Note: first fanfic, will improve as I go along, I have been a gamemaster on my past RP site so the action should be good, and I do not own Ben 10 or anything that is remotely like Ben 10.

AUTHOR'S NOTE OF GLORY: So far, I have had the viewpoint for all my characters of the main ten except one. Now, it is time for that character's viewpoint.

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The basement of the girl's dormitory holds many things. A bar, a rec room, a lounge, a study and a dining area. However, along side with those things is a room that holds a very special student. The room is detached from the other rooms and can only be entered through a secret passage way underneath the staircase at the crossroads of the hallways. Thus, because of that secret passage, few students have ever entered that room.

The room was most of the time either barely lit or completely dark. The only light source that shined the room was a light bulb that was painted purple. Thus the room always had a twilight feeling to it. In the room were a collection of strange articles such as dried up animal heads or rocks and minerals from different worlds. There were shelves upon shelves of books that filled the room. The books dated back from thousands of years, to only a few months old. There was no bed and there were no windows. However, there was a refrigerator. There were also no chairs in it except for a small one that sat on top of a table that was strewn with papers and books.

In the middle of the room hovered a ghost who was going through one her books. Her name was Ghostfreak.

Ghostfreak looked at the book in a lazy manner with her single eye rotating back and forth as she read the complicated words that littered the pages of her book.

The book boasted that it had several spells and potions that could elongate the lifespan of an organism. The author even said how he had given one of his potions to his pet which outlived his neighbors (whom he killed) and his wife (whom "accidentally" drank a poisonous drink and died).

Ghostfreak shut the book slowly; the book was full of nonsense as usual. She had read hundreds upon hundreds of books that talked about life and death and what to do with it and as far as she could tell, they were false. However, a lot of them did describe ways of killing things from a distance or killing people and leaving no mark behind…but she was not interested in that. She had no need for murder.

Taking the book in hand, she slowly glided towards the shelf and placed the book in its spot.

The issue of death and life has always entered Ghostfreak's mind when she was bored. Sometimes, she would question herself and her species if they were dead or alive. She was never told how she was born, who (if she had any) her parents were, or if she had any real family. In fact, she barely even knew anyone that was from her species, all she knew was that they all lived in a remote planet at the end of the galaxy. She was the only one of her kind around for light years around.

Ghostfreak then began to stare at the shelf, the more that she thought about it, the more that she realized that she was an odd one. She did not need a bed to sleep in for she was never sleepy. She never needed a chair to rest in for she never got tired. She never needed food for she was never hungry. She did however need to drink liquids fluently because she was thirsty sometimes and she also needed to take showers because sometimes she can smell. Isn't that crazy? A ghost that needs to take showers because they can become smelly?

"I am certainly an odd one," said Ghostfreak to herself.

"Talking to oneself is a sign of madness," said a cool voice in the room.

Ghostfreak eye widened and she made a small startling sound. Who was in her room and how did she not feel his presence earlier?

Ghostfreak quickly turned around and saw in the twilight darkness a tall, slim figure with large beady eyes.

Ghostfreak's eye widened.

"You!" she said.

"It is a pleasure to meet you again, Penelope Sayzar," said the figure.

He walked towards her and Ghostfreak got a better sight of him. The creature was built like a mantis but modified so he appeared more human looking. He had a large thorax and an even larger abdomen. Four legs came out of the abdomen and supported the slim figure while his arms were curled up to his sides. His arms were also much like a mantis for they were clawed with sinister looking thorns that came from his hands all the way down to his elbows. He had a long neck that led to a pointy head which also had two long antennae sprouting out from the top of it. His bluish outfit went smoothly with his greenish skin and his overall complexion contrasted sharply with the dark and mellow room. He looked peaceful and yet that made him appear all the more threatening.

"Fuzei Setsudanki," said Ghostfreak slowly.

"Ah…so you remember me, Penelope. It has been a long time hasn't it?"

"Not long enough…" replied Ghostfreak.

"Come, come is that how you speak to an old friend?"

"What are you doing here?"

"I have come to give you a warning Penelope. It is almost time for you to go back home to where you belong."

"What? Now? Not now! Not when I have so much to lose!"

"That is why I said it is not yet time. Like I said before, this is a warning. A warning that you should be ready to leave by the time I come back. In one month, I will be back to pick you up. No exceptions. If you resist, I shall hurt your dear friend…what his name...Matthew…that's it."

"Don't you dare…"

"Do not worry; I shall not hurt him if you comply with my client's wishes."

"…I do not want to go…"

Fuzei gave her a complex look and said, "Penelope. Everywhere you go you had always hated and you always wanted to move to the next one as quickly as possible. Why have you suddenly decided that you do not wish to leave this place?"

"…I have friends…"

"Ah, you have "friends." Tell me…where are your friends right now? Why aren't they "hanging out" with you right now? Why are you all alone in this…" Fuzei then motioned his thorny hands around the dark room, "…horrid place? Why aren't you with Matthew or his friends huh? Ah…I see…they do not care about you…they find you as much as a…freak…as everyone else does…I think…that they actually want to be as far away from you as much as possible. For no one wants to be with a freak."

"Shut up! SHUT UP!"
"You can not deny your destiny Penelope! The evil spirit that is stored inside of you will be set free soon! If you do not come with us…all of your "friends" will be hurt or killed and you could do nothing about it. For instead of him being the host, you will be the host upon your very own body! You will watch in agony as every last bit of your friends are killed! That is the price you will have to pay if you do not follow my orders!"

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"

Ghostfreak picked up a nearby book and threw it at Fuzei. Fuzei was quick to react, faster than the blink of an eye; he raised one of his arms and sliced through the book in mid-air. The book upon impact was torn in two and fell to the ground. As it was falling, loose sheets of paper flew from the book and they floated calmly down to the ground.

It was just then that a voice that Ghostfreak so dearly loved filled the room up with its high pitch sound.

"What's going on here!?"

Ghostfreak turned to the door that led to the secret passage way, standing there was Grey Matter.

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Several minutes ago…

Grey Matter stood outside the girl's dormitory waiting for someone to open the door for him. After all, the door knob was above his reach and he had no chance in trying to open it. When someone did answer the door, he discovered a very angry Stinkfly looking back at him.

"Oh…it's you…" she said, "well…come on in…"

Grey Matter scratched his head but did not ask Stinkfly what was wrong since she could be very violent when angry. As he was following her, he saw a small hole in the wall and he also smelled in the air a faint aroma of sewage. His curiosity proved too much for him to handle and so he said, "Er…Stinkfly? What happened?"

Stinkfly made a horrible sound and she spat on the ground, the acid spit sizzled as it partially burned the floor. Grey Matter walked around the acid spit puddle as best as he could. Stinkfly then said, "a couple of thieves broke in and stole our panties, that's what."

"Ah…" said Grey Matter though it didn't completely answer his question, he decided to let it rest since he could tell it would make Stinkfly angrier.

Stinkfly stopped right by a stair case and said, "there ya go. Now if you excuse me…I have to go clean the upstairs floor."

"Er…right," said Grey Matter.

When Stinkfly was gone, Grey Matter walked underneath the staircase and went up to a wall. He then knocked on it several times in rapid succession. In response to his knocking an electronic voice said, "Password?"

Grey Matter cleared his throat and said, "Heatblast is smart."

"Password accepted, welcome Matthew," said the electronic voice.

A small door opened up for him and he gladly walked inside of it. The door swung behind him and he found himself at a rickety looking staircase with the only light source coming from a bare bulb that hung from the ceiling. Without hesitating, he jumped down the stairs one at a time until he got to the bottom. When he got to the bottom, he found a normal size door standing in front of him.

Before Ghostfreak inhabited the dorm and thus the secret room, the room in which she lived in used to be a storage room that kept forbidden items and what not. Back then the people who used it were "normal" size and thus had a "normal" sized door for them. Even though Ghostfreak and Grey Matter had been using the room for a long time, they still hadn't gone around taking it down and adding a mini door for Grey Matter. What they did add was an electronic device that would open the door for Grey Matter every time he would press a button that was near the door. Once he pressed it, the door would open and he would be able to get in.

He was about to push that very same button when he heard Ghostfreak's voice through the door.

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" she cried.

Her voice was so terrifying sounding that it sent shivers down Grey Matter's spine. Fearing that something was wrong, he jammed his finger against the button and the door swung open. When he stepped into the room he shouted, "What's going on here!?"

The light from the stairway lit up the dark room and he was able to see Ghostfreak and a stranger whom he never had seen in all of his life.

"Matthew!" said Ghostfreak in her still quivering voice.

Grey Matter looked into Ghostfreak's eye and saw for once in his life fear in it. The look of fear was even more terrifying than her scream for it meant that something was dreadfully wrong. He turned to the stranger and said, "What have you done to her!?"

The stranger rotated his thin body around to get a better look at Grey Matter. His large, black eyes made Grey Matter almost gag for they were so horrific looking. The stranger did not speak for a slight moment, when he did, he said, "so you're Matthew eh?"

Grey Matter gathered up his courage and barked, "yeah! What's it to you?"

The stranger ignored Grey Matter's comment and twisted his pointy head at Ghostfreak and said, "maybe I was wrong Ghostfreak…maybe you do have-"

"HEY!" interrupted Grey Matter, "I'm talking to you!"

The stranger's head snapped right back on Grey Matter and his antennae quivered, he then spoke in a harsher tone as he said, "you should respect your elders…do you even know who I am?"

"Like I care?" said Grey Matter.

"Matthew! Hush! Fuzei is part of the Arthropoda Bounty Hunter Alliance group. They are some of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy!"

Grey Matter's eye brow ridge rose a bit.

"A bounty hunter eh? Tell me…Fuzei…did Penelope ever tell you that she, Upgrade my friend, and I intend to be bounty hunters too?"

Fuzei made a strange choking sound and said, "really? She never told me that…"

"That's right!" said Grey Matter continuing on with gusto, "and when we get out of this school...we'll become the best bounty hunters ever!"

Fuzei relaxed his antennae which were straightened out and he said in a quiet voice, "…if you are still alive…"

Fuzei slowly turned around and faced Ghostfreak whose look of fear was still plastered on her face. Fuzei then said, "one month Penelope. Think about your choice and your destiny."

And with a flash of smoke, Fuzei was gone.

Grey Matter ran up to Ghostfreak and said to her in a reassuring voice, "Penelope! Who was that guy?"

Ghostfreak's head slowly focused on Grey Matter. And in a voice that was full of fear and hate she said

"One of the scariest people alive."