Aftermath of the Battle…
Max and Gibson watched in horror as their mother disappeared with only a hand left of him.
That terrible hunter of artifacts and weapons, known as Sunder the Retriever just severed the Omnitrix hand of Ben 10, while the rest of him disappeared. The two flew into the air as they fought back against the lummox. He swung his ax at the flying children who swooped into action for their beloved mother…
he minions were retreating as Vulkanus was pinned down while completely frozen by an enraged Big Chill!
"Come on, this is a victimless crime! They're just grubs!" The criminal pleaded for mercy.
"Grubs? Grubs!? THEY'RE MY GRUBS! YOU ATTACKED MY CHILDREN! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE BEING CAPTURED AND PUT IN A CAGE TO BE RIPPED APART?!" Big Chill snarled as he plucked Vulkanus from his suit, opening the cages to free his babies, and slammed the thug into one of the cages while locking him away!
"Okay, good. They are all here. They are all safe." Big Chill sighed as they sniffed Ben with their feelers.
"You." A tiny Necrofriggian, the last one to leave the Earth, squeaked.
"Yes, it's me."
"Yep, that's your mommy." Kevin joked to lighten the mood as Gwen lightly shoved him with annoyance.
"Mommy?" Another squeaked as they grouped around Big Chill, "Mommy!"
"They can be placed in a special plumber's orphanage-."
"No, I'll take them." Ben firmly refused, even mentioning an orphanage was too much for him.
"Ben, are you sure about this? Raising children, alien children is a massive responsibility and you're still so young." Max told his Grandson, "You need to think about this very carefully because if you go through with it, you can't go back."
"They're my kids, they have been alone and abandoned by their own kind. I wasn't there when they got caught and now, I'm learning that they can't even have a place to go in space… No, I won't abandon them, I'll make sure they'll be happy and safe." Ben answered his grandfather.
"If this is what you want, then you can keep them, and you won't be alone either. I'll make sure you'll have the support and help you need." Max assured him, feeling pride for Ben's answer.
"You'll have us too," Gwen promised her cousin as she knew Ben would do anything for his kids, even if he never intended on having them, he loved them, nonetheless.
"Sure, why not?" Kevin nonchalantly agreed.
"Okay everyone, we'll be out of here soon and you get to meet the rest of our family. I'm certain you'll really like Earth and you'll be far safer than out there in space." Ben informed the children.
"Mommy, why do you look different but can turn into us?" One of them asked.
"Well, that's because of the watch. It allows me to turn into different aliens and understand other species. It also let me able to have you. I'm actually human most of the time and some of my human genes were passed on to you too." Ben carefully explained as it was more complicated than that.
"Can we change too?" The tiniest wondered.
Ben was about to answer when one of them was no longer a Little Chill, but a mini girl version of him, naked.
"Mommy, Mommy, look! I figure it out!" The girl squealed as they all tried it and succeeded.
"Looks like the kids are going to have fun," Julie remarked with a chuckle as Ben smiled as well.
"Yeah, they'll fit right in on Earth," Ben added as he looked at the youngling in the cart while the older ones followed him.
Gibson was quiet as he tried to distance himself from Ben.
"Hey, Gibby, is there anywhere you want to go?" Ben offered for his second eldest.
"Don't call me Gibby." He muttered coldly.
"Be nice to Mum." Maxwell scolded him then spotted a store nearby, "Can we go to that store?"
Julie and Ben looked to where he was pointing and saw the camping and outdoors store.
"You're a camping type, huh? Well, Grampa Max will be happy to hear that." Ben remarked as he gave the boy a one-armed hug while the other was on the handle of the cart.
No, they would not let their mother suffer from this horrible nightmare!
Gibson froze the container and freed the hand as it was falling somewhere out of sight! It took time to ditch the bad guy, but once the boys did, they could hunt down the hand.
But luckily their father found it.
"Ben?" Julie questioned as she saw the kids.
"Dad, Dad! Mom needs help! An alien hunter did something to him!" Max pleaded.
At the garage…
Kevin laughed at the sight of the hand while his nephews looked concerned, and Julie and Gwen looked angry.
"Kevin, this isn't funny." Gwen scolded her boyfriend.
"You're right. You're right." Kevin tried to settle himself down from the laughter at the situation.
Then he saw the hand twitch and couldn't hold it in any longer, another fit of laughter soon followed as it stunned everyone. How was it being Kevin was being so calm, if not in a fit of giggles at the sight of the living, twitching limb that was set before them on the table in the garage?
"How can you laugh about this when Ben can be-?" Julie began as the boy's father was a pretty protective woman.
"Ben's fine. See that energy? It's a dimensional disturbance. Ben's fine, the rest of him is somewhere else. I once sent my nose to another dimension with a cheap teleporter I was working on. Aren't you going to ask how I smelled?" Kevin joked with the girls who crossed their arms.
"Terrible, like your jokes." Gwen scoffed as she saw nothing funny about this, while Julie was looking towards the kids.
"So… Mum is okay?" Max asked as he touched the severed hand still wiggling.
Hand gently clasped the boy's hand, to give comfort.
"Yeah, he's just in another dimension. It should be easy to fix. All I have to do is-."
Before Kevin could finish, the infamous alien Sunder the Retriever, the one who caused this, located the hand.
Aftermath of the fight…
Ben was more than happy to be home with his kids, though not happy to know that his kids fought against Sunder, or that he's still covered in gross stuff.
"Gibby, Maxy, thank you for getting back here but no more fighting big aliens. You're too young still and I prefer you guys not to get hurt."
"We know, but we won't say we're sorry though," Max answered.
"Wasn't wanting you to. Just keep it in perspective and be sure you're with someone, okay? You may one day be heroes, but you're not there. If you have to fight nasty aliens like this, you have to be with your Aunt Gwen, Uncle Kevin, or anyone in the family who is good at fighting. Otherwise, big bad alien, you fly away, especially if Vilgax or the big gunned bad guys."
"Yes, Mum."
"Yes."
Ben then looked at Gibbson, who didn't want to admit it but was happy his mother was okay. So, that was a bit of a victory and Ben would take it. He hugged his child.
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