I decided to make a pun for this chapter. Heh heh.
This chapter is going to be more action-focused than the previous.
Chapter 2: Nuts And Starbolts
Vilgax considered going after the duplicate Omnitrix himself, but he figured that if he did so, chances are he would be seen. He wasn't exactly a Galvan, after all. Though interestingly enough, the creator of the Omnitrix WAS a Galvan.
And of course, if he was seen, he would likely attract the attention of Ben Tennyson. And in the worst-case scenario, he would be sent straight to the Null Void. Besides, he likely had his grandfather with him, and he was a serious threat to him as well, though he was averse to admit it.
He definitely didn't want to go there again. It was simply nightmarish, even for someone like him.
So, he decided that he would do something small. He would send some of his many robots to search for the Omnitrix instead.
At this point, he had narrowed down the location of the Omnitrix to Jump City.
So, he sent his robots there.
He was going to get his hands on the second Omnitrix...and nothing was going to stop him.
Of course, he would also like to get his hands on the first one...but with Ben Tennyson in possession of it it seemed like it would be awfully difficult.
Vilgax would focus on the second one for now.
Meanwhile...
Ben sat down while his cousin was clothes-shopping. It was rather boring waiting for her to finish.
Personally he would rather be at the arcade playing video games. He in particular enjoyed Sumo Slammer.
Suddenly, he noticed someone bolting out of the store with a huge amount of clothing.
"Come back here, thief!" exclaimed the nearby security guard.
Jinx smirked as she ran out of the store.
"Finally! A chance to go hero time!" shouted Ben. He was starting to think that he was going to die of boredom.
His watch had actually been charged for some time now. However, he decided that he would use his powers responsibly for once. His cousin would be very cross with him if he ruined her shopping experience.
He decided to transform into Heatblast.
As Jinx attempted to run away with her ill-gotten attire, the fiery alien approached her.
"You must be awfully chilly if you're carrying that much clothing...mind if I warm you up?" asked Heatblast.
Jinx raised an eyebrow.
He didn't look like any sort of superhero that she had ever seen...though admittedly she had seen a lot of them.
Still, she had been trained specifically to deal with superheroes, so she could probably handle herself.
Jinx fired a wave of mystical energy at Heatblast.
"Huh?" asked Heatblast.
Suddenly, a nearby fire hydrant squirted water on him.
"Ugh!" exclaimed the fiery superhero.
Jinx hit him again.
A bucket of water fell on his head.
"Aaugh!" shouted Heatblast.
Wait...was Jinx's powers giving him bad luck?
Jinx hit him again.
A water balloon hit him in the face.
"Ow!" exclaimed Heatblast.
"Sorry, I was playing with my friend, Mr. Space Alien!" shouted a nearby kid.
Well, that confirmed it. He'd be luckier if he accidentally broke a mirror.
Wait...what if he gave Jinx a taste of her own medicine?
He noticed that there was a mirror nearby.
As soon as Jinx fired on him once again, Ben held the mirror in front of him.
This worked surprisingly well.
"There you are! You're coming with me!" exclaimed the security guard from before.
Jinx groaned. It looked like her bad luck powers had been used against her.
Ben smirked. He had apprehended a criminal.
Shortly afterwards, he turned back to normal.
Well, he wondered what he should do while he waited for it to recharge.
At that very moment, Gwen and Max returned. Gwen had purchased lots of clothing.
"Can we go somewhere I like next?" asked Ben.
"Well, I suppose THAT'S reasonable." noted Gwen.
"Yes!" cheered the boy. It looked like karma was working in his favor instead of against him.
As it turned out, Ben had chosen a restaurant.
That restaurant happened to be the Burger Shack.
Curious, Ben noticed that one of the Teen Titans happened to be there.
That person was Beast Boy. However, he was eating a tofu burger.
Yes, even though he was fully capable of transforming into carnivorous animals (such as a lion, for example), he was a vegetarian.
"Hey, I know you! You're one of the Teen Titans!" exclaimed Ben.
"I sure am!" nodded Beast Boy.
"I heard you can shapeshift into animals..." said the boy.
"Uh-huh!" exclaimed the boy.
He happened to be a shapeshifter himself.
Beast Boy raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm, that watch of yours looks a lot like Starfire's new leg bracelet..." said Beast Boy.
"Huh?" asked Ben.
"She said it came from outer space..." stated the green boy.
He scratched his head.
Was there an Omnitrix wielder besides him?
Until now, he thought he was the only one.
Was it true?
Well, at least it was in the hands of someone heroic.
"I'm going to head back to the tower. See you!" exclaimed Beast Boy.
Beast Boy turned into a bird and flew away.
Shortly after his encounter with one of the Teen Titans, he noticed two familiar faces.
He groaned. It was none other than JT and Cash. Though compared to Vilgax they were sweet and lovable, Ben was not too fond of those two.
Why? Because they apparently had nothing better to do than to bully others at every opportunity.
"Hey! That's my Sumo Slammer game! Give it back!" exclaimed an unfortunate boy they were bullying.
However, Starfire was nearby.
She considered fighting them...but beating up two kids whose only offense was hassling a video gamer wasn't exactly the best way to uphold the law.
She decided that she would give them a good scare instead.
Fortunately, their apparently was an alien that could do just that.
She decided to transform into an Ectonurite.
"I feel like I'm dressing for the holiday of Weenhallow...or was it Halloween?" questioned Starfire. Sometimes she had trouble speaking the human language. She might look human but she wasn't exactly human. She had nine stomachs for instance.
Immediately, she approached JT and Cash.
"Huh?" asked JT.
"Boo!" exclaimed Starfire.
JT and Cash ran.
She then picked up the Sumo Slammer game and handed it to the kid that had been bullied.
"Thank you, paranormal poltergeist!" exclaimed the gamer.
Starfire gave him the thumbs up.
She then turned back to normal. She didn't want to use her new device longer than necessary.
However, Starfire noticed something that was very curious.
There was a a boy nearby who had a device just like hers...only green and on his wrist.
He wouldn't happen to know anything about her new leg bracelet, now would he? Chances are that he had that particular device longer than she had.
She approached him.
"Why do you have an Omnitrix like I do? I thought I was the only one!" exclaimed Ben.
"Wait...this device on my leg...it's called the Omnitrix?" asked Starfire. She was wondering if it had a name.
Ben nodded.
"I see..." nodded the alien.
"I find it ironic that the Omnitrix ended up in the hands of a space alien..." noted Ben.
"How long have you had the Omnitrix?" asked Starfire.
"About a year...why?" inquired the boy.
"Is there anything I should know?" questioned the girl.
"Well, there seem to be bad guys that want to get their hands on it..." noted Ben. Sometimes he had to play keep away. For example, the Forever Knights wanted the Omnitrix for themselves. Although, Enoch (a commander of their army) seemed to want it for himself. He was in a dream machine now.
"That sounds serious." noted Starfire, pressing her hand on her chin.
"Have you ever thought about using the Omnitrix to do something fun?" asked Ben.
"I feel like I should use it responsibly." acknowledged Starfire.
"Well, my cousin always yells at me whenever I use the Omnitrix to do something immature..." noted the boy.
"I have a twin sister who's a real bad seed...how ironic." said the alien princess.
Ben noted that perhaps he was more fortunate than he thought.
"Have you thought of nicknames for your aliens yet? I name mine all the time..." noted Ben.
"Well, there's a Vespian selection option..." acknowledged Starfire.
According to the projection, it looked similar to a bee. A big one.
"How about Rumblebee?" inquired Ben.
"You sure like making puns, don't you?" questioned Starfire.
Ben nodded.
Starfire giggled.
Suddenly, Ben's eyes widened in shock.
"Look out!" exclaimed Ben.
Starfire turned around and noticed that there were two red saucers about to open fire on her.
Quickly, she fired starbolts at the robots and they exploded.
"What...were those?" asked Starfire.
"Those...were Vilgax's robots." said Ben.
"Vilgax?!" exclaimed the alien princess.
"You've heard of him?" asked the boy. He hadn't until Max had informed him of the intergalactic warlord. He was the mortal enemy of plumbers everywhere.
"I thought he was simply a myth simply to scare small children...but apparently I thought wrong." noted Starfire. Apparently, he had conquered many planets, and he had no intention of stopping. He had also destroyed some of them...mostly the ones that had the audacity to stand up to him.
"How I wish he were just a myth..." stated Ben.
"You've fought him?" asked the alien.
"Yeah...he's always trying to get his hands on the Omnitrix. It doesn't belong to him!" exclaimed the boy.
"Wait...if he wants your Omnitrix, then does that mean he wants mine?" asked Starfire.
"That's...what I'm worried about." said Ben.
More of the basic drones were approaching.
"By the way, you sound an awful lot like my friend Raven..." noted Starfire. She didn't know why.
Ben raised an eyebrow.
"Really?" asked Ben.
Meanwhile, the Teen Titans were receiving a distress signal. It actually reminded Robin of the Batman symbol now that he thought of it.
Apparently, there was a giant robot wreaking havoc downtown.
"So much for the first law of robotics." remarked Raven.
If nothing was done about it, it could end up destroying the entire city.
"We're going to have to take it down, regardless of the risk to ourselves. Teen Titans Go!" exclaimed Robin.
"About that...we have a problem. Starfire's not with us!" shouted Cyborg.
"She isn't? We're going to have to find her! She can't take on a robot like that alone!" exclaimed Robin.
"Doesn't she have that new leg bracelet of hers?" asked Beast Boy.
"That may be true, but we should still search for her. That robot might not be alone." advised Robin. He could only hope that it wasn't a robot invasion.
"Touche..." answered the animalistic Titan.
Immediately, the four of them went to search for Starfire.
However, Robin ended up finding someone else instead.
"Ben? Where are you?" asked Gwen. She had spotted one of Vilgax's robots and couldn't help but feel worried about him.
"Are you looking for someone?" inquired Robin.
"It's my cousin Ben...you'd probably know him if you saw him. He dresses in black and white...and he has an alien device on his wrist. It lets him transform into aliens." said Gwen.
Robin raised an eyebrow.
"He has one too?" asked Robin.
"By the way, why does your eye mask contort whenever you change your facial expression?" inquired Gwen.
Robin didn't know. Maybe it was magic?
"Wait, what do you mean by him having one too?" questioned the girl.
"Well, my teammate Starfire found one last night...it attached itself to her right leg...and it's not coming off." noted Robin. It didn't look like any Earth technology that he had ever seen.
Gwen placed her hand on her chin. This was rather confusing. Up until now, she thought that there was only one Omnitrix.
But apparently, someone had made a duplicate. Somehow.
She wondered who it was.
Well, for now she needed to find her cousin. She didn't want anything to happen to him...though it was rare when they would get along.
"Have you seen him?" asked Gwen.
"No...have you seen an alien with orange skin and red hair, with green eyes?" inquired Robin.
Gwen shook her head.
Suddenly, she heard a rather loud explosion.
"What...was that?" asked Gwen.
"I was...hoping to find Starfire in order to fight a giant robot." explained Robin.
Gwen could see the robot out in the distance.
"Wait a minute...that's one of Vilgax's robots!" exclaimed Gwen. Was he hunting for the Omnitrix again? Those robots weren't exactly anything Ben couldn't handle at that point.
"Vilgax? Never heard of him..." noted Robin.
"He's the last person you want to meet, trust me." said the young girl.
Robin wondered if Vilgax and Slade were alike.
They probably were.
Two drones approached them.
However, Robin pulled out a batarang and destroyed both of them in one fell swoop.
"Those are some pretty impressive gadgets..." noted Gwen.
"I've been using them for years..." said Robin. He had learned a lot from Batman, though Batman had eventually told him his training was complete and that he was ready to take on a sidekick of his own if he wished to have someone continue his hero work.
However, he had instead chosen to form a superhero team. It wasn't his original intention, but now that he thought of it, being a solo hero wasn't really his thing.
"You might...want to find shelter. Those robots are dangerous." said Robin.
"I appreciate the concern, but I can defend myself...even when my cousin isn't around." stated Gwen.
Her hands suddenly began to glow purple.
Robin raised an eyebrow.
"Wait...you can cast spells like Raven?" asked Robin.
Gwen nodded. Apparently she had a talent for magic...something that her cousin (for all of his talents) wasn't capable of.
"I still don't think you can take down a giant robot..." noted the boy.
"Well, not by myself." acknowledged Gwen.
However, at that very moment, Gwen and Robin both spotted who they were looking for.
"Ben!" exclaimed Gwen.
"Starfire!" shouted Robin.
"Ready?" asked Ben.
Starfire nodded.
Ben transformed into Diamondhead...while Starfire transformed into...
...a Nosedeenian?
"Did you...not transform into the alien you were looking for?" asked Ben.
Starfire nodded.
"That...happens a lot." noted the boy.
Starfire sighed.
Well, she might as well come up with a name for this particular alien.
Voltage sounded good.
However, it seemed that turning into this particular alien was a blessing in disguise.
It was capable of short-circuiting the robots attacking her quite easily. Their metal conducted electricity pretty well.
Not only that, but she was very hard to hit.
However, the giant robot pulled out a buzzsaw.
"Huh?" questioned Starfire.
It then sawed Starfire in half.
Ben gasped.
However, this only caused Starfire to spawn a duplicate version of herself.
The two Starfires then ganged up on the robot.
Ben sighed in relief. He had forgotten that Nosedeenians could create copies of themselves if they were split in half. He remembered the time that he had gone up against one.
Granted, there were probably a limit as to how many clones she could create, but still.
Diamondhead followed by firing crystals at the robot.
The crystals dented the giant robot's armor.
The giant robot followed up by launching a lightning bolt from its tesla coil.
However, Starfire intercepted it.
More copies of herself appeared.
Voltage and her clones then electrocuted the robot.
It exploded.
Shortly afterwards, Ben and Starfire turned back to normal.
She sighed in relief.
Shortly afterwards, Gwen and Robin approached them.
"We've been looking for you!" exclaimed Gwen.
"Don't worry Gwen. I was just kicking robot butt. I wouldn't be surprised if people were cheering my name right about now." said Ben.
Ben began to fantasize.
"He sure is immature." noted Robin.
"Welcome to my world." said Gwen.
Starfire gave Robin a hug.
"You're...choking me." said Robin.
"Sorry!" apologized Starfire. Sometimes she forgot about her strength.
For now, it seemed that Jump City was saved.
But for how long? It wasn't likely that Vilgax would stop there.
They would need to be ready.
Even though Azmuth decided there should be only one Omnitrix that doesn't seem to stop fanfic writers from giving one to their OCs. I did come up with an explanation in my case though.
I don't think I'll make Starfire's Ectonurite form turn evil like in the show because aliens in Ben 10 aren't any more evil than humans...they just have their bad seeds like Vilgax for example. You might be surprised to learn that his race aren't inherently evil.
By the way, can you guess why Raven and Ben sound the same? Heh heh.