SZ: Well..I believe it's a time to take a small break from the action and drama...and go for something both Ben 10 and Blazblue is also known for...the comedy.
Z0: Also we're finally introducing someone…
SZ: Eeyup. As for how...oh you shall see...you shall see~ So..without any delay...we own nothing aside from original content! Z0...start us off!
Z0: *aims cannon at the screen* Just read already! *blasts the screen*
=...I don't get why you humans have the need to wear those sunglasses= Steel muttered as Ben and Max were looking through some sunglasses.
"Because it's cool," Max smiled, trying on a pair, "It's a way to not only protect your eyes, but to also look cool."
"Or look gaudy and bring a laugh, baby," Ben added, speaking in a thick british accent as he had on a pair of gaudy sunglasses with the lens in the shape of stars.
=...you look stupid...no wait. You always do= Steel deadpanned
"Well you only have one eye." Max added, "And no sense of fun."
=Tr-hey…=
"He's got a point, dude," Ben smirked as he took the sunglasses off, "Now let's see...oh what is this?" he laughed a bit as he picked up a pair of magenta glasses with the lens a rose-red and shaped like a butterfly, "Dude..check this out."
"That...has to be the single cheesiest pair of glasses ever." Max laughed, "These look like the 70's cloned itself and made the clone into a pair of glasses."
"I know right?!" Ben laughed.
=...there's something about those glasses I don't like…= Steel spoke, glaring at the sunglasses =If I were you two...I'd immediately throw that thing far away...into the sun=
"Come on Steel. I know they're tacky, but they're just glasses. What...will putting them on, mind control us or something?" Max laughed, as he walked off to check out another pair, "Probably be good for like a party or something." he added as he looked at a new pair that almost matched his armor, which to those wondering he was not wearing at the moment.
"Most likely," Ben shrugged as he slipped them on, "Well..how do I look?"
=Stupid...no. Stupider than usual=
"...eh. Shows you," Ben shrugged as he prepared to pull the glasses off...only they didn't' seem to want to come off, "...what the…?" he muttered as he tried pulling the glasses off again..with no success, "Uh...guys? I think it's stuck."
"What?" Max asked in the middle of paying for his new shades.
"I'm serious! I can't get them off!" Ben panicked as he was still trying to get them off.
=Um...Why not 'go hero' into a form tiny enough to let them fall off?= Steel asked.
"..oh yeah," Ben realized as he quickly turned the Omnitrix on, picking his Alien of choice as he pressed down on it and changed into Grey Matter...with the glasses still on, "...HOW?!" he pressed down on the Omnitrix symbol again, letting him change into Nanomech...with the glasses still on, "What the…?!" he pressed down on it once again, letting him change into Grimlock...with the glasses still on and barely fitting in his crouched position in the store, "Grr...me, Grimlock getting upset!" he snapped as he changed back into Ben.
"Okay. Those are some very sturdy glasses," Max muttered.
"YA THINK?!" Ben snapped, "I can't get them off at all!"
"H-hold on man! I'll try t-" Max began before he noticed the female vendor attending the stand looking at Ben in a loving manner, "...uh...you okay, ma'am?"
"Oh...I am…" she smiled as she immediately moved over to Ben, "Especially since he's here…"
"...uh...hate to break it to ya, but I got a girlfriend," Ben stated before the woman hugged him, "?!"
"So? Wouldn't a woman be more...sufficient?"
'...RED FLAG!' Ben and Max mentally exclaimed.
=Oh, this is interesting. I think Ben's radiating some sort of pheromone or psionic frequency that is attracting her= Steel noted =Not sure what, but it may involve the glasses=
"Wait, what?!" Ben freaked, now trying to push the woman off him.
"IT'S HIM~!" Ben tensed as he slowly turned...seeing a large crowd of girls and women coming right towards him, "BEN 10!"
"...So run?" Max asked, quickly gaining his armor as his helmet formed around his head.
=Yeah, run= Steel agreed.
"VERY MUCH RUN!" Ben exclaimed, forcing the women off as he quickly used the Omnitrix to change into XLR8 before he grabbed Max and ran off at high speed.
"...I don't know why...but I feel like some girls and women are making a move on Ben," Makoto muttered, currently pausing in making a sandwich before the front door was forced open by a pair of blurs before it was instantly shut and boarded up, "...Okay. What did you two do?"
"Not my fault!" XLR8 exclaimed as he changed back into Ben and pointed at the glasses, "It's these glasses! I put them on and...well I can't take them off! No matter what form I take! Oh and on top of that...I'm apparently a huge chick magnet now! ….Wait. Babe, how do you feel right now?"
"Right now? ...Honestly a mix of annoyance, concern, and confusion," Makoto admitted as she walked over, "...Oh, and also confused and amused about the new glasses. Trying to go all 1970s?" she tapped her cheek, "Huh...That'd probably be a fun date night, dressed in the 70s, go to a place that still does disco…"
"...Okay, that does sound good," Ben admitted, "...but seriously though, help here!"
"Okay okay. I'll help ya out," Makoto chuckled a bit as she grabbed the glasses and prepared to pull them off...nly to blink when they wouldn't budge, "Eh?" she tried to pull again, only to get the same result, "...Did you put superglue on these? Because...I can't pull them off."
"What?!"
"Is everything okay in there?" Noel asked in the next room.
"Ahh!" Makoto yelped as she tripped back, causing the glasses to finally come off Ben and fly up into the air.
"Oh thank god. Those things are o-" Max began as he took his helmet off...only for the glasses to fall on him, "..."
=...you invoked murphy= Steel deadpanned.
"Makoto?! Are you okay?" Noel asked as she ran out, "Is everything al...al...ano…"
=...Yeah, I think Max is the one giving it off now=
"Ohh~That's a good look of ya," Makoto noted, a blush forming on her cheeks.
"...Max...Get them off. Get those glasses off right. this. Minute," Ben ordered, his eyes narrowing.
"Hoo boy!" Max yelped as he tied to pull the glasses off, "Gh...come on you…! Steel, Turbo Strength! Now!"
=Right= Steel replied as they quickly buffed up.
"Whoo! Hello, muscles~!"
"H-Hey! That's not fair! You already have a boyfriend!" Noel argued.
"Come on! Get off get off get off!" Max repeated as he tried to pull the glasses off...to little to no success.
"Um...what's going on in...here…?" Mai began as she poked her head in to see the chaos, "..."
"...And three, two…" Ben counted.
"Max, did you do something with your attire?" Mai asked.
"Hey, he's mine!" Makoto argued.
"You have Ben!" both girls argued.
"I'm sure Ben can share~"
"NOPE!" Max freaked as he finally managed to pull them off and threw them out the window as fast he could.
"...What just happened?" Makoto blinked as her, Noel, and Mai's blushes disappeared.
=You girls were under some sort of influence by a pair of glasses. ...I think that site is the real deal= Steel noted.
"Site?"
=That one called the SCP Foundation= Steel replied.
"That's just a site for people to make up weird anomalies," Max deadpanned.
=Then explain the SCP we just encountered= Steel argued.
"We are not calling those glasses an SCP," Max argued.
"Then how do you explain them making you a chick magnet?" Ben argued as Kagura was seen walking by their house.
"?!" Kagura skidded to a halt upon hearing that...before bolting to the opened window, "Glasses...that make you a chick magnet?"
"Yeah…" Ben replied.
"...Magenta and rose red in color? Butterfly shaped lenses?"
"...yeah?"
"...HIBIKI! I'M TAKING MY DAY OFF!" Kagura shouted as he ran off, "Spectacles of Eros, you shall finally be mine!"
"..." Ben and Max shared looks.
=Ooh, that sounds like a good name for their codename. Just need a number= Steel noted =Maybe SCP-064! ...No, wait. There's already one for that. A multiplying brick at that=
"Not an SCP, Steel."
=I will prove this and then secure, contain, and protect it!=
"...Still...Spectacles of Eros…" Ben muttered before looking at the girls, "That name ring any bells?"
"Nope/first time I'm hearing it/no," Makoto, Mai and Noel replied.
"I do."
"OH GEEZ!" Ben and Max yelped as they turned, seeing Hibiki standing right behind them.
=...Okay. I am convinced he's a SCP as well=
"No he's just a really fast ninja whom we gave the spare house key to." Makoto sighed, "So you know what these things are? And why do they make us girls go crazy?"
"I do," Hibiki nodded as he pulled out a rather large book, opening it as he stopped on a page, "The Spectacles of Eros, otherwise known as the Popularity Glasses is an incredibly rare and ancient item from our time, said to be crafted by the Greek God of Love and Sex Eros. It is said whoever puts them on will make the wearer instantly irresistible among the opposite gender, but it does not affect the one that is in love with the wearer."
"So that's why Makoto was totally normal when Ben had them on." Max realized, "She's already crazy in love with the dude...the glasses can't make that any stronger."
"Exactly." Hibiki nodded, "But...when it is someone whom they do not love."
"The effect takes hold again." Ben sighed, "Like when they fell on Max."
"Correct," Hibiki nodded, "However due to the chaos the glasses have caused and to make sure no one would get their hands on them, they were given and sealed away by the Alucard Clan."
"So how did we find them at the sunglasses shack at the mall?" Max asked.
"Most likely they were displaced due to what Ben Tennyson did as Alien X," Hibiki guessed as he closed the book, "So if I were you, I'd start searching for those glasses before Lord Kagura or someone worse finds them."
"Find those glasses!" Makoto ordered to Ben and Max, "We ain't leavin this house just to be safe! Boys only mission today!"
"That's...fair…" Ben sighed.
"Yeah...I'm with Makoto on this, so let's hurry and find those things before some poor soul ends up with them," Max added.
"Or someone worse…" Makoto muttered.
"While I should technically be on his side...I fully agree…" Hibiki sighed, "Last thing I need are those glasses falling into his hands...Kami only knows what he'd do with them."
"...I repeat once more; AFTER THOSE GLASSES BOYS!" Makoto exclaimed.
"HAI!" Mai and Noel added.
"Leaving!" Ben shouted as he, Max and Hibiki ran out.
"Hmm...that should be everything," Rook muttered, looking at a list while standing before a tied up Liam and Bubblehelmet, "That leaves Fistina, and I should have captured all the convects that were let out by Chadzmuth."
"Jokes on -bakawk!- you...we'll be out in an instant!" Liam argued.
"Tsubaki is already looking into loopholes for that, so do not count your..." Rook began before a familiar pair of glasses fell on him, "Hmm?"
"Haa!" Fistina roared as she jumped out of an alleyway, "Do not worry! I vill...vill…" she paused as she looked at Rook, "..."
"...again, I already have someone," Rook stated, seeing that look in her eyes.
"So….wouldn't I be ze more...adequate?" she asked as she stared at him lovingly.
"...what is…" Rook began before Billy's robotic assistant landed before him, "?!"
"Rook Blonko...you are to come with me back to Billy's place," she stated as she grabbed his arm.
"Um...I am on a mission right now...also why does Billy…?"
"Who says Billy is in need of you~?" Mazuma countered in a oddly loving tone.
"Nyet! He is mine"! Fistina argued as she grabbed Rook's other arm.
"Incorrect…" Mazuma frowned as she pulled Rook back, "He is mine…"
"Um...What's going-bukaw-on?" Liam asked.
"Rook!" Max shouted as he ran into the arae, "Have...and you got a whole thing going on here…" he paused, "Oh! You found the glasses! ….oh...you found the glasses."
"...what do you mean?" Rook cautiously asked as he was pulled back and forth between Fistina and Mazuma.
"Those glasses that are on you, they basically made you into a living chick magnet," Max explained.
"But...they do not...oh….oh…" Rook realized what Ben meant by that, "...Please get them off me!"
"Okay...hold still!" Max shouted as he transformed to Strength mode, "First…" he grabbed Fistina and Mazuma before tossing them unceremoniously over his shoulder, "Okay...hold still...I've only ever yanked these off my own face…" he grabbed the glasses with one hand and Rook in the other as he began pulling.
"Th...they are not...coming off…!" Rook grunted, using his Proto-Tool to stay grounded as Max struggled to pull them off.
=I still say those things are SCP!= Steel shouted
"Steel not now!" Max complained, "Do these things stick harder with each person that puts them on or something?!" he grunted, "I swear...I am going to break these once I get them off!"
"Please do!" Rook grunted as he struggled to stay still.
"Hold…"
"GH?!" Rook nearly jumped as Hibiki landed on his shoulders, gripping the glasses before he and Max finally managed to get them off...only for the momentum to send them flying out of his hands and into the distance, "Oh thank the Celestialsapiens…"
"...what just happens?" Fistina blinked.
"...release me," Mazuma demanded, "I must return to master Billy."
=Long story short: those glasses are an Euclid-possibly Keter-SCP that needs to be secured and contained to protect everyone from them=
"The Site is real?" Rook blinked.
=Yes..and I believe that those glasses are a SCP!=
'Steel not now!" Max groaned as he put Fistina and Mazuma down, "Ugh...look...I'm gonna go catch the glasses that make whoever puts them on irresistible to the opposite sex...you finish this up...and above all else...don't let Kagura know where they went!" he changed to Flight form and took off, carrying Hibiki with him.
"...fair enough," Rook nodded as Kagura came running into the area.
"Did...did you see…?"
"You just missed them."
"Damn it!" Kagura cursed as he ran off, "I will not be denied!"
"...Again, what just happened?" Liam blinked.
=I...I don't know…= Bubblehelmet muttered.
"Come on, Kevin…" Gwen sighed.
"Nope. I ain't getting out," Kevin answered, currently sitting in his car.
"Kevin you wanted to come with me since my classes are on hold this week."
"Something's gonna happen the moment I step out...I'm staying in here."
"Bakevin is just chicken…" Luna taunted from behind Gwen, giving him a teasing grin, "He doesn't want to spend time with Big sis Gwen."
"...I ain't falling for it."
"Kevin…"
"Well fine...Luna won't 'accidentally' scratch your precious car…"
"Oh you better n-!" Kevin began as he stepped out...and the Spectacles of Eros fell on his face, "? The heck?"
"..." Luna blinked as a small blush formed on her cheeks.
"...why are you staring at me like th-"
"I...Luna...Luna…" Luna began before she ran up and hugged him, "Luna loves you~!"
"HAH?!"
"Kevin! Whatever you do, d-!" Ben began as he ran over, "...And you have them on...great."
"...Ben, what's going on?" Gwen asked.
"And why's the brat so clingy with me?!" Kevin snapped as he tried to force Luna off his leg.
"Kevin, daisuke~!"
"Okay quick version, cursed glasses that make people of the opposite gender fall in love with you...they are evil...Evil!" Ben quickly explained.
"CURSED?!" Kevin exclaimed as he now tried to get the glasses off.
"Then...why is nothing wrong with me?" Gwen asked.
"Well you already love Kevin...for some reason…" Ben muttered, "If someone is already in love with you, the glasses have no effect. Me and Makoto proved that, Don't ask!" he quickly shouted making Gwen flinch.
"Oh you poor doofus…" Gwen realized, "So...do they come off?"
"They do, but they get a really...really hard grip on you for some reason the moment you put them on," Ben explained, "Took Makoto to take them off me and Max in his Strength Armor to get them off him."
"Okay...so that's why cursed…" Gwen nodded, "Alright let's yank them off…"
"And then destroy them!" Ben added cycling through his roster.
"Please do!" Kevin snapped, "I already got Luna on me...I do not need a bunch of other girls clinging onto me like a piece of meat!"
"..."
"..."
"...I tempted Murphy, didn't I?"
"You did," Ben sighed, "And cue other girls in three...two...one…" he whispered as both Looma and Attea's ships landed nearby, "There it is!"
"...oh crud…" Kevin paled as both Looma and Attea got out..and stared right at him, "...IT'S BEN YOU WANT! NOT ME!"
"No...it is you I want once more, beloved!" Looma declared.
"And me...eh you seem more rougher around th' edges than Ben...and I really wanan see what happens when you become a Incursean," Attea added with a grin.
"NO! KEVIN IS LUNA'S!" Luna snapped, bringing her wand/staff in hammer form as she glared at the two.
"Get lost, brat! He's too old for you!"
"Love has no age boundary, you old hags!"
"HAGS?!"
"...Ben…" Gwen began with a twitchy eye.
"I'm panicking!" Ben snapped, "Oh Max!" he called out as Hibiki was dropped next to him.
"Max Smashing time!" Max shouted changing to Turbo Strength as he slammed the ground with his fists, making it buckle and roll like a wave.
"Whoa he's new!" Gwen spoke as the two alien girls were flung into the distance.
"New guy rules…" Kevin awed.
"Max, my cousin Gwen and her boyfriend Kevin. Kevin, Gwen, meet Max," Ben introduced.
=Ehem…= Steel coughed.
"And his robotic alien symbiote Steel." Ben sighed.
=Thank you fleshbag=
"Nice to meet ya, but...still one problem here," Kevin spoke before pointing to the glasses, "THESE!"
"Hags are gone, so Luna has Kevin to herself!" Luna beamed as she hugged Kevin's leg once more.
"Ah man...I just yanked these things off Rook." Max sighed as he used his giant hand to pick up Kevin, "I'd say this won't hurt...but I'm no liar…"
"...Oh cr-" Kevin began before Max grabbed the glasses and began to tug, "GAH!"
"Told ya!"
"My face feels like it's being torn off!"
"Okay...these things are on tight!"
"...Hmm…" Gwen pondered, her eyes magenta as she looked at the glasses, "...Max, can you stop for a moment?"
"Hmm?" Max blinked as he stopped tugging for a moment.
"...You are intending to use magic to remove them, aren't you?" Hibiki guessed.
"Why didn't we think of that?" Ben asked.
=Cause none of us know magic...and your idiots…= Steel sighed.
"Hey~" Ben and Max frowned at that as Gwen walked over to Kevin.
"Oh..I think my dinner from last night is coming back up…" Kevin groaned as Gwen grabbed the glasses, her hands glowing faintly as she cautiously moved the glasses off him,"...oh thank god."
"...what happened?" Luna blinked before she realized she was hugging Kevin's leg, "...AND WHY'S LUNA HUGGING BAKEVIN'S LEG?!"
"Blame the glasses…" Ben deadpanned as Gwen handed them over ot him, "Now to break these things bef-"
"MATTE~!"
"...oh now wh-" Ben began before Kagura tackled him from behind, sending the glasses up into the air...and into the 'skylight' leading into Undertown, "OH COME ON!"
"Uh...might wanna leave the area before someone else puts 'em on." Max turned to Gwen as he put Kevin down.
"We were going to Ben's place to visit him anyways after saying hi to grandpa Max, so thanks for the heads up," Gwen nodded, "Just...make sure no one gets those glasses."
"Like Argit…" Kevin groaned
"LIKE HELL!" Kagura snapped, shooting up and jumping into the hole leading into Undertown, "SPECTACLES OF EROS KITA~!"
"That is their name…" the trio of Ben, Max and Hibiki confirmed jumping after him.
"Make sure to smash those things to pieces!" Kevin snapped.
"...Luna feels like she's heard that name before…" Luna muttered to herself...before shrugging, "Meh. Probably unimportant."
"Zzzz…" Ragna snoozed a bit as he laid on a bench in the middle of Undertown. He finally got a day off to himself, and there was no chaos to deal with in Undertown, so he could kick back and get a nice long rest...until a certain pair of glasses fell on top of him, "SNRK?! Wh-what the hell?!" he snorted as he shot up. He blinked as everything had a rosy tint, "The hell…" he tapped his face, "Oh no...no...No no no…"
"Ragna? Is everything okay?" Ester began as she and Torakaka walked over to him.
"STAY BACK!"
"?!" the two flinched at that as Ragna backed away from them.
"Trust me...you do not wanna be near me!"
"Nya? Why…" Torakaka began before she and Ester stared at him...smalll blushes beginning to form on their cheeks, "...Should we not be near you, nya~?"
"...No…"
"Come on, Rags...I just wanna give you company," Ester added as the two began to approach him.
"NONONONONONONONO!" Ragna snapped as he backed away from them, only to end up bumping into Bullet, "GH! Wh...oh great! What do you…?"
"..." Bullet said nothing as she began to blush, "...Sw...sweetheart…" she whispered...before turning around and looked at a book she pulled out, "I said that correctly, right?"
"OH MOTHERFUCKER!" Ragna snapped.
"Found 'em...and yep...they are on Ragna…" Max's voice spoke from the sky as Ragna looked up, "Still better then Argit…" he sighed swooping down and grabbing Ragna before flying up and away, "So...you might be wondering what's up with the cursed shades from the 70s?"
"Oh I do...and I HOPED these damn things didn't come to this timeline!" Ragna snapped
"Wait...you know about them?"
"Know? I know the damn vampire brat that stuck these things on me for a good laugh!" he snapped.
"I'm gonna have to ask for context later…" Max muttered flying off, "Ben and I found them while goofing off at the Sunglasses Shack...found em, thought they were goofy, Ben tried em on...and now...this is my day...yanking these things off my buddies. So far they've landed on me, Rook and Kevin...and now...you."
"...great. Now she's using them on other people…" Ragna groaned.
"RAGNYA/RAGNA~!"
"?!" Ragna tensed as he looked down...and saw an entire herd of Kaka clan and alien women-and One Bullet- chasing after the two from below. "...Book it, man. BOOK IT!"
"Alright when this is over...I'm becoming a monk…" Max sighed as his thrusters ignited and he took off with a sonic boom.
=I'm telling you...it's an SCP!= Steel shouted as they avoided pipes and rocks along the ceiling of Undertown, =They have a mind of their own and are actively seeking out and ruining the lives of good men! And you guys...=
"I swear if I didn't need you to live…" Max grumbled.
"NYA~!"
"GH?!" Max tensed as Taokaka landed on top of him.
"Good guy~!"
"OH DAMN IT TAO NOT YOU TOO!" Ragna snapped.
"Let's play, Good guy~!"
=Another SCP!?=
"Get off the damn internet!" Max complained, "And Cat lady get off me!"
"Nyo~! NOt until Good Guy plays with Tao, nya!"
"...someone just mocked Meat Buns," Ragna deadpanned.
"HISSS~!" Taokaka hissed as she jumped off him..and landed on top of Argit.
"That was way too coincidental…" Max muttered.
"Dont' care. Book it to someplace with no women nearby!
"Where the hell could that be?! Mars?!"
"ANYWHERE IS GOOD! JUST GO!"
"Magic glasses...that can make the wearer irresistable to the opposite sex," Tsubaki said as she was talking with Gwen and Makoto, the latter talking via through the communicator.
=Yup...thus this is a boys only mission!=
"I can see why…" Tsubaki sighed, "Odd only men have been wearing them…" she muttered.
"We might have made a mistake…= Gwen and Makoto realized.
"Cool cool...so...uh...I'm jumping into the panic room!" Kevin spoke in the background.
"...I better check on them," Tsubaki whispered as she turned on a separate comunicator, "Ben, are you and Max okay?"
=Define okay…= Ben answered with a sigh.
=We tried to go to different spots with the Proto-TRUK via Ben Upgrading it, and...well…= Max began.
"Ugh...what did you do?"
=We went to Amity park, the glasses ended up on Danny and all his female ghost villains were after him=
=OF WHICH I DID NOT ENJOY!= Ragna barked.
=Then we went to my home town and they ended up back on me…= Max added =Every girl and woman in town was after me=
=Then we had Fixit use a Ground Bridge to take us to Hope's Peak...instantly regretted it as the glasses kept moving from Naegi, to Hajime, then Shuichi...then back to me!= Ben exclaimed.
=It got a lot weirder after that so best left not explained. Suffice to say, we had to fight our way out more than we should have= Max spoke.
=And the worst part...we don't even know where those damn glasses ended up at!= Ragna barked.
=I…=
=NOT NOW STEEL!=
"...Ugh look. When you do find them, bring them back here….and we can lock them deep somewhere in HQ," Tsubaki sighed.
=I was thinking we let Max stress test them at his full power with Strength mode…= Ben and Ragna spoke in perfect unison.
=Yes...so much yes= Makoto agreed on the other communicator.
"I don't want to test that theory in fear of what might happen if they break," Tsubaki argued, "For now, just hurry and find those glasses."
=Yes ma'am!=
=And keep an eye out for Lord Kagura= Hibiki reminded.
=Mmm…= Makoto pouted at that.
"Okay...something is up," Psyphon frowned as he stood before a large crowd of Ben's enemies, "Tennyson and his group are chasing after a pair of glasses...question is why….what makes them so important?"
=If we knew...we'd try and get it. But for all we know it's just a whacky pair of shades they are fighting over= Bubblhelmet answered.
"Ooh~! Maybe they hold th' key to a very powerful bomb!" Rhomboid beamed.
"Boid...do they looked like a key t' you?" Octagon asked.
"Well...no…"
"There's one thing I noticed after Mazuma came back…" Billy frowned, sitting on top of his assistant's lap, "They seem to have a control on the opposite gender."
"Boy that is just ridiculous," Animo huffed, "Who's heard of glasses that can control women?"
"Though it isn't out of the realm of possibility…" Zombozo suggested with a grin, earning looks from them, "Think of it...a pair of glasses that could possibly control all women in the world...who's to say you can't make your own circus troupe or army out of them?"
"I forget how humans think sometimes…" Psyphon muttered, "No wonder this world has an overpopulation problem…"
"...wait….If they can do that…" Billy bean with a grin, "I can humiliate Tennyson by taking his girl…"
"That seems really petty," Octagon muttered.
"He humiliated me! I deserve it!"
"Actually I have a proposition," zombozo began as he got up...and began to walk backwards, "The first to obtain these glasses will have that army I mentioned, so….good day!" he laughed as he ran off.
"Wh-?! Oh you…!" Psyphon growled as he gave chase.
"Mazuma, let's go!" Billy ordered as he activated hsi jetpack, the faster we humiliate Tennyson the sooner I can get a oen up on him!"
"Yes Master Billy."
"...Normally I'd question the morality of enslaving women...but I could figure out how those glasses work and reverse engineer them!" Animo shouted as he ran off.
"...welp, since there's gonna be chaos involved...there's bound t' be some explosions…" Octagon muttered as he stood up, "Saddle up, Boid. We're going scavenger huntin'!"
"Yee haw!"
"...Glasses that can control women, eh?" Argit whispered, hiding in a trashcan nearby, "...oh ho...me likey~"
"Ah...ahh...where...are they?" Kagura panted as he walked back into town from the desert, "I...looked high and low...for those glasses...a-" he looked up to see them fly over head...followed by the Proto-TRUK, "...I WILL NOT BE DENIED!"
"Oh lord he's gone insane from trying to get them," Hibiki sighed, having heard Kagura's exclamation.
"He really has some issues…" Max muttered.
"Let's just hurry and find them before he gets them," Ben muttered as the Spectacles of Eros landed on a nearby rooftop, "Phw...they didn't land on anyone."
"Hurry and grab them before someone does get them!" Ragna snapped.
=...you realize what you just did right?= Steel asked.
"I did…" Ragna groaned as the Proto-TRUK landed, letting Ben run out and grab the glasses.
"...okay...nothing's happened...we're in the cl-" Ben began before something flew by and grabbed the glasses, "...that was Billy, wasn't it?"
"It was…" Biilly smirked as he flew before him, "Thanks for the gift Tennyson...can't wait to use them on your girlfriend...oh no wait. I meant my girlfriend...so bye!" he laughed as he flew off.
"Oh you…!" Ben began before Mazuma ran before him.
"None shall get to Master Billy…"
"No time for this!" Max shouted as he charged his hand with energy and punched Mazuma making her fall over, "Bad call being a robot." he sighed jumping up and changing to Flight mode.
"And on that note…" Ben began, going through the Omnitrix before pressing down on teh symbol and turned into Jetray, "GET BACK HERE, BILLY!"
"No! Finders keeps, losers weepers!" Billy blocked as he fired a laser from his gun at the two, "Or in this case...your girl is mine, and your the loser Tennyson!"
"Quick question...is everything on you tech?" Max asked as he used Steel to counter the lasers by shooting his own.
"Yeah so what?"
"Okay good just making sure this is as easy as I thought it was." Max laughed, "Ben...if you'd please stand back a bit."
"Oh...your gonna use that trick." Jetray smiled as he suddenly stopped in mid-air.
"Trick? What trick?" Billy blinked.
"Just a neat trick, I learned to detonate my energy as a short range EMP." Max explained as he began glowing, "Fair warning...all tech fails completely." he laughed as he spread his arms out and sent out a wave of blue light which washed over Billy, "And that Richy Rich...is why we don't be creeps." he laughed as Billy's jet pack sputtered before dying on him, "Bye-bye~" he replied swiping the glasses from his hands and let him fall, "He should land in the park's trees right?"
=Eh...give or take…= Steel replied.
"Phew...I…" Max began before Psyphon flew by and snatched the glasses, "Wh-?! Hey!"
"Thank you for the gift…" Psyphon grinned
"..."
"...why aren't you demanding these back?!" Psyphon demanded before shaking his head, "Nevermind. I shall use these to enslave your female comrades a-" he began as he flew off...only to end up bumping into Ragna when he tried to fly over a roof, "...please don't break my butt."
"Okay."
"...Truly?"
"No…" Ragna spoke as he grabbed Psyphon by his neck as the act made a squeaking sound.
"Did...did he just squeak?" Max asked.
=I think he did...and that should be impossible=
"It...is…" Psyphon gasped.
"Don't question it and enjoy the hilarity," Jetfire smirked before the glasses flew by him and Max, "OH SHOOT!"
"Thank you!" Zombozo laughed as his arm stretched over and grabbed the glasses, "And now I'll have myself quite the haunting harem of circus t-" he yelped when his arm was cut off, "Oh that's just unfair!
"Says the opportunist…" Hibiki countered, his blades out as he prepared to pick up the glasses..only for a manhole cover to open up an let Argit grab and snatch them, "..."
"Wow...that was easier than I thought!" Argit grinned before going back down the manhole, "LATER SUCKERS! I'm gonna enjoy myself a nice huge harem of sexy ladies!"
"ARGIT!" Jetray, Max, and Ragna snapped while Hibiki just sighed.
"AFTER THAT RAT!" Octagon declared as he and Boid jumped down the manhole to give chase.
"This is becoming just stupid." Max sighed as he landed before punching Zombozo, sending him through a building wall.
"I'm gonna skin him." Ragna spoke, tossing Psyphon over his shoulder and into a dumpster.
"I'm gonna chase!" Jetray spoke turning into XLR8 and running after Argit.
"And we will wait for you at base because this is giving me a headache" Max sighed.
"Agreed," Hibiki nodded.
=So much so…=Steel sighed.
Alright! Y-" Animo began as he came runnign in on top of a large frog, "...are not here..."
"Grr...!" Ragna growled as he was currently strangling Psyphon, pausing to glare at him.
"...Forget the glasses. You all have a good day," animo said before hsi frog ran away screaming with him riding it.
"Damn straight you better run, old man!"
"Okay. How do you work these things?" Argit muttered as he ran along the roads of Undertown, "Do they have a button? Do I have to put them on or somethin'?...Do I have ot say some magic hocus pocus mumbo jumbo?"
"HEY!"
"?!" Argit skidded to a halt as he looked ahead...seeing a very annoyed and Kagura glaring at him.
"I searched the entire city...I searched the desert...I went cross country...twice I might add...I dealt with ghosts...I swam across the sea to Japan...and I had to leave a very nice and well endowed teacher the moment I saw those glasses fly off...and I swam back over and crawled through a desert to get back to town...and I went through the sewer entrance to Undertown…" Kagura listed as his eye twitched, "I am not...leaving without those glasses, Rizzo...and if you don't hand those glasses over...there will be screaming and blood flying."
"...St...stay back! I'll break 'em!" Argit threatened as he was now mentally panicking.
"Oh that's cute...you think you have a choice," Kagura chuckled in an unsettling manner, "And I bet you're wondering…'where in the whole universe is my god?'. Well guess what? He's right here…!" he declared before grabbing a large butcher knife single handedly, "And he's fresh out of mercy."
"You wouldn't...your a good guy!" Argit tried again.
"Yes! But no one will miss you!" he countered.
"Now that's just hurtful…"
"Ah!" he shouted charging.
"GYAH~! GANG WAY!" Argit freaked as he bolted for it, running past the Vreedles as his spikes dug into their guts, causing them to fall over and sleep.
"GET BACK HERE!" Kagura roared as he gave chase, swinging his sword around like a wild madman.
"AHH-hahaha! Mommy!" Argit panicked as he kept running, "Why can't I ever have a win?! It's like the universe itself hates me!"
"Because you caused it to be erased!"
"NOT MY FAULT! IT WAS THE VREE…!" Argit began before he realized who he was talking to...and ended up running into the outstretched arm of Ragna's, "ACK!"
"The glasses!" Kagura returned to his senses as they were sent flying away into the air.
"I got it!" at that a giant hand of diamonds grew from a wall and caught them before closing tight so they wouldn't slip out. Everyone turned to Diamondhead with his hand buried in the ground, "Okay...they are safe...not on anyone...and sealed in a prison of super diamonds…we are safe now guys...I repeat...we are safe."
"Good…" Ragna frowned as he picked up Argit and flung him over his shoulder, "Now take that thing back to your HQ and destroy it before its owner comes for it."
"Owner?"
"Word of advice; if you smell roses...you'll know when she's coming," Ragna stated cryptically as he walked off, moving past a panting and twitching Kagura.
"Dude...you okay?" Diamondhead asked carefully as he removed a jagged crystal mass in the shape of a ball with the Spectacles of Eros inside of it, "You uh...all good?" he asked walking over, earning no response, "You wanna hold the glasses inside of the diamond ball?" he asked only getting a weak nod, "Okay…" he handed it over, as Kagura hugged it close, "You wanna go get some ice cream and flirt with girls on the way back?" he asked getting another nod, "Okay let's go."
"Hai…"
"Ok...just got word from Ben," Max spoke as he and Hibiki were back at HQ, "He got the glasses...and is tending to a possibly mentally snapped and depressed Kagura."
"Oh no what a shame…" Hibiki replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Still, Ben got the glasses...good," Makoto nodded, 'He's certainly earned something good later.'
"Says he sealed them away in a ball of Diamondhead's crystals." Max added reading another text, "So they won't be getting out anytime soon...and anything that can break that...might just break the glasses with it...so...there's that."
"Agreed," Tsubaki nodded with Noel.
"I'd be better if those things were destroyed," Kevin muttered.
"LUNA AGREES!" Luna snapped.
"...Still, how did something that was in the Alucard clan's possession end up in a glasses shop of all things?" Hibiki pondered.
"Alucard Clan?" Gwen asked.
"A clan shrouded in mystery," Hibki explained, "It is said they are descendants of the lord of vampires himself."
"...V...vampires?" Makoto repeated as she paled a bit, "As in...turn into bats and 'I vant to suck your blood' kind of vampires?"
"That wasn't obvious?" Max blinked, "I mean...everyone knows 'Alucard' is just 'Dracula' backwards."
"Not helping!" Mai exclaimed, trying her best to hold back Makoto's hands as the squirrel girl shook behind her.
"...Wait. Ragna mentioned something about a vampire brat…" Max recalled as he pondered for a bit, "...Do you think…"
"I was wondering when someone that wasn't Paradox talked of me."
"AH!" Makoto panicked, jumping and clinging to Mai.
"Help!" Mai cried as they fell over.
"Makoto!" Tsubaki snapped.
"I'm sorry but I am scared!" Makoto freaked before sniffing the air, "...Roses?"
"Roses?" Noel blinked before she noticed something fall into the room, "...Rose petals?"
"Yes...I rather enjoy roses."
"?!" the group tensed as they all turned to see a young girl standing there, lifting the black cat-themed umbrella she held up a bit to reveal herself.
The figure looked like a pre-teen girl with long blond hair pulled into two ponytails by two black ribbons that resembled rabbit ears with pale, fair skin. Her attired could be described as Gothic Lolita by many with the black gown and jacket that had white frills, a bow tie made of a red ribbon, a red bat symbol design cross from the front to the back on her dress, another red cross on her shawl and bottom half, black pony heel boots with a red cross, and a red ribbon on her right ankle. Her vivid red eyes, almost akin to freshly spilt blood, gazed at them with indifference and a sense of being above everyone around her.
"...Ano...hello?" Noel greeted in an unsure manner.
"Greetings, Noel Vermillion," the young girl greeted, making Noel blink in surprise, "I know of you...you and all those within here."
"...wow. Stalker much?" Kevin tried to joke before a croaking sound caught his attention, making him look down to see a frog with a small crown on its head looking up at him, "...a fr-"
*BZZZT!*
"Hmph...Such rudeness, especially for some muscled up grease monkey," the young girl huffed as she turned her head.
"...I already hate her…" Kevin wheezed out, smoke coming out of his mouth as he spoke.
"Hmph…" the young girl huffed before noticing the confused looks on the others' faces, "...I am sure you are wondering who I am, correct?"
"...ahem. C-correct," Rook nodded.
"Well...if you would be so kind as to bow, I may…"
"Allow us, princess!" a voice declared as her umbrella shifted into a large fat cat while a small pudgy bat flew out from behind the girl with the car speaking, "Behold, oh mere mortals!"
"You stand before the heiress and head of the Alucard family!" the bat declared as they motioned to the girl.
"You are lucky to even be before her majesty and grace...or even her time of day!" The cat added, "But yes...ladies and gentlemen...and grease monkeys…"
"Hey!"
"We present...Lady Rachel Alucard of th-" the bat began before the girl grabbed him and began to stretch him, "GAH! PRINCESS~!"
"Nago, Gii? Did I say you could speak for me?" Rachel asked in a rather...calm tone.
"Gh?! N...no…" the fat cat/Nago gulped.
=A talking shapeshifting cat and a talking red bat...Are they SCPs?=
"Okay, Steel, you are forbidden from going back on that site," Max stated.
=Aw, but I just finished writing the entry for those glasses I made=
"You refer to the Spectacles of Eros…" Rachel spoke up...before shooting a stare at Nago and Gii, "Something of which these two ended up losing."
"Beg pardon?" Mai blinked.
"Yes. It would seem these two took the Spectacles of Eros...without my permission, mind you, and decided to leave them out in the open for some unfortunate soul to find for fun," Rachel stated.
"W...we were hoping it would be Ragna!" Nago yelped.
"Yeah! ...It got on him eventually but sti-ack!" Gii gagged when Rachel grabbed him and began to mold him into a ball.
"Nago, golf club."
"Oh please no…"
"..."
"...yes, milady," Nago gulped as he quickly shifted into a gold club.
"Thank you…" Rachel nodded as she put Gii down, grabbing the Nago Club before realign it back, "Fore."
"NO FORE!" Gii freaked before he was hit hard, sending him bouncing all over the place until he crashed next to Rachel, "Ow~"
"Now what did you two learn?"
"Don't take it without permission…" Gii groaned.
"Good," Rachel nodded as she swung Nago around a bit, causing him to change back into an umbrella.
"...They're like squash and stretch cartoon characters," Max muttered, referring to Nago and Gii.
"That she uses as weapons?" Mai added.
"Okay...I feel like both freaking out...and like I've calmed down..." Makoto muttered.
"Babe, that's an oxymoron…" Ben muttered.
"You know I don't know what that means…" Makoto replied.
"Neither does he," Rachel quipped, "...Then again, he is the third moronic ape I have had the slight displeasure of watching, including the grease monkey and Ragna."
"Hey…"
"It is true...I am surprised you didn't realize you were transported here."
"Y…" Ben began before blinking, "...Wait. How did I end up back in HQ? ...And without Kagura?"
"Well he's not in this room…" she corrected.
"I am in a closet!" his voice was heard from down the hall, "How do I get out of here?!"
"As for the how...magic," Rachel added, "And that is all you'll get and understand, Benjamin Kirby Tennyson."
"Wow, you are snippy…" Makoto muttered, earning a side glance from Rachel, "Please don't kill me…"
"I will not..." Rachel answered, earning a sigh from Makoto, "But if you irritate me or interrupt me again, I can and will transform you into an actual squirrel."
"Why does everyone say that?" Makoto asked.
"Now then...onto business," Rachel stated as she cleared her throat...and turned her attention to Ben, "The Spectacles of Eros if you please."
"Oh! R-right!" Ben nodded, searching his person before he pulled them out, still contained within their crystal prison, "Here...and to make sure no one can take them without breaking them."
"Thank you…" Rachel nodded, "Valkenhayn? If you please?"
"Of course, milady."
The group tensed up as an elderly gentleman in a green and gold butler's attire walked past them, taking the crystal ball from Ben as he walked up to Rachel.
"...Wait. Valkenhayn? As in Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, one of the Legendary Six Heroes of our time?" Tsubaki asked.
"That is correct, Lady Yayoi," He nodded, "Though I have not much use for that title these days as I serve milady and the good professor when he comes to visit."
"You are Paradox's friends that he keeps name dropping like we should know what he means," Ben realized.
"Correct," Rachel nodded, "Which leads me to the next subject on the table...Makoto Nanaya."
"Y...yes?"
"It would seem...I made a slight error," Rachel admitted, making everyone aside from her servants blink, "...Think back to before you came here."
"...Wait. You were the one who knocked me out?!" Makoto exclaimed.
"More so a hypnosis spell...the amnesia was not intentional," Rachel answered, "No...given the info you found, I had intended to send you someplace else...a timeline where Noel Vermillion did not exist. However...it would seem fate had a different card to put on the table for you."
"Huh? A timeline without a Noellie?" Makoto pondered.
"That feels...weird to imagine," Mai admitted.
"I'm gonna pretend this was never said," Noel added, "It's probably not a good idea to dwell on it…"
"Ahem. As I was saying…" Rachel cleared her throat to gain their attention once more, "Yes...while Makoto Nanaya did end up in another timeline without a Noel Vermillion...It sent her to one far in the past rather than an alternate reality. It only grew more so thanks to Benjamin Tennyson's Chronosapien and Celestialsapien forms, so therefore..it created a new timeline all together...one that has Paradox's interest and something that has caught my eye."
"...And that is, Lady Alucard?" Rook cautiously asked.
"A chance...against her," Rachel explained, making them blink, "Makoto Nanaya, did you happen to see containers that looked like coffins in that area you were in before coming here?"
"...Oh! I did, yeah," Makoto nodded, "Wait...those were important, weren't they?"
"Yes," she nodded, "...You see, one important reason I had intended to send you to a different timeline altogether was to learn of what Noel Vermillion truly is."
"A Murakumo Unit, right?" Makoto asked, earning a nod before it dawned on her, "...Then...those coffins…?"
"Were failed and killed Murakumo Units...some of which were slain by Ragna the Bloodedge."
"Wait, what?!" Makoto gawked, her tail shooting up.
"Why do you think he partook in a quest in destroying NOL bases?" Rachel questioned.
"It certainly wasn't because they gave him bad tea," Nago noted.
"That'd be Lady Rachel's quest," Gii added before Rachel calmly picked up Nago, stretched him into a baseball bat...and slammed Nago down on Gii...hard, "FUGEE!"
"...Uh, question, your...ladyship," Max spoke, earning Rachel's attention, "You mentioned a 'her' before you revealed that small tidbit...who is this 'her' you mentioned?"
"...Hmm. Since you were so polite to ask, Maximillion, I will tell you…" Rachel nodded with a small smile...before gaining a serious look, "The Imperator Librarius...the leader of the NOL."
"..." Tsubaki blinked for a moment before turning the communicator on, "Magister Tennyson? Can you and Jin please come in here? We have info you'll need to hear."
=We'll be right there=
"Oh, I'm not gonna like this…" Ben muttered as Max and Jin entered from the main elevator.
"Tsubaki, what's…?" Jin began before he noticed Rachel, "...No," he whispered as he walked off.
"This is important for you to hear, Jin Kisaragi."
"I don't want to hear it."
"It involves the Imperator...and the man who ruined you and your brother's lives."
"...Explain," Jin demanded as he turned to face her with a frown.
"Please do...this is a lot of info dumping and it's making my head hurt…" Kevin groaned.
"Same! Luna…!" Luna began.
"Sleep," Rachel ordered as her eyes glowed.
"Okaaaa…." Luna muttered as she fell down, snoozing softly.
"Oh thank god…" Kevin sighed in relief at that.
"I wanted no distractions...so...shh…" Rachel warned.
Kevin was about to say something before Gwen elbowed him, making him wince a bit.
"Continue please," Gwen spoke.
"Thank you," Rachel nodded, "Now...as for whom...or rather what the Imperator is…." she paused as the lights seemed to dim down, "She is death incarnate. The Goddess of Death herself...Hades Izanami. And she has one true goal in mind...to reduce all to nothing...to destroy all hope...destroy time itself so she can create the world she invisions..." the lights grew dimmer as her red eyes glowed in the dark,emphasizing on what she was about to say, "A world...of true death."
"?!" everyone tensed on that as the lights turned back on.
"...People not being able to pass on...stuck in an eternal limbo…" Grandpa Max listed as he scowled, "That explains why the NOL is so corrupt...she wants to instill as much despair and fear as possible."
"...Despair…" Makoto muttered, "You don't think she didn't influence Junko Enoshima, do ya?"
"It is a possibility," Rachel spoke, "The Mind Eater Curse is a truly powerful and deadly spell."
"The Mind Eater Curse?" Gwen repeated.
"It is a spell only known by her and her ally…" Valkenhayn explained, "As the name implies...it eats the memories of the one cursed by it, and manipulates them into something...however, Izanami's is far more deadly. Not only can she project her cognizance onto the poor soul's conscience, but it takes one trait about them...and manipulates it into something awful...dark...evil."
"And before coming here, Tsubaki Yayoi was inflicted by the Mind Eater Curse," Rachel added.
"?!" Tsubaki's eyes widened at that.
"However, she was saved from it thanks to Benjamin's Chronosapien form bringing her here," Rachel assured.
"So...my mind wasn't regressed...it was that curse that erased memories I had?" Tsubaki guessed.
"Yes. In a sense, that is how it works for you. But I suppose not even her power can superimpose the reality altering effects of time travel. Honestly, I still don't fully understand it, but Paradox claims movies ironically explain it better," she muttered, "I suppose it pays to have meaningless hobbies."
"...Hold. You said the Mind Eater curse can eat memories and control the person who's inflicted by it," Jin spoke as he walked forward, "...That explains it then."
"Is something wrong?" Rook asked.
"Yes...the night I cut my brother's arm...the night I killed Lord Tenjou…" Jin paused as his fist clenched up a bit, "It was Izanami's ally...wasn't it?"
"Yes," Rachel nodded, "And it is that same person who ruined your and your brother's lives...the man who helped orchestrate so much tragedy in your former time...Yuuki Terumi...someone I suggest you avoid at all cost."
=Oh please...he c...= Steel began.
"He exists outside of time much like myself and Paradox," Rachel stated.
"Oh great…" Ben sighed, "So what...nothing can stop him short of erasing time itself?"
"Half-correct...you need to erase his time, thus preventing him from coming back," Rachel stated, "And that is a challenge in on itself...where as Izanami is death itself...Terumi is akin the the Judeo Christian Devil with how deplorable he is...and he wants one thing in turn working alongside Izanami...to destroy the Master Unit, thus destroying time itself."
"...You're joking…"
"Oh I am afraid she does not joke…" Paradox spoke as he walked in from behind her, his normal smile replaced with a rather serious look.
"Ah man…" Ben sighed upon seeing Paradox's expression.
"This is serious," Paradox stated, "While the Master Unit cannot affect this timeline...if it is destroyed, then the resulting shockwave will affect all timelines...possibly even erasing them from existence."
"I hate when these sort of things happen," Ben sighed.
"...How long?" Grandpa Max spoke up.
"Hmm?"
"Ms. Alucard wouldn't have mentioned the leader of the NOL unless they were here in this timeline," he stated, "How long until they make their move?"
"Hah…" Paradox sighed, "I can only say that they shall make their move after another upcoming battle you will need to overcome."
"Another battle?" Ben asked.
"Gather as many allies as you can...make peace with yourselves, because this incoming battle...will result in a war for not just the world...but for all time itself," Rachel explained before looking at Gwen, "And you Gwendolyne…"
"Yes?"
"You are a good sorceress of magic...but compared to the Phantom that is under Izanami and Terumi's control, you are but a fledgling wizard compared to them," Rachel stated.
"What?" most of them blinked.
"Gwendolyne is born of magic," Paradox added, "She has this natural talent, this no formal training formed ability. But…" he sighed, "Oh my dear girl, you share an oh so cliche trait. Once you reached your level where you surpassed other magic users, and now have moved on with life...you've grown complacent."
"...Oh…" Makoto realized, "She pulled a Gohan."
"Makoto…" Tsubaki sighed.
"She does make a point…" Kevin admitted, "Gwen, you have gotten a bit lazy with the magic."
"Wh-?! I have not!" Gwen argued.
"Babe...I'll be blunt with ya. You've been focusing on schoolwork and teaching Sena and the brat magic a lot," Kevin pointed out.
"Hey!" said brat complained as she woke up.
"Well I guess I haven't kept up as much as I used to…" Gwen muttered.
"Haha...yeah...you treat the Scooby Doo-like weirdness around school like you're still pushing yourself…" Kevin sighed, "You used to be so strong, Ben had to get serious to fight you."
"We agreed to never speak of it," Ben replied in annoyance as the others looked at her in surprise.
"I mean...he never used Way Big on me...and frankly I'm afraid of that level of a beating…" Kevin muttered sheepishly.
"I mean…" Ben muttered as they turned to him at that.
"Alright...look, topic we are all thinking...you...don't really want this life." Kevin added, "You want to do the whole boring school thing, and yes I still think it's boring. I'm a better engineer than any teacher here on Earth and proud of it. But that's what you want, and I'm good living a life like that if it's with you. But...I mean...some scary stuff is going on here, Babe. And frankly...we need the Gwen who almost went full alien form to beat the Highbreed. I've seen the stuff these weirdos from the future can do."
"Rude…" most of them replied.
"But not inaccurate…" Rachel added.
"But can you imagine what their bad guys are capable of, including that death chick?" Kevin asked, "And that Phantom the other br….Rachel mentioned?"
"...You get a slight pass since you corrected yourself at the last second," Rachel whispered.
"It's no lie that there are people far superior in magic to anyone you've ever faced." Paradox spoke, "Honestly, your two most recurring magical enemies...pale in comparison to the threats we know about."
"Laughably…" Rachel added.
"Do you two ever not make things scarier?" Kevin complained.
"I could tell you how you die…" Rachel responded, "It's amusing."
"Shutting up…"
"Good…" Rachel nodded before looking at everyone, "But our point is...Gather as many allies-both old and new- as you can, grow stronger together...make peace with yourselves, because this battle may be your last."
"You are not good at this reassuring leader speech thing are you?" Ben sighed.
"No...no I am not." Rachel replied, "I leave that to overly optimistic fools, like you."
"Harsh...but accurate kinda."
"But I believe I have told you all you need to know at the moment. It is time for afternoon tea, and I shan't be denied it because of my idiotic famiiars," Rachel stated, "Valkenhayn?"
"I've already prepared the tea before coming here, milady," the butler nodded, "Would you care to join us, professor?"
"Oh that does sound wonderful," Paradox sighed, "But I think it will be for the best if I remain to help further prepare our young champions."
"Ahh….very well then," Valkenhayn nodded as a large rose-colored portal appeared behind him and his mistress, the scent of roses flowing from it, "Just know there will be a place for you when you come to visit."
"Thank you, my old friend," Paradox smiled as they left, "Now...where to begin?" he turned to others, he paused, "Ah...this will be hard. All of you are so strong now...but to protect the world, we need to reach a new height...more friends, more abilities…"
"...He's right," Tsubaki nodded as she looked at the others, "We need as many allies as we can get. Danny, Jenny, Robotboy, the Symbiotic Titan, El Tigre and his family, the Autobots, and the golden warrior Garo in Japan...we know they are here on Earth, but I feel there are more heroes we have yet to find...there are possibly even more in space...and if I may make this assumption hakase, but alternate realities different from our own as well."
"Oh, there are. Ben happens to know one," Paradox replied.
"You mean Rex?" Ben asked, "Man, haven't thought about that trip in a long while…mainly due to the fact that they don't have Mr. Smoothy's in his Bellwood."
"When was this adventure?" Makoto asked.
"It was a weird one," Ben muttered, "Like real weird...Their world is full of mutants made by nanites in the bodies. Rex has the powers to make machines from his body."
"Probably a good idea I not go there…" Max spoke up.
"Right…" Tsubaki nodded, "...Still though, we know there are other realities out there...we will need a team to help recruit the heroes of their reality and train themselves while the others-myself included- will hold the ground...find the other heroes here in our universe...and begin training ourselves."
"Uh, are you sure we'll…" Makoto began to ask.
"It may help if you and Ben take a visit to Azmuth in a few weeks, Makoto," Paradox noted.
"I get the feeling that trip will be a pain in the butt…" Makoto muttered.
"Oh...it will…" Paradox sighed, "But it's needed. Also, be gentle with him. He's, as many speak of, slow-minded but a skilled fighter."
"Huh? Hey, Ben's not that slow-minded. He just doesn't apply it to academics," Makoto argued.
"I think he meant someone else, Makoto," Mai sweatdropped.
"Correct," Paradox nodded as he pulled his pocket watch out, "So for now...we will reconvey two weeks from now."
"Two weeks? Wh-and he's gone…" Max blinked a bit in surprise.
"And we're gonna go get some things packed up in case Paradox sends us straight to Azmuth when those two weeks go by," Ben noted as he motioned to himself and Makoto.
"Gotta get all the needed stuff. Some clothes, water bottles that we can refill, camping supplies just to be safe…" Makoto listed.
'So far, so good,' Tsubaki thought.
"...a few bags of nuts, some air-tight containers for chili-fries, a camera for doing a slideshow to annoy everyone when we get back…"
'And there it goes,' Tsubaki mentally deadpanned.
"Oh...don't forget an extra bag for souvenirs," Ben added.
"Don't encourage the jokes," Tsubaki sighed.
"We joke to hide the worry," both argued.
"...wow…" most blinked at their level of synchronicity.
"Like grandfather, like father, like son," Grandpa Max chuckled, "You know they're the one when you get to the level of doing that."
"So when's the wedding?" Noel asked.
"Ack!" Makoto blushed as she rapidly waved her arms comically, "W-w-w-what?! T-Too soon, Noellie! Too soon!"
"So...is it bad that I already planned most of it?" Noel asked simply.
"I think Noel is...getting a kick out of this," Mai realized.
"I am," Noel admitted before whispering to her, "This is the first time I've ever gotten her to get like this while she's got us to this point a lot."
"...Keep it going," Mai ordered.
"Uhn-uhn!" Noel nodded as both looked at Makoto with looks of enjoyment...and something sinister hiding beneath.
"Okay! Off to go get packed and keep it on standy!" Makoto declared, picking Ben up and running off.
"Guess they're having the honeymoon before the wedding," Mai joked, making Makoto nearly trip on her way out.
"I may need to inform Kajun of what we learned," Rook spoke, "Given this level of threat...we may need an upgrade to our current arsenal."
=I've listened in the moment Ms. Alucard brought up who caused Makoto to fall into the Boundary= Kajun spoke from the PA system =May need Fixit's help for this as I have many...many projects in mind now. May need to get in contact with the other Mini-Cons that are in the Plumbers, too. Better yet, all the R&D labs in the Plumbers on Earth=
"I don't feel safe…" Max spoke up.
=Neither do I…= Steel gulped.
"...I'll head to Undertown," Jin spoke as he walked off, "Brother will want to know this…"
"And seeing as how Hibiki is no longer in here, he must've done the same for Kagura," Tsubaki added, "Magister Tennyson?"
"Well this is all levels of new to me. But I'm going to have to set up for a big battle on an undisclosed date. I guess we'll have to all prepare in ways we've never had to. Find new allies, learn new tricks, new equipment," Grandpa Max answered, "I suggest you kids get your affairs in order...because who knows how long this battle will be and affect us."
"Yes, sir," many of them replied.
"Guess we're gonna have to get to work on figuring out some new forms, right Steel?" Max asked.
=True. That'll be interesting. Maybe one for SCPs that will keep those Euclid-Class glasses off you next time they get out=
"Really? Euclid?"
=I'd go with Keter, but those are barely contained=
"...Okay. No more SCP stuff for you..."
=You will not stop me!=
"...Is that so?" Terumi noted, looking at Phantom as a grin began to grow on his face, "Oh, this is gonna be fun~! Shame I couldn't get that Junko girl to help spread some despair. She's a fun gal...and you know some of the sayings these kids say; 'Every Batman Needs his Robin...and Every Joker Needs his Harley'..."
"..."
"Oh come now. There's no need to be so snippy. You've been helpful in gathering data on Earth for me while I'm busy with Vilgy and the Legion of Doom."
"..."
"I am not calling it a Kabal like Vilgy does. I like being myself, you know that."
"..."
"...Oh you suck," Terumi huffed.
"..."
"Hah? Should I tell them about it?" Terumi raised a brow, "Hmm...on one outcome, Vilgax could break me like a kitkat bar for concealing secrets...but on the other, given how we're all like minded individuals, could persuade him into joining our side…"
"..."
"Eh, you're right. May as well bite the bullet," Terumi shrugged as he walked off, walking to the main throne room as he saw Vilgax sitting there, "Good morning~! ...er...bloody evening...hard to tell when the sky is in a perpetual red."
"What is it you want?" Vilgax asked.
"Ahh...well something you and our fellow baddies may want to know," Terumi grinned, "You know that whole world organization I am a part of? Well I got good news...they are coming~"
"What?" Vilgax questioned.
"The NOL...they are coming...or rather they are here," Terumi clarified, "They are just hidden and waiting for the right moment to strike...most likely after the Forever Knights make their move."
"And this makes my life difficult, how?" Vilgax asked.
"...I like that response," Terumi admitted, "Simple, to the point, and Sassy~" he tensed as a tentacle slapped him, "How does that hurt?!"
"The point: Abomination of reality and annoyance...get to it," Vilgax replied.
"Okay, okay," Terumi held his hands up, "Christ...you got real good at this, you know that…"
"I deal with an idiot teenager who, on a whim, can become a god...or a giant dinosaur that hits things hard...try imagining which one he picks more…" Vilgax muttered, sounding disappointed in all things considered.
"My point is...well we could use your assistance. You and the rest of our little Kabal," Terumi explained before holding his hands up, "Now hear me out! I can explain why and what our end goal truly is."
"...And that is…?"
"Well let me ask you...with another question...what do you think time is for people?"
"Hmm?"
"Time is a fickle thing really," Terumi chuckled as he began to pace, "Time for people...is often at times small. One day you feel like you're in ship shape...and the next your time may end up cutting short due to illness or death. Now let me ask you this...what would happen...if time stopped for people?"
"The plan is a world of death, isn't it?" Vilgax bluntly asked.
"Okay how?" Terumi asked bluntly in return.
"You know when you purposely fall asleep in my meetings to upset me?" Vilgax asked, "You sleep-talk...and tell a lot of personal things to us…you really hate this Ragna character..."
"Oh trust me...he's more annoying than you think," Terumi countered, "And you're right on that...but...who says it's just this world...but all worlds, both in terms of universe...and alternate realities?"
"Hmm…" Vilgax muttered at that, "Honestly, I could care less...I just want Ben 10's skull to serve as my new drinking mug."
"If we succeed...you can always just torture him as he'll be unable to move on...at all. Would it be better to see him utterly broken mentally...and spiritually?"
"I am good with either or by this point."
"To the point...I like that," Terumi grinned, "So do you accept, or no?"
"If this fails...I'm eating you…" Vilgax replied simply.
"Good, because within two weeks time…" Terumi began as his insane grin grew on his face, "The true fun will begin~"
SZ:...Well, this went from comedic to super serious...also, the next big arc coming soon….in fact, could say this is the end of….are we on the end of season 2 or 3 for our fic?
GT: I think Season 2.
SZ: Ahh...but yeah. Things are about to get serious soon.
GT: Very serious. So serious that we had to chain Z0 up since he's ready to erupt.
Z0: *giant volcano erupts in the background as roaring can be heard from within*
SZ:...Yeah...so until next time folks, be sure to like and review.
GT: Please read and review! *flees*
Z0: I WILL NOT BE RESTRAINED OR DENIED! RAAAHHHHH!