Maiden- Thanks soo much for the reviews, guys. It's really appreciated, and i'm exstatic that Vera is such a hit! She started as just an inkling of another alien transformation for Ben, but I saw the premire of Ultimate Alien and Vera was born. Anywho, this chapter goes into a little more depth about Vera's past and heritage. Also, I have to say, the bondage quip at the end of the first ch had me and my sis Em rolling! This chapter is kinda short, but it sets up a plot rather nicely!
Ben 10; Ultimate Alien
Holding Out For A Hero
Chapter 2- Come Down With Love
Gwen's room was utterly silent as the redheaded Anodite hovered above the floor in a lotus position. Her eyes glowed magenta and her mana encircled around Vera, reading her energy. A few seconds passed and Gwen's eyes returned back to thier normal green.
"The ring isn't on earth anymore." Gwen said, saddly.
"So now what?" Kevin asked in a bored tone.
"If we really wanna find that ring, we'll have to get outside the earth's atmosphere."
"Space trip?" Ben asked, his grin widening as Gwen nodded. "Okay, so my next question is how? We don't exactly have Ship anymore."
"Leave that to me." Vera quipped.
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Kevin's 2009 Dodge Challanger sped along Bellwood's roads, comming to a stop before a modest two storie house.
"This the place?" he asked Vera, who was riding shotgun.
"Yeah, this is my house." she threw casually, exiting the car with the others following suit.
"Veridian Amber Lakota!" came a quite angry native american accent as the four stepped over the threshold. A middle aged woman with dark brunette hair tied in a single braid down her back stood off to the side, hands on her hips. Stormy grey eyes boring into Vera's gold. "Where have you been?"
"Out." Vera replied, nonchalantly. "Mom, this is Ben and Gwen Tennyson and her boyfriend, Kevin Levin."
"Lovely to meet you." Mrs. Lakota smiled, offering a polite handshake to each teenager. "I'm Nova Lakota, Veridian's mother. My, what a handsome boy you are!" she gushed towards Ben, causing the emerald eyed boy to blush.
"They're gonna help me get your ring back." Mrs. Lakota's face fell a little.
"Veridian, you shouldn't be worrying yourself over that. It's just a ring."
"It's not just a ring!" Vera all but screamed. "It's the one thing we have to remember dad! He gave you that ring because he loved you and i'll be damned if i'm gonna let some alien scum use it for thier own gain!"
"Veridian, you know I love your father. But i'm not going to risk loosing you over a silly ring."
"You won't loose me, mom! I'm half Wakha Kiya, I can take care of myself."
"I don't mean to butt in, here..." Ben started, comming to Vera's aid. "But i'm the weilder of the Ultimatrix. My cousin is 1/4 Anodite and Kevin is half Osmosian. Your daughter will be in good hands."
"You're the boy who Azmuth intrusted his most devistating device to?" Mrs. Lakota asked in a mix of shock and surprise. Ben nodded, pulling his sleeve up to show the cuff like Ultimatrix gleaming on his wrist. The native american woman muttered something that sounded like a curse of wonder and sighed." Well, I suppose it wouldn't stop her if I said no anyway... Go if you must... But be careful please."
Vera sighed and leaned to give her mother a peck on the cheek, before leading the others past the house to a large red barn behind it. She shoved the heavy door back and led the other teens in past some planks of wood and tools.
"When my dad left to go back to his home planet," Vera said weaving through the rubble," He left mom and I a way off the planet, just in case. Nothing super fancy..." With a flick of her wrist, she pulled a grey tarp off a large contraption.
"Nothing super fancy!" Kevin asked in utter shock. "This is beyond super fancy!" the Osmosian boy was literally on cloud nine when he saw the black 2010 Ford Thunderbird. Vera smirked and pressed the insignia on the hood of the car and the Omnitrio watched in amazement as the car's tires moved to lie horizontally and the dashboard inside flipped over to reveal a control pannel. Glowing blue with different gadgets.
"What the hell are we waiting for!" Kevin all but yelled, already at the driver's side door.
"Uh uh." Vera snapped. "My car. I drive." Kevin sulked and threw a few choice words in her direction, but moved to the back with Gwen. The redheaded Anodite snickered and muttered something like 'now where have I heard that from'.
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"Not that floating through miles and miles of empty space aint fun and all..." Kevin began, after the gang's third hour of travel. "But is thier anything in this glorified hot rod that's entertaining?"
"Sure. I've got stereo surround sound speakers with axcess to any and all music stations ever created, iPods with 6000 songs each and of course the TVs on the backs of the headrests with every block buster movie made in the last 20 years." Vera replyed in a bored tone. Kevin's onyx eyes lit up substantially and went digging in the compartments in the backseat for the iPods and remotes to the TVs. "He's a strange one, isn't he?" she asked Ben.
"You have no idea." the brunette chuckled, his emerald eyes transfixed on the black thunderbird sitting beside him. Gwen and Kevin were busy in the back occupying themselves and Vera had to keep her total focus on controlling the car. So Ben was taking advantage of the moment to look his fill. Ever since he'd met this girl, he seemed to be under some sort of spell. Like he couldn't bear even the mere thought of Vera disapearing after this adventure is over. Shaking those thoughts from his head, the brunette's eyes drank in every feature of her. From her caramel tinted hands gripping the wheel to her silver feather earrings perched on either ear. Obsidian locks that shone with blue undertones softly framed her face and neck, settling nicely above the swell of her breasts. But what had Ben at hello was her rich and warm golden eyes. She had to be the most gorgeous thing Ben had ever seen, human or alien. Vera had an athletic figure so she was thin but strong. The urge to hold someone had never been stronger for Ben, but he knew his needs could wait. For the sake of everyone else.
"Gwen." Vera's voice echoed throught the equipment packed car, pulling Ben from his trance. Kevin and Gwen took off the earbuds from the iPods to listen. "Can you sense the ring now?" the redhead's eyes glowed magenta for a moment before she blinked, bringing them back to thier natural green hue.
"Yes. It's on that planet below us." Ben, Kevin and Vera looked below thier ship to see a black, brown, gold and purple planet.
"Anur?" Kevin asked in surprise.
"You mean the planet where Ghostfreak, Benwolf, Benvicktor and Benmummy come from?" Ben asked and the older boy nodded.
"Not exactly a planet that you'd wanna go messin' around on. Vera, if I were you, I'd move on to Lepidopterra, Stinkfly's planet."
"No. If we're to find my mother's ring, we don't need to waste time." her voice was stern and hard, so no one argued. Thier landing had been smooth, no one around for miles. A secluded part of the Anur deserts.