Ben was pulled into the throne room and some of the guards and other guests were watching.
"Make him do another trick?!" Another guest cheered.
"More more!"
"Yes, make him do more!"
"More more! More from the human!"
Ben looked at them and felt his energy draining. But Soren only waved his hand and dismissed them.
"My pet has done enough. He needs a rest," Soren replied, now placing Ben back in his cage and watching him with his cold, purple eyes. "You will remain my pet Ben Tennyson until you tell me what I want to know."
"Never!" Ben said, now about to slam on the Omnitrix.
"Go ahead. Change and use the rest of your energy. And that is fine. When you get tired of being treated like a piece of meat, you'll give me what I want," Soren chuckled, now walking over to a large mound of pillows and laying his head down. He curled himself up like a snake and watched Ben until his eyes slowly closed. Ben growled angrily and beat his hand on the cage in frustration!
"I just wanna go home!" Ben said angrily. He then sunk down to the floor in despair.
"Shhh," a voice spoke. Ben turned in pure glee with small tears in his eyes. Nuro invisibly hugged him and ran his hands through the young teen's hair.
"Shh, shh…if you keep worrying you'll make yourself sick young one." Nuro whispered. Now gently opening the cage door.
Ben gently felt Nuro help him up and they walked quietly out of the cage. But the moment Ben's feet touched the ground, Soren slithered angrily to his full height!
"I KNEW IT! I KNEW THERE WAS ANOTHER BEING HERE! I'LL KILL YOU!" Soren snarled, now letting fireballs form in his hand! Ben quickly slammed the Omnitrix and turned into Four Arms. He then grabbed Soren by his neck and slammed him to the ground.
"NURO! Move!" Ben said, now feeling Soren wrap his tail around him and throw him around the room.
"You brat! Who do you think you're dealing with?!" Soren said angrily, now trying to whip his tail like a weapon. Ben ducked and grabbed his tail in one hand and his waist in two hands! Soren tried to scratch at his face, but Ben caught his clawed hand with his last hand.
"Ben look out!" Nuro yelled, now seeing Soren form a fireball and place it right into Ben's chest, burning him!
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Ben screamed, feeling the heat burning him, but he didn't let go!
"My my…a high tolerance for pain?" Soren said in a triumphant voice.
"No. I just won't let you harm Nuro," Ben panted, now using all his strength to squeeze Soren's tail, making the alien cry out in pain and anger! Ben then flipped the large alien through a wall in the ship. As the Omnitrix timed out, Ben weakly tried to get to his feet.
"Ben you could have died doing that reckless stunt!" Nuro said somewhat sternly, now helping him to his feet.
"I couldn't let him kill you Nuro! I have seen enough death," Ben said weakly, now feeling the burn mark on his chest. Nuro moved his shirt and grimaced. The burn was deep and needed to be treated immediately.
"Ben, we must hurry. You need medical attention now!" Nuro said, now picking up the wounded hero. Soren then came slithering, recovered from being thrown through a wall!
"I'll have your hides on my wall for this!" Soren hissed, now charging. Nuro then flew down the hallway and hurried towards the escape pods. He was not going to let Ben die. Not on his watch.
As he flew, his purple eye widened as Nuro saw that he was being surrounded. Soren had summoned his entire army to surround him. Nuro knew he could perish, but he wasn't going to let Ben down. As he got to the escape pods, he saw Soren had teleported at the door.
"If you want to escape, you have to go through me," Soren said, now advancing on the Ectonurite.
"As you wish," Nuro snarled lowly, now placing Ben down and charging at the alien. Ben's eyes widened as the two titans clashed and Nuro fought with such ferocity that even Soren was impressed.
"I'm surprised that the Celestialsapiens didn't come and save their agent," Soren smirked.
"That has nothing to do with you," Nuro hissed, now slapping his face with a whip of his tail.
"Fool! You will not be able to escape this. This is where it ends," Soren chuckled, now using a tail whip of his own and sending Nuro into a beam. Nuro quickly recovered, but gasped as he saw Soren slithering fast at Ben!
"Stay away from him!" Nuro growled, now flying fast at him. But the minute Nuro got close enough, Soren shone a bright light at him, burning him. Nuro let out a cry of pain and that made Ben yell in anger!
"YOU MONSTER!" Ben screamed, now his eyes bloodshot. He then turned his Omnitrix to a To'kustar. Turning into Way Big was very painful at this point, but he was willing to do it! He slammed it and soon began to grow so fast that he broke out of the ship and grabbed Soren in his hand. "You're toast Soren!"
"Am I?" Soren smirked, now also transforming to a large giant! Soon the two collided in a deadly fight. At that same moment, Whampire and Vamps were flying with reinforcements when they saw the two fighting!
"Ben! Ben's fighting him!" Vamps called.
"And he's very injured! We need to intervene now!" Whampire said. The Plumbers all surrounded the planet on command and held off Soren's soldiers, but Soren was still a force to be reckoned with. Ben's wound was hurting more and more and he gasped as Soren grabbed him by his throat and dug his claws into his skin.
"I'll kill you…" Soren whispered evilly. Ben began chocking because he could barely breathe but Soren then roared in pain as both Vamps and Whampire landed on him and began draining his energy and clawing into his skin! That made Soren release Ben who transformed back into a human. To keep him from having a painful landing, a weak Nuro flew up and caught him mid-air.
"Oh Ben," Nuro said worriedly, now seeing Ben was out cold. He then turned to the brothers who were fighting Soren angrily after seeing how injured Ben really was!
"We'll destroy you for this!" Whampire snarled.
"You haven't felt pain until we are finished!" Vamps said, now landing a punch on his jaw. Soren then grabbed them both in his tail and his eyes glowed red as he transformed back to a normal size.
"You stupid creatures! There is no force on this planet that can stop me!" Soren cackled, but his eyes widened as he saw a bright light appear behind them. He then gasped as Alien X came through the portal.
"You lie Soren. For I am the one who can stop you." Alien X growled.
"HA! We've faced each other before and I don't remember you winning," Soren said.
"Actually, your banishment was my victory. And if you do not see the error of your ways, I will burn you to ash. You have endangered half the galaxy, injured my agent and warrior, and harmed the owner of the Omnitrix." Alien X said, now flying forward.
"And if I don't…" Soren growled.
"I warned you…" Alien X said, now letting his hands glow. "You have one more chance to amend your ways."
"NEVER! I WILL NEVER BOW TO YOU OR YOUR KIND!" Soren snapped.
"Bow? We never said bow. We said to stop your evil ways," Alien X replied calmly.
"You will never stop me! You're lying! You do want us to bow down and I never will! This isn't the last you've seen of me! I will return and destroy you and your kind!" Soren snarled, now disappearing into thin air!
Alien X shook his head, clearly unimpressed and then flew down to see Nuro trying to revive Ben even though Nuro was badly burned from the light.
"Nuro…good to see you old friend." Alien X greeted, now flying down and gently touching him. Soon, all his burns were healed up.
"Thank you old friend. I am well now that the burns are gone. But Ben needs you," Nuro said, now holding up the young hero, who was still unconscious.
"Ben! Ben is he alright?!" Vamps said, now flying down to check on him.
"We came too late," Whampire said, hanging his head. Vamps hung his too. But Nuro let his tail gently lift up their chins.
"Enough young king and prince. You came right in time. You did the best you could," Nuro said.
"Nuro!" Whampire said in shock.
"What on Earth?! How did you get here?!" Vamps asked.
"I am more than a tailor your highnesses. I am a personal agent to Alien X and was stationed to Anur Transyl to help protect your planet. I have protected Melody for years, but it wasn't until recently that Alien X wanted me to help protect Ben and watch over you all as well." Nuro said.
"But why?" Whampire questioned.
"Because I sensed that something evil was in the atmosphere and my assumption was right when I saw that it was Soren. I wanted Nuro to always report to me with what was happening but to keep a low profile as well. Melody knew that Nuro was meant to be a protector, but she did not know that I also was involved in Nuro's placement," Alien X said gently.
They all nodded in understanding and watched as Alien X bent down and placed a hand on Ben's chest.
"What a brave young human. It appears I have yet to learn more about you Ben. Your bravery is becoming legendary," Alien X whispered, now seeing the burn healing and Ben slowly waking up. As Ben slowly opened his eyes and saw that he was surrounded by Vamps, Whampire, Nuro, and Alien X, he could only grin as he saw their relieved and happy faces.
"Hey guys…w-what just happened?" Ben asked. But his eyes widened as he saw Alien X. He had never seen a Celestialsapien up close before! "A-are you a real Celestialsapien?!"
"Yes." Alien X said, a smile in his voice.
"W-What is happening?! What happened to Soren?! Did we win?!" Ben asked, now trying to sit up but Vamps gently made him sit back down.
"We will explain later. In the meantime, rest. We are going home," Vamps said, now motioning them to head back to the ship. What was most important is that they were safe and heading home.
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