Hello Everybody! Btr100 over here with the 25th chapter of my story, Ben 10: The Faction Returns...

I am currently re-watching Teen Titans episode "Trust" on Youtube and I was really confused with Madam Rouge/Robin/Hot Spot mix-up but the action really paid off. Now I'm getting the feeling I want to somehow return Madame Rouge back to the villain group...

Let's see how that plan goes.

Peace!-Btr100


The Teen Titans villain Adonis, a man with a large battlesuit with a goal to be better than anyone else, was then seen being thrown into the air and was sent flying into a wall, but he quickly recovered to see lots of of body-builders running away. He was attacking a gym and scaring all of the body-builders, that is until the Teen Titans came, along with an alien turtle.

"Okay dude, you're trying to harass big muscled body builders, but I cannot believe you're getting beaten by an alien turtle." Terraspin said, before chuckling, teasing Adonis and making him angry.

"I'm going to be better than anybody else in this world, and a giant wimpy turtle is not going to stop me!" Adonis shouted, before tackling Terraspin and sending him flying into a wall, going right through it and they were both in the locker room.

Adonis then stood up, before putting his foot at Terraspin's chest just near the Omnitrix symbol, standing triumphantly, thinking he had won the battle, but Terraspin isn't the one to give up easily and quickly disagreed with the fact.

"Hey big guy! Don't forget, I don't just make wind in my holes!" Terraspin said, before blowing a strong gust of wind from his mouth, sending Adonis flying into the ceiling. When Adonis fell down, Terraspin smacked him with his flipper like arms, sending him flying out of the locker room and flying out of the gym, crashing into the sandy ground, since the gym is near the beach.

Terraspin then quickly followed and grabbed Adonis by the neck, before throwing him into the shore, but Adonis quickly recovered and charged at Terraspin, but Terraspin extended his black claws and scratched at Adonis's suit, leaving long scratch marks on it, leaving Adonis very angry.

"No one..and I mean no one LEAVES A MARK ON MY SUIT!" Adonis shouted, before punching Terraspin hard, before punching him again, but Terraspin then blew a very strong gust of wind from the holes on his shell which sent Adonis backwards. Adonis was about to charge towards him again, but he was then hit by a blue energy beam and a couple of rocks, before being sent flying by a punch from a green gorilla.

Adonis then looked to see the Teen Titans, with Beast Boy as a gorilla.

"Titans GO!" Robin shouted, and all of the Titans charge towards Adonis, with Adonis charging at them. Starfire then fired numerous Starbolts, Cyborg fired his sonic blast and Terra fired multiple rocks, all of them hitting Adonis and exploding on contact, sending Adonis flying. Three large barbels were then sent flying onto him and Adonis looked to see Raven, telekinetically holding three more barbels in the air.

Raven then threw the barbels and all of them managed to hit Adonis. Adonis growled in anger, but then saw himself fighting Robin. Robin then attempted to kick the large man, but Adonis avoided the kick and tried to grab Robin, but Robin dodged and quickly hit Adonis with his metal bo staff. Robin then jumped over Adonis and quickly placed a time bomb disc on his back, which then quickly exploded, sending Adonis falling into the ground face first.

Adonis then quickly stood up, only to get punched in the face by a green gorilla and a yellow Sasquatch. Adonis was sent stumbling backwards with the green gorilla punching him several times, but the Adonis grabbed hold of him and threw him away, but the gorilla turned into a green falcon and landed on the ground, reverting back into Beast Boy.

Shocksquatch then punched Adonis several times, before grabbing hold of him and letting out a huge blast of electricity at a close range, electrocuting Adonis and making him shout out loud in pain. Shocksquatch then continued doing this until a few seconds have passed before slamming him down the ground. Adonis then quickly recovered, despite the punishment he just received, but Shocksquatch gave him an electric punch, which effectively knocked him out.

"Well, that was easy." Shocksquatch said as he reverted back to Ben.

"Finally! I saw a villain of yours who is not a monster!" Ben said to the Teen Titans, making them chuckle.

"Oh really? You laugh at his statements when you don't laugh at my jokes?" Beast Boy complained.

"Hate to say it to you Beast Boy, but almost all of your jokes aren't that funny. If you're going to have an audience, Terra and Starfire can be one of them." Ben said, causing Beast Boy to lower his head in disappointment.

"Now can we get lunch? I'm starving!" Ben said.

"Yeah, especially after defeating I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R., Steamroller, Atlas and Adonis at one morning! We just beaten a group of robots!" Terra said. When Terra said that statement, he began to think. Ben noticed this, but he decided to ignore it.

"Let's go to the pizzeria!" Cyborg said, the Titans agreeing, before they walked out of the beach, Starfire carrying Adonis. Before they have their lunch, they are going to need to put Adonis in jail and destroy his battlesuit.

Meanwhile...

In the Brotherhood of Evil's secret lair in Paris, the flash-frozen villains which acted as trophies for the Teen Titans' defeat of the Brotherhood of Evil, but over the years, the ice began to melt and some of the villains, such as the HIVE Five, INSTIGATOR, Atlas, Steamroller, and Control Freak had their ice prisons melted, so they were able to escape.

But, the core Brotherhood members: General Immortus, Monsieur Mallah, Madame Rouge and the Brain were still frozen, but however, Madame Rouge's icy prison is starting to melt, a water puddle forming around her. Then..a few moments later, Madame Rouge's ice prison was starting to form cracks around it and she began to take control of her arms.

After a few minutes, Madame Rouge managed to break out of her ice prison.

"Yes! Finally! I am free from my ice prison!" Madame Rouge said, before looking at the still frozen villains. She smirked and walked forward to the frozen Monsieur Mallah, General Immortus and the frozen Brain. Her smirk went larger when she was in front of the brain.

"Vell, vell, vell. Look who ve have here? The Brain frozen in his own lair. That is a pitiful sight to see." Madame Rouge said, teasing the Brain and yet the Brain can't hear because he was still frozen. Madame Rouge then picked up the giant hose which was used to flash freeze the villains, before activating it, aiming it for the still frozen Mallah, Immortus and Brain.

After she made the ice around her teammates even bigger and colder, she threw the hose away, before rubbing her hands. She then prepared to run away, before taking one last look at the still frozen villains.

"Sorry to you all. But you'll never be a true villain like me." Madame Rouge said, before running away out of the lair. Now, she had one objective on her mind: get revenge on the Teen Titans, and that is by destroying them. One by one, their members will fall, and Robin will be her last target.

Back to the Teen Titans...

The Teen Titans were still eating their pizza at the local pizzeria, each of them enjoying it, especially Ben and Terra, after a hard morning defeating and capturing villains, and this time, all of them with the exception of Adonis were robotic, so they were hard to fight for the Titans, but Ben made it easier for the main 5 to capture them.

"Hey Robin. I saw in some of the Titans files about a villainous group called, The Brotherhood of Evil. Who are they? I can tell they were hard to beat." Ben asked, before taking a sip of his soda drink.

"The Brotherhood of Evil? Oh, I can tell you, they are very hard to beat. Almost all of our allies were captured thanks to them, but some of us managed to free them and then we fought against a large group of all of our previous villains." Robin said.

"It's core members consist of General Immortus, a forever-living soldier. Due to him participating in all of the major wars in the world in all eras, all ages and all generations, he is the tactical expert of the core Brotherhood, having a large army of human and robot soldiers." Cyborg said.

"Monsieur Mallah, a walking talking gorilla who is the leader's second-in-command. His strength is impressive but it couldn't compare to his intelligence." Raven said, remembering her experience with the gorilla while babysitting the three superpowered kids Melvin, Timmy Tantrum and Teether.

"Madame Rouge, the shape shifting, elastic, and top-grade ventriloquist spy of the Brotherhood of Evil. She is one of the most ruthless and sadistic villains around, and her ruthlessness has granted her the power of intimidation. Almost all of us showed signs of fear while battling her." Starfire said.

"And the leader, the Brain. He is very smart and science and stuff, but he is only a brain in a jar who can't even move." Beast Boy finished.

"Wow. They seem tough. And this Madame Rouge girl sounds very strong and scary." Ben said.

"Indeed she is. She can be confusing as well, because she can take control of her body structure, which means she can change her appearance to that of another person. When she does, it's almost exact, she can even copy the voice! The only way to know is that if you have enough heat, she will show signs of her body parts melting." Robin said.

"So without even knowing it, she can copy your allies' look and trick others into doing her stuff?" Ben asked.

"Yep, but she doesn't make people do her stuff. She likes to do stuff by herself with her own way. She's not afraid to kill a Teen Titan, no wonder she's feared throughout the entire globe." Robin replied.

"Woah." was the only word Ben could say.

"Why do like asking these kind of questions, friend Ben?" Starfire asked, before taking a bite of her pizza slice.

"So I can be prepared, unlike in my world, the trouble always takes me by surprise. So in this world, I like to come prepared for any situation." Ben replied, before finishing the pizza slice he was holding and drinking his soda drink. This statement caused Robin to think again, but Ben noticed.

"Don't worry Ben! We flashed frozen those freaks and thought them their lesson!" Cyborg reassured.

"I'm still not sure..." Ben said, feeling the same feeling as Robin, as if both of what they're thinking is similar. Meanwhile, in the rooftop of the pizzeria, Madame Rouge, using her goggles, heard the conversation about the Brotherhood of Evil and how scary she is. She then lowered her goggles and smirked evilly as she looked at Ben.

"My my, my little boy. You like to come prepared don't you?" Madame Rouge said.

"Then behold your eyes and prepare to meet a true villain." Madame Rouge said, before looking at her goggles again and hearing each of the Titans having their Titans' Communicators beeping Robin then took out his and checked the problem.

"Trouble in 6 places! We're going to need to split up for this one team!" Robin said.

"Just 6 places? Then I'm going to need to join with Terra." Ben said.

Madame Rouge then smirked, before running away, preparing to meet her target. She then jumped off the rooftop and ran towards a dark alleyway, before bashing through several buildings, causing clouds of dust and smoke to bellow into the air and the Titans saw that from the pizzeria balcony.

"I'll take this one then!" Ben said.

"Okay then! Titans! MOVE OUT!" Robin shouted, as the Teen Titans ran towards their respective places. Ben then jumped down the balcony and landed in the streets, before running towards the same alleyway the culprit went and saw the holes of the buildings it bashed through.

"Woah. It must like taking the shortcuts." Ben said, before walking towards the path the culprit went through, Madame Rouge only waiting in a building right in front of him. She then smirked, knowing her target is near. Very near.

Ben then went right through the first building, before he looked at the other upcoming buildings.

"(sigh.) Hero life isn't so easy too anyways..." Ben said. Madame Rouge then took the form of a teenage girl without Ben knowing, since he was so focused on his mission. She then poked Ben and the Omnitrix wielder looked at her, and she blushed.

"Hey...hero. Tell me, you like capturing criminals, yes?" the girl said, leaving Ben confused but decided to answer the question.

"Um..yeah. It's all part of the job." Ben replied.

"Then..you are going to capture me?" she asked, leaving Ben baffled. Why would he capture her? Is she some spy of some sort? Then he remembered the talk about Madame Rouge, so he decided to keep it low, until her barrier of disguise is broken.

"Lady, I ain't capturing a girl who is as pretty as you." Ben said, leaving the girl to smirk. 'Oh boy.' Ben thought.

"Oh really?" She asked, before attempting to reach out on Ben, but Ben dodged her attack, before dodging another one. Ben then transformed and a green glow enveloped his entire body, changing his form and transforming him into:

"Heatblast!" the Pyronite shouted. He then looked to see the girl change her appearance back to her original Madame Rouge look. Heatblast was taken aback, this girl knows at what she's doing and what she's up against.

"You are a part of the Teen Titans, yes?" Madame Rouge asked.

"You're after them, aren't you?" Heatblast asked, the flames on his shoulder growing bigger and hotter, causing Madame Rouge to sweat. Heatblast saw this and he smirked at her disadvantage. Since he's practically made out of fire, he's semi-invulnerable to her physical attacks.

"Well, aren't you the clever one?" Madame Rouge said.

Heatblast got tired of the conversation and fired a stream of flames from his hands, but Madame Rouge easily dodged the attack and reached out her fist towards Heatblast, but Heatblast grabbed her hand, causing Rouge to quickly take it back in pain.

"Weak to flames aren't ya? You came to grab the wrong guy then!" Heatblast said, before firing another fire blast at Rouge, but she gracefully dodged the attack and she attempted to kick Heatblast, but he ducked and her foot striked a concrete wall instead, leaving a hole behind, getting the Pyronite by surprise.

"Woah. You're stronger than you look." Heatblast said, before firing a large fireball at Madame Rouge, but she dodged it and Heatblast fired several more while running away, but she quickly dodged them, before using her hands to create a large cage bar which blocked Heatblast's path. Heatblast merely went right through it, melting it, causing Madame Rouge great pain.

As Heatblast ran away, he looked around to see Madame Rouge chasing him, a car in her hands. She then threw the car at Heatblast, but Heatblast destroyed it using a fire blast, causing it to explode in mid-air. Heatblast then continued to run for his life, before looking forward to see Madame Rouge standing there.

"AHH! Where did you come from?" Heatblast asked.

"Didn't your friends told you, you should be afraid of me?" Madame Rouge said, before attempting to punch him, but Heatblast flew out of her reach and fired more fireballs at Madame Rouge, but Rouge easily dodged all of the fireballs and extended her arm in an attempt to grab him, but Heatblast dodged and grabbed her hand instead, burning it and making Madame Rouge take it back in pain.

Heatblast then landed on the ground, but Madame Rouge quickly took her chance and grabbed Heatblast with both of her hands and despite the pain, spun him around, before throwing him into a car, before grabbing the car behind her and slamming it on Heatblast.

Heatblast then took his turn and threw the car off of him, before firing another flamethrower stream at Madame Rouge, but she easily dodged it and attempted to grab him again, but he dodged and grabbed her hand, before spinning her around and slammed her on a building, before slamming her into a car, before finally slammed her into the streets.

Heatblast then let go of her hand and jumped into the air, before firing several fireballs which managed to hit her and sent out a small explosion. Then suddenly, her extended hand grabbed hold of his feet, before he was slammed down the streets and into the smoke.

Out of the smoke, it was revealed was dragging Heatblast around like a rag doll, but Heatblast strengthened the flames on his foot, firing a small fire blast at her face, forcing Madame Rouge to let go of him in pain and gave enough time for Heatblast to stand up.

"Okay. You are so good! Can you take this?" Heatblast said, before firing a large stream of flames, which not even Madame Rouge can dodge, so when she was hit, a large explosion occurred. When the smoke cleared, Heatblast was then pushed away into another building, before the Pyronite looked to see Madame Rouge walking towards her, looking good new.

"Okay. You just creep me out you crazy lady." Heatblast said, before strengthening his flames, forcing Madame Rouge to let go of him in pain. Heatblast then fired a stream of flames at the streets, creating a wall of flames to prevent Madame Rouge from going any further, before Heatblast ran away for his life.

As Heatblast ran for his life, he turned around to see Madame Rouge gotten tall, before finding himself between her much larger feet. Heatblast then fired two fireballs at her feet, which then caused Madame Rouge to scream in pain and fall over, Heatblast running to the side before she was crushed by the giant lady and he continued running.

Heatblast then looked at his back, to see Madame Rouge extending her arm and managing to grab his foot, before throwing him into a nearby building, ready for demolition. Heatblast quickly recovered, before seeing Madame Rouge, and narrowly dodging a punch from her. He then stood up again, before firing a fire blast at her, but she dodged.

"The only way to take her down now, is to take this whole place down." Heatblast muttered to himself, before strengthening his flames, his shoulder flames growing large and hot, before he formed a large fireball in his hands, before throwing it at the heavily damaged floor, causing an explosion which sent the building down and it crashed towards the streets, causing dust and smoke to fly and the rock debris to block the streets.

Heatblast managed to quickly escape and he flew away, before he landed on the streets and ran away like his life depended on it, and to tell you viewers that, his life did depended on running away.

Heatblast then looked around him, to see no Madame Rouge. He sighed in relief, before looking at his front to see Madame Rouge, who then wacked him, sending him flying in the air, before crashing into the streets. Heatblast quickly recovered and fired another fire blast at Madame Rouge, but she dodged it and grabbed Heatblast and held him into the air.

Despite the pain she's now receiving, she squeezed Heatblast tighter.

"I don't get this lady...RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" Heatblast shouted, before strengthening his flames, but not only that, but the rocks all over his body disappeared and he revealed his true fire form. He had green eyes and he gained no special clothes, but a brace on his left shoulder with the Omnitrix symbol on it.

He then freed himself from Madame Rouge's hold, before firing a large fire blast at her, but she managed to dodge the blast, but she was blown away by the explosion it made when it hit the streets. Heatblast then fired more fireballs, which were greatly enhanced, but Madame Rouge easily dodged all of them, each fireball causing a large explosion.

Madame Rouge then walked over to a fire hydrant and easily ripped it open, sending a water blast which caught Heatblast by surprise and it hit him, sending him crashing back down the streets, but it did not extinguish his fire. He then fired another fire blast, but Madame Rouge dodged it again. Madame Rouge attempted to grab him, but instead she got severely burned when she did, Heatblast now being completely fire.

"I'm completely fire now Madame. You literally can't touch me now, so you cannot hurt me." Heatblast said with confidence.

"Who says I can't hurt you by touching you?" Madame Rouge said, before he attempted to hit Heatblast with her extended arm, but Heatblast ducked and her extended hand hit a building instead, and the building started to fall...

"Oh...damn..." Heatblast said, with a Poker Face (:-l), as the building fell down onto him, a cloud of dust being sent flying, Heatblast being covered in the large heap of rock debris. Madame Rouge then walked towards the debris, but shortly after, Heatblast fired a fire blast, which sent some of the rock flying. Heatblast then came out of the rock pile and fired a fire blast at Madame Rouge, which finally managed to hit and sent her flying into a building.

However, Madame Rouge recovered quickly and threw a car at him, but because he's completely made out of fire, the car just went right through him and went it did, it came out getting burned.

"You are ruthless, but very stubborn." Heatblast said.

Madame Rouge then saw the Omnitrix symbol on his brace, and she smirked, before reaching out her hand in order for her to press it, in which she successfully managed to do, forcing Ben to change from Heatblast into:

"NRG? Ha! Thanks Rouge! You turned me into someone hotter than Heatblast!" NRG said, but Madame Rouge acted quickly and grabbed hold of him, before throwing him into a lamp post, but NRG felt no pain and he fired a nuclear energy blast at Madame Rouge, which managed to hit and actually melt her, but she quickly reformed right after.

This left NRG baffled.

"What are you?" he asked.

"Anything I wish to be.." Madame Rouge replied, before smacking NRG away, sending him flying into a demolition area, crashing into a abandoned building, however he quickly recovered, thanks to his super durable containment suit.

When NRG stood up, he saw Madame Rouge waiting for her. NRG then slammed his fists on the ground, causing the abandoned building to fall down, before NRG's true form got out of the debris, flying away, before landing in front of the scene of destruction.

But then in surprise, Madame Rouge came out of the debris as well, looking good as new, carrying NRG's containment suit.

"Seriously! I'm not even sure if your human or not!" NRG said, before he saw Rouge throwing the suit onto him and because he can't go intangible through the suit's material, NRG was sent flying into another abandoned building. NRG then stood up again, before reverting back to Ben.

"I can't overpower her, I need a new plan of attack." Ben said, just in time as Madame Rouge busted into the building. Ben was then enveloped in green light, and his form changed, turning him into:

"Toepick!" the ogre-like alien shouted, his mere appearance making Madame Rouge laugh.

"What is this? Am I supposed to be impressed?" Madame Rouge said, before charging at Toepick, but when Toepick looked at him, Madame Rouge stopped in her tracks, before Toepick opened the cage, revealing his horrifying face. It scared Madame Rouge so much that she turned white as sheet and screamed loudly.

"Look at it...I want you to look at it...Look at it! LOOK AT IT!" Toepick angrily shouted.

"AAAHHH! NOOO! GET AWAY FROM ME! STAY FROM ME! NO! NO! NOOOOO!" Madame Rouge shouted, before attempting to run away, only to ram into a wall, leaving her unconscious. Toepick then walked out of the building and punched it hard, the single punch managing to make the old building fall, sending dust flying. Toepick then transformed himself into:

"Jetray!" the Aerophibian shouted, before flying away.

Back to the Titans..

The Teen Titans were all in the Main Operations Room, watching TV, waiting for Ben.

"Man, I've been expecting Ben to finish early. The villain he must be fighting must be very tough..." Cyborg said, as he watched TV with his friends. Then, they heard the door open and they turned around to see Ben, clothes and jacket all torn up, heavily injured.

"Ben!" The Teen Titans shouted with worry, before running towards their injured friend.

"Are you okay Ben?" Terra worriedly asked, as they

"I'm fine..I just had a date...with Madame Rouge...she was impressive. I managed to fend her off, but it took me a lot of time and energy. When I'm in alien form, all of the damage I took will remain when I revert back to my human form. I never knew this will be the result..." Ben said.

"Madame Rouge!?" Robin shouted.

"First, Slade, then Madame Rouge...and they're all targeting Ben...this is all going strange.." Cyborg said.

"Don't worry guys...I've been involved with worse...Madame Rouge is just very impressive. I'll be fine." Ben said, but it failed to reassure the Titans.

"I'm sure of it...I wish..." Ben said..


That's it for this chapter! Inspiration strikes again! Haha! Yeah!

And so, Ben is attacked by Madame Rouge, and after much considerable effort, Ben managed to defeat her, being the second one to defeat her single-handedly while Madame Rouge is in full strength and is very serious, the first being Jinx in "Lightspeed". Only this time, Madame Rouge was much more ruthless...

Looks like you fools underestimated Toepick...

Peace!-Btr100