being, it was the truth; Gwendolyn was the one who healed him.

"Ben, Gwendolyn." Shar came back in with a fellow Plumber. "They have your living quarters ready. We can take you guys right now."

Ben nod at the female Plumber. He gently shakes Gwendolyn awake. "Ben?"

"They have a room for you. We're going to take you there to rest. So just relax." Ben picked up the woman bridal style and walked out the door.

Moments later, Ben had laid Gwendolyn to bed. Ben watches as the woman sleeps as he slowly and quietly makes his way to the door. Ben finally exits the living quarters and is met up with Shar.

"Is everything okay Ben?", Shar asked.

"I'm fine, Shar. Glad to see everyone is fine. Speaking of everyone, one person I haven't seen yet is Rook Ben? Where is he anyway?"

Shar chuckles. "Follow me." The female Revonnahgander lead the Ben down the halls to the training room.

Training Room…

Two Revonnahgander males are sparring. One a splitting image of Rook when he was younger, except he had a couple of earrings on his right ear. The other had a similar build, but more muscular. He had 4 black markings on his white face, a long, black untamed mane, and two bottom canines pointing out of his mouth. Around his neck was a necklace with smilodon-like gold pendant with six sharp teeth on either side of the pendant.

Ben and Shar enter the training room. The two Revonnahganders looked at their direction and ceased their sparring. "Shar...and...Ben?" The first male was surprised to see the hero in their presence.

"Little brother", Shar said to the younger.

"How's it goin' Ben", Ben greeted the Revonnahgander named after him.

Rook Ben looked a the human male. He went over and shook his hand, "I am holding up. It has been a while."

"Agreed."

"Cousin Shar", the second male called Shar's name. He looks to the alien next to her.

"Ben, I like to introduce you to my cousin, Basc. Heir to the Revonnahgander throne."

"Your majesty", Ben greeted as he bowed to the prince in respect.

"Until I ascend the throne, you can call me Basc", the prince said as he observed Ben. "So, this is the great hero my cousin named himself after. Then again, my cousin always had an interesting tastes."

"So, Basc, I'm curious to know how are you related to the Rook family?"

"Well, my grandmother and Rook Da's mother were sisters. My grandmother was the eldest of three siblings therefore, became empress and while Da's mother was the youngest. My father and Da are their sons which makes them cousins."

"Since Rook, Shar, and Ben are Da's kids and your the Emperor's son, this makes you guys…"

"Second cousins," Shar finished.

"To think your family is related to royalty. Speaking of family, I have some good news. Rook is doing much better now."

"Already? Didn't he just get out of intense surgery?" Rook Ben asked.

"Yes, but Gwendolyn used a healing spell on him."

"Agent Gwendolyn is here? And she healed Blonko?" Rook Ben slowly smiled at the news of his older brother. He didn't know what to say.

"The thing is, he's not completely healed, he's doing much better than before."

"I don't know thank you, Ben."

"Thank Gwendolyn. She's the one who healed him."

"Where is this Gwendolyn? I would like to thank her," said Basc.

"Resting. The spell took a bit out of mana from her. Like to stay and chat, but I need to get on with this mission." Ben started to walk away.

"I am coming with you", said Basc.

"What?!" Rook Ben, Ben, and Shar look at the prince.

"I said am coming along."

"No way, Basc", Ben said. "I mean, with all do respect your majesty, this is just too dangerous."

"I understand your concern, but I can hold my own. I have been touring around Revonnah and other planets with a team of warriors for the past few years. I have experience in dealing with people like this. And as a guardian, I make sure that the people are safe from harm including family."

"Guardian, but aren't you a prince?"

"He is. It is just the last seven years, he has been traveling from planet to another as a guerrestralla."

"A what?"

A guerrestralla. In recent years, Revonnahganders studying revonnah kai have taken up an interest in learning other martial arts on other worlds. When they return, they bring with them knowledge of other worlds and cultures to Revonnah which they teach to others."

"What does that have to do with being a prince?"

"It is a tradition that young princes and princesses to travel Revonnah to expand their knowledge and experience of ruling a planet outside the palace. The family hopes by having heirs better understand the needs of their people, they could in turn become better leaders. I just chose to travel the as a guerrestralla. I'm the first royal Revonnahgander heir take his education to other planets", Basc informed. "Now that my father has decided to step down, I returned to take the throne. Besides, as a guerrestralla, we have a code to protect and teach others."

"I guess I can't stop you. But I still don't think we should let Basc tag along."

Basc rushes Ben. Rook Ben and Shar as Basc and Ben fight. Moments later, Ben is on his belly with Basc's heel on his back and his omnitrix arm being twisted. He hisses in in agony. "You were saying?"

Ben rasps in defeat,"Alright, you can come." Basc releases his arm. Ben stand ups and rolls his shoulder. "Jesus. Ay.

"Are you okay Ben?" asked Rook Ben.

"I'm fine. Let's...let's just go."

"I stay behind. Contact me if you need you need anything."

"Will do."

Ben, Shar, and Basc walked through the living quarters hallways. Ben stopped at Gwendolyn's living quarters.

"Why are you stopping? Is something wrong?" Asked Rook Ben.

"No. Gotta check on something real quick. I'll catch up to you guys."

Ben entered the room code and saw Gwendolyn laying down on the bed. "Hey cous."

Gwendolyn looks up from the bed still tired and sluggish. "Hope I'm not disturbing you."

"No, I wasn't fully asleep."

Ben sat on the edge of the bed. "How you feeling?"

"A little better, It's going to take me awhile to get my strength back," Gwendolyn turns onto her side and tries to sit up.

Ben stops her. "Don't push yourself. Save your energy. In the meantime, me, Shar and Basc are going to take a look around the palace."

"Shar and who?"

"Basc. The Emperor's son, heir to the throne, oh, and apparently a former travelling warrior."

"And you're taking him with you? Isn't he an already big enough target?"

"That's what we all said. Then again, this is Rook's cousin we're talking about. Some of them in that family are…how can I put it…not necessarily stubborn, but a challenge to persuade."

"I get it", Gwendolyn says as yawns.

"You rest up. I'll let you know how things go."

Ben nuzzles Gwendolyn on the forehead before quietly walking over to the door. He exits the room as Gwendolyn falls asleep.

Just as he walks out the quarters, her hears two people arguing coming further down the hall. He swore he could hear Basc's voice. Ben runs over to see what was happening.

"There is no way I am allowing my son to leave the safety of the Plumbers to do what? Get himself killed? You have nearly died yesterday."

"As well as the other 100 times while travelling Revonnah and a few other planets", the prince shot back.

"But this is different. You are no longer some nomadic sword wielder. You are the heir to the throne and you are just days away of becoming ruler of Revonnah. What if something happens to you? What will we do then?"

Basc remained silent at Iro's question. The prince clenched his fist and looked at his father, He said to him, "I am aware of the situation, father, but this needs to be dealt with. True, my time to rule may be almost here, but until then. I am still a Seeker."

"What's going on?" Ben asked he caught up to the group. In front of Shar and Basc, two older Revonnahganders stood with angry faces.

"It is my parents. They do not want me to go with you and cousin Shar."

Ben looks at the two Revonnahganders. "Parents? Then you're…"

"Emperor Iro and Empress Miko: current rulers of Revonnah." The Emperor and Empress look at their son.

"Until Basc takes the throne", the Empress added. "Which is why we can't have you going outside at this time. Why not let the Plumbers handle this. You need to focus on preparing for your coronation."

Mikoto looks over to Ben as he watched the royal family argue. She calls to the man in a stern voice,"and YOU!" Ben looks at the disgruntled Empress as she walks over to him, "Why did you not try to talk him out of it?"

"I did. But your son's a little...hard to...persuade?"

"I will not allow it!" Iro yelled letting everyone in the building of his anger.

"I will be fine father", Basco tried to reassure his father, but the Emperor was not one bit convinced by his son's words.

The Emperor tries one final attempt. "Basc, as your father and Emperor, I order you to stay here."

"I am afraid I will have to disobey that order. If you are to punish me,so be it."

Iro narrowed his eyes. How can a young Revonnahgander be so stubborn? Mikoto sighed, "Well, you cannot say he is not your son."

"Iro. Emperor, your majesty", Ben addressed the emperor. The family looked at the human male waiting to hear what he had to say. "If it makes you feel more comfortable, I will be with Basc the entire time and so will Shar. The palace is will be crawling with Plumbers and guardsmen there. If anybody suspicious is reported nearby, we'll be the first to hear it. Besides headquarters, the palace is probably the next safest place he will be. Don't you agree?"

Iro thought about Ben's suggestion, although he was very unsure of the idea. He's obviously was not going to listen to him. He then sighed and said, "Fine. But if anything happens to him, I am holding you responsible. And if he dies on your watch, your arm is mine. Understand?"

"Sounds fair", said the prince. "Ben?"

"Understood" Ben said. What the hell did I get myself into?

With the agreement settled, the group left for the palace.

Aoi Garden Palace…

Ben, Basc, and Shar arrived at palace. The entrance to the palace was closed off. Plumbers were investigating the build. Ben entered inside. The entire place was a mess. Tables and chairs were either toppled or broken. Shards of glass and painted porcelain were scattered throughout the floor. At the far end, the thrones for the Emperor and Empress ruined. Broken and scorched by blaster shot with alien shurikens stuck in cushions and stone.

"You guys did quite a number to this place", Ben commented.

"Most of that damage was done the Assassins."

"Tell what happened here?"

"My family was throwing a traditional celebration for my father's retirement. They wanted me to meet political figures and other important people that I would be working with in the future", Basc said as he looked around throne room.

"Not to mention a certain girl", Shar added.

"Shar", Basc glared at Shar as she smirked over Basc's reaction.

"Girl?"

"It is nothing. Just a girl my family picked out for me to marry and bare an heir. Anyways, things were going well until they came.

"The assassins."

Basc nodded. "The lights shut off for a moment. When they came back on, there were with blasters. They started shooting at everyone. We called Plumbers HQ and had evacuated everyone inside. Then one of them threw an tayden grenade. Unfortunately, Rook was the closest the grenade."

Two Revonnahgander guards, a male and a female, walked into the courtroom. The male guard happily greeted Ben, "Ben 10,000. I am Captain Shai of the Imperial Guard. It is an honor to meet you."

"Thank you, Captain Shai. I need to ask you a few questions. Have you noticed anything out of the ordinary, apart from the festivities."

"We found a few of my guardsmen knocked unconscious after the attack. We asked what happened, but they can not remember what happened. All they remember is that having a little drink and blacking out."

"What did they drink?"

"They said they had a cold olgia tea. It is usually given to the royal guards to help them stay awake and alert while on duty. They said the tea did not smell or taste any different from all the other times they had it."

"Do they know who gave them the drink?" Rook Shar asked.

"Not really. They said it was one of the female servants. We gathered all the female servants working that night and had lined them up. They did not recognize any of them."

"So, whoever gave them the tea was not part of the staff. They must have been working with the assassins", Shar concluded.

"Possibly."

From the shadows, mysterious figures watch the group as the looked searched the courtroom sign anything that can who they were or why they were here. One of the guards-women finds a silver medallion under a broken porcelain vase. "Captain. I found something."

"What is it Aseri?" Shai asked as she walked over to the guards-woman. She presents the medallion to Shai. Shai picks up the medallion and examines it.

"Have you seen anything like this before?" Aseri asked Shai.

"Looks familiar. But I can't place my finger one it."

"We can take it back to headquarters and see what it is", said Ben.

"No need. The royal archivist will examine this medallion."

"With all due respect, Captain, but the Plumbers will have a better chance at finding out what the medallion is and the significance to the assassins", said Shar. Shai's grip on the medallion tightens as Shar made the suggestion. Ben looked at the male's hand.

"And with all due respect officer, the royal archivist and guard have handle situations like this for nearly hundreds of..."

"Aseri." The guards-woman looks at Shai. "It is okay. Let Plumbers do their job."

Just as Shai was about the hand over the medallion to Ben, a cloaked shadow releases a few small pellets from the top level of the courtroom. The pellets drops in front of the group. They heard a the little metallic balls hit the ground. On instinct they looked at the pellets in curiosity. "WHAT THE…"

One of the cloaked persons presses a button. The pellets explode releasing a massive cloud of smoke.

The everyone in the room coughed. Shar called out to the other. "Ben! *cough* Basc! *cough, cough* "Aseri! Shai! Where are you?"

Two masked Revonnahganders jump down behind Aseri and Shai as they coughed. The two figures knocks out the guardsmen. Shai drops the medallion. One of the assailants, grabs the medallion from the floor. They flee the scene unnoticed.

"I'm coming," Ben calls outs to the pair. One of the figures aims a small blow dart at Ben, then blows. The needle flies into the male's shoulder. Ben yelps as he is stuck by the needle. Everything suddenly started to become blurry. He couldn't see anything at all but formless shapes. "Guys? Basc! Shar! Where are you?"

"Over here!" Basc called out. Ben tries to listen but to no avail.

"Where? I...I can't see. I think I'm going blind!"

"I don't know know what gas is this, but must have a different effect on humans." Shar concluded. "Ben, turn into one of you aliens, quick!" Ben turns the dial on the omnitrix, but all he could see was just blurry blobs. "Great. Let's just go with YOU!" Ben hits the dial. His stature grows, black and yellow fur grow a from his body turning him into a anthropomorphic ape. Ben looks at his hands to see what he has become. His vision was still blurred, but, he could see he had yellow fur and black fur and could feel electricity flowing through his being.

"Shocksquatch, eh?"

From the second floor, a group of cloaked and masked Revonnahganders jump down surrounding the three. As the smoke cleared out, Shar and Basc could see the cloaked persons with weapons drawn, ready to fight. They see Aseri's and Shai's bodies on the ground. Basc drew an a small object that quickly transformed into an alien bo staff. "What's going on?" Shocksquatch asked confused as what is happening as he sees only shapeless forms all around him.

"Were surrounded!" Basc shouted. Everyone went into a defensive stance.

A Revonnahgander with a mechanical prosthetic arm leapt down in middle of the crowd. He commands his people in his native Revonnah tongue, "Kill them all!"

"What did he say? I don't speak Revonnah", Shocksquatch asked.

"Ben, can you still fight?" Basc asked the alien ape.

"Of course I can. I hope."

The group ran into the trio with weapons ready. Shocksquatch charged his fists, ready to fight. "I can take you all on, sight or no sight." Shocksquatch fired lightning bolts from his hands. They all dodged his attacks. Unfortunately, Shocksquatch started to cause more damage to the area. One of the bolts struck the Emperor's throne. He Was hitting everything else, but his targets. Rubble started to fall where Shar and Basc were fighting. Luckily, all the Revonnahganders dodged the falling debris.

"Ben! You fighting blind is causing more harm than good."

"I guess it's time for me to make the switch, eh?" Shocksquatch activates his omnitrix. The alien soon turn into an orange canine ape hybrid with a long tail and gills on his neck. "Wildmutt? Perfect." Wildmutt roars at the attackers. One of the assassins runs towards Wildmutt from behind with a spear ready to pierce.

Basc sees the incoming attacker and warns Ben. "Wildmutt, 6 o'clock!"

Wildmutt catches his opponent's scent. He leaps into the air dodging his attack. Ben lands behind him and kicks him from behind causing his opponent to fly into three others that were attacking Basc, knocking them out. "Thanks, Ben."

Ben nods. He catches the scent of Shar and another group of assassins. He runs towards them only to be blocked by two other attacking assassins. Deciding to join the fight, the leader jumps in the middle of the battle. He draws his sword and starts battling Basc and Shar. This Revonnahgander was extremely skilled. Every hit, every attack, he dodged and countered. "This guy maybe old, but he has some moves", Basc said as he ran back to fight the man.

Shar had strange feeling about this man. The more they fought the man, the more she could not help but feel that this person was oddly familiarity. "Who is this person?" Shar resumed fighting the attacker along side Basc, but soon found themselves outmatched. Basc tries to punched the leader, but the man counters by grabbing his arm. he transforms his mechanical arm into a dagger and stabs the prince in the arm. He Basc screams as the leader once again stabs him in the side. "BASC!" Shar shouts. The Revonnahgander backhand slaps the prince knocking him down. Basc tries to stand push himself up with one hand as covers his side wound with the other. The proceeds towards the prince. He transforms his dagger back into his hand and draws out his sword.

Shar gets up on her feet and transforms her proto-tool into a staff. Just as the leader was about to impale the prince, Shar kicks the leader from behind sending him forward. The Revonnahgander once again stands on his feet. Shar begins to attack. For a short time, it seemed she had the upper hand with each attack landing successfully. After being kncoked down for a second time, the leader, stands up and recomposes himself. THe two continued their battle, but she was starting to lose her advantage. The leader dodged all her proto-tool staff attacks. Shar tries to round house kick the leader, but he catches her ankle and twisted it. Shar screams in pain. The leader kicks down her standing leg knocking her down to the floor still holding her ankle. He releases her ankle only to picks her up by the throat. The leader stares at the woman and says to her, "You and your brother were my best pupils. It is a shame you two strayed from the path, the way of life our ancestors laid out a thousand of ago."

At that moment Shar realized. "No. It can't be." Before she could continue, the man stabs the female Plumber in the stomach. He drops her to the ground.

"NOOOOOOO!" Basc shouts in horror. Shar tries her best to cover the wound with her hand.

Wildmutt sees Shar on the ground. The scent of blood hits his nostrils. "Son of a..." He looks at the leader then roars. Two more assassins jump in front of them blocking him from the leader. Wildmutt back hands the assassin, knocking them to one of the columns. The alien canine roars as he charges at the assassin leader. The man stares at the charging alien with not a hint of fear in his eyes. He did not flinch nor take a defensive stance, he just stood there even as Wildmut stopped short a few inches from him. Just as Wildmutt raised his clawed hand to ready strike him, a rope wraps around his wrist. To assassins were pulling back with whips. Wildmutt looks back at the leader and roars. He raises other hand only for it to be restrained by three more whips. Then another two whips wrapped around his neck with two Revonnahganders pulling back his head until he was standing on his two legs.

The assassin leader stares up at the beast standing tall before him with the same emotionless face. Wildmutt growls as he struggles to break free of his restraints. The leader opens his mouth only for Wildmutt to hear him speak in his native tongue, "SHOCK HIM!" All at once assassins pressed a button their whip handles, releasing powerful bolt of electricity through the thongs of their whips. The vulpimancer roared in pain as he was electrocuted. This continued for 30 long seconds until, "ENOUGH!" The assassins lifted their thumbs off the buttons. Wildmutt falls to his knees, then to his belly. He whimpers as he tries to push himself off the ground, but the pain had been too great even for him.

Due to pain and exhaustion, the vulpimancer changes back to his human form. Ben tries to once again to push himself off the ground, but two of the assassins came forth and lifts from the back collar of his shirt onto his knees. Despite being blind, Ben looks up at the leader, eyes dulled from the pain. The leader lowers himself to Ben's level. He cups his hand around the man's chin. "Well, well, well. Look who we have here." The leader chimed as he examined the man's face. That voice, it sounded familiar. He felt like he met this alien before, but he couldn't remember who or where he met him. He asks in a heavy breath, "Who are you people? Why are you doing this?"

"Dear Benjamin. You know very well why I'm doing this."

Ben was confused. What did he mean he knew why he was attacking the prince and his family. "I don't understand."

Of course you don't understand. Understand how you and people like you is poisoning my culture, my people, with your own cultures and technology."

"Hm. Where have I heard this before?"

"The Rook Family and everyone involved will pay bringing this plague onto our planet."

"The Rook family… wait, Kundo?!" Ben shouted.

"Hello again, Tennyson."

"I guess you found others who shares your views. So what have you been up to since your prison break a couple years back?"

The older Revonnahgander punches the man in the stomach. Ben grunts in pain.

"I still remember the day I was made into this...this...abomination."

"At least your one of the better looking abominations. Have you seen Animo? Or how about Levin?"

"Silence!" Kundo slapped Ben across the face leaving a red mark. "I can have my men electrocute you until you are brain dead. But, I want to be the one to finish you myself." "You there. Extend his arm." There assassins once again wraps the thong of the whip around his left arm lifting his arm up and extending it out.

"What are you doing?"

"How does your saying goes. An eye for an eye. You took away my dignity as a well respected master of Revonnah Kai. Now, I will take away you most prized possession. The very thing that make you...special."

Ben's skin pales in horror. He looks over to his omnitrix hand. Kundo transforms his mechanical arm into a laser sword. Ben saw his reflection in Kundo's eyes. "From this day forward you will no longer be BEN...TEN...THOU..."

A burst of lights lit up the throne room. As the light died down. Rook Ben, Da, and Iro stood before them.

"What?! How?!"

The three men find Shar and Basc on the floor. Shar was in worst shape. He ankle twisted and a bloody hand on her belly. Their faces paled in horror.

"Shar!" Rook Ben and Da shouted as ran to her aid. She was pale and faint from the blood loss.

Iro knelt down next to this son, his hard exterior now softened. He quietly asks his son,"Oh, why did you have to go?"

Rook Da looks at the man who did this. He instantly recognizes the master he had once admired. With sadness turned to fury he roars the man's name, "KUUUNDOOOO!" Kundo looks that father emotionlessly like before. "Your people nearly took away my Blonko. I will not let you take away another member of my family!"

Iro hardens once again. He pulls out his ancestral sword and deeply bellows, "I will have your head for this!"

The doors suddenly burst open with Plumbers and guardsmen running in quickly surrounding the group. Kundo looked around furious that his plan was falling apart. "You got nowhere to run."

Both enraged Rook Da and Iro, charges towards Kundo weapons ready to slay. Rook Ben, equally upset, but calm and collective than his father and great uncle tries to stop them. "Father, Iro, wait!"

Kundo raised his arm and whistled. All of them, including Kundo, threw pellets on the ground covering the throne in smoke. Everyone was blinded by the smoke. When the smoke cleared all of them had vanished.

"What the..." Da shouted still furious with the man. "Where did he go?"

"KUUNDO!" Iro called.

"Father! We need to get Basc and Shar to the infirmary!" Rook Ben shouted snapping Da out of rage. Iro continued to stare into direction Kundo had once been breathing heavily in anger.

Rook Da looked at Shar. Hot rage simmering down to sadness. He pushed back her hair as he felt her soft fur. Shar looked at her father and little brother. "Father? Ben?"

"Oh, my little blue blossom. He us bring you home."

Plumbers HQ…

"I detected some kind of neurotoxin in your blood. It seems what ever stung you was laced with it. Not to worry, the dosage was too small to cause any lasting damage. The toxin will wear off in few hours. Just see me later say, tomorrow morning to check on your eyesight."

"Thanks, Serpe."

"I'll walk you to your room, Ben", Rook Ben offered.

In another room, things were another problem.

"I knew this would happened. I should of made you stay here in base where you are safe. But nooo, you had to got fight those criminals and once again nearly assassinated!" the Emperor yelled as a nurse wrapped a bandage around Basc's arm.

"You told me part of being a ruler is protecting our people from great threats. And that was what I was doing."

"Yes, I did say that. However, that does not matter when you are dead." The Emperor sighed loudly as he looked away from his son. "I know you will hate me for this, but this is for your own good as well as for the good of Revonnah. As of now, you are not to leave the Plumbers base until your ceremony."

Basc looked at the Emperor in shock. "No, father! You can't do this. GAH!"

"Your sire, I need you to sit still", said the nurse as she pulled the his arm back into position.

"I will inform the palace staff of the current situation. All you need to focus on is preparing for your coronation. That is final. And I said for your gorilla friend, I am holding him responsible."

"It is not his fault. Mother!"

Mikoto looked away from Basc with head down. Basc hung his head and clenched his fist. "Basc..."

"LEAVE ME ALONE." The Emperor and Empress exited the room leaving Basc alone in silence. Outside, Ben and Rook Ben are walkng through the med bay hall with Rook Ben guiding Ben. As they were about to pass by Basc's room, Rook Ben sees Iro and Mikoto walking out of the room. They stop by the door way. He finds Basc with his head down looking away from the door while the nurse continued to bandage his arm. Rook Ben felt looked at his cousin and sighed.

"What's going on? Why did we stop?" Ben asked.

"I do not know, but I guess we will find out later. Let us go", Ben and Rook Ben continued on.

Capital…

In the lively center of Capital, a young, hooded male Revonnahgander wearing hoodie jacket, dark jeans, and red sneakers walks the crowded streets. He passes by laughing Revonnahganders and foreign aliens seated outside by bars and restaurants. Small stores were filled with customers for searching for merchandise from the all over the planet and off world. He turns into a into a building complex then buzzes the bell by the door. "Can I help you?" a male voice answers. "Phantom." The young man answers back. The door buzzes giving the signal that he can enter. On top of the complex, a mansion penthouse rest. Inside an elevator opens revealing the young man inside. Across from him is a door. He walks towards it then knocks. The door is answer by a large and muscular Revonnahgander in a suit and bowtie. "I will inform my master of your arrival. Please, have a seat." The young Revonnahgander sits on a love seat chair silently waiting in the living room. The butler returns to the room. "The masters will see you now." The Revonnahgander follows the butler to a large office. The butler walks over to four other Revonnahganders sitting before the young man with a nice view of the Capital behind their backs. The Revonnahgander in the middle, a female, is the first to speak.

"The Plumbers have called upon the the great Benjamin Tennyson." The young Revonnahgander remains silent. "To make matters worst, his cousin, Agent Gwendolyn Tennyson has accompanied him on his mission. They surely will be a nuisance to our plans."

"Oh, Madame Yabu. We should of seen this coming. With the Rook family having a close friendship with the Tennysons, the Plumbers on this planet were bound to call him", said the butler.

Another door on the left side of the office opens. An older Revonnahgander walks into the office then bows to the five heads. "Madame Yabu."

"Ah, Kundo. You have returned."

"The attack on the Prince has once again failed", Kundo informs. "While I was there, I did manage to snatch this back." Kundo lifts the medallion for the everyone in the room to see.

"Hm. We must be a little more careful not to tip them off. If they track down even just one of our members, our plans to return Revonnah to its traditional roots will be at risk of failure. Find who the medallion belongs, return to it to them, and remind them to not to leave any evidence behind next. I do not care how you do it."

Kundo nods.

The younger Revonnahgander finally speaks, "I do not know if this is of some interest to you, but after the last attempt we pulled, the Emperor had ban the prince from leaving the Plumbers base for his safety. He plans on pushing the coronation ahead of schedule, which doesn't give us much time", the cloaked servant said for his safety.

"Well, looks like everything according to plan", said the female.

"What do you mean?" The young man was confused.

"All will be revealed in due time, young one. For now, focus on your day job."

"Yes masters."

The lead female turns her head to Kundo.

"The same goes for you Kundo. Dismiss!"

Both Revonnahganders leave the office.

"Tennyson was about to suspect you. He may possibly already began to."

"Then, I will lead him off my trail before he suspects me any further." The Revonnahgander walks towards the door. "But for right now, I must be getting back to the palace before they start to wonder where I have gone. "

Kundo watches the younger walk away as the butler opens the door for him. "Taka." The man stops in the door ways still facing the wall across from the door. "Be careful."

The hooded Revonnahgander gives a soft sigh. He slightly turns his head and says to older man, "I will...grandfather." The butler closes the door behind him leaving the two men in silence.