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.

31. Vilgax must Croak

SZ: *hides under a bunker, covered heavily in armor*...do not ask, but it involves Safi'Jiva from Monster Hunter...

Z0: *comes in covered in holiday attire* Ah I love this time of year! Hey SZ *walks over his bunker and into the kitchen*

SZ:...ahem! So yeah...we're getting back into the canon stuff for the Omniverse part of GSE...and we think it's about time for a certain galactic overlord to make his true debut.

Z0: Time for legit plot! *checks the fridge* Oi...who drank my Eggnog?

SZ: Not me...I think it was Monokuma or Deadpool.

Monokuma & Deadpool:*pokes heads in*Wuzzat?

Z0: *begins charging up as muscles grow in size* Be prepared *eyes flash yellow as a green aura explodes upwards*

SZ: NO WAIT!...*tosses Z0 a Black Eagle Charge Blade*use this..it'll really shock 'em to their systems. If not…*tosses Z0 a Safi'jiva call*use this. I...tested it and...it may work too well….*goes back into the bunker*

Deadpool: I feel like pain is gonna happen…thank god I can regenerate

Monokuma: Ha! Jokes on you! I got multiple bodies!

Z0: EGGNOG! *rides the Safi'jiva after them*

Deadpool & Monokuma: OH GOD!

SZ: 0.o….we own nothing aside from original content….begin ze story!*closes the bunker just as Safi'Jiva was about to unleash Sapphire of the emperor*

GT: *nowhere near the chaos* Ahh…*takes a sip of eggnog* I love eggnog.

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"Gah...blast it…" Psyphon muttered, trailing around a darkened area within Undertown, "The deadline is tomorrow, and I've yet to hire anyone to go after Lord Vilgax like he instructed...and I barely scrounged up enough Tayden to hire anyone decent!"

"Keep it down! Some of us are tryin' t' sleep here!" one alien snapped from a window before slamming it shut.

"Do'h…!" Psyphon growled a t that, "What am I gonna do? Grr...Blast that Ben Tennyson! Blast that Ragna the Bloodedge! I…!"

"Ho~? Did I hear that right?" a new voice spoke, making him tense up as a hand placed itself on his shoulder, letting him seeing the obsidian-black dragon-like claws gleam a bit as their crimson-red eyes seemed to glow a little behind him,, "Did you say...Ragna the Bloodedge, twiggy?"

"...wh...what if I did?" Psyphon cautiously and nervously asked.

"Oh I know you did in your little rant...but if you're lying…" the figure grinned, aiming one of their claws at his neck, "I'd have to spill your blood all over the g-GH!?"

"Karai, behave…" another voice spoke as they pulled the first figure back, their azure-blue eyes seemingly glowing a bit in the shadows as they stood a bit taller than the first figure.

"Gah bitch…!" the now named Karai hissed as they stepped back.

"What is wrong with this planet…?" Psyphon muttered.

"But my sister does make a point…" the second figure stated, a serious look in their eyes, "Ever since we appeared in this world, we've been adjusting the best we can…"

"IE taking on bounties and all that shit…" Karai added.

"And when we overheard you mentioned ragna the Bloodedge...well perhaps we can cut a deal," the second figure continued, earning Psyphon's attention, "You need to hire someone to go after the galactic overlord Vilgax…"

"And you have some info on Ragna.." Karai added with a toothy grin, "We'll do the job...but on one condetion….money up front now…"

*SMACK!*

"OW! Aoiro you cunt!"

"Ignore her. She was dropped on her head…" the second figure/Aoiro stated as they held a paperfan in their hands, "But here is the deal...you pay us half the money for the job..and when it is done, you pay us the other half...and tell us where we can find Ragna the Bloodedge."

"I'm not sure why you want to find that lunatic but if it means you bug him and get him to leave me alone, I can't rightly complain." Psyphon sighed, "Fine it sounds like a fair deal all things considered. But I warn you...you'll probably end up dealing with a very annoying group of teenagers who are friends with Bloodedge…"

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Aoiro assured.

"This might just be worth some actual effort." Karai smirked, "Well a deal's a deal!"

"Fine fine...honestly you bounty hunters can be pushy…" Psyphon muttered, pulling out some Tayden...before it was snatched right out of his hand, "GH!"

"Thank you, twiggy...I can use this to get a new guitar!" Karai laughed before the Tayden was grabbed out of her hand, "Ahh!"

"Not after last time…" Aoiro sighed.

"Ah you suck!"

"And you are a drain on our money...which is limited…"

"Hey! I'm a gal that likes to eat and rock out!...And party on the side."

"What did I get myself mixed up in…" Psyphon whispered to himself.

---

"So...where are we exactly transporting some of the more dangerous baddies in our jail here again?" Makoto asked as she and Ben walked through Plumbers HQ.

"Grandpa Max says they took that old ship we found the U-Bomb on and turned it into a sort of moving Alcatraz for all the worst of the worst." Ben explained, "We had something like that a while back, but it never could hold guys like the ones we're transporting today."

"Good thing we're sending Vexus there then," Jenny commented, "The less I see of her, the better. Plus..." she looked over at Robotboy in Noel's arms, "I'm scared of what she'd do to Robotboy."

"Moment she tries anything, she'll receive a high enough dosage to knock out a Decepticon," Tsubaki assured.

"Still we need to be careful." Ben spoke, "He will be there to…" he frowned.

"Vilgax…" Makoto muttered.

"Vil...gax?" Robotboy repeated.

"From what I've been told...a really nasty bad guy Ben's fought a couple of times," Jenny informed.

'More than that," Rook spoke as he approached them, a notepad in hand, "Vilgax is amongst the galaxy's most powerful and deadly overlords. He's conquered worlds, slain many people that went against him, destroyed entire armies easily, and many more things I cannot say without causing the more weak will to lose their lunch."

"Yeesh…" Makoto cringed.

"In fact, the only people he's ever lost to in his centuries of conquest have been Magister Max Tennyson...and Ben." Rook added.

"I'm sorry Centuries?" Tsubaki asked.

"Yes. His race has a very long life span spanning several centuries if not Millennia." Rook explained, "We aren't sure how old Vilgax himself is...but he has been at it for well over two hundred years. And is still considered in physical prime,"

"...Eep," Noel squeaked at that, holding Robotboy close.

"But how did Magister beat him if he's so strong?" Makoto asked.

"Vilgax hasn't always been a...Monster. Before facing Ben he only has his species base most strength and abilities. Magister Tennyson bested him using superior tactics to strap him to a warhead which collided with his ship and exploded." Rook went on.

"Some time around when I fought him, his body was messed up and he turned himself into a roided out cyborg." Ben added, "None of my guys could scratch him when I was 10."

"So...all those times you fought him…" Makoto began.

"I got lucky at first…" Ben admitted, "But after a few more times fighting him, I began getting better and better at fighting him. He's the reason I'm so good at using aliens like Heatblast, Diamondhead and Fourarms. If I didn't master their powers...I'm sure he would have killed me ages ago. The only time I really had the edge over him was when I accidentally unlocked Master Control."

"...and all this...from when you were 10?" Tsubaki asked with wide eyes.

"Well someone had to do it." Ben replied simply as they stepped into the elevator leading to the lower floors, "I mean I was a hero, of course I had to fight the bad guy." he smirked, putting his hands behind his head.

"I think the fact a ten year old having to fight some galactic overlord is what is shocking us!" Makoto exclaimed.

"Your making too big a deal out of it!" Ben laughed, "I mean yeah he's scary on paper but to me he's just Vilgax! The alien I've been beating into the ground all my life!"

"It's true. According to reports Ben has beaten Vilgax as a Cyborg, empowered with the strengths and abilities of the champions of 10 worlds, and when he...and I quote: 'Backstabbed an interdimensional demon entity and stole all his powers making him near Omnipotent'," Rook added.

"I still say he was being a big baby...it was one tiny little stab…" Ben shrugged.

"...wow," Jenny blinked at that, "From all that...it makes Vexus seem like a mouse compared to Vilgax."

"True, but Vexus is still dangerous in her own right," Tsubaki countered.

"I still say your giving old Squid face too much credit...I mean he lost to me when I was 10!" Ben laughed, trying to cheer them up just as the elevator doors opened, "I mean...who loses to a Ten year old!?"

"Uh...Ben?" Makoto began with wide eyes.

"What?" Ben blinked as he looked forward, jumping a bit at what...or rather who he saw before hi, tied to a metal table with beams of energy acting as straps.

"Tennyson…" the large hulking alien before them growled, their red eyes glowing menacingly as they shot Ben a death glare.

"Vilgax…" Ben spoke.

"You look well...I see you have slept well while I've been imprisoned." Vilgax spoke before noticing the others, "So the rumors are true...you have a new group of stragglers following you around."

'Holy crap...this..it..it feels like I'm being stared down by a bloodthirsty beast ready to strike at any moment…' Makoto thought, her tail sticking straight up.

"I've slept good...how's the scar?" Ben countered.

"I still can't believe you actually stabbed me." He laughed...which alone sent shivers up the others' spines.

"Hey. Someone had to stop ya," Ben quipped.

"Yes...I look forward to the trip...I can't wait to...Catch up." he chuckled.

"Alright Chuckles move along." Ben sighed.

"How is Ben not scared by that thing…?" Makoto whispered to the others.

"I think...from all the times he's faced him, he sorta became immune to it," Tsubaki guessed.

"I guess fighting an evil overlord will do that to ya…" Jenny spoke.

"Hmm? Is that Jennifer I hear?"

"Speaking of which…" Jenny began as Vexus was carted over by a few Plumber agents, the former Cluster Queen encased in glass dome with bits of electricity crackling off it, "Vexus…"

"Honestly it's nice to see a familiar face. Being alone down here was rather boring…" Vexus muttered.

"Guess she didn't see Vilgax down the hall…" Makoto joked to regain her composure.

"Well honestly I heard growling, but thought it came from one of this planet's fleshbag beast," Vexus countered.

"Be thankful I am in these binds..." Vilgax growled a bit before taking a better look, "...you….you are Vexus of Cluster Prime…I have heard tales of you..."

"Well good to know someone else in this time knows of me…" Vexus noted.

"...Bad la-dy?" Robotboy asked Jenny.

"Hmm?" Vexus raised a brow as she noticed Robotboy, "...Why Jennifer, did you adopt? Decided to act your own age I see."

"Bleh...he's not like that." Jenny replied by sticking her tounge out.

"You guys are just gonna be 'fun' this trip, aren't you…?" Ben sighed.

"Hey. We had nothing to do down here. Cut us some slack," Vexus countered.

"Speak for yourself...I've done nothing but dream of what I'd do to Tennyson the moment I was free...hehehe...and it was a wonderful time." Vilgax laughed.

"...Okay. You I like."

"Let's go you two…" one of the Plumber Officers frowned as they began to push the two captured villains into the elevator.

'Vilgax...such a terrifying creature…' Tsubaki thought, cautiously eyeing Vilgax for a moment as the elevator doors closed.

---

"This is a delicate operation." Max spoke as final preparations for departure where underway, "Vilgax alone will attract his political rivals for control of the galaxy. But now we need to add the attention Vexus shall bring. If someones not here for one it'll be for the other."

"Political rivals?" Tsubaki asked.

"The Universe is in a constant state of flux over who controls what sections…" Max spoke, "Vilgax took over some of the biggest sections in his campaign of Ten worlds. All just to gain power to fight Ben he took over more sections of space than anyone ever has. Naturally more of his enemies who want those sections and their resources for themselves will take this chance to assassinate him…"

"So...we have to deal with bounty hunters coming after him!?" Makoto gawked.

"Most likely yes."

"Meaning…" Tsubaki looked at Ben.

"I have to protect him…" Ben sighed as he scratched his head.

"And me with Vexus…" Jenny added with her own sigh.

"I know it's tempting to think 'what if we just let them have them?'…" Max spoke, "But the sad truth is that if that happens...all those enemies would become more bold and start wars that could threaten millions of innocent worlds. The mere fact Vilgax alive is enough to deter them from trying."

"...then we need to make sure nothing happens to them," Tsubaki noted.

"You'll have some guards to help you out," Max assured.

"Well that's assuring," Makoto noted as two female Plumbers walked by them, helmets hiding their faces.

"Of course we'll have to ensure the two prisoners are on the ship. And the security system is activated." Max explained, "Once those two conditions are met, the prison ship will remain self sustaining. Keep them imprisoned within as it flies around the outer reaches of the known universe."

"Literally putting them aside and out of the way." Ben smiled.

"But still, we'll have to be extra cautious," Tsubaki spoke, "Who knows who'll be after both Vilgax and Vexus?"

---

"Mmm...Fribbit. It's so boring out here…" a female Incursion in a purple and white outfit muttered, sitting in her seat as she and her crew waited inside an Incursion ship within a small field of astroids. She then pressed a button on her arm rest, a busy tone coming out of the ship's speakers before someone picked up the 'phone', "All hail Lord Emperor Milleous, Light of the Incursion Empire, destroyer of entire galaxies, all living creatures tremble in yer…"

=Daughter of mine...= Milleous' voice began as a holographic screen popped up before her, revealing the Incursion Emperor =You cannot call me every time yer bored=

"Whatcha doin' daddy?" she asked in an innocent tone.

=You know exactly what I'm doin'!= Milleous stated as the screen showed an entire fleet of Incursion ships =I just surrounded Vilgaxia and demanded their surrender...can we talk later?=

"Boilin' oceans, raizing cities, laying waste to billions...I wish I could be there," she sighed.

=Oi...kids today...ya don't think strategic…= Milleous muttered =Dese Vilgaxians are tough, nearly as tough as us Incursions. Meaning as long as he's around, he poses a disincentive to givin' up=

"...So…?"

=So...first we do is demoralize 'em…= Milleos answered, earning a bored look from his daughter =...ugh...and how do we do dat, Attea?=

"To get rid of Vilgax, which is why you sent me all th' way out here…" she muttered.

=And with him outta da picture, their whole system falls apart=

"How'd you even know about him bein' transported anyways?"

=I has my ways…=

"..."

=...Okay. I had my boys rough up a Plumber to get da info out...and we's gonna be killin' two boids with one stone...turns out Vexus is also on dat transport= Milleous grinned.

"Vexus? As in the former Queen of the Cluster you used to tell me about in those stories you used to get me to fall asleep?" she raised a brow at that.

=The one and the same...nows' I'd like to off them myself, but if I ain't out here keeping these schmucks from screwing up something simple, then the whole thing goes down the drain!= Now if ya don't mind, I have t' broadcast another ultimatum…= Milleous stated, pulling out a mike as he cleared his throat =Ahem! Attention Vilgaxian scum!=

"Provided they get here sooner…" Attea muttered as the screen vanished ...and showed a large Plumber ship in the distance, "...Well. Talk about perfect timin'. SixSix! SevenSeven! EightEight! Get ready to bring me the heads of Vilgax the Conquerer and Vexus!" she ordered as she turned her seat around, looking at three armored figures.

"$ ?"

"...Don't be familiar with me," she frowned as she turned her seat back around, "You will address me as General or Highest Commander."

---

The Plumber prison ship slowed down as its destination was insight. A space repair dock was built around the old ship which once held the Anhilarg. It had been repaired to as close to decent conditions as it could get. The people who worked to do said repairs were already leaving as fast as possible before its new occupants were loaded in.

"I'm amazed at the amount of effort for just these two…" Ben spoke, "They decked the whole thing with EMP inhibitors so Vexus can't take control of its systems. And a fully automated food synthesizer so Vilgax doesn't starve…"

"How your compassion warms my cold heart…" Vilgax laughed, locked in a stasis pod, "Of course...if you wanted to end things, Tennyson...who would stop you?" he taunted, "After all...you and I are the strongest beings on this ship at the moment...who else but you could stand up and do anything to me?"

"Tempting…" Ben turned to face him, "But know what I'd like? To wave goodbye as you're left in solitary with the galaxy's craziest old psycho lady. You'll have to spend the rest of your days with the fact I won...and you never evened the score."

"Hehehe...So you can be cold and cruel?" Vilgax asked, leaning forward as best he could to have a staring contest for the universe's strongest glare of hate.

"It's a good thing he can't move...right...right?" a small insect-like plumber in a red uniform muttered, hiding behind a seat.

"No he can't," Tsubaki assured, "It's strong enough to hold even the strongest of Aliens outside of Celestialsapiens. The moment he tries to break out, it'll send a temporary paralyzing shot into his systems."

"Oh...good…" he sighed.

"Yeah, but the fact him and Ben are having a staring contest that looks like it'll explode anyone who walks in between them is still unsettling!" Makoto complained.

"Agreed," Noel nodded.

"Ben no act like Ben," Robotboy noted, "Is ve-ry weird."

"It'll be okay. We just have to get rid of the bad guys and Ben will be back to normal." Makoto assured, "Hopefully…" she whispered the last part.

"You say that like it'll be an easy job?" Vexus quipped from her containment pod.

"Like we need your lip right now," Jenny frowned as she glared at her.

"We are nearing the prison ship," Rook spoke breaking the tension slightly, "We need to be careful still. Once we enter the vicinity of the ship, jammers will block all communication and prevent detection. We shall be invisible to Plumber HQ."

"Air space seems normal, sir," one of the two female Plumbers spoke from a console.

"...You two seem to be new," Noel noted as she looked at the two helmeted Plumbers, "Did you recently join?"

"...We did, yes," the first one nodded, "I am Rio...the one sitting next to you is Rika. She likes to be silent, " she stressed just before the other could speak.

Rika pouted at Rio, "..."

"Yet you can also tell what she thinks from her expressions."

"Like Nezuko from Demon Slayer?" Makoto asked.

"Yes."

"Ahh...cool," Makoto noted...before flinching a bit when Rika stared at her for a moment, '...Why do I feel like I need to take a really cold shower just from that stare she gave me?'

"Hmmm…" Tsubaki muttered overhearing their conversation, she looked down at her digital clipboard as she noted something that made her eyes widen ever slightly, "That…"

"Hey...what's that?" Makoto noted, looking at Rika's monitor.

Rio raised her arm and punched Rika's shoulder, making her fall out of her seat while holding her now swinging arm.

"That would be something on radar…" Rio sighed punching her hand out and hitting Rika's arm again in the same spot.

"Yes it is." Rook spoke, "From the looks of it an Incursion cruiser. And its guns are aimed on us."

"Incursions...disgusting little squatters…" Vilgax groaned in disgust, "No doubt they want to do away with me to take over my home. But you'd never let that happen...would you Ben?"

Before Ben could retort, a blast hit the ship from behind, causing it to shake as everyone tried to find their footing.

"We just lost one of our engines," Rio spoke.

"They must be trying to prevent us from escaping," Tsubaki guessed, "Rook, charge teh deflectors."

"Doing so now," Rook answered as he pressed some buttons on the console.

"Will that take long?" Ben asked before another blast hit the ship, taking out one of the main engines.

"Unfortunately yes."

"I hate how things always go from bad to worse around you…" Ben growled at Vilgax.

"Hehehe…" he responded enjoying Ben's frustration.

"Can you get us close to the prison ship?" Ben asked Rook.

"Yes I believe so...if we are not blown to space dust first!"

"I'll hold them off then," Jenny spoke as she stood up, "You guys focus on getting to the prison."

"Meaning I need to drag them on a space walk…" Ben looked at the prisoners.

"Oh how fun, yard time." Vexus laughed.

"It will be hard to move these stasis pods through that much space…" Vilgax added a smirk evident in his voice despite the mask covering his mouth.

"Mmm...Robotboy help Jen-ny," Robotboy spoke, hoping out of Noels arms as he ran up to Jenny.

"Ahh! R-" Noel began.

"We can use as much time as we need," Tsubaki spoke, "Plus this will help him learn how to fight in space," 'But if those frogs hurt a single circuite on him...We're having frog legs for dinner tonight!'

"...please be careful, Robotboy," Noel said to Robotboy, worry in her voice.

"Don't worry. He'll be with me," Jenny assured.

"Bringing a child to a fight? Oh how reckless j-" Vexus began before Robotboy banged his fist together, causing him to transform into his Combat form, "?!"

"That shut you up for once." Jenny smirked, "Come on Ro!"

Robotboy's response was to transform his arms into gatling guns as he walked off with her.

"...Don't even think about it," Tsubaki instantly frowned.

"Think about wh-" Vexus began before she was shocked, "GH~?!"

"You know what…"

"...me thinks Tsubaki's becoming too overprotective of Robotboy," Makoto whispered to Ben.

"I can't say I blame her...its borderline protecting a kid we all are raising…" Ben pointed out.

"Speaking of…" Tsubaki slapped Ben's shoulder.

"Ow!"

"That's for teaching him to cheat on his homework." she explained.

"He's a robot!" Ben argued, "I just pointed out he's connected to the Wifi!"

"It still counts!"

---

"Yer not gettin' away…" Attea frowned, eyeing at the fleeing Plumbers ship as it was nearing the prison, "Hit their engines one more t-" she tensed when the ship suddenly rocked, "What the…?!"

"We got two unidentified robots attacking us!" one of the Incursion soldiers there shouted.

"What?!"

"And they got a lot of fire power!" another one shouted as they began rocking more and more violentlt, "Primary weapons system...gone."

"What do you mean gone!?"

"Like...there are the left overs…" he pointed out the window as Robotboy yanked the cannons right off and spun around, "And here they come back!" he cried as the cannons slammed into the side of the ship.

"Grr...fribbit. SixSix, SevenSeven! Get rid of those two rustbuckets!" Attea ordered before teh ship shook.

"I think one of them heard ya…"

"Darn tootin' I did!" Jenny shouted from outside.

"What the…" Attea blinked before the ship shook violently again.

"And that was out main engine thruster Commander…" another grunt groaned.

"That's Highest Commander to you!"

"Ya know...I've seen and heard boys with less severe Complexes…" Jenny spoke as she blasted at the engines some more to ensure it would slow them down significantly. Robotboy aimed both hands as he unleashed a barrage of blasts to the ship to distract them even longer.

Robotboy turned to a hanger door that opened as SixSix and SevenSeven floated out. The two spotted him and began shooting only for Robotboy to swing his arms and deflect each blast away with the armor on his forearms. The two paused for a moment, only to realize that mistake as Robotboy slammed into SevenSeven, slamming him into the ship so hard he was dented into it. Robotboy swung his arm back and caught SixSix's arm before he could swing the energy dagger aimed at him. Robotboy's eyes narrowed as his anger only grew. SixSix deployed small arms which grabbed twin laser guns only to pale as two arms extended from Robotboy's back in the form of gatling guns.

"...Blitznak," SixSix whispered before he was pelted back by a barrage of energy bullets from Robotboy.

"Well..least we c-" Jenny began before she was tackled by EightEight, "Ahh!"

Robotboy looked up in concern as he caught SevenSeven's punch without looking. He looked back to glare at the Alien bounty hunter before punching him sending him slamming into the ship again. Robotboy spun around as he caught SixSix mid tackle and held him in a headlock, Robotboy then flew back and slammed Younger brother headfirst into Older brother. Robotboy pointed at them telling them to 'stay' as he flew off to help Jenny.

"Woah!" Jenny yelped as she dodged a punch from EightEight, "Okay...seems your more competent than the other two guys!" she grunted as she blocked a few more punches, the robot girl throwing a punch right at the female Alien Bounty hunter.

EightEight said nothing, dodging the punch as she pulled out two guns and began shooting forcing Jenny to fly around to avoid a direct hit. Jenny looped under the ship as EightEight stopped shooting, only to grunt as Jenny's arm stretched around the other side to hit the Bounty hunter. EightEight flew around and aimed to shoot again, only to blink and find her gone. EighEight looked around before looking up and grunting as Jenny's fist struck her sending her flying off and away from the ship. Jenny lowered down as she reverted from a flattened form she used to cling to the side of the ship and hide herself.

"Ugh...you have gotta be kiddin' me!" Attea shouted seeing how the fight was going.

---

"We have reached a minimum safe distance for a space walk between ships." Rook spoke as everyone put on helmets to supply them the ability to breath while in space.

The Plumber prison ship stopped a good distance from the platform used to repair the alien vessel. They were able to hook a line up to the construction platform to keep them from drifting off. A number of the team would remain to repair the ship for their return home. While the other team would take the Prisoners in and finish the mission as soon as possible.

"I'm not liking this…." Makoto spoke as she put on a helmet made just for her, to accommodate her ears.

"Me neither Makoto, but we have to make sure things go smoothly," Tsubaki argued as she put her own helmet on, "Rio, Rika, are the prisoners secured?"

"They are, Ms. Yayoi," Rio nodded.

"I'll carry them." Ben spoke dialing up an alien as he tapped the Omnitrix. The light made everyone flinch as a creature colored in total Red, he had long arms with a membrane connected to his sides, a long tail extended behind him. Black markings came down from his shoulders to the Omnitrix. A Golden crest formed from between his eyes finishing off the form.

"Ben, don't you need a helmet?" Makoto asked.

"Nah...Jetray can breath in space." he smirked.

"Neat...also careful. You're ego is showing again," Makoto smirked back.

"D'oh…"

"..."

"Meh. You get used to it," Makoto shrugged at Rika.

"..." Rio said nothing before grabbing Rika's hand before it could grab Makoto's rear, "Behave!" she hissed to her.

"Mmm…."

"Keep your libido in check and focus!" Rio hissed to her once more.

"Alright I'll fly them out, you guys keep up and catch up." Jetray spoke

"Oh inhibitor cuffs...how useful," Vilgax noted lifting his giant arms up, "I see...made of Cybertronian technology, meant to nullify special abilities to?" he noted, "Oh what's the matter...afraid I'll bite?"

"Most likely they're afraid you'll ring their necks," Vexus chimed in.

"No lip from the old psycho granny who jinxed us," Makoto countered, earning an eye twitch from Vexus, "Oh and don't try that old 'mind loosening these cuffs for me?' bit. Nobody here's stupid enough to fall for it."

"Oh...that's cute...you traded in the two originals for a like minded hybrid brat…" Vilgax noted.

"Careful whatcha say there, Vilgy. Makoto has a rather sensitive trigger to words like that," Jetray smirked.

"Oh...I'm just terrified." Vilgax turned to Makoto at that, "So what would happen if I were...to say it again?" he asked, his eyes glowing for a moment.

"She'd…" Jetay began before Tsubak smacked him with a paper fan, "OW!"

"Don't antagonize him further," Tsubaki frowned before looking at Makoto, his fist was shaking a bit, "And Makoto...calm down. That's what he most likely wants...for you to get angry enough to get him free."

"I see you kept someone smart." Vilgax spoke, "I applaud you, young one. But believe me...in the end, I care nothing for any of you."

"Come on you." Jetray complained, kicking Vilgax into the airlock.

"Oh so pushy." Vexus laughed.

"That goes double for you, Phixy," Makoto deadpanned as she kicked her into the airlock.

"Oh you..wait. That didn't even start with an 'V'."

"Explain Cermit with a 'C' then."

"Wh-that is not how names work!"

"Ha...turned it around on ya," Makoto laughed.

"Oh joy...Tennyson found his soulmate…" Vilgax gagged.

"Ugh...not that again…!" Jetray groaned, "...Noel don't even think about it!"

"Mmm…" Noel pouted at that, putting down her notebook.

"On my count we're opening the other side. Get ready!" Jetray ordered, as everyone tensed up and made sure their gear was working properly, "Open it!"

At that, the other end of the Air Lock opened as everyone was sucked out by the shift in pressure sending them all hurtling through space. Everyone activated the thrusters built into their suits and moved forward towards the construction platform. Jetray moved through an opening and towards the hanger to enter. He waited as the others finally made their way, since they couldn't fly through the vacuum of space at the speed he could. Once they made their way in, the doors closed behind them as the room's air and anti-grav systems activated, letting them fall onto the floor.

"Good...Life support is working fine." Jetray sighed dropping both villains, after doing so he flashed back to Ben to conserve energy in the Omnitrix, "Now...to put you two in your rooms...and never have to look at your sorry faces ever again."

"Huh...shame that then," Vexus noted, "Was hoping to see Jennifer one more time..and possibly get to know that little robot friend of y-GH~!?"

"Enough from you," Tsubaki frowned, lowering the button she was holding.

"Move it Octo-butt." Ben spoke pushing Vilgax.

"It's going to be lonely without you to Tennyson…" Vilgax laughed.

"And it's going to be peaceful for once knowing you w-" Ben began before a door opened...and Attea and her three Alien Bounty hunters stepped in, "...oh come on."

"Ya know...clever t' send yer little robots to stall us...but once one of 'em ran of out gas, it was easy to make the girl flee," Attea stated.

"Oh we forgot to fully charge Ro before we left…" Makoto remembered.

"Darn it…" Tsubaki groaned.

"Wait a minute...Attea?" Ben blinked, "The heck...last time I saw you, you were like...12 years old!"

"Wouldn't you like t' know," Attea countered, "But as much as I'd love t' spend some time talkin' after spendin' hours stayin' out here…" she held her hand up as SixSix, SevenSeven, and EightEight aimed their blasters at the group, "I'm gonna have t' nix both Vilgax and th' ol' bug queen there."

"Oh that's cute...the Frog Kingpin sent the little princess…" Vilgax laughed, "What's next, an army of assassins with cute gimmicks?"

Rika was about to say something before Rio elbowed her in the rib, making her wince.

"...Know what? Enough chit chat…" Attea frowned before snapping her fingers, prompting the bounty hunters to fire at the group.

"Yeow!" Makoto yelped as the group scattered and took cover...with the small green bug-like alien trying to flee before he was sent flying and tumbling.

"Crud!" Ben slapped the Omnitrix as he flashed to Swampfire, "I was going for Chromastone but hey. This works more than fine too!" he laughed charging fire as he blasted back.

"Thank god I haven't taken the helmet off yet." Makoto spoke.

"Hey. They hate the stink more then you." Swampfire explained, forming a wall of fire to cut them off.

"Hobble, are you okay?" Tsubaki asked as she looked at the small Alien.

"Ahh...actually it only hurts when i...gh! Breath…"

"...Ben, you and Makoto distract them. I'll start looking over the ship's files for anything we might use," Tsubaki ordered as she moved over to a nearby console on the wall next to her, "Rook."

"Already on it," rook answered, holdng a device as he plugged it into a similar console.

"Sure no problem!" Swampfire spoke as he grabbed a punch from both SixSix and SevenSeven, "Hey guys long time no see!" he grunted, "How ya doin?" he asked stretching his arms and pinning them to a wall.

"You know them?" Makoto asked.

"Only been after my watch since I was ten! Well...SixSix...this is his brother SevenSeven!" he said punching them both into the wall. He then jumped back as SixSix began swinging an energy saw at him, "Girl one's new though!"

"...Doesn't seem that bad," Makoto noted before yelping, quickly pulling her tail back when EightEight aimed at her, "Hey hey! Watch the tail!"

"Hey Tennyson, who's da rodent?" Attea asked, firing from a pair of purple blasters in her hands.

"Oh you did it now…" Swampfire spoke letting SixSix get his arm stuck in his body, "She's the last person you wanna make angry."

"So? Like I'm scared of a…" Attea began before tensing, nearly ducking under a tonfa thrown right at her before it boomeranged back to Makoto's free hand.

"I'll show you who's a 'rodent', Froggette," Makoto frowned as she charged.

Attea ducked under a punch from Makoto as the two squared off. Attea smirked as she swung to kick Makoto only for it to be blocked as Makoto raised her arm in time. Makoto smirked and grabbed Attea's leg before swinging her around and slamming her face first into a wall.

"Gh!"

"Told ya," Swampfire smirked.

"Not done yet!" Makoto shouted swinging Attea around and slamming her into EightEight.

The two scrambled to get up only to look up in shock as Makoto came down and punched them both into the ground once more. Sixsix and SevenSeven grunted as Swampfire punched them both repeatedly while his fists were lit on fire. The two grunted as they were unable to do anything to hurt him, their blasts and blades just went through his body. Swampfire grabbed both by the helmet and bashed their heads together. Makoto jumped up as her two enemies stumbled back to their feet, she smirked and rushed forward before flipping forward and swinging her leg kicking both and sending them flying. Swampfire clapped his hands together and swung his hands like a mace sending both Bounty Hunter brothers flying. The two pairs of enemies slammed into one another and fell as a heap to the ground.

"Gh…" Attea groaned as she looked up to see Swampfire's hand.

"Night night." he smirked unleashing a burst of gas into her face knocking her out.

"Don't let the catfish bite," Makoto added with her own smirk.

"Let's go. With any luck we can lock these losers in here with Vilgy." Swampfire smirked as he headed back to join the others.

"And ol' what's-her-face," Makoto added as she joined him.

"Ow…" Vexus muttered at that, "The youth of today are so cruel…"

"We have good news," Tsubaki spoke, "We think we can use the spare parts the crew left behind to fix our ships engine. And the stasis chambers are working to full capacity."

"Good. Worse comes to worse, I'll just use Upgrade to hold the ship together." Swampfire spoke, flashing back to Ben.

"One thing of note though…" Rook spoke, "The Chambers for both of them are situated in two different sections of the ship. Vexus has her own room which will nullify her powers. And Vilgax his own section meant to contain and feed him."

"So...we need to lock them up in different sections?" Makoto muttered.

"Yes," Rook replied.

"..." Ben sighed.

"What?" Makoto asked.

"We need...to split up...how cliche…" Ben sighed, "Alright, I'll take the sashimi platter with anger issues…"

"...Which leaves me with fake Cleopatra here," Makoto sighed, referring to Vexus.

"I thought flesh bags got less annoying verbally as they grew older," Vexus deadpanned.

"That would be a boring lifestyle," Makoto countered.

"...Rook, you and a small team go with Makoto," Tsubaki ordered, "I'll accompany Ben."

"I'll assist you while Rika goes with the other team," Rio offered

"Sounds cool to me," Ben smiled, "Just leave him to me." he looked at Vilgax.

"Oh how I've missed these moments." Vilgax groaned in annoyance.

---

"Yeesh...Those alien bounty hunters were tougher than I thought," Jenny muttered, flexing her arm as Noel held a deactivated Robotboy in her arms, said robot having taken a smaller form with his horns retracted into his head, "And me without any spare batteries on me. And that still surprises me that he runs off two C batteries."

"Moshimo-Hakase was really ahead of his time," Noel noted, "I was so sure I brought spares, too…" she sighed, "But I guess he'll have to sit out the rest of the mission."

"Either that or we figure out how to recharge them," Jenny noted, "Maybe we can plug them into something."

"Oh, if only Ben were here. He could power them back up as Feedback or Shocksquatch or..." Noel muttered.

"He has a lot of electrical aliens, doesn't he?" Jenny pondered.

"Huh...he does…" Noel realized.

"He's probably got a lot of fire and ice aliens, too," Jenny guessed, "...Think we can ask Rio and Rika what types of fire and ice aliens are out there?"

"Maybe...oh! That reminds me," Noel began as she reached for her communicator, only to stop when she recalled something, "...Oh wait. Comms are down due to the field surrounding the prison."

"Who were you calling?"

"Kajun. I wanted to ask her what those two liked."

"...Actually, I don't think I've ever seen either Rio or Rika at HQ until today…" Jenny noted.

"Well...they are new," Noel pointed out.

"Yeah...and yet they wore something only a high ranking Plumber Officer wore."

"...Eh?"

"You didn't recognize it? It had a different layout than a regular Plumbers outfit."

"..."

"..."

"...Jumping Jiminies…" Jenny whispered in realization.

"Oh no…" Noel sighed, "I guess we'll have to warn the others."

"Good idea! I just hope we're not too late..."

---

"So tell me, fleshbag, were you always born half rodent or were you a mutation or something?" Vexus asked with a grin, only to earn no response from Makoto, "...Really? You're playing the silence game?"

"I'm sorry what? I wasn't paying attention," Makoto smirked back, earning an eye twitch from Vexus, "See, rookie. You gotta let them think you were being silent to mess with 'em."

"..." Rika nodded as she stared at Makoto's back...mostly her rear.

"...You know I gotta ask. Are you and Rio sisters or something?" Makoto asked, "I mean...I noticed she's more like a big sis. You know? Tries to keep her little sib in control and stuff?"

"..."

"Bet I'm right, aren't I? Eh it's no big deal. I'm a big sister myself and tend to know these type of things," Makoto shrugged, "...I also notice when I see someone in disguise."

"?!"

"Yeah...I used to be in an Intelligence department, and one thing we learned there? How to wear a proper disguise…" Makoto stated as she turned towards Rika, "I also noticed you've been staring at my ass and I mean in a really uncomfortable way."

"..."

"Oh? And to think I was starting to hate this!" Vexus laughed.

"You stay out of it," Makoto ordered before frowning at Rika, "So spill...why are you here? Oh no wait...let me guess. You've been hired to axe Vilgax and/or Vexus, right?"

"...Mmm…"

"I'm right, aren't I?"

"Must...re...sist…"

"Huh?" Makoto blinked at that, unaware of Rika's hands twitching.

"Must...resist...must….must….." Rika muttered before she suddenly leapt at Makoto, hands reached out towards her chest, "GROPE~!"

"WHOA NOW!" Makoto yelped, jumping to the side and letting Rika fall flat on her face, "That's my joke, dang it!"

"Not my fault you have such a perfect pair, Mako-chan!"

"I…wait. What did you call me?"

"Mako-chan."

"...Wait a minute…only one gal called me that back at the academy...and she always..." Makoto trailed off as her eyes began to widen, "...oh no...NOT YOU!"

"YUP!" Rika laughed as she shot up and took her helmet off...revealing that she was Karai, who was a girl around her age with short raven-hair with an ahoge poking out the top, a rather perverse look in her crimson-red eyes, "HOO! Finally got that fishbowl off...I hate being fucking silent, damn it!"

"HOW!? I literally jumped backwards in time! You shouldn't be born yet...W-w-why are you here!?" Makoto ranted.

"Yeah not gonna lie...not sure," Karai shrugged, "In fact...me and sis should be dead after a little scuffle with a certain someone, and lo and behold! Alive and kicking as kick ass bounty hunters!" she laughed, "Oh, and if you think you'd seen the last of me after I got myself and sis expelled from the academy, think again, sexy!"

"AH! Why...Why now of all times when we are dealing with the scariest monster in the galaxy...oh and Vexus…" Makoto muttered her name.

"I heard that," the scarab-themed alien robot deadpanned.

"Heh...He wasn't that scary," Karai scoffed.

"You jumped at the chance to get away from him, didn't you?" Makoto asked.

"Because I didn't want to deal with his ugly ass anymore," Karai scoffed, "But enough talk...how's about we begin where we left off? IE...me smacking that perfect booty!"

"Hmm...Yes, there's that and also...Rook!"

"Wha?" Karai asked before she felt two prongs jab into the back of her neck, "Oh...right...GAH!" she cried, feeling a powerful shock through her entire body.

"Wow...I think I saw her skeleton for a second…" Makoto awed at the amount of electricity surging into Karai, "Thanks, Rook!"

"It is what I do." he smiled, pulling the trigger and giving her another zap.

"Still...what is she even doing here?" Makoto muttered as she looked down at Karai, "She shouldn't even be born yet...unless...oh chestnuts."

"Hmm?"

"Alien X...I think it pulled her here…" Makoto realized, "...and if she's here...oh acorns."

"What?"

"If you hadn't popped in, Karai here...she can definitely hold herself in a fight…." Makoto explained, "..and if her sister's here…"

"I am following your logic." Rook replied, pulling the trigger once he saw Karai move zapping her a third time.

"...You stay here and watch those two! I need to hurry and find Ben and Tsubaki!" Makoto said as she ran, "See if you can contact Jenny or Noel!"

"I'll see what I can do," Rook sighed as he looked at Kara, who pretended not to move, "I am an older brother...You are going to have to try much harder than that to fool me." he smirked, pulling the trigger on the taser again.

"Fuck….you…" Karai rasped out.

"And me without oiled bolts," Vexus noted.

---

"Why the rush? It's not like you can't just stomp out those bounty hunters again," Vilgax taunted, "After all compared to me they should be easy...or are you showing them pity by letting them think they have a chance still?"

"Not playing this game, Vilgax…" Ben growled.

"I finally see why you never shut up...when it's all you have left. It sure does become appealing," he mused.

"Oh well you understand me, huh?"

"Oh Tennyson...I've always understood you," Vilgax laughed, "Surrounded by people weaker then you...Meant for more...why you have so much amazing power. Power that, by the way, you only have because of me."

"So you want a thank you?"

"No, I just wanted to say that you and I are not so different. The only thing I never understood was why do you abandon power?" he asked, "After you defeated me and stole the power of the Dagon, you far surpassed anything that device could offer. It seemed almost a shame when you gave Ascalon back to Azmuth and all that power with it."

"Is there a point?"

"Just that...who else in this world understands what it's like to have grasped amazing power...a god like power even if just for a fleeting moment," Vilgax leaned forward, "Did your team not know that detail?" he asked, "Oh yes...I'm sure you wouldn't want them to know that detail, right? Of course, not that they'd believe the great Ben Tennyson would ever willingly give up that kind of power."

"..."

"Don't let him get to you, Ben," Tsubaki spoke.

"I see your habit of letting women boss you around hasn't left," Vilgax mused.

"I am reminding him what is most important right now," Tsubaki countered, "And yes...such power can be tempting, but there is a saying...with great power, comes great responsibility. And while Ben has used the Omnitrix for...questionable things at times, he's proven to use the power given to him responsibly."

"Like what happened when you found out about the Advent Calendars and that only Makoto knew where they were," Ben joked.

"..." Tsubaki gave him an annoyed look.

"Responsibility…" Vilgax laughed, "I assure you...no one knows more of the concept then I."

"Like when you teamed up with Ben to save your home planet from Zs'Skayr and Ectonutires," Tsubaki stated, making him stop, "Yes...aside from what Ben has told me, I've studied up on you during the trip up here. It was an interesting read."

"Yes, my people are important to me." Vilgax spoke, "But I also refer to the responsibility the strong have to the world itself."

"Yes...and sometimes there are those who would seek to weaken that power by attacking the 'king'," Tsubaki stated, "Isn't that right...Rio?"

"?!"

"Wait what?" Ben blinked.

"Recall what Makoto had asked after Rio introduced herself and Rika?"

"Yeah. something about a demon Slayer. Why ask?...In fact what is Demon Slayer?"

"It's a manga...one that doesn't come out until 2016 with the anime not getting adapted until 2019," Tsubaki explained before shooting Rio a frown, "How would she know that if it hasn't come out yet?"

"Oh I don't like where this is going…" Hobble gulped as he and the few Plumbers there gripped their weapons.

"So wait something...only someone...from your time would understand." Ben said slowly.

"How did I ever lose to you?" Vilgax asked, "That plumber...is another assassin after me."

"...hmph. Clever, Yayoi-san...leave it to a member of the Student Council to figure it out," Rio chuckled a bit as she reached for her helmet, slowly pulling it off to reveal who she truly was.

"...Aoiro," Tsubaki whispered as she stared at the silver haired woman standing before her, who stared at her in turn with her azure-blue eyes, "Honestly I'm surprised to see you here...given the last we saw each other was when you and your sister got expelled from the academy."

"That was mostly Karai's fault…" Aoiro sighed before frowning, "But I'm not here to reminisce on old times…I have a job to do."

"?!" Tsubaki tensed as she quickly brought her shield out, barely blocking the slash from a katana Aoiro had pulled out, the blade having a azure-blue tint to it.

"Ahh! I was right!" Hobble freaked as he and the other Plumber agents prepared to fire...only for their blasters to suddenly be sliced in half, "GH?!"

"Don't interfere," Aoiro stated, keeping her eyes locked with Tsubaki as electricity began to crackle off her katana, making Tsubaki tense as she jumped back in time to dodge the electric slash.

"Ben, get Vilgax out of here!" Tsubaki shouted.

"Come on!" Ben complained pushing him.

"Oh...just as I was enjoying the thrill of combat." Vilgax sighed.

"Don't start!"

"Hobble, you and the others get back to the ship!" Tsubaki added, avoiding another slash from Aoiro.

"Really? Oh...well th-"

"And make sure the Incursions don't interfere!"

"D'oh…"

"You seem to have taken quite the command," Aoiro noted as she slashed at Tsubaki once more.

"It feels like I'm the only one who bothers too, both in and out of dangerous situations!" Tsubaki spoke pulling out her own sword as she got into a read pose, "And not to brag, but I am mentored by the best Magister of this time at the moment. So I can't back down until my team has made it to safety."

"Duly noted…." Aoiro said as she jumped back, putting her katana into a sheath as she got into her own ready pose, "Very well...let us see how you've improved since the Academy...Ms. Student Body Vice President."

"My patience and will has been tested a lot since I've come to this timeline," Tsubaki smirked, "Believe me when I say that I am more than prepared," she jumped forward and kicked the handle to Aoiro's katana, stopping her motion of drawing it, "And learned how to read all sorts of opponents." she finished as she kept her enemy from drawing her sword before thrusting a stab with her own.

Aoiro quickly sidestepped the stab before swinging her body around, making Tsubaki tensed as she brought her shield up to block a slash..only to grunt when she felt the scabbard of Aoiro's katana slam into her side, making her stagger back as she held her side.

"I've learned my own share of skills since the academy," Aoiro countered as she got into a drawing stance, "Such as this!" she shouted as she quickly unsheathed, unleashing an azure-lighting cutting wave at her.

"?!" Tsubaki tensed as she barely blocked it, the attack sending her skidding back. She then barely looked from behind her shield, her eyes widening as she saw that the cutting wave left a gash in the metal floor.

"Be lucky your shield is still intact," Aoiro countered, "Also be thankful it's just me you're facing...I doubt you'd be able to take me and my sister on at the same time."

"Probably...but if anyone can deal with her easily its Makoto and Rook." Tsubaki smiled getting back up.

---

"Please Space furry man...stop zapping me…" Karai begged while on the ground.

"Hm…" Rook pondered, "No." he pulled the trigger again.

"GAH! I mean it asshole! You zap me one more time, I'm gonna jam that thing up your ass and blow your brains out!"

"Oh is that so?" Rook pondered, "Well I guess I can finally take it off low…"

"Wait...what...ahaha...wait no...I didn't...GAAHHH!"

"I finally see what Ben finds so amusing in this. Oh look her hair has become what humans call...an Afro."

"I taste...zappy zappy…"

"Good crazy lady." Rook smiled cuffing her hands behind her back and then linking said cuffs to Vexus.

"Oh great...I'm now stuck with a fleshbag child with a foul mouth," Vexus groaned.

"Fuck you too...old hag…"

"H...HAG?!"

"Well that was easier than I thought," Rook noted, about to pull his communicator out before ducking under some laser fire, "...oh...right…" he muttered as he looked up, seeing SevenSeven and SixSix aiming at him, "I had nearly forgotten about you two…"

---

"Dang it...this place is like a Maze…" Makoto muttered as she ran around a corner, "Ben, where are ya?!"

"Ah!" Ben shouted as he was thrown down a hallway, "You know Attea, it was your own fault for getting greedy and trying to overthrow your dad. Hadn't done it...wouldn't have had to stop you."

"Wait...she tried to do that?" Makoto blinked as she ran over and helped him up.

"Incurseans...disgustingly disloyal beings." Vilgax spoke standing there like none of this concerned him.

"..oh god they are mafia space frogs!" Makoto gawked before quickly blocked a kick from Attea.

"Seriously I am gettin' tired of this squirrel chick's mouth," Attea growled in annoyance.

"And I am getitn' tired of you too, frog lips," Makoto countered as she jumped back from another kick, "By the way, is it true if a prince kisses ya, you become a princess for real?"

'...Know what, Ben? She's perfect for ya...ya both never shut up," Attea muttered, her eye twitching violently.

"I know I said it first, but it disgusts me that a slimey Incursean agrees with me…" Vilgax gagged.

"Yeah well up yours too," Attea argued before aiming one of her blasters at him, "In fact...drop d-"

"Surprise attack!" Makoto shouted as she shoulder checked Attea from behind, knocking her over as she dropped her blaster.

"You dirty little…" Attea growled.

"Little...who you talking to, little girl?" Makoto smirked crossing her arms.

"...oh I am gonna wear your tail like a scarf!" Attea snapped, "EightEight!"

"No you don't!" Ben slapped the Omnitrix as Chromastone jumped and absorbed all the energy bullets EightEight fired.

"Forgot about that didn't you frog?" Vilgax laughed as Chromastone traded blows back and forth with EightEight, "Interesting...the Sister is the strongest. I should have hired her all those years ago to get the prototype back."

"...I...i'm sorry. The sister is the strongest?" Makoto blinked at that, "...are all female aliens teh strongest in their species? If so...go girl power."

"Most yes…" Vilgax sighed.

"Oh that's just peachy!" Chromastone spoke absorbing blast after blast, "You haven't learned this lesson yet...well in that case, I almost don't feel bad about this." he smirked shooting bacak at EightEight.

EightEight said nothing as she sidestepped the blast, letting hit the end of the hallway before she switched blasters, firing off a soundblast that sent Chromastone skidding back.

"That...shouldn't be able to hurt…"

"Yeah...the thing about EightEight's species? They learn from their past mistakes," Attea smirked as EightEight fired another soundblast at Chromastone.

"Funny...I swear I've kicked her brothers metal butts the same way each time." Chromastone grunted, "SixSix espcially is really stupid...Tetrax kicked his butt so many times he didn't mind losing his mask and showing that...mess…"

"...I'm afraid to ask what behind the mask," Makoto sad before yelping when she dodged another laser, "Why does everyone keep aiming at my tail today?!"

"It is a big target!"

"Oh don't start with me, Ben! It was a rhetorical question!" Makoto sighed, "Wait you probably don't even know what that means…"

"Ooh burn…" Chromastone laughed shooting back at EightEight, "Speaking of Burn." he slapped the Omnitrix turning into Heatblast as he cupped his hands together and unleashed a large stream of fire right at the Bounty hunter.

"Ugh...the one thing I didn't miss...those horrible puns," Vilgax groaned.

"Zip it, calamari," Makoto spoke.

"Oh joy the stupid is in stereo…" Vilgax groaned.

"I knew I should've brought in NineNine…" Attea muttered.

"Oh come on...how big is your family?" Heatblast grunted, trading blows with EightEight, "...The silent type eh? Oh great…Well least I c-" he began before he timed out just before EightEight could hit his face with a kick, "..oh come on!"

"How is it you've had that blasted thing for years and still can't master it?" Vilgax sighed.

"Hey! I…" Ben began before Makoto pulled him out of the way of EightEight's laser.

"Argue later! Run now!" Makoto snapped

"Wait Vilgax…" Ben spoke.

"Oh please you'd better drag me...Vilgax never runs." he countered.

"And yet you can't do nothing with those cuffs on," Ben countered.

"And no. we're not releasing ya from tham either," Makoto added.

"But what is the lesser of two evils? Me, or the Incurseans once I am slain and they've conquered my planet?" he countered, "I could annihilate them both much faster...hehehe...I'd enjoy hearing what sound that Frog's head makes when I pop it…"

"You do that, and my daddy will bring down the entire Incursion armada on ya!" Attea threatened, "Both on Vilgaxia and on Earth!"

"I'd welcome the challenge, tadpole!" Vilgax shouted.

"I hate today so much…" Ben sighed.

"Well hopefully Tsubaki and the others are doing okay," Makoto said.

---

"I demand to be unchained!" Karai snapped.

"No." Rook replied simply.

"Oh you suck!"

"Suck what?"

"GAH!"

"You realize your just playing into his whole innocent country boy routine…" Vexus spoke.

"Shut up, hag!"

"I immensely dislike you, you foul mouth fleshbag."

"I dislike both of you." Rook smirked.

"Why are you so good at this!?" Karai snapped.

"Oh please...I live with Ben and Makoto...this is not even the worst." he smiled, "Try again in a few years when you have learned a bit more."

"Oh yeah? Well you forgot the two alien bounty hunters again," Karai smirked just as lasers flew past Rook.

"Hmm...so I did." he sighed forming his ProtoTool into a shield to block their attacks, "By the way...how will you avoid the lasers?"

"Use haggy here as a shield," Karai countered.

"Say's the foul mouthed one locked next to me right now," Vexus countered back.

"Meh meh meh meh meh. That's you...that's what you sound like," Karai snorted before a laser shot grazed her cheek, "?!"

"!$3442!"

"I do not feel comfortable repeating that...but to paraphrase...it involved your mother." Rook explained.

"Seriously I am getting really…!"

!$!"

"Ooh...I would not repeat that, but it seems one of them called you the C word," Vexus noted.

"...what?"

"Yes a-why did it suddenly get hot?" Vexus blinked.

"Hmm?" Rook blinked as he looked over...and saw black flames beginning to form around Karai's hands and starting to melt the cuffs, "?!"

"Oh you cocksuckign mother fuckers did NOT just call me a cunt!" Karai snapped, her eyes slit as the cuffs broke, letting her free as she pounced at the two bounty hunters.

SixSix tried to fire a blast at her, only for the ravenette to slice his blasters clean in two, making him stagger back in pain from the intense heat before she grabbed his head and slammed him against the wall repeatedly. SevenSeven tried to assist his brother with his own blasters...only to get the same result before Karai's foot jammed itself in his face, slamming him against the wall.

"CALL ME THAT AGAIN! I DARE YOU! I DOUBLE DARE YOU, YA FUCKING UGLY ASS MOTHER FUCKERS!" Karai snapped.

"Hm...still not the weirdest." Rook mused.

"True. But…" Vexus began with a smirk...holding up her free hands as the melted and broken cuffs fell off her wrist, "She proved useful enough."

"Ah…" Rook sighed at that, about to aim at her before she slammed him into a wall, "Gah!"

"Honestly the black flames were a bit of a surprise, but I had a feeling with the right trigger…she'd get mad enough to get herself-and by extent me-free," Vexus smirked, ignoring the carnage Karai was giving the two bounty hunters at the moment

"I suppose I underestimated her power…" Rook admitted, "But this is as Ben would say: one heck of a day."

---

"Gh!" Tsubaki grunted as she skidded back, holding her gut after a kick from Aoiro.

"I will admit, you have gotten a bit better in combat since we last saw one another," Aoiro admitted, resheathing her katana as she stood ready, "While I might not scale up to Jin Kisaragi's skills, my skills are more than enough to handle you."

"Yes, your skills are great. If this was a simple one on one battle I'd never stand a chance." Tsubaki admitted, "But this is not a simple one on one battle...and if I've gotten good at one thing since taking up my position on the Plumbers…" she took a quick breath, "It's predicting when things just get more chaotic." she jumped back and held up her shield just as the wall besides them explode, leaving Aoiro to take most of its force.

"I told you so!" Fourarms groaned as he pinned Vilgax down while Makoto landed on his back.

"Yeah, but we…!" Makoto began before noticing Tsubaki, "Oh...hey."

"Used as a battering ram...Not the worst thing you've done to me Tennyson…" Vilgax spoke as he shook Fourarms and Makoto off.

"Rude!" Makoto complained, she then turned to Tsubaki once more, "Oh right. The new girls…"

"I know," Tsubaki sighed.

"Ah...I ran all this way..." Makoto pouted.

"...Karai tried to grope you?" Tsubaki guessed.

"Yea...and that's usually my schtick!"

"Yeah...Jerry's been meaning to talk to you about that…" FourArms spoke up as he picked Vilgax up.

"Something was poking my back...oh...I crushed a human…" he groaned in disgust.

"Mmm…." Aoiro grunted from underneath.

"Why am I not surprised we had assassins infiltrate the Plumbers for this thing?" FourArms grumbled.

"Not just any assassins either. This is Aoiro, a former classmate of ours..." Tsubaki spoke.

"You know them? ...Ah great! They come from your world!" FourArms groaned, "What did I bring back like half the people you girls knew when I did the Alien X thing?"

"Oh that could explain a lot...since it's been folks we know..." Makoto muttered, "Though this time...it had to be Ms. Psycho and her sister."

"Where is the other half of this duo?" Tsubaki asked.

"I left her with Rook as he had fun with the Taser," Makoto smiled.

"BURN BASTARDS!" Karai's voice roar was heard within the entire ship.

"...Someone must've called her the C word again…" Aoiro whispered with a sigh.

"Oh goodie. It's still alive… Can't you even crush something properly Tennyson?" Vilgax sighed as one of his facial tentacles pointed down at Aoiro.

"Not trying to impress you," FourArms snorted.

"...Rook, is everything okay on your end?" Tsubaki asked once she pulled her communicator out, 'Thank god we tapped into the ship's comm system so we can call each other in case somethin happens..such as this.'

=I apologize, but this com line is unavailable. Please leave a message after the crushing sound…= Vexus' voice replied

"Oh great going, Attea! Your stupid bounty hunters freed Vexus!" FourArms shouted into the hole he made.

"How…" Makoto began.

"It's SixSix and SevenSeven. Of course it's somehow their fault," he sighed.

"They have become rather stupid after Tennyson gave them...multiple head injuries," Vilgax muttered, "SixSix espeacially since he was hired several times since Tennyson was ten."

"To be fair, half of those were Tetrax…" FourArms muttered to the others.

'Since he was ten? Hmm...I thought those were just exaggerations,' Aoiro thought, 'Interesting.'

"So what do we have on these two?" FourArms asked.

"Aoiro's the more calm and sensible of the two sisters while Karai...well…" Tsubaki began.

"She be freakin' crazy and REALLY likes anything with a, and I quote, 'fine ass and a nice pair of melons,'" Makoto blurted.

"Hm...I see…" FourArms sighed, "Well, this is gonna be a major pain in the butt...Thankfully we kinda surprised this one with Vilgax's."

"Charming…" Vilgax replied, before pointing with one of his tentacles, "But the human still breathes and is faking being downed to learn information from you. You should have crushed her head while you had the chance."

"...Ok. Now I'm REALLY hoping there's a certain someone from my time ISN'T HERE in this time," Makoto muttered.

"Fine, fine. Let the assassin gather intel; see what I care," Vilgax rolled his eyes.

"Ya know, now that I remember it...Didn't Aoiro and Kajun work together in science class and both liked to take apart small silver and blue robots?" Makoto asked.

*WHAM!*

"You are devious just like Tennyson when he decides to go with words over action," Vilgax noted as Tsubaki glared at Aoiro, embedded into the ground, while her shield unit laid broken by the downed assassin.

"Oh, that reminds me; how's the burn scars from the prototype Omnitrix blowing up on your wrist fairing?" Ben asked, earning a growl from Vilgax.

"We need to get him to his cell immediately," Tsubaki informed as she handcuffed Aoiro.

"Heh...Are you that concerned? I'm cuffed and powerless," Vilgax reminded, "You could just leave to deal with the other issue and I'd hardly be able to force my way free."

"I'm not leaving 'till you're locked up." Ben reminded.

"Wonderful…" he mused in response.

"Less bravado talk, more fast walk," Makoto ordered, grabbing Ben by the ear while pushing Vilgax ahead.

"Ow!"

"You're really not helping the whole 'you two aren't meant for one another' case!" Tsubaki called out to them.

"SHUT UP!"

"Now I know why she enjoys doing this," Tsubaki mused, lifting Aoiro over her shoulder, "And now I need to find the others and stop the other sister."

"Provided you can stop her before she destroys the prison in her rage," Aoiro sighed.

---

"WHERE ARE YA?!" Karai snapped, panting heavily as she looked around for SixSix and SevenSeven, "WHERE ARE YA, YOU COCKBITES?!"

"I have not heard this much profanity since the time we were all trapped in that traffic gridlock," Rook muttered from behind his cover.

"Honestly, you Earthlings have so many profane words this day and age, it's not even funny," Vexus quipped as she fired another laser at Rook.

"I could not agree more. Earth has a real issue with anger and a plethora of words to convey it," Rook spoke, "But no world is perfect. No matter how much they profess it to be."

"Oh yes. And my world was absolutely perfect before my back-stabbing daughter and XJ-9 took it from me, " Vexus countered.

"I believe your daughter has many choice arguments against your claims of 'perfection!'" Rook argued, attaching a canister to his ProtoTool in its gun form as he aimed and fired it, letting it explode upon impact with the ground next to Vexus, sending her flying back, "Tyranny and perfection are two very different terms. Perhaps you should look them up since you will be spending plenty of time to yourself!"

"And do you honestly think I'll be staying here for long?" Vexus asked, "Oh no no...Once I'm out, I think I'll pay a visit to Jennifer real quick...and that interesting little robot friend of hers. Could help in rebuilding my army for when I take back Cluster Prime."

"You leave my friends alone, Vexus," Rook warned.

"That's the first reaction I've been able to get out of you since I met you. I'm proud of that." she smiled.

"Your gonna wish you never said it at all…" Rook looked around as a devious idea came to mind, "Excuse me, Miss. Angry Lady!" he shouted, getting Karai's attention, "I would just like to point out that SixSix and SevenSeven never called you this C Word...It was all Vexus tricking you! So in short, the person who actually called you that word is hiding right behind that wall right there." he pointed to where Vexus was.

"..."

"...I rather dislike you," Vexus frowned before tensing when a black-flamed slash cut the corner she was hiding behind, "?!"

"You…" Karai hissed, her eyes glowing red.

"Just because I am the nice one, does not mean I will not make people regret treating my friends," Rook smirked before leaning forward and swinging his legs around to trip SevenSeven, "And I am not easy to sneak up on." he spoke, pushing himself back and flipping over SevenSeven, he spun around and swung his leg down for an axe kick to SixSix's helmet knocking him down like his brother.

"Oh you will…!" Vexus growled before barely jumping back from a slash from Karai's flaming claws.

"I AM GONNA GOUGE YOUR OPTICS OUT AND SPLIT YOU DOWN THE MIDDLE WITH A I-BEAM!" Karai snarled.

"An I-Beam? Wh….OH, YOU LITTLE FOUL MOUTHED FLESHBAG!" Vexus snapped, her eyes glowing as her claws sharpened.

"With any luck, they tire one another out and I can put the stasis cuffs on them," Rook spoke, raising his fist back and hitting SixSix the moment he got up. He then turned around and ducked under a swing from SevenSeven before swinging his leg and tripping him again.

"SHUT UP!" Vexus and Karai snapped, the two slashing at one another as their claws left gashes within the metal walls.

"Or hope Ben has sealed Vilgax and comes help…" Rook whispered as he elbowed SevenSeven before punching forward to strike SixSix.

---

"This the spot, Tsubaki?" Makoto asked as the group stood before a rather large cell.

"It has to be…" Ben answered, "It looks like the only room with enough space to fit Squid Boy."

"Roomy…" Vilgax responded.

"Yes...and should provide you with what you need while you stay here," Tsubaki stated.

"Joy…"

"And what about her?" Ben asked, jerking a thumb at Aoiro.

"We'll have to take her with us since this was made just for two prisoners," Tsubaki replied.

"Great...Another murderous psycho…" Ben sighed, "We came here to get rid of them, not trade them in for the less ugly models…"

"I am right here…" Aoiro spoke

"Well… he's not wrong about the looks part," Makoto added.

"Anyway...in you go," Ben pushed Vilgax.

"Oh, and how I will miss you Ben Tennyson," Vilgax spoke as he moved slowly, "But I think you'll find this goodbye shall be drawn out." he raised his arms and used his cuffs to block a laser blast aimed at his head.

"Oh come on…!" Makoto groaned as the group turned, seeing Attea and EightEight not too far away, "You are one stubborn toad, ya know that?!"

"Oh, looks who talkin'," Attea replied.

The smoke from the laser blast dissipated, revealing Vilgax's cuffs were sparking. With a roar, he swung his arms outward, breaking them. He grabbed Ben before throwing him at Attea and EightEight. The bounty hunter moved to the side and Attea yelped as Ben hit her.

"Uh-oh…" Makoto spoke slowly as Vilgax looked at his hands.

"Hehehe…" he laughed in such a way it sent shivers down everyone's backs. His eyes flashed as his arms began to pulse, they began growing in mass until the small black rods embedded in his arms sunk in and vanished, "Now...I believe we have unsettled business...Ben Tennyson!" he roared, sending out some...sort of wave that made everyone freeze in place, however the truth was Vilgax did nothing. It was the simple reactions of their bodies to pure fear.

'Okay...Now I know why that Psyphon fellow follows Vilgax...he's too terrified to not follow him,' Aorio thought.

"Grr…" Ben grunted, slamming the Omnitrix as he turned into Humungousaur. "Vilgax!" he roared.

With that, the two ran forward and clashed with one another. The force of their strength causing a loud booming 'CLAP!' The shockwave of which sent everyone else off their feet and onto the floor. The two growled, clashing as they punched and gripped at one another to try and wrestle the other to the ground.

"Oh how I dreamed of this moment!" Vilgax laughed as the tentacles on his head shot forward and wrapped around Humungousaur's neck, "Even if I take you down...then I will feel complete!"

"You're going in that cell!" Humungousaur roared, growing in size until the tentacles could no longer keep their grip around his neck.

"Never!" Vilgax roared, punching Humungousaur and sending him flying down the hall and into a wall, "I won't waste this chance ever again…" he charged and tackled him through the wall. He pinned Humungousaur down and proceeded to punch his face repeatedly and without signs of ever stopping, "So short of a time...but to mean each moment locked in that cell while you went around as if I never even existed...it frustrates me...it Angers me!" he roared, punching Humungousaur down as he tried raising his arms, "To be locked away and forgotten by you, the very brat who torments my dreams...never...NEVER AGAIN!" he roared cupping his hands together and slamming them into Humungousaur's chest slamming him through the floor and down to another level, "Now...it's my turn to once again haunt your dreams…"

"Gh…" Humungousaru coughed, pushing himself up only to grunt as Vilgax grabbed the back of his head and slammed it into the ground again.

"Get up…" Vilgax spoke, lifting him up as he slammed a punch to his stomach making him cough in pain again, "I'm not even close to done!" he roared, landing a lariat to Humungousaur that launched him back.

"Gh...Vilgax…" he groaned.

"Is that all, Ben?" he asked, revering his hands to normal, "This form you seem to like so much...seems rather useless, doesn't it?"

"Grr…" Humungousaur growled, getting up and rushing Vilgax who stood his ground.

Humungousaur swung a punch, only for Vilgax to side step it and grab his arm before swinging and slamming the enraged Vaxasaurian into the ground again. Humungousaur opened his eyes only to grunt as Vilgax slammed his foot into his face. Vilgax jumped back as a green flash went off followed by a stream of fire. Heatblast roared as he aimed and fired a giant wave of fire. Vilgax crossed his arms and let the fire swallow him. Heatblast grunted as he upped the temperature, only to blink as Vilgax's arm shot out of the fire and grabbed his arms.

"Not hot enough…" Vilgax spoke, swinging Heatblast up.

"How…? That had to be way stronger than any fire I ever hit you with as a kid…" Heatblast whispered, correcting himself and hovering in the air by projecting flames from his legs.

"Yes…" Vilgax spoke, "You stripped me of all the powers I stole when you took me in." he raised his hand, "But ever since I overtook and snuffed out the Dagon...even with its power gone from my body...I can still feel something within me. I guess my body just...evolved to handle all that power." he closed his hand, "So I find myself with a magnificent body that no longer holds power to fit. Ah well...I'm fine with that, as long as I can crush you," he shot his hand forward as it suddenly came undone and a barrage of tentacles stretched out and snared Heatblast; Vilgax grunted, swinging down and slamming him into the ground, "Did you think I spent all those months happily sitting there!?"

"Gh...I hoped…" Heatblast grunted.

"I spent that time seeing what I could do on my own...pushing the powers I had and the abilities of my race beyond what I thought possible." Vilgax growled as the tentacles began constricting and crushing Heatblast, "I've waited for this moment for months. I've memorized all your prefered aliens, their abilities, and your styles of combat with them."

"I'm...Gah!" he cried in pain as the tentacles grip tightened.

"Hehehe...Oh, how I've longed to hear your cries of pain…" Vilgax laughed, "It's almost satisfying…" he increased the strength to his tentacles, making him cry in pain even louder, "Almost soothing… no...healing…" he sighed, lifting and slamming him into the ceiling, then a wall and finally the floor.

Vilgax then sighed as he felt lasers hit him. He raised his free hand to block the next blast as he turned to Attea and EightEight. He released Heatblast and retracted his tentacles back into an arm. He looked up before his eyes flashed and he fired twin optic beams at the ground below them, which exploded and sent them flying back.

"Stay out of my way, you insignificant little vermin," Vilgax said simply, "I offer you one chance...one act of my kind mercy," he spoke as the same intimidating aura came off him again, it made it seem like he was somehow many times larger than he was, as if even from lower ground...he could look down on them, "Leave before I crush you like the garbage you are."

"...F...fall back...FALL BACK!" Attea panicked as she ran, fear heavy in her eyes, before EightEight followed.

"Much better…" Vilgax happily sighed, "Now...where were we?" he asked turning to Heatblast.

"Here!" he roared, cupping his hands together and unleashing a powerful stream of fire which began pushing Vilgax back.

"Yes...That's it!" Vilgax laughed from within the flames, "I can feel this flame burning! I knew you were holding back!" he roared while clapping his hands, sending out a shockwave that dispersed the fire.

"HA!" Heatblast roared as he shot fireballs which exploded upon impact.

"Grr!" Vilgax replied as he unleashed his optic blasts again.

The two blasted at one another back and forth as explosions filled their battlefield with smoke. Vilgax swung his arm, dispersing the smoke only to blink as a crystal fist slammed into his face, sending him skidding back. Diamondhead grunted as he punched both arms forward and began pelting Vilgax with exploding gems.

"Diamondhead…" he laughed, "How I dreamed of breaking this form...most of all!"

With that, the two clashed by punching one another. Both grunted and swung again. Their fists clashed, causing another shockwave that bent and warped the metal around them. Diamondhead grunted as his arm began to crack while Vilgax laughed. Vilgax's hand split into tentacles which entangled around Diamondhead's arm before squeezing down hard. Diamondhead grunted, trying to pull his arm back before he morphed his free arm into a blade. Vilgax tightened his grip just as Diamondhead swung and cut the tentacles just as a loud shattering sound came from within their grip. Both grunted, jumping back as Diamondhead's arm was now gone. Likewise, Vilgax's tentacles writhed in pain from being cut.

The two glared at one another after getting over the pain. Diamondhead regrew the crystals that made up his arms as Vilgax's tentacles began regrowing. Both gripped their newly reformed fists before charging again. The two tackled into one another and were sent flying back. Diamondhead, however, smirked as Vilgax grunted as several crystal spikes were jammed into his tunic. Vilgax yanked them out only to grunt as a giant crystal fist erupted from the ground beneath him and slammed him into and upwards along a wall. Vilgax slammed both hands down upon the construct, shattering it. As he fell, he kicked off the wall and aimed at Diamondhead who sharpened both arms.

"Holy cow...That is insane," Makoto gawked from where they had been left behind.

"A quick question: Where are we at the moment?" Aoiro questioned.

"Are ya stupid? We're in a spaceship out in...space...and we've got two heavy-hitters going all out," Makoto paled, her ears and tail drooping in realization.

"If they don't stop, they could tear the entire thing apart," Tsubaki added.

"Ha!" both roared as they clashed again. Vilgax grunted, feeling a slash to his abdomen as Diamondhead's arms shattered.

"Heh!" Vilgax laughed, swinging both arms out as tentacles. He ensnared Diamondhead before squeezing and feeling nothing.

"Vilgax!-!" Big Chill roared, unleashing a powerful gust of freezing air.

Vilgax grunted as the blast began freezing him over. He roared, swinging his arms out as the ice broke off. He leaned forward and began firing his optic beams. Big Chill flew around, avoiding the beams before flying down and tackling Vilgax over. Big Chill grunted as he raised his arms, covering them in ice that formed spikes balls. He began swinging and punching his face until he stopped shooting his optic blasts. Big Chill stopped as the ice shattered before bringing both hands together and forming a sledge-hammers head of ice around both which he brought down on Vilgax's face. Big Chill waited for a moment as the ice evaporated as the beams struck his chest, sending him flying back.

The two got up and glared at one another. A green flash went off as Cannonbolt slammed into Vilgax who pushed back against him. Vilgax lifted and tossed Cannonbolt up, only for him to bounce off the ceiling and then begin bouncing from wall to wall, picking up speed with each bounce. Vilgax looked from side to side to try and predict when the next strike would come from. Getting tired, the evil overlord fired his optic beams, only for Cannonbolt to plow right through them and tackle into him. The two crashed through the floor to yet another level.

The two landed in a much more wide open space as a green flash went off again. Vilgax got up, only to grunt as two large arms pinned him down. Armodrillo roared as the pistons in his arms began pumping as he literally jackhammered into Vilgax's back. It was evident the amount of force being used as the entire ship began to shake from the waves of seismic energy being forced through it.

"B-Ben, stop! You're gonna shake the ship apart!" Makoto called out.

"H-he can't hear you!" Aoiro grunted, tumbling around, "All they care about is crushing one another!"

---

"Whoa-whoa-whoa!" Jenny yelped, catching Noel and quickly started to hover using the rockets in her pigtails, "What is going on in this ship?"

"I-I don't know...but I have a really bad feeling right now…" Noel spoke as the shaking continued.

---

"Ah!" Rook cried as he lost his balance, "Shaking? Are we under bombardment now?"

"Hmm?" Vexus raised a brow, stopping in her brawl with Karai when she noticed the shaking, "...Oh, I know this type of feeling. The type when two powerful beings are going at it...like a pair of berserk Cybertronians."

"Bitch d-" Karai began before she was sent flying back by a pair of lasers from Vexus.

"And much like that example, I do not wish to be around the chaos and eventual destruction of this ship," Vexus continued as she floated up and flew off, "So toodles."

"Do not tell me...Vilgax has escaped…" Rook said slowly as the shaking grew even worse as the ship began creaking.

---

"GRRR!" Armodrillo grunted as he kept hammering Vilgax.

"Grrr...GRAAA!" Vilgax roared as his arms turned into tentacles which swung around and captured Armodrillo, lifting him up and off his back, "You won't put me down with that much!" he roared, slamming him into the floor.

Another green flash went off as Vilgax recoiled back, feeling a strong shock go through his arms. He retracted his tentacles back to his normals arms as he looked at what form Ben took this time. His eyes widened in confusion seeing Feedback slowly stand up.

"Never seen this guy, have ya?" he asked as his tail and antenna stabbed into the ship, "That's 'cause I just got him back...but trust me, I'm even better with this guy." he spoke, absorbing energy into himself.

"HA!" Vilgax roared, pumping up his arms again. He swung only to miss as Feedback jumped over his arm, leaving a small trail of blue electricity.

Vilgax looked up only to be kicked and sent skidding backwards and into a wall. Feedback landed and charged forward as he channeled electricity into his hand and punched Vilgax, sending him through the wall. Vilgax roared, firing his optic blasts only for Feedback to block with his antenna and absorb the energy. Feedback cupped his hands together with his fingers pointing forward. A ball of energy formed in his hands before firing out as a massive blue beam. Vilgax's eyes widened as the blast struck him and knocked him through several floors.

"I had no idea Feedback could...do all that…" Tsubaki spoke in awe, watching the security feed on her badge.

"I guess Ben wasn't joking when he called him his favorite," Makoto added as they ran through a corridor.

"This...is the power of the Conductoid species…" Vilgax spoke, getting up, "Why have I never seen you use this power before?"

"Like I said, I lost him, but now he's back," Feedback replied, floating down via his electric propulsion.

"I feel like I missed out...on a fight worthy of my time…" Vilgax laughed.

"I'm ending this," Feedback glared.

"As am I…" Vilgax replied, glaring back.

Red Optic beams clashed with Blue electric beams as the two stood their ground while growling. The two put all they had into the blasts as they began moving forward. The beam struggle finally exploded after reaching a state of critical energy. The two rushed through the smoke and swung at one another again. Feedback coughed as a punch landed to his chest and his leg swung out to strike Vilgax's face. The two flew back and bounced off the ground, but suddenly both spun around and charged at one another once more.

Feedback swung as Vilgax blocked. Vilgax punched as Feedback ducked under it. The two spun around one another as Feedback swung a kick that struck Vilgax. Vilgax grunted before swinging his arm back and backhanding Feedback across the face. The two growled and punched at one another again striking each other in the chest. As they skid back, they stomped their feet to stop and rushed again. Feedback charged his fist to the point it was glowing brightly before punching Vilgax, sending him flying back as his entire body locked up from the shock to his nervous system.

Feedback put his hands together as all of the plugs on his fingers lined up. He slowly pulled his hands apart, linking them with streams of electricity. He aimed both hands as he fired eight bolts of electric blue energy which struck Vilgax and kept him from falling to the ground and slamming into a wall. Feedback stretched his antennae and tail out again and into the ship as he began absorbing energy to replenish what he lost. He raised his hands again as he fired a rapid barrage of energy bolts from his fingers and at Vilgax to keep him pinned.

Vilgax roared, bursting free from the wall before charging through the bombardment. Vilgax raised his arms to block as he reached Feedback and swung them out, striking him across the chest. Vilgax brought his right arm back as it pumped up again. Vilgax roared, twisting his body forward while putting his shoulder into the punch as it struck Feedback in the abdomen with enough force it sent him rocketing back and into a wall before crashing through it.

"Hehehe...I bothered learning how to properly fight...and it does that much damage to you?" Vilgax asked, raising his hand, "Come now...Ben!"

"Grr…" Feedback growled, getting to his feet after a moment of stumbling.

"If you won't come to my range...I'll bring my range to you!" Vilgax spoke, raising his arm as the size altered back and forth for a moment, "That should do it for this ship's simulated atmosphere…" he spoke as it reached a desired level of mass, he then punched forward.

Feedback blinked, only to cough in pain as a sudden blast of force knocked him off his feet. But...how? Vilgax shouldn't have telepathic powers, and he's never displayed any form of arm centric energy blasts. No it was different...an invisible attack he never saw coming. Like a cannonball out of thin air...wait...Air! It was the very air itself that blasted him, pressurized air pushed forward by the strength of his punch.

"Wha...what was...?"

"A trick I learned as I dreamed of punching my fist through your heart…" Vilgax explained, "If I strengthen my arms to just the right level to match the atmosphere around me...I can blast it forward through sheer force. However it's not exact…" he sighed, "Too little and nothing...too much and the air just explodes outwards with no range…"

"But...that's…"

"Insane...yes, I know. Vexus complained about my banging on the energy barrier all day and night…" he went on, "I realized...if I do not evolve to counter your aliens' many powers...how will I ever kill you?"

"So you have been beefing up while in prison…" Feedback grunted.

"Laugh while you want...but by my estimation...it's been well over Thirteen and a half minutes...and with this little talk...you should have a minute left," Vilgax explained, "Maybe less with all the changes you've gone through."

"Then I got one minute to knock you down…"

"And I have a minute until I get to crush your heart!"

With that, the two charged again. Vilgax began punching as he launched his air blast attack. Feedback, now knowing what to look out for, began jumping and ducking under each one. He fired back as Vilgax ducked to the side, letting the electric beam miss. The two glared at one another before rushing at one another again. Feedback pushed Vilgax's next punch aside before swinging a kick that hit the tyrant's chin knocking his head back. Vilgax grunted as the tentacles around his face grabbed Feedback's leg. He swung and punched the Conductoid into the ground causing it to crack. Vilgax grunted as another kick his his abdomen.

The two grunted as they jumped away from one another. Both brought their arms back as they focused all they had left into their next strike. Both roared, swinging their punches at each other. Their fists clashed for a moment before crossing one another as both struck each other to the torso. For a moment, it looked like nothing happened...before the two were blown away from one another. Vilgax roared in pain as his entire body flashed blue with electricity. Feedback gave a breathless grunt as he slammed into a wall. The two hit the ground as the pain of one anothers attack ran its course.

"And...you better...stay...down…" Feedback heavily panted for much needed air, just as he timed out, turning back into Ben.

"Ben!" Makoto called out, finally catching up to the combatants.

"Grr...GRRR!" Vilgax growled, still convulsing around in pain from the electric shock.

"And that's our cue to get out of here!" Makoto yelped, grabbing Ben as she ran back to Tsubaki, "Back to the ship!"

"Ugh…" Ben groaned.

"No attempting to argue, Ben. Your tussle broke through several floors, severely compromising structural integrity, and you drained several vital parts that were preventing several systems from overloading," Tsubaki informed.

"Yeah, but you think we could have gotten away or stopped him if he hadn't!?" Makoto argued.

"I'd love nothing more then to argue that...but I'm not so prideful as to argue that fact," Tsubaki agreed through grit teeth, "Magister was right...that thing is just a monster in every sense…"

"Yeah...and I fought said monster...since I was ten," Ben countered.

"No acting Egotistic right now!" Makoto barked as the two began to run.

"NO! TENNYSON!" Vilgax roared as he forced himself to his feet, "GRAH!" he shouted as he used his arm tentacles to help him move forward, "You shall not escape me! You die here!"

"AHH!" the three screamed they ran further.

"...I need to find Karai…" Aoiro sighed, one of her fingers tapping the cuffs on her wrist, azure electricity crackling off them as they shorted out and dropped.

---

"I think I saw something down here," Jenny spoke as she and Noel turned a corner, "Hopefully we can find…"

"I think I see Ben, Makoto, and Tsubaki," Noel spoke, seeing the trio running down the hall.

"Ahh. Hey guys! Y-" Jenny began before she and Noel noticed Vilgax chasing after them, "?!"

"RUN!"

"GRAH!" Vilgax roared as his tentacles ripped pieces of the wall out and began tossing them as projectiles.

"Don't bother! Just run! Run!" Makoto panicked.

"AHH!" Jenny and Noel screamed as the joined the trio in running.

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"...I feel something horrifying is heading this way," Hobble spoke as he, the rest of the Plumber officers, and Rook were back in the transport ship, "...Vilgax must've gotten free! Or Vexus...or worse! BOTH!"

"We already know that Vexus managed to escape due to that imposter Plumber Karai," Rook noted, "Hopefully, once Ben and the others get back, w-"

"START THE SHIP!" Makoto screamed as she and the others ran in, Jenny quickly slamming the door shut before putting her back against it.

"...Wh..."

"Vilgax is after us and won't stop until Ben is dead," Tsubaki explained quickly.

"I KNEW IT!" Hobble freaked.

"How did that happen?!" Rook asked.

"Frog Mafia gal did it!" Makoto replied.

"TENNYSON!-!-!-!"

"Take off immediately! The vessel we're on was structurally damaged and its systems are overloading!" Tsubaki ordered.

"You heard her! Go-go-go!" Hobble panicked.

"Starting the engines now!" Rook shouted at the ship's control as the ship began to take off.

"RAAAAAAAGH!"

"FASTER!" Noel begged.

"TENNYSON!" Vilgax's voice roared as the ship began rocking.

"What happened?" Makoto asked.

"He...is grabbing the ship with his tentacles…" Rook said slowly.

"WHAT?!"

"YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE ME!" Vilgax roared.

"This guy is insane! He's a monster who defies logic!" Makoto panicked.

"Worsts come to worse…" Ben grunted, slapping the Omnitrix, he flashed and turned into Upgrade as he sank into the ships floor and became one with it =I'm gonna increase the engines' output for just a second...might want to strap in incase I can't modify the gravity generator to compensate for the G's…=

"DO IT NOW!" Makoto shouted, already strapped in her seat with Noel.

=That w...=

"Don't argue! Just do it!" Tsubaki snapped as she strapped herself in.

"Wait! I'm not strapped in y-" Hobble began.

=Punching it!=

Everyone cringed as they felt a great force against them for a few seconds till it died down. Everyone slowly opened their eyes to regain their barings. They all blinked, seeing planets ahead of them...now in a totally different star system.

"Gh...he punched it...and I felt it…" Rook groaned as he looked out the window to see the ends of Vilgax's tentacles floating past the ship.

"Can I be sick now?" Makoto asked, "That was like the worst roller coaster ride ever…"

"Ow…." Hobble groaned...practically flat as a pancake as he was facefirst in the wall.

=We good?= Upgrade asked as he retracted his body and fell from the roof, =Good...I'm...I'ma pass out...sleepy...sleepy…= he said slowly as he fell over.

"Thank god we escaped…" Makoto sighed in relief.

"For now…" Tsubaki whispered, "Vilgax...what a terrifying monster…"

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"Fucking...bug bitch…" Karai muttered, sporting a black eye as she and Aoiro piloted an escape pod.

"We underestimated these...targets…" Aoiro spoke.

"Yeah well ...I never got to grope Mako-chan's melons!" Karai complained.

"Is that all that's on your mind right now?" Aoiro sweatdropped.

"I hadn't seen her since the academy after we got expelled! Fucking sue me!"

"You're an idiot."

"Mmm…!"

"...As for Psyphon…." Aoiro began with a frown, "He tricked us."

"Eh?"

"He didn't send us to exterminate Vilgax...We were pawns so he could get free."

"HAH!? So he wanted us to free his boss?!"

"It was most likely meant to be a suicide mission on the assassin's part."

"I bet we could have taken him…"

"Impossible. The amount of electrical energy it took to even stun him was far more than I could have mustered. Likewise he was near immune to flames that didn't nearly exceed the temperatures of the surface of Earth's sun..."

"...Yikes. This guy is sounding a LOT like…" Karai paused as she shuddered, "Azrael…"

"Never invoke that name...lest he end up being the next person from home to show up here…" Aoiro shivered for a moment, "Never…"

"...Fair point…" Karai cringed, "...Still, I am gonna tear that fin off of that cockbite's head when we see him on Earth for using us like sacrificial lambs!"

"Provided that Vilgax monster doesn't kill him first to get a bit of amusement…" Aoiro spoke, "Still...we need to be careful here. If monsters like him and Tennyson are potential enemies for us, we'll need to rethink our simple dynamic duo set up."

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=So...Vilgax planned for us somehow and sent word out about where this location was…= Max spoke.

"Psyphon…" Ben spoke.

"For sure," Rook nodded.

=It doesn't matter, you're all okay. That's what does matter=

"But Grandpa…" Ben began.

=Ben...you'll get him next time= he smiled =He's always come back with more power and new tricks, but you always won each and every time= he went on as Ben looked up at him =When I say I have faith we'll get him next time, It's because I know you'll be there each and every time leading the charge against him=

"Right…" Ben smirked, "I'll get him next time."

"I don't know how Ben does it…" Tsubaki sighed, "After fighting something like that...he can still be so confident he'll win next time."

"I know, right? I mean...my god that battle was awesome but...so very scary," Makoto added, "Not even Malware got him that berserk."

"Years of them fighting each other so intensely..." Tsubaki spoke, "By this point, he must fight without holding back just to survive against Vilgax."

"Just from all that alone...he sounded really scary…" Noel whispered, holding Robotboy close.

"I'm just thankful we got out of there safely…" Makoto sighed, "And good thing princess mafia space frog fled as well."

"...That reminds me…" Tsubaki spoke as she gained a pondering look, "First the Incursions released Vulcanus and had him attempt to distribute highly-illegal weapons to them, and now they tried to eliminate Vilgax…"

"...What's your point?"

"I'm saying the Incursions might be planning something…" Tsubaki explained, worry in her voice as she looked out the ship window, "One that might threaten not just Earth, but the whole universe."

"Ah great…" Makoto sighed.

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=So let me get this straight...ya had th' perfect opportunity to axe Vilgax, daughter of mine..and yet you ended up freeing him and now he's out there in the known galaxy doin' who knows what?= Milleous asked Attea, who was back on her ship as it flew far away from the prison ship as possible.

"Y-you weren't there!" Attea argued, "That was my first time seeing him...in person...for real…"

=What are you…=

"Have you!?" she barked, "It was the scariest thing ever...ever…"

"What kindness…" a familiar voice spoke, earning everyone's attention, "You were right, Vexus. There was a ship out here...and here I was worried you got the directions wrong."

"Vilgax...only men do that," Vexus laughed, sitting on his shoulder as he tore the door down.

"You did well, little frog princess...now...take that escape pod...while I take this ship and go home," Vilgax spoke simply as he raised his left arm just as his tentacles regenerated and reformed his left hand.

=...You heard him sweetie. Take th' escape pod and get outta there. NOW!= Milleous freaked as he cut the video feed on his end.

"Don't have t' tell me twice!" Attea panicked as she ran for the escape pod.

"Bye-bye~" Vexus waved jumping down.

"If you hunters want stable work...you're free to stay," Vilgax told the Bounty hunter siblings, "If not...flee with the Incurseans."

SixSix and SevenSeven turned to EightEight, who told them something in their native language. After a moment, the three walked to Vilgax's side and bowed.

"Smart…" Vilgax mused, "Vexus, if you'd be so kind as to take me home."

"Sure sure...I could use a little stop while I plan how to take back my world," she laughed.

"This has been a most beneficial business relationship. I hope next time I aim for Earth, I can call upon a...Friend," Vilgax smirked behind his mask.

"After today…" Vexus began, her eyes glowing menacingly as she smirked at him, "I would be more than welcome to assist…"

"Wonderful. Well then after we finish with the Incurseans…" his eyes began glowing, "I have an old friend I've been wanting to meet since his last victory. It has been oh so long since I last visited Galaluna…"

"Galaluna? Why…? ...Oh! You are devious…" Vexus's smirk grew at that, "I eagerly await to see what comes of that…"

"So do I…" Vilgax smirked.

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SZ: Foreshadowing~

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