Chapter 5: The Omnitrix Hunter

On Vilgax's ship, there were three armored guys in a room, waiting for something.

Vilgax: "Begin the test!" Some drones were sent flying out at them. The one in purple armor activated his rocket pack, and destroyed a bunch of them with his missiles. More continued to come, but the guy in yellow armor and crab legs jumped down, and shot at them with his pincer arm. A giant drone came out, and prepared to attack them, but the guy in black armor brought out a hoverboard, flew towards it, and punched through it, killing it in one blow.

Vilgax: "Excellent. All three of you are hired! Your target is this." On the screen, he showed a picture of the two Omnitrix. "Whoever brings at least either one back will receive my reward."

Crab guy: "And the reward will be mine."

Purple guy: "ROTAEBFRA!" (he spoke in Sotoraggian) The black one didn't say anything or move at all.

Back on Earth…

Diamondhead: "I don't know about this Max." Max set up a training course for me to work on my powers with. Ben and Gwen actually were practicing with each other.

Max: "Just show me how good you are then!" He pressed a button, and fired some cans. I shot each one of them down. He made some boards fly up, then I became Heatblast, and threw fireballs at them. He got out some targets, I became Upgrade, and shot lasers at each one. Some cactuses flew up, and I went Diamondhead again, and shot each one down. More targets were shot up on both sides, and I shot diamond shards in both directions. He set the log to be fired, and I became Ghostfreak, and went intangible to dodge it. Then I went Heatblast, and shot it down.

Heatblast: "Huh. That wasn't o bad."

Max: "How about this?" He pushed a button, and a catapult activated, throwing a boulder at me. I turned Four Arms, caught it, and threw it back.

Max: "This then." Some logs started whirling around under me, so I went Wildmutt, and jumped up and down on each one, until they stopped. I panted like a dog after it.

Max: "This, he won't be expecting." He made a hammer come out from the top, and it slammed me.

Max: "Oh no!" He ran over, then found a puddle colored white, black, and green. I rematerialized as Upgrade.

Upgarde: "That kinda hurt but I'll live."

Max: "You're right… or are you?" He pushed a remote control button, and I got shot at by a squirt gun, short circuiting Upgrade.

Upgrade: "Oh dammit."

Max: "But mastering distractions? Not so much."

I became normal.

Dustin: "Well, I guess I need to work on that."

Max: "Well, I guess you're going to want a bit of a break, huh?"

Dustin: "I like to see how Ben does it." I said as I saw the two kids. Gwen just blocked a punch from Ben, then kicked him away.

Ben: "Oww…"

Gwen: "Come on! You want to be useful, get in gear!"

Ben: "I will alright. YAH!" He tried to kick Gwen but she easily back flipped away from it. "Hey! You can't do that!"

Gwen: "I can, so get over it." She punched him, and he fell flat on the floor. "Oops. I used too much punching power."

Ben got up, and said, "There's no way I will be beaten by my own cousin! HII-YAH!" He gave her the strongest punch he could, and Gwen didn't see it coming. She got hit dead-on in the face, and backed up. When Ben tried to get in further, though, she saw him coming, and flipped right over him.

Ben: "What the?" He then got roundhouse kicked to his abdomen, and fell down. Gwen landed, then got him in a headlock on the ground.

Gwen: "Nice shot, Ben. Didn't see it coming."

Ben: "Let go!" He was pulling at her arm.

Gwen: "Hmm…. Nah." Ben kept struggling at it, until he socked Gwen in the face, and he got up. He then mounted on top of her.

Ben: "Any last words, Gwen?"

Gwen: "Are you really that dumb?"

Ben: "That's it!" He tried a punch, but Gwen caught it, and pulled him more inwards, and got him in a closed guard. Gwen has both of her legs wrapped around Ben's back, and her arms holding down his neck. As I watched, I couldn't believe how skilled Gwen was in combat.

Ben: "Hey! This isn't fair, either!"

Gwen: "Nope. Just shows how much I know more than you about this stuff."

Ben: "Nnnnn… Rrrrr…" He kept trying to pull himself out. Meanwhile, I finally finished the whole training course.

Dustin: "Yo Ben! You want to start training with those aliens of yours?"

Ben: "As soon as Gwen releases me, yes." And right on cue, Gwen releases he grip on him.

Kyle: "See. I just need to do this every once in a while to make sure I still got it."

Max: "Yep."

As Ben was training with his aliens, I went to Gwen and passed her a water bottle.

Dustin: "So how's Ben doing so far."

Gwen: "Not bad. He's I'll of a long way to go but not bad."

Kyle: "They say they're cousins, but they seem more like brother and sister like this." Ben and Gwen were panting.

Dustin: "iI say it's a good thing I showed Ben the quick change feature."

Gwen: "But it will eventually need recharge right?"

Dustin: Yeah. It does. Only downside of the quci change feature really."

After Ben's training with the Omnitrix, Ben's stomach growled.

Ben: "Oh man. I'm hungry." Gwen's stomach also growled.

Gwen: "Me too. Ugh."

Dustin: "Lucky for us, Max is making lunch."

Ben: "Grandpa…"

Gwen: "Is making…"

Ben and Gwen: "LUNCH?!"

Dustin: "Oh come on, guys. It can't be that horrible. I've eaten everything he's made so far, with no complaints."

Ben: "That's because you have a stomach of steel!"

Gwen: "Taste buds of steel, Ben. Taste buds."

Ben: "Whatever." All three of us headed in, and sat down. I was lying back, lounging a bit, with Gwen sitting next to me, with a smiling face, and Ben just sitting down, looking bored.

Ben: "How 'bout you Dustin? How's pure training going?"

Dustin: "Hmm… I'd say at least a B."

Ben: "We're both through the ringer, huh?"

Dustin: "Yep." Max then gave us our lunch, which was green slugs.

Gwen: "What is this?"

Ben: "Eww…"

Kyle: "Umm…"

Grandpa: "Spulg au Gratin. It's an experiment the Plumbers did by genetically mixing a slug and a brusselsprout. Not much of a weapon, but you'll get a lot of vitamins from them."

Dustin: "Brusselsprouts? All right!"

Gwen and Ben passed both of their plates to me.

Dustin: "Meh, your loss guys."

Gwen: "You're the only one that enjoys this stuff!"

Dustin: "I've never had snails before but I do love Brusselsprouts. Or any vegetable in general."

Ben: "Then you'll definitely love my moms cooking."

Dustin: "Oh grow a pair you wuss." I grabbed a fork and ate one of the slugs.

Gwen: "Gross!"

Dustin: "Not half bad."

Ben: "I'm gonna be sick. *MMMPH*" He covered his mouth with his hand, and rushed to the bathroom, barfing up. Gwen opened the window, and barfed the outside of that. Max just laughed.

Dustin: "What?"

Max: "Well, it makes you kinda want to barf it up, though. Luckily for you, you ate one so you're good. Just never eat so much Splug at once. Remember that."

Dustin: "Duly noted." I said as I ate at a rather slow pace.

Gwen and Ben: "Oohh…" Max started up the RV, and took off further into the desert. We stopped at an abandoned town.

Dustin: "Max? What gives?"

Max: "The engine busted." He went out, and Gwen and I followed. He found a diamond shard pierced a pipe in the engine.

Max: "Ben…"

Ben: "Oops."

Dustin: "Seriously Ben?"

Max: "Don't worry. Just let me fix this."

Ben: "Wait! I can go Upgrade and fix this up in no time."

Max: "No. I got it, Ben."

Gwen: "Way to go, dweeb."

Dustin: "Don't be so hard on him. It was an accident."

Gwen: "But were stuck here until the RV's fixed." Ben and I walked off to look around at the place while Gwen leaned back.

We looked around an area, looking at the old machinery.

Ben: "What is all this? An old car wash or something?" We continued poking around, then saw something creeping around. It was big, and had 4 legs.

Dustin: "Crap. Ben, get ready." We activated our Omnitrixes, and we both went Amoeblob while I to scope out the guy. It was a yellow guy with 4 legs, a giant crab pincher, and a regular hand.

Amoeblob Ben: "Dang."

Yellow guy: "Who's there?" We slipped under a machine, and focused on just surveillance. "I know someone's here. I have your energy signatures on my scanners." We continued slithering around, and trying to get out of his scanners. "I can detect your heartbeats as well! My scanners are better than you think!" We heard his stomping getting closer and closer. A laser blew apart some machinery, and I instantly shrunk down to a puddle.

Yellow guy: "Hmm… He stopped moving completely, and he's right near me." He walked more towards us as puddles, and stepped in us. We both made an 'oof' noise, and he pointed his claws all around us. He stepped out of me, and we both went Ghostfreak, then turned invisible and intangible. We sunk under the ground right before his laser hit me.

Yellow guy: "You can run, but you can't hide."

Ghostfreak Dustin: "How do you like… the dark…?"

Yellow guy: "Who's there?"

Ghostfreak Ben: "You can't see us at all…"

Yellow guy: "Did I mention…" we both snuck up from behind him, and he turned his head at a full 180 degrees, and said, "I have infrared vision, too?" He shot both of us with some goop, and we instantly became visible and solid again.

Ghostfreak Ben: "Eww…"

Ghostfreak Dustin: "Dammit! Not Good!"

Yellow guy: "That's right! This slime solidifies your protoplasm. No sneaking up on me now, Omnitirx wielders." He slammed Ben with his crab hand, and he sailed through the air until I hit a machine.

Ghostfreak Dustin: "Well, I guess Vilgax send you hear after us. But I get the feeling your not alone." I became XLR8, and spun around in a circle, blowing all the slime away, then I ran towards him, and tail whipped him. He walked back a few inches, and Ben became Diamondhead, and made his hands swords with spikes on them to attack him. He dug under the ground, and I looked around for him.

Diamondhead: "You have to come out sometime."

Yellow guy: "I know. But when will I come out?" He jumped out, holding a sword, and Ben deflected it. "Not bad." He said.

Diamondhead: "I have to be." I ran to the two then became Heatblast, and made a fiery explosion to blow him out of the place, and destroying the building.

Max: "The repairs are done." He Gwen ran into the RV, and Max started it up. He saw the yellow guy land in front of him, and fireballs hitting him, stunning him.

Max: "Dustin! Ben! They're fighting that guy!" He started up the RV, and ran over him. Ben and I became XLR8, and ran up to the RV.

XLR8 Ben: "Grandpa? What's going on?"

Max: "The repairs are done. We're leaving." Ben and I became normal, and ran into the RV. As we did, a giant crab hand came up from under the RV, and started pinching. I became Diamondhead, and started slashing at it. He then pulled it back down, and Max started up the RV at top speed. I changed back to normal again.

Dustin: "That should stop Kraab."

Max: "It should, if we…" The RV shook a few times. Gwen looked out the window, and saw a purple armored guy shooting down lasers at the top of the RV.

Gwen: "Ben! Go Upgrade!" Ben did it as she said it, then merged with the RV. He constructed a laser cannon on the top of the RV, and started shooting at him.

Purple guy: "GUTRYHOIBBSEWAH!" He dodged a few shots, and got hit, making him fall to the ground. I got back in, and became normal.

Upgrade: "Why are these freaks after us?"

Dustin: "The Omnitrix! That's why! Vilgax obviously sent these freak after us. The yellow seafood platter is Krab. That guy chasing us is Sixsix!"

Upgrade: "How do you know that!"

Dustin: "Seriusly? Have you forgot what I told you when we first met?"

Upgrade: "Oh. Duh!" Kraab appeared in front of the RV, and used a laser to shoot down a wheel. It spun out, and hit a wall.

Ben: "Hold on guys! I'll take care of these freakshows!" I went Ghostfreak, phased through the RV, then separate don the outside, and went Four Arms.

Kraab: "I see we've got your attention." Sixsix landed right next to him

Sixsix: "TREVHIHGFOOHBOKAHH!"

Four Arms: "You messed with the wrong superheroes! Ben help me out!" I ran towards them, and attempted to clothesline them. Sixsix guy flew up, and started shooting lasers. I jumped, and slammed him down to the ground. Upgrade removed himself from the RV lunged at Kraab but grabbed one of my arms, and threw him aside with his crab arm. Upgrade splattered against a wall, slipped down, and Sixsix shot missiles at him, at which he slithered very fast through, and Kraab fired lasers at me, but I became Diamondhead and blacked them with my diamond arms. Ben then went Heatblast, launched himself up at him, and slammed a large fireball on Sixsix. He fell to the ground, and grabbed an energy whip. He lassoed me, and he was slammed down, but disappeared from their view after the smoke cleared. Gwen and Max left the RV, and were looking for him. He came up from under the ground as Ghostfreak, then turned Diamondhead, and made a diamond wall under them. They were taken by complete surprise, and flew up into the air. I became Heatblast and shot fireballs at them, and Sixsix flew away, and, to my surprise, Kraab his fist through the diamond, and used his pincer to Ben, which sent him flying, and the purple guy lassoed me, and he slammed me into a wall. I slammed back down to the ground.

Max: "Dustin! Ben! They're too powerful for you! Run and come up with a better plan!" Ben emerged from the rubble. Eventually his Omnitrix timed out and Ben ran to the two.

Dustin: "No Max! A real hero would never back down from a fight!" I went Four Arms, and charged at them with no real plan, and Kraab burrowed underground again, and I jumped, and slammed the purple guy down again. He blew me off with a laser beam. Kraab jumped back up, grabbed me with his crab arm, and slammed me into the ground. I went Grey Matter, and was hidden from view.

Kraab: "Where is he?" The purple guy found me crawling up his back, and shot, but I jumped off. The laser hit Kraab, and I went XLR8, then started barraging Kraab with kicks, until he slammed me with his pincher arm. I became Amoeblob, and splattered again, then went Diamondhead, and rushed back into the fight. Gwen, Ben and Max headed away to find shelter.

Gwen: "He's getting beaten out there, Grandpa…"

Ben: "I would help him out if this thing hadn't timed out on me!"

Max: "I'm afraid there's nothing we can do at the moment. We don't have the gear to help him now. Or the power."

Ben: "But we have to do something!"

Gwen: "C'mon Dustin! You can win! You've faced larger guys then them before!"

I slashed at Sixsix, who jumped, then the yellow guy hit me with his sword. I flew backwards, then went Stinkfly, and shot some slime at Kraab. He got blinded, and I went XLR8, created a tornado around both of them, and they were sent flying upwards until the hit the ground. I went Four Arms, jumped, and prepared to slam the both of them into the ground, and Kraab dug back underground, and Sixsix flew away from me. I went Diamondhead, and shot diamond shards in the purple guy's direction, then a smoke bomb blew up near me, and exploded. I was coughing in the smoke, then fell unconscious, which made me return to normal. I woke up later to see a guy in black armor looking down at me.

Dustin: "AH!" I jumped away from him, and readied the Omnitrix. I looked at him and I instantly knew who this guy was.

Dustin: 'Well slap my ass and call me Bessy! I never thought I'd see this guy.'

Black guy: "I'll give you a suggestion, kid. Turn into a Petrosapien."

Dustin: "Petrosa-Oh you mean Diamondhead! Alright!" I did as he said and I looked at him. Then made my hands blades, and rushed for him. He side-stepped me, and kicked me aside.

Diamondhead: "Hey!" I shot diamond shards at him, but they all bounced off his armor.

Black guy: "Show me some real power, kid!"

Diamondhead: "I will alright! And kid, I'm 18 years old man. So I'm technically a teen." I rushed for him, and repeatedly tried punching him, but he dodged each shot, and kneed me. I fell over, and he kicked me aside. I got up, and kicked at him, but he jumped. I tried an uppercut, but he roundhouse-kicked me, and I went tumbling a few feet, and fell flat on my butt.

Black guy: "Get up, kid. This isn't going to be fun if you don't fight back efficiently."

Diamondhead: "How's this for efficency!" I slammed my fists into the ground, and diamonds were sent going towards him, but he jumped on TOP of them, ran across, and socked me in the jaw. I fell back about 6 feet.

Diamondhead: "You're going down!" I shot more shards at him, but they bounced off.

Black guy: "I told you. That's useless." I then pulled off the spikes on my back and threw them like boomerangs. He stood still, and they both bounced off of him. I grew new spikes out of my back right after.

Black guy: "You know what this form can do and how to attack with it, but you don't know how to properly analyze your opponent's weaknesses and use them against them."

Diamondhead: "Well I'm looking at a Petrosapien right now. Isn't that right, Tetrax?" His helmet opened up, and showed a 'Petrosapien' head. I knew who this quy was the moment I laid eyes on him.

Tertax: "How do you know my name and species."

Diamondhead: "Well…what I'm gonna tell you is farfetched and kind of a long story."

Tetrax: "I think I can manage!" Tetrax said

After I told him my story he was shocked. But he believed me as he knows some about parallel worlds and alternate realities.

Tertax: "I see. I admit it sounds somewhat farfetched but believable. Even from an Impulsive hothead."

Diamondhead: "Impulsive hothead?!"

Petrosapien: "So who are you."

Diamondhead: "My name is Dustin Hogan."

Tetrax: "Dustin. Nice name for a human like you."

Diamondhead: "Thanks. I guess."

Tetrax: " You seem to have a good understanding of the Omnitrix. I'm amazed you mastered it so quickly. I watched your fight with Kraab and Sixsix. So if this universe is a TV show as you call it in your world, I suppose you know why I am hear?" I reverted to normal.

Dustin: "Yes. You need to take the two bounty hunters, Kraab and Sixsix in to custody. And you were hoping I'd be of some assistance, but I think you have some doubts about my partner!"

Tetrax: "Yes! But not just you, but your partner named Ben Tennyson as well.!"

Dustin: "Tetrax! I can promise you we can fight!"

Tetrax: "But not well enough. Neither one of don't have the mental capacity to know the Omnitrix's true powers."

Dustin: "True?"

Tetrax: "Listen to me. The being that transported this device activated every function…"

Kraab: "There you two are!"

Tetrax: "Oh no! They have your friends!"

Dustin: "Let's do this Tetrax!" I became Four Arms.

Tetrax: "No wait! Sixsix has your friends hostage! It would be foolish to attack them like this." I stopped. I knew he was right.

Tetrax: "Assess the situation." I started seeing what was happening.

Kraab: "Turn yourself in, and we can just leave this planet in peace. Understand? Or these three pay the price."

Max: "Don't worry about us, Dustin! Just do it!"

Ben: "I could help, but the stupid thing timed out while I was fighting them!"

Gwen: "Do something!" I reverted to normal, and held both of my hands out.

Tetrax: "No! Dustin!"

Kraab: "That's it…Sixsix!" He dropped them, and as soon as he grabbed my arms, He pressed the Omnitrix button down, and I turned Grey Matter, and jumped on him.

Sixsix: "GRATHDOUGFADSABAH!" He flailed around, but I stuck to him, and climbed onto his jet pack. I broke it open, and he was sent flying all over the place. Tetrax grabbed his gun, and shot at Kraab, knocking him down. Kraab shot back, and Tetrax got on his hoverboard, flew at him, and socked him. Kraab fell down, and I got Sixsix to ram into him, knocking them into the water tower. I then went XLR8, ran towards them, jumped, collected all the water inside, and dropped it all on them, short circuiting their armor so badly they could not move. I ran back to Tetrax.

XLR8: "How was that?"

Tetrax: "Hmm. You assessed the situation, and came up with a strategy to deal with it. I'm impressed." I reverted to normal, and Tetrax used a cube on Kraab and Sixsix. It enveloped them, and shrunk down to a handheld size, with them nowhere to be seen around it.

Tetrax: "I'll be going now."

Ben: "Wait! Don't you want to come with us?"

Dustin: "Im afraid he's at too busy to come Witt us, Ben.

Tetrax: "Dustin's right about that. But we will meet again."

Gwen: "Wait!"

Tetrax: "Yes?"

Gwen: "Thank you, Mr…"

Tetrax: "Please, just Tetrax. No thanks are necessary. Bye to you all." He gave me his hoverboard. He pressed a button on his suit, and he teleported off.

Ben: "That was cool."

Dustin: "My first alien friend. Tetrax. I hope he shows up again sometime soon."

Max: "I hope so, too." Gwen hugged me.

Gwen: "Don't ever leave us alone like that again! I thought we'd die for sure! *Sniffle*"

Dustin: "I won't. I won't be going anywhere anytime soon. Though I want to figure out what Tetrax was saying about the Omnitrix. He said whoever was teleporting it activated everything, but, what is everything?"

Ben: "More aliens?"

Max: "Perhaps." Gwen let go.

Gwen: "Well, We'll find out eventually, I bet."

Dustin: "Yeah. I guess only time will tell."

On Vilgax's ship…

Vilgax: "WHY?! Why does every plan I try fail me!?"

Robot: "It's just too easy for it to fight off these enemies."

Vilgax: "We will meet in battle someday. Those two will regret ever meeting me!"

To be continued…