Episode 4: So Not A Tennyson!
Chapter 3: Battle at City Square
(Bellwood city streets) (Rust Bucket)
Right after the battle had ended, grandpa Max brought his grandkids into the RV and drove away before the police force and fire department arrived on scene. But none of them came out unscathed. Max had suffered a small bump on his back when he dodged the laser attack which added up to the pain on his already aching back. Gwen also suffered some cuts and bruises but they were easily mended with a little bandage. Ben on the other hand had an icepack up his head after suffering from that bump on in the dunk me booth.
The boy was still confused on what had just happened for the pass thirty minutes. After turning into a flaming alien with fire coming out its body, everything just seemed like a dream. A really, really bad dream. After Gwen had finished explaining the whole details of his life as a super hero he still couldn't believe it.
"So let me get this straight" Ben began, rubbing his aching head with the ice pack. It was a good thing that he didn't lose his memories again or it would be difficult having a third kind of Ben in the team. "Grandpa Max is actually a retired organization called the Plumbers fighting against aliens and extra terrestrial life form. You can cast magic with that spell book you stole from a magician and this watch, or what you call the 'Omnitrix' allows me to change into different alien superheroes?" he asked Gwen who finished putting on the last bandage on her arm.
"Yeah… pretty much" she replied as casually as possible.
"Oh man… my life is such a mess. Not only am I doing terrible in school, I'm a freak in more than ten different ways!" he groaned out loud before slamming his head on the table.
Usually by now, Gwen would grin from ear to ear if he said that to himself, but with the way he said it, it sounded like he really didn't want to be an alien.
"No you're not" Max replied to that statement, "You've been helping people Ben. A lot of people, just by turning to those aliens, you beat up bad guys and saved many lives from danger. I know it's hard to believe at the moment since you have amnesia, but it's the truth"
"And I'm gonna have to swallow this whole truth… just like that? Oh man…"
Seeing that the boy needed some time to think about all of this, Gwen decided to leave him alone groveling for awhile. "So, what did Rojo and her gang want? I understand if she robbed the bank and all, but robbing the country fair was just plain wrong"
"I thought about that too" Max added, "And I found out that they didn't go there to steal money or prizes. All they stole were a bunch of steel cables from the clown shows and a couple of jumpsuits from the acrobatics"
"What is she going to do with those things? Open up the world's first criminal country fair?" Gwen stated as she tried to piece together the puzzle. But Max simply shrugged, "Not sure… but I'm sure that she's not doing it just for a couple of laughs. She's gonna aim for the big targets and it'll be up to us to stop her"
"Somehow, I'm getting the feeling that this day is about to get even longer than I expected" Ben grumbled before turning himself in on the bed, "I'm going to bed, if you guys need me, I'll probably be sleeping" and with that he shut the curtains and drifted away into dream vile. I guess it wasn't a surprise seeing that all this talk about aliens and villains really took the strength out of him.
(Rojo's hideout)
As Rojo and her goons made their way back to the hideout, they quickly unloaded all the loot from the back of the truck and lounge around the place waiting for their boss's next order. "Alright you maggots, put those things in the store house. We'll need it for the big heist later tomorrow"
"Ahey… boss" came one of the gangs, "Me and the boy's were wondering… could you tell us already on what the big heist is? Which bank we're gonna hit or what train we're gonna bail"
"Please… with the target I'm thinking, those things are gonna be nothing more but small fries" she replied to them while checking the damage on her armor. "Aw… man… that old chump must've given my shoulder pads a dent" she quickly headed off towards the resting area when another one of her goons showed up.
"A hey there boss" he stated a little frightened of Rojo's presence, "I brought the things that you asked for. We got those barbed wire cutters, blow torch and the tux from the fashion store. But we couldn't find any of those gizmos you wanted from Electros"
"WHAT?!" she yelled back which made the man a little more, "Grrrr… do I have to do everything myself!? (sigh) I guess we have no choice. Tomorrow, we'll go and steal that computer hardware. And then after that we'll strike again right at the main center of the event ahehehehehehehehe…"
(The next morning)
As the morning once again hit up, grandpa Max, Ben and Gwen assembled once more at the Rust bucket to plan their new move against Rojo. But… Ben wasn't exactly agreeing on this whole saving the world thing. Even though he now knows that his past self was actually a crazed super hero he still didn't want to take any part of it. Instead of spending the whole night remembering, he spent that time in trying to find a way to pry the Omnitrix out of his wrist.
"GRRRR!!" that the sound of Ben gritting his teeth as he tried to pry the Omnitrix off with a crowbar that he found in the cabinet. "Come on you stupid thing! Get off!" he tried to forced the thing out over and over again, but the Omnitrix just wouldn't budge. He had tried everything from his rulers to pencils and now that the crowbar didn't work, he ended using his own teeth.
Gwen and Max could only sit back and watch while the boy made a total fool out of himself. The moment they told him that he had to fight Rojo he had gone completely whacko and began thinking of all the possible ways to remove the thing off his wrist. After watching his many attempts to remove the responsibility off his arm, Gwen decided that enough was enough. "Give it up Ben, that thing is connected to your DNA. You can't take it out the usual way"
"So what way do I to take it off? Arghh! Man, how's a guy supposed to live a normal with a stupid alien technology strapped to his wrist!?" he quickly took out a spoon from the rack and began plucking it out, "Hey grandpa, don't you have a toilet plunger I could borrow to take this thing off?" but with a quick slip of the hand, the boy accidentally activated the Omnitrix. "Uh oh……" as the button pressed right back, he was immediately changed to Wildvine, the plant alien. "Oh great… now what am I?"
"You called this one Wildvine" Max answered, "It's a Florauna, a plant like alien. I haven't met many of them in my days, but they're said to be carnivores of the jungle worlds"
"Great, I'm a plant that eats meat. What's next? A lion added with a gorilla?"
"Umm… well… not exactly" Gwen muttered to which only made Ben's condition worse. But just when they were about to continue the conversation, an alarm was sounded right outside which caught their attention. As the trio looked through their windows, they realized that it was Rojo and her gang robbing a small electronic store right off screen.
"It's Rojo and her gangs again" Max grumbled before leaving the RV, "Ben, you keep the goons busy. Gwen and I will handle the big boss herself!"
"Oh man… do I have too?"
"Move it plant boy!" Gwen yelled out as she headed off, "You don't wanna get left behind!"
Given no other choice but to face the enemy in mortal combat, Ben (Wildvine) immediately dropped by the area to take care of the goons. The thugs were busy loading things up onto the van so they didn't take notice of him. "Umm… hello… uh… guys" when Ben spoke up, they quickly jerk their heads around to him, "Yeah… sorry to bother you but umm… can you not rob this place and leave peacefully?" it was probably the most pathetic way to persuade someone to stop doing a crime of some sort. The goons simply looked at each other for a moment before pointing their weapons at him. "Uh oh…"
As the boy moved his head down to cover, the seeds on his back immediately fell off towards the thugs, exploding upon impact. The destruction was enough to knock the whole gang down to the ground, lighting them out. "Uh… just for the record… that wasn't my fault" Ben remarked before moving away from the scene.
When Rojo saw that her gang had been wiped out, she decided to take this situation into her own hands. "Looks like you can't find good help anywhere these days" with the use of her nanotech suit, she blew up an entire building, causing fire to smoke her escape. As she searched through the store, she immediately found what she was looking for. "Aha! Found ya, ya little rascal" but before she could make her way back towards the van, Max once again appeared and gave her a mean punch right on the face, sending her to the ground.
"Usually, I'd put my own policy for never hurting a lady" the old man stated, "But for you I think I can make an exception!" and by the time the bandit princess stood up, he slammed an electronic device onto her body, sending her towards the wall. She's definitely gonna feel that in the morning. Right when Max realized that she had been decommissioned for a few minutes, he decided to investigate what the crazy lady wanted from an electronic store. The cash register hasn't been touched so they couldn't possibly be there for the money. He then noted that Rojo dropped something on the ground.
"A computer plug? What is she planning to do with this?" but before he could conjure up an answer, Rojo quickly sped up from her crashed position and pummel the man onto the battery corner. Once she had the plug in her hand, she quickly gave out a grin, "Sorry pops, didn't mean to hit you too hard. I'm just here to do a little shopping. Later old man!" she quickly rode onto the van, "Hit it!"
"But what about the others?" the driver asked. A few seconds later, Rojo kicked the guy out of the van and drove the vehicle herself.
But she wasn't getting away that easily. As the van was just about to make a turn, Ben quickly used his tentacle arms to hold the vehicle in position while at the same time using his legs to root himself to the ground. "Not so fast lady! You an't getting away that easily!"
"Sheesh, what are gardeners growing these days" Rojo quickly pulled out her laser gauntlet and fire it at the boy making him lose balance and lost control of his arms. And without his grip on the van, Rojo managed to do her getaway.
(Time skip 10 minutes later)
Right after that skirmish on the streets of the city the Tennysons once again boarded on Maxwell's high-tech RV to follow Rojo. But unfortunately they didn't exactly know where she was going to strike next. When the authorities arrived on the scene, all of Rojo's men were arrested and rehabilitated in the prison detention center until they can be transferred to a maximum security complex. As they continue to drive through the empty city streets to avoid attention, Max decided to put the RV on auto pilot so that he could discuss with the team for their next move.
"What did Rojo steal from that store?" Gwen asked as she rubbed the back of her aching head. "First the fair now the electronic area? It doesn't make any sense"
"Me neither" Max answered, "She only stole a couple of plugs from the store and a few computer circuits. But I'm sure she's still not far off her usual money hungry agenda"
The gang quickly got into brain storming mode to try and decipher the mind of a criminal. They thought harder and harder but nothing seemed to come up. There were about four or five banks here in Bellwood city and they couldn't be in all of them when she strikes.
But surprisingly, Ben had the answer, "Maybe she's not aiming for the money itself" he explained which caught the attention of the other members of the family, "You said that she was the kind who always go for the big target right. (nod) Well, if I had been robbing banks and cars for the past few months, I would probably do something unexpected. Besides… now that all of her minions were arrested she's gonna have to plan it all out solo. (pause) I got it!" he snapped his fingers together as a light bulb appeared on his head, "There's a charity party happening today at the town hall for the new hospital. Every rich guy in town will be there to put a pay check on the list on the slot"
"The amount could reach over the top!" Gwen said in amazement, "Great thinking Ben! (long and awkward pause) Whoa… those were the three words I never thought I'd say"
"We should head over there and stop Rojo at all cost" but just as Max was about to head out towards the driver's seat, Ben yelled out. "What?! Are you crazy? I nearly died trying to stop that creep from getting away! I an't going to face her again. Can't we just tell the cops where she's gonna attack next? Isn't it their job to beat the bad guys? Why does it have to be us?" the boy did have a point though. It wasn't exactly their job to fight against evil. In fact, they could just decide to let the cops do all the work. So why were they doing this in the first place? Maybe it was because they've been battling against monsters and aliens for so long that it had already been a routine for them.
"It's not like we can decide to do or not to do it Ben" Max 'metaphorized' him, "We have the power to stop her and that's good enough for me"
"(sigh) Fine… but if I have a feeling I am not going to like this one bit"
Listening the boy whining about saving the world again and again and again was really getting on their nerves. The kid may be smart, kind and unselfish but he was just a plain coward when it comes to combat.
"Ughh!" Gwen groaned annoyingly at him, "I can't believe I'm gonna say this… but I'm actually wishing that the old Ben was here. He may have been a loser but at least he wasn't a coward when he faced someone"
The boy simply groaned back pouting off his lips.
(Time skip 2 hours) (Town hall)
As the Tennysons made their way towards the town hall, they soon discovered that several barricades and road blocks had been made to keep up the traffic. With all of the rich people coming in at the town hall charity party it was only natural the police kept security tight around the perimeter. But even if the wall around the area should be strong, the party itself was a weakness. If a bandit like Rojo should be able to sneak into the party, she would be able to wreck havoc without worrying about the police. She would have the entire party and its participants under complete control.
As the party went under way a round of applause were made when the city mayor came up to the pedestal to give his speech. "Ladies and gentlemen of the board" he began, "Friends and faculties… I thank you all for coming to this delightful charity party. I'm sure you all know that…" while the mayor's speech was underway, the audience began to gather and put in large amount of checks in the charity box.
Everyone in that party expected to have a good time, dancing, eating and listening to a couple songs from the DJ. But little did they know that they were about to get a surprise visit from Rojo. In fact… she was already there, but they just didn't know where she was or what her true intentions were.
In the crowd, she was disguised as a bodyguard of some sort. With her tux covering the majority of her battle armor, and the shades covering her eyes she could easily slip pass security with great ease.
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Back outside, Max was having a hard time just getting the RV through the traffic. The traffic police weren't exactly making things easy and there was probably a good reason why. Every vehicle pass through this checkpoint was searched from top to bottom and they couldn't possibly wait for that until Rojo makes off with the money.
"Come on… come on" Max groaned as he honked the horn for the next car to go in. "Ugh… Rojo will probably be gone with the money before we're even through here" he then turn to his grandkids, "Looks like you two will have to go on ahead. We can't let Rojo ruin that charity party"
"But it's so far away!" Ben whined.
But Gwen didn't have the patience or the time to listen to his whining. "Come on twinkle toes, here…" she quickly began tinkering with the Omnitrix and with a press of a button, Ben quickly turned into XLR8 the speed devil alien.
"Great… so what does this guy do?"
"Let's just say he's faster than a car" Gwen muttered before pulling the boy outside to the streets. It was a good thing everyone was paying attention to the city streets or else they would've budged their eyes out when they saw an alien coming out of an RV. "Ok… the town hall should just be straight ahead from this road. If you just keep running straight, we should be able to get pass the blockades without any riff raft. You ready for this?"
"Will you take 'no' for an answer?"
"Good enough. Let's ride!" Gwen quickly grabbed onto the Ben's back and held on tight. The boy let out a groan before going, "Oh boy… I just hope I was wrong about this!" and with the speed faster than sound itself, Ben flashed through the city streets without anyone being able to see him. Thanks to the cars being locked up in a tight formation, he didn't have to worry about bumping onto one of them. And with the human poor photographical sights, no one was able to spot Ben as he passed through them. Even the security cameras couldn't possibly pick up the speed and visual of XLR8.
"Just how fast can I go with these legs of mine!?" Ben yelled out.
"Fast enough to take us there!" Gwen yelled back holding tighter around the boy's neck.
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Back at the party, the mayor had just finished his speech the crowd quickly gave out an applause as he joined up with the other political friends on the table. As the music continued throughout the day, Rojo, decided to make her move.
There were still too many guards around the area for her to take on, so she had to clean house… slowly… one by one. With her stun ray she was able to knock out two lookout guards on top of a building and send them off to dream ville in a matter of seconds. The guards that were on patrol were also easily taken out. Seeing that they couldn't recognize her in her disguise she was able to take out more than half the local security force in just ten minutes.
"Tch… this is almost too easy" she said to herself before turning towards the mayor's dining table. The hardest part of the heist would probably be the mayor's bodyguards since they wouldn't leave his side no matter what. But of course Rojo had a plan for that too.
As the mayor and his colleagues were busy chatting randomly generated topics that flew by, Rojo approached him and whispered to his ears. "Excuse me Mr. Mayor, but you have an important call on the table"
But the mayor simply waved it off, "A phone call for me? Well just tell whoever it is to call back later. I'm currently attending to my guests"
"Sir… the president is on the line" this made the mayor's eyes jolt out with surprise. "He's on a secure line sir. No need to worry"
"Really? Well… ok… then" he then turned to his guests and bowed politely, "Excuse me my friends, but I have an important call that needs my attention. I will be back in a couple of minutes" as he approach the phone booth in the area, Ben and Gwen soon arrived on scene.
Luckily, they didn't catch a lot of attention for now since everyone was so busy talking and listening to the music. "Ok… we're here… but where's Mojo?"
Gwen quickly scanned the area for the said villain and quickly spotted her near the mayor's table. She was just about to hit him with a stun shot and none of his bodyguards could see it. "There she is!" she yelled out which caught the attention of the whole crowd. "Mayor, look out behind you!"
"Wha…?" just when the mayor turned to the person who called out his name, Rojo quickly moved in and put the guy in a hostage situation. "Alright everyone, nobody moves!" the crime boss ordered. And before the mayor's bodyguards could pull out their weapons, Rojo gave them a stun shot which undoubtedly knocked them out for the day. "I said nobody move! I'm taking this old man and making my big getaway!"
The crowd quickly backed off the area and gave the criminal some room to breathe in. With half the guards taken out and reinforcements still an hour away, the bandit queen had plenty of time to steal whatever cash they had in store. As she drew closer towards the cash box, she quickly grew out a grin. "Alright old man, open the safe!" the mayor quickly unlocked the box and moved away from it. At first, Rojo was expecting a lot of green cash, but what she didn't expect was that everything in the box were all just check slips. "What the heck is this!?"
"Maybe you haven't noticed Rojo" Gwen began, "But rich people don't exactly carry cash with them!" with a quick cast of her spell, Gwen pulled out a wine bottle from the table and sent it flying onto her face. "Ben! Now!" with Rojo busy wiping the liquor off her face, Ben quickly took the opportunity and grabbed the mayor away.
"You ok mayor?" Ben (XLR8) checked the old man's condition if he was hurt anywhere. The man just fluffed his suit and smiled, "I'm alright… just don't let that woman get away!"
"That's it punks!" Rojo yelled angrily, "If you wanna play rough, I can play rough!" she then activated her flame throwers and began burning everything in sight. The tables and plastic sheets easily caught on fire, making a wall of smoke, covering the entire area. "Let's see how you like the heat turned on!"
"Ben, get the mayor and the others out of here. I'll keep Rojo busy!" Gwen quickly fired out a lightning bolt off her hands and battled it against Rojo. But thanks to her battle armor, she was able to withstand against it.
Ben gladly complied with her orders and quickly began evacuating the people out of the area. "Man… being a hero is tougher than it looks on TV" he mumbled before grabbing the mayor and his bodyguards out of the area. After making sure the majority of the civilians were taken care of, Ben quickly turned back and noticed that a group of people were trapped in a circle of fire. "Oh great… more people to rescue" he grumbled before dousing the fire off with his lightning fast reflexes. "Ok you guys, come on! The exit's over there!" he gestured to the group of cops helping the civilians out.
"Thanks… mister… alien… guy" said one of the rescue-ees to Ben.
And without another word, Ben quickly rushed back to help Ben fight against Rojo who seemed to be having a difficult time just evening up the odds. "Shouldn't kids like you be in school!?" Rojo mocked as she fired another shot of her laser beams at Gwen.
"Sorry, but it's Saturday" Gwen shot back, "I was supposed to have a normal weekend with grandpa and Ben, but noooo… you just had to come up here and cause chaos and mayhem throughout the city! And I was just enjoying my time with the new Ben!"
"Well sorry princess, but crime doesn't take a break during the weekends" the criminal quickly pulled out her flame thrower and began torching what was left of the place. "Sorry kid, but I don't think black and white suits my color. And this place is already getting too hot for me" but just before she could take another step away, Gwen quickly cast a telekinetic spell on several bottles of soda and sent it right at her. "Ok kid… I've had it! Let's roll!"
The two of them quickly began exchanging fire with one another, creating a small battlefield right there on the center. The two of them were equally match for futuristic fire power and magic so now it turned to be a battle between stamina. A single wrong move could spell disaster for either of them.
After a few minutes later, it soon became obvious that this battle had no winner. They were just simply too much at odds with each other they would just collapse over exhaustion.
But just when things were going well, Gwen suddenly noted two couples hiding under a table. Rojo saw this too and knew that a do-gooder couldn't possibly resist such a rescue. She torched the table that the couples were hiding and fired a powerful laser beam at Gwen. If her predicament was right, the girl would use one hand to help the duo leaving herself unprotected.
"Look out!" and she was right. Gwen quickly blew away the table with her magic and opened herself for an attack. "Hehehe… you good guys are so easy to trick nowadays" Rojo remarked before firing off a stun laser at Gwen, knocking her out of battle.
When Ben (XLR8) saw this, his eyes widened with horror, "Gwen!" he quickly dashed off before she fell to the ground. "Gwen, are you alright? (groan)"
"Looks like you lose, little boy!" Rojo again aimed her weapon at Ben, preparing to end this battle once and for all. Who knows, she might even become even more famous when the world knows that she was the one who destroyed the alien hero Ben Tennyson. "Any last request?" she mocked him as she charged up her weapon.
As Ben looked at Gwen's aching face he realized that this must've all been his fault. If he still had his memories, this would never have happened. He would've pulverized Rojo back in the country fair and sent her right back into prison a long time ago! As these thoughts continued to course through his head, he could hear one phrase repeating at the back of his brain, going over and over again.
'The only one that needs to fight is me… and me alone!'
In a rare sight of anger, Ben used his lightning fast reflexes to whack Rojo right on the face, sending her right towards the charity box. You could already see the boy gritting his teeth like a saw mill and his claws sharpening against the ground. If you look at him now, he would really resemble a guy who was ticked off beyond all reasons. "I may not be able to remember how to fight… but if there's one thing I can remember…… it'll be this phrase……" he groaned out, looking at the bandit queen with eyes that would've put fear in the center of her heart. "NO ONE HURTS MY FAMILY!!" the tone of his voice changed like that of a demon, scaring away every animal within a fifty mile radius. His anger was so severe and sudden that even Rojo was thinking 'what did I get myself into?'
With that said, the boy quickly began giving the girl the works. The usual kicking, punching and smashing onto other objects that was breakable or unbreakable. But Rojo wasn't gonna go down without a fight.
"You want a piece of me kid? Well come and get it!" the bandit queen shot out another dozen of her missile packs at him, but Ben simply knocked them back using his tail. "Uh… oh… this doesn't look so good…" and one tink of the pointy explosive arrows.
BOOM!
Rojo's armor got obliterated into a million pieces, leaving nothing but the clothes on her back and the helmet on her head. As she sat there lying on the floor with her head on the rubble, Ben approached her triumphantly with a smirk on his lips, "That'll teach you for messing with my cousin" and with that he walked towards Gwen who had just came back conscious. "You ok?" he asked.
The girl simply smiled back him, "Yeah… nothing too serious" she then saw the mess behind him and Rojo at the center of it all. "Wow… I guess you really can be a bit of both Bens" she jest at him with a chuckle.
Hearing this, Ben immediately let out a small sigh of relief, "Come on, let's go find grandpa" he then carried her on his arms like a paper weight, "After this I'm buying you guys a drink"
But then Rojo suddenly appeared with a chunk of her armor using as a club in her hand. "HAA!!" but before the criminal could smash the boy and his cousin, the mayor of Bellwood city appeared and whacked the girl with one of those portable chairs right on the head. "And that's for ruining my party!" he finalize his remark before turning to the heroes who saved him. "Thank you uhh… alien guy for saving me and my friends from that bandit lady. On behalf of Bellwood city, I thank you"
"No problem. But wow… Mr. Mayor, you rock!" Ben regarded, "You'll definitely get my vote when I'm older"
"Only returning the favor son. No need to think about it" he replied with a wide open smile, "But an extra vote would be nice though. If you ever need anything, give me a call and I'll set you guys a parade if you want"
"No thanks…" Ben declined, "How about you just say that you never saw us and we'll call it even?"
"A strange offer… but I think we could work something out of it" and with one final farewell shake the mayor quickly left the scene. Immediately after that the Omnitrix symbol on the boy's chest began to glow red, and soon he was back to his human self.
"Well… I guess the timing couldn't have been better" he quickly put Gwen down after realizing how heavy she actually was. "You ok?"
"I'll be fine" she replied cheerfully, "I'm just glad that you're back to your old self again"
"Not exactly" he stated back, "I just remembered a single phrase at the back of my head. Who knows, I might just be like this for the rest of my life"
"Being both brave and smart?" Gwen jested, "I think I'm going to like the new Ben Tennyson. Come on, let's get back to grandpa. I'm sure he's worried about us"
But just when Ben took a step forward, he suddenly slipped on some water that was carelessly splattered all over the floor and fell, hitting his head on the metal chair that the mayor used to knock out Rojo.
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Epilogue……
"Ohh… my head" that was the sound of Ben groaning as he regained conscious back in the RV. When he woke up, his eyes quickly refocused onto the ceiling, he quickly noted his grandfather and Gwen sitting right beside him. "Hey sport" the old called him, "How are you feeling?"
"Like I just hit my head with a metal pipe or something" Ben replied as he stood up, "Man… that last whack must've really messed up my systems. I feel like my brain just got scrambled. What happened?" but as he looked at them, he noticed that they were giving him an awkward stare. "More importantly… why are you guys looking at me like that?"
"Do you…" Max began, "Remember anything?"
"Duh… I was chasing bad guys and then one of them whacked me with a club. What's not to remember" he tilted his head questioningly at them. "And why is it, I know how to multiply basic fraction with division formulas?"
Gwen turned her eyes towards Max with the look that says, 'Please give me some good news' "Grandpa… you don't think"
"Yup" he nodded, "Split personality. I guess another blow in the head must've turned him back to old Ben"
"Old Ben?" the boy questioned again, "What do you mean by old Ben?"
"It's a long story" Max answered, "Let's just say we had quite a strange day. But it's great to have you back sport"
"So, do you think he'll stay as the old Ben permanently?" Gwen questioned. To which Max shook his head in reply, "No I don't think so. It's possible that another whack in the head might just revert him back to that other Ben. But I think it's best that we leave the boy for now. Things will be just how they used to be"
But just as Max returned to the driver's seat and Ben back on his bed, he suddenly noticed Gwen with a certain creepy grin on his lips. But more importantly… she was carrying a metal pipe on her hand, "Uh… Gwen… what are you doing with that pipe?"
"Hold still Ben…" she said cuddily, "This won't hurt a bit"
WHAM!
"Ahhh! (whack!) What do you think you're doing!? (Hold still!) No way! Grandpa! (whack!) Gwen's gone mad! (whack!) (I am not!) Ahh! She's possessed! Going hero! (whack!) (turns to Wildmutt)"
The last thing that could be heard from the RV that day, was the sound of Maxwell sighing, "Yup… just like they used to be…"
End of episode………