SZ: Next chapter go! GT! Disclaimer! Z0! Start us off!
GT: Z0, you do it. Imma digging right now. *digging a trench to connect to another trench*
Z0: *messes around with an Omnitrix before turning into Heatblast and going supernova*
"Hey, Tsubaki, you have a minute?" Makoto asked as she approached the redhead, wearing a white skirt with an orange tee that showed an enticing amount of cleavage.
"Hmm?" Tsubaki blinked, turning her computer on sleep mode for a moment to look at the Beastkin while wearing a teal blouse and a skirt reaching down past her knees, "Something up, Makoto?"
"You feelin' homesick?" Makoto asked, hugging her tail.
"...Of course I do. It's been nearly a month since we arrived and I can't help but be homesick, but what brought this on?"
"...It's just...I can't help but worry about what's happening with Noel and the others…" Makoto admitted as she sat down, "Do...do you think she's okay? And are our families okay?"
"I can't say…" she sighed, "I miss home, too...but what can we do exactly? It's like you said, the last time Ben turned into Clockwork, seeing you caused him to...and I quote...you…'barf up a time vortex that summoned me here.' Meaning his one form that could help us...is out of the question lest he summons someone dangerous from our time."
"Hey wait...what about...no no...Ben says that guy never works right…" Makoto sighed, leaning back into her seat.
"What guy?" Tsubaki asked confused.
"Alien X. It's this alien that can alter reality and do anything...provided it actually does anything," she sighed, "I mean if he did, maybe...he could just snap his fingers and-poof!-we're back home and no time has passed!"
"Yes, but what about the current state of our bodies?" Tsubaki argued, "Remember, I don't remember anything past graduation, and...I fear we might end up becoming enemies if I regained my memories."
"Then maybe this is a blessing…" Makoto complained, hugging her tail again as she adopted a pouty look, "We can start over and do better….Worst comes to worst? We're stuck here forever as badass space cops protecting the whole universe and our own grandmas."
"...I suppose…"
"Besides, the Plumbers seem way better than the NOL at times...like all the times…" Makoto went on, "We walk past awesome and adorable alien co-workers every morning."
"...True. And I would argue with you about the NOL, but…" Tsubaki paused as she gained a pondering look, "The fact they hid information about aliens once living here...are they...truly the organization I was hoping to join?"
"I had the feeling they were bad news a few weeks after joining the Intelligence Department," Makoto admitted, "And hoo...that Hazama guy gave me the heebie jeebies I tell you that much."
"I wonder what caused the exodus of aliens from Earth…?" Tsubaki pondered, "None of the species from Undertown or Plumbers resemble anything in our time."
"...You think it was because of…" Makoto paused as she looked around, making sure no was around to hear her before leaning in to whisper, "The Black Beast?"
"...Possibly," Tsubaki agreed.
"...That would make sense then…" Makoto muttered, "I mean...I doubt any alien species could've taken it down. I mean, it tanked nukes that sunk all of Japan for crying out loud."
"True...and it took the legendary Six Heroes to finally defeat it once and for all," Tsubaki added, "But by then...the damage was already done to the planet."
"And we don't know which alien species could handle Seithr without having to mutate into something worse," Makoto added with a shudder.
"Now I'm wishing I had something that had some Seithr stored in it to give to R&D," Tsubaki noted, "...Though...Would that cause a butterfly effect? …" her eyes widened a little, "What if Ben as Clockwork or another Chronosapien sees you or me and does another portal and brings someone who actually has something with Seithr in it? Would that sample be a discovery of something horrible that would cause the immediate evacuation of all extraterrestrials from the planet?"
"...Oh god...you might be right..." Makoto whispered with wide eyes, "I mean, what if the guy who put me here in the first place did it so I'd meet Ben, who'd go Clockwork, bring you, then something else happens that results in another time portal that brings someone with the discovery that makes aliens flee? Are we in some sorta time loop?! ...Are we stuck in a Groundhog Day?! Tsubaki, I don't wanna be my own lots of great grandma!"
"Makoto, calm down," Tsubaki sighed, "We may be looking too into it."
"...Y...yeah...you maybe right…" Makoto chuckled nervously, "M...moving on...I've noticed you've been on the computer a lot lately. Find something interesting?"
"Eh? I have?" Tsubaki asked.
"...Ooh~ You hiding something~" Makoto grinned as she leaned in, "What did you find? Something juicy?"
"...I have no idea what you are talking about," Tsubaki denied as she turned back towards her computer.
"Oh you totally are! What is it? I…" Makoto began before her communicator went off, "...Ugh...hello?"
=Uh hey, Makoto. You think you got a moment?= Ben asked =Me and Rook are about to investigate some freakishly large ship in the Earth's atmosphere=
"Bringing up satellite feed," Tsubaki quickly noted, minimizing what she was doing and bringing up the feed, "That...That is a big ship."
"Spooky, too," Makoto added with wide eyes.
"...Makoto you go with them. I'll keep an eye out if anything is seen leaving the ship or coming to it," Tsubaki stated.
"...Do I gotta? I mean that thing just screams haunted."
"You are the apprentice, so you have to follow orders."
"...mou...fine," Makoto groaned, tapping her pendant as she gained her armor, "I'll be there in a minute."
=Good...also shotgun!=
"Sh-ah mou~! Beat me to it!" Makoto complained as she ran out.
"...Okay. That thing is much bigger up close," Makoto whispered with wide eyes as the trio looked at a massive ship they were heading towards.
The massive ship seemed to be shaped to resemble a lower arm with a pincer for a hand. It appeared to have been ravaged with age and various levels were lit with a soft purple light shining through thick glass plating that acted as windows.
"No kidding. That is one big honkin' ship," Ben added.
"If you do not mind sitting down...I can not see…" Rook spoke up, pointing out their eagerness to look blocked his view...with Makoto's tail covering his face, 'Honestly, I did not expect to have something akin to a bi'nthak in my face.'
"Oops. Sorry," Makoto apologized as she sat back down, her tail curling around her to lay on her lap, "To be honest, I was a bit afraid that this thing was haunted...but now I wanna go check it out."
=Just be careful up there you three. We don't...= Max's voice began from the communicator before a loud screeching noise was heard.
"GAH!" Makoto screamed, holding her hands over her ears, "The heck was that?!"
=Oh not much, but I am running low on seasoning= Max spoke.
=I believe she meant the noise of Solid Plugg running around, Magister= Tsubaki corrected
=Oh right, we picked him up due to some outstanding warrants for his arrest. He's a famous goon and his race are incredibly resilient, so he's proving difficult for the rookies= Max explained.
=NO! Plugg ain't goin' back to the jail cell!-!=
=Hang on…= at that, they heard a strange screaming sound followed by a loud thud.
=Did...did you just throw your lunch at him…?= Tsubaki asked.
=It was still raw…=
=...Ahem. Anyway, as Magister Tennyson was saying, we don't know anything about that ship nor what could be possibly on board, so be careful=
"Oh come on. You guys know me," Ben smirked.
=Uh-huh. That's why we say it= Max spoke.
"...Okay. We'll contact you if we see anything weird," Ben muttered.
"Like that?" Rook asked as he pointed at the giant gaping hole burned into the haul of the ship.
"Well someone was eager to get in…" Makoto muttered.
The trio entered the haul as Rook walked in first, a Plumber air mask on his face as he aimed around to deter any enemies. Ben and Makoto just walked up behind him, perfectly fine. After a few seconds, Rook spotted this and lowered his weapon and removed the mask.
"How did you know the atmosphere in here was safe?" he asked.
"Never been a problem before," Ben shrugged.
"Also smelled like normal air to me," Makoto added, tapping her nose.
"Plus we're still up right, s-woah!" Ben yelped as he tripped on something, "...Not a word. Not one word."
"Hmm?" Rook blinked, picking up a strip of bubble wrap as Makoto and Ben walked ahead.
"Oh the ironic timing," Makoto smirked.
"I said not a word!" Ben hissed.
"Fine…" Makoto chuckled as she held her hands up, "...Still, what could bubble wrap be doing in a place like this?"
"I found another," Rook spoke up, holding one up, "What's it for?"
Ben took the new strip and popped one of the bubbles before handing it back to Rook...who began popping as many as he could out of interest. It was oddly entertaining in its simplicity.
"...Mostly used for that, and for packing stuff up," Makoto explained.
"They still have it in the future?" Ben asked with a raised brow.
"Uh duh. You think moving stuff from house to house is e-" Makoto began before her ears twitched, hearing the faint sound of bubble wrap bubbles being popped from much further down the hall, "...Shh. We're not alone."
The three all stood behind several columns along the hallway. All of them waiting for the sound of footsteps to get as close as possible. Once they were close enough they were right in front of them the three jumped out and aimed at their fellow trespassers.
"Freeze you scum!" Rook ordered.
Ben blinked visibly at the two figures before them. They were aliens with a deep grey skin, one was skinny and lanky in build with a wider and muscular tall one standing behind him popping bubble wrap. Both wore dark red overalls with tool belts around their waists and orange gloves over their hands. The lanky one wore a matching orange jacket over his shoulders. Both had baseball caps and goggles on their heads with the big one having his cap on backwards.
"The Vreedle brothers?"
"Ben Tennyson, and...associate and…" the lanky one began before shooting a raised brow at Makoto, "...lady friend."
"Sup?" The big one simply added after his brother.
"What th-not my/his girlfriend!" Ben and Makoto argued.
"Octagon and Rhomboid Vreedle, the two lowest beings in the universe!" Rook snapped, glaring at the two.
"Woah...Rook's actually mad," Makoto whispered, her eyes wide in surprise.
"Oh now you done it...you done hurt my fragile feelings…" the big one-Rhomboid-sighed, lowering his head sadly.
"Boid…" the lanky one-Octagon-whispered to his brother, getting his attention, "Remember our recent musings of the advisability of surrendurin', be it as we are now fugitives and such?"
"...I do indeed recollect such a discussion, Octagon...why?"
"Ugh…Light 'em up, Boid," Octagon groaned before the two Vreedles pulled out some blasters.
"?!" Makoto tensed at that, "...Duck and cover!" she freaked, the trio getting behind the columns just as the Vreedles began to open fire.
"Well they haven't changed!" Ben complained.
"How many times have you dealt with them!?" Makoto asked from the other side of the hall with Rook.
"Oh, more than I care for! Their family is crazy!" he shouted.
"Hey now….it was not our fault with Ma!" Octagon shouted.
"...I don't wanna know…" Makoto muttered before quickly moving her tail out of the way of a laser shot, "...Ben, hold your watch."
"What?" Ben blinked, his hand just a few inches from pressing down on the Omnitrix.
"I'll take care of these two…" Makoto frowned, grabbing one of her tonfa before tossing it at a pipe above the two Vreedles.
"Woah!" Octagon yelped as he and Boid ducked under the tossed tonfa, "...Sorry little lady, but y-"
"Look up," Makoto deadpanned, pointing upwards.
"Huh?" the two blinked before hearing a pipe break above them, making them look up before a stream of freezing cold air blew onto the, "Gah!"
"Next time boys…" Makoto held a hand up, catching her thrown tonfa as the mist cleared, showing the Vreedle brothers frozen in ice, "Don't aim for my tail….EVER."
"N-n-noted…" Octagon stuttered.
"Anything you two have to say for yourselves?" Ben crossed his arms.
"D...d….do you have any hot ch-ch-ch-ch-chocolate?" Boid asked.
"Come on. Let's move them to the deck." Ben sighed, pushing the ice sculpture down the hall.
"You are both beneath contempt! The worst villains in the galaxy!" Rook snapped at the two cuffed and defrosted Vreedles.
"Seriously, is it freaking you out to see Rook this mad?" Makoto whispered to Ben.
"Kinda...Wait a minute…" Ben blinked, "I thought you two became Plumbers!"
"WHAT!?" Makoto gawked in shock, "These two guys were Plumbers?!"
"Ooh...yeah about that…" Octagon muttered, scratching his head.
"These two vermin blew up the Plumber Academy's ammunition dump!" Rook explained, the angry tone still in his voice.
"And the academy proper!" Octagon proudly added.
"Oh…." Makoto realized why Rook was so mad now.
"We blowed it up real good," Boid smiled, "We couldn't help ourselves…"
"It's in our nature…" Octagon added.
"I had to take my final exam in a temporary trailer...on an asteroid!" Rook snapped.
"Oh…" Makoto gave her sentiment and sympathy as she patted Rook's shoulder to help calm him down.
"The Plumbers have been huntin' us down ever since!" Boid smiled, the brothers still VERY proud of their act of destruction.
"...Is that why you two hijacked this ship? To get back at the Plumbers?" Ben asked, earning silence from the two, "..."
"That...had not occurred to us," Octagon muttered.
"We didn't hijack nothin'," Boid added.
"...Oh I'm gonna get a bigger headache from these two than I did with Pax, aren't I?" Makoto groaned.
"We was merely scavengin' this here random derelict vessel for weapons." Octagon added as he cleaned out his ear.
"Ah ha!" Rook shouted, pointing accusing finger at the two Vreedles, "And I assume it was you two who blew that hole in the bulkhead?"
"It oddly sounds like somethin' we would do, but oddly enough we did not," Octagon admitted.
"Do...do we believe them?" Makoto asked Ben.
"Oh trust me. If it was them, they'd proudly take the blame. They are that special kinda dumb." Ben sighed.
"Oh now that, Ben Tennyson, is just plain rude..." Octagon muttered.
"Your mother tried to drain the Earth's ocean! I have no kind words for the Vreedle family." Ben complained, matching Rook in his exhaustion with the Vreedles by this point.
"...Eh. I guess th-" Boid began before the ship's alarm system went off, "?"
"...Oh now what?" Makoto groaned as the three Plumbers turned just as a screen turned on, showing a familiar ship of theirs starting to leave, "...uh….Rook?"
"MY SHIP!"
"That ain't us either…" the Vreedles spoke.
"I have an idea!" Ben smirked, dialing his Omnitrix and slapping it as he turned into Greymatter and landed on the ships controls, "Lets see...environmental control, Warp drive, Ah Tractor beam!" he smirked, jumping on a button as a cannon fired a purple beam, which hit the Proto-TRUK and dragged it all the way back before it could get close to Earth's orbit, "And thats how its done." he smirked, breathing on his fingers and polishing his nails on his jumpsuit.
"Okay...now let's head out and figure out who tried to jack our ride," Makoto suggested.
"Good idea...and these two abominations are coming with us," Rook frowned, pulling his Prototool out and aimed it at the Vreedles.
"A-praise-vous…" Boid spoke with a motion of his hands.
The trio plus two prisoners made their way to the bay where the ship was brought in. Ben and Rook stood ready as Makoto kept an eye on the Vreedles, her fist at the ready if they tried to run. The door opened as a small alien resembling a humanoid rat with a black mane of hair made up entirely of quills, dressed in an orange turtleneck walked out.
"Argit!?" Ben shouted lowering his Omnitrix.
"...Ben Tennyson?" the rat cautiously blinked, "Hoo hoo buddy! Eh...did you cut your hair?"
"Uh...who's this guy?" Makoto asked.
"Hey show a little respect here, Toots!" Argit complained before he was lifted by his turtleneck and his eyes met Makoto's glare.
"What did you call me?" Makoto asked.
"I believe he done called ya…'toots,'" Octagon spoke, only to get 'punched' by her tail, "I apologize, Miss...That was entirely my fault…"
"Psst. Ben, who is this chick?" Argit hissed to Ben, "She's not your new girlfriend, is she?"
"Again with this!? No! She's my new partner along with Rook!" he motioned to Rook at once more being called his partner.
"What happened to Gweny and Kev? They finally retire and live the boring life?" Argit asked.
"Gwen got early admission to college and Kevin left with her."
"Ooh...What a bleeding romantic. She know that guy use to eat canned cheese all the time when we was kids?" Argit complained.
"Okay, okay...Argit...what are you doing...before she rearranges your face," Ben sighed.
"Oh yeah? How…?"
"She crumbled a car Kevin made into a paperweight," Ben explained, making Argit gulp and begin sweating nervously.
"...S...so? I got something even scarier than that," Argit tried to counter as he held his bag up, "The Anihilaarg!"
"The Anihilaarg?!" Rook exclaimed in shock.
"The Anihilaarg?" The Vreedles repeated in unsettling glee.
"Okay, stop saying it like you're trying to play with a creepy musical cue!" Makoto complained to the Vreedles.
"Sorry…" they sighed.
"What-ilarrrge?" Ben asked confused, "Uh Rook?"
"The Anihilaarg is just a legend..a myth like Alien X," Rook explained.
"Oh it's real alright…" Argit smirked.
"So is Alien X…" Ben muttered.
"I mean look around you…" Argit began as he motioned to the ship they were in, "I recognized this tub from the stories my mom used to tell me."
"I know those stories as well, but that is all they are...stories," Rook argued.
"And yet here we are, on the very ship of legend," Argit countered, "I swiped a ride and flew up here as soon as this thing appeared in the sky."
"...You crashed into it, didn't you?" Makoto asked in a deadpanned tone.
"Causing the hole in the side of the ship?" Rook added.
"Dude...you use to live with Kevin. How are you this terrible a driver?" Ben added.
"He never let me drive!" Argit complained, "Besides it was a parallel parking error in judgment! I...hehe...don't do a lot of docking."
"I sense that's a self humiliation double entendre…" Makoto crossed her arms, dropping him in the process.
"If I may interject, that was some mighty fine destruction there, son," Octagon chimed in before Makoto's tail 'punched' him again, "...Shuttin' up."
"I wants The Anihilaarg, Octagon, so wes can do some pointless destruction!" Boid exclaimed excitedly.
Ben motioned for Makoto to cover her ears, which she did, just as he let out a loud whistle, "Hey! You know what I'd like...an explanation, a backstory or one of these boogeyman stories, cause despite my background...I did not grow up in outer space. I spent it happily on Earth...beating up aliens like you three. Also one of us is from a different timeline with no aliens at all." he motioned to Makoto.
"Holy cow! What nonsense you been getting into!?" Argit complained at the last part.
"If I pretty much spoil anything from my time that's heavy, it would most likely cause a butterfly effect," Makoto simply explained, "Now...someone explain what this Anihilaarg thing is?"
Rook sighed as he decided the other three would either mess up the story or tell a dumbed down and wrong version-you know who's who-, "Well there was an ancient pan-dimensional civilisation the Contemelia. Their favorite pastime was flitting from universe to parallel universe, scaring the locals."
"Oh that's mature." Ben crossed his arms.
"Oh great...interdimensional bullies!" Makoto added.
"...As crude as Makoto put it, yes. However, things went poorly should they dislike a universe."
"Where they whip out their piece de resistance.." Argit began as he held his bag up, "The Anihilaarg!"
"Who comes up with these names?" Ben sighed.
"Yeah...doesn't that sound like a stupid name for a Dimension killing doomsday weapon!" Makoto complained.
"It's full name's longer." Octagon spoke, "But once it goes off you just have time to say the first part."
"Oh…" the two earth natives realized why it sounded stupid now.
'...Okay. That sounds a THOUSAND times worse than the Black Beast!' Makoto mentally panicked.
"So what happened to the Contumelia?" Ben asked.
"They died off eons ago." Rook answered, "The legend says their ship drifts from cosmos to cosmos, carrying a weapon that could in fact destroy the entire universe. Apparently the stories were true...about the ship at least."
"And The Anihilaarg," Argit added, holding the bag up once more.
"So...a ghost ship that can traverse the multiverse...with a doomsday weapon small enough to fit in Argit's purse…" Ben listed.
"Backpack!" Argit complained.
"Yeah like I believe that to be true...what kind of dimwit would believe this?" Ben asked.
"I believe it!" Boid raised a hand.
"Oh poor boy. Of course you do…" Makoto teased patting his shoulder.
"It is indeed seemingly implausible, yet entirely true tale," Octagon argued.
"Do you guys also believe in space ghosts?" Makoto asked.
"Space ghosts?!" the Vreedles shouted, running into each other and knocking themselves over.
"...I was just j-" Makoto began before the ship rumbled, "...Oh great. Now who?!"
"Grandpa...please tell me there is NOT an Incursean warship outside Earth's orbit?" Ben sighed into the Omnitrix.
"Gh?!" Argit tensed at that, "Incurseans?"
=I would love to...but I can't…= Max sighed.
=Humanoid frogs who travel the world conquering and destroying planets...Why is this not the strangest thing I've ever said since coming here?= Tsubaki sighed.
"Wait back up!" Makoto shouted, quickly grabbing Ben's arm to talk into the Omnitrix, "They go around conquering and destroying planets?!"
=Correct=
"...Okay. If this Ani...know what? I'm just gonna call it a U-Bomb for short to make things easier," Makoto muttered.
"Oh thank you," Ben sighed.
"What's so hard about it?" the aliens all asked confused.
"Try saying it three times fast," Makoto simply countered, earning silence form the aliens, "...Exactly. My point is, we can't let those frogs get the U-Bomb."
"There's no way the U-bomb is real or even works. But the Incurseans are…" Ben sighed as they found a porthole and saw the large green ship dock to this one, "And they are bad news...But good thing we have something to help us get rid of them," he looked over at the Vreedles.
"...You are not serious," Rook sighed.
"Think of it like this, Rook," Makoto spoke as she moved over to him, "Would you rather deal with a pair of space rednecks...or a bunch of war hungry frogs that like to blow up worlds?"
"I would just like to say Rednecks is a term for humans, we are...Greynecks," Octagon corrected.
"Okay guys here's a deal. I'll let you off with a warning...provided you do what you do best...to that war ship," Ben pointed to the Incursean warship.
"Ooh…" they awed at the challenge of the prospect.
"Ben...is that a good idea?" Makoto asked.
"Guys...these two have been blown up, maimed...and mangled so much...I'm sure they're immortal!" Ben hissed, "If there's one thing I can count on them for...it's to make something go boom...and cause a hassle for me."
"...Desperate times calls for desperate measures I guess," Makoto shrugged before quickly grabbing Argit's tail just as he tried to sneak off, "And rat boy here?"
"We'll split up. Rook, guide these two to where they can cause the most damage to them." Ben ordered.
"That should not be difficult…" Rook sighed.
"Makoto and I will take Argit and keep the purse with a doomsday weapon safe, and take care of any stragglers," Ben added.
"Do I get to use him as a shield for lasers?" Makoto asked.
"Why do you hate me so much!?" Argit complained before her fist was inches from his snout.
"I don't like the way you talk to me…" she frowned.
"Also if we can weaponize him, his quills are instant knockout darts," Ben added.
"...Good to know," Makoto gave a thumbs up, "And if he runs...I can use him like a mace."
"I don't like it...but if you can...blow up that war ship." Rook sighed, releasing the Vreedles.
"We thank ya kindly." Octagon smiled.
"And oh...we's gonna blows it up real good." Boid smirked.
"Do I get a say in this?" Argit asked as he was grabbed by his tail again and dragged off, "I guess not!"
After a few moments of silence in a different part of the ship, one of the sides sparked for a moment before it exploded. A group of humanoid frog-like aliens in black and purple jumpsuits came in through the dust as they held blasters. They parted, letting a much larger alien walk through. He looked the same, save for minor differences. His men were all unhealthy levels of thin, while he was...clearly well fed with a bulky body. His hand also had five fingers while his men all had only 3 fingers per hand. He also wore black, purple, and golden robes as he held up a small little hand gun.
"Where are you?! I haven't got all day!" the leader demanded, "...Well actually I do, but irregardless...show yourself!"
"Is...is he speaking in a American Brooklyn accent?" Makoto asked Ben quietly.
"Yeah...they do that…" he whispered back.
"...So they're war hungry froggy space gangsters?" Makoto blinked.
"Eeyup," Ben said, dialing the Omnitrix very slowly, "Okay. Let's go, Swampfire." he smirked before slamming the dial, only to flash into Spidermonkey, "Ah...this is fine, too…"
"Wait. But you did dial the right one...why'd you still mistransform?" Makoto asked.
"I dunno…" he shrugged before webbing up Argit in a cocoon, "Your battle mace, M'lady!" he chittered, picking Argit up by his tail.
"...Why thank you, good sir," Makoto grinned as she took the 'mace.'
"Is this really necessary?" Argit muffledly asked within the cocoon.
"Shut it," both of them spoke before jumping up above the coming search part.
The Incurseans blinked before two of them cried as they were pinned down by the two agents dropping down on their shoulders. SpiderMonkey rushed and punched two more before webbing them to the walls. Makoto swung Argit as she bashed the back of his head into three of them, the quills sticking into their chests and sending them falling over with a snore.
"OW!" Argit cried.
"This is really useful." Makoto smirked.
Another search party walked into a supply room before turning as one of their guys was kicked down by Rook. Rook then ran towards a wall before up along the side to jump and catch a cable so he could swing over to some crates. The Incurseans fired wildly at him only to miss as he used the environment as cover for his running. He jumped and vanished into a tube...and came out another, landing between the last two Incurseans, the two blinked, before turning and shooting at the same time only for Rook to jump up out of theri path and let them blast each other into submission.
"Now...what would Ben say?" Rook muttered, "Ah!" he thought of one, "Lying down on the job, are we?" he smirked, "Huh. I rather like that."
An Incursean walked down a lone hall, removing his metal helmet to cool off. As he turned a hall corner, he was stunned as laser fire knocked his weapon from his hand, his communicator from the other...and his belt, making his suits bottom half fall down and revealing his boxers decorated with his emperor's face. He quickly held his hand up as Octagon blew out his blaster's smoking barrel.
"Now, I expect y'all are thinking, 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, amidst all the gratuitous foofaraw, I has done lost track myself." Octagon admitted as he walked closer to the Incursean, "So y'all has gots to ask yourself one question. 'Does I feel lucky?' Well does ya, frog?" he asked, backing him into Rhomboid...who brought his fist down on his head, knocking him out cold, "Oh Boid, ya didn't let him answer!"
"Aw he ain't no fun," Boid argued, "He fell right over."
The Emperor of the Incurseans, Milleous, entered the control room alone as he looked around for his quarry. He then stopped when Argit swung over his head, making him back up to see Makoto swinging him around and Ben standing there.
"Looking for something?" Ben smirked.
"Yeah the Anihilaarg!" Milleous declared, "You kids here by yourselves?" he blinked.
"You wanna handle this one?" Makoto asked Ben.
"Sure. Alright just me and you, Mano a Froggo." Ben smirked as Makoto stepped back.
"Think again, tadpole!" he smirked, tapping his golden collar as three more goons walked up behind him.
"Four against one? Dude…" Ben began as he activated his Omnitrix, "I love those kind of odds," he pressed down on teh symbol, transforming him into NRG, "NRG? Ha ha! NRG is G-O-O-D!"
"Hahaha! Spelling pun!" Makoto laughed.
"Oh god you two were made for eachother!" Argit gagged.
"Wh-again with that, Argit?!" NRG complained.
"Why're people saying we're together?!" Makoto complained in agreement.
"Youse guys need a moment?" Milleous asked.
"No, but you need new guns." NRG replied as he blasted heat beams at all their rifles, melting them to heaps of metal.
"Oh now that's just rude…" Milleous complained, holding his hands up.
"Says the guy who tried to cheat," Makoto argued just as Rook ran into the room.
"Ben, Makoto, where is Argit?"
"Oh easy. He's…" Makoto began as she lifted her 'mace' up, only to blink to see it was empty, "...Oh that little…!"
"You double dealing salamander!" the three looked to see Argit stomping over to Milleous.
"Leave us discuss this matter later," Milleous replied with a roll of his eyes.
"Wow. You are used to having Plumbers hold you up at gunpoint, ain'cha?" Makoto realized.
"Oh Kid, like you wouldn't believe!" one goon declared, only for Milleous to slap him with his ring covered hand, "Sorry boss…"
"Oh we are not discussing this later!" Argit snapped, "We had a deal, frog legs. You said you'd buy the Anihilaarg from me!"
"You what?!" Rook exclaimed in shock, Makoto not even shocked as she shook her head in annoyance.
"Now given this little attack here, I'm g-hey woah!" Argit yelped when he was suddenly lifted up.
"You were planning on selling the U-bomb to a race of aliens that love war, and they were gonna backstab you," Makoto deadpanned, making Argit blink at how...calm she was, "...WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GONNA HAPPEN?!"
"To be fair, I conquer worlds for a livin'. What d-" Milleous began.
"You stay out of this!" Makoto barked, "Now rat boy...where's the U-Bomb!?"
"..."
"...Wait. Rook…" NRG nervously began as he looked at his partner, "Where are the Vreedles?"
"...eh heh...Funny story…" Argit spoke up, getting their attention.,
-flashback-
"Hehehe...and I'll come back for this later." Argit smirked hiding his satchel in a random closet, he then turned around to see Octagon and Rhomboid.
"We won't say nothin'..." Octagon smiled.
"If'n you don't either." Boid smirked smacking his fist into his open palm.
"..."
-flashback end-
"...You did not…" Rook frowned.
"Yup. At this point, the Vreedle brothers have left the building," Argit nodded before NRG took him from Makoto.
"With what might be the most destructive device in the universe?!" NRG snapped.
"God damn it...did they at least blow up the Foggo's ship?" Makoto asked.
"Wait, what?" Milleous blinked at that, "No! I just finished upgrading that one! The Lumbar support on my throne is so good!"
"I think that's the least of your worries right now!" Makoto barked as she pointed at the screen, showing the Vreedles leaving in a junker-like ship.
"...ARGIT!-!-!-!" NRG snapped in anger, 'glaring' at the spiky alien with his grate glowing stronger.
"Oh and this is somehow my fault?" Argit asked.
"I'm going to kill you...and give you to Magister Tennyson...to make into rat stew…" Makoto said so angry, she was calm.
"Ooh...that sounds so good…" Milleous spoke.
"...Y...you don't scare me," Argit argued...despite the heavy bullets of sweat coming off him before NRG tossed him into a wall, "Ow!"
"We need to stop them," NRG sighed, reverting to Ben.
"I thought you didn't believe in the U-Bomb," Makoto pointed out.
"I still say its not real...but I also don't want to take any chances when it comes to earth." he sighed, "We're going after them."
"What about these guys?" Makoto pointed.
"We can't just leave the Incurseans and Argit alone." Rook argued.
"Well we can leave them with each other." Ben said, picking up Milleous' personal blaster and tossing it to Argit, "Argit, you're in charge. Don't let them escape. Emperor Milleous, if you escape, try not to hurt Argit...too much."
"I like this plan."
"Me too!" Argit smirked, aiming the laser rifle.
"...Betcha a smoothie he loses it," Makoto whispered to Ben just as the trio of Plumbers began to leave.
"Deal."
"Wait. What did she…" Argit began before Milleous' tongue grabbed the blaster out of his hand, "...uh...Parlay?"
"You do know that only works for pirates, right?" Milleous asked, holding the blaster up.
"...Worth a shot?" Argit nervously replied as he held his hands up.
The Proto-TRUK flew after the Vreedle's junker of a spaceship. The two flying towards earth before purple lasers began shooting at them, courtesy of the Incurseans warship. Everyone then cringed when Rhomboid popped out of the back of their ship and began shooting back.
"I am both very excited and very terrified!" Makoto exclaimed, "On the one hand...this is a space battle! Little girl me would be so jealous, but adult me is panicking for her life!"
"What about current teenage you?" Ben asked.
"Existential identity crisis...but more important matters right now," Makoto simply replied before pointing at the Vreedle's ship, "Like making sure those Vreedles don't get away with the U-bomb and activate it!"
"Ooh-wee! I've been a-waiting to blow somethin' up all day!" Boid shouted, shooting away.
"How is he breathing…?" Makoto asked.
"Vreedles do not actually, as most organic lifeforms, breathe…" Rook explained.
"Told ya...borderline immortal," Ben muttered before tensing when they did a sharp turn into Earth, the three ship's now flying through Bellwood, "...Rook….!"
"Ben!"
"Makoto!" Makoto shouted her own name in panic.
The Vreedles where suddenly hit as they were forced to arc down over the streets of Bellwood.
"Waa-haa-haa-hooie!" Boid cried as they crashed down.
"Are we going down?" Ben asked.
"I would love to say no...but yes…"
"I think I hate space travel!" Makoto cried just as their ship was flying towards the ground, following behind the Vreedles' ship as they crash landed near Mr Smoothies. A rather perfect parking to boot.
"...Ugh...Rook?" Ben began as he got up, "Next time...I drive…"
"I need a minute!" Makoto shouted, jumping out and running for a trashcan.
"Oh great…" Ben sighed as the Incursean ship touched down.
"Ben!" they turned to see Max and Tsubaki arrive with several Plumbers.
"...About time y-" Ben began before the Incuresean's ship's front opened, letting Milleous and his troops walk out with a cuffed up Argit following behind.
"...Called it…" Makoto groaned.
"Is it Wednesday already?" Patelliday asked.
"Please tell me you have the bomb that could wipe out the entire universe that Rook told us aobut," Tsubaki pleaded to the trio.
"No...the V-"
"Attention amphibians and Plumbers," Octagon spoke, earning everyone's attention, "My brother Boid and myself hereby suggest that y'all drop your weapons or we shall be obliged…" he paused as Boid reached into Argit's bag and pulled out...a small dark-purple box, "To use this."
"Gh?!" Argit tensed in fear.
"Gotta be an on button somewheres," Boid muttered as he looked at the box, tapping it a bit.
"...That's...the U-Bomb?" Ben blinked.
"I admit. That is...a lot less impressive in person," Rook added.
"U-Bomb? You can't pronounce 'Anihilaarg,' Ben?" Max asked.
"Not the time, grandpa," Ben groaned.
"Ben...Anyone, do something!" Argit pleaded.
"..Vreedle Brothers, put that thing down before it goes off!" Rook ordered, pulling out his Prototool and aimed it at the Vreedles.
"Well sir, that only further peaks our interest," Octagon stated as Boid continued to mess with the box.
"If it is true and that thing can destroy an entire universe, you'll be taken out as well!" Makoto warned.
"True, but if it is a bomb...then we have the urge to blow it up."
"Real good…" Boid added.
"If anyone is gonna do the threatenin' around here, it's gonna be me," Milleous stated as he and his troops approached.
"Ben…!" Argit hissed in worry.
"Stand down, Incurseans," Max warned as his Plumbers aimed at the frog-like aliens.
"Please tell me you have something that can grab that bomb before they figure it out," Tsubaki pleaded to Ben.
"Not yet...hopefully if no one panics, I can use…" Ben began.
"GAh! I can't take it anymore!" Argit freaked, slipping out of his cuffs as he bolted for the Vreedles and tackled them over.
"...Gah! Darn it, Argit!" Ben complained.
"Don't worry! I got…" Argit began, holding up the bomb before Boid grabbed his leg and tripped him, causing the bomb to go up into the air, "Ah!"
Rook charged up, using Octagon as a stepping stone of sorts to grab the bomb, only for Milleous' troops to knock him over just as he grabbed it, sending it into the air once more. Milleous attempted to grab it, only for a few Plumbers to grab him as Ben grabbed it, only for Boid-who had slipped out during the confusion-to grab it and run off.
"I gots it! I gots…" Boid began before Makoto jumped in front of him and tried to pry it out of his hands, "Hey! Let go!"
"You let go!" Makoto replied.
"Don't let go, Boid!" Octagon shouted from underneath the pile.
"Excuse me, Octagon?" Tsubaki asked.
"Yes, ma'am?"
"Your brother wouldn't happen to be ticklish, would he?" Tsubaki asked.
"Like the dickens, ma'am. Why…Boid, lower your arms!"
"Huh?" Rhomboid turned to look at the pile, only for Makoto's tail to start rubbing under an arm, "?! Pfff...hee-hee-hee!" he began to laugh hard as Makoto continued to tickle.
"Coochie-coochie!" Makoto snickered as Rhomboid let go to grab under his arms while laughing still, backing away from her, "Mine now!" she turned to flee only to trip when Milleous grabbed her ankle with his tongue and sent the Anihilaarg into the air, "Gwah!"
Everyone tensed as the bomb flew through the air, flipping once or twice before it hit the ground, making them flinch and brace for the explosion… Only, it never came, causing them to sigh in relief...until the box opened and showed a red blinking light.
"Ohh...That's not good," Makoto squeaked, her ears drooping.
"That is what you call your basic countdown to destruction," Boid gulped.
"Ergo...I recommend we prepare to go to a safe distance from said destruction," Octagon added.
"...Safe distance? Safe...d-THERE IS NO SAFE DISTANCE, YOU BOOBS!" Argit snapped.
"We told you that it is going to destroy the universe," Tsubaki sighed.
"...Clearly, we did not think this through…" Octagon admitted.
"Well how do you shut this thing off?" Milleous asked.
"Blukic? Driba?" Max asked as the two Galvans looked it over.
"Oh, this is not good," Driba admitted, "While it is possible to rearm it once it goes off, disarming it…It can't be disarmed."
"Not one bit," Blukic agreed.
"...It must be the end if they're not arguing," Patelliday noted.
"Oh...great. Just great! I'm gonna lose all my stuff!" Argit exclaimed, jumping around to everyone, "Why are you all standing around? Somebody has to stop this from happening! TH-THE UNIVERSE IS WHERE I KEEP ALL MY STUFF!-!-!"
He landed on Ben's shoulders and tried to repeatedly slap Ben's Omnitrix with Ben's other hand. Ben shook him off quickly, sending him off his shoulders and flat on his back.
"Dude! Not helpful," Ben frowned before looking at his Omnitrix, "Alright listen Omnitrix, I don't want Goop, I don't want Stinkfly. Just give me something I can use to defuse this thing so we can all get out all with our lives!"
With that, Ben put a finger to it, making the screen display. Rotating it, the screen soon came upon not a face but a single letter: 'X.' He took his finger away and the panel slid open and raised the core. Ben held his hand up and slapped down on the Omnitrix. In a flash of green light, Ben was replaced with a new form. Seemingly made of space itself, the alien was a humanoid figure that stood tall with a toned physique. Three horns grew out of the top of its head like a crown while a pair of solid green eyes stared out. Upon the sculpted chest was the Omnitrix itself.
"Alien X!" a trinity of voices declared from the being.
"It...it is real…" Rook whispered in surprise and shock.
"Whoa~!" Makoto awed.
"Makoto, you're drooling," Tsubaki deadpanned.
"You say something?" Makoto asked her as Argit approached Alien X.
"So...this is Alien X, huh?" Argit asked as he tapped him, earning no response, "...We're doomed."
"...Uh...Ben? Aren't you gonna do something?" Makoto asked, poking Alien X as well and earning no response.
"He can't move or do anything on his own without voting," Max explained.
"...Voting?" Tsubaki repeated.
"...Oh, I remember what Ben told me of this form now…" Makoto paled, "Basically if he can't get the other two personalities in him to agree...we're dead...our future is dead."
The bomb began to beep quicker now, earning their attention.
"If there are any other options, I would like to hear them!" Argit pleaded, "I don't wanna lose any of my stuff!"
"Your stuff?! I don't wanna lose any of my friends in my time, and I certainly don't wanna lose my family!" Makoto barked, "Also the only thing I can possibly think of that could fix this is the Master Unit, and I HIGHLY doubt it existed here in the past, nor if it would be able to help us!"
"What if we tossed it into the Null Void?" Patelliday asked.
"Bad idea," Blukic replied.
"From what Ben has reported, the Null Void connects to multiple universes," Driba explained, "Were it to go off in there, there's no telling what it would do! For all we know, it would wipe out instead of a single universe the entire multiverse as well!"
"...So that's it…" Tsubaki whispered, falling to her knees as a look of despair appeared on her face, "There's nothing we can do…"
"We can only hope those three can come to an agreement," Max noted as he looked at Alien X while the beeping increased further as purple sparks started to come off the explosive device Milleous still held, forcing him to toss it away from him as the sparks burnt his hand.
"...BEN, SERIOUSLY HURRY!" Makoto exclaimed as she began to pound against Alien X's chest.
Floating...at the moment, that was all Ben could do. Space surrounded him, the horizon only showing more of it. He turned around before blinking once. Before him, two green faces as big as houses now floated before him. To his left was a masculine face, wrinkles caused by perpetual glaring and scowling marking it as its green eyes glared at Ben and the other mask. The one to his right was a softer, feminine face. Smooth with gentle lips seemingly never losing their smile, her green eyes gently gazed upon Ben and the other mask.
"Oh! Look, Bellicus. Ben Tennyson has come to visit us again," the female mask spoke.
"Great...Tell me when he leaves, Serena," the male mask huffed as he turned away from them.
"We have a problem. A very, very big problem," Ben explained, "A device called the Anihilaarg just got triggered before I transformed. If it isn't stopped, the entire universe will be destroyed!" he paused, "...Huh. I finally got it right."
"...And what do you want us to do about it?" Bellicus asked, "Also tell whoever is pounding on us to stop...they're giving me a headache."
"Pounding? Um...Motion to show what's going on right now to see who is pounding?" Ben offered.
"Seconded," Bellicus snorted, "I want to see just who has the guts to do that."
"Motioned carried!" Serena smiled before a 'star' hovered over and turned into a screen of sorts, showing Makoto pounding on Alien X, "?! Oh my..."
"Okay...How'd someone from that damn brat and her stupid machine in a void get here?" Bellicus asked.
"Wait, what?" Ben blinked at that.
"She's quite terrified," Serena noted, seeing tears in the Beastkin's eyes.
"Of course she does! The Anihilaarg, remember? It's set to go off!" Ben replied, "Can't we make it stop?"
"It stopped," Bellicus replied.
"What?" Ben looked at the screen in time to see the Anihilaarg unleash a massive pillar of purple energy before the area around it began to vanish, seemingly 'devoured' as a purple energy pulse slowly making its way towards them, "The universe really is being destroyed…"
"...Mom...Dad...If you can hear me…" Makoto began on the screen, closing her eyes as she began to accept her fate, "...I love you all very much…"
"No, no, no!" Ben exclaimed, "We have to stop it!"
"Futile. Just accept it," Bellicus snorted.
"Oh that poor dear," Serena noted.
"Why are you so concerned? With that damn brat and her damn machine in a stupid void, that girl's more than likely been fucked multiple times physically, mentally, spiritually, or a combination of them all because she 'wants to be saved by her hero,'" Bellicus huffed.
"Okay. First off; I don't know what you're talking about!" Ben snapped, "Second: Of course she should be concerned! She was looking for a way home, back to her own time, and now look! She's going to die without seeing her family again...die while being stuck in the past without a future to go back to!"
"Your point?"
"Bellicus, Serena, please! Let me use Alien X to stop this!" Ben pleaded.
"Oh, it's too late for that."
"What?! But...It can't be!"
"I'm sad to admit that it is," Serena replied, "I can feel your disappointment."
"Disappointment?! That's the Universe, it's everything that I know! My friends and my family are there! And did you not just see Makoto? How terrified she is?!" Ben demanded.
"Was."
"..." Serena frowned at him.
"What? It's true."
"Motion to have a temporary hand, please?" Serena asked.
"Seconded," Ben stated.
A green slender hand appeared. The hand proceeded to let Serena facepalm before vanishing. Around them, voids began to appear, made by a purple pulse 'devouring' everything.
"Alien X can fix this, right?" Ben asked.
"It can...but not completely," Serena replied.
"Huh? Why?"
"While we can create a new one, some things will end up altered," Serena explained.
"What? You think we can just copy and paste without a damn original to copy from?" Bellicus huffed, "We're Omnipotent, not Omnipotent and Omnipresent. Damn assholes from the Forge overriding that…"
"What Bellicus means is that it would not be the same," Serena summarized.
"And don't go having an existential crisis, either," Bellicus snorted, "Because adding that girl that 'time traveled' to the mix just added a whole other shit load of a mess to souls!"
"Um...two, actually," Ben corrected, "Her and her friend Tsubaki. Though the latter because I looked at Makoto as Clockwork and…"
"You were a Chronosapien and looked at her? Wow. You are a dumbass."
"Bellicus!"
"What? It's true."
"..." Serena looked over at Ben, who was resigning himself to slumping, the feminine face managing to make out tears as his eyes were still looking at the screen now blank, "...You know, Bellicus...You could use this as a way to...ahem…'stick it' to her and the device she lives in."
"Hm?" Bellicus looked at Serena.
"She must have sent her to Ben's universe," Serena suggested.
"Oh that would be so like the damn brat!" Bellicus growled.
"She could be offering us things as a peace offering," Serena noted, "Perhaps she would not mind if we take some things to piece into the universe that we wouldn't have been able to fully fix? You know how tricky the taste of grapes are if we don't have a base for it."
"..."
"You know you want to~"
"...Grr...Fine...but the next time the universe and everything in it is being destroyed, don't come crying to me."
"?!" Ben's eyes widened at that, making him turn to look at the two.
"Motion to restore Ben's universe, the souls of all who live in it, and accept the offerings from her?" Serena motioned.
"I don't know who this 'her' is, but seconded! Seconded big time!" Ben pleaded.
"Be glad you don't. She's a damn spoiled brat hiding in a big stupid machine like a coward," Bellicus snorted.
Alien X stood within nothing, retaining their posture from the moment they came into being. Slowly...a finger twitched. Then the body moved, swinging their arms outwards, the movements creating a pair of 'circles' from how their hands moved.
"Seconded! Universe Motion Carried!" Alien X declared.
The 'circles' pulsed out before stars within Alien X began to float up into the 'sky.' As they reached points in it, they exploded, creating entire galaxies. More flew out of Alien X as multiple ripples of white energy surged from the divine form's feet. The Anihilaarg appeared at Alien X's feet as the red button popped up. The ripples reached out into the horizon...before pulling themselves back, carrying an azure energy atop of them with one or two also carrying a deep red and black energy that seemed...alive. As they pulled in towards Alien X, scenery returned. Land was the first. Then grass and trees. Pavement and concrete soon followed. Structures gave rise followed by machinery. Orbs of various fiery trails danced around above Alien X before flying outwards, diving countless times as several remained behind Alien X and before them. A last ripple came and the orbs changed into everyone, with Makoto, tears in her eyes, banging on Alien X once more.
"...elp!" Makoto finished a scream, giving one more bop before Alien X caught the fist, "?!"
"Motion has been carried," Alien X stated, "Seconded. Time out motion carried." the Omnitrix flashed red before it timed out and Ben rubbed his chest where Makoto had hit him as Alien X, "Yeah...Bellicus wanted me to tell you to not do that again or he'd motion you to be turned into a normal squirrel. And I can tell. Ow. I think I can actually feel some stinging from where you hit."
"..."
"...What?" Ben asked before looking down, seeing he was now wearing a white hoodie with green detailing and a black circle with a stylized '10' on the right side of his chest, "Huh. Wasn't wearing this when I went Alien X."
"...Then…It really worked…" Makoto whispered, "You...you stopped it…"
"...Yep," Ben replied, quickly moving over and picking up the Anihilaarg, "Just had to motion for it to be a dud."
"What?!" Milleous exclaimed before snatching it from Ben, "...Aw fribbit…"
"Aw...a dud?" Boid complained.
"Considering it would've destroyed the entire universe, be glad it's a dud!" Driba exclaimed.
"I'm not."
"Really?!" Driba demanded from Blukic, "We nearly died!"
"No we didn't."
"We would've!"
"But we didn't."
"Ahem!" Argit spoke, earning everyone's attention as he approached Milleous, "I know it's a dud, but hey...I delivered it for ya. Now...about that half pound of T-" he stopped when blasters were aimed right at him from both Incurseans and Plumbers, "...Or we can just call it even." he chuckled nervously as he tried to walk away, only to end up bumping into Rook, "...I'm in trouble, aren't I?"
"So that was a Celestialsapien," Tsubaki noted, sitting with the trio at a table with smoothies before each of them, "I was honestly expecting something more...indescribable in appearance."
"Inde-what?" Makoto asked.
"Like us not being able to perceive how he looked," Tsubaki sighed.
"Oh~"
"And you are sure that The Anihilaarg will not go off, Ben?" Rook asked.
"Only way that'd happen is if someone was dumb enough to rearm the thing," Ben replied, "Though, it was mainly Makoto who managed to get one of them to actually motion for doing something about it."
"Eh? Me?" Makoto blinked, pointing at herself.
"Yeah. You got Bellicus, the Voice of Rage and Aggression, annoyed enough to motion seeing who was beating on Alien X. And then you crying made Serena, the Voice of Love and Compassion, want to know a bit more on you and I told them about you and Tsubaki being stuck in the past and it got to her," Ben shrugged, "Though Bellicus kept insulting this person in a machine in a void about something. I didn't really get it, so meh."
"Whoa-whoa-whoa! I did not cry," Makoto argued.
"You totally did," Ben countered.
"No way!" Makoto replied, "I didn't cry!"
"Oh, you did," Ben noted before taking a sip of his smoothie, "Phew. Grape still tastes right."
"...So...you are certain you recreated the whole universe...right?" Rook asked.
"Well….yes and no," Ben replied, "Had to 'borrow' some stuff to recreate the parts that couldn't be restored."
"Wait. Borrow? Ben, what are you talking about?" Tsubaki asked.
Ben shrugged, "Didn't really understand all of it, but apparently whoever they were talking about was the reason Makoto came here to the past so they borrowed stuff from this 'her' they talked about since they thought 'her' putting Makoto here meant they could borrow things this 'her' had."
"And just like that, you make no sense," Tsubaki sighed.
"Look. We can all just agree that I saved the universe once again," Ben smirked.
"But that was Serena and Bellicus this time," Makoto noted.
"Yeah, but they wouldn't have if not for me turning into Alien X."
"But it was still them. And me swaying one without being in it."
"With crying."
"I didn't cry!"
"And they are once more at it," Rook noted.
"Rook, I really need to teach you how to handle Makoto," Tsubaki sighed, 'Still...what exactly did Ben 'borrow' as Alien X?'
Undertown was as normal: a buzz of strange beings going about their daily lives. Of course there was also the occasional fight and conflict. One such moment was happening at the moment as several alien thugs were thrown into an old building. The thugs growled as they stumbled to their feet, glaring at their thrower.
"Don't know what the hell you are…" the figure who tossed them spoke as he stepped forward, black hakama flapping with each step as his steel toed red boots stomped the ground, "But you really shouldn't have pissed me off." he spoke, rolling his arm around as his red jacket caught the attention of the Undertown residents, "Seems like everyone here is use to this bit...so...let's just get this over with." he spoke, moving a hand through his white hair.
"Who...who is this guy?" one of the thugs grunted.
"So I'm not well known here...thank effing god for once. That means after I kick your ugly ass with his ugly ass face...I can find a nice place to rest," the figure spoke, reaching behind him as he pulled out a giant sword almost as tall as him, "So...who's first on the chopping block?"
"Human filth!" one of them roared.
"Bring it, tiny," he smirked, his red and green eyes narrowing.
Unbeknownst to those in Undertown, another figure watched the fight, another human like man, older in age wearing a white lab coat; he smirked, closing a pocket watch, "Well, that was not how it was supposed to go...but I do rather like this outcome more. And so...the new wheel of fate is turning."
SZ: Ooh hoo~ Talk about VERY interesting…
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