Chaotic Ten: Over-World

There are some things I will list:

1) The OC will meet with the Chaotic crew once in a while as he has his own adventures in other places of Parim most of the time.

2) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of each of the "Ben 10" franchise (TV Shows, Movie, and Otherwise) with some changes here and there AS NECESSARY.

3) This fan-fiction will incorporate parts of "Chaotic" (TV show and TCG) with some changes AS NECESSARY, mostly focusing on day to day events with the back story creeping up.

4) This is the Dialogue layout: "Regular Dialogue"- "Drome Dialogue"- "Omnitrix/Transformed Dialogue"- {Sound effect} –"Mugic Invocation Dialogue" – 'Thinking'

5) Most importantly: I DO NOT own "Chaotic" as it is the property of Bryan C. Gannon, Martin Rauff, Chaotic USA Entertainment Group, 4Kids Entertainment, Bardel Entertainment, and various other individuals and companies, and I DO NOT own "Ben 10"(franchise) as it is the property of "Man of Action"T.M. , Cartoon Network, all their subsidiaries.

6) What I DO own, is the resulting OCs and OMs (Original Mugic) and OLs (Original Locations) created for the current fan-fiction.

7) If Rath shows up, he has the outfit from Omniverse, BUT NO MASK! (It's just silly.)

After making his way into Chaotic, Timothy Jeffers Jr. finds his mission of locating Zenith harder then he thought. With his original goal of going home tied to finding her, he will become an anomaly to the residents Perim and Chaotic as he protects the peace in the process. Let's hope he survives...

Chapter 2: EckX and The Trials!

~Omniverse Past~

Flying cars and ships flew by as aliens of all sorts filled the sidewalks and Ken and Tim were walking up the street conversing.

"I don't know…" Said Tim giving his guide an unsure look. "I still think this is a mistake."

"Dude, you can't just lock yourself up in your room all the time." Ken told him. "You gotta get some fresh air every once in a while."

"I know that much but, I mean just look at this place! Aliens, space ships, D.N.A scrambling, this is just too crazy here," Tim argued. "Just the other day I ran into a bat lady and a squid man. And news flash, he's a hugger." He shivered as he remembered the time his cousin, back in his home universe, showed him one of his "private movies" from japan. It was not his cup of tea. 'I felt like one of those poor anime girls.'

"Okay first, you ran into our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Sunnin." Ken told Tim. "And they're pretty cool. They even baked us cookies on Christmas." Then Ken started to drool a little. "Mmmm… Zuudlendoberry…." Tim began to worry about his friend/technical nephew, so he decided to move the topic along.

"And the second?"

"Huh? OH! And second, you need to get used to the daily life here." Ken explained. Tim raised an eyebrow.

"Why? It's not like I'm going to live here all my life. By the end of the year, I'll be back at home in my universe."

"That's exactly why!" Ken stopped and turned to Tim. "You're going to be here for A WHOLE YEAR. That means you need deal with things you're not used to if you're going to stay here for that long."

"It won't be a problem if I just stay in the tower!"

"I am not keeping hikikomori in my house!" Ken said with his arms crossed.

"Last time I checked, it was your PARENT'S house!"

"Look here you-!" Ken stopped and began to rub his temples, a habit he and his father shared. "Sigh… Listen, you've been given a chance that not a lot of people get. And don't forget that Azmuth said that he MIGHT be able to find a way to send you home, so keep in mind that there's a chance you may be staying here for good-!"

"I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT!" Tim yelled, surprising some passersby.

"…I'm sorry." Ken then walked to Tim, putting his hands on his shoulders. "It just that none of us want to get your hopes up if things go south." Tim remained quiet as he took in what Ken was saying. "Both my parents and my combat instructor, Tetrax, always tell me: "Expect the best, but prepare for the worst."

"… I… I guess you're right…" Tim accepted that what Ken was saying was the truth. "But if I can't get home, what do I do with myself."

"Hmm… How about you join the family business?"

"Huh?!" Tim looked at Ken with eyes wide open. "You mean as a superhero?!"

"Yeah, you'd make a great addition to fight bad guys!"

"Fight bad guys!?" Tim was looking at Ken as if he had lost it. "And what part of me looks like I can fight bad guys!?"

"Well, the ole' Tennyson DNA for starters, and that new Omnitirx you have stuck on you." Ken then smiled. "Plus, you're smarter than you look."

"Ha-ha, well I-! Hey!" Tim complained as he caught the backhanded compliment.

"Hah! Come on man, let's go!" He lightly pushed Tim up the street.

"Were are we going?" Tim asked as they rounded the corner.

"Here!" Ken then pointed upwards to a object on a pole.

Tim looked up at the odd shape. It was a tall anthropomorphic white cup with a green lid, a pink bow and a face that was buck-toothed. It had a green and pink straw on it's head and for legs and feet. It was holding a small cup with the same face. Below it was a shack that looked like a cup as well, with a human worker that looked like he WISHED he had better things to do.

"Behold, Mr. Smoothy!" Ken announced as if presenting a world heritage site.

"You took me to some smoothie place?"

"Some smoothie place?" Ken looked like Tim slapped him in the face. "This is NOT just "some smoothie place." This is Mr. Smoothy!" Tim was shocked at the dangerous tone Ken was using as the brunette was baring down on him. "This franchise makes the drink of the GODS! So you'd better show RESPECT TO THE SMOOTHIE!"

"OKAY, OKAY! I'm Sorry! I shall show my respect to the almighty smoothies!" Tim had his hands raised as he backed down.

"Good!" Ken said in a happy tone that made that menacing form he had seem like a lie. "Now let's get you a cup."

"What flavor do you suggest?"

"Hmm… Since it's your first time, chocolate and ampalaya!" He headed to the booth to get their drinks.

"What!?"

~Present day, outside the town of Na-Mo'sa~

EckX had been trekking along to see the elders of the town. Since Fin was being attended to by his fiancé, he felt this was the perfect moment give the love birds some alone time and visit the elders for some answers. As he made it up the hill, he wondered why old wise people in stories always lived in some far out-of-the-way places. He then walked into the nearby swamp and took out the map, Zileles gave him. "So after I get in here, I need to watch out for the monster…"

~Three hours prior~

"A swamp monster, are you messing with me?" EckX asked in full skepticism.

"Not at all," Zileles took out a small object and handed it to EckX. "This creature has been protecting the Elders since I could remember."

"What's this?" EckX looked at the small cylindrical item. It was made of some type of wood, with markings that were unknown to him. It had a flat top and bottom and on one side was a carving of a face with teeth. But what had his attention was the lines on it and the feeling of some small form of energy that pulsed from it. "It feels… strange."

"Those before you, who had held this, said the same thing." He then pointed out the amulet. "This amulet will protect you from the monster. Bare it to calm it down and it will let you pass."

"Got it!"

"Beware young hero." Zileles warned. "It has taken the lives of many foolish enough to challenge it." EckX nodded in acknowledgement.

~Present time~

Eckx was tightly gripping the amulet, while moving through the dense wooded swamp. He was walking for an hour and was wondering if he would make it there before sunset as camping here was NOT a good option. The last thing he needed was some monster jumping out of the murky depths and eating him as he slept, so he pressed on as he stepped over a dead tree, but suddenly he stopped. He noticed it was quiet. Too quiet. He began to reach for the Omnitrix as he surveyed the area. Nothing moved, he slowly looked at the water, and noticed small bubbling from the far end of the semi-large pond. He stared at it carefully when it moved towards him. EckX started to move back a bit as he was ready to defend himself. The bubbles moved closer and closer, reaching the edge of the pond, and then… the bubbles stopped.

EckX remained in his stance expecting something to happen. He waited for a few minutes and then the bubbles returned more violently than ever. As EckX was about to go alien when the creature jumped out of the pond. "brrrOOOOKKkk!"

It was just a large blue bull frog-like creature that was about the size of a St. Bernard with small spines on it's back. It hopped over to the tall swamp grass and started to eat it. EckX felt relieved as he didn't really want to fight a monster. He began to walk away, when his Omnitrix began to beep. "Huh?" Looking down, he saw from the corner of the face of the watch, a purple light. Pressing it, the Omnitrix began to talk in his voice. "Incoming transmitted message. Receive?" Realizing that someone from the Omniverse was calling him, he replied. "I'll take the call." The Omnitrix beeped once to accept the command. "Warning! Incoming message contains data packets for D.N.A. Registry. All transformations-" "bbBBRRRAAAAAKKK-!" {CRUNCH!} EckX looked behind him from the large sound and saw the pond ripple in large waves as the bull frog was nowhere to be seen. Every sense in his body told him to vacate the area. He began to walk away slowly until he was a few feet away and was about to run, when a dark shadow covered him. Looking up, he saw a giant blot falling fast. He quickly jumped out of the way as the blot slammed into the ground, making a crater with enough force to turn whatever was under it into a fine paste.

"The hell is that!?" EckX looked at the monstrosity as it turned towards him. It looked like the bull frog that he saw earlier, but was red in color with hints of purple on it's long, sharp, back spines. It's blue arms and legs had large muscles and it's eyes were white blanks. Sticking out of it's mouth was a blue frog leg. It opened it's mouth, showing six rows of sharp teeth as it crunched down the remainder of it's meal. "BBBBRRRAAAARROOWWW!" It croaked as it hopped to where EckX was and it looked hungry.

"Crap!" Yelped EckX as he was about to raise the amulet until he noticed it was gone. "Wha-I dropped it?!" He began to look around to find it until he noticed it was beside the foot of the Giga-frog. "Looks like I've got no choice." He raised his Omnitrix while thinking of the appropriate abilities, and pressed the core. "Transformation option currently deactivated." EckX made a stunned face under the mask as he yelled. "Why!?" He moved quickly to the left to dodge the Giga-frog's grasp as he looked at the watch. It had now had a yellow light in the corner. The screen had a D.N.A. helix on it. "Data packet is currently being decoded for D.N.A. Registry update, requiring full processing power."

"Great!" He sarcastically yelled as he dodged another swipe from the Giga-frog trying to grab him. "Is there anything I can do with the Omnitrix!?"

"Currently, the message has been decoded and is able to be accessed."

"Like that's going to help!" EckX then ran towards the Giga-frog. It rose to grab him but EckX took a dive and slid under it using the mud for momentum. He tried to make a grab for the amulet, but before he could reach it, the Giga-frog turned around and fired a ball made of water that hit EckX into the pond. {SPLASH!} "GOBUGOBU!" Pressing a button at the side of the helmet, water was ejected from the inside and he was able to breathe normally. 'I'm in his element. I need to get out of here before he gets in and has me as an underwater snack!' EckX swam up to get to the shore but just as he made it, something grabbed him at the torso and pulled him down. "YOW!" He was moving fast below the depths as he struggled with the strange elastic object holding him tight. At the last minute, a stick was coming up from below and EckX made a grab for it and broke it off. Using it like a knife he stabbed it and blood came out. It let go of EckX and he swam to get to the surface. Behind him was the Giga-frog in pursuit as it swam at an alarming speed, it's tongue leaving a trail of blood behind.

{SPLASH} EckX had just broken the surface, when the Giga-Frog jumped out of the water, with the intention to belly flop him. {BEEP} {BEEP} The watch glowed a green light and EckX, noticing it wasted no time hitting it as the giant amphibian smashed the water with his body. It poked out of the water and looked around but saw nothing. It then dove under to see if it's prey had sunk below, but once it got deep enough, something rammed it from the side. It turned, but nothing was there, then it got knocked from behind, this time whatever hit it didn't move.

It was a mix of creatures such as alligators, eels, anglerfish, and sharks in one body. It's was mostly grey, with green eyes, had finned arms with sharp claws. It wore a black neck guard and arm braces that had green lines on them. It's lone antenna glowed green at the tip. He had a big fin on his back and it had a black fish-like tail with a green fin at the end. It's teeth protruded a little from it's mouth as one bite could crush and shred metal. It had a lean, muscular body with gills. At it's waist was a black belt with green lines and the Omnitirx symbol on the buckle. It was a form EckX remembered seeing Ken use at one point and called itself: "Ripjaws"

The Giga-frog didn't understand what had happened to it's other prey but this new prey seemed strong. But it's fish-like form made it seem too tasty to let go, so it swam to eat it. Ripjaws moved to the side as the giant frog missed it's target. It turned around and saw the fish man using both hands to make a 'bring it' motion. "Come on, Froggy! I hit you so hard, Jim Henson'll feel it!" It said in a deep watery voice. It swam to him at a higher speed, but to Ripjaws, it was like the frog was taking it's time getting there. As it got close enough, Ripjaws moved around to the side and slashed it with his claws, but it's tough skin was not able to give way. Deciding to take a different approach, he swam in a maneuver to bite his enemy as his jaw muscles were much tougher. As soon as he got to the Giga-frog's undefended back, he chomped it hard, but once again, it was not effective enough to break the skin and only succeeded in hurting his own jaw. Backing away, while rubbing his mouth, Ripjaws was surprised by the defense strength of it's body. "What the heck are you made of, Taydenite?!" The Giga-frog was surprised by Ripjaws attempt at clawing and biting it, as no other creature had tried to do that. Thus it no longer saw him as food, but as a fellow predator that was a threat to it's own existence. It's body turned completely red as it sucked in water and fired it at the fish man with a speed that Ripjaws didn't expect it had. Blocking it with his arms at the last minute, he flew back with slight numbness in both forearms due to the strength in the hardened water ball. He swam around trying to find a weakness, as the Giga-frog tried to get closer to him. Ripjaw's thoughts were in full swing as he took in the information that he learned from the fight. 'Large, highly durable body, hands are able to grasp at objects, tongue is able stretch but is weak to sharp objects, and is able to fire water balls who's strength is dependent on whether or not it in the water.' Then the words of the town leader came into his mind. 'This amulet will protect you from the monster. Bare it to calm it down and it will let you pass.' He knew what to do.

Ripjaws didn't want to fight any longer than necessary. He began to swim faster in a circle. Around and around the frog he went. It followed him as it began to become dizzy. When it stopped moving to prevent losing it's sense of direction, it saw that it's enemy disappeared. Giga-frog then franticly looked everywhere until it noticed a moving shape above it.

Ripjaws was moving at a fast pace as he realized that the fight really pulled them deep down below. As soon as he broke the surface, he moved on to land and began searching for the amulet, but the Giga-frog was not too far behind as it jumped out and crashed near him, knocking him to the ground. "Crap! I… gotta… "wheeze" get… the… "wheeze!" At that moment he noticed that he was having a hard time breathing. For a moment he thought that he was more hurt that he realized, but then he remembered. 'I forgot! This form can't breathe long outside of water!' He was about to reach for his belt but suddenly Giga-frog's hand pinned him to the ground. {SLAM!} "AUGH!" He looked downward and saw it had his chest and left arm covered in the heavy pressure of it's slimy hand. He struggled as it looked like he was about to meet his maker. Using his free hand he reached around to grab something, anything that could help him get out of this predicament. The Giga-frog was about to hit him with his other hand, when Ripjaws felt a small object. He picked it up in hopes to at least throw it at his attacker, if only to just slightly ruin his day, when he felt a familiar sensation. He looked at the object and saw it was the amulet. Acting fast, he raised it so the Giga-frog, hoping it would work.

"BBBOOOAAARRROOOO-!" As the giant amphibian was about to finish it's prey, it stopped it's hand mid-swing. It saw the amulet and remembered a certain order. It got off Ripjaws chest and backed away some.

"F-Finally… "wheeze!" Ripjaws pressed the core on his belt and, in a green flash, changed back. "GASP…" He breathed in the air that his lungs sorely missed and coughed a few times as swamp air is not all that fun to take in. The Giga-frog seeing the change happen didn't react as it saw EckX holding the amulet in his hand. "So what do I do with you?" EckX wasn't sure how to proceed as he didn't want to just turn around and run the risk of getting attacked later by it, but at the same time he didn't want to stick around as he needed to get to the elders before nightfall. "Perhaps I may assist you?" Came an old man's voice from nowhere. EckX readied himself, with the Omnitrix core already up. "Who there!?" EckX shouted, but the voice was laughing before it would introduce himself.

"I am Elder Sojanis, young warrior."

"Are you one of the town elders?"

"Yes."

"Then can I come to visit?"

"Why?" The elder voice asked in a firm tone.

"Because I have a question that needs answering."

"…."

EckX wasn't hearing a response and was worried that he missed his chance, but then he thought of something. "Have you seen this person?" He pulled out his scanner from his buckle and raised the picture of Zenith into the air.

"…!" The voice mumbled a bit, as if conversing with someone. "Why do you seek her?" He finally said in a tone that left no room for deceit.

"I seek her for two things. One is a message for her to hear, the other is a request from me."

"What is the message?"

"I'm sorry, but that is a private matter between the sender and Zenith."

"…" Once again silence. EckX was beginning to think this may have been a lost cause, began to sigh.

"Follow the path to come to our humble abode." Said the voice and as soon as he said that, the trees started to move apart and a stone pathway rose from the ground. "Follow the path." With nothing else to do he walked on.

By the time he got to the small cottage that stood out in the swamp, it was already sundown. EckX's outfit was cover in mud, and he was exhausted from the fight he had earlier and the trek down the path didn't have any rest stops either. "Tired…"

He came up to the cottage and knocked on the door twice. "Hello?" For a minute nothing happened, and EckX was about to sleep next to the door, when it opened. The elderly woman looking from the crack behind the door had the appearance of kind of an old glasses wearing, calico cat with long grey hair tied up in a neat bun, with an aura of a kindly grandmother. "Oh my!"

"Hello, Miss." EckX said to her. "I'm going door to door selling cleaning Mugic, would you like a demonstration?"

"Hu-hu-hu-hu!" She laughed as she opened the door wide. "Despite your exhaustion, you seem to still have the strength to tell a good joke." She then moved aside. "Come in out of swamp, dearie."

"Yes, Ma'am." He didn't have to be told twice as he walked in. Still careful as he didn't know her from a hole in a wall.

"Don't worry," Said the old woman. "Sojanis expected that you'd have come at this late hour. He and the others will arrive in the morning."

"Alright then." EckX stood looking around. "Ummm… Ms.?"

"Sojuna, sister of Sojanis." Said the old woman.

"Thank you for opening your home to me." EckX said bowing to her.

"Hu-hu-hu! Don't worry about such stuffy things. Now about your clothes…"

"Don't worry, I have something that can clean it easy."

"My, how convenient!"

"But I could still use a bath…" EckX sheepishly said rubbing the back of his head.

"I already have a tub with warm water ready for you." She smiled as she led the way to the wash room. She put a towel on a hook on the door. "After that, we will eat and then off to bed you go."

"Yes, Mother." He couldn't help but be nice to this total stranger, as her attitude was quite warm and kind. She laughed at his response and headed to the kitchen to start cooking.

Later, after a lively conversation and meal, they turned in for the night. He began to think about his family, including the Tennysons, and wonder how everyone was doing before he drifted off to sleep.

~In the Sojuna's room~

She was standing before a crystal mirror while making strange gestures and a face appeared on the mirror's reflection that was not her own. It was a calico like her, but it had a gray beard and hair tied in a low braid.

"He is asleep, my brother." She said. The kindness she displayed earlier had lessened, supported by a professional aura. "The sleeping herbs have taken effect."

"Good." Said Sojanis. "Here the true trial awaits him."

"If he passes? If is voiced intentions are true?" Said a gruff voice coming from the mirror.

"Then we will provide him a clue to find lady Zenith." Said another more feminine voice.

"And if he lies?" Asked Sojuna, with an ever so slight hint of worry.

"Then his mind and soul will be destroyed!" Sojanis said with a tone that was filled with finality.

"Must we do this?" Sojuna asked. "Must we put this boy through this trial?"

"Have you forgotten the number of individuals who have come and gone, seeking our knowledge?" Sojanis asked her. "It was always for some type of personal gain"

"…" Sojauna couldn't refute that.

"The last one sought out a means to defend his village, but because he could not control it, he destroyed it and all it's inhabitants." Sojanis continued.

"Even now he is a shell of his former self, moving rocks to rebuild a dead village." Said the gruff voice.

"Please understand, we MUST test this one so as to not make the same mistake again." Added the feminine voice.

"We have spoken long enough!" Sojanis commanded. "Begin the spell and let the test commence!"

"Yes, my brother." Sojuna raised both hands in the air and chanted her mugic. "Trial of Absolution! Test this young warrior's heart!" A blue light glowed from above as a restful melody played. 'Please pass, young one. I pray that your heart rings true.'

~Tim's room~

"Urmm…" Tim flopped around somewhat, as a blue light descended on him. He began to mumble and groan, and soon, he stopped moving as the test had begun.

~Tim's Mindscape~

Tim stood alone in a white space. He was confused and began looking around to get his bearings. "There's nothing here…" He looked to his Omnitrix to find a form to escape with and noticed the watch was gone, and when he looked past his wrist he noticed that he was wearing the clothes he wore on that day. The car accident, the transport, meeting the Tennysons, all of it came to his mind. He saw his legs were faded. It was as if he was a ghost. "Am… Am I dead!?" As he was beginning to panic, his own voice was calling out to him. "Timothy Jeffers Junior."

"Who's there!? Who are you!?" Tim, upon hearing an oddly familiar voice, took a karate stance.

"We've certainly come a long way, haven't we?" answered the voice.

"Why don't you come out of hiding, you afraid or something?" Tim was carefully looking around.

"Funny coming from you." Suddenly mist grew from the ground and packed together, forming a body as it walked over to Tim. Once the shape was fully defined, it filled itself in, and standing before Tim, was Himself in his EckX outfit without the helmet, with the Omnitrix on it's wrist. "But let's just see why YOU'VE been hiding as well."

Tim was about to ask about that, when the white space began to change until they were in a familiar kitchen. They looked at the table. There, he was looking at his family sitting, laughing at something someone said. Tim smiled and wanted to join them, but as soon as he walked to them, he noticed something wrong. He was sure he was walking but no distance was covered. He tried running but he didn't make any headway.

"You know…" Started the alternate Tim. "It HAS been a year or so since we vanished from our home world. Don't you think they would have moved on from the pain of our disappearance?"

Tim stopped running and turned around facing his doppelganger. "They would never give up on me!"

"Can you honestly say that?" He waved his hand and everyone vanished. "We and our sister never got along, not really." He then showed her standing at Tim's gravesite. She looked at the tombstone with distain. Then a nasty smile came from her mouth.

"Hah! I bet your dead in a ditch somewhere." She said. "Serves you right!" She then spat at his grave and walked away, before vanishing.

"We would not put it past her to do just that." Alt-Tim said looking at her with a wry smile.

"She wouldn't do that!" Tim told him. "I mean, yeah, we get on each other's nerves, but we always knew there was love under that."

"…If you want to think that way." Alt-Tim shrugged, before waving his hand again, showing Timothy Sr. at an office meeting with other men listening.

"-so with the new revenue coming up, we can bring more products into everyone's home." He told the men. One of them sighed and spoke.

"Look, Mr. Jeffers, I know that we're getting some big bonuses coming, but the main reason is that we had to lay off a lot of workers. And since I bought your company, I've noticed that you have been more of a liability to us. Ever since your son disappeared, you've been making mistakes left and right, prior to our purchase, and we can't have this here."

"What are you saying?" Tim Sr. asked with fear in his tone.

"I'm sorry, but we've given you enough time. We are going to have to ask you to clean your desk."

"But… BUT I BUILT THIS COMPANY! YOU CAN'T JUST FIRE ME!" Tim Sr. Yelled in a fit.

"It happens all the time." The man in grey said. He then pressed a button and two guards came in. "I need you clear out your desk, so these guards will make sure you do so and then escort you out."

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" The guards then grabbed him and dragged him off.

Outside of the building Tim Sr. was holding a box, in tears.

"DAMN IT!" He cursed. "This is not my fault! DAMN IT, BOY! WHY'D YOU RUNAWAY?! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

"There is NO WAY my dad would lose the company he built like that!" Tim Jr. told his double. "He would be sad, but he has always been strong!"

"We have never been a parent." Alt-Tim said as he looked at the crying man. "How would we know how he felt if their child just up and left to who knows where?" He then waved his hand and the image faded, creating another it was the kitchen and bottles and cans were everywhere. A plump woman stumbled around half dressed in underwear and bra, with a long, grey tank-top on. Dark circles from lack of sleep were present and her hair was disheveled with pieces of junk food stuck in places.

"Wha-!?" Tim was shocked at the sight as this person was his mother, who looked like a shell of her former self.

"Damn… out of booze…" She began to wobble her way over to the fridge. Taking out another can, she opened it and guzzled down the alcoholic beverage. She grabbed two more and shuffled over to the bed room somehow. She looked at the picture of Tim as a baby and stared at it. Tears started to form and she began crying as she balled up into a heap. "Uuuu…"

"Mom!" Tim ran to her to try to help, but he just went right through her. He turned and kneeled by her and began to tear up as we'll, not in sorrow, but in anger. "Why… WHY! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?"

"Because of you." Alt-Tim answered. "I am merely a refection in your heart and what you see is a scenario that you thought up in the back of your mind. What you see is what you created."

"No! NO, I DIDN'T!" Tim shook his head. Alt-Tim walked up to him and grabbed his hair.

"YES, YOU DID!" He told him. "You can lie to everyone, but you can't lie to me, for I am you!"

"But I don't want this!" Tim cried. "I don't want anyone to end up like this." After hearing this, Alt-Tim let go.

"I never said this is what you wanted." He told him. "This is just what you feared."

"I never…" Tim's voice died at that moment. He knew that this is something he wanted to avoid but was scared to admit. "You're right…"

"So what have we learned?" Alt-Tim asked with a raised brow.

"I am afraid. Afraid that there will be no room for me back home. Afraid that no one will be happy that I suddenly came back." Tim wiped his tears on his sleeve. "But that's the risk that I am going to take."

"Even though you might be hated?" Alt-Tim asked. "Even if there's a chance that there may be no room for you?"

"Yeah." Tim got up. "I might get hated but…" He looked at his mother, and thought about his sister, and father. "It's better that I try to be there for my family then just abandon them."

"I see…" Alt-Tim closed his eyes.

"Besides," Tim continued, making his alternate look back at him. "If things are that bad when I get back, who will be there to help pick up the pieces?"

"Heh." Alt-Tim smirked. "It would seem we are made of tougher stuff then we realized."

"We got that right!" Tim agreed. He then held out his hand. "So shall we save our family?"

"Our work is cut out for us… As you wish." Alt-Tim said taking it. Suddenly everything turned brighter.

Tim jumped up from the bed in cold sweat. He looked around and saw from the window that is was really early morning, as the sun only just broke the surface. Sitting up from the bed, he put his hands on his face to get some feeling back in. What he saw had not gone away like a normal dream. 'It felt so real.' but just as he was thinking that, someone spoke.

"It was very real, Child." Said the person. Tim reacted and was set to transform, but the person stepped into the, still growing, sunlight.

"Ms. Sojuna?" Tim was surprised that she was in his room, but noticed that she had a very apologetic look in her face. "What did you do?"

"My apologies." She bowed. "We needed to test you to be sure if you were truly safe to meet with."

"I'm going to assume that you've done this before." Tim said rubbing the back of his head.

"Sadly, yes."

"You had your reasons, I guess…" He reached the nightstand to get his buckle. Placing it on, he fiddled with it to change the shorts on his civvies with the kakis. After switching to his outfit. He looked at Sojuna. {GURGLE!} "So… did you make breakfast?" Sojuna couldn't help but giggle from her own surprise.

"No, but it will take but a moment to make." She headed out of the room.

"Sigh…" Tim thought back to that moment in his mind and steeled his resolve. "Whatever comes, I take it head on.

Azmuth's Omnitrix Corner:

"Salutations, I am Azmuth, the First Thinker, and smartest being in five galaxies, arguably eight. Now then, we continue with the two named functions:

Communication Mode: "This mode is made for transferring data and, as stated in it's name, communication. Normally it would be a simple task to talk with anyone across the universe with the new Omni-directional receiver installed in the Omnitirx, even Ben and his family have their own versions placed in their portable comms systems. But due to the dimensional difference, time and space create a problem for same-time communication. As such, only burst type messages can be sent and received. But I plan to update the receiver's software as soon as I gather more data about the dimension's spatial coordinates."

D.N.A. Update Mode: "Due to the large size of the universe's list of sentient species, I needed an index to ensure that all D.N.A information is safely recorded, processed, and stored. So I created a M-Class planetoid called "Primus" to help catalog the info into sealed data, sending a copy in the form of data packets to Timothy's Omnitrix to keep it up-to-date on the latest list of aliens, as his watch is the planet's back up, should anything happen. Strange though… I feel as if I had created something like Primus once before… In any case, since the packets require the full processing power of the Omnitrix's CPU to open and catalog the forms within it's transformation list, it will deactivate any non-essential functions, and the transformation ability. The time it takes to decrypt the packets varies on the size of the data within. The larger data is sent, the longer it takes to wait. During that time, Timothy will have to make do with his own personal skills."

We will continue this lesson another day. Until then, farewell"

Najarin's Mugic Lesson:

"Hello once more, students. To those just now participating this class, I am Najarin, an Overworld Muge and this class was created for understanding the Mugical Arts."

"Trial of Absolution: "This Ballad class Mugic is meant for the user to force the target in question into facing one of their hidden fears. The spell will break only if the ensnared is able to conquer their fears. But if they are not able, if they deny the truth before them, they will be forever trapped until they have mentally and spiritually destroyed themselves."

"Remember, class, Mugic was originally meant for enriching the lives of others, but there are those who would pervert it's use for their own nefarious goals. Use your Mugic wisely and it will serve you well, use it irresponsibly and it will cost you more than your life.

Thank you for attending this class. For the students, your tests have been graded and have been posted, as for the rest of you who are merely here to glean the knowledge given, thank you for attending and I hope you will join this class as a student as our doors are always open. Until then, class dismissed." {Poof-Gone!}

Omnitrix Data Catalogue:

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Species: N/A

Planet: N/A

User Name: N/A

Data: N/A

Author's Words:

I wanted to use this chapter to create weaknesses so as to not make him seem too OP. Plus I wanted to point out his fears so as to show how vulnerable he really is inside and how he has worries that will haunt him throughout the series. As for the catalog, if there are no new aliens, then I pretty much leave it blank.

Have a nice ninja-like day.