Chapter 25: Mutant Mania!
Well, I had been trying to reactivate the Master Control ever since I beat Ghostfreak, and had gotten somewhere with the watch, reactivating my Cannonbolt and Upchuck forms, but it still was not the position I wanted it to be at. I wanted to be able to get at least my form switching power back. We had camped the RV out near a swamp, and Everyone else was inside the RV, while I was outside, playing around with the watch's faceplate.
Kyle: "I managed to get Cannonbolt and Upchuck again by messing with you, but I can't seem to re-engage the Master Control! Come on! It shouldn't be this hard!"
Gwen: "There you are, Kyle." She was looking at me from the side.
Kyle: "Hey, Gwen. What's up?"
Gwen: "The usual. Just checking up on you to make sure you're okay."
Kyle: "Never did that before."
Gwen: "It's just that, you're messing around with a complicated piece of alien tech. Grandpa says that's not a good idea."
Kyle: "It's riskier not to. If I can bypass the codes set up on this to get all my aliens back, I can be back at full power."
Gwen: "That is a good thing, but, I don't think it's the best idea to play with it."
Kyle: "Don't worry. Nothing's happened yet, and I've managed to get two of my forms back. This should be no issue."
Gwen: "Okay…" She walked back into the RV.
Kyle: "Okay… Now… What will this bad boy do if I did this?" I hit one of the buttons, and the faceplate bounced off of the watch, then made a massive green explosion.
Kyle: "Whoa! Oh crap oh crap oh crap!" I grabbed the faceplate, and held it up.
Max: "What was that noise?"
Kyle: "Lightning?"
Ben: "There's no clouds up there."
Kyle: "Lightning got rid of them all?"
Gwen: "Hmm… either you unlocked Buzzshock again, or the Omnitrix made an explosion from you tampering with it too much."
Kyle: "Nope. Neither."
Ben: "He's hiding something, Grandpa."
Max: "It's getting late. I think we all need some shut eye."
Kyle: "Good night! I immediately ran in, and started getting prepared for bed. Max and Ben shrugged their shoulders, but Gwen raised her eyebrow. She was suspicious something happened with me and the Omnitrix out there. I was actually hoping I did get Buzzshock again at that moment. Either way, we all had prepared for bed, then went to our beds.
The next day… There was a huge sign saying Gatorfest above the ground, and I was the first one to wake up. I had the face plate in one hand, and gum in the other. I chewed it up, then after it was a big sticky wad, I spit it out of my mouth, spread it around the top, and then put the faceplate on.
Kyle: "Good as new."
Gwen: "What's good as new?"
Kyle: "AHHHH!!!" I screamed, then Gwen was smiling at me from an open RV door.
Kyle: "Um, the Gatorfest sign out there. Looks like its fresh and newly made."
Gwen: "Okay…"
Max: "Kyle. You're up early."
Kyle: "Couldn't wait for the Gatorfest, I guess."
Max: "Good. Come on, kids." He walked out, and Gwen and Ben followed him.
Kyle: "Phew. Good thing this is still stuck on. Who knows what they'd do if they figured out I broke it." I then continued after them, and while we were going on, I overheard some fisherman talking.
Fisherman 1: "Something weird about the worms this year." I looked at them, and saw that they were part Stinkfly.
Kyle: "Oh man…"
Fisherman 2: "Yep. Pretty weird worms." I ran off, and bumped into Max.
Max: "Kyle?"
Kyle: "Stinkfly worms!"
Max: "Lepidopterran worms? Where?"
Kyle: "Just follow me!" He did, and I showed him the worms the fisherman were holding.
Max: "Hmm… They aren't even Lepidopterran larvae."
Kyle: "Exactly! How'd they get here?"
Max looked at me.
Kyle: "Well, I don't have a clue!"
Max: "Well, it seems like they aren't causing trouble, so I'd just go along with it."
Kyle: "It's just weird…" We went back, and we found some hatching Gators heading into the swamp.
People: "Aww…."
Kyle: "Wook at the cute baby gators… So cute and pwetty…"
Ben: "Yep. Look kinda sweet, too."
Gwen: "They don't look threatening like that, that's for sure." When they got in the water, though, they ran out immediately.
Kyle: "Wha…"
Ben: "They're alligators. What could they be scared of?"
Kyle: "Maybe… that!" I pointed to the water, and saw the giant frog jump out of the water, and it croaked loudly.
Kyle: "Looks like Animo's frog. But how?"
Voice: "Exactly what it looks like!" Dr. Animo stepped out from the frog's back.
Gwen: "Dr. Freakamo!"
Dr. Animo: "I said not to call me that! Attack!" The frog jumped out, and slammed down in front of us, scaring off the crowd, and making the faceplate fly off the Omnitrix.
Kyle: "No!"
Gwen: "Kyle, time to go hero!"
Kyle: "I know!" Gwen ran off behind one of the stands, and I looked at the Omnitrix, but it didn't show any shadows.
Kyle: "How am I supposed to know who I'm turning into?" Gwen jumped out as Lucky girl again, then kicked Animo off of the frog. He had two gorilla gloves on, and he was trying to hit her with them, but she jumped over them, and roundhouse-kicked him in the face.
Gwen: "Hero up already, Kyle! HIII-YAA!" She punched the frog.
Kyle: "Gonna have to go for it." I slammed the watch down.
Max: "Kyle!"
Ben: "Whoa!"
Gwen: "Eww…"I was the size of Humongousaur's normal size, but I had Jetray's wings going from my body to my hands, and I had his eyes and his horns, along with a long red tail, and Humongousaur's hands, but colored tan all over my body except on my head, where it was red.
Ben: "Humongouray!"
Humongouray: "Must be a new alien. Now I can fly, grow, shoot lasers, and kick butt at the same time!" I tried to fly up, but I only slightly levitated off the ground, and when I tried to punch the frog, I was thrown greatly off my flight course, and I hit a tree, slamming through it.
Humongouray: "Ouch. Can NOT fly and punch at the same time." I flew off the ground again, and back into the fight, but the frog jumped onto me, and started trying to devour me. I shot eye beams into its face, then tried picking it up.
Humongouray: "Either you gained weight, or I'm not as strong as I thought I was… Whoa!" I fell into the swamp water, hurling him backwards off of me. Some gators started swimming for me, thinking I was lunch. I grew up to 20 feet, then started throwing them further back into the water. The frog came for me again, but I grew to 30 feet, and punched it on the return trip. It landed on the ground, and Gwen picked it up, then hurled it into a food stand. Animo shot two laser beams at Gwen. She jumped over them, then kicked him, and Ben tripped him, then Max grabbed a blaster, and shot Animo with it. He went flying through the air, and I jumped up to hit him, but his frog tackled me, and landed on top of me. Animo landed on the frog, got into a proper sitting position, then I picked up the frog, and threw it, but it landed back on the ground on its feet.
Ben: "I thought cats were supposed to do that."
Dr. Animo: "Attack my beast!" He jumped off of it, and the frog charged again. I shot eye beams, and Gwen punched it in the air.
Dr. Animo: "Well, what's this?" He found the Omnitrix's faceplate, and when he saw a crab crawl onto it, it grew Stinkfly wings.
Dr. Animo: "Ah. What a marvel of technology. Alters the DNA of a creature." He got back onto the frog, then it took off.
Humongouray: "I don't think so!" I flew just a few feet off the ground, then I was reverted back to normal, and I fell to the ground face first.
Gwen: "Kyle! Are you okay?" Max and Ben picked me up.
Kyle: "I think so."
Gwen: "Why did you turn into a freaky combo of Humongousaur and Jetray?"
Kyle: "New alien?"
Max: "Why's the Omnitrix sparking?" I looked at it, and noticed it was immediately ready to transform me again.
Gwen: "Kyle…"
Ben: "You must have done something to the watch haven't you?"
Kyle: "Nope. Nothing."
Gwen: "I can tell when you're hiding something Kyle. What happened?"
Kyle: "Alright. I'll come clean. I was at it, trying to reengage the Master Control, and… well, I broke off the faceplate."
Gwen, Ben, and Max: "WHAT???!!!!"
Max: "I told you not to mess with it! Now look where it's gotten us. You'd better know where it is."
Kyle: "I do. No biggie." I walked to the spot where it fell off, but…
Kyle: "Oh s***! Animo must've stolen it during the fight!"
Max: "We're in some serious trouble now. Kyle can't transform properly, and who knows what kind of plans Animo has with the faceplate."
Gwen: "Let's go get it. After all, Kyle, no one but you messes with your DNA."
Kyle: "Yeah! It's mine! All mine!" We had went out to see if we could find a motorboat.
At Animo's lab…
Dr. Animo: "Great… This piece of technology should be the final needed component to my device." He set it in his giant gun, and targeted a bat that was hanging upside down on his wall. He shot it, and it turned into a giant Heatblast bat.
Dr. Animo: "Glorious! This will bolster my chances of beating that snot-nosed shape-shifter once and for all! Ahahahahahahahaha!"
With us…
Gwen was still in her Lucky Girl suit, and we were on a motorboat.
Gwen: "Kyle… I can't believe you still went on to mess with the watch, when it was obviously the worst idea ever!"
Kyle: "We can deal with this! No worries! At least with this, I can get some pretty cool combos to fight Animo's monster freaks."
Ben: "As much as I think that's cool, I like your normal, UN-mutated forms better."
Gwen: "Me too."
Max: "We're going to get that faceplate back, and stop Dr. Animo before he can harm anyone else."
Kyle: 'And that's my plan, too, Max. I'll make sure he's stopped."
Gwen: "Well, at least your heart's in the right place."
Kyle: "Exactly, Gwen. What I was doing was for the good of everyone. Including you."
Gwen: "Kyle…" Just then, the Heatblast bat flew in and swiped at us with it's claws.
Ben; "Whoa!"
Max: "He must've figured out how to use the faceplate."
Kyle: "It's hero time!"
Gwen: "No, Kyle! You don't know what it's going to do!"
Kyle: "Can't be any worse than what's going to happen if I don't!" I slapped the watch down, and when the glow disappeared, I was Brainstorm, but with Chromastone's colors.
Ben: "Chromastorm?"
Chromastorm: "Cerebrocrustacean and Crystalsapien DNA merged into one form? This should be interesting." I smiled while saying the second sentence.
Chromastorm: "Tremble before my electrolucutive power!" I tried to shoot out lightning, but the lightning was shot out from my feet, and I was hurled into the air.
Gwen:"What?"
Max: "Of course. Chromastone is a conductor. Any electricity that hits him is sent back into the ground."
Ben; "Or in this case, it launches him into the air!"
Gwen: "Be careful Kyle! You could electrocute yourself!"
Chromastorm: "I realize this now, Miss Gwen!" I quickly levitated.
Chromastorm: "Ah. Much better." The Heatblast bat charged for me in the air.
Chromastorm: "Oh darn." It tackled me, and I was sent flying back towards the water. I saved myself, again.
Chromastorm: "I'd better be able to at least shoot laser blasts!" I pointed my claws up at the bat, and fired lasers from them. They made direct hits.
Chromastorm: "Exactly as planned. Now to hit you yet again!" I tried, but nothing happened.
Chromastorm: "What is this?"
Gwen: "Maybe you can only shoot lasers when you charge up some lightning."
Chromastorm: "This is going to be rather painful…" I shot myself up again, and saved myself, and shot myself around again.
Ben: "This mixture is just awesome!"
Gwen: "Yeah! All he can do is launch himself around like a maniac, then shoot laser blasts. This is so funny!" I had stopped after the 10th time of doing it, then when I shot a laser blast at the bat, it was HUGE! The bat got enveloped in the light, and fell into the swampy area below.
Chromastorm: "Ouch. Now to see if you are strong like a Crystalsapien can be!" I flew off towards the Heatblast bat, then punched it with my claw, then my other claw, and then grabbed it with both. The bat was screeching.
Chromastorm: "This isn't my idea of a pleasurable time, either, Pyronite monstrosity!" I launched myself up with another charge, and just before we had both hit the water, it reignited, and threw me off of it.
Chromastorm: "Oh dear." I landed in the water, then shocked myself, but managed to keep it only to myself. A crocodile flew out of the water as a result, and I levitated myself out, then dropped myself back into the motorboat.
Chromastorm: "Oh dear… That was definitely not an enjoyable time."
Gwen: "I could tell." Ben was laughing a bit still.
Ben: "Nice show, buddy."
Chromastorm: "At least someone is happy with this monstrosity of a transformation." Some trees were coming towards us.
Chromastorm: "I'll clear a way through!" I still had some charge left in me, so I was shooting smaller laser beams at the trees to cut them out of the way.
Chromastorm: "I wish this form was more stable to work with!" The timer then turned on, and reverted me back to normal.
Kyle: "Phew."
Max: "Hold on to your headgear!"
Kyle: "Why?" A tree was still in the way.
Kyle:"Oh. AHHHHH!!!!!!" The motorboat rammed into the tree, and sent us flying into the island, where an observatory was, and the bat was seen heading back for it.
Kyle: "Wow. If that's not his lab, I don't know what it is."
Gwen: "Nice save with Chromastorm though."
Kyle: "Never turning into him again!"
Ben: "He was so funny!"
Kyle: "I could tell."
Max: "Come on. We'll get Animo." We ran into the observatory.
Max: "Keep quiet. We don't want Animo to know we're here. All three of us nodded, and we walked in further, until his frog jumped out at us. It made a hole in the ground splitting us apart from each other.
Dr. Animo: "Ah. I see you've decided to witness my glorious creation in action! It is the Mutant Ray!"
Kyle: "And you're using my powers to make it work!"
Dr. Animo: "Exactly, my friend. Now witness it in action!" he aimed at Max, and when the blast hit him, he was turned into a giant Stinkfly worm with his hair.
Ben and Gwen: "Grandpa!"
Kyle: "Max! GRRRRR…." I grabbed the watch, and before I hit it, I yelled, "Going Chromafire!" After I hit it down though, I turned into a thing that had Big Chill's body, wings, and head, and Swampfire's arms and legs.
Ben: "Swamp Chill. Nice."
Swamp Chill: "Swampfire and Big Chill? This is going to be hard, I can tell."
Dr. Animo: "What do you know? Walking permafrost."
Swamp Chill: "You're going to regret saying that Animo!" I charged up some fire, and shot it out like a flamethrower. I realized I felt like I was in an oven. I stopped myself, and the bat tackled me, and slid me across the wall. The frog jumped for Ben and Gwen. Gwen jumped up, and kicked it back into the water.
Swamp Chill: "Darn. My fire powers won't work. Maybe my ice breath will!" I breathed ice onto the bat, which made it slow down, and I slammed it with Swampfire's superior strength straight towards the water. Thanks to Big Chill's powers though, I remained in the air.
Swamp Chill: "At least you can fly and are strong." I proceeded to help Gwen and Ben with the frog, but the bat breathed fire at me, and I landed on the ground, feeling burned. The bat grabbed me again.
Swamp Chill: "I'm starting to get seriously annoyed with you!" I grew Ice on my hand to be a mace, then slapped the bat with it, and shot out a blizzard to keep it stuck, but I realized once again, I had a problem with my powers. I was starting to get cold, so I stopped breathing ice, and I was breathed fire at by the bat.
Swamp Chill: "That actually felt good!" I kicked it, then slammed it, and finally headbutted it. The frog jumped up at me, and made me land into the floor. Gwen grabbed its head, and jammed her foot into its head. After that, I turned intangible and fazed right through the frog, freezing it up solid. I went solid right next to Gwen.
Swamp Chill: "There. That wasn't too hard, actually."
Gwen; "Like this guy huh?"
Swamp Chill: "Well, he's not horrible."
Ben: "Guys! Look out!" Animo aimed his blast at Gwen, and shot it.
Gwen: "AHHHHH!!!!"
Swamp Chill: "No!!!" I jumped in the way of the blast, and took it, but noticed I was completely unharmed by the shot, and Gwen was safe.
Swamp Chill: "Nothing happened. Awesome!"
Gwen: "No weird Stinky Swamp Chill!"
Swamp Chill: "That would just be gross."
Dr. Animo: "GRRR! Destroy them my pets!" The frog busted out, and the bat reignited.
Swamp Chill: "Gwen, take the frog."
Gwen: "Got it!"
Gwen jumped up, and punched the frog, making it land in the water, while the bat charged, but I dodged it's tackle.
Swamp Chill: "Maybe the key with this form is not to just use fire or just use ice. Maybe I should use both at the same time!" So I opened my mouth, and charged up my flamethrowers, and attacked with both at the same time, creating a massive hose-like attack. It slammed right into the bat, and it landed right in the water, sinking to its death. The frog hopped back out, but Gwen kicked it back in, and I breathed my ice at the water, trapping the frog in there with the bat.
Gwen: "Nice!"
Dr. Animo: "No! I'll deal with you personally! He jumped down from his position, and shot his laser at Gwen. I took it, then shot a flamethrower at him, He took it, and was slammed into the wall. Gwe n then drop kicked him in the head, knocking him unconscious.
Swamp Chill: "Let's see if we can't change Max back to normal! Gwen!"
Gwen; "Right!" I grabbed her, and flew up to the top of the Mutant Ray. I put my hands into the machine.
Swamp Chill: "Find the faceplate storage center."
Gwen: "Okay." She found it, then opened it up.
Swamp Chill: "Now put it in backwards!"
Gwen: "Are you sure?"
Swamp Chill: "I'm not part Brainstorm, but I don't have any other ideas, all right!?"
Gwen: "Okay…" She put it in reverse, and I shot the beam at max, changing him back to normal.
Max: "I had this weird craving for sugar water."
Ben: "Grandpa!"
Max: "Ben!" They hugged. He continued, "Where was I?"
Ben: "Away, grandpa."
Swamp Chill: "Ah. Much better." My timer was going off.
Swamp Chill: "Gwen, quick! Throw me the faceplate! I have another idea!" She tossed it to me without question, and I slapped it on right when I changed back, and the faceplate was reattached properly when I was normal.
Kyle: "Yes! Good as new!" The Omnitrix faceplate shot up on me, and showed me the silhouettes of Stinkfly and Heatblast, then set itself back down.
Gwen: "Got two more transformations back."
Kyle: "And only like a million more to go."
Gwen: "Let's head back now. The bad guy's caught, the situation's under control, I'd call it a day."
Kyle: "Me, too." Animo was then being hauled off to jail.
Dr. Animo: "I deserve my place in history! No!!!"
Kyle; "Much better! Ahh…" They saw I was typing in stuff on the faceplate again.
Max: "I think you've done enough to it, Kyle."
Kyle: "I just wanted to see if I could get cool combinations like Swamp Chill whenever I wanted. Like Chromasaur, or Jet Chill, or maybe Heatfly!"
Ben: "I think you've had enough hero time for today."
Kyle: "Yeah. I was just kidding anyway."
Gwen: "Good to see you're back in action, and stronger."
Kyle: "Me too."
The end. What could happen next?
