Hey guys! Welcome to the second chapter of Alien Force Unite! Sorry that it took so long to update, but you know how life is...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OC's

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

{Episode 2: Kevin's Big Score}

It was a dark stormy night in Bellwood as a rat scurried into an alleyway, searching for food as he sniffed a tin can curiously. The rat continued searching for food when suddenly, a stray energy blast hits him in the chest, and he fell on the ground dead.

"Ha!" Stepping out of the shadows while holding a smoking gun was a short humanoid porcupine-like alien with grey fur, black quills for hair, and big yellow eyes. He wears a black T-shirt with an orange/brown jacket and blue jeans. "Easy dinner." The talking rodent says as he grabs the dead rat, and ate it in one go. He burped in satisfaction as headlights shine down at him, and he turns around as he saw Kevin's car pulling up. "Kevin, buddy. I've been waiting for like an hour." He says as the window rolls down to reveal Kevin, who gave him an agitated look.

"I said I will be here, Argit. What's your proposition?"

"Aw, why do you have to be such a downer? Especially, after all the hell we've been through in the Null Void? Aren't you glad to see your old running buddy?" He asked with a sleazy grin as Kevin gave him a blank look, and rolls up the windows as he drove off. "No, wait! I got the tech you've been looking for!" He screamed as Kevin slowly drove back and rolled down his windows.

"What makes you think I'm looking for something?"

"Aw, come on, Kev. Octagon Vreedle says you been sending vid-messaging all the underground swappers. You're in the market for a specific primo-machine, and I got it."

"For real?" Kevin says, genuinely surprised as Argit gave him an annoyed look.

"Oh, now you're listening, now that I can do something for ya. You are so off my contact list." He says while pulling out his phone as he deleted Kevin's number, and walked away as Kevin followed after him.

"Come on, Argit. You burned me on so many deals, so many times, it makes forget how tight we really are." He says as Argit's face softens, and gave his old buddy a smile.

"Kev, buddy. I can't stay mad at you...not when there's money involved." He said with a chuckle as he gave Kevin a fist bump.

"So...let's see it."

"Oh...um...well, I don't actually have it on me right now," Argit says with a nervous chuckle.

"Godammit, Argit!" Kevin yells while slamming his hand on his car.

"But, I can make the connections to the guy who does, I have to warn you though it's gonna cost you." He says as Kevin narrows his eyes at him.

Later at night, we see Alien Force chilling out by trailer park as Kevin worked on repairing the Rust Bucket II while Sabrina helped him.

"Are you sure it's alright for us to live in the RV?" Vanessa asked, walking out of the RV with a box in her hands. "I mean, it does belong to your grandfather," Vanessa says to Ben, who was sitting next to Gwen as she was looking through a box full of old family memories.

"Nonsense, Vanessa, it's fine. I'm pretty sure Grandpa Max will be okay with you guys living in his RV." He says as Vanessa looks unsure, but sighed as she nodded.

"Fine, but it's just until your grandpa comes back, and I have enough money to pay for an apartment."

"Deal." He said as they shook hands.

"Hey, Ben, check it out. It's us in front of the old Rust Bucket." Gwen says while handing him the old photo as Ben smiled. Vanessa leans over Ben's shoulder as she saw a photo of a younger version of Ben and Gwen standing in front of an old man, who was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and had an amused smile on his face.

"That's your grandpa?" Vanessa asked as Ben nodded. "He looks cool." She says before snorting as she noticed Ben making a face to an annoyed Gwen. "You look like such a dork, Ben." Ben rolls his eyes playfully before smiling as old memories started appearing on his brain.

"That whole summer was incredible, right, Gwen?" He asked while standing up as he gazed at the sky. "Hero time all the time, Kevin was still a bad guy," Ben says with a smirk as Kevin rolled his eyes.

"Let it go, Tennyson. I know your only here to keep an eye out on me." He says before grinning as he stood up. "And to spend time with your new girlfriend~," He says as both teens blushed and looked away shyly.

"Give them a break, Kevin. You haven't stopped teasing them for 2 days." Gwen says.

"Yeah, and teasing my sister is my thing," Sabrina says as Kevin smirks.

"What? It's fun. Anyway, can you hand me the socket wrench?" He says as Sabrina gave him the tool. "Thanks. You know for a 6-year-old your quite handy with tools." He says before going back to work.

"First of all, I'm 9. Second, my mom used to work at an Auto-Shop, so she taught me a few things about cars."

"Good to know."

"It's really generous of you to try and fix up Rust Bucket II," Gwen says with a cute smile as Kevin blushed, and looked away.

"It's no problem. Happy to help." Kevin says as he got up, and took the wenches out from the bottom as he lowered the RV down to ground level. Gwen puts away the photo back into the box as she walked over to the RV, but Kevin stops her. "Not yet." The older teen says as he went inside and closed the door.

"Still not buying the nice act, Kevin!"

"Ben!" Gwen hissed.

"Hey, I know that Kevin used to be a bad guy, but do you really need to tease him like that," Vanessa says while giving Ben a disapproving look as he shrugs.

"It's fun, besides I know that he changed and everything, but one can never be too careful."

"I'm not saying that you should lower your guard or anything, but I am saying that maybe you should be a little nicer to him." She says as Ben gained a thoughtful look.

"Okay, I'm going to try the engine!" Kevin says while inside the RV as the team waited, and soon enough, the RV started up.

"Go, Kevin!" Ben says, deciding to follow Vanessa's advice on being friendlier to Kevin, but that plan was short-lived as the RV started to move, and Ben tackled Vanessa out of the way as the Rust Bucket II drove pass them. "Still think, I should be nicer to Kevin?" Ben says sarcastically as Vanessa gave him an annoyed look.

"How about we cut back on the sass, and go after Kevin before he goes away?" She says as Ben nodded, and brought out his watch.

"Hero time!"

Ben slams his hand on the Omnitrix as he transformed into Big Chill.

"Big Chill!"

"Alien up!"

Vanessa slams her hand on the Zennatrix as a flash of purple light occurred, and we see her transforming into a velociraptor-like alien striking a heroic pose as purple electricity travel across her body. As mentioned before, Vanessa's new alien has a velociraptor-like body with blue skin, purple eyes with one of them having a scar, black lips, grey spikes on her back, balls on her feet, and stripes above and on the side of her eyes. Her clothes consist of a black helmet, a dark purple jumpsuit with a light purple section around her neck that goes down to her chest in a V formation, and purple stripes on her forearms and tail. The Zennatrix Symbol is planted firmly on her chest.

"Hyper-Bolt!"

Big Chill unfolded his wings as he took off, and Hyper-Bolt followed him leaving behind a trail of purple lighting. Meanwhile, with Kevin, we see him driving the RV with a frown on his face as he picks up his phone to call Argit when suddenly he noticed a pair of shape-shifting teens chasing after him. Kevin smirked as he pressed a button on the control panel, and a gun popped out of the RV. The teens took evasive maneuvers as they dodged the laser blasts by either zig-zagging around or simply turning intangible.

"Okay, enough of this." Big Chill says as he flew down and grabbed Vanessa.

"Whoa! Not that I don't enjoy the ride, but what are you doing?" Hyper-Bolt asked with a blush on her face as Ben flew them above the RV.

"Didn't want you to get caught in the crossfire," Ben says as he froze the road ahead, and the RV started swerving left and right uncontrollably.

"Oh, now, I see. Good plan." She says as the RV wheels suddenly grew spikes, and effectively destroyed the ice. "Are you serious!? That RV has everything!"

"Tell me about it," Ben says with an annoyed look as he placed Vanessa down, and she quickly sped up to the RV.

Kevin screamed as Hyper-Bolt ram into the RV and caused it to break through the road barrier as the RV fell down a hill. Holding the steering wheel tightly, Kevin pushed a button, and the front of the RV morphed into a battering ram that protected the Rust Bucket II from crashing against the trees. Big Chill and Hyper-Bolt easily avoided the logs as they chased after Kevin, who miraculously managed to get back on the road as the older teen looked back at the rearview mirror, and saw his friends still following him.

"Nice try, guys, but tonight you're minding your own business." Kevin pressed a button on the RV as a missile launcher appeared from the side of the Rust Bucket's frame, and he launched the rocket towards Ben. Big Chill turned intangible to dodge the missile but was surprised to see it unfold into a net as it wrapped around him and shock him.

"Ben!" Vanessa screamed as she watched Ben crashed against the side of the road. Vanessa bit her lip as she was unsure what to do but ultimately decided to help Ben as she sped towards him and used her claws to cut the net. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Big Chill says as he transforms back to normal. Vanessa morphed to normal as well as Gwen, and Sabrina catches up to them on one of Gwen's platforms.

"Did you get him?" Sabrina asked as Vanessa shakes her head.

"No, he got away."

"Whoa," Gwen says with an impressed tone as Ben glared at her. "I mean, oh no."

"Smooth," Vanessa says while rolling her eyes. "Hey, Ben, are you okay?" Vanessa asked, noticing Ben shaking in anger as she placed a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged her off.

"How could I let my guard down? He is a liar and a thief!"

"That was the old Kevin. He's different now, we're different too," Gwen says as Vanessa nodded.

"I agree with Gwen on this one. I may not know him as long as you guys, but all of this looks suspicious. Why would he gain you guy's trust just to steal an RV? We need to get to the bottom of this."

"But how? He's lone gone by now, and we have no idea where he's heading." Sabrina says.

"Actually, I might be able to track him using this," Gwen says while pulling out Kevin's handkerchief.

"...You kept his sweaty handkerchief?" Ben asked while sweatdropping as the girls gagged. Gwen blushed in embarrassment as she turned around and used her powers to search for Kevin.

"That is so wrong on so many levels," Vanessa says with a disgusted look on her face as Gwen ignored them, and finally got a lock on Kevin.

"I got him. Follow me!" She says while running off as Sabrina followed her.

"...So, we're not going to talk about the fact that she kept his handkerchief in her pocket?" Vanessa asked as Ben shakes his head.

"It's best if we forget this ever happened." He says as Vanessa nodded.

In a clearing nearby, we see Argit inspecting the Rust Bucket II with a small flashlight in his hands as Kevin waited.

"Hmmm...hmmm, yep...alright," Argit says as he closed the hood of the RV, and gave Kevin an unimpressed look. "It's a piece of shit, man." He bluntly says as Kevin enters the RV and takes out his plumbers badge. Kevin waved his plumbers badge in front of a cabinet as the framing separated to reveal an array of high-tech alien weapons. Kevin smirked at Argit, who shrugs as Kevin frowned, and waved his plumbers badge over the dashboard as the control panel popped out. "As I said, a piece of shit," Argit says as he looked over the dashboard, and gasped. "But, the aftermarket extras are worth a fortune!" He says with a greedy look on his face as Kevin grinned.

"Think your guy will like it?"

"Oh, yeah...if he ever gets the chance!"Argit says as he suddenly fires his quills at Kevin. Kevin didn't have time to react as his whole body was covered with Argit's quills, and soon enough, his motor functions stopped working as he fell down.

"I can't move!" Kevin says through gritted teeth as Argit smirked.

"Oh, sorry, Kev. See this old, and disgusting motor home is worth enough cash that will pay off everybody I owe, and finally, live a little." Argit says as he picked up Kevin, showing impressive strength for someone his size, and threw him out of the RV.

"The Rust Bucket's all I've to bargain with!" Kevin says as Argit gave him a fake smile.

"You should've held out on me, buddy." The backstabbing rodent says as he slams the door, and walked over to the driver's seat. "When you can walk again, you go see him. A tech dealer named Vulkanus." Kevin gasped at the name as Argit started up the RV. "He says he knows you! Says he wants you dead!" Argit screams while laughing as he drove off into the desert.

Kevin growled as he absorbed the material below, and soon enough, his body was covered with rock-like armor. No longer affected by Argit's paralyzing quills, Kevin stood up as he ran over to a large boulder, and punched it apart as it cracked in half. Kevin grabbed the top layer as he tossed it at the RV, but Argit saw this and easily avoid it as he continued driving away.

"Great, can this day get any worse," Kevin says as he heard a cough behind him, causing him to freeze up as he turns around, and saw his friends glaring at him. "Okay, I know this looks bad-"

"Bad!? Bad!?" Ben says while pushing off as he gave his old nemesis a very pissed off look. "If you don't get the Rust Bucket back, I will show you bad!"

"Doubt it," Kevin says, finding Ben's threat adorable as Ben glares at him.

"What happens when this is all over, and Grandpa comes home? Where's he going to live then? And what about the girls? Where are they going to sleep in?"

"Do I have to separate you two?" Gwen says with her hands glowing pink.

"He stole Grandpa's home! What kind of jerk steals an old man's home!?"

"Vanessa, they're scaring me," Sabrina says while hiding behind Vanessa's legs as her sister rubs her head comfortably.

"Don't worry, sis, I got this," Vanessa says as she came in between the boys, and separated them. "Ben, can you calm down? Getting angry at Kevin is not going to help you get the Rust Bucket back."

"Yeah, you tell him!" Kevin says, before stepping back nervously as Vanessa glared at him.

"And you! You better have an explanation for this, mister!" Vanessa says as she gave him a stern look.

"Look, I know that what I did may look horrible, but I do have a good reason."

"Oh, really? Then let's hear it." Ben says while crossing his arms.

"Just give me a second," Kevin says while pulling out his plumber's badge as it showed a holographic blue map with a tiny red dot flashing in and out.

"You hid a tracking device in the undercarriage," Gwen concluded as the team stared at Kevin in surprise.

"Got to admit, Kevin, that's smart," Vanessa says as Kevin scoffed.

"Like, I let anyone swipe a fortune of plumber tech from me."

2 hours later, we see Alien Force arriving at an abandoned warehouse as Vanessa looked through the window and signaled the others that it was safe to go in. Nodding, Kevin kicks open the door as Gwen used her mana powers to light up the room, and much to their shock, the RV was stripped!

"Striped!"

"We were too late," Sabrina says, distraught as Ben laughs sarcastically.

"Great. So, where's your fortune, Kevin?" Ben says as he picks up a piece of alien technology, and glares at it. "What's this worth? 5 bucks?" Ben says as he threw it away, and kicks over a pile of tires in anger. "We're supposed to defend the planet from an alien invasion, and we can't even keep a motor home from being stolen!?"

"Drop it," Kevin says with an annoyed tone as he walked away, but was stopped by Ben.

"Don't you walk away from me!" Kevin rolls his eyes.

"Is this the part where you go alien and try to kick my ass?"

"I'm considering it," Ben growls as Vanessa stood in between them.

"Ben, stop it!"

"Why? Because of him, Grandpa's home was stolen and stripped of its parts!"

"I know, I'm mad too, but we need to keep a cool head!" Vanessa says as Ben looks away stubbornly.

"Why are you guys fighting!? I know Kevin did a bad thing, but aren't you guys friends!?" Sabrina screamed as the team turned to her, and was shocked to see her tearing up as she was clearly confused and afraid of the situation.

Ben's face softens as he reached out to try and comfort her when suddenly they heard the doorknob jingle as Gwen turned off the light, and everyone hid. Argit came in, whistling a tune as he walked over to the RV, and ripped out a core from the dashboard.

"Score! I knew I missed something." The rodent says as he pocked it the device and was about to walk away when suddenly the lights came on as he looks around, and saw that he was surrounded by team Alien Force. "Oh, shit..."

"Ah, ah, ah, language. There are kids in the room." Vanessa says with a taunting tone as she then kicks him through a wall. Argit shakily stood up from the ground as he shook his head and ran off. Ben and Vanessa chased after him as they slammed their Omnitrix/Zennatrix down, and transformed into-

"Echo Echo!" Ben says as he made 5 clones of himself.

"Sound Wave!" Following Ben's lead, Vanessa made 5 clones of herself.

"Don't." Echo Echo 1 says.

"Let." Echo Echo 2 says.

"Him." Echo Echo 3 says.

"Get." Echo Echo 4 says

"Away!" Echo Echo 5 says.

"Don't." Soundwave 1 says.

"Worry." Soundwave 2 says.

"He. Won't." Soundwave 3 says.

"Escape. From." Soundwave 4 says.

"Us!" Soundwave 5 says as they chased after Argit. Speaking off, we see him running out of the alleyway as he turned left only to be cornered by 2 Echo Echo's.

"No. You. Don't." The Echo Echo's said as they unleashed a sonic scream that sends Argit flying to a wall. Recovering, Argit climbs up to the roof, only to be face to face with a grinning Soundwave.

"Hi." She says innocently as two more Soundwaves showed up, and they blasted Argit out of the roof. Panting heavily, Argit laid on all fours as 20 copies of Echo Echo and Soundwave showed up as they surrounded him. Grunting, Argit fired all of his quills at the alien army, until only the originals were left standing. The rest of the team showed up as Sabrina hid behind a crate while Gwen powered up.

"Watch out!" Kevin says as Gwen turned to him with an angry look.

"Don't warn him!" Gwen says as Argit saw her and fired his quills. Thinking quickly, Kevin tackled Gwen to the ground as the quills flew above them harmlessly.

"No, you watch out." He says as Gwen blinks.

"Oh." She says, before groaning as she fell unconscious, and Kevin did the same since they were struck by a few of Argit's quills.

"Guys?" Sabrina asked as she poked her head out of her hiding spot, and noticed that her teammates were knocked out. "Great. Gwen and Kevin are knocked out, and Vanessa and Ben need help. What am I going to do?" Sabrina says as she looks around, and noticed a socket wrench laying on the floor as she grins. "That will do."

"End of the line, you little fuck's!" Argit screamed as Echo Echo, and Soundwave stood in a fighting stance, ready to attack when suddenly Sabrina shows up as she knocked Argit out with the socket wrench.

"Wow, nice one, Sabrina," Soundwave says as Ben gave her a thumbs up.

"It was nothing," Sabrina says with a blush as she rubs her neck sheepishly. Argit woke up an hour later as he looked up, and saw Gwen and Kevin glaring at him. Argit panics as he tries to escape, but he quickly realized that he was tied up.

"What the hell? Let me go!" Argit screams as he tried to shoot his paralyzing quills at them, but for some reason, it didn't work.

"Nice try, you sonic the hedgehog rip-off, but I super glued your quills to your head," Ben said.

"And, I made sure to tie you up extra tight, so you won't escape," Vanessa says as Ben stepped up.

"So, let's get this straight-"

"Straight!? I'll give it to you straight! You cannot trust this man!" Argit says, pointing at Kevin, who gave him a confused look.

"Me?"

"Do you guys know what he was going to do? He was going to sell your motor home, and sell it to a criminal! Thank goodness, I stopped him." He says as Vanessa scoffed.

"Yeah, right. Like, we're supposed to believe a filthy rat like you."

"Plus, you stripped our new home, so that doesn't exactly give you any good points," Sabrina says.

"Yeah, I'm a criminal. I will admit, but this guy is way worse than me! You can't trust him, he'll stab you guys in the back just for laughs!"

"Thanks, buddy," Kevin says sarcastically.

"This creep does have a point, Kevin is always up to something. Self-serving shifty and always working on some kind of angle, always a thief!" Ben says as Vanessa gave him an angry look.

"Ben!" She says as Kevin's eye twitch in anger, and he grabs Ben by his collar.

"You know what, Tennyson? I don't have anything to explain to you!" Kevin says as he throws him, and turns to the Cunningham sisters. "Or you two," Kevin says gently since he really doesn't have anything against them as he walks up to Gwen. "Or you either," Kevin says softly as he walks off. "I'm done with all of you!" Gwen and Sabrina watched him go with sad looks on their faces as Vanessa turned to Ben and gave him a look.

"What did I do?" Ben asked innocently as Vanessa facepalmed.

A truck drove down the road as Kevin leaped off it and landed on the other side of a road. Dusting himself off, Kevin crawled under a fence leading to an Airplane Junkyard as he looks around, and started walking, not noticing that he was being followed. Kevin continued walking until suddenly he was surrounded by small humanoid aliens holding pickaxes as they chattered their teeth. The humanoid alien's attire consists of a red/black jumpsuit with a white belt and grey goggles with yellow lenses.

"Take me to your boss," Kevin says as they complied, and motioned him to follow them. Kevin followed the small aliens closely as they lead him to a warehouse, and pried open the doors as they motioned him to go inside. Kevin stoically walked into the warehouse as he saw a figure hiding in the shadows, and he smirked. "I heard you were looking for me, Vulkanus. Well, here I am."

"Kevin Levin. I can't decide whether to trade with you or tear you to pieces! Remember that counterfeit isotope scam a few years back?" The figure asked while coming out of the shadows to reveal an orange-skinned alien with a large jaw and brown eyes. He has two brown horns that extend downward from his jaw, his teeth were merged to his lips, and he wears a blue battle suit. His name was Vulkanus, one of Ben's old foes from when he was 10.

"Yeah, sorry about," Kevin says, not really feeling sorry as Vulkanus glares at him.

"You left me holding the bag and at the mercy of the Plumbers! Luckily, I escaped, but now I'm stuck on Earth swapping Level 3 tech just to get by, thanks to you!"

"Ancient history, I'm here to make a deal." Vulkanus calmed down a bit as he showed Kevin a small circular device in his hand.

"I have the Plumber's badge you want, what do you give me for it?"

"Look, completely straight. I had this stash of Plumber tech, but I lost it." Kevin says as Vulkanus narrowed his eyes, and signaled his minions to come closer to an unexpecting Kevin.

"You want to owe me?"

"Tell me what I have to do to get it." Vulkanus looks at the little device in his hand before looking at Kevin as he held out his hand. Thinking that it was for a handshake, Kevin reached out his hand to shake only for Vulkanus to grab his entire arm as he clutched it tightly. "Kneel."

Kevin groans in pain, feeling his arm break as he kneeled down, and a floor panel opened up as it slowly brought out a large piece of Taydenite. Kevin stared at the gem in shock as two glowing appendages appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his injured hand. Kevin grunted as he struggles to pull his arm back, but the appendages were too strong for him as they forced Kevin to touch the Taydenite, and he instinctively started absorbing the quantities of the gem.

"First, you're going to pay me back double for the double-cross." Kevin lets out a painful scream as he tries to stop absorbing the large crystal, but it seems to make things even worse as his whole body was covered with Taydenite.

"I...can't stop...absorbing!" Kevin screams in pain, his body growing in size as he developed spikes on his back.

"That's because I don't want you too," Vulkanus says mockingly as his minions unstrapped Kevin, and dragged him a few feet away from their leader. "You're recursively absorbing a piece of Taydenite that I had in storage. It was the only piece of Taydenite in this spiral of the Milky Way...or it was until you came along." Vulkanus says with a smirk as Kevin screamed as the spikes on his back got bigger and bigger. He tried to escape, but he was being held down by a pair of restraints that appeared on the ground.

"You're garbage! You're fucking garbage!" He cursed, before groaning as his spikes grew to giant proportions. Vulkanus minions looked at Kevin with dollar signs in their eyes as they jumped on his back, and started mining it.

"You owe me. I'm going to take it out of your hide, then sell you piece by piece. And I'm going to do it forever." He says with a dark look on his face as his minions already chipped away a large chunk of Taydenite while others stashed it way on floating minecarts.

"Do...what you want...with me...just make sure Ben Tennyson gets that Holo-Viewer!" Kevin says as Vulkanus laughs manically, and casually flicks the Holo-Viewer away.

"You're in a bad position to make demands." Vulkanus, before yelping as he was pushed away by a large body of water.

"He would be if he was alone." A ghostly voice says, causing Vulkanus and Kevin to turn around as he saw Gwen and Sabrina casually leaning against a wall as Ben appeared beside them as Big Chill. "But he's with us."

"Whether he likes it or not." A deep raspy voice says as a figure came out of the shadows to reveal a Piscciss Volann-like alien smirking at them as she rested her hand on her hips. The Piscciss Volann resembles a lot like Ripjaws, except that her scales were white, her jaws were smaller but still had a lot of teeth, and she has three anglers. Her clothes consist of a pair of coco-nut bras and a green loincloth.

"Vanessa?" Kevin asked as the fish alien smirked.

"Call me, Wave Shredder."

"You guys followed me?" Big Chill rolls his eyes.

"That whole get mad and storming off routine? Please."

"You have friends? Had friends." Vulkanus says he pulled out a flame thrower and blasted them as Vanessa reacted swiftly and canceled out his attack with a tremendous amount of water that she generated from her hands.

"Gwen take out Vulkanus minions, Sabrina free Kevin. Vanessa, you're with me." Big Chill says as the team nodded, and sprung into action.

Gwen got into a fighting stance as Vulkanus minions surrounded her with their pickaxes glowing with energy, and charged at her. Gwen wasn't afraid as she used her magic to put up a barrier, and they crashed against it. Gwen smirked as she pushes them back and summoned glowing pink tendrils to grab them as she throws them aside like trash. One minion called for reinforcements as the minions who were working on Kevin left as Sabrina showed up.

"Kid, you need to get out of here. It's not safe." Kevin says as Sabrina worked on releasing Kevin from his restraints.

"I will as soon as I set you free," Sabrina picks up a large rock as she slams it against the restraints, and it shattered into pieces. "Uh, this might take a while." She says sheepishly while picking up another rock as Kevin groans.

"Hya!" Wave Shredder says as she generated a fist made out of water, and punched Vulkanus across the room. He groans as Ben appeared beside him, and blasted him with his cold breath as Vulkanus countered it by blasting his flame thrower. "Don't forget about me!" Vanessa says, appearing out of nowhere as she made a sword made out of water, and slashed his cheek, drawing blood.

"You little whore!" Vulkanus screamed in outrage as he reeled back his hand to punch her, but all she did was open her jaws and ate his entire hand.

"Delicious."

"My hand!" Vulkanus screams as Big Chill appeared beside him.

"Got to be careful around this one, Vulkanus, she bites." Ben quipped as Vanessa glared at him playfully.

"Don't make me bite you too." She says as Big Chill raises his hands in fake surrender.

"You wouldn't be fighting for him if you knew what he did to me."

"He stole. He ran. That's Kevin." Ben says with a shrug as Vulkanus roars, and backhanded him across the room.

"Ben!" Vanessa screams, turning around as Vulkanus pulled out his flame thrower, and blasted Vanessa's back. Wave Shredder screamed in pain as she falls on the floor, and turns back to normal with her body covered in burns. Vanessa whimpers in pain as Big Chill got up from the floor, and his blood boils as he saw the state that Vanessa was in.

"Vanessa!" He screams, before turning to Vulkanus as his eyes narrow, and flew at him at high speeds.

Meanwhile, with Gwen, we see her struggling against Vulkanus minions as they clashed against her barrier, but couldn't break through it. After a few more strikes, Gwen lowered her shield and leaped over them gracefully as she blasted their pickaxes. Causing it to explode as it created a chain reaction that took out the remaining minions. Gwen smiled as she got up from the floor and noticed Sabrina struggling to free Kevin.

"Need some help, sweetie?" She asked as Sabrina shakes her head.

"Nah, I'm good," Sabrina says as she continued bashing her rock against the restraints.

"Why don't you just use the pickaxe that is lying on the floor?" Kevin asked while pointing at one of the pickaxes that one of the minions dropped as Sabrina blushed embarrassedly.

"Oh, right," Sabrina says as she grabs the pickaxe, and slashed the restraints, freeing Kevin. Ben grunted as he was slammed against the wall by Vulkanus, and fell on the floor as the orange-skinned alien towered over him.

"I'm the injured party here! When the Plumbers came after me, they blew up my ship!" Big Chill didn't say anything as he slowly looks up to Vulkanus, and gave him a chilling look...pun intended.

"I don't care." Big Chill's ghostly voice sent shivers down Vulkanus spine as he took a few steps back and watch as Ben slowly levitated off the floor, his body generating with ice energy. "You hurt my Vanessa, and now you're going to pay!" Ben turned intangible as he phased into Vulkanus armor, and the big alien yelled in agony as he felt himself freeze from the inside out.

"W-What a-are y-you d-doing?" Vulkanus asked as he shivered from the cold. Ben phased out of his chest as he reeled back his fist, and punched Vulkanus as his whole armor was shattered, and a flash of blue light occurred. Once it dismisses, we see a baby version of Vulkanus popped out of the rubble as Big Chill glares at him before turning to Vanessa as he transformed back to normal.

"Vanessa! Are you okay? Say something!" Ben pleaded as Vanessa moans and opens her eyes.

"Ben? What happened? Did you beat Vulkanus?" She asked as Ben smiled.

"Yeah, I did." Vanessa smiled before wincing pain as Ben helped her stand up.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, it's just my back hurts a little, but I should be alright, though."

"Vanessa!" Sabrina screams while rushing over to her sister as Gwen stayed with Kevin. "Are you okay?" She asked as Ben gave her a reassuring look.

"Vanessa took a rather nasty hit in the back, but she should be alright," Ben says as Sabrina sighs in relief.

"Thank goodness."

"No need to worry about me, sis. It takes more than a big brute to take me out." Vanessa says while ruffling her hair as Sabrina smiled.

"Kevin, are you alright?" Gwen asked, placing her hand on his face as Kevin smiled, and he finally stopped absorbing as the remaining Taydenite slowly disappeared from his body. Kevin groans as he leaned against Gwen, and she helped him stood up. "Easy," Gwen says as Kevin smiled, and she smiled back as they stared at each other eyes. Vanessa and Sabrina smiled at the cute scene as Ben rolled his eyes, and noticed Vulkanus rolling around in Taydenite.

"Hey, what about him?"

"What about him? We're even." Kevin says as they walked away, leaving behind a giggling Vulkanus as he started swimming in his money. "Wait," Kevin says as he went to pick up the Holo-Viewer.

"That's what you were after?"

"Another Holo-Viewer?" Gwen says as Kevin walked up to Ben.

"I hear this one is special." He says as Ben grabs the little device, and stared at it curiously.

"Why didn't you tell us about this?" Sabrina asked as Kevin scoffed.

"Think about it, Cunningham. I'm an Ex-Con. I did a lot of stuff that I'm not proud of. Stuff that if you 4 knew you will never trust me again. So the next time, I say drop it, drop it." He says as Gwen shakes her head, and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"That's not how it works, Kevin."

"Yeah, I mean just because you did a lot of bad stuff in the past, it doesn't mean that we think less about you," Vanessa says.

"It's not what you did that matters, Kevin. It's what you're going to do that count," Ben says.

"Okay, okay, enough with the heartfelt speeches! Are you going to look at that or what?" He asked as Ben shook his head, and turned on the Holo-Viewer as it showed a hologram of Grandpa Max.

"Ben, if you hear this message, you must be pretty deep. There's a lot I can't reveal yet, but here is one thing that I can...you can't go in alone. By now, you're probably meeting some of the other plumber's kid, but you need to find more, you need to assemble a team." He says before flickering out of existence as Ben gave his team a determined look. They had 2 missions now. Recruit more members for team Alien Force, and stop the Hybreed Invasion!

And done! I hoped that you guys loved the chapter, and I can't wait to write "All That Glitters". It was one of the few chapters in my original story that I really wanted to change for obvious reasons.

Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.