Author's Notes: I feel terrible that I haven't updated for so long. There's no good excuse. I've been focused on writing another fanfiction right now, but I shouldn't stop updating this story just because of that. I'd like to thank Perhapsormaybe for motivating me to update. I'd probably still be inactive if it wasn't for you, seeing as I have ideas but I haven't typed them out. This chapter is dedicated to you for getting me to type this out!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ben 10, never will. I also don't own the quote at the beginning.

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"Babies are always more trouble than you thought --- and more wonderful."

~Charles Osgood

47. Creation

It was time.

I have no name. I'm not even my own creature. I am purely instinct that chose this moment to take command. Usually I am content to let the human being do whatever he desires with my Necrofriggian body. He's dubbed me Big Chill, a ridiculous name if you ask me.

Why have I seized command? I am not evil. I understand that I do not lead this body; he does. But he possesses no knowledge of nest-building or egg-laying. He would fail and the eggs would die. I cannot allow that to happen, so I will guide our shared body. And when all is done, I shall quietly retreat to wait for the next clutch of eggs.

Metal. It's what I need to build my nest. My eyes settle on the green machine that the human had saved a few moments ago. It would do.

Immediately I ran over and sank my teeth into the car. The glass window broke under the pressure of my hand. I swallowed a chunk of it. The metal had a bittersweet taste to it. Most of the time we Necrofriggians do not eat metal. However, hormones are released in our bodies when we're carrying eggs. These hormones make metal irresistible to all of us thus ensuring that none of us back down from swallowing it. After all, we need to make the species continues.

"Hey! What do you think you're—" The voice was angry and it was disturbing the peace I liked while ingesting metal.

I turned to face the two boys. A roar bellowed out from my chest. The two boys screamed in fear. They wisely chose to back away from me. I continued on with my meal. More metal, that was what I required. Spreading out my wings, I flew off to search for more metal.

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The Omnitrix eventually timed out. I growled my frustration. How was I supposed to wait for the human to use the Omnitrix again?! My babies… My poor babies would have to wait for me. The day was spent with me anxiously awaiting a crime to occur. Nothing, absolutely no alien activity or even crazy cars to make the human touch his Omnitrix again. At this rate, my eggs shall perish.

When he finally did use the Omnitrix again, he chose the Aerophibian. This was definitely not what I had in mind. Quickly I seized control and grappled with the controls. A few seconds later, his body turned into the Necrofriggian. I was pleased with my handiwork.

Spreading out my wings, I took flight. A girl that the human was fond of muttered "Big Chill", but I ignored her. I had more important matters than dealing with the object of the boy's affection.

A building with a lot of metal (the smell attracted me, much like flowers attract bees) drew my attention. I landed in the front. Drawing from the human boy's intelligence, I was able to gather that I was in front of a food-serving station. They served meals on trays, metal trays to be exact.

Eagerly, I banged on the red button, creating an irritating buzz. Because I was a stranger to this planet, I was finding the boy's knowledge immensely satisfying. Apparently they brought the tray out if you hit the button and then you would hand over green paper. How queer. I had no green paper, but I didn't think that would be a problem.

A female soon came out. There was a burger and shake. Then there was also the tray on which all of this was nicely arranged on. She let out an earsplitting shriek at the sight of me. You would think that she had never seen a Necrofriggian before! Then again, we did tend to avoid interactions with others including members of our own race.

It didn't matter that she was terrified of me. What was important was the metal tray flying through the air. My mouth stretched wide-open and I quickly chewed it up. I was drawn back to the button. They wouldn't deliver me another tray, but the button was made of metal. I leaned over and gobbled it up.

My sights were next set on the poles supporting the overhang. There was a man with headphones on standing beside the pole. I walked over to him, ready to bully him if he didn't move.

"Scram." I hissed. It was standard procedure that a Necrofriggian start a fight by attempting to scare the opposition. I was ready to fight if necessary (it would have been an easy victory), but that was unnecessary as the human ran.

I began chewing on the support beams, but soon found that it was too tough to eat them this way. Stepping back, I let out an icy breath. The whole structure trembled for a few moments before collapsing. I quickly began to devour the entire pile of metal. Necrofriggians are quick eaters and I was soon nearly done with my meal of support columns.

The attractive scent of metal drew my head up. I abandoned the chunk of metal I held in favor of a large metal burger. The burger was gone in a few bites and I swallowed it. My eyes raised themselves to look at the head of the statue that had once held the burger. I attacked it head-on, my wings wrapping around my prey.

"More." I hissed before flying away.

Fortunately, there was no lack of metal in this human city. Humans seem to enjoy crafting metal objects and I cheered at how easily my nest could be built.

I stopped to eat a bus, a carwash sign, the carwash, and numerous other metal objects. I was beginning to fill up on metal. I would have to choose a nesting site today and then I would have to start my nest. With that in mind, I took flight and began flying through the streets.

I glanced down, noting the female from before was following me. This angered me. How dare she follow me! Doesn't she know that the location of my nest needs to be kept secret?! Perhaps she wishes to destroy my eggs.

Destroying her with an icy blast would easily have solved my problem. However, the human boy's conscience still had a small grip on me and would not allow me to do so. I had no wish to upset the human. Oh well, I figure that losing her should be easy enough since she lacks wings or the ability to go intangible.

"Big Chill! Ben! Wait up! I just want to talk to you." Her cries for me to wait were annoying me.

Swiftly, I turned a corner. Perfect. There was a brick wall ahead. I flew through the wall, only pausing to glance back at her.

"See ya."

Now that I've ditched the female, I can choose the location of my nest. It could not be near the city as it would attract too much attention. A human poking around my nest spot was the last thing I needed. After all, humans are curious creatures who always poke their noses into places they don't belong.

Finally I settled on a location far enough that no one would find it and close enough that it would be easy for me to fly over there. I set to work in establishing a huge crater. When that was finished, I regurgitated the metal I had eaten. Carefully I set to work in shaping it into a large nest.

I paused in my work. More metal was required if I wished to complete the nest. I turned around, eager to once again comb the city for metal. However, the Omnitrix chose that moment to time out. I retracted myself from the human's mind, hissing angrily. Oh well, I would simply have to wait for tomorrow night to finish my nest and lay my eggs.

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The next day I allowed the human to do whatever he wanted to. Finally I had to take command and force him to turn into Big Chill. It was almost time for the eggs to hatch and I could not allow him to mess that up.

Since the time was close, I knew that a lot of metal would be required to finish up the nest and to ensure the proper laying of my eggs. I flew to a factory that spewed spoke into the air. There were bars of steel there, which I hastily began on devouring. It was a simple process of breaking them in half and then swallowing it. Mentally I thanked the humans for laying out all this metal for me to eat (even though I know that wasn't their intent). Footsteps came my way, but I ignored them.

"What is that thing?" A disgusted voice said.

Turning around, I noticed that there were three men. They looked threatening and even if they were no match for my Necrofriggian prowess, I didn't need any interferers.

"Stay out of my way." I hissed at them with the expectation that they would do exactly as I asked.

"That's not how it works, freak." The leader replied as he pulled out a gun. I glared at him, but it didn't intimidate him. "Come down here or there's going to be trouble." Ha! He was trying to arrest me! Me! Me who could easily make them into ice statues. It was time to show them who was dominant.

"I warned you."

Sucking in a large breath, I let out an icy stream. The leader and one of the others jumped out of the way. However, the remaining one was frozen halfway. His eyes sparkled in fear. The others had similar expressions of fear, much to my delight. Consider that a warning to them and their species.

I stepped down the stairs, completely intent on finishing these meddlesome humans off. The leader pointed a gun with trembling hands at my chest. His voice shook just as much as his hand.

"Stop! Don't make me—"

"Wait." The voice of the female got his attention. "He's a friend. Don't shoot."

She had followed me here! How dare her! I knew that she must be attempting to locate my nest.

I opened my wings and hissed at them. It was the customary pose of a Necrofriggian about to do battle. They must have known the gesture too, for they instantly began to fire their guns. I turned intangible, causing their lasers to fly right through me.

"Some people just don't listen." I said as I stepped towards them.

"Don't hurt them!" The female cried out.

"They won't feel a thing."

Their guns chose that moment to run out of bullets. It was the moment I had been waiting for. Eagerly, I seized it and let out a chilling rush of air. They turned to run, but my breath caught them and froze them. I left their heads free as I had no desire to kill them. I just wished to show them who was dominant. They yelped in fear.

With the fight over, I flew over to a large vat of molten metal. This was a haven for pregnant Necrofriggian everywhere. I tilted the pot, allowing the hot substance to flow into my throat. If only I had found this place earlier… I swallowed my last gulp (there was plenty left, but I was done) and flew out of the building.

Now to go to my nest and ensure the safe hatching of my children. The sounds of a revving engine disturbed these tranquil thoughts and made me glance down. It was the female again! Persistent little devil.

"Stay away!" I hissed angrily.

I really had hoped to prevent a fight with her (purely for the boy's sake). Because of it, I simply breathed on to her moped before turning my head forwards. The ice would surely halt her.

Flying ahead, I landed on the side of my crater. Molten metal gushed out of my throat. It flowed down. I watched in deep satisfaction it slowly filled up. Yes, my eggs would surely be safe in this nest. Green slime oozed from me as I laid the eggs. Once that was over, I calmly began to work on the metal to form a protective barrier around my eggs. The shape was similar to that of an ant hill.

"Ben!" A female (I believe the human's mind refers to her as cousin) cried.

The female from before added, "It's your friends. We can help you."

As if I need help! This is a solitary job. No Necrofriggian ever gets aid of any sort while tending their eggs and I wasn't about to be the first. It was more likely that they were here to disturb my eggs. There are some places where Necrofriggian eggs are considered a delicacy. I would not allow my eggs to be eaten.

"Go away." I hissed, standing up on top of my nest. My wings opened in a threatening pose.

The only male present slid down into my crater after the two females. Metal coated his body and he ran at me with a raised fist. I knew they were here to attack my precious eggs! I turned intangible just as he punched. As his fist came backwards, I grabbed his arm and tackled him down to the ground. Metal… Not bothering to control myself (after all, he was an intruder), I began to munch at his metal arm.

"Hey! Cut it out." He yelled at me, but I simply continued crunching.

Suddenly the metal turned into stone. I stopped chewing in disgust. What use do I have for stone? It tastes disgusting, and it doesn't make for a good nest. I backed away from him, spitting out the particles that had gotten into my mouth.

"Dude, I borrowed this suit." I noticed that the suit did in fact have a tear on it from where I had been chewing. It had been a nice meal. Too bad he had spoiled it by absorbing rock.

A pink beam fire at me though I was able to dodge by moving to the side. Then I noticed that it was heading towards my metal hill. No! How dare that girl! I flew in front of my nest and grabbed the energy claw before it could hit. Ice flew from my throat towards the girl who was eluding the energy. She shielded herself.

"We're here to help." The female who had previously followed me begged.

"I don't want any help." I hissed back. Why can't they just understand that?

I launched myself at the begging female. She was a threat and I no longer cared whether or not the human liked her. She needed to die for threatening my eggs! Just as I was about to grab her, energy surrounded me.

I gasped, pushing at the walls of my cage in a futile effort of freedom. "Let me out!"

The black-haired female ran by me. "Stay away from there." I hissed, but she continued running towards the nest. Oh how I would love to smite her right now.

I pressed myself against the energy, willing myself to flow through it. It took a while, but my instinct forbade me from surrendering. My body flew through the energy. I was free! I began flying rapidly towards the female. Pink disks flew at me. I dodged the first, but the second one hit me down from the sky. I collapsed in a pathetic heap.

I was a terrible parent. My eggs were going to die because of me. I had failed them by allowing these intruders to get the better of me. Why? I had ceased listening to their conversation, but I could see the male jump up on top of my nest. No was what I wanted to scream out, but I couldn't. I was just too weak.

His fist tore through the metal. Green fluid squirted up and coated his tuxedo. They were going to kill them. From my spot on the ground, I could see blue eggs floating up into the air. I should be up there with my eggs! Instead, my babies will hatch (or be destroyed before hatching) while the enemy is up there.

The blue eggs went through a swift metamorphosis. They became a small larva, which quickly grew wings. Then they became my babies, my full-fledged miniature Necrofriggians. I felt like crying as numerous fates (none of them good) flew through my mind. Perhaps they shall be cooked. Or perhaps simply eradicated like common pests.

To my surprise, none of that happened. The females cooed at the first baby. Beating wings drew closer. I sat up and watched as my offspring swirled around me. They were all okay. We stood like that for a while. I was a good parent, not a failure. My babies were perfect. The first that had hatched, a strong individual like me, flew off towards the heavens. The others followed.

Now only one remained. The little guy was the runt and he hovered uncertainly in front of me. It tugged at my heartstrings to see him. He could not remain here. It was the destiny of all Necrofriggians to spend time in the cold vortex of space as they grew. Some of them just required a bit of prodding.

"Go on." I cupped my hands under him. "Fly."

He let out a soft chirrup before flying off to join his siblings. They would fly together to find a meal for themselves. Once that meal was finished, each Necrofriggian would separate to start a solitary life. One day they may even go to our home planet, Kylmyys. I felt satisfaction that my babies would be fine. They were armed with an icy breath and everything had gone smoothly.

It was time for me to leave. I retracted back into the box in Big Chill's mind that I had come from. I would stay away from the human's mind until the next clutch of eggs required me to once again create a perfect nest for them.

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A/N: The reason this is "Creation" is because Big Chill was creating a nest and of course, the creation of the baby Necrofriggians xD I don't think I need to explain the theme anymore. To make sure this was as accurate as possible, I watched the episode as I typed. All the dialogue and action is borrowed from the show. The only parts that I made up are the thoughts of the Necrofriggian. This was a bit different to write, but it was enjoyable. For those of you don't know, an Aerophibian is what Jetray is. Until next time (which I promise will happen a lot in a week),

Twilight Phantom Dragon