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Blast of Fire Chapter 2
12 years later~
Alan woke up at seven a.m. as usual, only this time, he smelled smoke.
Sitting upright in bed fast, he saw his bed was on fire and his body was a strange red color with yellow cracks. Now really frightened, he screamed out.
"Mom! Dad! Help!" he cried out.
"Alan!" called his father who came in and saw that the bed was on fire. "Alan, don't move!" Brian ordered as he then pulled away his human identity mask to Alan's shock and then began to absorb the flames. After the fire was out, Alan reverted back to his human form, but was still scared to death. He looked at his father with fear and wonder.
Brian moved toward Alan in his Pyronite form. "Alan, it's alright," he said soothingly. "It's me. Your father."
Alan was too scared to answer verbally, so he just shook his head and bolted out of his room. Brian sighed to himself and went to find Alan.
Meanwhile, Alan had found a place to just think for a minute. "What am I?" he asked himself. "What happened to me?"
"Your powers matured," said a voice above him. Alan looked up in shock to see his father flying around in the same Pyronite form Alan had transformed into. He began to back away. "Alan, son, don't be afraid of me," his father said. "I would never hurt you."
Alan didn't look too reassured, but didn't run as Brian sat down beside him. "Son," he said. "Turn into your Pyronite form."
Though confused and a little scared, Alan did as he was told and was surprised when his father picked him up and set him in his lap, cuddling him. Alan looked even more confused, but didn't struggle.
"It's alright, son," said Brian. "It's time you knew the truth."
For the next couple of hours, Alan listened as his father explained everything to him. "So," Alan paused a moment. "I'm half-alien?"
"Yes," said Brian. "I'm a full-blooded Pyronite and your mother is a human." Brian then pulled out a circular disk with a green hourglass against a black background on it. "This is my Plumber's Badge," he explained. "I have another one that HQ sent me when you were born. So, I'm giving you this one."
Alan accepted the badge and looked at it with interest. "Why are you giving this to me?" he asked curiously.
"So that the other Plumbers don't mistaken you for a trespasser," his father explained gently. "When the Plumbers see this," he tapped the badge gently. "They'll know that you're a Plumber's kid."
Alan still wasn't so sure about it all, but he was willing to trust his father. "So, do I have powers like you?" he asked hopefully.
Brian let out a booming laugh. "Come on, kiddo," he said, placing Alan on his back. "I'll show you the ropes," he said to his son as he then flew off to an abandoned dirt field where they could safely practice. Alan thought it was awesome.
I can't wait to be a hero like Dad, he thought as he continued to practice.
Little did he know that that day would come very soon.
Watch the Ben 10: Alien Force episode "Everybody Talks About The Weather". This story was just my idea of what happened before that episode.