Ben woke up and noticed that Whampire and Vamps were already speaking to someone. The problem? It appeared that they were talking to themselves; there appeared to be no other alien in the room. Ben craned his neck over, but still saw no one.
"Who are they talking to?" Ben whispered. But he smirked as both brothers, who had great hearing, turned and looked at him. Both gave him a warm grin and walked over to him.
"How are you feeling young Ben?" Whampire asked.
"I'm alright. Thanks Whampire," Ben smiled. Vamps then walked over and felt his forehead.
"You still have a small fever," Vamps said, making Whampire and Ben arch an eyebrow.
"My my…does the King of Anur Transyl care about a young human?" a voice said. Vamps stepped back and crossed his arms.
"I only care about his well-being and nothing more." Vamps huffed, turning away. Ben's shoulders slouched a bit, but Whampire placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Ben, do not be so down. It appears that you have indeed changed Vamps." Whampire smiled.
"I don't want to be in his way though," Ben said. He truly looked up to Vamps because Vamps was his hero. But before Ben could say another word, he saw Vamps glance over his shoulder and give him a small smile, indicating that he heard him.
"You are not in my way young Ben." Vamps replied. "But you do need to recover from your battle with Kusto."
"So that is the young one that attacked the To'Kustar?" the same voice from earlier said.
"Yes. He is the one." Vamps replied.
Ben was still confused as he kept hearing different voices, but as Vamps and Whampire moved aside, he saw a small alien looking at him. An alien that looked like a frog and was barely taller than a pencil!
"Well, well…he seems a bit young and a bit weak." The alien said, now coming forward.
"W-Who are you?" Ben said in shock.
"My name is Azmuth. I am a Galvan, young human, and the creator of the Omnitrix." Azmuth said, now looking at Ben even harder. "I have heard you came along to help the brothers with their mission to defeat Vilgax."
"Well, I just wanted to help where I could," Ben said honestly. Azmuth studied Ben hard and then got really close to him. "You are fearful, but you are fearless for your friends. You have strength, but you hide it. You're hiding your true potential."
"I-I-I-I-I'm not hiding anything," Ben said, now scooting back from him.
"You are young human. But no matter. You will rise to the occasion when you need to. Just like Vamps did," Azmuth replied.
"What do you mean?" Whampire asked.
"I am the one who assisted him when he fought Kusto. I helped to clean his wounds and I tricked the large beast into thinking that Vamps was defeated, but Vamps pulled through on his own. He had the determination to live and he refused to die and leave you all to fight alone," Azmuth said.
"You mean he could have died, but he didn't because of his willpower?" Ben asked.
"Correct young Ben. I arrived in enough time to help him escape that monster, but Vamps was determined to come back immediately. That is why his wound is still fresh. He refused to let himself heal completely because he felt you all were still in danger. Which, in truth, you are. We all are." Azmuth said seriously. "Vilgax will be arriving in your part of the galaxy soon. I cannot stay because I need to keep warning the planets nearby."
"We thank you Azmuth for helping Vamps and for warning us. But we do want to know something. How can Vilgax be stopped? With the Omnitrix he is much more powerful." Whampire asked.
"I made the Omnitrix with a temporary lockdown sequence. If I do that, you would only have 20 minutes to get the Omnitrix off of his wrist. That is very dangerous, but we have no other choice." Azmuth said.
The others nodded and then looked at each other. They still had Lord Transyl to worry about as well.
"We have two problems to work through. Lord Transyl still believes I'm dead, but he is a traitor and we cannot depend on his help. We need to get rid of he and Kusto," Vamps said angrily.
"I told you he was not to be trusted!" Whampire said.
"And I am sorry I did not see it sooner Whampire. But I wanted to believe we at least had one ally left in this fight." Vamps said, now frustrated.
"You do have allies out there Vamps. But many of them are afraid and in hiding because of what Vilgax has done to their planets." Azmuth said. "Right now, you all need to get Lord Transyl out of the way in order for you to fight Vilgax."
They nodded and as they continued to talk, Ben felt his stomach rumble. It was no wonder. He hadn't eaten in 24 hours. Whampire turned to him and handed him some kind of fruit from a strange tree that was hanging over the balcony. It looked like a prune, but Ben was starved and bit into it anyway. At first it tasted bitter, but after a second it tasted sweet. Ben ate the fruit quickly and rubbed his stomach in pure happiness. He was starving and for a young teen who barely ate, he ate like he was ten men! Whampire watched him as Azmuth and Vamps discussed the next plan of action. Once Azmuth disappeared, Vamps walked over and chuckled at seeing Ben bite into another piece of fruit that Whampire gave him. Once he was done, Ben stood up and saw Vamps and Whampire eyeing him carefully.
"Ben…tell me the truth. Why did you come?" Whampire asked.
"So that I could help Vamps," Ben replied softly. "Remember? I told you guys that before."
"No…there is more to it than that," Whampire said gently.
"I don't know what you're talking about…" Ben replied, now sitting back down. Vamps was curious as well, but gently nudged Whampire to not press it further. Whampire nodded in response and stood up.
"He's almost here Ben. We need you to stay by our sides at all time. You were still asleep when we were discussing the first part of our plan." Whampire said.
"The plan is for us to destroy both of the traitors first. Tonight." Vamps said lowly, making Ben shudder. This was showing Vamps' king side. He was talking about blatant execution of traitors. As Ben opened his mouth to speak, the ground began to shake and suddenly they heard a growl from outside the castle.
"I can smell your scent. I can hear your voices…welcome home King Vamps…" the voice hissed. Ben glanced out and saw Kusto baring his teeth and looking like he wanted to claw the entire castle.
"I'm ready for you monster," Vamps said, now flying out at him at a rapid speed, with Whampire behind him. Ben raced to the broken balcony and noticed Kusto swatting and roaring at both of the Vladats who were definitely taking him down!
"I will destroy you both!" Kusto thundered, now grabbing Whampire in one hand and trying to squeeze the life out of him. Vamps then flew down and was about to bite him once more on his head fin when Kusto swatted him hard out of the sky!
"WHAMPIRE! VAMPS!" Ben screamed, now picking up a brick and throwing it hard at Kusto's head fin. Kusto, feeling the slight impact, swirled his head around and roared at Ben.
"YOU?! You little brat! I'll eat you for dinner!" Kusto snarled, now dropping Whampire hard and reaching out for Ben. Ben screamed and tried to run back, but Kusto grabbed him in his hands and looked down at the trapped teen. "You look delicious…"
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" a voice thundered. Kusto turned just in time to see Vamps savagely jump on his head fin and he and Whampire began tearing and biting into it the same as before, making him roar and drop Ben.
"BEN!" Vamps screamed, since Ben was falling far to the ground. He dove headfirst and caught him before he hit the rocks below and flew him back up to the broken balcony.
"Stay down!" Vamps commanded, now pushing Ben down. He then flew back out and he and Whampire looked at each other.
"Have you eaten today?" Whampire smirked.
"No. And I am famished," Vamps said, his grin widened. Within seconds, he and Whampire began draining Kusto's energy, making the giant get on his knees.
"You pests…I will destroy you both…"Kusto said angrily, now falling down on his face. Both Vladats smiled in happiness and flew back up to the balcony with Ben.
"He's down for now. And this time…he won't be getting back up for a while…" Vamps said, now facing back to the castle. "Lord Transyl no doubt heard the battle. We need to get rid of him now!"
"Too late…" a voice growled. All three turned and saw Lord Transyl looking at them savagely with his red eyes. "I should have known you were still alive Vamps."
"You traitor. You had this planned all along," Vamps growled, now placing Ben behind him.
"Oh no. I had THIS planned all along," he smirked. And with that, Lord Transyl opened the door more and he turned and allowed Vilgax come into the room.
"Well done Lord Transyl. You have been a great asset to me. You will get exactly what you deserve," Vilgax said, now standing in front of all of the Vladats. Vamps and Whampire stood bravely in front of Ben and stood their ground. Lord Transyl had been working for Vilgax all along and now he had come to finish what he started….destroying their entire planet!
guestsurprise: It has gotten even worse!