Galactic Shift Extend

by Seanzilla1988

A familiar Beastkin goes through a familiar abandoned Cauldron. However, she doesn't end up in another timeline, but Bellwood, home to a teen with a watch he wears on his arm that can change his shape to save the world from harm.

9. Of Predators and Prey

SZ:...*straps on some anti-explosion gear before getting into a bunker*Okay guys! Start your usual shtick!

Z0: *puts on shades* GT...prepare...The Big Bang.

GT: I can't. SZ's got it in his bunker and the door can't be open from the inside.

Z0: Oh really?

GT: Yep. *looks in through the slot* He's sitting on it, too. ...Um...SZ, do not stand up. You're sitting on the trigger and it activates by pushing down, which you did by sitting on it, and then letting it pop back up once you're done pushing it down. *sees the stares from SZ and Z0* What? I got it from Lord Boxman for a good deal at his store.

Z0: Well SZ...your body shall most likely die...but we also got that cloning machine so...let's hope this soul capture thing I have will suck you up before ya move on.

GT: I also got this explosives dismantling kit from the plaza across from Lord Boxman's store. ...Man, that alien guy was lazy.

Z0: Wait don't tell me...it's also in the bunker…

GT: No, it's in SZ's stomach. I hid it in a cake and he ate it.

SZ: That wasn't a cake. That was a brookie I...wait. *stands up* YOU WH-?!

GT: *quickly* We own no series here. *hides*

Z0: Today is a good day to die!

*KRA-KA-BOOOOOOM!*

---

"...I still do not get it…" Rook spoke.

"What, Rook?" Noel asked.

"...How battling in go-karts has anything to do with sumo wrestling," Rook explained.

"Eh, this is something franchises do all the time when they're popular enough," Makoto noted, dressed in a pair of short-shorts and an orange tee with an acorn printed on the left side of her shirt and wearing a pair of red 3D glasses while standing on a platform beside Ben-wearing the same glasses-while both had a pair of wireless controllers they were using to play a game, "Get popular enough and they do things like put their cast into something like a racing game or golfing or something else."

"Plus, it's just fun!" Ben argued, "It's just to relax when nothing's happening."

"Yup…" Makoto nodded, "Ha! Got the Boost past ya, Ben!"

"Sure about that?'

"Of course I...eh?!" Makoto gawked as her kart suddenly crashed into something, "A fake item box with an item box?!"

"Gotta know when to set the traps," Ben smirked, "Make sure they never see it coming."

"Oh I…!" Makoto began before her ears twitched, "...Ben...I hear the whistling again…"

"Oh man…" Ben sighed before Crabdozer slammed its head through the arcade wall, knocking them down, "And I was close to beating the high score on this game!"

"Oh, I hope we're not banned," Makoto pleaded, quickly putting her uniform on alongside Noel.

"Alright Crabdozer, hope you're ready for some Humungousaur!" Ben spoke before slamming the Omnitrix as he morphed into a human-ish bug, dressed in a black and green jumpsuit, with four green legs, a black head with four thin green eye stalks, and a human like mouth filled with crooked yellow teeth, the Omnitrix located in the very center of his face almost like a fifth eye, a long stinger at the end of his tail and a large pair of wings, "Stinkfly!?" he complained as his friends all held their noses and gagged, "Oh yeah yeah I heard it all before!"

"It's just Ben...it's just Ben…" Noel repeated to herself, trying her best not to faint.

"I'll make this fast!" Stinkfly shouted, flying up as he began shooting green globs of goop from his eyes which pelted Crabdozer and glued its feet to the ground, "Ha! Stick around, why don't ya!"

"Heh. N-" Makoto began before Crabdozer suddenly morphed into Buglizard, "...OH CHESTNUTS! NOT THIS FORM AGAIN!"

Buglizard hissed before expelling its gaseous breath onto the goop. The moment the gas touched it, the goop dissolved within a second.

"Woah! How'd it do th-" Stinkfly began before Buglizard grabbed him with its mouth and began to toss him around, "Ahh!"

"...Oh I think I know what Buglizards hunt for…" Makoto realized.

"Yes, this would be a Lepidopterran," Rook explained.

"Lizard...vs bug...not a good matchup!" Stinkfly panicked as he was repeatedly slammed into the ground, "Make the world stop spinning…"

"Focus Noel...focus…" Noel whispered, already having brought her guns out as she aimed for the Buglizard…while also trying not to faint or freak out and run.

She tensed as she fired a round into the predator's face, causing it to screech a bit in pain as it let go of a spit-covered Stinkfly, sending him tumbling over to the others as he changed back into Ben.

"Ew…" Ben groaned, wiping the green alien beast drool off his person, "Come on, Omnitrix...Humungousaur!" he pleaded before slamming the dial, only to turn into Wildmutt, "Grr rah...arrr…" he growled before charging and tackling Buglizard, knocking it outside as the two clawed and bit at one another.

"Oh this is better…" Noel sighed as Wildmutt climbed on Buglizard's back and began biting it.

"Oh, this is a better match up," Makoto nodded as Wildmutt bit Buglizard's tail and slammed it on the ground this time, "Oh! Payback! Good Wildmutt!"

"Rah! Rah-rah!" Wildmutt barked as he grabbed Buglizard in a headlock.

"That's it, boy! Get him! Get him g-" Makoto began before her ears twitched, "...aga-" she soon screamed as she held her head in pain, "OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!"

"What is it?" Rook asked in concern as Wildmutt did the same and cried in pain.

"The whistle she claims to hear...the master of that animal must be using it to attack Ben's Wildmutt form!" Noel realized as Wildmutt reverted to Ben.

The Buglizard was about to bite down on Ben before Rook tackled it, knocking it over as the two tumbled along the ground before Rook kicked it off him.

"Noel, do you see the creature's owner anywhere?" Rook asked.

"Um..I think I…" Noel began before Buglizard expelled some smoke, "Ahh!"

"Oh not again!" Makoto freaked as she covered her nose, "Ack! Ack! Evil transforming space dog thing!"

Rook rushed through the smoke as he aimed and began shooting...only to miss as the Buglizard escaped into an open manhole. Rook aimed down only to see part of a moth-like wing as something new flew off down the tunnels.

"My apologies…" Rook sighed, putting his ProroTool back on his shoulder, "That almost never happens."

"What? Missing a shot?" Ben guessed.

"Correct." Rook nodded.

"Ahh...I'm so gonna punch whoever owns that thing to the moon when I find them…" Makoto rasped out, coughing a bit from the smell.

"There, there," Noel comforted, patting Makoto's shoulder.

"What is that you are doing?" Rook raised a brow in confusion.

"She's there-thereing Makoto." Ben explained, "You know. There-there," he said, patting Rook's shoulder, "To make people feel better."

"Why-why would people do that-that, to make somebody feel better?" Rook asked.

"We didn't make it up...it's just...been a thing on Earth for...well, since forever," Makoto countered.

"Earthlings sure do a lot of weird things," Rook blurted.

"Hey, we do...Okay. Yeah, we do," Ben nodded along with Noel and Makoto.

Rook proceeded to pat his hand on Ben's shoulder, "Do not feel bad about it."

Ben gave him a look while Rook simply smiled.

"Ah! He got it," Makoto snickered.

"I feel bad that we are slowly poisoning his mind…" Ben sighed.

"Wait, you are all doing what to my mind?" Rook asked in concern, "Oh...expression."

"...Let's head back to HQ," Makoto suggested, "Hopefully Tsubaki or Ben's Grandpa might know who or what is sending that thing after Ben."

"Well...the list of how many people want me dead...this is gonna be a long list," Ben sighed.

"Oh come on how many people could you have pissed off?" Makoto countered.

"Alien Warlords, alien criminals, human criminals, mutant circus freaks, zombie clown, group of xenophobic knights who were founded by St. George, literal ghosts and horror movie monsters, and an evil doppelganger with a superiority complex due to being actually a GreyMatter trapped in a copy of my body…" he listed.

"That...that's not all true, is it?" Noel asked, earning a sigh from Ben, "Oh my god. That has all happened to you…"

"Would you believe in the span of just a little over a year, no less?" he chuckled.

"...All that in one year?" Makoto asked with a raised brow.

"Yup."

"...Well damn. Add in the NOL, and you'd be the most wanted person in the universe," Makoto stated.

"Thank god they didn't get brought here to the past...and even if they did? No way they could take over," Ben added, "Grandpa Max would round all of them up and force them to eat his cooking."

"Oh! I still need to ask for a recipe from him," Noel recalled.

"We can ask once we meet him at the base," Rook smiled.

"What have we caused…" Ben muttered.

"Your fault...entirely your fault," Makoto hissed.

"Oh...I'm gonna sit up front with Rook if that's okay!" Noel called out as the two realized something: she just called shotgun on them.

"Dang it!" both cursed.

---

"Okay, so how many forms does that make with the flying one Rook saw?" Ben asked as he and Makoto sat in the back of the Proto-TRUK with the barricade down so their conversation could be shared with those sitting in the front.

"Well...There's Crabdozer, Buglizard, Slamworm, the fatty Crashhopper got stuck in, the fatty with a beak and tentacles that Rath terrified and threatened to turn its insides into clothing, and now the flying one Rook saw," Makoto counted.

"Information reveals that the...fatty, as you called it, is named a Mucilator," Rook explained.

"And Octo freak is called a Vicetopus," Ben added.

"The flying one I have no idea though…" Rook sighed.

"So that's about...six predators so far in that thing's Ben-hunting Omnitrix," Makoto noted

"That's getting to be a mouthful to say…" Ben muttered, "Predatrix?"

"Nice," Makoto grinned, "Still though...who do you think made it?"

"Not sure...can't be Albedo, and I'm not sure if there's anyone out there with a bone to pick with Azmuth," Ben shrugged.

"...Perhaps we should focus on who owns the dog possessing this...Predatrix," Rook suggested as they stopped in front of the store leading down to Plumbers HQ.

"...Maybe Grandpa might know something," Ben suggested.

---

"...What did we just walk in on?" Makoto blinked, having just watched Max jump through the gap between the island table and ceiling light above the table with a blaster in hand.

Max held up a closed fist to them as a stool was thrown over the island table. The four looked in and Noel nearly fainted once more. Atop a hanging light in the kitchen was a small creature with four crab-like legs, six purple eyes, a pale-pink shell, and a long tail. Max held up two fingers and motioned for the four to surround the exits. The four slowly nodded as they headed for their assigned positions. The creature soon leapt off the hanging light and onto a counter before crawling away just as Rook entered.

"?! It's making a break for it!" Max shouted.

"I got it!" Ben shouted as he cut off the creature's attempt to escape, "Uh uh uh. I d-" the creature hissed, exposing several sharp fangs and six claws attached to the sides of its face as he leapt right at him, "Gh?!" he tensed as he quickly leaned back just as the creature tried to jump him, only for the brunette to fall on his back and hit a shelf just as the creature went off, "Ahh...that s-" he grunted when a white and green board hit his head, "Ow...what...oh hey! My old hoverboard from when I was a kid!"

"A hoverboard?!" Makoto repeated in awe, "Oh wow~! Those things are just make-believe in my time!"

"Seriously?" Ben blinked at that, "You don't even have hover cars or anything like that?"

"Nope. And even if we did, the NOL would've kept it for themselves for war purposes, or hunting down criminals," Makoto replied.

"I can't believe you kept it, Grandpa," Ben noted.

"I keep a lot of things," Max replied, shooting at the creature as it chased a freaking out Noel.

"Ew-ew-ew-ew-ew-ew-ew-ew-ew!" Noel cried out rapidly until it jumped at her...only to be snagged in an energy net fired by Rook's ProtoTool and hung above a pot, "Oh phew…"

"Yeesh...That thing looks freaky," Makoto noted.

"What is that thing?" Ben asked.

"Lunch," Max replied as he walked over to it, "Want some?"

"Quartilloptus soup?" Rook guessed.

"Well, you certainly know your Xeno Cuisine," Max complimented as he put the creature into the pot and began to get to work.

"It was my grandmother's favorite dish," Rook explained.

"Did she make it with powdered or granulated mealworm?"

"Huh. I do not remember," Rook replied.

"Well it makes all the difference," Max assured, handing a bowl of the soup to Rook.

"Xeno cu...That thing's from Alien?!" Makoto gawked.

"The director of the franchise was actually from another race that wanted to warn us about them," Max explained, "And glad to see some classics are still known two hundred years from now."

"We had movie nights during breaks at the Academy," Makoto explained, "All from the classics to movies that come out this year and the ones after."

"Like…" Noel paused as she shuddered a bit, "Kaiju night…"

"Least you liked Mothra," Makoto countered.

"Which one? Showa, Heisei, or Lege-" Noel began before covering her mouth.

"...Wait. Was she about to say Legendary F-" Ben began.

"Upupup!" Makoto held a hand up, "Spoilers~"

"...Trade you for some hoverboard lessons," Ben offered.

"...Mmm~" Makoto began to fidget, "Well...um...oh, you play hardball!"

"I try," Ben smirked.

"...It's not spoilerly so I'll say this...second Legendary Godzilla film has possibly the third strongest version of King Ghidorah," Makoto said before tapping her cheek in thought, "Though that's up for debate whether that or Keizer Ghidorah is the second strongest version of him."

"Oh sweet!" Ben awed, "Wait...if Keizer isn't, then who is?"

"Oh, the an…" Makoto began before covering her mouth, "Oh-hoh-hoh! Nice try, but you agreed to those lessons on only the Legendary info."

"...Fair enough," Ben shrugged, "Deal's a deal."

"Want some?" Max offered the two a bowl.

"...uh...no thanks," the two replied.

"Oh! This looks like when I make chicken ramen," Noel compared.

"Good. Then I guessed right in what Tsubaki described how it looked," Max noted.

"...Speaking of Tsubaki, is she…?" Makoto began.

"She's busy with a project," Max answered, "Anything I can help you with?"

"Well, we're having some trouble lately. We think that Ben's being targeted by a bounty hunter or something," Makoto explained.

"They have this dog-like alien wearing a freaky knock off Omnitrix that turns it into predators for my aliens," Ben added, "I didn't even know my aliens had predators until now."

"I see," Max noted.

"Yeah. We were kinda hoping you might know who they could be," Makoto added.

"Possibly," Max replied, "What do you think, Ben?"

"...Not sure. But...I do have an idea," Ben spoke, "Instead of it randomly jumping me again, we should be trying to find it."

"Hm?" Rook raised a brow at that.

"...Oh! Like if it tries to escape again, we can track it or plant a beacon on it!" Makoto realized.

"Hm?!" Rook's eyes widened.

"Eh? But didn't R…" Noel began.

"Good thinking, Ben," Max noted, "You too, Makoto."

"Thanks, Grandpa/Max!" the two beamed.

"Hmm…." Rook growled at that.

"We just need a spot to lure it out in," Ben said as he began to think.

"...What about Undertown?" Makoto suggested, "We can probably get Ragna to help out."

"Sounds good," Ben agreed, "Rook, Noel, you two coming?"

"...Hmm," Rook sighed.

---

"Let me get this straight…" Ragna began as he looked at the group, the white-haired man leaning against a wall in Undertown, "You want to lure out the dog-thing owned by whoever is hunting you, kid?"

"Yup," Ben nodded, "Also again, my name's not kid. It's Ben."

"Beat me in a fight, and I might start calling you by your real name," Ragna smirked a bit, "Still...kind of a crazy plan...then again, had a few crazy ideas myself in the past…"

"So you'll help?" Noel asked.

"...Eh, sure. Got nothing better to do," Ragna shrugged before noticing something, "...Though you might wanna stop your booksmart friend before he hurts someone."

"Hmm?" Ben and the girls blinked as they turned to see Rook pinning an Alien to a wooden wall, scanning them with his Prototool.

"...He is clean," Rook said as he let the alien go.

"What...are you doing?" Ben slowly asked, earning rook's attention.

"Eliminating suspects."

"We're supposed to be cool!"

"I was being cool," Rook replied.

"In what universe and time?!" Ben demanded.

"...You have to admit, that was kinda cool," Rook smirked a bit.

"Kinda was," Makoto noted.

"Just act normal, will you?!" Ben exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air.

"You act normal. Noel, Makoto, and I have a job to do," Rook replied.

"Mmm...Why is he bringing us into it?" Noel asked.

"Dude...we're not cops….Well...technically we are, but still. We're not on the job at the moment. We're heroes," Ben stated.

"Hardly…"

"...Excuse me?" Ben narrowed his eyes at that, "Do you know…?"

"How many times you have saved this universe...by yourself? Zero," Rook frowned, "Everytime there's always been someone to help you. In the few weeks I have known you, I or the girls have had to have saved you or them countless times...I'm surprised you've made it this far without destroying the entire city. In fact...maybe Will Harangue's accusations of you being a menace are true."

"...You wanna…?" Ben began with a scowl.

"Woah! Hey now!" Makoto quickly got in between the two, "There's no need to…"

"And you. You once said you were a double agent working under both the NOL and this Sector Seven," Rook glared at her next, "How do we know we can trust you?"

"Gh! I did that because of how corrupt the NOL is...was...will be...ugh! I hate time travel!" Makoto exclaimed.

"You and me both…" Ragna muttered.

"And you…" Rook glared at Ragna next, "You claimed you are the most wanted man in the world in your time...the NOL had to have made that claim for a very specific reason."

"...What are you implying?" Ragna frowned at that.

"What I am implying is that I am surprised no one has detained you for your crimes, nor how anyone you have known has gotten hurt because of your actions."

*BAM!*

"Oh my!" Noel gasped as Rook fell over, Ragna standing over him as he lowered his fist.

"Okay, now I am pissed," Ragna growled.

"...And you assaulted a Plumber Agent," Rook frowned as he got up, "Leave now, or else I…" he grunted when Ragna grabbed him by the hem of his armor before dragging him closer.

"You wanna know why I did what I did? You wanna know why I have a vendetta against the NOL?" Ragna asked, the scowl never leaving his face.

"Please...enlighten me. Tell me wh-"

"There's someone working there...and they ruined my life, burned down the place I called home, kidnapped someone close to me, and killed the person raising me and two others," Ragna replied before rolling up the sleeve of the arm he was using to pick up Rook, exposing that his glove was actually an entire limb, "They also did this to my arm and my red eye."

"?!" Rook's eyes widened at that.

"Dude…" Ben whispered in shock.

"You may be part of some large space cop group, but there's a difference between doing your job, and doing what you feel is right...even if it means becoming the enemy of the entire world," Ragna stated as he glared into Rook's eyes, "Not knowing that just proves how much of a greenhorn you are to everything."

"..."

"Right now you have two choices...stay and help, but keep far away from me...or leave and do things your way…" Ragna stated as he let Rook go and began to walk off.

"...Wh-where are you…?" Noel began.

"To cool my head off. The greenhorn got me worked up…" was all Ragna said as he left, not once turning to look.

"Great...now we're down a tough guy to help," Makoto groaned, "Nice going, Rook."

"..."

"...Rook?"

"...I...I apologize. I need some fresh air…" Rook apologized as he began to leave too, "You'll...have to continue the mission without me."

"Well that's just great…" Makoto groaned.

"...Ragna…" Noel whispered as she looked on at where Ragna left.

"...Is it true?" the two girls looked over at Ben, "Did that...really happen?"

"...Honestly, it's the first time I'm hearing about that, but...it kinda does sound like something the NOL would do," Makoto answered, "Most of the time, they claim to do it 'in the name of the Imperator' or for 'Justice'."

'...And I thought the Forever Knights were corrupt, but that? Yeah, that is taking the cake,' Ben thought, his hand balling up into a fist before taking a deep breath to calm down, "We're getting sidetracked...come on. Let's see if we can find some information."

"Right," Makoto agreed before blinking twice, "Wait. Didn't Rook just leave with the truck? With our badges?"

"Of course he did," Ben groaned, "...Shoot! My hoverboard was on there, too!"

"...Actually…" Makoto began as she reached into her tail and pulled out said item.

"...You really wanted to ride it, didn't you?" Noel asked.

"...I couldn't help it! It's a hoverboard, Noellie~!" Makoto whined.

"Alright, alright," Ben sighed, "I'm sure there's an empty lot down here. If we find one while we're asking about that alien dog with the collar Predatrix, I'll agree to give you a basics lesson."

"Yay!" Makoto cheered.

Unknown to the trio, a certain huntsman and the alien dog were looking down at the trio from above, the latter growling a bit as the former looked at a holographic image of a small, blue and silver Cerebrocrustacean with one of their claws small while the other was big; and had a big, bushy, mustache-like growth on its face.

=I'm beginning to wonder if you're the right g-g-g-gentlemen for this job=

"This...unique quarry requires a studied approach," Khyber stated.

=D'oh! I could've written a dozen textbooks in the time you've taken to study...B-B-Ben 10= the crab complained =Obtain the DNA samples from him! NOW! Or consider o-o-our agreement terminated! Do we understand each other?=

"...Perfectly," Khyber replied as the hologram vanished, "Bring him to me."

The dog-like beast growled before it jumped out to pursue Ben.

---

"See? It's like riding a skateboard," Ben noted as he hovered between Noel and Makoto on his board, "Balance is the key. Though unlike a skateboard, if you lean too much ahead or back, you'll either zip off like a rocket or come to an immediate halt and fall off."

"Hai. Got it coach," Makoto replied with a thumbs up, "Any other tips?"

"Just to be careful with it. Had it since I was ten," Ben replied as he hopped off, "Was the first gift I got from an alien in person."

"Got it," Makoto nodded as she hopped onto the board, wobbling a bit, "Woah...ok...I think I got it...balance is key…"

"M-Makoto, be careful," Noel called out.

"Don't worry Noellie. I think I'm getting the hang of the b-eek!" Makoto yelped as she fell off, "Ow...I landed on my tail…"

"Easy now," Ben assured as he helped her up, "It takes a while for anyone to get. You would not belice how many times I fell off that thing as a kid...ah the phantom pains to my rear..."

"Right…" Makoto nodded as she hopped onto the board again, "Woah! Okay...balance...balance..."

"Also pro tip...try and stay close to the ground…" Ben added.

"Right…" Makoto nodded as she tried to balance herself, "Okay...I...I think I got it..haha! I think I-woah!"

"It took me a week to learn how to move on that thing normally," Ben chuckled, "And a month to get good to the point I could fly it high in the sky to fight bad guys. I still had to be Wildvine to keep myself from plummeting though..."

"Who gives this to a kid?" Makoto groaned.

"Tetrax," Ben smiled.

"You mention this guy a lot," Makoto noted.

"I've heard you mention him a couple times as well," Noel added.

"He's a Petrosapian Bounty hunter who was out to take the Omnitrix so my nemesis Vilgax couldn't get it," Ben explained with a smile of rememberance, "He hated Vilgax for destroying his home planet, Petropia. After a long adventure fighting evil bounty hunters Krab and Sixsix, he trusted me to keep it safe and popped up a few times to help me out. It's thanks to him I even know how to use Diamondhead so well."

"Wait...but I heard Petropia is still...you know...around," Makoto pointed out.

"Yes, there is a Petrosapien in the medical team…" Noel nodded.

"Oh right, me and Tetrax remade their home planet using Chromastone and revived their entire species in the process a few months back. They catch up really fast..." Ben explained, "Well not my Chromastone...the genetic donor for Chromastone...Sugilite. Who...was alive inside of me...and was released when Diamondhead got shattered...yeah, it was weird and I blame the Omnitrix."

"...And I thought our school life was w-WOAH!" Makoto yelped as she was about to fall off the hoverboard.

"Easy! I said b-"

"I am balancing!"

"...Maybe it's your t-"

"It is not my tail!"

"Sorry sorry…" Ben chuckled.

"Ok...I think...haha!" Makoto laughed as she stood straight, "I got it down! I g-" she yelped as she tried to move, only to end up falling over right on top of Ben.

"Are you okay?" Noel asked in concern, "Also, Ben might need air…"

"Hmm?" Makoto blinked at that before looking down...seeing Ben's face covered in her chest once more, "...Eh heh heh...sorry again," she chuckled sheepishly as she got up off him.

"BAH!" he gasped as he sat up, "What are the chances of this happening so often!?"

"Eh heh heh…"

"Maybe we should return to finding your attacker?" Noel asked, trying to change the subject before one of them said something to start another argument.

"...Good idea," Ben nodded as he got up and picked the hoverboard up before it collapsed into a disc shape that he carried under one arm, "Let's go."

"...This isn't over," Makoto hssed at the board before the three began to walk off.

"How do we find a killer alien dog?" Ben asked, "Giant Doggy treats, rawhide chew toy...fire hydrant?"

"...dog whistle?" Noel suggested.

"Hey, that's a good idea." Ben blinked.

"It is?" Noel blinked.

"Ah!" Makoto realized, "If we have a whistle like the one its master has we can not only find it...we can stop it!"

"Exactly," Ben grinned, "Only question is…" the trio looked around at the many stalls there, "Where are we gonna find one?"

"How about a pet store?" Noel offered as she wandered off and stood before a shop.

"Wow great find!" Makoto spoke "How did...you felt something adorable over this way, didn't you?" she asked.

"What?" Noel blinked, turning away from the dogs.

"Alien and Earth pets?" Ben blinked, "Wait...Pakmar's Pets?" he read the sign.

"Pakmar...you don't think?" Makoto began as they stepped in while looking at some kind of alien parrot.

"Hello?" Noel called out.

"Oh a customer!" a familiar voice spoke as a tiny green alien walked out, "Oh it's you two!" he spoke seeing Ben and Makoto, he then spat at the ground, "You two destroyed my last place! Pakmar's place! Go away now!"

"Okay first off; it was something trying to hunt him," Makoto argued as she pointed at Ben, "Second off, I didn't do anything, so why're you blaming me?!"

"You two a pair...you share the blame! Now leave Pakmar's place! Besides I know of you...you wreck things just as bad as Ben Tennyson with your monster strength!"

"Hah?!" Makoto gawked, "I…!"

"You kinda do…" Ben deadpanned.

"Name one time!"

"Makoto...no...you...you don't want to go there," Noel shook her head, "Not with me here…"

"See!?" Pakmar shouted.

"Okay, look, we are sorry for that...but we are looking for a special alien dog whistle," Ben explained, making Pakmar perk up.

"You actually want to buy something from Pakmar!?" he asked excitedly.

"Yes...that's why we're here, honest to god customers looking for a whistle to help us. Sooner we get it, the sooner we can get out of your...well not hair but you get the metaphor." Ben chuckled.

"Why didn't you say so!?" Pakmar shouted running off.

"Well that was sudden…" Noel blinked, "How will we know which one works?"

"When Makoto tells us it sounds the same," Ben pointed to her ears.

"You hear it, you buy it." Pakmar spoke returning with a box full of whistles.

"Ok…" Makoto began as she stepped back a bit, "Test away."

Pakmar took out a pretty simple looking red whistle which was longer than normal with rings around the end giving it a 'spacey' theme. He blew into it, letting out a soft little tune. Makoto's ear twitched for a second before she shook her head in a negative response. Pakmar tossed the whistle to Noel before grabbing a second forked whistle ending in a U shape. He blew it as let out a low and long tune. Unbeknownst to our heroes, this whistle led the alien hound straight to them.

"Hehehe...that one is more relaxing…" Makoto muttered, her ears twitching, "But...no...sorry."

"Whoa…" Ben muttered, catching this one.

"Hehehe...at this rate, Pakmar will be able to retire!" he laughed, picking up a new one that looked less like a whistle...and more like a piece of little white pipe turned into a whistle.

"Eh?" Noel blinked at that, "How...much are you charging for these exactly?"

"Ehehehe…" Pakmar laughed.

"Aw man…" Ben groaned, "I'm guessing there goes my paycheck…"

"Maybe one more a-" Makoto began before her ears twitched, "...Hoo boy. That's it..."

"What's it? Packmar didn't do anything. Pakmar literally did nothing."

"...Ben…." Makoto nervously began.

"RAAAAAAAHHHHH!-!-!-!-!" a loud growling roar went off making everyone cringe as the glass and animal containers in the shop broke and fell apart releasing all of Pakmar's creatures into Undertown.

"YOU TWO!" Pakmar pointed to Ben and Makoto.

"US?!" the two gawked.

"Leave! Get out of Packmar's place while Packmar has some place left!"

"Wai-AH!" Ben cried as the alien dog grabbed him by his leg and swung him into Makoto sending them both flying outside.

"That is one strong doggy…" Makoto groaned as they tumbled along the ground.

"...Um...Ben? Makoto?" Noel spoke, earning their attention as she pointed forward, seeing the dog's owner within the lessening crowd.

The dog walked around the two and stood by its masters side. It growled a few times as he patted the dogs head to praise it for a job well done, "Ben Tennyson...and mate."

"MATE?!" Ben and Makoto exclaimed at that as they shot up.

"It was a cute little plan," he spoke, "Thinking you could find a tool to tame my beast. But...oh I think you'll find my old friend...has loyalty...more so than your so called partner."

"...Oh I think he's been spying on us this whole time…" Makoto whispered in realization.

"Yes…" he spoke, getting their attention again, "He has…"

"...So...what? You going to have your attack dog...well, attack me again?" Ben asked, about to activate the Omnitrix before Khyber rushed him and pinned him against the wall, keeping his arm in place, "Gah!"

"Ben!" Makoto and Noel gasped..

"Oh no...he's no attack dog. All this time...he's been flushing you out...so I could claim the hunt," Khyber explained with a smirk.

"Hunt…" Makoto repeated, "You're not a bounty hunter...you're just a hunter!"

"I prefer the term...Huntsman."

"Well this isn't terrifying…"

"Humor...your go to response to avoid the gravity of a situation...and get your enemy to underestimate you," Khyber spoke, making Ben blink, "You've found acting the buffoon lets you surprise enemies with your true skills, but your commitment to this act...has done nothing more then drive others away...your cousin and her Osmosian mate...your first mate who has found another..."

"I'm getting really tired of you using those terms…" Ben stated with an annoyed look.

"Hmm...yes," he smirked before whistling, making Makoto hold her ears before his dog tackled and pinned her down, "I already know how the...what was it? Ah yes...Beastkin...acts. And that the timid one is already aiming at me...but her own nervousness is more liable to cause her to miss if she were to shoot with her beloved friend in danger."

"?!" Noel tensed, her guns already out as she looked between him and his dog.

"Okay...I'll give you that you got us…" Ben grunted.

"Yes...perhaps if your Revonan friend or the astute one were here...the tables would be different." he spoke, "But...now...as you are...you are easy prey."

"What about the other one?" Ben asked.

"Hmm?" Khyber blinked before a punch knocked him away from Ben.

"So...this is the bastard who's been letting his dog make a mess of the place," Ragna noted, lowering his arm, "Good thing that freakin' mutt of his growled so loud...woke the fuckin' dead…" he looked over at Pakmar's shop, "Aw dammit. I just helped with giving the dogs there baths, too."

"...About time you showed up…" Ben muttered as Ragna helped him up.

"Eh. I was cooling off after dealing with your greenhorn of a partner," Ragna replied before glaring at Khyber, "...You go help Noel and squirrel girl. I'll deal with this asshole."

"I think Fido and I have a score to settle anyway!" Ben smirked, "Hey, Old yeller!" he shouted as the dog turned to him and growled, "Come on, doggy! Let's play fetch!"

At that, the dog chased Ben, who ran away to give Ragna room to charge at Khyber who regained his footing and caught his next punch.

"You...are going to regret that...abomination." Khyber spoke as he punched him back, making him stumble.

"...Heh. Please...I've been hit by way worse," Ragna smirked, cracking his knuckles a bit.

Khyber cracked his neck before charging as the two began trading blows back and forth. Ragna struck Khyber across the face only to be kneed in the stomach by the huntsmen in return. Khyber grabbed Ragna by his jacket before swinging him around and slamming him into a wall. Ragna grunted before he caught a foot aimed at his head, he swung his legs up and struck Khyber and making him stumble back. Ragna flipped to his feet before grabbing his sword and swinging it at the huntsmen...who blocked with a serrated trench knife he pulled out from his gauntlet. The two pushed each other back before clashing blades several times.

Ben grunted, jumping over the dog as it charged at him. He then rolled back as it tried again only to be caught by Makoto who lifted and tossed the alien hound into an empty shop stand. The dog burst from the rubble with another roar as he leapt at them only to cry as it was blasted with a stun round from Noel.

"I didn't hurt it too bad, did I?" Noel asked in concern.

"Grr!" Khyber growled as he spun around Ragna and kicked him forward. He tossed his knife down in front of Ragna making him stop for a second, Khyber smirked as he tapped his gauntlet...and the knife extended out a pair of prongs which released an electric shock at Ragna making him grunt in pain.

Ragna blinked as Khyber tapped his gauntlet again, causing a pod to fall in front of him...which ejected an alien rifle. Khyber aimed and shot a red energy blast, which flew past Ragna and struck the ground in front of Ben and Makoto, making them stumble backwards. Ragna turned back around only to get struck by the butt of the rifle, sending him skidding back across the ground and next to Noel.

"Don't think this changes anything, Ben Tennyson...I am done playing games," Khyber spoke.

"Games…?" Makoto groaned.

"All those attacks until now...were you just...playing Ben like a sport hunt?" Noel realized.

"Yes...gauging his reactions, his abilities, and his battle tactics. And I have to say...the legends over-exaggerate the Great Ben 10."

"Yeah, yeah. They all say that," he sighed, "Noel, psych yourself up!" he warned before slamming the dial.

"Why...oh…" she paused, seeing Crashhopper, "...It's Ben...it's just Ben…"

Crashhopper jumped as he aimed himself at Khyber, who simply side stepped...and grabbed his leg before swinging him around and sending him back towards the others.

"Change forms all you want...but there is a predator for every kind of prey!" Khyber taunted before whistling, making his dog jump into the air before it transformed to Mucilator which slammed down on Crashhopper.

A green flash was seen under the monster before it was lifted up by Armodrillo. He grunted, holding Mucilator up before his pistons pumped and he blasted the predator up into the air. Khyber whistled as Mucilator transformed mid-air into Slamworm.

"Oh...that's my natural predator ain't it?" Armodrillo realized as the worm slammed into the ground, digging into it before popping up under him, scooping him into its beak, "WHOA!"

"...Don't freak Noel. Don't freak…" Noel kept repeating to herself, trying not to faint.

Slamworm groaned as smoke began escaping from its beak. It then cried in pain, falling over as Heatblast floated down. He groaned before looking at Khyber and flying at him. The huntsmen tumbled out of the way of a fireball and aimed his rifle only to grunt as a flash blinded him. Heatblast smirked as he dimmed down the flame on his head.

"Get real, fish lips. I've defeated Vilgax the Conqueror...I've stopped the Highbreed Invasion and Dagon the Destroyer...What do you think you got over all of them?" Heatblast taunted, forming fireballs in each hand.

"Experience…" Khyber smiled.

Heatblast arched one eye in confusion before Slamworm erupted from the ground behind him...and changed into Crabdozer which slammed him through multiple stalls. Heatblast grunted as Crabdozer picked him up in its mouth and began shaking him around...covering him in its saliva which extinguished his fire. It then tossed him aside towards Khyber.

"It's not easy when fighting more than one enemy who actually are in synch, now is it?" Khyber asked, "We've hunted nearly every alien you prefer to turn into, Tennyson...we are prepared for you." he swung his hand as Crabdozer swung its leg and smacked Heatblast, sending him flying through the air...and back into Pakmar's Pet shop.

"Well okay...this might be a problem," Heatblast groaned as the others regrouped with him, "Come on, new Omnitrix. Would it kill ya to give me Humungousaur?!" he complained, slapping the dial.

Instead of Humngousaur, he shrank down in size until he was roughly the size of a small dog, his new form standing on four insect legs, as he had a yellow shell. The Omnitrix was located on a green collar around his neck holding up his head, which had an orange beak that opened vertically like mandibles, a forked horn atop his head and small little green eyes.

"Whoa!? This is a new one," the new alien spoke in a high pitched voice as Noel and Makoto awed at how adorable it looked...for a bug that is, "What does this guy do!? I got to have something going for me other then the power of cuteness!"

"K...Kawaii…." Noel whispered.

"Huh...a bug you like," Makoto noted, "But...he's so adorable!"

"Really...you have to go with the chick magnet alien?" Ragna complained, "And did you have to hit the store? I tend to get a lot of jobs from Pakmar."

"Cut me some slack! I haven't used this one b-" the new alien began before yelping when a laser shot almost hit him. He then began jumping around with rather impressive speed and agility.

"Hahaha…" Khyber laughed, seeing Ben's new form, "This is almost too easy…"

"Come on, new guy. Do something…" he panicked before twitching as he opened his mouth and spit out a glob of green goo.

"Gross…." Ragna muttered, putting a hand over his mouth to keep himself from joining Ben's new form in this act.

"It's bouncy...great...he spits up bouncy balls…" he spoke, jumping on the goo ball and rolling it around, "Whoa...whoa!"

"Hey, the rubble is vanishing," Makoto noted.

"And the ball is getting bigger," Noel noted as the orb was now as tall as Ragna.

"Hold still, vermin!" Khyber shouted.

"I couldn't even if I wanted to!" the bug-like alien screamed as he rolled towards Khyber, quickly jumping off before…

*BOOOM!*

"Oh my...god…" the trio of fellow Earthlings all spoke as Noel caught the new alien in her arms.

"Okay. Now that...is useful," he spoke, "I'm like some kind of ball...ball...Ball Weevil!"

"Kinda accurate. And your goo acts like a Katamari, too," Makoto noted, "Except it explodes instead of turning into stars, planets, and constellations."

"I think I'm gonna like this guy," Ball Weevil chuckled as he jumped out of Noel's arms and coughed up another sticky ball as he began rolling it around.

"He's also good at cleaning," Ragna added, once more holding back a gag of disgust at how he formed his sticky balls. The four then tensed as Crabdozer crashed into the area, "Oh come on! It took me two days to finish that sign...in a heatwave!"

"..." Khyber looked to his pet as he whistled, making it change into yet again another predator. This time it turned into a giant insect. It had four long spider legs with the lower halves of each leg covered in thick coarse hairs and ending in sharp spike like claws. Its body was less like a normal spider and more slender like a silverfish, and its head was more reptile like, with mandibles extending from its lower jaw and horned antenna. It growled as its jaw was in a permanent open mouth smile, showing off its sharp fangs.

"...Ohh~" Noel groaned as she fainted out of fear.

"Wait a second...I've seen this guy before!" Ball Weevil recalled, "It attacked me when I was 11 and turned into Phil when I beat it up."

"Yes…" Khyber smiled, "But I think you'll find this one...less likely to give up before the hunt is finished."

"You...you've been trailing me for five years!" Ball Weevil panicked, "Oh that's it! Look out, Fang face! I'm coming through!" he shouted, charging at them with his giant sticky ball, "You want some of this!?" he snapped as he jumped off and gave it one last kick in their direction.

The new predator raised ands spun its arms as it formed a red octagon shaped web of energy which just...absorbed and nullified the explosive sticky ball.

"Ahahaha...I didn't mean literally?" Ball Weevil awkwardly laughed, backing up a few steps, "So...that's what that electro web thing does…"

"I'm sorry. What kind of web?" Makoto asked.

"Yeah...don't...don't touch the web...it shocks…"

"...Well sh-" Ragna began before tensing just as the predator leapt at them, prompting him to grab Noel as the group quickly moved out of the way of its pounce, "Son of a bitch!" the spider-like alien hissed at him, "Oh right. Alien mutt."

"Makoto, the whistles!" Ball Weevil panicked, dodging stab after stab from his predator, "I'm too terrified of this tarantula thing! Terroranchula!"

"I'm hurrying here!" Makoto shouted, going through the pile of whistles Pakmar had brought, "Come on...one of these have gotta work…"

"HURRY!"

"...Please let this one work…" Makoto whispered, holding up the white whistle Pakmar pulled out earlier before blowing into it, causing Terroranchula to hiss in pain, "Yatta!"

"Not so tough now, are ya?" Ball Weevil laughed, coughing up a sticky ball and kicking it into Terroranchula's face, making it explode.

"Vermin!" Khyber growled, aiming his rifle at Makoto, only so stop when a sticky ball exploded in front of him.

"Ha! Face it, Khyber! You and your mutt can't get all of us!" Ball Weevil laughed.

"You...are correct," he noted with a smirk before whistling as Terroranchula morphed into another form.

Gone was the four legged spider...now in its place was a large feline creature. It looked like a red-skinned Smildon with black fur going along its back. Its tail ended in a pincer like set of sharp horns and a spike rose from its nose.

"What's that?" Ball Weevil asked.

"Why this is a Panuncian...the natural predator of another of your aliens...the Splixsons," he smiled.

"Hey, that's Ditto!" Ball Weevil noted before tensing, "OH NO! That's Ditto's predator!"

"...Oh acorns…" Makoto paled.

"Can someone clue me in on wh-" Ragna began before the predator began to split up into multiple copies, "...A self-cloning space sabertooth tiger…Well, that's not the strangest sentence I uttered today...and I hate myself for it."

"W-Wha...?" Noel groaned, coming back to her senses before paling at the sight of six Panuncians surrounding them.

"Rip the Earthlings to shreds, old friend...but leave Tennyson in one piece." Khyber ordered.

The six hissed at the group before they all changed into different predators. Crabdozer, Mucilator, Buglizard, Terroranchula, Slamworm, and Vicetopus all gave out bellowing roars as their eyes all narrowed at the group.

"Oh now that's just not fair…" Ball Weevil squeaked.

"I call bullshit!" Ragna snapped.

"Ben, can't you…?" Makoto began.

"Last time I did, they all had different personalities!" Ball Weevil replied, "But considering that we're fighting an animal and not someone smart enough to be scanned by the Omnitrix, I don't think we can use a different personality to our advantage."

"Don't you have anything?" Noel asked as they swiped at them, backing them into a wall.

"Wait!" Ball Weevil realized, "Come on, Omnitrix...just this once give me who I want!" he begged while poking the dial. He grew as he became a solid white alien the size of a small child. Headphones formed over his ears linked to a pack on his cassette player like backpack with a green 10 decorating it. His eyes were green as green circular indents formed on each wrist, and cassette tape like marks on each leg, the Omntirix now forming on his forehead, =Echo Echo!= he shouted in a digitally distorted voice =Cover your ears!= he shouted, splitting into a row of clones who all took a deep breath.

"Echo Echo...cover ears! AH SONIC SCREAM!" Makoto panicked, grabbing two tiny dog beds and holding them to her ears.

"Sonic wh…?" Ragna began.

=Wall...of…= the row declared, arching back and swinging their heads forward, before shouting loudly and unleashing waves of sound from their mouths =SOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNND!-!-!-!-!=

The sound waves were so strong, they were clearly visible, shaking the very ground and causing the buildings' walls to crack. The waves formed a wall which the Predators slammed into before crying in pain as they all stumbled around, reverting back to Panuncians. Eventually, the beasts all merged back into one as it crouched down and puts its paws over its ears. After a few moments, the sound stopped as the Panuncian cried in pain. The Echo Echo's smirked, high fiving amongst themselves. They all looked up, only to gasp as some dust settled, revealing Khyber standing their with a silver mask covering his face. The mask had rows of red visors that allowed him to see and a tube around the bottom acting as a breathing apparatus with two 'fangs' extending up from it along with a horn.

=You are clever, Ben Tennyson...that is why you shall be my greatest hunt...ever= he spoke as he held up a small device resembling a satellite dish =Sonic reverser…= he spoke as he pushed a button...and everything went black for Echo Echo and his friends.

---

"Oh…" Ben groaned, slowly waking up, his eyes taking their time to adjust and let him see properly.

"Ugh...my fucking head...what did I drink…?" Ragna's voice groaned.

"What!?" Makoto's voice shouted.

"Itai…." Noel's voice groaned.

"Not so loud, Makoto. Ugh...I feel like the one time Kevin snuck something into a smoothie…" Ben groaned as his vision was coming back...letting him see Khyber sharpening his blade, "?!"

"About time you awoke," Khyber noted.

"...Where are the others?" Ben asked with a frown.

"At your sides," Khyber replied, motioning to the others as they hung besides Ben.

"What?!" Makoto shouted.

"Squirrel girl, stop shouting dammit!" Ragna growled.

"What?!"

"Oh dear...it's the Trombone Incident all over again," Noel sighed before squeaking when she saw a massive skull with its fangs spread out in a fan-line formation around its jaw on a nearby wall.

"...Let me guess, your trophies, fang face?" Ragna guessed.

"Indeed. I only keep the ones that proved...most challenging," Khyber replied before turning to a dark-blue/grey helmet with black spikes emerging from the sides beneath a skull big enough for the helmet to fit on, "I kept two from this one."

Ben's eyes widened as he paled, "That's…!"

"You knew the guy those came from?" Ragna asked.

"Where did you get that!?" Ben demanded.

"Oh this one?" he asked, "Oh one of a kind...no other like it in existence. In fact...you knew him rather well…"

"What happened to the other Ultimates?!" Ben snapped.

"Oh they escaped...in part of this one's noble sacrifice," Khyber smiled, "Yes...he developed many of your traits. Chivalry...honor...heroic self sacrifice...But I guess that's to be expected. He was at one point...part of you."

"...You…!" Ben growled as he tried to free himself.

"I went after him for the trophy of the Evolved Ultimate Vaxisaurian," Khyber held his blade before pointing it at Ben, "But your Omnitrix arm...it will be my ultimate trophy. I think I'll have it right above the Geochelone Aerio shell mantlepiece, next to Apoplexian skeleton, right underneath the Cybertronian sword…"

"Cyber what now?" Ben blinked.

"Oh...yes that...I got it off a lumbering Cybertronian in one of your...Great lakes," Khyber explained as he pointed to the sword, "Quite the find…"

"That is a big sword…" Ragna muttered.

"No kidding…" Makoto noted before blinking, "...Oh hey. I got my hearing back."

"Well...now where to put a trophy from you…" Khyber looked at Makoto, "Not much fur to make a pelt...your tail will have to do." he sighed, "I'll hang it near the abomination's sword and the timid one's guns." he spoke motining to the walls, "In fact, I'll make room next to Tennyson's arm...and make it a show piece wall!" he laughed, tossing a knife and cutting the wrist off the Apoplexian skeleton.

"Grr…" Ragna growled at that.

"...Let me ask you something…" Ben spoke, earning the huntsman's attention, "The Predatrix...who did you get it from?"

"Predatrix...that's much better." Khyber noted, "That egotistical fool named it the Nemetrix...which frankly makes little sense. As for who I got it from...let us just say its courtesy of an old friend of yours...Malware."

Ben's eyes widened in shock at that, "No...thats...I destroyed him!"

"Hehehe...so you thought," Khyber laughed, "Don't you remember that battle when you were but 11 years old...where he grabbed the Omnitrix...and then left?"

"He…"

"Yes…" Khyber laughed.

"What?" Makoto asked.

"Malware...copied a schematic of the Omnitrix...and used it to make that knock off," Ben answered, "What...to get me?"

"Oh, you misunderstand, boy… This scheme of his and the good Doctor has nothing to do with you. Contrary to your belief, the universe doesn't revolve around you. Your ego and pride in thinking this is all about you...is why you fail to stop your enemies until after they've made themselves known," Khyber answered, "Whatever did happen to the valiant leader of the small resistance that took down the HighBreed?" he asked, "The leader who stood his ground to defend the universe...who inspired the galaxy...am I to believe you just locked away that potential...out of what...complacency? No...it is because you fear what you could become, you fear losing yourself to the darkness of the world...so you shut it out with a wall of self inflated ego."

"..." Ben said nothing as he glared at him.

"Had you been that leader...you would have stopped me weeks ago. Maybe your cousin would have stayed…" he went on, "Look at Rook. He got tired of this act...and abandoned you."

"..." Ben said nothing as he looked away from Khyber.

"You're not gonna get away with this," Makoto frowned.

"Oh what? You're going to break free and punch me to the moon?" Khyber sighed, "I'd say more, but I sady know little of you three...but your trophies will be nice."

"At least I actually fight my battles," Makoto argued, "I mean come on...the doggy does all the fighting. He clearly is the brains." she added as it looked up at her while gnawing on a large bone, "...Oh, I'm sorry. She."

"Hmm?" Khyber raised a brow in confusion.

"For someone claiming to be a huntsman, you're pretty dumb if you can't tell the difference between genders," Makoto smirked a bit, "She looked up at me when I called her a he, so I realized it there."

"So that's why the mutt got pissed when I called it a bit-!" Ragna paused as the dog growled in his face, blowing his hair back.

"He….She...is not a mutt," Khyber argued, "She is a very well trained Anubian Baskurr." he explained, "Why didn't you ever tell me?" he whispered to the dog as she went back to gnawing on her bone treat.

"Maybe because you never bothered to ask?" Makoto quipped.

"One more remark, child, and I'll collect your beloved tail right now…" Khyber growled at that, holding his knife up to her face.

'What's Makoto doing?' Noel thought, seeing the smirk never leaving the squirrel girl's face.

"Why? Because I'm not showing respect for the so called 'greatest huntsman in the galaxy'?" Makoto asked, "I mean come on...it took you what? Five years to capture Ben, and yet you took all that time to examine him…" she looked over at Ben, "Say Ben...how long did it take for one of your big enemies to capture you? Five minutes?"

"Grr!" Khyber growled as he shot up towards her, his blade aimed at her neck, "I should end you here and now!...But…" he took a deep breath as he turned, "That would most likely upset Tennyson...and I need him alive as a bargaining chip."

"What? Your boss wants the Nemetrix back...ugh. I liked Ben's name better...it makes sense since it turns into predators," Makoto stated, managing to turn as she used Khyber's own blade to cut the ropes binding her arms, "Also temper temper...you might end up giving yourself a heart attack...though I know a good drink to help cool ya off."

"Hmm? And what pray tell would that be?"

"Oh nothing special. Just something we Earthlings call…" Makoto began just as Khyber turned, the Beastkin slamming her fist into his face as he was sent crashing into the opposite wall, "Fruit Punch!"

"Really?" Ragna asked, "You and the kid really are perfect for each other, Squirrel girl."

"I have a name, you know," Makoto pouted a bit, lifting herself up to unite the rope keeping her up.

"Like I told the kid, beat me in a fight and we'll see," Ragna smirked as Makoto landed on the floor.

"Oho...truly impressive, my dear…" Khyber spoke as he adjusted his jaw before he blew his whistle, making Makoto groan and cover her ears, "But...you forget I don't need to lift a finger to incapacitate you."

"Gh…" Makoto grunted, trying to fight the ringing in her ears and stinging pain in her head, "...I...I…"

"What? Nothing to quip about, Beastkin?"

"...I got your knife," Makoto managed to smirk as her tail grabbed Khyber's fallen knife and tossed it at the ropes keeping Ben, Noel, and Ragna hanging.

"Ahh!" Noel yelped in surprise before Ben managed to catch her while Ragna...fell face first into the floor.

"You did that on purpose…" he groaned.

"Get Tennyson!" Khyber ordered as his dog transformed into a tall humanoid creature.

It had visible grey skinned legs poking out from a black cloak covering its entire body from the neck down. The Nemetrix collar around its neck closed the cloak as a tall featureless face formed inside the collar with a mushroom growth on its head shaped like a flat topped western hat while red eyes glared at them beneath. The cloak opened, revealing a red and grey interior...as six snake-like tentacle arms extended out.

"Wha...what is that?!" Makoto asked, shocked and horrified.

"This...is a Necroshade, the natural predator of the Florauna…" Khyber explained as the snake heads hissed and began leaking some kind of poison, "Be warned...its spore toxins cause instant necrosis. Poisoning and rotting your body...down to the bone."

"...Well that's not total nightmare fuel…" Ragna muttered.

"..." Ben slammed the Omnitrix as he became Chromastone, "Five years ago when Terroranchula attacked me and turned into Grandpa's old partner, Phil...That was just a test of this Nemetrix, wasn't it!?"

"Yes...an utter failure. It turns out any being with higher mental ability using the Nemetrix...will lose them, becoming...unresponsive mentally," Khyber replied, "He was...left to his new madness in peace, but that is why my old friend here is perfect. Being Feral herself, she has no higher mental ability other then total loyalty. Perfect for controlling the animal instincts of all those forms."

"So what...for five years, you just ruined innocent lives to perfect that fake Omnitrix?!" Chromastone snapped as he aimed and fired a rainbow-colored beam which was deflected by Necroshade's mantle, "Wha…"

"The mantle of the Necroshade reflects all forms of light...even lasers. They are immune to intense forces such as explosions," Khyber explained, "Like the kind of Florauna's explosive seed pods."

"Grr…" Chromastone growled, charging up another blast before his arms were captured by two of the snake arms...which swung him into several walls and then the ceiling, "Oof! Gah! Guh!"

"They also have the strength to rip the very ductile Florauna's limbs apart," Khyber added, "For five years...I have collected the DNA of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies' most deadly alien predators...beasts so savage and deadly, they have wiped out entire towns of their prey if left uncontrolled. All of them hand picked to best you and your aliens."

"I...count 9…" Chromastone grunted, "What...only able to fit one less than 10?"

"Yes. Sadly 10 is the limit of its current state. But...I think you'll notice, my friend was able to stay transformed far longer than you. Even if that Crystalsapien form is immune to the toxins...how long shall your Omnitrix last?" he smiled before blocking a punch from Ragna, "Back for more?"

"Call it payback," Ragna growled.

"Even with the benefits of your synthetic arm...I have toppled stronger than you, boy!" he spoke, stretching Ragna's arm to the side and slamming his knee into his stomach. Khyber then wrapped his arms around the white haired youths neck and lifted him up over his shoulders before dropping back and slamming Ragna's back into the metal ground of the ship, "In fact...I think it'll be a much better trophy than your blade."

"...You sure you wanna do that?" Ragna grunted before uppercutting Khyber in the jaw, causing him to grunt before tackling him into the metal wall.

"What do we do?" Noel asked.

"You try to back up Ragna," Makoto ordered, "As for me?" she looked at the big black and red sword, "I'mma whack a weed."

"Gh!" Chromastone grunted, grabbing two snake arms with his hands...only for the other four to wrap around his legs and crystal spikes before slamming him into a wall, the mouths all hissed as they began dripping more toxins, "I...am glad...Chromastone...doesn't have a nose!" he grunted, shooting a beam from the horn on his head to no effect as Necroshade's mantle blocked it.

Necroshade narrowed its eyes before slamming him onto the metal floor again rapidly before picking him up and began to spin him around the room.

"Oh~! A little help here!" Chromastone groaned before he was slammed into the floor.

"Hey, mushroom-head!" Necroshade turned her head around, only to screech in pain as she was ignited by Makoto swinging the sword...which was now on fire, "Oh-hoh-hoh~! Ooh~! I am feeling very tingly in the naughty bits…" she whispered in glee before she cackled, "I have a giant sword that ignites into flames! Fear me! Mwahahahaha!"

"Makoto!" Noel complained with a blush as she collected her guns.

"Better a fire...!" Ragna roared out while punching Khyber in the face, "...sword than an ice sword!" he grunted as he was kneed in the gut.

"That...is mine!" Khyber roared, grabbing Ragna's head and bringing his face into his knee several times.

The Huntsman then twisted Ragna's arm behind his back before slamming him face first into the metal wall. Khyber pulled Ragna back by his shoulders before tossing him up and into the ceiling. As he fell, Khyber rushed as he landed a flying roundhouse kick that sent him skidding along the metal floor.

"He...he fights like Rath!" Chromastone realized.

"Yeah he does," Makoto agreed before jumping back from a stab by Necroshade's limbs, ending up bumping the butt of her borrowed giant flaming sword into Chromastone's emblem, briefly turning it yellow before it flashed green, replacing him with Rath.

"Lemme tell ya somethin', Makoto Nanaya! Watch where you're going!" Rath snapped before Makoto slashed Necroshade, once more making her back away, screeching in pain while reigniting her body, "Okay...fire...fire, works!" he smiled before it timed out and returned to its Anubian Baskurr form, "HA! Back to...oh shoot…" he realized the irony of it returning to its dog like true form.

"GRR!" she growled before barking and jumping over Makoto's next swing, but before the Anubian Baskurr could bite Makoto it was tackled by Rath.

The two wrestled along the ground, growling at one another. Khyber grunted as he held Ragna in a headlock before pinching his neck, making him fall over. Ragna grunted upon impact.

"What...the...hell?" Ragna grunted.

"Oh you want a piece of Rath, puppy dog? THEN IT'S GO TIME!" Rath roared, kicking the dog into the roof and making her yelp in pain.

"Enough playing...he's mine." Khyber ordered to his dog before ducking under a shot fired by Noel, "Deal with the other two."

Rath growled, punching the dog and sending her flying away, "Listen here, you dog loving, Omnitrix copying, pain in my striped butt! Rath is declaring this...Khyber the Huntsman...Hunting Season!" Rath shouted as he rushed and punched Khyber, sending him gliding back and crashing into the Apoplexian skeleton.

"Ragna!" Noel called as she and Makoto ran over.

"Can't...move…" Ragna grumbled.

Khyber rushed Rath and ducked under his next punch before picking him up and tossing him into a wall. Rath roared as he rushed, only to get punched, making him stumble back. Khyber then stomped the Apoplexian skull as he smirked.

"As you can see, I've already taken advantage of Appoplexian Hunting Season...and mastered their martial arts as well," Khyber smirked.

"Grr...Khyber Season!" Rath snapped, punching Khyber across his face and slamming him into a wall.

"Rath Season…" Khyber growled as he slammed an uppercut to Rath's stomach, sending him into the ceiling.

"KHYBER SEASON!" Rath roared as he lifted both his fists and struck Khyber's chin, sending him flying back across the room and landing on a Vulpimancer pelt.

"Rath Season!" Khyber growled as he pulled the pelt out from under Rath, knocking him over, Rath crossed his arms as he was kicked sending him across the room again.

"Kh-"

"Rath Season!" Makoto shouted.

"Makoto!"

"Wait for it…"

"Khyber Season!" Khyber growled as he shoulder tackled Rath, "...Wait. That's not what I…!"

"RAAAGH!" Rath roared as he dropped kicked him into the next room, "No take backs!"

"Grah!" Khyber roared as he rushed Rath.

"LET'S GO!" Rath roared, doing the same.

The two roared, punching each other across the face and sending out a loud shockwave as a result. Noel yelped as she fell over from it, landing on Ragna's back, while Makoto barely skidded back due to the weight of her borrowed blade.

"Gwah!" Ragna grunted, "Can't move...but I...can still...feel pain…"

The two continued fighting and punching one another as they showed how strong both truly were. Khyber spun around, grabbing Rath's punch and slamming his arm over his shoulder before spinning and slamming him to the ground. Rath roared, rolling back and kicking Khyber, making him stumble back. Rath got to his feet, only to grunt as Khyber slammed his palm into his face, making him stumble back. Khyber thrust his hand forward as he struck his fingers into several spots on his body. With a final palm strike, Rath fell to his knees with a grunt.

"This one shall indeed be a worthy hunt, Tennyson," Khyber spoke, raising his hand before slamming his palm into Rath's face, sending him flying back into his trophy room.

Rath grunted, rolling across the ground. Each time he tried to move, he felt a sharp pain in the muscles along his body. Rath grunted, able to push himself up before twitching as Khyber pinched his neck, making him fall over as the Omnitrix timed out.

"That was a Hephaestan Neuro Grip, perfect for subduing all manner of prey." Khyber spoke walking in as he picked up his knife, "And before that, Lewodan Aikido and Revannah Kai." he blocked several shots fired by Noel before moving back from the downward swing thrown by Makoto before shooting his free hand out and performing it on Makoto, "And I will be taking back my earned blade from your mate."

"Not...my/his...mate…" both grunted out before Khyber pulled out another knife and flicked it, hitting the edge of Noel's shoulder and pinning her to a wall by her uniform while also causing her to drop her guns.

"I'm sure Malware will like this one's synthetic arm," Khyber went on, "And these guns... Psychobos might get, as you say, 'a kick' out of studying your three friends. They seem...more than human," he then grabbed Ben's Omnitrix arm as he yanked him up, "But as for you...they'll have to take you...in pieces."

"I wouldn't...do that if...I were...you," Ben warned.

"Hmm?" Khyber pondered, his blade nearly touching the Omnitrix when it let out a green pulse, forcing him away from Ben, "Gh!"

"Heh…" Ben chuckled before he was lifted up again.

"Yes...but what about the rest of you?" Khyber asked, holding the blade up to his face and leaving a shallow cut on his cheek.

"...ulp…" Ben gulped.

"Heh…" he began before grunting as he was shocked by an orange bolt of energy.

"Surprise," Rook smiled, standing in the doorway with Tsubaki.

"Not even fully inside and already we can arrest him with multiple counts of first-degree murder," Tsubaki noted with a frown.

"Took you guys long enough…" Ben grunted as he and Ragna began to regain mobility.

"Sorry. Jetson spilled his drink on the controls and we had to help detain five criminals that were let out due to the spill," Tsubaki apologized.

"I still can't feel anything!" Makoto shouted as her tail flailed around before bonking her on the head, "You betray me, tail…"

"What the hell is going on?" Ragna asked as Rook cuffed Khyber, "Weren't you two fucking pissed at eachother?"

"...Yeah...That was more of a ploy," Ben answered..

"No!" Khyber shouted, getting to his feet and taking them by surprise, "How...this ship is untraceable!"

"Oh, they followed my badge," Ben replied.

"But you…"

"I hid it in Makoto's tail before we got out when she was trying to be sneaky with my hoverboard," Ben explained as Makoto's tail did another flick and a Plumber's badge was thrown out and bonked Ragna on the back of his head.

"God damn it!" Ragna hissed as Tsubaki freed Noel and both went to help their still immobile friend.

"Yeah, the whole fight was staged. Ragna actually kinda helped with his bit...Didn't intend to upset you though buddy. Sorry." Ben smiled, "Still not to shabby a performance, partner."

"I was not acting…" Rook admitted, blinking twice.

"What? You mean...ah...That's fair...I had it coming," Ben sighed as Rook smiled at that.

"I still say he's a freakin' Greenhorn," Ragna added, making Rook frown, "What? You are," he replied with a smirk.

"Grr...this hunt i-" Khyber began.

"Zip it, skull/fang face!" Ben and Ragna barked.

"That is no way to address the greatest huntsman in the galaxy!"

"You're not even the greatest huntsmen in this room," Ben argued.

"Yeah. Can't even tell a trap when he sees one," Makoto spoke finally able to move.

"Apparently...neither do any of you," he smiled.

"Huh?" Ben pondered.

"Oh shoot! The mutt!" Ragna realized.

At that, Khyber whistled as his dog transformed into Crabdozer and tackled everyone over. It used one of its legs to pin Ben and Ragna to a wall while using its other to knock the girls away. Rook was left unhit, only to be blindsided by a shoulder check from Khyber. Rook grunted, landing on something...which produced red glowing ropes that entangled his legs. The girls blinked before a cage-like barrier closed in front of them, separating them from the others.

"Keyword activated ship self defenses. Designed to trap intruders who are not me or my pet and her many forms," Khyber explained as Crabdozer bit the cuffs off his wrists, "You are not the first ones to attempt to arrest me for what I do best. Nor will you be the last."

"You bastard…" Ragna grunted.

"I believe the Earth expression is...playing opossum?" Khyber added, massaging his wrists, "Really, you forget...this is my den."

"GH!" Ben grunted, able to free his Omnitrix arm but not his other, "Ragna...your arm is free...can you turn me into something?"

"How does it work?"

"Just put a finger on it, spin the screen, and push down when the core goes up," Ben explained.

"Wait, be careful. The Crabdozer is the natural predator of the Pyronite, so whatever you do, don't turn into Heatblast!" Rook advised.

"Ah, relax. Now let me…" Ragna grunted, managing to get a finger on the Omnitrix, spun it, and then pushed down when the core rose up.

A flash of green went off and a large fist slammed into Crabdozer's face, knocking her away. A glowing green light shined behind a red visor upon a metal-plated face covered in a black bulky helmet. His body was muscular in design and seemingly made of silver, black, and gold metal with red-tinted paneling on parts that glowed from the green energy beneath them. Gold spikes emerged on the figure's wrists as a robotic T-Rex head was on its back. On his torso was the Omnitrix symbol.

"New alien?" the new alien pondered, looking at himself, "Alright!" he shouted as he punched Crabdozer, sending her flying through the cage that separated the girls from their section of the room.

"Whoa!" Tsubaki and Noel yelped.

"Yes! Freedom!" Makoto cheered, "Phew...It felt like things were going grim, locked up like that."

"Hmm...Grim...lock...Me like!" he laughed before picking up the Cybertronian sword Makoto dropped as it ignited with fire again with the red adopting a green tint to it, "Me GRIMLOCK!"

"A Cybertronian?" Khyber pondered before looking at the blade, "Of course...That sword was a part of the one I took it from. Its DNA is within the sword...meaning now you've become a copy of the original owner."

"Me, Grimlock, like," Grimlock growled eagerly before backhanding the charging Crabdozer, "Grah! Stupid rock bug! Me, Grimlock, trying to have moment of glee!"

"Oh no...he's another Rath-like form…" Tsubaki realized in dread.

"Only as big as Humungosaur," Makoto added, "Ben, focus!"

"Grrr...Head hurts…" Grimlock growled, "Everything feel weird…"

"So...he not only copied its form...but it's Spark." Khyber spoke, "Finish him!" he ordered as Crabdozer transformed into Slamworm.

"Uh-oh?" Grimlock remembered as he was slammed into and through the ground into lower levels, "GRAH! Stupid worm! Me, Grimlock, SMASH!"

"Well...it would appear the tables have turned!" Makoto smirked as she and Ragna cracked their knuckles.

"..." Khyber snapped his fingers as the ceiling opened up and dropped a large broadsword into his hand, he then grabbed a shield in his other hand as his helmet formed on his head once more =Oh...I wouldn't say that=

"But...but that's not fair…" Makoto complained weakly, her ears and tail drooping.

"Ragna!" Rook shouted, lifting his sword and tossing it, letting it land between them and Khyber. Noel, presently, was helping free him.

"Makoto, go help Ben...I fear his new Grimlock form will cause more damage to this ship...which is currently taking off," Tsubaki spoke while pulling out her own shield and sword.

"Sides...we can handle wild man Jack here," Ragna smirked, lifting up his sword, "Now then...your pet's been wrecking up Undertown for a long while, you and her destroyed Pakmar's place earlier, kidnapped me and some brats…"

"Hey!"

"...and it's almost time for the Roller Derby game from Kinet to start and Thrax is making some Tetraman Quesadillas for it and from the sample he gave me, I am not missing eating that stuff and checking out a new sport!" Ragna informed as he put his sword on his back...before grabbing his black arm's wrist, "So congrats. You're the first asshole in this time that's making me even use this, even at a fraction of what it can really do." The red shell on the back of his fist opened, exposing an azure-colored core, "Hrrraaaa…" a black and red chaotic aura erupted off his body, acting as if it were embers burning off his entire body, "BLOOD KAIN!"

"?!" Noel and Tsubaki tensed a bit as Rook mentally swore that if he still had his bi'nthak, it'd be sticking straight up.

'Is he…' Noel pondered.

'...producing Seithr?' Tsubaki questioned in surprise.

"Well now…" Ragna spoke as he pulled his sword back out in a reverse grip, "Let's see how a hunter deals with a grim reaper."

---

Slamworm and Grimlock roared at one another as they fell into a large jungle of sorts within the ship. The two crashed down on the ground before Slamworm fired a barrage of slime at Grimlock. The Cybertronian swung his free arm out before him, causing an orange-colored shield of energy to form and block the slime. Grimlock rushed at Slamworm, slamming his shield into her before slicing at her with his fire-engulfed blade. Slamworm avoided the slash and gave a screech at Grimlock, who roared in return while bashing his sword against his shield. From the hole, Makoto fell down and landed on top of a tropical tree. She looked around before spotting the two circling each other, snarling and snapping/stabbing at the other in intimidation tactics.

"Whoa...Now one of them has gotta turn into a big ol' dinosaur breathing atomic breath and it'd be like a Kaiju battle," Makoto noted.

"Wait. Can me, Grimlock, do that?" Grimlock pondered, overhearing her, before being slapped by Slamworm, "...Rrrr! Stupid worm! Now me, Grimlock, MAD!"

He stabbed his sword into the ground before slamming his fists onto the ground. Panels opened, slid, and shuffled all over him as his body seemed to double in size. The spikes of his arms became the feet as his legs folded into his body and became a long tail. The armor on his body engulfed his head while small arms emerged from the engulfing armor with the T-Rex head snapping into place on the top of it all. He let out a roar, the air around his mouth warping from heat, as he faced Slamworm once more.

"...Yep. Today is a day for tingly in the naughty bits…" Makoto whispered in awe.

Grimlock let loose an earth-shaking roar, which made the ship shake and move awkwardly.

---

"Whoa!" Ragna grunted, stabbing his sword to keep his balance, "The hell was that!?"

"I do believe Grimlock is full of surprises," Rook spoke as Noel aimed a gun at the generator for his bindings.

"Well, now this won't do," Khyber spoke as he flipped back and went through a door before running for the ship's control room.

"Get back here, asshole!" Ragna snapped as he charged after him.

Khyber made it to the control room as he began typing in on the computer. Ragna and Rook made it in first as the Huntsmen turned to face them.

"I hope you know how to pilot this craft of mine...otherwise, we are heading to a little randevu with my partners...across the system," he spoke, stabbing a knife into the controls.

"No clue," Ragna replied, "But what I do know?" the 'embers' on his body flickered around his fist, "It's how to rip assholes a new one." he lunged at Khyber as the 'embers' shaped in a beast's head on his fist, "Hell's Fang!"

"..." Khyber chuckled faintly as he held up his shield as it opened and flashed, the shield took the attack before seeming to absorb it...and shoot it back out, forcing the two to duck out of the way as it demolished the entrance inside, "Well now...quite a bit of power in those embers coming off you."

"Da fuck is that?!" Ragna snapped.

"A shield made of rare Petropia power stones. Similar to Tennyson's form Chromastone, it can absorb and reflect energy." Khyber explained, "Perfect for...ranged attackers. I once reflected a To'kustar's cosmic beam with this shield...good luck breaking that."

"His ship must be full of tools and weapons that only work for him...and are designed to best all sort of powerful aliens," Rook spoke as he transformed his ProtoTool into a sword.

"If we can't break it, then we go around it," Ragna huffed as he charged him and swung his sword upwards, letting Khyber block it with his shield...only for the black and red demonic beast's head that seemed to emerge from the floor to strike him in the gut, "DEAD SPIKE!"

Khyber grunted, hitting the ceiling and leaving a dent in it. As he fell, Rook jumped and kicked him, sending him flying over the controls. The two rushed as Khyber got back to his feet, the huntsmen growling as the fangs on his helmet folded down and blasted them both with red electricity, making them grunt in pain.

"Gah...bastard…" Ragna grunted.

"Ha!" Khyber roared, swinging his sword which Rook blocked.

The two grunted before Khyber pushed him away. He blocked a swing from Ragna before knocking his blade back. Khyber continued blocking both their swings with his sword. He then rolled in between a slash from both of them, making them overswing and stumble forward. Khyber quickly grabbed a gun just under the control console. He shot it and blasted both of them with a giant glob of orange slime that hardened into a rubber-like texture, leaving them stuck to the ground.

"What...what the fuck is this?!" Ragna grunted as he tried to get out.

"Concentrated Slamworm and Lepidopteran slime essence," he explained, "You'll find that it's rather hard to tear off in this state," he laughed, "Sit tight, boys. We'll get to continue this game...oh so soon." he chuckled before looking at a monitor, "Hmm...rather unfair," he sighed, taking his helmet off before turning on an intercom and whistling.

---

Grimlock roared, biting Slamworm and swinging it around. He then stopped once he heard the intercom buzzed to life and a whistle to be heard. Makoto covered her ears before gasping as Slamworm began glowing red...and growing. Grimlock blinked in confusion as the monster was getting heavy...too heavy...he could no longer lift it. He grunted reverting to humanoid form in shock as a new beast towered over him.

Standing there with them was a huge monster. It had black rigid armor plates all along its back with grey armor on its belly. It had four legs colored in grey and ending in two red claws each, six short arms with the similar color and claw numbers. Its head was a bright red with a long Tyrannosaurus-like muzzle, pit sensors formed just below its eyes, and a horned ridge around the back of its head, and a single large horn from the center which opened at the end instead of ending in a point. The beast looked down as it let loose a low growl, its red eyes snapping open and dangerously focusing on Grimlock.

"Now me, Grimlock, liking this!" Grimlock growled eagerly before roaring and banging his sword on his shield once more before he blinked and looked up as the beast...began growing, its spikes becoming larger...its fangs bigger and its legs larger with the claws now sharper, "Oh...you eat Humungousaur, don't ya…" he realized.

"Book it, big guy! Book it!" Makoto shouted.

"Me, Grimlock, hate reading!" Grimlock snapped at Makoto before rolling out of the way of the lunge the beast performed, "But retreating me, Grimlock, can do." he scooped up Makoto as he ran away from the beast, who gave a roar and chased after them, "Ugh…Me, Grimlock, wanted exciting day...and me, Grimlock, get too much!"

"Yeesh...looks like a tyranno version of a millipede Kajun once had me help dissect for a science assignment," Makoto noted, "Let's call it Tyrannopede."

"Shut it, Makoto!"

---

"DA HELL IS THAT!?" Ragna snapped, seeing Tyrannopede on the monitor.

"The predator of the Vaxisaurian. The universe's greatest Apex Predator, and our strongest beast," Khyber explained, "Tennyson can't win."

"Yeah, well. You ain't gonna win either…" Ragna grunted.

"Agreed...you may know everything about Ben...but not us!" Rook added.

"Oh...like what?" Khyber asked.

"Noel is a much better shot than I am!" he smirked as Khyber turned around only to be blasted by a stun round to his forehead, making him roll around, his gills flaring up and letting out his whistle at multiple different tunes.

---

"GRR!" Grimlock groaned, keeping Tyrannopede from chomping on him and Makoto. He then grunted as the whistling began as Tyrannopede began to back away in confusion as multiple orders were being given at once, "Yes yes yes!" Grimlock cheered before timing out back to Ben, "No no no!"

"Seriously?! Now of all times?!" Makoto exclaimed.

"Come on, Omnitrix...give me Way Big!" Ben pleaded slamming the core as he transformed into a familiar humanoid dinosaur, "HUMUNGOUSAUR!? Against his predator!?" he panicked; he then looked up as Tyrannopede looked at him before licking its lips in hunger, "Oh snap…" he complained as he was rammed through several walls, "I...think she's tenderizing me…" he groaned as Tyrannopede grabbed his tail and tossed him through the hole they made and then through another wall, landing Humungousaur in the engine room, "Aw man…." he groaned as Tyrannopede lowered its horn and blasted webbing which wrapped him into a perfect cocoon.

"Ben!" Makoto panicked as Tyrannopede picked the cocoon up with her mouth, "...Kono…!" Makoto growled as she rushed up to the predator, unaware of a large energy gate forming behind her as she reeled her fist back, "You get away from my friend, ya big stinkin' silk-spewin' dino!"

Tyrannopede looked up to see Makoto jumping towards her. The Beastkin gave a roar as she punched forward, which caused the energy gate behind her to fire off a giant energy fist that slammed right into the predator, causing it to let go of the cocoon as it was sent crashing through a few walls. Makoto blinked twice. She looked at her fist...then the holes...then her fist...and then back to the holes.

"Did...Did I just use a Distortion?" Makoto pondered before looking around, "Is there...some sorta Space Seithr in here?" she then turned her attention at the cocoon, which had a huge bite-mark on it, "...Questions for later. Helping Ben now."

"BAH!" Ben panicked, falling out of half of the cocoon, "Wah!"

Makoto jumped up, catching Ben, "Got ya! Good thing you timed out, huh?"

"No kidding. I literally saw my life flash before my eyes," Ben panted as she let him down, "Uh...she's getting up…" Ben panicked as Tyrannopede twitched her legs, flailing as she tried to get up, "Makoto, do it again! Do it again!"

"I don't know if it'll work a second time!" she panicked.

"Guys, get the whistle!" Ben panicked into his badge.

=Uhm...ano…= Noel muttered =It's not...on him...It's...well...it is him. His gills are the whistle…=

"Seriously?!" the two gawked.

=We have another problem, the ship is about to warp to an alien world and we can't stop it= Tsubaki added.

=He stabbed the controls!= Ragna snapped.

"Wait...This is the engine room…" Ben spoke, "Guys...hang on. We need to make an emergency landing."

=I don't like the way he said that…= all four of them spoke.

"...You're planning on destroying the engine or mess with it, aren't ya?" Makoto guessed as Ben turned his communicator off.

"Oh big time!" he smirked, "But first, let's take care of Rexy!" he smirked dialing the Omnitrix, "Alright Omnitrix...I'm not even gonna ask...surprise me." he sighed slapping the watch as he shrank into Greymatter, "..."

"Oh man…! The worst pick at the moment!" Makoto complained.

"Wrong!" he declared as he smirked, "I just remembered...Greymatter has no predator...because he's that smart."

"...Whut?" Makoto blinked twice.

"Hmm...He's created a hybridized engine utilizing several different kinds of technology," Greymatter noted, looking at the engines, "Makoto, punch that pipe over there, the one up there, turn the valves there, there, and there, and finally? Smack that pipe with your tail."

"I don't…"

"Makoto, just do what the genius says!" Greymatter snapped, making her yelp and get to work.

"Yes sir!" Makoto saluted as she rushed up to the engines.

"And now…" GreyMatter began as Tyranopedde stomped back into the room, "To deal with her...fortunately I know just how to do that."

"How?" Makoto asked, currently turning one of the valves.

"Watch," GreyMatter smirked as he hopped back into the cocoon just as Tyranopedde looked into it, raising her head as she roared, destroying the cocoon part she had picked up. Unaware to the predator, GreyMatter was hiding in one of her ridges before moving up to another area near her neck and slid down into it.

"...What's he…" Makoto began before noticing Tyranopedde's eyes widen for a moment, the predator giving a weak roar before she collapsed, "...You used that trick that hunter did on you and Ragna, did you?" she smirked just as Grey Matter hopped off.

"Perfect for subduing all manner of prey." Greymatter spoke, trying to copy Khyber's voice, "Sometimes I forget how useful Greymatter is, since he's just a tiny little Galvan."

"Never underestimate the little guy," Makoto said as she turned the last valve, hopping off as her tail smacked a pipe, "And done!"

"Perfect," Greymatter nodded as he changed back into Ben.

"So now what?" Makoto asked.

"Now?" Ben asked before the engine began to spark, "We run the heck away from here."

"...Good idea."

---

"Gah...I grow tired of these games…" Khyber growled, about to stand before the ship began to wobble, "?!"

"...Please tell me the kid and squirrel girl didn't blow up the engine," Ragna said with a groan.

"Okay...I will not," Rook sighed as his ProtoTool began sucking excess goo off him and Ragna.

"Time to go!" Big Chill spoke, carrying Makoto into the room as he blasted the goo with his ice breath, making it brittle and freeing both Ragna and Rook.

"Everyone hold on to the Necrofriggian!" Ragna barked, earning surprised looks, "...What? Thrax is dating one and he needed a wingman and I'm the only guy who volunteered."

"...Think Mothra. Just think Mothra," Noel whispered to herself as she cautiously grabbed onto Big Chill.

"Khyber the Huntsman, you are under a…" Tsubaki began before an explosion caused part of the ceiling to fall and block him from them, "Gh!"

"Another time," Khyber noted from a gap in the blockage before moving away from it.

"Time to go," Big Chill ordered.

"...Right…" Tsubaki slowly nodded as she grabbed onto him.

---

"How something so skinny can carry so much I'll never know…" Ragna muttered as Big Chill slowly lowered towards the ground.

"Not really flying while so weighed down…" he grunted flexing his wings to fix their course towards a park, "More like gliding. Now someone tell me: How many times does this make me saving someone today?"

"Wow, your honesty really poked something," Makoto noted to Rook.

"I am beginning to realize this...poking," Rook sighed.

"Oh come on. Seriously, someone tell me," Big Chill pleaded before a beeping noise went off, "...Please tell me that's someone's badge and not my Omnitrix timing out."

"Nope. It's you," Makoto replied, seeing the green on the emblem flashing red in time with the beeps.

"Oh man…" Big Chill sighed as he flashed back, sending the group of six plumeting down, "If we survive this, I am going to go straight to Galvan Prime to complain!"

"If we survive this, I'll kill ya myself! Then the little snot who made that watch!" Ragna snapped.

"Why aren't we falling!?" Makoto panicked, "Huh...wait a minute…" she realized they all landed on a white Plumber ship as it floated there.

=There you kids are. Boy was I worried= Max's voice was heard as the hatch opened to reveal him wearing a mechanized gauntlet over his right arm, a targeting scope over the eye on the same side, a multitude of different blasters on his belt and a cool looking rifle on his back, "Man, am I glad to see you all okay."

"Same here," Tsubaki sighed in relief.

"...Noellie, let go of my tail," Makoto deadpanned as she turned her head...only to blink twice when she saw Noel had passed out from shock and was hugging her tail in her fainted state, "...Well...I guess we're gonna be heading for this Galvan Prime place, eh Ben?"

"Ah!" Ben panicked as Ragna chased him.

"Come here and take your beating like a man!" Ragna snapped, chasing him around the top of the ship, "Oh, you are so gonna get it!"

"Help! Mad man chasing a hero here!" Ben shouted.

"Huh...So that's Ragna, right?" Max asked.

"Yep," Makoto replied.

"...Eh. Not the hardest case I've dealt with," Max shrugged after a moment of thought.

"Guys, seriously! Help!"

"Get fucking back here ya little shit!"

"See? Soap," Makoto deadpanned.

"I got him," Max sighed.

"Be careful he's really…" Makoto began only for Max to punch Ragna, making him spin around in place for a moment, "...strong…."

"That...was a...dirty move…Old timer..." Ragna slurred before falling over and passing out.

"The name is Magister Tennyson to you son." Max smirked.

"One punch…" Makoto awed.

"Ah...he stayed up 10 seconds longer than normal. I am getting old," Max sighed, tossing Ragna over his shoulder.

"Grandpa Max was the best Plumber in ALL of the Milky Way." Ben shrugged.

"A true legend of the cosmos." Rook added.

"Amazing," Tsubaki awed.

"You can do things later, please. I just really wanna get to bed after today," Makoto groaned.

"I need to pass out for a week..." Ben groaned.

"I need rest as well after all this excitement," Rook sighed.

"A break will be nice." Tsubaki sighed, "After we finish the report."

"AH!" Makoto and Ben cried in annoyance.

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Khyber and his dog groaned, walking out of the wreckage of their ship before falling over in pain. The two then looked up as a leg made of black metal with red glowing lines all along it, stomped in front of them.

=So...you failed to apprehend Tennyson...Why am I not surprised?= the alien spoke as he towered over Khyber, his body beast-like with large clawed hands, a wide strong body, and a beast-like head with a long muzzle opening into a glowing orange mouth and a single red eye, =But no more games...now we begin the true plan...and I won't let you ruin it!=

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SZ: And with that...season one is finito.

GT: Hoo boy. Khyber is someone I consider really dangerous. I mean, if you look at the scenes involving his trophies, you can see things that he's hunted. And yes, that included Ultimate Humungosaur's helmet. That thing is in there and it terrifies me that he was able to take down an Ultimate.

SZ: Same. Just…*shivers*

Z0: He did show to be AS strong as Rath...IE one of Ben's stronger aliens if pointed in the right direction. But...he's also Smart!

GT: We are going to do our best to not let his badassery decay like in the show. I mean, seriously. They did a lot of badassery decaying in the series with a lot of characters.

Z0: Eh sad but true. We shall fix!

SZ: Massively! We shall fix all the problems Omniverse did! In fact...onwards to season 2 guys! Oh but before that...about the part involving Grimlock and stuff...well it could be possible Omniverse and Transformers Animated could share the same universe. *gets stares*...uh...z0? Care to explain?

Z0: Lets us look here *points to the Grimlock sword in the trophy room* This...this is Grimlock's fire sword from Transformers Animated. Now pay attention here *points to the hook* That is Lockdown's hook arm, his favorite arm. This is easily thrown away as a nod by the artist who worked on both shows...but...ahahaha that's lazy...LAZY! For us that is, so we say...they exist together! So expect a road trip to Detroit eventually~!

GT: Yeppers! Oh, this will be fun.

SZ: Indeed...once more, onto season 2!