(And I'm back with another installment, and to lay down some more words to any of you who didn't read my notes clearly. First off I broke up Lincoln and Ronnie Anne because I want to try something new and give him an OC girlfriend. Make no mistake I love seeing him and R.A together, but I'm considering all possibilities. And just because I put them together in the future, doesn't mean it's set in stone. The Ben 10 series as a whole taught me one thing, the future is always changing, even though the writers who took it over decided to undo all the other hard work just to go back and reset Ben back up with Kai at last minute especially when Ben and Julie had a good thing going for them. And second of all asking me to pair Ronnie Anne with Clyde? Obviously some didn't even read Lincoln's narration when he was talking about Clyde, otherwise they would've seen Lincoln mention Clyde was dating Lucy's friend Haiku. Enjoy the chapter.)
It was the next day at school, where Lincoln and Clyde were in the cafeteria with their lunches, "Lincoln, Clyde, over here!" came a girls voice.
The two teens looked over at a table to see the other four members of their group, Liam, Zach, Rusty, and Stella. The two sat down, as Lincoln spoke, "So what's up, guys?"
"A lot's up, Lincoln." Rusty began, as Liam continued.
"You guys hear about that disturbance in the train yard last night?"
The boys kept it cool, while Lincoln made sure to keep the sleeve of his jacket down so low it covered his wrist to conceal the Omnitrix.
"What kind of disturbance?" Clyde asked playing dumb.
"The media's talking all about it," Stella continued, "Heard there was some kind of fight broken out. There's both scorch marks, pieces of dried plant, and a bit of a rank scent in the air surrounding the train yard."
"Wonder what it could've been?" Lincoln asked as he also feigned innocence.
"You know what I think?" Stella asked.
"What?" Zach asked, as the boys gathered around her.
"I have a feeling this may have to do with those alien heroes that appeared during the summer four years ago." she whispered.
"Huh?" Lincoln and Clyde asked in shock.
"Whatcha mean by that?" Liam wondered.
"Think about it. No one has seen or heard word of any of the alien heroes in four years since that one summer. Like they all just disappeared." the girl continued.
"So you think they're back?" Rusty asked curiously.
"Oh, yeah. And if they're back, that must mean something's going on in Royal Woods." Stella said sounding like a conspiracy theorist.
"Whoa." Zach gasped.
"What do you think about this, Lincoln?" Rusty asked, as Lincoln calmed himself and answered.
"Well, it is concerning about the absence of the alien heroes. I guess there was no need for them since they disappeared those years ago."
"But now do you think they're needed again?" Stella inquired his perspective.
"It's a possibility." Lincoln admitted.
"Question is what is it that's so dangerous the alien heroes have returned?" Stella pondered. The boys were puzzled, while Lincoln and Clyde shared a look.
And so they went through the day with the rest of their classes before they were eventually let out. As they walked down the steps, Zach called, "Hey, guys. Wanna grab a Burpin' Burger with us?" he asked on behalf of himself, Rusty, Liam, and Stella.
"Thanks, but we gotta something we gotta do." Lincoln answered.
"We'll catch ya next time." Clyde promised.
"Well, later." Stella said, as the groups split up.
Later on at the Royal Woods Junkyard stood the two boys who looked around in nostalgia, "Who would've ever guessed we'd have to come back here again?" Clyde asked Lincoln.
"I know. This is where we fought those bounty hunters hired by Vilgax, and even fought Singe for the first time." Lincoln recalled.
"Yeah," Clyde agreed, "Good times."
"Oh yeah." Lincoln agreed.
"So ready to get started and see what new aliens you got in that upgraded Omnitrix of yours?" Clyde asked.
"You know it." Lincoln agreed, as he rolled up his sleeve and was about to select an alien until a familiar voice called out.
"Hey, don't overlook us!"
The boys looked over and saw flying by on hoverboard was Ronnie Anne, and clinging onto her from behind was another girl about her age. She a light-skinned half-Asian girl with long brunette hair, and freckles. Her attire included a dark blue top, black jeans, a pink headband, and black tennis boots.
Ronnie Anne pulled to a stop, and the two girls got off, "Hey, Ronnie, glad to see you. And... Sid?" Lincoln asked in confusion.
"Hey, Lincoln. Hey, Clyde." Sid greeted them.
"Ronnie Anne, why'd you bring Sid?" Clyde asked in confusion.
"Ok, don't get mad, Lincoln. But I kinda let it slip to Sid that you're the alien hero." R.A said sheepishly.
Lincoln groaned while face palming, "Seriously?"
"What? It'd be nice to have another to know your secret." R.A replied.
"I promise, Lincoln. I'd never tell another soul." Sid assured him.
"Well, it is nice to let others know about this without having to hide it so much." Lincoln admitted.
"Makes you think we should've told Stella and the guys?" Clyde asked.
"Let's not be hasty." Lincoln replied.
Sid was trying to hold in her excitement but squealed, "Oh, man. I still can't believe all those alien heroes were you, Lincoln. All because of that watch you got on."
"Well, its' all true. Do you have any preferences?"
"Well, I do like Upgrade because he can merge with machines." Sid admitted.
"Good to know. Sadly though all my classic aliens don't seem to be available in my upgraded Omnitrix." Lincoln said, dismally.
"Oh." Sid said sounding equally dismal.
"But let's see if any of these other aliens are just as good." Lincoln said, as he looked through the aliens before stopping on one, "Here we go." he slammed down on the dial and in a flash of green began transforming.
"Humungousaur!" he roared while raising his bulky arms in the air.
The three teens looked Lincoln over seeing the alien he transformed into. He now stood as a twelve foot anthropomorphic dinosaur-like alien with his skin being brown with a sort of beige color. The Omnitrix could be found like before on the center of his torso.
"Lincoln, check you out." Clyde gasped in shock.
Lincoln looked himself over, "Now this is really cool. Wonder how much this guy can lift?" he walked over to a big pile of junk and lifted it like it was nothing.
"That is strong." Sid marveled.
"So Humungousaur, huh?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Like I said, the names just come to me now." he admitted, before chucking the junk pile across the junkyard.
"Good to have another muscle alien in the watch." Clyde admitted.
"Definitely," Humungousaur agreed, "And feel how strong my hide is? Talk about durable."
"Strong and durable are good qualities in a fighter." Ronnie Anne admitted.
Humungousaur looked over at a bigger pile of junk wishing he could lift even more, and suddenly he started increasing in size. The teens watched in shock as the alien hero suddenly grew to sixty feet tall.
To add more t the surprise, he grew stegosaurus-like plates on his back, a crest on his forehead, and spikes on his tail.
"Oh, yes!" he roared with excitement and started bashing more junk piles and lifting more times his weight than before, "This guy could possibly be even stronger than Fourarms!"
"You might wanna shrink back down, Lincoln, before others spot you!" Ronnie Anne called from below.
Humungousaur realizing that shrunk back to his regular size, "That was fun."
When Lincoln eventually changed back, he waited before the watch was active again, "Now let's see who's next?" he stopped on an alien and slammed down on the dial.
In a flash of green, they saw Lincoln looked like a humanoid figure shrouded in a dark blue cloak, "Big Chill." he spoke in a chilling voice that was enough to send shivers down the teens spines.
"What are you?" Sid wondered, until Lincoln jumped up and his cloak separated to reveal they were in fact wings.
His new form dubbed Big Chill had a black body with cyan patches on his arms, shoulders, legs, the back of his wings, and the back of his neck that resemble ice chunks. Each patch has thick blue outlining except for the ones on his wings, which are outlined in black. There is also a black line that runs on the edge of the outer margin on the back of each wing. On his torso are three plates. One resembling the chest, a shorter plate under the chest, and one resembling the stomach. On his face are blue cheeks and underjaw, a mouth that showed bluish white teeth, and large green eyes with dark green spots. The top of his head sported a blue Y-shaped marking that extends over his scalp. He had three pointed fingers and a thumb on each hand, and two toes on each foot and a third toe-like extension on his ankles. The Omnitrix could be found on his chest.
"Lincoln's become a moth man." Clyde gasped.
"Why call yourself Big Chill?" Sid wondered.
"I don't know," Big Chill answered, while seeing his own breath, "I guess I think it's cool." he flew around and started exhaling ice cold vapors from his mouth on piles of junk turning them to solid ice.
"Cool? More like Frozen." Ronnie Anne gasped.
"Ice Powers are awesome." Sid said excitedly.
Big Chill flew around before an idea came to him, "Let me see." suddenly his body went intangible and he flew right through several piles of junk before coming out the end and became tangible again.
"You can go through solid matter too?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Just like a ghost." Clyde added.
"Yeah. Hope this alien isn't too much like Ghostfreak." Big Chill shuddered at the memory of that rogue alien hero that gave him and his family a lot of trouble.
"Hey think we could grab a bite, I'm starving." Sid requested.
"Why not try the Burpin' Burger?" Ronnie Anne suggested.
"The guys did ask us to join them earlier." Clyde recalled.
"Maybe it's not too late to join them." Big Chill hoped.
When the Omnitrix timed out, the four of them headed back into town on their way to the Burpin' Burger, only to stop and see police outside it along with a crowd of people being held back.
"Hey, what's going on?" Clyde asked a pedestrian.
"It's a hold up inside the Burpin' Burger." the civilian answered.
"Oh, no." Lincoln gasped, "Stella and the guys might be in there."
"What do we do?" Sid asked.
"I got this." Lincoln said, knowing what he had to do.
"Lincoln, you barely got through half of those new aliens down." Ronnie Anne reminded him.
"I'm a hero, Ronnie Anne. I have no choice." Lincoln said, as he snuck past the crowd and the cops before reaching the side of the Burpin' Burger.
He peeked in through the window seeing three armed crooks inside with one of them forcing the workers to empty the registers and give them free takeout, while the other two were pointing their guns at several hostages, with Stella and the guys being among them.
"I got to get in there. But who to choose?" he asked himself while scrolling through the aliens before stopping on one, "Hmm. This could be useful." he slammed down on the dial releasing a flash of green.
Inside the Burpin' Burger, one of the crooks spoke to his comrade at the counter, "Hey, Pete what's takin' so long with those burgers? I'm hungry!"
"Keep your shirt on, Jim," Pete answered, before calling out to the fry cooks, "Pick up the pace will ya?" the workers worked faster knowing what they'd get if they didn't follow orders.
Suddenly Jim started hearing hooting sound, "Hey, Hank, you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Hank asked.
"I thought I heard something." Jim answered, as he tried listening for the sound again.
"Your mind's in the gutter, Jim." Hank said, before looking up and saw something big furry and blue drop on him and cling to his face surprising the other crooks, the hostages, and the workers.
"What the?!" Pete gasped.
"Get it off me!" Hank cried, as he tried pulling the creature off.
Jim tried shooting at the creature but missed in fear of shooting Hank, "Don't shoot you me, you idiot!" Hank cursed.
The creature jumped off Hank and landed on a booth table presenting himself. He had four arms, two pairs of green eyes, two legs, three fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot, blue fur over a dark blue center, and a tail with two stripes near the tip. Basically he looked like a blue monkey with an extra set of limbs.
"What is that?" Pete asked in confusion.
"A freak, that's what!" Hank growled.
"Freak is such a harsh word, "The creature began, "You can call me Spidermonkey!" he make monkey hooting sounds, while doing a little dance.
"Shoot that chimp!" Hank ordered Phil and Jim who tried shooting Spidermonkey who used his monkey reflexes to dodge, before jumping high and swung off the lamp.
While he was airborne he aimed his tail and suddenly shot something three times at them. The object knocked their guns right out of their hands and stuck said firearms to the ground. Everyone saw the substance appeared to be webbing.
"Time to wrap this one up!" Spidermonkey fired more web shots from his tail at the crooks sticking them to the wall, "It's alright, folks. They won't give you any trouble." the alien told the hostages who piled outside, while the cops came in and saw the crooks webbed up with Spidermonkey standing tall.
"For you officers." the alien showed them.
"Thanks." one of them said, as some of them went to collect the crooks after peeling them off the wall.
Another spoke to Spidermonkey, "We never saw you among the other alien heroes from four years ago."
"I uh, happen to be a new recruit." he answered.
"Is that why they've been away for so long?"
"Something like that."
"Well, we appreciate your help like we've always done theirs."
"No problem. I better get going." Spidermonkey said, as he was about to leave, until a worker called out.
"Wait!" he came around from the counter holding a tray of several Burpin' Burger bags, "Not sure if you can eat all this, but consider this meal on us."
Spidermonkey looked at the bags and smiled, "Thanks," he took the bags and swung out the door and headed off, before noticing Stella and the guys looking amazed, "Hmm." he pondered.
With the hostages looking relieved to be out of there, Stella spoke to Liam, Rusty, and Zach, "I knew there were more of them."
"How cool is that?" Zach asked.
"It's awesome!" Rusty cheered.
"We're sure lucky he showed up when he did." Liam said, until a piece of paper drifted down to them.
"What's this?" Stella asked, as she saw it was a note, "Come to the Junkyard?" they looked up seeing Spidermonkey perching on a lamppost before web slinging away. Unaware to them, Ronnie Anne, Sid, and Clyde were already following him.
The group looked at each other, as Stella spoke, "This could be our chance. Come on!" the group headed for the Royal Woods Junkyard.
They arrived looking tired, "Well, we made it." Liam said.
"I think I sweated up a whole bottle worth of sweat." Zach panted.
"Why would he call us here?" Rusty looked around.
"Hello! We're here!" Stella called out.
"Hey, guys. Glad ya made it." Came Clyde's voice, as he, Ronnie Anne, and Sid stepped out into the open.
"Clyde? Ronnie Anne?" Zach asked in confusion.
"Don't forget me, Sid." Sid replied.
"What're you guys doing here?" Rusty asked.
"Waiting for you." Ronnie Anne answered.
"Well, Spidermonkey sent us a message to come here." Stella explained.
"We know." Clyde said.
"So where is he?" Liam asked.
"Right here." came a voice, as the looked behind them to see Lincoln holding onto the Burpin' Burger bags, Spidermonkey had.
"Lincoln?" the four asked in shock.
"Hey, guys. How about we eat and talk?" Lincoln suggested.
(And there you go. Not only has Lincoln discovered three more new aliens in his upgraded Omnitrix, but now Sid, Stella, Liam, Rusty, and Zach are now going to be in on his secret. See you all next time.)