Discord
Ben was lying on his bed thinking about all of the weird escapades he and the gang had had during the past few weeks first and foremost he had kicked Vilgax's butt big time, next the Vreedle Brothers had tried to take Ship away from him to give back to the weasel Baz-El thankfully with a little persuasion from his cybernetic arm Baz-El let Ship stay with Ben, then while on an intergalactic piece mission to take the Tiffin to King Jarett. The Tiffin had both unlocked a new alien for Ben and also unfortunately kept him in that form which had caused a lot of problems during their mission, even now he was still angry at what the mission's true purpose was. Seeing as how Gwen and Kevin were busy it was just Ben and Ship "hmm what to do, what to do, what to do...not in the mood for soccer, Sumo Slammer's isn't on today, don't feel like Mr Smoothy's...oh I know I'll go to Undertown, there's always something interesting happening or to do down there" looking to the end of his bed he saw Ship sleeping "ah I'll let the little guy sleep" he then quietly slipped out of his room and left the house.
Ben decided to fly and get some fresh air rather than teleport to Undertown, but he still wore the teleporter just encase, when he arrived at the factory that gave access to Undertown he noticed that the vendors seemed really unnerved for some reason but he ignored it and took the elevator down. When he finally arrived at the bottom he exited the elevator and began strolling into the city, as he entered the more populated area he saw that everyone was for some strange reason kneeling down on the ground bowing "okay what is going on here?" he said to himself before he turned a corner and was surprised to see a smartly dressed man wearing a yellow tailcoat with a brick type pattern on the tails, a white traditional waistcoat, black pants shoes bow and gloves, as well as a black eye patch, messy blond hair, topped off with a small top hat that balanced unnaturally on his head, holding up a Kineceleran by its neck.
"Now tell me again which hurts more one *punch* or two *punch" he said
"hey put him down now!" he heard someone say turning his head he saw the hero of the Universe himself standing there
"ah the famous Ben Tennyson, let me guess the Plumbers sent you down here to capture me hmm?" the man said
"I said put him down" Ben replied
rolling his eye he let the Kineceleran go "Happy?" the man asked
"yeah now how's about you run along before I'm forced to get ugly" Ben said firmly making all of the bowing aliens gasp in shock
"you can get uglier?" he said before laughing "nah I'm kidding, you're already at your ugliest" Ben's eyes narrowed
"you're really pushing my buttons you know"
"meh whatever, you know you're earning quite a name for yourself in the underworld kid"
"yeah, yeah, hero of the universe and all that"
"actually I was going to say potential Space Demon" all of the bowing aliens gasp in shock again
"me? A Space Demon?"
"yeah, after all you did beat 2 of US in a fight"
"us? So that means you're a Space Demon as well?"
"yep names Discord, AKA the God of Chaos" he said as he stuck out his hand to Ben, Ben took it and was immediately given a massive shock "wow Benny you really know how to shake" Discord then let go of Ben's hand and Ben fell to the ground twitching.
Kneeling down next to Ben he grinned "what's the matter princess, taking a little nap?" Discord asked, Ben responded by swinging his arm up and hitting Discord in the side of the head, knocking him down.
Ben quickly recovered from the shock and got to his feet "everyone clear out!" Ben ordered thinking that this was going to get really dangerous everyone who was bowing quickly got to their feet and ran for safety. Discord got back up and snapped his fingers, in a yellow flash he was now sitting on a floating chair while drinking from a cup of tea
"*sip* I'm surprised that you were able recover that quickly from 300 volts of electricity *sip* but I'm afraid that because you talked back to me and hit me *sip* I am going to have to make you pay *sip*" Discord said
"yeah, yeah I hear that kind of stuff all the time" Ben said as he activated his Omnitrix and turned into "Four Arms!"
"ah a Tetramand how vulgar" Four Arms watched as Discord's eye glowed yellow for a second and in a flash he was back to normal
"what the! how did you do that?" Ben asked
"magic" Discord replied casually before sinking into the ground.
"hey come back here!" Ben ordered as Discord materialised behind him
"yeah whaddya want?" he asked with a cheeky grin, Ben turned around only to be flicked in the chest and sent sailing back before crashing into a stall. Ben groaned in pain as he tried to get up only to be pinned down by Discord with his glowing cane "you see kid I am not even trying and already you're unable to get up" he said while smiling "tell ya what, why don't we just forget about this whole little mess and you come over to my place for a bit?" he offered making Ben raise an eyebrow
"sure, why not" he said, Discord then lifted his cane off of Ben's chest and extended his hand out to Ben, Ben then grabbed Discord's hand before he felt a rush and now found himself in front of a huge scary looking castle surrounded by a thick mist, looking up he saw a night sky that had a huge rippling purple moon with a demonic looking face on it that appeared to be laughing. Looking behind him he saw a large metal gate and fence that went around the whole castle and beyond that was a crimson red sea that stretched as far as the eye could see "what the?!" he said as he looked around in surprise
"welcome to my place kid" Discord's voice echoed
"so you teleported me to another planet?"
"not exactly kid, I've trapped your soul in my mind within this illusionary version of Demonjia, the dimension of which I was created in however the major kicker here is that if you die here within my illusionary world you die in real life" Discord explained before laughing "oh and just to make sure there's no cheating" he then snapped his fingers and in an instant Ben's cybernetic parts became flesh and blood again and his Omnitrix disappeared.
"If you can find me and beat me in a fight I'll return you back to reality" he said and the castle doors opened "until then try and stay alive" and the voice stopped
Ben was left completely stunned at what had just happened he was now trapped within a insane monsters mind, completely powerless, and the only way out was to defeat one of the seven Space Demons "great" he groaned out before he headed towards the open doors. As soon as he was in the doors slammed shut behind him and he found himself in pure darkness, but it only lasted a few seconds before candles lit up illuminating the room. Looking around he saw that he was in what looked like a great hall, there was a huge grand staircase in front of him with a huge chandelier made of bones above, odd paintings hung on the walls that looked like famous artworks only with Discord's features on them, he saw the wallpaper on the left side had eyes that blinked and on the other side the wallpaper had ears, and when he looked down he saw the floor was made of spinning hypnotic spirals "okay don't look at the floor" he said before the floor opened up beneath him and he fell down the hole. He cried out as he fell before he was caught in a pair of arms which retracted back and held him up against a wall in a master-lock he then felt another two sets of arms wrap around his torso that held him firmly against the wall as well.
"Well, well what do we have here?" a huge pair of glowing lips said before they disappeared
a green light then shone on a section of wall in front of him revealing several gloved hands forming a face "why it appears to be another mortal" the hands said before the light disappeared
a glowing pink slime then oozed down the wall before it formed a woman who stretched out in front of him and grabbed his face "my, my not much to look at are you" she said before she slid her hand down his face and neck leaving a slimy trail behind and rested it on his chest "pretty scrawny as well" she stated before she retracted back and continued sliding down the wall.
A grey goblin like creature the climbed up on Ben until they were face to face "ooo let me guess you're trying to find Lord Discord, am I right?" it asked
"yeah, do you know the quickest way to get to him?" Ben asked
"why sure but I'm not obliged to tell you, you have to find him on your own" it said before it crawled off of him
a huge swarm of bugs of some kind then formed a large mouth in front of Ben "but be forewarned kid no one has ever fought Lord Discord and lived, so no pressure" it said before the arms kept passing him down until he landed in what looked like a dungeon
"well that was trippy" Ben said as he wiped the slime off of him and stood up. Looking around he spotted the door and made his way over to it but when he opened it he was surprised to see a primary school type hallway "well I guess I shouldn't expect any less" he said as he closed the dungeon door and began walking down the cold and dimly lit hall.
As he walked he could hear laughing that was close by, looking around all he saw was an empty hallway with strangely enough the occasional backpack hanging on the rows upon rows of bag hooks he then heard muttering and out of the corner of his eye he saw something move. Turning around he looked and saw two backpacks next to each other, they were rather odd looking backpacks one of them looked like an isosceles triangle with a flat back, rounded top with a fuzzy patch on top that resembled hair, two round bulging pockets in the middle on the sides (blue on top which over lapped the zipper and white on the bottom) with the tabs hanging down in the center and at the bottom was a huge zipper with thick red lining giving it the overall look of a head. The other back pack looked just as odd as the other it was a long cylinder shaped back pack that had a mass of feathery orange patch that resembled hair a zipper at the top and a zipper at the bottom with thick green lining and a purple pouch at the front in the center that had a red strap on the front of it.
"Yeesh, these things look like the monster backpacks in my nightmares when I was a kid, ugly as heck" Ben said
"well you're no looker yourself kid" the first backpack said making Ben jump back in fright causing him to fall over and which made all of the weird and odd looking backpacks laugh.
"Let me guess you peed off Discord" the second backpack said through its zipper mouth at the bottom while the top one opened up to reveal an eye
"yeah and now I have to find him and beat him in a fight"
"kishishishi no one has ever beaten Discord" a backpack behind him laughed oddly
"yeah you might as well give up now to save you a beat down"
"does anyone here know their way around this castle?" Ben asked
"of course we know our way around this castle, but we're not gonna tell you" the fist backpack said
Ben frowned before smirking as he got back up "okay then maybe you can help me with another thing" he said as he walked up to the first backpack cracking his knuckles until he was standing in front of it "tell me do backpacks feel pain?" he asked and for the next minute cries of pain echoed throughout the hall.
In reality
Discord was laughing as he let go of Ben's hand and watched as Ben's limp body fell back into the destroyed stall "that's what you get for standing up against me kid" he said, before dusting his hands off "I'll give him an hour max before the universes greatest hero kicks the bucket" he said before he walked off while twirling his cane around. The stall owner quickly checked Ben, he saw that he was still breathing and that he had a pulse but both were very weak. Bystanders quickly began making calls to the doctors in Undertown as well as the Plumbers, soon after being checked by some doctors the Plumbers arrived to both take Ben to a medical facility and get accounts on what happened.
Back in the illusionary world
Ben exited the hallway with a satisfied look on his face and a groaning backpack strapped to his chest, he now found himself in another hallway that was a kaleidoscope of moving colours with a door in the distance "whoa!" Ben exclaimed taking another step forward he was now on a stone path in the middle of a sea of what looked like blood with a cold wind blowing, another step and he was now on a road in the middle of a desert and he could feel the sun beating down on him
"you know kid you should just give up it'll be a whole lot easier for you" the backpack said
"put a sock in it you're only here for directions" Ben stated he then tried to run but he wouldn't move
"sorry kid, no running in the halls"
Ben growled and continued walking with the scenery and temperature changing with every step. By the time Ben and Sacky (as Ben had dubbed him) exited the hall Ben now had his fingers in his ears and was humming to block out the loud psychopathic laughter that was now echoing throughout it. Once he had closed the door he gave a sigh of relief as he was greeted by silence "oh thank god" he said before he realised he was standing in front of a set of stairs that lead up to pure darkness, with a sigh of annoyance he began running up the stairs into the darkness.
About 10 minutes later Ben reached the top of the stairs only now his clothes were torn, he had cuts and scratches all over his body, and he was panting profusely while holding a horn in one hand "okay next time warn me if there's monsters in the area" Ben said to Sacky
"hey I only know where Lord Discord is I've been down in that hallway for most of my existence how was I supposed to know there were monsters in there" Sacky snapped back having quite a few scratches as well. Ben then looked behind him and saw a long purple tentacle slither up out of the dark stairwell and went to grab him but before it could Ben pinned it to the ground with the horn he had broken off one of the monsters, a screech was heard from the darkness before the tentacle retracted back into the darkness.
Ben saw that he was now in what he assumed was a garden but it looked more like a forrest the trees were tall the grass was overgrown moss covered statues and pots, thick vines hung from the trees and he could see plants that he was sure didn't exist in the real world, which was confirmed when the end of a thick leafy stalk coming out of a fern opened up to reveal an eye which stared directly at him "okay where too now?" Ben asked
"half way in there turn right" Sacky stated
Ben then grabbed one of Sacky's pouch like eyes "if you're lying to me you'll have one eye just like your friend" Ben stated firmly
"I'm not lying I swear!" it replied and Ben let go before heading straight ahead, slightly unnerved as the stalk moved keeping its full gaze on him.
As Ben walked through the jungle of a garden he saw plants and trees moving around him so he kept his guard up to the max, it was a good thing he did because the next thing he knew thick vines lashed out at him in all directions. The only thing he could do was run and dodge seeing as how even his super strength was gone, just when it seemed as though he had escaped the vines a large one burst out of the ground and wrapped around him tightly. Ben watched as the rest of the vine came out of the ground before it retracted back and Ben now found himself dangling over a huge Venus flytrap "ah crap" both Ben and Sacky said before the vine let go of Ben and they fell into the huge flytrap's mouth which snapped shut. Some groaning and grunting was heard before Ben tore his way out of the flytrap before using his teeth (which were still Duranite) to make a ring around the plants stem, a screech came from it as Ben made a full ring before it toppled over landing with a loud thud "pfft flower power my ass" he said and he continued his journey.
Finally Sacky told him to turn to the left, as he did he tripped over something, when he turned to see what it was he was slightly surprised to see "a Gnome?" he said the Gnome looked at him and hissed angrily showing razor sharp teeth before fleeing on all fours "okay there is officially nothing that can surprise me now" Ben said before a spider twice the size of an ox landed in front of him and hissed "nope, I'm all surprised out" the spider hung its head and retracted back up into the dark trees and Ben continued walking. Soon Ben saw little glowing objects floating around in the air along his path, once he got closer he realised that they were fairies "huh? Not really something I'd expect in this place" he said as one of them grabbed the side of his face and bit his cheek "yeow!" Ben hollered before all of the fairies shot towards him and began biting his face and arms "you're all nothing but a heap of bugs!" Ben said before he began slapping and squishing them. Soon all of the fairies lay in bloody heaps on the ground "okay now that was something I'd expect in this place!" he said and he continued following Sacky's directions.
After a while Ben arrived at a toll both that had a Gnome in it and just beyond the booth was a stone wall with a large wooden door on it "halt, you can't go past this point without paying" the Gnome said
"...I don't have time for this" and he ducked under the boom gate
"hey stop or else!" the Gnome ordered as he got out of the booth and walked up to Ben
"am I supposed to ask 'or else what?'" Ben said while sizing himself up to the foot high Gnome.
The Gnome then pulled out a tiny remote and pressed a button on it "run kid!" Sacky shouted Ben then made a run for the door as hundreds of Gnome's came out from all directions. Ben then opened the door and rushed inside before slamming it shut, he then slid a piece of wood in front of it sealing the door shut as the Gnomes repeatedly banged and scratched on the door.
"thanks for the heads up" Ben said
"don't mention it" Sacky replied Ben looked around and saw that he was now in what looked like an abandoned dance hall
"okay where to now?" Ben asked
"double door to your left" Sacky replied before several lights shone on the now spinning disco ball
"oh great what now?"
"the nightly party is about to begin, never been to one of these things before" Sacky said as a voice was heard "hello children...wanna hear a nice bed time story...hahahahaha" and music began to play
"oh I have a bad feeling about this" Ben said as he headed towards the doors a creaking was then heard and a large trap door in the centre of the dance floor opened up and monsters of all kinds began pouring out of it
Creepy crawly slimy things that stick on your skin
Horned things with tentacles that want to pull you in
Squirmy worms slugs and snails that lay there in a goo
They'll wait down there forever till they get their hands on you
Don't you open that trap door
You're a fool if ya dare
Stay away from that trap door
Cause there's something down there
(the door then busted open and the gnomes came flooding in)
"shit" Ben said and he made a run for the door only to have a tentacle wrap around him and yank him to the side
Meet those ghouls that scream all night and ghost that moan all day
Don't try to look for a scary spook it'll blow your mind away
Take my word I speak the truth there an evil behind that door
Just take the plunge into that gunge we won't see you no more
Don't you open that trap door
You're a fool if ya try
Stay away from that trap door
Cause you'll be saying bye-bye
Ben was hurled to the side through a slime monster and into the arms of a female zombie, they spun around holding hands and Ben was sent stumbling back into a furry monster as the zombies arms came off where he was backhanded and sent bowling over a large group of gnomes
Frightening things with 16 legs they'll wait with open jaws
They pass the time sitting there while sharpening their claws
Who will be the first one to stop our bellies grumbling
(Ben was knocked and stumbled back towards the open trap door)
Who will open up that door and down that hole come tumbling
(Ben fell down the hole)
Don't you open that trap door
You're a fool if ya dare
Stay away from that trap door
I know there's something down there
(Ben was brought back up by a mass of tentacles and placed on his feet before he bolted towards the door)
A evil demented laugh was heard and all of the monsters receded back down the trap door taking all of the gnomes down with them and as soon as the last monster left the trap door slammed shut. "That was awesome" Sacky said
"speak for yourself" Ben muttered
"hey before you go open up that trap door"
"are you kidding there was just a whole song about not opening it!"
"trust me kid when it happens you'll know" with a sigh Ben did what Sacky said
as he opened it he could hear screeching and beastly roars coming from the darkness. Ben backed up from the trap door before he left the dance hall, walking down the corridor he saw more of the odd paintings hanging on the walls taking note that their eyes were following him "eh they're just paintings" Ben said casually before the images extended out of the pictures and looked ready to attack
"I thought you'd learned by now nothing in this place is what it seems"
"shut up" Ben then began ducking and weaving his way through the mass of pictures as they swiped at him. Once Ben reached the door he realised that he was also out of reach of the paintings
"word of advice kid stay to the side of the wall and flip up that tiny latch up" Ben looked at the tiny latch, staying flat up against the wall he flipped the latch up with one of his fingers and as soon as it was up a wave of water burst out of the door. The water washed all of the paintings off the walls and into the dance hall where they all went down the trap door along with all of the water. By the time all of the water had drained Ben now found himself face up in the still slightly flooded corridor, both he and Sacky spat out mouthfuls of water before Ben sat up
"I swear I'm going to kill Discord" he said before he stood up and headed back towards the room that had been filled with water. When he entered it he saw that even though the colossal room was now almost completely empty of water, cartoonish versions of sea creatures were still swimming about in the air, with a sigh Ben trudged through the ankle deep water with the creatures 'swimming' away from him. When he opened the next door he was greeted by a blast of hot air as he saw the long corridor was filled with fire "shit" he muttered before he bolted through the corridor all of the water on his body was turned into steam within seconds and now the flames were licking and burning his skin while the hot air burned his lungs making it hard for him to breath.
A now flaming Ben burst through the door on the other side and began rolling around on the ground to put the flames out "it's a...good thing I'm...flame resistant...or else...I'd be...ashes right now" Sacky said as Ben kept rolling over him until finally the flames were out.
Tearing off his burnt shirt Ben looked down the corridor and saw multiple large mirrors hung up along the walls as he passed the first one he suddenly felt very light and weak at the same time looking at the mirror next to him he was shocked to see that he now looked skeletal looking down he saw that he was now just as thin as he looked in the mirror "oh I get it, it's like a fun house of mirrors that turn you into what you look like" he said in a slightly amused tone
"actually these are Universe mirrors they turn you into what you look like in different Universes" Sacky said
"wow I must have anorexia in this Universe" Ben replied, he was slightly surprised however that his appearance didn't change even after he left the mirrors reflection it was only when he stepped into the reflection of another mirror that his appearance changed he had now turned into a 500 pound version of himself
"gah! kid move out of the reflection before my straps bust!" Sacky yelled out
"huh so this is what I'd look like if I was fat" Ben shrugged and kept walking his body kept changing with every mirror he passed, at one point he even turned into a girl, when he arrived at the 23rd mirror he felt himself get shorter he looked in the mirror and saw a younger, different version of himself, he was now about 12-13 years old he wore a black waist coat with blue pockets over a short sleeved light blue shirt, a blue tie, ear rings, blue pants and a medallion in the shape of the Omnitrix. Looking at his hands he saw that he had an Omnitrix on his left wrist and a blue bracelet on his right wrist, he also has a gold ring on the index finger of his right hand, he also had blue eyes as opposed to his normal green ones and his hair was longer, covering his left eye. "Flashy" he said before realising that he was now also wearing also an Omnitrix activating it he selected an alien and pressed down on it turning into "Crystal Man! Wait what?" he said looking at his reflection he saw that while he looked like Diamondhead there were just a few differences, one: his eyes were now blue instead of green, two: his Omnitrix was blue with gold rimming instead of green and white, and third instead of his suit being black and white it was gold and blue "nice" Ben said before he began firing crystals at the rest of the mirrors shattering them all "all right!" he exclaimed and he ran forward "just keep giving me directions" he ordered as he smashed through the door. Diamondhead just kept charging forward, he didn't care what was in his path he just smashed through it, finally he busted through some large doors and found himself in a throne room with his objective sitting on the throne.
"Okay Discord I've been through your hell of a castle and now I'm here to fight you and beat you so I can get out of here!" Diamondhead stated before he turned back to the odd version of himself he had become thanks to the mirror
"well, well, well, you're quite the persistent one aren't you Benny boy" he then grinned "so I take it you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my castle"
"hardly this is the absolute worst place in any kind of reality"
Discord's eye narrowed "and you ruined all of the fun by leading him here" he said while glaring at Sacky
"I'm sorry master but he-" Sacky didn't get to finish as a beam shot out of Discords eye and turned Sacky into ashes
"awe I was gonna use him as protection" Ben said
"trust me kid he wouldn't have provided much protection, I must say you did extremely well to make it here in one piece, though I guess I shouldn't expect anything less from the 'Hero of the Universe' hat's off to you" Discord took off his hat and the whole castle tilted making Ben fall back before Discord put his hat back on correcting the castle. Discord then got up from his throne "however I'm sorry to say that this is the end for you" then with a snap of his fingers Ben was back to the way he looked before he entered the corridor of mirrors
"awe man"
"you see I'm the one in control here, and you die now!" he then ran at Ben so fast his knee was lodged in Ben's stomach before he even realised it he then gave Ben a palm thrust to the side of the head sending Ben flying and slamming into the wall. Ben got back up and ran at Discord, he may not have the Omnitrix or even his cybernetic arm but he was damn sure not going to give up without a fight, he threw his fist forward at Discord but Discord merely blocked it with his index finger "I think I'll just toy with you for a while before ending your life" Discord said before he flicked Ben in the chest causing him to stumble back.
Back in reality
Gwen and Kevin arrived at Plumber Headquarters and were now quickly heading to the medical bay, they had been on their third date when they had been informed about something had happened to Ben. When they arrived they were shocked to see a ghostly white Ben lying on a bed "what happened to him!?" Gwen asked
"we don't know, we got a report that he had a run in with Discord, his vitals are weak and he has almost no brain activity" Max said
"Discord? As in Discord the Space Demon?" Kevin asked
"the very same" Max replied "we're currently trying to find him to get some answers"
Gwen looked at Ben and then to the device on his arm "I know how to find him" Gwen said as she took off Ben's teleporter and put it on her arm "Kevin grab Ben" she said which Kevin complied and once he was holding him Gwen activated the teleporter and grabbed Kevin's shirt "the Space Demon Discord" she said and in a flash they found themselves now standing in front of a blonde haired man wearing a yellow tailcoat and black pants sitting on a bench in an unused area of Undertown. "So I take it you're Discord?" Gwen asked, he didn't respond at all, he just sat there staring blankly
"is he dead?" Kevin asked
"no he's breathing, maybe he's in some kind of trance" her hands began to glow pink and she put them on the side of his head and peered into his mind, she was shocked as she saw her cousin getting the living snot beaten out of him starting to put the pieces together she wanted to test a theory "Kevin hit him as hard as you can" Kevin laid Ben down on the ground and then absorbed the metal from the bench and using a technique he had learned recently formed his right hand into a mallet before he hit Discord in the chest. Gwen watched as the Discord in his head clutched his chest in pain this was followed by Ben finally landing his first blow that knocked him off of his feet.
"Great keep hitting him I think we're helping Ben's soul win" Gwen stated
"I don't know what you're talking about but if it means that I can beat up a Space Demon without consequences then I'm all for it" Kevin said as he formed his other hand into a mallet and began repeatedly hitting Discord.
Back in the illusionary world
Discord was now receiving two kinds of pain one was happening from an outside source and the other was from Ben "damn it someone must be interfering from the outside" Discord said before Ben punched him in the face.
Ben heard what Discord had just said and grinned 'I bet it's Gwen and Kevin' he thought to himself, he then thought of the advantage he would have if he had his cybernetic parts right now and in an instant they all returned "all I had to do was think about having my cybernetic parts and they would have returned" he said to himself angrily thinking again all of his injuries healed and both of his arms became cybernetic "time to blow you away" he said as he raced up to Discord and put both hands on Discord's chest before he unleashed a massive blast that completely obliterated Discord and destroyed most of his castle as well. Ben then watched as the whole world started to fade until he was now standing in pure darkness but not for long he felt the same rush he had gotten before...
Back in reality
Gwen saw Ben destroy the imaginary version of Discord and smiled before taking her hands off of his head and turned to look at Ben who was now getting to his feet "Ben are you okay? are you hurt?" she asked
"I am now, thanks for helping me with that guys, I owe ya" Ben replied as Kevin stopped hitting Discord and put an arm around Ben's shoulders
"any time Tennyson" he said before a glowing caught their attention. Turning they saw that Discords tail coat and skin had turned red, his eye was now completely black with a red iris, and his pants shoes gloves hair and hat were now white with a red glow to them
"you bastards!" he yelled as he stood up "I was so close to killing the great Ben Tennyson and you two had to interfere!"
"well you shouldn't have left yourself unguarded" Gwen replied as Discord burst into flames
"do you have any idea what I'm like WHEN I'M MAD!?" he said in a demonic voice
"uh guys I think we should leave now" Kevin said before cracks appeared in the air all around them, Ben then shot forward and punched Discord right in the face making the cracks disappear and turning him back to normal. As Discord stumbled back from the blow blood began pouring out of his now broken nose, Ben then gave him a leg sweep causing Discord to fall on his back, Ben then got on top of him and punched him 15 times in the head until he was sure he was unconscious. Ben then got up and looked down at the unconscious Space Demon "whoa Ben, you do realise you just knocked out a Space Demon right?" Kevin questioned
"yeah I do but I couldn't have done it without you guys" he replied
"what did we do?"
"you got me out of that psychopaths mind"
"what was it like in there?" Gwen asked
"take all of the weirdest things you can possibly imagine and put it all together in one place, that's what it was like" he then picked Discord up and slung him over his shoulder
"let's take him back to Plumber HQ before he wakes up" Gwen said as she activated the teleporter "Plumber headquarters holding cells" she said and in a flash they disappeared.
They reappeared in front of a group of Plumbers who were about to head into the elevator, needless to say the Plumbers were shocked that Ben and his team brought in Discord "Ben, is that the Space Demon Discord?" Magister Labrid asked
"yep, so where can I put him before he wakes up?" he asked
"we've got a special cell made just for him, follow me" Magister Labrid said and they walked quickly to a cell that had different symbols carved all over the walls, floor and ceiling "just dump him on the floor" Ben did what he said and then left the cell with Labrid with the doors sealing shut behind them and
"so are you sure that cell will hold someone like him?" Ben asked
"yes those markings are special seals that will both prevent him from using any of his powers and shock him at the same time" Gwen said
"there is no way he's leaving that cell" Magister Labrid stated with a smirk
"that's good to hear, he also may need medical attention but that's your call" Ben said before he turned to his team "let's celebrate, smoothies on me guys" Ben said as Gwen handed him his teleporter back.
As they began to leave Magister Labrid stopped them "you know Ben there's a substantial reward for Discord" he said
"what kind of reward?" Ben asked his interest now spiked
"a cash reward"
"how much?" Kevin asked
"let's just say converted to Earth currency you'll never have to work a day in your life"
"that doesn't sound half bad, is it okay if I go over the details with my grandpa?" Ben asked
"of course"
"thanks" and with that they decided to find Max first before going to Mr. Smoothy's. When they had found Max they had given him a quick rundown on what happened, when Ben had finished he had decided to ask the big question "so Grandpa I heard from Magister Labrid that there was a reward on capturing Discord"
"indeed there is quite a high price on Discord's head and if you truly have caught him Ben then that reward is yours"
"so how much does he get?" Kevin asked
"Discord's bounty, while not the highest, in Earth currency is 60 billion dollars" Max said in a serious tone
"I think my heart just stopped" Ben said
"same here" Gwen said
"me too" Kevin added
"well I'm going to go check on him" Max said and he left the room
"hey Ben why don't you tell us what it was like in Discord's head over smoothies?" Kevin suggested sounds good to me Ben said and then using his teleporter he took them to Mr. Smoothy's.