Ben gritted his teeth as another wave of time energy barely missed him.

"For a time-bending maniac, you sure are slow, Maltruant"

The black and red Chronosapien laughed evilly.

"You want slow? I'll give you slow!"

Maltruant let loose another bolt of red energy and froze Ben in his tracks.

"Hey!"

"You are stuck within the fabric of time, unable to move at the speed which time is currently flowing. Everything is moving at normal pace while you are forced to move slowly.

Maltruant turned and faced the Earth, as if imagining it in ruins. "Soon, I will rule the entire time-stream of every reality! And not fail like that miserably incompetent Eon. And you won't be able to stop me, Tennyson!"

Maltruant was too busy rambling about his reign over time to notice that Ben's bonds were weakening.

"To bad that dream will be short lived!"

Maltruant snapped out of his daydreaming and turned around to find Ben freed from his bonds.

Ben slammed both his wrists together, activating the Biomnitrix. "ATOMIC-X!" Ben morphed into a half Celestialsapien, half

(A.N. I have checked the Ben 10 wiki and Man Of Action hasn't come up with a name for Atomix's species, so I'll just call him Atomix)

hybrid alien.

Maltruant growled. "You are still no match for me, Tennyson!"

Maltruant thrust out his hands and fired his most powerful time bolt, which was met by a wave of green energy, fired from Atomic-X's hands. The two bolts of energy slowly condensed into a single point.

Suddenly, that point exploded, destroying everything, tearing through Earth, ripping the blue and green planet to shreds.

"NO!" yelled Ben, and that was the last thing he remembered before losing consciousness.

Change in POV, 3rd person

Paradox viewed the destruction, seeing Ben's unconscious body floating through space, and nearby were some scrap pieces that was obviously the remnants of Maltruant. He saw Earth shattered, its chunks floating through space, magma suspended in zero-G. He turned and saw a group of five teenagers stuck in the time-stream.

"No no no no no no! This was not supposed to happen!"

A man in a trench coat appeared next to Paradox.

"What a disaster," he mused in a British accent.

Paradox turned to the man. "Are we allowed to interfere?" He asked.

"Under normal circumstances, I'd say no, but since the time-stream has been interrupted and somehow Maltruant managed to return, history has taken a dark turn, one that was was not meant to happen in the first place. But with the Earth gone, the past time-war will be affected tremendously and several dimensions and time-streams will cease to exist, or not happen in the first place. But it will be tricky."

Professor Paradox nodded, understanding the risks. With both their combined powers, the Earth came back together, It's pieces snapping together like a magnet.

"What should we do with the children?" The man in the trench coat nodded at the five teenagers, still stuck in a time-warp.

"Take them to Earth," suggested Professor Paradox. "Northwestern U.S. should do it," he mused softly.

"Indeed," the man replied.

"Until our next encounter, Doctor."

I am soooooo sorry I haven't updated. Freshman year just started for me and I am already getting LOADS of homework, so I won't be able to update often. I will try to write more chapters for my stories on weekends and Friday night, which are more available for me than most other times. I need more reviews to give me more ideas on what to write about. Also, Check out my other fanfics, When the Night Ends, and Sari Sumdac: Cyber Ninja. Remember to R&R!

-Richman, out.