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3 The Twin Blue Blurs

Ben

"What happened to you?" Iron Man asked.

Ben returned to being human.

"I'm now half Kineceleran, just like my future wife."

Helen smiled before she turned human as well.

"What happened to that device?"

"Azmuth is working on it. The Galvan might be an intelligent race, but when they're as small as that, it takes them a while to get anything done."

"But how did you become half alien?" Rescue asked.

Ben looked at each of them.

"You know, seeing as you know who I am, and seeing as I will be needing your help, why don't we all just lay our real names out on the table. Ben Tennyson."

Iron Man looked around at the other two, who nodded.

"Tony Stark," Tony said, his mask retracting so everyone could see his face.

"James Rhodes," Rhodey said, his mask retracting. "But please, call me Rhodey."

"Patrica Potts," she said. "But I prefer Pepper."

"Helen Wheels," Helen said, holding onto Ben.

"Azmuth? You about done in there?"

"Patients, Ben Tennyson. This is not as easy as it once was."

"What was the supplies you needed?"

"One of those suits."

Ben's eyes went wide as he looked at the RV.

"Why don't you work on that out here?" Tony asked.

There was slight grunt and Azmuth walked out with the Ultimatrix on his back.

Ben, quickly grabbed the device and held out his hand.

Azmuth jumped on his hand and Ben held him up to Tony.

"I need one of you're suits."

Tony motioned for them to follow.

"You did disable the tacker, right?" Ben asked.

"Of course," Azmuth replied.

Tony lead to the way to the Armory where he held out a backpack.

"Here," Tony said.

"What's this?" Ben asked, holding up the bag.

"Put it on."

Ben shouldered the bag and connected the center buckle.

"Here you go," Tony said, pushing the center buckle.

Ben watched as the center of the buckle lit up.

"Hold up your arms."

Ben held his arms to the sides as armor plates started to completely cover his body.

"Wow," Ben said, as his mask went on.

Tony removed the helmet and sat it down on a table next to Azmuth.

Azmuth tipped the helmet over and crawled inside. After a few minutes, the helmet started to fold up. It folded up to the size of about half a dime.

"What the hell!"

Ben looked at Tony.

"That's impossible."

"Helen, place the Ultimatrix here," Azmuth said motioning to the spot next to him.

Helen complied at once.

"Computer, retract Mark One armor."

"Unable. Helmet is disengaged."

"Cancel retraction. Eject pilot."

Ben felt the armor start to open in the front. He stepped out and it closed behind him.

Tony moved his Mark One over to the launch pod and laid on the table.

Azmuth picked up what was once a helmet and motioned for Ben.

"If you would, Ben Tennyson."

Ben picked up the Ultimatrix in one hand and held out his other to Azmuth. The Galvan jumped into Ben's palm.

As soon as Azmuth was on the table with the armor, he crawled right inside and stared working.

"This town have a Mr. Smoothie?"

"Mr. Smoothie? What's that?"

Ben chuckled as he turned into a Kineceleran.

"I'll be back in about an hour. Care to join me, Helen?"

"I'm always up for a smoothie."

Ben nodded and after Helen had transformed, both took off in a cloud of dust, their after-images remaining for an instant.

Tony

"That was definitely strange."

Pepper nodded next to him.

"Azmuth?"

"Yes, Tony Stark?"

"How fast can a Kineceleran run?"

"By your standard, they have been known to run over five hundred miles an hour, gaining that velocity in a matter of seconds."

Tony's jaw dropped. He looked over at Rhodey and Pepper and saw similar expressions on their faces.

"How is that possible?"

"Their extreme speed comes from manipulating friction."

That seemed to answer all of Tony's questions for the moment.

Ben

Ben and Helen were standing next to a river.

"Are you sure you can? I know I can't," Helen said with a hint of disappointment.

Ben held up one of his three fingers.

"Wait here."

With that he ran to the river and straight over the top.

After he reached the opposite shore of the river, he ran straight back.

"All aboard."

Ben picked Helen up bridal style and in a flash they were standing on the opposite side of the river.

He then set her down.

"Thanks, Ben."

"No problem. Ready to go?"

Helen nodded.

After a few more minutes, they were both standing next to Mr. Smoothie.

"Look who it is!"

Both Ben and Helen look over at the voice. Kevin Levin was walking over with Ben's cousin Gwen on his arm.

"Hey, Helen," Kevin said. He looked at Ben. "Who are you and why have you got Ben's clothes on?"

Ben just stood there.

"Hold on," Gwen said. Her eyes glowed lavender before she gasped. "Ben?"

Ben nodded before turning human.

"What happened?"

"I woke up in the Rustbucket after being chased across the galaxy by the Plumbers-" Helen started.

"Wait," Gwen said looking between the two. "You were being chased by the Plumbers?"

Both Ben and Helen nodded.

"Why?" Gwen asked.

"I nearly killed Vilgax."

Gwen and Kevin looked at Ben with shock.

"Why?" Gwen asked again.

"He nearly killed Helen."

Helen returned to human. There were a few blue spots on her face. But that's not what caught Gwen's attention.

"Helen?"

"Hmm?"

Gwen pointed at her left hand.

"What's that?"

Helen raised her left hand.

"This?"

"Yes."

"Him."

Helen pointed at Ben.

Gwen looked at him.

"You... you..."

"I proposed," Ben supplied.

Gwen nearly fainted.

"You proposed? What about Julie?"

"How is it you haven't seen us together in months and still think that we are?" Ben said with a small laugh.

Gwen kept looking between the two.

"Now as I was saying, when I woke up in the Rustbucket, Azmuth was holding the faceplate to the Ultimatrix above Ben's heart. When I asked him what he was doing, Ben said 'maybe something crazy'."

Ben nodded his head.

"I did do something crazy. I became half Kineceleran."

"You had Azmuth re-write your DNA?"

Ben nodded.

"That's exactly what I did. He's working on the Ultimatrix as we speak. Along with Iron Man."

"I've heard rumors about that guy," Kevin said. "They say he's not human."

"Oh, he's human. I've met him. He even gave me one of his suits."

Kevin looked at Ben.

"Take us to him."

Ben looked at Helen.

"We might as well. There is a major problem in the Plumber Council."

"What?!" Gwen cried.

"Azmuth told us this. He said that there might be someone trying to corrupt the Plumbers."

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