If you don't know what aliens are being used in the beginning part of this chapter, then look up the 'List of Omnitrix Aliens' on Wikipedia. That's where I got them after all. But from their actions, if you know Ben 10, then you know what aliens these are.
CHAPTER SEVEN: BACK TO DEMETRIOUS
A giant Vaxasaurian stood up high with a loud roar. It pounded its chest and twirled around, swinging its tail at the smaller, swifter Kineceleran below it. The Kineceleran quickly jumped over the beasts tail and landed back down on it as it rebounded underneath. The fast alien swiftly rode up its tail, and up its back, pounding on the back of its head with its powerful feet.
The Vaxasaurian roared in annoyance and swatted at the other alien, sending it flying into the air. The Kineceleran quickly morphed into a Aerophibian. It soared above the Vaxasaurian and shot two laser beams from its eyes. The Vaxasaurian cried out in pain, but the Aerophibian did not give it time to retaliate. It morphed into Arburian Pelarota and curled into a ball, swiftly falling back down upon the head of the beast in a tight sudden blow.
There was a loud crack resonating from the head of the Vaxasaurian, and the beast fell backwards. It gave a final groan, and went still.
"Awesome job Cannonbolt!" A teenaged girl cried out, running over to it as it transformed once again, this time into a teenaged boy. She threw her arms around him with a laugh.
"Get off me!" He gasped, struggling out of her grasp. She laughed and hugged him tighter.
He looked up at the girl in annoyance, a beautiful girl with long brown hair, and bright green eyes. She wore short black shorts, over black tights, and ankle-boots, topped off with a plain blue T-Shirt, and a dark blue vest.
"I said get off me Tessa!" He snapped.
"Fine, fine." She laughed , letting him go, "You're the 'hero' after all."
"Damn straight." he snapped, "And where were you two? Making out in a cave somewhere?"
"Ewe, Kal." Tessa made a face, "He's like, sort of a our uncle now."
Kal rolled his eyes, "Technically speaking, even if he was adopted by Ben 10,000, that guy was not our grandfather. The real Ben was. So in reality, we're not even close to being related." Tessa made a face.
Finally, a tall teenager walked up to them. He was muscular, with a great body build, but not to the point of over-muscular. His long gray-black hair was pulled back into a low-ponytail, and his black eyes shone out at them with mischief. He wore a long sleeved gray shirt, with the sleeves pulled up to his elbows, and a black open vest. He wore plain black jeans underneath with a hole in one of the legs.
"Dino here wasn't the only baddy we had to take care of you know." He smirked, "He was just papa badass. Me and your sister here took care of all the little ones here in the time it took you to take down the boss."
"Thanks." Kal rolled his eyes.
He walked away from them, and looked down into a small spring nearby. His hair was a mess from the fight, but that was all. There was no scratched or anything on him. His short brown hair was usually brushed to the side, but was currently all over the place. He'd have to fix that when they got back to Ship. His outfit was not damaged, which was good. He did not feel like buying new clothes. He usually wore the same style everyday anyway, A black T-Shirt, under a red jacket-vest, and plain dark blue jeans.
He couldn't remember how many times Tessa told him his style of clothing was outdated. But unlike the Fashion Queen, he did not care.
"Good job children." Azumuth said as he approached. He rode a small hover device, and was followed by a tall, Asiatic woman with long straight, black hair.
"Like always." Devlin said smugly,
"Don't get cocky." Azumuth snapped, "Come. Let us acquire our reward money, and get back to Ship."
"Joy." Devlin rolled his eyes, "Come on, 'Soldiers-For-Hire'."
"We need the money to resurrect Ben" The Asian Woman replied quietly, "If that means assassinating a few bad-guys for a couple thousand dollars, then its worth it."
Kal and Tessa exchanged glances, but said nothing.
"Come. Natoni is with an ambassador from the Terradino government by Ship." Azumuth summoned. He turned the hover craft around, and started floating back across the barren landscape.
Without a word, the three teenagers followed the Galvan and the woman back to a flat plain a ways back from where they fought the Vaxasaurian. A beautiful woman with purple-black glittery skin, decorated with flowing light blue swirls around her eyes stood there waiting. She was wearing a plain green tank-top, and beige pants. Her hair was so long it stretched past her knees, two locks were draping over her shoulders.
"Natoni!" Devlin laughed, throwing his arms around the girl.
She frowned and pushed him off of her, "Hands to yourself Aufnehman."
A short, old Vaxasaurian stood beside her, his aging hide looked rough and was peeling. It was definitely hard to look at.
"Thank you all so much for destroying Boris." He said in a slow, agonizing tone, "He and his gang have been terrorizing our planet for years. I don't know what we would have done without you."
"Yeah, yeah." Devlin rolled his eyes, "We've heard it all before. Now where's our green?"
"I have gladly already paid Natoni in full, and all the residents of Terradino have accepted you as members of this planet. Please, come back at any time."
A black and green Mechamorph 'dog' stood next to Natoni. It hopped up and down chanting, 'SHIP'. Tessa smiled and reached down to pet it.
"Then we shall take our leave." Azumuth promised, "Julie, Kal, Tessa, Devlin, Natoni, let us go."
The Asian woman nodded, "Y-Yes."
Ship quickly transformed into a large Spaceship and hovered close to the ground so they can climb aboard, and they all climbed on silently.
For over fifteen years, Julie Yamamoto had been Ana's partner. The two of them went around the Galaxy as Assassins, doing whatever the highest payer wanted them to do. From what Ana had told them, apparently it was her two tracked Ana down with a strange walkie-talkie. She explained that Julie thought that Ben was acting strange, and even though the 'imposter' was dead, she still wanted to see why the famous Assassin was so sure the 'fake' was real. Ana had described all the steps that lead her to finding Ben on Demetrious, and how she even went to research the 'other Ben' as well. Just the fact that Vilgax swore that he did not kidnap Ben, and the fact that there was no Bounty-Hunters going in and out of Vilgaxia around that time, plus the fact that there was a huge holiday going on in Vilgaxia, one that Vilgax would not even dare to interrupt, all lead to her decision that the other Ben was a fake.
Plus the fact that even Azumuth appraised Tena's Omnitrix to be the real one, helped her decision.
But still, Julie was not convinced that the Ben that seemed to have forgotten she existed, was fake. She wanted to go to Primus herself and see Tena.
When she saw 'Ben' lying in the isolation chamber, she knew that she had made a huge mistake. She told them later, that after that, she joined Ana since the Assassin had not yet found a partner, and the two worked so well together on they're previous adventure. Her goal was to repay Ben any way she could, even though she was certain that nothing she ever did would be enough…maybe bringing him back to life would be a start.
Ship lifted into the air, and flew off into outer space, with Julie by the wheel, and Azumuth in a chair next to her.
Natoni sat down in a corner and looked out the window. Natoni was Azumuth's newest assistant. With his increasing age, he was not as able as he once was, and he needed someone to take over Primus after his death, the smart, talented, and able-bodied Aquauson was the perfect candidate.
She did not join them very often on missions, and if she did, she just sat in the background and took notes. She definitely was never in the line of fire, and often, Kal even forgot the was even there.
"Hey!"
Kal jumped out of his thoughts as Devlin walked up to him. He sat down on the bench next to the Omnitrix Bearer.
"Hi." Kal replied,
"Do you know what day it is today?" Devlin asked,
"A Tuesday?" Kal replied,
"Well, besides that." Devlin smiled, pulling out a nicely wrapped box, "Its your birthday, Dude!"
Kal smiled, "Oh…I forgot."
"This is from everyone, though it was Azumuth who picked it out." He smiled,
Tessa hopped up and down where she stood, "I wanted to get you something nicer, but Azumuth would not let me back to Earth."
"I think it will suit him nicely." Julie argued.
"Stop ruining the surprise!" Devlin snapped, he handed the present to Kal, "Tessa wrapped it. If she couldn't get you what she wanted, at least she could make the wrapping look pretty."
"Damn straight!" She nodded.
Kal smiled and opened the present. His eyes widened in shock, and he pulled out a bright green motorcycle jacket, with a white strip down one side, and two white bands around the other arm. The white strip contained a black circle, containing a white number, '10'.
"This is…" He whispered,
"I managed to track it down in the rubble of the Tennyson's home." Julie stated, "Every alien in the Galaxy knows that design. It was the jacket Ben 10 wore when he was first known to the universe. it's the jacket he wore when he became a hero."
Kal was shocked, he did not know what to think. He just smiled slightly and placed the jacket on his lap, "I don't deserve to wear something like this."
"Yes you do bud!" Devlin smirked, smacking him on the back, "You're the wielder of the Omnitrix, no - you've mastered it in such a short time." He turned away from the boy, "And with the honor, you've got to stop acting so emo, and start acting like a hero."
"You want me to form a huge ego?" Kal smirked,
"Rather you not, but if that'll help. Go for it." Devlin laughed.
"I still say rather not." Tessa frowned.
"Try it on." Julie smiled.
Kal pit his bottom lip, he had no idea what the feeling he had welling up inside him. It was so overpowering he wanted to cry.
"Go on." Tessa chirped.
With a deep breath, he pulled off his old and worn vest, and pulled on the motorcycle jacket. It was a perfect fit.
"You look just like your grandfather." Julie said with a sad smile, she looked away, "I thought it would suit you."
"Happy fifteenth birthday Kal!" They all said in unison.
~*~
With Ship's upgrade, he now could teleport wherever he wanted in the universe. Which included Primus. It did not take the Mechamorph long to teleport to the small Galvan-made planet.
"Get some rest." Azumuth stated, "Tomorrow we go back to training. With the money we made from Terradino, I'll see what we can do with Ben."
Devlin rolled his eyes, "I'm thinking we're strong enough now to go back home. I mean, we should at least stand a chance against Kevin now?"
"You children are not even as strong as the first Team Tennyson, and they failed horribly if you remember correctly." Azumuth snapped, "You are the last hope Earth has. So don't even be thinking stupid thoughts like that."
Devlin growled and stormed off into the Volcano-Lab.
~*~
"Tennyson's, we have another mission for you." Natoni said softly as she walked into the Exercise Room.
"Not even a day after the slaves return, and the Driver has more work." Devlin sighed, leaning up from the bench press. Tessa walked over to him and handed him a towel. "Thanks." He panted as he wiped his face.
Natoni did not even seem to notice that Devlin said anything. She walked right past him to the far wall and looked down at the clipboard in her hand. She wrote something down on it before looking up, "Where is Kalvin?"
"Outside." Tessa explained, "Last thing I heard he was fiddling with the Omnitrix."
Natoni made a face in disgust. "Let us go out there and find him."
Devlin rolled his eyes, "Yes sir."
~*~
A strange alien jumped down from a tree, and pounded swiftly upon the ground before dashing away. It pounced up onto the solid rock face of a cliff nearby, and quickly ran up it, only to jump off the top. It broke its fall by grabbing a tree branch, swinging itself to the ground with a howl. Its mouth split into four, and a supersonic call resonated from it, breaking another tree into splinters. The alien smirked.
"AHEM!"
The alien jumped and turned around. Natoni stood there tapping her foot, Tessa and Devlin were behind her.
The alien started to glow, and in a flash of light it changed back into Kal. He was still wearing Ben's jacket, but he had cut the sleeves off.
"What's that supposed to be?" Tessa snapped,
Kal shrugged, "No idea. I think I just unlocked it."
"You're not supposed to be fiddling with the Omnitrix." Natoni snapped, "You are supposed to move along at Azumuth's pace."
"With that mummy?" Devlin rolled his eyes, "We'd never get off this rock."
"Give him a break." Tessa replied, "Kal is already surpassed Ben at his age."
"In mastering the Omnitrix, yes, but in general, no."
The teenagers all turned towards the ancient Galvan, floating over towards them. He folded his arms and shook his head, "Don't prove to be a disappointment as well Kalvin. Don't mess with my Omnitrix."
Kal rolled his eyes, "How are we supposed to find Tena's DNA if we don't try unlocking it?"
"We have a schedule. Ben is not even close to being resurrected. We have our work cut out for us." He turned his hovercraft around so that his back was now facing them, "I highly believe though, we will find some more information on the planet Ana and the others found him on."
"Demetrious right?" Tessa asked,
"Yes." He nodded, "That deranged planet. Until now, I did not trust you to go to such a planet…mostly for the fear of Kalvin ending up like Ben."
Devlin chuckled and added sarcastically, "Yeah, I'd HATE to come up with a girls name for him."
"Shut up." Kal snapped, "Unlike Ben, we know what to expect." He looked at Azumuth, "Send us! We're ready."
Azumuth coughed violently and turned around, his aging flesh seemed to hang off his little body, "Yes. I believe you are."
"How will we find the information?" Tessa asked, glaring sharply at Devlin,
"Study factors that lead up to the incident. Maybe there was a specific event that created 'Tena'." Azumuth explained, "Your father, Devlin, was sure it was the 'pregnancy'. He was sure that the Omnitrix created Tena as a hidden security feature, saving Ben's life." He looked over at Kal, "We could test Kevin's theory by recreating the events that led up to it. If Kevin was correct, we could definitely summon Tena that way."
"No FUCKING way." Kal snarled,
"Well, I would study how to reverse it, then Tena would be in the Omnitrix." Azumuth smirked,
"We'll go and study the circumstances, but that's it." Tessa promised, "At least seeing Demetrious up close might help us."
Azumuth nodded, "Tessa, you should be fine, but Kalvin and Devlin, be extremely careful upon Demetrious' surface. Don't do anything reckless. I'd hate to be pulling an egg out of your gut."
"Just like Chest Bursters!" Devlin laughed,
"Chest Bursters?" Kal asked,"Yeah those aliens from…never mind." He sighed.
Azumuth shook his head, "That incident was not funny. Those movies were BASED off of a real event that happened nearly fifty years ago now. It was not pretty. But anyway, all of you prepare for departure. I want you to arrive there BETWEEN mating times of the Amazarians. Then it will be the safest time."
He finally turned around and looked at them, "The most important thing, is to talk to a female Amazarian by the name of Mia. I have no idea if she is alive or not, but she is the one who held Ben captive before he became Tena. She is extremely dangerous and unstable. Be on guard. Get ready to go, Julie already has Ship ready."
"Can we at least shower first?" Devlin complained,
"Quickly." Azumuth snapped.
Devlin and Tessa nodded, pushing past Kal and hurrying into the Lab.
"Now that they are gone, I need to talk to you Kalvin." Azumuth said gravely. Kal nodded and followed the Galvan into the trees.
"I received a status report from Earth." He said silently, without looking at the boy, "I was not going to tell you, especially not Devlin, he is still rash and wet behind the ears. He would run straight there without a thought. You however, are a little more stable."
"What's happening on Earth?" Kal whispered, he almost did not want to know.
"Apparently the entire world has given into Kevin's reign." Azumuth shook his head, "Kevin now is Supreme Ruler of Earth."
"What about the Plumbers?" Kal asked, "What about Dad?"
"The last thing I heard, Gwyn is in charge of the few remaining Plumbers, though they're attention has turned to protecting as many people as they can from Kevin and his minions."
"Minions?" Kal asked,
"He has summoned monsters from the Null Void. And on top of that, he decreed that anyone who is willing to serve him shall live, along with they're families. By now, he has a huge army willing to fight for him to save either themselves, or they're loved ones."
"And Kenny? What about him?" Kal asked,
Azumuth shook his head, "That is a topic I'll keep to myself for now."
Kal made a face, but he knew the Galvan would not tell him, even if begged. He sighed and folded his arms, "And Dad?"
"I have not heard anything." Azumuth shook his head, from the look on his face, Kal knew he was telling the truth this time.
"Hopefully he's back with Mom." Kal muttered, but he seriously doubted that. "If only I could call him."
"And let one of Kevin's lackeys trace the call here? I don't think so. Kevin knows you have the Omnitrix, and may think you could be a threat. Your life is constantly in danger Kalvin, you and the others don't know that yet, with the shelter here on Primus, but the Omnitrix brings with it more dangers then you could ever imagine. Especially now that Kevin is here."
Kal frowned, "Why create something so dangerous?"
"Danger was not my intent." Azumuth replied mournfully, "I wanted to create something that would help the galaxy. Something that would bring all Alienkind together. I created it to be like a translator, something to bring people together…it's the people who use it that turned it into a weapon."
"Irony." Kal muttered, looking down at the small weapon on his wrist, "Why is the world so cruel?" He thought back to the days before he got the Omnitrix and came to Primus, the days when the bullies terrorized the school day after day. That was what Kevin was doing now, he was being a bully with all of Earth as his playground.
He thought about his friends, people that were probably dead now. They would tell him time and time again not to pick fights with them, just agree with them. But he thought that was wrong too. Maybe, after this whole ordeal was over, he would try to use the Omnitrix that way. He would use it to stop the bullies, and connect people like Azumuth wanted…
…Except the plan was to return it to Ben after he was brought back.
"Its just how the world is." Azumuth replied, snapping Kal from his thoughts. "You can't control what others do, but you can stop them from hurting others, even if it puts you in the line of danger. That was what made Ben so special, he did just that. He never thought about what he got in the end, only what he could do for others." The Galvan looked away, "I want you to be that person too, Kalvin. I hope you are the person who is never selfish."
A small smile crept onto his face and he covered the dial of the Omnitrix with his hand, "Sorry to disappoint you…but…I'll never be Ben."
Azumuth frowned and nodded, "No, I suppose not. But all we really need is a stand in until we get him back." He looked back up at the boy, "Oh, and one more thing…I am sending you to Demetrious on a special mission, but that's not the main reason I'm sending you there. I have a special mission for you Kal, and you cannot tell anyone else about it."
Kal nodded and listened closely as the Galvan explained in detail every step the boy was supposed to do. Azumuth finished and waited for Kal to nod in approval before continuing. "Do not fail us, or you fail the world. Come, Devlin and Tessa must be ready by now. Julie and Ship are waiting."
Kal frowned, but the Galvan did not wait for an answer. He had no idea why the Galvan wanted him to do a special side mission, especially one like this. He wanted to probe on the reasoning behind Azumuth's decision, but the Galvan had already started off. Kal sighed and followed silently.
Azumuth did not stop until he was right in front of Ship. Devlin and Tessa were waiting there. But that was not all who was there. Kal's eyes fell to Julie, and the woman standing beside her. He had not seen the woman in a few years.
Ana smirked and walked over to Azumuth. The Galvan looked at her for a few seconds. He blinked and said, "When did you arrive?"
Ana shrugged, "Just now. Elmira said that you were heading to Demetrious."
"You can't kill Mia just yet." Azumuth snapped,
"No." Ana growled, she almost looked angry, "But we can torture information from her before I kill her."
"Yes." Azumuth nodded,
"Why do you hate this Mia person, Ana?" Tessa asked,
"I only promised someone very important to me that we'd kill her together." Ana grumbled, looking away from them, no one had ever seen her look so angry before, "And since he's…since…since we got split up, I have avoided Demetrious at all costs." She twisted her foot in annoyance in the dirt, causing a small hole under her boot, "Stupid good for nothing…." She looked up at them, her entire disposition suddenly changing, "Anyway, that's not important, what is important is to get back at Mia twice as hard for the two of us."
Devlin was about to ask something, but she turned away, signaling the end of the conversation.
"Come on, if we want to get to Demetrious between mating seasons, we should leave now." She snapped,
"I don't see what's the hurry. Ship can just teleport us there." Devlin complained,
"Come on! While we're still young!" She replied, signaling for Julie to transform Ship into its aircraft form.
Kal and Devlin exchanged looks of worry. From what they had heard, men were nothing but birthers on Demetrious, if one of the 'weaker' Amazarians saw them.
"Don't give me that look. You've got the Omnitrix to help you for crying out loud." Devlin groaned,
"And it so helped Ben didn't it?" Kal snapped back.
Ana, as if not liking the turn of the conversation, hurried onto Ship, Julie and Elmira followed suit.
Natoni stood next to Azumuth, holding her clipboard silently. Since there was no negotiating or no prize money involved, so she would not go, and Azumuth was getting too old to be running around.
Kal sighed as the door closed behind him, and Ship lifted up in the air. Within an hour, they would be in front of Demetrious.
~*~
Dana Lyn walked silently through the halls of Kevin's tower. She stalked through the bloodied mess smeared over the walls, and staining the floor like a cat. She seemed to beam in the gory mess, and her body quivered with delight.
"This almost seems suitable to live with." She smiled, "Except its too quiet. If it was my castle, the sounds of people's screams would resonate every inch of it."
She strode up the stairs, purposely bent on heading to Kevin's own chambers. The Pyrothanatos grinned as she saw the double doors leading to his bedchamber.
She pushed them open, and stalked her way in.
Aquauson is a mix of Aqua, meaning water, and Reason, meaning, well, we all know what reason means. Basically, a play on, Smart Sea.