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Chapter 3: Hungry, Hungry Big Chill + Vampire - Part 2
Ben awoke in a ditch in the town's outback by sunrise, unsure how he got there. "W-What happened?" He asked, holding his head.
"Have a nice nap?" Asked Vampire Ben.
"How... did I get here?" Asked Ben, still trying to understand what was going on. "Good morning to you too" said Vampire Ben.
"Where's Moka... and Julie and Kurumu?" Ben asked, apparently not paying attention to or not hearing the vampire in his brain.
"Probably at that dead end you left them at... poor Kurumu" commented Vampire Ben, and that got Ben nervous.
"W-What did I do?" Ben asked in panic.
"Calm down, I'm sure she's fine. Ya just froze her to the side of a building, then flew through an apartment... that one single mom was getting out of the shower too..." Vampire Ben explained.
"But I chose Jetray" said Ben.
"Yeah, well the watch chose Big Chill... that statue and bus didn't stand a chance" said Vampire Ben.
Ben groaned, NOW the watch decides to give him the wrong guy, and NOW look what happened. Deciding to forget that (especially the single mom bit), Ben pulled out his cell phone and called Kevin to come get him, as there was no WAY he was risking using the Omnitrix again; not until he figures out what happened last night and why.
He could ask Vampire Ben, but he didn't know if he could take his full word on it...
Kevin was on a couch watching a DVD on dancing, with 2 more next to his lap... along with 3 additional ones about proper fork etiquette. His phone rang, so he had to use a remote to pause the film. "Kevin Levin."
"Kev? It's me" Answered Ben.
"I'm kinda educating myself with dancing and forks right now" said Kevin, as he was trying to focus on his current task.
"Yeah, great; and I'm in a ditch. Mind picking me up?" Asked Ben.
"Go Hero, you'll be home in no time" said Kevin.
"Its uh... dead," Ben white-lied, then realized something. "Wait a second... you don't own a DVD player!"
"I crash at Argit's from time-to-time. He's got a nice DvD player, says it was a steal" said Kevin, making Ben facepalm. How did Kevin find that alien porcupine a friend again?
"Whatever just... pick me up" said Ben.
"Fine, I'm coming" said Kevin, hanging up and getting his stuff. "Argit, I'm heading out!" Kevin called from inside. Outside, Argit was presenting Kevin's car to an alien-like being and said alien was handing Argit a huge wad of cash. Hearing Kevin's voice, the alien porcupine panicked.
"Go, go, go! Scram!" Argit shooed the other alien away, in which it teleported away somehow. Kevin walked out, but eyed Argit with suspicion since he heard him tell someone to scram. "Heheheh... AND DON'T COME BACK!" Argit laughed nervously, then looked off into the distance, as if he was protecting Kevin's car from a theft.
Choosing to deal with his 'friend' later, Kevin got into the car while still eyeing Argit, then drove off.
-TIME BREAK-
As soon as Ben walked into the door with Kevin, Moka immediately ran and hugged him... Kurumu was a little sour for some reason, but also hugged him. "Where have you been? Your mom was asking where you were... she can be scary" said Moka, asking where Ben was in a worried voice, then changed to fear upon recalling Ben's mother.
"Good question" said Ben.
"Well; be thankful we covered for you, jerk" said Kurumu. Ben realized why she was upset, guess what his inner vampire had said was somewhat accurate.
Then his stomach growled... VERY loudly. The poor boy held his stomach for a quick second. "Ugh... is there anything to eat in here?" He said, walking quickly into the kitchen.
"Hold up there, Benji!" Called Kevin, going after Ben as he just recalled something important. Inside the Kitchen, Ben grabbed a jar of pickles and popped one in his mouth, chewing it slowly and happily. While he was enjoying his snack, he jumped when Kevin appeared behind him.
"... pickle?" Asked Ben, holding up the jar.
"Will you forget about the pickles? We got a major problem!" Said Kevin.
"Oh yeah, my powers. Moka, Kurumu and Julie and I... AW SHOOT, WHERE'S JULIE?!" Said Ben, remembering last night he was having the girls follow him so they could record what he did, also not noticing Kevin had his arms folded with impatience.
"BEN! I GOT NOTHING TO WEAR TO THE DANCE TONIGHT!" Yelled Kevin, not paying attention to anything Ben just said since his mind was on the upcoming dance.
"You can borrow a tux if you want. Here, I'll show you" said Ben, leading Kevin to his room while still carrying the pickle jar. Moka and Kurumu watched them, even as both boys passed them before following.
"Doesn't Ben hate pickles?" Moka asked Kurumu, but the only answer she got from the succubus was a shrug.
In Ben's room, still eating the pickles by the way, he was going through his closet. "You'll look great in it, Kevin. It's one of Grandpa Max's tuxes" said Ben, taking yet another pickle and eating it. Moka and Kurumu sat on his bed while Kevin waited for Ben to get out the suit.
"He wasn't exactly the skinniest guy in the world" said Kevin, as Ben finally pulled out a nice tux that was in the back of his closet. It was actually behind his Yokai Academy uniform, which he also pulled out.
Kevin's only thought for that thing was: yuck. He had to WEAR that thing? Moka and Kurumu's uniforms at least looked decent!
"It's when he was younger, just try it" said Ben, handing Kevin the tux. He gave it a once over and figured 'eh, could be worse'. He left Ben's room to try it on and a few minutes later, he returned to Ben's room from the bathroom. He didn't think it was too bad, but still felt a little skittish... was Gwen gonna like it?
"Don't you look dashing" commented Ben. "Yeah... fucking James Bond over here" commented the other Ben.
Kevin reached into the pocket of the tux, and did the cuff links that were inside easily enough... though the bow tie was another story. "Don't these come with clips or something?" Asked Kevin, trying to do the tie. Moka and Kurumu had to hold back giggles upon seeing Kevin struggle, his face looked adorable!
"Not when your older than 12" said Ben and once Kevin got his finger caught (the girls giggles were slightly released upon that), Ben took it upon himself to tie it for Kevin.
"I'm not like those fancy prep school guys! Gimme a break!" Said Kevin, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Which is why she wants YOU to take her, and not them... there!" Said Ben, finishing the tie. Kevin looked down at himself... he liked what he saw. "You'll knock'em out, Kev. What do you guys think?" Ben asked the 2 girls in the room, eating a pickle as he did so.
Kevin got a little nervous again, not knowing what those 2 would say. Sure he thought he looked good, but Moka and Kurumu were monsters'! They could have completely different tastes... why else would they latch on someone like Ben?
Both monsters' checked out Kevin from top to bottom. The vampire just sat on the bed, while the succubus got up and looked up and down Kevin with a hand under her chin, making the Osmosian even more anxious.
"... Not bad. Not bad at all" said Kurumu. "Yeah, you look really handsome" said Moka, which made Kevin smile and gave his confidence a boost... maybe having those 2 around wasn't so bad after all.
Ben ate the last pickle in the jar, then drank the juice from it, which the other 3 couldn't help but stare at. "Mmm. Wonder if we have more of these... OH! And maybe some mushroom pizza" said Ben, taking the empty pickle jar and leaving the room. As he grabbed the knob, he turned to Kevin. "Oh, and Gwen likes yellow roses" he added before closing the door behind him.
"Mushrooms?" The 3 monster girls asked each other, as Ben had mentioned having not a good experience with them.
"Hey um, girls?" Kevin asked, sounding unsure.
"What?" Asked Kurumu.
"What color croissant should I get Gwen?" Asked Kevin, making both monsters' raise eyebrows immediately.
"Uh, croissant?" Moka asked.
"Yeah, I saw it on one of the DvD's I rented. Their flowers that go around fancy girls' wrists" said Kevin.
Both girls would've normally face faulted, but just blankly stared at Kevin instead. "COR-SAGE!" They both shouted at him.
-TIME BREAK-
The night of the dance had finally arrived, though it wouldn't officially begin for another 2 hours. Julie was reading her notebook on what happened with Ben/Big Chill last night, trying to figure out what could be wrong with her boyfriend but alas, she didn't have a clue... and it wasn't like there was a book in the local library called: Alien Behavior for Dummies. Looking up, she happened to see Gwen walking down the path. She immediately walked up quickly toward the Tennyson cousin, hoping she had seen the alien-morpher after he disappeared.
Gwen noticed her, and the concerned look on her face. "Julie? What's up?" Asked Gwen.
"Have you seen Ben?" Asked Julie.
"Not recently, something wrong?" Asked Gwen.
"Yes... well, I'm not sure. Me, Moka and Kurumu were with him yesterday; but I haven't seen him since he turned into Big Chill by accident" said Julie.
"Yeah, the watch does that sometimes... though its been quite awhile since then" said Gwen, thinking Julie was only concerned about Ben's powers messing up, which was nothing new to the Anodite anyway.
"Yeah, he's mentioned that; but he also just disappeared" said Julie.
"That's just part of being the alien" said Gwen, assuring Julie nothing was wrong.
"I don't know, Gwen. I'm just worried" said Julie.
"I'm sure he's fine; he's been through worse... though I'm more worried about Kevin. He's been acting really strange since I asked him to the dance..." said Gwen, then noticed someone or rather... some people, approaching Julie's scooter as if using it as a landmark to find her.
Gwen leaned to the side of Julie, which got the tennis player's attention and turned around to see what Gwen was seeing. "Speaking of strange... hey, guys" said Gwen; as it was revealed that Ben, Moka and Kurumu were the ones walking to Julies scooter. Hearing Gwen's voice indirectly call them, Ben and the two monsters' looked to see Gwen and Julie, one of them being the girl Ben was hoping to find.
"I'll catch up with you later" Gwen said, walking home to get ready for tonight.
Seeing her boyfriend alright, Julie's face lit up with a smile and hugged Ben by putting her arms around his neck... not seeing it made 2 certain girls jealous, but they held it in.
"I was so worried about you, Ben! Why didn't you call me?" Asked Julie.
"Sorry. I'm worried too, just... going through allot, ya know?" Said Ben.
Once again, Julie was NOT gonna pretend she could relate. It must be hard juggling 10+ aliens and being a hero all the time, so she was willing to let Ben's slip-up slide as long as he was safe and sound.
"Where did you go yesterday? After you flew through that building, I heard a woman screaming, what happened?" Asked Julie, making Ben mentally flinch.
"SEE! I TOLD YOU!" Shouted Vampire Ben.
"I... honestly don't remember. I woke up in the outskirts of town and had to call Kevin to get me. How much did you guys record?" Asked Ben.
Julie flipped her notebook to the page(s) she was using to record Ben's activities yesterday. "6:30PM - Transformed into Jetray, saying part of its name before becoming Big Chill instead and exclaiming: Big Chill!... Why do you do that again?" Said Julie, then asked what was the point of shouting an alien name.
"Strikes fear into his enemies or some shit..." commented one Ben. "Eh, not important, go on" said the other Ben.
Julie: 6:31 - Followed Big Chill to Burger Shack, where he pressed the order button 15 times, and ate buzzer. 6:32 - Ate a tray a waiter was carrying, then told some guy to move, and ate drive-in stalls. 6:35 - Ate giant metal Burger.
Vampire Ben: TOLD YOU!
Julie: 6:36 - Ate giant Burger Boy head eating giant metal burger like a Facehugger.
Vampire Ben: TOLD YOU AGAIN!
Ben: (To Vampire Ben, while mentally groaning) 'Alright...'
Julie: 6:38 - Ate a bus, scaring off driver. 6:40 - Ate a Car Wash sign. 6:41 - Ate the Car Wash.
Vampire Ben: That's one way to use mouthwash...
Ben: (To Vampire Ben) 'Knock it off.'
Julie: 6:45 - Followed Big Chill to dead end, where he flew through a building, causing a woman to scream.
Vampire Ben: Do I have to say it?
Ben: (To Vampire Ben) 'YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT!'
Julie: 6:46 - Kurumu followed behind and telling Big Chill to chill. And 6:47 - Drove around with Moka to the other side, only to find Kurumu frozen on a wall with her head sticking out and struggling to free herself. She then exclaimed: "get me the hell outta here", and I picked up a piece of a partially-eaten streetlamp to free her.
Moka presented her own notes, which was almost an exact a mirror image of Julies'. Kurumu was reluctant to share her's, but handed Ben her set... which had multiple hearts around the page with KK+BT drawn in them, and a stick figure doodle of 2 people (a boy and a girl) holding hands and smiling in the center.
Ben: (stares down at Kurmu's notes, blinking once) ... good notes... (looks up at Julie) no wonder you and Moka get straight A's.
"You don't remember any of that? Any at all?" Asked Julie, which Ben responded with a sad shake of his head. He also had the same look in his eyes when he lashed out at Yukari when she first came around, so Moka and Kurumu could tell he was feeling guilty. In his own words, these aliens were apart of him, so it must feel frustrating when he had no idea what was going on or any control of his actions.
"Ugh... its happening all over again..." Ben sighed.
"Again?" Asked Julie, as Ben never mentioned the incident that happened during that fateful summer vacation years ago. The only ones that did were the 2 monsters present. Instead of telling them however, Ben decided to show them. He lifted up his Omnitrix and turned it on. Sure enough, it was on Big Chill, but he cycled through his roster. The girls were confused, he wasn't gonna try using his powers NOW, was he? Nah, he wasn't that stupid.
He went past a brown dinosaur, then a monkey with multiple limbs, he even scrolled past a stone-like being that seemed related to Diamondhead until landing on the one he was looking for...
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Ghostfreak.
All 3 girls visibly flinched. What the watch was showing was... it was quite a sight alright. That... thing... was an alien? It looked more demonic than anything. Long arms that had long, sharp nails; a ghost-like tail that curled in on itself and creepiest of all; its head was UPSIDE DOWN! The mouth also had sharp, jagged teeth and a single eye; adding onto its already menacing appearance.
Now Moka (as Inner Moka) and Kurumu had heard Ben call out this aliens name during his fight with Albedo; but they only saw a small glimpse of him. Kurumu was busy trying to get out of the packaging foam, and Inner Moka didn't see Ghostfreak since he rammed into Big Chill quickly (plus it was kinda dark). That's when the impostor went Heatblast and burst into flames to throw the Ectonurite off of him, then Ben quickly changed to Diamondhead before either monster could get a good look.
"W-What... is that?" Asked Julie, scared at the sight of Ghostfreak, yet unable to take her eyes off of it. There's no way Ben became... that... had he?
"Ghostfreak" said Ben.
"Wait... THAT'S GHOSTFREAK?!" Asked Kurumu, her voice shaking. She thought ghosts were supposed to be fluffy white spirits... not that. Moka, even Inner Moka watching through Outer's eyes, had no words. If she was out, even she would be wide eyed at the creature showing itself around Ben's wrist.
"He... escaped the watch, and... tried to possess me to control the Omnitrix. He also tried to destroy the sun... so he'd be unstoppable" Ben said, giving a VERY brief summary, as those memories still haunt him to this day.
If the girls weren't wide eyed before, they sure were now. Destroying the sun meant Ghostfreak would get stronger? That would also cause the planet to ice over in mere hours, and millions if not BILLIONS of people would freeze to death! And since the realm of monsters was parallel to this one, they'd also be affected! If Ben losing the watch was scary, the fact that only a single alien had that kind of power was absolutely bloodcurdling.
"Is he...?" Asked Moka, whom was about to ask Ben if the alien in question was still dangerous.
"No," Ben said, already predicting at least one of the girls would ask that question. "Gwen and I destroyed his original body, but the Omnitrix reabsorbed his DNA. To this day, I try not to become him unless absolutely necessary" he continued, deactivating the watch. "Ghostfreak always creeped me out whenever I transformed into him, even before he escaped. But Big Chill... felt different. He was a... gift from a friend."
Inner Moka couldn't help but feel both sorry for Ben, and have a new level of respect for him. He could have used this 'Ghostfreak' transformation to easily nullify most of the threats they've encountered last year in Yokai: Saizou, Amalgam, Gin (she'd actually LOVE to see that, it sounded entertaining), Kotsubo... heck, even a monster like Kuyo probably could've have been dealt with if he used Ghostfreak. But he didn't due to thinking of others should he loose control of said alien if it was as evil as Ben described it to be.
Despite he was still technically a human, he had a large sense of justice and responsibility, as well as an insanely high mental capacity to recover from such a traumatic-sounding event... at least, a little; as the experience still clearly effects him. It kinda reminded her of her own trauma...
"These guys. They're... a part of me, ya know? Been on so many adventures together, we're almost like a family. What if I lose another hero, or I lose myself to it this time? I don't... think I can do it again" Said Ben, getting a bit emotional. He was basically saying that he wasn't sure if he'd be able to destroy another hero. Like he said; they were apart of him. Big Chill was a welcome member to the roster and, unlike Ghostfreak, Ben never felt weird whenever he used the Necrofriggian.
Moka and Kurumu weren't jealous at his indirect mention of Mizore this time due to the seriousness of the situation... and just imagine how Mizore would take it if he no longer had Big Chill in the watch. The poor Yuki-Onna would be devastated! That alien was a symbol of their friendship! Moka didn't know how'd she feel if the vampire transformation was destroyed, but she might feel upset since his power DID help Ben defeat Kuyo, so that bonded them together in a way.
Once again, the girls couldn't exactly relate except Moka, as she had an alter ego herself... though Ben had about 30 of them; plus the other one million he hadn't unlocked yet. The fact that he gave each an individual name only made his bond with them stronger. The girls also found new admiration for Ben, as although he had incredible power that he could control for 10 minutes... he apparently had to ALSO control whichever alien he becomes if it had a malicious nature.
"We can get Kevin and Gwen, they could help" said Julie, feeling sorry for Ben and wanting to help him, but this seemed beyond her realm of experience with aliens.
"No, they're gonna be busy at the dance... and Grandpa Max is..." said Ben, looking out at the moon before continuing. "This time, I'm on my own."
That's when he felt a hand on his arm, which he turned to look and saw Julie looking right at him. "You got me" she said.
Moka then hugged his other arm. "Me too."
Then Kurumu hugged him from behind, not trying to press her chest into his back as this clearly wasn't the time for that. "We'll figure this out, Ben. We got your back."
Ben smiled warmly. Even if they couldn't help, at least they gave him reassurance.
BEEP, BEEP, BOOP!
The sudden noise caused the 4 friends to look down... the Omnitrix turned itself on and was scrolling in the opposite direction!
"Ben? What's happening?" Asked Moka, nervously. Ben tried deactivating it, and when that didn't work, he tried dialing it; but it wasn't responding to any of his commands!
"I-It's not working!" Ben exclaimed, then spoke inside his own head. 'YO! CUT IT OUT!' He yelled to the vampire Ben.
"It's not me! I SWEAR!" Vampire Ben insisted, sounding genuinely surprised as well. The icon landed on Big Chill, and Ben managed to look up at his friends with fear in his eyes. "GET BACK!" He said, pushing them back and backing away before...
FLASH!
Big Chill had appeared and without a word, he took to the sky. "BEN! COME BACK!" Called Kurumu, taking her real form and following the alien. Big Chill just turned his head back and blew a cold breeze. Not wanting to get frozen again, she flapped her wings to push herself back from the vapors. Big Chill used this opportunity to speed up.
Watching from below, Julie got a confident look on her face and ran to her scooter. "GET ON!" She called to Moka, who got the message and quickly ran over to hop on. Reeving the motor, Julie took off after the 2 aerial combatants.
-TIME BREAK-
Kevin was driving Gwen to the dance after he went to pick her up. She had to admit, she liked the way Kevin looked in his tuxedo. Likewise, Kevin thought Gwen looked amazing in her long white dress. He was still a bit nervous, as this could be considered his and her first date, but tried to hide it. Who've thought that them 2 would end up going to a dance together? Especially after he tried killing her cousin 3 times; the fourth time teaming up with an intergalactic conqueror.
"Yellow roses... how'd you know?" Asked Gwen, holding the bouquet Kevin had bought for her, and she was surprised since she never mentioned these were her favorite. Another surprise was the beautiful blue corsage he got her.
"I could be a sensitive guy" Kevin bragged.
"Really?" Asked Gwen, perking up a bit.
"That... and Ben told me, but he was cool about it. Gave me some pretty good advice" said Kevin.
"Good advice?... Then again, he had a monster musume chasing him for about a year" joked Gwen.
"Speaking of them, they're not so bad after all. They suggested I get you that corsage. I owe them one" said Kevin. While he couldn't deny they girls (the vampires inner persona especially) were insanely hot, he mostly thought of them as access baggage they now had to deal with while fighting the DNAliens. But hey, if they got him points for this 'date' with Gwen; they were good for something.
"You'd better thank them, then" said Gwen.
"Sure... I'll take them to the next dance" Kevin joked.
"Not if I kill you first" Gwen shot back with a smile.
"If you do, at least let me thank pickle-boy beforehand" said Kevin, joking about Ben's fascination with pickles, which he assumed Gwen knew about. Her answer was to cock an eyebrow in confusion, but still held her smile.
"Pickle-boy?" She asked.
"Yeah. I always thought he just liked the color green, but he ate 3 whole jars... including the juice" said Kevin, and this caused Gwen to frown a bit.
"Ben? Pickles?" She asked, unsure if she heard right. As Kevin pulled into Gwen's prep school, Gwen muttered to herself about how Julie said Ben was acting strange.
"He also ordered in a giant mushroom pizza for himself. Gotta hand it to Ben, he also ties good ties" said Kevin, looking down at the bow tie he wore.
NOW Gwen was becoming concerned. "Ben? Pickles? Mushrooms?... And ties?" The Anodite questioned.
"Nothing wrong with 2 dudes tying the knot over veggies and pizza" joked the Osmosian, getting out of the car and running over to Gwen's side to open the door for her. Once he opened the door like a gentleman however, she had a frown on her face with the roses on the side of her and her arms were now folded.
"We're not going in there" Gwen stated.
"Why not? I learned everything about waltzing and forks! Inside to outside, big to little... or was it outside to inside, little to big? Dammit!" Groaned Kevin, trying to remember what the videos taught him.
"That's... not the problem Kevin. I..." said Gwen, about to explain what was bothering her, but that's also when Kevin cut her off.
"Its me, isn't it?" Said Kevin.
"NO, KEVIN! I-I WANT to go with you; it's just..." Gwen tried explaining again.
"It's just what? Embarrassing for you to go with some street rat like me?" Kevin said. He was not only nervous, but now also upset since the girl who asked him out apparently didn't want to go anymore.
"KEVIN! Ben hates pickles... especially mushrooms!" Said Gwen, as Ben and her had a bad experience with mushrooms once before over that particular summer vacation. It was also at this point Kevin remembered Moka and Kurumu muttered the same thing, but what did that have to do with this?
"Ok, so he acquired a taste for them then, that..." Kevin began.
"And he DESPISES ties!" Gwen cut off Kevin.
"... but I saw the wedding pictures of..." said Kevin, as he saw Ben wearing a tux himself with a similar bow tie Kevin was wearing now. Ben said it was from a marriage for his 26-year-old cousin, and it was a sticky situation he got himself into that day... something about 'sludgepuppies'.
"That's only cause Grandpa forced him to wear it!" Said Gwen.
"What about his Yokai Aca..." Kevin asked, as he also had seen Ben's Yokai Academy uniform in that closet, which also came with a tie.
"He's required to by dress code! Julie was saying something about the Omnitrix acting up, I think Ben might be in some kind of trouble!" Said Gwen.
"Aside from him juggling 2 girls and a girlfriend?" Asked Kevin.
BRIIIIIIIIING! BRIIIIIIIIING!
Gwen phone began ringing from inside her purse, and the caller ID was Julie. "Hello?" Asked Gwen, taking out the phone and putting it to her ear, listening to what Julie told her. "Hang on, can you repeat that?" Asked Gwen (although she already heard it), putting the phone on speaker and turning it to face Kevin as if Gwen was saying 'told you so'.
"Big Chill's gone crazy!" Said Julie's voice.
Taking the phone off of speaker, Gwen put it back to her ear. "Where are you?"
The scene changes to Julie and Moka riding quickly down the street after Big Chill. Kurumu was even using her illusion magic to try and bind the Necrofriggian, and it was aggravating her that the ghost-like mothman kept phasing in and out of her traps. "We're on Big Chills tail right now. He just ate about half the foundry and drank a whole cauldron of molten metal; he even froze all the guards and is now flying off somewhere" said Julie.
As she was conversing with Gwen, Kurumu was still flying after Big Chill. "Ben!... Or Big Chill, or vampire asshole; let Ben go!" Called Kurumu. Big Chill only answer to that was blowing a cold breeze, which Kurumu avoided.
"IT'S NOT ME!" Yelled Vampire Ben, not that anyone could hear him.
"Leave me alone!" Said the Necrofriggian, taking off in a burst of speed, which Kurumu matched.
"Hold this" said Julie, handing her phone to Moka so she could focus on driving as she sped up her own method of transportation.
"I hate to ask but, can you and Kevin please help? I'm worried about Ben" said Moka. As Big Chill flew, he happened to look behind him to see Kurumu had caught up, and was literally a whisker away from slicing him. The alien had to move aside to avoid becoming ribbons.
"Don't make me do this, Ben!" Said Kurumu. She didn't want to resort to physically harming her Mate of Fate, be she was seeing little choice. Big Chill went to phase through her to try and freeze her, but she saw this coming and evaded.
Using her illusion magic again, she manipulated 2 streetlamps ahead of Big Chill to pound them into each other, making sparks fly. Much to her surprise, even though he was intangible, she still managed to stop him. Moka and Julie (who skidded her scooter to a halt) were also surprised.
"Um... I think Kurumu got him" said Moka. Perhaps electricity was a weakness to Necrofriggians', though she wasn't 100% sure. All she knew was that Kurumu had finally stopped...
SHATTER!
The lamps froze over and out flew Big Chill, although he did look somewhat drained of energy. "Stay... away" he managed to get out. He was about to blow another breeze at the succubus who dared strike him, but that's when he noticed Julie and Moka on the scooter. Canceling his original plan of attack, he swooped towards to two girls on the ground.
"CRAP!" Said Julie, revving her engine and just barely avoided Big Chill, who had just turned the section of the road she was on into ice. This shocked them even more. Ben would NEVER attack them, so Big Chill was clearly acting on its own accord.
Sadly, they lost Big Chill in the confusion. "Nevermind... we lost him" Moka said to the phone.
"Great! Now what so we do?" Kurumu asked as she flew down to float beside Julie's scooter.
"We'll handle it then" said Gwen.
"I got a lock on Ben's Omnitrix. He's heading outside of town... going west of Register Road" said Kevin, presenting his Plumber Badge to quickly locate were Ben/Big Chill was going.
"Good. See ya there" said Julie, overhearing what Kevin said and getting a determined look on her face.
"Wait, Julie... AAAH!" Said Moka, almost dropping Julie's phone due to Julie racing off.
"WHOA!... WAIT UP, DAMMIT!" Said Kurumu, almost getting run over by Julie. Regardless, she flapped her wings and followed behind the human. Both monsters' had to admit, if Julie had one thing in common with Ben, it's that she'll never abandon someone she deems in need.
"I guess... we'll met you there" said Moka to Gwen.
"Fine... make sure Julie's safe though" said Gwen, hanging up her phone. Although she knew Moka couldn't do much with that Rosario around her neck, she was still slightly stronger than a normal human. Plus, Kurumu was with them, so it should balance out the odds.
-TIME BREAK-
Kevin's car pulled up to the spot where his Plumber Badge was telling him Ben/Big Chill was. Julie, Moka and Kurumu (who was landing and changed back into her human form) were already there; staring at a ditch just ahead. It had a metal tower-like structure sticking out from the top, but as for what it was they had no answer.
"He's here?" Asked Gwen.
"He is. He just spit out all that magma, then cooled it all around that metal tower" said Kurumu, as she had just witnessed it by getting a succubus-eye view.
"It's melted metal" corrected Moka.
"Hot metal, hot magma, same shit" said Kurumu, not really caring if what she said wasn't exactly correct.
"And Big Chills doing this, why?" Asked Kevin.
"Maybe these ghost aliens are just plain evil. We had a similar problem with Ghostfreak" said Gwen.
"Uck, hated that guy, even though I only became him once" said Kevin.
"Yeah, then you absorbed ALL 10 of them" added Kurumu.
"... I was a messed up kid" said Kevin.
"Maybe there's a connection between Big Chill and Ghostfreak? They're both ghosts" suggested Julie.
"Maybe... but Big Chill was obtained from a monster" said Gwen, which surprised Julie. "Yeah, he was the sample of our friend, Mizore. She's a Yuki-Onna, a Snow Woman" said Moka.
"Look, whatever's wrong with him or Big Chill, we'll save him" said Kevin, walking over towards the ditch. Everyone else followed him.
The ditch wasn't that deep, only about 5-6 feet, but it WAS very wide. Big Chill himself was resting on top of the metal tower which, now that the group was closer, resembled a giant mound.
The group slid down the ditch. "BEN!" Called Gwen, which woke Big Chill up. The Necrofriggian stood up, looking down at the intruders menacingly.
"It's ok, Ben... it's us" said Julie, her hands up in defense.
"Ben... or Big Chill... we only want to help you" said Moka, kindly.
This however, only got Big Chill to unfurl his wings, which raised the tension. "Go... away..." he warned with a hiss.
"Sweetie... whatever's wrong, we just want to support you" said Kurumu.
Big Chill response to that was taking a huge breath in, and blowing a cold breeze. However, this appeared to be a warning shot as it froze a rock in-between the girls' feet... which shattered instantly a second later. "Last... warning..." Big Chill warned again, and his tone told them he was NOT willing to give them a second one.
"Negotiating's not working, I'll smash sense into him instead" said Kevin, kneeling down to absorb a small metal block Big Chill must've forgot to use or had no use for. Then he took off running up the metal mound.
"He really IS an idiot" said Inner Moka.
Kevin swung at Big Chill, and it didn't work since he went intangible. Grabbing the arm Kevin had used, Big Chill then took a big bite out of Kevin's arm! This got the girls to gasp, not having seen Ben/Big Chill act so feral before.
Luckily for Kevin, the metal protected him from Big Chills sharp teeth, so there was no blood rushing down his arm; but that didn't stop the Necrofriggian from gliding and slamming Kevin on the ground, in which he proceeded to continue gnawing on Kevin's limb. Absorbing stone, Kevin replaced his armor. Big Chill didn't like the taste of dirt, so he finally let go and began gagging. Kevin noticed a tear in his tux's right arm.
"DUDE! This's Max's tux, remember?" Said Kevin.
Before Big Chill could answer (or if he was gonna answer was unknown), a ray of mana with a claw on the end shot past him and headed for the mound. With surprising speed and agility, Big Chill lifted the mana-claw with both hands and then blew a large gust of cold air at Gwen, whom launched the manna-claw in the first place.
Gwen could already tell that gust was much more powerful than a normal one, just like the one that shattered the rock; so she had to dispel her mana-claw and use both hands to make a barrier around herself, Julie, Moka and... where did Kurumu go? Whatever that metal mound was must be important to Big Chill, as he was fighting allot harder than Ben would've made him if he was in control.
"Big Chill! We just want to help!" Called Julie. Her sentence had caused Big Chill to stop blowing cold air. "Help?..." He asked, going behind the metal mound.
CRACK!
"I don't WANT any!" Roared Big Chill, having returned with a giant piece of metal above his head, being held by both hands. He threw it right at the girls, apparently not caring if they got crushed by it.
"Lata Avidimona Lata!" Said Gwen, using a spell at the incoming metal ball. Once casted, the spell dismantled it completely, saving the caster and the others. Doing this made a cloud of dust and debris since bits of metal fell at once, which Big Chill used as cover to swoop down and go for Julie and Moka!
Gwen quickly put the crazed Necrofriggian in a mana bubble, where he stared hissing like a rabid animal and clawed at the bubble imprisoning him, also snapping his jaws for good measure. Big Chills persistence began to pay off, as Gwen was starting to struggle keeping the bubble up. "NRGH!... Get back, I can't hold him!" Said Gwen, and that's actually when one of Big Chills clawed hands broke free and grabbed Julies arm!
"BEN! STOP!" Cried Julie. While the grip from the alien wasn't enough to break the poor girls bones, it still felt like her arm was getting violently squeezed by a sphygmomanometer. That's not even mentioning the savage look in Big Chills eyes... it frightened her.
Gwen couldn't help her, as she needed to keep the barrier up or Big Chill might do something worse... and where the fuck did Kurumu go?! That left only Moka. She couldn't do anything with the Rosario on and... she had an idea. It was reckless, like Ben could be once in a while, but she was the only one who could do anything! Despite her own fear at seeing Big Chills savageness, she put on a brave face and grabbed the same arm Big Chill was squeezing Julie with.
"LET GO OF ME!" Roared Big Chill, his other arm shooting out of the mana bubble, just as Moka planned it would.
"Moka, what are you...?" Asked Gwen, but she didn't get to ask the full question. All she saw was Moka quickly grabbing Big Chills other arm, and pulled it towards...
PING!
Gwen's eyes widened. Big Chill's also widened, apparently knowing. Julie's widened as well... Moka's Rosario...
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FLASH!
A column of dark energy shot out of Moka into the night sky; causing Gwen, Julie and Big Chill to get knocked by the sheer force of it! Kevin, who had just started recovering; turned towards the girls location, and his Osmosian instincts began to kick in once again upon feeling the intense energy; but repressed them just like last time. Gwen, Kevin, and Big Chill knew what was coming now; as bats from up above began to swarm around Moka's body.
(AN: Inner Moka's theme.)
When the rosary seal over her breast is removed, Moka's innocent self vanishes, and her inner vampire... awakens. Julie thought she'd seen everything. Gwen's magic, Kevin's powers, Ben's aliens, and even Kurumu's monster form and abilities... but this?... She was completely unprepared for what she was seeing. Sure it was a little creepy Kurumu had bat wings and a tail poking out of her skirt... THIS; was a WHOLE 'nother level. So this what a vampire... a REAL vampire... looked like.
The vampire... who saved her boyfriends life.
Guess this is what Moka meant by 'inner'... though Julie felt a little self-conscious now. Why, you ask? Well before, Moka was only a cup larger than her... NOW her size was maybe a little smaller than Kurumu's! To top it off, the shape of her ass clearly changed; as her skirt now BARELY left anything to the imagination!
"... Ben. I'm willing let slide you swiping at me... this time. So why don't you be a good boy, and step aside from your arts & crafts project?" Said Inner Moka, her voice made a chill go up Julie's spine. Moka's tone DEMANDED respect from the very first syllable! What was confusing to her was, Moka was sweet and kind but now; she seemed cold and distant. Maybe this is what Ben meant about her rosary; all that power was stored inside her and it was making her different than how she was before?
Julie had no answer. As cool as it was to finally see Moka's monster form, it was also very unsettling.
While everyone else was busy getting acquainted (reacquainted in Gwen, Kevin's and Big Chill's case) with Inner Moka, Kurumu was shown to have snuck off to the side of the mound. "Alright... lets see what your hiding" she whispered to herself, slowly extending her nails. As she stepped slowly towards the mound, she accidentally kicked a tiny rock, making a small sound... which also caused a now-recovered Big Chill to sharply turn his neck to the source of the sound, and saw Kurumu in mid-step with her claws out. She was looking at him with a face that said: "shit, caught."
"STAY AWAY!" Big Chill hissed, lunging over to the succubus. Before he got in range of her however, a blur shot into him and knocked him aside. It was shown to be Inner Moka, who had used her newly unsealed speed to kick Big Chill away. Gwen saw this, but could tell Inner Moka was holding back. She saw her kick Ruby and Albedo... those were REAL kicks! That one wasn't even a fraction of her full power.
Then again, this still was Ben in a way. Even though she denies it, she does seem to care for Ben's well-being... or maybe its because since Ben's the only one who can remove her Rosario for some reason.
Big Chill got up pretty fast though, and blew a gust at Inner Moka and Kurumu. Inner Moka sidestepped from it with no trouble, and Kurumu evaded with a single flap of her wings that she brought out. "Maybe Kevin's right, you DO need to be knocked out" said Inner Moka, rushing forward to kick Big Chill, this time using a little more monster energy. The kick never made contact as Big Chill sunk into the ground, and popped up behind Moka to try freezing her again.
Sensing him, she pulled a roundhouse kick before he could blow any ice, but it didn't make contact either since he went intangible and grabbed her leg like Kevin beforehand. Instead of biting into it, he threw her aside, though Inner Moka used the momentum and twisted her body to land on her feet like a cat would. Kurumu used her illusion magic on the metal mound, hoping there was something she could manipulate. Sure enough, some wires from all the metal Big Chill ate extended out from it and wrapped around Big Chill.
He blew once, attempting to make Kurumu lose focus and while the grip did loosen, she still held on to the magic... though her eyes showed fatigue. Kurumu was expending too much of her monster energy on this ability she was still learning to control. If she kept this up for much longer, she was gonna pass out again.
Julie was watching Big Chill carefully as he struggled to free himself. Whatever that metal thing was, it was undoubtedly crucial to whatever Big Chill was planning. Without thinking, she took off in a sprint towards it. Big Chill noticed what she was doing.
"NO! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" He shouted, his voice also cracking with worry, and going intangible for yet the 3rd time this battle and escaping. Kurumu wanted to manipulate the cords further, but she was just about empty.
Inner Moka looked to where Big Chill was... the hell? What was Princess Tennis doing?! She's gonna get herself killed!
Big Chill flew above Julie but before he could do anything, 4 tentacles of mana wrapped tightly around him, stopping him momentarily. "Nrgh... Moka! NOW!" Called Gwen, as she was also running on empty as she had to protect 2 others aside from herself with her magic, AND fight at the same time.
"Sorry about this Ben..." said Inner Moka, jumping high above Big Chill. "Huh?" Went Big Chill. Looking up, he saw Inner Moka's leg coming down... "But Big Chill must learn his PLACE!"
POW! BOOM!
In the fraction of a second; Big Chill zoomed downward and bounced off the ground once, and slid while face-down with a cloud of dust surrounding him. Once again, Gwen and Kevin could tell that she wasn't going all out... it still looked painful, that's for sure; but still nowhere near her full power. If they had to gauge it, they'd say Inner Moka just used about 10% of her overall strength, then it jumped up to 30% for her final blow to knock Ben out. Besides, she was trying to subdue him, not kill him.
Not to mention, Big Chill was fighting 2 Plumbers' and 2 monsters' at once... and put up a helluva fight despite those odds, so the Necrofriggian must have been tired himself.
Inner Moka landed from her finishing move, making Julie's mouth hang open. That was some crazy fighting skills Moka had just pulled off, and that power was both amazing and pretty scary. Now that Big Chill was out for a minute, Inner Moka thought about how hard he had fought. She'd never admit it, but alien resilience surprised her once again. But nevermind that now, she had a bone to pick with her.
"You hurt him!" Said Julie.
"Just as he would have you. The hell were you thinking, Princess? Ben wasn't in control of Big Chill, and he could've froze you to death if Gwen didn't give me an opening" Inner Moka said to Julie, controlling the urge to lash out at her from being an idiot and just rushing like Kevin did moments ago; but that didn't stop the unsealed vampire from calling Julie a name.
"Um, excuse me? Ben NEVER would've hurt me!" Julie said, unsure if she heard Moka correctly. That outburst sounded very rude, which was unlike her.
"So I'm just imagining that bruise on your arm?" Inner Moka asked, sarcastically. Sure enough, there WAS a bruise where Big Chill grabbed Julie, which the tennis player covered with her shelve.
"Moka... Julie was just trying to help, I would've protected her anyway" said Gwen, defending Julie.
"And what if you missed? Or Big Chill managed to destroy your barrier? You could barely keep him at bay, so what would stop Big Chill from tearing a human like her to shreds... her hand-eye coordination?" Inner Moka asked. That shut Gwen up. She hated to admit it, but despite Inner Moka's bluntness... the vampire wasn't wrong.
"*scoffs* A human like me? I was trying figuring out why this thing was so important!" Julie defended herself while gesturing to the mound; more harshly than she intended, but this was a stressful night for a multitude of reasons. Furthermore, what had gotten into Moka all of a sudden? It's like she was a different person or something...
"You were brave, I'll give you that. But you still have no defense or any power of your own. Unless you can find a way to be useful, leave the work to the professionals" said Inner Moka. Gwen and Julie (more-so Julie) were taken aback once again by Inner Moka's vulgarity. Julie couldn't figure this out, why was Moka being such a bitch right now?
"Useful? Professional? Your the one who kicked Ben into the ground!" Argued Julie, still stressed and a little upset by Moka's attitude.
"Zombie clowns, life-sucking goldfish, a psychotic fox demon, AND a galactic overlord... trust me, he's been through worse" said Inner Moka, putting up one finger for each named incident Ben had gone through. Honestly, why would Ben date this chick anyway? She was so whiny! If Ben had chose her or the other Moka, they'd be a much better... where did that thought come from?
"If your both done bickering, Big Chills not gonna stay down for long" said Kevin, walking over.
"Whatever's wrong with him has to be because of that thing!" Said Gwen, pointing to the metal mound.
"Then why not take a peak inside?" Asked Kurumu, now over her fatigue. She could still fight if needed, but there'll be no more illusion-making tonight.
"My thoughts exactly" said Kevin, absorbing a metal pipe that was sticking out of the ground. He and Kurumu got to the top of the mound where Big Chill was standing before. Kurumu sliced the top of it and Kevin bashed it with both hands...
SQUIRT!
As soon as Kurumu and Kevin damaged the mound, some kind of liquid sprayed out of it. "EWWWWWWW!" The succubus whined, raising her hands in defense as the liquid sprayed on her vest a bit. Kevin however, was completely soaked. "UGH! Now I got maggot goo all over my tux!" Said Kevin; as Inner Moka, Julie and Gwen went to see what he and Kurumu were complaining about.
In the spot Kevin bashed, the goo was starting to bubble a little... then a little more... then SEVERELY more. One of the bubbles hardened and turned into a floating blue ball of some kind, then another... and another. One actually floating in front of Julie, which she tapped out of curiosity but nothing happened. One also went in front of Kurumu, which she tried popping with a nail, but it didn't work. 9 more balls starting popping out of the metal mound one-by-one until they surrounded the group, making the told number of balls 13.
One of them started vibrating... what was happening?!
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"Skreee."
From the floating ball, a small creature resembling a tiny version of Big Chill emerged. Looking back and forth between the members of the group, the little guy seemed curious and just landed on Julie's head. "AWWWWWWW!" Went Gwen, Kurumu and Julie; finding the little creature adorable. Inner Moka and Kevin however; deadpanned.
Inner Moka: ... babies?
Kevin: You have gotta be kidding.
Now the group figured out what this mound was: it was a giant 2-in-1 nest and incubator, which explained all the metal Big Chill was eating in the first place. It was also at this point the other 12 bubbles began to "hatch" and floated around the group. They were just as curious as the first one, buzzing around to get a good look at the 5 unknown beings that woke them up. One even blew a very tiny breeze on Kurumu's cheek, almost like a kiss.
"H-HEY! STOP! That tickles!" Kurumu said in-between a few giggles while playfully shooing it away as still tried 'kissing' her. It eventually stopped, as Kurumu then realized something. "WAIT A SECOND! So Big Chill was...?"
She didn't get to finish her question as they all heard the alien in question moan and begin to rise. The Baby Chill on Julie hopped off her head, and flew towards the sound, seeing a creature similar to itself. This also caught the attention of the other Baby Chills, as they followed the first one to see its actual parent. Big Chill fully recovered, and was greeted by the sight of 13 little Baby Chills floating around him. They were chirping and purring at him, then they all began to fly off into the night sky.
One tiny pop was heard by Julies feet, and a VERY small Baby Chill had hatched... though it appeared to struggle with flying. After a few attempts, and falling to the ground each tome, it appeared to give in with a sad purr. "Here, like this" said Kurumu, flapping her own wings as quickly as she could to demonstrate flying. Seeing the example, the Baby Chill tried again, but it still wasn't working so well. It got some airtime, but not a whole lot.
In a surprise twist, Inner Moka was the one to pick it up gently with both hands. Wow, this Baby Chill was much smaller than the others, it practically fit in her palms perfectly! Even she had to admit, it was pretty cute. "Maybe you just needed a little boost" she said, quickly 'pulling the rug' from under the Baby Chill. She gave it a gentle toss up, but didn't attempt to try catch it. The little alien was scared, so it flapped wildly; but this appeared to have worked. Getting its bearings by learning to control its direction of flight after a experimenting a bit, the smallest Baby Chill managed to stabilize itself and fly at Big Chill.
It looked up at its flying brethren as they vanishing in the darkness above, then to Big Chill, and towards the group that helped it on the mound; appearing to be conflicted on either staying with Big Chill and the others or joining the rest of its siblings. Big Chill held its hands underneath and said: "Go... fly..." as it lifted the baby up. It still appeared conflicted, but began to soar above. In doing so, it noticed something shining on the ground. Floating down, it picked the object up and looked around before heading back up to the top of the mound.
It was shown to be holding Moka's Rosario. It looked back and forth, and noticed the choker around Moka's neck. This Baby Chill appeared to be highly intelligent, and it flew closer to the scary yet beautiful vampire, presenting the item in question. Inner Moka was caught completely off guard and couldn't hide it. "Um... thanks" she said, recovering from her surprise and gently and slowly taking her jewelry from the little critter. Giving the group a chirp and a backflip, the Baby Chill then arose into the sky, joining its fellow brothers and sisters as the flew out of sight.
Big Chill watched as its offspring disappeared, then looked at the group on the mound. "... thank you" was all Big Chill said before raising its hand to the Omnitrix faceplate, and pressed down.
FLASH!
Ben had now returned, his eyes opening. Blinking a few times, he looked around. "... W-What just...?"
Kurumu was on him in an instant before he could ask his question, nails right under his neck and chin. "ALRIGHT, WHO THE FUCK DID YOU FUCK?!" She demanded. Even though the scene was heartwarming, that didn't mean she didn't have a question or two.
"Aw great, here we go..." commented Ben's inner vampire.
"W-W-W-WHAT? W-W-WHAT ARE YA TALKING ABOUT?!" Ben questioned, not sure what was going on.
"It was Mizore, wasn't it! Was it after the kraken? Kuyo? Your last day on campus?!" Yelled Kurumu, getting a bit closer to Ben's face with each incrimination she said.
POW! SPLAT!
"EWWWWWW!" Whined Kurumu, after getting kicked away by Inner Moka into the metal mound... which still had some maggot juice in it.
"Ben... PLEASE tell me you know what just happened" said Inner Moka.
"All I know is I'm in a ditch... again! And the last thing I remember was pushing you guys away when Big Chill took over, NOW Kurumu's accusing me of sleeping with Mizore! What the heck is going on!" Asked Ben, extremely confused.
Julie took out her notebook... but then tossed it behind her, not bothering to flip through the pages. "You might wanna sit down for this."
-TIME BREAK-
"I WAS WHAT?!" Screamed Ben, sitting on a rock, unable to believe what he just heard.
"Apparently, Big Chill was pregnant" said Gwen.
"Yup... and these are your kids" said Kevin in a funny tone, pulling up a database the Plumbers use, which also had satellite imaging/recording so Ben actually saw EVERYTHING that had unfolded these last few minutes. Sure enough, it showed the baby Necrofriggians' popping out of the metal mound when Kevin and Kurumu busted it open.
"HOW?!" Asked Ben.
"Yeah, I thought the watch only copies DNA" said Kurumu, now calmed down a bit.
"It does... ALL of it" said Kevin, which was all that needed to be said. Since Big Chill was possibly pregnant at the time of being added to the Omnitrix, it also copied the samples of the baby Necrofriggans' within the mothers womb.
"So then..." said Julie.
"Big Chills a girl?" Asked Inner Moka, finishing the question.
"Says here they're asexual, and only reproduce every 80 or so Kylmyys years, that's Big Chills home planet by the way. They store metal in their bodies and use it to create nests; and their hormones during the birthing process also make then stronger, more alert... and a bit temperamental" said Kevin, reading the data.
Kurumu, Julie and even Inner Moka (though she held her emotions on the matter) found this fascinating. They thought Ben saying he can walk in another life forms shoes was only transforming into them and taking on their personalities... but apparently, that ALSO included their anatomies. This also explained why Big Chill appeared to be stronger, as its biology made it so and it was only doing this for the miracle of life, protecting its young just like any good mother would. Besides, it's not everyday one gets a firsthand experience about reproduction from another species... especially an alien.
"Phew... so Ben's innocence wasn't tainted" said Kurumu, relieved.
"Kurumu... even if that was true, how would that work?" Inner Moka growled, as what the succubus just said sounded incredibly stupid.
"... OOOOOOOOOOOH!" Said Kurumu, realizing she let her feelings get ahead of her, giving a nervous laugh. Ben didn't have the same plumbing, so he COULDN'T have gotten pregnant anyway. Inner Moka groaned at Kurumu's airheaded response.
"And they call Kevin the idiot..." commented Vampire Ben.
"But how does Big Chill get the metal out of...?" Asked Kurumu, but it appeared she answered her own question by her curious look being replaced by a grossed-out one. Inner Moka, Gwen and Julie also appeared to figure this out... Inner Moka frowned, and Julie and Gwen had disgusted looks on their faces. Kevin saw this and was tempted to tell them what ACTUALLY happens... but just smiled to himself, allowing the girls' imaginations to run wild.
"But; he got it from your friend Mizore, right? Was she...?" Julie asked, and got a 'no' from both monsters'.
"So... why did Mizore give you a fertile alien?" Asked Gwen.
"Good question, maybe Azmuth knows" suggested Ben. They'll have to find a way to contact him for more information.
"So, will this be a recurring thing?" Asked Inner Moka, wanting to be prepared should this ever happen again. She could only begin to imagine what Yokai Academy would have to go through... though it sounded like something Mizore could get behind.
Kevin looked down at the database again just before answering. "Unless Ben lives another 100 years, its highly unlikely. As for the kids, they'll travel in a pack and feed on solar plasma from suns they pass by" Kevin answered Inner Moka while reading the data, then looked down at Ben. "Don't feel bad you'll never see them again... mommy" he joked.
"Cut it out!" Ben yelled at Kevin.
"Should've figured it out from your pickle and mushroom cravings" said Kevin, folding his arms with a sly smile on his face.
"Or from Ben tying ties and giving good advice on girls" Gwen joked.
"Hey, I can give good advice! I dated 5 times back in Japan!" Ben stated, standing up and pointing at himself with his thumb.
"Dated..." said Kurumu with a smile. "That's the word" said Inner Moka, also smiling. Both monsters had turned Ben's words against him. Ben was unamused, though the laughter from the other presence in his mind was.
"You want a ride home? My curfew's in a half hour" said Julie, offering Ben a ride. The green teen accepted, having enough Hero Time for a while. As Julie rode off, Kurumu flew after them, and Inner Moka just followed with her vampiric speed.
"Atta girl, Julie. He must be exhausted" joked Kurumu.
"Quit it!" Said Ben.
"Don't be ashamed, you make a great mommy" Inner Moka smirked.
"JUST KNOCK IT OFF!" Yelled Ben.
Gwen and Kevin stayed behind. "Great... and we missed the dance" Gwen said sadly, but perked up when she heard melody coming Kevin's car radio. She looked at Kevin, whom was holding out his hand. Without another word, she took it, and they danced together in that ditch under the moonlight... just the two of them.
-TIME BREAK-
Back in the monster world, an hour or so after Big Chill gave birth and watched his babies go flying; Yukari and Ruby just finished scanning Japan's deserts' with a magic circle, though this one was for observation rather than teleportation. Unsurprisingly, it yielded no results. Mizore came back just as the witch duo canceled they're magic.
"Where've you been, snowflake?" Snapped Kokoa.
Strangely, the Snow Woman appeared to be antsy. "I um... was dealing with Gin, ya know. S-Class monster and all" she said with a hint of nervousness in her voice. "Hey Ruby, you have rechargeable batteries I can borrow?" Asked Mizore out of nowhere, making the 3 other girls raise their eyebrows.
"Why?" Asked the eldest witch.
"My um... A/C's dead" said Mizore, still sounding nervous. What was up with her?
"Did Gin do something...?" Yukari was about to ask, thinking Gin might have gone full perv and did something to Mizore.
"NO!" Mizore responded quickly. "I just need... some power until the headmaster can get a crew to fix it, that's all" said Mizore, which sounded a bit believable. She needed cold temperatures to feel comfortable and if the A/C itself was out of juice, she needed an alternative. Ruby went into a drawer, and pulled out a charger attached to a battery pack.
"Here. This should help" said Ruby, kindly.
"Thanks. I gotta go" said Mizore, leaving the room as soon as Ruby gave her the battery pack. Yukari asked where Mizore was going, but she appeared distracted and didn't hear her since the Yuki-Onna just closed the door behind her.
Back in Mizore's own room... it was still as cold as ever, meaning she had lied. But why? She plugged in the battery pack into her wall, and attached it to one of her lamps. "Here, boy" she called to seemingly no one.
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Then a insect-like being phased into existence on Mizore's bed, flying over to Mizore. It was one of the Baby Chills, the smallest one! It flew next to the lamp, and its energy was sucked into the aliens mouth.
-FLASHBACK-
What lunged at Mizore was none other than the small Baby Chill.
"B-Ben?" Asked Mizore, getting a good look at the thing in her arms, but it had no Omnitrix symbol. Her eyes widened. This was a REAL alien! She then heard a growling sound coming from the alien in her arms, and that's when it flew up and next to a lamppost... where it feasted on the light itself in similar fashion as described above. At this point, also because she wanted practice being a mother for her's and Ben's future kids, she made the split decision to take care of it.
-END FLASHBACK-
After eating its fill, the Baby Chill landed in Mizore's arms again and Mizore gave it a hug, as it chirped and purred in happiness. Both 'mother' and child gave each other smiles as the 'mother' rubbed the child's head, and the Baby Chill breathed a cold breeze on Mizore's cheek with the Yuki-Onna giggling at the show of affection.