Day 4:
''Enjoying yourself?'' Ben asked. Julie smiled, and nodded. It had been a while since Ben took her out, and there was a new monster movie in town. It was the perfect date.
''Yeah, this is great.'' She took a couple popcorn kernels, popped them into her mouth, and snuggled into Ben's arm, watching the monster on the screen stomp down the city…
When the movie had ended, the couple walked out of the movie theater. It was one of those nice summer evenings on the boardwalk, the sky all warm and orange.
''Man, don't you wish every night was like this?''
''Walking out of a great movie with my cute girlfriend hanging on my arm? Yeah.''
Suddenly, Ben's phone rang. He pulled it out, and before he could say 'hello';
''Get your butt to House Street, now.''
''Gwen?''
His cousin sighed. ''Yes, dweeb. Now, you're at the boardwalk, so that means you should be about one street away from House, so get down there now before-''
''Hold on,'' Ben broke in. ''Why do I have to get down to House Street? I don't know if you know this, but I finally got to take Julie out…''
''Hi, Gwen!'' Julie yelled into the phone"
'Sorry, kiddo'' said a new voice. It was Max. ''Building just collapsed over here. Some sort of gas explosion in the basement.''
Ben was running down the road before Max finished his sentence, dragging Julie with him. When they made it to the corner of House Street, the road was completely swarmed by emergency vehicles and news reporters. Julie jabbed Ben in the shoulder; Gwen and Max were waving to them, standing on the top of the Rust Bucket, which was parked at the back of the crowd. They made their way to them.
When they got to the Rust Bucket, Max grabbed them and pushed them back into an alleyway. ''Sorry to ruin your date, kids, but I think Ben needs to take this one. Reporters say that there's still people trapped inside.''
Ben nodded, and popped the dial up on the watch.
Julie leaned in. ''This is my favourite part.''
Ben pressed down the dial, and when the green flash burned out, a new alien stood in his wake. It resembled Humungosaur, except it was smaller, leaner, and green. It's neck was long and sinewy, and its head ended in a pointed beak. Julie had to take a step back from her boyfriend, ass his body was now covered in large, ripping spikes.
Ben flexed his new arms. ''Oh yeah, this'll get the job done.'' And with that, he took off. He ran across the street, people jumping out of his way at the sight of his blades.
Ben ran straight up to the door, which was still standing, and raised his arm, slashing down and tearing the doors into pieces with his blades. He strode in, bellowing ''Hello! Is anyone in here!''
A groan came out from under a rubble pile. Ben ran over, and lifted a crossbeam off the pile. A man and kid were laying on the ground. ''Are you all right?''
The man groaned again. ''I think so. But it's my son, I think his legs broken.''
Ben nodded. ''Alright. You're gonna have to carry him; I need to keep looking.''
The man pointed. ''I think I heard something over there a couple of minutes ago.''
He was right. Ben found a group of four people under another pile of crossbeams. They were beaten, and some had broken limbs, but thankfully they seemed okay. Ben was counting his lucky stars. He was hardly this lucky.
And as soon as he thought this, the building started to shake. The foundations were finally giving way. ''Everybody out, now!'' Ben bellowed. He ran up to the door, holding up the remaining piece of wall while everyone shuffled by him. When everyone was clear, he would get clear with them.
Which he would have done, if as soon everyone had gotten clear, the building hadn't decided to collapse right on top of Ben.
''BEN!'' Julie screamed. The building literally crumpled from the top, pelting everyone in the street with small shards of concrete and wood. In less than two seconds, the half building became a fully fledged rubble pile.
Max, Gwen and Julie ran to the wreckage, careful to stick to the edges of the crowd. They hid at the back of the pile, and began to pick pieces and toss them away. Suddenly, a hole crumbled away, and out slid a giant…thing.
It resembled a giant worm, with red, spindly legs. Its body was large and segmented, ending in a large gaping, tooth filled mouth, ringed by for large red eyes on stalks.
''Ben… you IDIOT!'' Gwen yelled, slapping the large torso of Ben's new alien. Julie joined in on the slapping. ''Don't do that to me again!'' she yelled, half crying.
FLASH! Ben was now Ben again. He was dirty and scratched, but he seemed okay. ''Ok, Ok. I will not get buried under a building again. Of course, I can always count on…'' he paused. ''DRILLWORM!''
No one said anything. Then, they all started to laugh. Be looked insulted. ''Hey, come on. It's a good name. I figure Drillworm for the one, and Razorscale for the other one…''
(I don't anything for Animorphs.)