Previously
After finding the underwater lair of the serpent monster, Ben along with the girls and the Krakken defeated the serpent and made sure that it would never return to Lake Michigan. Once they escaped the collapsing lair, Ben and the girls were reunited on the beach and it was revealed to Ben that Lilly possessed the ability to communicate and understand animals. It was this gift that allowed her to communicate with the Krakken and bond with it, becoming its friends. Afterwards, Lilly had to say goodbye to her new friend the Krakken as Ben and the girls all had to leave. Lilly reluctantly said her goodbyes but she was relieved that her friend would be okay as the Plumbers would resume monitoring the lake and keeping the Krakken safe. Finally, Ben and the girls left Lake Michigan and got back out on the road and began heading towards the next destination on their summer road trip. Ben and the girls would be going to the Grand Canyon in Arizona but little do they know, it won't be their only stop on the way there.
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The Rustbucket: Open Road, Sonoran Desert
Back out on the open road, Ben was driving the Rustbucket through the Sonoran Desert as he continued on his way to the Grand Canyon with the girls in the back. The weather outside was over 120 and it was only getting hotter and hotter. Inside the Rustbucket, the girls were all dying of heat as the AC in the Rustbucket couldn't let out enough cold air to keep them all cool. The heat on top of not having any food made the girls all extremely irritable and angry, especially Iris and Rose. Ben knew that at any given moment both of the girls would be at each other's throats which would cause Ben to stop driving and deal with them.
"Hey Ben, I thought you said everything in the Rustbucket was high tech and all that?" Rose asks Ben as she lays on the table with a melting ice pack on her head
"All of the internal technology is all advanced alien tech but that doesn't mean the basic machinery like the AC is super high tech" Ben answers as he continues driving down the road
"So basically, we're still driving a bucket of bolts?" Rose asked Ben, letting out an annoyed sigh
"Don't be like that Rose, we're all hot so there's no need to grill Ben" Iris tells Rose as she sticks her head up from the seat where she was laying down
"You're dying of heat too so don't act like you don't want to complain" Rose says to Iris, flicking her on the forehead
"Why you" Iris said with an irritated and angered look on her face as she clenched her fist and fixed her glasses
Ben looked back and saw that as he predicted, Iris and Rose were about to fight which caused him to hit the brakes and stop the Rustbucket which caused both Iris and Rose to fall on the floor
"Both of you will not be fighting" Ben told Iris and Rose as he looked back from the driver seat, giving them a serious glare
"But Ben, she started it" Iris said, trying to argue
"I don't care who started it, I'm going to finish it" Ben said, stopping Iris
Rose was going to say something but didn't as Ben looked over at her and gave her glare as well
"Look, we are all hot and if both of you do not stop fighting then we are not going to the Grand Canyon and instead we'll go see my Great Aunt Vera" Ben tells the girls
"Who is that?" Rose asks Ben
"She is my great aunt and she would just love to meet you" Ben answered, telling Iris and Rose who Vera
"She doesn't sound that bad" Rose said with a shrug
"I forgot to mention, she really loves to pinch cheeks and put all of her food in disgusting Jell-O molds and basically lives in boring retirement community where nothing fun happens" Ben tells Rose
Hearing that made Iris and Rose grow silent as they'd rather go to the Grand Canyon then go to an old woman's home where they wouldn't be able to have any fun at all on top of the other things Ben told them about her
"So, you two going to behave?" Ben asked Iris and Rose
"Yep, we'll definitely behave" Rose answered with a panicked smile on her face
Ben then looked over at Iris, waiting to hear her answer
"You don't have to worry about me" Iris said with a fake smile on her face
"Good, now sit back and quit arguing, when we reach the Grand Canyon, I'll fix the AC now just be quiet and behave like Lilly" Ben told Iris and Rose before he returned his attention to the road and continued driving
Iris and Rose looked back at Lilly and saw that she was relaxing on the couch while Mutt was sleeping on her back. To their surprise, Lilly wasn't showing any signs of being hot while Iris and Rose were dying of the heat.
"What the heck is her deal?" Rose asked in disbelief
"It's almost 100 in here, yet she's acting like it isn't even 70" Iris said
"I'm gonna see what's going on" Rose said as she got up and walked over to Lilly
Immediately, Rose saw that Lilly was wearing a necklace that had a strange looking metallic crystal shard on the end of it. Looking at it, Rose wondered where and when Lilly got it.
"Hey Lil" Rose said, getting Lilly's attention
Lilly then looked up and saw Rose standing in front of her with her arms crossed and a glare on her face. Lilly then took off her headphones and paused the audio book that she was listening to.
"What is it Rose?" Lilly asked Rose
"Iris and I were just wondering why you weren't dying of heat?" Rose asked Lilly
"Yeah, how come we're dying and you aren't even breaking a sweat?" Iris asks Lilly as she walks over and stands next to Rose
Lilly holds up the metallic crystal on the end of her necklace and shows it to Iris and Rose
"This is why" Lilly said
"That thing is keeping you cool?" Rose asks Lilly
"Yes" Lilly answers, nodding her head
"What exactly is that thing?" Iris asks Lilly, wanting to know what the metallic crystal was
"It's a cooling shard that I created, it moderates my body temperature and those who are touching me, or at least that's what my Cerebrocrustacean transformation said" Lilly answered with a shrug, telling Iris and Rose what the metallic crystal was
Rose was skeptical about the metallic crystal shard being able to do that before she touched it and instantly felt a wave of cold rush over her
"See" Lilly says
"Man, that feels awesome" Rose said as she no longer felt hot
"Let me try" Iris says as she pushed Rose out of the way and grabbed the metallic crystal shard, also feeling the cooling sensation
Immediately, Iris and Rose began to fight over who would get to touch the metallic crystal shard next. They kept pushing each other back and forth while Lilly struggled not to fall out of her seat.
"Hey, what's going on back there?" Ben asked as he looked back from the driver seat to see what was going on
"Nothing" both Iris and Rose said as they stopped fighting and put fake smiles on their faces
"Okay, just making sure you two aren't fighting" Ben said as he turned his attention back towards the road
Once Ben wasn't looking back at them, Iris and Rose continued to fight over Lilly's metallic crystal shard till she pulled it away from them and covered it with her hands
"You'll break it" Lilly told them
"Sorry Lilly, but we really need it so we don't die from the heat" Iris said as she started to sweat again
"Yeah, and it's not like you have any more of those things" Rose said as she also started to sweat
"This is the only one I have" Lilly said
"Since that is the case do you mind sharing with us?" Iris asked Lilly
"Or could you tell us how you made it?" Rose asks Lilly
Lilly holds out the metallic crystal shard and explains to Iris and Rose how she was able to make it
"I created it using pieces of Absolute Zero's armor as well as some parts from those drones we fought back in Yosemite then I used both the intelligence of my Cerebrocrustacean form along with the crafting skills of my Planchaküle form to build it" Lilly explained to Iris and Rose
"That really is genius Lilly" Iris said, complimenting Lilly
"Too bad you don't have the parts to make more" Rose said with a sigh
"If I could get a few more parts like a hyper accelerator along with a few other parts, I could install it into the AC" Lilly said
After hearing that, both Iris and Rose were determined to find those exact parts so that Lilly could fix the AC in the Rustbucket so they wouldn't die of heat. All of a sudden, there was a small explosion which caused the Rustbucket to shake before it violently stopped. Iris and Rose fell on the floor while Lilly held on to Mutt and stopped herself from falling.
"What the heck was that?" Rose asked as she got up and rubbed her head
"What just happened?" Iris asked as she got up and dusted herself off
"Something happened to the Rustbucket's engine" Ben answered as he got up out of the driver's seat
Ben then got out of the Rustbucket and went to see what was going on with the engine, lifting the hood up as black smoke came out. Iris, Rose and Lilly all ran to the front of the Rustbucket and watched as Ben struggled to work on the Rustbucket's engine. The girls then watched as Ben closed the hood of the Rustbucket and walked back inside with an annoyed look on his face.
"What happened?" Lilly asked Ben
"Yeah, something happen to the engine?" Rose asked Ben
"The engine is fine, for whatever reason it keeps overheating, the coolant hose is broken however and it looks like some weird buildup has formed all over inside" Ben answered as he wiped his face off with a rag
"Are we stuck out here?" Iris asked Ben with a worried look on her face
"I managed to tighten up the hose and get some water flowing through it but it's too hot outside for it to last before we reach somewhere where I can fully fix it" Ben answered with an annoyed sigh
"The last time I checked the maps, there wasn't a rest stop for miles" Iris said
"I know which is why I want us to get back on the road but I don't know how long my quick fix will last" Ben said
"Why don't we go there?" Rose asked, pointing at a sign that was on the side of the road
Ben, Iris and Lilly all looked out the window of the Rustbucket to see what the sign that Rose was pointing at
"Stay at the Silbón Hotel and Desert Resort"
"Huh, that's interesting" Ben said
"I didn't see that resort on the map" Iris said
"Can we go there?" Rose asks Ben
"It isn't that far away from where we are" Lilly says
Ben looks at the sign and sees that this hotel and resort is only about 20 miles from where they are right now
"I think I can get us there before the Rustbucket breaks down again" Ben said
"Sweet, let's hope they have a pool" Rose said, sounding excited
"And some really great AC inside" Iris said with a hopeful look on her face
Ben figured he could take the girls to this hotel and let them have some fun while he fixed the Rustbucket. Hopefully it wouldn't take him too long to do that but it wouldn't hurt to take a little detour and relax for a bit.
"I guess we are going to this Silbón Hotel and Resort" Ben said with a shrug
Both Iris and Rose cheered while Lilly didn't say anything as she was getting an odd feeling from the sign as something didn't seem right to her. While she couldn't put her finger on it, Lilly wasn't going to say anything as there was a chance it could be nothing. Ben then got back into the driver seat and began to slowly drive down the road, heading towards this hotel and resort.
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The Rustbucket: Silbón Hotel Resort Parking Lot, Sonoran Desert
With sheer luck, Ben was able to get all the way to the Silbón Hotel Resort, managing to pull the overheating Rustbucket into the parking lot before a large cloud of smoke and steam shot out from under the Rustbucket's hood. Once they stopped, Ben let out a sigh of relief as he got out of the driver seat and went back to check up on the girls and to see how they were doing.
"Everyone alright?" Ben asked the girls
"Yeah, just dying of heat" Rose answered
"We'll be fine once we get inside and feel the nice cold AC" Iris said
"Good, let's all four of us go in and get checked in to some rooms" Ben said
"What about Mutt?" Lilly asked Ben
"Mutt is going to have to stay in here for a minute, I don't want people seeing him and thinking he's a monster or figuring out that he is an alien and who I am" Ben answered
Hearing that he had to stay inside of the Rustbucket, Mutt let out a disappointed whine before hiding under some pillows on the couch
"Don't worry Mutt, once we get checked in, I'll be back out here to fix the Rustbucket and later on tonight you can come with me inside and you can stay in the room with the girls" Ben told Mutt, trying to cheer him up
"Did you hear Mutt? You'll be able to be with me later tonight" Lilly told Mutt
Mutt stuck his head out from the pillows and barked happily after hearing that
"Great, let's get inside and get checked in, the faster I fix the Rustbucket, the faster we can get to the Grand Canyon and visit other stops on this road trip" Ben said
And with that, Ben grabbed his bags while the girls all grabbed their bags and what they'd be bringing with them inside the hotel. Once they had everything they were going to bring, they all left the Rustbucket and headed for the lobby of the hotel.
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Lobby: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
Once inside of the hotel lobby, Ben and the girls were instantly hit with a breeze of cold air coming from the AC unit inside of the hotel. Looking around at the lobby, Ben and the girls saw a massive water fountain in the center of the lobby along with extravagant art pieces and other decorations. Everything had an extreme Latin and South American theme to it which explained all the palm trees and tropical plants along with a few desert plants mixed in.
"This place is awesome" Rose said in awe
"This must be a dream" Iris said in awe
"It's a wonderland" Lilly said with a look of amazement on her face
"It looks expensive" Ben said with a gulp
"Ah, I see that we have some guests" a voice said, getting the attention of Ben and the girls
Looking over, Ben and the girls saw a man wearing a red button up suit with white pants and black dress shoes. The man had black hair that was heavily gelled and seemed fairly toned as well as tall.
"And who are you?" Ben asked the man as he walked over to him and the girls
"You can call me Silbón, Mr. Silbón will do and I am the owner and manager of this hotel and resort" the man answered, introducing himself to Ben and the girls
"This place looks lovely Mr. Silbón" Iris said to Mr. Silbón
"I appreciate that miss, I've worked very hard to make this place feel like my home back in South America" Mr. Silbón said, thanking Iris for her compliment
"Why isn't there anyone here?" Rose asked, looking around at the empty lobby
Ben immediately smacked Rose upside the back of her head and gave her a glare
"Ouch, what?" Rose asked annoyed as she rubbed the back of her head in pain
"Sorry about that, she has a really bad habit of saying what's on her mind regardless if it might offend someone" Ben said to Mr. Silbón, apologizing to him for what Rose said
"Do not worry about it, but if you must know, there are people here already checked in but there will be more coming as we only recently opened up for the summer season this year" Mr. Silbón said with a smile on his face, explaining why the lobby was empty
"Is that waterpark open?" Iris asked Mr. Silbón
"It is my dear, the waterpark and everything in the resort is open" Mr. Silbón answered
"Yes" Iris and Rose said, sounding excited
"Don't get too excited just yet, first we need to check in" Ben told the girls
"Ah yes, it seems that part slipped my mind, follow me and I will take you to get checked in" Mr. Silbón said, leading Ben and the girls to the front lobby where they could check into a room
At the front desk of the lobby, a young woman wearing a red and white dress suit uniform was waiting patently for Ben and the girls as Mr. Silbón brought them over to the front desk
"This is Silvia and she will help you get checked into a room" Mr. Silbón said to Ben, introducing him to the woman at the desk
"Thank you Mr. Silbón and welcome guests" Silvia said to Ben and the girls greeting them
"Now that you are in Silvia's care, I must leave and attend to other matters" Mr. Silbón said
"Thank you for showing us here" Ben said, thanking Mr. Silbón
"By the way kind sir, I did not get your name" Mr. Silbón said to Ben, stopping before he left
"Ah yeah, my name is Ben, Ben Tennyson" Ben said, introducing himself to Mr. Silbón
"Well then, it was a pleasure to meet you Mr. Tennyson and I hope that we will meet again" Mr. Silbón said to Ben, holding his hand out to him
"Same" Ben said, taking Mr. Silbón's hand and shaking it
As Ben shook Mr. Silbón's hand, he couldn't help but notice how boney and sharp the man's hand was as it almost felt like Mr. Silbón was emaciated and or a skeleton, it also felt extremely cold as well
"Alright, then you all get checked in and enjoy your stay" Mr. Silbón said to the girls as he pulled his hand away from Ben and walked away, whistling as he walked
Once Mr. Silbón was gone, Ben turned his attention back to the front desk were Silvia was patiently waiting for him with a strange and creepy look on her face
"Now then, how may I help you today?" Silvia asked Ben with that weird smile on her face
"Um, my sister and I would like to check into a room, or a double room if you have one?" Ben asked Silvia
"Let me check and see if we have anything available" Silvia said as she began to type on her computer
It didn't take very long for Silvia to finish typing on her computer before she stopped and returned to creepily staring at Ben
"It looks like we have a large room that is separated by a wall, this is the family suite and it comes with a total of one queen sized bed and three kings along with a bathroom that comes with a walk-in shower as well as jacuzzi bath and other amenities" Silvia said, describing what the room was and what it had
Already, Ben knew from the way Silvia described the room and everything that it had that the room itself was going to be extremely expensive. Ben was almost going to decline getting it but looking at the girls with their eager expressions on their faces, he knew he couldn't say no.
"I guess we'll take it then" Ben said with a defeated sigh
The girls all cheered as Silvia handed Ben paperwork to sign and fill out before she gave him the key to the room
"You are in room 13 on floor 13" Silvia said to Ben before she rang the bell on the desk
Soon another woman appeared, she wore a black and white dress suit and appeared to be another manager like Mr. Silbón
"Armando is on break so I will be helping you all take your luggage up to your room" the woman said as she pulled around a large cart
Ben and the girls all put their baggage on the cart while Ben put the keycards he was given into his pocket
"By the way, my name is Victoria and I am the hospitality manager here, so if you need anything, feel free to ask" the woman said, introducing herself to Ben and the girls
"Thank you miss Victoria" Ben said, thanking Victoria
"Don't mention it, Mr. Tennyson anything for a guest" Victoria said with a smile on her face
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Room 13: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
Victoria had taken Ben and the girls up to the 13th floor where their room was and talked to them about the history of the hotel and a bit about Mr. Silbón's past. Once they had gotten to room 13, Victoria opened the door and let them all walk in. The girls walked in and had a look of awe on their face at the site of the room. Ben walked in and saw how large the room was and how amazing it looked. To Ben the room remind him of the scene from that one movie where a kid gets stuck in New York City and is able to get a room in a fancy hotel.
"This place is awesome" Iris said
"I can't believe we get to stay here" Rose said
"It's incredible" Lilly said
"As you know, this is one of our more special rooms as over there is the master bedroom and here is the living area which has TV, a full kitchen and fully stocked bar with all types of beverages and snacks, there is the bathroom which has a door in both rooms and everything else you'll need during your stay with us" Victoria said as she gave a rundown of the room to Ben and the girls
Immediately, the girls all ran around the room and jumped on the beds before running and jumping on the couch and exploring the bar and all of its cupboards and drawers and just exploring everything in the room
"Thank you for helping us" Ben said, thanking Victoria as he went to give her a tip
"Oh don't worry about it" Victoria said, refusing Ben's
"Oh, okay" Ben said as he put his money away
"Now then, there will be a dinner buffet tonight if you are interested, that phone over there connects to the lobby where we can bring room service or help if there is a problem" Victoria told Ben
"We will definitely check that out and thank you again" Ben said, thanking Victoria once again
Once Victoria left the room and closed the door, Ben decided to get the girls
"GIRLS!!! We need to talk" Ben said loudly, getting the attention of the girls
"What is it Ben?" Iris asked as she walked over to Ben
"What do you need?" Rose asked Ben
"I just wanted to let you know that I am going to be fixing the Rustbucket, while I'm doing that, I want the three of you to stay out of trouble" Ben told the girls
"Will do" Lilly said
"Don't worry about me" Rose said
"I promise I won't get into trouble" Iris said to Ben
"Good, but I want all three of you to promise me that you won't break the rules while we're here" Ben told the girls
"We promise we won't cause trouble, use our omnitrix for dumb stuff or get caught using our omnitrix and we won't do anything that could lead to jail time or worse" the girls said, repeating what Ben's rules for them were
"Great, now all of you go and have fun, here is some money for all of you, you'll get a little bit more tomorrow and be safe" Ben told the girls as he gave them all some money to spend
"Thanks Ben" Iris and Rose said, thanking Ben as they took the money from him
"Thank you big brother" Lilly said, thanking Ben as she took her bit of the money from him
After that Ben gave the girls their keycards and all of them left the room with Ben headed to the parking lot to work on the Rustbucket while the girls headed for the waterpark
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Waterpark: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
Later in the day, the girls were all having fun at the waterpark, going down all the slides it had, swimming it many pools as well as playing at the large arcade and riding amusement park rides that were in the waterpark area of the hotel. While Rose was floating down the lazy river in the waterpark, Iris was walking around in search of Lilly who was actually by the pool on a covered folding chair, reading a book.
"Lilly, there you are" Iris said as she found Lilly
"Hey Iris" Lilly said to Iris, looking up from her book
"What are you doing?" Iris asked Lilly, walking over to where she was reading
"I'm reading a book" Lilly answered as she held up the book that she was reading
"Huh, monsters, myths and legends from around the world" Iris said, reading off the name of the book that Lilly was reading
"I'm on the Latin and South American part of the book, it's really interesting" Lilly said as she continued to read her book
Iris looked over and saw what was on the page that Lilly was reading and what she saw was a tall and emaciated skeletal being with deep glowing eyes and who was also carrying a large sack of its shoulder
"Creepy" Iris said with a shiver
"If you knew what happened to it you'd probably feel bad for it" Lilly said to Iris as she continued to read her book
"Well, I'm gonna go look for Rose, it's about time we head back to the room and get ready for that dinner buffet" Iris said
"Okay, I'm almost done anyways" Lilly said
As Iris started to walk away, she noticed a young boy looking over at her and smiling which caused her to blush a bit
"Maybe you should go and talk to him" Lilly suggested to Iris, looking up from her book at her sister
"What? There's no way I could talk to him" Iris said with a nervous look on her face
"Come on, I think he's been looking at you since we entered the park" Lilly said
"Really? He has? There's no way" Iris said as she got more and more embarrassed
"I know you are good at reading and sensing people's emotions but you suck with your own" a voice said to Iris
Looking over, Iris and Lilly saw Rose walking over to where they were with an inner tube under her arm
"Look, I don't know what you are talking about Rose, but there is no way he's into me" Iris said, getting mad as her face turned red
Rose looked over at the young boy and saw him with his group of friends laughing and talking while he would occasionally look over at Iris
"He's cute, not my type though but he's definitely a good choice for you" Rose said to Iris with a shrug as she sat down next to Lilly
"Fine then, to prove you wrong, I'll go over there and talk to him" Iris said with a huff as she stomped her foot before walking over to where the boy was
"Thanks for the assist" Lilly said to Rose, thanking her
"Wasn't planning on it but I figure she needed at least one summer love" Rose said
"I wonder when big brother is going to be done fixing the Rustbucket" Lilly said
"I hope it takes him awhile, I am loving this place" Rose said as she stretched a bit in her chair
"True, but this place does seem a bit off" Lilly said
"How so?" Rose asked Lilly
"I don't see, hear or sense any animals and then there's feeling of being watched" Lilly answered as she put her book down
Rose looked around and didn't see any birds in the sky and she didn't hear any bugs either, then she also noticed that some of the employees were looking over at them with similar looks that Silvia the receptionist had on her face. Regardless of all that, Rose decided to ignore it and not think much about it as it was probably just a coincidence and nothing more.
"Meh, I wouldn't think much into it" Rose told Lilly
"I still don't know about it" Lilly said
"This place beats Great Aunt Vera's any day" Rose said as she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes
"I guess you are right" Lilly said before she went back to reading her book
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The Rustbucket: Silbón Hotel Resort Parking Lot, Sonoran Desert
Inside of the Rustbucket, Mutt was sitting down on the table drinking from his water bowl until a puff of smoke appeared from the Rustbucket's dashboard. After that a small gray skinned humanoid frog-like creature with a bulbous head and green eyes jumped and climbed up on the table.
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This creature was actually Ben, who had transformed into his Galvan form that he called Grey Matter
"I don't know Mutt, it seems like everything I fix ends up getting broken again" Ben said with an annoyed sigh as he rubbed the dirt and grease off of his face
Ben then hit the omnitrix badge on his back and became engulfed in a green light as he transformed back into his form
"I tried calling and messaging Kevin but for some reason this place is a dead zone" Ben said as he tossed his phone down on the table
Mutt just barked and licked Ben's hand
"I'm glad you're here to help me" Ben said as he scratched Mutt's head
Ben sat down at the table and wiped the dirt and sweat off of his face with a white rag before leaning back and looking up at the ceiling
"I hope the girls are having fun but I really don't want to be stuck here any longer than we have to be" Ben said to himself
Mutt jumped up on Ben's shoulder and nuzzled into his neck
"Don't worry buddy, you'll get to be with Lilly later tonight when I smuggle you in" Ben told Mutt as he scratched his chin
As Ben got up and was about to go outside and work on the Rustbucket, there was a knock at the door which stopped him
"Go hide" Ben told Mutt
Mutt got up and ran to the back couch and hid under the pillows and blankets as Ben walked over to the door and opened it. The one who had knocked on the door was Victoria from the hotel and she had a tray with cups and pitcher with lemonade in it
"Oh, hey Victoria" Ben said, surprised to see her standing there
"I heard you were working on your vehicle and I figured that you could use something to cool you off while you worked" Victoria said to Ben
"Oh, thanks, it is kinda hot out here" Ben said as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead
"Can I come inside?" Victoria asked Ben
"Sure" Ben said, letting Victoria into the Rustbucket
Victoria walked over to the table and sat down the tray that she was holding before pouring Ben a cup of lemonade and handing it to him
"Thank you for this" Ben said as he took the lemonade and drank it
"Don't thank me, we here at the Silbón Hotel and Resort love it when our guests are happy and relaxed" Victoria said as she poured another glass of lemonade for Ben
For whatever reason, Ben got an odd feeling around Victoria but he didn't know what it was and couldn't quite put his finger on it
"You know, I was wondering if you and those girls of yours were coming to the dinner buffet party tonight?" Victoria asked Ben
"I talked to them and we're going to be going" Ben said as he took the other glass of lemonade and began drinking it
"That is great, Mr. Silbón puts a lot of work into making those enjoyable for everyone" Victoria said with a smile on her face
"Yeah, he sure does a lot" Ben said
"I was wondering if maybe you'd like to come with me as well to the party since I have the night off?" Victoria asked Ben
"Like a date?" Ben asked Victoria as his face started to turn red
"I wouldn't mind a date with you Mr. Tennyson" Victoria said with a smile on her face as she got close to Ben, making him grow a bit embarrassed
"That s…sounds great, I wouldn't mind either" Ben said as he tried to slowly back away from Victoria
"Excellent, I'll see you then and I hope you'll continue to enjoy your stay here" Victoria said to Ben, kissing him on the cheek before she took her tray and left
As Victoria left, Ben couldn't believe that just happened to him and that he had a date with Victoria later tonight. It was true that he was no longer with Kai but it had been awhile since he had gone on a date with another woman. Victoria was a beautiful woman and Ben didn't know what he was going to do tonight if he got super embarrassed around her. Mutt came out from his hiding place and rubbed up against Ben's leg, whining at him.
"Something the matter bud?" Ben asked Mutt, looking down at him
Mutt continued to whine as Ben bent down and picked him up
"Don't worry, you'll be fine" Ben told Mutt
Mutt stopped whining and let out a sigh like noise
"It looks like I've got a date to get ready for tonight" Ben said to himself with a confident grin on his face
Ben was starting to get excited as he had a date with Victoria later tonight and was starting to think that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing for the Rustbucket to break down as he wouldn't be here if it hadn't broken down
"Better get inside and get ready, I definitely want to look and smell my best for dinner tonight" Ben said to himself as he put Mutt in a bag to hide him in and started to go and leave
Before Ben left he stopped and looked at his tools on the table
"It's fine, I'll finish fixing the Rustbucket up tomorrow and besides, I don't think the girls want to leave just yet" Ben said to himself before leaving the Rustbucket and heading back inside
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Author's Note
Hello readers it is SJMS09 and here is the 7th chapter of Road Trip, I hope you all enjoyed it and are ready for what is coming in the next chapter. Sorry that it has taken so long for this chapter to come out but I've had a lot to work on and I wanted to focus on my stories that are attracting the most attention. Once this week is over, I'm going to be updating normally again, so don't worry about no new chapters for weeks at a time. And since I've about gotten all my stories caught up with each other or well my older stories caught up and my three newer stories about to be caught up with the same amount of chapters, I should be ready to work on all of them without worrying about anything. Moving on, Ben and the girls have found themselves at some hotel and resort in the middle of the Sonoran Desert as they were headed for the Grand Canyon. With the Rustbucket breaking down and with everything Ben doing to fix it not working, it looks like they might end up being there for awhile.
You'll get to see more of what is going on in the next chapter as well as see Ben go on a date with the mysterious and beautiful Victoria. In this chapter, you got to see Ben use a bit of his Galvan transformation, Grey Matter. You'll get to see Ben as well as the girls use more of their alien transformations in the next chapter as well as future chapters. None of the girls used any of their transformations in this chapter so the list of their named transformations don't need to be updated so here is the current list that hasn't changed since the last chapter.
Current Transformations With Names
Iris
1. Drift – XLR8
2. Live Wire – Feedback
3. Solar Flare – Heatblast
4. Blizard – Articguana
Rose
1. Polaris – Lodestar
2. Download – Upgrade
3. Gemstone – Diamondhead
4. Trap Jaws – Ripjaws
Lilly
1. Ultraviolet – Chromastone
2. Tidal Wave – Water Hazard
3. Wrecking Ball – Cannonbolt
4. Nitrodactyl – Astrodactyl
And those are all of the names of the current transformations of the girls that have all appeared in story and have been given names. I am still looking for names for the remaining transformations, so if you have any suggestions for names, feel free to leave them. If I like the name you suggest, I'll use it when the transformation shows up in the story and give you credit in the Author's Note. Now then, I am not going to be responding to comments or answering questions today. That means that I am just going to be wrapping things up here and moving on. If you want to leave a comment, feel free to do so and I will respond to it at the end of the next chapter. If there is a question that you want answered, ask it and I will do my best to answer it at the end of the next chapter. Thank you for reading and supporting this story, I hope to see you all for the next chapter.
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Alien Information
Ben's Transformations
Name – Grey Matter
Species – Galvan
Home World – Galvan Prime
Powers Abilities – Enhanced Intelligence
Technological Expertise
Small Space Maneuvering
Enhanced Jumping
Enhanced Reflexes
Underwater Breathing
Wall Scaling
Long Prehensile Tongue
Sharp Teeth
Linguistic Intelligence