"Well, we're here!"
After the gang had discovered their new friend's name, they had a lead on who Ben was. Moxy had suggested on asking her cousin Scout if he knew anything. Scout was the only Plumber on Anur Transyl, and one of the few who had traveled off-planet. At least the only one that didn't work for the Ecto-Lord. Those were guys you didn't want to bother.
However, It had been late, and the group had been tired from walking all day. So they decided they would all sleep at Beatrice's and Viktoria's house. They had a fun little sleepover, where they had talked about themselves, and their hopes and dreams.
Ben had learned that Beatrice's and Viktoria's parents had been killed in a fire, and Beatrice has raised Viktoria since then. She had been studying to be a nurse, but caring for Viktoria made it a bit harder, as she now also had a job at the market to bring food on the table. Viktoria still went to school, and liked to read fairy-tales. She dreamed of a prince to make her a princess, and she fell quite easily in love. But Beatrice told Ben it was always a little puppy love, and she forgot about whoever it was just as easy.
He had tried to help Lhumin with pranking Ahf-Ryght, but that had only backfired, to the point that they had to remove A LOT of glitter from each other. Although the conversation they had was nice. Apparently, Lhumin lived with his father and his new husband. He missed his mother, but still visited her and his sister every other week. He and his sister didn't get along so well, and they fought like cats and dogs. But he liked living with his dad, and he wouldn't trade it for the world.
After he had removed all the glitter from himself and Lhumin, he had apologized to Ahf-Ryght. After getting the advice of NEVER trying to prank her again, they had been stargazing out the window. She told him how she loved her parents, but her father was in jail. He had made some bad decisions, and her mother had become a bit distant because of it. She wanted to go to space and see other planets, but she didn't want to leave her friends behind. After the conversation she told Ben To NEVER tell Lhumin any of this.
Then he went to Moxy and had a similar talk with her, if only because she was the only one he hadn't talked to yet. Moxy wanted to help people. She hoped she could one day keep people safe, but as long as the Ecto-Lord ruled it would be impossible. She hoped that one day, she could become a Plumber like her cousin, Scout. She admired him. She told Ben he was the first Loboan ever to become a Plumber.
When she told Ben that he had traveled off-planet, he had asked if maybe they could visit him. Ben wondered if maybe he would know what Ben was. Once they knew what kind of species Ben was, they could figure out who he was. A name was great, but Ben needed to know more.
And that brought the group here, on their way to Scout's home. Moxy knocked on the door, but no one answered. Moxy tried a couple more times, but the group realized that he was out. "He is probably patrolling. I guess we have to come back later." Said Moxy, a bit sad that this trip had been for naught.
"It doesn't have to be!" Said Viktoria suddenly. Immediately after saying that, she ran around the corner. "He wants to help people, right? So all we need to do is lure him here by getting into trouble!" "VIKTORIA NO, COME BACK!" Beatrice screamed to her sister. She knew that Viktoria could get into tons of trouble when she was on her own, and doing it deliberately didn't help either. When they got around the corner, the little girl had vanished.
"VIKTORIA COME BACK!" Beatrice was extremely worried. The city was quite safe if you stayed in populated areas, but if you entered the shady parts you could run into thieves, criminals or the lackeys of the Ecto-Lord. And because Viktoria WANTED trouble, things could go very bad, very quick.
"We need to split up! Beatrice and Moxy, you go west! Ahf-Ryght goes north and me and Lhumin go to the east!" Yelled Ben, suddenly taking charge. Everyone silently agreed and immediately went out to look for the little Transylian. Ben could only hope someone would find her in time.
"Oh man, what have I gotten into?"
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