Okay, here's the other chapter. You may have remembered that Ben had the most awesome dream ever... well, little would you know that it would turn out to be real! Well, here it is...
That night, Carl and Rebecca had a rather familiar guest at their house. It was Grandpa Max – Carl's main father and Ben's grandfather. They were in the lounge room, discussing things that almost relate to (surprise, surprise) looking after an alien for a son.
"So, you were saying that Benjamin had an accidental transformation this morning?" Grandpa Max asked, trying to keep calm.
"We didn't know it happened," Carl replied, trying to look on the bright side. "All we know is that he physically looked different this morning."
"I wonder where Benjamin is," Grandpa Max pondered. "It's been a while since I said hello to him."
Then suddenly it happened. A scared recognisable scream was heard coming from the bathroom. Grandpa Max recognised the scream immediately… Ben was in trouble!
Just as you may have wondered, Ditto was in the bathroom, and he had realised that his most awesome dream had come true… armed with a plunger, he tried to fight off what appears to be a giant oversized squid tentacle (coming out from the toilet bowl), reaching out for Ditto. Grandpa Max barged into the bathroom, amazed at what's going on.
"Ben?" Grandpa Max asked, as if worried about the safety of his grandson-turned-alien.
"Grandpa?" Ben (aka Ditto) asked, while trying to swing the plunger against the squid tentacle like a baseball bat. The giant squid tentacle dodged the plunger as if the tentacle had extra senses.
"Ben, what's happening?" Grandpa Max asked.
"Remember that dream I had last night?" Ditto tried to explain, once again trying to defend himself from the squid tentacle. "I think it's become my worst nightmare!"
Just as it gets worse, the oversized squid tentacle whacked the plunger out of Ditto's hands. Then suddenly it got worse…
"No, no, no," Ditto cried out, while trying to back away from the squid tentacle about to grab him and crush the life out of him. "Don't do it, don't even think about grabbing hold of me!" He was about to reach for the plunger…
"Ben, never mind the plunger," Grandpa Max instructed, "use the flush handle!"
That gave Ditto an idea. He manages to dodge the squid tentacle by a leap, followed by a somersault. He landed on the opposite side, and had a rather devious look in his eyes, about to spell defeat for the giant squid tentacle.
"Going down?" Ditto warned, his hand on the flush handle.
The squid tentacle had managed to track down where Ditto was, but however, Ditto had other ideas. He managed to pull the flush handle, just before the squid tentacle grabs hold of him. Within minutes, the squid tentacle was rapidly sucked down the drain, and finally, the nightmare was over.
"Now that's what I call a royal flush!" Ditto quoted, proud of his well-established heroic efforts done by himself. Due to his lack of strength and fighting abilities, he made up for it in his ability to distract the enemy and pick on the enemy from behind.
"Something tells me that it's not over yet," Grandpa Max warned.
Just as Grandpa Max suspected, the nightmare was not over… there was an intensifying tremor happening beneath the city. After the tremor, the road crumbled and exploded; it fractured as the giant squid like creature burst out of the road, right from the main sewer pipe that lay below.
As most of the residents left their houses to realise their street has been invaded by a giant squid… it towered over the entire town and by the looks of it, it was scary. It looked like the one that was in Ben's dream from last night.
And to make things even more dramatic, the squid has got a hold of some of the residents, including Gwen. She was struggling to get out of the squid's grasp, and despite her bravery, she was screaming and shouting and crying for help.
"BEN!" Gwen screamed, unable to move out of the squid's grasp.
Ben (or Ditto, so to speak) had realised what is going on… the dream that he had last night have happened, right in front of his eyes. Surprised, he had no idea of what he should do to save his cousin.
The third time, the Omnitrix symbol on his forehead was just three-quarters filled with a red glow, and that meant only one quarter of the way until he could turn back into Ben. The entire scene resembled a war zone… many of the residents ran from their homes in order to save their lives. Ditto was way afraid beyond his limits, and he has no idea what is going on, let alone wonder how to take down the giant squid-like creature with an alien like this. Heatblast or Fourarms couldn't come to the rescue at this rate, not even XLR8. And what is he going to do without the ability to change back into Wildmutt, Stinkfly, Cannonbolt or even Benwolf?
Finally he got an idea… Ditto had thought of a plan, and has decided to put it into effect. Ditto rapidly split himself into two clones, then four, eight, sixteen. The main Ditto clone emerged from the group and was ready to teach the team-mates of how to defeat the giant squid-like creature, recently hatched from the sewer pipes below town.
"All right, team," the main Ditto clone began to lecture, "this is it, we need all the help we can to bring down the mutant squid once and for all! Now because we're not very powerful and not very strong, we need to work together to bring this terrifying monster down, even if it means getting us injured while doing it!" Then he looked up at Gwen (still captured by the giant squid) and realised that he himself can't do it alone, not with his clones. So, to put the plan into effect, he had other ideas…
"Uh, Gwen," the main Ditto called out from below, "Can't you realise that we need some help here? Don't panic, just try to get your arm out and bring your arm out here, please?"
Despite her panic levels rising and her unfamiliarity with having both feet off the ground, Gwen had managed to get her hand out of the tentacle's grip and then cast a spell on ten of the Ditto clones. The clones were lifted off the ground under Gwen's spell, and much later, they were hurled at the giant squid (which refused to release Gwen from its grasp). The ten Ditto clones grabbed hold of the giant squid, poking it, as if trying to distract the giant squid. One of the things they have said ranged from: "Get your slimy tentacles off my cousin!" to "Why are you tormenting my hometown?"
During the rather useless battle, which proves itself a distraction, the other Ditto clones on the ground had merged into three clones. They made a plan that can help bring down the giant squid, no matter which plan they had to use.
"What are we going to do?" the main Ditto clone of the group whimpered, as if they don't have any idea of what is going to happen.
"I don't know," the second Ditto clone replied.
"Maybe we should fire a shot at the squid," the third Ditto clone suggested. "We should try to knock him out for a while."
"But we don't have a cannon!" the main Ditto clone screamed.
"No, we don't need a cannon," the third Ditto clone argued. "You'll be the cannonball!"
The main Ditto clone was so nervous he had no idea of what is going on as of now. However, he remembers that although his alien life form doesn't have any perfect capabilities, this is his perfect chance to experience bravery through the eyes of a feeble alien life form. After taking a few deep breaths, the main Ditto clone was ready.
"Let's go!" the main Ditto clone commanded, he himself in the position preparing for a five-hundred metre sprint, his blood pumping a lot of adrenaline, his senses coming from flight to fight.
The residents of Bellwood were anxious and worried about what on earth is going on. Ben's parents, Carl and Sandra; Grandpa Max, even a few of the school students (with Cash and JT as just a few of the examples) were watching.
The main Ditto clone took off at a great speed, then after a tremendous leap, the other Ditto clones held him upwards, and after a while, they sent him flying forwards like a launching missile into the air. Then during flight he rolled into a ball and was sent hurtling into the air towards the bid bad mutant squid. The residents were so worried they have no idea of what to expect.
POW! The main Ditto clone had managed to knock out the gigantic squid. The squid monster toppled over backwards and let go of Gwen, which she was sent flying for a short distance, along with the other Ditto clones (the main one included). In mid air, the Ditto clones had managed to morph into one individual, who was falling back in Gwen's direction.
The only two Ditto clones on the ground have quickly merged with each other, leaving only an individual Ditto clone. He was worried about the safety of the duo, so he decided to risk his bravery on catching Gwen the moment she falls. Finally he managed to save his cousin from serious injury by catching her to the ground. The moment he tried to help him up, the secondary Ditto clone was screaming his way down, hurtling towards him and within minutes of landing, merged into one Ditto clone. The individual Ditto clone got up off the ground, safe and well, and had no problems retaining balance.
Carl, Sandra, Grandpa Max and the rest of the Bellwood residents approached the duo. Carl and Sandra were the first to approach them and they gave Ditto a great big hug.
"Ben," I'm so glad you're okay!" Sandra praised, as if she was worried about Ben (err Ditto) and his cousin Gwen.
"And to think I have finally found how my dream should have ended," Ditto replied, as if he was confident.
"Thankyou for saving me, Ben!" Gwen commented, and she gave Ditto a bone-crushing hug.
"Ack!" Ditto choked, upon the pressure of the hug, "No… problems… Gwen."
The residents were so emotionally touched by the event that they began to reply with only one word, "Awwwww."
Then something remarkable happened. The Omnitrix symbol on his forehead filled with a red glow. The Omnitrix began to deactivate for a few seconds, and finally Ditto disappeared into a red flash of light. In his place was Ben, who was thrilled to have himself turn back from his alien form.
"I'm me again!" Ben cheered, happy to know that his day of being alien is over, especially after an accidental transformation.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" Carl reassured.
"Uhm, Carl," Gwen asked, while studying Ben closely, "don't you find anything different about what Ben's currently wearing right now?"
Ben had almost forgotten something… he wasn't wearing his everyday outfit… he was wearing the Sumo Slammer pyjamas! All in front of the entire residence of Bellwood. Everyone stared at him, all eyes fixed on him.
The first to laugh at Ben for the outfit were Cash and JT, the notorious school bullies. This led to a chain of laughter involving some of the residents of Bellwood, all laughing at Ben, causing him great embarrassment. Even the parents, Carl, Sandra, Grandpa Max – even his cousin Gwen, had a great laugh. Ben just stood there, about to burst bawling in embarrassment.
"Aww man!" Ben groaned, as if things weren't getting any better.
Among the crowd, some member of the paparazzi (heaven forbid) took a photo of Ben wearing the Sumo Slammer pyjamas, right in front of the crowd.
And that kind of wraps it up for today. But the story is not complete without any footnotes, which I will include at the end of the last chapter. Till then, why not read and review the story, and help me improve. Hope you enjoyed the fic!
-- RabidLeroy