I don't own Ben 10, cuz I sold it to Poland.
Opposing Sides
Act 2
Chapter 26
Frank had a feeling it was going to be one of "Those" days. When he woke up that morning he found that he was already late for work. As he rushed to get ready he found that he had no matching socks, and had yet to find his security pass. Once he had actually had his uniform on he dashed out the door to his car...only to find he didn't have the keys.
After that he had been caught in traffic, for almost a half hour. When he arrived at work he was chewed out for being so late. He tried to defend himself but his supervisors words were as stabs from a knife. In the end he was told that if it happened again he would be fired. As he left his bosses office he saw his work buddy sitting at there mutual workstation. The front desk.
"Geez man what took you so long. I thought you finally quit on me." said the skinny guard, from behind the large imposing desk.
"you know...its just been one of "those" days." Frank said as he sat down next to his associate. "so anything new." he said as a pleasantry.
"Not much, there going to give us new color coded badges starting next week, though I like my badge, its worn in...it has character." the other guard said as he pretended to shine his slightly worn badge.
"Yeah well I....." that was as far as frank got before there was a deafening crash from the front entrance of the building. In a panic Frank the security guard looked to see what was going on.
There standing where the main entrance used to be was Frankenstein's Monster holding a Volkswagen bus . It snarled and roared as the people inside the building made for the exits. After a moment the newly non-fictional character threw the vehicle in its hands clear across the lobby. It landed and slid to a stop inches from Frank and his fellow guard.
"See, Its just one of "Those" days." He said rather calmly to no one in particular.
Benjamin was venting a little. For his part in there plan all he had to do was cause as much destruction and mayhem as possible, and at the moment he really didn't mind. After he had heard Gwendolyn yell what she did at Ben, he had been crestfallen. Somewhere in his brain a little voice was telling him that she hadn't meant it, and the voice sounded oddly like Gwendolyn's. Though he didn't care. The words hurt, regardless of there context.
Gwen came in behind him to watch his back. Her job specifically was to make sure that no bystanders were harmed, and that Benjamin was able to get out quickly once the message was received. She was already in the middle of managing the collateral damage. The Debris that was falling from the broken entryway was blocking some of the civilians escape routs so she had her hands full moving the rocks.
"Alright, Who wants some." Benjamin shouted as he began charging up the massive structures sticking out of his back. The form he had chosen was that of Victor. One of his previous enemies. He had absorbed the foes DNA during a battle with him. It was an extremely potent force when used properly. It had a command over the flow of electricity, and electromagnetic forces.
After a few minuets of causing havoc, large doors to either side of the lobby suddenly opened to reveal a plethora of Forever Knights, armed and ready for combat, and thats Just what the alien hero had wanted.
"Glad you guys could join the party." Benjamin's voice rang out, as electricity coursed through his hand. He held it toward the nearest knight, who completely against his will began moving toward the massive monster. As the armored foe collided with the aliens hand, he was quickly thrown into the air slightly and punched back at his cohorts. "To bad its a Monster MASH" the young hero roared as he began to pull in all the knights with is power.
"Was that actually necessary." Gwen said, without even a trace of humor. "Monster mash. Honestly." as she complained about his bad pun she began to channel her energies into the weapons of the Knights closest to her. "Espada... ATAKAR" she bellowed, as the blades held by the Forever Knights began to turn against their wielders.
"What with a Frankenstein and a witch I figured it was fitting." Benjamin said as he began to push and pull at foes with such severity that some were flung clear through walls. "Besides it was funny and you know it." he said sending a bolt of green lighting arching from his hand. It hit the closest enemy and continued to arc from foe to foe until it was stopped by a larger force.
"Ahh... Benjamin Tennyson. You have been a thorn in my organizations side for far to long. I was hoping to have a little more time to prepare for your demise but what better time than the present." It was the Forever King. Dressed in full battle gear, and it seemed his gear was non magnetic.
"Oh, can it Driscoll. You can talk big but without your flunkies and your ninja your nothing but an old has been." Benjamin taunted, Trying once more to affect the older man.
"Thats Driscoll." Gwen said incredulously. "i was expecting a guy like grandpa. Not that fully armored tank. " she said as she threw two knights against the far wall of the lobby. "why didn't you mention this before." the young witch said as she defended herself from another oncoming knight.
"Cuz, hes a pushover." the massive green alien said pointing at the imposing villain. "Isn't that right?"
"I don't know how you know my identity, or of our robotics program's new prototype. But I assure you I am no pushover like the rest of your foes." Driscoll said as his helmets visor began to glow ominously. He was about to take a step forward when Benjamin began taunting once more.
"Really?" the alien said in his most mocking tone. "most villains are" Benjamin began to gather a large amount of energy. "Maybe you should jump on the BANDWAGON" He suddenly made himself a super-electromagnet.
"Ha, I thought you already figured out that my armor is non-magnetic. You disappoint me Benja..." Driscoll never got a chance to finish his sentence as the was hit squarely in the back by a Volkswagen bus.
As Gwen finished off the last of the stragglers, she turned to see Benjamin holding the vehicle over his head with one foot on top of the Forever King.
"Alright, that one was a little bit funny." Gwen said with a small laugh.
Gwendolyn now sat in the hallway of the first sub basement.
When Benjamin had started his little distraction she and Ben had been in amongst the Bystanders, innocuously wandering about the lobby waiting for the plan to be set in motion. The older sorceress had used a small glamor to change the color of her hair to avoid being noticed quickly.
As chaos overtook the lobby area and people started to flee in fear she had slowly made her way over to one of the elevators with a large duffel bag around her shoulders.
Once inside she had used a small spell to override the control mechanism so that it would take them to the locked floors on the number pad of the elevator. As the door closed she heard Benjamin say something about a monster mash, as both she and Ben laughed slightly at this joke. As she exited the elevator at the first sub basement she opened the duffel bag.
"alright get out here before we run out of time." she whispered into the bag. Not a second later what appeared to be a pile of rags started to slither out of the opening. After a moment of shifting around they had reconstituted into there original form. There standing before Gwendolyn was an Egyptian mummy...or at leas a reasonable facsimile.
"That was pretty good...monster mash." the mummy said, with Ben's voice as it started walking down the hall. "so which duct was I supposed to be going through again." The creature said as it began looking through all the ducts on the ceiling. "was it the sixth or seventh." it took on a pondering look.
"It was the ninth. How can you not remember something so important." The girl said, she had still not quite forgiven the younger boy for his previous transgression. "if you mess this up I will turn you hair pink for the rest of your life." she said threateningly.
"Alright, alright I'm on it." the alien mummy said as it stretched out its wrapping and pulled the ninth vent out from the ceiling. Ben set the vent down and began to noodle his way up into the air duct. "Ill be back in a jiffy." he said as the last of the ribbons disappeared.
After a few minuets Gwendolyn began to get impatient, it was only supposed to take about a minuet to get to the room he was trying for and out. As she started to tap her foot, she heard a noise from down the hall.
As the young witch turned to see what the noise was, something passed by her head. It made a soft noise and barely touched her hair before it stuck about an inch into the wall behind her. She made a small eeping noise as she got a good look at what was in the hall with her.
Standing roughly twenty meters away, was an armor clad ninja. Its cybernetic parts changed suddenly as it threw a second volley of throwing stars in her direction. However before they even made it halfway to her Gwendolyn was already in action.
Three floor tiles suddenly shot up into the path of the oncoming weapons. As they collided with one another the young sorceress began her next move. She began to run at the stealth assassin while chanting some incantation. As the spell activated all of the stars and debris that had been created began to fly back at the ninja, who deftly evaded the attacks.
"Not bad." Gwendolyn said still closing the gap between the two. " But not good enough." however as she finished her sentence she was suddenly in a great deal of pain. There was something sinking into her foot. The girl looked down to find that the remaining portion of the hallway was covered in caltrops. She fell over backwards and tried to pull the metal barb from her foot. As soon as the caltrop had been removed, she went to stand only to find the ninja standing above her, its sword plummeting toward her.
"I don't think so, this time its a monster move, not a kung-fu flick." suddenly all the ninjas appendages had been restrained. As the mechanical villain struggled against his bonds the rest of the ribbons materialized in front of him, in the form of the alien mummy.
"Ben" The young witch said sounding relieved, however her tone changed quickly "what took you so long." She said as she stood up and tried not to put pressure on he injured foot.
"I got a little turned around." Ben said as he flung the Forever Ninja down the hallway. As it tried to stand back up it fell to the floor once more. The servos on its legs had been damaged by the throw. It looked up one last time to see the countless caltrops it had thrown on the floor descending upon it with terrifying speed. The ninja had no time to move before the onslaught of barbs destroyed him utterly. "i think that about wraps this up." Ben said as there was a sudden red flash and he was once more a human child. He held up a small strange looking gun.
"Thats the Null Void Projector." Gwendolyn said unimpressed by the small object. " it looks more like a hairdryer." she said tilting her head to observe the gun more closely.
"Lets get out of here before more goons show up." Ben said as he walked over and let Gwendolyn lean on him. "Cuz I don't want to have to fight any more ninjas than necessary." he said as they approached the elevator.
"You know what. That seemed almost too easy." the young witch said as the elevator doors closed. Ben looked at her like she had just stabbed him in the back.
"Why did you have to go and say that? now something has to go wrong."