A reviewer asked if this chapter could go back to Modern Ben. Well, since the last chapter pretty much covered what I wanted it to cover with Classic Ben before we go back, the answer is yes.
Also, I had a moderate review thing on here and someone guessed the identities of those last two Forever Knights in the last chapter were based off of. And he was right. Though, I had to not approve it, considering that his name that he used was... a little too mature for the rating of this fanfiction. I just kinda felt that, you know, if a littler kid read that name and asked his mom or dad what it meant, and because of that he might not be allowed on this sight.
Or maybe I just overreacted and am a Paranoid Spaz.
Now, read this chapter and have a cookie.
Our Modern Heroes, Ben, Cosmo, Julie, and Rook, had just left Earth's atmosphere. Rook was dialing some things onto Ship's control panel and said, "In order to get to Greengate in a quick manner, I'm we're going to half to jump to Light Speed."
"Light Speed? Pfft... If we want to get there fast, we should set this baby all the way up to Ludicrous Speed." Ben said, putting his feet on the control panel, not setting them on any of the buttons, mind you, and putting his hands behind his head in a relaxing manner.
Cosmo looked at Ben in a curious manner and asked, "Ludicrous Speed? How fast is that?"
Julie rolled her eyes and was about to tell Cosmo that Ludicrous Speed was a joke from an old movie, until Rook spoke up, "It would be too dangerous for us to enter, given the coordinates of Greengate."
Both Julie and Ben looked at Rook with faces of surprise upon hearing this, while Cosmo looked intrigued at what Rook was explaining.
"We would go not only straight through the planet, but through several others as well. In Light Speed we have enough mobility to avoid planetary systems, and if we were to enter Ludicrous Speed, it would be a miracle to move the ship over even the tiniest bit."
"Uh, yeah... totally, uh... totally knew that. I was just testing ya, Rook." Ben lied.
"Somehow, I doubt that." Rook said as he continued to type on the control panel.
Cosmo giggled to herself for a few seconds. Julie looked at her as she giggled. It took Cosmo a few seconds to notice this, but when she did she said, "What?"
"Nothing." Julie said as she looked down at the floor. A few awkward seconds of silence followed, save for the noise of Rook's typing. Julie finally asked Cosmo, "So, how do you know Ben again?"
Cosmo looked at Julie, "Hmm? Oh, Ben? I met him when we we're littler. It was quite an adventure."
"Really?" Julie asked, "Would you mind telling me and Rook?"
"Yes, I would love to hear the story." Rook said.
Ben's eyes widened upon hearing this. Cosmo telling the story of their adventure. That's probably one of the last things that he would want to happen.
Cosmo started to tell the story to both Rook and Julie in great detail. Ben looked shiftily as he tried to find something that he could use as a distraction. He didn't want Cosmo to give too many details about when they first met. He saw a button right next to his feet on the control panel. Hoping that it would do something, he moved his foot onto the button and pressed it.
"SHIIIP!" Ship screamed in his now-deep voice as his thrusters began to exert a powerful energy. Quickly, the four heroes felt a lot of acceleration thrusted upon them. Rook, who was the only one who was standing, slowly was lifted from the floor. He clung to the control panel as the rest of his body tried to fall back towards the wall behind them. Ben was currently squished up in his seat, as was Cosmo and Julie.
The four screamed as the sudden increase in velocity occurred. "Wha-a-a-a-at ha-a-a-a-a-ape-e-e-end?! Why-y-y-y are-re-re we-e-e-e go-o-o-oi-i-ing so-o-o-o fa-a-a-a-st?!" Rook yelled.
Julie responded, "I-I-I-I-I-I do-o-o-o-on't kno-o-o-o-o-o-ow!"
Cosmo looked as the stars became long white streaks of light. Slowly, but surely, a colorful pattern appeared before their very eyes. Rook's eyes widened as he saw this. He knew what was going on!
"We-e-e-e'er-r-r-r-r-re go-o-o-oi-i-ing to-o-o-o-o-o Lu-u-u-u-udi-i-i-icro-o-o-o-ou-u-u-u-us Spe-e-e-e-e-e-e-ed!"
"Wha-a-a-a-at?!" Ben yelled, not hearing his partner.
Rook looked around to see what button was pressed. He looked over to his right and saw that there was a button pressed inward, glowing red. He tried to move over towards it, making sure that he would not fall backwards from the incredible force being pushed on him.
He lifted his hand over the button and pressed it in as quick of a manner as possible. The plaid had disappeared before the four hero's eyes. The force being pushed upon them ceased and Rook was sent flying backwards. He hit the wall hard and slid to the floor.
"Ow... what the heck was that...?" Cosmo asked as she tried to remove herself from her seat.
"Somebody hit that button on the control panel." Rook explained, getting up from the floor.
"Which button?" Julie asked, trying to get used to not being pushed back into her seat.
"That one." Rook said, as he walked up to the control panel and pointed to the button that Ben had pressed with his feet, unbeknownst to anyone else, "It had us go to Ludicrous Speed. It is a miracle that we did not crash into any planets or asteroids."
Ben had tried to remove himself from his seat as well, but he accidentally bumped his head into Rook's and had stumbled back into his seat.
Cosmo looked at the large front shield window of the ship and was surprised to see what she saw, "Whoa..."
"What is it, Cosmo?" Rook asked looking at her.
Julie noticed what was currently outside of the ship, which was what they were headed for as well. There was a large, white and green castle outside, that loomed over a city with a large wall surrounding it. There seemed to be a few small airships flying around it. It also had a large lag at the top of the castle that was primarily red, with a black symbol on it. It seemed to be an odd looking face with a very long chin.
"Whoa, this is cool!" Ben said, looking at what was before them all.
"No, it's not, Ben." Cosmo explained, "That's Oakfeild, the capital of Greengate."
Julie looked at her and said, "Is that supposed to be your flag?"
"No... that's no flag of ours... That's the Flag of the Drakon Empire's House of War!" Cosmo explained, her eyes widening.
"Well then, maybe we can end this war once and for all since it's obvious that their leader is here." Ben said, getting up from his seat. He walked behind the three others.
"How do you know weather or not that their leader is here, Ben?" Rook asked.
Ben turned around to Rook and responded, "Duh! Capital's been overrun, big, old, ugly flag on the top. It's obvious!"
Just then he started to fiddle with his Omnitrix, "I'm gonna go for someone fast and strong."
"It would probably be better to take on this threat with a flyer, but I suppose XLR8 is good too."
"I'm not talking about XLR8." Ben said as he slammed down on his watch.
One of the Drakon flyer fighters took notice of the ship that had just exited Ludicrous Speed. It seemed to have a paint job to match a Galvanic Mechamorph.
He spoke into his communicator, "This is Drakon Oxygenattacker #649, there appears to be a Galvanic Mechamorph-styled ship approaching the city. Over."
A small hologram of a being in armor with a face similar to the Drakon pilot appeared before him, "Is it an actual Mechamorph or is it just painted on? Over."
"I cannot tell as of this point. It doesn't seem to-" The Drakon stopped mid-sentence as he saw something on the roof of the ship. "Well, Drakon Oxygenattacker #649? What is it? Over." The Drakon hologram asked.
"It appears that a Citrakayah has just exited the ship. Over."
"A Citrakayah? What is one of those things doing here? Over."
"I don't know. I'll keep an eye on him. If my signal is lost, expect the worst. This is Drakon Oxygenattacker #649 Over and Out." And with that, the hologram disappeared.
Just then, the being that had just come out of the Galvanic Mechamorph styled ship, jumped off of it and was moving forwards at an incredible pace. It then landed on the ground and continued to run at its incredible pace. It quickly ran up to a sort of natural ramp made of rocks and rubble. Just then, it did something that the Drakon should have seen coming. It jumped off the end of the ramp and was sent skyrocketing towards him. The Citrakayah landed on the Drakon's ship, but was on it very briefly. He had sent his foot into the cockpit of the ship, breaking it open, and then jumped off of it. It clearly seemed to be falling, but it also apparently had some sort of liquid inside the cockpit as well.
"Fasttrack is awesome for this reason only. To be a Lightning Bruiser!" Ben said as he fell towards another Drakon flyer. He didn't land on it. Instead, he grabbed it by it's front as he fell towards the surface of Greengate. He landed and dragged the ship along the ground as he ran across the rugged terrain of the planet. A few Miles ahead of him were three giant robots that he saw that looked familiar to Ben.
"Those are the same type of 'bot that Fistrick had back on Earth!" Ben said as Fasttrack. He smiled to himself, "Well, at least I know how well their cockpit hold together." With that, he quickly lifted up the very large ship he had in his hands over his head with considerable ease. He then threw the ship at one of the Drakonian Procecutors. It quickly batted away the ship as if it was a banana being thrown at an umpire. With it distracted, Ben jumped up and slammed his foot into the cockpit, breaking it in the process. Just like the ship he smashed his foot into before, water leaked out of it.
He had fallen onto the ground, though he quickly got to his feet and ran underneath the other two Procecutors, avoiding a fight with them entirely. He ran faster, and faster, and faster. He ran as fast as his feet could carry him, avoiding the fire that came from above. He ran and ran and ran. He soon saw the outer wall of the city.
"Yes!" He thought to himself, "Oakfeild! Once I get in, I'll just find the leader of the Drakons, take him out, and Bada Boom! I win! Now, all I need to do is find the entrance." He looked around and saw no entrance to the inside of the city. He had to stop and run around until he found an entrance.
He skidded his feet to try and stop himself, but he was going at the same sped as he was before, barely loosing any speed whatsoever. It was at this point that he realized, "Wait! Now I remember why I started to use XLR8 instead of Fasttrack! Fasttrack can't stop on a Di-i-i-i-me!" Ben indeed could not stop.
A Drakon in a much smaller, less weapon-based suit, walked along the inner wall of Oakfeild. Until a Blue and Black speedster flew through the wall, basically running him over in the process.
Ben went throughout several houses in his attempt of stopping. He had at least gone through five by the time he was able to fully stop, and even then he had already face planted into a concrete wall. This caused a lot of dust to accumulate around himself. He was in an alley-way. After a few seconds, he pulled himself out of the wall, leaving a Fasttrack-shaped implant in it. He held his hand on his head in pain. "Oh... Man! I have got to learn how to slow down."
He then noticed a Seedrian woman and a Drakon Prosecutor off to the side, though this one seemed to be much smaller in comparison to the other ones Ben fought. It seemed to be less weapon-based and more combat-based. He also seemed to have a green staff, that was about three feet long and are shaped like a crowbar. The Seedrian woman was on the ground, on her hands and knees, while the Drakon had his staff above him, looking ike he was about to strike her. But they were both not moving, with their eyes on Ben.
"Uh, this guy botherin' you, Ma'am?" Fasttrack asked the woman.
"Uh..." The Seedrian woman responded, not knowing how to answer the question.
"Right. Sorry. Stupid question." Ben said. He then ran towards the Drakon at a blinding speed and punched him in the gut. This sent him back into the street. The Seedrian looked at where the Drakon was sent and then looked up to Ben and said, "Thank you, Thank you very much!"
"Meh, it's what I do." Ben said. He then ran towards the Drakon who was just getting up. His helmet seemed to have some sort of fin. He grabbed the Drakon by his fin-head and began to run down the street, this time at a much slower rate. The streets were littered with Drakons, though Ben could not get a very good look at them at the speed he was going.
Eventually, the road that Ben ran down began to curve upwards. Ben smiled as he had and idea. He began to run at a much faster rate. He ran faster and faster and faster, dragging the Drakon behind him. He ran and ran and ran until he finally got to the speed he wanted. He then jumped upwards into the air. He jumped so high, and was sent flying across the city. He quickly threw the Drakon in his grasp ahead of himself and it landed just outside the entrance to the large castle. And it landed hard!
The Drakon tried to get up from the ground, but was stomped on by Ben as Fasttrack back into the ground. Water began to leak from the head as Ben walked away from the Drakon that he had just beat the crud out of.
He then just noticed that he was surrounded by several more Drakons, all of them wearing the same armor as the one Ben had just dragged through the city. They moved out and attempted to attack Ben. "Seriously? Come on!" Ben said as he ran up to one and punched him in the face. One of the other Drakons had lifted his staff and a small laser had fired out and almost hit Ben.
"Whoa! Okay, note to self. Don't get hit by lasers." He said as he then ran towards the one that fired at him. He punched that one in the gut, then before he slammed on the ground, Ben picked him up and chucked him towards to other Drakons.
"I Might not be fourarms, but I can still pack a punch!" Ben said to the Drakons. Three other Drakons began to fire their laser staffs at him, but luckily, Ben had dodged them all. He ran towards one and jumped on it, kicking it in the face. When he landed, he grabbed the fin-head of the one that he just knocked over and threw it at the other one that tried to shoot him. He succeed in knocking out those two, but there was one left. He stared down the only other Drakon out at the time.
"So, you gonna try and shoot me down with your laser staff too, Buddy?" Ben asked. The Drakon that Ben dubbed 'Buddy' responded to him. "Hah! You think all these things do is shoot lasers?" He then raised his staff up in the air, and brought it down on the ground. Just then Ben began to feel heavy. Heavier then usual. So heavy that he was brought to his knees and fell on his hands. He strained as he tried to keep himself from collapsing on the ground.
"W-what's happening?" He asked.
"These are Drakon Swords, you Chalybeas scum!" The Drakon now named Buddy said to Ben, "They have the ability to manipulate the gravity in a localized area." Ben struggled to keep himself up as he began to get heavier and heavier. Buddy continued to speak, "In other words, we can make it so heavy for you, that your body will collapse in on itself, Hahahahahahaha..."
As Ben kept getting heavier and heavier, the Drakon just continued to laugh and laugh and laugh. The Drakon walked over to Ben, who got significantly heavier the closer he got. Ben eventually could not take resisting his own weight and fell to the floor. The Drakon known to Ben as Buddy stood over him and then asked, "Any Last Words?"
"Yeah." Ben struggled as he moved his arm and continued, "You really shouldn't have walked over here." And with that, Ben grabbed the Drakon's leg and had pulled him down on the ground. The Drakon in surprise dropped his staff. This somehow caused Ben to loose all of the weight that he had gained from the staff. He grabbed the gravity stick and chucked it away. He then grabbed 'Buddy' by the foot and had begun to swing him around and around and around. He swung him in a circle until he finally let him go and sent him flying to the sky. "See you later, Buddy!"
He then heard several noises coming from behind him. He looked behind himself and saw several more Drakon Prosecutors coming from inside the castle. It was at this point that not only was he surrounded by five more Drakons. Ben turned around and got in a fighting stance, "Alright, bring it on, you Gravity manipulating aliens! I just took down several of you guys, and I can do it again!" It was at this point that Ben changed back to his normal human form. The Drakons looked at hium with a face of confusion, but they then smiled evilly upon this sudden change of events.
"Hehehe," Ben laughed nervously. "I wasn't a black and blue speedy guy just now, was I? Cause if I was, that's like, the one alien that I don't have any control over whatsoever." Ben lied.
And... it's done! I'm sorry that I couldn't update for the past few days. I've been kinda upset about a few things lately and I just wanted to get in a good mood to write, in fear of my anger affecting my writing. (Darn you, Anti-Archie-Sonic! Ian is a good writer! And you know it too!) Yeah. So anyways, I think that this chapter is gonna be like the last one was and be split up into multiple chapters, because there was originally a lot more here then you realized.
And yes, the Drakons have gravity manipulating staffs. That's actually something that I didn't remember about those guys from the comics. And considering how much else is going on with them in those stories, you could understand why I forgot about thm, until I read about them recently.
Anyways, review, favorite, plug, bash people who say Ian is a bad writer, do all that good stuff. Hope you enjoyed and remember, if you cross the highway while there are cars racing across them, then you are probably a moron and deserve what's gonna happen to you.