In the Tower, all the Titans were gathered in the living room. All very tired, but all knew there was a reason that Robin had a very good reason to wake them up so early.
"What's up Robin? What's so important that it couldn't wait 'til mornin'?" Cyborg said letting out a big yawn.
"You all remember Penny and Ben Tennyson right?" Robin asked them.
"Who could forget a girl like that?" Cyborg said.
"Indeed, friend Penny was quite interesting." Starfire said.
"Not as interesting as Ben's." Raven said.
"He's the best!" Beast Boy said, "I was disappointed when he went missing."
"Yeah, the worst was that we couldn't help with the investigation! What's up with that?" Cyborg said.
"Why do you ask? What's going on?" Raven said.
Robin let out a low sigh, "Penny just called me. She said that she found Ben and has him with her right now and is on her way here to have him checked out."
They all were frozen in shock.
"Where did she find him?" Starfire asked.
"She didn't say, actually, she didn't really say anything about where she found him." Robin said.
"For good reason."
They all turned around to see a woman in her early twenties and had long brown hair that went past her shoulders and jade green eyes. She wore a black skin tight tank top and blue shorts that barely went past her knees. In her arms was a boy with short brown hair and green eyes, everyone knew they were green even though his eyes were not open. He was wearing a big plain white T-shirt that went past his knees, and was wrapped in a green leather jacket. But, what caught everyone's attention was the blood staining the T-shirt and dripping down the woman's arm.
Starfire gasped, "Oh no!"
"What on earth happened, Penny?" Robin said.
"I'll explain later." Penny said, "But, right now, Ben needs help."
A month before he went missing, Ben was walking around the town. After having the omnitrix removed he felt that he needed some time to let the idea that he was no longer a transforming alien hero truly sunk in. After walking for who knows how long, he realized that someone was following him. It was a woman with long violet hair that went past her hips; she was also wearing a blue summer dress and sunglasses. He stopped walking to turn and face the stranger.
"Can I help you?" Ben asked the woman.
She gave him an almost devilish grin, "Do I have to have a reason to simply walk around?"
"You do when you walk behind a person for two blocks." Ben told her.
"…..You're brighter than I had originally thought," she then took a step closer, "Benjamin."
He took a step back, "How do you know my name?"
"I know quite a bit about you." She then took off her glasses revealing her bright pink eyes, "Like, how you no longer wear the omnitrix."
Ben started to take a few more steps back. The woman noticed this and gave a sadistic smirk.
"Don't even think about trying to escape." She said venomously.
"Who are you?" Ben said.
"Well, where on earth did my manners go!" she said as if she truly meant it, "My apologies, I'm Jezebel. And I've come to rescue you my fellow Anodite."
Ben glared at Jezebel, "What do you mean by fellow Anodite? What is an Anodite?"
"Wait, you don't know?" she said alittle shocked.
"Know what? What exactly am I supposed to know?" Ben said.
"Well, I could tell you, but that would involve a lot of complications." She said taking ahold of Ben's shoulders, "But, if you come with me, I can answer all your questions about who you truly are."
He thought about it for a second. She seemed to know what she was talking about, and she knows a great deal about him. Ben then came to a decision that he will regret for the rest of his life.
"Alright, I'll come."
She smiled and released his shoulders, "Good boy. Apep, seize the boy!"
Without warning, Ben felt a rag being harshly pressed against his face. Before he knew it,
he felt dizzy and eventually passed out.
To be continued…
