What Little Girls Are Made Of?
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"Let's settle this Motomiya," Kevin who was wearing black swimming trunks told Daisuke who was wearing an icy blue bikini as he absorbed some stone while Gwen Veemon and Ben sat near the water's edge of a lake. Daisuke smirked at him as she was enveloped in a golden flash of light and she turned into Brainstorm who chuckled.
"My dear Kevin, your nigh gladiatorial bellicosity has once again outpaced your meagre intelligence," she told him.
"I don't know what you just said but…cannonball!" Kevin shouted sending a massive wave of water towards Brainstorm whose plates on her head opened and she fired electricity at the water evaporating it.
"Attempting to short me out hm? Before you ever cause such an involuntary cognitive discharge, my intense electromagnetic storms would vaporise you twit," Brainstorm said shooting an electrical bolt at Kevin throwing him out of the water and he crashed beside Ben, Veemon and Gwen. Brainstorm then walked over to him. "As a coda and at the risk of gilding the lily I submit…" she said before turning back to Daisuke. "That I was even thinking that hard,"
"Alright. You beat me that time," Kevin said as he stood up. "Live and learn right Gwen?" he asked but Gwen was silent.
"She misses Grandpa," Ben told Kevin.
"She was fine in the car," he replied.
"This is my fault. I thought bringing her here would cheer her up," Daisuke said.
"This is Grandpa Max's secret fishing rock. He used to come out here all the time, when he wasn't travelling," Gwen said.
"Away on Plumber business," Kevin said.
"We didn't know back then. When I was five he brought me here and I caught a teeny tiny fish. He wanted me to release it, but I threw a huge fuss. It was my fish you know, Grandpa finally convinced me to come back when it was bigger," Gwen said throwing a rock into the water. "I guess I've always had trouble with letting things go,"
"Hey look over there," Veemon said and everyone looked to see an old woman wearing a cloak.
"For a secret place this place sure gets a lot of attention," Daisuke said as the woman kneeled down and put down a strange flower.
"Did you ever see a flower like that before?" Gwen asked the others.
"Hey! You in the cloak!" Kevin shouted as the gang ran towards the woman who chuckled and moved behind a tree before there was a flash of violet light and everyone went behind the tree but the woman was gone.
"Who was that?" Ben asked.
"Teleporter?" Kevin suggested as Daisuke saw a carving in the tree.
"Max and Verdona? Who's Verdona?" she asked as Gwen picked up the flower.
"Let's find out. I should be able to track her with this," Gwen said picking up the flower and her eyes glowed but the flower wilted. "I thought I had that move down," she said.
"That's not the first flower she's left," Ben said looking at more flowers on the ground.
"We can't wait for her to show up again," Kevin said and Daisuke and Ben smiled at each other. Two days later at night time everyone was in Kevin's car on a stakeout. "She wasn't her yesterday and she is not showing up tonight,"
"Humour me," Gwen told him and Kevin sighed, Daisuke then tapped her fingers on the dashboard and Kevin glared at her and she stopped, Kevin looked away and she started tapping her fingers again.
"Do I look like I am kidding Dai?" he asked her.
"You guys!" Ben told them. "I need the bathroom,"
"Lots of trees around," Kevin told him.
"Disgusting," Daisuke gagged as Ben and Gwen left the car.
"There was a gas station a few miles back," Gwen said and she and Ben walked off and Daisuke went back to tapping the dashboard and Kevin grabbed her.
"Hey look!" Veemon exclaimed and they turned to see the old woman walking to the tree and held her hands out and a flower appeared.
"How do you know Max Tennyson!?" Daisuke asked her as she, Kevin and Veemon walked over to her and Kevin removed her hood.
"Talk," he told her.
"Such rotten kids. Go away," the women said and she held her hand out and Veemon, Daisuke and Kevin were thrown back by a violet energy disc and the women shockingly flew off. Daisuke was enveloped in a golden flash of light and she turned into Jetray and flew after the woman. "Oh a chase. I haven't had a good chase in ages," she said, Jetray flew higher before she sped off breaking the sound barrier and she appeared in front of the women who turned to the right and Jetray flew after her again and fired energy blasts from her eyes and tail towards the women creating an explosion but the woman cackled flying out unharmed.
"V-HEADBUTT!" Veemon shouted as he jumped in but a pink tendril grabbed him and threw him into Kevin sending both flying. Jetray then fired at the woman again but her eyes glowed and the tip of her tail glowed and a violet bubble appeared and it exploded sending Jetray crashing into Kevin and Veemon and she turned back into Daisuke.
"This world would be so much nicer without troublesome pests getting in my way," the women said.
"Show us what you got lady," Kevin told her and she fired a massive disc of energy at the trio causing an explosion but when the dust cleared a green and golden bubble was surrounding Daisuke, Kevin and Ben.
"We can't leave you guys alone for two minutes," Ben said as he and Gwen ran up.
"Do that again," the women told him.
"No problem!" Ben replied as he and Gwen fired energy bolts at the women who blocked the bolts.
"Incredible," she said in astonishment.
"Just who do you think you are trashing our grandfather's cove with your dumb flowers?" Gwen asked her.
"Flowers she makes out of energy," Kevin told them as he, Daisuke and Veemon pulled themselves up.
"No way," Ben said looking at the old women shocked.
"Did you say Max was your grandfather?" she asked them and they nodded. "Kiddos," she said hugging them tightly. "I'm Verdona. We'll talk again soon," and with that Verdona vanished.
"We just met our grandmother," Ben said. Later that night Ben was talking to his dad. "I need to talk to you Dad," he told him.
"In your room? That's a first son," he told him as Ben shut the door.
"I've kinda been keeping a big secret from you and mom," Ben answered as he walked to a drawer and he opened it before pulling out Charmcaster's old spell book. "Magic powers,"
"So you're some kind of wizard in training? Come on Ben, magic's not real," he told his son.
"Yeah. About that…there's more," Ben said as his a green and gold bubble appeared around his hand and it turned into a hand which shut the drawer and Ben's dad sat on the bed.
"That's a big secret," he said.
"I met Grandma Verdona tonight," Ben told him.
"I was afraid this day would come. But you never once showed signs of magic or anything. I thought we were all in the clear," his father said.
"Magic runs in the family? Wait until Gwen hears about this, she can do magic as well," Ben said.
"It's not magic, there is no such thing. Your grandmother is an alien," he told Ben who sat on his bed in shock.
"Okay, that's new," he said before he looked to the window. "Come on in you guys," he called and Kevin, Gwen, Veemon and Daisuke climbed in through the window.
"Hey Uncle Carl," Gwen greeted him.
"Kevin Levin sir, how do you do?" Kevin greeted him.
"Hey Carl, Daisuke Motomiya remember me?" Daisuke asked him.
"Yeah. You're Ben's girlfriend right?" he asked and Ben and Daisuke blushed slightly but nodded. Carl then looked at Kevin. "And is this your boyfriend Gwen?" he asked his niece.
"No. Absolutely not!" Kevin said quickly.
"No way," Gwen said as well.
"And here's the thing. Our grandmother who we never knew, wants something from me and Gwen and we don't know what," Ben said.
"Let's ask her. You kids aren't the only ones eavesdropping. Isn't that right mom?" Carl asked as Verdona appeared behind him.
"You and your brother always knew when I was watching, I had thought you had the spark, but no such luck," Verdona said as the group vanished and reappeared in Ben's kitchen where his mother was cleaning a vase when she dropped it and it shattered as they appeared.
"Verdona. What a surprise," she said as Verdona's eyes glowed and the vase repaired itself and landed on the table.
"Whoa," Ben and Gwen said.
"Tea dear, and something sweet for the children," Verdona told her. A few minutes later everyone was in the living room.
"It's been a while mom," Carl told Verdona.
"In human years. Yes," she replied. "Kids, your grandmother is an Anodite, and so are you," she told Ben and Gwen.
"What's an Anodite?" Gwen asked.
"Anodites are a race of free spirits with powers that humans can barely comprehend, now we don't normally mess in the affairs of just plain folks, but I fell deeply in love with Max Tennyson," Verdona said.
"And ditched him?" Kevin asked before Ben elbowed him.
"No. it's just that after the kids were grown and out of the house I had to reconnect with my Anodite heritage and Max was busy saving the universe with the Plumbers," Verdona explained.
"Dad thought you didn't know about that," Carl told her.
"He didn't want me to worry. Sweet man, we had many great years, but we grew apart. Even a fellow with as much mana as Max was still just a physical being," Verdona said.
"Mana?" Daisuke asked before Verdona lifted her finger and tape appeared around Daisuke's mouth.
"You're grandpa's fate was big news, it even reached my home planet. I came back to remember the good times. Who knew there were two budding Anodites among you. Ben, Gwen, let me teach you to master your life energy, that is what mana is," Verdona said as the tape on Daisuke's mouth vanished and she glared at Verdona.
"I do want to learn. Where do we start?" Gwen asked her grandmother.
"On Anodyne. Stop living this hum drum life, come back home with me and join the real party," Verdona told them.
"Leave?" Ben asked shocked.
"This is too huge," Gwen said.
"Mom, Dad? What should I do?" Ben asked them.
"I don't know. It's an opportunity I never had," Carl told his son.
"We had hoped you would take after my side of the family," his mother said glaring at Verdona. "We want you to be happy,"
"You do?" Ben asked them.
"Then it's settled," Verdona said before Ben ran upstairs and Daisuke followed him as did Kevin and Gwen and they found Ben on the roof.
"Figures, you'd be on the roof," Daisuke told him sitting beside him.
"This is so not the way I wanted my day to go," Ben said.
"Tell me about it," Gwen replied.
"You're grandma can teach you how to do all that cool stuff," Veemon told them.
"We'd be gone for a long time," Gwen said.
"Maybe forever," Kevin said.
"I'd miss you if you both went," Daisuke told them.
"Really?" Ben asked and Daisuke nodded.
"I mean come on, saving the world with just Kevin. I'd go mad inside a month," she said with a laugh and Kevin rolled his eyes at her. "But…it's your choice guys. If you want to go, I won't stop you," she told them. "When I was deciding whether or not to use my powers again. You said it was my choice, that's all I'm saying. Who knows it might be awesome to be a cosmic mana master,"
"Kevin do you feel the same?" Gwen asked.
"No! Why would you think that? I want you around," Kevin said and Gwen kissed him on the cheek and she and Ben ran off as Kevin blushed. Back in the house music was playing and Verdona was dancing around.
"Shag Carpeting?" Ben asked as he and Gwen walked down the stairs. "She and Grandpa have the same taste in music,"
"Thanks for the offer Grandma Verdona, but we want to stay here. I think we can settle for being gifted humans," Gwen told her as the music stopped.
"But you don't even know who you are kids, we belong on Anodyne with our kind. Let me show you," Verdona said as she was enveloped in a flash of violet light and everyone saw her cloak and skin fall off to reveal a being of pure energy with a dark purple body, white eyes and violet energy which flowed down like hair.
"So that's why she always looked so good," Ben's mother said as Daisuke, Veemon and Kevin ran down the stairs.
"This is what it means to be an Anodite. Mature Anodites are pure energy, we draw life from the mana around us," Verdona said.
"That's kinda cool," Veemon said.
"You two are too young to make up your own minds, but let me help you. I will destroy your physical bodies and free the Anodites inside. It will be fun, and you'll be able to think much more clearly," Verdona said.
"Destroy their bodies. No way," Daisuke said turning into her Cryonite form and standing in front of them and Kevin stood beside her.
"A Cryonite, how amusing," Verdona said as she sent a mana blast at them sending out of the house and Ben and Gwen ran out to them. "Now this is what I call a party," she said sending another mana blast at them but Ben made a bubble of mana defending everyone.
"No offence. But your grandmother is a jerk," Daisuke said shooting an ice beam at Verdona who leaned to the side. And Ben threw a mana disc at his grandmother.
"Kevin, hit the road," Gwen told him and Kevin nodded as he absorbed the rock below him and he started to throw rocks at Verdona. Daisuke turned back to normal and slammed down the dial on the Omnitrix and turned into a four armed monkey with four gold eyes and two legs and a tail and the Omnitrix symbol on her chest.
"Spidermonkey!" she shouted before she shouted like a monkey and she shot webs from her tail at Ben pulling him back as Verdona was about to blast him. "Hand free," she said and Ben nodded.
"V-HEADBUTT!" Veemon shouted as he rammed Verdona in the stomach taking the wind out of her, Kevin then punched her sending her flying back and she hit the ground.
"She's weakening," Gwen said before Verdona jumped into the air and her hair split into several tendrils.
"No she's not," Spidermonkey said before shooting webs at Verdona's hair sticking it to the ground and Kevin lifted up a boulder.
"Dude, I don't think I can pound your grandma," Kevin said.
"Don't worry, we're teaching her to mind her mana," Ben said and Verdona chuckled.
"Good one Ben," she said before breaking free from the webbing. "I am enjoying our time together," she said before her hair threw Kevin away and Spidermonkey jumped out of the way before she turned back into Daisuke who then turned back into her Cryonite form and she fired ice beams at Verdona who blocked them or dodged. Daisuke ran up and she jumped into the air and punched Verdona sending her reeling.
"Time for you to chill out you old hag," Daisuke said shooting a massive ice beam at Verdona who countered with a massive mana blast and her attack overpowered Daisuke's ice beam and enveloped her and when Verdona stopped Daisuke fell to her knees and hit the ground and turned back to normal barely conscious.
"Dai!" Ben shouted as Verdona hovered over a defeated Daisuke, Ben then felt an incredible power surge through him. "Leave…..my…..girl…..alone!" he roared firing a massive mana blast at Verdona sending her back and she smashed into the house. Ben's body then ripped apart revealing his Anodite form which was a male in shape and green in colour except his eyes were gold and his hair was also golden giving it the appearance that it was on fire.
"….Ben….." Daisuke said looking up at him, Verdona looked at Ben with a proud smile.
"We are not going!" Ben told his grandmother. Me and Gwen like having powers, but we like our lives better, and we like helping people and saving the world,"
"Anodites help tonnes of people. You could use your new powers however you want, in sixty or seventy years," Verdona said.
"It's more than that. I like swimming, and playing soccer and running and feeling tired afterwards and well kissing girls," Ben said and Daisuke smiled and he smiled back. "I mean, all those fun times you had with Grandpa," he said.
"Oh I was just a kid having fun. Trust me, grown up parties are so much more fun," Verdona said.
"Admit it grandma. You miss it, and you miss Max. That's what brought you here right?" Ben asked her.
"Max should have been like us. He had a spark all his own, he was an adventurer, a trouble maker. He was a lot like your friend Curtis," Verdona said looking at Kevin.
"Kevin," Kevin told her.
"Energy beings talking here," Verdona said.
"No grandma. You're the energy being, and I'm just a boy," Ben said as he turned back into his human self.
"Maybe forgot what that is like. Still what I'm offering is so much more special. Imagine all the powers you and Gwen will learn," Verdona told Ben.
"I like my powers. But I love my friends and family even more. And I love Daisuke no matter what, we're not going with your grandma," Ben told her and Gwen nodded agreeing with her cousin.
"No. I don't suppose you will," Verdona said. "Well, it's be a wild little shindig, but Mama has got to go," she said snapping her fingers and the damage repaired itself.
"How'd you do that?" Ben asked her.
"You and Gwen could come with me and find out," Verdona answered.
"Nah, we're good," Ben and Gwen said.
"I had to try," she said before helping Daisuke and Kevin to their feet. "Goodbye all. And Daisuke way to stick up for your boyfriend, you are alright," she told her.
"Thanks," Daisuke replied.
"Don't forget to have some fun kids," Verdona told Ben and Gwen. "Grandma is going to drop in now and again to see how you are doing,"
"Oh joy," Ben's mother said as Verdona flew off and vanished behind the clouds and Gwen saw another flower on the ground and she picked it up.
"Come on, I know where this goes," she said and soon everyone was at Max's fishing hole and Gwen put the flower in front of the tree with the Max and Verdona carving.
The end of the chapter
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