SZ: Moving in fast, so quick to start it off! We own nothign aside from original content!
GT: *pummeling something in the background* Hey! We're gonna need a new bad guy! I spotted the one meant for this and blacked out after recognizing him from the video game.
Z0: Too late already blowing stuff up! SHA! *crosses arms in an L shape and blasts the ground causing a mushroom cloud explosion*
"GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW, DAMMIT!" Ragna snapped, riding on a black and red motorcycle resembling a BMW R1200GS with a demonic wolf motif to it, followed by Ben's car as they drove down a street in Undertown after Liam and two other aliens that were, surprisingly, not Fistina and Bubble Head on motorcycles.
"You just had to make him that bike," Makoto noted, sitting in the passenger seat.
"What? It was a present for his birthday that Noel managed to get out of him and a way for him to easily catch up to guys who kept getting on their own vehicles to try to get away from him," Ben replied.
"You realize if Kevin knew you could make stuff that good…" Makoto began.
"Which is why he doesn't," Ben smiled, "'Sides, I only make em for my friends and loved ones who deserve it."
"...So…"
"Tsubaki said she'd put me on sewer duty for a year straight if I made you one without approval from her, Grandpa, and Mai," Ben stated.
"Imma prank her once we catch these guys and lock 'em up," Makoto grumbled before yelping as Ben quickly dodged several laser shots.
"Blast them to buck-buckaw!" Liam shouted as the trio of thieves were shooting at the bike and car.
"Okay...I'm getting tired of this. Babe...take the wheel," Ben spoke, pushing a button as the wheel and dashboard swapped places so now the driver's seat was Makoto's seat.
"Oh-hoo-hoo!" Makoto awed, taking the wheel.
"Weapons system is next to the parking brake, and don't worry it's not a stick shift. Also...I don't know what the red button does...so...please touch as a last resort," Ben quickly explained.
"Pfft, come on. I got this," Makoto replied.
"I know...but I also know you like buttons," Ben added as he opened the window, "Love ya!" he cheered, jumping out while slapping the Omnitrix...before XLR8 shot by.
"I got Liam. You two deal with Tummyhead and Sweet-Eels," Ragna spoke as XLR8 ran by him.
"G...pfft! S-seriously?! That's their names?!" Makoto laughed before yelping as she dodged a round of lasers, "Whoa! That is some new stuff they've got."
"Really new...Let's ask where they got it. Maybe they're having a sale," XLR8 spoke as he dashed ahead and past the crooks. He waited 'till they caught up before he dashed at Liam and grabbed his bike before spinning him around and crashing into his comrades in crime, knocking all of them off their rides and totalling them, "Wow! This is some cruddy work!" he laughed, holding up the handlebars to Liam's hoverbike.
"Get him!" Liam clucked as they began to shoot at XLR8, who shot off down an alley.
The three attempted to follow him...only for Ragna to drive by and hopped off, using the momentum to slam his bike against all three, sending them flying into a stone wall as they dropped their blasters. XLR8 shot by, picking the blasters up, and stopped beside Ragna.
"You know I could still make that thing into the double chainsaw thing you wanted…" XLR8 offered, motioning to Ragna's bike.
"If it makes Pencilneck and his goons piss their pants, then I'm all for it, Ben," Ragna smirked.
"Ah man...You guys already did everything!" Makoto complained, pulling to a stop, "I didn't even get to hit the Red button." she hit her fist on something in the car, "Phooey."
"Makoto, don't hit the red button," XLR8 stated before hearing a beeping, "...You hit the red button."
"Huh?" Makoto looked down to see her fist had landed on said button, "...Oopsie?"
"What's it do?" Ragna asked before the headlights let out a large burst of light, "GAH!"
"Super strong headlights for planets with rain thicker than peanut butter!" XLR8 replied, using the blasters to block the light, "Hit the button again!"
"Sorry, sorry!" Makoto apologized, pushing the button and causing the lights to turn off...revealing the trio of thieves to be gone, "...Aw nuts. Tsubaki's gonna rant."
"That's okay...I like the hunt," Ragna smirked, "We got the tech back, which matters more. I'll get them and...beat some answers out. You guys take those back."
"Yeah, about that," XLR8 noted as he changed back into Ben, "These are kinda familiar."
"Huh...Now that ya mention it, they do," Makoto agreed, "I think I saw scribbles of these in Kajun's room."
"Uh-oh…" Ben blinked as he found the Omnitrix symbol, IE the Space version of the Plumber symbol, on them,"...Yeah, we need to talk to Kajun."
"I'll drive!" Makoto cheered, "Get in handsome and goofy!"
"...You're goofy," Ragna and Ben stated, pointing at each other.
"Have a good time at the car show, but not too good of a time," Gwen spoke, standing outside of Max's store beside Platinum with Kevin and Rook in Rook's Proto-TRUKK with Kevin's car hooked to it on a floating platform.
"Okay, one last time: You sure you're fine being around Ben right now?" Kevin asked.
"Kevin, I'll be fine," Gwen assured.
"I mean...it's just last time you talked and he…"
"Don't you have a stupid car show to go to?" Gwen asked with a twitch of her left eye.
"Rook...away!" Kevin pointed forward.
'Why didn't I manage to convince you to go with them?' Sena whimpered.
"Shut up, Sena," Luna muttered under her breath, "Big Sis Gwen's cooler and car shows are just lame."
"Why you little…" Kevin began as Rook pushed him back.
"Kevin, she is a child!" Rook complained,"But, please, do not be too hard on Ben and Makoto? It was for a case at Hope's Peak and…"
"Fly, man, fly!" Kevin ordered in a panic, his foot stepping on the gas.
"GAH!" Rook yelped as the Proto-TRUKK sped off.
'Still think we shouldn't have gone!?' Sena panicked, 'Ohhh...Maybe Magister Tennyson can hide us for the trip…'
"Good idea...plus Luna really wants to see ojii-san," Luna agreed as she and Gwen stepped inside the store, "He didn't answer like he normally does."
"True. I'm worried as well," Gwen noted, "The last time he didn't answer, he ended up being undercover for the Highbreed Invasion and had us think he was dead when he was just stuck in the Null Void."
The two entered the restroom and Luna hopped to grab the chain. Within moments, the elevator proceeded to send them downward into the base.
"Ojii-san!" Luna called out as she stepped out of the elevator, running up to Max sitting in a red recliner chair.
"Grandpa, you didn't answer your…" Gwen began as she walked over.
"Psyche!"
"Eh?" Luna blinked when she heard Max laughing in a girl's voice.
"...No…." Gwen began in realization as 'Max' began to change form, changing into a girl around her age with long blonde hair and a few freckles on her face, a black skirt, and a black shirt with a star on it with the collar and edges of her shirt-sleeves red, "?!"
"Surprise to see me?"
"Cousin Lucy?"
"AH! OJI-SAN TURNED INTO A GIRL?!" Luna freaked before blinking and Sena looked up at Gwen, "...Um...Gwen-Oneesan, Luna fainted."
"Oh not again…" Gwen sighed.
"Oh...my...gosh!" Lucy gasped, leaning forward, "She's adorable!"
"Um...H-Hello? A...Are you really Magister Tennyson?" Sena asked.
"Wha...no, silly! I'm Lucy! I'm a shapeshifter, kinda like Ben, only I don't fully turn into something else," she explained, "I'm like living clay...or mud...wonder if there is a better term for that at all. Note to self: talk to someone about that later."
"Sena, this is my cousin Lucy through her cousin Camille marrying my first cousin once removed Joel," Gwen explained, "Lucy, this is Platinum. They have a conjoined soul so the one you're talking to now is Sena and the one that screamed was Luna."
"Aw...she's just an adorable little ball of energy. Max told me she was cute, but he did not do her justice!" Lucy cheered, "Can I keep her?"
"E-eh?!" Sena panicked at that.
"No," Gwen stated, "And what are you doing here?"
"I'm a newly instated Plumber as of a month post Incursean Invasion," Lucy explained with a smile, "Don't worry. I promise I won't get mud on anything."
"Oh no...She has the twitchy-eye…" Sena spoke, looking up at Gwen.
"Ah good, Gwen, Lucy you made it," Max smiled, "Now we wait on Ben and Makoto to drag Kajun away from her latest project."
"This is kidnapping!" Kajun's voice snapped down the hall.
"Shut up!" Makoto argued, carrying said scientist over her shoulder while tied up in chains.
"Kajun, this is serious. Your current project can handle a few minutes of you being away," Ben stated, walking a little behind Makoto to look at Kajun's face.
"I will have you know I was in the middle of a very fragile experiment with antimatter. So if we have a new hole in the base wall, it is on you two love birds," she huffed.
"Ah, there they are now," Max noted as Makoto put Kajun down while he held up one of the blasters, "Kajun, care to share with the others here what this is?"
"Ah! That's one of my Tech Blasters!" Kajun exclaimed, hopping up and down due to still being tied up.
"Tech Blasters?" Ben repeated.
"What do they do?" Makoto asked.
"They're meant to be the standard issued weapon for Plumbers outside of the Proto-Tools," Kajun explained, "They are designed to have five different forms including the Tech Blaster itself…" she poked her nose on the symbol and the one in Max's arm shifted, transforming into a briefcase, "A briefcase…" another nose poke and the parts fell apart into five different components, letting her kick up the emblem part and a scope part that connected, "Multi-scope…" she kicked up another part that popped the first one off the emblem to attach itself, "Scanner…" another part swap ended up with the handle that shot the chains, letting her catch it, "Mini-Blaster and…" she popped off the handle and attached one last part, "Communicator."
"Did you make this for Plumbers or Batman?" Ben blinked a few times as Kajun reassembled the weapon into briefcase mode.
"Oh please. Batman has nothing on what we're developing," Kajun replied.
"So it's a Proto-Tool Light?" Makoto blinked.
"Yes, Makoto," Kajun replied, "Meant for new cadets and those who aren't comfortable with the Proto-Tool."
"But you made a crap ton of 'em…" Makoto added.
"Yes, construction cost is greatly reduced due to my design," Kajun smiled proudly.
"And yet...ya lost a crap ton of 'em…" Makoto crossed her arms.
"They were stolen," Kajun stated with a hard look, "And when I find the filthy little thief...Oh-hoh-hoh...Science will happen."
"EVERYONE HEAD FOR A VOLCANO!" Makoto panicked as she began to flee.
"Down girl," Ben spoke, catching her and lifting his girlfriend over his shoulder, "You good? We Good?"
"...We good…" Makoto muttered before looking over at Lucy, "...Another cousin of Ben's?"
"Yup. And you must be the girlfriend I've heard about."
"How'd ya guess?" Makoto asked.
"Because you're just as plucky as Grandpa Max says you are," Lucy replied with a snorting giggle, "I'm Lucy. Though how'd ya know I was Ben and Gwen's cousin?"
"You got the same look in your eyes as Ben does when there's fun to be had," Makoto replied, "Speaking of Ben...Can ya put me down already?"
"I don't know. You're awfully warm and cuddly," Ben teased.
"Babe, come on…" Makoto muttered in embarrassment.
"Heh heh...I like her," Lucy giggled.
"I figured you two would hit it off." Ben admitted as he put Makoto down, "Oh you two are gonna make this place utter chaos together."
"You know me so well," Makoto smiled.
"Oh no…" Gwen whispered, as if having some kind of wild daydream/nightmare in the depths of her imagination.
"Is she okay?" Makoto asked.
"Lucy's favorite target for pranks is Gwen," Ben chuckled, "Promise to take it easy on Gwen. She seems a little high strung today, and I'd love to have some catch up time with her today while we can," he whispered to Makoto, "That and...apologize for anything we might have upset her with over you know...our last away mission."
"The one to Japan?" Makoto asked, "...Why are we apologizing again?"
"Kevin says after I talked to her last, she had a bit of a...meltdown...as in...she melted down her dorm building…" Ben explained, "Near I can figure...the thought of me...getting into there...ticked off parts of her mind, mainly the one where she's proud of the fact she's the one good at school."
"Ohh…" Makoto noted with wide eyes.
"If we can get back on topic?" Kajun spoke.
"She's right. For the last month, Plumber tech has been stolen from the base," Max explained, "The Tech Blasters were just the latest that went missing and ended up in the hands of crooks in Undertown."
"That explains why I feel like the supply room feels more empty…" Makoto muttered.
"What were you doing in the supply room?" Max blinked.
"Nothing!" Ben and Makoto spoke in unison, blushing slightly.
"...Do I need to pull out a blacklight there?" Kajun asked.
"Huh? Um, Ms. Faycott, why do you need a black light bulb in a room?" Sena innocently asked, tilting their head in confusion.
"Blasphemy!" Makoto shouted, pushing Kajun over, "Silly lady knows nothing!"
"...Eh?" Sena blinked further in innocent confusion.
"See what you do!" Makoto hissed, shaking Kajun by the collar of her shirt.
"I am just making sure you and Ben haven't...ahem...done that yet," Kajun quietly answered, making sure Sena wouldn't hear, "Especially after the close call we had when you were in…"
"Nope," Makoto pinched Kajun's neck, making her go limp and fall over with a slight grunt.
"...Nevermind then…" Sena muttered, "I'm sure it's something I'm not old enough to learn yet…"
"Damn right…" most everyone agreed instantly.
"For the record...nothing of what people are thinking happened...happened…" Ben spoke simply.
"We have that much control, thank you very much," Makoto added with a huff, "But I believe we got off topic."
"We have," Max nodded, "What I've been trying to say is...I think we may have a Mole hidden amongst us and is illegally distributing Plumber Tech to criminals."
"No…" Makoto covered Ben's mouth before he could make a joke, "Nothing about Jerry in Accounting."
"How would they get away unnoticed?" Gwen asked, "I mean with Tsubaki here, don't you guys run an even tighter ship then usual?"
"Yeah you'd think so...but sometimes things slip past even her." Makoto added, "She's just one girl...and I'm able to admit...I do not make her job easy…" she chuckled.
"No...no you do not, babe," Ben added as he walked up to Lucy, "Since we're gonna be on high alert, let's see some ID, cousin."
"Right here," Lucy replied, holding her own Plumber's badge, "Graduated early due to the Invasion, top of my class, and been promoted four times."
"Wow!" Makoto awed, "I only got promoted three times…"
"Hey…" Lucy began as she looked over at Gwen, "Maybe when you finish college, we can be partners...or better yet. Maybe I can be your commanding officer! Wouldn't that be hilarious?!"
"...Yeah….hilarious…." Gwen replied through gritted teeth, her eye twitching.
"?!" Sena tensed as he ran behind Max.
"I'm gonna take Sena to look over files in my office. You all get to investigate." Max spoke, picking her up, "Let's go before things explode…" he spoke while speed walking away.
"...Actually, I need to check something real quick," Lucy spoke as she skipped off.
"...Ok," Gwen muttered as she took a deep breath.
"It's good to see you, Gwen," Ben smiled.
"Same. Haven't seen ya since the day you and Kev left the day after my and Ben's anniversary date," Makoto added, "You should try and visit more often."
"I know. It's just I've been so busy with school work and teaching Platinum about magic," Gwen replied, "Luna's gungho about the fighting spells while Sena seems to enjoy learning the more defensive ones."
"Everyone's busy," Ben smiled.
"But you should make time for the other things in life," Makoto added, "You should take a day off now and again. You know, do nothing with Kevin. I bet he's great at that."
"True," Gwen nodded, "So how have you two been? Aside from...that mission to Japan?"
'Oh she's trying so hard not to mention it,' Ben and Makoto thought in unison.
"Well...after some much needed down time from things going a little...weird..." Ben muttered.
"It's...it's a long story." Makoto agreed, rubbing her arm and trying not to look at anyone for a few moments, "Let's just say...I needed a few personal days."
"But other than that? Back to normal," Ben smiled, "Trying to just get back to the normal routine: Bad Guys, plots against the world, making Noel stop spying on our Date nights."
"That last one is harder then the others…" Makoto muttered.
"We spotted her once in a tree on a dinner date," Ben added.
"I'm just glad you two a…" Gwen began.
"Ahh Gwen. There you are," Patilliday spoke as he walked over, "I just got a call from janitorial services about a...ahem...stinky mess you left in the girls' bathroom."
"Wh-what?!" Gwen exclaimed with a blush, "N-no! I have no idea what you're talking ab-"
"Psyche!" he laughed before changing into a grinning Lucy, "Gotcha again!"
"Pfftt…" Makoto held back the urge to laugh.
"...Ben? Can I speak with you in Sector A1?" Gwen asked as her eye twitched, "...Alone?"
"...Eh sure," Ben shrugged before looking over at Makoto, "You ok to hang around here, babe?"
"Oh come on, I'll be fine. I'm all good now. 'Sides, I bet Gwen feels the same urge to kill me as she does Lucy at the moment," Makoto admitted.
"Eh. You're probably r-owowowowowowow!" Ben winced as Gwen dragged him off by the ear.
"...Oh yeah. She's livid," Makoto muttered, before looking to her left as Kajun was waking up.
"So why are you taking me down here?" Ben asked, rubbing his sore ear as he and Gwen walked down a hallway, "...Wait. You're not gonna hurt me, too, are you?"
"No. It's just…" Gwen paused as she sighed, "I just needed to talk to you someplace alone...without cousin Lucy around."
"What's wrong with Lucy?"
"She just...rubs me the wrong way, okay? Always has been since we were kids. She's just so…you know."
"Yeesh...and I thought I bugged you as a kid…" Ben muttered, "...Come on. Cousin Lucy is awesome, especially since…"
"Grr…"
"...I'll shut up now," Ben muttered, holding his hands up in defense.
"Good. I was about t-" Gwen began before the two heard a door opening nearby, "...Nobody's supposed to be down here."
"We're down here," Ben pointed out.
"And the alarm beeped when we came in," Gwen stated before they noticed the shadow of a figure walking down the hall, "..."
"...We better check it out," Ben whispered as the two began to chase after the figure.
They followed the path as it led to only one area: the generator room. They waited till the door closed before rounding the curve of the hall and rushing in. But...the room was empty.
"...They couldn't have slipped away that fast," Ben muttered as he and Gwen began to look around.
"...Wait…" Gwen began as she put her ear against the wall, "...Something's wrong with the generator."
"What makes you say that?" Ben asked before the two heard electricity crackling, looking up to see smoke coming out of one of the exhaust ports before fire began to spew out.
"Just a hunch!" Gwen yelped as she quickly summoned a Mana barrier, blocking the incoming debris.
"Maybe I can shut it down!" Ben spoke before some debris fell on the controls, "Maybe not…" he slapped the Omnitrix and became Eye-Guy, "Eye got this one!" he declared, firing some lasers at the falling debris just as the flames hit the power core and destroyed it, "And that's the end of that ch-" another burst of flames came from one of the exhaust ports for the generator, "...Nevermind."
Gwen ran up and held her hands up, forming a magic glyph before two beams of energy shot out to her left and right, and blocked the flames keeping them contained and from leaving out to far past the generators.
"The...Generators are still running!" she grunted, "We need to cut the power!"
"Is there a switch or a plug Eye can pull?" Eyeguy asked before noticing the large pipes connected to the room, prompting him to jump up and cut them with his lasers, "Eye cut them from the grid...and that's the end of that ch-the flames are still going. Guess they need to chill!" he shouted as he fired his lasers once more, this time freezing the generator exhaust ports and the flames themselves.
"...And that's the end of that chapter," Gwen said as she lowered her arms, dismissing the glyph.
"Hey~ You stole my line," Eyeguy complained.
"...I just don't get it…" Tsubaki whispered, looking at one of the monitors in the now wrecked room, "First Plumber Tech goes missing, and now we're being sabotaged from the inside...and you're sure you saw someone come in here, Ben?"
"Yep. Gwen even saw it, so you know that can't be wrong." Ben added.
"True...still…" Tsubaki muttered as she began to ponder, "How were they able to slip in so easily and do all this?"
"...I think I might a feeling who our mole is," Gwen spoke, earning their attention, "I hope I'm wrong about this, but….Where's Lucy?"
"...Wait. You think Lucy is the mole?" Ben asked.
"This...feels like a family problem," Tsubaki muttered, feeling the tension as she backed away.
"No you coward!" Ben cried.
"Ben, I'm serious," Gwen frowned, "Cousin Lucy suddenly visiting to 'help' while Plumber Tech is being stolen and this? Don't you find that suspicious?"
"Maybe, but I...know what? I'm gonna try something," Ben said as he pulled out his phone and dialed in a number, "Babe."
=Yeah, Ben-kun?= Makoto asked.
"Is cousin Lucy with you by any chance?" Ben asked, "Gwen believes she's behind all the stuff that's going on."
=She's with me= Makoto replied =We were chatting it up before we heard the explosion go off from Kajun's lab, and next thing we knew when we came back? Several tanks and schematics were stolen from the main computer=
"...Meaning the sabotage here was a distraction," Ben noted, "...and Gwen, I don't think Cousin Lucy can be here in two places at once...unless I'm forgetting Sludgepuppies can clone themselves."
"They can't…" Gwen sighed.
"Then I guess that rules out Cousin Lucy," Ben muttered, "...Wait. What about that dirty Plumber Gorvan?"
=...is he that fat Tetramand you told me about once?= Makoto asked.
"Yeah. Why?"
=We caught him= Lucy chimed in =Said something about a pair of ladies letting him out and play distraction in exchange for freedom and a small fortune=
"...a pair of ladies?= Ben, Gwen, Tsubaki and Makoto repeated.
"Bukaw. You okay, boss?" Liam asked as he looked at a pacing Psyphon.
"No, Liam...I am not. Okay," Psyphon frowned, "Do you have any idea how much I'm paying those two spies I hired to sneak into Plumber HQ?"
"...I thought we-bukaw-aren't allowed to speak of how much me and the boys make," Liam noted.
"Well it's expensive, especially since I hired those two before!" Psyphon growled, "And let me tell you, it's…"
"We're back, bitches!" Karai's voice laughed as a pair of Plumber sanctioned RV tanks rolled up.
"...Worth every penny…." Psyphon grinned.
"Oh no...not the fire lady…" Liam spoke, slowly backing away.
"Hahaha...You have no idea how easy it is busting into that place!" Karai laughed as she hopped out of one of the tanks, "Just two distractions and we can walk out the front door with anything!"
"Be thankful we were able to slip in at all, Karai," Aoiro sighed as she climbed out of the other tank.
"Pfft! Please...like they could catch us," Karai huffed, "Though...I would've loved the chance to get a piece of Mako-chan's sweet...thick, juicy a-"
*BONK!*
"Ahh bitch!" Karai grunted as she held her head, a bump forming on it.
"Stop it…" Aoiro sighed, lowering a metal folding fan as she looked over at Psyphon, "We were able to acquire the package for you, and learned that Plumber's HQ is housing one of the galaxy's most dangerous weapons: the Annihilargh."
"?!" Psyphon's eyes widened at that...before a grin grew on his face as his eyes glowed in anticipation, "Yes…."
"The ania….the ani….the what now?" Karai asked.
"A bomb that can wipe out the galaxy," Aoiro sighed.
"And I want it…" Psyphon growled out in pure anticipation, "If I have it...even lord Vilgax will be afraid of me…I'll pay you double...no! Triple if you obtain it for me!"
"Triple?!" Karai smiled with dollar signs in her eyes.
"It's broken," Aoiro spoke, "And kept disassembled in fragments to prevent it from ever being used."
"No it's not. I heard that anihi-whatever was fixed," Karai blurted.
"...And you kept this from me why?" Aorio questioned.
"Didn't seem relevant until now," Karai shrugged...before Aoiro hit her with the fan once more, "Ahh cunt…!"
"Because of the security breaches and the sabotage, we're gonna have to move all the classified Plumber Tech off planet ASAP," Max informed a group of Plumbers, along with Ben and the others.
"Including the most dangerous piece of tech in our possession; the Annihilargh," Tsubaki added.
"Wait but...it's broken." Ben spoke.
"What did you do, Kajun?" Makoto asked.
"Eh? Why do you think…" Kajun began...before she frowned a bit, "Blukic...Driba…"
"...He did it," the two Galvan pointed at one another.
"Why do we keep those two around…?" Jin sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Because they can be a hoot and stuff?" Kagura offered.
"Sir, they repaired a bomb capable of erasing the universe," Hibiki sighed.
"I know. Just trying to make light of things," Kagura chuckled, "But seriously? You two...you really messed up if the mole ends up taking it."
"Which is why when we find it, we're taking it apart again," Ben sighed, "I'm pretty sure Alien X can only do that trick only once before I get in trouble with someone."
"Yeah, and I am not risking being erased from existence again," Makoto huffed before she noticed Gwen glaring at her, "...what?"
"I know it's you, Lucy."
"Uh...No, she's not," Ben spoke.
"Yes, she is...she pulled that stupid stunt again while disguised as Kevin earlier on our way back," Gwen argued, "I'm not falling for that again."
"Did you just seriously miss the part where I said I'm not risking being erased again?" Makoto asked.
"...ugh. You're right," Gwen sighed, "I'm letting Lucy get in my head, and now I'm accusing everyone being her...I'm sorry."
"..." Ben and Makoto began to smirk before the former changed into Lucy, "PSYCHE!"
"...Ben…!" Gwen began, her eye heavily twitching.
"Sorry! Couldn't resist!" Ben laughed from behind Jin.
"...When this is all over, you three better be ready…" Gwen warned.
'Eh? Ready for what?" Ben, Makoto, and Lucy blinked.
"Oh….you'll see."
"I don't feel safe," Ben spoke.
"Ben-kun, hold me," Makoto whispered as she and Lucy clung onto Ben.
"That should be the last of it," Mai said as some Plumbers were karting some stuff into a large transport ship, including the Anahilargh as it was contained in a special container.
"I need to ask Grandpa Max about Hazard pay one day." Ben muttered as he and Makoto joined Mai to oversee the loading of the transport ship.
"Maybe then we can have some cash leftover after paying our own damages off…" Makoto agreed.
"Least we got RB to help with outside interference for this mission," Ben stated as Robotboy stood nearby in Combat Mode.
"True. So w-AHH!" Makoto yelped when she felt someone spank her rear end, a Plumber agent wearing a helmet walking by, "Hey buddy! Spoken for goods here!" she snapped.
Another helmeted Plumber Agent smacked the one who had done that upside the head once they were in the ship.
=Okay. Everyone is in position= Gwen spoke from Mai's badge.
"Okay good," Mai nodded before looking at Ben and Makoto, "You two better get in before it takes off."
"Oh I will...and show that perv what happens when you smack my ass," Makoto frowned as she stomped up to the transport ship, "If anything, Ben possibly has that right!"
"Told you we are taking it slow," Ben replied simply as he followed after her.
"...At least they're honest about it," Mai muttered as the bay doors for the ship closed.
The roof began to open up as the ship prepared to take off into the air, Robotboy following suit as it followed the ship into the sky. As the two flew off, Psyphon and his cronies-decked out in hoverpacks and wielding the stolen Tech Blasters-flew after them. Psyphon aimed at the ship before firing, hitting the side and blowing a hole near the storage room.
"Okay, boys...remember; I want that Annihilargh in my possession…" Psyphon stated as he lowered his Tech Blaster, "Kill anyone who stands between you and it."
"Bwak! You heard the boss!" Liam shouted as he flew off...before he was suddenly blasted out of the sky, "...Ahh sh-" he clucked widely as he fell to the ground below, trying to slow his fall by flapping his arms.
"...I forgot about the other robot," Psyphon growled as he looked forward, Robotboy glaring right at him, "...Half of you distract it! The rest and I will go and obtain the Annihilargh!"
The Aliens shouted and began shooting, only to miss as RobotBoy flew around each and every blast. He shot forward and slammed his fists into two goons, knocking them out of the sky before he flew after the rest.
"...Yeah. We better get some hazard pay after this," Ben muttered, quickly activating the Omnitrix as he jumped out, a green flash going off as he changed into Astrodactyl and flew off.
"...and me without the means to fly," Makoto muttered before some of Psyphon's men flew in from the hole in the ship, "...oh nevermind! We're back in business!"
"Honestly, Makoto…" Noel sighed a bit, hiding behind some cover as she began to fire out at some of the goons.
The two mystery Plumbers grunted a bit as they tried to shake a few goons off, the jetpacks of two on their packs going off as they flew off out the hole.
=Here! Eat plasma, you goodie two shoes!= Bubble Head shouted.
"With a side of Mana?" Gwen countered, throwing an energy sphere as it hit him in the chest, causing him to stagger back.
"And a nice tall glass of fruit punch!" Makoto added as she punched him hard in the chest, sending him flying out.
"Lucy, I need you to…" Gwen began as she looked around for her cousin..only to not see her anywhere in sight, "...Not be here...what a surprise."
"Maybe she went to call for Magister Tennyson!" Noel suggested, firing from behind her cover as she hit a few of Psyhon's goons.
"She better be…"
"It's not like it matters right now. We have to keep them from getting close!" Makoto spoke, punching another goon out. She then smirked as another flew up and aimed at her, only for a spear to strike the wings of his jet pack...and let him drop down, "You are getting scary good at that, Mai."
"Lots of morning training and meditation," Mai replied as she caught her spear, "Ben! How are you and RB doing out there?!"
"Doing good!" Astrodactyl replied, using his whips to destroy the stolen Tech blasters from each goon he hit, "And you get a whip! And you get a whip! And you get a whip! Everyone gets a whip!"
"...You watch too much Oprah with Noel and Makoto on your days off," Mai deadpanned.
"Ben, RB, duck and move!" Makoto shouted.
"A-" Astrodactyl began when he saw Makoto reel her arm back, "...RB, dodge time!"
Robotboy nodded, letting go of the grunt he was holding before he and Astrodactyl flew out of the way.
"Okay Psyphon..hope you like this one! Orion's…" Makoto began before punching forward, sending out a few energy spheres of fire, ice, and lightning, "Starstorm!"
"...heh. What makes you th-" Psyphon began before the spheres began to split into six...and then into twelve, then twenty four, then forty eight, and so on until a large swarm of energy spheres shadowed over him and his goons, "...RETREAT!" he freaked as he and hsi goons flew off, the swarm of energy spheres flying after them.
"That's new," Gwen noted.
"Hehehe...Kajun came through with some upgrades!" Makoto smiled, "That and some sparring and brainstorming with my BF."
"Yup," Astrodactyle nodded as he and Robotboy flew in, the former changing back into Ben, "You girls ok?"
"We are, demo…" Noel began as she looked at the empty container, "They managed to take the Annihilargh while we weren't looking."
"I still think it's a dumb name," Ben noted, "...Wait. They took the U-Bomb?!"
"How!? No one even got past us!" Makoto exclaimed.
"...Except Cousin Lucy," Gwen frowned.
"Seriously, Gwen? You're still blaming her, even after it was proven it wasn't her?"
"How else do you explain her not being her?"
"Then how...hello. What's this?" Makoto pondered, kneeling down as she picked up a guitar pick with a red and black flame dragon design, "...Mai, think you can lick it?"
"Eh?! No! I…" Mai began before Makoto forced the pick into her mouth before pulling it out, "Ack! Makoto you….wait...why does this…..oh no…"
"Hmm?"
"Makoto...you're not gonna like who that guitar pick belongs to."
"Eh? What are you…?" Makoto began before it dawned on her, "...no…"
"Yes."
"No."
"It is."
"Fuck!"
"What?" Gwen asked.
"Is it the freaky twins?" Ben asked with a sigh.
"Yep."
"Rats," Ben groaned.
"Which also explains why that one 'Plumber' smacked my ass!" Makoto snapped.
"Freaky Twins?" Gwen asked.
"It's not like they have villain names. They are two girls from their time, who more or less work for the bad guys, and we haven't seen them in a long while," Ben explained, "They helped Vilgax escape and we heard they returned to Earth not long after the Incurseans when some Plumbers found the escape pod they stole. I guess they somehow snuck onto the base again, and we never noticed."
"I'm gonna kill 'em!" Makoto snapped in anger as Ben hugged her and began patting her head to calm her down, "Imma do it…" she grumbled.
"...Then where is Cousin Lucy?" Gwen asked.
"...oh yeah. I almost forgot the plan in my anger," Makoto blinked.
"Plan? What plan?"
"Oh you'll see~"
"About time you two showed up…" Psyphone muttered, hiding within a warehouse as Aoiro and Karai approached him, "Now...my Annihilargh if you please?"
"Oh you motherfucker….!" Karai growled out, her eyes slit as she stomped up to him, "You had me and sis fall off the ship!"
"Oh that? I was simply making sure the Plumbers didn't suspect you two of being the spies," Psyphon stated, "You should be thanking me."
"THANKING YOU?!" Karai snapped.
"It's over...we survived. The sooner we get out of here, the less problems we'll have." Aoiro spoke, "Even if I also want to ring his neck…" she then handed him the Annahilargh, "Here...your package."
"Yes~" Psyphon grinned as he took it, "The power to erase the universe in my hands...the power to make even Vilgax fear me…"
"Yeah yeah whatever, now where's our pay damn it?!" Karai demanded.
"...About that…" Psyphon began as his goons aimed their Tech Blasters at them, "I'm afraid I'll have to cut the deal short…"
"...Really? You...you really wanna do this?" Karai asked.
"Of course...I have the power t-" Psyphon began before the Tech Blasters were suddenly sliced apart, "?!"
"I agree with Karai...you really don't want to anger the both of us," Aoiro frowned, sheathing her electrified kanata as her own eyes were slit, "Now give us our reward, or else we will confiscate the Annihilargh from you by force…"
"Even if we have to pry it from your cold dead hands," Karai added, her claws out as black flames covered them.
"You overestimate yourself. No wonder your master abandoned you here," Aoiro spoke.
"Yeah...you're nothing but a weak little shit," Karai snorted.
"...You…!" Psyphon growled before the wall exploded, making everyone tense before Ben and his group came running in, along with a few Plumber agents, "...You lead them here?!"
"You don't get to blame us after trying to give us the shaft!" Karai snapped.
"Um, actually? That was me."
"?" the trio blinked as they looked around for the voice.
"Down here," the voice said, making them look down at the Annahilargh...before Lucy's face appeared on the top, "Psyche!"
"GAH!" Psyphon yelped as he dropped it, letting it change to a full bodied Lucy as she gave him a cocky smile.
"What the hell!?" Karai snapped, "Who the fuck are you!?"
"Lucy. I'm a Sludgepuppie," she giggled, "You ended up grabbing me before you got sent off the ship."
"And I had the real one hiding in my tail," Makoto added, "Which is also in the possession of Robotboy right now, who is flying back to HQ as we speak."
"...Of course….I should've realized it," Aoiro groaned, "Sludgepuppies can-if trained enough-turn into anyone and anything…"
"Aw...it's okay. My own family can hardly tell it's me sometimes. Pfft...how were you two supposed to?" Lucy laughed teasingly at the twins.
"...Grr...kill them!" Psyphon shouted as his goons pulled out some new Tech Blasters, "Kill those two...kill th...UGH NEVERMIND! JUST KILL ALL OF THEM!"
"It's cute he thinks he can," Ben laughed, slapping the Omnitrix as he turned into Fastrack, "Ah...henchmen...always so silly." he sped off as he began striking multiple thugs, taking their guns and leaving them in a neat pile on the furthest corner of the building. He then ran atop a tank...and then in it before fighting could be heard. The Tank then aimed and began shooting at the ground knocking all the other tanks over to their sides, making them inoperable till they could be flipped back up.
"See? Lucy is innocent," Makoto smirked at Gwen, the squirrel girl leaping over a pair of grunts before knocking their heads together.
"Yes. I...see that now," Gwen muttered, summoning a Mana barrier to block the incoming shots.
"Okay, I know you might have a bit of an issue...but could we save it for after?" Mai asked, swinging her spear around and striking a thug across the face before kicking him and knocking him out.
"Maybe for the best," Noel admitted as she shot and blasted the Tech Blasters out of the hands of multiple thugs. The thugs looked at their hands and then Noel before holding their arms up in defeat.
"And catch the two spies," Lucy added, pointing to the retreating Aoiro and Karai.
"Oh screw you, mud bitch!" Karai snapped before flinching as Fastrack appeared in front of her, "AH!" she jumped back before looking down at the power inhibitor cuffs that linked her right arm to her sister's left arm, "Motherfucker!"
"Language, young l-" Fasttrack began before he narrowly dodged a slash from Aoiro, "Woah! That actually almost hit me!"
"It's a matter of feeling the wind change," Aoiro argued, attempting to slash at him again before a Mana barrier blocked it, "?"
"Counterpoint...Box," he pointed up as the two turned around to see a large wooden crate flying at them, "Oof!" he cringed as it slammed into both of them, "Nice throw Babe, and nice save Gwen!"
"No prob!" Makoto waved as Gwen lowered her hand, "That just leaves Psyphon. Ohhohohoho~ Hey Luce! I got an idea how to mess with him!"
"Ooh~ Do tell," Lucy grinned as she ran over.
"Well, we…" Makoto whispered into her ear.
"...I love it~!" Lucy squeed.
"I'm afraid to even ask," Mai muttered before another tank rolled in, this one being piloted by Psyphon.
"Stand still!" Psyphon shouted from the tank, trying to fire at Fasttrack as he kept dodging each shot.
"Miss me!" he laughed, blurring to another spot, "Hey, over here!" he blurred away again, "Swing and a miss!" he appeared in front of the camera waving his rear right in front of it, "Come on, I'll make it easy!"
"...Oh, I am going to enjoy this…." Psyphon grinned as he hit the firing button...only nothing happened, "...Come on...c-What is wrong with this thing?!"
"Oh yeah. Noel fired an EMP shot to disable it," Fasttrack laughed, "Oh and uh...she fired a grenade, too."
"?!" Psyphon tensed as Fasttrack dashed off, the grenade underneath exploding as it turned the tank over onto its back.
"Nice job, Noel!"
"Hmm," Noel nodded, her guns converted into a grenade launcher.
"Grr...I swear I am going to…!" Psyphon growled as he managed to climb out...before noticing the large shadow looming over him. He then slowly turned...to see Vilgax glaring down at him, "?! M...m….my lord…V-V-V-Vilgax…"
"Grr…"
"...Th-this isn't about what I said about the Annahilargh is it? I...eh heh. I was merely joking," Psyphon laughed nervously as he began to stagger back from him, his back against the tank, "I...I-I-I-I only live to s-s-serve you my lord. I was just...just….please don't kill me swiftly."
"Psyphon...I have one word for you…" Vilgax growled, making Psyphon pale greatly, "...Psyche."
"Eh?" Psyphon blinked at that.
"Oh now that's just cruel...but also karma," Fastrack spoke as he piled all the goons up.
'Vilgax' just grinned as he changed forms, turning into a humanoid female alien with mud-colored skin, a look of mirth on her face.
"...You...you ruined everything!" Psyphon snapped as he tried to punch at her, only for her to turn into mud and slip behind him before reforming.
"Aww~ That's so kind of you to say~" she giggled in Lucy's voice before she fired some mud at Psyphon's face, "Also it was Makoto's idea."
"And it was epic! Recorded everything!" Makoto laughed.
"...You'll all pay for this!" Psyphon shouted as he began to run, only to end up slipping on some mud as he fell to the ground, "Oof!"
"What do you recommend for this, Lucy?" Gwen asked.
"Mmm...I'd say go with the iron," Lucy replied.
"My thoughts exactly," Gwen nodded as she made a tendril of mana that picked up the broken off barrel of the tank, "Four!"
*THWACK!*
Psyphon screamed as he shot out of a wall and right into a pile of metal crates. He let out a muffled moan of pain as he slowly peeled off it, leaving an indent in the exact shape of his body.
"...And with that, that is the end o-" Fasttrack began.
"That's the end of that chapter!" Makoto, Gwen, and Lucy said in unison.
"Ahh come on! Stop stealing my line!"
"Nevah!" Makoto declared.
"I hate teenagers…" Pshypon growled as he was carried to one of the cells back at Plumbers HQ.
"We knew all along Lucy wasn't the traitor," Max noted, "She was brought in because of her abilities. She posed as copies of weapons and, at times, one of Psyphon's goons in order to understand where the weapons were all going."
"At first I thought it was that fat Tetramand me and Mako caught earlier today, but then I felt something up when he mentioned those two freaky twins," Lucy added.
"THAT'S NOT OUR TEAM NAME, YOU MUD BITCH!" Karai's voice snapped from one of the cells, "IT'S FANGS OF YIN AND YANG!"
"Whatever crazy," Ben replied, "Continue Lucy." he politely gestured to his cousin.
"When I heard we'd be transporting the Annihilargh off planet, I figured Psyphon and those two spies he hired wouldn't pass the chance of taking it, "So…" Lucy began as she motioned to Makoto.
"Lucy took the form of it to act as both bait and a beacon to lead us right to the three while I hid the real one in my tail before handing it off to RB," Makoto finished.
"That's really well planned out," Gwen noted.
"Hey. Us Intelligence department members have to stick together," Makoto shrugged as she and Lucy highfived.
"I'm just happy this is over. And we can do something to make sure no one gets this stupid thing ever again," Ben sighed, motioning to the Annihilargh.
"Yes...and I'll be reprimanding Blukic and Driba for repairing it in the first place," Kajun added.
"...Are they in the lab with that new project of yours?" Makoto asked.
"...Excuse me," Kajun said as she began to walk off...before running off at full speed, "Blukic, Driba! Don't you dare touch anything!"
"...I can't believe I accused Lucy of being the traitor," Gwen sighed, "Just because of how she was with me when we were kids, it clouded my judgment of her….I can't believe I suspected my own family."
"I can't believe I was the mature one this time," Ben noted.
"To be fair, Gwen, you are pretty...emotional." Makoto spoke slowly.
"Excuse me?"
"Kevin and Sena told us about what you did when you heard about our last mission," Makoto noted.
"Gwen...you melted a building…" Ben muttered.
"...Okay, I'll admit. I got a bit...upset that you got accepted into Hope's Peak, even if it was for a mission," Gwen admitted.
"And I am going to be completely honest with you, Gwen," Ben stated, "You...would have hated it."
"Again, excuse me?"
"Well, you prefer things to be...well...ordered more than anything. Hope's Peak? Not ordered," Ben stated.
"It was mostly ran by a corrupt group of old people that tried to make 'Ben's replacement' for the Omnitrix before they went belly up, and we had to deal with the biggest psycho bitch on the planet," Makoto added, "...said psycho bitch using me to make Ben and, in turn, the universe fall to despair."
"Yeah...ignoring all of that," Ben covered her mouth, "You realize only the Normal class students study and do school stuff...the Ultimates...they...don't. They just hang around with their friends and are allowed to...do anything they want. As long as they pass their classes...they don't even really need to attend most days. It sounds cool for me...so that's when I realized...yeah...you would have hated it there. If I like it...Gwen's not gonna like it."
"...Why does that make so much sense?" Gwen muttered, "...Wait. I forget who I'm talking to."
"Heh heh…" Ben gave a cheeky grin before his phone went off, prompting him to answer it, "Hey Rook...wait, what? ...What did Kevin do? ...How big are we talking here? ...Okay okay. Try not to make it any worse..." he hung up as he looked over at Makoto, "I uh…"
"Ah go rescue them. I'd like to hang out and get to know your cousin Lucy more," Makoto replied.
"Great," Ben grinned, "Just, uh...Just don't let me come home and find out you two caused Gwen to melt the house."
"I promise to try," Makoto admitted.
"And that's why I love you. I promise to be home as soon as I can!" he called out, "Hang on, Guys!" he shouted, running for the hanger.
"...I'm really sorry I suspected you to be a traitor, Cousin Lucy," Gwen sighed as she looked at Lucy, "I'd understand if you're mad at me."
"Oh please. I'm not mad at you. We're family," Lucy assured before walking off, "Besides, I'll be getting you back when I'm your commanding officer."
"...heh heh...good one," Gwen chuckled, earning no response from Lucy, "...W-wait. You're joking right? Psyche? ...Psyche?"
"Maybe~" Lucy replied in a teasing tone.
"...Ooh the amount of sass on this girl," Makoto grinned as she began to follow her, "I can tell you and I are gonna get along swimmingly, Lucy."
"Same here, Makoto," Lucy giggled.
"...What have we let happen?" Gwen groaned.
"Yeah. I...I'm starting to see it myself," Max admitted.
Max returned to his office after all was said in done. Intent on cooking up some dinner, relaxing for the rest of the evening, and waiting for the next threat to the Earth to come along. By this point he measured his work days in how long it took a new threat to come and end. He began picking ingredients as he took out something that looked like a purple egg...with eyes. He happily hummed to himself as he turned on the stove. He then paused when his personal phone began ringing.
"What's this now?" he looked at the number, "McGrath?" his eyes widened as he quickly answered, "Molly what's going on?" he asked, only for his face to become one of worry, "Already…?"
GT: Lucy and Makoto...two prankster natures...Well, that universe is fucked. Our bad.
SZ: Massively our bad.
Z0: Should have let me kill them readers…
SZ: 0-0...oh he's still in murder mode...uh...r..read and review folks!