Vamps and Whampire made a small barrier around Ben to protect him as Vilgax sniffed the air.
"Human…you all have a human here," he smirked, now walking forward.
"Don't come any closer Vilgax," Vamps snarled.
"This young one is under our protection," Whampire said angrily.
"Oh I see. So you are that desperate for allies. Pitiful." He said, now smashing the Omnitrix and becoming a large Tetramand. "Lord Transyl. Bring that human to the throne room!"
And with that he attacked both brothers ferociously. He grabbed Whampire by the neck, but was forced to release him as Vamps gave him a powerful kick to the face!
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Vamps snarled.
"So the king of Anur Transyl can indeed fight," Vilgax smirked evilly, now letting one arm grab Vamps leg and twist it! He was trying to break it!
Vamps cried out in pain, but sent a well-aimed punch to his face. Unfortunately, it was blocked! But Whampire came behind him and gave him a large bite to his shoulder, making him snarl in complete discomfort!
"You bloodthirsty insects!" Vilgax growled. "Before this night is over, I will hang your lifeless corpses on the front of my spaceship!"
"Go ahead and try monster," Vamps whispered dangerously. "For it is you who will not survive this battle!"
And with those words, Vamps lunged at him and the two went toe to toe again! Ben watched in horror as both landed terrible and hard punches on each other. Whampire was also in the midst of the battle too!
"This is terrible! I've got to do something!" Ben said, but at that moment, his eyes widened in horror as Lord Transyl pulled out a device and smirked happily. He pointed it at Vamps, but Ben ran towards him! "VAMPS! LOOK OUT!"
At that moment, Vamps swirled around and both he and Whampire yelled out as they saw Lord Transyl point the device at Ben, who now jumped in front of them! Within seconds, the device let out a terrible laser shock that sent Ben flying into the dark forest behind the castle!
"BEN! Hold on I'm coming!" Vamps yelled in terror, now trying to fly after him.
"BEN!" Whampire panicked, now trying to fly too. But both brothers turned in anger at seeing Transyl use some kind of energy chain that wrapped around their ankles.
"Wonderful Transyl…now that we have the king and prince…let's show this world what will happen when their leaders won't bow to me," Vilgax said lowly, as he transformed back to his normal form and now motioning to take them inside as they were bound with more chains! Vamps looked over his shoulder in worry. He wasn't worried about himself! He was worried about his brother and Ben!
Meanwhile in the forest….
Ben groaned as he slowly woke up from the impact. He touched his chest, expecting a big hole to be there. But surprisingly, there was nothing!
"I-I survived? How?!" Ben whispered.
"Apparently it wasn't time for you to die yet," another voice replied. Ben swirled around and saw Kusto looking at him with a confident smirk, laying on his stomach.
Ben angrily stood up and prepared to defend himself when Kusto let out an amused chuckle.
"Relax human. You all have beaten me. Have you not seen my damaged head fin?" Kusto said, now motioning to his fin. "I will be paralyzed for a few more minutes at this rate. I've already been paralyzed for 2 hours thanks to your bat friends."
"Well you deserved every bit of it! You tried to kill us!" Ben snapped.
"It is nothing personal human. I was paid for my services," Kusto said nonchalantly.
"Well you still deserved all of it! I should really finish you off!" Ben said, now seeing a sharp stick on the ground. He picked it up and walked over to Kusto, who simply watched him. Ben then raised it high above his head, but then he paused. Somehow he couldn't make himself give the finishing blow.
"What is keeping you?" Kusto said. "If revenge is what you want then what is stopping you?"
"B-Because this…this doesn't feel right," Ben said, dripping the stick to the ground and turning his back to him. But he turned around again when he heard Kusto laughing.
"It appears you don't have what it takes to destroy your enemies," Kusto mocked.
"Whatever. At least I have the conscience to try and save a planet, whereas you're only an alien who works for money. I doubt you have any sense of honor at all!" Ben snapped, now weakly trying to make his way back to the castle. Ben felt like his entire body was going to give way but he had to keep going. He felt like Vamps and Whampire were in trouble and he wanted to do his part to save them!
As Ben slowly entered into the courtyard, he saw that Vilgax and Lord Transyl had Vamps and Whampire chained in front of the balcony facing the citizens. They all booed and yelled in fear of what the tyrants would do to their royal leaders, but no one was brave enough to stop them!
"He-He's going to destroy them in front of the entire town!" Ben panicked, now running forward and sneaking up the back stairs to find his way to where they were. But the minute he got up the stairs, there were guards waiting for him!
"Young Ben. You are to come with us," one sneered.
"Yessssss. Lord Vilgax is waiting for you," another one snapped, now reaching for him. Ben ducked down and tried to run back, but they grabbed him roughly by his shirt and drug him to the balcony. Vamps and Whampire's eyes widened when they saw him!
"Ben?! Ben, you're alive!" Whampire said with relief.
"Are you alright?!" Vamps asked, now scanning him for injury.
"I'm fine," Ben replied strongly.
"Well isn't that adorable. And just because they care so much…you will go first human," Vilgax said, now grabbing Ben by his shirt and holding him up so that everyone could see him! The crowd immediately went silent, not sure what was going to happen. "People of Anur Transyl. I am the leader of your planet now. I am going to make an example of your king, prince, and this human on what happens if you cross me!"
He then pressed the Omnitrix and transformed into Feedback and began electrocuting Ben! Ben shouted out in pain and the Vladats tore at their energy chains.
"Let go of him you coward! Fight me instead!" Vamps snarled, now lunging at him and pulling his chain.
"You monster! He's only a boy!" Whampire yelled, now pulling at his chain too.
Ben began sweating, but he gritted his teeth and glanced at the Omnitrix. Out of nowhere a red button began glowing. How the button began glowing he didn't know but something inside of him said to press it and fast! Ben prayed that he wouldn't make matters worse and then he reached down and slapped that button quickly!
Vilgax's eyes widened as he was suddenly transformed into his normal self! He glared at Ben and then tossed him hard on the ground!
"You worthless human! What have you done to it!" he snapped. He then pressed his foot hard against Ben's chest and Ben yelled out in pain!
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Vamps shouted, now lunging and snapping his chain. Whampire did the same. Vilgax spun around and immediately began fighting both brothers while Transyl tried to escape. But before he could get to the door, Ben grabbed the end of his robe!
"He's getting away!" Ben said, now trying to hold on to him. Lord Transyl smirked evilly and swept down and grabbed him by his neck. "I will squeeze the life out of you for your meddling. I should have destroyed you back at the petshop!"
Both Vamps and Whampire turned around, but they were too busy fighting Vilgax to do anything!
"He'll kill him! Vamps do something!" Whampire pleaded.
"I'm thinking I'm thinking!" Vamps said, now barely dodging a blow from Vilgax.
Meanwhile, Ben felt Lord Transyl draining his energy and fast. Ben felt like he wouldn't live through this fight, but at least he would go out knowing he did his best. As Ben's eyes slowly began to close, he heard Transyl yell out in terror as a large hand grabbed both he and Vilgax from the balcony.
"YOU TRAITOR!" Lord Transyl snapped.
"YOU SAID HE WAS OUR ALLY! YOU FOOL! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS TRANSYL!" Vilgax hollered. Both of their yells did not affect Kusto, who currently had them both in his hands.
Whampire quickly ran over to make sure Ben was ok while Vamps looked at Kusto.
"You helped us…why?" Vamps said, now looking at him seriously. Kusto did not reply immediately other than glancing at Ben and then looking at the two in his hands.
"I am repaying a debt to the human. After this, all bets are off. Now what do you want to do with these two?" Kusto said.
Vamps stared at them hard and before he said anything, a light began to shine right beside him. As he looked down, he noticed that Azmuth had returned with a small device.
"We need to throw them into the null void." Azmuth said.
"But Azmuth, we still haven't gotten the Omnitrix back yet!" Vamps said.
"I know. But there is no other way." Azmuth said, now trying to open up the null void with his device.
While he was doing that, Vilgax sent a horrible shock to Kusto's hand, making him drop him!
"He's loose!" Whampire yelled. But the minute Vilgax jumped back up on the balcony, he reached for Azmuth.
"With the creator of the Omnitrix, I will be unstoppable!" he said, now snatching up the Galvan in the blink of an eye. Whampire and Vamps ran towards him, but he held a hand up. "Come any closer and he's history!"
Ben weakly opened his eyes, still weak from Transyl's energy drain. But he noticed a laser spear left by one of the guards. Ben had just a little strength left, but he knew he had to do something or Azmuth would be taken prisoner too. Ben weakly reached over and picked the spear up and aimed it right for Vilgax' shoulder.
"I…have…one…shot," Ben weakly said to himself. And with the very last of his strength, he aimed it right for Vilgax and the titan screamed out in pain! Ben had just severed his arm off! The same arm with the Omnitrix!
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed, now dropping Azmuth to the ground and screaming in pain. He turned just as Ben blacked out on the ground. "I'LL KILL HIM WITH MY BARE HANDS!"
"NO!" Azmuth said, now pointing the null void device at him and watching him being drug in!
"THIS ISN'T THE END! I'LL BE BACK AND I WILL KILL YOU ALL!" Vilgax swore as he was being drug into the null void! Kusto was about to throw in Lord Transyl, but the evil Vladat tried to use all of his strength to fly away once the titan let go of him!
"Oh no you don't! You're not escaping this Transyl! If I go, so do you!" Vilgax said, now grabbing him by his ankle!
"NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Lord Transyl panicked.
"Watch me," Vilgax snapped, now pulling him into the null void completely. Within seconds, both were gone!
In the null void…
"Vilgax, you stay away from me," Lord Transyl growled.
"You will die here Transyl for your incompetence." Vilgax said as his arm slowly began to regenerate. "If I didn't steal some regenerating DNA from those other planets, I would be dead by now. You will die by my hand."
"NO!" Transyl yelled, now trying to escape. "It can't end this way! You promised me that I could rule over half the galaxy!"
"WHAT GALAXY?! WE'VE BEEN BANISHED HERE YOU FOOL!" Vilgax said, now lunging at him and chasing him deeper into the null void. Lord Transyl and Vilgax were in the lost dimension with no way to return. And even if there was an escape, it appeared that Lord Transyl would not be coming back out alive.
Back on Anur Transyl…
"Vamps…" Whampire said sadly.
"What is it?" Vamps said, now climbing back up on their broken balcony. His face began to fall as he saw Ben's eyes were closed and he was barely breathing.
"Ben's not waking up." Whampire said in sorrow, now holding Ben to where Vamps and Azmuth could see him.
"No…no…" Vamps said, now getting closer and holding Ben to his chest. "Ben…wake up…"
No response.
"Ben listen to me. You cannot die on me now. You have just helped save the galaxy. You can't die!" Vamps said, now hugging him to his chest in sorrow. Within a few moments, Ben slowly began to stir. He was alive! Both Vladats and Azmuth visibly let out a breath of relief.
"W-What happened?" Ben asked weakly, now slowly glancing around. "D-Did we win?"
"Yes Ben! We've won. Vilgax and Lord Transyl have been defeated!" Whampire smiled happily. But Whampire noticed Vamps' sad expression.
"It is still too dangerous on this planet. Ben needs to return to Earth with his own people," Vamps said.
"B-but Vamps…"
"No buts Whampire…." Vamps said, now picking up the weak teenager. "We will nurse him back to help and send him back to his home. Vamps was visibly injured, but he had no trouble holding Ben and carried him back inside. As he walked away, Whampire shook his head.
"Why won't Vamps give Ben a chance? Ben looks up to him." Whampire sadly stated.
"Because…both of them have experienced great sorrow. What needs to happen now is that both of them need to come clean with their feelings and their pasts," Azmuth said. "Only then can both of them come to an understanding."
Azmuth then walked over to the severed arm of Vilgax and retrieved his Omnitrix. He looked up and smiled. He had a plan for whom it would be given to.
"You know who I am going to choose. Don't you." He said, now speaking to it. The Omnitrix glowed, almost as if it too could understand.
guestsurprise: What do you all think? :) Do not worry. There is more to come.
newbienovelistRD: Awesome, Amiga! :D