Ben 10 Returns
It had been just over four year since Ben Tennyson's major accident which had required him to get cybernetic attachments, after he had had Azmuth remove the Omnitrix from his arm it seemed as though all illegal alien activity had come to a screeching halt on Earth. Ben on the other hand had tried to live a normal life, well as normal as a cyborg with super strength could get anyway due to Ben not getting Serena to get rid of his super strength back when he could still use the Omnitrix. He had also realised that he could have also gotten Serena and Bellicus to restore his body back to its original state, but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be, besides he had gotten so used to the modifications that he honestly wouldn't know what to do without them.
Today he was currently playing soccer where his position was as the goalie, he had been made goalie for two reasons: one, his fast reflex's, and two he kept popping the ball every time he kicked it. Ben watched as Cash was running up the field with the ball intending to get a goal by himself, unfortunately for him 3 of Ben's team member's blocked him, seeing that J.T. was open he kicked the ball to him, J.T. took it and continued kicking it up the field to the goal where Ben was currently standing, looking board. J.T kicked the ball sending it shooting towards the goals, Ben gave a yawn before catching the ball with his lightning fast reflex's Ben looked at the score Home 10 Away 0 as the horn blew. Cheering erupted from the crowd as Ben was lifted up once again by his team who cheered his name.
In the stands an Asian looking girl and her friends were cheering at the Home teams win "robot boy is really something huh?" one girl said
"yeah, I mean get rid of all of the metal and he'd be completely dateable" another girl said
"well I kinda think it makes him unique" the Asian girl said
"then why don't you go talk to him" her friend said
"alright I will" she said casually with a shrug.
Once the Home team had received their medals they all began to head home, as Ben admiring his medal he saw a girl come up to him "uh hi there" she said
"uh hi can I help you?" Ben asked
"well I saw you playing and I thought you were amazing at how fast you were"
"thanks, I would have been on the field but I unfortunately keep popping the balls, I'm Ben Tennyson by the way" he said as he held out his cybernetic arm, she cautiously shook his hand
"Julie, so what happened?" she replied Ben sighed he was getting really annoyed at telling the same story over and over again
"an accident when I was a kid, this was the only way to save my life, at first I hated it but now I don't know how I could live without them, figuratively speaking of coarse" she giggled at the end part "sorry but I really have to go now, see you tomorrow"
"okay" she said with a small smile which quickly turned into shock as Ben activated the jets in his feet and flew off "wow" was all Julie could say.
After a few minutes Ben landed in front of the Rust Bucket "hey Grandpa Max it's me Ben" he called out, but he got no response, he then put his index cybernetic finger up to the key hole before the tip of his finger opened up and a weird wiry pron came out, inserting it into the lock he turned it, hearing a click as he did before retracting it "and that's why I don't have a house key" he said and he opened the door. "Hello, Grandpa?" he called out into the dark before he realised how trashed the place was "what ha-" he didn't get to finish as he heard a rattling coming from the back, activating his scanner he saw an alien of some kind hiding behind the curtains "I know you're there, come out now or I'll blast you out" Ben ordered tentacles then burst through the curtain aimed straight at him but Ben easily dodged and caught them with both hands "sorry but you'll have to do better than that" he said before yanking the alien forward and off its feet before kicking it in the stomach and letting go of its tentacles.
The tentacles then retracted and reformed into its head, it then lunged forward at speed that rivalled Ben 'whoa' he thought as he just barely dodged it before he grabbed the alien's arm and flipped it over him, slamming it to the ground. They both quickly got to their feet and the alien kept slashing at Ben, Ben however sent it tumbling back through the Rust Bucket "okay brain boy lets see how you like some XL..." he slapped his hand on his arm only to get nothing, looking down all he saw was the blank hatch where the Omnitrix used to be "oh yeah" he said before the alien slashed his cheek open. Ben grit his teeth angrily before he raised his arm and fired an energy blast that sent the alien flying out the front window of the Rust Bucket rushing to the front and landed on the alien as it tried to get up "okay bright eye start talking why were you in there and where's my grandpa" Ben ordered but the only response he got was the alien spitting a huge glob of slime into his face "ew gross" Ben said now temporarily blinded the alien then knocked him off and ran for it.
By the time Ben could see again the alien was long gone "damn it" he said before he headed back into the Rust Bucket, after patching up his sliced cheek he began searching around, trying to see if anything important (except for the owner) was missing "hmm it must have been looking for something in here but what...I know" he then headed up to the dash board and flipped a few switches before a compartment behind the clock opened up revealing a disk inside, activating it a hologram of his grandpa appeared as a recording played. Once the recording had finished there was a pause before a second recording played, in this recording however he noticed that his grandpa seemed a bit off in this one, but what really got him was the fact his Grandpa said that he had the Omnitrix. Putting the disk back he closed the compartment and he began heading home as fast as he could "thank god for jet feet" he said and he arrived home in 5 minutes.
As soon as he landed he rushed inside, his mum said something to him but he was in too much of a rush to hear. Arriving in his room he walked up to his closet and began searching through it, throwing numerous articles of clothing about he finally found what he was looking for, it was a small box. Opening the box up he saw numerous objects from his child hood including the teleporter, his bladed gauntlet, and the main object he was looking for: the Omnitrix cylinder. He remembered Azmuth giving it to him as a gift for his 12th birthday with a note that said 'just encase' "I wonder if Azmuth is psychic or something" he said as he looked at it "are you trying to tell me something grandpa" he questioned before he put it in his pocket he then grabbed the teleporter and put it on his cybernetic arm, pressing it he saw it light up "wow it still works even after all this time" he said in surprise, standing up he then spoke "Max Tennyson" he said and in a flash he disappeared.
He reappeared in what looked like an alien underground cavern, he looked around and realised that he was now surrounded by heaps of the types of alien that had attacked him in the Rust Bucket "oh man" then he looked at the teleporter "you were supposed to teleport me to Grandpa Max!"
"attack the intruder!" a huge white humanoid alien ordered while pointing at Ben
"crud" Ben muttered. Ben began dodging, blocking and blasting the hordes of aliens that kept coming at him "it's times like this I wish I could turn into Diamondhead!" he said as he received another slash across the abdomen and then his arm, activating the jets in his feet he flew up and began rapidly firing down. This actually worked for the moment until two of the aliens shot slime at his feet which clogged his jets and made him fall, luckily he had a group of the aliens to break his fall. Quickly getting to his feet he continued fighting the mass of aliens with punches and kicks but it was like every alien he knocked down two more took their place, Ben was soon coming to a realisation his arm and legs may have had an unlimited amount of energy but his organic part didn't so he was starting to get sloppy with his attacks which only caused him to get hurt even more.
By the time he had taken out at least half of the amount of aliens his organic part was exhausted so now all he could do was stand there and fire rapidly at all of the incoming aliens "this is hopeless, they just keep coming" he said, his clothes were now bloody and ripped to shreds thanks to all of the aliens sharp claws, then Ben got an idea instead of shooting the aliens he shot up at the roof of the cavern, the results of which began to cause a cave in. the aliens finally stopped attacking him and began to flee the cave "finally" Ben said before he activated his teleporter "Gwen Tennyson!" he shouted and he disappeared right before a huge rock landed where he was.
Meanwhile
In her school GYM Gwen was currently having karate class she and her opponent were on the mats facing each other while getting ready "hajame FIGHT!" Gwen charged at her opponent and reared one arm back. As she thrust her arm forward Ben appeared in front of her and she punched him in the side of the head knocking him to the ground "yeah I should have seen that coming" he groaned out
"Ben! What the heck happened to you?!" Gwen said as she was immediately at his side
"major alien attack" he said while Gwen's sensei told someone to call 911 but Ben was quick to interrupt "don't worry about an ambulance" he said before turning to Gwen "grab my hand and press the silver thing on my arm" Gwen did what he said "Bellwood hospital" he said and in a flash they disappeared leaving only a puddle of blood where Ben had been and a group of stunned people.
The two cousins reappeared in the lobby of Bellwood hospital where Ben was quickly taken away leaving a very worried Gwen behind, after a blood transfusion and 2 hours of surgery Ben was now in a hospital bed wrapped in bandages. Gwen soon entered the room holding Ben's belongings with a look of great concern "hey there how's my favourite cousin" Ben asked
"I think a better question would be what happened to you?" she asked, Ben then explained to her what had happened "so you didn't see grandpa while you were there?"
"I was too busy fighting for my life"
"wait Grandpa said that he was investigating alien activity right?"
"yeah"
"so maybe he actually was there but he was just disguised as an alien using an ID Mask"
"maybe, oh crud I might have hurt him!"
"don't worry Ben I'm sure once you started blasting he got out of there"
"yeah you're probably right"
"so how many stitches?"
"120, those aliens had some really sharp claws"
"when you showed up at my karate class I thought you'd gotten into a knife fight with an octopus" they both laughed at that before Gwen handed Ben his stuff "what I don't get though is why Grandpa said that he had the Omnitrix when you've had it the whole time"
"yeah, I think he's trying to send me some kind of message, I think he wants me to put it back in my arm again"
"you know Ben you don't have to put it back in your arm if you don't want to, it's your choice"
"I used to love the Omnitrix, that was until squid face, toady, and crab sticks made me the most hated being in the universe" he said angrily
"Ben don't forget you managed to undo all of the damage you did every planet and thing you destroyed was brought back"
"yeah but I still have nightmares about all of the horrible things I did"
"Ben-"
"hello there" they looked at the door and saw a man wearing a long trench coat with a hat shadowing his eyes standing there
"um can we help you?" Gwen asked the man closed and locked the door before turning back to the two cousins
"actually I was thinking that we could help each other" he said before he grabbed his face and pulled it off revealing that he was wearing an ID Mask, now standing in front of them was a fish like alien wearing a Plumber's suit
"well, wasn't expecting that" Ben said casually
"I couldn't help but overhear that you're worried about your grandfather Max Tennyson"
"yes we're worried that he's gotten into some kind of trouble" Gwen said
"he was working with me on a case when he disappeared, if you two help me with the case maybe we can find your granddad together" he said
"sounds great but I don't think Ben is in any condition to be going anywhere" Gwen said
"not exactly" Ben said taking off some of the bandages revealing the stitches underneath. A hole opened up on his pinkie finger and a laser came out which he wiped across the stitches completely healing his cuts and gashes up "I had Blukic and Driba install this laser into my little finger just encase I ever got a bad cut" Ben said as he zapped another gash. The whole process made Gwen look away.
Once Ben was fully healed he looked at the Omnitrix now in his hand "are you sure Ben?" Gwen asked
Ben got a determined look on his face "yeah I'm sure" he said he then put the Omnitrix up to the spot where it used to be and the hatch opened for the first time in years, he inserted the Omnitrix and it spun around while changing from blue to green until it finally stopped and glowed green.
A little while later after Gwen and Ben had gotten changed they followed the plumber, who had identified himself as Magister Labrid, to a freight yard where they were currently staking out. After a bit of waiting two trucks pulled up followed by a shiny green car, as the driver of the car got out Ben and Gwen went wide "isn't that" Ben started
"Kevin" Gwen finished
"you know that young man?"
"Kevin Levin, he's got super powers, I used to fight him all the time when we were kids" Ben said
"he ended up trapped in the null void" Gwen added, they watched the exchange and Kevin demonstrating what the weapons could do
"those lances are level 5 technology, Earth is only allowed level 4 max!" Magister Labrid stated and he began heading down
"well looks like the show is about to begin" Ben said as he and Gwen followed him.
"Hands above your heads air breathers by authority of the plumbers you're all busted" he stated while holding up his badge and gun, the men replied by taking off ID Masks revealing that they were the type of aliens Ben had fought before
"oh come on seriously haven't I fought enough of you guys today?" Ben groaned out as they began advancing "alright then" he activated his Omnitrix "its hero time!" and he pushed down on the dial, in a flash of green he turned into a black and green humanoid, plant-like alien that had a flame-patterned head with the Omnitrix symbol in the centre of his chest "Swampfire!" he shouted out
"well that's a new one" Gwen said, hearing metal clanking behind him he turned and saw a group of Forever Knights advancing from behind
"Gwen you handle the Forever Knights while Magister Labrid and I fight these guys" Swampfire said Gwen nodded before smiling
"I haven't had a chance to use this in an actual fight before" she said before she turned into the form she had taken back when she blew Malware to kingdom come, Swampfire gave Gwen a thumbs up before turning around and punching an alien right in the face sending it flying back through a truck and two freight cars
"wow this guys a heck of a lot stronger than I am" he said, unaware that all of his aliens strength had also been increased just as much as his normal self had when he had had Serena make him super strong, he then began punching and kicking the alien's at a much lighter force not wanting to kill them, while Magister Labrid fired at them with his laser gun.
Gwen had found out that her power's while in this form were greatly magnified, she began bombarding the Forever Knights with balls of mana which easily took them out of the fight and for good measure she pinned them down to the ground with rings of mana that trapped them by their arms, legs, neck, and waist. Judging from what Magister Labrid had said the weapons they had been using were forbidden on Earth so with simple mana blasts she turned them into shrapnel. Looking around she saw Swampfire and Magister Labrid taking out the aliens with ease while some Forever Knights kept loading the weapons onto another truck "not on my watch" she said, waiting until she was sure no one was in it she thrust her hand towards it, the whole truck began to glow pink making the Forever Knights stop what they were doing, as Gwen rose her arm in the air the truck rose up into the air as well.
Once the truck was high enough she closed her hand into a fist and in an instant the whole truck was compacted to the size of a baseball which dropped down and landed in the spot where the truck had been while at the same time she floated down towards them
"oh Driscoll isn't going to be happy with this" one of the knights said
"you know if I wanted to I could do the exact same thing to all of you" they turned around and saw Gwen floating just above the ground with her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes then glowed brighter and the two trolleys of weapons left exploded.
The knights and the aliens began to make a run for it but Gwen merely swung her arm which sent out a wave of mana that knocked all of the fleeing knights down and out, then like she did with the other knights she pinned them all down to the ground with mana rings. Turning around she saw that Magister Labrid had taken out the rest of the aliens while Swampfire was about to start fighting Kevin, she was surprised as she saw Kevin touch the track and then went completely silver "well that's new" she said as she floated over to Magister Labrid and pinned down the aliens until the Plumbers could come to take them all away. Gwen had to admit that she was surprised at how strong Kevin became when he (what she guessed) absorbed matter. Kevin picked up a whole freight car ready to hurl it at Swampfire, but before he could Swampfire fired a stream of fire right at the freight car causing it to explode and sent him skidding back along the ground. When he came to a stop he groaned a bit before he blacked out with the metal on his body receded until he was back to normal.
By the time he woke up plumbers had arrived and were taking the Forever Knight and aliens away, he also found himself pinned down to the ground to the ground by some odd pink energy with his hands now surrounded with the same stuff now standing above him were a fish-like alien Plumber and Swampfire who then turned into Ben "whoa Tennyson, what happened to you?" Kevin asked
"an accident back when I was 11 but enough about me" Ben said as Magister Labrid took over
"the things pinning you down and encasing your hands is mana so you won't be going anywhere or absorbing anything" he stated
Gwen still in her alien looking form and 2 other Plumbers came over "we've loaded them all up, do you want us to take this one?" the Plumber wearing a blue suit asked
"no it's fine I'll handle this one" Magister Labrid assured them and they nodded.
The Plumber wearing a blue suit turned his head to Ben "you know kid it's because of you that I got the nickname Lucky" the plumber said before taking off his helmet to reveal that he was Shampa
"and how did I give you that nickname?" Ben asked
"I was the only Plumber who survived 3 encounters with you during that "bad time" you had as kid" Shampa explained
Ben remembered only seeing him twice once on Vilgaxia and the second time was in the Plumber base on Earth, but he took his word for it "once again I'm truly sorry for what I did" Ben apologised
"ah it's fine kid, I know you weren't quite right at that time" Shampa said with a smile before putting his helmet back on his head and turning back to the other Plumber "well lets head back to base" he said before they left.
"Now time we had a talk tough guy" Magister Labrid said before he held up the only laser lance left "these weapons run on ether point energy cells, a dangerous technology that's way too advanced for humans, they shouldn't even be on this planet" he added
"and that's my problem how?"
"because the Forever Knights were after them" Ben stated
"you set up the deal, so you're going to tell us where the Forever Knight base is" Magister Labrid said
"please Kevin, a lot of people could be hurt" Gwen said
"and you are..." Kevin asked looking at the odd looking being kneeling beside him
"oops" she said before she turned back to normal
"okay you two have seriously changed since I last saw you" he said
"you're in a lot of trouble son, I'm giving you a chance to help yourself here" Magister Labrid stated
Kevin smirked "yeah sure why not, not like I've got anything better to do" he said before frowning "now will you get these stupid things off of me?" he said while struggling against the rings holding him down.
Later
The four of them were now in Kevin's car as he drove down the road "so Tennyson, mind explaining why you currently have the title of 'Terror of the Universe'?" Ben just looked out the window and ignored the question "okay then how about the 15 pounds of metal attached to your shoulder"
"like I said to you earlier, an accident"
"well it must have been one heck of an accident if you lost your arm and almost half of your head"
Ben then sighed "as well as the entire lower half of my body" he said in a slightly uncaring tone
Kevin slammed on the breaks making his car come to a screeching halt before he turned around in his seat to look at Ben "are you serious?!" he asked Ben gave an annoyed groan before he undid his pants and pulled them down revealing his cybernetic lower half
"BEN!" Gwen shouted and covered her face as she blushed
"oh what are you getting embarrassed for, there's nothing there" Ben said before he pulled his pants back up
Kevin burst out laughing "ha, ha, ha what makes you a man anymore" Ben then activated his sword fingers and pressed them up against Kevin's face
"shut up and drive" he said in a dead serious tone that actually intimidated Kevin, so he followed Ben's order's before retracting his fingers.
"My word, to sustain such injuries an live is quite unheard of" Magister Labrid stated, a small smile came to Ben's face
"well if it wasn't for Azmuth and the Galvan's I would have died that day" he said
"anyway Magister Labrid you were telling us about those aliens" Gwen said trying to change the subject
"I honestly don't know anything about the ones we captured today, I've never met that kind before but I'm sure the other's will get some information out of them" Magister Labrid said
"I don't see them in here ether, hey Jetray!" he said as he looked at the hologram
"there's been a lot of illegal alien activity happening on Earth recently, I don't know why, your grandfather thought that the weapons deal might lead us to what's causing all of the interest, now he's missing" Magister Labrid said
"I could just teleport to where he is but maybe he actually doesn't want to be found just yet" Ben said
"it's a possibility, it could be that he knows something that he doesn't want anyone else to know just yet" Magister Labrid theorised
"well let's just continue, we might get some answers at the Forever Knights base" Gwen said, the other's agreed and continued on in relative silence.
They soon arrived at the Forever Knights base which ironically was shaped like a castle "here we are" Kevin said as he pulled up out the front
"oh yeah no one would ever think to look for knights in here" Ben said while rolling his eyes and they all got out
"so how do we get in?" Magister Labrid asked
"I have a way" Ben said before he blasted the draw bridge, destroying it and most of the wall surrounding it
"nice Tennyson" Kevin said before Gwen made a bridge of mana and they all headed inside. Due to how dark it was inside Gwen made a large glowing ball of mana which floated up to the roof and lit up the whole room
"much better" she said looking around they saw suites of armour and cases of treasure lining the walls
"there's a hidden door keep around here" Kevin said and they began searching.
"well looks like theres nothing here" Ben said casually
"I said that it was a hi..." Kevin stopped talking and got a look of shock on his face as well as Magister Labrid and Gwen
"there's something really bad behind me isn't there" the all nodded in union before Ben turned around and saw a huge dragon rising up "huh a dragon, now there's a new one" Ben said, the Dragon roared and the four of them ran for it.
Unfortunately as soon as they made it to the next room they were greeted by an army of Forever Knights with most of them holding laser lances "well apparently they were able to get another shipment of those things" Gwen said while her hands began to glow with mana.
"nobody move, hands on your head" one of the Knights ordered
"make me" Kevin said, he then grabbed a column and absorbed it turning his arms into stone, he then grabbed the ground and picked it up before slamming it down which sent out a wave along the ground which that made a group of the knights fly up in the air, Gwen then followed it up with a wave of mana which struck the suspended knights taking them out of the fight. Another group of knights came forward and started shooting at them with their laser lances Gwen then put up a shield that began shooting out balls of mana at the knights. Magister Labrid helped out by firing his laser at the side of the shield, failing to notice that he got struck in the side which cut open his suit slightly and made a liquid that looked like water to seep out.
"aw crud" Ben said as he saw the dragon finally break through the wall activating his Omnitrix he flipped through it and chose an alien at random and pressed down on it, in a flash of bright green light in Ben's place was a large humanoid dinosaur that grew bigger "Humungousaur!" it declared as it tackled the dragon to the ground in the other room. Now that the dragon was pinned down under his weight Humungousaur began punching it back and forth across the face before he ended it by punching it under the chin making its head fly off revealing the circuits inside "good thing I realised that you were a robot" he said before he got off the robot dragons body and entered the room just in time to see a glowing red ball of energy before it exploded leaving a large smoking crater
"that's why level 5 technology is illegal on Earth, humans aren't ready for it" Magister Labrid stated as he got up.
Humungousaur got up from the ground revealing that he had been protecting Gwen "you okay?" he asked
"yeah I'm fine, and thanks, that was sweet" she replied
"hey we're family, we have to look out for each other" Humungousaur said before looking up to see Kevin and Magister Labrid finishing off the last of the knights before walking over to them, Humungousaur touched the Omnitrix symbol on his chest and turned back into Ben.
"job well done" Magister Labrid said "now all we need to do is destroy the laser lances"
"hey I hate to alarm you but you have a lot of water leaking out of your suit" Ben said pointing to the puddle near Magister Labrid
"that's not water" he said before realising that his suit was almost fully empty of the liquid he needed to survive and he collapsed, Ben and Gwen were immediately at his side "Ben listen to me" he started
"I've got a tyre patch kit in the car maybe we could..."
"no time for that" Magister Labrid said cutting Kevin off, before dropping his head "there's nothing anyone can do"
"let us help you" Gwen said as they watched Magister Labrid start to dry up
"quick what planet are you from!" Ben said
"Aquinta 3, but-" he was cut off as Ben activated his teleporter
"Aquinta 3!" he said and in a flash of green Ben Gwen and Magister Labrid disappeared leaving a shocked Kevin behind.
In a flash Ben, Gwen, and Magister Labrid found themselves in the blue liquid that had been in Magister Labrid's suit, Ben then reared his arm back and punched Magister Labrid's helmet causing it to shatter. The liquid gushed into Magister Labrid's suit and he sucked in the liquid through his gills, instantly remoistening, he then grabbed Ben and Gwen's hands and shot up to the surface, as soon as they broke the surface Ben and Gwen both took deep breaths of air.
Looking around they saw that they were now floating out in the middle of a light blue smoking sea, the smoky air that they breathed in was thin and warn but it wasn't hurting them at all "how did you do that?" Magister Labrid asked as he floated next to them
"teleporter I got as a kid" Ben replied "so are you okay"
"yes, I don't know where to begin thanking you for saving my life" Magister Labrid
"hey I'm a hero, it's what I do"
"so what were you about to tell Ben?" Gwen asked
"oh, right, I need you to finish the job for me, seeing as how I won't be able to leave my home planet for a while because I need to have my suit repaired so you'll have to find out where the level 5 tech is coming from"
"don't worry we will"
"and that's just the tip of the iceberg kids, your grandpa was on the trail of something big, an alien conspiracy with Earth metal, he was currently working undercover, if you crack this case maybe you'll be able to find him and save your planet"
"hey that would explain earlier today" Ben said and he told Magister Labrid about how when he first teleported he had appeared basically in the centre of an alien nest
"this other alien that was there could you describe what he looked like?"
"well I was fighting for my life so details are a little hazy all I can remember was that he was big white and had a purple face" Ben said
"hmm that description does ring a bell, I'll have to look it up when I get back to the Plumber base here"
"so you'll be okay now?" Ben asked
"yes and once again thank you for saving my life"
"hey don't mention it" Ben said before he activated the teleporter and held Gwen's hand "Kevin Levin" he said and in a flash they disappeared.
They returned to see Kevin waiting in his car "so I take it you saved that guy?" he asked as he got out to greet the two soaking wet cousins
"yeah he also said that we have to find out where the level 5 tech is coming from and that our grandpa was on the trail of an alien conspiracy with Earth metal, look Kevin I know there's no money to be made but we could really use your help in this" Ben said
"alright but under one condition"
"and that would be..."
"you tell me what happened to you" Ben chuckled a bit at this
"deal" he said as he stuck out his normal hand to Kevin who shook it.
After drying off Ben and Gwen found out that while they were gone Kevin had stuffed treasure and some laser lances into the boot of his car while destroying the rest "hey Kevin can I borrow one of those laser lances for a moment" Gwen asked
"sure what do you need it for?" he asked as he handed it to her
"if I can trace the vibrations from this laser lance back to the people who used to own it" she said changing into her alien looking form, the lance began to glow before it pointed straight down the road
"so all we have to do is use it as a compass now?" Kevin asked Gwen nodded "alright hop in" he said and they began following the lance as it floated in front of Kevin's car. After a while it floated off the road which Kevin still begrudgingly followed while muttering about his cars paint job. They soon arrived at the entrance to a mine shaft where a single guard stood, Gwen changed back to normal and she and Ben crept up behind a crate
"this is it, down that mine shaft" she said
"we'll have to get past the-" wham! Ben was cut off as Kevin knocked the guard out from behind "never mind" he said and he and Gwen walked over to Kevin
"you hit him too hard" she said
"not him" he pulled off the guards face "it" he said revealing an alien
"better hold on to this, it might help us" Ben said as he took the mask from Kevin, the then hopped in the shaft elevator and Kevin pressed the button to go down.
As the elevator went down all they saw was black at first but then they came to an open area that housed a huge space ship that had the aliens that they had encountered today going in and out of the entrance to the ship. "Well I wasn't expecting that" Ben said as they finally reached the bottom when they got out they snuck behind some crates and observed "hey Gwen can you use your powers to see if Grandpa Max is in there?" Ben asked
"I'll try" she said and her eyes began to glow pink. After a bit her eyes went back to normal "he was here a few weeks ago but he isn't any more" she said
"well at least that'll make taking this thing out easier" Ben said he then looked at the ID Mask, fiddling with the inside a bit he put it on and turned into one of the aliens that were swarming the place. Grabbing an empty cart Gwen and Kevin hopped in and hid on the bottom while Ben guided it inside the ship once he saw that there were none of the aliens around he stopped the cart and took the mask off and Gwen and Kevin stood up
"man is it cold in here" Kevin said while rubbing his arms
"don't be such a baby" Gwen said before turning to Ben
"what's next Ben?"
"we find the power core and destroy this place" Ben said
"you do realise the major flaw in that plan" Kevin started, getting Ben's attention "if you destroy the power core to a ship this big there's no way we'd be able to escape the explosion in time" Ben just pointed to his teleporter "oh"
"yeah now come on we're gonna finish the mission" Ben said and he walked off with Kevin and Gwen following him.
They soon arrived in a large room that had a huge red cylinder in the middle that looked like a lava lamp "I'm guessing that that would be the power core" Ben said as he looked at it, hearing loud bangs he turned and saw Kevin tearing a door open revealing a room loaded with laser lances
"weapons room" Gwen stated
"yup" Kevin said
"well now we know it really was these guys who were smuggling these things in" Gwen said
"yeah, well let's blow this place to kingdom come before they realise-" Ben was cut off at the familiar sound looking up he saw one of the aliens "aw crud" he said as more and more appeared "we'll time to heat things up" he said as he activated his Omnitrix and pressed down on it "Swampfire!" he said and he shot out streams of fire from his fists knocking the aliens down, Gwen began pumping her fists back and forth sending out balls of mana at the aliens, and Kevin made his other arm steel as well and began beating every alien in his way, the combined efforts of the three teens easily disposed of the aliens.
"we kick butt" Kevin said proudly
"so far, but there could be hundreds of these things in here" Swampfire said
"well we know these guys are responsible for the weapon smuggling let's just destroy the ship and get out of here" Gwen suggested
"good i-oh double crud" Spampfire said Gwen and Kevin turned to see a huge white humanoid alien with black hands and feet, a purple face with red eyes, along with eyes on its chest
"what are you creatures doing on my ship?!" it demanded
"that's one of the aliens that I saw at that alien lair I was teleported to" Swampfire said
"I do not repeat myself to lower life forms, what are you doing on my ship?!"
"did you just call me a lower life form?" Kevin asked
"I'm pretty sure he did" Swampfire replied
"and while he may have a point its rude to say so" Gwen added
"you vermin would dare mock a Highbreed Commander?!" he yelled
"oh so that's your species name, interesting" Swampfire said before Kevin charged at the Highbreed Commander. Unfortunately the Highbreed Commander proved how strong he was by sending Kevin flying across the room with one hit
"Kevin!" Gwen called out before the Highbreed Commander leapt over them and landed with a loud thud before he charged at Kevin. Gwen shot two beams of mana at the giant's feet tripping him over and causing him to slam to the ground, Kevin quickly absorbed more of the metal turning his whole body silver before he kicked the Highbreed Commander in the face sending flying back Swampfire followed it up by cupping both hands together and unleashing a powerful stream of fire that slammed him into the roof while slightly burning his back at the same time. When Swampfire stopped his flames he saw the Highbreed Commander was now glowing pink before he shot straight down and slammed to the floor with such force that the whole floor cracked before he shot straight up and slammed into the roof again with the same amount of force.
Swampfire turned and saw Gwen, in her alien form again moving her now glowing pink hand around which was making Highbreed Commander slam and crash into every hard surface, Swampfire then touched the Omnitrix symbol "Humungousaur!" he said
"Kevin!" Gwen called out as she hurled the Highbreed Commander straight at him
"Ben!" Kevin called out as he gave the Highbreed Commander a sleadgehammer hit to the face while also sending him in Humungousaur's direction, Humungousaur reared his arm back and punched the Highbreed Commander straight in the back and into the ground. The Omnitrix then timed out turning Ben back to normal as Kevin and Gwen walked over to him
"great team work guys" Gwen said and they gave a group high five
"now just one last thing to do" Ben said he then made an energy ball in his hand and threw it at the huge red cylinder, the energy ball crashed through the glass and made the inside rapidly get brighter "and we're outta here" Ben said as he activated his teleporter, Gwen and Kevin grabbed onto him "Kevin Levin's car" he said and in a flash they were standing next to Kevin's car
"quick hop in!" Kevin ordered, they quickly got in and Kevin floored the car in reverse.
As soon as they reached the road there was a massive explosion from were they just were "you're welcome Kevin" Ben said referring that he had allowed Kevin to save his car from the explosion. Ben then got out of the car and flew up "whoa" he said as he looked at the size of the crater the explosion made
"he can fly now too?" Kevin questioned
"yep" Gwen replied and they got out of Kevin's car.
Ben landed in front of Kevin and Gwen "so what happens now?" Kevin asked
"we keep trying to solve the case that Grandpa Max was working on" Ben said before he looked directly at Kevin "listen we've had a lot of problems in the past but I wanted to say thanks, we wouldn't have made it without you" he said and stuck out his cybernetic hand
"and you still won't make it without me" Kevin replied as Ben's hand dropped
"are you saying that you want to help us?" Gwen asked
"I'm saying that I made someone a promise, I'm seeing this through to the end"
"so are you in?" Ben said as he stuck out his cybernetic hand, Gwen then put her hand on top of it, they then both looked at Kevin, he gave a small smile and then put his hand on top of theirs "it's hero time" Ben stated before smiling "now then Kevin I believe I owe you an explanation" and he began telling Kevin on how he got his cybernetic parts.