NOTE: As promised, here's DAA. Our next mainline entry into the Priestess 10 universe. I just want to remind you all that I won't be covering RAT. It'll be happening off-screen, since not much of that movie would actually change. To help you understand the timeline a bit:
Priestess 10 - Secret of the Omnitrix - Destroy All Aliens - Christmas/Ben & Gwen's Birthday - Persona 4 Arena - Alien Force
The Halloween special "Monster 10" takes place a day or two before DAA. I did skip over Persona 4 Dancing, because I just could not find it in me to write that game out. It still happened during the summer, but I simply had it happen off-screen. The characters in that game will appear later on.
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Chapter 0: Destroy All Prologues
The town of Bellwood, a peaceful place to live. Here, adults and children alike go about their day, dealing with whatever life tosses their way. A normal town that kept to itself as much as it could, promising anyone who lived there that their lives will be ever so quiet-
BOOM!
Well…as quiet as it could be when it's home to the world's #1 coolest and baddest kid, Ben 10-
"Will you shut up for one moment and pay attention!" A shrill, annoying voice broke Ben out of his narration. Riding on his hoverboard, Ben glared at his cousin, who was riding on a pink platform along with the twins.
"Can it, dweeb! Can't you see I'm in the middle of telling my epic story!?" Ben yelled back. He was dressed in his usual attire, with a green and white hoodie that has the number 10 printed on the back.
"The only story I ever want to hear from you is the one about how you somehow keep getting a D+ in math class even with me tutoring you." Gwen exclaimed. She was wearing a dark blue jacket with the word 'LUCKY' written on the back, her usual shirt underneath, and a white skirt with black leggings.
"Eh, math sucks." Bella joined in. She was dressed in a white T-shirt and jean shorts, and a black jacket that stopped at her midriff.
"See! She gets it!" Ben yelled.
"Can we focus!? He's getting away!" Alice alerted the rest of her team. She was wearing a zipped up black coat with a pink heart pattern, and a red skirt covering her lower half. The kids looked ahead to see the criminal of the night.
A rogue "magician" was currently running from rooftop to rooftop with bags of money that he had stolen from the bank in his hands. The crazed man laughed loudly as he celebrated his successful robbery. He turned around, blowing a raspberry at the kids following him. "Tough luck, kiddos! This magic show is coming to a close!"
Ben grinned, activating the Omnitrix. "We'll see about that, magic-man! Time for my own magic trick!" He selected Four Arms and slammed down the dial.
FLASH!
Feedback stared at the dial on his chest with a bit of irritation. "Not funny!"
"I think it's pretty funny." Bella smirked, earning a glare from the Conductoid.
"Whatever! Feedback works just fine!" Feedback declared, jumping off his hoverboard to skate across the power lines. "Follow my lead!"
"Let's come up with a plan first!" Alice yelled at him.
"We already have one, it's called kicking his butt!" Bella jumped onto Ben's hoverboard, using it to catch up to Feedback. The more sensible ones of the team stared at the idiots as they rushed off.
"Cut him off?" Alice suggested.
"Cut him off." Gwen agreed.
"La la la la la!" The magician happily skipped across the rooftops. As he sang a tune to himself, he failed to notice the Conductoid catching up to him. With a charge of power, Feedback blasted several balls of electricity from his plugs.
"Huh-BWAH!" The magician cried as the balls impacted the roof below him, blowing him away. His bags of money rolled off the rooftop. "My money!" The magician cried, scrambling over to the edge. "I'll rescue you soon, my sweets!"
"Didn't your mother ever tell you that too many sweets are bad for you?!" Feedback declared launching himself at the criminal.
Turning around quickly, the magician pointed his wand at Feedback. "She never really knew what was good for me!"
POOF!
Feedback's singular eye widened as a swarm of doves came to life from the wand. "What the heck!?" He was pushed back as the birds tackled him out of the air.
"Haha! How did you like that trick?" The magician twirled his wand. His smugness vanished as a black bullet almost crashed into him had he not ducked. He turned to see Bella, clearly transformed, glaring into his soul.
"If you want my honest opinion, you're a cruddy magician!" She declared with a punch that sent the criminal flying into the fire exit.
Wincing from the hit, the magician got up and straightened out his hat. "Oh yeah? Well, girlie, allow me to show you one of my finest tricks." He waved his wand around before tapping it against the brick walls of the fire exit. Suddenly, each one shot out faster than a bullet at Bella, who was forced to block each one. The force of the bricks sent her flying off of the building and into the dumpster below. "Haha! Now, to collect my money and make my vanishing act true."
As he reached the edge of the roof, he looked down to the ground and gasped. His money was no longer on the ground in the alleyway. "My money!? Where did it go!?"
"Oh, you mean this?"
Looking up, the magician gasped at the other two children who were keen on getting in his way this night. He growled at them, pointing his wand threateningly. "Alright, brats! Gimme my hard-earned money or else I'll turn you into frogs!"
Gwen rolled her eyes, feeling insulted. "Please! You call that magic? Let me show you real magic." With a push of her arms, the wind around them began to pick up, a gust of air blasted the magician off of the roof and into the air. He flailed his arms cartoonishly and tried to keep his hat from flying away.
Alice jumped off the platform, smoothly riding the waves without difficulty. She pulled back her fist and rammed it into the magician's face. She smirked until the man exploded into confetti, confusing her. "How did he-"
"Tada!" She heard before getting wrapped tightly in rope. The werewolf girl struggled to break free before getting encased in a magic box. The magician grinned like a maniac before pulling out a saw from his hat. "Time for the clichés!"
"Not on my watch!" Gwen declared, eyes glowing bright pink. Two tendrils shot out of her hands, ascending into the windy skies. One of the tendrils wrapped around the box, pulling it to safety as the other smashed into the magician, knocking him back down into another building.
Gwen used her tendril to smash open the box, freeing Alice. The werewolf girl flexed her muscles to free herself from the ropes binding her. She and Alice turned back to the magician, who was getting back up to his feet.
"That's it! No more playing around! I'll show you my ultimate trick!" He tapped his hat with his want, enlarging it. Raising the object into the air, the magician prepared to smash it down on the girls.
"SHOW'S OVER!"
Before he could blink, both Feedback and Bella appeared in a flash. A ball of electricity and a hard fist smashed into his stomach and face, blasting the criminal into the far wall. They watched as the criminal's body slumped down unmoving, signaling that he had lost consciousness. His hat, without its owner, shrunk back down.
FLASH!
Ben picked up the hat, twirling it with his finger. "And that's another bad guy down thanks to Ben Tennyson!" His declaration was responded to with a shove.
"As if! I got the last hit in!" Bella argued. She expected the boy to argue with her like they always did, but instead he just pinched his nose.
"Ew. You stink."
It took almost 10 minutes of Alice and Gwen holding Bella back to keep her from killing Ben. The boy himself wasn't helping matters with how many jokes he was making at Bella's expense. When they did calm down, Gwen wrapped up the magician with the rope he had used on Alice earlier to keep him still until the police arrived.
Waiting for them down the road was the Rustbucket, Max stepped out, smiling at the four kids. "Hey, kids, I see you managed to handle everything on your own."
"Was there ever any doubt?" Ben grinned, holding his hoverboard.
"A bit of trouble, but nothing we couldn't take care of, Mr. Tennyson." Alice responded.
Max nodded his head, then noticed Bella, who was standing a bit away from the group. "What's wrong, Bella?" The girl blushed, refusing to answer.
Ben decided to do so instead. "She fell into a dumpster! She smells like some of Stinkfly's stink-OW!" Ben cried as Gwen smacked the back of his head. "What did I do!?"
"Care to be a little bit sensitive once in a while!?" Gwen glared at him.
"Nah, not my style." Ben replied.
"Well, you can use the shower in the Rustbucket as I take you girls home." Max said.
"Ugh! Do we have to call it a night?" Ben whined.
"You have school in the morning, Ben. Best to get you kids home before your parents start asking too many questions. There's only so much that Kenny can do to stall your parents. Besides, there's always tomorrow night." Max looked on the bright side of things.
"Yes, so let's hurry, doofus." Gwen hurried inside of the Rustbucket with the twins right behind her. Ben sighed, shoving his hands into his pockets. He looked up into the night sky, staring up at the moon. It had been almost two months since the summer ended and they started fighting crime in just Bellwood. Things have been relatively peaceful; none of their old enemies have come out of the woodworks for revenge.
"I wonder how she's doing…" Ben thought of his big sister. He knew he'd see her again soon, but it felt strange not having her around.
"Ben! Hurry up!"
Max's shout snapped him out of his thoughts. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" Ben hurried inside of the Rustbucket.
Yukiko Amagi absentmindedly walked down the road towards Yasogami High, but she wasn't alone. Her best friend in the whole wide world was right next to her, chatting animatedly about something. The heiress wasn't sure, she was barely paying attention. Her mind had been pretty preoccupied by not-so-unfamiliar thoughts.
"You're thinking about them again, aren't you?" Chie's question broke her out of her thoughts.
"E-eh!? What!?" Yukiko flinched, surprised she was figured out so quickly. "I-I'm-!"
Chie gave a cheeky grin. "You're too easy to read, Yukiko-chan! We all know that you haven't stopped thinking about the Tennysons."
Yukiko lowered her head, feeling embarrassed. "I-I'm really that obvious?" She felt Chie softly place a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, it's okay, that's nothing to feel embarrassed about. You grew close to them over the summer, so it makes you miss them. We all felt the same about Narukami, remember?" Chie said.
"Yes, I realized that as I boarded the plane. Leaving them must've been what Yu-kun felt when he left Inaba." Yukiko sighed, looking up towards the clear skies. "It's just… I can't help but shake this feeling."
"What feeling?"
"I feel like something's going to happen to them, and I won't be there to help them. Maybe, it's just the worry of constantly dealing with supervillains that makes me feel this way." Yukiko explained.
Chie hummed, kind of understanding. "Well, I don't think it's wrong for you to be worried about them, but I think Ben and the others will be able to handle whatever comes their way. So don't let it stress you out so much."
Yukiko allowed herself to smile, though she wasn't fully convinced. "Thanks, Chie-chan. I should have some faith that thing's will be just fine." Then she placed a hand to her heart. "I just want to see them again."
Maybe it was a bit selfish of her to think this, but just this once, Yukiko wanted a reason to see the Tennysons again.
Prologue End
NOTE: Next chapter will be the beginning of the movie. This prologue was to give you a better idea of where the characters are at during this point and time.
1. Ben loves Feedback, but the watch still gave him the wrong form in this situation, so it irritated him.
2. Yukiko temps fate at the end, who knows what will happen as a result.
Next Chapter - Omni-Glitch