SZ: Hoo yeah! Back to this story, so let us get to it! Oh and this time..well we're not going in the traditional order for episodes.
GT: I believe it's due to an idea I suggested that we're going out of order for this.
SZ: More or less. Ahem, we own nothing aside from original content, so...uh...where's Z0?
Z0: *crashes old WWII plane through the roof while wearing a Samurai Kabuto and holding a katana* Damn it I said pull up you incompetent pilot! *pilot is a gold sarcophagus*
SZ: *groans from underneath the plane*
GT: ...Why was a sarcophagus piloting the...Is that a Cofagrigus, Z0?
Z0: I don't tell you guys everything I do…*the pokemon hides down in its seat* Don't you ditch me!
People screamed as they fled from lasers destroying the streets of Bellewood. Or rather...they were fleeing from the giant red and black robots rolling down the streets, one of their three silver arms reaching out and throwing any nearby cars. One of the robots fired a laser at one of the fleeing people only for Rook to quickly jump and knock them out of the way, resulting in the laser destroying another part of the street. It began to approach Rook when a mechanical T-Rex slammed into it, giving a roar as it stomped down on its head and crushing it. It roared before transforming into Grimlock, who quickly deployed an energy shield.
"Ugh! Me, Grimlock, hate these!" Grimlock growled, "Nemesis better not have been the one who let stupid robots out!" he growled as he punched one, sending it gliding down the street into another. He rammed his fist into another before yanking out a bunch of wires. He grunted, feeling a laser strike his back, "Grimlock...transform!" he roared, turning into his T-Rex mode and lunging at the robot. He bit its head unit clean off before spewing flames into the new opening in its body armor, overheating and even melting the insides of it, "Stupid robots!" he snorted as he transformed and prepared to move on.
"You forgot to say 'It's Hero Time,'" a voice noted, mockingly quoting Ben and making Grimlock look down to see a young boy in a purple and black formal suit with dark skin and black hair done up in two 'horns.'
"Sorry. Me, Grimlock, no have time for autographs," Grimlock snorted before deploying his shield to block several laser shots and pulling out his sword that quickly ignited before he charged and impaled another robot.
"How is your progress?" Rook asked into his communicator while running away from laser shots.
=We're finishing up cordoning off the area= Makoto replied =Yeesh. Not even a week and the area the tower we all worked to fix after Vexus wrecked it is once again attacked by 'bots, but from another dimension of all things. ...Is it wrong that I love this job?=
=Makoto!= Noel complained, one could almost hear the pouting face she was making.
"Me, Grimlock...Love this part of job!" Grimlock roared as he bit the arm off one of the robots.
"Ben Tennyson!" a voice snapped, making Grimlock stop and look to see the boy from before, "I demand that you…!"
"Me, Grimlock, don't have time for fanboys right now! We are in middle of fight here!" Grimlock snapped as he rolled out of the way of a mechanical arm trying to grab him, only to time out and roll into Rook, "Aw come on! Now of all times?!"
"We may need some back up…" Rook groaned into his communicator as he and Ben got up, just in time to see three of the robots surrounding them, "...Immediately."
The robots began to charge their lasers. The boy smirked before holding up a bronze pocketwatch with a stylized 'B' on it.
"Halt!" the boy commanded into the watch...causing the robots to stop charging their lasers.
"Ben, I do not believe that this is a fanboy," Rook noted as they looked at the boy.
"Ha! Furthest thing from it in fact," The boy smirked as he approached the two, "I just wanted you to acknowledge me as your arch-nemesis, your intellectual superior, and...your destroyer."
"I…." he paused, "...don't know who you are…"
"...Fine. Since that's out of the way then, Ben Lameson…" the boy began before holding up his pocketwatch again, "Attack."
"Oh no," Rook gulped as the robots prepared to fire once more.
Ben looked at his Omnitrix as it flashed green, "Alright." he quickly activated it and pushed down on the core just as the robots fired their lasers, the impacts making an explosion that dimmed the green flash. The black smoke was dispersed by a yellow ball slamming into one of the robots, knocking it over before hitting another and landing away from them, uncurling to reveal it to be Cannonbolt with Rook, "Okay, so slapping the Omnitrix is a bad idea. Great, now Azmuth's got the right to say 'I told ya so' when I see him again."
"Were you going for another alien?" Rook asked.
"Yep, but I picked Cannonbolt since I thought he was making it up about the smacking instead of just pressing down and it was just malfunctioning," Cannonbolt snorted before blocking some lasers with the yellow plating on the back of his arms, "Less talking, more robot smashing."
"Ahh...so you went with Cannonsnail," the kid noted.
"...Okay kid. You are starting to get on my nerves," Cannonbolt mattered in annoyance as he glared at the kid, "And I don't know how, but you better make these robots back off."
"Hmm...no," the kid replied as his gold backpack converted into a jetpack and flew off.
"Oh come on...what's your beef with me, anyway? I forget to autograph something for ya?" Cannonbolt groaned as he rolled up and crashed into the sphere that the robots used for traversal and knocked it over.
"Ben, I think that child is more of an adversary than a…" Rook began.
"Duck!"
"Where?" Rook asked before narrowly avoiding a saw blade, "Oh...more Earth talk."
"Listen Rook, now is not the time for you to question every snappy comeback I make! Just shoot, karate kick, and flip 'till you run out of robots!" Cannonbolt spoke, swinging his hand and backhanding a laser, sending it back at the robot who shot it, the blast hitting its cannon and causing it to explode.
"...Understood," Rook nodded before ducking underneath another sawblade from one of the robots. He then began to run up the arm just before it could lift back up, using its attempted shake to propel himself upwards as he fired a few shots at the head unit, hitting its optic as it began to spark.
On a nearby rooftop, the kid from before looked down at the fight with a smug grin before a young woman with her blonde hair tied into a long ponytail moved next to him. She wore white running shoes, a maroon skirt, and a black tee that hugged her figure with a gold stylized 'B' on the chest.
"This is not safe. You must leave," the young woman said in a mono-tone voice, her red eyes looking at him.
"No! I wanna see Tennyson suffer!" the kid snapped, pulling out a blaster as he flew out into the battle, aiming his blaster at Cannonbolt, who was busy bouncing off some of the attacking robots, "Hold still, ya stupid pinball…"
The remaining robots had their extendable limbs twitch before opening to deploy saw blades on the ends. One swung at Cannonbolt, only to miss. The building behind where Cannonbolt had been, however, did not miss the blade...and neither did the falling upper half miss the robot that cut it down. Moments later, it collapsed from multiples slashes, letting the robot emerge.
"Oh come on!" Cannonbolt complained, "I just know that's gonna be blamed on me." he groaned, rolling up again.
"Ben! Lead your robot this way!" Rook shouted as the robot he was dealing with chased after him, trying to hit him with its saw blades, "I have an idea!"
"...Can do, partner!" Cannonbolt shouted as he rolled over, causing the robot he was facing to come after him.
"That's it...just a little more…" the kid began, still aiming right at Cannonbolt just as he regrouped with Rook.
The two robots stood over Cannonbolt and Rook, reeling their sawblades back as they slashed at them..only to end up slicing each other's saw blade arms off as they flew up into the air, one hitting the head unit of one of the robots as it ended up firing a laser at the other, hitting its head unit as both exploded.
"...That…" the kid began before he noticed a piece of metal from one of the robots fly towards him, "...uh oh."
"Wait for it…" Cannonbolt spoke as he let it hit him, "And done."
"Ahh!" The kid freaked as he fell and hit the ground. He groaned a bit as he slowly opened his eyes, seeing Rook and Cannonbolt glare down at him before the latter changed back to Ben.
"Start talking. Who are you?" Ben demanded.
The boy glanced around before spotting his gun beneath a bit of rubble. He smirked as he stood up and turned around, his back facing the duo. He started to wipe the dirt off his suit.
"Of course, you don't even remember me," the boy noted, "Hello! I'm Billy Billions!" he looked over his shoulder at Ben, "We were in middle school together?"
"Not ringing a bell."
"...I sat behind you, and was richer, smarter, and better than you…" Billy frowned, "But no one paid attention to me...it had to be you."
"Yeah...still not remembering," Ben admitted.
Billy adopted a deadpan look as he held up his pocket watch and opened it, showing half of a platinum card torn in two, "We met when we were both eleven in the summer and you got the platinum Sumo Slammer card torn in two."
"Wait. That was you!?" Ben gawked, "Dude, I paid for that card and got there first fair and square and you go and steal the Rustbucket with your spider limo and gold drones!"
"Yes, but I'm here for more than that this time," Billy stated as he closed his pocket watch, "This time...I'm here to see you suffer."
"Are you really holding that much of a grudge over a card?"
"No! It's what you did during March six years ago!" Billy growled, "You weren't smarter than me! You were just lucky thanks to finding that watch! So I decided to show you up once and for all! Honestly, it was just having to find you when you were 'going hero' one night in an isolated place. Due to a deal with Captain Nemesis and his primary company and my family's company on a joint project, I was able to figure out how to access Dimension Twelve, a perfect place to send a lucky brat like you. Unfortunately for me, just as I fired it, you chose to go and become that crystal form and let it bounce off your back while you were dealing with a petty purse snatcher."
"...Wait. So the beam that was meant for me...hit you instead?" Ben asked.
"And you ended up getting sent to Dimension 12?" Rook added, earning silence from Billy.
"..." Billy sweated a bit while looking away...until Ben started laughing and Rook chuckled, "It's not funny."
"Oh come on, man, you gotta admit that it's a little bit funny," Ben joked, earning clenched teeth and a twitchy eye.
"I don't gotta admit anything! It's not funny! Do you have any idea what it's like in that place?! I had to deal with those killer robots every day for the past few years, stuck in this...this…" Billy pauses as he motioned to himself, "This body because of the way time is messed up in there! ...Luckily for me...well while my body didn't grow, my mind did…"
"Your pocket watch?" Rook guessed.
"Yes. You see, I come from a long line of geniuses, if it weren't for that Issac Sumdac in Detroit and his company, my parents would have been the inventors of modern robotics," Billy informed, "Took a while, but I was able to create a device that allowed me to override their hive mind. After that? Opening the portal back to this dimension was just a matter of time. And now that I'm back, I can get revenge on you for trapping me there, Tennyson."
"...Yeah. Not the first revenge threat I've heard," Ben deadpanned, making Billy nearly tripling, "But hey. That's what happens when you're world famous."
"World…famous?" Billy repeated through clenched teeth.
"Yes. Due to a video posted by a then-anonymous person, Ben has since become known all over Earth," Rook noted, "Before that, he was quite famous all over the Milky Way galaxy and has even performed great acts in saving countless lives."
"Yup! I'm pretty much famous everywhere," Ben added with a grin.
"...Not for long…" Billy whispered, grabbing his gun from underneath the rubble and fired a yellow beam at Ben and Rook.
"GAH!" they cried as the shock surged through their body.
They felt odd...the pain from the shock itself didn't hurt badly but something else inside them...felt painful...like nothing they ever felt before. But after a while, they just passed out. It took a bit, but their minds more or less rebooted and woke them up. They saw sky...okay normal; and then...Ben talked.
"Whoa...what happened?" a high pitched voice asked. It wasn't his normal cocky teenage voice, it was...a kid's. He held up his Omnitrix arm as the watch dangled on his wrist, but do to the genetic bond the face portion was stuck to his skin keeping it from just falling off, "?!...Rook...you okay?"
"I am...entirely not sure…" another young kid's voice spoke, making Ben turn to see a young Revonahgander in a kid-sized version of Rook's armor...who soon took notice as their tail swayed a bit behind them, "...How embarrassing…"
"Dude...you have a weird voice...and a tail!"
"Yes. I've...noticed," Rook sighed as his tail poked him a bit, "Grr...stop that. Stop that right now."
"...You do realize some of the girls-Noel and Makoto mainly-are gonna hug you when they see you, right?"
"Yes. I realize that t-stop...that!" Rook grunted as he tried to keep his tail from moving around.
"Like it?" the two turned to see Billy looking at his gun, the young woman from before landing right next to him, "Just a little something I cooked up while I was stranded in Dimension Twelve. Now you'll know what it feels like being stuck as a kid for the rest of your life, Tennyson..." a smirk then began to grow on his face, "Just some dumb kid that nobody knows or cares about…"
"I mean...I still have my powers…" Ben argued, "If anything you just made me more lovable." he smirked, "But...hahaha...turn us back!" he growled, "I am not going through that awkward cracking voice phase again!"
"If you live long enough that is," Billy countered as he pressed something in his pocket watch, causing a few more robots to roll into the area.
"Ah!" Ben panicked slapping the Omnitrix in panic, only to get a power down noise, "What?"
=Error. Biometric data does not match Ben Tennyson=
"What?!" Ben gawked.
=Error. Vocal pattern does not match Ben Tennyson=
"That's 'cause I'm Eleven!" Ben complained, "Come on! It should still be me at the DNA level!"
=Please provide alternate identification=
"Oh for…!" Ben groaned before Rook tapped his shoulder, "What, Rook?!" Rook pointed up, making him look to see the robots surround them, "...Oh."
"Hey Lameson, who's more famous? A superhero…" Billy began as his robots' optis began to glow, "Or the guy who destroys him?"
"Pretty sure the hero still!" Ben argued, "Everyone just hates the other guy...cause I'm pretty sure it wasn't my fault no one liked you!"
"Oh really?" Billy grinned before putting on an 'innocent face' ,"It was so terrible, mr. reporter. That nasty Ben Tennyson sent me into another dimension for years because he never liked the fact I had better grades than him.'"
"I'd buy that myself if you didn't have a creepy dude voice!" Ben laughed making a tick mark form on his head, "Now cut it out Barry or I will hurt you...and it'll be cool cause I'm a kid now too!"
"It's...Billy…!" Billy growled, about to press something in his pocket watch before one of the robots' head units exploded just as something blurred by, "What?!"
"Oh yeah...I also have backup," Ben added with a smirk just as Jenny landed before him and Rook.
"Sorry I'm late. Just finished the paperwork for my house then Makoto a-" Jenny began before she noticed Ben and Rooks current condition, "...Ben? Rook?"
"Age ray…" Ben sighed, "I'm eleven again! And Rook has gone back to before puberty hit him."
"Stop it!" Rook cried as his tail slapped the back of his head, "Ugh...I...Jenny, do not think about it."
"Think about wh-WOAH!" Jenny yelped as she narrowly avoided a saw blade from one of the robots, "Hey watch it!"
"Wha-what is that!?" Billy gawked.
"Is that a kid with a voice that doesn't match his body?" Jenny asked.
"Kid genius, hasn't grown up, hates me...for...uh...why did he hate me again?" Ben asked.
"Oh I get it…" Jenny nodded, "Just that unimpressive."
"Unimpre…?!" Billy began with a growl, "Mazuma, destroy that piece of junk!"
"Piece of j-HEY! I am not a piece of…!" Jenny began before Mazuma was instantly before her and grabbed her arm, "?!"
"Jenny?" Ben asked as she was tossed into a building, "Really? He made a robot girlfriend, too?" he groaned.
"Oh please. Like I'm that desperate," Billy scoffed, "She's my bodyguard, and she does what I say...for example: Mazuma? Take care of Tennyson's little sidekick with the tail while my toys take care of him."
"Acknowledged," Mazuma replied, a bit of green appearing in her red eyes as she charged at Rook.
Jenny rocketed out and tackled her away and into a car. Jenny smirked as Mazuma got up and her hands morphed into claws. Jenny gave a look that just gloated 'Cute.' Her arms opened and transformed into two giant chainsaws.
"So...still wanna play this game?" Jenny asked as the chainsaws roared to life.
"...Adapting," Mazuma stated as her claws converted into a similar pair of giant chainsaws...only the ends sported saw blades as they whirred to life.
"...Oh…." Jenny paled a bit before yelping as she began to parry Mazuma's chainsaws, "Yipe!"
"Not good. It seems she c-" Rook began before quickly jumping back from a laser shot form one of the giant robots.
"Scatter!" Ben shouted as he and Rook ran...with the robots chasing right after Ben, "Oh, come on!"
"I told you Tennyson; Anything you can do, I can do better!" Billy laughed as the robots continued to chase after Ben.
"Come on...come on...let's see...emergency identification confirmation!" Ben called out into the Omnitrix.
=Please provide alternate identification=
"My name is Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, I live in Bellwood, my grandfather's name is Max Tennyson, I like soccer and chili-fries and…!" Ben listed before a laser shot sent him flying, "I'm scared of peacocks!"
=Identity confirmed. Thank you=
A green flash went off as Ball Weevil landed. He turned around as the robots closed in on him, he spat out a sticky ball before balancing and rolling on it, letting it accumulate mass and rapidly via all the debris from the robots attacks to the city.
"Heh. I get to literally squish Tennyson like the bug he is? Oh this is…" Billy began before a tether grabbed onto his pocket watch, "?!"
"I got it!" Rook shouted, barely holding onto his ProtoTool as he prepared to reel it back, only for Mazuma to jump over as her hands changed back to normal and soon grabbed the line, "...Oh dear."
Mazuma narrowed her eyes, breaking part of the line holding onto Billy's pocket watch before she pulled back, causing Rook to yelp as he was pulled along with the tether and was swung around before being slammed into the ground.
"Hey!" Jenny shouted as she punched Mazuma sending her skidding away from Rook, "Back off the kid!"
"How mortifying…" Rook groaned.
"No one harms M-" Mazuma began before Jenny tackled into her from the side.
"Mazuma?" Billy blinked before turning to Rook.
"You...I think I can handle." Rook smirked, cracking his knuckles, "Ah…" he groaned, shaking his hands in regret, "Little hands…"
"Hahahaha!" Billy laughed, only to get slapped by Rook's tail knocking him over, "My face!" he cried in surprise.
"...I forgot how useful you were," Rook said, looking at his bi'nthak before looking down at Billy, "Now hand over the pocket watch."
"...No," Billy replied, his jetpack activating as he flew up off the ground, "Mazuma, take care of those two! I don't want them interfering while Tennyson gets squished!"
"Acknowledged."
"What did Ben even do t…" Jenny began before jumping back from a strike from Mazuma, only for her to grab her leg just as she jumped and threw her right into Rook, "Ahh!"
"Outta the way!" Ball Weevil screamed as he continued to run from the giant robots chasing him, the ball he was riding on almost as big as the robots. Just as he rolled onto a bridge, he spotted another pair of robots blocking his way, "These guys are persistent…"
With a grunt, he kicked the ball at the two ahead of him. The slime ball exploded, sending the two robots ahead of him careening off the sides of the bridge and engulfing him in the smoke of the explosion. The two robots behind him paused, trying to find him in the smoke before another green slime ball came out and struck them, exploding and sending them off the sides.
"Yeah...Here's hoping the blame can be put on that guy," Ball Weevil muttered as he rolled out on another ball of slime.
Rook grunted as he was kicked back by Mazuma, landing on top of some wreckage from one of the robots. Jenny's arm shifted into a blaster and she began to open fire at Mazuma, who jumped around, dodging the shots. Grabbing a part of a tentacle, she swung it at Jenny, letting it wrap up the robot from the 1920s and crash down beside Rook.
"I advise you both surrender," Mazuma advised as she walked up to the two, "I've already been through each of your extremities."
"..." Rook frowned before looking back at his tail, "...Almost all."
"?" Mazuma raises a brow before Rook's tail slammed onto the metal they were on, prompting her to grab the part that rose up.
Rook let out a cry as he ran up the part. He swung his tail as hard as he could, actually hovering for a moment before slamming it into Mazuma's face, shattering the 'skin' around her right eye, exposing the machinery beneath. Jenny's eyes widened a bit at it.
"Wow...The detailing kinda reminds me of the one time mom tuned XJ-3 and was having me watch to learn how to do it," Jenny whispered.
"XJ-3? You mean you consider her at a prototype level, correct?" Rook asked before his tail and Jenny's pigtails were grabbed.
"Uh-oh," both squeaked before they were slammed hard with a kick, sending them flying into the air, "Ahhahahahaaaa!"
"I gotcha, guys!" Ball Weevil shouted, rolling after them before they landed on top of the ball he was riding on, "You okay?"
"Yeah…" Jenny grunted as she finally got the tentacle wrapped around her off.
"I am fine. However, our adversaries have left the scene," Rook noted, seeing no sign of the two, "...Perhaps we should…"
"Don't worry, guys! Makoto's here to h-did we miss the fight?!"
"It seems we did," Tsubaki noted just as she, Noel, and Makoto came into the area.
"Oh dear…" Noel noted, looking around, "Where are they?"
"Over here!" Jenny waved, "And, uh...we have a situation."
"A situ…" Makoto began before Jenny held up Rook and Ben, "..."
"...Noel, Makoto, I see your eyes. Don't you d…" Rook began before Jenny blinked and she realized she was missing one Rook.
"KAWAII!" Noel and Makoto squealed, Rook sandwiched between them as they were hugging him.
"...Ben...what happened?" Tsubaki asked.
"Billy Billions-a kid I knew back in middle school-hit me and Rook with an age ray and has a vendetta against me," Ben explained.
"...Why is it that you saying that makes so much sense?" Tsubaki sighed, "We'd better get to headquarters and see if we have a way to reverse this."
"I hope...I am so not going through that awkward squeaky voice phase again."
"Oh, I had that happen, too," Jenny noted, "Though that was from a mechanical parasite made by Vexus, but I still feel you on the voice bit."
"Right…"
"Why am I not surprised you kept a pair of my clothes from when I was eleven, Grandpa?" Ben asked, wearing a white shirt with a black line going down the middle with a black trim around the ends of his sleeves and his neck and a pair of baggy green pants.
"It was for sentimental reasons, but I was not aware this would happen," Max replies as the two were walking down a hallway, "Do not worry. Blukic, Driba, and Kajun are looking for a way to change you and Rook back."
"...You didn't leave Rook with them, did you?" Ben asked.
"Yes, but I had Tsubaki and Mai there to make sure they focus solely on how to change you both back and not let Kajun deviate from it," Max assured.
"Okay good, because the last thing Rook needs is getting mentally scarred by Kajun's Science Mode…" Ben said before shuddering, "Seriously, how does she do that with those eyes of hers?"
"It's a secret that only scientists know how to do. I should know since Mom was one," Jenny noted as she and Makoto walked up before Makoto took a picture of Ben.
"Hey!"
"What? When we went to get some extra clothes in case this lasts longer than a day from your house, your mom asked me to get pictures of you," Makoto defended, holding up a duffle bag, "Can't say I blame her...You actually look cute as a kid."
"I ain't cute. I'm cool," Ben argued with a huff.
"Yeah...you're cute," Jenny agreed with the Beastkin.
"D'oh…" Ben groaned just as Tsubaki walked up to them, "...Please tell me you have good news."
"Sadly no," Tsubaki sighed, "Kajun, Blukic, and Driba tried to reverse the de-aging effect from this Billy's de-aging ray, but no effect." her nose scrunched, "And burnt Revonnaghander fur is not a pleasant smell."
"So what? The only way we'll get back to our normal age is if we grab Billy's de-aging gun?" Ben asked.
"Most likely...still, what did you do to make him have such a vendetta against you?"
"Well, we met when we were eleven and I bought an extremely rare one of a kind Sumo Slammers card before he could, so he stole the Rustbucket and nearly wrecked a whole town," Ben recalled, "That...and I ended up getting more attention than him in school and he hit himself with a ray meant for me and got sent to Dimension Twelve because said ray deflected off Diamondhead."
"Ah, now I remember. He was actually in the news about a missing child report a few years back," Max recalled, "So he was in Dimension Twelve this entire time?"
"Yup," Ben answered, "And he brought an army of robots with him."
"I don't get it. What's his big scheme here? What does he gain?" Makoto asked, "It seems like he's just playing a super villain off a TV show 'cause he has no frame of reference for how a bad guy acts."
"...Oh my god. He is, isn't he!?" Tsubaki snapped in realization.
"Told ya...unimpressive. And I knew a tiny robot barely two inches tall named Killgore that could only pop out of places and go 'Beware,'" Jenny sighed.
"Yeah..he's probably scheming something right now back at whatever he's using for a hideout," Ben added.
"Once I get the device fully functioning again, I'll open up another portal to Dimension Twelve and drop Tennyson in there forever, making me the winner…" Billy paused in his monologue, standing in the Billions Towers' assembly room as the giant robots were working on something, "And him the loser. From there, I'll have my revenge on everyone in this town. First will be the lunch la-no! ...Cash and JT. Yes..." he laughed at the thoughts in his head, "We'll see who's the loser now!" he shouted to the ceiling.
"Ten bucks his next targets are the school bullies from when I WAS this age," Ben deadpanned.
"And you want to let him?" Makoto smirked.
"What? No! Those guys are my friends now!" Ben argued, making her blink.
"Hubba wha?" she replied.
"Yeah, they're harmless. They're just two goofs trying to get famous as those paranormal mystery investigators…" Ben added, "It...it got annoying when they tried to tag along on a regular day with me...but they are still good dudes now," he explained.
"Ah it's true. Ben and his bullies hashed this out ages ago when Cash found a piece of Techadon robot armor and fought Ben. Ben beat him not with his fist, but with his wisdom," Max added before sighing, "Ah...now if he could only be that smart all the time."
"Y-hey!" Ben complained.
"...Guess even bullies change…" Makoto whispered to herself.
"I mean, they are still kinda a pain in the butt...but you know at least it's cause they are just way too enthusiastic to help," Ben shrugged.
"...I gu-" Makoto began before their communicators went off, "..."
"...Ugh…" Tsubaki sighed as she pulled her communicator out, "What's wrong?"
=It seems there's something going on at Billions Towers...some sort of ruckus=
"Good. Let's wait and see what happens now," Ben crossed his arms.
"Ben…" Max began.
"I know, I know…" he sighed, "Just wanted to let him suffer a little…"
"I'll go get Rook. Makoto, you, Ben, and Jenny head on over to Billions Towers," Tsubaki ordered, "If you are met with any resistance or if attacked, hold them off until we arrive."
"Alright...let's go save the jerk from his own mess…" Ben groaned, "Then steal his age gun, turn back to normal, and never speak of this...Again! Ever! For all time!"
"Wait...Rook and Ben can't drive...does this mean I get to?" Makoto asked as her eyes began to sparkle.
"Yes, kiddo...you can drive," Max smiled, holding the keys for the ProtoTRUK.
"YES!" Makoto beamed, swiping the keys, "Yay~ Finally all the driving class nonsense to get my license both for normal Earth cars and Space cars has paid off!"
"Wait. When did that happen?" Ben asked.
"I'll tell ya later," Makoto replied before dashing off, "WHOO~HOO~!-!"
"I'll fly…" Jenny chuckled.
"No, you traitor!" Ben cried out as she left.
"Oh this is gonna be stressful…" Tsubaki sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose as she walked off.
"AHHH!" Ben freaked as he held onto his seat, Makoto cackling as she drove the ProtoTRUK at high speed, "Makoto, slow down!"
"NEVAH!"
"AH OLD LADY!" Ben panicked as they swerved around the elderly pedestrian, "...HOW?!"
"Really? You have to ask?!" Makoto laughed as they zoomed down the driveway.
"How did you even pass!?" Ben demanded.
"Hmm?"
-flashback-
"AHH!" the instructor panicked as they came to a halt at the end of the test, "Ah...ah…."
"So...did I pass?" Makoto asked as she was given a paper, "Woohoo~! Wait...why did you deduct a point...I avoided the Mime…"
"That's why…" he replied simply.
-end-
"I got a really good instructor," she smirked.
"...That doesn't…!" Ben began before they skidded to a halt, causing him to fly out of his seat and hit the front window, "OOF! Ugh..."
"We're here~"
"...So this is the realization of taking things for granted," Ben groaned, "...I hate it."
"Oh, you big baby…" Makoto rolled her eyes as she hopped out of the ProtoTRUK just as Jenny landed, "Hey, Jen."
"...Is...is Ben, okay?" Jenny asked as Ben slumped out of the vehicle.
"Ahh he's fine."
"No! No, he is not!" Ben argued, "Ben is in the body of a little kid...and slapstick hurts more when you are a little kid!" he snapped.
"Oh please. My little brother's taken worse," Makoto huffed, "And he has bad luck most of the time."
"Stop…" Ben held his hand up, "Let's just get this over with." he sighed as they heard an explosion, "Take a few steps to the left." he said as his friends followed his lead and let some debris land where they use to be...followed by Billy, currently being held by Mazuma.
"Phew...I knew you wouldn't leave me…" Billy sighed in relief, looking up at his bodyguard before noticing Ben and the girls, "...Ben Tennyson..." he whispered, jumping out of Mazuma's arms, "...I don't want to be rude, but…"
"But…" Ben said, waiting for whatever he was about to say.
"...I have a dentist appointment, so…" Billy began as he was about to walk away, only for Ben to grab him by the scruff of his shirt, "Gh?!"
"Okay, rich boy. What did you do?" Ben asked with a frown before Mazuma picked him up by his hair, "Owowowowowowow!"
"Rude!" Makoto complained, grabbing Mazuma's arm as the two glared at one another.
"...Master Billy, should I exterminate these two?" Mazuma asked, not caring that Jenny was aiming at her from behind.
"Your call, Billy, but I think my friends...got yours outmatched," Ben grunted.
"Okay! Okay! You let me go; she lets you go!" Billy coughed out before Ben dropped him, letting him land on the ground just as Mazuma dropped Ben.
"Alright...What did you do and how badly did you screw up?" Ben groaned, rubbing his head.
"I didn't screw anything up!" Billy snapped, "I had it under control!"
"Uh huh…" Ben noted, giving him a look.
"I did…." Billy frowned...with Ben keeping the look up, "...Okay. I might have lost control of the Dimension Twelve robots…"
"Translation: he totally did and now they're gonna destroy everything," Makoto deadpanned.
"Hey…"
"Oh let me guess: you were gonna say that this would have all worked out...had I...me...Ben Tennyson...not been involved...when, oh wait, I wasn't. I was dealing with the face I'm deaged to before puberty even hit...Speaking of which, I never even hit my last growth spurt…" he grumbled the last part, "Meaning this is all your fault and proves you're not as smart as you claim to be...for the fact I've met and fought people way smarter…"
"I'm just gonna let him be this time 'cause him gloating just burns the midget," Makoto muttered to Jenny.
"Are you...nevermind. He seems that type," Jenny noted just as Tsubaki and Rook finally arrived in a spare Plumber vehicle.
"Sorry we're late. We…" Tsubaki began before noticing Bill trying to look away, "...I take it the source of the disturbance here is his fault?"
"You even have to ask? He lost control of the situation and I'm betting it's 'cause he got greedy and pushed the control device too hard and it broke," Ben stated, "Am I right?"
"...No…maybe…" Billy muttered.
"He did…" Rook sighed.
"Yup...and now we have to fix his mistake," Ben added.
"What else is new? You always save the day," Makoto smirked, making Billy more upset, "It's why you're loved the world over...and now more so 'cause you're small and adorable."
"Mmm…" Ben fumed.
"Shut it you..you…" Billy began before whispering to Ben, "Who is she? Some costume wearing fangirl of yours?!"
"Not a fangirl and not a costume. She's a girl from the future who's trapped in the past and works with me to save the world. And she's part of a magical race of half human half animals and has scary super strength enough to crush a planetoid meteor when she can go all out," Ben explained, making his eye twitch, "Also Jenny is a hyper advanced robots from the 1920's with the strength of a million and seventy men from the 1920s...meaning someone did what you did...but better and WAY sooner," he added, "Tsubaki is also from the future and is essentially a super soldier. And before you shrank him into a plushy, Rook was an awesome blackbelt in space karate and a space cop."
"Aw...he finally complimented you, Rook," Makoto smiled.
"The feeling of completion is overwhelming…" Rook rolled his eyes.
"Grr…"
"Let's just focus on dealing with the robots and send them back to Dimension Twelve," Tsubaki spoke as she walked forward towards the building, "After that, Billy, you'll be brought in for destruction of city property."
"What?!"
"Your screw up. Not mine. Yours," Ben stated.
"Grr…"
"Come on! Give it!" Billy shouted, the group in the building's elevator as he tried to snatch Rook's ProtoTool, "I can probably figure out how it works!"
"The ProtoTool is a very complicated mechanism," Rook stated, keeping his hand on Billy's head to keep him away.
"Come on~!"
"God he's annoying…" Makoto muttered.
"Huh...I never noticed, but Billions Towers is right next to Captain Nemesis' building," Ben noted as he looked out the elevator window.
"Yeah, except my building is taller than his building," Billy gloated in a cocky manner, earning an eye twitch from Ben.
"Why does that matter?!" Ben snapped as he turned to glare at him, "You keep trying to prove you're better than everyone else, and look what happens. You make a huge mess you don't even know how to fix!"
"I'll think of something. I am a super genius afterall," Billy countered.
"Based on what?" Ben argued, "Because you brought Dimension Twelve robots here to kill me? Yeah, you're only the third person to try that. Captain Nemesis tried that first...and they kept popping out 'till I closed the portals."
"What…?" Billy blinked, hearing that last part.
"Even that lame pocket watch is a wannabe Omnitrix. Honestly, have you ever had an original idea?" Ben asked, crossing his arms.
"Ooh~! He called you out!" Makoto cheered as she and Ben High fived.
"...I came up with I.Q Lad," Billy replied.
"What's that? Your supervillain name?"
"As a matter of fact, it is."
"Boo...It sounds like a boring sidekick that everyone forgets about," Makoto complained.
"Not even the bad guys in my time had lame names like that," Jenny added.
"Also your 'supervillain' name...is super lame!" Ben laughed.
"...Hello? Police?" Makoto asked into her phone, "Yeah...I'd like to report a murder. The cause of death? A major burn."
*SMACK!*
"Owie!"
"No...none of that, Makoto…" Tsubaki frowned, tapping her paper fan in her hand.
"Shut up!" Billy snapped.
"Look your gimmick is you're smart right?! You think you're an evil genius? Then go for something like…" Ben took a moment to think, 'I don't know…'Whiz Kid,' 'Whits End,' or 'Brain Power!'"
"Let it be known...Ben is good at thinking up Hero names. Kinda have to after five plus years of learning how to use 60 plus aliens..." Makoto muttered, rubbing her head.
"Ooh, I like that!" Billy spoke up, making them blink, "What?"
"I didn't say you could use it!" Ben complained.
"Then why did you even mention it?" Billy countered.
"To prove you're not as smart as you think you are, Billy!" Ben began as he leaned forward slightly, "You're just a spoiled brat, Billy! A petty jealous copycat Billy!" he growled.
"At least you know my name now," was all Billy could respond with.
"You have a worse case of stupid then...anybody I've ever met…" Makoto sighed, "And that's saying something with Taokaka."
"Ahem!" Rook cleared his throat, earning the group's attention, "Would you settle this after we deal with the pan dimensional invasion?"
"Do...do we tell his parents on him? Or...Juvie...or jail?" Makoto asked.
"That...that's a good question," Jenny admitted.
"What!?" Billy gawked.
"Oh you are in so much trouble, you little creep. I feel the urge to hold back...but then I remember you're the same mental age as most of us...and probably a total jerk!" Makoto replied, "So that makes the Robo Girlfriend carrying you around...extra creepy!"
"She doesn't seem all that...sentient…" Jenny coughed in agreement.
"Of course she's sentient. She just follows every one of my commands," Billy argued, "And that's not what she is!" he snapped at Makoto.
"Hey..I calls 'em as I sees 'em…" she crossed her arms.
"Grr...you…!"
"Shh!" Tsubaki quickly hushed as the elevator stopped, "We're here…Get into positions."
"...This isn't over…" Billy stated, glaring at Ben as the group poked their heads out from the elevator.
"The robot's should still be inside," Ben whispered before looking at Billy, "You get the de-ager and change me and Rook back to normal, then we can stop the robots."
"No. First we stop the robots, then I turn you back," Billy argued simply.
"Uh...yo. Ankle biter lad...Ben's aliens are younger too and Rook can barely move as he wants. So either you help them back to full power...or we blame this whole mess on you when the paparazzi show up!" Makoto growled, grinding her fist against his head.
"Owowowow! Okay okay! I'll change them back first!"
"Good…" Makoto frowned as she moved her fist away, "And tell your 'bodyguard' to stop glaring at me!"
"No one threatens Master Billy…" Mazuma stated, aiming her fingers at Makoto's neck.
"He's three feet tall...everything's a threat to him!" Makoto argued.
"Shh! Focus!" Tsubaki hissed before the group pulled backed into the elevator just as one of teh robots passed by.
"...That was close," Jenny whispered as the group hurried out of the elevator. After a moment of searching and hiding, they reached the assembly room, climbing a nearby ladder as they got onto the scaffolding and hid behind some crates, "See anything, Makoto?"
"Yeah. It looks like they're using a device to build a giant portal...and more are coming out of said portal," Makoto quietly answered, "...No doubt your handy work, Bimmy…"
"Maybe…and it's…" he stopped when Ben jammed his hand over his mouth and shoved him to the floor.
"Shut it!" he hissed, "Anyone got any ideas…" Billy raised his finger, "One that isn't from a so called 'genius'?" Billy lowered his hand, "Yeah...I thought so."
"Hmm...I got it," Tsubaki quietly spoke, "Ben, You, Jenny and Makoto distract the robots. I'll watch over billy as he gets the de-aging gun."
"Perhaps if..." Mazuma began before a laser shot hit the crate she was behind, causing her to be sent flying into the wall.
"?!"
=DESTROY ALL FLESH AND THE WORKS OF FLESH= one of the robots called out as they all stopped what they were doing and began firing at the group's hiding spot.
"...Okay. Slight altering in the plan…" Tsubaki sighed, "Ben, hurry and transform. Makoto, you and Jenny protect him while he does so."
"Come on Shocksquatch…" Ben spoke, nearly slapping the Omnitrix after making his selection before pausing, "Oh right...no slapping…" he groaned, "Please Shocksquatch?"
"Oh for…" Makoto groaned before lightly pressing down on the Omnitrix, engulfing Ben in greenlight as he became his Alien of choice...albeit very different.
He still looked like a yeti, but not as muscular and much thicker. He had white, gray, and blue fur, along with a reddish-pink face, and pointed eyebrows. He also had green eyes with black pupils. He had metallic gray circular bolts on the back of his hands and on his lower jaw.
"Thanks, eh…" Shocksquatch thanked before noticing their looks, "What? Shocksqutch's race doesn't mature until they're seventeen. Until then, they look like this."
"...Just get to smashing," Makoto simply pointed as Shocksquatch gave a double thumbs up and jumped down, punching a robot and electrocuting it until it exploded, "But save some for us!"
"...But..what about Mazuma?" Jenny asked, looking at the wreckage and saw a badly damaged Mazuma underneath, the 'skin' on her arm gone while the right side of her face showed the metal underneath.
"...D'oh...I…" Billy began in worry..m
"What are you d-bzt!-doing?" Mazuma asked, her voice a bit staticy as she looked at Billy, "Are you going to let T-t-t-t-t-Tennyson steal the spotlight again?"
"?!" Billy tensed at that before growling, "Not this time!" he snapped as he ran.
"Wait! You...Oh for…!" Tsubaki groaned, pulling out her sword and shield as she chased after him with Rook, unaware of Mazuma giving a small smile before shutting down..
"...I'm sure she'll be fine...hopefully," Makoto assured Jenny, "For now, let's hurry and help Ben."
With that, both Jenny and Makoto jumped after Shocksquatch to give them some assistance, the former converting her arms into blasters as she began to open fired while Makoto grabbed a nearby one's tendrel and began to use its owner like a weapon. One attempted to blast at them, only for Shocksquatch to jump on top of it, grabbing its head unit as he pulled back, ripping it out just as its laser cut through another.
"Where is it…?" Billy muttered as he looked around, Tsubaki using her shield to block some laser shots while Rook fired off a few at the robots, "I know...ah ha! Here we go," he grinned, stopping before a red and gold wall before pressing a panel, causing it to slide up and grab the exact gun they were looking for, "Hey Tennyson! Look what I found!"
"Yeah, that's great, eh…" Shocksquatch grunted, holding back one of the robots' arms as he swung it into another, "Now hurry and change us back!"
"Hmm...I could...or…" Billy began with a devious grin, "I can make you and your friends even younger th-HEY!"
"Now is not the time," Tsubaki scolded, her sword put away for her to take the blaster from him.
"...That little snot was gonna use it on us, wasn't he?!" Makoto exclaimed, smashing in a robot's head unit before jumping off, Jenny grabbing her as she flew by.
"Does it matter right now?!" Rook shouted before yelping as a laser shot hit the ground before him, the resulting explosion sending him flying into the wall and dropping his ProtoTool, "Ow…"
"D'oh..I gotta build a better grip on that thing…" Billy muttered, staring at the De-Ager before seeing Rook's ProtoTool on the ground, "...Hello..."
"How do we shut the portal down anyway?" Jenny asked, spinning Makoto around before throwing her at a line of robots, letting Makoto's extended fist let her go through the entire line.
"STR~IKE!" Makoto laughed before yelping as she barely avoided a laser, "Watch the tail!"
=DESTROY ALL FLESH AND THE WORKS OF FLESH!=
"There must be a control panel somewhere…" Tsubaki guessed before looking down at Billy, "Any ideas?"
"Huh? Oh it's on the top panel of the device controlling the portal," Billy offhandedly replied as he looked at Rook's ProtoTool, "Uh...how...how do you…?"
"Are you telling us you built it right near the portal?!" Shocksquatch exclaimed.
"What? Isn't that the obvious place for a control panel?" BIlly snorted, stilling looking over the ProtoTool.
"NO!" everyone snapped.
"And give me that back," Rook ordered as he tried grabbing his weapon back from Billy, "I told you that it is very complicated to use!"
"No! I...I...d'oh…" Billy groaned as he pushed Rook back, "This thing's a piece of useless junk!" he snapped as he slammed it onto the floor, causing it to bounce a bit before a panel on the side opening up and fired a miniature laser, "?"
The laser began to bounce rapidly all over the metal walls of the area at a quick pace. Billy, Rook, and Tsubaki all followed the laser's trail all over the place. Jenny yelped as she skidded to a halt with Makoto in her arms before it shot by them in the air.
"Yipe!" Makoto yelped, her tail wrapping up around her as it came back and nearly hit it, "Watch it!"
The laser hit one of the robots, knocking it over. It continued down the trail of robots, knocking each one down at it got near the portal. It finally hit the ground before bouncing up and hitting the very top of the portal, causing it to spark. The green light on it dimmed before a red light turned on with a loud beep. An alarm began to sound as a robot began to come through the portal...before the portal sucked it right back in. The suction grew stronger with each second, pulling in more and more robots into it. Jenny landed and deployed drills in her heels that she quickly dug into the floor while wrapping an arm around Makoto's waist so she wasn't sucked in. BIlly and Rook grunted as they held onto the floor while Tsubaki had stabbed her sword into it, having replaced the shield for the sword when she saw the portal suck in the first robot. Billy yelped as he lost his grip and was sucked towards the portal when Jenny's other arm extended out like a lasso and quickly wrapped around Billy's waist. Shocksquatch grunted, a hand dug into the floor before he spotted an emergency shutdown switch nearby.
"At least he did that thing right, eh…" Shocksquatch grumbled as he quickly activated it, causing a lever to rise up that he quickly pulled down, causing a large wall to block off the portal before a second thicker one soon followed, "Phew…"
"Oh that was scary…" Makoto sighed in relief.
"Um...Why are you squeezing my torso, Makoto?" Jenny asked, looking down at Makoto's hand over the left side of her chest armor, squeezing it a little but not really denting it.
"...Sorry. Force of habit," Makoto whispered as she moved off her.
"...You...you all saw that, right?!" Billy shouted in glee, "I did that! Me! I overloaded the portal generator! I saved the Earth!"
"After nearly causing an invasion of robots wanting to commit genocide of all organic life and its creations," Rook deadpanned.
"I saved the world~! I saved the world~!" Billy gloated, "Me, Billy Billions! ...No. I.Q Lad! No...Brain Power!"
"And he's back to copying…" Shocksquatch deadpanned as he changed back into Ben.
"You...you didn't save the world this time, Ben Tennyson...it was me! Me me me!" Billy shouted, "I did it all! Not you! Not your team! It was all…!"
*CLANG!*
"Me…" Billy groaned as he passed out, a smoking bump growing on his head.
"Nice shot," Ben complimented.
"Meh. Was already getting annoyed when he started gloating," Makoto shrugged, "When you gloat, however...it's kinda tolerable."
"Tha...Hey!" Ben whined.
"Are you two ready to go back to being older?" Tsubaki asked, holding up the gun.
"Yup…" Ben sighed before looking at Rook, "Ready to say goodbye to that tail again?"
"Bi'nthak. And I do not know," Rook admitted, "I was just getting u…" the tail smacked him several times in the face, "OOF! ...I am over it."
"...You could've asked Makoto for pointers," Jenny suggested.
"And risk getting hugged constantly? I do not think so," Rook deadpanned.
"...Oh, that reminds me. Now that this crisis is over with..." Makoto noted before tackling him and snuggling him into her chest, "You are just too fluffy~! Seriously! You are just so fluffy and cuddly! Oh, Noellie is missing out on last hugs!"
"Mhph!"
"...Ugh…" Tsubaki sighed before noticing Jenny starting to fidget a bit, "...Go right ahead."
"Mmm?!"
"So cute~!" Jenny squeed, adding in on hugging Rook.
"It's...not...fair!" Billy snapped, standing in a Plumbers transport ship as Mazuma was carted in, "I did all the work! I saved the world…" he glared over at a crowd surrounding Ben, "And he gets all the fame and credit...AGAIN!"
"Yeah right ...some brat saved the world and not Tennyson..hahaha...you hear this kid Wilhelm!?" one of the Plumber agents laughed as Max pushed Billy back inside the transport.
"But I did!" Billy snapped.
"AHAHAHAHA!" the Plumbers laughed.
"Okay boys its not that funny." Max chuckled.
"Sorry Magister...ah...just...this brat is so delusional." one of them chuckled.
"I AM NOT DELUSIONAL! Grr...I'm gonna get you for this, Tennyson!"
"Oh act your own age!" Makoto laughed as she closed the doors.
"He was the second most unpleasant rich kid I've ever dealt with," Jenny sighed, "...Though the difference the one I knew back in my time changed after Christmas."
"What did he do?" Makoto asked before Jenny whispered something to her, "...Oh huh...he...oh wow he...oh...and everyone tried to...well dang."
"Welp...we figured Plumber prison will suit ya since you are the cause of an intergalactic invasion." Ben smiled as he walked over.
"Yes, all evidence points to you and only you as the sole perpetrator of this crime." Rook smiled, "With no proof of your claim that you saved the world...as the blast came from my ProtoTool."
"So...your loss...to bad so sad, later Geek Boy!" Makoto waved.
"D'oh….!" Billy growled in frustration as the Plumber ship flew off.
"...So honest question, should...should we tell his parents about what he did?" Makoto asked.
"I'm not sure…" Tsubaki answered, "They would most likely ask us where he's been all this time and why we didn't try to rescue him."
"True…" Ben sighed, "But...what's two more people hating me?" he sighed.
"Ben?"
"They have a right to know, if they hate me for it...cool two more on that long list. But at least they'll know. Maybe they can fix him...if they stop spoiling him." he explained, "But still at least they'll know."
"Wait. So they have the right to…"
"We made a deal of no one sueing anyone in exchange for repairing Billions Tower," Tsubaki explained.
"Oh phew…" Makoto sighed in relief, "Least that…I almost jinxed it."
Tsubaki pulled out the paper fan and slapped Makoto upside the head making her fall over, "Stop doing that!"
"Ha! Y-" Ben began before Tsubaki slapped him with the fan as well, "Ow!"
"Don't you start as well!" Tsubaki snapped before sighing, "Let's just head home…I'll deal with the paperwork after dinner…"
"Yes…Ma'am…" the two who were struck complained/complied.
Ben closed his bedroom door behind him and locked it. He walked over and ducked down to pull out a box from under his bed. Opening it, he pulled out a binder and opened that to reveal several pages filled with Sumo Slammer cards. Flipping through it, he soon pulled out a platinum card torn in half. He dug into his pocket and pulled out the half Billy had that he swiped from the pocket watch BIlly had. He put them together on the desk by his bed and turned on the Omnitrix. A green flash went off before a green beam hit the two halves. WIthin seconds, the two fused back into a single perfect, mint condition platinum Sumo Slammers card. Clockwork tapped his emblem and changed back into Ben.
"And with that, my collection of the 2000s edition of the card game is complete," Ben smirked as he put the repaired card back into the binder and put it back under his bed, "Thank you Barny."
SZ: Heh heh...ahh...I remember this episode…
Z0: Ah that was a fun episode indeed.
SZ: Yup...and oh god Billy. HE was annoying..yet fun at the same time kinda…
Z0: He's...not a threatening villain...like at all...not many of Ben's earth villains are.
SZ: Oh so true...most of them end up being...joke villains at best.
Z0: Which to be fair...by this point...very little Earth threats can match Ben...at least within his own canon.
SZ: True, but next time..we get to one of his more dangerous villains.
GT: Yes. Quite the dangerous one. So 'till next time, read and review.