Hello Everybody! Btr100 over here with the 18th chapter of my story, Ben 10: The Faction Returns...
It's finally Friday...Let's do this!
Peace!-Btr100
As a giant rift suddenly appeared in the skies of Jump City, causing thunderstorms with one of its many thunderbolts hitting Ben as Way Big and forcing him to revert back to his human form. And as the thunderbolts are hitting random buildings and setting them on fire, Starfire proceeded to fly towards the giant drift while Ben waited for his Omnitrix to be repaired and ready to be used again.
Starfire then got near the yellow rift, inspecting something to come out in a few seconds. Not to long after, Starfire saw two small red eyes from far away in the hole, but couldn't see it properly, as it was a silhouette. Starfire then decided to get a closer look and flew nearer into the rift, before she heard a beep from her communicator.
"Starfire? What do you see?" Robin's voice was heard saying.
"I do not know. But it appears to have red eyes and an alien-like body." Starfire said.
Before Robin can say anything else, the creature tackled Starfire and they were both sent flying into several buildings, skidded into the streets and also toppled some cars along the way. The strange creature was on top of her, but Starfire easily threw the creature off her.
The Teen Titans then saw the cloud of dust that was created when Starfire and the strange creature crashed into the ground.
"STARFIRE!" Robin shouted. The Titans then ran quickly towards the scene.
When The Titans then arrived at the scene, it was still full of dust and smoke. A few seconds later, the smoke and dust cleared and the Titans saw Starfire, perfectly alright with no visible injuries and they saw a average-sized alien in white color and red eyes growling at them, especially at Ben.
Ben gasped, before putting on his serious face.
"Ben. Do you know this creature?" Robin asked.
"Yep. Titans, I would like you to meet Zed. He can transform into the predatory species of my aliens using a knock-out Omnitrix called the Nemetrix. Right now, he is a Buglizard, the predatory species for the Lepidopterrans." Ben said, before his Omnitrix beeped and Ben looked to see his Omnitrix flashing green, signifying that it was ready for usage.
"Omnitrix Auto-Repairs Completed. Next transformation ready for usage." The Omnitrix beeped, before the Omnitrix core popped out. Ben then slammed the Omnitrix core back down, and the green flash blinded the Titans and Buglizard as the transformation sequence began.
(Rock began to form in his wrist and it then ran all the way up to Ben's eye. When it reached his eye, his eyes went full green and his hands and chest got bigger and his body is now covered in hard, durable rock and with his hands and chest being bigger, he now had the looks of a gorilla. He then did a pose as the sequence ended.)
"Rockhead!" the Sonorosian predator shouted, before tackling Buglizard into multiple buildings, before they crashed into a tanker truck and a huge explosion followed, sending Buglizard flying towards the sea, while Rockhead managed to endure the explosion. Rockhead then ran towards the edge of an cliff where he can see the Titans Tower, but then an alien came out of the water.
Omnivoracious.
"Oh great. This guy." Rockhead said, but then he was tackled by the unusually strong bird and he was sent flying into an electronics store. Omnivoracious then flew towards him, but Rockhead kicked her towards the roof sending her flying towards the roof of the store, before Rockhead followed. Omnivoracious stood up again and she transformed herself into Rockhead as well.
Ben Rockhead then transformed himself into:
"Diamondhead!" the Petrosapien shouted, before turning his left hand into a diamond sword, with Rockhead doing the same to her right hand. The two fierce aliens then clashed their swords and it quickly became a sword fight, with both aliens doing pretty good.
Diamondhead and Rockhead then clashed their respective swords, and while Rockhead is distracted, Diamondhead punched Rockhead straight in the face sending her back, before shooting multiple crystals which then exploded on contact when it hit Rockhead and it send her flying towards the streets. Diamondhead then jumped from the roof and walked towards Rockhead, but she then landed a punch on Diamondhead's face sending him flying.
Rockhead then stood up and was about to follow Diamondhead, but she was then hit by a blue energy beam. She then looked to see The Teen Titans, with Cyborg's left hand turned into his sonic cannon.
"Okay Titans, it's our turn. Titans GO!" Robin shouted and the 5 teens jumped off the rooftop and ran towards Rockhead. Cyborg was the first to attack and punched Rockhead several times, before blasting her with his sonic cannon, sending the Sonorosian predator backwards. Using her large hands, Rockhead slammed her fists towards the ground and it caused a rock wave to hit Cyborg, sending him backwards.
Beast Boy was next to attack and transformed himself into a gorilla. He then punched Rockhead several times and lifted her, before throwing her into a car. To Beast Boy's surprise, Rockhead easily recovered and she slammed the car into Beast Boy sending him flying.
"I WILL NOW HAVE CARPHOBIA FROM THIS DAY FORWARD!" Beast Boy shouted as he crashed into a pie store.
Rockhead was then hit by a flying car, before being hit by a flying lamp post, before she was suddenly floating in the air with a black aura around her and she was then slammed down the ground several times, before she was then sent flying into multiple buildings. Due to her rock-hard body, she easily recovered and saw Raven floating in the air, her eyes glowing white.
Rockhead then jumped towards Raven, but Starfire tackled her and sent the rock creature skidding into the streets, before crashing into a car.
Meanwhile...
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Diamondhead shouted as he was flying far in the air, before crashing into the the bridge, was sent skidding into the streets of the bridge, crashed multiple crash and caused them to topple and he then crashed into a pizza delivery truck.
"(Cough) Lucky punch Rockhead...(cough)..Lucky punch..." Diamondhead said as he stood up, but when he turned around, Rockhead or any other predator is not there, just some toppled cars and a damaged street. Diamondhead then saw an explosion in the distance, before seeing a figure flying our of the fire and smoke, and Diamondhead saw its red hair.
"Starfire.." Diamondhead said, before running towards the scene, but he suddenly remembered the drift and looked to see it was still there.
"But what about the drift?" Diamondhead asked himself, before dodging another thunderbolt. Diamondhead looked to see two figures skydiving out of the giant drift and when they got closer, Diamondhead was surprised to see:
"Charmcaster? Rook?" Diamondhead asked as the sorceress and his partner landed right in front of him.
"Ben!" Rook said happily as he hugged his best friend in his Petrosapien form, which Diamondhead happily accepted.
"How did you guys get here?" Diamondhead asked as he released his hug with Rook.
"Well, Gwen created a portal towards this place after sensing your mana, but we got into a short fight with Khyber's pet and she managed to follow me while Rook was trying to stop her and so, Rook got into this mess." Charmcaster replied.
"Now let us get out of this dimension while the rift is still open." Rook said.
"Look, even if I wanted to go home, I have some friends in this place and I am going to help them with Zed and I'm not going to force you to help me or not!" Diamondhead shouted before transforming himself into:
"Swampfire!" the Methanosian shouted, before firing streams of fire from his hands and using them as jet propulsion to fly towards the scene. After a few seconds Swampfire arrived to the scene of destruction, where fire was all over the place and Swampfire was looking frantically for the Teen Titans.
"Robin? Cyborg? Beast Boy? Starfire? Raven!" Swampfire shouted, but there was no reply. Swampfire then transformed himself into:
"Water Hazard!" the Orishan shouted, before shooting water blasts from the portholes in his hands, effectively putting out the fire after a few seconds later. When he putted out the fire, he then started to look for any members of the Teen Titans, before finding a brooked path on the streets, signifying that someone skidded into the streets and headed into that direction so Water Hazard followed it.
As Water Hazard was running towards the scene, Cyborg was suddenly thrown into him and they were both sent flying into a wall.
"Ow...Cyborg? Why did you just flew into me?" Water Hazard asked.
"Oh nothing. Except a giant worm almost melted me with its balls of acid, and it changed into a 20 ft. tall dinosaur that tackled me all the way up here!" Cyborg shouted as they stood up again. Water Hazard then transformed himself into:
"Humongousaur!" the Vaxasaurian shouted, before slapping the Omnitrix symbol, transforming him into:
"Ultimate Humongousaur!" the evolved Vaxasaurian shouted, before he and Cyborg ran towards the battle which caused massive destruction in a big part of the city.
When Cyborg and Ultimate Humoungousaur arrived at the scene, they saw Tyrannopede trapping Robin and Raven in a web cocoon and fired a stream of sticky web from the hole on her forehead at Starfire, but she managed to dodge it and she flew towards the dinosaur and punched her several times. Starfire then landed her last punch, before firing a starbolt beam, sending Tyrannopede back, but then she was hit by several missiles and a blue energy beam. Tyrannopede then looked to see Ultimate Humungousaur and Cyborg charging towards her.
Tyrannopede then charged towards them as well, but she soon wished she regretted it because both Ultimate Humungousaur and Cyborg tackled her and sent her flying towards several buildings, before crashing in another electronics shop. Cyborg and Ultimate Humungousaur then jumped off of her and Ultimate Humungousaur reverted back to Humungousaur, before transforming himself into:
"Water Hazard!" he shouted, before shooting water blasts into the electronics store, which caused all of the electrical equipment to short-circuit and give out sparks of electricity and it electrocuted Tyrannopede, which forced her to revert back into Zed, and Cyborg gasped as Ultimate Humungousaur reverted back to Humungousaur and reverted back to Ben.
"All this time..we've been fighting a dog?" Cyborg said, as Robin, Starfire and Raven walked over to him and Ben.
"Wait. Where's Beast Boy?" Ben asked.
"Over here..." a voice said and the Titans looked to see Beast Boy, covered in soot and his formerly green skin is now turned into pitch-black, before he shook his head in rapid speed, dusting the soot off of him and he immediately turned back into his former colors.
"Ben!" a voice called, and Ben and the Titans looked to see Charmcaster and Rook running towards them. The Titans prepared their weapons/powers but Ben raised his hand as a signal for them to stop.
"Guys. It's cool. They're my friends. Titans, meet Charmcaster and Rook. Rook and Charmcaster, meet the Teen Titans." Ben said, as Robin and Cyborg lowered their weapons and BB, Starfire and Raven stopped their powers.
"Charmcaster is a human magical sorceress and Rook here is a Revonnahgander, but he is a bit naive to the Earth cultures like Starfire." Ben said, introducing his two teammates to the Teen Titans. The Titans walked over to them and they greeted each other.
"Hi. My name's Robin. This is Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven and Cyborg. We're the Teen Titans." Robin said as he shook the hands of both Charmcaster and Rook, with the two accepting the handshake.
"Okay. Now that we know each other, does anyone know how to get rid of..Zed?" Ben said as it revealed Zed still unconscious.
"You might as well get rid of the dog. She's of no use anymore." an evil voice said that came from Zed's Nemetrix and the gang looked in shock and surprise, especially the Teen Titans.
"That dog can talk?" Beast Boy asked.
"No. It's the watch on her collar." Ben replied as the Nemetrix glowed red repeatedly. The Nemetrix was then suddenly covered in black liquid with a red outline on it, before the liquid turned into a hand with sharp claws and it took a hold into the floor.
"Now that the dog is of no use anymore, you might as well face me now Ben Tennyson." the voice said, the hand turning into a figure that looks like a humanoid dinosaur with sharp claws and a Tachyon Cannon for its left hand. On it's neck was an outline of the Nemetrix, and Ben gasped.
"Now that I have absorbed the Nemetrix, Khyber's pathetic dog won't be needed anymore, so from now on, I will be the one taking care of you Ben Tennyson." Malware said, before firing a laser beam from his Tachyon Cannon.
Ben's Omnitrix then flashed green and the watch-like device transformed Ben into:
"Chromastone!" the Crystalsapien shouted, before taking the laser blast and absorbing it. After absorbing the blast, his body became multicolored and Chromastone then fired a huge blast of multicolored energy from his hands and it hit Malware, causing the Mutant Galvanic Mechamorph to be sent flying through several buildings, before he crashed into the city park, crashing into a bench.
"TENNYSON!" Malware shouted, as he saw Chromastone running towards him at a speed so fast that it created two multicolored afterimages behind him. Chromastone's fist then became multicolored and he jumped high in the air. Malware then turned his cannon hand into Khyber's brawling fist, before flying towards the mid-air Chromastone.
Malware and Chromastone then collided their punches and a big explosion of multicolored energy followed and it was so strong, that it caused a shockwave that managed to damage a large part of Jump City.
The Teen Titans along with Rook and Charmcaster were then blown away by the strong shockwave that Chromastone and Malware created.
To Be Continued...
And that's it for Chapter 18! Hoped you liked it!
I'm feeling the urge to talk about facts! Khyber and Hunter Arian's lasers have proven to be strong enough to severely damage an Appoplexian, (Rath) knock out a Human/Demon or even a full average demon, (Raven) and also sent a Tetramand flying. (Princess Looma in jakevoronkov1's story: Ben's Twin in Chapter 17.) According to me, it can kill a mere human and other Earth animals/species in a single hit and is much more powerful than Vilgax's laser beams from his eye.
Peace!-Btr100
