Hi, everyone. It is I, Man of Cartoons, bringing another awesome chapter of Hero meets Heroines. Sorry for the long wait, but I've been busy. This chapter will include some references to the crossover with the teen titans, but I'll explain them in the end so everyone will understand.
Now enjoy.
Chapter 2: Time skip Part 1
Buttercup felt the pull too much to fight back. At the same time it seems to last forever but also a few minutes. It was weird, even for her since she has encountered all kinds of weird. When it felt too much, she found herself falling to the concrete ground.
"AW!"
Buttercup held her butt, since it suffered most of the impact. For a moment she considered looking around, but something fell on her with a squawk sound. The thing revealed to be Astrodactyl, sitting on top her as he tried to reconcile what just happened.
"Aw, my aching back. It's a good thing I fell on something soft."
"THAT WOULD BE ME!"
Astrodactyl squawked and jumped, surprise by the sudden voice. He looked down and got off Buttercup, smiling sheepishly, "Um…sorry about that."
The Powerpuff only shot him a glare and got off, "Oh you'll be sorry, right after I kick your butt!"
"Seriously, we just fell out of a portal and you want to fight again?"
Astrodactyl got his answer as she flew fast at him. It was only his reflex that caught up to him quick and he moved to the right, avoiding her, "Okay, so I'll take that as a yes."
Buttercup came back at him, this time faster. She first threw a punch at him, but he ducked out of the way. The Powerpuff growled softly and threw a fast kick at his stomach, sending him flying a few meters away. Astrodactyl felt the pain, but suppressed a groan from it and got up. Just as he did, Buttercup flew straight at him. He reacted quickly and leapt back, just in time to avoid a swift blow from the girl.
Knowing he had little chance of defeating her on ground, Astrodactyl opened his wings and took off with Buttercup following. The angered Powerpuff tried to catch up, but the alien flew faster, even leaving a long distance. He felt proud of it as he looked back and found her distance away.
"Ha! You can't catch me!" Astrodactyl laughed. But if he had paid more attention, he would have notice a green blur fly pass him. It was only when he looked forward that he realized Buttercup was standing in front of him to a grin, "Aw men."
Astrodactyl didn't have the chance to stop before Buttercup delivered a right hook at his face, sending him crashing to the ground hard and creating a small dent. The blow hurt more than he estimated, but he managed to shake it off and got back to his feet. Once he did, he found Buttercup coming down.
"You throw a hard punch, I'll give you that." Astrodactyl held his beak, where the blow was given the most, "Now let's see if you can try me full on." He clutched his fists and summoned his energy whips, sending them straight at Buttercup.
The teen Powerpuff wasn't surprise and easily avoided them with speed. She took to his side and flew straight at him. This would have caught the alien by surprise, but Astrodactyl was ready as he shot up into the air, shooting a propulsion blast that hit Buttercup to the extent that it hit her hard on the ground, creating a big dent.
Astrodactyl came around and touched down on the ground, "Had enough?"
"No." Buttercup stood, though hissed from the pain, "You're good; I'll give you that. But I'm better."
Without a warning, Buttercup flew straight at him with the usual streak of green following. Astrodactyl remained still, but allowed his hand to tap the Omnitrix symbol. Buttercup was blinded by a flash of light, but continued with a fast punch at the alien. However, something hard and metal grabbed it. She looked in front of her and found a yellow armored humanoid with a helmet and two ears that gave him an appearance of an armadillo.
"Surprise!"
While the alien held her fist, the other change began to pump fast. He threw his fist at her, sending her flying out of sight.
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Buttercup found herself hitting the ground and brushing through. It was hard to believe that an alien like –even though it was bigger- that knocked her away like that. When she came to a halt, she got up to her feet and was ready to fly. Before she could, a dagger shot right before her, missing her foot.
"What the heck?!" Buttercup stepped back, glancing at the dagger, "Who shot that?!"
"That would be me!" a voice answered.
Buttercup turned back, where the source of the voice came from. She saw a man, someone highly advanced in age. He wore a black helmet visor which revealed his face. He also wore a black jacket and a body suit with purple lines.
The Powerpuff shot a glare at him, "Who do you think you are?! Do you really want to get your butt whooped?"
The man stared at her and chuckled, angering the girl. He didn't seem to think of Buttercup as a threat, when since he has. He looked at her from feet to head and smirked, "They call me Eon. You seem too confident of yourself. We just met and you think you can -as you say- 'kick my butt'."
"You better watch it, old man, or I'll whip that smirk off your face." Buttercup narrowed her eyes in a threatening way.
"Foolish child, do you honestly think you can beat me, a time traveler. You may have done that in the present, but in this devastated future, you're all alone."
Buttercup couldn't help, but gasp. She listened to his words and for once in a while wasn't angry. What he said about being in the future surprised her and brought her to look around her surroundings. All around her the buildings were ancient ruins and all the vehicles were old and rusted. The roads had cracks all around and vines began to take place.
"What happened?" She said in a whisper, "But we never left…we stayed."
Eon interjected, much to his joy, "Your sisters did, but not you."
At that instant, Buttercup's eyes snapped wider in pure rage. They shifted to a glare so harsh that if she wanted would shoot beams. She shifted that glare directly at Eon and shot an accusing finger at him, "You! You did this! I'm going to make you pay!"
Eon only blinked at her before laughing loudly. His action only made Buttercup angry, even to the extent that tears began to come out of her eyes. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and shot straight at him in rage. She set to throw a left hook and threw it at him as fast as a blur. She would have gotten him, but he disappeared.
"Miss me." Eon said, standing a few meters from her right.
Buttercup her eyes at his direction and ran straight at him with enhanced speed. Eon stood his ground, even snickering and waited for the Powerpuff to send the first blow. As predicted, she threw both her arms at him to catch him, but he leapt back.
"Tell me, Buttercup. How does it feel to know that everyone you love is dead?" At the last part, he let out a loud laugh.
"Shut up!" Buttercup shot back at him.
"Well I guess I should...after all…" Before Buttercup knew it, Eon reappeared right behind her, "I got you were I want you." He placed his hand on her should and sent a high voltage of electricity that even Buttercup couldn't stand. The girl screamed from the pain and slumped to the ground, almost unconscious.
Though weakened, Buttercup moved her eyes her front, where she was sure Eon stood before he reappeared at her back. Once she did, her eyes snapped open as he still stood there.
"But…how?" She tried to say out loud, but it came as a whisper.
The Eon that shocked her crouched down with a grin, "Holograms have great uses."
Buttercup looked back at the former and found him fade away. It explained why he disappeared when she threw the first punch and why it never hit her. She was being played and now she failed. Unconsciousness began to take over and Buttercup accepted it.
Eon chuckled deeply to himself and took Buttercup off the ground. He threw her on his shoulder and turned back, just as a purple portal appeared. He step a foot forward, but grinned as his ears picked up someone running very fast, "Just in time."
Still holding Buttercup, he turned back, "It's about time you showed up, Tennyson. I was getting worried you weren't going to show up."
"Drop her, Eon!" XLR8 said, demandingly.
"I won't, but how about you come get her." He stood a few steps back and entered the portal, vanishing out of Ben's sight. XLR8 didn't know why, but he had to save Buttercup and stop Eon. Before the portal closed, he ran through into it.
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At the other side, XLR8 ran through as a black and blue blur. The portal sparked before closing, leaving the teen hero to an unknown destination. That didn't worry the hero as he began looking around, searching for any sign of Eon and Buttercup. Unfortunately, there wasn't a sign of them. The only thing that he could see was a meadow.
"Aw men." He slumped to the ground, "What now?"
Suddenly, he could hear the sounds of electricity sparking and things being sliced. It didn't make much sense so XLR8 got back to his feet and ran to the direction. He got there and was surprise at what he saw. A lone man fought against a squadron of beetle like robots. Despite their large number, he fought them with great skill and agility.
The man resembles someone from Japanese, even dressed like one. He wore a kimono and had his hair tied to a topknot. All together, he was like a samurai from Japan, but fight robots.
XLR8 continued to watch, too impress of the man's skill. Ben has met a lot of heroes like Danny Phantom, Timmy Turner, the Teen Titans, the Ninja Turtles and the Justice League, but what the man did was amazing. He didn't have any advance gadgetry and only used his skill to fight the robots. He also had great agility that he used to avoid some of the robots attacks. After sometime, the man was done, with only robots parts lying on the ground. The samurai held out his sword before putting his sword in his scabbard.
"Wow." XLR8 Whispered. But it didn't go unnoticed by the samurai.
The samurai's enhanced hearing picked up XLR8's whisper. He directed his eyes at his direction brought out his sword. Then he charged at the alien, letting out a battle cry.
"Wait, let me explain!" XLR8 tried, but didn't get the chance. The samurai got close and swung his sword at the speedster. XLR8 reacted quickly and ran off to a safer distance, avoiding the attack.
"What type of trickery is this Aku has sent?!" The Samurai said, between gasps and seriousness.
"Who's Aku?" XLR8 reappeared right behind him. The samurai shot his eyes at him and swung his sword at him fast. The speedster would have been hit, but ran off again, avoiding the blade. He come a halt again, this time at his right, "Hey, what's the deal, I was only…" The samurai swung his sword at him, but he ran off and stood a few meters from him, "Seriously? Why does everyone want to kill me today? Is today, kill Ben Tennyson day?"
The samurai seem to hold still, but really he was waiting for the right time. He had his eyes closed and snapped them open. That instant, he jumped off the ground with a battle cry. XLR8 watched him, even when he began to descend. His view became closer and it then came to the speedster where the samurai will come down.
Quickly, XLR8 ran away, just in time to avoid Jack and his sword coming down on him.
"Phew! That was too close!" XLR8 sighed and came to a halt.
The Samurai stood up straight with silence. He had his sword down, with the blade touching it. XLR8 watched him curiously, wishing to just know his next move. The speedster got his answer, thought it was too late, as the samurai dug his blade to the ground and shot it straight at the XLR8's visor, momentarily blinding him. By the time he cleared it; he was kicked at the stomach and sent on the ground. He then looked up, allowing his visor to leave, revealing his face. He found the tip of a blade and found the samurai standing close to him.
"Um, I come in peace?" He smiled sheepishly, raising his hands up.
The samurai didn't seem the one to joke, "Who sent you, was it Aku?"
"Gesundheit."
"What?" The samurai raised an eyebrow.
"You sneezed, didn't you?"
"No, I didn't. Now tell me if Aku sent you."
"Okay…so who's Aku?"
The samurai stared at the creature below him with disbelief and confusion. Upon all the creatures he has met, he certainly hasn't encountered one with a great sense of humor that made him confused. Just by its face, the samurai easily could tell from his attitude that Aku didn't send him. In fact, if the creature auditioned to kill him, Aku would easily kick him out in eight seconds.
Realizing he was wasting his time, the samurai drew back his sword from the alien and placed it in his scabbard. With that he turned away and began to walk away. XLR8 watched him leave and got up, too confused, "Um, where are you going?"
"That is none of your concern." The samurai replied back.
However, XLR8 didn't drop it and soon ran off to his front, this time his visor covering his face, "Okay, so before you go, did you see an ugly guy carrying a tomboy girl away?"
"No, I don't believe…"
The samurai stopped, hearing sounds of buzzing from the sky. Quickly, he darted his attention from the creature in front of him and to the skies. The creature also followed and saw thousands of beetle robots heading their way.
"Men there're a lot." XLR8 said.
"Yes, there are. We must go at once." The samurai said urgently.
"Right ahead of you."
Before the samurai knew it, the alien got him on his back in a blur, "Now hold on and keep all puke to yourself." With that said, he ran off as fast as a blur.
The samurai held XLR8 tight as his wind blew against his face. He didn't dare look back as he didn't find it much to do so and just focus on holding on. XLR8 ran in a speed that he has never known could be possible. Indeed, the future had many wonders?
XLR8 ran off in great hurry and a grin on his face. There was no way the robots will catch up to him unless they could reach the speed of sound. Though it wasn't necessary, XLR needed to get the samurai away to a safe location before he could set off to find Buttercup. Some people would leave someone behind and live for themselves, but Ben knew better. He and Buttercup didn't get a good start and the only way to fix it was to get her back.
When he was sure he was far enough, he stopped at a nearby tree. The samurai came down, though dizzily but fine. He managed to regain himself in the next few seconds and faced the alien.
"Thank you." The samurai smiled, "You truly aren't sent by Aku."
"Thanks…I guess." XLR8 said, unsure about the person the samurai kept mentioning, "By the way, who are you?"
"They call me Jack."
XLR8 seems critic about the name, but kept it to himself. Obviously, it wasn't the man's real name, but perhaps a name a group gave him. Either way, XLR8 left it behind as he replied, "Nice. So are you sure you haven't seen the two I mentioned earlier?"
"No, I haven't."
"But I do." A voice echoed in the air.
Both heroes turned to their right and found time frozen. The wind blowing against the tree was completely frozen, the grass was the same and the nearby friendly animals stop at different direction. Suddenly, two hands of a clock appeared in front of them before moving to twelve 0' clock. Once it did, in its place was a friend Ben hadn't seen in a while.
"Clockwork? What are you doing?" XLR8 asked the time master.
"Hello, Benjamin. It's been a while since we last met." Clockwork said pleasantly with a smile. He then changed to his child form, "However, I mustn't spend much time to avoid Nefarius detection. The reason Paradox isn't here is because Eon has built a tower that keeps him out. As long as this is operational, Paradox can't be here, but I can because of my ghostly nature. To do this, you will need Jack's help to accomplish this."
"How do you know my name?" Jack asked.
Clockwork changed to his middle age form, "I'm the master of time, I know all. Benjamin, you can trust Jack with your secret because both of you will need each other if you are to stop Nefarius evil plan." Ben opened his mouth to ask, but the time master beat him to it, "This moment of time is the future, just a thousand years from the ruins of Townsville you were in. Nefarius has influenced his way into the future and has allied himself with Aku. He plans to deliver a creature of great power to his side. This creature is imprisoned but Nefarius has planned that it be brought to him by a time machine."
"Time machine." Jack's eyes flew wide.
The time master expected this, "Yes, a time machine. But it won't take you to your time, only to a few thousands of years."
"Whatever, I must do, I will." The samurai said assuredly.
"Very well." Clockwork then turned to Ben, "Be watchful, Ben. Nefarius has great plans to take over the universe. You must be ready for the ultimate search."
"Ultimate search, what is that?" XLR8 asked again.
"You will know when the time comes." Clockwork stated. He pressed the button on the top of his staff, "Time out." With that said, he disappeared the same way he appeared. Time returned back to normal, but this time Jack and Ben were gone.
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Through the skies, Big Chill flew with Jack, holding him his hands. The moment Clockwork left, the two worked together and found some directions to their destination. They arrived at the city, but suddenly Big Chill could hear the watch beginning to time out. Quickly, he touched down to the ground, releasing Jack and changed back to normal in a flash of light.
Jack stared at the kid in front of him in wonder and slight disbelief, "So this is your true form?"
"Yeah, just be cool about it." Ben stated before walking to the gate in front of them. The gate was gold in color, though every odd since it should be rusted at this point of time. Ben tried to open it, but it didn't, proving that it was locked. Ben shook the gate in an attempt to open it, but failed, "Yep, it's locked. We need something like a key to get through or at least something sharp enough."
"Or we could jump over it." Jack walked to him closer.
"What are you talking about? That is –AHH!"
Jack lifted Ben off his feet and jumped high into the air. Ben watched as they were feet away from the ground and continued screaming.
"Dude, you can fly!"
"No, jump good." Jack cocked a smirk.
Soon enough they touched down on the ground, on the street of the city. Ben could easily tell this was Townsville thousands of years back. It was already proven by the broken down buildings structures and weeds and vines appeared here and there.
Ben got off from Jack and exclaimed, "Dude that was totally awesome! After we're done, you so gotta teach me!"
Jack chuckled, "Very well, but first the task at hand must be done first. So why do you think Aku will be here?"
"Common logic." Ben shrugged, "How I got here was through a portal by a guy called Eon. He had a mean, tough and over angered girl that I was fighting. I would have left her with him, but knowing Eon it must be bad so I followed. However, I ended up seeing you fighting those robots. Well after the whole trying to kill me thing and meeting Clockwork, I got this idea that maybe Eon sent me away while he just stayed at the same place in this timeline."
"That's sounds more like a theory."
"What I'm thirteen. Cut me some slack, dude."
Jack opened to his mouth to reply, but sounds of motorized vehicles intervened. It came from a distance, far from them but was now getting closer. The two heroes could see a large dust cloud, indicating that the vehicles were in large numbers and were coming. To them, it was trouble and quickly became on the defensive.
The vehicles arrived, displaying themselves as part robot and motor bikes. The vehicles surrounded them and began circling around them and letting out sounds of excitement. Jack quickly held the handle of his sword, but maintained his time. Ben followed the samurai's lead as he already had his hand over the Omnitrix. The motor soon stop and froze. They began to shift into humanoid robots, something that Jack has encountered before.
Silence once took over for the time being. Jack and Ben stood in defense, waiting for the robots first move. The robots seem to do be doing the same, but then cleared a small path. Through that path, a blue robot with a mustache and red eyes walked through, "Well, well, well, isn't it the samurai that put me out of business. It's been a while."
"I know you. You're those machines that terrorized the people and in the process I lost a scandal."
"Yes, it is me." Though it spoke proudly, that ended as a grim look took over, "After that fight, I was the only one left. No one helped me and I was left for broken. Luckily, Aku gave me a chance to pay you back for your kindness and that's what intend to do. Right boys!"
His army of robots let out a cry, agreeing with their leader. Jack clutched his sword tightly, even to the extent that he drew half of it out. However, Ben held his hand, stopping him.
Jack snapped his head to the teen, "What are you doing? We must fight."
"I know, but leave this to me." Ben nodded. A grin then spread on his face, "I think it's I try out this alien in a real fight."
Jack didn't seem sure, but complied. The robots continued to cheer, unaware that Ben now stood before Jack.
"Hey, bucket head, over here!" Ben yelled at the high robot. This got the robots and their boss attention, "Sorry, but Jack isn't going to fight you! I will!"
Once Ben stated those words, the robots burst into laughter. To them Ben was a small kid and was completely harmless to even only one of them. For all they knew, the only thing the kid could do was probably kick and yelp from the pain of metal.
"Funny, kid." The leader snickered, "Now get out of my way or get squashed."
Ben still maintained his stand despite the insult. He already had his hand over the Omnitrix, "How about neither of them." With the proud smirk, he slammed the watch down and became engulfed in a moment flash of light. Once the transformation finished, standing in his place was a strange creature Jack had never seen before. The alien had a magnetically floating metal head, levitating in an arch between his shoulders. Along with that the alien had crab like claws for hands and his body is mainly black with yellow feet, hands, shoulder and chest.
The alien raised both his hands far from his sides and shouted, "Lodestar!"
The robots were frozen in shock; most of them had their eyes wide open. Truly, they have never encountered something like this, but that didn't mean they were scared. The boss was the first to snap out it, "Okay, that's good but you won't be able to stop us with that little thing."
"Wanna bet." Lodestar pushed his hand to him, "Besides, the bigger they are the harder they crash."
The leader stared confused at the alien, mostly because of his expression. He soon got his answer as Lodestar shot a sonic magnetic field at him, sending him crashing into an old apartment building, and proving Lodestar's remark. The other robots saw this as they faced the building which then collapsed. The robots turned back to Lodestar with anger and charged.
Jack made a reach to his sword, but Lodestar gave him a look that made him to stop. Lodestar raised both his hands into the sky and unleashed a sonic magnetic field blast. It reached twenty feet into the air before scattering to different places, lifting the robots high. He had to put much effort because of their numbers, but it didn't frustrate him much.
As the robots were caught in his magnetic field, they were taken high into the air and crushed into each other. That action ended them instantly with Lodestar forming them into a ball. He shot increased his magnectic blast, shooting him into the air and distance away
"Now who got squashed, because it wasn't me?" Lodestar boosted to himself, taking a heroic stance.
However, the self pride soon ended as the boss burst through the collapsed building. He looked around with deadly glowing eyes, expecting to see his men around. Unfortunately for him, the only two standing were Jack and Lodestar. It then occurred to him that the kid, who was an alien, had taken down his men in just a few minutes.
"I'm going to squash you like the bug you are!"
"You know that only goes if I was Spidermonkey, right?" Lodestar said.
The boss didn't seem to listen as he roared and charged at Lodestar. Every step he took, the ground shook and shook despite it wasn't a giant. Lodestar didn't seem bothered by it and only sighed, "They never listen." He raised both his hands at the robot, sending his magnetic wave. Unlike the others, the boss was frozen in place and couldn't move no matter how much he tried. Lodestar then increased the effect which in turn caused a large crack at the chest and soon the entire body.
The robot screamed from the pain; that is if he could feel pain. Lodestar didn't show much interest in his scream, but rather concentrated on increasing the effect. His magnetic wave overcame the robot and he burst into pieces. Jack watched the pieces decided by gravity before staring at Lodestar. The teen young hero seems to notice as he turned to him, "See I told you I can handle it."
"What is…" Jack began but stopped. The ground began to shake, but this time they could see where it was coming from. They looked up to the high and found giant silver humanoid robots heading their way.
At that moment, the Omnitrix timed out, changing Lodestar back to Ben. The wielder of the Omnitrix gawked, watching as giant silver robots kept coming from different directions. Each of these robots resembles each other, especially an insignia that had the letter 'M'.
The samurai continued looking at the robots before turning at Ben with a stern look. Though Ben didn't see him do it, he still noticed, "What? It's not like they wouldn't be here if you didn't fight them. Besides…" He turned back to the samurai with a smirk, "I can get us out of here." He brought out a round green ball and presented it to Jack. The older hero raised an eyebrow, but Ben didn't pay attention. He threw the ball down, creating a large green smoke that covered them. When it blew away they were gone.
Once the heroes disappeared, the robots stood in confusion. They scanners didn't pick anything, so they turned back and began searching around. However, if they had looked at the man-hole the heroes once stood, they would have notice it close fully.
Jack ensured the man-hole was covered fully before proceeding down the ladder. Ben was already standing on the ground, waiting for the samurai to join him. It didn't take a while as Jack jumped down and sighed, "That was close. However, we must be going. Those weren't Aku's robots. But how did you acquire that smoke bomb?"
"I got them from some superheroes from another dimension." Ben simply answered like it was an ordinary question. The hero didn't say anything after that and walked away.
Jack followed Ben's lead and began following him. The two remained in silence, but not in mind. Jack began to wonder more about Ben and found him as an interesting teen. Though he was wisecracks sometimes, Jack could easily tell he had a heart of good and heroism. But the silence was taking too much, even for him, that he interrupted it.
"So, Benjamin, is it?"
"Yeah, but call me Ben. It's a lot better than saying my full name." Ben said.
"Understood, so where do you come from?"
"From another universe." Ben stated. He came to a halt, realizing the samurai raised an eyebrow. Ben understood why and explained, "I'm from a universe where things are a bit or totally different. Mine is normal, except the aliens that pop up once in a while. In that universe, I'm a hero and it still goes for everywhere I go."
"Another universe." Jack seems intrigue, even walking away. Ben watched the samurai before catching up to him. Jack seems to be thinking about the concept of another universe, trying to come to terms about it, "So does Aku exist in it?"
"No. Besides, I've never heard of him. Who is he anyway and why do you keep mentioning him from time to time?"
Ben didn't get an immediate response as he notice a dark look on Jack's face. It then occurred to Ben that Aku might have caused him pain and perhaps something more. The wielder of the Omnitrix could relate to a few times when he had such emotion. He has felt it when Dani was thought to be killed and when it turned out that Nefarius turned her evil. In other words, Ben knew what Jack was feeling, though that what he thought
For what felt like a while –which it was –Jack spoke, but it was different. The samurai didn't look at Ben and his face had the mixture of pain and anger. It was amazing that he didn't let it all out and still maintained a cool voice, "Aku is the most evil and veil villain that has ever come upon the earth. He has conquered lands, leaving destruction and pain behind. It is my goal to defeat him so I may return back to my time."
"You're time?" Ben glance at the samurai confused. Once he took a better look on Jack's appearance, he gave himself a face palmed, "I'm such an idiot!"
"Don't think like that." Jack patted Ben on the back. The dark emotion on his face was gone, allowing a smile to take over, "Now come, we must be going and find an exit."
Ben complied and the two continued walking, this time allowing the silence to take in. The odor of the sewers has lessened over the time and the heroes didn't find it disturbing. They continued walking and even took turns when they came upon them. After some more walking, they came upon a brick wall which also meant as a dead end.
"Great! A dead end!" Ben said stubbornly.
"Not exactly." Jack said, though his eyes were on the wall. He walked away from Ben and walked to it, keeping a skeptic look. There was something about the wall that Jack found odd, but Ben couldn't. He step forward and pressed his hand on it, touching the brick itself. His hand wondered around until it pressed a brick in. That instant, the place shook and the dead end opened.
Ben glance at Jack and gave him a thumbs up, "Nice detective work, dude." He said and walked inside. Jack remained back for a while, thinking about the meaning of Ben's thumbs up. He took it as a good thing and walked in, entering the darkness.
The heroes found the place dark to see. They could all determine it was a tunnel as they kept going narrowly. To shine some light out, Ben twisted the Omnitrix dial and the green light grew to brighten the way. He then looked back at Jack and gestured him to follow, which he did.
Now that the Omnitrix shine the way, the heroes could see their front. Ben led the way, since the tunnel was narrow and he had the Omnitrix. The two heroes kept going, wanting to see if the other side would get them out or take them somewhere safe. Ben hoped the most to find somewhere or else he might run down the Omnitrix power
Finally, after a long while, the heroes finally came to the other end. Unfortunately, the other end turned out to be a dead end. Ben stared at it gawkily before he snapped at it angrily, "Are you kidding me!" In anger, the teen kicked the wall which in turn set off something, "Huh…I guess it's my turn."
Like when Jack opened the entrance, the dead end opened right before them, shining some light. The Omnitrix light shut off and began recharging the power it lost. While it did, Jack and Ben found their location was high from the actual ground in a large room. The entire area was a large lab filled with expensive technology like super computers and other things Ben and Jack couldn't identify or didn't care to know. However, there was someone Ben could identify.
"Look." Ben said, pointing to a capsule, "It's Buttercup."
True to his words, the Powerpuff girl was inside a capsule. But from the looks of it she was in an unconscious state. On her body were small plugs all over her body and a large cut on her abdomen. Some scientists were standing around her, writing down some notes. The others were on computers, typing some things that Ben could guess were related to Buttercup.
"This isn't good." Ben stated, "They're experimenting on her."
"You're right, Ben." Jack looked at the scientists mostly, "Those scientists work for Aku. Whatever this girl possesses, we must stop them before they acquire it."
That instant, the Omnitrix face pop up, displaying an alien hologram, " Already on it. It's hero time!"Right ahead of you." With a cry, he jumped off with his arms open. He saw the ground coming fast at him and looked at the Omnitrix, "Come on, Omnitrix, give me Shocksquatch." He turned the dial and found the alien he wanted before slamming it down.
Ben became engulfed in green light, feeling as the transformation took over. His entire body began to change from his human form to an alien form. His body formed in a small size, giving him the body similar to an insect. He grew an antenna on his forehead and his legs became stick legs along with a beak. When the transformation completed, in Ben's place was a bug like alien.
"AHHHHHH!"
An alien insect screamed and hit the ground. He groan from the impact and got up to his feet before taking a look at himself, "Seriously, Ball Weevil? This isn't the time for cuteness."
Ball Weevil's presence didn't go unheard by the scientists. One of them ran to a button on the wall and pressed it, activating an alarm around. A large hanger door then opened and a troop of dark red robots on one wheel with large heads rushed in. Ball Weevil saw them coming and screamed as he jumped out of the way of a laser. He saw more robots pointing their lasers at him and began to run.
"Jack, I could use some help here!" Ball Weevil shouted, running as fast his little legs could. Though he avoided a few blasts, one of them hit him from behind, sending him flying to a wall. Ball Weevil bounced off the wall and laid on the floor, only to find that he was surrounded, "Aw men."
Before the robots could fire, a loud cry was heard from above. It grabbed the robots attention and they looked up, only to find Jack landing straight from above them with his sword high above him. The next few minutes, the robots were sliced into pieces and lay on the ground with oil licking out.
Jack stood on the ground, having taken care of the robots before they could put up a fight. He turned to Ben who then sighed in relief, "Thanks."
Jack nodded, "You're welcome, now and free the girl, I'll keep you guarded."
Suddenly, the same entrance the previous robots opened, allowing more of them to rush in. Jack held his sword firmly before taking off, leaving Ball Weevil. The small insect alien watched samurai Jack fight the robots before walking to a scientist.
The small alien went to his leg and tugs his pants, "Hey, bob. Mind letting me use that?"
The scientist looked down and saw Ball Weevil. He screamed in a high pitch and ran off, leaving Ball Weevil to snicker at his behavior. The insect hero climbed on the computer and looked at the screen, finding something on it very interesting. It had a diagram of Buttercup's body and a list of abilities on it. Ball Weevil's curiosity got the better of him and he began to read the list. Each one he read, his eyes grew wide.
According to the list, Buttercup was a lot stronger than Ben thought. It might have been that she loved fighting with her fists that she never used the others. Ball Weevil would have continued, but time was running out.
"Okay, so how can I free her?" Ball Weevil hummed to himself. He looked at all the keys underneath him and shrugged, "Nah, I'm just going to wing it."
No sooner, he began to tap his tiny legs on each of them. He kept doing it, earning each code with a negative beep from the large monitor. It then occurred to him to get the right code and he kept going. Each command was a negative, but Ball Weevil kept going until he finally got a positive beep.
"Yes!" Ball Weevil exclaimed.
The capsule holding Buttercup opened, allowing the water to rush out. The plugs on Buttercup flew off her body and she fell out and hit the hard ground. Ball Weevil cringes from the impact she went through and walked to her.
Though weakened, Buttercup let out a moan as she tried to wake. She felt weak from an injection that was given to her earlier and it still had an effect. Already, she felt her consciousness becoming blurry that she couldn't see well. The last thing she saw was a yellow bug with a familiar symbol walking to her. After that, she closed her eyes and became unconscious.
Ball Weevil inspected the Buttercup and realized that she wore different clothes. She wore a green tank top and blue shorts. The teen hero could guess the reason was so the experimentation on her could be carried on without exposing her body –which Ben was glad she was clothed. He was about to change himself back so he could help her when he saw Jack's fight against the robot increasing.
The wielder of the Omnitrix saw that more robots were rushing in, outnumbering him. Jack did amazingly with agility and skill that Ben never thought possible. What was more amazingly was how he kept fighting despite the bruises he got from their attacks.
Ball Weevil couldn't take it anymore and spit out a round green sticky ball. He then jumped on it and began to moving it, making it roll, and made his way towards the robots and Jack. As he got closer, the ball began to grow to extent that it was huge, "Jack, get out of the way!" He shouted.
Jack halted with a confused expression. He turned back and found Ball Weevil coming on a giant ball of plasma. Knowing to listen, Jack jumped out of the way. Ball Weevil came closer to the robots before jumping off, allowing the ball to roll and hit the robots. It caused a huge explosion that destroyed many of them and sent the rest hitting the wall that they broke on impact.
However, the battle was far from over as more robots rushed from the door. Ball Weevil made a cricket sound in anger before spewing a rope of plasma goo, tying most of them into ball of goop. He brought the now formed ball and jumped on it before rolling all the way to the others. Once he got close, he jumped off it, allowing the ball to roll and hit the upcoming robots. The explosion from it blew the robots up and destroyed the entrance, causing large concretes to block it.
"Aw yeah! I just took those guys down!" Ball Weevil exclaimed before timing out and changing back to Ben.
Jack narrowed his eyes at the teen hero, but said nothing. Instead he turned away and ran to the unconscious Buttercup. Ben continued to look at his work proudly before he realized Jack wasn't with him. He looked back and saw the samurai carrying Buttercup in a bridal style and ran to him.
"Is she okay?" Ben asked worriedly.
Jack glance at the girl in his hands and then back at Ben, "I don't know. We must take her somewhere safe and dry her off first. She might catch a cold if we don't."
Ben was about to reply back, but an explosion took place. They saw the blocked entrance blown up, allowing more robots, this time bigger, rushing in. Jack was unable to use his sword, which would mean dropping Buttercup. It was too late for even Ben to do anything, since his Omnitrix was timed out. The robots came and surrounded them, but then came to a halt.
The heroes were confused. The robots should have attacked, but they stood in place. The next thing they knew, they felt a dark shudder down their spine as a shadow casted from the ground and formed into a mystic being. This being, Jack has faced multiple times and wasn't happy when he saw him appear.
The being of evil towered over them with his massive height. His body was mostly as dark as the darkness places; he had red fire ontop his eyes and had fangs. The being then looked down and smirked the two heroes, "Well, well, well, isn't it Samurai Jack? Apparently, we meet again."
"Aku!" Jack gnashed his teeth in anger as he glared at him.
Ben stared shockingly at the mystical being in front of them. This was the creature that was pure evil? This was the being that caused Jack pain? When Ben laid eyes on him, Aku didn't look much than what he has faced in the pass. Sure he was as big, but Ben has faced bigger and scarier villains like Trigon the terrible. However, Ben has learned over the time to not underestimate the enemy no matter their size.
The wielder of the Omnitrix turned his head to Jack, to see his reaction. The samurai was angry to see the evil being before. Ben knew that look, having gone through it himself during when Dani became evil. If it weren't that Jack was carrying Buttercup, he might have charge at mystical entity. He also came to realize if the guy was powerful then they need to draw and gain their strength, so they can come back in full force.
"Jack, we have to get out of here. I know you want to take this guy down, but not in the safety of another. We have to go now." Ben said to reason with him.
The samurai glances at Ben and saw the seriousness in his eyes. He knew Ben was right and allowed himself to release a breath to let out his anger, "Very well." He then looked back at Aku, "But this isn't over. I will destroy you."
With that said, Ben brought out a smoke bomb and threw it to the ground, causing smoke to engulf them. When it cleared, they were already gone. Aku still remained where he stood; staring at where they once stood and even let a sly smile to form on his face. He knew Jack would come and will be ready for him, ready to end the samurai once and for all.
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Jack and Ben ran through the streets as fast as they could. They had to put some distance between themselves and the location of the lab. So far they didn't encounter any robots while doing so, but they still ran. Jack was in the lead, being faster than Ben and still carrying Buttercup in his arms. Ben followed from behind and came to a halt when exhaustion took over.
Jack also came to a halt and turned back at the teen, "Are you okay, Ben?"
"Yeah…just give me a sec." The brown haired panted. Ben took some time to catch up his breathe before he stood straight with his breathing fine, "Thanks. So what now?"
"Knowing Aku, he'll probably be looking for us."
"Okay, so let's move. I know a place we can go to." The teen said and then ran off.
Jack took off with the teen and followed from behind. After everything they went through, Jack was glad Ben pulled him back from fighting Aku. Ben was right about getting Buttercup to safety without wasting time. Along with that, they'll need to rest for the next time they will attack in full force, except they would have to go for the main place of operation. Jack knew as well, for every time Jack and Aku meet, there is always a rematch.
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Okay, so that concludes part 1. Sorry if you wanted more, but the chapter came more than I estimated. I originally had a previous plan for this chapter, but it ended with a writer's block, so I changed it to Eon capturing Buttercup, which led to the rest.
The next chapter, part 2, will have a friendly moment for Ben and Buttercup and then more exciting action. Who else thinks Ben battling Aku as Way Big will be awesome? And who thinks will win in a battle? Either way, I plan to do that in the next chapter, which I will try to update sooner. Anyway I think I should explain some things for those who haven't read the other crossovers.
During a fight with Vilgax in Danny Phantom universe, Ben accidently caused the Omnitrix to recalibrate. Unlike the recalibration from Alien Force, this one was an accident allowing Ben to still retain his former forms and gain some new ones. Then when he was in the Teen Titans universe, he gained some new DNA from heroes like Starfire, Raven and Supergirl. After that, he was sent into a dead dimension by Trigon the terrible and encountered six legendary mystical soldiers. The friends he met there and Raven, including him, accepted a test for their freedom and won. In the result of the battle, Ben won and learned an important lesson, along with having more aliens unlocked.
If there is any other further questions PM me and I'll be glad to answer them. I'll probably update the Avengers: Earth Ultimate heroes next, so keep voting for the hero you want as leader. But I'll still try to update this chapter after that.
I am Man of Cartoons and signing off. Bye!