Galactic Shift Extend

by Seanzilla1988

A familiar Beastkin goes through a familiar abandoned Cauldron. However, she doesn't end up in another timeline, but Bellwood, home to a teen with a watch he wears on his arm that can change his shape to save the world from harm.

91. Omni High Gear!

GT: Hi folks! Good news is that we're no longer doing multiversal travel! Better news? I'm at home for the next four weeks? Reason? *zooms out to show me in a hospital bed* I had my gallbladder removed!

Z0: *walks in dressed as a doctor* He's really excited to share this fact… *looking over clipboard* Oh I'm not his doctor I just stole this off the guys all the Slasher movie killers left in the lobby…yeah our team health provider is so cheap we could only get GT a room…out here in a place haunted by 90s slasher movie villains.

SZ: As for myself…excited as well and…well being honest, let's just say a relative of mine(won't say who)passed away last month…even if they were toxic a-*shakes head*n-nevermind. Not here to bring down the mood…here to bring the good mood!

Z0: Right, well we need to get to the story so…Nurse, *Jason Vorhees walks out* I will leave things to you. I need to get props. *ignores my co-writers as they panic and run from the iconic film slasher*

SZ: *screams while running by*WE OWN NOTHING ASIDE FROM ORIGINAL CONTENT!

GT: Hey, you're the one who made the three holes in my belly to pull out my gallbladder, weren't you? *bed gets pulled off by SZ away from Jason* Bye-bye~! And, yes, I am still loopy from the anesthesia!

Z0: Begin the story *calmly walks past Jason as he swings at the screen* Get back to the fan films better than your actual franchise, you!

---

"OW!" Ben yelped, rubbing the top of his head, "Yeah…Rook, I don't think I'm gonna get the hang of this one."

"Strange. The directions are rather clear," Rook noted, looking at his hard-earned scroll on Haki.

"Want me to whack him again?" Ragna asked, bokken over his shoulder as they were in the backyard of the Omni Team's house, "Or we can give it to the elephant that lives in the oversized doghouse."

"Paon," Funkfreed gave a deadpan expression while dopeslapping the air.

"Well we did want to get the best use of this time while Ben has no Omnitrix…and therefore can not get us back for a while…" Rook muttered.

"...So we can help toughen him up while he's human…and can inadvertently mess with him," Ragna noted with a grin.

"Laugh it up…my retribution when I get it back will be when you least expect it," Ben warned, looking down at his empty left wrist, "But seriously, Rook, I don't think I'm getting the hang of this stuff."

"Seems pretty simple to me," Ragna shrugged, "Dodge attacks before they're made, make your willpower into armor…"

"If anyone has willpower in spades, it would be you, Ben," Rook smiled, "You have faced down the most horrible monster in the galaxy."

"Yeah…fueled by fear, anger, and bad jokes…also smoothies." Ben argued.

"Don't you and your girlfriend usually spar?" Ragna asked..before holding a finger up, "Outside of your alien forms, Ben…"

"Sometimes," Ben replied, earning looks, "...What? It's true!"

"...Riiight…Maybe he should try those six art things," Ragna suggested.

"He could focus on Tekkai," Rook suggested.

"What's that one?"

"Making your body tense up enough for it to become harder than steel," Rook replied.

"...Oh no…" Ben groaned, realizing where this was going.

*THWACK!*

"EEYOW!"

"Sounds like Ben's having fun," Makoto giggled from the gaming room on the second floor as she watched Lambda playing on her Switch.

"I'm a bit sad, though," Lambda noted.

"Why?" Noel asked.

"No future games until he gets the Omnitrix back," Lambda replied.

"..." Makoto shot her a deadpanned look before motioning to the game case…filled with many games that weren't technically out yet…and then to a screen that was connected to the game console that wasn't even available for several more years, "How many do you want? And is this even considered a future game when it's a collection of 10 games even if eight of them are version differences?"

"Starforce and Legends Collections," Lambda argued, still hyper focused on her Switch, "I've grown very fond of Megaman lately."

"Yeah…I imagined as much…" Makoto muttered, "You're just addicted to the gamer rush, aren't you?"

"We should never have let her and Chiaki meet," Noel sighed.

"Hush you. Chiaki is nice," Lambda defended.

"Very nice," Robotboy added as he sat between the two sisters.

"Oh boy…" Makoto rolled her eyes.

"Oh come on. You said that she's improved a lot since you first brought her here, right?" Sari asked as she walked over with a tray of snacks.

"...Fair point," Makoto nodded, "I mean, before she was just…no offense in advance, La-chan…"

"None taken."

"...was pretty robotic with little to no emotion at first…but also was pretty curious like a little kid," Makoto explained.

"Now I am the queen of sass," Lambda smiled, "And songstress."

"Lambda has good singing voice," Robotboy smiled up at her, earning a pet to his head, before a ring went off from the watch on Noel's wrist.

"Oh!" Noel looked at it and answered, the screen showing Professor Moshimo, "Professor!"

"Greetings, Noel," Moshimo greeted.

"Hello, Professor!" Robotboy beamed, quickly climbing up to peek over Noel's shoulder to wave.

"Hello to you as well, Robotboy," Moshimo chuckled, a fond smile on his face, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"Oh, not really," Noel assured, "Is everything alright?"

"Indeed. I actually have a surprise for Robotboy. Would you be willing to come meet me at these coordinates?" Moshimo asked, displaying a map with coordinates being picked out.

"Oh! Of course, professor," Noel nodded.

"This is the middle of the woods." Makoto blinked.

"Oh splendid. You know the area. You see, I have recently been in the middle of a great deal of work, but have had a wonderful boon in time, efforts, and results. I shall explain more when we meet tomorrow. Oh feel free to bring your friends. I'd love to finally meet them."

"Yes!" Robotboy smiled happily, "Is this…a Road trip~?" he excitedly asked.

"...Rook!" Noel and Lambda shouted.

"Yes?" he called back.

"Get the keys!" they ordered.

"But we are training."

"We said get the keys!" they snapped, fiery wings erupting from Lambda's back as Noel's eyes seemed to glow azure for a moment.

"Yes!" he yelped.

"You girls would make great caregivers one day," Makoto smiled.

"Well, I technically am one." Noel huffed while picking up Robotboy.

"So am I," Lambda added as Bluey hopped onto her shoulder, letting her scratch the underside of his chin.

"Well if you ever do have a family of your own…that kid will be well taken care of," Makoto giggled.

"Oh like you'd be any better," Noel argued.

"Which keys do I need?" Rook asked, climbing up to the window, "How far are we going? What vehicle will I need to pick out depending on the number of us going?"

"All of us," Noel replied simply.

"But…that…" Rook began.

"All of us," Lambda repeated, taking out a nerf gun and shooting a soft foam dart at Rook's head, making him blink, lose his grip, and fall, "You need no further data."

"...Fair…" Rook noted.

"You okay, Rook?" Ben asked before ducking under a swipe from Ragna, "Ha! Missed me!"

*CLANG!*

"Not that time," Ragna smirked as he lowered his fist.

"Ahh geez…" Ben grunted as he rubbed the forming bump on his head, "But seriously, Rook, you okay man?"

"I…am," Rook grunted as he got up, "I had my Tekkai up, so it did not hurt as much. We are heading on a quick road trip."

"All of us?" Ben blinked.

"Yes."

"..." Ragna took his phone out before texting on it, "'Gonna be gone a bit longer. You're in charge 'till I get back…and if Celica gets lost again, get Ester, Skul, and Tora to help.'" a pause followed before he texted back, "'Yes, it was your fault because you refused to put the dang pants on like a normal person…Hey hey! Not my fault your hotpants got caught in Tao's claw when she tripped!'"

"You know we can hear you, right?" Sari deadpanned as she and the girls poked their heads out the window.

"Very vocal when you text," Lambda added.

"So…road trip to meet Robotboy's dad, in the middle of the woods," Makoto explained.

"I'll get all the camping gear," Ben sighed.

"Don't forget the campfire stuff this time!" Makoto cheered, "No Watch…no handy aliens to replace all the needed tools."

"I get it, I get it!" Ben replied.

"Oh…" Kajun blinked as a ping went off from her phone, "Good news! Azmuth finished…" she spoke and the next thing everyone heard was Ben's bike starting up as he peeled off down the road...with Makoto sitting behind him.

"See ya guys later!" Makoto shouted with a laugh.

---

"I'm almost concerned how quickly you got here…" Azmuth muttered, standing on Kokonoe's shoulder.

"I'm not," Kokonoe replied, "The kid likes his transforming watch as much as his squirrel Beastkin girlfriend. Only guy I think likes it more is the ball of slime stuck to it."

"Silence…This is my nirvana! My Shangri La! I shall not be denied!" Skurd declared from the Omnitrix, which was already back on Ben's wrist.

"I can and will stuff you back in a test tube," Kokonoe threatened.

"Try and I shall mess with all your sweets and turn them extra sour!" Skurd threatened.

"He's not really doing much to it. Honestly has been good at providing new data on the limits for the Omnitrix, really," Azmuth replied.

"Eh, true. He was helpful with that at least," Kokonoe nodded, 'Not to mention providing useful data for my possible project involving Lotte Carmine…'

"Oh like you were a bundle of sunshine and daisies," Skurd muttered, rolling his eyes.

"What can I say? I missed having it and Skurd," Ben shrugged.

"Even if we enjoyed the quiet for a while," Makoto added.

"Hmm…yes, I'm sure…" Azmuth nodded.

"Still, try not to break it or something," Kokonoe stated, "Not after we gave it something special."

"Special?" Makoto asked.

"The data you collected from your other selves helped me greatly. More or less giving me access to the notebooks of my other versions." Azmuth explained, "Lots of interesting ideas I borrowed, while sending my own back to them, so it's me so I am not really copying if it's still me." he rubbed his chin, "I may dislike the cyborg you, but his did have a rather amusing feature of hacking attempts doing a reverse so all the databases that tried getting into his to get it off him were all stored up in that Azmuth's, and now my, database."

"Someone had a good time…" Ben whispered to Makoto.

"Well, I guess that just means we did something to keep him from bonking us with his mechanical arm with a cane," Makoto replied.

"True," Ben nodded before Kokonoe held what looked like a small key to him, "?"

"When you get to somewhere, feel free to give that a test," Kokonoe stated, "But just know…this should be used only if things look dicey."

"Ok," Ben nodded as he took it and looked to Makoto who nodded, the two seemingly having a silent conversation.

"Oh…I don't like that…They have some sort of lovers telepathy…" Azmuth muttered.

"It's creepy…" Kokonoe added…before she began to spray the two with a water bottle, "Stop it."

"Ah pfft! Hey!" both complained.

"Stop it," Kokonoe repeated, spraying the two once more.

"Oh how I've missed this," Skurd snickered.

---

"I've heard of Professor Moshimo," Sari noted the next day as Rook drove a camper down a dirt road in the forest, "My dad liked to watch seminars he used to host. I swear, he's going to faint when I tell him I've met the man in person."

"I am excited to meet him finally," Lambda spoke as she had robotboy on her lap, "He made Robotboy…he is a good man."

"He really is," Noel nodded with a smile, "He's so down to earth for a super genius also."

"I feel personally attacked…" Kajun spoke up.

"Well…it's just the Professor sets up his homes in places of nature, and never causes damage to nature, and he's much more in tune with the world…you…well you're a few steps away from being a Neet…" Noel muttered.

"Wh-?! N-Neet?!"

"How many times did we have to drag you out of the lab?" Sari questioned with a deadpanned expression.

"But that doesn't even apply to the term…I have a job!" Kajun complained.

"Okay…Hikikomori…" Noel corrected.

"I am not a Hikikomori!"

"Totally are, girl!" Makoto called out as she and Ben drove by.

"D'oh~!"

"You are a bit obsessive…" Lambda added.

"You also call sleep…a 'suggestion,'" Sari supplied further.

"..."

"Face it, science girl…you are a neet," Ragna spoke up from the back of the camper.

"Mmm…" Kajun pouted at that.

."Are you sure you are okay back there, Ragna?" Rook asked as he looked back.

"Eh, I'm good…not the first time I've stowed within some luggage," Ragna admitted, "Had to once or twice before when I used to sneak into NOL bases."

"I keep forgetting you used to be a wanted man," Sari muttered, "...But then again, these NOL guys you've told me about were pretty corrupt..."

"And to think most of us girls were part of it," Makoto noted, "Well…sorta for me. Spy~"

"I'm still not making you that disguise kit from the video game," Kajun declared in a deadpan tone.

"Phooey to you, you neet!" Makoto pouted.

"GAH!"

"We are close by," Robotboy spoke up, earning the group's attention.

"...Oh! He's right," Noel spoke as she looked at her watch, "Rook, make a turn here."

"Understood," Rook replied as he made the turn.

"So what can we expect from this guy, Noel?" Ben asked.

"As Robotboy said, he's a very nice man…but also very cautious," Noel explained.

"Because of Kamikaze, right?" Sari asked.

"Hai."

"So that means we just gotta keep a close eye out," Makoto spoke up, "No worries, but now that we are far from public view, and no one to complain."

"What are you doing?" Many of them asked.

"Ben, do the thing!" Makoto cheered.

"Can we not and say we did?" Skurd asked.

"Oh, we're gonna do a thing…" Ben grinned as the two vehicles stopped.

"Seriously what thing?" Sari asked as she hopped out.

"...Sari, 'speak' with the tech on them!" Kajun ordered.

"No! Enjoy the surprise!" Makoto pointed to them, making them flinch, "This is the first time I get to see it…I will see it…or so help me, I will yoga pose all of you into pretzels!"

"Not again!" Noel yelped.

"Or worse!"

"...Worse?" Lambda asked.

"I will eat pop rocks and cola at the same time without anything between them again!"

"Sari, do not 'speak' with their technology!" Kajun panicked, "I can't go seeing things in shades of green again!"

"Funky, pull her back in! Pull her back in!" Noel panicked as Funkfreed's truck reached out and pulled Sari back inside, "I don't want to see things in just shades of pink for a week again!"

"Ahh!"

"...I swear you're worse when Tsubaki isn't around," Skurd deadpanned at Makoto.

"Yeah, no, Tsubaki would be freaking out as well," Makoto noted, "I'm…really not allowed to eat pop rocks and cola together. Seriously, why do you think I pick Sprite or Mountain Dew and never colas?"

"...Touche, madam…"

"Alright…" Ragna grunted as he got out the back of the camper, "Where's the old man's lab at?"

"It should be hidden somewhere," Noel spoke up as Robotboy hopped out.

"Mmm…" Robotboy muttered as he looked around...before he stopped before a lone tree with a branch sticking out on the side, "...This spot."

"Wh-" the others began before Robotboy pulled the branch, causing the front of the tree to slide open.

"...huh. Hidden tree elevator…neat," Ben noted.

"Oh~! I've always wanted to go in one of these~!" Makoto awed, stars in her eyes.

"Get in," Lambda spoke up, already inside the elevator with Robotboy in her arms and Bluey on her head, "Play safe."

"...She really wants to meet Moshimo…" Sari muttered before tensing when Kajun was already in the elevator, "...and so does Kajun."

"Hurry hurry hurry!"

"...Did you give Kajun the pop rocks and cola?" Noel asked.

"Okay, this is kinda cool," Ben muttered as he and the others began to step into the elevator, "He sure has a sense of style."

"Given he travels a lot. He probably has to make sure it blends in with the area," MAkoto guessed as the elevator closed, "Least we c-woah!"

"AHH!" the group-minus Robotboy, Lambda and Noel-yelped as the elevator shot down fast, nearly losing their footing before the elevator stopped.

"...Okay…I did not expect that to happen," Rook whispered.

"Whoo! Let's go again!" Makoto cheered, her hair sticking straight up along with her tail fur.

"Let's not..." Ragna muttered, the lower half of his jacket currently over his head.

"Well…It's a good thing Makoto likes crazy carnival rides…" Ben muttered.

"Yes, yes I do." Makoto smiled, "Okay, someone reset the ride!"

"Let's not and say we did…" Kajun muttered.

=I do apologize for that…been meaning to lower the speed for that thing= Mishimo's voice came from a speaker as the elevator opened up =Please…do come inside=

"Of course, Professor," Noel nodded as she, Robotboy, and Lambda began to walk out.

"Man, this place is big…" Sari muttered as she and the others followed suit, walking into a large room with various tarped boxes and machines littered about the area.

"Just how did he get all this?" Makoto asked.

"Several hundred patents in various nations," Sari replied, "Over a fifth of the needed parts for my dad's company's assembly lines were made by Professor Moshimo. And that's just him."

=Your father? Ah! You must be Sari Sumdac, yes? A pleasure. Please, allow me a moment to finish this. Miu-Miu, my dear, would you please welcome our guests?=

"Miu-Miu?" Ben repeated as a part of one wall slid open and allowed a woman dressed in a black and red decorated kimono to walk through, her black hair pulled into a bun held into place by two silver chopsticks.

"Hi…" Makoto waved, just as confused as her boyfriend as they looked to Noel.

"New to me," Noel admitted, earning a giggle from the woman as she walked over and bowed, presenting a tray filled with tea cups and a pot filled with freshly brewed jasmine tea, "...But I'm okay with new things."

"Hello," Robotboy greeted, earning a gentle smile and head pat from her, "She pets my head like Noel and Lambda. I like her."

Miu-Miu gestured them to follow her through the opening. The group shared looks aside from Robotboy, who immediately followed the woman through. The others quickly moved after them to enter a homely-looking living room. Several minutes passed before Moshimo entered, a wrapped box in his hands.

"A pleasure to have you all here," Moshimo greeted, "My apologies for the delay in greeting you all."

"It's quite alright, professor," Noel assured, "Your current home is quite amazing."

"Why thank you, Noel. It was Miu-Miu's planning that has let it become as clean and homely as you can see," Moshimo chuckled, earning a giggle from the woman as she moved a sleeve up to hide the small smile on her lips.

"..." Noel blinked a few times as she looked at the two before smiling, "Oh! Congratulations, professor."

"What?" Ragna raised a brow at the blond.

"They're together. Keep up, dumb-dumb," Lambda explained.

"Oi," Ragna frowned, "How was I supposed to tell?"

"The way they just seem to brighten one another," Noel replied.

"Feels like when Ben and Makoto are together and no fighting is going on," Lambda added.

"The surprise is your engagement?" Robotboy asked, smiling as he clapped his hands, "Congratulations, professor!"

Moshimo chuckled, "That is merely one surprise, but not the big one for you, Robotboy."

"Another surprise?" Robotboy blinked, "It's like Noel's Birthday and Christmas."

"Those are the same day, by the way," Makoto explained.

"Must be quite the festive day," Moshimo noted with a chuckle while placing the package before Robotboy.

"Oh~!" Robotboy awed as he unwrapped it, "Huh?"

"What is it?" Sari asked as Robotboy reached in and pulled out…a tiny pink and silver doll.

"A doll?" Robotboy pondered, not seeing Sari's eyes glow softly before she covered her mouth to hold back a laugh.

Miu-Miu giggled as she pulled out a small remote and pressed a red button on it. The doll expanded before becoming a pink and white Robotboy-like robot with a pink metal skirt and large bow. Robotboy yelped as he jumped up and hid behind Noel in surprise. The pink robot opened up her optics, revealing them to be a soft magenta. She looked around before spotting Robotboy and smiled.

"Hel-lo! You cute!" she greeted.

"Robotboy, meet Robotgirl," Moshimo smiled.

"Oh! You have a sister!" Noel gasped, looking at Robotboy and then at Robotgirl.

"Sis-ter?" Robotgirl tilted her head.

"Well ain't she a ball of adorableness?" Makoto noted as Robotgirl waved at Robotboy.

"We play now, yes?" she asked only to tilt her head again when Robotboy hid further behind Noel.

"Ah…Shy," Lambda guessed.

Bluey hopped off her lap and approached Robotgirl. The pink robot awed at the Blupee that sniffed at her. He let out a happy squeak before vanishing and then appearing on Lambda's head.

"Bluey approves," Lambda nodded.

"I've never seen a creature like this before," Moshimo noted, looking at Bluey in surprise.

"One of a kind," Lambda replied, plucking Bluey off her head and hugging the Blupee, "My Blupee."

"And she is really protective of him," Ben noted, recalling the several times Bluey got frightened or, worst case scenario, harmed while Lambda was in eyesight.

"Ka-wai-i!" Robotgirl beamed as Moshimo walked over to Robotboy and Noel.

"As you can probably guess, she's recently been built," Moshimo explained, gently putting a hand on Robotboy's shoulder, "She doesn't know much right now. I was hoping you would spend some time with her, help her learn some of what you've learned since Noel has taken you in."

"Help learn?" Robotboy repeated.

"...Ah. Like with me and sister," Lambda spoke up as Robotboy looked at her, "Think how she helped me back when we first met."

"...Oh~ Be a good sibling like you two," Robotboy noted.

"Hai...like I'm the older sister," Noel nodded.

"...Iie. I am," Lambda argued.

"They're still trying to figure it out," Ben explained to the confused Moshimo and Miu-Miu, "It's a complicated story." he bowed, "Ben Tennyson."

"A pleasure," Moshimo chuckled, returning the bow.

"I guess this is our first meeting, even though I've heard your voice a few times. Noel's known for using speaker mode a lot," Ben chuckled.

"Mmm…" Noel pouted.

"Yes, I am thankful. Your presence alone has deterred many criminals from trying to take Robotboy." Moshimo smiled, "It's one thing to try and mess with an old scientist…but the legendary global legend Ben 10? That would be suicide."

"Well can you tell that old goat Kamikaze? He's sent killer cyborg turkey vultures after us more than once…" Ben sighed.

"He keeps trying to take RB and Jenny whenever she comes to visit," Makoto added, "I swear, he even tried to steal Steel one time…regretted it so bad."

"Steel is an alien bio-organic being who is in a symbiotic partnership with our friend Max…they are powered by an energy that…blows up machines." Noel explained.

"Don't worry. I installed a special power surge system in Robotboy that protects him from the energy." Kajun spoke up quickly.

"Jenny, too," Lambda added.

"Oh so that's what that was in Robotboy's last check up," Moshimo noted, "I must say, that the system was rather brilliant even if I didn't understand its full purpose."

"I tried my best to just ensure the little one didn't…well…overload himself whenever he gave a friend a high five," Kajun explained, "Had the benefit of improving his battery life."

"Good thing I copied it into Robotgirl then. Not sure it's as perfect as yours, but I'm sure you can help with that later," Moshimo smiled.

"Of course," Kajun smiled, "Oh...Kajun Faycott. A…huge pleasure to meet you finally, Moshimo-san."

"Ah! So you're the young woman whom Noel has spoken fondly of," Moshimo noted in recognition.

"...What? I say nice things about you guys," Noel noted the looks she got.

'...Memo to self: make sure to make something extra special for Noel for her birthday this year,' Kajun thought.

"So not to sound like that guy…but I was just sort of dragged here for the little guy to meet his literally bouncing baby sister," Ragna spoke as indeed Robotgirl was bouncing around happily, "Again, not to be that guy…but was I needed for this?"

"You were with the group…you got sucked into the adventure," Makoto stated.

"I would like to redact my subscription to this friend group," Ragna complained.

"Shut up, no you don't." Noel replied simply.

"Actually…" Makoto grinned, "Ben and I have a little something we needed your help with, Ragna."

"...This is going to suck, isn't it?" Ragna asked.

"Pish-posh and all that," Makoto snorted as she hefted Ragna over her head, "'Scuse us, Professor. Great to meet ya in person and not just hear you over speaker."

"Please enjoy yourselves to anything within my home, or above. We are so far into the forest no one should be able to find us," Moshimo smiled as they walked off, "Miu-Miu…get the popcorn." he whispered.

"Pop-corn? What is, please?" Robotgirl pondered.

"Oh! It's a treat that most can eat," Noel explained, "Robots, though, can't have normal popcorn."

"Kajun knows recipe for robot-safe popcorn," Robotboy noted.

"A Mini-Con working on the Plumbers base on Mars owed me a favor," Kajun explained, "It's perfectly safe for robots since it's more of a bundle of nanomachines designed to energize the powersource in the shape of popcorn, though not safe for organic, Ben!"

"I swear it was an accident!" Ben defended, picking up the pace of following Makoto, "It was dark in there and the light bulb burnt out."

"We had to pump Rook's stomach!"

"That was not a pleasant time," Rook grimaced.

"Least you got better thanks to what Kajun made," Sari pointed out.

"I tasted purple…for a month."

"Well, while you deal with that, Lachan and I will help Robotboy get along with his new sister," Noel noted, picking up Robotboy.

"Lot of fun," Lambda agreed, picking up Robotgirl and followed after her sister.

"What this?" Robotgirl asked.

"Hug," Lambda replied, "Also good way to carry those smaller around."

"Ro-bot-girl like hug," Robotgirl smiled.

"Do be careful, you four," Moshimo waved.

---

"Let me guess…I'm a guinea pig for whatever got you so giddy, right?" Ragna asked as the three walked into a small clearing in the forest.

"Sorta," Makoto replied as Ben pulled out the small key, "...Okay, yeah. It's gonna be so awesome~!"

"You're drooling," Ragna pointed out.

"I can't help it! It's gonna be extra awesome and ooh~! Hurry, Ben, hurry~!" Makoto squealed, her tail wagging like mad.

"Okay, okay…" Ben chuckled as he slotted the key into the Omnitrix.

"So what is this? Some sorta new feature that fuses your aliens together?" Ragna asked, "Or a safer version of that Evolution Feature of that Ultimatrix I heard you used to wear?"

"Both sound cool, but…" Ben noted as he turned into FourArms, "I think I'm more interested in giving my forms a little kick."

"Kick?" Ragna repeated, "...Ben, I think that elevator ride may have jumbled your brain or something. Tetramands don't kick…they punch. Hard."

FourArms grinned as he rotated his emblem clockwise ninety degrees. The emblem glowed before black armor engulfed most of his body. Red plating formed next, creating a 'V' shape on his torso with the emblem resting in the crook of it, as more engulfed his lower arms and legs. White armor covered each of his hands with silver plating forming on his shoulders. Finally, a red domed helmet covered his head with black plating making a beard formed.

"It's called the Omni-Kix Armor," FourArms informed, cracking his knuckles, "And hoo boy! Look at this!"

"Oh my god~! I knew it'd look awesome!" Makoto cheered as Ragna raised a brow.

"Oh…Ohh! I see what you did there," Ragna chuckled, "Not bad, Kid."

Unaware to the trio-and Skurd-, a set of bushes began to ruffle before it stopped. Kamikaze slowly rose out of it with Constantine rising up behind him, both wielding a pair of binoculars.

"Constantine….do you see what I see?"

"Yes, boss…I see a rather nice bluejay c-" Constantine began as he looked up...only to end up getting smacked.

"No, you idiot! That!" Kamikaze hissed quietly as he motioned to Omni-Kix Fourarms, "A new robot…most likely one of Moshimo's creations!"

"I don't know boss, Moshimo is not known for big. He is a minimalist," Constantine muttered, "And why four arms…and why is it beating up that youngman with many belts?"

"Hmm...yes, that is a lot of belts…teenagers and their fashion…it never makes sense," Kamikaze spoke, "But we did not hike three weeks out here for nothing…being chased by bears and wolves…and giant men with hockey masks!"

"I think that one was a delusion from those bad berries. I saw a mechanic in an old Captain Kirk mask…" Constantine muttered, "Then a talking big bird…"

"Regardless! We did not survive in these awful American woods filled with big foots for nothing! We will have those robots!" Kamikaze declared.

"Yes, boss…" Constantine sighed before yelping and ducking back into the bush.

"What?" Kamikaze demanded…before yelping in pain as a fist rocketed by, hitting him in the back of the head and sending him up into a tree…before he fell back down with a beehive on his head, "GYAAAAH~!-!-!"

"ROCKET FISTS~!" Makoto's squeal of delight overpowered Kamikaze's screams of pain.

"Okay! You can fire your fists off on rockets! Not bad!" Ragna noted, roundhouse kicking away one that flew at him before he looked to see FourArms was gone, "What? Where'd he…?" he rolled out of the way of FourArms roaring as he shot down from a tree…with two of his fists attached to his feet, "Oh, you gotta be kidding me…"

"Hahaha! This is so awesome! Even when you do hit me…I barely feel it!" FourArms laughed as his fists all reattached, "Oh wait. Heads up display…" he held up his hand balled into a fist before it began spinning around like a drill before he fired it, "Corkscrew Rocket Punch~"

"This is Sigma-7 all over again…" Ragna groaned, stabbing his sword into the ground and using the flat end of it to take the spiraling rocket fist, "GH!" he grunted as he began to skid back several yards until he twisted his sword and let the rocket punch shoot by and tear through a tree, letting it fall over and right on Kamikaze as he was running by its falling path.

"I wonder how the thunderclap will hit with this?" FourArms cheered, raising his arms up and pausing before turning to Makoto, "Honey, the special headband for the ears," he reminded while pointing to her ears.

"Oh, right!" Makoto quickly put her hero costume on, making sure her ear protection was on and gave a thumbs up.

"And here comes the boom!" he clapped his hands together, sending out a powerful shockwave that cleared a few trees and bushes from the area, "Everyone okay!?"

"I love that man…" Makoto giggled as she was still sent flying by the shockwave, but landed in some soft bushes.

"Somedays…I hate that Kid…" Ragna groaned, hanging by three of his belts in a tree.

"Whoo! This is…" FourArms began before he timed out, "...not awesome!"

"Seems it drains the Omnitrix faster than your usual methods," Skurd noted.

"Aw man~!" Ben and Makoto whined as Ragna managed to get down.

"Ah well…Guess that means you've gotta do something while it charges," Ragna noted…before pulling his sword out in its Scythe Mode, the natural shadows of the forest partially hiding his face, "Get to running."

"This is fair, but still…you are a stinker, Mr. Bloodedge…" Ben spoke in his most cartoonish voice possible before yelping and running.

"GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!" Ragna snapped as he chased after him.

"Boss? Boss, where are you?" Constantine asked before muffled screams came from underneath the collapsed tree, "Oh…Why do trees hate you so, Boss?"

---

"Okay, Robotgirl, this is Mari," Noel introduced her pet mink, "She is a mink."

"Mink? What is, please?" Robotgirl asked as Mari nuzzled Robotgirl's leg.

"Mink is a kind of animal," Robotboy explained, "There are many animals in the universe. Some small like Mari and Bluey or even smaller and some are very big like Funkfreed."

"Funk-freed?" Robotgirl repeated as Noel pulled her sword out and let him transform, "Oh! What is?"

"This is Funkfreed. He's a very special sword that 'ate' a fruit that lets him turn into an elephant," Noel introduced.

"El-e-phant?"

"A very wise, noble, and intelligent animal, but they are also very big and powerful. Thankfully, Funkfreed is a sweet and good boy," Noel went on, petting Funkfreed to prove it, "You have much to learn, so don't worry if it doesn't all take in one day. We have a lot of lessons to teach you, and some of them were complex for Robotboy at first, but he learns fast."

"Oh~" Robotgirl awed as she looked at her brother.

"I had a lot of nice people like Noel, Lambda, and the Professor," Robotboy smiled, Bluey on his head, "Mmm…Oh! Can we play tag?"

"I don't know. Can we?" Noel asked.

"...Oh! May we play tag?" Robotboy rephrased.

"Of course," Noel smiled.

"Yay!"

"What tag?" Robotgirl blinked.

"Tag is a game where one person is 'it.' If you're 'it,' then you need to go about and touch someone else and say 'Tag! You're it!' then they're 'it' and have to tag someone else," Noel explained, "You can also tag the person who was 'it' before unless everyone agrees to 'no tagbacks.'"

Bluey and Mari hopped onto the floor. Maki poked Bluey before running off and the Blupee followed after her. Bluey reached an ear out and tapped her with it before running away from the mink. Robotgirl watched the two before giggling and clapping her hands.

"Ro-bot-girl gets tag," Robotgirl spoke.

"So let's play!" Noel cheered as Mari tapped Robotgirl's leg.

"Hai~" Robotgirl giggled…before she touched Robotboy on the head and ran off, "Tag! You are it!"

"Oh they are just so cute~" Noel cooed as Robotboy ran after her, Mari, and Bluey, "And look at Robotboy, offering a game to play."

"Already a good brother," Lambda smiled, "Like how you are a good sister."

"Aw La-chan…"

"No. I really do mean it," Lambda stated as she looked at Noel, "Had I not met you or the others, or gone across the multiverse with you, I would have never found who I can truly be. You've shown me just how much life can offer outside of what Kokonoe installed into me." she held her hand, "I…never knew much outside of what Kokonoe wanted me to know for the original mission of obtaining everyone from our original time. Even with…some revelations…you still took me in and even stated I was your sister from that first day. I…I've learned so much thanks to you. I…" tears began to well up in her eyes, "I am so lucky…to have a sister like you."

"La-chan, please don't cry cause if you do…" Noel sniffled as tears formed in her eyes as well, "T-then I'll start crying~"

Funkfreed rolled his eyes before pulling out a handkerchief for both girls, "Pao."

"...snf. Th-thank you…Funkfreed," Noel whispered.

"Good boy," Lambda added.

"It's so sweet…" Kajun smiled, watching the sight, "I almost can't hold back my own feelings."

"Aw…you do have a heart, Tinman," Sari joked, patting her shoulder.

"I'm not the cybernetic one…" Kajun argued.

"I know…but it felt fitting," Sari smiled.

"Oh you…" Kajun began before the two ducked under a giggling pink blur followed by a blue one, "Oh my goodness! She has rockets!"

"Ah! Robotboy! Robotgirl! Wait!" Noel yelped as Funkfreed started to trumpet out like he was laughing, "Funkfreed, you're not helping!"

"No rockets inside!" Lambda added as she chased after them, "Rockets inside lead to accidents!"

"Please don't get us stuck in another lecture on not using rockets indoors~!" Noel pleaded as she followed her sister, "Funkfreed the Elephant-Sword, you stop laughing and help grab them!"

"Sari…"

"Oh she has a lot more to her," Sari winked at Kajun, "They're siblings, after all."

"Right…Right," Kajun nodded, "They're siblings…which means…ohh…"

"Not as strong as her big brother, but a lot faster."

"Oh wow…"

"Tag, Lamb-da is the 'it'!" Robotgirl giggled as she flew away with a giggling Robotboy.

"...hm. I am it," Lambda giggled slightly as she ran off after her.

"Ah! Lambda Eleven Vermillion, you're supposed to be helping them stop flying, not encouraging!" Noel complained before Lambda poked her nose.

"Tag, sister is it," Lambda smiled as she adopted her wings and flew off.

"..." Noel facepalmed before the ground shook, "Funkfreed fell over in his laughter, didn't he?"

"Yep," Sari replied.

"...Mou~"

---

"Okay….plan did not go well as last time," Kamikaze muttered, an eyepatch currently over his black eye, "But it will not deter me from taking Moshimo's robot for my own!"

"But, Boss, I do not think that that was…"

"Shh-shh-shh! I am hearing voices!" Kamikaze squeezed Constantine's mouth shut.

"Hey~! Not bad! Looks kinda like the one the kid you had with Rath!" Makoto's voice noted.

"Can we not bring that up? I just stopped getting nightmares of him bringing them back to get me to stop calling him Kid two days ago," Ragna's voice complained.

"...They must be testing another of Moshimo's machines," Kamikaze whispered before grinning, "Perfect! We can use this opportunity to snatch it!"

"So what's this one have? Rocket fists? A jetpack that gets stronger the angrier you get?" Ragna's voice taunted.

"Lemme tell ya somethin', Ragna the Bloodedge, Sheriff of Undertown! Rath has no idea!"

"...Boss, I don't think this is a good idea," Constantine whispered with a look of worry, "That sounded like Ben 10's tiger form...and he always comes after me."

"Now behold my…uh…duh…" Rath rambled, "What do..oh! Three claws! Yes!"

"Oh that is so badass!" Makoto squealed.

"...Please boss?" Constantine beg with a pale face, "I do not want to face th-"

"MOSHIMO IS NOW RIPPING ME OFF?!" Kamikaze snapped, "THAT IS IT! CONSTANTINE! GET ME THAT TIGERBOT!"

"How?" Constantine asked as he peeked through the bushes, seeing what was clearly Omni-Kix Rath, clad in armor that was a dull bronze along his upper arms and hands, with white armored legs ending in clawed feet, large white gauntlets with green lines along the ends, with three longer retractable claws on each arm, black chest armor, rounded white shoulders with neon green lines, and a dome helmet that covered all of his head, colored in white with black stripes and a bronze mask in the center, "Because I am sure he will try and bend me like a pretzel."

"I will not let that hypocrite get away with ripping me off!" Kamikaze snapped.

"...Ahh fine…" Constantine sighed before adopting a frown, about to move out of the bushes…before he saw a log flying straight towards him, "...Oh no…"

"What is…!" Kamikaze began before he noticed the log as well, "...oh no."

*BAM!*

"Whew….damn, kid. You sent that thing flying," Ragna whistled, "Also WATCH IT! You nearly speared me with that thing!"

"Can't help it! I just feel so pumped! WHOO~!" Omni-Kix Rath whooped, arms swung up into the air, "Oh yeah~! Rath feels the power!"

"You never stop with references…" Ragna groaned.

"The fact you understand it means you're like me…" Omni-Kix Rath replied with a smirk in his voice.

"Okay, let's switch it up before you need to recharge!" Makoto called.

"Oh! Right!" Omni-Kix Rath beamed before changing back to Ben, "Okay, let's see…" he pushed down and a flash went off…before The Worst replaced him, "Aw nuts. I was going for XLR8."

"You didn't pay attention due to your excitement," Ragna chuckled, "So let's see if this changes the name of this form of yours."

"Huh…Maybe," The Worst noted as he activated it, engulfing him in a mustard-green armor with a lime-green metallic padding coated his shoulders, belly aside from a metal nozzle on the belly button area, lower legs, and arms with an 'afro' made of the padding forming on top of his armored helmet…which was just an orange-tinted visor showing his face, "...What the hoo-haw?" he looked at his reflection in Ragna's sword, "Ugh! I look like a soccer ball!"

"Goal!" Ragna laughed, punting The Worst and letting him bounce around the trees wildly, "Hahaha! You're bouncier!"

"Uh…Is it just me or is the suit glowing?" Makoto blinked.

"So? They all glow," Ragna shrugged.

"Well true…but also no, not like the neon lines…I mean the little green pads…They are glowing with each bounce…" Makoto explained.

"I'm sure it's nothing important." Ragna smirked, "I mean the suit enhances what's there. There's nothing to enhance."

"Well…I guess we'll find out," Makoto replied.

"Ugh…am I still bouncing?" The Worst groaned, sliding down a tree he was able to grab onto.

"No, you're good babe." Makoto replied as she jumped a few meters away from Ragna.

"Okay…that, sir…was uncalled for aggression…" The Worst groaned, turning to Ragna, "Now…give me like five minutes for the world to stop spinning…phew…" he patted his stomach, making the nozzle light up.

"Oh, you have to be-SHIT!" Ragna cried as a powerful beam blasted him into the distance.

"..." Makoto looked between the twinkle that was Ragna in the distance and down at The Worst in her arms, "My boyfriend's worst form has a belly button laser! You're Yuga Aoyama!"

"My stomach~" The Worst whined, tears going down his cheek as he held it.

"And you get really bad tummy aches like he does, too," Makoto compared, "Even a neat power like that comes with a bad side effect. This form really is The Worst."

"It's aptly named…" he groaned.

"Come on. Let's get you something for your stomach," Makoto rolled her eyes as she carried him off.

"Oh...oh no…dont…help me or anything…" Ragna grunted from underneath some trees.

---

"Okay, nothing bad can happen in the kitchen, right?" Noel asked.

"..." Lambda pulled out a pair of handcuffs and put them on her and herself.

"Eh?! La-chan?!" Noel gawked.

"No cooking," Lambda ordered.

"Wha…I wasn't…but why?"

"You are not allowed to ruin the Professor's kitchen."

"...Phooey," Noel pouted.

"Why she not allow to cook?" Robotgirl asked from the table.

"Noel cooks…differently," Robotboy explained.

"You're such a good boy, Ro…" Noel sobbed.

"Differen-tly?" she tilted her head.

"I can't explain…I don't eat human food," Robotboy shrugged, "But it seems to not agree with…most people."

"Hu-man food?" Robotgirl pondered as she walked over to the fridge.

"Humans need to regularly consume food, to keep their body working. Like Fuel for an engine," Robotboy smiled, "But they have also evolved a love of making flavorful foods, Noel's cooking looks interesting…but for some reason…does the opposite for humans that are not Mai. Aliens really like it, though, so she is still happy."

"Oh, he's such a good boy…" Noel sighed happily before looking at Lambda in annoyance, "Okay, let me out of these, La-chan."

"...Um…" Lambda patted herself, "Oh…I think these were the ones I lost the key to."

"What?!" Noel gawked, the two sisters fully distracted from the robo-kids now due to it.

"Mmm…" Robotgirl opened the freezer and pulled out a box of ice cream.

"Ah! No, we can't eat that," Robotboy warned.

"Robot-boy afraid eat ice cream?" Robotgirl asked smugly.

"I am not afraid," Robotboy argued, narrowing his optics.

"Robot-girl sor-ry scare Robot-boy," Robotgirl apologized as she carried the ice cream away from him.

"I am not scared," Robotboy argued before Robotgirl held up two spoons.

"Okay…Easy now, Mari," Noel advised, the mink picking the locks of the handcuffs with her claws, "Easy…Don't hurt your adorable paws now, sweetie…" both girls sighed in relief as Mari unlocked the cuffs, "That's my cute little mink."

"Best mink," Lambda agreed before looking around, "...Where are Robotboy and Robotgirl?"

"Why is the freezer opened?" Noel pointed out.

"...Oh no…" Lambda put a theory together.

"What?" Noel asked, concerned.

"..." Lambda slowly took Noel by the shoulders and turned her clockwise and she turned counterclockwise…letting them see Robotboy and Robotgirl happily eating the ice cream.

"...Oh no…" both sisters whimpered.

---

"I was hoping to look at some things here, provide some ideas of my own…" Kajun noted…as she and Moshimo cleaned out the melted ice cream gumming up the inner workings of the two robot siblings, "...but not in this way."

"We're so sorry…" Lambda and Noel apologized…from the two corners they were at.

Miu-Miu shook her head and reset the timer she had on hand.

"Well, I suppose there is no helping it. They are programmed to be children," Moshimo sighed, "And Children are known for being very naughty, mischievous and for making many mistakes. Truth be told, I was concerned Robotgirl might be a negative influence. I built her personality data up from scratch, so she is a bit more unpredictable than Robotboy."

"Speaking of…" Kajun closed Robotboy's chest and he turned on, "There we go."

"...I goofed?" Robotboy asked.

"You did," Kajun confirmed, "But you're still learning as you are a little boy. You still need to spend five minutes in time out while Noel and Lambda are doing fifteen."

"Aw…Wait. Why are Noel and Lambda in the corners? …They didn't break a wall again because of a spider, did they?"

"Well, I was thinking of removing that wall to open up the space," Moshimo smiled as he worked on Robotgirl, "But they are also still young, so fair is fair after all. Their older age means a longer time as well to really let it sink in what they did wrong."

"Oh…" Robotboy nodded.

"Robotboy…why did you do that?" Kajun asked, "You know that organic food will damage your internal systems."

"Robotboy not afraid…" he huffed, crossing his arms.

"Oh, now I understand. Robotgirl wanted to do something, but when you didn't want to, so she said you were afraid," Moshimo spoke.

"Mmm…" Robotboy muttered as his horns drooped a little.

"We girls are rather crafty that way," Kajun noted, "Especially as little girls. Professor Moshimo really made her personality as accurate as can be for one her age."

"Oh! Why thank you, Kajun," Moshimo thanked, "After two, I suppose getting the third is…oh…I should not have said that…"

"Two?" Robotboy repeated, "Robotgirl and I have an older sibling?" he looked up at Moshimo, an excited expression, "Please tell me more, Professor?"

"Well, if you insist," Moshimo chuckled, "Years ago, after I was taught all I could learn from my late teacher Dr. Wakeman, I created my first prototype robot named Protoboy. He had many of the same advanced fighting skills as you've been programmed with, Robotboy, however he was activated before I could install the personality program I had been developing. He lacked yours and Robotgirl's…humanity." he rubbed his chin, a phantom pain going through it, "He also didn't have a deactivated state like you and your sister have, so I had to restrain him so he could exhaust his batteries and allow me to install the program into him. Unfortunately…" he frowned, "...That night was the first time I ever encountered Kamikaze. He was successful with stealing Protoboy. What I learned when I was able to find Kamikaze was that he installed a personality program into him, turning Protoboy into pure evil. However, he too was very young at the time, and made Protoboy too evil, leaving him unable to control your older brother. He nearly went on a rampage across San Francisco…had a couple enjoying their honeymoon not been there."

"You don't mean Magister Tennyson and Verdona, do you?" Sari asked.

"Indeed," Moshimo confirmed, "Protoboy couldn't do a single thing the moment he earned their attention and was swiftly depowered. I was able to find him afterwards, but have never been able to reactivate him."

"Two siblings…I have two siblings! A little sister and an older brother!" Robotboy beamed as Moshimo closed Robotgirl's chest and turned her back on.

"Robotgirl, you see what happens when you eat food for organics, yes?" Moshimo asked.

"Yes, pro-fess-or," Robotgirl replied, her horns drooping with her bow, "Sor-ry."

"It is alright, but you do have to sit in a corner for five minutes without talking for doing so," Moshimo calmly explained.

"Aw…"

"It is important," Robotboy encouraged, "I'm doing it as well. And we both are in less timeout than Noel and Lambda."

"They trou-ble?" Robotgirl gasped, "Ol-der peo-ple get time out?"

"Indeed. Now hurry along to a corner, you two, and Sari will start your timer. And remember, don't talk or it will reset," Moshimo warned.

"Aw~" both whined as they walked over to two corners and sat down facing them.

"..." Sari moved closer to Moshimo and Miu-Miu, "Professor, do you think I could look at Protoboy? I'd like to see if my ability could help with the problem."

"...I would be honored if you could try, Sari," Moshimo replied.

"Perfect…hopefully things will go well."

---

"Grr…I swear it feels like Moshimo is mocking me…!" Kamikaze growled, his arm currently in a sling while resting on Constantine's back, "First, he keeps his advanced robots for himself, and now he is copying my technology!?"

"Boss, I do not think these are robots," Constantine muttered, a steak currently over his swollen eye while he was missing a few teeth.

"Of course they are robots! Why else would they be all the way out here?!" Kamikaze argued.

"Okay…so who next?" Ben's voice asked, the trio having moved to near a small lake.

"Okay…so…I don't think we should use anything…burning…and hot…and fiery…" Makoto stated.

"No…no…" the two males shook their heads rapidly.

"So…why not something cold or watery? Like…oh! How about Ripjaws?" Makoto suggested.

"Oh well that shouldn't be too hard," Ben smiled, "I hardly ever use Ripjaws unless it's a very water heavy mission." he fiddled with the Omnitrix, "Maybe this will give him a boost to let me use him on land."

In a flash, he transformed into Ripjaws. He rotated his emblem and the Omni-Kix activated once more. The armor spread across his body, forming into a green tinted black chest plate with an armored collar around his neck forming glass tubes rapidly filling with water. The armor formed around Ripjaw's head molding over his large fanged namesake with jagged interlocking patterns, his lure now covered in a flexible casing of armor with the end now glowing even brighter than before, with two glowing green visors over each eye. Silver armor formed along his arm leading to black gauntlets as the fins on his arm were now glowing green with sharp white claws ending on each finger. The loincloth that formed into his fish tail was now metallic with multiple neon green stripes, with the legs covered in simple segmented white armor.

"Oh-hoo-hoo~!" Makoto awed.

"Not too bad, Kid," Ragna noted.

"Hey…I got that breathing thing Magister Pateliday uses sometimes!" Ripjaws cheered as he tapped his neck, "Before it felt like Ripjaws was weak on land…now I feel like I'm at full power even out of the water! It even feels nice and cool in here, too. I think this thing is temperature controlled~"

"Guess this armor was looking for any weak points on you and then taking care of those before adding some extras," Ragna guessed, looking it over.

"Oh!" Makoto dug into her tail and pulled out her Sheika Slate, "Let's see…" she used the Magnet Rune and it shot out, hitting Ragna's sword.

"Hey!" Ragna barked.

"Just borrowing," Makoto replied before dropping it into the lake, "Let's see how you handle underwater retrieval."

"You know I'm going to get you back for this, right?" Ragna growled, his eye twitching.

"Eh, I'll let ya borrow the slate to mess with Jin for a few hours and get Bullet into some pants with the Stasis Rune. Sound good?"

"Right. Dive, fish boy, dive!" Ragna barked, punting Ripjaws into the lake, none of them noticing Kamikaze and Constantine peeking out from behind a tree.

"Oh come on! A fish robot now!" Kamikaze complained, "Will the mockery of my inventions never end, Constantine?"

Ripjaws formed his loincloth into his fish tail; however, something felt different. He turned to see the ends of his tail had these little holes in the end. Suddenly, water began being sucked into the armor of his tail via the glowing green lines…before a jet of water ejected from his tail and rapidly propelled him through the water. He took a few zips to get the hang of the acceleration and the control of its intensity. He swam around rapidly causing the water to begin churning like a wild sea making Makoto and Ragna blink, before they saw Ripjaws fly out of the water…before diving down. Ripjaws slowed down before activating his lure and it flashed so bright that it illuminated the entire bottom of the lake clear as day. He looked around before spotting Ragna's sword and picked it up. He nodded before blinking as segments on his back opened up, revealing them to be secondary water jets. Ripjaws smirked behind his armor before turning the power of the jets up to maximum.

"Wow…That is one fast fish…" Ragna muttered.

"He's like a torpedo…with hyper speed…and teeth…oh kami, he must be the worst nightmare to a sailor…" Makoto muttered.

The two then jumped back as Ripjaws shot up into the air…and was kept aloft by the jets of water from his armor. He cheered and hollered as he did flips and twists through the air, spraying water about as he essentially flew with jets of water.

"Check this out, I'm hovering…with water jets!" Ripjaws cheered.

"That is so cool…" Makoto whispered in awe.

"...Constantine," Kamikaze began from his and Constantine's hiding spot.

"Oh no…"

"We are stealing that fishbot!"

"Here you go," Ripjaws landed and handed Ragna back his weapon, "Thankfully, the jets made lifting it easier. That thing's heavier than it looks…which is saying a lot."

"Yeah, well be lucky you didn't lose it," Ragna stated as he sheathed his weapon, "If it wasn't me…then master would've put you through the worst training imaginale if he learned you lost it."

"Well good thing I didn't lose it then…cause it's not my sword," Ripjaws laughed.

"Yeah, yeah. …You're serious about that thing letting me finally get that girl in some pants, right?" Ragna asked, looking at Makoto.

"Oh yeah," Makoto replied, "It's got a neat little rune that will freeze her long enough for ya to stick some on her."

"Really?"

"Yup…there's even one that can make and break ice, so next time he decides to try and ice ya…you can surprise him~" Makoto grinned as she tapped the slate and a beam came out of it, hitting the water and making a block of ice, "Tadah~! Oh! And~" she tapped the Slate and Statis hit the block of ice which she proceeded to punch a few times before tapping her Slate…and the block of ice went flying over several trees, "You can do that, too, with my Sheika Slate!"

"We need to remember we have this…" Ripjaws muttered, timing out back to Ben, "That time freeze thing could be so helpful. Also, should we be worried about that block of solid blue ice you sent flying into the woods?"

"Oh please. Between how loud we've been and Ragna putting off some sort of intimidation aura, no animal would ever get close to us." Makoto laughed and waved her boyfriend's worries off.

"MMMMM!" Kamikaze gave a muffled yell as he was trapped underneath the thrown ice block...with Constantine buried underneath some trees.

"Um…Boff? M hmpf mpfh (Uh…Boss? I can't move)…" Constantine muffled out.

---

"Please stop giggling…" Noel whined.

"You spent an hour in the corner…" Lambda giggled, looking away from the pouting Noel.

"Who is that?" Robotgirl whispered, watching Sari as she, Moshimo, Miu-Miu, and Kajun were looking over a bronze and gray robot resembling the two, only more angular in design with dark-gold circuit patterns.

"That is our older brother," Robotboy explained, "Protoboy."

"Ol-der bro-ther?" Robotgirl tilted her head.

"He kinda looks…spooky," Noel admitted, scooting a bit behind Lambda.

"Not as…huggable like the others," Lambda added, "Protoboy…so he was a prototype?"

"It is what the Professor said," Robotboy replied.

"Okay…Wow. Those two really did a number," Sari muttered, her eyes softly glowing as she kept a hand on Protoboy's forehead, "Okay…Oh! So that's what she did…" she opened up Protoboy's chest and removed a circuit board, exposing a rune that was glowing a soft magenta, "There it is. Okay, need to be steady…" she held up a finger and it split open a little, forming a curved surgical knife made of Energon; she reached in and removed the rune from his body and pulled it out, quickly tossing it to Kajun, who put it into a glass bottle, "I am so glad I made sure to study on runes when I was on a bit of a magic hype as a kid. It looks like a Celtic one meant to drain the strength of the one who wears it."

"Or in this case, the energy which lets him activate," Moshimo noted, "Clever indeed."

"Now wake up?" Robotboy asked.

"Oh no-no…" Moshimo shook his head, "We just know what was the issue. I haven't restarted his systems. I don't think it would be wise without trying to fix his personality data. But now that I can get power to the right systems, I can…eventually."

"Big bro-ther sleep long-er?" Robotgirl asked.

"Yes. He'll be sleeping for a bit longer," Moshimo replied, "It's for his own safety. Ours as well."

"Sa-fety?" Robotgirl asked.

"Oh, unlike you two, Protoboy is far more violent and built for combat. He can even activate weapons while in his default state. His Super Activation state was malfunctioning back in those days so he couldn't do as much damage as possible. But even still what Kamikaze did just made him greatly dangerous."

"Mmm…"

"Think of it like this, Robotgirl," Noel spoke, kneeling down and gently putting a hand on the pink and white robot's shoulder to earn her attention, "Your big brother isn't feeling well right now. He needs a lot of sleep and some checkups by Professor Moshimo before he's able to safely wake up and be a big brother for you and Robotboy."

"Just wait 'till he's all better, right now is not a good time to wake him up," Lambda added, "Just be patient for a little while."

"...mm…o-kay," Robotgirl nodded.

"Good girl," Lambda and Noel smiled, petting her head and earning a giggle.

"If everything goes to plan and, perhaps, some assistance, Protoboy could be activated as early as tomorrow," Moshimo noted.

"Oh~!" Robotgirl and Robotboy awed before Robotboy looked up at the older girls with big pleading eyes.

"Oh don't do that, Ro…we don't want to risk anything given what Kamikaze did. Just trust the Professor to fix everything," Sari sighed, trying not to give into the pleading look.

"..." Robotboy whispered into Robotgirl's audio receiver, who nodded…before joining in on the puppy dog eyes.

"No…No, you are not going to…" Sari began before Noel and Lambda joined in, "Seriously?!"

"I…I'm not surprised they're joining in," Kajun sighed, facepalming, "But I also planned for such a dumb turn of events…" she clapped her hands before Mari and Bluey jumped on Sari's shoulders and returned the pleading looks to their owners to counter them.

"Gasp…you would betray us?" Noel asked.

"We…won't…give…in…to your adorable pleading eyes and twitchy noses…" Lambda struggled.

"You are all more than welcome to spend the night," Moshimo offered, covering his mouth to hide his amused smile at their antics.

"Yes!" Robotboy cheered.

"It does sound like a good idea," Kajun whispered to Sari, "If anything happens, we'll be there to provide immediate assistance with a lowered chance of Kamikaze discovering the area."

"Right," Sari softly agreed, "And it does give Robotboy more time to spend with Robotgirl." she spoke aloud, "Just don't get into trouble that causes the professor to delay helping your big bro, alright, you two?"

"We promise," Robotboy promised.

"Yes!" Robotgirl agreed before a moment passed and she leaned closer to Robotboy and whispered, "What prom-ise, please?"

"I suppose I should inform the others about this," Rook noted.

---

"Uh-huh…So spending the night because Ro' has a big brother and he'll be okay to activate tomorrow," Makoto noted as she put her phone away, "Good thing for the camper."

"I'll get the campfire started," Ben sighed.

"I guess this shouldn't be so bad," Ragna shrugged, "After everything we did, all the animals for miles must have hightailed it as far as they can go."

"Don't let Noellie and La-chan know that," Makoto advised in amusement, "You know the former will try to arrest us all for disturbing the peace and the latter…well, she'll come up with something we won't expect. Like Rook yesterday with the Nerf gun bullet to the forehead."

"Well, it's better they run then get sucked up into our testing alien super armor," Ben offered.

"True. Alright, last one for the day?" Ragna suggested, "Lord knows none of us want to have Noel cook."

"Hopefully if she does…I can just go Upchuck and fool her with the 'Got too excited to share' bit," Ben sighed.

"It's our only means of survival if Mai's not home," Makoto shuddered.

"Okay, last one for today," Ben spoke, looking at his aliens, "Hmm…Oh! Got one!" he pushed down on the Omnitrix and Garumaru took his place, "Alright…Time to see what this one will give me-teria."

He turned his emblem and the armor quickly formed. The armor covered his entire body in time, the form fitting armor began with black armor around the torso covering the back as a hexagonal panel popped out before setting back in, causing two long silver scarf-like tassels to extend from each shoulder blade section, the armor opened in the chest area to reveal a gunmetal chest place while a black stripe looped under and framed the Omnitrix dial in the center of his torso, segmented armor formed around his lower torso as a green stripe formed down the center of his abdomen. Leading to an armored codpiece that covered his entire lower waist, followed by black cuisses with glowing green Omnitrix symbols on the outer sides, and black greaves on each leg with white blunted spikes over each shin, with green lining forming along the lower ends of the armor with a slight flame pattern in their jagged patterns. Rounded black shoulder armor formed with large green orbs atop each, segmented armor around the upper arms leading to black gauntlets, with hexagonal segments in the center of each gauntlets colored in green and white that extended up before sliding back in. Finally his head was covered in a layer of armor that matched his canine appearance with solid dull grey armor with white armor along the front of his neck and lower jaw, giving his head now more of a jackal appeatance.

"..." Makoto just stood there, a heavy blush growing on her face as her ahoge took the shape of a heart…all while bleeding from her nose a bit as her tail wagged a bit.

"Why am I not surprised about your reaction?" Ragna asked, looking over the form.

"Given that face…she'll be doing certain things to him later once we're home," Skurd added.

"Must you?" Ragna deadpanned.

"Oh, like you've heard any better in your time before coming to this time," Skurd pointed out.

"...Tch. Can't argue about that. The gods know I've spent a night in several places that make your comment seem like a toddler speaking," Ragna admitted "So what do you have for this armor?" Ragna frowned when Garumaru simply stood there, his eyes closed, "Hey, you hear me?" he narrowed his eyes as he stomped up, throwing a dope-slap only for Garumaru to lean to the side and avoid it, "What the…?"

"Hmm…Interesting…" Garumaru noted, opening his eyes, "I think I will need to use this form a bit more in practice outside of the Omni-Kix, but for now…" he vanished in a blur with a faint crackle of electricity.

"What?!" Ragna jumped back.

"Oh-hoh~! Super speed!" Makoto awed, looking around.

"Hmm…" Garumaru skid to a halt before jumping with the same crackle of electricity going off as he took off well above the trees and high into the sky to the point he almost couldn't be seen. He flexed his hand a few times as it took a bit for the effect of gravity to counter the inertia of his super powered leap, "I think I remember something about this…" he bashed his fists together as large amounts of Electro began surging off him that it lit up the sky like an actual bolt of lightning magnified several times.

"So…he's a giant…electric dog man…" Ragna muttered, "Oh god, he's coming down!" he panicked as they spotted Garumaru finally descending.

In a flash of electrical energy and a loud thunderclap, the Mink struck the ground with a punch…sending a series of lightning bolts raining from the sky in a line 'till they struck a tree…and split it into two burning halves. Garumaru looked up before raising and slamming his hand down, causing electrical bolts to travel along the burnt path in the ground to the remaining base of the tree…causing it to explode. He tilted his head as the fire died down from lack of fuel, as the stump and roots seemed to be flash burned and carbonized. He then turned to Makoto and Ragna.

"I got the Firewood," he motioned to the two flaming halves of what was once an oak tree.

"...Hrk!" Makoto choked as she fell over, a spurt of blood coming out of her nose in the shape of a heart.

"Makoto!?" Garumaru gawked, his armor jaw opening to emphasize his shock.

"Oh dear…I think you overstimulated her," Skurd noted, shaking his head.

"Right, you two are not going to be allowed to be alone for the rest of the trip," Ragna ordered, pulling Makoto up and over his shoulder, "I'll take her back to the camper and toss her into the lake by it; you go get that firewood you made."

"Well I suppose that's fair-teria," Garumaru sighed, lifting both burning pieces of lumber while walking over to the spot they made as their campsite before breaking the pieces and using them to build a bonfire.

"Constantine, look. They left this one alone," Kamikaze whispered, peeking out from behind a large boulder nearby.

"Boss, this one looks extra spooky…" Constantine noted, "I mean, what if it's the one that made the lightning?"

"If it is, then it is perfect!" Kamikaze declared, "You made sure to bring a rubber suit, right?"

"Uhm…" he muttered, both unaware of Garumaru's armored ears slightly twitching.

"BAKA! YOU FORGOT IT, DIDN'T YOU?!" Kamikaze snapped as he slapped him, "...ugh. Nevermind…we will just have to wait and catch him off guard."

"Hey. How's it going?"

"Nothing much. Just waiting on that wolf robot to lower his guard so I can reprogram him and make him mine!" Kamikaze declared.

"Neat-teria."

"Uh, Boss…" Constantine began with wide eyes.

"What?! He will never see it c-" Kamikaze began before his servant turned him around…to see Garumaru looking down at him, "...oh."

"..."

"Please don't break our bodies…"

"Okay." Garumaru put his hands on his hips.

"Really?"

"No…" he raised a hand as he called all his electro into one finger which called electricity from the air into it, "But you got…thirty seconds till I can't hold this in my finger anymore."

"...RUN~!" Kamikaze screamed, jumping onto Constantine's back before the larger, younger member of the duo screamed like a goat and ran.

"Ben, what ya doin over there?" Makoto asked as she tried to dry her tail after her dip in the lake.

"Oh, babe, you are going to love this trick. I'm Great Mazinger-teria," Garumaru laughed, "Break Thunder!" He pointed his finger and unleashed a massive beam of Electro at Kamikaze and Constantine, causing a small explosion that sent them flying, "Don't worry! I aimed at the ground so at worst they got a bad static discharge…but the explosion will leave them hard of hearing for a while…"

'...Keep control, Makoto….do not think about pouncing him here and now…' Makoto thought in her mind, '...Wait until we're alone at home….in my room…with my old battle outfit…and the wardrobe of outfit ideas I collected from the multiverse traveling…'

"Babe…you're staring-teria."

"Hm?"

"Do I have to toss you back in the lake?" Ragna warned, coming out of the camper with campfire cooking supplies.

"No no. Just…had the stares is all," Makoto assured.

"Right…Kid, if she goes five feet near you, whistle loudly," Ragna ordered, "She's on a timeout from being near you unless it's a fight."

"HAH?!" Makoto gawked at that.

"I second the motion," Skurd added.

"Oh come on~!"

"Oh~" Constantine and Kamikaze groaned as they were embedded underneath some trees, sparks crackling off them every few moments.

---

The half moon above glistened amongst the myriad of stars in the nighttime sky above. Ben mumbled, rolling a bit in his green knapsack, before Makoto mumbled something in her acorn-colored knapsack back, looking as if the two were having a chat in their sleep. In a nearby tree, Ragna slept mutedly with his sword stabbed into the bark at his side, set up at the ready. In the camper, Noel rolled to the left and Lambda rolled to the right in the bunk beds at the back of it before they flipped the opposite ways while Rook snoozed in the driver's seat with Sari in the passenger seat. Kajun mumbled, lying on the table surrounded by several mechanical books and papers she had been writing on. Smoke came from the firepit before the smoke moved erratically as if something stepped through it.

Something stopped and looked around, the area turning into a thermal infrared vision. It looked around before spotting a tree with a residual of heat from contact. The figure walked over and grabbed the branch pulling it down and opening the elevator. It took a moment to scan before walking in and letting it drop. The figure walked through the currently dark halls of Professor Moshimo's secret home, shooting behind any crates to avoid any possible security cameras. Once they were near the door leading to the lab, the figure approached the side of it before forcing it open, eyes glowing menacingly as it stared at the deactivated form of Protoboy.

---

Lambda poked Rook cheek, "Wake."

"Mmmnn…" Rook mumbled.

"Wake," Lambda ordered, poking his cheek again.

"Mmm…no Little one…that's my Amber Ogia Cake…"

"Wake," Lambda poked once more.

"La-chan, let me," Noel mumbled, rubbing an eye…before summoning Bolverk and shooting a shot at the ceiling, making everyone jump up and scrambling for a weapon, "Morning~!"

"Damn it, Noel, we told you to stop doing that…" Kajun groaned.

"Ah!" Makoto shouted, rushing into the camper, "What happened!? Intruders?! Did someone try to poach the fluffies?!"

"Who do I punch!?" Humungousaur shouted, jamming his head through the window.

"You're fixing that with Clockwork before we take it back," Ragna ordered.

"Noel shot the ceiling again to wake us all up," Kajun sighed.

"Again?!" Makoto gawked.

"Wait…again?" Humungousaur, Sari, Rook, and Ragna repeated.

"Sister has done this before? I am impressed," Lambda applauded.

"Tsubaki taught her to do it," Makoto grumbled, "But anyway…what's up, La-chan? Why the sudden wake up call?"

"That crazy old coot Kamikaze isn't back, is he?" Humungousaur asked.

"We wrapped them in vines and dropped them in a kind local's truck to be left at the sheriff's station for illegal activity." Makoto reminded.

"Ah…right."

"Protoboy being activated," Lambda replied, "Want to support Robotboy and Robotgirl by being there." she held up Bluey, "Will he like my Blupee?"

"Right! He might by as sweet as them both!" Noel noted happily.

"Uh…Did you not hear about him being violent and very evil?" Sari reminded.

"Yes and the professor was removing the evil part and giving him a good personality," Noel replied, Mari climbing up onto her shoulder and curling up around her like a scarf.

"Of course it's for cute things…" Makoto sighed.

"Still…we should be there to check it out," Humungousaur stated as he changed back into Ben, "Heck, RB's big bro might be a pretty chill guy."

---

"...Big Bro-ther al-right?" Robotgirl asked as she and Robotboy looked at Protoboy, who just had his head down as his optics remained dimmed.

"Must still be trying to wake up," Robotboy guessed, "I hope Noel and the others come to see him awake."

"Ro-bot-girl ner-vous. What if Big Bro-ther no like Ro-bot-girl?" Robotgirl asked.

"I am sure he will love you two," Moshimo assured with a small smile, "Last night, the computer was downloading his new programming that hopefully purged the evil programming put into him by Kamikaze. All that remains is for him to activate."

"Ahh, good…We made it in time then."

"Ahh!" Robotboy beamed as he turned, seeing Ben and the others entering the room, "You made it!"

"Huh…so that's the little guy's brother huh?" Ragna spoke as he looked at Protoboy, '...why do I feel like there's something off about him…?'

"So he's safe to turn on now?" Ben asked.

"The Professor left a program to reset his mind running all night," Noel explained, "He should be."

"Well now, I can't guarantee 100 percent what he will act like." Moshimo sighed, "So I will start him on a low energy mode."

"Hmm…" Ragna muttered.

"Oh don't be so grumpy, I'm sure things will be perfect!" Noel smiled.

"It's nice to be optimistic…but try not to raise the little kids' hope so much…"

"Dude, don't be such a downer," Ben sighed.

"Actually, I agree with him," Skurd stated as he narrowed his eyes at Protoboy, "There is something about him I don't like…I can't put my tendril on it…"

"I should learn how to turn organic things into sticks," Lambda noted.

"Why?" Noel asked.

"Because I can put those two in mud."

"In the mu-Oh, La-chan!" Noel covered her mouth to try to not laugh.

"Why stick in mud fun-ny?" Robotgirl blinked.

"It's a lot to explain. You can take lessons with Rook to understand." Robotboy explained.

"Oh, it is most difficult indeed, but I love to teach." Rook smiled, earning a smile from Robotgirl in return, before Protoboy began to beep.

"Ah, there we go. He's starting up," Moshimo spoke, "Everyone don't crowd him, please."

"...Protoboy…operational…" Protoboy whispered as his optics began to glow, "Pro…fessor?"

"Good morning, Protoboy," Moshimi greeted as he knelt down to look at him, "How are you feeling?"

"Sleep…for ve-ry long time…feel odd…" Protoboy responded before he noticed Robotboy and Robotgirl, "...Who are they?"

"Those are your little brother and sister, Robotbyo and Robotgirl."

"...You…replaced me?"

"No, I…" Moshimo shook his head.

"There it is…" Ragna and Skurd replied in unison as they narrowed their eyes at Protoboy.

"You...replaced Protoboy…?" Protoboy growled, his eyes glowing red.

"No. I did no such thing."

"LIES!" Protoboy snapped as he punched the table he was on, instantly crushing it.

"Woah! Hey hey…He didn't replace ya or anything," Ben spoke up, earning Protoboy's attention.

"...scanning…" Protoboy whispered as he scanned Ben before stopping on the Omnitrix, "...Alien technology detected…" he then turned his gaze to Noel and Lambda, "...bio-organic machines detected."

"It is...complicated," Lambda shook her head, "And watch is Omnitrix…created to protect Galaxy."

"...lies."

"Hmm?"

"Lies…Protoboy is strongest…Protoboy is the ultimate machine…" Protoboy frowned, "Protoboy is only creation of Moshimo…"

"No. Protoboy…You have siblings. To l-" Robotboy began before Protoboy smacked him and Robotgirl away, "AHH!"

"Urusei!" Protoboy snapped before his hand converted into a blaster and aimed at Ben, "Terminate inferior copies...terminate Omnitrix!"

"Duck!" Lambda called, grabbing the professor and his fiancee before pulling them behind a steel crate.

"I don't understand. What could have happened?" Moshimo pondered as a green flash went off before Diamondhead blocked the blast from Protoboy, grunting as he was sent skidding back several dozen yards.

"That's some serious firepower," Diamondhead noted.

"Sari, Kajun, I thought you guys had this covered with the prof!" Makoto shouted as she and the others hid behind a steel crate.

"We did!" Sari argued, "I just…don't know what went wrong!"

"It…we had him wired to be completely repaired, the program should have scrubbed all his data," Kajun stated, "D-Did I mess something up? I must have…"

"Well whatever happened, that thing is out trying to destroy Ben's watch and the robo-chibis," Ragna stated.

"Ahh! Robotboy!" Noel gasped, about to run out of her hiding spot before narrowly avoiding a shot.

"Terminate inferior copies..terminate bio-organics…termite Omnitrix…" Protoboy growled as his other hand converted into a rocket launcher.

"Mmm…" Robotboy looked around before his eyes narrowed seeing Noel almost get shot, "Brother will not hurt Noel!" he rushed and tackled Protoboy, slamming him into a wall.

"Mmm…" Robotgirl whimpered as she sat up, rubbing her head, "My head…why bro-ther hurt…" she looked up to see Protoboy tossing Robotboy off him, "Bro-thers…fight-ing?"

"No…stop!" Robotboy grunted, "You don't have to hurt anyone!"

"Wrong…he replaced me…make you…I hate you!" Protoboy growled as he bashed his head into Robotboy's, "I will…not be replaced…"

"Re-place?" Robotgirl repeated.

"Protoboy has it in his processor that he was replaced by you two," Lambda whispered, holding the pink robot close, "Robotboy is trying to subdue and restrain, but Protoboy is set to seek and destroy." she ducked as Diamondhead crashed into the column they were behind.

"Ugh…" Diamondhead groaned, shaking his head before looking at Robotgirl, "Your dad makes you kids fast and strong, doesn't he? So I gotta get tougher." he grabbed his emblem, "Let's see if this gives an edge."

He rotated it and his armor quickly went up, starting with a black bodysuit base. Gunmetal gray armor quickly snapped into place over his upper arms and head, a green-tinted visor forming on the helmet. Blocky white armor with Omnitrix-green coloring covered his lower arms while keeping his hands exposed before more covered his feet and legs, the kneecaps gaining gunmetal gray armor that jutted outward like diamonds. The white and neon green armor formed over his torso with a pair of gunmetal gray 'pipes' going over where his shoulders turned into his neck, which was coated in a darker armor in the same shade as his body while more formed over his shoulders. The spikes on his back were coated in a sleek layer, giving them the appearance of tiny jet wings before more of his crystals grew along the edges as more crystal grew to form katar-like blades on his gauntlets. Protoboy fired his laser at Diamondhead only for the armored alien to raise a hand and catch the blast…allowing it to soak into his armor.

"Hmm…so now I can control when I shoot it like Chromastone," he noted, "No time to experiment…" he slammed his hand and formed multiple crystal spikes that shot out in such a way they trapped Protoboy in place, "Profesor, I think the little dude needs a serious time out and another check up."

"Agreed," Moshimo agreed, a look of concern on his face aimed at Protoboy.

"I'll check the computer. Even if it got smashed, I can listen to what it has to say," Sari offered.

"Good idea," Diamondhead nodded, "Rook, Ragna, keep Sari covered. Makoto, keep Moshimo and the girls covered."

"Wait…Profesor…how would Protoboy know about the Omnitrix…or that Noel and Lambda are Bio-organic?" Makoto asked.

"...?!" Kajun tensed up as she realized something, "...He was hacked into."

"Eh?"

"Sari, let me assist you," Kajun spoke as she stood up, "Something tells me…this wasn't an accident."

"Good thinking," Sari agreed as they approached the computer, allowing her to put a hand on it, "...Phew. The fight avoided it mostly, but it admits that its screen has a crack now…and it apologizes for not being as helpful as normal due to it. Wow, even the machinery you work with is as polite as you are, Professor."

"I guess there's a little of me inside of it," Moshimo muttered as he stuck close to Diamondhead for protection.

"...Got it," Kajun whispered, pulling out her tablet as she attached a cord from it to the computer, waiting a few moments before the screen turned on, "I'm in."

"Yeah, well whatever you have planned, you better hurry!" Ragna snapped as he and Rook got before the two, using their respective weapons to deflect some rockets heading towards them, "I think the Protobrat's getting even more ticked off!"

"It's like he's in his big mode all the time…" Omni-Kix Diamondhead muttered.

"Oh I honestly dread what his Battle mode is like," Skurd admitted before Omni-Kix Diamondhead quickly caught Robotboy.

"Fortunately, that was incomplete," Moshimo admitted, "Most of his body will not resize if he enters Superactivated Mode."

"Any way to shut him off?" Ragna asked.

"Yes. If you expose his torso, there are two cables that can be pulled to shut him down," Moshimo explained.

"Well he is a prototype…" Diamondhead muttered, "Skurd, got any ideas?"

"Hmm…Is there a digital manual?" Skurd asked, "If not, I could try some Splixson DNA with your organic silicon."

"That sounds better than going for the manual and not having enough time to check it all," Diamondhead noted.

"Great…now how to get close…?" Skurd asked before the lights of the visor faded, "Ben? Ben!?"

"This way, dumb-dumb," Diamondhead's voice came from a glow shaped like the visor traveling along the diamonds.

"I…but…how…and…what?!" Skurd gawked, "These armors are insane!"

"But pretty neat," Diamondhead chuckled, "And admit it, you liked some of the ones we've worn so far. Now hurry!"

"Grr…inferior! Protoboy superior!" Protoboy snapped.

"I am still a fragile slime boy!" Skurd yelped, skudling along the path of gems made by Diamondhead, "And how did you move the actual Omnitrix!? You are more insane now! And this is an alien you mastered beyond even actual members of the species!"

"Oh less yapping, more helping me reach tiny places." Diamondhead sighed as the visor formed on the crystals trapping Protoboy, and-shortly after a small opening over his chest formed-a ramp for Skurd to climb up formed.

"Don't fidget, boy…I'd like to say I know what I'm doing…but I don't," Skurd spoke, forming several pseudopod tentacles he used to feel around before finding a release to open the chest for him to have access, "Wires…always wires…it feels so retro…"

"Well I did the best I could before the advent of modern micro-computer technology," Moshimo sheepishly rubbed his head.

"Big Bro-ther very old?" Protogirl asked, "...Is uncle?"

"No," Lambda corrected, "But good jab at your older brother's age. You will be sass princess yet."

"Please don't, La-chan," Noel sighed.

"I have already chosen to train her in the ways of the Sass Queen," Lambda declared proudly.

"I get the feeling you are going to be that bad influence type of Aunt in the future…" Noel muttered.

"The future is unknown," Lambda smiled.

"Protoboy is su…" Protoboy roared out before his voice slowed and his optics dimmed, "...per…i…or…" he fell over, landing on one of Diamondhead's crystals.

"Please tell me I have disarmed the reckless child!" Skurd called from in Protoboy, "If not, scream!"

"No! You're good, Skurd!" Makoto shouted.

"Good…now I am leaving and for safety…taking this entire wire," Skurd pulled himself out and slid along a mass of crystal that entered the Omni-Kix Armor as it lit up again.

"That…was kinda cool," Omni-Kix Diamondhead chuckled as he began moving again, "I could move my mind into my Diamond constructs."

"...One thing at a time, Kajun," Kajun whispered as she finished typing on her tablet, "Got it! I was able to access some footage from the security cameras…hopefully now w-" she tensed when she spotted something, "...oh dear…"

"What is it?" Moshimo asked in concern as he and Miu-Miu approached her.

"I'm sorry to say this, but you'll have to relocate again, professor," Kajun apologized, offering the tablet to them.

"...?!" Moshimo's eyes widened as he looked at the footage, seeing a knight-like figure working on Protoboy before the footage suddenly cut off, "...The Forever Knights…"

"Them again?" Ragna asked.

"Oh, I am starting to hate them all over again…" Diamondhead groaned, shaking his head.

"For-ev-er Knights? What is, please?" Robotgirl asked, seeing the concerned looks everyone had.

"Very mean people who mock what real knights are," Robotboy declared, looking up at Noel, "Knew Robotboy should brought practice sword."

"He's been really into the good Knight stuff after a trip to London," Diamondhead explained.

"Don't tell the boy that his practice sword is just an inflatable one," Skurd whispered, "Noel has the pictures."

"And he's slipping back to old verbal patterns in his frustration with them again," Kajun sighed.

"Well he's developed a long way…but I think that might just be a cute default verbal tic for them," Noel smiled, motioning to Robotgirl.

"It is cute," Makoto and Sari agreed.

"Proff-ess-or sad?" Robotgirl asked.

"A bit, yes," Moshimo replied, "This would have been a nice place to live, but it is too risky now to stay. Now that the Forever Knights are aware of it and have gotten in. We'll need to look over everything here before taking it with us to our next home."

"Next home?" Robotgirl repeated.

"Scary people always come after the Professor," Robotboy explained, "When they find his home, he has to go to another so they do not continue to ruin the area around it and let him continue his work in peace. It is called moving."

"Is scary, mov-ing?"

"I did it with the Professor until I met Noel and Jenny," Robotboy explained, "It is a little scary, but you also see a lot." he smiled, "Very colorful and loud in Rio."

"Oh, an excellent suggestion, Robotboy! It was one of the oldest places," Moshimo recalled, "No one would think to check there twice at least for a few months. I believe it is also the time for Carnival."

"Car-ni-val? What is, please?" Robotgirl asked.

"Oh thank goodness for her being at the curiosity stage," Noel whispered before petting Robotboy's head, "Good job helping with easing her worry. That's a good big brother."

"Mmm," Robotboy smiled before looking over at the deactivated Protoboy, "..."

"...Don't let it get to ya, kid," Ragna spoke up, earning Robotboy's attention, "Your brother's just…really messed up in the head right now; but probably with time…a lot of time…he might go back to normal."

"Like Jin?" Robotboy asked bluntly.

"Given your old man…better then Jin," Ragna smirked.

Robotboy smiled at that. Nearby, Ben frowned as he walked over to Sari.

"Any chance you could ask the computer just what they were doing in the computer?" Ben whispered.

"What do you think I've been doing?" Sari replied softly, the glow in her eyes fading as she removed her hand, "They opened up a ton of random files, each one on different projects, and canceled the installation program that was being put into Protoboy, hence the reason he went wild on us."

"I don't like this…" Ben scowled, "Forever Knight's up to something, but I just can't figure out what it is or what his next steps are."

"Whatever he's up to…it can't be good," Makoto frowned as she joined the two, "...In fact, he's been pretty silent since we rescued Max from him and that one absorbing jerk…"

"If I know bad guys…going this silent is never good," Ben stated.

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Forever stepped out of a hovercraft as his special agent walked out of the shadows and reformed into view, turning off some form of minor stealth tech. The figure was a black colored Ninja Knight which bowed down and produced a small USB from his hand. Forever walked forward and took the offered device before plugging it into his gauntlet. He nodded as his visor began glowing.

"Yes, this will do just nicely, but I doubt we'll be able to get lucky with tracking the great Professor Moshimo down twice this way. Now he will encrypt his messages to the girl and they will ensure 0 chance of tracking them," he mused, "But this much data…will help us in immediate goals. I see he was already looking to supply the Plumbers with…muscle as thanks for all their help with raising his little boy." he mused as he read the data, "Well, it's not his trade secrets but this much is already more than I expected." he kept talking before looking to the robot, "Right…I didn't program you with speech…" he sighed, "It's been so boring…I miss this back and forth with the idiots…and Relius had to be busy with his latest project…" he ended looking over the data, "Still, this is another step ahead for the ending I seek."

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SZ: Hoo boy…didn't think we'd forget about them, did you folks?

GT: We have not!

Z0: *sitting on a throne from hell* No…no we did not. We just have a big boon of work time and plan to get stuff done. Oh by the way, in the next chapter we introduce a new main character of sorts…and it's all inspired by my favorite Cowboy Bebop episode…actually that's the whole show but…you'll understand. *holds up doggy crate as something peacefully snores inside*

GT: Yep. Hope you're ready…because you won't believe what comes of it.

Z0: This little creature must be defended. *hands crate to a Darkling as it carries it off* Anyway, next time will be soon. Hope you enjoyed.

SZ: Yeh. Tune in next time for something we've been waiting..and no its not multiversal stuff before you jump the gun.

GT: Indeed. We're out of that business for a good long while. So please Read and Review!

Z0: Oh right…*opens door revealing Demon Dogs* Enjoy~