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.

25. Showdown

SZ: Greeting one and all, and welcome to...hmm...would you guys say this is the season 2 finale for GSE, or Season 3 premiere?

Z0: Well if we go by production order...it...it makes no damn sense...

GT: Agreed. So let's say it's the end of one season and the beginning of another.

SZ: Ah...fair enough. Still, we hope you enjoy this as we're bringing in more action, and possible backstory revelations. But before we begin, guys? Anything you'd like to say aside from disclaimers?

GT: I may or may not have put a kick me sign on Sun Wukong's back with Z0's signature on it. The Sun Wukong. Not the RWBY one. And then dyed his fur green and left the bottle with O.N's name on it.

Z0: I already absorbed him and made him into part of my powers...oops.

GT: Wow. That is OP even for authors.

Z0: It's actually part of my bit of only I being able to destroy things to his leisure. Kay drop the Axis, *points to the giant asteroid falling towards Earth* Also I'm just a hologram as the real me chills on the moon. Good luck with the fall out and the boom, Ja-ne~

SZ: 0-0…..WE OWN NOTHING ASIDE FROM ORIGINAL CONTENT! *grabs GT* SAVE US~!

Z0: Also I lied...Sun Wukong is still on his way here...oh look he's turned into a giant great ape. *Hologram Z0 vanishes*

GT: *falls over, revealing to be a cardboard cutout*

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"Welcome children to the Galvan Museum Hall of Predators," a rotund female Galvan greeted as she led a group of young Galvans into a large room filled with various objects with several large windows to bring in the natural lighting, "Despite our diminutive size, we Galvans have used our innate intellect to outwit and defeat every existing predator in the galaxy...except one," she paused as she presented a display of a large bird-like skeleton, "Omnivoracious."

"Ooh~"

"These fossilized bones are all that remain of what was once one of the galaxy's swiftest, fiercest, most cunning, and determined predators in the known universe," the female Galvan continued as she moved over to a green sphere showing a holographic image, "Indeed the Galvan race might have never survived...that is until a freak asteroid collision hit the planet, bringing forth a massive climate change that wiped out Omnivoracious millions of years ago. Now..." she turned as she began to lead the children out of the room, "If you will please follow me to the Azmuth Pavilion of Outstanding Galvan Brilliance…"

"...Outstanding Galvan Brilliance?" a voice repeated as Psychobos, Khyber,and Malware walked into the room, "More like persistantly pervasive dumb luck...but then again…" the Cerebrocrustacean paused as he attatched a small device to the Omnivoracious skeleton, a red liquid quickly filled within the container, "I have always asserted that the Galvans are far more lucky than s-s-s-s-smart."

"That luck…" Khyber began, taking the device as he attached it to the Nemetrix, the liquid seemingly being sucked into it, "Is about to run out."

=You there!= the four looked to see two Galvanich Mechamorphs at the doors, one having their left arm in the form of a blaster with flashlight on top =Step away from the Omnivoracious skeleton!=

=T-Cell, is tha...= the second gasped upon spotting Malware before the red and black Galvanic Mechamorph grabbed the two by their necks and released a red current through them.

=Soon…= Malware spoke as he released them, letting their bodies now seemingly made of stone collapse atop one another before collapsing into a pile of dust =The entire Galvan race will wish they had perished along with their former predators…=

"True," Khyber replied as he walked around with the vial.

"What are you doing n-n-now?"

"A bit of...assurance...on the chance that Tennyson and his team come here," Khyber replied as he approached another fossil and put the device to it, "Even the fiercest predators I hunted would give something that would surprise me, so it always paid to have something extra."

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"Ugh...How much longer~?" Makoto whined, sitting in the Proto-Trukk with Ben and Rook.

"Hey, you wanted to ride in the truck and not walk around like the others are doing," Ben argued.

"Could've hitched a ride with Jenny if she were here," Makoto countered.

"You are forgetting that Magister Tennyson is having her systems updated with the latest security systems today," Rook reminded, "Or have you already forgotten when Billy hacked into her yesterday because she kept trying to avoid that required update?"

"I don't have a missing tooth like I did, so nope," Makoto replied, showing her teeth with a full smile, "Man, those Galvans and their healing tanks sure are neat! Another point for the past!"

"Glad to know," Ben smirked before looking out at the streets of Undertown, "Still, a bit of a yawn fest. Not really much action going on down here thanks to Ragna's reputation down here."

"True...unless said action involves dealing with a certain hyperactive catgirl," Makoto nodded.

"None of them are near us, right?" Ben asked, a blindfold already in hand.

"Nope."

"Oh phew…" Ben sighed in relief.

"You are determined to remain single, are you not?" Rook questioned.

"I'd rather it be natural and not because of some sorta random thing like seeing someone's face," Ben replied, "And I'm surprised you haven't asked about the 'yawn fest.'"

"Oh, Tsubaki has been quite helpful in learning about modern Earth sayings," Rook replied...before holding up a finger just as Makoto was about to say something, "And no. We are merely team mates. There is no romantic vibes between us...Plus, I do have someone technically."

"Oh?" Makoto asked, "Girl back home, eh?"

"Yes. Rayona," Rook nodded, "I had told you a bit about her before."

"...Oh yeah. It was during that one patrol," Makoto recalled before smirking a bit, "Heh..I had a feeling…" her hand caught Ben's as he was about to push a button on the dashboard, "Were you about to push the turbo?"

"Oh, that's the turbo?" Ben asked, "Did not know that."

"Why would you press a button you didn't know?" Makoto asked.

"What? I fiddle with things when I get bored."

"It amazes me that you have not broken the Omnitrix with your fiddling," Rook deadpanned...before realizing Ben was looking away and whistling off-key, "...You have."

"More than once…" Ben admitted, "...I was ten, okay?!"

"Seriously?" Makoto asked, "How'd that happen?"

"Does it involve the photos I found about hybrid aliens in a bayou?" Rook asked.

"To be fair, that was Animo's doing. Certainly not me using a screwdriver on the Omnitrix and causing the top to pop off."

"Gee...that doesn't sound like fiddling…" Makoto sarcastically deadpanned.

"Oh, like you haven't fiddled with something," Ben huffed.

"Name one ti…"

"This morning with an electric toothbrush and several different canisters of different materials while watching a 'You Tube' video involving said items," Rook stated.

"I was curious!" Makoto argued with a light embarrassed blush as Rook parked the Proto-Trukk.

"Though now that you mention it, Makoto, we all have been partners for a while and have lived together for part of that time," Rook noted, "Yet we do not fully know one another."

"Oh? Trying to get into a girl's secrets, eh?" Makoto asked teasingly, "Gonna try to find my sizes? My favorite food? My biggest fear?"

"100-45-95, Chestnut Parfaits, and Dobermans," Rook replied.

"...Lucky…" Makoto pouted, "..Oh! Betcha don't know my favorite hobby!"

"Parkour?" Ben guessed.

"Close but no. Lacrosse."

"Cool," Ben noted, "So what about me, Rook? My favorite food? Biggest fear? Distinctive body marks?"

"Smoothies and chili fries, peacocks but was once tied with clowns until you were ten, and a scar on your lower back in the shape of New Jersey."

"...Wha…"

"I read your file…" Rook admitted, "Well, I and Kajun did with everyone's files."

"I have a file?" Makoto asked.

"Everyone has one," Rook replied.

"Those background checks are way too detailed. TMI-level detailed," Ben noted.

"Agreed…" Makoto added.

"I did notice there was one ommision in your file that piqued my curiosity, Ben," Rook admitted.

"Was it about whether he was dropped as a baby or not?" Makoto asked.

"That is not a real thing," Ben deadpanned.

"No, it is not that and that is a thing in Makoto's file. Apparently, from her father playing a game called 'helicopter' with her."

"Hey, hey, hey! I said that in private!" Makoto fumed, "I am so gonna file a complaint on these files!"

"...Then what do you wanna ask, Rook?" Ben asked, "Come on. I'm an open book."

"Your Conductioid form known as Feedback."

"...That book is automatically closed," Ben frowned as he looked away, Makoto cringing a bit the moment Rook brought it up.

"By all indications, Feedback was your most-used form when you were eleven. And then three months before you had the Omnitrix removed, the usage simply...stopped. Curious, no?" Rook asked.

"No," Ben replied, "And I don't want to talk about it. ...I didn't use him that much."

"The file said that during the entire time you used Feedback for those eight months, you used him at an average of six point nine hours per day," Rook replied, earning a surprised look from Makoto.

'I knew it...He was getting addicted to that form before...that happened,' Makoto thought, recalling what Ben shared with her about Feedback.

"Still, I would very much like to see Feedback in action," Rook continued, "Why will you not transform into him?"

"..."

"Need I remind you that partnerships are based upon trust? Do you not trust us?" Rook asked.

=Rook? Are you there?=

"I am here, Tsubaki," Rook replied.

=Ben and Makoto are still with you, right?= Tsubaki asked.

"They are," Rook replied.

=Good. Because, and I want you to pay close attention, I need you to ignore a large trail of smoke= Tsubaki informed.

"Ben did it!" Makoto quickly blamed.

"Wait, what?!" Ben exclaimed.

=No. Pakmar's running a portable barbeque and some of the ingredients require a stronger fire to cook= Tsubaki explained =So if you see a vehicle that looks like it's on fire with a crowd near it...it's not a fire, but a food truck=

"Oh...wait. But why…" Ben began.

=Because the moment he sees you, he'll most likely flee just to get away from you and Makoto=

"Hey!" both of them groaned.

=I bought some stir-fry and rice from his truck= Noel added =It's really good! Apparently, the stir-fry is from Cascareau in the Andromeda Galaxy and the rice comes from Appoplexia. The stir-fry is actually really cold and the rice is extra spicy and they're ending up cancelling the bad parts of each other and-Mmmm~=

=We used our break to buy a few of each meal he was selling for dinner tonight= Mai explained =So please don't do something that'll ruin this and not let Noel learn how to make it. I swear that if you do, I am going to...=

Ben hung up on her, "We all agree to not learn what she was gonna threaten us with because of Noel not learning how to cook something, right?"

"Aye," Both Rook and Makoto held a hand up in response.

"Motioned carried th-"

"Get back here!" Ragna's voice barked.

"What now?" Ben sighed as they looked out the window, seeing Ragna chasing after Liam as he held a large bag of something.

"B-bukaw! No!" Liam shouted, knocking over some barrels

"Dumbass you better get back here or so help me I'm turning you into fried chicken!" Ragna barked as he jumped over the barrels.

"Wanna help?" Ben smiled.

"Yes." the others smirked.

"You won't get me this time!" Liam cried after avoiding a strike from Ragna ,only to stop as soon as a fireball struck his face, making him pause as he coughed up smoke, "Tennyson…." he groaned.

"Sup?" Swampfire smirked as he walked beside Ragna with Makoto and Rook.

"...I had it under control, kid," Ranga frowned.

"Probably...but I had nothing to do." he replied forming another fireball, "So what did he steal this time?"

"Bunch of Crystalsapien pottery…most likely pencilneck wants to sell it."

"Sugilite makes pottery?" Swampfire blinked, stretching his arm out and clotheslining Liam when he tried to run again.

"Yup. Pretty good actually," Ragna shrugged before glaring down at Liam, "Okay...start talking."

"I...have legitimately tuned the Ba-bawk out...I just do whatever I'm told…" Liam groaned.

"Oh great henchmen who stopped giving a care…" Swampfire groaned, "Literally useless."

"I'm good with that," Ragna smirked, cracking his knuckles a bit, "Gives me an excuse ot knock the stupid out of them."

"GH?!" Liam tensed at that.

"Try not to go too far...I do not want them to make a mess in my truck." Rook smirked simply.

"Don't worry...I'll just bust his beak," Ragna assured.

"...NO!" Liam freaked as he shot up, about to run before running right into Makoto's outstretched fist, "D'oh!"

"Keep forgetting I'm here…" Makoto deadpanned as Liam fell over.

"I hate Earth…"

"Next time you decide to steal something...think," Ragna muttered as Rook cuffed up Liam, "...what am I even saying? You only have one third of a brain...the other parts are with your dumbass buddies."

"That would imply they have brains," Swampfire quipped.

"It's probably why Psyphon hires them," Makoto added with a snicker.

"I will contact Tsubaki a-" Rook began before a green bubble formed around the four, "?"

"Oh now what?!" Ragna snapped.

"...This looks like…" Swampfire began before the bubble holding the four suddenly vanished with them with it.

"...Bukaw?" Liam blinked.

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"...Any moment now…" Azmuth muttered, holding a device his as he hid out from a large, dark-purple bird-like predator wit a razor sharp beak and the Nemetrix collar around its neck, its black talons trying to claw at the piece of wall he was hiding behind. Just before the bird could claw at the wall again, the bubble holding Swampfire and his group suddenly appeared over it, the bubble disappearing as it dropped them on top of it, "There we go."

"Just like a Galvan to cheat…" Psychobos growled, hiding in a skybox above the room with Khyber.

"Perhaps you have been cheated, but I've just been handed an incredible stroke of good fortune," Khyber noted as he looked down, "My ultimate prey, Ben Tennyson is now trapped in this arena...him and his allies."

"You will keep your focus on Azmuth!" Psychobos snapped.

"I am perfectly capable of...as the Earthlings say, killing two birds with one stone," Khyber simply argued before whistling, prompting the bird-like predator to throw Swampfire and his group off before changing into Tyrannopede.

"Oh not again!" Swampfire cried as Tyrannopede slammed its snout into him and then into a wall, before grinding the Methanosian up the wall tearing him apart in the process, "I'm not okay…"

"I knew I shouldn't have gotten out of bed today…" Ragna groaned as Swamfire landed near him, Rook, and Makoto.

"I thought today was gonna be…" Swampfire began as he looked up, seeing Azmuth staring down at him, "...Azmuth?"

"I'll explain everything later," Azmuth replied.

"...You always say that..." Swampfire groaned as his limbs grew back, "But you never do…" he turned around and began unleashing fire as Tyrannopede ignored it and roared at him.

"Already getting a certain annoying vibe from the old man…" Ragna said as he got up, pulling his sword out as he stood next to Swampfire.

"Old ma…?!" Azmuth began before Rook picked him up.

"You are Azmuth! I cannot believe I am in the presence of the greatest mind in the universe!" Rook beamed.

"Pretty sure he doesn't like people picking him up like that," Makoto noted, noticing the annoyed look on Azmuth's face.

"Oh...Ap-"

"No he is not!" Psychobos snapped, prompting the trio to look up, "And I am about to prove it!...that is if a certain partner-and I use the term loosely-would learn to cooperate."

"Shut up and fight!" Ragna and Swampfire snapped as they punched Tyrannopede in the distraction, sending her flying away and crashing into a wall.

"In fact, come down here, you skull-faced bastard!" Ragna barked as he looked up, "I wanna pay you back for last time!"

"Tempting, but Tennyson is the bigger target…" Khyber answered before whistling, causing Tyrannopede to change into Terroranchula.

"Oh cr-!" Swampfire began before his head was torn off by the alien insect.

"AH!" the others panicked before the head grew back.

"Do you know how much of a headache that gives me…" Swampfire groaned before Terroranchula stabbed its claw through his torso and pinned him to the ground, "Okay I get it...your violent!" he grunted igniting his hands before slapping them on the sides of the monsters face as if clapping causing a small explosion that dazed it, "Now...get...OFF!" he snapped stomping his foot into Terroranchula's torso and stretching it up till he pinned it to the ceiling.

"Nice and all, but I think you forgot something important, Ben…" Makoto spoke.

"Hmm? What's that?" Swampfire blinked before Khyber whistled once more, "...oh right..the hunter with the built-in whistle."

"Hmm?" Azmuth raised a brow at that as Swampfire was soon stomped on by Crabdozer.

"Khyber has the ability to whistle certain commands to his Anubian Baskur," Rook explained as he put Azmuth down.

"Well I could tell that after the second whistle." Azmuth replied, "I think I might have an answer to that." he looked around before finding a bone from one of the destroyed displays, "Hmm...I need to borrow this." he spoke jumping up and taking the ProtoTool, "Lets see here…" he grunted as he more or less turned it into a miniature lab.

"But what about Ben and Ragna?" Rook asked.

"Meh. The kid and the white-haired young-man can take care of themselves."

"I am not food!" Ragna spoke as Crabdozer had him in her mouth while Swampfire pushed her back with his legs rooted in the ground.

"Could use a little help here!" Swampfire snapped.

"I got it!" Makoto shouted, jumping over him as she slugged Crabdozer across the face, causing her to spit Ragna out as she nearly fell on her side, "Ahh...forgot how hard Crabdozer's skin was! Ow..."

"Then why did you punch it?!" Ragna barked.

"I was helping, o…" Makoto began before holding her ears when Khyber whistled again, "Owowowowowow! Oh Khyber is so lucky he isn't down here!"

"Uh...Makoto?"

"He's just scared he'll get an ass-whooping from me," Ragna growled.

"Guys…" Swampfire spoke, earning their attention, "She's changing again."

"So? Not like…" Ragna began before a large shadow cast over the trio, making them look up, "...Is that a motherfucking T-rex with a sword tail?!"

Standing above them was indeed a reptile like beast with a body matching Earth's extinct Tyrant Lizard, though it more matched a Carnotaurus. Its scales were red with large rows of spikes on its back which curved and arched before becoming blue at the tips, giving the appearance of fire. Its long tail was slender and flattened until its scales formed into a sharp blade shape. The blade took on a metallic blue and shone like actual metal. The scales around its jaw formed a hard armored shell which protected its mouth and acted as a set of extra fangs outsides of the ones inside its jaw. Its throat began glowing before lowering its head an unleashing a ball of fire that hit a wall and began melting it into a puddle of molten metal.

"...Oh that's not good…" Makoto paled at that.

"Infernus Glavenus, the predator of the Arburian Pelarota," Khyber explained, "And let me just say...before their kind seemingly disappeared after its original home planet was destroyed, they were known as one of the most dangerous predators in the galaxy."

"Wait...Cannonbolt's predator...oh no…" Swampfire realized as the new predator breathed fire onto its tail before swinging and attempting to slice them in half had Swampfire not pushed his friends down and let his upper half be cut to shreds.

"Ahh! Ben!"

"Whatever you're doing, any time now, old man!" Ragna snapped at Azmuth, quickly getting up and used his sword to block the predator's tail, "Gah! It's almost like dealing with a thousand degrees knife the size of a car...again!"

"Yes...The Glavenus' prey had the thickest and strongest shell in the known Milky Way galaxy. It is the sharpest blade in the galaxy," Khyber spoke, "You're lucky your sword is even intact."

"Ben…" Makoto spoke as Swampfire fell over until, after a moment, he began reforming into his full body.

"Ugh...did I mention regrowing my head gives me a massive headache?" Swampfire asked, rubbing his head.

"Then change into something else!"

"What exactly? It's not like I have anything to deal with a T-rex with a sword for a tail!" Swampfire argued.

"Technically the Infernus Glavenus is more akin to the Carnotaurus," Rook spoke.

"Not the time, Rook!" he snapped as Ragna was tossed over to them.

"I think it has the bigger sword...and since it's a bitch...it's not compensating for anything…" Ragna grunted, "Oh how you fail me, insults...how you fail me…"

"Azmuth!"

"In a moment. I am almost done," Azmuth replied, focused on his current experiment, "You can't rush genius afterall."

"Uh...yeah, you c-woah!" Makoto yelped as the four quickly rolled out of the way of the Glavenus' tail slash.

"Soon…" Khyber smirked as the four ran away from another swing.

"This is taking too long. We need to go after Azmuth!" Psychobos complained.

"Silence. This is personal."

"That means nothing to me!" Psychobus shouted as he opened his shell and fired a bolt at Khyber's neck, making him whistle against his will.

The Glavenus stopped as it growled and changed back to Omnivoracious. It cried in shock as it was punched by Makoto, sending it stumbling away as Swampfire unleashed a steam of fire keeping it contained.

Khyber grunted as he slammed his hand on Psychobus's shell and forced it closed before smashing him face first into the glass, "Do that again...and I will cook and serve you to my pet as a treat for a job well done!" he growled before whistling.

Glavenus roared, rushing out of the flames as it swung its tail, slicing off Swampfire's arms. It then kicked its leg out and struck Rook and Makoto, sending them flying away. It looked at Ragna before growling with exceptional anger. Ragna tensed as it began spitting fireball after fireball at him. Ragna grunted avoiding the flames before grunting as he was slammed into a wall by Glavenus's snout, it backed up and bashed into him several times burying him into the wall.

"If it's cause I call you a...b…" he coughed as it rammed its snout into him again, "...itch…"

"Stop calling her that!" Makoto complained.

"GAH!" Ragna coughed, "Bit...oh crap!" he grunted as it bit his pant leg and swung him around before tossing him face first into Swampfire, "This is so much worse!"

Glavenus growled before slamming the flat side of her sword on the ground, slowly dragging it across as the friction from the metal caused some sparks. The blade started to glow until she lifted her tail up, the blade now a bright red and yellow as the heat from it began to melt a nearby display.

"...It's literally a living thousand degrees knife…" Ragna whispered as he got up...before Makoto smacked him upside the head, "Ow! The fuck?!"

"You made it worst!" Makoto snapped, "I've seen videos of thousand degree knives, and trust me...this is far worse than that!"

"Ugh…" Swampfire groaned, slapping the Omnitrix as he changed into Big Chill, "Ha…" he took a deep breath before unleashing a powerful freezing gust.

The others grunted as the predator unleashed a stream of fire back at them. The two extreme temperatures clashed against one another, resulting in the room being covered in a thick steam. A moment passed before the steam was blown away by Hypnotic, her wings flapping as the red rings began to hypnotize Big Chill.

"Oh come on!" Makoto compolained.

"Da fu...uh...ah…" Ragna awed as he stared along with Big Chill, leaving both dazed as they stared into the rings.

"Idiot…" Makoto sighed, shaking her head at that.

"...Perhaps this is the time I should intervene," Rook spoke as he looked at Azmuth.

"Relax. It's almost done," Azmuth replied, using the ProtoTool's laser to carve the bone down to a small size.

"...Hurry already!" Makoto complained as she noticed Ragna and Big Chill approach Hypnotic.

"Are you really gonna yell at the greatest mind in three, possibly five galaxies?" Azmuth asked as he turned the laser off, looking at the bone-crafted whistle as he walked over and picked it up.

"Big deal! I am the greatest scientific mind in the entire universe!" Psychobos argued.

"Is that even possible?" Makoto asked Azmuth.

"Well if it was, I'd have gotten that title by now...but it isn't, so he isn't," he replied simply.

"You know...you and Ben are a lot alike..." Makoto muttered.

"Never say that sentence again...ever," Azmuth warned before blowing the whistle, causing Hypnotic to pause just as she was about to bite down on Big Chill, the predator closing her mouth as she shifted back to normal.

"Did…"

"...I make a complicated multiple chambered whistle designed to recreate Khyber's complex gill like vocal chamber that allows him to whistle at multiple frequencies? Yes, and it just took me some very noisy time to make it happen," he finished his humble-brag, "Now if you'd be a dear and save the super strong idiots while I try and figure out the master plan of our enemies so we can save my home and all my stuff...oh and my people."

"..."

"I know you're thinking it again," Azmuth spoke while turning and walking away, tossing Rook the whistle.

"Dang it!" she complained.

"...He cheated," Khyber growled before whistling again, causing his dog to change into Hypnotic once more...until Rook blew the whistle, causing her to change back, "...Grr…" he whistled again, causing Hypnotic to return...until Rook blew the whistler again, causing her to change just as she took to the air, making her fall to the ground.

"Khyber! Stop fooling around!" Psychobos snapped.

"Silence!" Khyber snapped.

"Oh...oh my head...why was I in a freaky dream?" Ragna asked.

"Hypnotik's species can cause illusions that focus on having us in our ideal place," Big Chill replied, "And she was practicing since the last time she used it on me. Couldn't snap out of it."

"...Well I already hate that thing then," Ragna growled.

"Hahah!" Makoto laughed, "Now he can't use it to control her or do anything!"

"Except send her to attack us," Rook argued as the Anubian Baskurr got into a pouncing position.

Before the alien hound could attack, Azmuth jumped onto her back and began scratching her neck, making her tense before she began to whine happily in content, her tail wagging excitedly from the neck scratching.

"...Huh? Did you…? How did…? Wha?" Makoto gawked.

"A bit unhealthy," Azmuth noted, "Seems she wasn't fed, but instead had to hunt her food. Given the man's attire and mannerisms, he did not want to dull the hunting instincts."

"How did you…?" Makoto asked slowly.

"Come now. While yes she is an alien beast of unrivaled instincts in hunting...she's still comparable to your Earth dogs," Azmuth argued, "Though given your special features, I doubt you got along well with them." he looked at Makoto, "If you want to pet her, she's docile now."

"...O...okay…." Makoto cautiously replied as she nervously held a hand out to the alien dog, "G...good girl…?" she said petting her carefully, causing the Anubian Baskurr to whine happily, "...Huh. She is docile..." 'Least she's not a doberman...those things smell fear…'

"Wow...that was easy," Ragna noted.

"Hm yes, well like with all animals, if you treat them right and with respect, they will do the same. But a little care for their needs and they will warm up and defy their baser instincts," Azmuth explained.

"Ah...ok," Makoto nodded before looking up at the skybox that housed Psychobos and Khyber, "...Hey Ben, recall that one form Khyber had his 'pet' take back when we first encountered Ragna?"

"Vicetopus?" Big Chill asked as he changed back into Ben, "Yeah. What about it?"

"Aren't they technically Brainstorm's predator?"

"...Azmuth, would you like the honor?" Ben asked as Rook presented the whistle.

"With pleasure," Azmuth nodded as he took the whistle, blowing into it as the Anubian Baskurr changed into Vicetopus, "Oh Psychobos, if you claim to be the smartest in the entire universe, do you know how to defeat the natural predator of the Cerebrocrustacean?"

"Gh?!" Psychobos froze at that, about to run before one of Vicetopus' tentacles reached into the skybox, breaking the glass as it grabbed him, "Ahh! Khyber help me! Whistle and call off your attack dog!"

Khyber scowled as he glared at the whistle, 'It appears I've made a folly in my methods. If they were able to recreate a whistle that mimics my whistling to give commands, I need to revise how I train my pet.'

"I s-s-s-said help me already!" Psychobos begged, now practically grabbing onto the edge of the skybox with his claws.

"Oh I'm sure the 'greatest intellect in the universe' can outwit his mindless natural predator," Khyber merely smirked.

"How…?!" Psychobos began before he was dragged off, causing his claws to let go, "AHH!"

"Who's a good predator?" Azmuth asked as Vicetopus held Psychobos in her tentacle, "You are~"

"I've never felt so humiliated and scared in all my life…" Psychobos growled, "And I use the terms loosely…"

"That's not how that phrase is used...for goodness sake, take some grammar classes," Azmuth sighed, making Psychobos growl in rage.

"KHYBER! I COMMAND YOU TO…!"

"Tough luck, Krabs," Ragna spoke, jerking a thumb over his shoulder to some glass shards nearby, "Your partner seemed to have ditched you."

"D'oh! I knew we shouldn't have trusted him!"

"...What do you mean 'we'?" Ben asked with a frown.

"Even with your human brain's limited c-c-capacity, surely you can piece it together on who Khyber and I were in league with," Psychobos stated.

"...Malware," Ben realized.

"Yes...Now where is he?" Azmuth asked.

"And I should tell you why?" Psychobos asked back...only for Azmuth to blow into the whistle as Vicetopus tightened her grip, "Gah!"

"Alright. That's enough, girl," Azmuth said as he blew into the whistle once more, causing Vicetopus to drop Psychobos.

"You'll...p-pay for this…" Psychobos wheezed out.

"I'm sorry. Less intelligent being says what?"

"What? ...D'oh!" Psychobos groaned before fainting.

"...I have mixed feelings about you, old man," Ragna spoke as he looked down at Azmuth, "You seem cool but at the same time, you're reminding me a lot of a certain usagi I know…"

"I am not a rabbit...I'm closer to a frog...but still smarter," Azmuth replied, "Now how would you react if a pompous crab with an inferiority complex possibly brought about by daddy issues barged on to your home and began making a mess of the museum you spent all day making just for a silly chance at reaffirming their ego and self esteem?"

"Honestly, I'd kick their teeth in and knock them off their high horse," Ragna snorted.

"Well there you go," he replied simply, "See? I'm not unreasonable."

"Azmuth, you're many things...reason is one thing I never think works with you," Ben replied.

"Hush boy. You bother me," Azmuth countered, "...And don't even think about going to look for Malware alone. We don't want a repeat of what happened to Feedback."

"Can someone please tell me about Feedback?" Rook sighed.

"You haven't told your partner?" Azmuth asked.

"I...told Makoto…" Ben muttered.

"Ehehehe…" she muttered at the look Rook gave her.

"Hmm...yes...that seems about right," Azmuth muttered, "Should I tell it...or...?"

"...No...I'll do it…" Ben sighed, "Feedback was my go to Alien...I don't know why I liked being him so much. He just...felt different…better...like he was part of me."

"...You overused it," Rook realized.

"Sounds more like he got addicted to it," Ragna noted, "Kid must've gotten drunk off the power that form provided."

"Addiction is a term small minded life forms create to explain the usage of something too much." Azmuth spoke earning looks from said 'Small Minded life forms', "But then again I hardly expect any of you to understand," he sighed, "What was happening was a synchronization between Ben and the Conductoid DNA. Ben and Feedback were becoming more one as he used the form. It could have resulted in Ben's DNA merging with Feedback's...maybe...possibly…"

"Maybe?!" Ragna snapped.

"Possibly!?" Makoto added.

"It is purely hypothetical. That and the Omnitrix at the time was the prototype, meaning the kinks were not fully worked out," Azmuth spoke, "I wanted Ben to stop using it because it would weaken his synergy with his other forms and weaken them."

"Wait, that's all you cared about?" Makoto asked.

"Yes, but Ben would not listen to reason," Azmuth sighed, "And it's because of that ego of his back when he was eleven...it resulted in him losing Feedback to Malware."

"...He…" Ben began, taking a deep breath before Makoto put a hand on his shoulder, "?"

"I'll help as much as I can," Makoto whispered to him as she looked at the others, "It's hard to say but...from what Ben told me, Malware ripped Feedback out of the Omnitrix and...well...destroyed him."

"...and in my grief and rage...I used the Omnitrix to destroy him," Ben sighed, "...That is...at least I thought I did until a few months ago."

"That one is quite tenacious," Azmuth agreed, "And it is because of both the failsafe and the incident with Malware, the Omnitrix can't accept Conductoid DNA again…"

"So one of your strongest aliens is gone for good," Ragna noted

"Yeah, after that I got the Omnitrix off and never put it back on until I was fifteen," Ben sighed, "And when I got the Ultimatrix and then this Omnitrix, still no luck."

"And that's what happened to Feedback…" Makoto added while shooting Rook a frown, "You happy now, Rook? You wanted to know, and you got your answer."

"I...I am sorry. I...I did not know…" Rook said as he looked down.

"I didn't want most to know. It's not the most relevant or charming of stories." Ben sighed, "But it sadly explains my beef with Malware. Speaking of him..we need t-" he tensed just as smoke began to fill the room, "?!"

"Son of a bitch!" Ragna coughed from the smoke before it was suddenly sucked into Rook's ProtoTool, "...and it's a vacuum, too...That thing is like an advanced swiss-army knife."

"Oh shoot!" Makoto yelped, earning the attention of the others as she pointed at the Anubian Baskurr...or rather, her bare neck.

"...Khyber took the Nemetrix…" Rook whispered with wide eyes.

"But left his dog…" Makoto added before yelping when said alien dog pounced her and began licking her face, "Ahh! Easy ! N...heh heh. C-cut it out! It's starting to actually tickle!"

"Guess Anubian Baskurr's are ironically the one dog that love squirrels..." Ben muttered.

---

"Unhand me this instant!" Psychobos argued as he was forced into a set of hovering platforms by a few Galvans, "Remove your inferior amphibian digits from my person! This is no way to treat your intellectual superior!"

"Yeah yeah. Get in, dummy!" one of the Galvans ordered as he pushed him onto the platform and pressed a button, a set of energy beams connected the two platforms acting as bars.

"Bye Dummy!" Makoto waved.

"Silence, you half-breed wench!"

"Idiot says what?"

"What? ...D'oh! Again?!" Psychobos complained.

"That will never get old," Makoto snickered.

"Now what do we do?" Ben asked, "Khyber and Malware are still out there."

"...Maybe we can have the dog track down her former master," Ragna suggested, "See how he likes getting hunted down for a change."

"It's not a half bad idea," Makoto smirked, scratching said dog's ears, "But do you think she understands us? Poor thing was trained via whistle..."

"I have made a notion to create a universal animal translator once," Azmuth spoke, "I could…"

"Enjoy your delusions of grandeur while you can, Azmuth…" Psychobos spoke, earning the Galva's attention, "Because soon, your entire species...and I use that term loosely, is about to become...extinct."

"Uh...why is the moon...shaking?" Ragna asked, looking up.

"That is no simple moon. That's…" Azmuth began before his eyes widened, "...the Galvanic Mechamorphs…so that's what..." everyone tensed as the moon in the sky suddenly exploded, a red shockwave hitting the planet as a high-pitched sound followed.

"GAH~!" Makoto screamed as she and the Anubian Baskurr held their ears in pain.

"Anyone else hear a million little bells ringing at once?!" Ben shouted holding his hands over his ears with Rook.

"That's what happens when a moon blows up!" Ragna barked.

"Not a Moon...well not a normal one!" Azmuth snapped jumping to Ben's shoulder, "That the home of the Galvanic Mechamorphs, Upgrade's race. It was all bio-technological matter...and now it's raining on Galvan Prime."

"First Thinker!" Azmuth looked over to see a Galvan riding a ship over to him, "The defense grid is down!"

"Man the particle cannons," Azmuth ordered as he hopped onto the passenger side of the ship, "Ben, you and Rook assist us in the air," he looked over at Makoto and Ragna, "You two, knock back anything that comes close."

"You got it," Makoto replied, cracking her knuckles.

"Honestly, the longer I live here, the more I'm becoming desensitized to random shit like this happening," Ragna snorted just as Ben changed into NRG, hopping onto the top of the ship with Rook just as it took off, "Shouldn't be too hard."

"Girl, if anything happens to that cage?" Makoto spoke as she pointed at Psychobos for the Anubian Baskurr, "Eat the crab."

"What?!" Psychobos exclaimed as Makoto spun around and punched a falling rock the size of one of the houses around them back into the sky, shattering another falling rock.

"Heh. Too ea…" Makoto began before she noticed her armored glove turning to dust, "…Oh that's not good…"

"What?" Ragna asked, using his sword to slice a falling rock in half.

"Jenny told me this happened with Kajun and Noel's Plumber Badges...Malware can basically turn any tech he touches into dust," Makoto explained before her eyes widened, "Meaning the stuff that's rainin' down on us...is Malware."

"Oh that's just great," Ragna noted, sarcasm heavy in his tone, "Hey kid, greenhorn, old man! Those aren't rocks!"

"We already noticed!" NRG shouted as he caught a falling Galvan, "And just vonderful...it's raining psychopath…"

---

"Pakmar still demand satisfaction!" Pakmar ranted from behind a counter, holding a scroll in hand as he glared at Max and Tsubaki.

"Why did you have to yell Ben's name…?" Noel complained at Mai as the two stood on the sidelines.

"I didn't think he'd hang up on me…" Mai replied, tears rolling down her cheeks as she had a depressing aura around her, "Mmm...my Arburian Pelatropa stir fry~"

"I am so sorry about this, Magister Tennyson…" Tsubaki whispered to Max.

"You! Colorful shirt man" Pakmar pointed at Max, "You are related to that...that menace! That Hooligan! That one half of those two Quizop in Pakmar's Marflarb! Do you know what those two scoundrels have done!?" he quickly unfurled the scroll...revealing a long list of complaints in his native language.

"Hmm...yeah that sounds like them," Max pulled out a pair of fold out reading glasses from his pocket as he looked it over, "Oh come on...which one blew up the bathroom?"

"Tennyson!"

"...Hold on. You can't blame them for this one," Tsubaki spoke as she pointed at one part of hte this, "It was technically one of Psyphon's goons that broke your stand."

"Yes! Because Tennyson and that squirrel of his got out of the way!" Pakmar argued.

"So you would prefer them to have just stayed in the path and become injured, perhaps fatally?" Tsubaki questioned.

"Well...no but…" Pakmar began before shaking his head, "No! Do not try and convince me they are not menaces! Pakmar is just a simple man trying to raise his family. His wife and his...487 children, but Ben Tennyson and that squirrel girl make it impossible! Pakmar demand you throw those two behind bars!"

"Find Ben and get him and Makoto in here," Max sighed, looking at another Plumber, who quickly went to work.

"I'm not seeing Ben Tennyson anywhere in this sector, Magister," he noted before typing a bit more, "Nor Makoto Nanaya."

"Then where are they?" Max sighed.

"Uh incoming transmission," he countered, "From Ms. Nanaya herself."

"Forward it, I need to speak with her." Tsubaki sighed, "Makoto what do-"

=It is raining monsters!-!-!= Makoto snapped, making them all jump.

"...Where are you?"

=Galvan Prime thanks to Azmuth...and just after we finished dealing with that crab that invaded HQ, it's now raining Malware-infested moon-chunks!=

"?!" Tsubaki, Mai, and Noel tensed at that.

"Malware...but…" Max began before Makoto grunted as the feed showed the very monstrous Mechamorph.

=Sorry...Ms. Nanaya is busy at the moment. Please call back Never!= he laughed, stomping his foot down and ending the transmission.

"...Not good…" Tsubaki frowned, "And Kajun isn't done with Jenny's update yet...Magister Tennyson, can you contact Gwen and Kevin?"

"Already on it!" he explained, dialing away, "Everyone get ready...we have a dangerous battle ahead of us."

---

"Gah!" Ragna grunted as he was sent skidding back, "Grr...I'm already hating this bastard."

=And yet you've piqued my interest= Malware countered as he and a similar Malware were attacking him and Makoto =Khyber had mentioned about that arm of yours once...and that it seemed to produce a rather...interesting energy=

"So what? You want to steal it for yourself?" Ragna asked as he used his sword to block another laser blast, "Take a number. You're not the first asshole who's tried."

"Don't give him any…!" Makoto began before her shoulder got nicked from a laser blast, causing the armor on it to turn to dust, "...and now his lasers can do that, too…I am so glad Jenny's not here..."

"Please tell me you've got a plan," Ben pleaded nearby.

"Unfortunately, I do not at the moment," Azmuth replied.

"Say what?! But you're the smartest guy in three, arguably five, galaxies!" Ben exclaimed.

"Yes, but this has never happened before," Azmuth replied, "I would need to go up to what remains of the moon to…"

=AZMUTH!= a shadow came over them as they looked up to see a bigger Malware approaching them =Where you have given life, I have brought destruction! Your favorite creations are no more!=

"Sewing chaos and destruction does not take any special talent, Malware," Azmuth replied, "If that is the best you can do, then I am not impressed."

=RAH!= Malware roared as he slammed his arms into a pair of buildings, destroying them in the process =No...nothing I ever do could never impress you, father=

"Say what?!" Makoto exclaimed, overhearing that.

=In your eyes, I've been nothing but your failed experiment...your shame=

"My only shame is that I've been unable to heal your pain," Azmuth argued as a trio of green orbs surrounded Malware, "Give up this vendetta of yours, and we'll work together to make you whole. It's not too late…"

=LIES!= Malware snapped as he shot a laser at the spheres, destroying them as he glared down at Azmuth =Even now you conspire against me! It is too late!=

"And I thought I had issues…" Ragna spoke before grunting as spikes erupted from the ground and towards them.

One destroyed the hovercraft Azmuth and company were floating on. Out of the smoke, Humungousaur flew out and tackled the giant Malware. The two giants grunted and growled as they wrestled with one another. Humungousaur grunted as he punched Malware, making him skid back across the ground. Malware roared, catching the next punch before swinging the Vaxisaurian around and slamming into a building. Humungousaur roared as he got up only to grunt as Malware grabbed a chunk of another building and slammed it down on his back.

"It's like a Kaiju movie…" Makoto awed as Humungousaur roared and slapped Malware with his tail just as its spikes jutted out.

Humungousaur roared as his spikes and armor plates fully formed while growing to max size. Malware growled, growing to match as the two tackled one another, shaking the very ground around them. The two continued moving their arms around to try and get the better hold on the other to topple them, their feet stomping around forcing everyone to run to avoid being crushed by one of them.

"Damn it, kid! Watch it!" Ragna barked as Rook attempted to fire a few shots at the giant Malware, only for the monstrous Galvanic Mechamorph to notice as he sent a wave of spikes at him.

"?!" Rook tensed before Makoto quickly pushed him out of the way, causing his ProtoTool and another piece of her armor to be pierced before turning to dust, "My ProtoTool!"

"Starting to run low on armor here…" Makoto muttered, looking at the bare parts of her outfit before looking up, tensing as one of the giant Malwar's arms changed into a blaster similar to rook's ProtoTool, "...And now he has your ProtoTool's abilities…"

"Gh!" Humungousaur grunted as he was blasted making him stagger back, he grunted as another blast hit him before he rolled out of the way of the next.

Malware roared as he fired blast after blast as Humungousaur surprisingly jumped and rolled around with astounding agility. The large dinosaur like alien then jumped high into the air as he aimed and nosedived straight down on Malware. Malware fired up only to miss as Humungousaur shifted himself from side to side letting each blast miss. Everyone cringed as the impact shook the ground once more. The two giants rolled around as Humungousaur slammed Malware's blaster arm down to the ground repeatedly in an attempt to smash it. He then grunted as the arm morphed back to normal as Malware's other hand transformed into it...before turning into a beam sword which he swung wildly to try and slash Humungousaur. The two got up as Malware continued slashing, Humungousaur grunted as he blocked his arm by his elbow, he grunted turning his body around and swinging his free arm and landing an uppercut by swinging under Malware's arm making the evil Mechamoprh stumble back. Humungousaur pressed on as he repeatedly punched him across the face denting his face with each strike. However, Malware transformed his freehand into another blaster before firing at Humungousaur pointblank, causing him to fumble back as he landed on his back.

=What a clever device...it must have a million uses= Malware noted, looking at hsi transformed arms before aiming his blaster at Humungousaur =But for you...I'm only interested in one= he fired, only for the Vaxasaurian to jump over it and then avoid a slash of Malware's copied blade just to grab him by both arms =You only delay the inevitable, Tennyson. You cannot win. Even now, parts of my body are working their way to this planet's core= Humungousaur gasped as Malware's arms melted and engulfed his arms =I shall devour this world, molecule by molecule, until this planet changes from Galvan Prime to Planet Malware! But first...= his body began to grow even bigger in size =I shall devour you! When last I attempted to absorb your power, I was overloaded due to it surpassing my current storage space. But now that I have consumed this world's moon, it will be more than enough to deal with handling that power!=

"Ben!" Makoto gasped.

"Rook...you, Makoto, and Ragna get Azmuth...out of here," Humungouaur grunted.

=NO! NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO LEAVE!= Malware snapped, forming blasters on his back as he fired at the group.

"Running!" Ragna snapped as Makoto scooped Azmuth as the three of them began running to avoid the blasts.

"Ghhh...ugh…" Humungousaur groaned as the Malware substance covered his face, making him fall to his knees with smoke coming off him due to whatever Malware was doing to him.

=Good. Now…= Malware began before a pair of lasers shot his arms off from the sky, causing him to let go of Humungousaur =GAH!=

The Vaxasaurian bounced across the ground before skidding to a halt near some rubble, groaning. His Omnitrix beeped before timing out, letting Ben be in place of the giant. Rook poked out from behind the rubble and quickly helped him up as the Proto-Trukk flew down before them, the back opening to reveal Max.

"Hurry! Get on!" Max ordered.

"Ben..he's…" Rook began before Gwen ran out of the ship.

"I got him," Gwen stated, grabbing Ben's free arm as she helped him onto the ship.

"All aboard that's going aboard!" Makoto called as she ran onto it with Azmuth on top of her tail.

"...Get the kid out of here," Ragna spoke, glaring over at Malware as he stood outside the ship, "I'll try and hold him back as much as I can."

"I beg your pardon?" Azmuth asked, "How will you…?"

"A heavy hitter like this…" Ragna interrupted as he held up his pitch black arm, "Tch. And I thought only the masked bastard would make me use this fully…Restriction Code 666 release..." the red orb on the back of his fist opened, revealing an azure core within that began to shine, "Dimensional Interruption Field Deployed." he let out a snarling growl as smoke began to billow out of the opened orb, engulfing his entire limb, "BlazBlue…"

"?!" Makoto's eyes widened, 'No way...the Azure Grimoire! He has it?!'

"ACTIVATE!" Ragna roared as the smoke dispersed, revealing his arm had transformed into a pitch black demonic arm with pulsating red vein-like markings on it with a demonic red eye in the palm while a pitch black and crimson aura emanated off his body, seemingly shredding itself and repairing itself in a chaotic manner.

"?!" Makoto's tail shot straight up, causing Azmuth to grab onto it before he could be sent flying into the ceiling, 'Gah! Wh-wh-what the hell?! I'm feeling like a tiny little kitten before a falling planet that's aiming right for me no matter where I go!'

"Get outta here…" Ragna ordered, raising his head to reveal his red eye had gained vein-like markings around it as it glowed, "Now!"

"Going!" Kevin shouted from the pilot's seat, closing the hangar doors as the Proto-Trukk flew off.

=No...NO!= Malware roared, getting up as he shrank down to closer to human size =Azmuth might have gotten away...but I will bide my time...by beating you into a disgusting. Human. Bloody. Pulp!

"Bring it on, you goddamn corrupted asshole," Ragna replied, pulling out his blade and converting it into its scythe mode.

---

"Is...he going to be okay?" Noel asked, looking at the unconscious Ben as Blukic and Driba examined him on top of a metal platform.

"Hopefully. He's been through worse," Max replied.

"But...how did you…?" Rook began.

"After Makoto made the call, Magister Tennyson called Gwen and Kevin for some assistance," Tsubaki answered, "We needed to determine where you were exactly on Galvan Prime, so we had Gwen sense for Ben's Mana."

"I'm REALLY good at it," Gwen added, "Trust me. This has happened a lot..." she winced a little as she held her head, "Ah...what was that?"

"Hmm?"

"That man, Ragna. He did something, and now his Mana...it feels...I...I don't know how to describe it," Gwen replied.

"It seems he used that device that replaced his arm using an activation code," Azmuth noted, "Quite interesting, but worrisome if a child of the Anodites can't describe what is happening on a spiritual level."

"Safe bet he's doing okay," Makoto spoke, "We're from the same time, so we know what we're talking about."

"...You know something, don't you, Makoto?" Mai asked, making her tense a bit.

"Th-that's a lie!" Makoto quickly denied.

"Makoto, what do you know that we don't?" Tsubaki asked.

"And that is a loaded question! I know plenty of things that you don't!" Makoto replied quickly, only to tense when Tsubaki gave her a stern look with Gwen, "...Y...you won't...crack me...I won't say anything about the Azure Grimoire a-a-ahh acorns..."

=Can you repeat that, Makoto?= Kajun didn't ask...she demanded as she appeared on a nearby screen =I believe you said 'Azure Grimoire,' did you not?=

"Ulp…" Makoto gulped, "Uh...G-Guys! How's Ben?"

"He'll be up in a few hours," Blukic replied...before Ben let out a cough as he started waking up, "Or right now. Now's good."

"Ugh...Anybody got a mint? My mouth taste like Malware…" Ben gagged as he pushed himself up, "Ugh...that was...the second most disgusting thing I have ever had the displeasure to taste…"

"Second most?" Tsubaki asked.

"You know what the first is…" he groaned.

=This is not over, Makoto= Kajun stated, making the Beastkin let out a squeak of fear.

"...What did I miss?" Ben blinked, "...Wait. Where's Ragna?"

"He stayed behind to hold Malware back and buy us time," Rook answered, "Hopefully it will be enough."

---

"Dead Spike!" Ragna roared, unleashing a massive demonic dragon head as it slammed into Malware, sending him crashing through a few broken buildings.

=This power...no mere human can control this much power…= Malware's voice growled as he came up from a crack in the ground, quickly reforming into his current form =Just what are you?=

"Ore wa...Shinigami," Ragna replied before he charged at Malware, quickly dodging several shots before grabbing him by the head, "Owari da! Yami ni Kuwarero! Kudakechire!" tendrils erupted off his arm and viciously slashed into Malware's body, sending out sparks from the corrupted Galvanic Mechamorph's form, "Devoured by Darkness!"

=GRAHRGH!-!-!= Malware growled in pain before Ragna tossed him away, sending him crashing into a wall =Khyber...he never told me your arm was capable of this!=

"That's because I only showed him a portion of it…" Ragna countered as he began to approach, "All he received was the Blood Kain. But you? You get the complete package. You've been feeling it, haven't you? Despite your origins, your tainted, malefic soul is being torn into with each strike I deliver."

=Yes... It's true...a pain that I can feel with every strike despite my current state of increased mass= Malware spoke before more and more of him began erupting from the ground, =But the soul is a vessel fitting a container...can you rip up a soul...the size of a planet?=

=Without eventually succumbing to the fatal weakness of all organics? Stamina?= Another Malware asked.

=Oh you may try...hurting me over and over...and over again…

=But...how long can you contain that power within yourself?=

=Which will give first? My will?=

=Or...your body?

=Where as my body?= they all laughed before melting and beginning to pool together before two giant arms slammed into the ground around Ragna as a massive shadow cast over the ground =Is by far...Superior=

"...Heh. Then let me tell you about my Drive, Soul Eater," Ragna countered before his scythe tore right through Malware's fingers, making him hiss in pain as he reeled his arms back, "Recall that part I said about piece of your soul being torn from your body? My Drive allows me to absorb those pieces and heal...so yeah...I can keep this up all day."

=Oh...by all means…= he spoke as spikes formed along his body as his 'jaw' lengthened as he leaned down =Show me all of what you can do...because if you don't come at me with all your power, you're gonna regret it!

"Fine...but you'll regret it soon enough…" Ragna smirked as he charged once more.

---

"Fortunately the debris from the explosion of Galvan B came down over a localized area," Azmuth stated as the group looked at a holographic image of the planet, which had half of it almost covered in red.

"That's like half the planet," Ben noted.

"Yes, but the rest is unaffected. However, it is a matter of hours until Malware's 'feelers' reach the planet's core," Azmuth warned as the hologram showed a timer counting down from two hours and fifteen minutes, "Once that happens, there is no way to prevent him from absorbing and corrupting everything upon this planet. Malware himself will become a living planet and a heavily armed one at that."

"And if he's not stopped, he can go from planet to planet and infect them...or worse," Tsubaki whispered.

"Oh no…" Noel whispered in worry.

"So what's the plan?" Kevin asked.

"I designed Galvan Prime MKII with a series of firewalls to insulate sections of the planet from each other in case of a viral attack," Azmuth explained as the hologram began to light up red grids over parts of the planet, "If we can activate the disruptor fields in these firewalls, we should be able to prevent Malware from reaching the core...briefly."

"Briefly?" Makoto repeated.

"I will know more once Rook, Tsubaki, and I return from what's left of Galvan B," Azmuth replied as he looked out at the broken moon, "There must be some answers up there."

"You know for a super genius, that's not a very inspiring plan," Kevin deadpanned.

"Have you got a better plan?" Gwen argued.

"Just sayin'," Kevin shrugged.

"...Considering you said 'if we can activate the firewalls,' I'm guessing the controls for them must've been damaged," Mai guessed.

"..."

"...That's true, isn't it?" Ben asked with a light frown.

"I was getting to that, but your friend Mai is correct in her hypothesis," Azmuth replied, "When Galvan B exploded, the shockwave damaged the relay station." he pointed at a spot in the center of the three large red circles on the planet, "Right there, on the very edge of all three red spots."

"Meaning we're gonna have to distract the guy if he's not completely focused on Ragna, while the Wonder Twins do their thing and fix it," Makoto noted.

"We would resent that remark...if we knew what it meant," Driba noted.

"So looks like Team Tennyson is back together again, Kevin," Ben grinned at Kevin, "You and me fighting side by side again."

"Why is it that whenever you say that, I get shot at?" Kevin demanded.

"Maybe the fact you can coat yourself in metal and tank it is a big reason why?" Makoto quipped.

"She has a point," Gwen replied.

"Aw great. Getting double teamed," Kevin muttered.

"Yeah, but not in the fun way," Makoto countered, making him guffaw.

"Makoto!" Tsubaki barked.

"What? I'm not allowed to lighten the mood?"

"I found it funny," Gwen smirked, "Besides you know how hard it is to taunt him? I love how easy she makes it look. I need to borrow some of your material."

"It helps focus better," Max explained to Tsubaki, "I'd rather go into battle after chuckling to a joke with poor taste then while all riled up with nerves. Loosen up a little, dear...it'll do wonders for your skills as a leader."

"Well...yes but…"

"You could lighten up at times, Tsubaki…" Mai commented with Noel nodding in agreement.

"...Ahem. R...right then…" Tsubaki muttered, coughing into her fist as she calmed down.

"Oh, I managed to get her to lighten up once. After graduation, I convinced her and Noellie to go to a bar and she barely had three drinks before she started to str..." Makoto began.

"Ah! St-stop, please!" Noel squeaked.

---

"...Are you sure you don't have any bigger jetpacks?" Max asked, holding a Galvan Jetpack in his hands.

"I second the question," Mai added, she and Noel holding up one each.

"Nnnnope," Blukic replied as the back of the Proto-Trukk opened, letting the two Galvan fly off.

"...Hoo boy," all three sighed as they put them before following the two out, yelping at the barely controlled flight.

"Malware is just up ahead," Azmuth stated, motioning to a screen showing some red dots, "There is a security garrison that should be able to help us...if there's anyone left."

"Love that sunny outlook," Ben muttered in sarcasm as he and his team prepared to get ready.

"Try not to have fun while we're gone," Kevin joked at Tsubaki and Rook.

"Like I told Makoto, we are just teammates. I already have someone back on my home planet," Rook argued, "Plus, Tsubaki is only attractive by human standards."

"Thank you, Rook...I think," Tsubaki muttered.

"It's true. I've actually seen Rook's homeworld," Ben admitted, "No comparison."

"I'm sitting right here…" Tsubaki frowned in annoyance.

"So what? To him, she's a darker-furred orangutan with a stick up her butt?" Kevin asked.

"Wh-wh-what?!" Tsubaki exclaimed before Gwen put a hand on her shoulder.

"Allow me," Gwen offered.

"Uh-oh," Kevin and Ben gulped.

"What? What's wr-" Makoto began.

*SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!*

"GYAHAHAHAHA~!" Ben and Kevin screamed as they fell through the air.

"...I had a feeling that would happen," Makoto muttered as she jumped after them.

"Good luck," Gwen offered as she formed a platform from mana that she used to float down from the Proto-Trukk after the falling trio.

"Why does a paper fan hurt so much?!" Kevin complained, two big red marks on his face.

"Buddy, I could tell you stories," Makoto deadpanned as she fell between the two, "Only the times I've been hit with it weren't Mana-powered."

"Come on, Way Big!" Ben pleaded, slamming the Omnitrix.

The two flinched from an exceptionally bright flash. Makoto and Kevin grunted as they already landed on something. They felt the quake of said 'something' hitting the ground. The two opened their eyes as they saw what they were standing on. Towering over literal mountains was the biggest alien within Ben's arsenal. A giant among giants of an alien with an all white body save for the red which began just under his knees going down his shins and ending at his feet like boots. The same red coloring formed around his shoulders going downward slightly and stopping just shy of his upper arm muscles, and going straight along his clavicles and meeting at the base of his neck before going down the center of his chest like a tie, expanding into a circle to frame the Omnitrix right in the center of his solar-plexus, and continuing down to end at a point above his stomach. His long arms likewise had this same red feature start from his elbows and jutting out as large bladed fins, before going down his forearms and stopping just before his knuckles like sleeves. His neck was covered in a black collar stopping at his jaw line, his face was white with two almond shaped green eyes, red markings along his lower jaw and a red and black fin antenna atop his head.

"..." Makoto began to squeal in pure excitement as she looked up, stars in her eyes as her tail began to excitedly wag, "Ultraman~!"

"If only...can't fly sadly." Way Big replied as he began stomping forward, "At least...not yet...I hear To'Kustar's can kinda fly."

"I'm holding you to that!" Makoto exclaimed, her tail still wagging in excitement.

"H-hey! Wat-pfft!" Kevin gagged when her tail hit him in the face.

"Huh? You say something Kev?" Makoto asked, turning around for a second, "Eh probably not important…"

"Grr…" Kevin growled in annoyance as he moved out of the way, "...Where is Malware anyway? Did Ragna scare him off?" he asked, putting his hand on the red section revealing it to be some organic bio-metal which he absorbed and copied into a protective armor for himself.

"I don't think I'm that lucky…" Way Big spoke, stopping as the ground began to crack and rumble. He backed away just as it exploded, letting a giant Monstrous version of Malware rise up from the ground.

"Oh my god…" Kevin began.

"...Zilla…" Makoto whispered as indeed Malware chose to take on a more beastly visage in his gigantic form.

His new form hunched forward as his head extended in an animalistic snout with his lower 'jaw' decorated in a spiked armor. Curved bladed spikes formed along his neck before multiple jutted from his back like wings almost. They continued down his back and down his new tail. His feet split into three talon like toes as he marched forward.

=BEN TENNYSON!= Malware roared.

Way Big lifted his hand up and opened his palm for his friends to jump on which they did, he moved his hand to the side and down close enough to the ground to jump off. Way Big stood back up as he cracked his neck, "Let's. Do. This."

GRRRAAAAAHHHH!

"Shaa…"

With that, the two giants rushed one another, shaking the ground as they tackled into one another, causing the very ground around them to explode. Way Big knocked Malware's arm back before punching him across the face, making him stagger back. Malware growled only to grunt as he was shoulder checked by the To'Kustar, making him skid back. Way Big grunted, swinging his arm back before swinging a punch as he struck Malware with a powerful shockwave which blew dust and debris for miles.

"Awesome~!" Makoto awed as Gwen finally landed.

"Well, Ben's...excited," Gwen muttered.

The two giants grunted, crashing into one another as they clasped hands and began pushing against one another. Green energy formed around Way Big's hands as Malware channeled red into his claws. The very ground beneath their feet began cracking before a large crack formed as both began pushing one another away via splitting the ground beneath their feet. Way Big grunted as he jumped forward and landed his knee into Malware's torso, knocking him over and landing on the ground. Way Big grunted as he brought his hand down and began hammering on Malware, making the ground shake even more.

Malware roared as his arm shot up and slashed Way Big across his chest, forcing him to get off. Way Big rolled with it as he got back to his feet as Malware used his body moldability to return to his feet. The two charged as Malware swung only for Way Big to block his claws and land an uppercut that knocked him back several steps. Way Big swung another punch only for Malware to swing around and smack his tail into Way Big's back, sending him stumbling forward.

"Why are we even here!?" Kevin snapped.

"Let's face it. Until Malware shrinks back down...Moral support," Gwen replied.

"Punch him in his stupid face!" Makoto cheered just as Way Big swung and back handed Malware across his face, "Yeah!"

"...Why is her cheering making me want to do my normal thing when Rath's out and about and not after me?" Kevin asked.

Malware growled, charging a beam in his eye only to grunt as Way Big slammed his palm into his jaw and forced his head to aim up and shoot his beam up and into space. Way Big raised his foot and slammed a kick into Malware's chest, sending him skidding back. The two grunted as Malware charged up another beam. Way Big grunted as his arm's red sections began glowing with green electrical sparks.

Way Big stomped forward a step before crossing his left arm across his right at the wrist forming a plus sign with his arms before he fired a beam of blue energy from the side of his right hand just as Malware unleashed a red beam of energy. Both energy beams struggled against one another as sparks of energy rained from the meeting point. Way Big roared as he twisted his arms around and crossed them at the center of his forearm, forming a large X as the beam quadrupled in size. Malware roared as his jaw opened and fired a second beam that merged with his optic blasts. After a while, the two beams reached such critical levels that an explosion rang out which cleared miles of field of any plant life leaving only barren wasteland.

"Okay...how much has he been holding back in the past!?" Kevin snapped.

"Honey...remember when I told you Ben 'almost' killed you when you lost control of your powers?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah?" Kevin squeaked.

"Yeah...still didn't go all out like now," Gwen finished as she lowered the barrier which protected them, "Trust me when I say Malware...is the one being in the cosmos...Ben has the legitimate will to destroy with little, if not zero restraint...for crying out loud, he tried to kill him when he was 11 and managed to traumatize him enough to want to get the Omnitrix off his arm!"

"It's a darn good thing I fell in love with you…" Kevin muttered.

"Yes...yes it is," Gwen turned back to the fight as the smoke cloud was cleared away by the two striking one another again.

Way Big spun around and kicked Malware, the mutant Mechamorph spinning his body and slamming his tail into Way Big. Way Big grunted in pain before grabbing the tail and twisting his body, lifting and swinging Malware around by said tail. He spun around, picking up speed before aiming for a nearby mountain and tossing him with all his might, letting Malware splat against and shatter said mountain to rubble. Malware grunted, reforming before he cried in pain as Way Big blasted him with his cosmic beam. Way Big rushed while shooting before stopping the moment he was within close range. With little energy still forming on the side of his hand, he swung it in a karate chop which sliced through Malware's neck, sending his head flying into the distance.

"Jeez…." Kevin grunted as Way Big skidded to a stop, his arm smoking.

Malware lifted himself up as he reformed, his head following suit as he growled happily. The two glared at one another before charging once more. Malware rushed as he tackled into Way Big and began pushing him back across the ground. Way Big lifted his arms and brought them together and slammed them into Malware's back, breaking off his back spikes. Malware grunted as he felt Way Big's arms snaked around his torso before he planted his feet...and with a mighty roar, the To'Kustar lifted the Mutant Mechamorph up off the ground and into the air. Way Big spun around before tossing Malware straight up into the air. As Malware regained some sense of control over himself in the air, he was blasted by another cosmic beam which pushed him through the air before slamming into yet another mountain.

"I don't even know when Ben had the time or space to practice with Way Big…" Gwen admitted.

"It's like legit his strongest form after Alien X, right?" Makoto asked.

"Pretty much...I can't even block his direct blast...Don't ask," she quickly replied, given the surprised look she got from both Kevin and Makoto.

"One thing's for sure...Malware has to be distracted," Makoto spoke.

---

"HA!" Ragna roared, slashing apart another Malware clone before coughing in pain as another Malware punched him, sending him flying through a wall.

=This...is tiresome…= Malware grunted.

"Like I said...I can go all day," Ragna grunted.

=Oh I'm sure...hmm?= he turned to an explosion in the distance, =Tennyson!= they all began shouting.

"What…?" Ragna turned to see Way Big fighting the Giant Malware, "Well holy shit! He can do that!?" he gawked as Way Big and Malware had another beam struggle.

---

"We have not seen a single Malware…" Dribba spoke as they landed and descended into the worlds core which thankfully was safe given that it was a literal synthetic planet the Galvan's built.

"Given the rumbling and shakin' we heard a while back, Ben has gone Way Big," Blukic replied.

"You mean a giant alien?" Mai asked.

"No. That's the name of Ben's second strongest alien, Way Big, a To'Kustar," Max added.

"Tokusatsu?" the two girls blinked.

"No. To'Kustar," Max corrected, "And yes, the name does sound similar."

"So does he…?" Mai began.

"Yes, he does look like what you might be thinking," he nodded as they felt more shaking.

"...Makoto must be having a great time right now…" Noel whispered.

---

"This is the greatest day of my life!" Makoto cheered as Way Big drop kicked Malware, sending him skidding into another mountain, "Oh I wish I had some popcorn right now~!"

"It feels like the only thing missing is a 100 meter metal folding chair for him to smack Malware with," Kevin added.

"Oh that would be so cool~!" Makoto squealed.

"How about a mountain?" Gwen awkwardly chuckled.

"Huh?" both blinked as Way Big swung a karate chop and cut a giant chunk of mountain from the ground before lifting it up over his head. He jumped before slamming it down and smashing Malware's head in as the rock crumbled to ruble.

"...So cool~!" Makoto beamed quietly as her tail wagged once more, "Oh I am feeling so many tingly sensations in my naughty bits right now…"

"...TMI, dudette…" Kevin cringed as he stepped away from her.

"It's so rare for me to see you as the one who's freaked out…" Gwen muttered, "I had no idea it was actually so easy. Or that you were such a boy…"

"Hey...Wait. What's that mean?" Kevin asked.

"And that's why she's both the pretty one and the smart one," Makoto added, pointing to Gwen with a squirrely smile on her face.

"Hey…" Kevin complained.

"Back to Kaiju fight!" Makoto cut him off.

Way Big grabbed and dragged Malware back to his feet before punching him across the face again. Way Big then stopped as his Omnitrix began beeping. He grunted as he crossed his arms and charged up another cosmic beam. Malware roared as he charged his enemy. Just as Way Big fired the beam, the giant mutated Mechamorph let it tear through his body only for said body to spread forward in its semi-liquid state and cling to Way Big's arms. Way Big grunted as Malware began spreading across his body.

"Oh that cheater!" Makoto snapped, "Hacks! I call hacks!"

=You have been a thorn in my side for long enough, Ben Tennyson...Enough is enough! From here on...you will bother me no more!= Malware snarled, spreading across Way Big rapidly =I shall deal with you now so that Azmuth's pride and joy...You and his Omnitrix...will no longer be around to protect him! With you gone...Azmuth's suffering shall begin! And once I absorb the planet's core, only despair and utter destruction shall remain in my wake!=

"I...won't...let you!" Way Big growled as his entire body was covered in Malware's shell.

=Poor Ben Tennyson...you couldn't stop me as a child. And even now after years of fighting, of facing monster after monster, the sad truth is...you still can't overcome the one loss that hurt you the most. As long as I exist, you shall always be a failure= Malware spoke as his head reformed and roared before biting down and slamming Way Big into the ground just as the Omnitrix timed out =And now wallow in that failure...as you are assimilated into me=

"Ben!" Makoto cried out as she ran out towards him.

"Makoto, wh-" Gwen began.

"You two rally the troops! I'll help Ben!" Makoto shouted

"...It's better than doing nothing I guess," Kevin shrugged.

"Be sarcastic later!" Gwen ordered, using her mana to drag Kevin off.

"Ugh…" Ben groaned as he looked up, seeing Malware's hand descending down on him, "?!"

"I gotcha!" Makoto shouted as she grabbed him, quickly going into a roll to get out of the way of Malware's attempted grab.

=Grr...insubordinate mutant!= Malware growled as Makoto attempted to run with Ben, only for a large wall made from his body burst from the ground =You will not delay the inevitable!=

"Oh yeah?! Well I'm not afraid of you!" Makoto barked before much to her surprise, Malware began to grow in size with each passing second, becoming more and more monstrous as he now practically towered over the two brunettes.

=How about now…?= Malware growled before wincing a bit, holding his side a little =Blast it...that 'human' took more out of me than I anticipated…but it doesn't matter. Any minute now, I will absorb the planet's core!=

---

"We're running out of time!" Mai shouted, noticing the timer was low on minutes.

"We're almost done. We just need some copper," Blukic argued before Max handed Driba a penny.

"...And your belt buckle," Driba added.

"Why?" Max asked, apprehensive of giving up the thing which held his pants up.

"Who're the geniuses in the room?" Bluckic asked.

"Raise your hand if you are," Driba added as the two Galvans did just that.

"Girls, if this goes where I think it is...guard the door…" Max sighed.

"Yes sir!" Mai and Noel saluted as they turned towards the entrance just as Max took his belt off.

"St-still, could you hurry please?" Noel asked as she looked at the clock, "We only have...ahh! Five minutes left!"

"Plenty of time!"

"That doesn't exactly assure us!" Mai complained.

"Why? We're done."

"Oh I hope we are lucky this time…" Max sighed.

"Oh, wait. We need your shoelaces as well," Driba noted.

---

"Such senseless destruction," Azmuth sighed as he looked at the floating bodies that had once been living Galvanic Mechamorphs while the Proto-Trukk flew through them and bits of the part of the moon still out in orbit.

"You seem to have a strong connection to the Mechamorphs, sir," Tsubaki noted.

"Of course I do. I was the one who created them," Azmuth replied, earning a surprised look from her, "It was a long time ago and we were working on cultivating the moon. My invention meant to instill life onto dead planets, the Helix, was tested on the moon. What occurred was life being instilled into the moon, but the creation of the Galvanic Mechamorphs was a surprise even to me. We gave them the moon as their own home and what they made was simply amazing. Entire cities in mere moments." his fond smile turned saddened, "Unfortunately, when the time came to turn off the Helix, there was a Galvanic Mechamorph still in the process of being created, meaning he came out incomplete, his body corrupted and left frail and yellow. He was unable to combine with technology and could only break it down. Even his fellow Mechamorph could be killed by a single touch."

"Malware…" Rook realized.

"...Wait. Yellow?" Tsubaki asked.

"You can blame my former apprentice Albedo for that," Azmuth replied, "He modified the second Helix I was making to heal Malware to try to instead destroy Malware, but it instead gave him the ability to adapt the technology he destroyed into his body and turned his body red."

"Ah...Ben's Doppelganger that he told us about," Tsubaki sighed, "I thought Ben was exaggerating his ability to make things go from bad to worse."

"Another item on my list of shames...A student who just could not learn to be happy with what he had," Azmuth sighed, "Along with Malware...something I gave life to...but also cursed with endless pain."

"Azmuth, sir, there's something floating around the largest part of the moon," Rook noted.

"Take us over there," Azmuth ordered.

Rook quickly flew the Proto-Trukk over to the largest chunk of the moon still in orbit. Floating near it was a pitch black and dark-green pyramid of sorts with four poles at the base. Within minutes, the item was brought into the vehicle and Azmuth began to examine it.

"Despite what happened, the Helix is still intact," Azmuth noted.

"This is the Helix?" Tsubaki asked.

"Yes, not as grandiose of a machine, but a personal favorite of my inventions," he explained, "It is slightly corrupted...but I can fix it. It will take some intense focus though, but if I can finish this in time, then we might just yet stop Malware."

"Perfect," Rook smiled.

"Now then...do either of you have any pocket change?" Azmuth asked.

---

"Kevin, how long are you going to let this keep going?" Gwen asked calmly as the two walked towards the main city of Galvan Prime.

"Letting what keep going?" Kevin asked nonchalantly.

"Oh for the love of...you are dragging an Anubian Baskurr by your pant leg!" Gwen replied, pointing at Khyber's pet growling through Kevin's armored pant leg as he dragged her along with each step he did.

"Oh...Didn't notice until now."

*SMACK!*

"Ow! Why do you still have that thing!?" Kevin demanded as Gwen lowered her glowing paper fan, "And how did it get through the To'kustar plating I'm coated in?!"

"Enhancement spell on it," Gwen replied before gently scratching behind the Anubian Baskurr's ears, causing her to let go and lean into the scratching fingers, "There we go."

"...I could've…" Kevin began before a bright red flash went off, causing him and Gwen to look out in the distance to see Malware blasting at something.

=Stand still, you blasted amalgamate of human and Earth rodent DNA!= Malware snapped.

"Ben timed out again," Kevin noted.

"At least he has someone there making sure he doesn't get blasted apart," Gwen noted.

"And not us this time. Have I mentioned how much I loved that we moved away at times?" Kevin chuckled.

"Kevin," Gwen giggled before Malware fired again, "Alright, enough joking. We need to get reinforcements."

---

"Your aim sucks! Does your big body make aiming even worse than a Stormtrooper?" Makoto taunted with Ben on her back.

=Insufferable little rodent!= Malware roared.

"Bleagh~!" Makoto stuck her tongue out at him as she sidestepped another blast, "Honestly you're not that scary! At best...you're at the bottom of the top four scariest things I've seen!"

=I shall enjoy destroying you along with Tennyson!=

"I'd like to see you t-" Makoto began before she suddenly stopped, tensing as she looked down to see a piece of Malware holding onto her leg, "H-hey! Let go!"

=Now...I will let you and Tennyson meet Oblivion!= Malware growled as he reached down to grab the two, only to stop when he sensed something =...What?! This cannot be...why can I not absorb the planet's...no...impossible! The firewall?!=

"What's wrong? Hit a blockade or something?" Makoto smirked before Malware grabbed her and Ben, "Ahh!"

=Your friends may have delayed the inevitable...but your journey ends here, especially Tennyson's!= Malware shouted as Makoto and Ben were being pulled into his body.

"GH! Can't...move..." Makoto grunted before a flash went off, making her flinch before she was grabbed, "?"

"Sorry…" was all Diamondhead grunted before managed to pull Makoto out and threw her.

"Ahh!" Makoto yelled as she hit the ground, the Beastkin only in her jumpsuit now as her armored-parts were gone,"Ah mou...there goes my a...AHH! Ben no!" she gasped as she saw Diamondhead sink into Malware's hand.

=And so...one of my pains is gone, and with Azmuth's life...finally, I shall be free of pain! I will be free of his curse of pity and detest= Malware spoke =And then...your entire world will suffer as I did= he looked down on Makoto.

"...Ben…" Makoto whispered, the Beastkin beginning to pant heavily as her fists began to shake.

=Oh? Worried about Tennyson? Well...you won't...=

"You…" Makoto began to growl, anger building up inside her as a symbol faintly appeared behind her before an energy gate followed, "You…!"

=Hmm?=

"BASTARD!" Makoto roared as she threw her fist for a punch, causing a giant energy fist to rocket forth from the gate as it slammed hard into Malware's face, managing to knock him flat onto his back and cause the ground to rumble.

=Gah! That energy again..the same that came off of that 'human'... What is…?= Malware began before Makoto jumped high over him, various energy gates behind her...though she was unaware in her rage induced state.

"Give me back my friend, you son of a bitch!" Makoto roared as she rapidly punched forward, sending a barrage of giant energy fist at Malware, each strike causing the ground underneath to crack as Malware was slowly buried into the ground, "RAAAAAAAHHHH!-!-!"

"...Did you know she could do that?" a Galvan asked among the army that had approached, pointing at Makoto.

"No, no I did not," Kevin replied as the Anubian Baskurr hid behind him with wide eyes, "And I've seen her break a moon-sized meteor by punching three weather-controlling robots into it…"

"I get the feeling she's going to regret it once the adrenaline is gone," Gwen noted, "That punch he talked about earlier? She couldn't move a finger without a lot of pain."

"Hopefully she's not rattling Ben around in there," Kevin added.

---

"Okay I know I got eaten...but is tenderizing really needed?" Ben groaned, floating within Malware's body. He was about to move before the scenery suddenly changed, making him blink as he was now standing at a familiar location, "...I'm home? But...how did I get here?"

"I like school…" a voice spoke, causing Ben to turn to see a younger version of his cousin stepping out of a familiar RV as his eleven year old self followed, "But I feel we learn a lot more with Grandpa Max."

"...Oh great. More time travel…" Ben groaned.

"Are you gonna say it?" the young Gwen asked as she looked at the younger Ben, who hung his head as his hair shadowed over his eyes, "'You like school? What a dweeb…'"

"..." the younger Ben said nothing as he walked away from her, her annoyed look being replaced with one of concern.

"You've been quiet, kiddo," Max noted as he walked up to the younger Ben.

"...Yeah. I guess…" the younger Ben sighed as he walked towards his house.

"...You've been through a lot for the past few days. Go on in and rest up...hopefully, you'll feel better."

"..Yeah…" Ben sighed as he walked in.

"Grandpa, is Ben going to be okay?" the younger Gwen asked in concern.

"...Yeah. Just give him time," Max slowly nodded.

"...Wait. I remember this…" Ben whispered in realization, walking into the house to see Azmuth looking at his younger self, who was resting face first on the couch.

"I've come seventy six thousand lightyears to see, and I don't even get a formal greeting?" Azmuth asked.

"Oh...hey Azmuth…" the Younger Ben replied, not even bothering to look at him.

"So how is my greatest invention? Haven't dropped it in the toilet or blown it apart?"

"No...I guess not…"

"You know…You've been doing an awful lot of winning since you've taken possession of my Omnitrix."

"So?"

"So you don't learn anything when you win, Ben Tennyson" Azmuth replied as he looked up at the ceiling before both Bens looked at him, at which he looked back at 11-year-old Ben, "Losing this transformation, the Conductoid that you call 'Feedback,' was hard. Wasn't it?"

"..." Kid Ben slowly sat up, "Yeah. It felt like he was a part of me."

"Well you can let that one loss define you from now on," Azmuth stated, hopping off the table as he began to walk off, "Or you can learn from it," he added, looking back at him for a moment before he left.

"Did you?" Kid Ben's voice spoke, earning the attention of the current Ben.

"Huh?" he blinked as the area shifted back to inside Malware, "You...you can see me?"

"Did you learn from it?" Kid Ben asked his older self, really wanting to know what lessons could be learned from this. What did he learn that could make that pain worth it.

"Yeah...losing bites," Ben replied simply, making his younger self lower his head in disappointment, "Look, I don't think there's any big takeaway from our big fail back then." he spoke, crouching down and putting his hand on his younger self's shoulder while staring him in the eyes.

"Guess you're still mad at me, huh?" Kid Ben asked.

"Dude, no. I'm mad at…" Ben stopped as he realized the true irony of this conversation. How could he console himself when the truth is part of him was still mad at himself? The true difficulty of trying to justify a mistake to yourself, to make yourself feel better when you know its your own fault, but maybe that was also the point, "You know what?" he spoke, standing up "Maybe I gotta forgive you...uh...slash me."

"You do?" Kid Ben asked, looking up at himself, his voice sounding...hopeful.

"Yeah," he smiled, "Beating ourselves up is just doing Malware and anyone else we ever go up against a favor! We're not losers...we have the greatest friends and family in the universe! So we lost one alien...who cares?! So from now on, let's save the beat down for the bad guys. They're the ones who deserve it! Deal?" he asked, holding his hand out to his younger self.

"...Deal," kid Ben replied, a smile on his face as he accepted the handshake, both his and the older Ben's Omnitrixes going off as a bright green flash went off.

---

"Ahh...ahh….ahh…" Makoto heavily panted, sweat pouring down her face as she stood before a large crater, "Come on...get back up...you bastard…and cough up...my friend…!"

=Get back up, you say?= Malware began as he reformed, now towering much larger than before, easily several times larger than Way Big =I'll get back up as many times as it takes until I destroy everything Azmuth stood for! Soon, like his beloved champion and Omnitrix, his very world shall crumble!=

"Oh crap…" Makoto muttered as he stomped closer.

=But if you miss Ben Tennyson so much...allow me to reunite you with him!= he growled while raising his arm up, only to stop and growl.

"Huh?" Makoto blinked in confusion as she heard...explosions coming from within Malware.

"Why'd he stop?" Gwen asked as Malware stumbled back a step.

=Gah…AH!= Malware cried in pain as an explosion erupted from his head before a beam of blue energy shot out and into the sky.

Two hands shot out and grabbed the top of Malware's head as a figure slowly pulled himself up. A tall alien with a body seemingly covered in an all black material stood there, his fingers ending in golden plug-like armor with matching golden studs on his shoulders. He had a single emerald green eye as two tendrils hung from the back of his head like ears with similar golden plugs tipping the ends. A matching tail swished around as again a golden plug ended at the tip. A splash of green covered his chest around his Omnitrix, showing all who he was. The alien smirked as he crossed his arms as the beam finally died down.

"...Ben?" Kevin blinked, never seeing this form before.

"Feedback!" Gwen gasped.

"Ben!" Makoto cheered.

"Hey everyone! Did ya miss me!?" he smirked before looking up as Malware brought his claw down on his own head, only for Feedback to have already jumped off. He smirked as he held his hands out and unleashed streams of electric energy which slowed his fall down letting him safely land next to Makoto, whom he picked up with his ear tendrils, "All aboard!" he cheered, running off at amazing speeds as electricity sparked off his feet with each step.

"Whoa! What's this form?!" Makoto asked.

=A Conductoid?= Malware questioned =Impossible. I destroyed that sample!=

"Yeah, but Feedback rules so much he said...forget that! I'm Back baby!" Feedback cheered, stopping next to Gwen and Kevin, "Oh man! I gotta say ever since you popped back up into my life, Malware...I've never felt better. Like all the weight of your giant wannabe Kaiju butt has been lifted off my shoulders, and you know what...It feels good to be me again!"

=Grr! I destroyed that form once before, and I can do it again!= Malware snarled as he unleashed a giant beam at Feedback, who merely smirked as his ear tendrils moved forward, causing the beam to be absorbed into them.

"Oh. And thanks for reminding me why I love using Feedback so much. He rules!" Feedback smirked.

"Did...did he just eat that giant laser?" Makoto asked.

"Yes...yes he did…" Gwen muttered.

"Whoo!" Feedback cheered, holding his hands out and blasting a beam or blue electric energy. Which Malware blocked with his arm, only to cry in pain as massive craters formed in said arm, his circuit patterns glowing green for a moment as the wounds took longer to heal than normal.

"...Oh that's so cool…" Makoto whispered in awe before Feedback took off towards Malware, using blue energy from his fingers to propel himself forward, "And he can fly?!"

"I...Is it safe for him to be Feedback again?" Gwen pondered.

Feedback grunted as he rolled across Malware's hand before running along it, blasting energy from his fingers to propel him up the giant's arm. He grunted, jumping over another strike as he continued running and shooting. He stopped as Malware stared at him and, to his shock, blasted his own arm, letting the explosion send Feedback flying off and landing into a pond.

"Ugh...I'm not making much of a dent at all," Feedback complained as he surfaced, "And sooner or later, I'm gonna run out of juice."

"Ben!" Feedback turned his head to look over at Gwen, who was dropping a mana barrier that had bounced debris from Malware blasting his own limb and pointing up, "Look!"

"Huh?" Feedback looked up and his sole eye widened.

=...What are you staring at?= Malware demanded before, much to his shock, Galvanic Mechamorphs began falling down from the sky and began hitting him, causing parts of his body to crack =What?! That cannot be! I destroyed them all!=

"The hell did I miss?" Ragna asked as he staggered over to the others with his arm and eye normal, "I was resting for a minute before I noticed this giant asshole...and now it's raining slime again. ...What the hell kind of planet did I get pulled onto?"

"Slime? Those aren't slimes. They're the Mechamoprhs!" Feedback smiled.

"...Aren't those the same species as that Upgrade form of yours, kid?"

"Back to being called kid…" Feedback grumbled as Malware began to break apart.

"Aw yeah! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!" Kevin cheered before grabbing Gwen and the Anubian Baskurr and moving out of the way of a piece crashing where they had been before it turned green and became a normal Galvanic Mechamorph, "Okay, maybe get out of the zone of the falling giant alien monster's breakdown?"

"Good idea...Hopefully th-" Makoto began before a chunk of Malware fell across from them, which soon changed into Malware in his original size, "Oh, come on!"

"There's gotta be a way to take this guy out," Feedback growled.

"Might I suggest these then?" Azmuth's voice suggested as Feedback turned around to see the Proto-Tukk land, the back opened to reveal Azmuth standing beside the Helix.

"The Mechamorphs...that was you?" Feedback asked.

"Once the Helixes were fixed, it was a small matter to re-energize the Mechamorphs," Azmuth simply explained before motioning to the Helix, "And I believe there's enough remaining energy for your purposes."

"Sweet," Feedback smirked before plugging both his antennae into the sides of the Helix, "Then let's turn on the power."

=GRAH!= Malware roared, rushing past the Mechamorphs who got in his path =ENOUGH OF THIS!= he roared before glaring at Feedback and Azmuth; he swung his hand and batted anyone else out of his way before aiming his arm cannon =CURSE YOU! BEN TENNYSON!= he shouted before unleashing a powerful blast intent on wiping them all out with the power he had left.

Feedback swung his arms back before throwing them forward, the plugs on his fingers unleashing a concentrated white beam with blue electricity crackling off it. Malware's massive red and black laser blast collided with Feedback's much smaller white and blue one...only to be ripped through within an instant. Malware's sole eye widened just before the blast slammed into him, creating an explosion. Slowly, the smoke dissipated and revealed to everyone Malware's stone-like form, his body showing itself as it had originally been; a thin, skeletal state with a claws arm reaching out as it appeared to be emerging from a more filled out form which seemed to come from the beast-like form they had all seen him as that day. The last two cracked before crumbling away into dust, leaving just the corpse of the skeletal Malware behind, forever stone.

"He returned to normal…" Feedback spoke.

"...I suppose in a sense, this has finally freed him of his endless pain," Azmuth spoke, jumping up to Feedback's shoulder, "I wanted for the longest time to give him that freedom...but not like this."

"Nothing ever happens like it's planned," Ragna snorted, "Ya just gotta deal with it and move on and stop that damn 'what if' talk in your head."

"Yes... I suppose you are right, boy. Crude, but right," Azmuth spoke, making Ragna blink, "You have my thanks, Ben Tennyson and friends."

"Did you just thank me?" Feedback blinked.

"Well, I have to once in a while. But if you think I'm going to thank you everytime you save the known universe, you're starved for attention...Try getting it from the girl beside you or your grandfather," he replied.

"So close to heart warming," Feedback chuckled.

"I'm cold blooded. What do you want from me?" Azmuth countered, jumping off, "Now if you don't mind, I have stuff...oh, and people to attend to."

"Oi, Frog…" Ragna began.

"Boy, don't make me teleport you to the nearest Red Giant on the verge of going supernova," Azmuth cut him off.

"Shutting up," Ragna stated quickly.

"Hehehe…" Feedback and Makoto laughed before the former timed out.

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"So he's really gone?" Noel asked as everyone was before the Proto-Trukk, getting ready to leave.

"Ben literally fossilized him!" Makoto replied, her left arm in a sling and covered in bandages.

"Still can't believe you passed on those healing tanks they have here," Kevin noted.

"Eh, they probably need 'em more for the people here that got hurt when Malware rained on the planet," Makoto replied with a shrug of her good arm.

"What I don't understand is...how did you get Feedback...well back?" Gwen pondered.

"I don't know. I...just got over how I originally lost him and-boom!-I just became him," Ben explained.

"Well, you were inside the one who dissolved him. Maybe the missing parts of the genetic sample were inside of him," Tsubaki suggested.

"Maybe…" Ben shrugged.

"Well, Azmuth said Ben and Feedback synchronized a lot...So maybe the DNA sample was actually inside Ben the whole time?" Makoto offered, "If he got it back after getting over the event where he lost him, it's the same as getting over a mental block."

"We can discuss philosophy over this on the way back to Earth. I left a very annoyed Pakmar in the complaints office," Max replied.

"Aw come on!" Ben and Makoto exclaimed, "We didn't do anything!"

"Well, I'm just happy two of the monsters who were after us have been stopped," Mai spoke, "That just leaves Khyber."

"And Gwen's got a test in the morning," Kevin noted, "Oh, one more thing." he gave a sharp whistle and the Anubian Baskurr ran over to him, panting with a wagging tail, "Attagirl! That's a good Zed."

"And he's named the girl," Makoto deadpanned, "...Why Zed? She seems more like a Rexy."

"That's because of the dinosaur-like look she's got, isn't it?" Kevin asked.

"...Maybe…" Makoto replied.

"Zed's the Tetramand Deity of Wildness Combat," Ragna explained, earning surprised looks, "What? I live with a Tetramand barkeep and his Necrofriggian fiancee waitress."

"Neat…" Makoto noted before crying in shock as Zed jumped her and began nuzzling and licking her again, "Down, girl! Down, girl!"

"May have to tell her not to eat squirrels and just lick 'em when we get to Earth," Kevin mused.

"Oh ha ha…" Makoto deadpanned as Zed got off her and back over to Kevin.

"Oh! Kajun wanted me to call her once we were off Galvan Prime," Noel remembered as they got in and took off.

"Gh?!" Makoto tensed at that.

"Though…I don't remember why she wanted me to call her," Noel continued.

"Ah...It-It may not be all that important, Noellie," Makoto replied as she mentally sighed in relief.

"Hey, what are those Mechamorphs doing?" Ragna asked as they flew past the shattered moon where all the Mechamorphs were floating amongst it.

One by one, the Mechamorphs held hands with one another before they melded together into a large black slime that grabbed the broken moon's parts and pulled them into the slime. More and more was gathered until none was left unobtained by the slime. It quickly reshaped into an orb before the slime split back into normal Mechamorphs...revealing Galvan B completely repaired.

"...Well that happened," Ragna noted as he collapsed into his seat, "Wake me up when everything makes sense again."

"Well...Kajun missed something she'd drop her tablet at witnessing," Mai noted.

"That was arguably the coolest thing ever," Ben chuckled.

"Yeah…" Makoto agreed.

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GT: Whew. That's it for this.

SZ: And thus ends season one for Galactic Shift Extend...and hoo what a ride it has been so far.

Z0: I made things so much worse! I also fulfilled my dream of writing a Kaiju battle...I am complete.

GT: Glad to know. Though I thought your dream was writing a Kaiju battle with all the versions of Godzilla.

Z0: I never said I was fully complete. Just for now. Mwahahaha...Mwahahahaha! Ah...just so you know...give me the single slightest chance and I will make Godzilla appear and tear up the world.

SZ: Don't let him! Especially if he makes Godzilla kaiju be a predator for a T-oops…Ignore that Z0! Ignore that!...GT! Z0 has that look in his eyes again!

Z0: TOO LATE! I WILL NOT BE DENIED!

GT: I should mention that Godzilla is a fictional character in GSE. *sees Z0 slump in a corner in defeat*

Monokuma: *pokes his head in* Who's to say one of his Kaiju isn't fiction, upupupupupu?

SZ: SHUT UP, MONOKUMA!

GT: …*sees Z0 slowly get up, glowing* ...Read and review, folks. Because I am fleeing! *flees*

SZ: Same!*runs for dear life...before coming back and punting monokuma into the room*you're the sacrifice.

Monokuma; Ow! The hell?! What...what's that ominous sound? ...Why is boss music playing?!

Z0: AAAAAAHHHHH! *powers up causing the sky to darken as lightning begins striking the ground and chunks of it rise up into the air* AAAAAAHHHH!-!-!-!

Monokuma: OH GOD!*the entire screen went black as the sounds of him crying in pain, ripping, and tearing filled the air*