Chapter 31: I'm Hungry like the Benwolf!
Yo. We had just now gone to visit Max's old friend Wes Green in his home in a Native American reserve. This is also where Ben first experienced what it was like to get a crush, then get crushed. It was hard on him, but, nothing he wouldn't get over. Max was just now considering purchasing a dream catcher while Ben, Gwen and I were searching around the town.
Kyle: "Nothing too interesting around here…" I saw Ben looking through a mask.
Gwen: "But Ben's still having SOME fun."
Ben: "Nah. This mask doesn't look good either." He left, then stopped near us.
Ben: "There has to be SOMETHING fun here to do!"
Kyle; "I could go Big Chill…"
Gwen: "No alien forms, remember?"
Kyle: "But Max isn't watching!"
Gwen: "I don't want to take that chance!"
Kyle: "Okay…" I looked around, noticing the architecture.
Kyle: "But I really like the way these things are built."
Gwen: "Out of nothing but desert sand and rock."
Kyle: "Must've taken some HUMONGOUSAUR help!"
Gwen: "No. That theory is completely wrong!"
Kyle: "But it's a cool theory. I'm living proof its true."
Gwen; "The Omnitrix is living proof."
Kyle: "Um, Sixsix, Ghostfreak, Vilgax, Vulkanus…"
Gwen: "Yeah. They are too, but…"
Ben: "While you science dorks are chatting… I'll go see if there's something of some nature that's not boring."
Kyle: "Yeah. Whatever." Ben walked off a ways, then noticed a girl doing tribal dancing.
Ben: "Hey… There's something!" He ran up to watch her, and we walked behind him.
Kyle: "Like her, Ben?" He was too concentrated on her too listen though.
Kyle: "It's either that, or he really likes Native American rituals."
Gwen: "Something tells me it's her. Hey, dweeb!"
Ben: "Huh?"
Gwen: "Since when have you taken interest to these things?"
Ben: "Since like forever!"
Kyle: "Okay…"
Wes: "I see you found my granddaughter, Kai."
Max: "Last time I saw her, she was only crawling. Now look at her!"
Kyle: "Quite a change, eh, Max?"
Gwen: "Kyle?"
Kyle: "What!?" I hate the tone she uses like that. WHENEVER I say nice things about other girls, she's up in my case. I wasn't even the slightest bit crushing this time. "I was only agreeing with Max. Geez…"
Gwen: "Okay…"
Kyle: "I wasn't even using that tone, Gwen. You know that tone, right?"
Gwen: "THAT one?"
Kyle: "Yeah. That's your sign."
Gwen: "Oh." I saw Ben out of the corner of my eye fixing his hair for her.
Kyle (thinking): "Well, it seems I was right." Some rain started to come down.
Gwen: "Was that a rain dance you were doing?"
Kai: "No. Why?"
Wes: "We need to head in. Now." They went inside, and I went with them, but Ben was still frozen in place watching Kai, until a lightning bolt struck the ground behind him, and a giant beast stood up above him.
Kyle: "Ben! Look out!" Ben turned around, and saw it. He screamed, and ran, and the beast continued off into the night.
Kyle: "Okay…" Unfortunately for Kai, the rain sped up, and started to pull her off into the streets.
Kyle: "No! Going Jetray!" I glowed green, then was…
Spidermonkey: "Spidermonkey. Right." I jumped up, and Ben went with me.
Spidermonkey: "Ben, not a good time to help here!"
Ben: "Let me do this one!"
Spidermonkey: "Be careful, dude."
Ben: "I'll do it!" He ducked under one of the awnings on the side, and grabbed Kai's hands, and pulled her out of the water, while they hung on the awning letting the water drown out a bit.
Ben: "You okay?"
Kai: "Yes. Thanks to you."
Spidermonkey (thinking): "I'll let them fly solo from here. If Ben needs me, he'll tell me." I went back to normal, and got down.
Kai: "Um…"
Ben: "No, it's totally cool. I'm one of those leap first look second guys."
Kai: "That's cool and all, but, could you let go of my hand, please?"
Ben: "Um, sure." He did, and they both got down. Ben kind of blushed.
After drying off…
Wes: "There's no mistaking it."
Kyle: "What?"
Wes: "The Yenaldooshi. It came tonight."
Kyle: "What do you mean?"
Wes: "The Yenaldooshi is a werewolf that comes out on some nights. Many believe it to be a God."
Max: "No wonder people panicked and left."
Wes: "Yes. I must go out and track it. If it's here, there's no telling what else could happen." He loaded up a shotgun.
Max: "I'd better go with you, Wes."
Kyle: "Me too. With my kind of talent…"
Wes: "No. Only braves can go out on hunts. It's tradition."
Kyle: "But I have the…" Max covered my mouth.
Max: "Kyle, I need you to stay and watch Gwen, Ben, and Kai until we get back, and if the Yenaldooshi comes, then fight him." I nodded, and he let go off my mouth. They both continued off in the direction the Yenaldooshi fled.
Kyle: "This is gonna be boring… so, who's up for scary stories?"
Ben: "I'll pass."
Kai: "Me too."
Gwen: "Ditto."
Kyle: "But it's about that time when…"
Gwen: "We were there, remember?"
Kai: "This story really happened?"
Kyle: "Yeah it did! It all started one dark night…"
Gwen: "The end."
Kyle: "Aww…" Gwen grabbed my mouth.
Gwen: "In case you haven't noticed, you can't expose your alien forms to ANYONE! Remember?"
Kyle: "I doubt she'll believe me anyway, Gwen."
Gwen: "I'm NOT going to take a chance here!"
Kyle: "Fine! Be that way!" I crossed my arms and frowned. Kai was sitting looking out the window, worried, which got Ben concerned.
Ben: "Hey, Kyle?"
Kyle: "I'm all ears, big guy."
Ben: "Big guy?"
Kyle: "Main man?"
Ben: "Good. Anyway, um, I've been wondering how to get Kai to really notice me. You have any ideas?"
Kyle: "Um, not really. But, try to be yourself, and make sure you get her attention. She needs to acknowledge your presence and that you like her."
Gwen: "And girls totally sense desperation in a guy." She smiled at Ben.
Kyle: "Um, yeah, they do. They pick off it like grapes. Hurts you in the end."
Ben: "Yeah. Got it." He did a nervous laugh, then a thumbs up.
Kyle: "He's toast then?"
Gwen: "Possibly. Why don't you go out to help Grandpa and Mr. Green?"
Kyle: "But Max said…"
Gwen: "Just do it. That thing will take more than just them to hunt down and capture successfully. I can tell."
Kyle: "If you say so." I went Big Chill.
Big Chill: "Sweet! See you guys later." I turned invisible, then took off.
Gwen: "I'd better make sure Ben doesn't screw up horribly." She walked off the way Ben took.
Ben: "So, Kai, I can tell you're worried about our Grandpa's."
Kai: "Who wouldn't be?"
Ben: "Don't worry. I think they both know what they're doing. They'll probably come back saying they couldn't find it, and it's just nonsense."
Kai: "It isn't."
Ben: "It's not?"
Kai: "No. The flooding rain signals the Yenaldooshi's appearance. This is the real deal. I want to go out and help, but… I'm not a brave like Grandpa."
Ben: "Mine isn't either. He's just smart."
Kai: "Are you sure they'll be fine?"
Ben: "Yeah. They will. They're strong guys."
Kai: "I hope you're right."
Gwen (whispering to herself): "So far, so good, Tennyson."
With me, I was flying over, still looking for a trace of Max and Wes. I eventually did, then landed behind a rock and changed back to normal. I came out of it when they walked by.
Wes: "What are you doing here?"
Max: "You're supposed to be with the kids."
Kyle: "Gwen can protect them just fine. I thought my talents could be of some use to you two."
Max: "Okay. Come on." He motioned for me to come towards them, which I did. We continued walking, until we found a shadowy figure rushing on all fours.
Wes: "The Yenaldooshi! Come on!" We ran towards it, and we came to a narrow rock bridge, which the creature broke. We were falling down a little ways.
Kyle: "No worries! Stinkfly will be on his way!" I glowed green, then became…
KyVilgax: "KyVilgax! The new form too? Oh great!" I was a Ben 10,000 version of Vilgax now, just with the symbol on my chest instead of my hand. Wes was screaming, and I grabbed both him and Max, and landed with a big boom, then set them down, and shot up my spider web cord, and pulled myself up on it. Wes looked at Max astonished.
Max: "Yeah. Forgot to mention that, didn't I?" I had pulled myself up onto the cliff, and the Yenaldooshi looked at me. It growled.
KyVilgax: "You aren't a pretty sight yourself, you know." It charged at me, and I swatted it aside like a doll, then shot grenades at it from my right arm. They all exploded, and the Yenaldooshi went flying into a rock.
KyVilgax: "Quite the weak God, aren't you, fangface?" It growled again, and charged, then slashed at my chest, I felt nothing, then grabbed it, and slammed its face into the ground.
KyVilgax: "This is gonna be quick, wolfie boy." I charged up my left fist with some electricity, then it howled at me. It was almost as loud as Echo Echo's scream, causing me to get off of it. It did a full body tackle, then sent me flying behind it into a rock wall.
KyVilgax: "So, you want to be loud huh? I can be even louder than you!" I glowed green, then was Echo Echo.
Echo Echo: "Observe, or should I say, listen!?" I screamed at it, and it also covered its ears, then I hopped onto its back, and multiplied until I completely dogpiled on top of it. It threw us off, and we merged back into one Echo Echo, then I transformed into Starfire.
Starfire: "The old-fashioned way? Sweet." My hands glowed, and I repeatedly threw starbolts at it. It dodged each shot, then jumped up. I took off into the air after it, then kicked it into the ground. It got up slowly, and charged at me again. I charged for it, and when I went to punch it, it slashed the Omnitrix symbol on my chest, causing me to revert back to normal form.
Kyle: "Ugh! Is that thing seriously my weak spot?" The Yenaldooshi growled, and slashed the Omnitrix itself, and it was sparking yellow now. A gunshot went by near me, and the Yenaldooshi ran off into the night again.
Wes: "Are you okay?"
Kyle: "Yeah, but the watch might not be." I looked at it, noticing it was looking weirder than usual.
Max; "We'd better get you back. Who knows what the Yenaldooshi did to the watch."
Kyle: "I wish I knew." They took me back, and I noticed all three of them were at the RV. Ben and Kai were talking, and Gwen was sitting next to them.
Wes: "Why did none of you three try to stop him?"
Max: "He saved us, and that's what's most important, right?"
Kyle: "Yeah, it is."
Gwen: "Well, I'm glad you two are safe."
Kyle; "I'm glad too."
Gwen: "What's up with the watch?"
Kyle: "I don't know. The Yenaldooshi scratched it, and it went to yellow mode for some strange reason."
Gwen: "Be careful, Kyle. It could be a bad sign."
Kyle: "I know." When I walked into the RV, Kai and Gwen gasped.
Kyle: "What?" I looked around, then said, "What is it? Am I a bloody mess? Big scratch on me, what?!"
Ben: "You're part wolf, dude." He led me into the bathroom, and I noticed I was now a lot more hairy than usual.
Kyle: "*Gasp* Oh no! This can't be! MAX! MR. GREEN!" They both came in, and saw me.
Wes: "Kyle is undergoing the transformation into a Yenaldooshi himself."
Kyle: "But, how?"
Wes: "Did it ever bite you?"
Kyle: "Wait, um… yeah. When I was Echo Echo, it bit the real me after it threw all of my clones and I off of it."
Wes: "The Yenaldooshi will become more powerful for each person it turns into a werewolf copy of itself. Kyle is just the beginning. He could eventually turn into a full Yenaldooshi and transform all of us if we don't do something."
Kyle: "What do we gotta do? I don't want to be a super-charged killer weapon werewolf forever!"
Wes: "We must go after the Yenaldooshi, and kill it. It's the only way to stop the transformation."
Kyle: "Then it's time for me to go alien again, track it down, and destroy it."
Gwen: "No. What if it has power over you? If it saw you, it could make you attack us."
Wes: "Max, only we must go. We can't risk another person falling for it biting one of us, and we can't let Kyle see it. It could have a mind controlling hold over him."
Max: "That's a good possibility. We'll have to go with your plan."
Kai: "Besides, Kyle, it's safer for us to have someone there in case the Yenaldooshi actually decides to have you on its side."
Kyle: "Yeah… I guess…" I sat down, and howled at the full moon in the night.
Gwen: "That's kinda cute, Kyle."
Kyle: "Shut it, Gwen. I'm horrific!" I ran back into the RV, on all fours, and ran to the couch, and sat in it, looking at my hands, which now had claws.
Gwen: "It's okay! You'll be non hairy by sun-up tomorrow. You won't be hairy forever." I started whining like a dog.
Ben: "Now that's just funny." I got angry, and growled, then started barking at him, slashing my claws.
Ben: "Whoa!"
Kai: "Kyle, stop!"
Gwen: "HEEL!" I immediately stopped, then continued growling at Ben.
Kai: "This isn't good, is it?"
Gwen: "No. Not really."
Ben: "Get him a leash or something!" I started to growl louder.
Gwen: "Can you even speak anymore?"
Kyle: "Of course I can! Growling and barking is just a lot more convincing now." I then resumed growling.
Later…
Ben was sitting down next to me, and I was chowing down messily through a bowl Gwen put a bunch of leftover meat into.
Ben: "Um, so, Kai…"
Kai: "Yes?"
Ben: "Sorry about Kyle. He's over-dramatic sometimes…" I started making some faint growling noises.
Gwen: "Kyle!" I immediately stopped growling, and continued eating.
Kai: "Is he always quick to get angry?"
Ben: "Nah. He's usually a lot more laid-back." I ran over to Gwen, holding my bowl, in a begging position on the right side. She was web-surfing.
Gwen: "No, Kyle. You know where the fridge is." I started to whimper like a dog to her.
Gwen: "I mean it, Kyle!" I was now giving her my cutest eyes possible.
Gwen: "Kai, could you continue on from where I am? I'm trying to see if there's some cure to this Yenaldooshi thing."
Kai: "Okay, Gwen." She walked over, and Gwen went back over to the fridge while I followed her on all fours again.
Ben: "Any leads?"
Kai: "Actually… Yes! Gwen! I found it!" It showed a picture of a cactus.
Gwen: "The Arbol del Matrimonio Cactus! It's fluids combined with a silver pendant should do it! SO, where's the silver pendant?"
Kai: "I got one right here." She pulled it out. Right when she did, I got a little bigger, and slightly more like a wolf.
Kai: "Um, Kyle?" I made a questioning growl.
Gwen: "Speak, boy!"
Kyle: "What?"
Ben: "You still you, buddy?"
Kyle: "Yeah. I think so." I ran out of the RV, then started sniffing for that cactus. I ended up catching a rabbit instead.
Gwen: "A rabbit? Seriously?"
Kyle: "I'm hungry like the wolf. Can't help it, Gwen."
Ben: "Cactus! Hello?! CACTUS!!!??"
Kai: "Too many lives are in the balance for you to worry about your stomach!"
Kyle: "Fine… Hold on, guys. I'll get it." I ran up ahead, and they followed me.
With Max…
Max: "We haven't seen anything from it for the whole night… I'm worried about the kids. What if it got them?"
Wes: "We have to hope for the best now. It's in Kyle's hands."
Kyle: "Or paws!" I came out from behind a rock with Gwen, Ben, and Kai. I was mostly Yenaldooshi now.
Max: "Kyle!"
Wes: "Kai!"
Kai: "We're okay. We managed to get the cactus juice to stop the Yenaldooshi. You got the silver pendant?"
Wes: "Yes, we do. We were going to get the cactus juice, too, but seeing as you four already have it…"
Max: "All we need to do is find the Yenaldooshi."
Kyle: "And I have the sniffer to do that." I started sniffing the air, and going in the direction of a very un-earthly scent.
Kai: "Ben, this is a good thing, right?"
Ben: "I hope so, Kai."
Max: "What do you mean?"
Ben: "Kyle's been acting like a real hunting dog all night. It was weird, and annoying."
Kyle: "It's not like I was doing it on purpose. The instinct was starting to take me over."
Gwen: "Which you have mastered by now?"
Kyle: "Yeah, I have, Gwen." I continued to keep sniffing it out, and after some point, the Yenaldooshi hopped out of nowhere, and charged at me. I ran after it, and we started slashing at each other until it smacked me away. Gwen had jumped in, and kicked it across the face.
Kyle: "Okay! Time for Humongou-Wolf!" I concentrated, but nothing happened, and when I went to look at my wrist, the Omnitrix wasn't there!
Kyle: "The watch! I can't go alien anymore!"
Gwen: "Just great! Just when we need the Omnitrix most, it backfires on us!"
Ben: "Then we're gonna need a serious distraction." Max and Wes looked at him.
Ben: "What?"
Max: "Distract it."
Ben: "What? ME!? You're joking right?"
Kai: "It's for Kyle, plus, me."
Ben: "Okay." He immediately ran out, and threw a rock at the Yenaldooshi's face.
Ben: "Hey, fangface! I heard your momma was born in a kennel!" It growled, and charged at Ben. Ben freaked out, then me and Gwen jumped out, and punched it. It flew into a rock wall, then it howled at us with its sonic howl.
Gwen: "What the heck?" I grabbed both Gwen and Ben, and dodged the attack, then set them down, and charged at the Yenaldooshi again. We tackled each other into a ball, then kept slashing at each other in the face, and biting each other.
Gwen: "Kyle! Pin it down!" I got behind it and trapped its arms behind it, and Kai put the cactus juice onto the pendant, and Wes charged at it, and ran it right into the Yenaldooshi's chest. Nothing happened to it.
Max: "How?"
Wes: "It didn't work!"
Kai: "If this isn't a Yenaldooshi, then what is it?" It threw me off, then hit Wes, and ran out into the night again.
Kyle: "What's with that thing?"
Gwen: "We have to go after it!" I followed its direction, then we got to a cave.
Kyle: "This must be its secret lair."
Ben: "Kyle, are you sure you're not a werewolf?"
Kyle: "Well, I still feel like me… AGHH AWOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" I howled while the last bits of the transformation took place, and at the end, my red shirt became more like a towel wrapped around me or something, black lines formed near my belly button, and the watch symbol appeared.
Gwen: "Kyle? What the heck just happened?"
Wes: "He looks like a Yenaldooshi… but isn't one really?"
Kyle: "I get it now! It's a werewolf ALIEN! Alright! New form, coming through!"
Ben: "So, what are you going to name it?"
Kyle: "Benwolf."
Ben: "Alright! A form named after me for once! Sweet!"
Max: "This just keeps getting stranger and stranger by the minute."
Kai: "This also explains why the watch disappeared. It was still letting itself into the selection of aliens, right?"
Benwolf: "Yeah, it was. No wonder I couldn't be Humongousaur."
Ben: "We have to still stop that thing. Who knows what its doing?"
Benwolf: "I'll continue on the trail." We continued through the cave, hoping to find the Yenaldooshi and get rid of it for good.
Wes: "This is a dormant volcano. We have to be extremely careful around some of these parts."
Benwolf: "Got it." We saw some lava start to come pouring down.
Benwolf: "Oh s***, RUN!" We all ran at top speed, and we reached the edge of a cliff in another part of the cave.
Benwolf: "Gwen, Ben, Kai, hop on!" They did, and I jumped to the other cliff. I let them get off, and hopped back to where Max and Wes were.
Benwolf: "Now it's time for a stunt I wanted to use for a while!" I opened my jaw all the way, and did the sonic howl to get them across, and I landed safely before the lava got anyone.
Wes: "Amazing."
Benwolf; "I know. I do this kind of thing all the time, and even I get amazed."
Kai: "Cool."
Benwolf: "Thanks. But we gotta keep going. I'm not stopping until the Yenaldooshi's done for!" I ran on all fours ahead instantly, and everyone was trying their hardest to keep up with me. We got to its lair, and noticed a giant satellite tower thing.
Benwolf: "A satellite tower? Why would a werewolf, much less an alien werewolf, want this?"
Max: "We have to stay together. Who knows what could happen next?" We heard a loud howl.
Benwolf: "I see he's found us." I turned around to see it snarling at us.
Benwolf: "Gwen?"
Gwen: "I'm SO ready." She got into a combat stance. The wolf pounced, and so did I. We collided, and started slashing and gnawing at each other again, until Gwen kicked it across the face. I then did a sonic howl, and blasted it into the wall. It got out, snarling again, and howled at us. We moved out of the way, then I went Swampfire, and shot flamethrowers at it. It dodged, but got hit by a drop kick from Gwen, landing on the ground again. I jumped over it, then went Cannonbolt, and slammed down on top of him, then knocked him aside.
Cannonbolt: "Feels good to be at normal fighting level again."
Gwen: "Me, too." It got up, then charged. I went Humongousaur, then punched it into the ground, then stepped on it. Then went Diamondhead, and built a diamond cage around the wolf.
Diamondhead: "Now that's just hilarious! HAHA!"
Gwen: "Not too bad, there." It howled, breaking the diamonds, and sending me into a wall, paralyzed.
Diamondhead: "Forgot Diamondhead doesn't handle sound too well, ouch…" I transformed to Heatblast, and launched myself at it like a rocket, then head butted it into another wall.
Gwen: "Well, there's got to be a way to beat this thing."
Heatblast: "I know there is, but what?" I looked around the whole room, then noticed a wall crack, and came up with an idea.
Heatblast: "Gwen, take everyone out of here. Now."
Gwen: "Why?"
Heatblast: "This idea I have is life risking. Very. Leave. I'll hold him off."
Gwen: "Okay." She ran over to them, and said they had to go, now.
Ben: "Why?"
Gwen: "Its life risking and he doesn't want us inside."
Wes: "Okay." They did exactly as I said, and I held the Yenaldooshi off until I was sure they were out.
Heatblast: "Time to make some noise!" I went Echo Echo. The Yenaldooshi started to freak.
Echo Echo: "Prepare to get char-broiled, volcano style!" I multiplied to exactly 5, then screamed out in all directions, really shaking up the volcano. The Yenaldooshi tried to stop me, but was overwhelmed by a giant rock falling on it, then lava seeping in to the room. I stopped, then went back to one, and went Cannonbolt, then rolled out through the lava waves.
Outside…
It was sunny, and everyone looked worried.
Gwen: "Kyle?"
Kai: "He'll come out alive. I'm sure."
Gwen: "I hope so… *sniff*" Suddenly, lava burst out of a wall, and out of it, came a giant yellow ball, that landed in front of them, only slightly singed.
Ben: "Kyle!" I unrolled.
Cannonbolt: "Oh yeah. I decided to make Yenaldooshi hot dogs. Too bad we won't know what it tastes like." I reverted to normal.
Wes: "The Yenaldoosi is gone now. That's all that matters."
Back at the village…
Gwen, Ben, Kai, and I were altogether in front of Wes' house.
Kyle: "Well, that was quite an adventure, eh, guys?"
Gwen: "I sure thought so." I popped up the faceplate of the watch, and it showed me Benwolf's silhouette.
Kyle: "Welcome to the team, boy. Woof!"
Kai: "So, how long you planning on staying here?"
Kyle: "We're going out later today. Why?"
Kai: "I wanted to see you as a Yenaldooshi again."
Kyle: "Okay. Hold on." I slammed the faceplate down.
Benwolf: "Here you are."
Kai: "Cool."
Benwolf: "Feels nice, too."
Ben: "So, um, Kai, nice time we had?"
Kai: "You're cool and all Ben, but you're just not my type." Ben's mouth hung down. She continued, "Kyle is MUCH cooler." She hugged me.
Benwolf: "Um, thanks?" I looked at Gwen questioningly. She shrugged.
Kai: "I was hoping we could, um, get together…"
Gwen: "Absolutely not! He's MY boyfriend!"
Kai: "Says who?"
Benwolf: "Says me."
Kai: "Really? What is it? She has powers, too?"
Benwolf: "No. She's just the coolest girl I've met, so?"
Kai: "Take as long as you want to come back, then." She left in a huff.
Benwolf: "Um… now what?"
Gwen: "Change back. We got a LONG vacation still coming our way." I did change back, as she directed.
Ben: "Kai…"
Kyle: "You'll meet someone else eventually, Ben. Don't worry none."
The end.
