Chapter 5 is here:) I like to say a big thank you to all that reviewed this story so far. Thank you again so much:D Anyway, if you are wondering, yes, the aliens are wearing clothes (thanks, crazyrTHANu882, for reminding me. :D ). They'll be wearing similar clothes like Ben's (color and so on), and by the next chapters, they'll probably either: a) go shopping for new clothes or b) borrow some clothes from Ben and Gwen.
If I said it once, I'll say it again: I DO NOT OWN BEN 10!!!
Chapter 5: New Names
The girl didn't say anything, but Heatblast could make out a little nod from her. He was dumbfounded. How did that happen? The others, Gwen, Grandpa and Ben were thinking the same thing. How did Ghostfreak, the cold-hearted (of course, if he even has a heart), power-hungry, terrifying Ectonurite, become a girl?
Ghostfreak was still looking at Ben. The way he (or she) was looking at him made the ten-year-old feel a bit scared. It was as if Ghostfreak was daring him to say something, so she could say something back. Ben started to panic. What should he say?
"I am waiting for you to answer me," said Ghostfreak, tapping her foot impatiently.
The others stopped thinking and they set their eyes on Ben, who was struggling to think of a good excuse. If he told the truth, there's no telling what will happen.
Grandpa will kill me! he thought. Why the hell did I ever go into the stupid cupboard?! Why am I so STUPID?!
A hand touched his shoulder, and Ben looked up to see Grandpa . . . smiling?? He didn't look angry anymore.
"I'm very disappointed that you disobeyed me, Ben," he said. "But whatever happened, I'll forgive you."
Ben felt more relaxed, and out of the corners of his eyes, he could see Heatblast giving him thumbs-up. Gwen smiled, but started to frown as one of the boys, who she didn't know was Wildmutt, started sniffing her and growling a bit.
"Ben! Can you call this guy off of me?!" she said, pushing him away. "He's really starting to freak me out!"
Grandpa, Ben and the others giggled, watching her push away Wildmutt who kept coming back to her. Ghostfreak was not giggling. She was really getting impatient, and her hands were getting sore from holding the monitor for so long.
Luckily, before she could even start shouting, Grandpa then said to Ben, "I think it's time for you tell us what happened."
Ben nodded. He was relaxed and not panicking now, and he also felt more confident.
After Wildmutt finally stopped irritating Gwen, she, Grandpa and the 'aliens' settled down around Ben. who then took a deep breath and started, "Well, it all started when . . ."
They listened with great interest and surprise as the ten-year-old started telling them about how he discovered the monitor and how the wire got attached to the Omnitrix, trying to remove the aliens from it. Heatblast was the most surprised as Ben told them about his story. However, when he was not looking at the boy, he was looking at Ghostfreak, who was leaning against the wall behind Ben, having set the monitor down on the floor. She looked bored, though she was listening to every single word Ben was saying, obviously angry about what happened to them all.
Bet she can't get over the fact that she's not a guy anymore, he thought, studying the expression on her face. Guess that's what you get for trying to take over the world.
" . . . so then Heatblast woke me up and I was like, "Who are you?" ", Ben continued. "Turns out he and the others are now humans, though I'm not sure why."
"Hmm, obviously pressing those buttons again and again must have released them," Grandpa said. "But there must have been some sort of glitch or error that made them like this." He nodded his head in the direction of the aliens, who understood.
"That was some glitch," Heatblast said, his head in the direction of Ghostfreak. "A very big one."
If looks could kill, Heatblast would be dead. Ghostfreak was staring daggers at him, very angry about what he said. Upgrade, sensing an argument about to erupt, said, "Why was the monitor in the cupboard in the first place?"
Everyone looked at Upgrade, then at Grandpa. The old man answered with a sigh.
"It's a long story," he replied, "I'll explain later. Right now, we got to sort out this mess."
He walked over to where the monitor lay on the floor, picked it up and said, "The monitor's broken, so you guys will be stuck as humans for a long time. Or should I say, 'teenagers'?"
"What's a 'teenager'?" Fourarms asked, scratching his head. He missed having four arms instead of two.
Grey Matter answered, "A young person usually between the ages of 13 and 19."
"Oh, right."
"Anyway," Grandpa continued, "It'll take a long time to fix this monitor, so in the meantime, you'll be learning to walk like a human, talk like a human and act like a human."
"Yes, sir," Heatblast said out loud. Everyone looked at him, and his cheeks turned red. "Sorry."
Ghostfreak raised an eyebrow, which made his cheeks turn a darker shade.
"Ben, Gwen and I are going to help you," Grandpa said, walking up and down like an officer, "And right now, we're going to give you new names. Ben, you and I are going to give the boys their names. Gwen, you're doing the girls."
Gwen nodded, and she said, "Okay girls, come get your new names!"
While the three girls gathered around her, Ghostfreak stayed where she was. Heatblast watched as she raised her head upwardly and then made her way to the girl group.
"Alright," Ben said. "Grey Matter, your name is . . . Dexter!"
"Dexter," Grey Matter repeated.
Then it was Grandpa's turn. "How do like the name "Peter", Diamondhead?"
Diamondhead nodded his head. "I like the sound of that."
Then Ben turned to Upgrade. "Okay, this is a random name. Uh, Galvin?"
Upgrade raised an eyebrow at this, but he nodded in agreement.
Grandpa looked at Heatblast and Fourarms, thought for a second and said, "Fourarms, your name is now Reid, and Heatblast, your name is Arden."
"Arden?"
"Reid?"
"Hey, that's the best I could come up with," Grandpa said, shrugging. His eyes were now on Wildmutt, who was lying on the floor and looking around with his wild eyes. "You got a name for him, Ben?"
"Yup!" Ben replied, "His name is Ralph!"
"Ralph?" Heatblast, or Arden, said, crossing his arms.
Ben was about to say something when he heard Gwen say, "Okay, I hope you like your names."
The girls walked over to the group of boys, except Ghostfreak, who sat down by the table, looking out the window.
"So, what's your names?" Diamondhead asked.
Stinkfly answered first. "My new name is Phyllis."
"Phyllis?"
"Gwen chose the name, not me," Stinkfly/Phyllis said, looking at the redhead girl.
"I got a weird name as well," XLR8 said. "Nero-Amy, or something like that."
Diamondhead/Peter raised an eyebrow. "What about you, Ripjaws?"
"Nerine," was her answer. "It means "from the sea", Gwen told me."
"It suits you," Peter said with a smile, causing Ripjaws/Nerine to blush.
"Okay," Grandpa started, "You got your names now, so remember them. Right now, we got to get back on the road."
Ben and Gwen smiled. They couldn't wait to see their families again! Grandpa sat himself down on the driver's seat, with Ben sitting in the front seat, and Gwen, safely holding the monitor, and the ex-aliens sat down on anything they could find. Arden (aka Heatblast) sat down by the table on the opposite seat, facing Ghostfreak, who was looking out the window still. She didn't seem to notice him, but she was probably ignoring him.
Arden sighed. She looks so pretty . . . WHAT?!?
He shook his head violently of the thought, which attracted the girl's attention. She looked at him, mumbled something that sounded like 'weirdo' and turned her attention back to the outside, which was starting to move as Grandpa started the RV.
Oh man, what was I thinking? Arden thought. Ghostfreak? Pretty? I must be outta of my mind!
He tried not to think about it, but every now and again it slipped into his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he looked at Ghostfreak.
Why am I looking at her so much?! Arden thought with worry. Do I . . .? No way! I can't like her!!! It's impossible! That can't happen!
Arden's head landed face-down on the table. He was determined to it keep that way on the long journey back to the Tennyson's hometown.
Chapter 5 is done! I hope you guys liked it, and just so you know, GF's new name is Leila-Renee, but obviously she didn't want to mention it to the guys. :) Talk about Grey Matter being "the walking dictionary". Also, I found out on that the name of Ben's hometown is Bellwood, so that's where they're heading to in the next chapter. :) And HB like GF? What was I thinking?!
Oh yeah, I might be off the website for a week or two. I got exams coming up, then summer school, then FREEDOM:D Reviews are welcome. :)