Hello Everybody! Btr100 over here with the 24th chapter of my story, Ben 10: The Faction Returns...

If one knows Slade, he is cunning and relentless...and if one knows Btr100, he is bad in strategies and doesn't know how to tie his own shoelaces.

Peace!-Btr100


Slade, the arch-nemesis of the Teen Titans, is currently watching every replay of Ben defeating the old villains of the Teen Titans, currently watching the replay of Ben managing to defeat the entire HIVE Five Team using Humungousaur, Swampfire and Eye Guy. The video then changes to see a replay of Ben as Hypnotick, giving Terra her memory back.

The replay then shows Ben defeating Regice using Heatblast and defeating Regirock using a combination of Heatblast and NRG. His clone strategized at the end and used Lodestar to defeat Registeel. It also shows Healster healing the Titans East, before going Bio-Wolf to battle Charizard, Venosaur and Blastoise and at the end, using Jury Rigg to fix the damaged city.

It then shows a replay of when the Teen Titans are battling the giant robots, with Ben and his allies defeating a large number of them, but what impressed him the most was Ben transforming into Way Big and easily defeating the same size robot by throwing it into outer space.

And then the next was his personal favorite. Ben battling Malware. First, Ben defeated a shape-shifting dog who proved to be a formidable opponent for Ben, but Ben managed to defeat her and his next opponent was the mutant Galvanic Mechamorph. The battle was long, but in the end, the Titans came to help their friend after Ben as Ultimate Four Arms easily destroyed the mall.

Ben as Upgrade impressed Slade and he watched Cyborg who was upgraded by Upgrade, battling Malware, before forcing him to get out of the Teen Titans dimension in the end. Slade was really impressed by how Ben defeated opponents easily when the Teen Titans have to take considerable effort.

"Ben Tennyson. You have great potential. Power. Strength. I see you have brought Terra back to the Teen Titans. How cute. Robin and Terra, my former apprentices. Now...Ben Tennyson is next.." Slade said.

"My army. Let's begin with phase one." he said as the camera reveals his robot commandos, ready for battle. Over the years, his robot commandos have been upgraded and are now stronger, faster and much more durable than ever before. They also look like General Immortus' robot army, except with a black and orange color scheme, similar to Slade's mask.

Meanwhile...

It was nighttime in Jump City, but the Teen Titans are still awake, with each of them playing late volleyball in the roof, the players being Terra and Beast Boy on the left side, along with Cyborg and Robin on the right side. Raven was inside the Tower, in the Main Operations Room, reading her book in peace and quiet, while Ben was outside along with the four volleyball players.

Ben was checking any signs of trouble in Jump City. To make things easier, he managed to synchronize the Titans Communicator along with his Omnitrix, making him check any signs of trouble in his watch, which was much more easier. As an alien, the Omnitrix will beep if someone calls and he can reply in either human form or alien form.

"So far, so good." Ben said, before looking out at the nice view of the sea and the city. This reminds him of his hometown, Bellwood. But then, derailing his train of thoughts would be the loud beeping of the Omnitrix. The four teens heard the beep and stopped their game, before they looked to see Raven arriving at the rooftop.

"Trouble." Ben said.

In the city museum, an explosion occurred, and people ran away for their lives while screaming like hell. Then, coming out of the museum were some of Slade's robot commandos, firing their lasers everywhere, hitting either a lamp post or a fire hydrant.

Inside the museum, the robot commandos were destroying everything in their sight, firing lasers everywhere and instead of stealing the artifact, they destroyed them. More and more commandos were coming to the museum at Slade's command, when a green starbolt managed to hit and destroyed a commando. The robot commandos then looked to see the Teen Titans, ready for action.

"Slade's robot commandos huh? This should be easy. Titans! GO!" Robin shouted and each of the Titans jumped into action.

Robin then pulled out his metal bo staff and he slammed it on a robot commando, but the result was unexpected. Instead of breaking into pieces, the commando easily took the blow. In the past, one swipe of Robin's bo staff would break the commandos into pieces, but now they have gotten much more durable. The commando then blasted lasers from its eyes, sending Robin flying.

Robin was then sent flying into the wall, near to Cyborg.

"ROBIN!" the cyborg shouted.

Cyborg then jumped into a robot commando and he punched it several times, before firing a sonic blast at its head at a close range, but despite that, the robot commando managed to endure the blows and blasts, leaving Cyborg surprised and confused. Cyborg then built his missile launchers at his shoulders, before firing all of the missiles at the robot commando, but the robot commando easily shook it off and zapped Cyborg with a electric laser blast, short-circuiting him and knocking him out.

Beast Boy then turned into a T-Rex and he stepped on several Robot Commandos, effectively destroying them, but several Robot Commandos fired laser blasts at T-Rex Beast Boy at the same time and it was too much for the dinosaur and he was sent down, before being forced to revert back to Beast Boy and going unconscious.

Raven then flew in the air and her eyes glowed white and her hands glowed black, making her control many of the robot commandos while being covered in black aura. Raven then slammed them down the ground, before throwing them at the wall hard, but it still wasn't enough, so Raven lifted them again and ripped them apart to pieces easily. She then controlled another commando and lifted it at mid-air, but the commando proved to be able to resist Raven's control and fired a laser, which hit Raven and knocked her out.

Terra used the concrete floor as her rock board and she flew in the air, lots of rocks around her, small and large. She then fired all of the stones at several Robot Commandos, crushing them with the large rocks, but then two robot commandos fired two laser beams. The first laser beam destroyed the rock she was standing on and the other hit her and knocked her unconscious.

"Friend Terra!" Starfire shouted, before firing multiple starbolts at the robot commandos who knocked Terra out, the starbolts being too much for the commandos and they exploded. She then fired a giant starbolt which then exploded, destroying multiple robot commandos. A robot commando charged at her, but Starfire easily grabbed it by the arms and spun around, using the commando as a bat and Starfire used it to send the other commandos flying.

She then threw the commando at the wall, but soon after, she was struck behind by a laser blast strong enough to knock her unconscious.

"Starfire!" Ben shouted, before transforming himself into:

"RAAATHH!" the angry Appoplexian shouted, before jumping at a robot commando and ripping out its head with ease, before throwing the body at another body and throwing the head at another commando. Rath's wrist claw then grew larger and he sliced another robot commando in half. He then quickly jumped into multiple commandos and sliced off their heads before jumping into another commando.

He then stabbed the robot commando by the chest, before he jumped off to see the commando explode. He then looked around to see that he was surrounded by robot commandos, so he slammed his fists onto the ground, creating a shockwave which sent majority of the robot commandos flying and also sending rocks flying.

Rath then charged and ran towards another group of robot commandos.

"LET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN' ROBOT COMMANDOS! NOBODY HURTS MY FRIENDS AND I MEAN NOBODY! AND NOW, YOU JUST GOT YOURSELVES A PIECE OF RATH BEATING!" Rath angrily shouted, before lifting a robot commando and throwing it at another commando. He then sliced multiple robot commandos apart using his wrist claw, before charging at another group of commandos.

"PREPARE TO TASTE MY WRATH!" Rath shouted, and he jumped high in the air, but then the commandos each fired a large laser beam, all of them combining into one large laser beam and hitting Rath, sending him crashing into the roof, before crashing once again at the ground.

Rath then stood up and looked to see commandos surrounding him once again. In anger, he slapped the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, causing a green glow to envelop his body. His orange skin then became green, he grew a black spike on his shoulders and he grew a pointed horn similar to Way Big's fin.

"Ultimate...RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH!" the evolved Appoplexian shouted, his roar being so powerful that it managed to blow away the robot commandos, sending some flying into the wall. Ultimate Rath then looked to see more commandos walking towards him and in response, he grew his wrist claw so long that it reached his elbows.

Ultimate Rath then used his long claws to easily slice multiple commandos quicker than XLR8 can do to defeat a single large robot. A robot commando then grabbed hold of him from behind, but Ultimate Rath got so angry, that his body glowed red and hot, melting the commando taking hold of him and freeing himself in the process.

Ultimate Rath then fired laser beams from the long claws which managed to hit multiple robot commandos and destroyed them in one shot.

While Ultimate Rath was battling the robot commandos, the Teen Titans then regained consciousness and soon watched Ultimate Rath throw multiple commandos like a rag doll and slice them apart much more quickly than ripping a paper.

Ultimate Rath then slammed his fists into the ground SO hard, that it caused a large shockwave which caused the museum to shook. Rocks started to fall and the ground started to crack.

"The shockwave is too strong! The museum is gonna fall! We have to get out! NOW!" Cyborg shouted.

"But what about friend Ben?" Starfire asked.

"An Appoplexian can take much more than a museum falling on it! Now let's go!" Robin said, before the Teen Titans except Ultimate Rath ran away from the shaking museum. Ultimate Rath continued to battle the remaining Robot Commandos as the Teen Titans got out of the museum.

Ultimate Rath then noticed the shaking museum but then looked at the hundreds of robot commandos that were still ready for battle, so in response, he fired multiple lasers from his claws, firing them at the pillars that hold the upper floors into place, before punching the ground with his fists again, this time, even harder as the museum totally collapsed, dust and smoke bellowing from it.

The Teen Titans looked at the destroyed museum in despair, as Ultimate Rath took too long to get out. But then a few seconds later, Ben in the form of Gravattack used his Gravikinesis to lift the rock debris all around him and he walked over to the Teen Titans, putting the debris back to its proper place.

"Guess I got ya good back at the museum huh?" Gravattack asked them, but not long after, each of the Titans' Communicators and Ben's Omnitrix were beeping and Robin took out his communicator.

"Trouble in the mines. The same robot commandos are wrecking havoc in there. I'm suspecting Slade is up to something..." Robin said.

"Slade?" Gravattack asked.

"Arch-nemesis of ours.." Beast Boy replied.

"WAY bad..." Terra added.

"Titans, MOVE OUT!" Robin shouted and the Titans ran towards the direction of the mines, with Gravattack transforming himself into Big Chill and flying along with the Teen Titans.

In the mines...

Slade's Robot Commandos were shooting lasers everywhere, scaring off the miners that work in there, before a robot commando shot a laser blast at a box full of priceless crystals being lifted by a crane, before destroying the crane, causing a small explosion.

A group of robot commandos were then suddenly frozen, which then caused the other commandos to look at the Teen Titans, before looking at Big Chill who appeared from underground, arms crossed.

"Okay. Titans GO!" Robin shouted, and the Titans jumped into action and Big Chill transformed himself into:

"Chromastone!" the Crystalsapien shouted. A group of robot commandos then fired multiple laser beams which then combined into one laser beam and it managed to hit Chromastone, but it had no effect and he merely absorbed the laser energy, leaving his body glow multicolored. When the commandos stopped shooting, Chromastone took his turn and fired a massive multicolored beam of energy, hitting and destroying the commando group.

Chromastone then fired more energy beams which managed to hit and destroy three robot commandos, before tackling a robot commando into the wall, causing dust to fly. A robot commando was then seen being sent flying and the camera reveals Starfire throwing the commando in the air, before flying over to chase after it.

Due to the mines having plenty of rock around, Terra proved to be much more resilient, throwing large rocks at robot commandos which managed to easily crush them and destroy them. She then looked at the robot commando all around her, but Terra raised her glowing hand in the air and created monsters out of earth, the earth monsters battling the commandos and winning after ripping their heads off or slicing them apart.

Raven threw robot commandos around, before firing telekinetic bolts at the robot commandos, which managed to easily destroy them, before lifting a robot commando up in the air, before throwing it into another group of commandos. 5 Robot commandos attempted to shoot her with their lasers, but Raven put up a telekinetic shield to protect herself, before Cyborg then destroyed the 5 commandos.

Beast Boy then turned into a rhinoceros and bashed through several robot commandos, while Robin jumped on one commando and placed a time bomb disc behind it. Robin then jumped off just as the disc exploded, destroying the robot. Robin then did this to 6 more robot commandos.

As the Titans battled the army of Robot commandos, Chromastone was sent flying and crashed into the ground. He then looked to see several robot commandos preparing to slam themselves onto the Crystalsapien, but Chromastone fired a giant multicolored laser beam from his eye, which then destroyed the commandos and caused a mid-air explosion.

Chromastone then looked to his left to see a shadowed man running away.

"Slade.." Chromastone muttered, before following the man.

While the man was running, he looked around to see Chromastone chasing him, before he ran faster. Chromastone then picked up his pace, before his body was enveloped in green light, transforming him into:

"Eatle!" the bug-like alien shouted, before picking up some rocks and eating them, before firing a green energy beam from his horn, which managed to hit Slade and sent him tripping. Eatle stopped, believing to have caught his culprit.

"Gotcha!" Eatle said with enthusiasm.

But, to his surprise, Slade stood up without any problems.

"On the contrary, It is I who have gotten you." Slade said, before blowing up a detonator, sending rocks falling and trapping both Ben as Eatle and Slade as the rocks blocked both paths..

"So...you must be Slade." Eatle said.

"Very observant, I like that. And you, must be the great Ben Tennyson, wielder of the legendary Omnitrix in your dimension." Slade said, which caught Eatle by surprise.

"How do you know about that?" he asked.

"Oh my boy. I've been studying you, from the moment you arrived at Jump City as a Kinecelerean, I have been watching your every move, watching on how you quickly defeated all of the villains that you and the Teen Titans met, which the Teen Titans have to take a lot of considerable effort, but you..you managed to beat them in minutes. You have great potential." Slade said.

"Great potential? Judging by your words, you want me..to be your apprentice..slave...partner.." Eatle said.

"Very observant in words and in actions indeed. I'm impressed." Slade said.

"Well guess what pal, I ain't working for nobody!" Eatle said, before slamming his fists down the ground, creating a rock wave which was quick enough and managed to hit Slade and sent him flying towards a wall. Eatle then bashed through the rocks using his horn and he ran away. While Eatle was running, he saw another pile of rocks blocking his way.

"Looks like Slade came prepared." Eatle said, before bashing through the pile of rocks, and then bashing through more piles of rocks, before finding himself about to run into another pile. However, instead of bashing right through, he slammed his face into the heap of rocks and he fell down the ground.

Eatle then stood up and looked around to see Slade walking towards him.

"So...if you want to play serious, you got it pal!" Eatle said, before eating some rocks and firing a green laser from his horn, which Slade managed to dodge and he charged at Eatle. Eatle attempted to punch him, but Slade dodged the blows, before striking back with his own punches, which managed to hit Eatle. Eatle then grabbed Slade's foot when he was attempting to kick him, before throwing him into the wall.

Slade then quickly recovered, before charging at Eatle once again and attempting to kick Eatle, but the beetle ducked and fired a green laser from his horn, which hit Slade in close range and sent him flying far.

"Time to test out a new trick." Eatle said, before transforming himself into:

"Fasttrack!" the Citrakayah shouted, before spinning around, going at maximum speed and bashing through the wall on his right, leaving a hole shaped like Fasttrack when he bashed right through.

On the other side, Fasttrack bashed right through the wall and landed on a rocky ground and he looked to see the Titans standing triumphantly as all of Slade's robot commandos were destroyed.

"Hey Ben! You just missed out the fun!" Terra said.

"Well...yeah, I found Slade and I decided to get him for you guys, but he was tough enough to match me even when I was Eatle, so I came here as Fasttrack, since Slade blocked the way through here." Ben as Fasttrack explained.

"Slade!? Where is he now!?" Robin asked.

"Well, he's-" Fasttrack said, but was interrupted when an explosion behind him sent him flying in front of the other Titans. They then looked to see Slade, standing brave and bold.

"Slade!" Robin shouted.

"Robin. The Teen Titans. It's nice to see you again, but today, I'm not going after you." Slade said, looking at Ben as Fasttrack.

"You want me Slade!? Well, if you want me so bad, then..." Fasttrack said, before transforming himself into Jetray, to angry to shout out his name. Jetray then flew quickly towards Slade and tackled him so hard that the ground broke and dust and rocks were sent flying. A few seconds later, Jetray flew out as the smoke cleared, revealing Slade, half unconscious.

Jetray then fired neuroshock blasts from his eye, which caused dust flying when it hit. Jetray then fired a neuroshock blast from his tail which sent both dust and rocks flying when it hit. Jetray then fired neuroshock blasts from both his eyes and tail, which caused a small explosion. Jetray then turned into Big Chill and frozen Slade, before reverting back to Ben.

"That takes care of him." Ben said, but sadly he was mistaken when Slade managed to thaw out of the ice.

"You are a formidable adversary..I promise you, I'll be back..." Slade said, before returning to the shadows.

(The camera then pans to Ben's serious face with The Teen Titans looking at him, before the episode ends)


That's it for this chapter!

It's like Terra's episode, doesn't it?

Peace!-Btr100