Episode 4: Pest Control
Ben and Gwen were playing a video game together inside the Rustbucket right now. Max had gone out to buy some stuff in a nearby shop. The game that Ben and Gwen were playing was Sumo Slammers 2: The Revenge of Kenko.
Ben: Man, we've been tryna beat this boss for a while now and we've barely made a dent on its health!
Gwen: Yeah, I'm trying the best that I can. I'm still having a hard time.
Ben: C'mon! Let's kick this guy's butt!
Ben and Gwen tried their best to beat the boss. But it was so hard to beat that they eventually lost.
Ben: Oh man!
Gwen: *Puts down controller* Well, I need a break. *Goes to the fridge to grab a drink*
After Gwen got something to drink, she returned back onto the seat. "We're never beating this boss." said Ben, "I'm sure we will. Eventually..." Gwen replied as she took a sip of the soda she got.
[Meanwhile...]
Meanwhile, in the same dimension where this story's version of Animo lived... there was a weird meeting going on inside an underground hideout. There were people, mutant people and... -insects?! The meeting seemed to be led by a strange looking man. His skin was pale greenish in color and always wore a dirty, old and tattered zipperless brown jacket with a hood on it.
"Now that we have enough people and insects in our army, it's time we put our plan into action."
"Hey after this, you're payin' us right?"
"Don't worry, I will give all of you your rewards. But first, let's put this plan into action."
[The Next Day...]
The next day, Ben and Gwen woke up. And soon, they were having breakfast with Max. But a fly kept on bugging Gwen.
*Buzzzzzzzzzzzz-buzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Gwen: Shoo! Go away!
Ben: That fly buggin' ya? Geddit? Bug?
Gwen: Yeah. Haha. *Rolls eyes*
Ben: I got it. *Activates Omnitrix and slams on it*
Ben activated the Omnitrix and turned into Heatblast. "Pew pew pew! Pew pew pew!" he said as he burned the fly with one shot. Gwen laughed a bit as Ben turned back into his original form. Then, the two started eating again.
[Some Time Later...]
"-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Meanwhile, in The Alternate Dimension (The place that Ben, Gwen and Max were able to enter when Max typed stuff on his plumber's badge to make a light blue portal appear)... people were screaming and running. Hordes of insects were trying to attack them! Up in the sky... was the man with pale greenish skin and the dirty, tattered and zipperless jacket. He was riding on a big swarm of bees! "Hehehehe... It's payback time!" said the man as he watched the insects wreak more havoc and cause more destruction.
Back in Ben's dimension, the Omnitrix and Gwen and Max's plumber's badges started beeping. "Hey guys, something's happening in The Alternate Dimension!" said Ben. When he, Max and Gwen checked what it was on the Omnitrix and plumber's badges, they found out that the Omnitrix and the badges were trying to tell them about what was happening on The Alternate Dimension with the hordes of insects thing and all.
Ben: We gotta stop those things!
Max: Then we better go to The Alternate Dimension.
Ben, Gwen and Max got themselves ready. Then, Max opened the portal to The Alternate Dimension. "C'mon, let's go." he said as Ben and Gwen followed him before he closed the portal.
When, Ben, Gwen and Max got to The Alternate Dimension, they could see the hordes of insects still attacking from afar. "WHOA! -WHAT THE HELL?!" said Ben shocked as he continued looking. "C'mon, let's take 'em down." said Max as he, Gwen and Ben got ready. Then, they started going over to where the insects were.
But... as the trio was getting closer and closer to the insects, they stopped when they saw two weird figures right in front of them! One had a man's head with a cockroach body, the other had a cockroach's head with a man's body. "Stop right there! Why are you three going closer?! You guys are supposed to be running! Not going up to them!" the man with a cockroach's body said.
"Whoa! What happened to you?! You... swapped bodies with a COCKROACH?! -EW!" said Ben. "You wouldn't understand my dear boy. Now, I'm going to ask you again. Why aren't you and your friends running?" the man with a cockroach body asked again. "First, tell me. Who the heck are you guys?!" replied Ben. "I'm Maurice, and this is Sydney." came the reply.
"If you guys are part of whatever's happening over there, STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" Ben continued, "And what if we don't?" Maurice replied. "Then it's time for some extreme pest control! It's hero time!" Ben replied as he picked an alien from the Omnitrix and slammed it down.
Blue light began covering Ben's body. Once it disappeared, it revealed Ben as Stinkfly. When Maurice saw what Ben turned into, he started laughing.
Maurice: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Pretty good if you wanna try out for our team.
Ben: It's time to make you guys "bug" off!
After saying that, Ben flew up and shot stinky sludge at both Maurice and Sydney. "AAAHHH!" Maurice yelled as he and Sydney got sent flying across! "C'mon! Let's get those insects!" said Gwen as she, Max and Ben continued going over to where they were.
When the trio got near the insects, they got ready. "Alright, now it's time for the REAL pest control! -Literally! 'Cuz this situation is gonna get taken care of by something that could be considered a pest! A fly! But not just any fly, -Stinkfly!" said Ben as he and the other started rushing towards the insects and attacking them.
"Huh?" said a voice from above. It was the man with pale greenish skin who was riding on a swarm of bees. He looked down and saw what Ben, Gwen and Max were doing. "Looks like we have... uninvited guests..." he muttered as his eyes glowed into some sort of yellowish color. Then, some bees started rushing in the direction of Ben, Gwen and Max!
As the trio were fighting against the insects, Ben saw the swarm of bees rushing towards them! "LOOK OUT!" he said as he sprayed some sludge towards them! Stunning them and making them fall down.
"Whew! That was close!" said Ben, Gwen and Max just looked in shock.
"-HEY YOU!"
Ben: H-Huh?!
Just then, someone said "-HEY YOU!" from above. Ben, Gwen and Max then looked up to see who it was. It was the man riding on the bee swarm. When the bees stopped moving the man around, Ben said "Who are you?! And what're you doing with all these insects?!". "You can call me Clancy." the man said as his eyes glowed into a yellowish color again before more bees started rushing towards Ben, Gwen and Max!
Gwen and Max screamed and started firing using their blaster, while Ben started spraying stinky sludge again. But this time, there were so many bees! Gwen and Max screamed even more as they started running away, but Ben just flew higher and kept on shooting stinky sludge from there.
"Alright Clancy, I'm guessing you're the one who's behind all this. So I'm gonna tell ya to stop this right now or I'm gonna kick your sorry butt!" said Ben, but Clancy just laughed and said "You don't scare me, I can control any kind of insect. And that includes you!" before his eyes glowed into a yellowish color again.
Ben then started to feel weird. His eyes started glowing into a yellowish color as well! Clancy was now starting to control him! "Uhhh... -Ben?!" said Gwen nervously as she saw what happened. Max then gasped as he realized what was happening before firing at Clancy and making him fall down!
*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW!* "ACK!" *THUMP!*
"KEEP AWAY FROM HIM!" yelled Max as he started firing at Clancy again! "Rrrggghhh! -WHY YOU!-" said Clancy as he sent more bees at him! But Max just kept on firing! Pretty soon, Gwen joined him too.
"...-Uuu... ...-uuunnnggghhh..." groaned Ben before shaking his head, "...uuu... -uuunnnggghhh... -Wh... -What happened?!" he said as he looked around. Then, Max said "Ben! Don't turn into anything that looks like an insect! This man can control those kinds of creatures! Pick another alien!". "Mmmhmm." Ben muttered as he hit the Omnitrix symbol.
When the blue light disappeared, Ben had been turned into Heatblast. "Time to make insect BBQ!" he said as he started burning many insects!
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"HEY WHAT THE-" said Clancy before sending more insects towards Ben. But Ben just burned them, then he started rushing towards Clancy! "UH OH-" Clancy said before using some more insects like a hoverboard to escape, but Ben just followed him by using a piece of the road like a hoverboard.
Meanwhile, Gwen and Max were having a very hard time fighting the insects off! They swarmed all around them, and Gwen and Max were trying their best to get rid of them. But they were too many! "-Wh...-What're we gonna do?!" asked Gwen, "Just keep on fighting!" said Max as he and Gwen did just that.
Meanwhile, Clancy had managed to escape from Ben. Who stopped and said "Hey, where'd he go?!". Ben tried looking for Clancy, but it was no use. Clancy was gone. "Oh man!" said Ben.
Then, Ben heard a buzzing sound from above! When he looked up, he saw... -a spaceship that looked like a bee?! Then, the ship's driver started speaking through the microphone.
"Where do you think you're going you living BBQ fire?!"
Ben: H-Huh?! Who are you?
"You can just call me Queen Bee."
Ben: Yeah? Well, time for you to "buzz" off!
As Ben said that, he blasted fire at the ship! But... -the ship was tough! "It's time for you to "bee" gone." said Queen Bee as she shot honey from her ship. The honey landed on Ben and caused his fires to be put out!
"Oh come on! This is so sticky! Eurgh!" said Ben as he tried getting the honey off of him. But it was so sticky that it took a while.
"Tastes like defeat dosen't it?" mocked Queen Bee, "Uh yeah, sorry. I don't eat THAT much honey." replied Ben as he turned into Wildvine before wrapping Queen Bee's spaceship in vines!
"-H-HEY! -WHAT THE-" said Queen Bee as her windshield was being covered in vines! Now she couldn't see anything! Then, Ben did something unexpected. He grabbed the seed bombs on his back and threw them at the ship!
*-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!*
Queen Bee's ship was tough, so what Ben did barely made a dent. But it made the ship shake inside! "You insolent brat!" yelled Queen Bee as she made one of her ship's compartments open. Then, a huge swarm of bees came out! Ben grabbed some seeds from his back again before throwing them at the bees' direction!
*-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!*
When the smoke cleared, it revealed Ben as Heatblast again. Ben used fire to propel himself upwards, "Come back here you little pest!" said Queen Bee as she tried going after him. But Ben managed to burn some parts of her ship, causing them to break away!
"-H-HEY!" said Queen Bee as she looked at her ship. Which started sputtering and emitting black smoke before slowly falling down. "You'll pay for this you little rascal!" she yelled before her ship continued falling down.
Ben then managed to land safely down on the ground using his powers. "Phew! Oh man, that jerk was tougher than she looked! Now, time to take care of the other pests!" he said. But before he could do anything, a big swarm of flies smashed into him and sent him flying!
*WHAM!* "OW!" *THUMP!* "OOF!"
Ben fell down with a loud THUD. When he got up, he groaned and rubbed his head before saying "-H-HEY! WHO DID THAT?!". His question was answered when he saw the swarm of flies that hit him fly above him!
"So it was you guys!" said Ben as he formed a fireball in his hands before throwing it at them! But the flies managed to dodge and formed a big fist before using it to punch Ben! "OW!" Ben said again as he ended up sliding back a bit. Then, he said "You guys are gonna regret that!" before forming fire in his hands and blasting it continuously!
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Some of the flies ended up getting burned! But some managed to dodge. Then, the flies said "It's gonna take a lot more than that to beat us!". When Ben heared them, he was surprised! He'd never seen talking flies in his life before. -Well... -until now that is.
"-Y...-YOU GUYS CAN TALK?!" said Ben, "Obviously, genius." the flies replied. Then, Ben said "Well, whatever you guys are doing, you guys better stop right now!". "Ya don't scare me!" the flies replied again, "Wait, me? Shouldn't it be us?" Ben asked. "Actually..." the flies said before almost all of them disappeared.
"-H-Hey wh-what?! -Wh...-where'd the other ones go?!" Ben said confused. "They aren't here now, but they'll be back shortly. Because... -I'm also the other flies!" the fly replied. "WAIT WHAT?!" said Ben, "Yes. You see, I can multiply myself to create a whole army." the fly continued.
"Ok, but... who are you?" Ben asked again, "They call me... -Multifly!" the fly answered. "Pfft! Hahahahahahahahahaha! Multifly?! What a lame name!" said Ben. In reality, Ben thinks that the name Multifly is good. The reason he laughed at the fly was because it was evil.
"Laugh all you want, but we'll see who'll be laughin' last!" said Multifly as he started duplicating himself again! Ben tried burning him and his duplicates, but they all dodged! Then, Ben used one of Heatblast's moves. Which was using a piece of rock or something similar as a hoverboard.
Ben tried burning Multifly and his duplicates again, but it was hard as Multifly and the duplicates were so fast! "These flies are WAY TOO FAST!" said Ben as he was getting a bit tired.
"Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah! Hahahahahahaha!" said Multifly laughing at Ben, this made Ben angry and try shooting more fire at him and his duplicates! Unfortunately, Multifly and the other flies were still too fast! "You're not the only one who can go fast!" said Ben before slamming the Omnitrix. When the blue light disappeared, it revealed him as XLR8.
"Let's speed up this extermination." said Ben as he created a tornado that made Multifly and his duplicates get flown across! The tornado also took many other insects with it!
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Meanwhile, Clancy could see what was happening. "WHAT THE-" he said as he saw many of the insects get sucked into the tornado. Clancy saw the one who made it when he looked to his left. "Wh-what the hell is that?!" he said. Then, Ben turned around and saw Clancy in the distance. Ben gasped before rushing over to him and KICKING him!
*-FWOOSH! BAM!* "URGH!"
Clancy fell on the ground after Ben kicked him. Then, Ben turned into Wildvine and tied him up using his arm before saying "Alright, I'm just going to say this one more time. Stop whatever this is now! Or I'm going to stop it!". But... Clancy just laughed. Then, he said "You're gonna have a "swarm" of problems comin' your way.". Immediately after that, HUGE SWARMS of different kinds of insects started rushing towards Ben! Then, Clancy took the chance to get out of Ben's grip and escape. "Hey! Get back here!" said Ben, but it was no use. Clancy was now gone.
"Not again!" said Ben, then he went Heatblast again before burning the insects! Then, he used another piece of the road as a hoverboard and chased after Clancy again.
Clancy was riding on another swarm of bees. When he looked back, he saw Ben getting closer and closer towards him. "You don't know when to give up do you?!" he said as he whistled. Ben was a bit confused on why he did that, but realized what the whistling was for when he saw Multifly and his duplicates coming towards him!
"It's time things got a little bit "heated"!" said Ben before shooting fire, he was able to burn most of Multifly's duplicates. But Multifly himself and the rest dodged.
Multifly wasn't the only one who showed up though. There were Maurice, Sydney, Queen Bee and her bug gang! When Ben saw them, he got angry and got ready to fight just in case.
Queen Bee: You shouldn't "bee" here.
Maurice: Does this guy ever give up?
Sydney (In cockroach language): Who is this guy anyway?!
Clancy: I dunno, but we need to get rid of him!
Multifly: We're gonna need some more power. That's why I brought the MAGG-NET along.
The MAGG-NET is a big and powerful red magnet that attracts maggots. When the maggots get huddled together and combine with it, they can do things like form body parts.
Multifly then activated the MAGG-NET. As it activated, LOTS AND LOTS OF MAGGOTS started going near it! The maggots kept coming until... -they were able to form a GIANT MONSTER-LIKE BODY!
*ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!*
"Wait a second... -are those... -MAGGOTS?!" said Ben, "Yeah." said Multifly. "Ok, that's disgusting." said Ben, Multifly just laughed.
Ben made an angry face and started forming fire in his hands. Then, he started shooting fire at the maggot monster that had just formed!
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A part of the maggot monster had been burned. But MORE MAGGOTS came to reform that part! "Oh man!" said Ben as he started throwing fireballs. However, it didn't help much as everytime a part of the maggot monster got burned more maggots would come to reform that part.
Soon, Gwen and Max came rushing to where Ben was. When they stopped, they were shocked when they saw many villains at the same time and a maggot monster! "Uhh... Ben, what's that?" said Gwen nervously, "It's some kind of monster made out of maggots that's being held together by a magnet that attracts maggots." Ben replied. "EW!" said Gwen.
"Alright, we need to take things up a notch!" said Max as he and Gwen started firing at the villains and the maggot monster while Ben started shooting more fire. "ATTACK!" yelled Queen Bee from inside her ship, it was still working despite Ben breaking some parts of it. Then, swarms of bees started rushing towards Ben, Gwen and Max! "GET 'EM!" Max yelled as he, Gwen and Ben started attacking!
Meanwhile, Queen Bee's bug gang got into action as well! They were Mantis, Tarantula and Bullet Ant. Mantis went first and tried using his mechanical mantis arms to try and slash Ben, but Ben used fire to propel himself upwards and blast him away! "Oof!" said Mantis as he fell down.
Next was Tarantula. He grabbed his lasso made out of web and tried using it on Ben. Unfortunately, the end of the lasso got burned because Ben was Heatblast right now. Ben then grabbed the end of the lasso and used it to swing Tarantula around before throwing him off! "Oomph!" said Tarantula as he fell down on the ground.
Finally, it was Bullet Ant's turn. He fired bullets from his wrist blasters, but Ben just used fire to fly upwards again before blasting him away as well.
When Ben landed, he looked around. Then, he saw Sydney rushing towards him with Maurice on his back! "Get him Sydney!" said Maurice before Sydney started spitting acidic green liquid! Ben jumped before rushing over to Sydney and punching him! Making him fall down. Sydney made some cockroach noises before Maurice used the small blasters he was holding and fired them at Ben!
Ben dodged the lasers and kicked the blasters out of Maurice's hands. "Aah!" said Maurice before Ben punched him! Meanwhile, Gwen and Max were still trying to beat the maggot monster. But they weren't having any luck as the monster kept reforming the body parts that would get destroyed.
"-Uhh... Ben... -looks like we'll need more "fire"-power!" said Max, "You got it!" said Ben as he started blasting fire at the maggot monster! Unfortunately, it kept reforming itself. "Oh come on!" said Ben as he tried throwing fireballs, which didn't really help that much either.
"Wh...-What are we gonna do?! There's too many of 'em!" said Gwen, "Just keep on fighting!" said Ben as he kept on blasting fire.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" laughed Clancy as he watched from above. Then, Ben said "WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS?!". Then, Clancy responded with "This city is where I lost my home! Well, me and my friends' home. And now I'll make them pay for what they've done!" before sending more insects.
"WHOA!-" Ben yelled before burning the insects, then he added "What did the city do to you to make you lose your home?!". "They got rid of the house that once belonged to my grandfather!" Clancy yelled. Then, a voice said "-The reason why I ordered for your house to be demolished was because it was a hazard to everyone else! There was always a bad smell coming from there and many people have died because of the toxic scent! And that house was old and could COLLAPSE EASILY if I let it stay there!".
"H-Huh?!" said Ben as he looked in the direction where the voice came from, it was a woman! She was being carried by a swarm of wasps! The woman screamed as she tried to break free, but she couldn't. Then, Ben said "LET HER GO!" before burning the wasps! Ben caught the woman before she could hit the ground. Now, I know all of you are thinking "Wouldn't the woman be burned if Ben caught her?". Well, about that... Heatblast can control the heat he produces. He can make himself scorching hot or not hot at all.
As Ben put the woman down, she said "Thanks.". "-Get outta here! It's too dangerous!" said Ben as he burned some more insects to make a clear path for the woman to run to. The woman ran through that path and disappeared into the distance.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!" said Clancy as he made the maggot monster punch Ben! "Oogh!" Ben said as he slid back. Then, the maggot monster started firing MAGGOTS!
"EW! THAT'S DISGUSTING!" said Ben as he burned the maggots away. But they just kept on coming! Gwen and Max tried to help Ben, but they got punched by Sydney! "OW!" they said as they fell down. When they got up, they saw Sydney. Who cracked his knuckles and said something in cockroach language. "Get 'em Sydney!" said a voice, -it was Maurice! Then, Sydney tried to SMASH Gwen and Max. But luckily, they were able to dodge and fire lasers at him.
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Sydney just got even angrier as he spat out more acidic green liquid! Max and Gwen were able to dodge the liquid and keep on firing lasers.
"That's it! Time to exterminate this plan of yours!" said Ben as he blasted fire everywhere! The fire burned a lot of insects! Eventually, they became half their original numbers!
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"Queen Bee! Get him!" yelled Clancy. Then, Queen Bee lowered her ship before firing bee missiles at Ben! Ben gasped and tried propelling himself up into the air again, but the missiles hit the ground first!
*-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!*
"Oogh!" said Ben as he hit the ground. "Just give up you little pest! You can't take us all at once!" said Queen Bee. "No, but with us he'll be able to beat all of you!" said Gwen before she and Max started firing their blasters again.
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"Get them boys!" Queen Bee commanded. Then, Mantis, Tarantula and Bullet Ant started attacking! Mantis managed to whack Ben using one of his mechanical arms. "Ow!" Ben said before trying to punch back. But Mantis managed to dodge and swat Ben away!
"Hey!" yelled Gwen as she fired lasers at Mantis, who blocked them with his mechanical arms. Then, Max went up to him and managed to damage his armor using his blaster's energy bayonet!
"-H-Hey!" said Mantis as he punched the old man away! "Ow!" yelled Max as he fell on the ground. "GRANDPA!" Ben and Gwen yelled. Then, they started attacking Mantis together. However, Tarantula and Bullet Ant helped him. Making the fight harder.
Tarantula shot a web at Ben's face using one of his wrist blasters. "Argh!" said Ben as he got it off of him. When he did, Tarantula was gone! "Where'd he go?" he said. Then, when he looked up he saw Tarantula swinging at him! Ben tried to get out of they way, but he got kicked first!
"Ben!" said Gwen as she tried to help, but immediately stopped running when Bullet Ant suddenly shot bullets her way and almost hit her! "-AAH!" yelled Gwen, then she started firing back. But then, Multifly came and punched her blaster away from her!
Meanwhile, Max was having trouble with Maurice, Sydney and the maggot monster. The maggot monster kept on firing maggots, "Eurgh, that's digusting." said Max as he kept on firing. But then, Clancy made the bee swarm he was riding on fly lower. Then, he punched Max in the face! Max retaliated by whacking his blaster on Clancy's head.
*WHACK!* "Oof!"
"Alright Sydney, let's get him!" yelled Maurice as Sydney started spewing acidic liquid again. Max tried blasting Sydney, but Maurice blocked the lasers with his own! Eventually, he was able to land a shot at Max and put a bit of damage on his plumber's suit! Max was about to start firing again, but this time Sydney charged at him and punched his blaster off his hand before punching him repeatedly!
Ben saw what had happened, Gwen didn't because she was forced to go somewhere else. "GRANDPA!" he yelled as he blasted Sydney with a fireball!
*WHAM!*
When Sydney fell down, Ben punched him in the face! But Sydney punched back and kicked him off! "Ack!" said Ben as he hit the ground. When he got up, he used a rock hoverboard and smashed it on Sydney!
*BAM!*
Sydney made some cockroach noises before falling down. He got stunned and dizzy. Then, the maggot monster and Multifly punched Ben together! "Ow!" said Ben as he got sent tumbling down. When he got up, the maggot monster ROARED! Then, something unexpected happened.
The maggot monster started combining with Multifly and his duplicates! This went on for a while until they became a body of black and white. Then, the maggot-fly monster roared!
*ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!*
"Ok, that's even more disgusting!" said Ben as he shot a big blast of fire at the maggot-fly monster. But more maggots came and Multifly just duplicated himself. Then, flies and maggots started raining down on Ben! They carried him around and smashed him into stuff and dragged him through the ground before throwing him off!
*THUMP!* "Oof!"
Ben groaned as he got up. Then, when he looked up the maggot-fly monster formed a big fist and PUNCHED him to the ground!
*-SMASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!* "URGH!"
The monster kept on punching him until he was weakened. Ben groaned again as he tried to get up, but he was a bit too weak to do so right now. Clancy saw what happened from afar and decided to go to where Ben was.
When he got near Ben, he looked at him. "You should've stayed out of this." he said, then he looked at the Omnitrix. An idea formed into Clancy's head. "I have a better use for you." he said, then he tapped the Omnitrix.
*FLASH!*
Once the light disappeared, Stinkfly took Ben's place. "-Wha... -wha?! H-Hey! What did you..." Ben began saying, but before he could finish his sentence Clancy's eyes started to glow yellow again. Then, Ben's eyes did the same as well. Now he was being controlled by Clancy again. "H-Huh? Wh-wha... I...I feel weird..." Ben muttered.
Meanwhile, Gwen was still fighting. When she looked around, she saw what happened to Ben. "BEN!" she yelled, Clancy heard her and laughed before saying "My dear girl, is this your little friend? He's mine now!". "Get away from him!" said Gwen as she fired at Clancy, who just made a swarm of bees lift him up. Then, Clancy made some wasps go after Gwen! "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Gwen screamed as she fired at them.
"And now for the finishing move... -GET HIM!" Clancy ordered. Ben followed the command and was now rushing towards Gwen with his tail stuck out! Stinkfly's tail is sharp, so it could really hurt someone! When Gwen was finished fighting the wasps off, she looked back to where Ben was. Only to see him rushing towards her! "Uhhh... Ben?" she said, but Ben couldn't respond to her because he was controlled. Instead, he kept rushing towards her! "WHOA!" Gwen yelled as she got out of the way in time.
"Hey Ben! What're you doing?!" she yelled, but Ben didn't respond and just tried rushing back to her! "Ben stop!" Gwen yelled again, but it was no use. Ben was controlled, and he couldn't do anything about it.
Meanwhile, Max saw what was happening. He rushed over to where Gwen was and said "What's Ben doing?!". "-I...-I don't know grandpa!" Gwen replied. Then, Max saw Ben's eyes and said "He's being controlled by that man! His eyes are glowing in a yellowish color!". "Let's help him then, but how?" Gwen replied, "I don't know... but let's try the best we can." said Max. Then, he and Gwen got into action.
Max and Gwen started fighting against Clancy and some of the other insects. Then, Gwen yelled "Hey Ben! It's me! Gwen! Don't you remember me?!". But it didn't do much as Ben still couldn't do anything against Clancy's insect controlling powers.
"It's no use! That guy's got him!" said Gwen, "Let's just keep on doing what we can until we figure out a way to get to that man!" replied Max. Then, Gwen tried to get to Ben again and said "Hey Ben! It's me! Gwen! C'mon! Snap out of it! You're Ben Tennyson! A superhero! My cousin! Y'know? Snap out of it Ben!". But it still didn't work.
Ben kept on trying to attack Max and Gwen, he couldn't control what he was doing. "It's no use! I can't get to him!" Gwen said, "No you can't. And he'll be joining us once this is all over! Hahahahahahahaaaaaaa!" said Multifly as he, his duplicates and the maggot monster fired flies and maggots at Gwen!
"AAH!" Gwen yelled as she kept on firing while dodging the maggots and flies. Then, Clancy said "-GET HER!". Immediately, Ben swooped down and grabbed Gwen! Gwen screamed and said "LET ME GO!", but it didn't work either.
Max gasped when he saw what happened. He tried to stop Ben using a string from his blaster. But Clancy made Ben cut it using his tail! Then, Clancy made Ben shoot sludge at Max!
*SPLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!*
"Agh!" said Max as he got trapped in stinky blue sludge. He tried to get free, but the sludge was too strong. Then, Clancy made Ben rush towards Max with his tail sticking out! Max yelled as he saw Ben coming towards him! Luckily, Gwen was able to save him by blasting the sludge off. Then, she and Max got out of the way.
Clancy then made Ben stop for a bit. Then, he said "The both of you should never have interfered, -along with this pest!" before pointing at Ben. "The woman told you why she ordered for your house to be demolished!" said Gwen, "I don't care! That was my home! And I'm going to make the people and this place pay for what they've done to it!" said Clancy as he made Ben try and attack Gwen!
"WH-WHOA!" said Gwen as she dodged Ben's attacks, "C'mon Ben! I know you're still in there! You just gotta fight it!" she said. Meanwhile, a part of Ben's mind heard what Gwen had said. It was trying to get the brain back to normal again, but Clancy's powers were too much!
A few moments later, Ben was starting to try and fight back against the mind controlling. But it was too hard, and he ended up struggling so much! Gwen saw what was happening to Ben and said "Yes! I knew that there was still a part of you somewhere inside there!", then she continued "Now listen to me Ben, you're a superhero. You've dealt with a lot of bad guys before. If you can take them on, then why can't you take this guy? I know it's hard to fight back against Clancy's insect control or whatever, but you have to fight back!".
Ben tried and struggled to fight back against Clancy's insect controlling powers, but he still couldn't do it! "Wh... -WHAT?!" said Clancy a bit shocked. He was a bit shocked to see that Gwen had managed to make Ben be able to fight back against his powers, even if it was just a little bit. "You're a bit good at this child... -but it won't be enough to save your friend! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!" he said before making Ben attack Gwen again.
"C'mon Ben! You've almost got it! Just a little more, and you'll be able to fight back! C'mon Ben! -Snap out of it!" Gwen yelled. And that was all Ben needed. He was able to fight back more and more against Clancy's insect controlling powers.
"-Wh... -WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" said Clancy, he tried to keep controlling Ben. But Ben was able to fight back against his powers little by little... until eventually, he was free from Clancy's control. "-WH... -WHAT?! -B-But... -HOW?!" said Clancy. Then, Ben turned around and looked angrily at him. "Uh oh!" said Clancy as he tried to run away, but Ben sprayed some stinky sludge at him trapping him in it!
"...uuu... ...uuu... ...uuurrrggghhh... -L...-Let me go!" said Clancy. "STOP THIS WHOLE THING RIGHT NOW!" said Ben to Clancy's face. But... Clancy just laughed and said "Make me.". Ben got angry and was about to punch Clancy in the face, -but then...
*-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-*
Blue lasers started firing at Clancy from the sky! Ben then looked up to see where they came from. -It was the plumbers! They were driving and operating their ships! They blasted at every villain and Clancy!
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Clancy ended up getting knocked out from the laser blasts, and the insects that were attacking were getting showered by lasers! "Wait, the plumbers?! But who-" said Ben, but his question was answered when he turned around and saw Max. Who smiled at him and gave him a thumbs up. Ben smiled back and gave a thumbs up back in response. Then, he went into action.
*SPLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!*
Ben shot sludge everywhere, he took out many of the insects that were attacking. Queen Bee tried to stop him by firing bee missiles from her ship, but Ben dodged and covered her ship in stinky blue goo. "Eurgh..." said Queen Bee. Then, Ben used his tail to break the ship's windshield!
*-SMASH!* "-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Queen Bee shouted a bit as Ben used his tail to break her ship's windshield! Then, Ben continued breaking it before going inside and breaking things in the ship. "-HEY! Get out of there!" yelled Queen Bee as she tried to punch Ben, but she got covered and trapped in stinky blue goo.
Meanwhile, Clancy got back up. He groaned as he rubbed his head. When he looked around, he saw that the villains he was with were losing! The plumbers were fighting against them. "-NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" shouted Clancy.
One by one, the plumbers took down the villains. It was a long and tiring battle, but they managed and eventually defeated them all. Now the only villain left to deal with... -was Clancy.
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Ben, Gwen, Max and the plumbers got ready just in case Clancy tried doing something. But he didn't. And now he was running away! "DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!" said Gwen, Ben then trapped Clancy using his sludge.
*SPLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!*
Now Clancy was trapped. Then, Ben, Gwen, Max and the plumbers went up to him. The plumbers then got out of their ships.
Clancy struggled and groaned as he tried to break free, but it was no use. Ben then turned into Heatblast and grabbed him by his shirt before saying "You can't get out of there. Now, talk! Why did you do what you just did?!". "I just told you!" said Clancy, then Ben said "-WHY?! Why would you do this?! Especially to the ones who WEREN'T involved with your home getting taken down?!". "Because I want to send a message to this place. A message that says that they can't just do what they did to me and my friends and get away with it!" replied Clancy, "The lady just said why your home was taken down." said Ben.
Clancy: -I DON'T CARE! Soon... I will get my revenge on this place. -AND. -I. -WILL-
Ben: -Be taken away by the plumbers? Yeah.
Soon, Clancy was strapped to a power trolley. Power trolleys were used by plumbers like handcuffs, only that the villain would be strapped to it instead of being handcuffed. The reason the plumbers used power trolleys is because they are tasked with making sure that caught villains have no chance of escaping.
Meanwhile, Ben was back in his human form. He, Gwen and Max watched as Clancy was being taken away. "Well, that was one long and tiring fight." said Max wiping the sweat off his forehead, "I could go for another soda." added Gwen. "Well, what're we waitin' for? C'mon, let's head back to the Rustbucket to grab somethin' to drink." said Ben as he, Gwen and Max did just that.
[Some Time Later...]
Ben, Gwen and Max were now drinking sodas inside the Rustbucket.
Ben: *Takes a sip of his soda* Welp, today we just did pest control. -Superhero style! Super pests require super pest control.
Gwen: *Takes a sip from her soda as well* Well, Clancy and those other bad guys won't be "bug"-ging us anymore.
Ben: Yeah, we made those guys "buzz" off. They won't be "bug"-ging us for a long time. Haha!
Ben and Gwen ended up laughing at their jokes. But Clancy and the villains who were with him won't be the only ones who'll be "bug"-ging them. What other kinds of villains will Ben, Gwen and Max face? And what other kinds of adventures will they have? Find out next time in Ben 10 Alternate Dimension.