Okay. Screw the word cap. This story doesn't fit with a word cap, it's too creative! xDD

Also, I'm rewriting the third chapter because it doesn't suit me :D I'll add it to this one.

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"Ben Tennyson… My, my… How'd you get locked up, hmm?"

I sat up from the cot, looking out towards the barrier. "Who are you?"

"My name is Drikrgia… Most people just call me Rika, though."

This woman looked like something out of a fairytale book. Her entire figure was almost elf-like in appearance. Her ears were long and pointed, her arms and legs slender… I wasn't sure if it was the blue glow of the barrier keeping me in, but her skin seemed to be a light blue with a tiny bit of green. Her hair was long, flowing silver, falling past her waist.

She had on strange attire, everything seeming to be a type of leather. Her top was cut just under her chest, and the neckline was tied together with leather strings. By Earth's standards, it would be incredibly revealing.

Her standards, it was probably a casual outfit.

My standards? Think of it this way. I'm a young, twenty-one-year-old man sentenced to life in prison with an elfin creature looking into my cell. She's probably one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen…

Wait… what were we talking about?

I got to my feet. "Well, you already know who I am…What are you?"

She smiled, pushing her bangs out of her face. "I'm an Elemental Being of the Sapphire Sun."

I nodded.

"But you never answered my question."

I took my focus off her persistence and looked at her appearance again. It was strange… The one thing that caught my eye was her necklace. She… she looked like she had a Plumber's badge hanging off a leather strip. The badge was smaller than the ones Kevin and Gwen had, probably the size of the Omnitrix's faceplate in diameter. It had that green glow to it.

Maybe she's a Plumber on-guard in the prison?

"I got locked up for doing something stupid." I rolled my eyes. "I deserve it, but at least my friends are alive. At least my planet is safe."

She reached her right hand over and brushed something off her left shoulder. "Ben… behind bars…" She laughed. "I never thought I'd see the day."

"You're a plumber…"

She nodded. "Yep." She leaned back and placed a hand on the ground for support, then sat down in a sloppy fashion. So she didn't steal the badge?

"Do you work here?"

Rika shook her head.

"Then what are you doing here?"

She didn't answer my question. "Was it really worth it, Ben?"

I looked at her, squinting my eyes. "Of course it was worth it! Earth is safe, isn't it? I paid the price for a crime I committed to save the world. That's all that matters."

"…Don't you want to get out of here?"

I sat down, cross-legged, to meet her eye-level. "Only if I get to walk away scot-free. I'm not breaking out… That wouldn't be worth it."

"You're a legend across the universe, and you had to go and do something stupid…" She shook her head, laughing at me.

"What makes you so different from me? If some asshole came to your planet and threatened to kill you and your friends, maybe even the entire human race, wouldn't you have done the same?"

Rika shook her head. "Of course not… I have authorization to do whatever's necessary. I'm a plumber. I wouldn't get in trouble."

"Rika, you don't understand. I have authorization. Not only am I plumber, but I have the Omnitrix. I have special rights."

"If that's true, Ben, then why were you arrested? Why weren't you exempt?" She smiled. She knew she won.

I shook my head. "Because I was considered under a law of treason. I conspired with the enemy. I did what I had to do, all right?!"

"Sheesh, calm down, Alien Boy."

"Boy? I'm twenty one! How old are you?"

Rika smiled. "Ten thousand, six hundred and eighty-four."

Raised an eyebrow. "Right…"

"…Twenty in Earth years."

Now, that made more sense. I nodded. "Why are you in the prison, anyway?" I asked.

"…It's a long story," Rika said after some hesitation.

There was some silence before I began again, "…Why me?"

She cocked her head to the side. "What do you mean?"

"Why are you talking to me? I'm a human, one of the weakest creatures in the universe…"

"You're the Great Ten. If you're not an enemy of the Great Ten, you're a team mate. Currently, you only have… five, if I'm not mistaken. Gwendolyn Tennyson, an energy being; Maxwell Tennyson, your grandfather; Julie Yamamoto, your… mate, is it? Her Galvanic Mechamorph, too. And even Kevin Ethan Levin… I don't even know what the hell he is."

"Julie is not my… mate… We broke up a long time ago. I didn't want her to get hurt. It all got so dangerous."

Rika smiled. "Then what is Kevin?"

"He's human… of sorts… I guess. A mutant with absorbing abilities," I laughed.

She sighed. "Well, he's not important. He's… an idgit."

"Idgit?" Does she mean idiot?

"…You know, moronic, foolish? Damn, you must be one yourself."

"..No, I've just… never heard… Never mind." Must be a translation gap. "Kevin is really smart… if he's doing something he loves… Him and Gwen are still doing great together."

"You said something happened to Julie?"

I nodded. "It's a long story, but she's not helping us out anymore."

"Hm. Okay. The Great Ten…"

I laughed. "Where did I get that nickname, anyhow?"

"Your ten creatures! The Great Ten was our hero and my species always hoped he would come and save our planet. He was our savior and we prayed every day during the war he would come and take our planet from the peril."

Now I felt guilty. "What happened?"

She held out her hands, a small ball of energy forming. It mocked the shape of an alien ship. "The Corrupted took over my planet, taking the five Elemental Beings as war prisoners. We were sentenced to eternal life in this hell…"

But… she's not a prisoner… right?

"You're one of five?" I asked, scratching my head. Sure, she was nice to look at, but I don't know if I could handle the stress of five people standing out in front of my cell.

Rika nodded. "Yes, the four princes and I. My brothers got sanctioned in another part of the prison."

Now I was confused. She can't be a prisoner or the guards wouldn't let her roam like this. Yet… she said her brothers are locked up in here…

I closed my eyes tightly, turning my head to the left a bit. "Whoa, wait. Doesn't that make you a princess?"

She looked at me like I was stupid. "What did you think I meant when I said 'my planet'?"

I laughed nervously.

"Ben, you're the Great Ten. I know I should be pissed majorly—" I noticed the slight translation gap, "—at you for not saving us in our time of need, but you… The Elemental Beings and the entire Cryogaus species look up to you. Me? Not so much," she folded her arms against her chest.

"To be honest, I think you're a stuck-up jerk."

My eyes widened. "Me? Hey! Look who's talking!"

Rika growled and then began shouting something at me loudly in her native tongue.

I could hear the prisoner in the cell to my left scream and moan, annoyed by our argument.

Rika almost immediately stopped, an annoyed look on her face. "Great Ten my ass."

"Rika," I shook my head, "I think we need to talk…"

She giggled. "Really, now?" Rika got to her feet, as did I. Though, Rika reached out towards the barrier, placing her hand against the energy field. Suddenly, her hand slipped through and she walked through the barrier. "That's better," she sighed.

My eyes widened. "How did you—"

"…Unless you know anything about slavirngrka, then I doubt highly it's worth explaining."

"Slavink...uhh… What?"

"Exactly."

I sighed. "Forget it. I think you should get out of my cell. I have cameras in here. I'm not exactly considered the nicest prisoner in this place!"

"Don't worry, the cameras can't see me. Slavirgrka…," she said slyly.

I blinked a few times, hoping this was all a bad dream and I would wake up back on Earth in my nice, warm bed.

Damn, she may be beautiful, but this is insane.

Rika placed a hand on my shoulder, running the fingers on her other hand through my hair.

I arched an eyebrow.

"You look so different on those holograms… Much cuter in person."

I couldn't help but laugh. "Rika, stop." I pulled both her hands off of me. "Please, leave. I really can't take a harsher punishment."

"Tell me about it." She had an extremely disappointed expression, now. "I guess I'll see you later, Alien Boy." She waved a slender hand in my direction, brushing her fingers against my cheek before gracefully walking back through the barrier and back down the bridge.

"Alien Boy…," I whispered to myself.