The second chapter is here:) Thank you, Emerald Shapeshifter 777, for reviewing my story. :) And now, on with the chapter!
Oh yeah, I don't own Ben 10, blah blah blah . . .
Chapter 2: The Discovery
Ben felt his stomach grumble in hunger.
'Oh man, how long are they gonna be?' Ben thought, looking around as if food would appear in front of him. The RV had stopped at a service station and both Grandpa Max and Gwen had gone to buy food and snacks for their long journey home. Ben decided to stay in the RV in case something happened.
So far, nothing had happened, and the only thing that kept Ben entertained was listening to his stomach grumbling.
Ben looked outside the window, watching out for his grandpa and his cousin in case they came back, then he found himself looking at the storage cupboard. He didn't know what was in there, but Grandpa Max had forbidden both him and Gwen to ever look in there.
'I don't want you two snooping around in that cupboard,' he had told the two ten-year-olds on the start of their summer vacation. 'What's in there is unimportant and there's nothing you need to know about it. So the storage cupboard is off-limits, okay?'
'Yes, Grandpa.'
Now, knowing Ben, he was the curious - and mischievous - everyday type of boy. And, of course, curiosity always got the best of him, and it always landed him in trouble.
Looking out the window once more, Ben climbed off his chair and walked slowly over to the cupboard. His hand was on the handle, but certain thoughts ran through his mind. Sure, he had disobeyed his grandpa millions of times, but that was usually in battles against numerous enemies. Right now, he was just himself, just Ben Tennyson. But he didn't want to get into more trouble while they were on their way back home.
Ben shook the thoughts out of his head and smiled.
'Grandpa won't find out,' he said, his grip on the handle tightening. 'All I'm gonna do is find out what's in here and close the door again. It'll look like I've never looked in here.'
Then Ben turned the handle and he opened the door.
What was inside the cupboard disappointed him.
Inside the cupboard was an old, dusty, useless-looking computer monitor (you know, the screen), without the keyboard, mouse and so on. It was a blackish color and underneath the screen were three buttons and three little lights, two colored red, two colored orange and two colored green. Connected to the monitor was a long black wire, which had a metal thing on the end (like a hook spies use in movies).
Ben scratched his head in thought. What was it? It didn't look like it could do anything. Why did Grandpa hide it away? Oh well, better just leave this thing here.
Just as Ben was going to close the door, the screen of the monitor turned electric green and a female voice was heard:
Searching for devices
Ben watched in surprise as the long hooked wire was moving around on the floor, as if it was trying to find something. Suddenly, the hooked wire clasped onto the face of the Omnitrix. Ben started panicking, and he tried to shake it off the Omnitrix, but he stopped as the female voice spoke out once again:
Device detected
Name: Omnitrix
A total of 15 alien DNA samples:
Petrosapien
Tetramand
Ectonurite
Galvan
Galvan Mechomorph
Pyronite
Piscciss Volann
Lepidopterran
Vulpimancer
Kinceleran
Arburian Pelarota
Florauna
Loboan
one unknown
one unknown
Which shall you select?
The screen turned black and the names of the fifteen aliens appeared, with the name 'Petrosapien' highlighted. Underneath the names was the words that the female voice had asked:
Which shall you choose?
Ben looked at the screen for a moment. What the heck did he get himself into? He put his hand out and his index finger touched the first name, wondering what was going to happen.
The female voice spoke out again:
Petrosapien selected
If you are done selecting the following DNA, press the green button to activate the extraction
Ben looked from the screen to the green button. He didn't exactly know what 'extraction' meant, but he kind of got the idea that it had something to do with the word 'remove'. But, as if he was told to, he selected nine more alien names, deciding not to select the last five. Then, without giving some thought, Ben pushed the green button. The button lit up, glowing a very bright green. The black wire started glowing green as well, and the Omnitrix started to light up more than usual.
The female voice spoke out once more:
Extraction has now been activated
The aliens looked up from where they were standing/sitting. They sensed that something was going on, and they all wanted to find out.
Wildmutt suddenly started to whimper, and he moved backwards and hid behind Stinkfly.
'What's wrong, boy?' Stinkfly whispered in a gentle voice, kneeling on her 'legs' and stroking his shaking head. The others watched as Wildmutt howled in pain and started to roll all over the floor, shaking more than usual.
'Whatever it is, it's hurting him,' XLR8 said in a concerned voice. 'Grey Matter, can you help him?'
The little Galvan nodded, though he seemed unsure. Upgrade picked Grey Matter up and walked over to the howling Wildmutt. He set his friend down, who slowly walked towards the creature who intimidated him the most. Grey Matter wasn't usually afraid of Wildmutt, but the way he was shaking and howling shook fear into the little alien. Just as Grey Matter was about to inspect the Vulpimancer, a ring of green light appeared around both the little alien and Wildmutt.
'What the-?' Grey Matter didn't have time to finish his sentence, as the bright green light glowed brilliantly around the room and when the aliens uncovered their eyes, Wildmutt and Grey Matter . . . were gone.
Each of the aliens were shocked, except for Ghostfreak, who looked like he hadn't seen a thing.
Fourarms was the first to break the silence. 'What just happened there?'
'They just disappeared!' Ripjaws exclaimed, looking at the spot where the two aliens were. 'Oh, I hope they're all right!'
'They're gonna be fine,' Upgrade said, putting his hand on her shoulder. 'I'm sure of it. There's no way they've they gonna get hu-'
Suddenly, another ring of green light appeared, this time around the suprised Upgrade and Ripjaws. After the green light glowed around the room again, Upgrade and Ripjaws were gone as well.
The aliens were silent again. This time, Ghostfreak did look suprised. What was with the green lights that interrupted his thoughts? He looked at the five remaining original aliens. Would they disappear, too?
'Okay, this is seriously freaking me out,' Heatblast said, his eyes looking around.
Fourarms nodded in agreement. He didn't like this at all, not one little bit. Diamondhead remained silent. He looked calm and he didn't blink.
'Do you think we might disappear, too?' XLR8 asked him, her tail twitching more. He didn't answer.
XLR8 was about to repeat the question, when another ring of light appeared around her, Diamondhead and the silent Stinkfly, who was thinking about the others who disappeared. Heatblast, Fourarms and the other aliens covered their eyes from the blinding light and they looked to see the trio gone.
'Oh man! Now they've gone too!' Cannon Bolt exclaimed. 'What's the heck's going on?!'
'Okay everyone, calm down!' Heatblast cried, his hands up in the air signifying silence. 'Just be quiet! Alright, we need to figu-'
But he stopped as a ring of light appeared around Fourarms, who looked horrified.
'Heatblast! Help me!' he cried, before the light glowed and he was gone.
Heatblast was now freaked out. What was with his friends disappearing? Where have they gone? Are they dead?
Those thoughts scared the Pyronite. Sure, he didn't know them for years, but he liked them and they became fast friends. Why, even Ghostfreak was once his friend, before he tried to possess Ben and put the world into darkness.
Heatblast turned to where Ghostfreak was, where he was among his team of cronies. With a deep sigh, the Pyronite said, 'Ghostfreak, I need your help.'
The Ectonurite's eye widened. Did he just hear Heatblast ask him for help? Although Cannon Bolt and Wildvine didn't know Ghostfreak that long, they knew what he tried to do to Ben, and they too were suprised at what Heatblast had asked him.
Ghostfreak's eye narrowed, and he said in a ghostly voice, 'That I cannot do. Even with my powers there's nothing I can do to help stop whatever is happening. If we are next, we must accept that, whether we like it . . . or not.'
Heatblast was about to make his way over to Ghostfreak and try to strangle him when he saw a familiar glow around him and the Ectonurite. Before the light glowed, Ghostfreak muttered two words that Heatblast kept in his mind:
'Brace yourself.'
And with that, the last thing Heatblast saw was the bright green light.
Chapter 2 done! I know I haven't got to the aliens-turned-teenagers yet, but I'll get to that in the next two chapters. And I'm sorry if I forget the other aliens. Gee, I didn't mention Wildvine, Diamondhead, Benwolf, mummy and victor speaking at all:( Since (I think) Benmummy and Benvictor aren't actually from another planet, I just wrote 'one unknown' for each of them. Reviews are welcome:)