Birds of a Feather
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Daisuke was on her motorbike speeding down a road and Kevin, Gwen and Ben were in Kevin's car driving after her. "There it is up ahead. Just like your tip said," Gwen told Kevin.
"You sound surprised," Kevin told her.
"Not surprised. The whole thing seems a little fishy," Ben said.
"You think it's a trap? I can just keep driving," Kevin told him.
"No. someone went to a lot of trouble to get us here, let's play it out," Daisuke's voice said over her communicator as she pulled up in front of an overturned armoured truck and Kevin stopped as well, he climbed out of his car and he absorbed the metal from the armoured truck and he ripped open the door. He looked inside and suddenly he was attacked by DNAliens which swarmed him and they all rolled down a hill and crashed into a tree.
Gwen ran up and fired a powerful mana blast at the DNAliens sending them flying when she was knocked down by another DNAlien which was punched by Ben who had put on his Exo-suit. Five DNAliens jumped into the air and spat gunk at him but he jumped back, Daisuke was enveloped in a gold flash of light and she transformed into Spidermonkey who jumped at the DNAliens attacking Kevin who all spat gunk at her, she landed on a tree branch and shot webbing from her tail webbing the DNAlien's mouths shut.
"Leave it on. I hear it is good for your complexion," Spidermonkey told them before she chattered like a monkey, a truck screeched to a halt nearby and more DNAliens ran out and began to fire alien tech weapons at Spidermonkey who jumped off before the branch she stood on was destroyed. Gwen and Ben were being surrounded by DNAliens when another Spidermonkey, one whose fur was a lighter shade of blue and with yellow eyes screeched as it jumped into the air and crashed into the DNAliens and punched them all knocking them down. Then it slid down towards the DNAliens attacking Kevin and it kicked five of them before it glared at the three still standing which made noises and ran off and the DNAliens jumped onto the van which sped off except one who ran after the van.
"Man I have never seen you fight like that," Kevin said as he stood up and the Spidermonkey chattered. "Dai?" Kevin asked before he saw Spidermonkey land on the ground hard. "If you're not Dai…." He said.
"Who are you?" Ben asked as he and Gwen approached the others.
"Please tell me this isn't one of those evil twin things again," Gwen pleaded.
"Are you alright?" the Spidermonkey asked as he helped Spidermonkey to her feet.
"Uh…yeah, fine. But who are you?" she asked.
"Just someone who saw a fellow Arachnichimp in trouble and did what anyone of us would have done," he answered.
"Well, I appreciate that. But I am not actually one of you," Spidermonkey told him as she turned back into Daisuke who then held up the Omnitrix, "You see I have the Omnitrix and I can become…."
"Anyone of seventeen aliens. You're the legendary Daisuke Motomiya aren't you?" the Spidermonkey asked her. "I'd never thought I'd meet you," he said with a smile.
"Yeah….maybe you could help us fight those DNAliens," Daisuke suggested.
"Who?" the Spidermonkey asked.
"Those things that attacked us were DNAliens. You've never heard of them before?" Daisuke asked him back.
"No. and I'm sorry, but I can't do anything more for you. I've got something important that I have to do," you Spidermonkey told her.
"Can I help in anyway?" Daisuke asked him.
"You are everything they say you are….and more," he told her. "If you want to help tell me where there is a cryogenics lab around here," he said.
"Huh?" Daisuke asked him.
"It's not important. I will find it myself. Glad I could help you at least," he said before he climbed a tree. "With any luck my mission will go just as well," he said before he swung through the trees.
"That was weird," Daisuke thought to herself. Later Daisuke, Ben and Kevin were in Daisuke's bedroom with Daisuke on her bed, Ben looking out the window and Kevin held an alien device in his hand.
"How come you haven't asked me what this is yet?" he asked the other two.
"I'm worried about the Spidermonkey," Ben said.
"Why?" Daisuke asked him.
"He saved my life, Kevin's too," Ben answered.
"I repeat my question," Kevin said as Gwen walked into the room.
"What's that Kevin?" she asked him.
"See you two? That's a normal level of curiosity," Kevin told the two who rolled their eyes. "It fell off one of those DNAliens," Kevin then answered Gwen.
"Grandpa Max used something like this to clean his ears," Gwen said taking the device. "You press this button and boric acid solution comes…." She said before pressing the button and a drop of acid hit the ground and made a hole.
"Ear cleaner huh?" Kevin asked her.
"The DNAliens must use stronger acid," Gwen said before handing the device to Kevin who dropped it and it rolled towards Daisuke's feet who looked down at it momentarily. A few minutes later at a Cryogenics lab the Spidermonkey kicked through a door as an alarm blared and two guards chased him as he ran off with something in one of his arms, he saw more guards running towards him but he jumped and kicked two in the face before swinging his tail knocking two guards down and he then jumped up and kicked two more of the guards down. He jumped and fired a web from his tail at a walkway but a guard fired at the walkway making it collapse and the Spidermonkey screeched as he crashed into the ground. The guards surrounded him when an icy blue and white blur sped past and took out the guards before XLR8 stood in front of the Spidermonkey.
"Figured I'd find you here. It's me Daisuke, what're you doing?" she asked him.
"I needed some equipment," he answered.
"So you decided to take it?" XLR8 asked him. "That's called stealing," she told him.
"Can't be helped," he replied as two guards fired at them both before the Spidermonkey shot webbing at one guard and stole his gun and aimed it back at him.
"No!" XLR8 shouted as she grabbed the Spidermonkey and sped off. Soon the Spidermonkey and Daisuke were sitting by a campfire in the desert.
"What am I supposed to do with you?" Daisuke asked him. "You saved my friends, but you're a common thief," she told him.
"How dare you!?" he snapped pushing Daisuke back and he glared at her before he looked down. "I'm sorry. You're right, I am a thief but not a common one." He told her and Daisuke raised an eyebrow. "My name is Simian, prince Simian,"
"Prince? Now wait a minute," Daisuke said.
"We call my planet Arachna. There is a legend we have about someone named Gefret, he was leading the Arachnichimps against an army of aliens, he was totally outnumbered. It was hopeless until he saw a light coming from a cave, inside he found a crystal refracting light from the enemy campfires he found that the cave was a natural tunnel leading to the enemies rear flank. He led his soldiers through the tunnel in a sneak attack and they drove the aliens and it would have never happened without that crystal. He was crowned king of Arachna and the crystal became a symbol of our monarchy, my father who was the king died suddenly, but before I could be crowned king the crystal disappeared, the people took this as a sign that I was not worthy to become king and a military dictator took over," Simian explained.
"What are you going to do?" Daisuke asked him.
"Prove that I am worthy of the throne. I am gonna get that crystal back," he answered.
"Where is it?" Daisuke asked him.
"Hidden in a fortress, that's why I need that equipment to help me break in. And that is also why you cannot break in anymore, understand?" he asked her.
"You don't have to steal anything else. Let me and my friends help you," Daisuke told him.
"But you don't even know this guy!" Gwen told Daisuke once she had finished telling Kevin, Gwen and Ben what had happened.
"And what do you get out of helping him?" Kevin asked her.
"He saved your lives remember. And he's just a kid, his father is gone now and he has to step up. Sound familiar?" Ben asked and everyone looked at him. "He's just like Dai," he said.
"All the same she shouldn't be going off alone with someone we don't know," Gwen said.
"I know that. So that's why I made him let you guys come along as well, because I don't trust him," Daisuke replied.
"Alright, so where is the fortress?" Kevin asked her.
"It's on the moon," Daisuke answered and everyone looked at her and she chuckled nervously. Soon everyone was in a spaceship heading towards the moon.
"Here is the entrance. And here is where the robots patrol outside," Simian told Daisuke who was feigning interest as both looked at a hologram of the base. "If we land over here, they won't see us,"
"But there is a problem. We will need pressurized space suits to go from the ship to the fortress," Daisuke replied.
"I have some. But unfortunately I only have four spacesuits," Simian told her and Daisuke turned into her Cryonite form.
"Don't worry. My mama told me that Cryonites can survive in space for days even if there's no air," Daisuke told him.
"Craziest thing we've ever done. And that is saying something," Kevin said to Gwen.
"Dai identifies with the prince. They've both had a lot of responsibility thrown at them, they are both young," Gwen said.
"I don't trust the monkey," Kevin told her.
"He can't be that bad," Ben replied.
"You hear that?" Simian asked Daisuke.
"What?" she asked him.
"Ah, I forgot. You're hearing isn't as good as mine, they are saying they do not trust me. Well the boy with the brown hair trusts me but the other two don't," Simian answered her.
"They're not the only ones who don't trust you," Daisuke thought. "They just don't know you yet, give them some time," she told him and Simian nodded. "I mean, no one thought a kid like me could handle the Omnitrix but I did it. You can do this," she told him.
"You're right Daisuke. I will show them," Simian said.
"You mean we will show them," Daisuke said as she and Simian shook hands. The ship soon landed on the surface of the moon not far from the fortress and Simian, Ben, Kevin and Gwen left the ship wearing spacesuits and Daisuke in her Cryonite form followed them.
"What am I supposed to do with the extra arms?" Kevin asked.
"You never used to have a problem figuring out what to do with your arms. That's what the girls say," Ben told him.
"Which girls?" Kevin asked him confused as they followed Simian to a ledge where they saw robots patrolling.
"These drones are the first line of defence. If their radar spots something moving, they make a beeline for it and explode on contact. I could probably dodge them," Simian said.
"I can't," Ben said looking at Kevin.
"Don't look at me. My powers are useless unless I can touch something, and when I'm in this suit I can't," he told Ben.
"Leave them to me and Gwen," Daisuke told them and Gwen nodded as she and Daisuke jumped and slid down the cliff and the drones turned and they headed towards both girls and Gwen threw a mana disc and took out three drones and Daisuke fired ice beams freezing some more drones solid. Gwen jumped into the air and fired more mana blasts at the drones allowing the others to reach the door.
"Go!" Gwen told the others who ran inside and Daisuke followed them in as Gwen held off the drones. The others ran up to a door and Simian tried to move a wheel and Ben and Kevin ran over to help him push the wheel and the door opened up slowly.
"You can't do everything on your own Simian," Ben told him who smiled as the four of them walked through the door which shut behind them and the room pressurised allowing Daisuke to turn back to her human form and for Ben, Kevin and Simian to remove their spacesuits.
"Nice to be out of this monkey suit," Kevin said. "Uh…no offence," he said to Simian.
"None taken," Simian replied as the group of four walked towards the next door and Simian walked to the wheel. "Little help please," he said and Ben and Kevin helped him move the wheel and the door opened up to reveal the next room was filled with drones and the trio closed the door.
"Now what?" Daisuke asked.
"Me," Kevin answered as he absorbed the metal from the wheel and the door opened again and he ran towards the drone and jumped at the drones and punched some drones and Ben followed him in his Exo-suit.
"Go! We got this!" Ben told Daisuke and Simian as he and Kevin ran held off the drones.
"Kevin! Phone!" Simian told him as he tossed a device to Kevin who caught it and Simian tossed the other device to Daisuke and both ran off with Daisuke looking back at her friends, she then ran after Simian.
"Which way?" she asked him.
"I don't think it matters," Simian told her as a doors slammed in front of them and behind them.
"Oh man," Daisuke said as the roof started to lower towards them and Daisuke and Simian tried to hold the roof up.
"Dai. Everything's all clear on our end," Kevin's voice came from the phone. "Dai?" Kevin asked again.
"I can hear you! Not cool on this end!" Daisuke shouted.
"Haven't heard from you in a while," Kevin said.
"I said not cool, get over here!" Daisuke shouted again.
"He can't hear you. You have to press down the button," Simian told her.
"Terrific!" Daisuke said sarcastically as she was shook her body and the acid dispenser fell out. "Grab that and spray it on the floor!" she told Simian who tried to reach it with his foot.
"I can't reach. Oh wait," he said as he shot a web from his tail and grabbed the device and he dropped acid on the floor and he jumped down the hole and Daisuke just made it into the hole as well before the roof crushed them.
"Any idea where we are?" Daisuke asked Simian.
"This wasn't in the blueprints. But a leader leads, let's try this way," Simian said as he walked off and Daisuke followed him. "By the way, where did you get the DNAlien resin remover?" he asked her as he tossed the device to her.
"Long story," she answered him. Both continued to walk and Daisuke accidently stepped through a laser beam and a voice came out over an intercom.
"Hello! Whoever you are, you have to leave, right now. I'm serious," the voice said and Daisuke noticed the person was nervous.
"He sounds afraid," Daisuke told Simian.
"You shouldn't be in here," the voice told them and Simian shot web at the speaker and ripped it off and he walked off and Daisuke followed him and soon both climbed up a ladder and stood in front of a door.
"I don't think we can open this," Simian said.
"But I know who can," Daisuke said as she was enveloped in a gold flash of light and she turned into Big Chill and she placed her hand on the door and it froze solid. "Go for it," she told Simian who jumped and kicked the door which shattered and Daisuke and Simian saw a green skinned alien with a red baseball cap wearing a space suit without the helmet wielding a wrench.
"Now I have to fix that too!" the alien exclaimed.
"Outta the way," Simian told him but the alien didn't move. "Daisuke, I think that this guy needs to chill out. What do you think?" he asked her.
"I think I hate puns, and I don't like freezing people," Big Chill told him.
"Then I will do it myself," Simian said as he jumped at the alien and threw him over the side of the walkway.
"No!" Big Chill exclaimed and she flew down after the alien and she turned into Jetray and she caught him.
"I don't suppose you can tell me what's going on here. Just a clue maybe," the alien said.
"You first," Jetray replied flying back up, Simian meanwhile continued on and he saw a glowing crystal on a high pedestal and he gasped silently and he ran to the pedestal and climbed up but before he could grab the crystal he was electrocuted by two machines on the ground and he screamed in pain just as Daisuke ran in. "That's gotta hurt," she said before she was enveloped in a gold light and she turned into Feedback and she jumped up and grabbed Simian and threw him to the ground while she absorbed the electricity that was coursing through her body and she grabbed the crystal and fell to the floor. She then saw the entire room go dark before the backup generator kicked in, she turned back into Daisuke and she placed the crystal inside a box and walked up to Simian who looked at her.
"You got it," he said and Daisuke nodded but as Simian reached for the box Daisuke pulled it away.
"That guard was just doing his job. And you were going to kill him," she told him.
"Daisuke, there are a lot more lives at stake back home," Simian said.
"If you're really trying to make your planet a better place you cannot start out by murdering someone," Daisuke told him angrily and Simian sighed.
"You're right. All I ever wanted to do was lead, but if I have to sacrifice my principals to become a leader, I will never be a good one," he said. "Thanks Daisuke,"
"I don't buy it," Daisuke told him. "I've had a bad feeling about you this whole time, you expect me to believe what you just said?" she asked before she threw the box away as Simian screeched and tackled her but she kicked him off and tackled him to the ground. "You don't deserve to be king!"
"Idiot! I made up all that stuff. You know what this place really is?" Simian asked her. "It's an intergalactic communications centre, and the crystal is its power source, and once it's gone. No one will be able to call for help when the Highbreed invade your planet," he told Daisuke who growled at him and she grabbed him by the tail and threw him away.
"Let's see what Four Arms has to say," Daisuke told him but Simian shot webbing at her hand and he threw her around and she crashed into a wall.
"I don't think Four Arms has anything to say," Simian said before he grabbed the box and ran off and past Kevin and Ben.
"Where's Dai?" Ben asked him.
"Right behind me," Simian answered as he put on a spacesuit and Kevin and Ben looked back to see Daisuke wasn't behind Simian which concerned them. Simian left the base and he ran towards his ship.
"Where's Daisuke, Kevin and Ben?" Gwen asked him.
"They are…..uh….oh forget it," Simian said before he punched Gwen sending her back allowing Simian to enter his ship and fly off, Gwen got to her feet as was about to fire a mana blast at the ship but Kevin stopped her as Ben and Daisuke in her Cryonite form ran up.
"Let him go," he told her.
"But who are we supposed to get home?" Gwen asked as Simian's ship flew off.
"Lu is letting us use his shuttle," Daisuke told them.
"Lu?" Gwen asked.
"The guy who runs this place. I saved his life and he told me what this place really was," Daisuke answered. "Of course I already knew I couldn't trust him. And my doubt was well founded when he knew what the DNAlien ear cleaner was," she explained.
"He did say he never heard of them before," Ben said.
"But the prince has the crystal," Gwen said.
"He's no prince believe me. And he doesn't have this," Daisuke said holding up the crystal.
"If you've got the crystal, what does he have?" Gwen asked her. Meanwhile Simian was standing in front of a Highbreed.
"I am telling you, that Motomiya kid is overrated, I tricked her into helping me steal the crystal and she had no clue," he told the Highbreed who opened up a briefcase with three solid gold bars in it.
"Looks like you made a monkey out of her. No offence," The Highbreed said.
"Offend me all you want as long as you keep paying me like this," Simian said.
"Let me see the crystal," the Highbreed told him shutting the case.
"Of course," Simian said as he ran off and picked up the box and walked towards the Highbreed and handed it to the Highbreed who opened it.
"What is this?" he asked as Simian climbed up a boulder to see what was in the box and he gasped as he saw the DNAlien resin remover instead of a crystal, Simian fell off the boulder as the Highbreed walked towards him.
"It was a mistake," Simian told him.
"It certainly is. We told you to bring us the crystal, maybe you didn't hear us. Maybe you need your ears cleaned," the Highbreed said as he grabbed the DNAlien resin remover and he walked towards Simian.
"No please. No, NOOOOOOO!" Simian shouted.
The end of the chapter
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