Omni-Magic Summer EP 8: Movie Magic
I don't own anything, except my OCs.
Lighting and thunder crash throughout the dark sky as a hooded, cloaked figure makes his way toward a volcano with 2 flaming, statues at the base. The man pulls off the hood to reveal his slicked, black hair with a matching mustache and goatee. The man laughs manically as lighting flashes through the area. "It is almost time!" The man pulls out a golden scepter with a big ruby jewel at the top.
"Once I have all 3 relics, no one will be able to stop me! And Mareapol will fall. For I AM STARWART STALLONNNNN!" The man cries out, feeling like the world will be his with nothing that can ruin it. "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!" "CUTTT!" The director calls in his megaphone and looks at Rainbow Dash.
"Sorry, but at this point in the story, Stalwart Stallion would be known as Mojo." The teen points out as the other Rainbooms and Ben looks at her with mixed expressions. "What? You think he wants Daring Do fans to call him out for making a mistake like that?" Ben slaps his hand into his face. The director then spoke to the actor. "Let's go again. And this time, say "Mojo" instead of "Stalwart Stallion", okay? And action!" Rainbow Dash giggles in excrement as Ben rolls his eyes.
Intro:
A Galaxy is shown with some planets as outer space music is heard.
Just for a flash of green light to occur, and shows the Omnitrix symbol with Ben's silhouette in the middle as the song picks up.
"It started when an alien device did what it did."
The 1st clip is Ben discovering the Omnitrix as it latches onto his arm as he panics.
He then presses down on the dial, transforming him into Heatblast as he cries out.
"And stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid."
"Now he's got superpowers; he's no ordinary kid. He's Ben 10! (Ben 10!)"
The logo flashes a bit before showing off aliens:
Grey Matter, Overflow, Shock Rock, Heatblast, Tear-Wolf, Lodestar and Astrodactyl.
"So if you see him, you might be in for a big surprise."
"He'll turn into an alien before your very eyes!"
The boy is then shown transforming into Tear-Wolf as six more aliens appear and zoom in:
Upgrade, Shock Rock, XLR8, Four Arms, Heatblast and Tear-Wolf.
" He's slimy, freaky, fast, and strong; he's every shape and size."
"He's Ben 10! (Ben 10!)"
Just then, a flash-animated Ben runs towards the screen, flips, and morphs into Tear-Wolf.
He bites at the screen as a black and green '1'. Appear next to him.
2: Four Arms is next as he grins, raises his arms, and flexes.
3: Grey Matter leaps at the screen, only to splat comically.
4: XLR8 appears and zooms away.
"Armed with powers, he's on the case!"
"Fighting off evil from Earth or space!"
5: Upgrade wiggles his legs around as he raises his arms.
6: Shock Rock generates lots of power and blasts a large beam of blue energy across the screen.
7: Overflow flies upward on his water blasts.
8: Astrodactyl displays his whips and then rockets away on his jetpack.
"He'll never stop 'till he makes them pay!"
"Cause he's the baddest kid ever to save the day!"
9: Lodestar raises his claws as they generate a green aura as several pieces of metal float around him.
10: Heatblast chucks a fireball at the screen as Ben lands on the ground with his fist, cracking it as he grins.
"Ben 10! (Ben 10! B-B-B-Ben! Ben 10! B-B-B-Ben!)"
Tear-Wolf is then shown leaping from some trees as he looks fierce.
Shock Rock poses as he finishes transforming.
Sunset and the Rainbooms are shown powering up into their magic forms.
Heatblast chucks a fireball.
Ben is then shown slapping down on the Omnitrix.
The Mane 6, Spike, the royal sisters, the royal crystal family, Discord, Starlight Glimmer, Trixie and reformed Changelings, and Ben in griffon form stood together as they glared at someone as the Omnitrix boy smirked with crossed arms.
Twilight is shown fighting a giant bird monster as she uses her magic to slam it down on the ground.
Four Arms cries out as he finishes transforming.
XLR8 is shown running on top of the water.
The opening finishes up as the aliens all get sucked into the Omnitrix. Ben shows it while green rays come from it as the title appears next to him.
Ben 10: Magical Alien Summer.
Later, the gang was walking with the director through the studio. "I can't believe we're here!" Rainbow Dash said as Twilight thanked the man. "Thank you for letting us come here, Mr. Zoom!" "We promise that we won't get in the way, again." Sunset growls at Rainbow as she chuckles nervously. "As a fellow Camp Everfree Alumni, I was more than happy to afford the girls who helped save it and managed to raise the money to make all the repairs to it as well, the chance to see our little film." "Yes, well. It wasn't just us, darling. The Shadowbolts, despite our... um... 'differences, managed to help as well." Rarity adds as Applejack speaks. "Yeah! Too bad they're off on their summer yacht dance, otherwise they would be having a blast here.
As Rainbow goes on about the movie, Ben tugs Twilight's arm, making her lean as he whispers. "Remind me, why was I dragged to this place against my will, again?" "Your aunts wanted you to get out of the house. We have been planning this trip for a while. And you're being punished by us for sneaking off to Equestria, when we told you not to, 3 days ago as part of your week grounding!" "… Right."
"Uhh… There's a problem in the wardrobe." A stagehand said to Canter Zoom as she approached "They can't find the outfit Daring Do wears in the nightclub scene." Canter Zoom facepalms in response as he rolls his eyes. "If we are ever able to finish it, it will be. If you'll excuse me…" He then walks off to take care of the problem.
"According to our visitor's schedules, the next scene won't be for a while, which means we have time for-." "Get my photo taken with Chestnut Magnifico! The actress playing Daring Dooo!" Rarity squeaks out as Fluttershy adds in. "And get her to sign my petition for bringing more bird feeders to the animal shelter!" The others stare at her in confusion as the animal lover explains. "It's just that Chestnut Magnifico is a member of a foundation that helps build homes for animals" "Oh, okay. But I was thinking that we could—" "Check out all the sets?" Sunset interrupts Twilight as Applejack adds in. "I sure like to get a closer look at that volcano." Ben rolls his eyes and looks off the side, but he notices something and goes to get a closer look at a poster.
"Find the buffet!" Spike spoke as Pinkie added out. "And the cupcake fountain!" The other girls were silent as Rainbow points out. "I don't know what a 'cupcake fountain' is. But I'm pretty sure they don't have one." "Of course, they do! I read about in my '100 things you didn't know about this movie studio' insider's tour guide." "Is the number one thing we didn't know is the guy who founded this studio is an eccentric oddball with a sweet tooth?" Applejack asks in a joking manner as she doubts Pinkie's guide knows something like that. But to her surprise, Pinkie confirms it. "Yes!
Ben widens his eyes in awe as he gasps in shock at what he is seeing. "I guess we're all splitting up?" Twilight suggests as the others agree. "OH MY GOSH!" The others looked at Ben as if he was awed. "Umm… are you okay?" Rainbow asked as Ben responded. "I'm better than okay! In the studio across this one, they're filming the newest Sumo Slammers movie! Sumo Slammers 5: Kenko's Vengeance in 3-D! At 4 pm! That's only 3 hours from now! Laters! I got a movie shoot to check out." Ben was stopped by Sunset grabbing his shirt and holding onto it.
"Sorry, Ben. We came here for Daring Do, not Sumo Slammers." "But! The shoot! It's exclusive! Sumo Slammers! Never get a chance like this again!" Sunset shakes her head. "I'm sorry, Ben. But we don't have the time. Canter Zoom only allowed us to see this shoot and that's that. Besides, the movie will be out in 2 months, you can't wait for that long." Sunset drags the pouting Ben along with Applejack to see the sets as the others go off to do their things.
The trio walks through the jungle set as the girls complement while the Boy sulks behind. "Hmm. Wonder how long it takes to build somethin' like this?" Sunset responds. "Several weeks, I'd bet." "So… If I promise to be back in time for the final scene of this movie, I can check out the Sumo Slammers one, right?" "Sorry, Ben, but still no! We have been over this. We are going to see Daring Do and that's final."
Ben looks at the poster of the movie in disgust. "I don't even like Daring Do! I'm more of a Sumo Slammers guy! It's not fair!" Sunset got angry at what he said as Applejack got concerned. "FAIR?! Let me tell you something, Benjamin Daniel Tennyson! Ever since the start of your vacation, your aunts and I with Twilight get dragged to do stuff that you want to do! But we never get to do stuff that we want to do!"
"What about the time I went to Aunt Vera's?! That was never my idea, and you weren't even there!" Applejack adds in. "And yet, from what we've been told, you had a good time in the end." Ben crosses his arms and turns his back. Sunset sighs as she explains. "Look, Ben. This is something we all want to do. So, just bear with it for once, okay?" She and the other teen walk off as Ben looks back at her.
After some thought, he sighs and follows them, only to step on something that makes a crunchy sound. Looking down, he saw a crumbled candy bar wrapper. Picking it up, he wonders what's it doing on a set and shrugs, deciding to pocket it for later. As he ran to catch up, a shadow figure was watching from a pile of crates as a red glow came from its wrist. It then disappears as it moves through the darkness.
Later, everyone reunited as they retook the shoot from before. As Rainbow was fangirling out, Ben got an idea and sneaked off. He went behind a pile of crates and made sure no one was around. "I'm sure a quick check on the Sumo Slammers Set wouldn't hurt if Sunset wouldn't know. Besides with XLR8, I'll be back before Canter Zoom yells action." He slaps on XLR8's shadow, turning into the speedster. "Yes! Finally! Got an alien I want! It's slammer time!" But just as XLR8 closed his visor and was about to take off, a breaking sound caught his alien ear.
He peeks out to see the top part of the volcano breaking off, crumbling until… SNAP The part was falling onto the actor as everyone gasped in shock. XLR8 speeds to the rescue, and grabs the man, speeding away as the volcano collapses behind them. "Are you okay?" The man nods in response after being placed down as Canter comes up to the alien in relief.
"Oh, XLR8 from the news! Thank you for saving my lead villain!" "Yes! Luckily, you managed to be in the area to help him." Rarity adds out as Applejack ponders something. "Wait a sec... How did you know this man was in trouble?" XLR8 widens his eyes as he sweets a bit as he glances around. "Um... Alien instincts told me there was trouble here?" "Oh! That makes sense!" Pinkie grins out, but Twilight and Sunset have doubtful looks as they glance at each other. "Right... 'Alien instincts', sure." Twilight mumbles out. Canter Zoom glances at the destroyed set and groans at the damage. "We just filmed on this volcano, and it was fine! This could set us back weeks!"
"THEY'RE GONE! THEY'RE ALL GONE!" Rainbow cries out in horror as she runs back to the others as Canter meekly questions. "What's gone?" Another teen girl who has blue hair in pigtails, red, call glasses, and a purple jacket over a blue shirt with a darker skirt, white socks, and purple shoes, came up as explained. "The relics are gone!" Everyone gasps in horror and surprise.
Later, after XLR8 "left" and Ben joins back up, the group is at the scene of the theft on a town stage as Rainbow explained. "I went to check them out again up close, and they weren't there!" "This can't be happening! What are we going to do?!" Ben doesn't understand the big deal about some 'relics' and voices it out. "What's the big deal? Just make some copies and be done with it. No one will notice the difference."
Canter explains to the kid as Juniper Montage looks worried. "You don't understand! We can't use new ones until A.K. Yearling has given them her official stamp of approval! You think it'd be easy to reach someone who is always holed up in her office, writing. But Miss Yearling is a very difficult woman to track down!" The man grumbles out in frustration. Rainbow got worried at the news. "I-It'll be okay, though, right?" "Chestnut's contract with us is almost up, and with Mount Vehoovius collapsing, and now this, I fear we'll have to stop production altogether!" Canter answers as Rainbow gets a shocked look. "But! But! You have to finish this movie! Think of all the Daring Do fans, who will be so disappointed if you don't!"
"Well, if anyone needs me, I'll be at the new Sumo Slammers movie!" Ben calls out and walks away. Sunset got an annoyed look and stomped her foot while pointing her finger at the spot next to her, all while not looking at him. The boy slouches in depression as he stands next to the teen. Twilight asks the director. "Are you sure there's nothing you can do to—?" CRASH Something broke somewhere else, making Canter stressed as he excused himself. "I'm so sorry. Please excuse me." He walks off as Juniper gives a small smile and follows.
"Hmm... There was trouble with one of the costumes when we first arrived. A set that was fine yesterday just collapsed. And now, the most important props in the movie have been stolen. I don't think these are just coincidences." Twilight lists as she thinks about the incidents that have happened.
Sunset adds to the mystery as well. "Me, neither. All the things that have gone wrong on set have put production on hold. It seems to me like someone is going to a lot of trouble to make sure this movie doesn't get made." They all look at Ben with suspicion. "Hey, it wasn't me, OK!? I may not like Daring Do, but I wouldn't risk people's lives to cancel it!" "He does have a point. So, who else would want to..." Spike was interrupted as Fluttershy gasped in realization as she and Rarity got worried looks. "Oh dear! You don't think—?" "Oh, no-no-no-no. Certainly not!"
The others look at them as they explain. "When Rarity and I followed Chestnut Magnifico to her trailer, we overheard her saying something about shutting down the movie..." "Yes, but she said she wanted something to shut down! We didn't know that she was talking about the movie." "Maybe she's just really mad that they're always running out of her imported butter praline crunch bars?" Pinkie adds in.
Ben's eyes widened at the words 'Crunch bar'. "Did you say, 'crunch bars'? He asks as he digs through his pockets. "Yep, Bon Mot butter praline crunch bars!" Spike weakly mentions as he chuckles. "We, uh... may have tried a few ourselves. Heh." He pulls out the wrapper and unfolds it to see the exact words on it. "Do the wrappers look like these?" Spike exclaims. "YEAH! That's the one!" Ben explains as he hands it to Sunset while she inspects it. "When I was catching up with Sunset and Applejack, I found this on the jungle set. I thought it was junk, so I kept it to throw away later."
"Well, I'm glad you didn't. It sure seems like all signs are pointing to Chestnut Magnifico as the one causing all the problems around here." Twilight deduces. "I don't know who's behind this or what's going on, but the first thing we need to do is find those relics!" Rainbow interrupts, wanting to save the movie more than solve who had done it. "I agree. The relics were here earlier, and if Chestnut is behind this, then they must still be around here somewhere." Rarity defends her idol with a snooty remark. "Chestnut Magnifico is an acclaimed actress! She'd never do something so dramatic!" Ben rolls his eyes at her. "And this is coming from 'Ms. drama queen', herself?"
Applejack spoke out. "Well, she might do somethin' like this if she was tryin' to get out of workin' on a movie she didn't want to do." Sunset suggested dividing. "Why don't Fluttershy, Pinkie, Spike, and I follow Chestnut Magnifico and see if we can find anything out?" "Let's do it!" After Sunset and her group walk off, Twilight and her group try to figure out a plan. "In the meantime, we should look for the relics." "Where do we even start? It's not like there's some mysterious, thievin', cloaked figure we can chase after and say, 'Hey, tell us where you're keepin' the relics!'"
As Ben looked off to the side, he saw a cloaked, hooded figure tiptoeing past them. He frowns and starts running towards her as Rarity points out, making the others look as well. "You mean like the one Benjamin is running towards?" The figure saw the boy heading straight towards her and made a break for it with the kid hot on her tail. "HEY! GET BACK HERE!"
"You heard him!" Rainbow activates the geode and dashes off, leaving the others with frizzled hair and chasing after her, all while the other shadow figure watches from a rooftop and moves as well.
Ben kept running after the figure while Rainbow tried to keep up but got lost as she kept zipping all over the place. Ben was starting to lose the figure as she smirked. Ben tries dialing in his watch for some alien help. "Come on! I need to go XLR8 again!" The watch is still charging as it glows red, much to his dismay. "Fine! I'll do it myself."
Rainbow comes to a stop as the others catch up and start painting from the long chase. The athlete is angry at losing the prep. "I can't believe I lost them! My geode gives me super speed, but I guess being awesomely fast doesn't help when the person you're chasing knows their way around better than you do." Sunset and others reunite with them as she greets them.
"Hey, guys." "Any luck findin' Chestnut?" The cowgirl questions. "We couldn't find her." "But we did find a cupcake fountain!" Pinkie blurts out as she chomps down the sweet. "Then we got lost and somehow ended up here. What have you guys been doing?" Rainbow responds. "We spotted this super-suspicious cloaked figure, but they got away! They're here somewhere. Hopefully, Ben caught him by now." As by cue, Ben ran up to the girls and placed his hand on his knees, panting from exhaustion. "I lost her… And just when I was about to grab her, too…"
"There you are!" The group turns to see a nervous P.A. talking to them. "W-Where are your costumes? We've got to hurry! I-I-I'm so gonna be fired if you aren't ready. The director wants to shoot in three minutes!" The man pushes the girls and the puppy away.
The girls stumbled onto a street set, most of them don superhero jumpsuits while Sunset's looks like a villain type and Spike has a mask, front boots, and a cape with a belt. "Uh, I think there's been some kind of mistake!" Applejack calls out in confusion. The director was confused by the group's appearance. "Wait, wait! Who are these girls?" "They're the Power Ponies!" The director rubs his fingers against his forehead, regarding his P.A.'s idiocy. "I'm fired, aren't I?" "So fired."
Ben, offset, sees the shadow again and chases after her. "HEY! You get back here, buster!" The girls saw them and followed after them, briefly getting stuck in a small space. The boy chased the figure as he noticed the watch was recharged. "Okay!" He activates it, selecting XLR8 as he holds his hand up. "Time to get back out there, XLR8!" FLASH
The figure slides a corner as Heatblast tumbles into a prop and stands up. "Ugg… Heatblast?! I knew I should have asked Khyber for a manual for this thing before he left! Fine! I'll search through the air." Heatblast rockets upward as the girls start to catch up.
But as they all passed an open sound stage, a bunch of vines grabbed the Rainbooms and dragged them inside while slamming the door shut. "Twilight? Fluttershy?" Spike questions as he looks behind him. "Spike!" The dog turns to see Juniper Montage approaching him and picking her up. "Why are you all alone?" "The girls vanished! One minute, we're chasing a cloaked figure. And the next, they were gone!" "Hmm… weird. Don't worry! I know a lot about this place and have the keys! Let's see if we can find them together." Both walk off as Heatblast walks out of a corner, looking confused. "I think the figure went down this way! Or is it that way?"
The girls were coming to when they noticed they were in a hedge maze set. "Huh?! How in thunderation did we get in here?!" Applejacks yells out as the others look confused. "I'm not sure, but let's find a way out so we can catch the thief!" Rainbow calls out as they go down one way.
After a few twists and turns, they found themselves lost. "Ah, candy corn! We're lost!" Pinkie cries out as Sunset reassures them. "No way! There has to be a way out." "NEVER GET OUT! ONLY DEAD ENDS!" The girls flinched from the voice that appeared out of nowhere. "What in heaven's name was that?!" Rarity cries out as Fluttershy shakes like a leaf. "A g-g-g-g-g-ghost?!" Pinkie grabs her while her teeth charted in terror as Twilight tries to calm them down. "Now, now. I'm sure there's an explanation for the voice. It could be a speaker or…" As they looked around, they saw a tall figure in the shadows staring at them with a red eye.
"THE GHOST! RUNNNNNNNN!" Pinkie cries out as they all bolt down another path as the figure merges with the bush walls. As the girls kept running, they dodged thorny vines that attacked them from the side. "It is a ghost! Oh, man!" Rainbow cries out as Fluttershy is on the edge of a panic attack. "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" Twilight calls out. "Relax! It's probably special effects or an animatronic or an actor!" The figure emerges from the ground in front of them. The girls bump into him and back up, looking at the figure in terror.
It is a plant-like humanoid with bulgy arms and legs, tall as Heatblast, with multiple spikes on each of his forearms. His biceps, neck area, and inner thighs are orange and wrinkly. It has 2 thorn-covered vines that are on its back that are like jagged lightning bolts. His eye is red with vines that cover his head, except for his black face, like a helmet, and has a leaf around the back of his head like a collar and has teeth as well. He also has red eyes on his shoulders and 4 black pods on his lower back and lastly has 5, throne-covered vines for his legs. He has a color scheme of an aged plant.
But Sunset's eyes widened at the dial on his chest. Her eyes are fixed on a familiar symbol she hasn't seen since New York, and there is only one person who has that half-red Omnitrix symbol. "KEVIN LEVIN?! How did you find us?!"
The others were confused at what their friend just said. "Wait! Sunset, do you know this guy?" Rainbow asked. "Well, I'm glad that it's not a ghost." Rarity sighs, relieved not to deal with a specter. "Poor little Rainbooms! Running from ghosts. But what you should be running from…" His back vines lash out and coil around the girls' waists and arms, Sunset, Twilight, and Rarity in one while the others in the other one and lifts them. "…Is me!" The plant alien leans with his hands on his hips. "Wait a minute… Who is that alien?!" Twilight calls out. "It's Thornblade, thank you very much." "Girls, this is Kevin Levin. He's someone who was able to make a device that allows him to turn into aliens, just like the ones on the news. I met him when I and Ben was with Celestia on that trip to New York."
Sunset adds in as she glares at the plant. "Except his are evil, nasty versions. Like evil twins. He even has aliens, never been seen before." Thornblade crosses his arms. "Yeah, so what? My aliens are originals! I'm trying to see if the mighty Rainbooms are a match for me, which I doubt." "Oh, yeah? Why don't you put us down so we can turn you into chopped salad?!" Rainbow cries out as struggles. "Please... You girls rely on those stupid necklaces for powers! I, on the other hand, have powers that are 11 times better than yours. I'm disappointed. I was hoping for you all would put up more of a fight."
"Oh!? How about you let us down and I'll show you what we can do, you yellow-bellied varmint!" "Pretty big talk coming from a dumb cowgirl." Thornblade smirks as Applejack's face grows red in anger as she growls. "Umm... Mr. Levin, sire? Can you, um, let us down, pretty please? But if you don't want to, that's okay." Fluttershy mumbles out as the alien just stares at the girl. "Wow... You got to be the biggest doormat I've ever seen."
"Hey! You can't talk to Fluttershy like that, you big meanie pants bully!" Pinkie yells out as Sunset points out. "Don't bother, he won't let us down because he's too scared to fight us." "Oh?! Sounds like you're asking for a demonstration!" He then lashes his fingers out, engulfing all of them in thorny cocoons. But just then, a purple glow came from Twilight's cocoon as a burst of purple energy frees her as well as the others, making Thornblade step back in shock. "WHAT?!" "Sorry, Kevin! But you forgot about my Geode!" She then lifts and tosses the plant over a wall with her telekinesis.
"Great job, Twi!" Applejack said as she, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie went to pull the wall apart, unaware of a brief red glow on the other side. They did that as Pinkie cried out. "HA! GOT YOU!" Only for them to briefly widen their eyes before a stream of slime, colored water pushed them into a wall. The stream dies down as the 3 spits the liquid out while others check on them. "Are you okay?!" Fluttershy asked as Pinkie responded. "I think we're okay. Although that slime leaves a bad taste in your mouth! Yuck!" "But what was that?" Applejack asked as the girls heard footsteps and turned to see someone who looked familiar. "Is that Overflow?!" Rainbow cries out in shock. "I don't do Overflow, I go Undertow!"
Kevin is now an alien that resembles Overflow, only he is a gray and blue metallic alien. He has two tubes that extend from his head that connect to his elbows and has black mask-like markings around his red eyes. He has two tubes of green slime reaching from a respirator where his mouth should be to his chest, which has a see-through circle plate that has 4 tubes, 2 on each side, connected to it around the body while the Antitrix symbol is where the respirator is, and his forearms have canisters filled with green slime and are cannon-like. He has a black and grey mohawk device with 3 red lights on the front and back. He has 3 black claws around a hole in the end of the arms and three black toes on each foot.
"Wait a minute, how did you get from one alien transformation to another, so quickly?!" Sunset cries out in shock. "Because I don't need to wait." He slams his arms into the ground, making slime travel through the ground toward the girls, turning the dirt into mud.
"GAAAHH! MUD!" Rarity shrieks out as they start to sink. "Undertow is so not cool!" Rainbow cries out as they struggle. "Says the ladies trapped in the mud." Twilight activates her powers and lifts everyone to safety. The alien starts heading down a path while crying out. "Let's see if you can match your brain with mine, Twilight!" "After him!" The brainy female cries out as they chase him down. They saw a brief glow of red light and follows it, stopping at a corridor to see a small frog, like an alien poking his head around the corner and retreating. "He chose Grey Matter? This will be easy!" Sunset said as they approached.
Twilight comments. "Sure, Grey Matter is smarter than me, that I'm willing to admit, but we're bigger than him, giving us a huge advantage." "I just hope we don't hurt him. I always like Grey Matter and Tear-Wolf. They are just so adorable!" Fluttershy gushes as Rainbow deadpans. "Yeah… Fluttershy's animal obsession aside, we got this!" "You know, Kevin! If you're going to use another alien, how about picking something bigger then…" Pinkie trails off as they turn to see something that looks like it came out of a horror movie. "Grey Matter?" she squeaks out as they all get terrified looks.
"Dark Matter." Grey Matter's twin is a red-skinned, frog/demon-like, bipedal alien that is significantly taller than Grey Matter, rivaling Four Arms in height. His limbs and fingers are long and slender, with his fingers having claws. Unlike Grey Matter's feet, he has two front toes and one back toe on each foot, which are also pointy. He has large glowing red eyes with minus-shaped pupils and black outlines. On his head are two horn-like growths while his neck sports his gills.
He is wearing a black, sleeveless jumpsuit with a red belt on his waist. He has red stripes on the calves and thighs and black, long fingerless gloves that go to his forearms with red on the end and finger holes. He lastly has a grey armored vest over the suit with 2 black strips that go around the middle of his chest. The Antitrix symbol resides on his chest.
But the thing that freaks the girls is the fact that he rises like he has no bones in his body "Okay, that is going to give me nightmares, I'm sure of it." Applejack comments as Fluttershy squeaks out. "That is not cute, at all." "Jeez, how did he get so freakishly tall?!" "Freaky-Deaky!" Pinkie cries out to Sunset's comments. "It doesn't matter! Pardon the pun. He's still weak!" Rainbow cries out as she charges at him to throw a punch. Only for Dark Matter to use his weak balance to his advantage, kicking Rainbow and grabbing her leg, spinning and tossing her toward Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rarity. They tumbled into a hedge wall and got stuck as Applejack took a crack at him.
Dark Matter merely kicks her and sends the cowgirl into the 2 magic experts, trapping them in the hedge wall with the others. As they all struggle to break free, Dark Matter crawls in front of them and stands up, looking at them with amusement with his arms behind his back. "How do you keep switching aliens?!" Sunset cries out. "I'm starting to wish we brought all of our Geodes with us!" Rarity cries out as they all glare at him. "You didn't bring all your powers? I never do something like that! Guess that only happens to... LOSERS!" The mutant alien insults, making some of them growl.
Applejack struggles and breaks free, delivering an uppercut to Dark Matter thanks to her farm strength. They all got out and looked up to see the alien somersaulting and diving towards them with a red fireball in his claw. "That's a new trick." Sunset comments in shock.
FLASH All the girls close their eyes, fearing the worst. But they felt nothing as they looked around, not seeing anything wrong. "Whew! Guess that was a dud." Applejack wipes sweat from her forehead in relief as Fluttershy comments. "I don't understand, Is something supposed to happen?" "Whatever it is, it didn't work." Twilight adds in. Rainbow Dash grins and tells them. "I'll tell you what happened: That guy missed—" Just then, they heard something from the ground, and looked down only to be shocked as red crystal started covering their bodies to their chests, trapping their arms.
"GAAHH! What is this hideous abomination!?" Rarity cries out as Applejack struggles. "Whatever it is, I can't break free!" "I think that fireball wasn't a dud!" Twilight cries out. "Gee… And here I thought the Rainbooms are a challenge." Dark Matter commits as he brushes his claw against Fluttershy, making her shiver in fear, as he twirls and stumbles around them as the girls look worried.
"Face it, ladies. My aliens can do things your little magic tricks can't do. You all can't even compete with me!" The mutant alien points out while the girls look scared. Just then, his Antitrix symbol starts beeping as it begins timing out, but Dark Matter doesn't notice, making Sunset smirk. "Really? What don't you tell us more? You know, brag about how great you and your aliens are before destroying us?" Dark Matter preps another fireball as he responds. "Or maybe I can make this quick?" Just as he was about to throw it, he times out as Kevin stumbles onto the ground and gets up, rubbing his head. Twilight caught on as she smirks as well. "You know the difference between our powers and yours, Kevin? Ours aren't on a time limit!"
Kevin hightails out to the exit of the maze as Twilight busts free with her magic and gets to work freeing the others. Kevin opens the giant doors and runs through, heading into the lot as he tries to lose the girls. He heads down a turn as the girls get out as well. "WHERE IS THAT VARMINT?! I LIKE TO HOGTIE HIM GOOD FOR WHAT HE TRIED TO DO!" Applejack yells out as Rainbow adds in. "Leave some for us, AJ! I want to get a few punches in as well to that little punk!"
The girls went off in one direction as Kevin watched, sighing in relief as he started heading another way, only to bump into Ben. "Ow! Sorry, didn't—" He gasps in shock at seeing the tween from New York. "KEVIN?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" "Come on, Tennyson. Do you think a river is going to get rid of me that easily? I still owe you for what happened back in New York." Kevin towers over with a grin as Ben sweats in fear. "And in case you need a refresher of your memory, Benji, I'm older than you. Smarter than you. Tougher than you. And stronger than you!" He picks the kid up and shoves him back as Ben stumbles and Kevin cracks his knuckles.
"And braver! I'm not scared of anything!" But suddenly, a nearby dragon prop roars out, making the 2 boys scream in terror as they run off in different directions. Kevin stops and realizes that he lost. He also noticed his watch was charged. "Forgot that! I came here to see if the Rainbooms are tough, and I'm disappointed! Ben's my only rival from now on!" He then slaps the watch, turning into a new mutant alien!
He is now an insect humanoid with red skin and wears golden armor. He has a set of wings on his back with a pair of golden pads protecting them. He has a big chin and a grey horn and has four small red eyes on long stalks connected to his large head, which can all be moved around independently from each other. He has black, 2 claws and a thumb, and gold armored legs with 2 black toes and a back one. He has a tail with a gold armored stinger as well. He lastly has the Antitrix symbol on his chest. "We'll settle this once and for all, Tennyson! Someday! Besides, I think I'm going to have some real fun in this city. Let's see what kind of pranks I can pull with Skunkbug." Skunkbug smirks as he chuckles and then flies away, heading out of the movie studio lot and away into the city.
Ben ran screaming into a room in another set, stopping and catching his breath. "Okay…. I think I lost the dragon! But I lost Kevin! How did he get here from New York, is the bigger question." He then notices that he is in a creepy closet. "And why did I run into a dark, spooky closet instead of the Daring Do set?!" He explores the dark room. He kept searching through the things, looking over his shoulder in fear. He looks up to see… "AAHH!" He stumbles backward, only to calm down to realize it was a monster outfit. "Great. Now I'm scared of cheap costumes." As he rolled his eyes in annoyance, he noticed an open locker that had something in it.
Curious, he opens and pulls out an Indian dress that looks familiar to him, unaware of the cloaked figure sneaking out of the room. "Huh… This dress looks familiar. I think I've seen it before, but where…" Just then, he noticed the figure was closing the door. "HEY!" He tried to open the doors, but they wouldn't budge. After a while, he stops and steps back, trying to think of a way when he looks down, noticing a certain device on his arm. "Of, course!" He activates the Omnitrix, scrolling towards Upgrade's icon. "I'll just go Upgrade and ooze through the door! I'm a genius!"
He was about to slap it down when he thought of something. "Then again, the Omnitrix didn't give me the right alien before." He snaps his fingers and twists the dial. "But if I select, say, Tear-wolf! Then the watch will give me Upgrade! Let's see if you try to mess this up!" FLASH The doors bashed open as Tear-wolf stomped out. He looks at himself in shock. "Great! This is what I get for trying to use reverse psychology on a watch..." Tear-wolf groans out. "FINE! I'll go with Tear-wolf for now! Better take the dumb dress, still trying to figure out where it came from." He picks up the dress and starts running towards the Daring Do set.
Tear-wolf leaps from the roofs to the set of Daring Do, but halfway to it, he sees the sound stage that contains the Sumo Slammer Movie. "WHOA! The Sumo Slammer Movie! Now that's something I got to see!" He landed in front and was about to enter when he saw that there were 30 mins left before the beginning of the shoot. He then looks down at the dress and back at the Daring Do set. "But… I need to get the dress back. But the Sumo Slammers movie!" He kept looking back and forth, unsure about what to do. "Sumo Slammers? Daring Do? Sumo Slammers? Daring Do? Sumo Slammers? Daring Do? Sumo Slammers? Daring Do? Sumo Slammers? Daring Do?! GRRR… I CAN'T MAKE A CHOICE!" He screams out.
He then shakes his head, the human inside of him trying to get control. He then looks at the movie of his dream in sorrow and looks down at the Omnitrix as it beeps and the dress in his hand. "I know what to do." He then hides behind something as the watch times out. Ben walks out and looks back at the set in sadness. "Can't believe I'm doing this." He then walks to the Daring Do set.
After reuniting with the others and presenting the dress, to which Rainbow explains it was the missing dress that was part of the movie, they give it to Canter Zoom, who is along with Juniper Montage and Chestnut Magnifico.
"You found this in a supply closet?" "We didn't find the relics. But we don't think the thief has had a chance to take them off the lot yet. We wanted your permission to search the Tricorners Village set from top to bottom. Maybe we'll find a clue that would lead us to where they're hidden." Twilight asks as Pinkie keeps popping up around the place with a magnifying glass as Ben watches in confusion. Canter answers as he asks Chestnut. "Of course. Chestnut, I need you to get into hair and makeup. As soon as we get the relics, we're gonna start shooting again." "Hmmph. We'll see." Juniper was about to leave when her uncle spoke out. "Juniper, can you do a smoothie run? I'm sure all this sleuthing is gonna make everyone thirsty." "Absolutely!"
The shadow figure was sneaking towards a box of the village set. She grabbed the missing relics and was about to leave when… "Not so fast, Juniper!" The figure now revealed to be Juniper Montage, was grabbed by Four Arms. He lifted her while pinning her arms in a bear hug as the relics fell to the floor with a clatter of noise. She struggled to get out but was pinned with her arms on her sides.
"I told you all it wasn't Chestnut!" Rarity smugly said as the rest of the girls came out and narrowed their eyes at her. Canter was shocked. "Look! I found the missing relics!" "Because you're the one who stole them in the first place!" The alien shot back. "She... She wouldn't." The man spoke out in disbelief.
Twilight explains as she imagines how Juniper did it. "She would. And she did! What she didn't expect was for Rainbow Dash to come to the Tricorners set before she was able to sneak them off to a safer hiding place. So, she was forced to hide them in the first place she could find. But she knew she couldn't leave them there. So, the first chance she got, she tried to sneak them away. Unfortunately for her, we spotted her! But Juniper knows 'every inch of this place like the back of her hand'. And managed to lose us! But Ben was able to find the dress in the closet and locked him inside with a set of keys that gave her access to "just about every door in this place", which gave her the time she needed to hide the relics here."
Rainbow scoffs out. "When did you figure out it was her?" "I started to piece things together when Ben said that he was locked from the outside. But I knew Juniper would never admit she was the one who had taken the relics." "Unless, of course, she was caught in the act of trying to move them again!" Sunset smugly adds in. "Which is why I told you to send her on that smoothie run. So, she'd think she had the opportunity to get the relics off the lot where we'd never find them." Twilight said to the man as Juniper sadly added in. "But instead of searching the Tricorners set, you all were secretly following me here." "And get me to catch you!" Four Arms adds in.
"Why would you do this?" Canter asked while he was hurt from the betrayal as Juniper answered. "I'm sorry! Okay? I'm sorry. I just can't stand Chestnut! She's always eating all the peanut butter praline crunch bars, which are the only candy bars I like." Pinkie eats said bar in question as Canter rubs his forehead. "That's hardly reason to go—" "And I was mad at you for casting her as Daring Do! I mean, I have told you repeatedly how badly I wanted to play Daring Do, and you just ignored me!" She angrily adds in as the alien raises an eye in question while Canter explains. "But, Juniper, you're too young! You don't have any experience."
"I know! But I thought if enough things went wrong, Chestnut would maybe back out of the movie, and then... You would give me a chance." "Seriously?" They turn towards Four Arms as he lists off with his lower left hand. "You threatened innocent people. You almost got the movie canceled. You stole from the studio. And you lied to your family, just to be a movie star?!" Juniper looks guilty as she explains. "I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt anyone, and I was going to return all the props, just as soon as Chestnut quit. I even helped that Ben boy." "What are you talking about?" Applejack asks as the culprit explains. "Well, I was about to do a quick check before moving the relics…"
[FLASHBACK]
Juniper had finished getting into her thief outfit and pulled the hood when she heard something. She peeks out of a rack of outfits to see Kevin standing over Ben. "I saw this kid named Kevin was about to pick on him." The tween shoves the younger boy away as he cracks his knuckles. Juniper glares at the older boy and looks around, noticing a nearby dragon prop with a remote for it. She then gained an idea.
She grabbed the remote and found the roar button. She then overheard Kevin's last words. "'Not afraid of anything', huh?" "So, I decide to give him a taste of his own medicine." She pushes the button, making the dragon roar and scare the boys as she watches in concern at the young kid running off. "Unfortunately, it worked too great and scared Ben off as well."
[FLASHBACK OVER]
"I was planning on letting Ben out of the closet after I hid the relics again! But he managed to escape, and well, we're all here." "Juniper, I'm happy that you helped someone stand up to a bully, but it doesn't change the fact that you still lied to me! I can forgive you cause your family, but not for a while." Canter said as Four Arms set her down.
The man then snaps his finger, making a security guard appear, and grabs her by her shoulder as she looks downcast. "You're no longer welcome on the set, and it'll be a long time before I consider allowing you back here! Keys!" She hands the ring to him and is escorted out. But just before she left, she looked over her shoulder and glared at the Rainbooms, growling as Four Arms waved at her with a smirk. "See ya! Wouldn't want to be ya!" She left the building as Chestnut appeared.
Just then, Four Arms' symbol beeps, making him cry out. "Sorry! Got to dash! My work here is done." He left as fast as he could, making the others look at each other. "Those aliens are really weird." Pinkie comments and then drinks fudge out of a bucket she got out from her hair.
After some clearing up, the crew was getting ready to shoot as Chestnut got prepped in her costume while the girls got prepared. Ben was by Canter as he committed. "You know, if Juniper did all that just to be a star, I'm glad that I'm just a regular kid." "I know! Hopefully, this will help her learn her lesson. Are you sure you don't want to be part of the movie?" The man offers as Ben waves his hands. "Sorry! Like I said, Daring Do isn't my thing." He then looks at the Sumo Slammers poster in sadness. Canter saw the poster and smiled. "You know, I do want you to have something. Here." He takes out and gives a yellow pass to the boy as he reads it, only to be shocked by it.
"A VIP Pass to the Sumo Slammers movie shoot?! But how did you get this?!" "Me and the director for that film are buddies! He owed me a favor so; I pulled a few strings to get it. Why don't you go on ahead? It's going to start in a few minutes." He winks at him as the boy grins and darts out. "THANKS!"
Ben dashes out of the set and heads to the other, unaware he passed by Juniper as she is being escorted out. She sees the Omnitrix's symbol and puts 2 and 2 together, recognizing it as the symbol from the news and on Four Arms. She glares at the boy as she whispers. "I will get you for this, Ben Tennyson!" The boy shows his pass to the guards and is let inside, grinning from ear to ear as he yells out "IT'S SLAMMER TIME!"