Author's note: due to how big this was i decided to split it into two chapters
Frogs of War
Ben gave a bored sigh once again he and Rook were spending their weekend on patrol and right now they were in the biggest amount of traffic they had ever seen "man what is with all this traffic, it's Sunday for gods sake" he said
"perhaps there has been an accident of some kind" Rook suggested
"maybe" Ben then leaned out the window and used his scope. As he did he saw the ground bulging and shaking up ahead "what the?" the ground then exploded and an alien came out making a lot people in their cars scream in fright, Ben then retracted his scope and leaned back in the truck "wasn't expecting that" Ben said before he and Rook (with Ship perched on Ben's shoulder) got out of the truck and ran over to the alien. The alien in question wrapped its tentacles around its body and shot up into the sky, this was followed by crafts of all kinds flying out of the hole and up into the sky as well "what the heck is going on it's like everyone in Undertown is fleeing from something" Ben said before the ground began to crack and the hole became even bigger, Ben's eyes then narrowed "Heatbat had better not be behind this or I swear I'm going to end him for good"
"perhaps Ester would know what is happening" Rook suggested
"good idea" Ben said and as if on cue he began to get a call from said person, activating the phone in his head he spoke "hey Ester what's up?"
"Ben have you heard the horrible news"
"is it the reason why everyone in Undertown is leaving"
"yes, we all got word that the Incursean's are coming to conquer Earth"
"what!"
"I know, should my tribe and I leave as well?"
"no, I think you and your tribe will be safe in the hot spot, I don't think the Incursean's could stand heat like that"
"is there any way we can help?"
"not at this point, once I know what we're dealing with here I'll let you know immediately"
"okay love you"
"love you too" and they both hung up.
In the Hot Spot
Ester hung up her phone and turned to face Seebik "let me guess he told you to stay here?"
"yep"
"but you're not going to follow that order"
"nope"
"what should we do?"
"he said we'd most likely be safe here because the Incursean's couldn't stand the heat down here"
"so what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to go to the Plumber base and while I'm gone I'm putting you in charge"
"I shale do my best to lead this tribe as you would"
"thank you" and she began heading to Plumber HQ
"I am defiantly following Ben's orders" he said under his breath.
Back in Bellwood
"I take it that was Ester?" Rook said
"yes, it turns out that the Incursean's are coming here, we'd better go back to Plumber HQ, they might have more details"
"agreed, lets go" and they headed back to Rook's truck.
When they arrived at Plumber HQ they found the place in total chaos "man the Incursean's must be meaning business if they've got everyone worked up like this" they quickly located Max who was standing in front of a console along with "Ester? Heh I should have known" Ben said shaking his head
"I tried telling her to head back to her place but she's just as stubborn as you are?" Max said with a small smile before his face turned serious "it turns out that the rumours were true, an armada of Incursean super destroyers is on a direct coarse with Earth"
"so this isn't going to be a typical fight?" Ben asked
"no, we're gearing up for a war" Max said before the planetary shields activated
"those shields will basically just slow them down" Ben said
"I know but Ben I need you to deal with a more immediate threat" Max then changed the screen to the news to show that the hole in the street had been taped off by the police who were now trying to control an angry crowd.
"so basically you want Ben to go up there and assure everyone that everything is alright?" Ester asked
"exactly" Max replied
Ben gave a weary sigh but he knew why his grandpa wanted him to go up "sometimes it really sucks being a celebrity" he said
"I know how you feel about being so famous but they'll listen to you"
"true, should I take Rook or Ester with me to assure them that aliens are good"
"that's actually a good idea Ben they should help get your point across, oh and Ester"
"yes?"
Max reached into his pocket and gave her a Plumber badge "I'm temporarily making you a Plumber agent" he said Ester's eyes lit up as she took the badge and gave him a massive hug while constantly saying thank you
"okay, okay you're welcome, now off you go" Max said with a slight chuckle.
Ben Rook and Ester were now standing were now standing in front of a podium on a large set of steps being pelted by garbage from the angry mob in front of them "maybe I should have left you guys back at plumber base" Ben said before a rotten tomato hit him in the face "a tomato? seriously?" Ben said before Ship jumped off his shoulder and made a green see through shield in front of the three of them preventing them from being hit by anymore garbage. They finally stopped as one of the few people Ben loathed stepped forward, Will Harangue
"Ben Tennyson (Ship put down the shield and returned to Ben's shoulder) the people demand answers, how long have you been a traitor to your species?" he asked
"what?" Ben asked
"are you out to destroy humanity or merely enslave it?"
"just say the word Ben and I'll punch him right between the eyes" Ester whispered
"as much as I'd love you to, don't" Ben said
"I agree, it would not look good for you if you struck him" Rook added
"on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being global apocalypse and 10 being complete obliteration of the space-time continuum how dangerous is this alien population?"
"what the hell are yo-"
"and on a finishing question who or what are those three things with you?" the four of them frowned at that
"trust me I've been going to Undertown for years and they're decent folks just trying to make an honest living like anyone else in this town, they may look different but nearly all aliens are completely harmless, and for your last question which was rude even for you they are all aliens this is my best friend and work partner Rook" Rook smiled and gave a wave "this is my pet and also best friend Ship" Ship turned into its armour form and waved enthusiastically at the crowd "and this is my girlfriend Ester" he said this made the whole crowd gasp in shock at finding out that their hero was in a romantic relationship with an alien
"Ben Tennyson are you saying, to all of these people, no the whole globe, that you are in a romantic relationship with a disgusting alien?" Will asked
Rook gulped and began backing away from Ben as did Ship "Ben?" Ester asked Ben then moved from behind the podium and began walking down the steps towards Will.
At Plumber HQ
A lot of the Plumbers had stopped what they were doing after hearing the disgusting alien remark and were now watching the live news feed "Ben, don't do it" Max said under his breath
"well it was nice knowing him" Blukic said
"no it wasn't" Driba added
"ye-oh wait your right it wasn't" Blukic replied as they continued watching.
Back with Ben
The crowd parted as Ben walked closer and closer to Will who was now starting to get nervous, Ben stopped in front of him with a look of rage on his face as he reared his organic arm back and then punched Will so hard in the face he sent him flying, tumbling and skidding along the ground until he finally came to a stop. Ben lowered his fist then calmly walked back to the podium "Ben you know you are going to get into a lot of trouble for that" Rook stated
"I don't care"
"you know you didn't have to do that Ben" Ester said before she kissed him on the cheek.
"Yes folks you saw correctly, Ben Tennyson just punched out one of the most annoying reporters there is and all I can say is, nice shot" another reporter said
"so are there any other questions?" the same reporter raised his hand "yes?"
"asking pretty much the same question as Will are most aliens dangerous or are they more like us being that only a small percentage are bad"
"a good question and yes only a small percentage of aliens are bad so you all have nothing to fear about the aliens that live in Undertown" Ben replied another reporter raised her hand "yes you?"
"I'd like to direct a few questions at your work partner Rook" she said Ben moved to the side and allowed Rook to stand at the podium
"yes I will gladly answer any questions you have for me" Rook said
"thank you, first question what planet are you from?"
"I come from the planet Revonnah"
"second question like your partner Ben Tennyson's aliens do you or do your species have any special powers"
"no I do not and neither does my species, interestingly though after doing some research on Earth cultures I found out that my peoples culture greatly resembles that of your Asian cultures"
"fascinating and where exactly is it that you and Ben work?"
"I'm sorry but at this point in time that is classified"
"fair enough, thank you for answering my questions" she said, Ben stood back behind the podium
"ok any more questions regarding aliens ether if they're good or bad (Ben got an annoyed look on his face) or if I'm a traitor to Earth?" Ben asked, a reporter stepped forward
"I have a two part question, one when did you learn about this alien city and two why did you keep it a secret for so long?" he asked
"I learned about Undertown back when I was 11 after an incident I had involving this (gesturing to his cybernetic attachments) and I was told to keep it a secret exactly for this reason, nearly all human's weren't and most likely still aren't ready to know about aliens living among us for years" the reporter nodded in understanding "oh and before when I said that there were good and bad aliens if you see aliens that are frog like they're bad, now take cover!" Ben said as several Incursean Ship's, as well as Attea's, flew in, Ship turned into its ship form and blasted most of them out of the sky, Ben, Rook and Ester quickly got in Ship and it flew off with Attea's ship beginning to follow them.
Ship easily avoided all of the lasers fired at them and was basically toying with Attea who was not too pleased with this, Ship then did a flip over Attea's ship, and as soon as it was behind her it blasted her ship's engines causing her to crash along a not very busy road "great shot Ship" Ben said
"I agree you have quite good accuracy" Rook complemented
"shi ip" it replied before a transmission came through
"Ben, Rook, Ester I need you to come back to plumber base immediately" Max ordered
"be there in five grandpa" Ben replied "okay Ship you heard him, next stop Plumber HQ"
"ship" and they headed back to base.
Meanwhile
Attea groaned in pain as she tried to stand up but her whole body ached "I t-take it that wasn't what you had p-planned?" Dr. Psychobos asked as he got up
"if I could move without being in pain right now I'd make you my lunch!" Attea snapped
Dr. Psychobos's new dog (formally Khyber's) growled at Attea "oh shut up you mutt" she said as she very painfully sat up "ugh I think my whole body was tenderised in that crash"
"shall I inform daddy of our current situation?"
"nah just activate our new weapon, that should get us back up in the sky" she ordered
"right away p-princess" he replied before he began typing on the console.
Later
The Plumbers had just received Emperor Milleous's message while the Incursean ships flooded through the hole's they had made in the planetary shields and began attacking Earth. they were now gathered around a hologram of his flag ship "with our limited resources our only hope is to mount an all out assault on Emperor Milleous's flag ship, if we can cut off the Incursean's communications we stand a chance of neutralising the entire armada in the confusion Alpha and Beta team's move out" Max said and everyone ran to their ships.
Ben Rook and Ester ran to Rook's ship "I'd try telling you to stay here but there's no way you'd do that right?" Ben said to Ester
"you know me too well Benny" she replied with a cheeky grin, they then all entered Rook's ship and they flew off along with the rest of the ships. As they left the base an odd looking black ship with purple lines rose up and began following them, unfortunately for the plumbers the ship didn't show up on their radars.
Soon the defense forces were in space and they now had Milleous's flag ship in their sights "stay in formation...and fire!" Max ordered and the ships all opened fire on the flag ship unfortunately their weapons had little to no effect on it. Ben was now scanning the ship looking for any weak spots until he found them "Rook aim for the windows" Ben ordered, Rook did as Ben said and blew out several of the windows on Milleous's ship. He and Ester watched in surprise as Incursean's were sucked out of the now broken windows and into the void of space "and that also seals off that area, unless they don't like breathing" Ben said and Rook continued firing at the windows.
On Milleous's ship
Alarms began blaring about the multiple hull breaches to the ship "activate the oxygen shields!" Milleous ordered and a green force field surrounded the ship while also returning oxygen to the breached hulls "I actually have to admire their creativity, but they're gonna have to do better than that" he then saw a black craft with purple lines coming up behind the craft that had shot their windows, multiple lasers and weapons emerged from it and fired all of them striking Rook's ship.
With Ben's team
"Magister Tennyson, my ship has sustained extensive damage" Rook stated as he struggled to maintain control of his ship
"ram it into Milleous's ship" Ben said getting 'what' from everyone "trust me it's the only way" Ben said
"I trust your decision Ben" Ester said
"as do I" Rook added
"then floor it" Ben said with a grin
Rook nodded "consider it floored partner" and he made his ship go as fast as it possibly could. Max and Attea watched as Rook's ship ploughed into the side of Milleous's ship resulting in a large explosion but only managed to make a hole slightly bigger than Rook's ship
"no" Max said in shock at what had just happened.
Attea however had a huge grin on her face "so daddy what do you think of my shooting skills?" "once again Attea, oh daughter of mine, you have made me proud, but aren't you supposed to be on Earth"
"I was shot down by Tennyson's other ship, but thanks to our new weapon we were back up in minutes"
"that's great to hear, head back to Earth and try to break into that plumber base of theirs, it'll be helpful in our conquest of this planet"
"sure thing daddy" she replied and her ship headed back to Earth.
Meanwhile
In the area where Rook's ship had crashed said ship was perfectly intact and was now black with green lines and had a large drill on the front "I knew you had a plan but I did not expect it to be this" Rook said as they exited the ship and Ship demerged with the ship before turning into its armour form knowing that they'd soon have a fight on their hands
"yeah, hopefully the toads think that we're dead" Ester said
"hopefully but we have to move fast" Ben said then using his scanner he found where Milleous was and the quickest path to get to him "good news I know how to get to Milleous, bad news there's a mass of Incursean's heading in our direction" Ben said
"I'll take care of them just lead the way" Ester said, Ben nodded and the four heroes ran off. As they turned a corner they were met by a massive group of 30 Incursean's
"halt!" the lead one said
"allow me boys" Ester said, she then used her stretching ability to bring her fists forward repeatedly in a blurry, rapid barrage of strong punches that that made her look like she had multiple arms. She beat down the entire group of Incursean's within 10 seconds
"my word" Rook said
"that's my girl" Ben said as Ester stopped and flashed them a smile before they continued heading towards Milleous. When they finally reached the bridge after knocking out another 100+ Incursean's "okay plan's simple; knock out everyone" Ben said and they rushed in
"this is for Ben, Rook and Ester, you toads!" Max said through the communications before the four heroes started taking out the Incursean's
"aren't you forgetting about Ship Grandpa?" Ben said as he kicked an Incursean in the head
"Ben! You're alive!" Max said
"not for long!? Croak'em"
Ben turned into Frostbite and began taking out Incursean's with simple punches and tail whips, Ship used oncoming Incursean's as target practice with his lasers, Rook took out Incursean's with his combat skills and a bit of assistance with his Proto-tool, and Ester took down her opponents by stretching out her leg and kicking in a wide circle. Once all of the Incursean's had been taken out the only one left was a very angry Milleous "okay brat's I only have one plan, it involves you, a lot of pain, and destruction on a planetary scale"
"yeah here's a little math equation for you 1 vs. 4 = your defeat" Frostbite said before he turned to Rook and nodded, Rook then ran over to the console and began typing on it making the flag ship start firing on the other ships which in turn made them start shooting the flag ship
with an annoyed croak Milleous pulled his microphone out from under his robes "cease fire, cease fire" he ordered before Frostbite froze him in a block of ice with only the hand holding the microphone being free
Frostbite then turned back to normal and Ben took the microphone out of Milleous's hand while Ship wrapped around Ben's mouth and neck before forming into an odd device Ben then held the microphone up to his face and when he spoke he sounded just like Milleous "do not cease fire. plumber's have infiltrated all Incursean ships. shoot first and ask questions later. Trust no one. Including me Lord Emperor Milleous" Ben said before he crushed the microphone and Ship turned back to its armour form
"so what now Ben?" Rook asked
"I guess prepare for a crash landing...I probably should have thought this through a bit more" Ben said casually as the ship kept getting rocked by explosions they then heard a females voice come over the radio
"this is general Attea princess scion and teen supreme of the Incursean empire. I'm taking command and I say fire on the flag ship, it's what daddy would have wanted" all of the ships began firing solely on the flag ship making it start to come down into Earth's atmosphere
"hey Rook do you think you can steer this bucket of bolts so we don't crash into any towns or cities?" Ben asked
"I shall try my best" Rook replied as Milleous busted out of his ice prison
"you brat's have gotten on my last nerve" he said before his tongue shot out at Ben, but Ben easily grabbed it, then with a hard yank he brought Milleous flying towards him where he then punched him hard in the stomach, Ship followed it up by Grabbing Milleous by his right arm and leg and spun him around before throwing him straight up into the ceiling and Ester ended it by pounding him up against the ceiling using the same attack she had used on the Incursean's only she pumped her arms upward instead of forward.
When she finished Milleous fell to the ground groaning in pain "brace yourselves" Rook stated, Ben was about to ask why but he got his answer as the flag ship finally crash landed and the 5 of them were thrown about violently. When the ship finally came to a stop Ben now found himself underneath Milleous
"well that went better than I hoped for" he said as Rook arrested Milleous.
Outside the ship however Max and Attea landed their ships and got out before aiming their weapons at each other "surrender now!" they said in union
"I'm afraid we have you out numbered" Max said gesturing to the 5 plumber ships above
"look a little higher" Attea said and up above the plumber ships were 6 Incursean ships "now who's out numbered"
"call off your attack or say goodbye to your leader" Ben said as he and his team exited the ship with Milleous in cuffs
"fine go ahead I dare you" Attea said with Milleous getting a questioning look on his face "daddy please it's not like he'd do it"
"daddy?...wait are you Princess Attea?" Ben asked
"so you remember me"
"yeah but last time I saw you, you were only about yay high"
"Incursean's mature faster than you monkeys"
"here's what's going to happen kid, you're gonna let me go, you're gonna leave this planet and never come back" Milleous said
"and why would I do that?" Ben asked
Dr. Psychobos (who had just exited Attea's ship) pressed the button on a remote and almost simultaneously black with purple lines spread all over the Incursean ships above them before they changed becoming bigger and more high tech looking "wait do you have Galvanic Mechamorph's on your ships?"
"yes our own special ones that we had Dr. Psychobos make for our army, I got the idea when that pet of yours stopped me from blowing up that tiny planet at the end of your solar system by blowing up the royal conquest ray detonator"
"allow me to d-demonstrate the increased fire power these ships now p-possess" Dr. Psychobos stated and he pressed another button on the remote, one of the Incursean ships rose up above the others and one of the small lasers on it turned and fired one shot away from Bellwood a few seconds later everyone could see a huge glowing purple dome which was followed by a deafening rumble and a powerful aftershock that knocked everyone down
"ha, I never get tired of that so if I see you anywhere near this system and I mean anywhere my enhanced ship's will destroy your town and everyone and everything you ever cared about"
Ben was now raging mad, before he took a deep breath and sighed "fine I'll leave" he then grabbed Milleous by the front of his clothes and pulled him forward "but I swear if you hurt or destroy anyone or anything I do care about I am going to come back and make you suffer in ways you will not believe, and just to prove that I'm not bluffing about that..." he then snapped Milleous's arm like a twig making him yell in pain.
Soon Ben was strapped into an Incursean space pod while the other's looked on sadly, as Milleous (his broken arm now in a metal cast) was about to launch him he spotted the girl that had pummeled him earlier and frowned "toss her in with him" he said while pointing to Ester.
"Ester don't struggle, you'll be safer with Ben" Max whispered to her as two Incursean's grabbed her by her arms and a third one pressed his gun up to her back and they took her to the space pod, Ben was fuming at this but he chose not to react, the Incursean's tossed her in and Milleous pressed the button on a remote, the pod then closed up before it shot straight up and into space.
"You know Ester this really isn't the way I intended to spend the rest of my life with you" Ben said casually before he effortlessly broke free of his restraints
"so do you have a plan Ben?" she asked failing to recognise what Ben also meant in that statement
"yeah, in order to beat an army we're gonna need an army"
"what did you have in mind?"
"let's just say I have friends in high places" Ben said as he opened up a compartment on his cybernetic arm and pulled out his teleporter
"um quick question, why didn't you just use that to get us on board Milleous's ship in the first place!"
"because then we wouldn't have had the element of surprise on our hands" Ben replied as he put the teleporter on his arm and activated it, he then wrapped his arm around Ester's waist and in an instant they found themselves in the middle of a battle between two different pirate crews "well I wasn't expecting this" Ben said before he spotted Captain Dagger, slicing an alien in half "well might as well join in" Ben said before he activated his Omnitrix and pressed down on it turning into Four Arms "see the ones wearing the symbol of a skull with a knife in its head"
"yeah?"
"beat up anyone who isn't wearing that" Four Arms said and he began attacking the other crew, Ester shrugged and began fighting as well. While Ben and Ester were using non-lethal attacks the Dagger Pirates where being as lethal as they possibly could slicing and hacking their enemies to pieces, soon all of the opposing Pirates lay dead or knocked out on their ship
"har, har, har now lads plunder this vessel of all of it's valuables and let's be on our way" Captain Dagger ordered and his crew got to work
"still up to trouble I see" Four Arms said making the crew draw their weapons he then touched the symbol on his belt and in a flash he turned back into Ben
"Benny boy! how ya been lad?!" Captain Dagger said as he and Ben shook hands
"I've been better, how about you?"
"can't complain lad, can't complain, so what ya be doin ere?" Ben then gave him a quick rundown on the events that had recently happened "dose toads be a real pain in me side" Dagger said with a lot of his crew agreeing
"so I was hoping you your crew and the rest of the Space Demons could help me get rid of them once and for all" Ben asked
"lad me crew and I will be glad to help you as long as we get to kill them"
"only if I get results like that" Ben said while pointing to the sliced up remains of an alien
"har, har, har trust me lad when we get drough with dem dey'll be in even worse shape dan dat"
"perfect"
"by da way lad ooo be da lass"
"forgive me, this beautiful girl is my girlfriend Ester"
"did ya ere dat boys? Benny boy's got a lass on is arm" the crew cheered at that with made Ben laugh and Ester giggle.
"so lad ow soon do ye want us to ed to Earth?" Dagger asked
"well they'll probably be expecting me to return immediately, so lets wait a month and plan out our attack, besides we're gonna need all of the Space Demons if we're gonna pull this off" Ben replied
"sounds good, after we plunder dis Ship we'll ed back to me personal planet" Dagger said
"mind if we head to your ship?"
"not at all lad" and with that Ester used her stretching abilities to get them to Dagger's ship. Once they were on Dagger's ship Ester turned to Ben
"Ben are you sure we should trust these guys?" she asked
"trust me Ester, they may seem bad but they're the best chance we have at winning against the Incursean's and don't get me started on the rest"
Soon the ship had been plundered of everything and everyone was back on Dagger's ship, they then sailed away from the ship before aiming their cannons at it "ready, aim, and FIRE!" Dagger ordered, Ben and Ester watched as the energy blasts from the cannons blew up the ship
"cool" Ben and Ester said in union
"yep I never get tired of watching a ship explode, now den next stop Planet Dagger!" a huge vortex appeared in front of the ship and they sailed through it now finding themselves in what looked like a 5 star resort
"this is Planet Dagger?" Ben asked
"I dat it be lad, dis be our base of operations per say"
"wow who did yah have to kill to get a place like this for yourselves"
"no one we just forced a group of Buzzilder's to make it for us, it's got spa's, pools, drones dat'll wait on ye and and foot, training bubbles da works"
Ben was about to ask what a training bubble was when he heard a familiar voice "I was wondering when you and your goons would be returning?" they turned around and saw the one and only Vilespa wearing only a purple bikini, her smirk turned into a huge smile "Benny!" she said happily she then raced over to him and gave him one of her life draining kisses, he tried to push her off of him but she was just too strong her kiss was only broken as she was punched in the side of the head, turning her head to the side and separating her lips from Ben
"no one kisses my boyfriends lips except me!" Ester stated angrily, Vilespa let go of Ben's shirt and took a step back from him before turning to Ester.
She looked Ester up and down "seriously you're his girlfriend?"
"yes and don't you dare try kissing him like that ever again!" Ester snapped
"...I like you, you've got a lot of moxie, plus it's not every day someone actually hurts me a fraction" she said and she walked off
"phew for a second there I thought she was going to tear you a new one" Ben said
"so you think I couldn't win in a fight against her?"
"I've fought her before and no offence but she would cream you in an instant" he said in a serious tone
"it be true, I've once seen er split a dwarf planet in aff wit er bare ands" Dagger said before he smirked "well now that one of em is ere we'd best be summoning da rest of da Space Demon's"
"sounds good to me" Ben added and they all headed inside.
Two days later
One by one the Space Demon's arrived on Planet Dagger until they were finally all there, the Space Demon's were now in the meeting room where the Space Demon's discussed important things that they normally wouldn't discuss in public such as if they wanted to wipe out a certain race or destroy a planet. The Space Demon's currently consisted of Captain Dagger, Vilespa, Jián, Moshu, and Glacya, they had had a discussion earlier about Ben and had come to a decision, now they were just waiting for Ben and Ester to arrive, when said couple did arrive Moshu was the first to speak "okay Ben we had a small yet serious discussion before you got here and we've all agreed on something"
"and that would be?" Ben asked
"we'll help you eliminate the Incursean's for good IF you become a Space Demon" Ben and Ester were shocked at this
"that's the deal kid, take it or leave it" Jián said
Ben thought this over in his head 'become a Space Demon...well if it means that I get to save my planet then its just a small price to pay' "alright I'll become a Space Demon" Ben said and before he could react Dagger lifted up Ben's sleeve on his organic arm and jabbed it.
"There be your first tattoo kid" Dagger said Ben lifted up his sleeve and saw a black long alien looking skull with fangs and 6 eye sockets that were narrowed and it had 6 stars around the skull the other Space Demon's then revealed their tattoo's each with a different number of stars around it
"huh I thought tattoo's were supposed to be a lot more painful"
"ow so?"
"well on Earth you have the tattoo ink basically injected under your skin"
"wow that is primitive" Vilespa said
"well now that you're one of us, let's get down to business" Jián said and for about two hours they discussed about tactics and ways to beat/destroy the Incursean's once and for all.
Once they had everything planned out they all left the meeting room "well seeing as how we have a month to prepare for the big day I'm gonna spend it in the training bubble" Jián said
"what are these 'training bubbles' you talk about?" Ben asked
"they're special bubbles that are great for getting stronger in short amounts of time 1 day out here equels 3 years in there plus you don't need to eat or sleep and you don't age"
"wow three years of training in only 1 day that sounds great" Ester said
"well then lets go shall we" Ben said casually and the group headed over to the training grounds of Dagger's base. When they arrived Ben and Ester saw 10 large white domes with a single door on each one "well I guess Ester and I will take this one" Ben said as he chose a random dome, he was about to open it when Dagger put his hand on Ben's shoulder
"two things lad never stray too far from the door otherwise you'll get lost forever, and two this'll be the most intense thing you'll ever do"
"thanks for the heads up" Ben then opened the door to reveal a vast white void, he then began to walk in
"oh and watch out for that first step (thud) it's a doosy" Vilespa said as Ben fell straight to the ground
"what the hell?" Ben asked as he felt like he was being crushed by 3 elephants Ester went to help her boyfriend only to meet the same fate
"there's currently 15g's of gravity on you which will increase over time" Dagger said and he closed the door on them. It took a bit but soon Ben was back on his feet whereas Ester only managed get to her hands and knees, and even then she was struggling
"well looks like it's just you and me for the next 90 years" Ben said with a grin
"this'll really test our relationship" Ester replied Ben then reached down to pick her up but she declined "no if I want to get stronger I need to get up on my own" and she kept trying to get to her feet, Ben had to honestly admire her determination.
2 weeks later
A small team consisting of Gwen, Kevin, Rook, Blukic, and Jimmy (he still has his ultimate alien look) were currently in the back room of Mr. Baumann's store discussing about what they should do "I heard that there's an alien base 50 miles from Bellwood, there could possibly be some weapons there that we could use" Kevin said
"yes I do believe I've heard of something like that while I was searching through the Plumber Database" Rook stated
"hey can I ask something?" Jimmy said, on their way to Bellwood Kevin and Gwen had had a run in with some Incursean's who were in the process of capturing people one of those people happened to be a crying Jimmy, after a brief fight Gwen and Kevin freed the prisoners and took Jimmy with them. on the ride to Bellwood Gwen and Kevin had found out that his mum had been killed, due to Jimmy still having the armour ring Ben had bought him he used it and was able to put up quite a fight due to the laser's reflecting off his armour, but once the Incursean's had managed to catch him as punishment for the struggle they executed his mum right in front of him.
"sure what is it?" Kevin asked
"well if you had to leave somewhere in a hurry would you take everything with you?"
"no, I'd just take the essentials"
"so would that mean Undertown is still loaded with alien tech?" everyone was left speechless at that
Gwen then turned into her Anodite form and her eyes glowed brightly "Undertown is completely abandoned, so we should have no trouble being down there" she said, she then chanted some words and in a flash they found themselves in the middle of Undertown
"hey Rook you've been down here more than us where would be the best place to look for weapons?" Kevin asked Rook looked at their current location
"follow me" he said and he lead them to a group of abandoned stalls "this is the general area for weapons, we should hopefully find something of use here" Kevin looked into one of the stalls and saw a surplus of weapons level 4 and up
"kid I owe you a truckload of soda" he said as he pulled out some of the weapons
"normally I would confiscate weapons of this level, but given our current situation we should take as many as we can" Rook said
"so in other words, start looting" Kevin said
"that as well" and they all started grabbing weapons and putting them in piles which Gwen then teleported back to Mr. Baumann's store. As Jimmy was searching he found a few trays of multicoloured rings, looking at his gold ring he grinned and put a different coloured ring on each finger before adding the remaining trays to the piles.
Once all of the weapons had been taken the team began searching the rest of the stalls for anything useful be it clothes, armour, or some form of transportation "is it bad that I'm finding this kinda fun?" Gwen asked
"nah that's just the bad girl in you coming out" Kevin said as he searched behind another stall.
Rook got a questioning look on his face "bad girl coming out? are you in labour miss Tennyson?" he asked, Gwen and Kevin could have sworn their hearts stopped at that
"he means that she's enjoying the kinds of things he does" Jimmy explained
"no he doesn't" Blukic said
"huh?"
"dawha *sad groan* never mind"
"forgive me, I take it that that was just an Earth expression" Rook said with a bright red Gwen just nodding.
Once the group had collected everything they could Gwen teleported them all back to Mr. Baumann's store when they arrived they found the room completely flooded with everything they collected "yeah this should all do nicely" Kevin said
"we could reduce the flag ship to shrapnel with all of these weapons" Jimmy said
"right but we also need more people to help otherwise all of these weapon's will be useless to us" Gwen said
"it's a shame that Ship isn't with us he could absorb all of these and turn into the ultimate weapon" Kevin said
"does anyone know where Ship actually went? It is like he just disappeared after Ben and Ester were exiled" Rook said.
Meanwhile
The creature in question had spent the last 2 weeks spying on the Incursean's and gathering any information it could obtain on them, so far it had learned their weaknesses, the schematics of their ships, how to beat the bad Galvanic Mechamorph's, and how to hack into the Plumbers system without being detected, having been in and out of the Plumber HQ multiple times. Right now Ship had snuck once again into Plumber HQ only now it intended to make a mass break out of all of the captured Plumber Agents and anyone else who'd be willing to help. After silently entering the base it changed into it's armour form and began making its way to the holding cells, as it walked quietly through the halls deactivating every alarm it passed it finally had a run in with a group of Incursean's "halt! Surrender now or else we'll open fire!" the first one said but Ship knowing some of the Incursean's weaknesses silently released the smell of burning rubber which caused them to gag and pass out, Ship captured them all in a force field and continued heading towards the holding cells.
After encountering 2 more groups of Incursean's Ship finally arrived at the holding cell's, Ship walked over to the terminal and it hacked into the system activating the steps and walkways to allow everyone in the cells to be able to walk out while also preventing the alarm from going off, it opened up all of the cells and then walked over to 3 empty cells and put the 3 force fields in a cell each before cancelling them and then sealing the door's to the cells "shishishishi" Ship laughed out before it went back to concentrating on its mission. Ship then watched as everyone started to come out of their cells with looks of confusion on their faces, looking around it quickly spotted a familiar person and it flew up to them, Ship then landed in front of Max who was quite surprised to see it "Ship were you the one who did this?" he asked
"ship" it replied before it continued speaking "shi ip p sh ship sh hip shi p p ship" Max was stumped at that not being able to understand a word it just said
"if I had to take a guess you just said something along the lines of you're here to break us all out?" Max asked Ship just bent forward to indicate a nod and then pointed down "you want us to all meet at the bottom?" Ship then bent forward again "attention everyone!" Max called out "everyone head down to the bottom, Ship will guide us out of the base" Max said and everyone began doing as he said Ship then picked up Max and flew down to the bottom and they waited for everyone to arrive.
Once everyone was down at the bottom Max looked at Ship "okay Ship lead the way" Max said and Ship began walking off in a direction away from any of the exits that he knew about but right now he was putting his full trust in Ship. What no one knew was that Ship was guiding them through a way where there were very few security camera's and if there were they were facing in directions away from them. soon they arrived inside the now empty lab "um Ship what are we doing here?" Max asked Ship just walked over to a large laser and patted it
"hey that's the teleporter Blukic and I were working on" Driba said as he ran over to it and examined it
"it looks fully operational now" Ship bent forward to agree "so where should we teleport everyone?" realising that no one but Ben could understand it Ship just pointed down "into Undertown?" Ship bent forward again "okay then" typing in the right co ordinance Ship aimed the laser at the group and with a quick zap they all disappeared leaving just Driba and Ship behind. "Well looks like one of us needs to stay behind to activate-" Driba was cut off as Ship grabbed him and tossed him in the air before zapping him with the laser. Knowing that the Incursean's could find out where they had all been teleported to Ship absorbed the teleporter into its body and then began to leave the Plumber HQ glad that its mission had been a complete success, now all it had to do was get out of Plumber HQ without being caught.
Back with Gwen's team
"I say we break into Plumber HQ and get Grandpa Max as well as the others" Gwen said firmly
"well with all of the fire power we have here I think that we can pull something like that off" Kevin said with a smirk
"and with all of those people we have a greater chance of winning" Jimmy added
"exactly, gear up everyone we're making a jailbreak" Gwen said as she changed into her Anodite form but she got a look of surprise on her face as she tried to locate Max "Grandpa Max and the other's aren't in Plumber HQ anymore!"
"then where are they" Rook asked
"they're all in Undertown"
"well that just made things easier" Kevin said "gear up just encase" once everyone had a weapon Gwen teleported them all to exactly where she could sense Max was. When they reappeared they saw the plumbers searching the stalls most likely for weapons like they had, Gwen then spotted Max over seeing everyone
"Grandpa!" she called out before she flew over to him. Max turned around and was instantly embraced in a hug by a familiar looking Anodite
"Gwen! Oh I'm so glad you're okay" he said as he hugged her back
"Magister Tennyson it is good to see that you are well" Rook said
"well I could be better" he replied with a smile
"if I may ask how did you all manage to escape?"
"yeah we thought you were all still at Plumber HQ" Kevin added as Gwen turned back to normal and let go of her grandpa
"well we still would be if it wasn't for Ship"
"Ship?!" the team said
"yes, some how he was able to break into Plumber HQ without being detected and he freed us all as well as used Blukic and Driba's teleporter to send us all here"
"the little guy must have been spying on the Incursean's for the last 2 weeks" Kevin added
"most likely, anyway I'm currently having everyone search for any kind of weapons that we could use against those toads"
"don't worry about that grandpa we already plucked this place clean of all weapons and armour, it's all safely stored at Mr. Baumann's store" Gwen said
"well that's a relief (turns around) it's okay everyone you can stop searching we know where the weapons are"
"so where is Ship?" Blukic asked
"he had to stay behind to activate the teleporter to send me down here" Driba said before he and Blukic happily greeted each other.
"Wow that is a pretty noble thing to do, I hope he makes it out of there okay" Rook said
"well if he can get in without being detected I'm sure he can get out without being detected as well" Max said
"hopefully" Gwen said
"by the way Gwen may I ask who the kid is"
"oh grandpa this is Jimmy, he's been helping us throughout this whole ordeal"
"Jimmy? As in the Jimmy who blabbed my grandson's secret" he ask with a smile
"yes, and sorry about that" Jimmy said
"ah don't worry about it kiddo, so how did you become involved with this lot?" Jimmy then sadly told Max about how he became involved with Gwen's team, almost bursting into tears as he told Max about what had happened with his mum, Max gave him his condolences as well
"so do you have anyone else you can stay with after we finally get rid of these toads?" Jimmy shook his head
"my mum was an orphan and my dad doesn't want anything to do with me"
"don't worry Jimmy we'll sort something out" Max finished before they all heard
"ship ip ip sh shi hip" everyone turned and saw Ship running towards them and before Gwen could react Ship had her in a bone crushing hug
"gah *groan* yeah I missed you too Ship" she said before it let go of her
"Ship" Ship turned to face Max
"that was a very brave and smart thing you did"
"shi sh ip ip Ben hip p"
"hey Ship can you absorb a massive amount of weapons at once?" Kevin asked, Ship bent forward
"cool because do we have a surplus for you"
"give me a second" Gwen added before she turned into her Anodite form and then she chanted some words no one could understand and in a flash all of the weapons were in a huge pile in front of her
"everyone take your pick" Max said, the plumbers began searching through the pile and took what they thought would suffice them. Once everyone grabbed what they wanted Ship absorbed the rest of the weapons into its body, the results of which were not what anyone expected, Ship turned unto a 50 foot tall slightly modified version of its Armour Form (it now looks like it's Omniverse design), then enough weapons to level Bellwood in 5 seconds came out from all over its body
"oh yeah that should really help us in this fight" Kevin said before Ship reverted back to its normal form and hopped up on Gwen's shoulder
"so Grandpa should we start now?"
"no" a voice that was familiar to Gwen, Kevin, and Ship "wait 2 more weeks then ready yourselves for the fight of a lifetime" the voice said making everyone look around, Gwen and Kevin however recognised the voice as Moshu's, the two just looked at each other and smiled
"only Ben" Gwen said
"what was that?" Max asked
"nothing, but we know who that was so at this point we should do what he says and trust him" Gwen said, Max wasn't too sure but he put his full trust in his granddaughter.