Meanwhile, back on Earth, Ace had obtained a little more success in his quest to find out where he was. Pretending he was a guy in costume, he learned he was in a place called "Pennsylvania" on the planet Earth.
"Man this stinks" Ace said, as he walked down the street, "I get sucked from Acmetropolis by some squid faced alien, then I end up here with no way of contacting the others. Could this day get any worse?"
As if to answer his question, a laser blasted a hold mere inches from him. Ace looked behind him and noticed a squad of Vilgax's drones, ready to fight.
"I had ta ask" he said, readying his sword.
Ace took out one with his heat beams, but the drones had apparently learned from the last time, and blasted him before he could blast another. Another drone blasted the sword from his hands. Ace blasted another drone, but received several blasts for his troubles.
Thankfully, as luck would have it, Ben Tennyson and his family were vacationing in that very area, when the sounds of the lasers got their attention.
"It's more of Vilgax's drones" Gwen pointed out "and they're attacking that guy in a rabbit costume."
"Well they're about to get an unwanted butt kicking, compliments of Ben Tennyson" Ben said.
Slamming down on the Omnitrix, Ben transformed into the reflective Diamondhead.
"I'll distract the drones, grandpa, see if you and Gwen can get close enough to help" Diamondhead ordered.
Grandpa Max went to the wheel of the Rustbucket, ready to move in if needed. Diamondhead, meanwhile, approached the drones.
"Hey bug boys, remember me?" he asked.
The drones immediately stopped their laser fire on Ace and shifted their weapons towards Diamondhead instead. Of course, his crystallized skin was impervious to their blasts.
"You guys never learn" Diamondhead replied, firing a series of diamond projectiles at the drones. Within minutes, they all lay trashed; Diamondhead then approached Ace and helped him up.
"You OK?" he asked.
"Yeah, thanks fer the assist" Ace replied "it's good ta finally see another alien around here. You wouldn't happen ta have some kind of dimensional transporter, would ya?"
"Um, sorry" Diamondhead replied, "I'm not really that kind of alien. Who are you, and why were those drones attacking you?"
"Some ugly alien dude brought me here" Ace explained "I was trying ta find a way to get back to my own dimension."
Just then, the Rustbucket pulled up; Gwen opened the door and peered out. "Let's go Diamondhead" she said.
"Friends of yours?" Ace queried.
"It's a long story" Diamondhead replied "why don't you come with us and I'll explain everything."
"Eh, you guys won't mind?" Ace asked.
"Trust me, I've seen way stranger things than an alien bunny" Diamondhead replied.
Ace agreed and they drove off. As they drove, Ace explained everything that had happened.
"So Vilgax is back" Diamondhead replied "I thought for sure I toasted him!"
"So did I" Max replied "but he obviously survived."
"And from the sound of it, is gathering together an army of villains" Gwen replied "this summer just keeps getting better and better."
Suddenly, the Omnitrix began to flash and hum, and Diamondhead transformed back into Ben again.
"Neat trick kid" Ace replied "I hope ya can do it again."
"Oh yeah" Ben answered.
"Good, cause we're going to need it" Gwen said, "I was just visiting the Internet on our strange friend here, and I found this!"
She turned her laptop so everyone could see the headline. New York Besieged it read, and showed people running from what looked to be Vilgax's forces.
"Looks like Vilgax didn't waste anytime in launching an attack" Max commented "we need to get to New York, ASAP."
"Floor it Grandpa" Ben added "and just hope we're not too late."
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Meanwhile, in New York, the forces of the newly formed Enclave of Villains and Insignificant Lackeys (or EVIL) were wreaking havoc. Granted, those forces consisted mainly of Vilgax's drones and some Jack Bots, but it was still successful.
"Check out my Jack Bots, aren't they just the most perfect machines of destruction ever?" a beaming Jack asked Terence.
"They're not bad" Terence replied "but I wouldn't go that far."
"Pfft, you're just jealous that you don't have any robots of your own" Jack replied.
Before Terence could think to respond, a whistling sound traveled through the air, followed by an explosion.
"Aaah! My robots!" Jack yelled, seeing the busted bot "who would do such a thing?"
When the smoke cleared, Jack had his answer. Kneeling there was a humanoid turtle in a blue bandanna, with two katana swords in his hands.
"You have dared to invade my home" he said, "but I shall fight to preserve the freedom of this city and its' peoples."
"Spare me turtle boy" Jack said, "Jack Bots, destroy him!"
The robots moved forward, but Leonardo moved with almost blinding speed. In minutes, his katanas sliced through the whole company of Jack Bots.
"Who is this guy?" a scared Jack asked.
"An old nemesis" Karai replied, "I shall deal with him personally" and she unsheathed her katana.
"I should have guessed that this attack would draw you out" she said, "now I can finish what I started!"
"I should've known you'd be involved in this Karai" Leo said, "has your hatred blinded you that much, that you'll risk innocents for your vengeance?"
"Enough of your talk, reptile!" Karai hissed "your death shall be here and now!"
"Man, that chick has issues" Jack whispered to the nearby Dr. Drakken, who simply nodded in agreement.
The two adversaries clashed swords, each evenly matching the other. Meanwhile, Vilgax's drones continued their assault; suddenly a blast of fire came from the sky and fried several of them.
"Oh yeah, take that you mechanized punks" Jake Long said, "you guys wanna come into the Am Drag's crib and mess up the place, then you're gonna get burned!"
Then he peered down and noticed Leo's battle, "yo turtle dude, you need any help?"
"I've got it" Leo replied "just stop more of the robots."
"No prob" Jake replied; suddenly, a green energy blast fired mere inches from his face.
"The American Dragon" came the Huntsman's voice "why is it you always show up where I am?"
"Who knows Huntschump" Jake replied "maybe I'm just lucky that way."
"Well your luck has run out!" Huntsman shouted, firing his staff repeatedly.
Jake dodged the blasts effortlessly; "maybe you need to buy some glasses Huntspunk, cause you can't even see me" Jake taunted.
However, he failed to see the Vilgax drone behind him, and its' laser blasted him to the ground. The Huntsman quickly stood over the dazed dragon, staff at the ready.
"At long last, I shall have your head, dragon!" he said.
Suddenly, a grappling hook grabbed the Huntsman's staff, yanking it from his hands.
"What?" he asked angrily, looking in the direction of the hook.
Standing atop a nearby car was a teenage girl with a grappling gun.
"I though you boys could use a little help" Kim said.
"Hey, I recognize you" Jake replied "you're that teen heroine Kim Possible."
"The one and only" Kim replied.
Jake took advantage of the situation to whap the distracted Huntsman with his tail.
"So, how about a fine looking lady like yourself helps the Am Drag mop the floor with these punks."
"Okay, but for the record, I'm spoken for" Kim replied.
"Oh, see the Am Drag wasn't hitting on you" Jake explained "see, I'm taken too, it's just that…well, you're really pretty and…"
"It's fine," Kim said, "now let's stop some bad guys."
From the crowd, Dr. Drakken was none too happy that his archenemy had shown up.
"Shego, get Kim Possible!" he ordered.
"Forget it Dr. D" Shego said "she's still with that dragon guy, and I'm not fighting a dragon."
Drakken fumed and turned to Terence. "How about you?' he asked "I know you battle teenage spies all the time."
"Just to show you how it's done" Terence replied, heading off towards Kim's direction.
Kim, who had just been joined by Ron & Rufus, was riding Jake as the latter handled the drones.
"I'm not so sure about this KP" Ron said "it's pretty dangerous up here."
"Relax Ron, we're perfectly safe" Kim replied, having no clue about Terence on the ground.
Pushing a button on his cane, the bad guy Brit converted it to fire lasers and aimed it at Jake.
"Farewell, Miss Possible," he said, before firing right at Jake. Jake didn't even see the beam as it hit him, knocking him off balance.
"Whoa!" Kim shouted, moments before she fell off.
"Kim!" Ron exclaimed, watching his friend and girlfriend fall to her doom.
Kim reached for her grappler, hoping to stop her fall before she went splat. But as she looked for something to aim at, she suddenly felt herself no longer falling. It was as though she was floating instead.
Kim looked down and saw herself being held by a pair of white gloved arms. She turned to the side and found herself staring at a teenage boy with white hair and green eyes.
"Hey" he said, "hope I didn't miss the party."
"Nope" Kim replied "and thanks. Say, you seem awfully familiar. I'm sure I've seen you on the news before."
Before Danny could explain, he heard someone from above him yelling "hey, hands off KP!"
"It's OK Ron, he's on our side" Kim yelled back.
"Boyfriend?" Danny asked.
Kim nodded "please forgive him" she replied "he's not normally like this."
"What a touching scene" came a voice that Danny knew all too well.
"Plasmius" he said, "I knew you were here."
The aforementioned half-ghost materialized in front of them. "Indeed I am Daniel" Plasmius replied "and with the help of my new allies, I shall have all I desire. Starting with your destruction, of course."
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Uh-oh, sounds like things are starting to heat up for the heroes! In the next chapter, more heroes arrive, but will Ben & Ace arrive in time to lend a hand?