Future Bound

by G O G E T A 9 0 0 0

It's been three years since Ben and Gwen had their Summer vacation across the country but, as the years pass they find themselves resembling the bleak future timeline they visited on that trip; is it possible to change your own destiny? How will the duo react to the growing feelings betwixt them? Follow Ben and Gwen into adulthood as they explore their relationship! Bwen! Season 5!

53. Absolute Power

Disclaimer: I don't own Ben 10.

Chapter 53: Absolute Power

Exo-Planet 97925, April 3rd, 2024.

"We still have one more play," Ben looked up at and between his four teammates with an enthusiastic smile.

Albedo shook his head, not believing there was any hope left after this final defeat, he sighed with exasperation, "And what pray-tell would that play be, exactly?" the most skeptical of them spoke up first but, wouldn't understand the answer outright, though the look in his doppelganger's eyes suddenly told him the answer before he even responded.

"You mean for us to-"

He agreed with a nod, "We defend the child," Ben stated confidently, with a more serious tone than usual, although it is to be expected from someone whose mission is to save the entire Multiverse… and his mission wasn't finished yet. Even if Aggregor succeeds, he made a promise to use it to end the conflict for good.

Gwendolyn folded her arms across her chest, leaning on her right leg with a frustrated exhale, "What are you talking about? What child?" she questioned rightfully.

Albedo filled them in as best he could, "Celestialsapiens are so powerful that, in adulthood, they generate two distinct personalities within their psyche that delegate to limit the use of such intense power."

"Most of them don't move for millennia at a time so, it's unlikely we'll attract any attention," Ben finished the sentence, cut and dry, "Baby Celestialsapiens don't have limiting personalities, he absorbs the child, he gets the full unrestricted access to all of that power," his voice nearly trembled.

Gwen muttered under her breath, "He'd become a god."

Sunny rolled her eyes trying her best to understand, "But, wouldn't that mean you would be stuck debating like the other celestials? I mean, even if you used that form…" she posed a pretty significant question that everyone in the group quickly picked up on.

Ben chuckled a bit, looking down at his gauntleted Omnitrix with a reminiscent smile, "Being fused to my Omnitrix has some perks; the sentience within the watch said she could help delegate the controls for the form over to me if need be."

"She?" Gwendolyn questioned with a coy brow raised, curving a smile, "I don't have competition with an artificial intelligence, do I?" she sauntered forth, mostly joking as she placed a hand on his chest.

"No, no, it's not intimate; it's more like having another team-member, I-I mean she's the A.I that controls the failsafe that's saved my life a bunch of times," Ben tried to explain it as best as he possibly could, given his experience, "Think of her like Gideon, without her we'd be clueless flying this thing, that makes her an important part of the team." They couldn't really argue with that as Ben put more emphasis on his point, "Just like without Trix I would be clueless about this watch too," raising his forearm to stare down at it.

Albedo rolled his eyes and turned his head up, looking up at the ceiling, addressing the artificial intelligence actually present running the hyper-cube, "Gideon, could you please transport us back into the Forge of Creation, preferably closest to a new-born Celestialsapien?"

"I certainly can transport you all however, my systems can only get so close to such incredible energy before the hyperdrive goes critical," Gideon explained as best she could.

"As close as you can, would be just fine, thank you, Gideon," Albedo turned around and paced towards the rest of the group.

Gideon responded with a giddy tone, "As always, it's a pleasure serving heroes of any dimension, I'll do my best," she responded enthusiastically.

The hyper-cube illuminated with a bright white light strobing outwards before warping inward and teleporting across dimensions, leaving the wasteland of a planet in silence once more.

…

Forge of Creation; Unknown; Unknown.

The cube reappeared floating in the vast void of colorful nebula, the massive floating humanoids which surrounded them had no idea they were even there though, they cloaked the hyper-cube just in case, the view was magnificent as neon navy-blue space surrounded them for thousands of lightyears in every direction. "We are approximately two-point-six million miles from the energy source designated as an infant Celestialsapien."

"Thank you, Gideon, we'll take it from-"

"Actually, Gideon," Ben spoke up sauntering into the center of the room, "You can access teleportation through dimensions, right?" He questioned leading up to an even bigger request.

"Yes, I do have an inter-dimensional wave generator that allows the hyper-cube I've been integrated into to phase shift through dimensional barriers," Gideon, still being a computerized system, explained in great detail how her system worked, "There is also limited fuel capacity as the self-sustaining battery will need to recharge after another use following the jump to the Forge just made."

"Would it be possible to transport certain people from Earth in my home Universe, here to this dimension?" Ben asked with his hands together, praying it would work. "Preferably like… right here."

"I'm afraid not, however; my strategic network is informing me you two have Galvanic-Mechamorph forms in your Omnitricies, if the both of you were to advance the technology on board my ship, it could certainly work."

"Okay, Gideon, target Cooper Daniels, Rook Blanco, Manny Armstrong, Allen Albright, Helene and Pierce Wheels; we're gonna throw everything we got at this asshole," Ben turned and transformed in a flash of emerald light, revealing a humanoid figure made entirely of black-nanomachines, neon-green circuitry running across his body leading to the Omnitrix symbol, "Alright, let's do this!" his voice sounded like Ben's regular voice filtered through some form of autotune.

Albedo summoned a crimson hologram of Upgrade and pressed down on the faceplate, a shimmering flash of red light revealed a Negative Upgrade in his place, identical to the positive version aside from the blood-red circuitry that ran across his body. They both acted simultaneously, morphing, and attaching themselves to the hyper-cube, layering it in their unique red and green omni-energy. It was such a highly advanced vehicle it was hard for either of them, even working together, to control it however, they did manage to reroute power and 'upgrade' the interdimensional wave generator.

…

Tennyson Tower; April 3rd, 2024; 5:15PM.

Cooper, Julie, Manny, Helene, and Pierce were all together in the common area waiting for another attack on the city by Billy Billion's super-criminals that the legal system can't seem to put away permanently. It seemed whatever influence Billy had in the political governmental sense kept him out of jail.

It was then that Alan walked in holding a plate of heated-nachos, the pan must have been two-hundred degrees but, it didn't even faze the half-Pyronite, "Finally! We get something to eat!" one of the half-Tetramand's hands grabbed at a chip layered in steaming cheese. He didn't hesitate to toss it in his mouth, "I'm glad the city is quiet enough for us to just enjoy our-"

Cooper slammed his palms against his desk, standing up using the metallic-prosthetic across his leg to rush over to the wall behind his desk, slamming his palm onto a crimson button over his desk.

"What's going on exactly?" Helene asked innocently.

Cooper sighed as the wall behind him spun around to reveal a myriad of weapons, he grabbed a nanomechanical exoskeleton armor unit from the wall hanging with weapons he'd invented over the years, "It looks like we're being summoned, there's an interdimensional wavelength that's targeting just us," he tapped the keyboard of his holographic computer a few times before flipping the hard-light screen towards them with a gesture showing them the readings.

"How long do we have?" Pierce spoke up, standing with a fierce scowl, ready for a fight as he adjusted the proto-armor over his forearms.

Jennifer was sitting twenty or so feet away, sipping on a smoothie which Rook had boughten her not even half an hour ago, she was listening in on their conversation but, wouldn't dare ask to join them knowing the answer, instead she put down her cup and waited patiently.

"Seconds, get prepared now before we're dematerialized and reconstituted wherever Ben and Gwen need our help," Coop slapped the unit onto his chest, activating it summoned a liquid smart-metal which wrapped around his body forming a slicker more advanced silver armor, stronger than he'd worn on Vladius.

"I'm glad he gave us such a reasonable timeframe," Manny remarked sarcastically, crossing the room to stand beside the Kinceleran in the room.

Lucy quickly melted into a puddle, slithering over towards the armory where she reformed into a pearl-white Plumber Amor, quickly reshaping into her human disguised now armored up. She rushed passed the technopath's desk, grabbing a level-eleven tachyon-rifle from Cooper's wall of weaponry; she cocked it back and prepared it to fire, aiming at the wall for a moment ensuring the scope was clear.

Rook's proto-gear was all he needed when the six of them began glowing harmlessly with an emerald hue around their bodies, "Prepare for transport, three…two…" Jennifer used her speed to slow down her perspective, dashing from her seat so quickly it knocked it onto its back several feet away but, before it hit the ground she made physical contact with Rook's hand microseconds before the seven of them were dematerialized from sight, leaving the Tower control-deck completely empty.

…

Forge of Creation; Unknown; Unknown.

Lucy, Manny, Helene, Alan, Pierce, Rook, and Jennifer materialized into the hyper-cube with a yellow shimmer standing before the four others who'd summoned them, "Hey, everyone, I'm sorry to-" Ben stopped his introduction when he noticed the ten-year-old girl standing innocently behind Rook, "What the hell is my ten-year-old daughter doing here?!" he shouted throwing his hands up towards his head, his anxiety skyrocketing the moment he realized what he was looking at.

Rook turned around one-eighty, finding young Jennifer looking up at him with a sheepish expression, "H-Hey… guys," glancing around the room, not having thought her actions all the way through.

"Send her back," he announced upwards but, Gideon didn't yet respond.

Jennifer frowned, stomping her foot, "Sorry, Dad, but I couldn't just let you all go off fighting by yourselves, it's not fair!" Her pupils glistened violet suddenly catching her Father's attention, flashing him her much thinner white-clad Omnitrix, "I have a watch too, which means I can help fight!" she insisted.

Gwendolyn approached and placed a hand on her shoulder, "This villain, honey, he isn't like Animo, or even the Charmcaster… he is extremely dangerous and-" she was cut off when the young girl gently shoved her Mother's hand off her shoulder.

"I don't care, I wanna fight!" she insisted further.

Ben pulled back and turned around with heavy breaths, "Gideon, please tell me you can send her back?"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, using your Galvanic Mechamorphs for the transport of so many people has depleted the reserve power for the interdimensional wave generator. It will need time to recharge."

"How long will that take?" Ben asked aloud as he tried not to make eye contact with his daughter, focusing on keeping her safe

"Approximately four hours and twenty-four minutes."

Ben sucked his teeth, scoffing as he turned around, "That's just great, absolutely perfect," his attitude had a significant effect on the young girl, tears welling in her eyes out of frustration as her face turned red.

"So, you don't want me at home, you don't want me here…" her scowl fell into a somber, saddened expression prompting a short sniffle, "Do you not want me at all?" her voice cracked with a squeak.

Gwendolyn placed a hand over her mouth, not having the words to respond as her gaze fell onto her husband; Ben put his hands to his hips and dropped his head, sighing as he approached his daughter, "Listen, Jennifer, what we do… the life we live… I used to think that I could live that life when I was your age too but, it takes a toll…" his tone growing more concerned, looking her up and down, "I love you more than life itself, I just can't bear to let you go through that toll too."

Jennifer wiped her tears and put on her fiercest glare, "I'm helping, whether you like it or not," she folded her arms over her chest, planting her feet.

Cooper was still adjusting his gauntlet, confirming his armors settings as he passed the Father and Daughter, "Now, who does that sound like…" he pointed out the similarities between her and his younger self.

Ben exhaled and glanced over to his wife, giving him a smile and a shrug, as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Okay. Okay, okay, fine you can help but you follow your Mother's lead and don't try to face him on your own, don't even tell him who you are…" as he passed by her to approach the center of the 'living area' still in deep thought as the others surrounded him awaiting a plan, "The less he knows about you the less he'll be able to use it against me."

Gwendolyn spoke up first, "He's right, let's start prepping strategy."

Rook spoke up as respectfully as possible, still not use to their family dynamic, "If I may, sir, I believe using this hyper-cube as a vantage point for either myself or Ms. Mann to utilize the tachyon-cannon from a distance."

"It's too far a shot, it'll never hit him…" Manny spoke up, looking out the transparent pilot's seat window.

Cooper pitched in his two cents, thinking up a simple solution, "Not if we can equip an accelerator magnifying-muzzle, it should increase the range of the blast by eight-hundred percent," he glanced back up from his pensive gaze at the rifle in Lucy's hands, "I could make some modifications, it'll only take a few minutes."

"Do it," Gwendolyn ordered as the Lenopan handed over her rifle, "Good plan Rook, you post in here; Lucy will be on the ground with the rest of us, Helene keep him off balance but, keep your distance… one hit and he could break you in two," She finished with a serious warning, Helene gulping while Ben picked up where she left off.

As he paced the room he turned his back to them, "The baby Celestialsapien is held within a sphere of pure light… lying on the hands of an unsuspecting, and probably oblivious, Mother Celestialsapien; the hands holding the sphere are big enough for all of us to surround Aggregor but, that's what he would be expecting," Ben turned around to face them with a confident smile, switching gazes between them all around him, "Instead we're going to go at this from a different approach."

Cooper was checking the calculations on a holographic screen emitting from the gauntlet on his silver liquid-metal armor, looking up without raising his head, "Elaborate."

…

Two Hours Later

Aggregor plunged through the dimensional void using the map to guide his way through to a new realm of sparkling, colorful nebulae; he paused to bask in the glory of the massive titans that floated in place, debating on the fabric of the Multiverse itself for eternity.

"No other mortal being in the Universe has laid eyes on the beauty of creation itself, and when I rule it all, I will be the last!" Aggregor darted through the dense atmosphere, flying at half a billion times the speed of light, cutting through the cosmic-clouds of energy towards the most powerful source of energy illuminating from only a few thousand light-years away. He passed the scattered asteroids floating through the infinite atmospheric pressure.

He narrowed his eyes up at the giants towering above him as he passed, they were aware of his presence but, much like a man and an ant, they weren't in the slightest bit interested. As he finally caught sight of the bulb of energy glimmering in the distance with the density of a collapsed star, his maniacal grin widened.

Just a few more hundred-thousand miles and he would make contact, that was until a bright neon-blue and white wave of flames blasted Aggregor from the right, not just fire from a Pyronite, but something much more potent. The white plasma lined with blue flames was actually an outstretched arm, burning Aggregor as he was gripped pinning his arms to his sides.

"I call this one SoulBurner," Now in his Naljian form, a being made of pure ethereal energy and with an essence of a twenty-six dimensional being, the Omnitrix compensated by forming full-body armor, sleeveless revealing arms composed entirely of the same bright-blue spiritual flames, and glowing emerald eyes floating in the pure, erratically wisping, neon-turquoise energy that flowed through his entire essence.

Aggregor shouted in agony, trying to break free with raw strength, simultaneously attempting to absorb the energy but, it wouldn't take, "You've only delayed the inevitable!" he shouted.

"Tell it to someone who cares!" SoulBurner condensed the force and heat of a thousand supernovae, engulfing the Osmosion in wave after wave, hurtling massive orbs of spiritually destructive flames into the enemy one after the other. "And have anot-" he was interrupted when Aggregor flexed his strength sending out an omnidirectional shockwave of wind and electricity that blew back the spiritual blaze. Using the aerokinetic abilities to disperse the flames, although some still remained burning lightly in the cosmic realm. Giving Aggregor the opportunity to rush his opponent with all his strength.

SoulBurner was unprepared for an assault at such high speeds that he was incapable of countering, striking the Naljian in the only solid part of his body. His armor. Shattering the chest plate, sent the hero back a dozen miles into a random asteroid floating aimlessly. His impact shattered it and left his body imprinted into the rock, where Aggregor followed up by rushing and tackling SoulBurner through said asteroid at much faster than light speeds, laying into him with a barrage of powerful blows.

Unexpectedly, Gwendolyn came in from above and slammed an energy construct down on the distracted enemy; a sparkling, teal sledgehammer bashed Aggregor atop his head. As he turned around, he was bombarded with flames from behind scorching his back severely. He turned around to swipe at Ben when he was electrocuted by the mage from behind, clenching his teeth through the pain.

SoulBurner growled through his teeth, "Not finished with you yet!" an explosion of emerald light engulfed him, revealing an Evolved Cosmian; his four-wings spread wide out behind his back, the glowing golden aura surging around him, as the wave of genetic energy grew him another foot, bulking up and broadening his chest.

"Come then," the villain uttered under his breath, prepared for Ultimate Celestal's advance dashing forth in a blur of speed, the enemy reeled back as they clashed fists creating a violent shockwave.

Ultimate Celestial dematerialized into a beam of light, appearing only a foot from Aggregor, and sending a flurry of combination punches and kicks at speeds so fast the Osmosion couldn't keep up at all, he sent strikes to the solar plexus, throat, jaw, chest, armored stomach each done with careful precision and skill making each one lethal ordinarily. But Aggregor's dense armor and durability dulled their striking force throwing his precision off making each strike less effective than the last. He continued his flurry of punches with a final haymaker which sent Aggregor flying backwards.

Recovering, the Osmosion chuckled a bit, wiping the small trickle of blood from his lower lip, "All that, for a drop of blood?" he taunted, though Ben could swear he'd heard that line before. Shattered from his deep thought by a right hook which threatened to take one of the Cosmian's teeth out, spinning mid-air to recoil until his wings opened-wide and stopped his momentum.

Aggregor proceeded to continue his onslaught on the Evolved Cosmian, left and right combos sending blood splattering through the Forge; that was until an unsuspecting beam of tachyon energy split through the cosmic-atmosphere and struck the Osmosion dead center in the chest. He was blown back and separated from the brawl, looking around to scan the area but, found no sign of an attacker. "What kind of trickery-" once again he was shot with an unabsorbable blast of ionic-tachyon energy, hitting once again in the shoulder this time. This gave Ultimate Celestial the opportunity to unleash a volley of solar-powered uppercuts to his Talpaedan armored midsection, sending further cracks across his torso.

The amalgam became enraged, using the same Talpaedan strength to clap both hands together with over half his strength, creating a shockwave in every direction blowing both hero and heroine back hundreds of feet. Gwendolyn flew back, scathing a floating asteroid, as she spun back around… when they recovered, Aggregor had darted off towards the piece, the Map guiding him. Ultimate Celestial crossed his forearms and used his wings to shroud him from the damage, forcing him back far less than he did with his wife. Once he'd pulled his wings back to continue the battle, he was met with an unexpected fist with the condensed force of a dwarf-star striking him in the head, though only managing to knock him unconscious.

Aggregor dashed through the air towards the others as Gwendolyn floated over to Celestial who'd devolved back into his normal state. She pressed her finger to her ear, signaling the others through their communicators, "He got passed us, time for phase two," she said in a serious tone, combing her fingers lovingly through his golden-blonde, shoulder length hair.

Albedo watched as Aggregor approached, faster than he expected, "This should be fun," a bright crimson flash of energy revealed a Negative To'kustar but, as he swung his massive hand down it proved to only be a distraction, a cable swinging around his ankle and wrapping taught. The Osmosion glanced down to find Rook, Negative Ultimate Fourarms, and Manny all pulling with every ounce of their strength, actually stopping his flight.

"How-" His question was answered before he even asked it, the To'kustar suddenly shimmered and faded away, leaving Sunny floating in its place, having projected the figure herself.

"Just because my mana can't hurt you, doesn't mean I'm useless, dickwad!" the Anodite proceeded to clap her palms together, before raising them above her head, and swinging them down; using immensely increased gravity to keep him pinned. "You won't hurt that child, if it's the last thing I do!" her eyes narrowed, summoning four massive stone arms to keep him down.

Aggregor let out an annoyed sigh, not even flexing to stand upright, getting to one knee before standing up straight; having shattered her prison and overpowered her gravity manipulation, "It just may be, girl," with a single swing of his claws, he turned and severed the line between his ankle and the heroes trying to restrain him. Grabbing Sunny by the throat so quickly she couldn't react, forming an orb of mana in her right hand, she slammed it against his face but, it did nothing. "It's time the mercy I've been giving comes to an end!" he slowly began to suck the energy out of her, her violet mana channeling into white electricity absorbed into his chest. He was growing more powerful but, the Anodite was beginning to weaken, it started with her aura before soon enough her muscle-mass slowly withered.

Albedo slammed his fists into the ground, having transformed back into his human state, he looked down at the fists planted in the ground, staring deeply into the Omnitrix Core embedded in his prosthetic. Giving him a very bad idea, so crazy it just might actually work. He leaped into a sprint, using his increased speed to slow down his perspective of time, and using said opportunity to twist the dial on his Ultimatrix in multiple different combinations, once completed it sounded a familiar tone, "This action is irreversible an-" his Ultimatrix tried to warn him but, Albedo used what little mental control he had over his watch to silence it. He returned to his normal speed, dashing across the battlefield unleashing his most powerful optic beams into Aggregor's back to draw his attention. It didn't take, he was too busy draining Sunny into a shriveled grape.

"ugh-hh" she groaned with heavy exhales looking more like an anorexic the longer he held her in his tightened grasp, "Aghh!" she shouted now as her physical essence was starting to be consumed as well.

Albedo detached the prosthetic forearm-hand and leaped onto Aggregor's back, leaving it magnetized to his back without him noticing, he dropped Sunny giving the former Galvan enough time to dash through the battlefield and scoop her up, retreating as far away as he could.

"Finally, they learned their lesson," he snorted steam from his nostrils as he took off flying towards the sphere of light, when suddenly he heard a beeping alerting him from his back.

Sunny curled up into Albedo's chest, even after he'd stopped running, now far enough away atop an asteroid to explain, "I've set my Ultimatrix to self-destruct, it should yield enough power to destroy him."

Gwendolyn landed beside him, "So long as the charge isn't building for days, we should be fine from this distance, what did you set it for?" she turned her head to face him as she asked the question.

"Two minutes, it should equate to the relative force of ten-teratons of TNT," Albedo explained without taking his eyes off the fleeing villain, thankfully not yet close enough to the child, on the off chance they gather the Mother's attention, "He should be hit with ten-million megatons of force in three… two…" without even saying the final number, a massive eruption of negative-omni-energy consumed the villain. The energy more than halted his flight, it disoriented him to a significant degree, shaking his head as a golden blur of speed whisked by the trio and passed Aggregor, flying through the smoke.

"Or perhaps just stun him for a moment, he seems unstoppable," Albedo reached down and caressed Sunny's long, dark hair, having long since reverted back into her human form, "No matter what, I will protect you," he muttered to himself not thinking anyone could hear him.

"I know…" Sunny whispered, a frail smile across her pale lips.

Ultimate Celestial appeared between the amalgam and his prize, a living, sentient, innocent child held within a sphere of light where it would develop over the next ten or twenty billion years. "You won't get what you came for, you'll have to tear my arm of my corpse to get to it!" all four of his heavenly wings shot outwards, getting into a fighting stance.

Aggregor shook his head, snarling from the force of the explosion he just took point blank, still smoking when he looked up at the evolved Cosmian glowing like a true deity. "Have you fools not had enough?! Have you not realized how pointless it is to oppose me? I am steps away from obtaining true god-hood, and you? A pretender, a false god."

Celestial and Aggregor advanced at unfathomable speeds, fists colliding and sending shockwaves throughout the realm, violently vibrating the entire dimension with every blow. If they had been on Earth, this certainly would have flattened entire cities, clearly proving Gwendolyn's visions into the future to be valid.

Ultimate Celestial sent a right straight at high speeds towards the Osmosion's cheek while, simultaneously, Aggregor swiftly sent a left straight passed his opponents arm, slamming it into Celestial's cheek. All happening simultaneously and in the same instant, the shockwave they created traveled out into deep space or at least what they assumed was beyond the nebulae surrounding them.

Gwendolyn glanced over at the one-armed Albedo, her face consumed with worry, "Do you think he can win this time?"

Albedo kept his eyes on the battle, not wanting to miss a single moment, every blow shook the asteroid they spectated from, glancing down only for a second at the recovering Anodite lying at their feet, "It's hard to say, we did do significant damage to his physical body but, the energy he just absorbed from Sunny could make up the difference."

They struck each other at speeds so fast even billions of times the speed of light was dwarfed by their combat prowess, Ultimate Celestial threw a spin-kick which was ducked under by the Osmosion who followed up with an uppercut to the hero's chin which he avoided just fast enough to dip his head back. The battle continued on as the titanic open-palms of the Mother continued to shake vigorously, though she never even looked down.

They charged each other colliding with enough speed and force to decimate a solar system condensed into just their fists, each strike threatening the stability of the entire dimension. They're fight was a haze, the shockwaves were felt for light-years and the blood splattered, floating through the void, but the fighters were invisible to Gwendolyn and the others as thunder boomed throughout the empty world signifying which area they were fighting at. Their thundering collisions would be heard throughout the galaxy if they were still in their native Universe but, thankfully, the laws of physics still apply. Ultimate Celestial slammed his solar-empowered fist into Aggregor's armored chest, shattering the outer-plating completely while pushing him through the atmosphere and into a lone asteroid. The Evolved Cosmian warrior used floated just above the ground as he intercepted a blast of crimson optic-energy blasts with just one hand, backhanding them into the side of the asteroid they stood on.

Aggregor used his speed to add force into his every punch as Ultimate Celestial reeled his fist back aiming downward, their fists connected with such force a compressive shockwave exploded out around them once again destroying the asteroid and leaving them floating, only this time the Osmosion reached up and gripped Celestial's arm. "Got you," Aggregor growled, syphoning more glistening golden energy into his already powered up body, though the longer he waited the longer his team had time to come up with some feeble plan to stop him. Instead of sucking him dry, Aggregor uppercutted Celestial in the solar-plexus with every ounce of strength he had left in his body.

Now, Aggregor was relatively defenseless, using all the energy he'd absorbed along his travels just to match the Evolved Cosmian who would only be minutes behind him, darting through the air towards the sphere of heavenly light the size of a large, inflatable, beach-ball. "At last!" he landed on the open palm of the Mother, advancing slowly towards the radiating energy pulsating only a hundred feet away.

Jennifer's adrenaline was pumping through her veins, the Omni-Energy vibrantly illuminating her pupils with violet sparks of electricity, "You can do this, you can do this, you can do this," she chanted to herself as she dashed forwards with her fingers sliding across the Omnitrix bound to her wrist.

Aggregor stopped inches from plunging his hands into the sphere of white cosmic energy at the sound of yet another distraction, absolutely furious and sick of said distractions, Aggregor turned quickly slashing his claws through the incoming flash of purple light. Unfortunately for him, his entire arm was frozen solid, followed quickly by the rest of his body as a female Necrofrigian phased up from below, moving right through him as everything in her wake froze solid. "Leave my parents alone!" she exhaled vast gusts of cryogenic energy, coating more ice atop the villains temporary prison.

Ben had transformed back into his human form, slowly getting to his feet on an asteroid miles away, being able to see perfectly how well his daughter was fairing against Aggregor with his enhanced eye-sight. "We have to go!" Gwen shouted at his side, taking off in a levitating flight towards the field of battle, towards their daughter.

"No… No, we can't stop him," he whispered to himself, feeling the blood attempting to regurgitate itself from the internal-bleeding he was suffering from, "There's only one option left," he glanced down at the gauntlet Omnitrix grasped over his forearm, closing his eyes as he entered his mindscape to focus deeply on the connection he held with the watch itself.

…

"Hello, Ben Tennyson, how have you been?" a sweet voice spoke up from the ethereal void in which Ben's consciousness formed a body for him to feel more comfortable in, he was familiar with being within the Omnitrix at this point.

Ben gave a long sigh, floating forth to speak closer to the emerald-burning woman void of clothing and looking exactly like his wife, "I don't know what to do, Trix, I'm not sure I can control Alien X… and if I do manage to stop Aggregor, there's no guarantee they'll let me transform back ever again," he's never met the two personalities within the transformation but, from what the hyper-cube had to say about Celestialsapien's, he was reluctant to use the form under any circumstance.

"Unfortunately," Trix summoned a view into the battle where Aggregor was breaking free of the ice which was trapping him, even as Gwendolyn poured on her own ice-spells, "It doesn't seem like you have much time to decide."

Ben refocused his attention on everything he'd been through these last almost two decades; finding the Omnitrix, becoming a hero, letting Gwen join on his adventures, the nights she stitched him up and they both began falling for one another, the unity villains heroes shared against an alien invasion, the coordination it took to rescue him from Prometheus… his first date with Gwendolyn, the night he gifted her the Petrosapien earrings, their first dance, their wedding, their last kiss… Ben's eyes snapped open with resolve coursing through every vein in his body along with the conviction to do what needed to be done, along with the neon-emerald Omni-Energy focusing through his sclera and pupils.

Trix floated beside him still within the bridge between his mindscape and the Omnitrix itself, "I'll do my very best to delegate decision making, Alien X will answer to us, I can assure you of that."

Ben smiled as his body faded away, "Thank you, Trix."

…

Aggregor tore the ice off his body chunk by chunk, blasting away at it with his heat vision; Jennifer had already timed out and chose a new form, now hiding behind a three-foot thick structure of ice firing shards of crystals from her arms.

Though her Omnitrix was more powerful than his, Ben's Petrosapien form was also twenty-years older and more experienced; he ran across the celestial's palm in a blur of speed, pressing his back up against the border his daughter created, "Dad?" she asked, her voice slightly lowered in this form. Ben grabbed her hand and pulled her down to one knee where he could slap the symbol on her chest, forcing her to transform back into herself, "What the heck'd you do…" she paused when he teared up and wrapped her in a tight embrace, "that… for?" she was confused as she returned the embrace and swung her arms around his torso.

"I love you; you know that don't you?" Ben asked looking deep into his daughter's eyes, emerald just like his own, holding her by the shoulders as they could hear Aggregor getting free.

Jennifer blushed as she glanced away from his stare, "Y-Yea of course I do, you're kinda scaring me, Dad…" Lucy, Cooper, and Rook dropped down from the hyper-cube hidden behind the sphere of light but, he knew they wouldn't last long. Alan hopped the barricade and transformed into his Pyronite form, launching orbs of fire at the Osmosion trying to keep him off balance now that he'd broken free of the ice. Helene sped through the area before making a turn back around to gather speed, she finally made tighter circles around Aggregor at mach six, Alan adding flames to the twister as it funneled a massive burning vortex around their enemy. With his vision obstructed by the flames, Pierce was hoping he could land a killing blow, flipping through the air for the extra throwing strength. Launching one of his sharpened spiked from his forearm through the fire aimed right at his eye.

Aggregor caught the spike without even looking in his direction, snapping it in two with just two fingers, he tossed the remnants aside and once again clapped his hands with intense strength forming a shockwave which Ben and Jennifer had to duck to avoid the brunt of. This wave sent both Plumber Helpers flying in opposing directions, incapacitating them completely with little effort.

Cooper stomped his foot on the ground to brace himself as his shoulder blades slide outwards nanomechanically revealing two-dozen slots for a single rocket each; he fired them all as a swarm of explosives rained down on Aggregor, keeping him from advancing towards the child. The plates retracted back as a photon-cannon formed over his left shoulder blade, his eyes glowing bright teal connecting to the scope of his weapon for perfect aim. He unleashed blast after blast but, what would normally punch holes through steel walls, was only barely pushing him back on his heels.

Thankfully, the tachyon-cannon operated much like a shot gun for a weapon that keys into the bio-signature of the target. It disrupts every individual cell with matching DNA in a certain radius, taking the target apart on a sub-cellular level, giving the blonde Lenopan the opportunity to open fire, "You wanna get nuts! Let's get nuts baby!" her snorted laughter was a bit concerning for Rook who watched his girlfriend cock-back the weapon four different times with four different shots, with only one hand. These blasters were quite heavy so it was impressive to say the least, however; it hardly stopped his momentum forwards but, did little else, countering by striking the Mother's palm with such force that it shook all three of the reserve team off balance.

Aggregor dashed forth at the speed of light, backhanding each one of them off their feet, into the air, landing on their backs hundreds of feet away; he turned back to see his prize now entirely unguarded. "Finally!" he reached within the sphere and found a young, baby, appearing to be only a few months old. In actuality it was born several centuries ago, still making it a newborn by its race's standards. "Don't fret, you won't feel a thing, little one," gently wrapping his fingers around the Celestialsapien infant's tiny-hand, he began absorbing the full essence of the most powerful sentient species in this Multiverse. The orb of light began cascading bolts of white lightning in every direction, though even as it struck her hand, the Mother still didn't even seem to notice.

As Ben watched in horror as Aggregor stepped foot into the orb of light, he knew what he had to do; "Omnitrix: Access Forbidden Playlist," he stated bluntly.

"This Playlist Has Been Lo-"

Ben had to hurry, not allowing the artificial intelligence to continue, "Override Code: Tennyson Maxwell 0-6-0."

"Override Accepted: Transformation Ten Now Available."

Aggregor emerged from the sphere of light, dissipating behind him with nothing left to conceal, the child was gone and in its place was a monster. Now that he had absorbed the powers of a Celestialsapien, all of the energy he syphoned on his journey meant nothing to him, "Here, I wont be needing this anymore…" he gestured with one finger as Sunny suddenly gasped and sat up, all of her energy and stamina had returned to her suddenly, energy he stole from Gwendolyn returned as well, bringing her back to her prime. His form was relatively the same retaining the Talpaedan armor and the legs of an Orishan, however; the DNA of the Amperi was overwritten completely, his head now darker than midnight with blood-red stars sprinkled across his cosmic skin. Beneath the Talpaedan and Geochelone Aerio exterior armor, his skin was clearly layered in the same cosmic energy as his head, which now lacked a mouth. "At last! At last! I have achieved it; the ultimate prize is mine!" crimson lightning cackled around his claws as he raised them up into the air.

They all looked on in horror, watching as Aggregor fired a single beam of unknown-energy at such impossible speeds, nobody could have intercepted it before it pierced through Jennifer's shoulder, through and through, emitting out from behind her shoulder-blade.

"NOO!" Gwendolyn shouted in a bloodcurdling scream that nearly deafened the group around them; Ben was frozen, if it weren't for Master Control, he would have stood frozen staring at his daughter collapse in a pool of blood for minutes on end.

Ben took one last look down at his daughter who coughed up blood splattered over the Mother's palm, watching him look into Gwendolyn's eyes from across the battlefield, receiving an understanding nod as the tears flowed down her cheeks, "I love you," he whispered speaking to himself but, about Gwen, Jennifer, Cooper, Lucy, Albedo, Sunny, Julie, Rook, Manny, Helene, Alan, Pierce, Kai, Kevin, Grandpa Max, Wes Greene, and every other person who'd helped him become the person he was today. Not a good hero but, a good man.

The explosion of emerald light was brief on the outside but, as he transformed Ben felt his spirit transcend through higher dimensions, floating through the Monitor Sphere and diving into the blankness of the OverVoid; suddenly, existence collapsed in on itself as for a single plank-instant, it looked as though Ben could see the God himself. That moment passed very quickly. Everything in the known Multiverse was his to know, control, manipulate, and will into reality; the largest Galaxy in any Universe is a speck in the hands of this new transformation, this Alien X.

"Now, time to remake this Universe in a more appropriate image!" The villain announced with a boast. much like most did in Ben's experience.

"Not if I have anything to say about it," Alien X announced with three distinct voices speaking simultaneously giving him his own intimidating echo, his entire body appeared to be made of space-itself with twinkling white stars scattered across his skin. Two fully controlled Celestialsapiens with equal raw power glaring at each other and preparing for a face off sent ripples through reality itself, gravity increasing ten-fold from their mere presence making it even more difficult to retreat.

They all adjusted themselves, resisting the sheer force of the two most powerful entities in existence standing before them; Sunny and Albedo were particularly shocked at the control Ben was utilizing over this form, it was unheard of, his bond with the Omnitrix's sentience must be giving him sway over the personalities within his cosmic psyche.

"We've already delegated, you end here and now, Aggregor," Alien X slowly landed in front of the Osmosion, still examining his own new form; the energy encasing his skin beneath his armor, it was raw dimensional power that humans haven't even been capable of comprehending let alone seeing it with their own eyes, until now.

Gwendolyn stared at Alien X's back as she treated her daughters wound, placing the Luck Charm on her chest as she recited her healing spells to herself.

Aggregor took a step forwards, "If only we were equals… but I know very well you still hear those constant voices; even when in agreement, the need to make decisions is not an easy task with this much power!" he held his crimson-glowing claws out at either side of his body, "My mind is clear and prepared for battle."

Alien X took a fighting stance, holding his hands out, and taking a one leg step back, "Don't do this…" he warned.

Sunny and Albedo went wide eyed, giving each other the same look, "We need to go right now!" they shouted in unison, guiding the group backwards and away from the fight, "Back in the cube, everyone, let's go!" Helene grabbed Cooper and Pierce, then Alan followed by Jennifer.

Gwendolyn levitated in as the cube slowly shut behind her, revealing to Aggregor that it was severely camouflaged, nigh-invisible even. "Get Jennifer to the medical bay, I have to go out there and help him!"

Albedo placed a hand on her shoulder comfortingly, pulling her back from reopening the door, "You would only get in his way, this battle is now far beyond our scope," she watched as Sunny levitated her only daughter through the air as Gideon prepped and sterilized the medical unit. "We should warp out of this dimension immediately, being in this proximity to them is extremely dangerous. Gideon, warp us back into our home reality please?"

"It can't be that dangerous to just be near them, can it?" Helene questioned, having been listening to them the entire time, though she received no answer.

"You're in luck, my wave-generator has just finished a full recharging thirty-two seconds ago," Gideon answered with a gleeful tone, oblivious to the stakes, "Preparing transport in three, two-" Aggregor couldn't see the ship itself but, he certainly noticed the warp in space that sucked the cube out of the Forge of Creation.

Alien X and Aggregor floated upwards off the ground slowly, ominously, staring deeply into each other's eyes; their aura's clashed, sending static across the massive star-spangled palm. They were in an empty space, floating far away from the hands of the Mother who just lost her child and couldn't even act on it.

They were close to each other, so close their auras alone physically shook the entire dimension; even though their entire species was deep in thought and debate, each and every frozen Celestialsapien turned to look at the two forces of nature about to clash before their eyes.

Aggregor reeled back and pounded his fist into the chest of Alien X, the shockwave of such a collision sent ripples of distortion throughout the entire Forge itself, threatening to crack open the dimensional barrier keeping it hidden from the Multiverse. It didn't seem to disturb the other members of their race, though; "You think because you're a bit faster? The voices within my psyche have been controlling this power for countless eons!" Surging emerald lightning cackled around Alien X's body as he floated in mid-air, a white aura exploded around him lining his entire body in cosmic energy, "The motion has been carried, Aggregor! It's already over, you just don't know it yet!"

Aggregor growled and swung his arm to right cross his opponent at quadrillions of times the speed of light, however; Alien X dipped back as if his opponent were attacking in slow motion. He dropped below his punch and struck Aggregor in the abdomen with his palm, exerting a force of incomprehensible pressure. He hurtled Aggregor through space until the Osmosion exited the chronal-randomization barrier and tumbled into nothing, dark, empty, nothing… The space between two Universes hides this realm well, seeing it now physically was a sight he wanted to bask on but would have to wait until he finished his final hunt.

Alien X exited the Forge himself, slowly floating up with his arms crossed over his chest, nonchalant emerald electricity cascaded over his still furious aura. The plank-instant he caught Aggregor within his sights, he rushed over to him in a fraction of an attosecond, ramming the conqueror with his shoulder and sending him backwards towards their Universe.

"Surrender!" Alien X demanded.

Aggregor recovered and growled, his body was becoming more entuned with his new power, slowly becoming one with the cosmic energy he'd absorbed from the Celestialsapien. Alien X was relentless though, using his immeasurable speed to blitz the Osmosion; right hook, left straight, left hook, jab-hook combo, uppercut. Each strike capable of ending and birthing Universes but, seemingly had no real lasting effect on Ben's opponent.

He sent another fist into Aggregor's close quarters, only this one never made contact, or rather, was intercepted quite precisely; "Never!" his six-dimensional crimson hands expanded into thick, beefy, fists which slammed Alien X's jaw, sending a thundering boom through both adjacent Universes. Shaking vigorously two infinite structures simultaneously with just a single connected punch. This attack also propelled Ben back into their reality, flinging him through millions of light years in a few seconds, he finally impacted a planet, shattering it with the sheer velocity of his landing. The celestial rock about as large as Jupiter split apart as Aggregor followed him at the same speeds, not giving him time to counter, Alien X could only block the incoming punch with his forearm.

The resulting shockwave tore the planet completely asunder, ripping it to shreds as Aggregor began filtering through the energy spectrum, he focused his thoughts as Alien X retaliated with his free hand. Manipulating gravity and pulling the Osmosion into the ground, he approached looking down on the nigh-omnipotent conqueror, "You have no comprehension of the forces with which you tamper!" He increased the gravity around Aggregor a million-fold, quaking apart the remaining city sized structure they fought on. He had to be careful considering if he had increased the gravity to any other significant degree, he would risk creating a black hole.

This actually gave him an idea. Alien X formed gravity in between his palms at such a high intensity that a black hole quickly formed but, unlike nature, he had full control over it. He held it above his head allowing it to grow in size, larger than any car, larger than a house, larger than any building. He finally swung his arms down, sending the inconceivable warp in gravity at Aggregor like an offensive maneuver.

Speaking of whom, he quickly broke free of Alien X's gravity-hold and increased his power, he searched through the energy spectrum and found something interesting; as the black hole collided with his hands, he coated them with anti-matter which actually allowed him to stop it with his bare hands. Gripping it like one would catch a large orb, almost hugging it to keep it in his hands. Aggregor took the black hole into his hands and condensed it back into a smaller sphere, smaller and smaller until its event horizon vanished completely.

He smiled collecting more anti-matter and slashing a massive wave of it, encompassing Alien X completely; he managed to form a shield of emerald cosmic energy around himself but, like acid the energy he used melted through it, forming holes quickly.

"These new powers are useful, in more ways than just one," Aggregor boasted, unclenching his fist where crimson electricity cackled between each finger.

Alien X dispersed his shield and narrowed his glowing emerald eyes, more luminescent than they ever were in his human form; He flexed his body with cosmic green-lightning surging through a clear aura, strengthening his physical attributes to their nigh-limitless capacity. He held nothing back, charging forwards at only a few duodecillion times faster than the speed of light itself, reeling his fist back preparing to land the killing blow by punching the villains head off.

Aggregor charged his own crimson aura, his own cosmic blood-red lightning, strengthening his own physical body to impossible degrees as well; using speeds relative to his opponents, he charged forth as well, his fist reeled back in preparation to counter the intended lethal blow.

Alien X and Cosmic Aggregor collided their fists at exactly the same point, in space and time down to the attosecond; nuclear fusion was sparked and an explosion the size of a star shook the entire Multiverse. Shockwaves reverberated through every timeline, every reality, every planet, star, and Galaxy in existence.

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Earth; Tennyson Tower; Rooftop; April 4th, 2024.

It had been a few moments since they'd teleported out of the Forge but, Albedo and Sunny were still sweating bullets, "Does this thing have like, I dunno, a fucking shield?!" she shouted as she looked over the controls far too advanced for her.

"Why would we need shields if we aren't even in the same dimension as them? We should be sa-" Gwendolyn tried reasoning but, was cut off by Albedo.

He grabbed her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes, it was always very strange to stare into the twin of her husband's eyes like this but, she listened regardless, "It is imperative that you use ever ounce of magic to form a shield around the hyper-cube to protect the passengers."

"I don't understand!"

Sunny turned to her as she herself formed a massive dome of hot-pink mana energy surrounding the cube, strengthening it with all that she had, "Okay, okay," she said hurriedly.

Gwendolyn summoned her Staff of Ages into her hands and spun it between her fingers before planting the blunt end on the floor of the hyper-cube, "Protegat Scutum!" from the end of her staff spread a teal-blue energy layering the entire cube, inside and out, slithering over it completely, doubling the protection to their cube.

"Now will someone please tell me why we're so afraid of something happening in a different dimension?" Gwendolyn asked aloud glancing back at her recovering daughter still unconscious but, thankfully stable.

"Just, wait…" As the shockwaves from across the Universe slowly reached them the entire Galaxy began to shake down to its last Solar System including every planet in their own; the rocking of their whole building alerted her to exactly why they were being shielded.

…

Deep Space

Alien X was careful to dip backwards avoiding a right hook before upper-cutting Aggregor through an abandoned Moon, shattering it as he flew directly through it, rushing back in to deliver another blow; catching his fist sent a burst of impossible pressure out around them, Aggregor used his cosmic might to funnel a powerful electrocution worth septillions of megavolts through Alien X forcing them to separate. He was completely unharmed as smoke drifted off of his star-speckled back momentarily, or at least what looked like smoke; "Is that all you got?"

Aggregor ignited his eyes crimson red firing cosmic heat beams into Alien X's shoulder; he suddenly recoiled in pain for one of the first times as the energy he was attacking with was beyond the heat of a quintillion supernova. They were using their abilities on an unparalleled scale, wielding power the likes of which no mortal should ever even lay eyes on, let alone steal for themselves. He put his hand out as the next beam of cosmic heat-vision reflected off his celestial skin, Alien X narrowed his eyes in pain but responded with a beam of energy of his own. From his palm came a widened cosmic blast of incalculable intensity, black and green naturally colliding with crimson red in the all-consuming darkness of space, this lit the Solar System like a massive Supernova from light years away.

Aggregor flew through the explosion, pouncing on a less experienced enemy was a good strategy for any battle aside from this one. Alien X had enough of this, stopping time, freezing the Osmosion inches from his face, "I told you; this ends now!" He reeled a fist back and bashed the side of his face with the force of the Big Bang in between his fingers. The shockwave nearly cracked open time-space itself as it shattered the surrounding stars for ten thousand light years, destabilizing their fusion and erupting in millions of massive supernovae; a long dead Galaxy was completely erased and Aggregor was sent hurtling through the darkness back through space towards Earth. Still light years away as Ben was aiming to send him to Oa with just a few more punches. The only place in the Universe with anything close to the power needed to help him, though, it was the best of a bad situation.

Alien X warped through space, materializing only a few hundred feet from Aggregor whom was fuming mad over being outclassed, even now. He quickly increased his size and mass, growing to be large enough to hold planets in the palm of his hand, "I will not know defeat again!" He swiped his hand downwards which only dispersed an illusion of his enemy, like an apparition; soon he was surrounded by dozens of Alien X's forming powerful attacks.

"Enough!" He shouted sending an omnidirectional wave of antimatter that erased everything for a thousand miles except for Alien X, whom was only taken aback by it a little. They both darted down to a massive planet, what seemed to be void of life, landing with a thundering crack in the ground at their feet.

Alien X and Cosmic Aggregor charged towards each other at extreme speeds, so much so they were blurs until they connected, clashing with their fingers intertwined; deadlocked against one another, the ground below was vaporized into a massive crater leaving them floating. They pushed against one another for several very long seconds, the storm only grew more vicious, sending bolts of lightning down around them.

"We won't let you win!" Alien X shouted with all three voices in total agreement.

Aggregor responded by stomping the ground and upheaving a continent; tearing apart the ground until molten lava seeped from the core. Alien X levitated upwards, the thundering booms and flashes of lightning set the scene very well; Aggregor fired his cosmically enhanced electrokinetic blast, which had become far more powerful than the first time he'd used it.

Ben intercepted the blast with an emerald shield of energy, the lightning cascading around the shield cast shadows over Alien X's already intimidating flare. Surprisingly, Cosmic Aggregor ceased his attack and in the same microsecond warped behind the Celestialsapien who turned only to receive a right hook to the cheek that sent him into the ground, carving a trench with his body for tens-of-miles.

Alien X opened his eyes just in time to roll over avoiding Aggregor coming down with a size-twenty armored boot on his chest, stomping on the ground instead rupturing the already disfigured Planet. Seeing an opportunity, Ben fired a beam of pure cosmic-energy through Aggregor's chest, and while he staggered back, Alien X fired the blast again, and again, and once more in rapid succession just to be sure. Not that it would kill him, only give him time to speak.

"Stop this before you ruin everything! These powers are beyond you and you shouldn't have them! Nobody should!" Alien X sent a wave of intense gravity atop Aggregor who was attempting to get up, increasing his mass by trillions, quadrillions… the entire planet was slowly crushed and condensed as the Osmosion still fought the G-force.

He struggled to open his arms as wide as they could get before clapping them together with such immeasurable physical strength that he created a sonic boom powerful enough to echo into space, vibrating other planets in the Solar System. The shockwave was strong enough to force Alien X backwards giving Aggregor the opportunity to learn a few things about his power. He searched within himself and in only a few seconds he warped himself out of and through space. Appearing behind Alien X and bringing his clasped palms down on his back, he bombarded the crater Alien X landed in with a volley of photon-beams hotter than the core of the brightest star in any Universe.

Each blast vaporized chunks and chunks of ground as explosions sent dust and dirt upwards for miles, covering the planet with soot as it was slowly vaporized into chunks; leaving them both in deep space, as they darted at each other out of rage, swapping hands at incomprehensible speeds, each jab sent another shockwave that shook apart an entire Galaxy, leading to destruction of trillions of planets throughout the cosmos; Alien X teleported away as Aggregor's fist flew through where he would have been and the Celestialsapien appeared behind him with an uppercut to his solar plexus, rapidly sending attack after attack up into his chest until his final punch managed to blow a hole in the center of his body.

As they both recovered their stamina in attoseconds, Alien X and Cosmic Aggregor advanced towards one another at octillions of times the speed of light and clashed fists once more, this time sending uncontrolled shockwaves throughout not just reality itself but, through every reality in every Multiverse, shaking infinite sets of infinity, Universes, and timelines as well as vibrating the very fabric of the creation itself... such a force felt through multiple separate realities.

...

Earth-4304 - America - Amity Park - 2008 - 3:45PM.

As the most technologically advanced mayor ever elected, the city that the ghost-hero of the planet had saved had begun construction on a new utopian society moving forwards, since Danny Fenton or Danny Phantom, as the world knew him, protected this town and its citizens from the dangers of inter-dimensional entities known to the population as Ghosts, he doesn't rest until the city is safe all starting by accidently mixing his DNA with that of a ghosts, giving him the ability to fly, turn intangible, use ecto-energy, and much more; he recently graduated high-school after many years of struggling to hide his powers, he ended up saving the entire planet from a deadly-radiating asteroid that would have wiped the planet out entirely. He had plans with his girlfriend and couldn't be late again, no matter how many times the Box Ghost would threaten him, he'd rather be on Sam's good side at all times and was headed by air towards her house at that moment.

Danny used to hide every time he'd transform but, since becoming a celebrity, it was a simple as transforming at a moment's notice; flying out in plain sight and thankfully able to make his plans on time; it wasn't until he was in the sky already that he realized there was a massive shockwave that briefly vibrated the entire planet, it didn't feel like it was coming from the ghost zone but, like the vibrations were everywhere around him.

He stopped midflight, Danny tapped into his communicator which he shared with Tucker, aforementioned mayor, and his girlfriend Sam, who usually strategized for them during more complex battles, "What am I looking at Tucker?" Danny shouted into his communicator over the wind and storms brewing above him, the planet continued to shake.

A familiar voice responded through the speaker erratically, "There's no Richter Scale for this type of quake, it isn't a ghost and it isn't just Earth; I think the whole Solar System might be shaking!" Tucker shouted through the coms. "Maybe more?!"

Danny flew off continuing to his girlfriend's house, phasing through the wall just in time to grab her and allow the entire mansion to come down around them, turning them both intangible through it all until the last of the debris had fallen, "What is this?" she shouted as she shook on the ground; she was a bit shorter than him now but, her shoulder length black hair and purple eyes that could stare through him would never change as he grabbed her by the waist to keep her steady.

"I have no idea what's happening, Sam, but whatever it is... it's happening on a bigger scale than any of us..." Danny looked up at the sky as he feel the shockwaves, while feinting out now, still reverberating through the entire Planet.

...

Earth-6729 - America - Jump City - 2005 - 3:45PM

While the Titans went about their day to day business, being that no crime alert had signaled them all day, it was turning out to be quite peaceful; Raven, the mysterious empath and telepath (amongst other things) of the group was the first to pick up on it, nearly falling on her rear when she felt the incoming shockwave. Taking no time to alert the others, she sprinted towards the window allowing her both entire sclera of her eyes flashed brightly with the blackest of energies, drawing on the abilities of her emotions, she clenched her teeth and spoke through them "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" With her incarnation, she formed a massive dome around their home Tower just before the shockwave hit. Still the building shook like a minor earthquake was hitting the city but, when Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire entered to common-room, they found their friend defending them. "I-I'm sorry! It was all I could to to protect us!" She still strained trying her very best to keep the shielding up.

Robin and Starfire intertwined fingers as they looked out at their city in flames, buildings crumbling to rubble, a quarter of it submerged by a tsunami. "I don't think we're gonna make Pizza Thursday this afternoon…" Cyborg joked lightly but, with a very serious tone.

Garfield and Rachel, or as their team insisted on calling them, Beast Boy and Raven had been trying to be ima relationship like the boy wonder and his alien girlfriend but, their dynamic was still different. "Are you sure you don't need any help, mama?" Placing a hand on her dark-blue cloak but, instantly receiving a clenched teeth, seething raged up response, "I'm fine!" she shouted.

Beast Boy took a step back and lowered his head, knowing she was in no mood for jokes, Robin passing right by him to fold his arms behind Raven, being her leader he expected a proper response, "Is it your Father?" He asked blatantly receiving a shake of her head

"No, bigger, something much, much bigger… we may need the entire League if this keeps up!" she almost shouted, her shielding breaking apart on the outside of the Tower.

Thinking about reuniting with Batman again gave Dick nervous chills, not that he didn't like the man, only that he was so intense and judgmental, "if it comes to that we'll make the call," he said reluctantly watching the city burn, with no way of stoppig it yet.

…

Future Bound Universe; April 3rd, 2024; Deep Space.

Having infinite stamina and equal raw power made this particular battle incredibly hard to finish, the darkness of empty space was ignited by flashes of green and red clashing and colliding in a psychedelic trip of powerful shockwaves. They circled one another at octillions of times the speed of light, hitting the other and retreating with a bright powerful aura around them both.

Jupiter had by now been reduced completely to rubble and debris as beams of energy flew out into space, hopefully never colliding with anything or they'd suffer the same fate. Sending waves of crimson lightning was useless as a transparent cosmic shield formed in front of Alien X absorbing the kinetic energy and turning itself into a beam of his own, clipping the conqueror's shoulder blade with a return fire.

Aggregor formed a massive blade out of nothingness, using his little skill over manipulating molecules to materialize a five-foot executioner's staff. He was less adept with being all-powerful so, he didn't realize how futile melee weapons are in a battle such as this one, "I still intend to impale your heart, don't forget!" He advanced, swinging the blade at irrelevant speeds, time didn't apply to him, finally using conceptual time to his advantage; he froze the entire Universe's timestream just to attempt an attack, however; Alien X had already mastered the concept of time itself and surpassed it, far surpassed it. Thus, every swing was dodged or blocked, even as he came in with an impaling strike, the Celestialsapien caught the blade with one hand, breaking the laws of physics and erasing the matter from existence.

Aggregor gathered all of his energy into a single point, funneling it through his entire body; charging every ounce of cosmic power he had access to in order to increase the odds, he'd come too far, he couldn't give up now.

Alien X floated passively, holding out a hand and gesturing for him to approach arrogantly; Aggregor took the bait, flying forwards at beyond fifth dimensional speeds, becoming so fast that the concept of speed meant nothing. Alien X effortlessly did the same, harnessing his speed in such an impressive way that only sheer skill and experience could have granted it.

Alien X and Aggregor collided in the same instant, Ben's fist in Aggregor's face and vice versa; the only difference being that the true Celestialsapien's face didn't even flinch at the blow while the amalgam went flying back, spinning in space for a moment as he bled from his lip. Leaving no time for a counter, Alien X warped through space appearing behind Aggregor and plunging his fist through his armored chest to where he could see his opponents arm when he looked down; "I'm taking back what you stole! All of it!"

As he pulled his arm out of Aggregor chest, he pulled out all of the Celestialsapien DNA with it, along with the powers of every innocent he'd robbed since this began, tearing out the fist reverted Aggregor back into his base form. Though he couldn't breathe in space so, Alien X gripped him by the throat and warped himself through space itself once again.

…

Earth; Omnitrix City; Tennyson Tower; April 3rd, 2024.

Alien X warped into the deepest levels of the Rushmore Base, finding Eon's old cell was fixed and fully operational, including upgrades that negate teleportation in or out of each unit; the Celestialsapien dropped the defeated Osmosion to his knees within the cell, his head down in defeat.

"Would you like to know why you lost?" Alien X proposed.

Aggregor groaned, "I have an irritating feeling you intend to tell me anyways."

"It's because you're alone… I have friends, family, people who look out for me," Alien X turned around to face the glass, "Enjoy the rest of your days in solitude," had it been Ben completely at the wheel, Aggregor would have been disemboweled, eviscerated, tortured to no end for what he did to Jennifer but, he had Trix helping guide his moral compass and he couldn't thank her more for it.

Alien X folded in on himself as space warped, he vanished from sight, leaving the defeated Osmosion injured and… alone.

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On the rooftop where the cube and the others were waiting for the end result, Sunny and Gwendolyn dropped their shields when the quaking ceased several minutes ago; Albedo simply paced in circles uncertain if Ben could utilize the form efficiently enough to stop Aggregor before- his thoughts were cut off when Sunny grabbed his hand, pulling his attention upwards toward her smile. She was still in her energy form but, it didn't matter to him which form she took, all he could see was her; is this what Gwendolyn felt like when she looked at all of Ben's different forms? What a sweet, comfortable feeling.

Alien X warped through space appearing before them and floating a foot off the ground for several minutes even as they tried getting his attention. Gwendolyn was warry to touch him but, she swallowed her fear and reached out, wrapping her fingers around the God's surprisingly soft hand.

"Ben?" she called out to him, "Can you hear us?"

Albedo only saw the technical side of things, "We may need to hard reboot his Omnitrix, otherwise he could be stuck in this form forever…" he trailed off as a bright shimmer of gleaming emerald energy exploded outward, revealing Ben dropping from a foot off the ground to his feet.

"Ben!" Gwendolyn rushed him, wrapping her arms across his torso, her face kissing his neck, and cheeks repeatedly, "I was so worried!" her attitude changed, flipping on a dime as she started punching his arm lightly, "And don't you ever scare me like that again!" her gentle strikes turned into yet another tearful embrace, clutching him tightly.

"Sorry, I had to have Trix convince the other two personalities within Alien X to fix all the damage my fight with Aggregor caused, it took hours but, it seems like out here it was just a few minutes..." Ben rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, "I hope I didn't worry anyone," the hero announced with a smile.

Manny, Helene, Alan, Cooper, and Pierce were all still recovering within the hyper-cube but, Gideon would have their wounds healed in minutes at the longest; "We did it…" Gwen muttered under breath, still pressing her ear to his broadened chest where his heartbeat made hers want to skip a beat. "Wait a sec, what happened to Aggregor, you didn't..." she trailed off uncertain if saying it outright was appropriate.

"Kill him?" Ben finished her question for her, embracing her tightly, "No, he's keeping Eon's old cell nice and warm for when we catch that asshole too," he didn't like to admit but, Sunny's vocabulary was beginning to rub-off on him.

She gave a light, ironic chuckle, "Yea, now we just need to figure out what to do with this…" Gwendolyn glanced down to the completed Map of Infinity in Ben's hand, glowing with a white light.

"Just put it in the hyper-cube and I guess we'll figure out where to park that later…"

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