At the hotel in Walton…
Ben was getting worried as he was brushing Iris' hair and so was Orb.
His team should have been back right now, he should have heard something about the missing college student. He looked at his watch as he wondered if he should call Gwen and Kevin, but what if they were in a situation that shouldn't be distracted by? Plus, if they were in danger, they would have called him, right? But still, he can't help but feel anxious, and he has never been wrong about that feeling. When he feels this way, it means things are going to get worse.
"Hmmm…."
"What's wrong, Mummy?" Ike wondered to his father.
"Oh, I'm just a little worried about your aunt and uncle. I should have heard back from them now…" Ben answered as Max frowned a bit.
The minions were retreating as Vulkanus was pinned down while completely frozen by an enraged Big Chill!
"Come on, this is a victimless crime! They're just grubs!" The criminal pleaded for mercy.
"Grubs? Grubs!? THEY'RE MY GRUBS! YOU ATTACKED MY CHILDREN! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE BEING CAPTURED AND PUT IN A CAGE TO BE RIPPED APART?!" Big Chill snarled as he plucked Vulkanus from his suit, opening the cages to free his babies, and slammed the thug into one of the cages while locking him away!
"Hey, you can't do this!" Vulkanus whined as Kevin picked up the cage, he was in.
"Trust me, you're safer in there than facing 'Mommy' right now," Kevin advised as he pointed to the growling mother of the spawn he stole.
"Ben, your babies." Gwen reminded as his attention was pulled away to see his babies.
He counted them all as they looked confused.
"Okay, good. They are all here. They are all safe." Big Chill sighed as they sniffed Ben with their feelers.
"You." A tiny Necrofriggian, the last one to leave the Earth, squeaked.
"Yes, it's me."
"Yep, that's your mommy." Kevin joked to lighten the mood as Gwen lightly shoved him with annoyance.
"Mommy?" Another squeaked as they grouped around Big Chill, "Mommy!"
Ben soon returned to his human form. Though startling the children, they smelled that it was still him, and Ben was covered by his babies' hugs while a couple fluttered in the air. Gwen and Kevin gave Ben a few more minutes before they would return to base with Vulkanus in custody and the babies checked over.
…
"Are they all okay, Dr. Zeb'trki?" Ben asked the alien doctor as he looked through the charts of the adolescent Necrofriggians.
"Well, the children as in perfect health, though a few bruises here and there, but they will be okay. But I fear they won't have proper protection or survival requirement once they are released." Dr. Zeb'trki informed them, "The problem first originated because they were alone, correct?"
"From what we got from Vulkanus, that's the case," Kevin answered while the doctor wrote down his words.
"Just as I suspected… Mr. Tennyson, have you often returned to your human form when 'Big Chill' was pregnant at the time?" He asked his patient.
"Yeah, I didn't even realize I had them until it was already over. Is it bad?" Ben fretted as Dr. Zeb'trki smiled at the boy's kind heart and love for those kids.
"No, this means that your children have acquired your human DNA while you were in your human state. Luckily, it balanced pretty well with their Necrofriggian DNA. However, this would also cause some… difficulties for them."
"What kind of difficulties?"
"Well, the reason that Necrofriggians are not so frequently hunted is because the older members would often defend the hatchings, thus protecting the next generation. However, if they sense any abnormalities, like illness or deformities, the infant or adolescent Necrofriggians would be abandoned by their kind and often left to die."
"WHAT!?" Ben gasped in horror and outrage, "S-so my kids were alone because the other Necrofriggians had a problem of where they came from?!"
…
"Ben, are you sure about this? Raising children, alien children is a massive responsibility and you're still so young." Max told his Grandson, "You need to think about this very carefully because if you go through with it, you can't go back."
"They're my kids, they have been alone and abandoned by their own kind. I wasn't there when they got caught and now, I'm learning that they can't even have a place to go in space… No, I won't abandon them, I'll make sure they'll be happy and safe." Ben answered his grandfather.
…
"This is TV. This is a thing where people can watch stuff, news, sports, cooking, cartoons, all kinds of stuff." Ben explained as Ike sat on his lap.
He then turned a channel to a kid-friendly show as the children gathered around him to watch.
"They seem to be bonding already." Max smiled as Ben's parents turned to him.
…
Julie searched everywhere for Ossy as she tried calling Ben!
But wherever he has had no signal. She feared something bad happened to him as the car rolled up to the driveway. She looked outside the window to see Ben holding Ossy, shocked and exhausted at what he went through on his mission, and the child clinging on to his mother as if his life depended on it.
"Ben, are you both okay? What happened?" Julie gasped at the sight of them.
"Saved the world from getting cook, realized cryptid exists, bigfoot is a guy in a suit, and a mole man almost blew us up with TNT…" Ben muttered as Gwen and Kevin were not too far behind him.
"What?!" Julie gasped, "Ben, I am so sorry I let him out of my sight."
"It's okay… We forgot about their ghost powers… He's grounded and I'm going to pass out…" Ben muttered as he fainted on the couch while his team was rethinking that they were almost blown up.
"Oh, Ben. I'll go get the kids and you some ice cream in the freezer." She offered, "Do you guys want some too?"
"Please."
"Ben, we can talk about the kid's school in the morning after you have time to recover."
"Mmm…"
…
It had not been easy for their parent. But he has done everything in his power to be there for him, even when he's young, so overwhelmed, he would be there for them.
"Mum, if you need to be there, maybe I could watch over everyone," Max suggested as Gibson scoffed at his older brother.
"No, no, I shouldn't ask-."
"It'll be fine. Besides, it might be good for us to pull our weight a bit. I can keep everyone from causing havoc."
"Hey!"
"We don't cause havoc!"
Ben chuckled and thought about it.
"Okay, okay, but you all need to stay here, listen to Max, and if you behave, then we can go out for treats," Ben promised.
"Okay, Mummy!" They all cheered as Ben handed Max a card.
"Order whatever you want, I'll be back. Come on, Orb." Ben breathed then rushed out.
The aftermath of the battle with Decka…
The mayor was put into custody as the two college students were following Ben on his ship.
"Okay, I'll make sure you guys get home safely. Gwen, thanks for agreeing to take the kids home, make sure they get their treat. I did promise." Ben breathed.
"I'll make sure." Gwen agreed.
"Don't worry, the mayor will be punished for what he's done," Ben assured.
"Your whole planet should be punished!" Decka fumed.
"Hey, that is not the right attitude to have. One person did a bad thing, but not all of us. That type of thinking is xenophobic and can lead to trouble. If you want to be angry at the mayor, then fine. Be angry but don't take it out on other people, especially since you and your friends have been wrecking the town without thinking about others." Ben scolded, "It be best to also find a planet and a town with a good background, maybe even have a buddy system…"
"Um, Ben?" Orb spoke up.
"Yes?"
"Thank you and we promise we'll behave better on other planets." Orb smiled.
"Good, because it might be better not to come back here. Humans aren't evil, you know. Just very, very dumb." Ben admitted.
"You can say that again," Decka added as the ship closed and flew into space.