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Gage the Hedgehog: Indeed they will, my friend. Indeed they will.
I didn't get much in the way of reviews for the previous chapter. I hope to try and work on this fanfiction this weekend since I don't have work. And a special shoutout! Happy 59th birthday to my dad, Ricky. Though we are states apart, he's still my dad. With all that aside, we move on to chapter 9.
It was another typical day in Plumber Headquarters. Max Tennyson was doing his rounds, even though he was retired now. Everything seemed quiet in Bellwood, California. Mostly. That's when an alien came up to him. It was short, had gray scales, wearing a white suit with black stripes, and a strange looking gun.
The alien gave him a clipboard as he spoke, "Magistar Tennyson, the new recruit is here."
Max took the clipboard and mumbled, "Alex Silverstein from Middleridge, California." He perked up and asked the alien, "Spike's son?"
"Actually, one of Spike's daughters," the alien corrected. "He had twins long before he went missing."
"Well, bring her here," Max stated.
The alien nodded and headed out to get her. Max waited patiently. A few seconds later, the alien came over with a teenage girl behind him. She was 16 years old, had long blonde hair tied back into a high ponytail, green eyes, with a golden necklace around her neck, wearing a pink long sleeved blouse with white ribbons drifting off of the sleeves, a white purse with pink zippers, black jeans, light pink socks, and white running shoes.
The alien left as the girl turned to Max.
She bowed respectfully as she stated, "Magistar Tennyson, it is an honor to meet you."
Max smiled as he shook her hand and replied, "Same to you, Miss Silverstein."
"Alex, please, Mr. Tennyson," she insisted.
Max replied, "Then call me Max." Alex smiled as Max asked her, "Now, Alex. Have you had any luck finding your father?"
Alex sighed sadly as she answered, "No, I haven't. So I came here, alone. My friends didn't want to leave Middleridge. I don't blame them but my sister..." That's when she turned sad. She added, "Cami and I had a fight before I came here to find Dad."
Max's face went soft as he replied, "I'm sorry, Alex."
"I appreciate that," she responded, with a small smile.
Max questioned, "So you hope becoming a Plumber you can help our cause and start your search for your father?"
Alex nodded and answered, "Yes, I know everyone is worried about him because of the Transformatrix being on after all this time."
Max raised an eyebrow and questioned, "So happened between you and your sister?"
Alex sighed sadly before she explained, "Six years ago, my sister, our friends, and myself found out that we had inherited the powers that were in the Transitrix. We drifted when we were eleven, though, leaving just my sister and me. Then it happened. We got the call that Dad was missing. Cami outright refused to help me find Dad. She said that Dad would be probably dead."
Max gasped as he asked, "Why would she think that?"
Alex shrugged as she turned the car sharply and added, "I told Mom everything after being rejected by my friends for help. She couldn't help me much, as seeing that she didn't have any powers. But she recommended me becoming a Plumber. So she stayed behind with Cami, waiting for me to find Dad and bring him home."
Max placed his hand on her shoulder as he told her, "And you will, for your Mom's sake." Alex gave Max a small smile. That's when he asked, "Please, show me your power?"
Alex nodded as she closed her eyes briefly. A pink light surrounded her. Max covered his eyes and as soon as the light went away, he lowered his hand. Her hair was tied into two pigtails held up by red beads, a pink short sleeved blouse with a white ribbon design, a short pink skirt with a white trim, white laced fingerless gloves, pink tights with a red floral pattern, red flat shoes with gold buckles, and a golden tiara. Max felt some electric presence around her.
She stated, "This is my power. I can transform into the Princess Ace, able to create electricity at will."
Max was impressed as Alex transformed back and replied, "Well Alex, I think you might be better on my grandson's team then behind a desk."
Her eyes flew open in shock as she asked, "Wait, I get to work with Ben Tennyson?"
"I would like for you to help him, yes," Max answered, nodding as he gave her a Plumber's Badge.
Alex gleefully smiled, all excited. She took the Plumber's Badge, about to ask where Ben was. That's when she saw a red light going off.
"Max, Ben is in trouble!" An alien reported.
"I'm off then to help!" Alex stated, before Max could say anything.
She turned into the Princess Ace, flying out. Max couldn't help but chuckle. She was definitely like Ben.
When Alex was outside, she looked down at her Plumber's Badge. She pressed it in the center as a map appeared. There was a red dot. She flew towards it, eventually seeing a streak of fire in the air. She followed it. As soon as she got close enough to it, she heard a yell. She looked up and saw what appeared to be a magma-based lifeform. Its body is composed of a bright inner magma body covered by a reddish-brown charcoal-like crust. But that's when it turned into year old teenage boy falling down. It was Ben Tennyson. Alex gasped.
"Hang on!" She gasped, flying down.
She flew up towards the boy, grabbing his wrist. That's when she noticed on the GPS that he was the red dot. That was Ben? Why was he falling down to the ground? Alex struggled to keep airborne. She started to slowly come towards the ground and that's when she saw something. It was a monster fox with a snow white fur and it also looked like a tiger. She gasped as a green Mustang was doing the same thing.
"Look out!" Ben yelled, seeing that the animal was getting closer.
Alex braced for an impact that never came. A pink wall had appeared out of nowhere, stopping the fox/tiger. In the green Mustang was Gwen Tennyson and Kevin Leven. Gwen struggled as Alex landed on top of Kevin's car. She transformed back, panting. The fox/tiger retreated eventually, as they all breathed a sigh of relief. The boy quickly pulled over into an empty parking lot.
"Ben, are you okay?" The girl asked.
Alex was on her belly, panting. Ben was sitting up, looking at her.
"Yeah, thanks," Ben stated, smiling. He looked at Alex and added, "Thank you as well."
"Don't mention it." Alex replied, smiling. She then looked at where the thing came from and asked, "What was that thing?"
"It's a creation of Animo's." The girl explained.
"He is up to something again." The boy agreed.
"Yeah, no kidding." Ben replied, sarcastically.
Alex offered her hand and responded, "My name is Alex Silverstein."
Ben introduced himself, "My name is Ben Tennyson." He pointed at the girl as he stated, "That's my cousin, Gwen Tennyson." He then pointed at the boy and added, "And that's Kevin Leven. We are Team Tennyson."
"When did we agree that would be our name?" Gwen asked, jokingly.
To that, Alex had to laugh and Ben couldn't help but blush.
Wishmaker1028: That's how Ben and Alex met. But how will this all connect? Only one way for you to find out! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!