SZ: Hey guys. It's…been a long while since we got to this…but worry not. We got a triple treat for ya…with of course the other two chapters being ones we've been meaning to get back to but still!
Z0: We got a six month time skip to…mess around with. Why not make them chapters in the first place, screw you we do what we want!
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Z0: BEGIN! *slashes screen with chainsaw sword*
"...ok. How is it Ben and Makoto have such a huge list of things they aren't allowed to do?" Naoto blinked in exasperation as he and Alf read a really…really..REALLY long list.
"See I asked that too, and at first it was two lists based on their personal goof ups…" Alf explained, "It began when a Ten year old Ben…Ate a tiny star powered generator that was being stolen by badguys…and barfed up a laser that destroyed all of Mount Rushmore." he nodded, "No yeah everything there now…concrete…totally fake and remade."
"Yikes," Naoto cringed.
"Makoto's is…eh, not as bad but still bad," Alf added, "Such as she's not allowed near any Jawbreakers due to-and I kid you not-flicked it into someone's mouth just as they were about to take a bite of their burger…though from my understanding from what Tsubaki told me, the guy happened to be a racist. Not like those Forever Knight kooks, the 'There is only one true race and you are not..' eh you get the gist."
"I do…" Naoto sweatdropped before noticing a rule, "...ok this one makes sense. 'Ben, Makoto: Do not use ReBoot to try and win the lottery.'...okay yeah. From what I was told about that form, that is way too tempting."
"Check the Addendums to this clause. Such as you can not use it to hack TV networks to get an annoying animated show off the air. You can't put your favorite trash TV show on prime time blocks…or pay-per-view movies for free…" Alf listed, "Well there goes that request I was thinking of." He looked further down, "Huh…'Makoto, Ben, after careful consideration, we are never letting you two do peace talks ever again. Ever. Even though the one time ended on a good note between the two races, it is too risky with your combined trouble magnetism.'"
"Wait, seriously?" Naoto raised a brow as he took a look, "...yikes…what did they do to get that rule hit on them?
"Which rule?" Makoto asked, she and Ben coming in with grocery bags.
"Ah good timing Squirrel girl and the amazing transforming boyfriend," Alf greeted, "Explain something for us. What horrible tragedy you two caused that got you both kicked off peace talk duty permanently?"
"...uh oh," Ben whispered as Makoto's eye began to twitch…before she took in a deep breath.
"Let's just say….a certain Lewodan regrets turning my man into a living bomb to this very day," Makoto responded with a calm smile…and yet, her eye still twitched.
"Calm, calm, all is good, all is good…" Ben put the bags down as he began massaging her shoulders and ears, "Maybe you should ask Tsubaki…she's…not as volatile about the memory…"
"I broke his face!" Makoto shouted as Ben pushed her away.
"...wow," Naoto blinked.
"...honestly I can't blame her," Alf spoke up, "Lewodans are amongst the most stuck up race in the galaxy considering they hate anyone that doesn't meet their standards."
"Meet who's standards?" Tsubaki asked as she walked in, taking her sunhat off as she put her purse down.
"We tried asking Ben and Makoto why they were kicked off peace talks," Naoto explained, making Tsubaki tense just as she was about to take her sunglasses off, "...oh it's really that bad…"
"...hah….you two werent' there, so it's understandable," Tsubaki sighed as she took her sunglasses off, "The reason that happened was because we needed to hold a conference between the Lewodans and Apploplexians due to an incident between the two races."
"...You paired Lewodans…with Apploplexians…in the same room…" Alf slowly noted, "You realize I want to yell at you for how stupid that sounds…"
"I know…" Tsubaki groaned as she facepalmed, "We didn't think of it at the time, but we really needed to be careful. You see. It started two months after what we've dubbed the 'War of the Frogs'…"
(June 13 2013)
"I do not want to do this…" Ben groaned in a meeting at Plumbers HQ, "Me and Lewodans don't get along. Not since the Pantaphage thing and the trying to feed a Baby to an evil warlord!"
"They did what!?" Noel shouted.
"Easy. Easy…calm down, Noel," Mai whispered as she rubbed the shy blonde's shoulders.
"Oh god that was real!?" Makoto gawked.
"It was…and said evil warlord pretty much regretted it after I climbed down into his body to rescue the baby as Rath, and threatened to turn his intensants into a sweater of he ever tried that again," Ben explained
"Good Rath!" Noel declared.
"It was an adorable baby." Ben nodded, "It looks like a little squishy marshmallow thing with a flicking antenna." Noel turned to the others.
"How can we trust such people to sacrifice a tiny baby!?" she demanded.
"Noel please stop…" Tsubaki sighed.
"NEVER!"
"Aren't you and Jenny supposed to have Robotboy get checked on by Professor Moshimo?" Mai spoke up.
"...AHH! You're right!" Noel realized as she rushed off, "Sorry! I'll be back as soon as I can!"
"...nice save," Tsubaki whispered to Mai once Noel was out of hearing range, "But back to the topic at hand…we need to make sure this peace conference goes well, Ben, and we need someone who both sides can respect…"
"Hence you will be turning into Gravattack," Kajun spoke up as she looked through her tablet, "Galilaen's are known for being wise and patient, which is what we need to pull this off. Appellaxians are loud and aggressive while Lewodans…"
"Will be quiet?" Makoto guessed.
"And aggressive," Tsubaki responded, "Getting to pull off a truce between them isn't gonna be easy…but as long as you're calm Ben, they'll be calm…Thankfully Hibiki and I will be there to assist in the talks."
"And if things go haywire and one of them tries to slug my man?" Makoto asked as she punched her opened palm.
"No. No aggression or interruptions of any kind," Tsubaki instantly stated, "No one else but us and the two sides will be allowed in that room. One wrong move, and either side could lay waste to an entire sector of the galaxy…and we're still trying to clean up the mess left by Millious and the Incurseans."
"Yikes…fair enough," Makoto cringed a bit before hugging Ben's arm, "But if anyone can pull this off, it's my handsome boyfriend right here!"
"Ah babe come on…" Ben sheepishly chuckled, rubbing the back of his head with his free arm as he blushed.
"Okay we get it your dating…you've been shoving it in our faces for the entire time you've been back…" Tsubaki sighed.
"What, just cause I can get a boyfriend shouldn't dissuade you!" Makoto smirked.
"...What?" Tsubaki asked.
"Nothing!" Ben spoke up covering Makoto's mouth.
"...ugh. Look, Ben," Tsubaki sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose, "All we need you to do is stay as Gravattack while me and Hibiki talk to the Apploplexians and Lewodans to get them to agree to a truce…and to make sure you don't end up timing out, Kajun-with Azmuth's permission-will be putting on the DNA lock for that form alone until the negotiations are finished."
"...and then me and my girlfriend can get back to our special date we have planned for today?" Ben cautiously asked.
"And then you can get back to sucking eachother's faces and gushing over one another like love sick kids," Tsubaki deadpanned.
"Don't hate it cause you can't do it." Makoto muttered.
"Wha…?!" Tsubaki gawked as a heavy blush formed on her face.
"Babe, come on. No need to tease her," Ben chuckled as he freed his arm and wrapped it around Makoto's shoulders.
"...Turn into Gravattack at once, Benjamin Kirby Tennyson," Tsubaki ordered, giving them a stern look, "Now."
"GH?!" Ben yelped as he held his hands up, "Yes ma'am…"
"And you…" Tsubaki began as she turned towards Makoto, making the squirrel girl tense up, "Keep your distance and for the love of the Celestialsapiens…keep yourself in control and do. NOT. jump in."
"But…" Makoto begna before Tsubaki brought out her paperfan and slapped it in her opened hand-strangely giving off the sound of a gun cocking-, making the Beastkin freeze up, "...Mou…Fine…"
"Good," Tsubaki smiled as she put her paperfan away.
'I swear she's gotten scarier with that thing…' Mai thought as she cautiously stepped back from the red head.
"Okay…the DNA Lock is set," Kajun spoke, walking into a small room where Grandpa Max, Mai, Rook, Blukic, Driba, and Jin stood, "How's the video feed?"
"Up and operational," Rook replied.
"I still think Tennyson is gonna screw this up somehow," Jin deadpanned.
"No offense, Kisaragi-senpai, but...you wouldn't have been better," Mai spoke up, only to tense when Jin shot an annoyed look at her.
"Hey, enough of that." Grandpa Max spoke, "Now yes, Ben and Diplomacy go together like oil and water…but let's not forget, for all his showboating…Ben IS the world's greatest Hero. He saved the universe from total extinction, saved reality from an Elder God entity and his mortal nemesis at the same time. Ben has a lot of political weight to throw around, his presence alone can cause most planetary armies to freeze." he explained, "I just don't like saying it…'cause his big head will swell even larger and no amount of Jin's ice will return it to normal." he smirked.
"Hmm…You are correct, sir…I forget your Grandson is…literally the galaxy's biggest political super weapon…because he is a walking actual super weapon…" Jin nodded.
"Why does he only listen to Magister?" Mai sighed to Kajun.
"The man has a respective aura to him and talks to those he commands more as equals when the situation doesn't call for orders," Kajun replied.
"Also I am fairly certain that Magister's fatherly presence is what those whom Ben says have 'Daddy issues' need." Rook whispered with a small smile. Kajun snapped her fingers and nodded with a similar smile.
"...Well at l-" Mai began before Makoto ran in, "?!"
"Am I late?"
"...no. You're early," Mai sighed in a deadpanned expression, "Seriously…I thought something came up…"
"Sorry. Just wanna see my BF in 'action' for this peace talk," Makoto giggled a bit.
"Oh my god…" Jin silently groaned as she rolled his eyes.
"Shh! Quiet…" Blukick spoke up, looking at the monitor as it showed Gravattack, Hibiki, and Tsubaki sitting down around a medium-sized table with a few empty chairs before a pair of Apploplexians and a pair of marshmallow-colored humanoid aliens in blue-ish robes walked in, "It's starting."
"I want to thank you all for coming," Tsubaki spoke in a calm tone, "My name is Tsuba…"
"Tremble before Vexx, 99th Leader of the Appoplexian Empire!" the shorter of the two Appoplexians declared before motioning to the one sitting next to him with darker fur, a cream mohawk, and sideburns, "This is Vexx's lieutenant, Mallice!"
"Why did he get to introduce his side first?" the first of the two blue-robbed aliens-this one wearing a monocle over one of his eyes-frowned, "This is an outrage."
"What? What?!" Malice snapped, slamming a fist on the table as he shot up, "Do you want a fight, marshmallow!?"
"Hmph! Savages," the monocle-wearing alien scoffed, "I am Caitiff, President, Prime Minister, and Grand Hoo-Ha of the Lewodan Republic," he introduced himself before motioning to the Lewodan sitting next to him, "This is my Vice Prime Minister, Poltroon."
"...Why are you smirking?" Mallice frowned when Poltroon gave a rather…suspicious looking smile, "You want a fight?!"
"No…I am just responding…We are not here to fight," Poltroon argued.
"That sounded like a…"
"Ahem," Hibiki cleared his throat, "I do apologize, but this is a peace conference…so I suggest you both calm down so you may negotiate."
"And we will be the leviators t-" Tsubaki began as Gravattack blinked abit.
"Hold up," Gravattack spoke up, making Tsubaki's eye twitch for a moment, "Are you Appoplexians…wearing pants?"
"...Ben…"
"Wait wait wait. Time out," he spoke once again as he looked at the two Appoplexians, "You wear clothes? Apploplexians wear pants?"
"Of course we wear pants!" Malice responded before pointing at the Galilaen, "Let me tell you something, Ben Tennyson: Appoplexians have a highly advanced sense of shame! Ooh, yeah!"
"...Wait…so all this time...Rath's been running around…" Mai began in realization.
"Naked yes," Kajun nodded.
"Buck Nekked…" Driba muttered.
"Oh my…" Grandpa Max muttered.
"Oh Babe…" Makoto sighed with a slight blush, "So many moments…"
"Kajun, please…" Grandpa Max began.
"I'll call Azmuth to request permission to do maintenance on giving Rath an outfit," Kajun sighed.
"Thank you…"
"Oh, so not good…" Gravattack groaned as he had his face buried in his hands.
"Oh Ben…" Tsubaki facepalmed.
"...Moving on," Hibiki muttered before looking at Caitliff, "Mr. Caitliff, is there anything you'd like to say before we begin negotiations?"
"Just one simple matter that can be resolved quickly," the elder Lewodan stated, "We require an apology."
"Let me tell you something, Caitliff of Lewoda…" Vexx began as he narrowed his eyes at him before pointing a finger at the Lewodan, "We will not apologize…until you apologize first!"
"You desecrated our sacred sands. We gave you permission to journey through our part of the universe…then you do the unthinkable!" Caitiff declared, swiping his hand out and Vexx moved his hand away.
"Unthinkable?" Tsubaki whispered, looking at Hibiki who grimaced.
"You gave us no choice!" Vexx snapped as he glared at him, "It's not our fault that you didn't have proper bathrooms on your sacred sand planet!"
"...Pfft…" Makoto snorted back a laugh, "Th-They did what?"
"Makoto…" Rook began.
"I…I thought they…pffft…" Makoto walked over to a table and began to hit it with her fist as she bent over it, her tail going mad in holding her guffaws.
"What is Tennyson doing?" Jin frowned, seeing Gravattack starting to scratch his head with both hands.
"...It looks like he's trying to reach for his back," Mai noted as they looked at the screen, seeing Gravattack use his gravity to force Mallice and Caitiff away from each other when they started to fight.
"...Hmm," Kajun frowned as she narrowed her eyes at a certain spot on Gravattack, "...Blukic, Driba, enhanced the image under the left side of Gravattack's mouth."
"You got it," Driba replied.
"Something up, Kajun?" Grandpa Max asked as the image on the screen began to zoom in on the spot.
"...there," she spoke, pointing to the screen to show what looked like green fleas in military and mining hats and a hovering flea-shaped tank sporting a drill instead of a tank cannon, "He has some Hulex on him."
"Hulex?" Mai repeated.
"A group of highly intelligent flea-like aliens," Rook responded, "...but that is odd, however…Ben was clean before the peace talks began."
"Those things aren't gonna do something weird like infect them all and make them zombies, are they?" Makoto asked as she looked at the Hulex on screen.
"Oh don't worry. They're normally a mining colony at best," Kajun assured…before frowning, "And yet they look like they're trying to plant something…"
"...I'm getting a bad feeling in my tail," Makoto noted, narrowing her eyes.
"Makoto, no. We cannot go in there," Grandpa Max reminded.
"You especially," Blukic pointed out.
"Why not me?!"
"...Because you fall asleep whenever boring charts are brought out," Mai deadpanned as she pointed at another screen, showing that-indeed-the Lewodans were pulling out a chart.
"...but…my man is possibly in danger," Makoto argued.
"We can't go out there without interrupting the peace talk," Grandpa Max pointed out.
"...Not unless we shrink someone," Kajun offered her suggestion.
"Say what?" Mai asked.
"Blukic and I were working on a shrink ray before Kajun came and became head of R&D," Driba explained.
"No we weren't."
"Yes, we were. You even shrunk our lunch by accident!"
"No I didn't."
"Yes! You did!"
"However…!" Kajun began as she held a finger up, deciding to let the two argue for a moment, "There's only enough for two charges, so we'll need to shrink two people down...and then by the time they return, the machine will be good to change them back to normal size."
"I'm in!" Makoto declared, bashing her fists together, "No bugs are gonna be drilling into my boyfriend!"
"...Rook, you go with her," Grandpa Max spoke.
"Oh thank god," Jin whispered to himself in relief.
"You can see our point if you refer to the chart on form 28…" Poltroon stated to the two bored Appoplexians, Tsubaki and Hibiki keeping focus while Gravattack was scratching his head like crazy.
"GRAGH!" the Galilaen yelled out before slamming his face into the table.
"...You see?" Vexx grinned as he motioned to Gravattack, "Ben Tennyson agrees with the Appoplexians. He is sick of you, so we win!"
"I believe he's disgusted with you and your race," Caitliff retorted, "It is causing him discomfort.
"Ben…" Tsubaki growled under her breath, "What are you doing?"
"No, it's not either of those," Gravattack spoke, "Just have this weird itch that's been developing since this started and I can't reach it."
"...Do you have any idea how rude that is?" Poltroon frowned as he glared at him.
"I have stone skin…Do you know how annoying an itch is when you have skin made of bedrock?" he argued as Tsubaki noted the glowing core in his stomach…growing brighter.
"No…and frankly I don't want to…" Poltroon stated, making Hibiki's eyes narrow a bit at him.
"...Vexx kinda wants to…" Vexx muttered.
"Okay, before you shrink them, I have just one question," Mai noted as the two subjects were underneath a device, "How are they going to get to Gravattack?"
"Hoverboard," Makoto replied, pulling out the disc.
"Isn't that Ben's?" Grandpa Max asked.
"And he gave it to me for safekeeping in case of emergencies or severe boredom arises," Makoto replied, putting it back in her tail.
"...At least she was prepared," Mai muttered.
"Alright, everything is set," Blukic spoke up as he and Driba stood behind a console, "Are you…"
"Hold it," Kajun spoke..before turning a nearby speaker on, "Now you two are good."
"...yeah. Good," Rook whispered, knowing how most of Blukic and Driba's experiments tended to work…and how they often flop 50/50 when Kajun wasn't around, "Activate the machine."
"Activating the machine," Driba spoke as the two Galvans pressed something, causing a green light to engulf the two before it died down, showing no trace of them anywhere, "...uh oh."
"Oh boy…" Blukic gulped, "We vaporized Ben's partner and girlfriend…"
"...AHHH!" the two Galvans began to freak before...
=Ahh~! Not so loud~!= Makoto's voice cried out from the speaker by Mai.
"?! Hooray! They are alive!" Driba cheered.
"You had the radio set to 'off,'" Mai deadpanned.
"Heh…We were ready to unplug it, too," Blukic sheepishly chuckled, "Driba, I owe you a soda."
"You two are made of stupid," Jin deadpanned.
"At least we know it worked," Kajun stated as she slipped on a pair of headphones, "Makoto, Rook, I'll be keeping track of you from here. Let us know what you find out what those Hulex are doing."
=Understood, Kajun= Rook replied.
=Phew! Hoverboard is working a-ok!= Makoto beamed =Worry not, boyfriend! Your squirrely gal and partner are coming to save you!=
'This is torture…How can Galilaens actually handle this? Especially when my body's itching like mad…' Gravattack mentally whined, his eye twitching.
"So…if we agree on the definition of 'sand,' then we can consider points 7 through 20…" Poltroon droned, no one noticing a tiny object flying out of the vent and down onto Gravattack.
"Okay! We're here and-and-and whoa~!" Makoto awed, "Gravattack looks so much like the desert, huh? Only less sand and more rocky surface. Kinda tempted to have me and Babe shrink down after he makes a copy of himself with Echo-Echo to turn into Gravattack just so we can come back and fly around on the board and listen to The Night Begins to Shine."
"So…you wish to take a day trip…to your boyfriend's alien body?" Rook asked, "I have several ethical questions about what you two consider healthy intimacy…" he frowned, "And night already shines thanks to stars unless the weather denies it."
"No, no. It's a song that came out in 2005 and-oh for the…Do not question our relationship, you blue boy you!" Makoto scolded, "Now let's go find us some fleas to maim!"
"We have arrived on Gravattack. Where are the Hulex?"
=They're near Gravattack's core. If they rupture it…nothing good will come= Kajun warned.
"What? Is it the source of his powers and breaking it will turn him into a black hole or something?" Makoto asked.
=It'll result in a melt…..down….= Kajun trailed off =...They're not planting something…They're trying to destroy the core!=
"Wait…you mean they are trying to kill…my…man?" Makoto asked with wide eyes.
"Now Makoto…and she ran…" Rook spoke as a trail of kicked up dust was all that was there with him, "Oh she is going to kill them…"
=Stop her…and the Hulex at all cost= Grandpa Max ordered =If they destroy Gravattack's core, the resulting meltdown will take out the entire base=
"Understood," Rook nodded before he rushed off after Makoto.
'Come on, come on…How long is this going to take?' Gravattack thought, still hearing the Lewodans explain through charts to the still bored Appoplexians before his stomach suddenly began to growl, "...e-excuse me…"
"Ok. I think we should take a bit of a small break and have something to eat," Tsubaki spoke as she stood up, "We've been at this for some time, so some food will help reenergize us."
"Vexx could go for some food right about now," Vexx muttered.
"Mallice is feeling hungry!" Mallice declared, "And Mallice hates feeling anything, but he especially hates feeling hungry!"
"For once, you say something that makes sense…" Caitliff noted.
"Yes! Yes, now we're talking!" Gravattack beamed, "We can order from Burger Shack!"
"Or I could offer to make something for the Lewodans," Hibiki retorted.
"That sounds….agreeable for a human," Poltroon whispered.
"Well…as long as I can get a bite to eat and distract me from this weird Galilaen skin condition…" Gravattack sighed, "So what do you guys want?"
"Our side request hamburgers," Poltroon responded, "Raw, topped with Guizilianog cheese, Junzin slime Sprouts, and pickles."
'...Did…Did he intentionally…' Tsubaki mentally began.
"ECK! Disgusting! Pickles?!" Vexx gagged.
"Mallice wants 42 burgers, animal-style!" Malice shouted before grinning, "With onions!"
"Onions?! OH! I can't stand the smell of onions!" Caitliff groaned as he covered his nose.
"Then we are even," Vexx grinned as he rested his arm on the table, "I can't stand the smell of you!"
"Is it a fight you want?" Caitliff frowned as he climbed onto the table.
"Hey, that's my…!" Mallcie began, climbing onto the table before Tsubaki slammed her paper fan onto it, making everyone in the room tense up.
"Gentlemen, I apologize for that outburst but please…" Tsubaki spoke with a 'calm' smile as Hibiki began to walk off, "Sit down while Hibiki gets your lunches for you…"
"...Okay/A-Apologies…" Mallice and Caitliff muttered as the two got off the table.
"Also…" Tsubaki began before slapping her paper fan once more, making Vexx yelp as he took his arm off the table, "No arms, especially the elbows, on the table please…"
"...Vexx is reminded of his mama," Vexx whispered to Mallice.
"Mallice remembers Vexx's mama, too," Malice shuddered.
"Private, status report," a Hulex wearing a military captain's hat ordered to a Hulex in a miner's cape as a few were using pickaxe's and the tank's drill to chip away at Gravattack's core.
"We're breaching the target's shell, sir," the miner Hulex replied.
"Good…Set the charges once you crack it," the captain Hulex ordered, the miner saluting as he ran off, "Soon the mission will be complete…And then w-"
"HEY! BUG FACE!"
"What?" he blinked as he turned, only to be kicked and sent flying back.
"You get off my boyfriend right now…and I don't TPK your entire platoon!" Makoto declared lowering her leg.
"...Sorry ma'am…" he frowned as he got up, crossing his arms as some Miner Hulexes jumped down next to him, "But we can't do that…we have a mission to uphold."
"...well I have a mission to uphold too," Makoto frowned as she cracked her knuckles, "And that's me punting your buggy behinds off my boyfriend!"
"...hmph," the captain smirked as he moved his hand forward, causing the miners to start surrounding Makoto before they all jumped on top of her, "I'm afraid we can't let any distractions ruin this mission…Once the peace conference is destroyed, both Appoplexia and Lewoda will go to war."
"I don't care about them…I care that you are trying to kill my boyfriend after we just started going out…" she grunted as she began standing up, lifting all the Hulexes Miners up, "We had to go through a real awkward phase to get here!" she tossed them at the Captain, only for him to sidestep out of the way "So you can either surrender or go down with full military honors!"
"...fine. We may as well give you the death you deserve then," the Captain stated before snapping his fingers, causing the Miners to shoot up as they brought out pickaxes and charged.
"Then bring it!" Makoto shouted before a pair of rockets shot past her, crashing into a pair of Hulex Miners just as they leapt at her, "?"
"Makoto…" the Beastkin turned to see Rook approaching her, his Proto-Tool out as he aimed at the Hulexes, "Next time, please wait before you rush off…"
"I am a maiden in love! I follow my heart!" Makoto declared as she ran forward and punched a Hulex, sending them flying before kicking another one away. She jumped over the swing of one before kicking them away. She grabbed two and slammed them into one another before using them like oversized clubs to bludgeon the others in her path.
"Hmmm…I suppose that is a viable battle strategy as well…" Rook blinked as he shot at several of the Hulex with stun bolts that made them lock up and fall over. He prepared to fire another before a Hulex blindsided him, punching him in the face as he fell over, "GH!" he grunted before red sparks came off the communicator in his ear.
"Rook?" Makoto blinked as she uppercutted a Hulex off of Gravattack's surface. She then yelped and jumped away from several swinging at her all at once, "Yeesh…you guys sure don't know how to fight fair huh? Which makes me even more mad as you endanger the love of my life!" she smacked one sneaking up on her with her tail, "And his partner who is also a very good buddy if not brother-like figure to me!"
"Thank you!" Rook grunted as he kicked the Hulex away before swinging around and backhanding another, "It is nice to be remembered by you two once in a while."
"Hey. I meant what I said," Makoto smirked before backfisting a Hulex that tried to sneak up on her, "But are you okay?"
"I am, but…" Rook began as he touched his communicator, wincing when it began to spark, "I might not be able to contact Magister Tennyson and the others."
"Uh-oh…" Makoto muttered at that, "Well this is a precarious pickle…"
"Ah…alliteration…" Rook nodded as the two punched a Hulex at the same time.
"Well I guess all we can do for now is finish the mission and wait for the gang to find us with the cameras…" Makoto sighed, "I wanted to stay by Ben's side…but…this is not what I had in mind…" she flipped and ax-kicked a Hulex into the ground.
"I am sure…" Rook began as he did a roundhouse kick, knocking back a few Hulex, "He will be elated to see you once this situation is over with."
"Darn right he will," Makoto smirked, punching out another, "Let's take care of these losers before they ruin this peace talk, make Tsubaki upset, and most of all kill my boyfriend!"
"Agreed on taking care of them," Rook agreed as he converted his Proto-Tool, aiming down as he unleashed a shockwave that sent a few surrounding Hulex back.
"These two may be more of a problem than I thought," the Hulex Captain muttered, "Squad 1, stay here and set the explosives! Squad 2, with me!"
"Yes sir!"
"Bring it, buggies!" Makoto shouted.
"Ngh….gh…" Gravattack grunted, his hand twitching as he resisted the urge to scratch.
"Ben," Tsubaki hissed to him.
"I can't help it, okay? It's really itchy."
"You're being rude and we need someone to help keep things calm."
"It's all that simple really," Poltroon spoke up as he stood up, "We can choose peace, or we can choose conflict. Believe me, the Lewodans want peace."
"Mere words, Poltroon," Vexx frowned as he stood up to glare at him, "We have heard these words before. Why now should we trust you?"
"Because if you don't trust us…then…" Poltroon began as he narrowed his eyes, "It's war."
"Oh you want war?! Then..!" Vexx began before Tsubaki slammed her paperfan on the table again, making him tense up, "?!"
"Gentlemen…I understand we have been at this for some time now, but surely we can come to an understanding," Tsubaki stated.
"An understanding?!" Vexx snapped before pointing at Caitliff and Poltroon, "These guys' species sacrificed babies to a warlord! Freakin' babies!"
"We did what we had to do to ensure our race's survival," Caitliff stated, "Even if Ben Tennyson stopped that mad beast…"
"Yes…and have our children grow up knowing they have to share a universe with such uncouth barbarians," Poltroon added.
"WHAT?!" Mallice snarled as he shot up, "You want a go, stay puff!? Because Mallice is not afraid of stuffing you between a graham cracker and chocolate to make s'mores!"
"You don't have the guts," Caitliff frowned, "Cat guts…"
"Listen, please n-" Tsubaki began before Gravattack suddenly exploded, "?!"
"GAH!" the Galilaen cried out in pain as he began to run around, "I have never felt such pain!"
"Ben?" Tsubaki blinked in concern as Gravattack crashed into one of the metal bars, "Ben, what's wrong?!"
"I don't know! It's like something's trying to destroy me from within!" he cried out before crashing into the wall, making the redhead and those watching through the monitor tense up.
"...WAR!" the Appoplexians cried out.
"To war…" Caitliff stated.
"NO!" Tsubaki snapped, making the two sides tense up, "This is more important right now!"
"More important?!" Vexx repeated, "You and Ben Tennyson have failed this so-called 'peace talk', so it's war!"
"Ghh…you know I get I'm supposed to be patient and understanding, but you know what? I'm just not in the mood…" Gravattack groaned as he held one arm up and lifted the four aliens into the air, "Okay…Look, I got something going on, so you wanna act like kids…fine, I can treat you like kids." he pushed them apart towards the walls, "Corners now!" he growled.
"But…"
"CORNER!"
"...Fine," the two Appoplexians pouted as they turned.
"...hmph…fine. So long as we don't get to stare at them for a while," Caitliff scoffed as he and a rather calm Poltroon turned.
"Okay…that gives us a moment…gah!" Gravattack grunted, falling to one knee, "Tsubaki, I swear this is not normal. It feels like the worst itch just turned into the world's worst muscle cramp and stomach pain ever…"
"...Stomach pain…" Tsubaki whispered, focusing on Gravattack's core before she noticed something, "? ...Ben…don't move."
"Gh…" Gravattack grunted, but he complied as Tsubaki took a closer look at his core.
"...There's a small crack in it, almost as if…an explosion went off," Tsubaki whispered as her eyes widened, "...Hulex."
"Bless you?" Gravattack replied.
"No Ben. Hulex, a race of intelligent flea-like aliens," tsubaki explained as she stood up, "They usually mine off smaller planetoids in space to colonize or blow up…This seems like the latter case."
"W-wait…I have fleas…wait, I'm a living planet…oh no…" he groaned, "Tsubaki, I never tested it, but Azmuth says Gravattack could make a blackhole with his gravity powers…If I blow…what happens to my gravikinesis?"
"...It'll take out not just the entire base…but the town itself," Tsubaki whispered before reaching for her communicator, "Magister Tennyson, we have an emergency…Magister Tennyson, do you copy!?" static was all she got in response, "...what the…I can't get a signal."
"Oh no…don't tell me this is one of those locked in a room who-done-it things…gah…We do not have time to play Detective Conan!" Gravattack grunted, "I know…what if I unlock my form and change back…?"
"We can't. Kajun has the password needed to unlock the DNA Lock, and Makoto has the remote just in case something like this happened," Tsubaki stated.
"Well…that's just great…" Gravattack sarcastically sighed.
"Uhm…can we…?" Caitliff and Vexx began.
"NO!" Gravattack shouted at them, "I am in the midst of a personal crisis! So sorry to say that my literally not blowing up is tangentially more important presently. Unless you'd like to get sucked into a blackhole? No? Then sh-"
"Ben, wait," Tsubaki held a hand up, making him pause as she looked around the room, "...someone's missing….where's Poltroon?"
"...Oh don't…" Gravattack began before a set of iron balls shot down before the door leading out, "?!"
"What in…?!" Caitliff began as he and the two Appoplexians turned, the door's window opening up to see Poltroon on the other side, "Poltroon?"
"I'm terribly sorry I can't stay, but I don't want to be around here when you…" Poltroon paused as he smirked a bit, "How do I say this gently? Vaporize?"
"But...this peace conference was your idea!" Caitliff snapped.
"To get everyone in one place," Poltroon smirked, "With you and the Appoplexians gone, I take power…and with the Plumbers, Ben 10, and his little band of freaks gone, no one will stop me as I lead our race as the rightful rulers of the galaxy."
"Told you so…" Gravattack groaned, "But that's besides the point…" he grumbled, "So hey…quick question? What do you plan as your exit strategy again…We're kinda being watched…and most of my 'freaks' are kinda waiting outside this place, one of which is very cranky and very cold…he's like an icy Terminator…but…you know, less handsome and funny."
"Hmph. Please. By the time you melt down, I'll have gotten away in my ship," Poltroon retorted, "Also…not like your friends will be able to help."
"...You sabotaged the internal systems, didn't you?" Tsubaki frowned.
"Well...I can't have anyone interfere with my escape now, can I?" Poltroon smirked, lifting up a blaster as he began to walk off, "Now then...I want to say it was a pleasure…but in truth, I despise each and every one of you filthy Earthlings…"
"Bet you he's the one who said 'Let's feed Jaret the baby'…" Gravattack groaned.
"Mou…How could this go so wrong?" Tsubaki groaned. Gravattack turned to her as he put his rocky hands on his hips to silently tell her: I. Told. You. So.
"What do you mean you can't access anything?!" Mai exclaimed as Kajun, Blukic and Driba were focused on the screen.
"I can't…Poltroon managed to hack into the systems and reprogram everything," Kajun frowned, "I'll have to do a reboot of everything….At best, it'll take about half an hour at best."
"That's half an hour for me to kill him," Jin sighed, walking off before the sound of ice forcing the door open could be heard.
"Hey don't look at me. I'm not young enough to catch him," Grandpa Max waved off.
"...Frankly if Jin doesn't get to him…" Kajun paused as she went back to the screen, "Makoto certainly will once she's back to regular size."
"Okay, this is BS!" Makoto snapped as she and Rook ran from a small army of Hulex, "How are they this strong in numbers?!"
"Th-They repopulate extremely fast…" Rook sighed, "We must find an alternative method of preventing Gravattack from detonating…"
"Wh-what if he's not Gravattack anymore!?" Makoto asked.
"Good idea, but it might be difficult," Rook stated as they quickly ran into a cave, "Kajun locked the Omnitrix so that Ben stays as Gravattack."
"True, but…" Makoto paused, reaching into her tail as she pulled out the remote, "I can change it manually with this~"
"Of course!" Rook beamed, "That's…"
"Doesn't matter now, son," the two tensed as they turned, seeing the lead Hulex and his army standing not too far from them, "Soon it'll all be over."
"...Why would you sacrifice yourself for these cowards?" Rook frowned as he prepped his Proto-Tool, "You will be caught in the blast, too."
"Yes, but because of our size and physiology, we will survive the core meltdown," the Hulex captain stated.
"Not unlike cockroaches…"
"Cockroaches?! Where?!" Gravattack's voice boomed, making the area rumble a bit.
"?" Makoto blinked once the area stopped shaking, her and Rook slowly looking towards the cave they were in, "...uh….Ben?"
"Babe? Babe, is that you?! Where are ya?!" Gravattack asked, "...oh no…did Kajun pull a 'Honey, we shrunk the kids' on ya?!"
"No. We are trying to stop the Hulex from destroying your core," Rook responded, firing off a few shots at a few incoming Hulex Miners,
"Wait...you guys have been...?!" Gravattack began, "...n-nevermind. The guy who most likely planted or hired those guys is getting away!"
"Oh great…" Makoto sighed.
"Babe, use the thing!" he shouted.
"Oh right!" she nodded as she began twisting a dial before pushing it down.
=Alien Lifeform Lock override accepted; transforming and entering rapid recharge state=
"You're good b-ahh!" Makoto yelped when an explosion went off, "OI OI! Watch it with those grenades, you little jerks! You nearly blew my tail off!"
"...Oh those little creeps are gonna be in for it now!" Gravattack growled out as the area began to become green.
"Makoto, we need to go now!" Rook shouted, shooting a few more blast before quickly backing away when another grenade was tossed at them.
"Right!" Makoto nodded, pulling the hoverboard out as she unfolded it and quickly jumped on, "Get on!"
"Sir, they're trying to get away!" a Hulex miner shouted.
"No! Do not let them escape, not when our moment of triumph is so cl-" the captain began before he and the other Hulex began to float up, "?! No no no!"
"And you asked why I had a hand vacuum," Tsubaki noted to Gravattack.
"For Hulex infestation?" Gravattack asked.
"No, it was meant to keep things clean on the chance we needed to order food," Tsubaki replied.
"Seriously?" he deadpanned.
"A clean conference room is a healthy conference room," Tsubaki stated before looking over to Vexx and Caitiff, "How's it going over there?"
"Lemme tell you somethin', unbreakable bars! Mallice will destroy you!" Mallice roared, tugging hard on the bars in front of the door before a loud pop went off, "Ah…"
"Threw out your back again?" Vexx asked.
"Yep," Mallice squeaked.
"...I know your pain," Caitiff sighed, "I know a good chiropractor from Sanatorius VII that does wonders for it."
"...Thank you Caitiff of Lewoda…Mallice…would appreciate it…"
"Still…how are we going to get out of here?"
"At best, we're gonna have to work together," Vexx suggested as Gravattack groaned and fell to a knee, "...And…if we don't get out of this, Caitiff of Lewoda…I'm sorry that I let things get to this point."
"...and I apologize," Caitiff sighed as he looked up at him, "We should have left the bathrooms unlocked for you…"
"At least one good thing came out of this…" Tsubaki muttered before whispering, "Ben, are you doing this stalling on purpose?"
"...I find life threatening situations clear heads," Gravattack quietly replied before tapping his emblem and Juryrigg replaced him, "...Fix, fix, fix!"
"...Fair enough," Tsubaki whispered as Juryrigg leapt at the iron bars.
"Let's see what we are working with here~ Break! Break-Break-Break! Breaky-Breaky~! Hahahaha!" he cackled as parts began flying through the air; after a moment, the bars fell down one by one, "And done~" he sighed contently laying, next to the door, "I love breaking stuff!"
"You…put things back to normal, right?" Tsubaki asked.
"Mmm…better," he shrugged, as he got up and snapped his fingers as a small bar formed along the wall…before he grabbed it and zipped off down the hall at amazing speed, "Hahahaha!"
"...I fear the day he messes with the Omnitrix and somehow combines Juryrigg with Upgrade," Tsubaki admitted with wide eyes, "...Wait." she looked at the clear part of the vacuum, "...Where are Rook and Makoto?"
"Ghhhh…" Makoto grunted, she and Rook barely holding onto the strand of ear hair that was as thick as a tree to her and Rook, 'Shrinking movies don't cover enough about real life stuff! Like the speed of a normal body moving like this rivaling hurricane force winds for tiny folk!'
Juryrigg let go of the bar and tumbled ahead as a red, black, and green ball before changing back into Ben and began running down the hallway, "Thanks for saving everyone in there, you two."
"No problem, Babe!" Makoto replied, "Though we are so getting your ears cleaned after this!"
"Gotcha…right after I catch the guy who tried to blow me and my hometown up!" Ben shouted as he quickly ran off.
"NOT SO LOUD!" Makoto barked, making Ben nearly trip, "Ugh…Whisper, Babe! We're tiny and sound is way more sensitive at this size!"
"Sorry, sorry," Ben apologized as he ran around a corner and spotted Poltroon up ahead, "There you are."
"?" Poltroon blinked as he turned, tensing up when he saw Ben, "You're…alive?"
"And feeling much better thank you very much," Ben smirked.
"...I'm sorry, but that's not going to last," Poltroon smirked, pulling his blaster out as he began to open fire on Ben.
"Yipe!" he yelped, rolling across the ground to avoid the blast, "Okay, I'm mad. And when I'm mad, I know just the alien to pick."
"...Oh boy…" Makoto whispered in worry, already knowing where Ben was going with this, as he picked his alien.
In a flash of green light, Rath replaced Ben and slammed his fists together, "Lemme tell ya somethin', Poltroon of Lewoda! You were gonna blow me up as Gravattack, killing everyone in Bellwood and starting a war between Apoplexia and Lewoda, and you made me realize Rath is naked! You can hurt me! You can make me cry for all I care! But no one, and I mean no one, blows up. my. Girlfriend!"
"...and I should care why?" Poltroon questioned, tossing his blaster away before he caught Rath just as he pounced at him, flipping him around before slamming him onto the floor, "Hmph…and you're the so-called greatest hero in the universe? Not impressive…then again, you are an Earthling, so the standards for your kind are low enough as is…"
"...Punch him. I want to punch him so fucking much," Makoto growled out, gripping the 'tree' she was holding onto.
"Lemme tell ya somethin', Babe; Rath will punch him extra hard for ya. Rook, get moving to my nose. Got a feelin'," Rath whispered before forcing himself back up, "Lemme tell ya somethin', Poltroon of Lewoda! Rath isn't about being impressive…Rath is about being angry! And Rath's anger is impressive!" he charged at Poltroon, swinging a punch and getting Poltroon to move along it before grabbing the extended hand of Poltroon's with his other, "This is for trying to blow up my people!" he threw him to the ground behind Rath, "This is for trying to blow up your people!" he jumped and delivered a knee strike to Poltroon's face before slamming him into a wall while grabbing Poltroon by the arms, "And this is for trying to blow up Makoto!" he spun him around so his head was facing the ground, "Polaris Piledriver!" he jumped and delivered Poltroon a piledriver before pulling him out and grabbing him by the back of his collar, "Capella Vomit Comet!" he snapped as he threw him along the ground, "Grraaagh! Sirius Butt Kicking!"
"...Enough of this," Poltroon whispered, pulling out a device as he aimed it at Rath, the device unleashing a sound wave that made him cry out in pain as he held his hands over where his ears would be.
"Owowowowowowowow!" Makoto cried out as she and Rook held their hands over their ears, "What is that?!"
"Hmm-hmm…curious?" Poltroon questioned in a condescending manner "It's meant to create a sound wave similar to the cry of a Botulinum Yian Garuga, the predator of Appoplexians…and unfortunate for you…" he reached into his robes before pulling out a syringe, "The most deadly in the galaxy in terms of its venom…"
"Gah…uncool!" he grunted
"I do apologize, but this is where it ends, Ben Tennyson," Poltroon informed as he began to get closer.
"Rrr…Lemme tell ya somethin', Poltroon of Lewoda…" Rath growled, "Rath still has one surprise left in him…or, rather, on him!"
"?" Poltroon raised a brow before a tiny laser shot at his device, making it spark as the sound began to die down, "...Hmph. Matters not. All I need to do is inject the venom into…" he began before a blade pierced right through the syringe, "?!"
"Apologies…" Hibiki whispered, standing right behind Poltroon as his other blade was against his neck, "But I can't let you do that…"
"...How did you…"
"I had my suspicions of you the moment you gave that confident smile back when the peace conference began," Hibiki explained, "After I left to get the food, I merely waited for you to drop your guard…and thanks to Ben, you have nowhere to hide…"
"Gh…"
"Oh...and do not worry about your 'bodyguard' you brought with you," he added before a frozen Techadon Robot head rolled right next to the two, "An associate of ours had that handled…"
Rath growled as he stood up fully and glared down at Poltroon, "Poltroon of Lewoda, do ya got anymore fancy weapons designed specifically for Apoplexians?"
"No…" Poltroon nervously admitted as Hibiki let him go.
"THEN PEACE OUT!" Rath roared as he delivered a two-handed hammer blow to Poltroon, burying him right into the floor and knocking him out with the blow.
"Excellent, Tennyson-san…Now do change back before Sirs Vexx and Mallice show up," Hibiki advised before a green flash went off and Rath was replaced with Ben.
"I didn't do it," Ben informed before pausing for a moment, "Makoto did it because she thought I'd rant as Rath about being ordered around." he pointed at his ear, "She's in my ear and Rook's on my nose. Can you unshrink them now?"
"Of course. I shall take them back to Faycott-san and her assistant," Hibiki nodded as he put his blades away.
"Thanks, man."
"D'oh…That jerk is so lucky he got knocked out…" Makoto groaned, hitting the side of her head to try and get the ringing sound out.
"What?!" Rook shouted.
"I said that jerk…!"
"What?!"
"What?!"
"Make that Rook's back in my ear...and get them to the medbay after you unshrink them. Their hearing's gone," Ben added, "They keep shouting 'what' at each other."
"What?!" both called.
"Oh thank god it all worked out…" Tsubaki sighed in relief, she and the others standing outside of Burger Shake as Caitiff and Vexx shook hands.
"All thanks to Ben of course," Grandpa Max added.
"What? But he…and we were…" Tsubaki gawked before he chuckled.
"I'm just kidding," he assured, patting her shoulder, "You and Hibiki were excellent in handling the situation as it developed. Takes a lot of effort to corral an Apoplexian and you did it to two at the same time with just a paper fan."
"...ahem. O-Of course, sir," Tsubaki whispered as she cleared her throat, a bit of an embarrassed blush on her face.
"But hey. It all worked out in the end," Makoto pointed out as she took a sip of her drink, "The Appoplexians apologized…"
"...and the Lewodans promised to keep kitty litter handy," Ben added.
"But what about Poltroon?" Rook questioned.
"Oh we'll keep a good eye on him, keep him out of the loop should he go and upset someone again. I'm sure he'll love taco nights." Grandpa Max smiled, "You kids just enjoy a night off after all this. Though…I did enjoy Kajun's punishment for his little co-conspirators, the Hulex."
"...What did she do?" Ben asked as he looked over at the scientist, who simply smiled at Ben.
"Well for certain ethical reasons we couldn't keep them in a vacuum, so I decided roommates would help the man learn to get along with other species better," Kajun giggled, taking a sip of a milkshake, "His skin makes for a nice habitat for them."
"Eh. I say the jerk deserves it with his whole 'holier than thou' attitude," Makoto shrugged before her tail brought Ben closer to her, "But I am glad this thing is done and over with, so now we can get to our special date like planned."
"Oh come on…"
"Oh god, here we go again…" Jin groaned as Ben shot a smile at Makoto.
"Like I wasn't gonna treat my smarty and spunky girlfriend to something special after she and Rook saved me from blowing up."
"Promise not to do, as Tsubaki says, 'Suck Face' in front of me, and we are even," Rook spoke up.
"No worries, partner," Ben assured.
"Besides, we usually save making out for just between us," Makoto added…before holding a finger up the moment Tsubaki brought the paper fan out, "Not what you're thinking!"
"The couch says otherwise after you two started dating," Tsubaki and Kajun deadpanned in unison.
"Hey relax. All we're gonna do is find a goofy romcom or something tonight," Ben assured, "All while babe gets to choose the dessert we share for it."
"Ahh~" Makoto looked at him with stars in her eyes, her tail wagging excitedly as her ahoge took the shape of a heart, "I love you so much, babe."
"Well…I'm trying to be a better boyfriend this time around. And it looks like so far? Not messing up!" Ben cheered.
(Present)
"And since that day…Ben-and inadvertently Makoto-have been barred from doing Peace Talks," Tsubaki sighed once she finished her story, "Right after they marathoned a few Jim Carrey movies while sharing an extra large Chestnut Parfait smoothie."
"That sounds insane," Naoto admitted.
"...Say, uh, does the shrink ray only unshrink what it shrinks or does it double as a grow ray?" Alf asked.
"Why?" Tsubaki asked.
"Well I heard Jin's thinking of getting his own apartment…and I figured, what better treat to wake up to…then a 50 foot Alf!" he cheered.
"...I..." Tsubaki began before her phone rang, making her blink as she answered it, "H-"
=YOU BETTER NOT!= Jin snapped from her phone, making Tsubaki wince from how loud he was.
"How did you…are…are you spying on us, Jin?" Tsubaki asked.
"Or…just Tsubaki, a wink-wink~?" Alf teased.
=...= Jin said nothing before he hung up.
"And I'm pretty sure that confirmed it," Naoto muttered as Tsubaki blushed.
"Oh yeah, he's cracking. Soon they too will be in the Puppy Love stage…and make us just as sick as Ben and Makoto do," Alf chuckled.
"Hey! We are adorable!" Makoto complained from the other room.
"We know...You keep reminding us, intentional or not!" Naoto and Tsubaki shouted in unison.
"Oh you're just jealous 'cause you don't have people to cuddle with!" she shouted back.
"...Just so you know…I'm gonna remember that once I find Raquel," Naoto stated.
"And when Tsubaki finally snags the leash on Jin, you owe me money!" Alf laughed, "You, kid, I wish you the best. The pain of not knowing where your lady is, is a deep one. But…never give up. If a walking carpet like me has hope, well you gotta have a good shot" he reassuringly patted Naoto's leg given his short stature.
"Thanks, Alf," Naoto thanked with a grin.
"Good," Alf nodded before holding up the list, "Now since you're so willing to share, Tsubaki. What's with this one? 'Ben, Makoto, 'Tsubaki made me do it' is no longer a valid excuse after the Chocolate Incident of July 4th, 2013. We're still finding chocolate in places it shouldn't have been possible to be in.'"
"?! Th-That's nothing!" Tsubaki nervously chuckled as she snatched the list, "Nope...nothing at all…Nothing suspicious at all, no…"
"Oh that was hilarious!" Makoto laughed from the other room.
"Makoto, no!"
"Makoto, yes!" Makoto argued as Ben laughed.
"And I finally get that joke!"
"Oh do tell. This will help with my evaluations of all of you." Alf spoke, "And considering who needs more or less therapy time. Mandatory of course! Jin always needs more before you ask."
"...Fair enough," Naoto shrugged.
"This is a man who after he got back at us once, and we swore revenge, then did nothing…got so paranoid, he turned the entire commissary into an ice fort," Ben chuckled.
"And as for last 4th of July…" Makoto began.
"NOOOOO~!" Tsubaki screamed as she ran into the other room.
"EEK/GYAH!" a green flash went off and a panicking Makoto ran out carrying Ditto with an embarrassed Tsubaki in hot pursuit…not noticing the second Ditto on the couch by Alf.
"Oh now I have to know," Alf grinned, "Lay it on me, my good Splixson."
"Oh it was a heck of a day. It all began simple enough…you see…" Ditto 2 began as they became absorbed in the story.
SZ: And the first of the triple chapter update is done…fun to get back to these flashbacks now and again…plus as z0 mentioned, we got 6 months of time skip after the Incursean War to abuse and have fun with…right after the next two chapters since those technically take place during the Omniverse arc.
Z0: Well we can get to it in fair time.
SZ: Aye…an-*collapsses onto the couch again*Zzz…gt…z0…sign us off…zzz…
GT: *picks up SZ and tucks him into bed* Well, folks, we sure had a laugh doing this take of Food Around The Corner. Please make sure to Read and Review!
Z0: OR I KILL YOU!