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NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
{Episode 4: Max and Laura Out}
It was a dark and rainy night in Santa Mira as we see two people, wearing trench coats and fedoras, standing outside of a dinner while sharing an umbrella as they stoically walked inside. Once inside, they placed their umbrella on near the door as they walked over to a booth and sat down. Unknown to them however, a cashier lady was staring at them suspiciously as she walks over to them and greeted the strangers with a fake smile.
"Would you two like to hear the specials?" She asked as one of the duos took off their fedora, revealing himself to be a familiar 65-years-old with short grey hair, grey eyes, and a few wrinkles. Underneath his trench coat, he wears a red Hawaiian shirt with brown pants and black shoes. His name is Max Tennyson, Ben and Gwen's grandfather.
"Just coffee," Max says as she nodded and wrote down his order before turning to her other customer. "How about you, miss?" She asked as the woman took off her fedora, revealing herself to be a 37-year-old woman with long blue hair that reaches to her waist, light skin, and crystal blue eyes. Underneath her trench coat, she wears a black jacket with a white shirt underneath, a blue hairclip on her hair, black jeans, and wears a gun holster on her waist. Her name was Laura Cunningham, Vanessa, and Sabrina's mother.
"The same, but with sugar," Laura says as the cashier lady nodded, and walked over to the counter as she begins making their coffees.
"Don't get too many strangers here. What brings you two to Santa Mira?" Cashier lady asked.
"We heard this place was good for fishing, so my buddy here forced me to drive him here," Laura answered as Max gave her an amused glare, and the Cashier Lady raises an eyebrow.
"Our fish are farm-raised...and it's the rainy season." She says while walking over to them with a silver platter in her hands as Laura smirked.
"As you can see, he was misinformed," Laura says as Max grinned at her before blinking confusedly as the cashier lady placed the platter in front of him.
"Here's your special."
"We didn't order that," Max says as Laura looks down at the platter, and squints her eyes suspiciously at it.
"Oh, don't worry about that. It's on the house." Cashier lady says with a grin as Laura noticed a small tentacle poking out, and she gasped.
"Max! Get down!" Laura screamed as Cashier Lady opens the tray to reveal a Xenocytye hissing at a surprised Max angrily. Laura reacted quickly as she shoves the small alien away, and Cashier Lady growls at her annoyedly as she reared back her hand and slapped Laura to the ground.
"Laura!" Max screamed as Cashier Lady runs at him at speeds not possible for someone her age, and grabs him in a chokehold. Max grunted as he threw back his head and gave her a headbutt, but it didn't seem to faze her as she grins evilly. "You are one strong lady...or are you!?" Max screamed as he reached over her face and pulled it off as a flash of blue light appeared, and we see a DNAlien hissing at him angrily. Max glared before suddenly smirking as he ducks down, and the DNAliens was confused at his actions. Before hearing a click as he looks up, and gasped as he saw Laura standing over him with a strange alien-like gun in her hands.
"Bang," Laura says with a playful smirk as she pressed the trigger, and the DNAlien squealed in pain before falling on the ground unconscious as Max rubs his throat.
"Well, that was the worst service I ever had, thanks for the help, Laura," Max says as Laura smiled.
"You're welcome. Oh, and also..." Laura says before pointing her gun at her left as she shot the Xenoctye alien that was trying to attack Max from behind. "Don't let your guard down," Laura says as Max grins at her.
"Wasn't that what I used to tell you when I first train you?" Max asked as Laura smirked.
"Yep, I guess you're getting too old to remember your own rules." Laura joked as Max rolled his eyes, and looks down at the unconscious DNAlien with a frown on his face. "What's wrong, Max?" She asked as Max sighs.
"I'm just concerned about my grandson, Kevin. I just don't understand what they want him, he's just a normal kid. He's nothing like his sister or his cousin, so why did the DNAliens captured him?" Max asked with a worried look on his face as Laura placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I know how you feel, Max. I worry about my daughters every day since I had to fake my death, but that's why we're here to rescue your grandson and put a stop to whatever is they're planning." Laura says with a determined look as Max smiled slightly.
"Yeah, we will," Max says before frowning. "And I want to say that I'm sorry for forcing you to come out of your retirement and helping me with the DNAliens. If there was someone else that was as capable as you, I wouldn't have called for help, but-"
"I understand, Max," Laura says, interrupting Max as she sighs heavily. "It was tough having to abandon my family, but I needed to do what needs to be done to ensure their safety. And who knows? Maybe after we're done, I can return to them someday...I just hope they don't hate me for forcing them to go through that drama." Laura says with a sad expression as Max smiled at her warmly.
"There's no need to worry, Laura. By what you tell me, the girls absolutely love you and will be happy to see you alive. But if something happens, just know that I will be there to support you." Max says as Laura smiled.
"Thanks, old man." Laura joked as they shared a laugh.
"Uh, no. Or let me put it another way, no." Kevin says while washing his car in a local car wash as Ben, Vanessa, and Sabrina were trying to convince Kevin to go on a mission with them, but he wouldn't budge.
"Come on, Kevin, he's my cousin. He was supposed to come home from college 2 days ago." Ben says as Kevin scoffed.
"And you want me to waste my time, driving my car, looking for your cousin?" Kevin asked as Vanessa raised an eyebrow and placed her hands on her hips.
"Oh, so you got something better to do?" She asked as Kevin opened his mouth, but closed as he sighs.
"Okay, I don't. I just don't want to drive around looking for someone I barely know." Kevin says as Ben sighs.
"Look, I know how it sounds, the police said to wait, I'm sure he's fine, we just don't know where he is." Ben says as Kevin rolled his eyes.
"Daytona Beach or Fort Lauderdale. He's a college student." Kevin says as Ben shakes his head.
"No, he called from the road and said his car broke down on some town called Santa Mira. We haven't heard anything since. His folks are worried."
"And I'm supposed to care, why?" Kevin asked as he felt someone tug his pants and looks down as he saw Sabrina frowning at him.
"Because you're a good guy, and want to help people," Sabrina says as Kevin raises an eyebrow at her, and Gwen showed up as she placed her hands on the young girl's shoulders.
"And because he's my brother," Gwen says with a worried look as Kevin stared at her for a few seconds and nodded.
"Alright, get in," Kevin says as everybody smiled and got into Kevin's car as they drove off to Santa Mira.
"You're really sweet to do this, Kevin. Ken is-" Gwen says before getting interrupted by Kevin as the older teen laughed.
"Wait, 'Ken'? Your brother's name is Ken? Gwen and Ken Tennyson? What's your folk's name? Sven and Jen? I'm talking to you, Ben." Kevin says while turning to Ben with an amused look as he and the others rolled his eyes at his immaturity.
"Yes, our names rhyme, and you noticed. Good for you." Ben says sarcastically as Kevin chuckled.
"I'm just having some fun, man. I don't see the big deal." Kevin says as Gwen beams.
"Ken took Ben to his first soccer game. When his band played, he snuck me and my friends backstage. Ken's the coolest guy in the world." Gwen says as Kevin nodded, and turned to the Cunningham girls.
"And, why are you two looking for Ken?" Kevin asked as they raised an eyebrow at him.
"There is such a thing as wanting to help your friends with their problems, Kevin. Me and Sabrina feel bad for them, so we're going to help them find Ken. Besides, I'm pretty sure that if Sabrina gets missing, you guys will help me." Vanessa says while hugging Sabrina as Ben and Gwen nodded.
"Nah," Kevin says as they glared at him.
"Kevin!" Sabrina says with her cheeks puffing out in anger as Kevin smirked at their reaction, and laughed.
"Guys, I'm just joking, off course, I will help." He says just as they passed a sign that says 'Welcome to Santa Mira'. "Anyway, for a guy who's so cool, he sure picked a lame spot for spring break," Kevin says as Gwen rolled her eyes.
"Kevin is totally cool, and he didn't pick where the Awesome-Mobile broke down," Gwen says as Kevin laughed.
"The 'Awesome-Mobile'?" Kevin asked while giving Ben a disbelief look as even the girls stared at him.
"His car. I told you he's cool," Ben says as Vanessa and Sabrina gave each other knowing looks, but didn't say anything as Kevin rolled his eyes.
"Oh, yeah, who could doubt it?" Kevin says as Vanessa shakes her head at him before turning to Ben.
"So, what's the play, Ben?" Vanessa asked as Ben went to his leader mode.
"I say we hit all the garages in town. Find Ken's car, find Ken."
"Good idea," Kevin says, agreeing with Ben's plan as he drove towards the nearest garage. "I mean, how many garages can this hole support?"
[Two hours later]
"Five...five garages. One horse town, five garages?" Kevin asked annoyedly as he, Gwen, and Sabrina stood outside of the fifth Auto Shop they searched as the rain poured down on them.
"Yeah, that does seem a little excessive," Sabrina admitted with Gwen covering her head from the rain with her shirt.
"Five garages so far, and if the Awesome-Mobile isn't in this one, we have to keep looking," Ben says while looking through the window of the shop with Vanessa as they were trying to search for the Awesome-Mobile.
"All, I'm saying is that a small town doesn't need five garages," Kevin says as Vanessa turns her head, and spotted a beat-up car that looks like it's going to break any minute now as she sighs.
"Well, no dice, all that is in there is an old car that looked like it got beat up with metal bats," Vanessa says as Ben raised an eyebrow, and peeks in as he beams.
"Bingo." Ben says as Kevin suddenly appears beside him and pushes him to the side.
"You found a bingo game?" Kevin asked as Ben glared at him briefly, and shakes his head.
"No, I find his car," Ben says as Vanessa gave him a dumbfounded look.
"Wait, that's the Awesome-Mobile? Is the name supposed to be ironic?" Vanessa asked as Ben shrugs sheepishly, and Kevin laughed.
"That's the Awesome-Mobile? That thing makes the Rustbucket looks like a Ferrari." Kevin says as Gwen walked up to the shop as she tried to open the door, but groans as it was closed.
"Damm, the door is closed. Maybe we should-" Gwen says before getting interrupted by Kevin as the young Osmosian kicks the door opens. "Kevin!" Gwen scolds as Kevin grins and walks into the building.
"Don't worry, Ken is so cool, he'll be happy to pay for that." Kevin says as everybody sighed but walked into the garage reluctantly as Sabrina stayed behind with an apprehensive look on her face.
"What's wrong, sis?" Vanessa asked while popping her head out of the doorway as Sabrina looks up to her nervously.
"Isn't this technically breaking and entering? Aren't we going to jail if we go inside?" Sabrina asked as Vanessa scoffed and rubbed her hair.
"Don't worry, sis, we're superheroes, so we're allowed to break into buildings if we're trying to investigate something which we are doing right now."
"Oh, okay," Sabrina says with a smile, feeling much better about the whole ordeal as she skipped into the building, and Vanessa shakes her head amusedly as she followed after her sister.
"Ah, dirty laundry for Mom to clean, this guy is a class act," Kevin says while inspecting Ken's car as Gwen did the same.
"There must be a clue in here to help us find, Ken," Gwen says as Kevin raised an eyebrow.
"What? Like maybe he left a note or something?" Kevin says as Ben pops open the hood, and he blinks in confusion at what he sees.
"Uh, Kevin? You might want to take a look here." Ben says as Kevin walked over to him, and his eyes widen as he spots a small purple device planted on the car's engine.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Kevin asked while grabbing the small device as everybody stared at it suspiciously
"What is that thing?" Sabrina asked.
"The only thing here that is not covered in rust. It's alien tech. It projects a field that dampens internal combustion." Kevin explained.
"Which means what?" Sabrina asks as Vanessa's eyes widen.
"It means that someone sabotaged his car!" Vanessa says as Gwen gained a worried look.
"But why would someone sabotage his car? Ken's to-"
"Too cool?" Kevin asked as Ben shakes his head.
"Too normal, he doesn't know anything about aliens. Heck, he doesn't know that me and Gwen have powers or that Grandpa Max is part of the plumbers, why would they go after him?" Ben asked as Vanessa thought carefully and leaned against the car...and winced in disgust as she felt something slimy hits her butt.
"Oh, that better be not what I'm thinking it is," Vanessa says as she turns around and sighs in relief at the sight of the alien slime.
"Oh, good, it's just alien slime," Vanessa says as Sabrina raises an eyebrow at her.
"What did you think it was?" Sabrina asked as Vanessa blushes and looks away.
"I will tell you when you're older," Vanessa says just as the Zennatrix and the Omnitrix began beeping.
"Huh? What's going with my Omnitrix?" Ben asked while raising his beeping Omnitrix as Vanessa did the same with her Zennatrix.
"And, what's going on with my Zennatrix?" Vanessa asked as she experimentally brings her Zennatrix closer to the slime, and noticed that the beeping gets louder. "Interesting, whatever this slime is, it's affecting our watches."
"What's going on here?" Gwen asked as Ben was about to respond, when suddenly the doors opened as two men, wearing overalls as one of them carried a white box in his hands.
"Wouldn't mind knowing that myself. What are you doing in my garage?" One of them asked as the one holding the box placed it on the ground, and gave the teens a toothy grin.
"If you want, I can call the sheriff."
"Yeah, you do that..." Ben says as he squints his eyes at the name tag stitched on the mechanic's shirt. "...Shem and Moe, I bet he'd be really interested to find out what happened to the teenager who owned this car." He says while narrowing his eyes at the mechanic as Shem grins.
"What do you mean? How should we know? He dropped off the car, we fixed it, and he never came back." Shem says before frowning as Kevin turned on the car, but the engine sputtered as smoke come off of it.
"You fixed it, huh?" Kevin asked as Gwen and Sabrina eyed the white box suspiciously, and walked over to it.
"W-We was aiming to fix it, but things got busy here." Moe says nervously as Ben and Vanessa looks around the empty garage, and eyed him suspiciously.
"Yeah, the workload looks brutal," Ben says sarcastically as Vanessa crossed her arms.
"I can't wait to see a real busy day looks," Vanessa says as the girls opened the box and gasped at what was inside.
"Guys, you might want to take a look at this," Gwen says as Ben and Vanessa walked over to them and peeked into the box.
"More slime?" Vanessa asked with their devices beeping again as Ben turned to the nervous mechanics, and gave them a serious look.
"Alright, enough games, what is this stuff, and who are you guys?" Ben asked as thunder roared down, and the mechanic's bodies fizzled in and out of existence as Alien Force was surprised to see that they were actually DNAliens wearing ID Masks.
"Oh, great. It's those DNAliens again." Vanessa says with an annoyed look as she pushed Sabrina behind her.
"Or should we call them DNAhillbillies." Kevin joked as Moe's neck suddenly swelled up, and he turns to the young Osmosian as he spits a giant blob of slime that trapped Kevin to the wall.
Before the others could react, Swem and Moe's necks swelled up as they used their combined slime to trap Ben and the girls to a wall. The heroes struggled to escape from their bonds as Shem and Moe took off their ID Masks, revealing their true forms as they walked intimately towards them.
"Ugh, I can't reach for my watch," Vanessa says while trying to reach for her watch, but couldn't as Ben nodded.
"Can't reach for mine either," Ben admitted as Sabrina looks at her trapped hands, and narrows her eyes in determination as she grunted and managed to free her hands.
"But I can!" Sabrina exclaimed as she reached over to their watches, and activated them as she slams the cores down, and a big flash of green/purple light occurred as Ben and Vanessa transformed into...
"Humungausaur!" Ben roared out with the warehouse shaking from his yell as the DNAliens looked up at his imposing form nervously.
"Hellbound!" Vanessa yelled out as she easily broke through her and Sabrina's bonds. Sabrina landed on Hellbound's back as the Vulpimancer roared at the DNAliens angrily, and they backed up in fright from the intimating beast. Gwen grunted as her eyes glowed pink, and she used her Mana vision to break from her bonds.
Standing up, Gwen threw a Mana blast at one of the DNAliens, knocking him down as the other DNAlien was about to attack the Anodite, but Vanessa wouldn't have it as she leaps towards the DNAliens and bits his hand as he squealed in pain, and Hellbound threw him to a wall as he got knocked out.
The last remaining DNAlien stood up from the ground as he rubs his head dizzily and noticed that his partner got knocked out as he grew angry and was about to attack Hellbound. But Humungausaur suddenly appears in his face as he let out a loud roar that made the alien piss his pants, and he tried to run away, only to get clotheslined by a metal covered Kevin as the Osmosian grinned down at him.
"That's a work-related accident, you can sue." Kevin quipped as the DNAlien groans and slowly went unconscious as Kevin turned to his team. "We got them, now what?" A few minutes later, we see Alien Force driving up at the same dinner where Max and Laura were as everybody got out of the vehicle.
"So, why are we doing here?" Vanessa asked as Gwen looks around the dinner.
"I thought that if we retraced Ken's steps, we'd find a clue, but there's nothing here." Gwen says just as they heard a loud noise coming from a red truck as they glanced at each other and nodded as they sneakily walked up to the truck, and Ben opens the door. The gang was surprised to see a DNAlien sitting at the back of the truck as he was handcuffed by a pair of energy cuffs, and his mouth was gagged by a red cloth.
"Another DNAlien?" Vanessa asked as the alien was startled by their presence, and accidentally knocked over a bucket filled with slime.
"Ewww, more slime," Sabrina whined with her face going green as Kevin reached over and pulled off the red cloth from its mouth as he glares at him.
"Alright, start talking," Kevin demanded as the DNAlien was about to respond when suddenly the Omnitrix and the Zennatrix begins beeping again.
"What's up with you?" Ben asked rhetorically as he experimentally waves his Omnitrix around the slime, and it beeps louder.
"Unknown DNA sample acquired." The Omnitrix says with a robotic version of Ben's voice as everyone eyes widen in surprise.
"Whoa, I didn't know that our watches could talk," Vanessa says as Ben looks down at his Omnitrix in confusion.
"Me neither." He says as Gwen looks down and gasped as she saw a familiar red cloth lying on the ground.
"Ben, you might want to take a look at this," Gwen says while grabbing the red cloth as Ben gasped.
"This is from his favorite shirt," Ben says while grabbing the cloth as the others gave the cousins confused looks.
"Who's favorite shirt?" Kevin asked.
"Grandpa Max," Gwen says as Sabrina felt something touch her feet, and she looks down as she gasps at what she sees.
"V-Vanessa," Sabrina says nervously while grabbing the object from the ground as Vanessa turns to her, and felt her face go pale as she saw a familiar blue hairclip resting in her sister's hands.
"N-No, it can't be. That's impossible!" Vanessa says while backing away as she nearly trip, but Ben caught her.
"Vanessa, what's going on?" Ben asked worriedly as Vanessa shakily pointed at the hairclip at the trembling hands of Sabrina.
"T-That's my mother's hairclip. She always wears it because it was a gift from her grandmother." Vanessa explains as everyone stared at her in shock.
"Wait, does that mean that your mother is-"
"Alive." Vanessa finished with a haunted look on her face as Gwen's eyes widen before growing angry as she raises her hand and used her powers to slam the DNAlien against the wall as he grunted in pain.
"Tell us who tied you up, now!" Gwen ordered as the DNAlien whimpered in fear from the young teenager's angry gaze.
"M-Max Tennyson and L-Laura Cunningham. They said that they were trying to find some kid." He says as Vanessa and Sabrina's eyes widen.
"That's mommy's name!" Sabrina screeched out as Vanessa remained silent with an emotionless look on her face, and Ben gave her a worried look as he placed a hand on her shoulder. But she didn't seem to respond to his comforting look as she still seems to be in shock.
"Where is he!?" Gwen asked as the DNAlien winced from her yell.
"I don't know! He cuffed me and left me here!" The DNAlien says as Gwen grows angry and slammed him against the wall again as the DNAlien yelled out in pain.
"Not him! He can take care of himself! The kid! Where is my brother!?" Gwen asked with her eyes glowing pink as the DNAlien shrinks back from her angry demeanor, and trembles in fear.
"H-Hatchery."
At the Hatchery, we see a DNAlien interrogating a young adult male, who was tied up in a chair as he looks up at the alien fearfully. The young adult male is 18-years-old with green eyes, red hair, and his outfit consisted of a blue jacket with a white shirt underneath, brown pants, and white shoes. His name is Kenneth Tennyson, but he prefers to be called Ken.
"I told you! I told you! I don't know where my grandfather is! I don't know anything!" Ken yelled as he tried to escape from his bonds, but it proved to be futile.
"I believe you." The DNAlien says before walking over to a table filled with torture tools as he reaches down, and grabs a small white box.
"W-Who are you?" Ken asked with a scared look as the DNAlien grins darkly, and turns to him with the box in his hands.
"I'm glad you asked, Ken." He says while opening the box as he pulled out a Xenocyte. "But I think the best way to get to know someone is to walk a mile in their shoes." He said as Ken eyed the small tentacle alien warily.
"What is that?"
"...My shoes." The DNAlien says as the Xenocyte sprang to life, and leaps towards Ken's face as the horrified screams of the teenager could be heard throughout the factory. Meanwhile, outside, we see the gang arriving at the Hatchery as they got out of the car and ran over to the building while passing through a large metal fence that looked like it was forcefully ripped apart by someone with a tremendous amount of strength.
"I'm cold and wet," Kevin complained while hugging himself for warmth as Ben rolled his eyes.
"No, duh," Ben says, before pointing over at a large tower, that resembles the weather tower that they took down a few weeks ago. "Weather machine the aliens are making the weather cold and rainy for...whatever is they're doing."
"How do we get in without getting spotted?" Gwen asked as Vanessa looked around and spotted a waterway as she grins.
"Guys, I think I found a way to get in without getting spotted by the DNAliens," Vanessa says while pointing at the waterway as they walked up to it and cringed in disgust.
"You got to be kidding me," Kevin says.
"Yeah, I'm with Kevin on this one, I am not swimming in that," Sabrina says while crossing her arms stubbornly as Vanessa shrugs.
"It's the only way, guys."
"Come on, who will be crazy enough to swim in that?" Kevin asked as Vanessa rolled her eyes.
"Fine, you big baby, I will go first," Vanessa says before taking a deep breath as she dives right in.
"Holy crap! Your girlfriend is insane, Tennyson," Kevin says as Ben blushed.
"She's not my girlfriend," Ben mumbles as he took a deep breath and jumps in as Gwen follows.
"Uh, on second thought, I can just stay here and keep a lookout with the kid," Kevin says as Sabrina nodded eagerly and they begin backing away.
"Yeah, so if you don't mind, we will just stay right-" Sabrina says before yelping as Vanessa appears and grabbed them by their shirts as she pulled them into the water.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see Max and Laura popping their heads out from the waterway as they made sure that the coast was clear before swimming over the railing as they pulled themselves out, and they're eyes widen at the sight of the DNAlien standing a few feet ahead of them. They stared at each other for a few seconds until the DNAlien came to his senses as he runs over to a small box at the end of the railing to call for backup, but he didn't even make it 5 feet before yelling out in pain as Laura shoots him through his stomach and the DNAlien coughed out blood as he fell on the ground, injured but thankfully not dead.
The DNAlien groans as Max appears and pulled out his Null Void Projector from his satchel as he pressed the trigger and watched in satisfaction as the DNAlien was sucked into the Null Void. With no further interruption, Max and Laura ran off into the building as they stealthy walked through a hallway and saw two DNAliens standing by a door. Nodding at each other, Laura set her gun to kill as Max whistled at the DNAliens to get their attention.
The hybrids ran over to investigate the noise as they were surprised to see Laura standing in front in front of them with a grin on her face and pressed the trigger as she killed the aliens in cold blood and Max disposes of the deceased alien's body by sucking the corpses into the Null Void. Once the guards were taken care of, Max and Laura ran over to the locked door as Laura opened it by overriding the system with her Plumber's badge, and Max ran in while Laura kept lookout.
"Ken!" Max yelled in horror as he saw his grandson groaning in pain and ran over to him. "Ken! Speak to me!" Max says while shaking him as Ken grunted.
"Grandpa Max...help me!" Ken says as he turned to him, revealing that he has been partially transformed into a DNAlien as Max gasped in horror.
"Kenny is okay, boy. I'm here." Max says as he grabbed Kenny by his waist and hoisted him up as he was about to call for Laura. When suddenly, he felt electricity coursing through his veins as he screamed out in pain and fell on the ground.
Hearing her partner's scream, Laura ran into the room and gasped as she saw Max lying on the ground, unconscious with Kenny standing over him as he had a taser in his hands. Narrowing her eyes in anger, Laura pulls out her gun as she was about to threaten him to surrender. When suddenly, she felt a blunt object hit her head as she moans in pain and fell down unconscious.
"Next time you guys ask me a favor, remind me to say no," Kevin says grumbly as he and the others were swimming through the waterway.
"Will you please stop whining already? It's getting on our nerves, I mean, Gwen's brother is captured by the DNAliens and all you care about is getting wet?" Vanessa asked, fed up with his whining as Gwen nodded.
"Yeah, you don't see Sabrina complaining much, and she's 9-years-old!" Gwen says before she and the others duck down to swam beneath a metal bar and resurfaced on the other side as they gasped for air.
"At least he's dry, and this stuff smells like-" Kevin before flinching as he felt something fast and small swamp between his feet. "What was that?" Kevin asked as his team gave him confused looks.
"What was-Ah!" Sabrina asked before yelping as she was pulled into the water.
"Sabrina!" Vanessa screamed as small tentacles appeared out of the water and grabbed the heroine by her neck as it pulls her into the water.
"Vanessa!" Ben yelled as Gwen was pulled into the water and the boys immediately sprang into action as they dived right into the water.
At the bottom of the waterway, we see the girls struggling to escape from their unknown enemy as Vanessa opens her eyes and yelped in shock as she saw a whole horde of Xenocyte hissing at them. Glaring at them, Vanessa reached for her watch and activated it. Before the parasites could react, Vanessa slammed her hand down on her watch as a purple flash occurred, and we see Vanessa transforming into...
"Wave Shredder!" Vanessa yelled as she easily pushed off her attackers and swam after the girls as she waved her hands and threw the Xenocytes off with a small wave of water. Gwen and Sabrina smiled in gratitude at Vanessa as the boys appeared, and Wave Shredder motioned them to take the girls to safety. Nodding, Ben grabbed Sabrina while Kevin grabbed Gwen as they swam up to the surface.
With her friends out of harm's way, Wave Shredder didn't have to hold back as she glared at her attackers and raised her hands as she constructed a giant water construct of an octopus. The Xenocytes squealed in fear as Wave Shredder smirks and mentally commanded her octopus to attack the Xenocytes. Complying with his mistress demands, the octopus raised his tentacles and swung at the horde of the Xenocytes.
Slicing the majority of them in half as Wave Shredder raises her hands and her octopus changed into a giant shark construct and began eating the leftover Xenoctyes as they squealed in pain, and the water was tainted with purple blood. Back with the others, we see Alien Force resurfacing as they gasped for air.
"Do you think Vanessa's going to be okay?" Ben asked worriedly just as the water ahead of them turned purple as water suddenly shout upwards, and they saw a pack of half-dead Xenocytes fly through the air. A flash purple light appeared underwater, and Vanessa popped up as she grins at the shocked looks of her friends.
"Okay, they won't be bothering us anymore," Vanessa says before swimming ahead as Ben, and the others watched her go with surprised looks. Shaking their heads, Alien Force swam after her, and everybody saw another metal gate blocking their way into the Hatchery.
"Well, this just got worse. It looks like we have to swim under it." Ben says as Kevin groans.
"Oh, you're not saying," Kevin says as everybody took deep breaths and dived into the water. "Proving my point that this is the worst road trip ever," Kevin says before diving into the water as he and the others began swimming. Alien Force swam through the waterway as they looked down and were shocked to see a bunch of Xenocyte eggs lying in the bottom. Not wanting to wake them up, Alien Force ignores them as they swam up to the surface and gasped for air. After a minute of catching her breath, Vanessa opens her eyes and yelped as she saw a crowd of DNAliens surrounding them.
"...Aw, shit." Vanessa cursed as Ben groans.
"We are not stealthy."
"But we are good at kicking ass!" Kevin says as Alien Force grinned and nodded as Ben and Vanessa activated their devices, and slammed down on their watches as they transformed into...
"Big Chill!" Ben yelled as he spread out his wings and flew out of the water as he glared down at the DNAliens. Turning intangible, Big Chill flew through 3 DNAliens and froze them from the inside out as they cried out in pain. "What's wrong? I thought you guys liked it cold?" Ben quipped as the DNAliens whimpered in pain.
"Webtail!" Vanessa yelled as she held out her hand and shout out a web line as she pulled herself out of the water and landed between the DNAliens. They looked at her in surprise before snarling as they raised their hands to attack her, but Vanessa reacted quickly as she held out her hands and webbed their faces. The DNAliens struggled to rip the web from their faces as Vanessa used the distraction to her advantage and leaped into the air as she used her hands/tail to ensnare them in cocoons made out of web.
Kevin and Sabrina got out of the water as the DNAliens surrounded them. Kevin smirked as he absorbed the concrete below and covered himself in concrete armor as he charges at the group. The DNAliens didn't stand a chance as Kevin rammed right through them and begins punching them left and right.
Not wanting to sit in the sidelines, Sabrina decided to help out as she looked around and spotted a nearby crowbar as she grabbed it and stood in a fighting stance as the DNAlians charged at her. One of the DNAliens took a swipe at her, but she dodges him easily thanks to her small stature as she yelled out and struck his leg with her pipe. The DNAlien screamed out in pain as Sabrina ran over to him and grunted as she pushed him into the waterway. The group of DNAliens hissed at her angrily as they were about to attack her, but stopped at the sight of Kevin appearing beside the young girl as they grinned at them and charged.
Gwen floats on a mana platform to get a better view of the battle as she helped out the team by blasting any DNAlien that came close to them. Speaking off, Gwen noticed a DNAlien about to attack her from behind as she turned around and blasted him back as the DNAlien groans in pain and falls to his knees. Gwen floats down to the groaning DNAlien as she raised her glowing pink hands and was about to finish him off until she saw the DNAlien's face as Gwen gasped.
"No, it can't be," Gwen says in horror as she saw Kevin and Sabrina running up to the DNAlien. "No! Wait!" Gwen yelled as she put a mana wall in front of them, stopping them in their tracks as Kevin and Sabrina looked up to her confusedly.
"What the hell is wrong with you? We were just following your lead!" Kevin says as Sabrina nodded.
"Yeah, what's wrong?" She asked, but Gwen couldn't answer her as she saw Ben and Vanessa flying/swinging towards the DNAlien.
"No! Get back!" Gwen screamed as she put a mana wall in front of Big Chill and Webtail, and they slammed against it as they fell down on the ground.
"Ow! Gwen, what gives?" Webtail asked while rubbing her head as Gwen glares at them.
"Alien Force stand down! Don't hurt him! That's Ken! That's my brother!" Gwen shouted as Alien Force gasped and turned to the DNAlien as they were shocked to see that it was actually Gwen's brother Ken still partially transformed into a DNAlien as he gave the teens a pleading/scared look.
A now conscious Max and Laura were being escorted by two DNAliens guards as they dragged them to a door and opened it. Shoving Max and Laura inside, the Plumbers noticed that they were lead into a room filled with what appears to be red vines. Max eyed them curiously until Laura nudges him as she pointed ahead, and they saw a Highbreed working on something on his computer as he had his back turned against them.
"Max Tennyson and Laura Cunnigham, you two have been active in your retirements," Highbreed says as Max and Laura smirked.
"Oh, this is really just a hobby now. Men my age have to stay quite," Max says.
"What can I say, Highbreed? Fighting you ugly asses is a good exercise for a woman of my age." Laura says as Highbreed growled in annoyance.
"You two have been great irritation to us, vermin. You two have delayed our plans for too long."
"It's obvious you been producing these parasites here," Max says while pointing at a box full of Xenocytes as Highbreed nodded.
"Xenocytes, yes." He says as Laura crossed her arms.
"And that they somehow transform humans into these disgusting freaks." She says while gesturing their DNAlien guards as they glared at her
"It can't be helped," Highbreed says with a shrug as he turned his back against them. "Their human halves make them...repulsive."
"All we want to know is why?" Max asked as Highbreed didn't say anything for a few seconds before snapping his fingers as his guards grabbed the Plumbers, and bends them to their knees.
"You will soon see for yourself, insects. We're only hours away from completing the most crucial part of our plan." Highbreed says as Max glares at him.
"But why my grandson? Why change Kevin?" Max asked as Highbreed smirks and turned to them.
"He was brought here as bait. We were even thinking of kidnapping Cunningham's brat, but we figured one vermin was enough." Highbreed as Laura's eyes widen before growling angrily as she pushed off her captors and glared at the tall white alien.
"If you ever try to touch my daughters, I swear I will-" Laura says before yelping in pain as Highbreed smacks her to the floor.
"Laura!" Max yelled as Highbreed glares at the whimpering form of Laura.
"How dare you talk to me like that, insect!?" Highbreed says venomously as the DNAliens recovered from Laura's surprise attack, and walked over to her as they grabbed her. "Take them out of my sight. Without them in the way, nobody will be ever to stop us." Highbreed says as Max and Laura glared at him hatefully before being pulled away by the DNAliens as Highbreed watched them go with a smug look on his face.
Big Chill, Webtail, Kevin, and Sabrina stared at the mutated Ken in shock as Ben and Vanessa changed back into their human forms, Kevin took off his body armor, and Gwen floated down from her platform.
"I can't believe it. You're right, it is Kevin." Ben says while staring wide-eyed at Kevin as he couldn't believe what the DNAliens had done with his cousin.
"That's Ken? He's actually less cool than his car."
"Kevin!" Sabrina chides while smacking his shoulder as Gwen stared at her brother with tears in her eyes.
"We got to help him," Gwen says as she was about to walk over to him, but Ben stops her.
"Wait, Gwen. Ken tried to attack you earlier, whatever they did to him is messing with his mind." Ben says as Ken groans.
"W-What they did... to me...WAS SET ME FREE!" Ken shouted as he grabs a nearby unconscious DNAlien, and throws him at Ben, Gwen, Vanessa as they ducked down.
"Let's get him!" Kevin yelled while absorbing the ground below as he was about to attack Ken, but Sabrina stops him as she jumps onto his leg. "Hey, what are you-"
"No! Don't hurt him! It's not his fault!" Sabrina yells as the others recovered from the surprise attack, and Gwen raised her hands as she trapped Ken in a mana cage.
"She's right, he's just sick. It's that thing on him, it's making him do this." Gwen says while pointing at the Xenocyte on Ken's head as Kevin walked up to Kevin.
"Then, let's get it off him," Kevin says as he grabbed the Xenocyte and begins pulling as Ken screamed in pain.
"Kevin, wait! You're hurting him/Stop Kevin! You're just making things worse!" Ben and Vanessa yelled as they grabbed on to his arm and were about to pull him away when suddenly, the Omnitrix and the Zennatrix began beeping loudly.
"Severe genetic damage detected." The Omnitrix and the Zennatrix said in unison with Ben and Vanessa voices as the teens blinked.
"What the hell?" Ben says while staring at his watch weirdly as Vanessa pokes her device.
"Zennatrix? Is that you?" Vanessa asked as the Zennatrix beeped.
"Yes, Mrs. Cunningham. It's finally good to make your acquaintance." The Zennatrix says with a robotic version of Vanessa's voice as the Omnitrix beeped.
"And, I'm happy to finally meet you face to face properly, Mr. Tennyson." The Omnitrix says with a robotic version of Ben's voice as the brown-haired teenager steps back in shock.
"Wait a minute, you could've talked this entire time, and you never said anything?" Ben asked with an annoyed look.
"Not the entire time, Mr. Tennyson. When I first arrived here 5 years ago, I suffered some glitches that forced me not to be able to talk to you. The glitch was only fixed when I was finally able to reboot myself a few months ago." The Omnitrix says as Ben raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Then why haven't you said anything until now?"
"I was working up the courage to talk to you. I didn't want to freak you out." The Omnitrix says as the Zennatrix beeped in agreement.
"That's also my reason for not talking to you until now. I didn't want to stress you out after...the incident occurred." The Zennatrix says as Vanessa frowned at first at the mention of the event, but smiled at her watch nonetheless.
"Thanks for the consideration, Zennatrix. Anyway, you and the Omnitrix mentioned something about genetic damage?"
"Oh, yes, we detected a genetic code splicing error, and we were wondering if we should attempt to repair?" The Omnitrix asked as Ben smiled.
"Try to fix, Ken? Yeah, let's do this!" Ben says before turning to Vanessa. "Are you with me, Vanessa?" He asked as she smirked.
"Anytime, what about you, Zennatrix?"
"I'm ready whenever you are, Mrs. Cunningham. Just place your hand on Ken's head as well as Mr. Tennyson, and me and my brother will do the rest." The Zennatrix says as Vanessa and Ben nodded, and placed their hands on Ken's head. "Let's begin fixing the genetic splicing error, brother."
"Affirmative, sister." The Omnitrix says as a flash of green/purple light occurred, and the next thing the teens knew. Ben and Vanessa find themselves floating across a green/purple tunnel as purple/green electricity bounced around like wildfire.
"Whoa! We're inside the Omnitrix and the Zennatrix!" Ben says in amazement as Vanessa looks around in wonder.
"Yes, you're quite right about that, Mr. Tennyson." A voice says beside them as Ben and Vanessa turned their heads and were surprised to see a hologram of Ben floating beside them as he waved at them. The hologram looks exactly like Ben, except that he has green glowing eyes, dark green hair and wears a green/black version of his outfit.
"Whoa! Who are you?" Ben asked as a cough was hear beside them, and they turned around, only to gasp in surprise as they saw a hologram of Vanessa floating beside them with a cheerful look on her face. The hologram looks exactly like Vanessa, except that she has glowing purple eyes, light purple hair, and wears a purple/black version of her outfit.
"And who are you?" Vanessa asked with a creeped out look as Ben pulled her into his arms protectively, and glances warily at the holograms.
"Don't panic, Mr. Tennyson and Mrs. Cunningham. We're the holographic avatars of the Omnitrix and Zennatrix's A.I." The Omnitrix's A.I. replied as the Zennatrix's A.I. nodded.
"Okay, but why do you look like us?" Ben asked.
"Our avatars take the forms of whoever is currently wearing us." The Omnitrix explains as Ben nodded, and Vanessa glanced at the A.I.'s curiously.
"Okay, so why are you here?" Vanessa asked as her hologram smiled.
"We're here to help you cure Mr. Tennyson's cousin." She says as Vanessa nodded.
"Okay, that's cool, but you don't have to call us by our last names. You can just call us, Vanessa and Ben." Vanessa says the holograms nodded.
"If it makes you comfortable." The Omnitrix's A.I. says as Vanessa frowns.
"Also, we need to come up with a name for you guys since the Author is getting sick of calling you 'Omnitrix and Zennatrix' all the time." Vanessa says as the holograms eyed her curiously.
"A name? We never needed a name before." The Omnitrix says as the Zennatrix eyed her current watch bearer curiously.
"What would you two call us then?" They asked as Ben and Vanessa thought carefully.
"How about...Omni?" Ben suggested as the Omnitrix blinked and stared off into space.
"Hmmm, its a cliché name, but I like it. You can call me, Omni, from now on." The newly named Omni says as Vanessa turns to her A.I.
"And I can call you...Zeda." Vanessa says with a smile as the Zennatrix smiled back.
"It's short, but it sounds cute. I will take it." The newly named Zeda says as the teens smiled. "Now, come on. Let's save the poor boy before the Xenocyte fully takes him over." Zeda says as the teens nodded, and the holograms grabbed their users by their arms as they flew them through the green/purple tunnel. Until they were face-to-face with a giant version of Ken as he had his eyes closed.
Ben and Vanessa nodded to each other as they flew over to Ken and reached over to the parasite as they grabbed on to it and began pulling. Small tentacles reached out to attack the teenagers but were blasted away Omni and Zeda as they shared a high-five with each other. Ben and Vanessa grunted in effort as they struggled to pull off the Xenocyte from Ken's head as the holograms flew in and grabbed on to their user's waist as they began pulling all together and suddenly, a flash of green/purple light occurred.
After a few seconds of waiting for the flash to die down, Ben and Vanessa opened their eyes as they felt something slimy in their hands and looks down. Ben and Vanessa cringed in disgust at the sight of a groaning Xenoctye resting on their hands as the Xenocyte hissed at them weakly and the teens rolled their eyes as they threw it away. Wiping their hands, the teens turned to Ken and were relieved to see him back in his human form as Gwen frees him.
"We really got to get instruction manuals for these things," Ben says to Vanessa, who nodded in agreement as their watches beeped.
"Yeah, good luck with that," Omni says sarcastically.
"Yeah, by the time you both finished reading our manuals, you will be in your 70's." Zeda says as Ben and Vanessa rolled their eyes, and Kevin and Sabrina eyed their watches curiously.
"So, you can talk now, huh?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, and by the way, you may have redeemed, but if you ever try to absorb me again, I will blow you back even harder than last time." Omni threatens as Kevin glared at him.
"So, are you like a little person that lives in Vanessa's Zennatrix?" Sabrina asked innocently as Zeda laughed.
"No, sweetheart, I'm an Advanced A.I. created by Azmuth to help their users manage their devices easier. My name is Zeda." The Zennatrix's A.I. introduced herself as Sabrina.
"Nice to meet you, Zeda. You too, Omni." Sabrina says as Omni and Zeda beeped happily.
"I'm happy to meet you, Mrs. Cunningham," Omni says as Gwen ignored the talking watches and walked up to a groaning Ken as she gave him a worried look.
"It's okay, Ken. Everything is going to be alright." Gwen says reassuringly as Ken frowns and shakes his head.
"No, Gwen, nothings fine. I captured Grandpa, and some woman named Laura over to them!" Ken says panickily as he grabs his head in distress. "T-They used me as bait to capture them. I-I couldn't stop myself. I-It was like I was someone else."
"They have Grandpa Max?" Ben asked in surprise as he and Gwen shared a concerned look.
"They have my mommy?" Sabrina asked nervously as Vanessa was equally as nervous for her mother, but composed herself as she gave Ken a serious look.
"Where did they took him, Ken?" Vanessa asked as Ken calmed down and looked up to her.
"Somewhere close by." Ken says as Ben narrowed his eyes in determination.
"Let's go save them," Ben says as everybody nodded, and Ken stood up.
"I'm coming with you." Ken says as Kevin glanced at him in surprise.
"You want to help?" Kevin asked as Ken nodded, and the older teen smirked.
"Cool," Kevin says as Ken turned around and ran to where the adults were trapped as the others followed him. After walking for a few minutes, the gang walked into a familiar room as they looked around, and Ben and Gwen were delighted to see their grandpa sitting in front of them as he was tied up by red vines.
"Grandpa Max!" Ben and Gwen exclaimed as Max looked over at them in surprise before smiling.
"Ben! Gwen! Man, am I glad to see you two!" Max says as Ben and Gwen eagerly ran over to him with the boys following after them as the Cunningham sisters were about to follow as well when a familiar voice rang out.
"So, are you girls going to help your poor mother out, or what?" Vanessa and Sabrina went still as they shakily turned around and gasped as they saw their mother, alive and well, tied up by red vines as she smiled warmly at the shocked girls. "Hey, girls. Good to see you again." She says as Vanessa and Sabrina teared up and sobs as they ran over to her.
"Momma!" Vanessa and Sabrina yelled as they freed her from her bonds and hugged their mother as they cried.
"Shh, shh, there, there, mommy is here," Laura says while rubbing her sobbing girl's backs as Vanessa sniffles.
"M-Mom, I'm so happy that your alive! I thought I never see you again!" Vanessa yelled with tears of joy running down her face as Laura smiled, and kissed her forehead.
"I'm happy to see you as well, my beautiful daughter," Laura says as Vanessa smiled.
"M-Mommy, I missed you so much!" Sabrina wailed as Laura frowns and gave her daughters a regretful look.
"Vanessa, Sabrina, I have a confession to make. A few months ago, right before you found the Zennatrix and my 'death', I was called by the Plumbers to go investigate an alien case with Max. And to make a long story short, I was in deep trouble and needed to disappear for a while. The plumbers forced me to fake my death to hide from the DNAliens, so after you found the Zennatrix, I thought it was a perfect time to do it." Laura says as the girls stared at her in shock, but were even more surprised when they saw her beginning to cry.
"Oh, girls, I have to apologize for everything I've put you through for these last few months!" Laura says before leaning towards to whisper in Vanessa's ears so that Sabrina wouldn't listen. "Vanessa, I've been watching you and Sabrina ever since I left through a security camera I've placed in our house, and I'm sorry for what that worthless trash of a man has done to you! You sacrificed so much to protect your sister from his wrath, and I'm deeply grateful for you being a good sister, and I understand if you and Sabrina never forgive me because I'm a terrible mother! I let my babies get hurt physically and emotionally over some stupid mission! Please, forgive me, girls! Please, forgive me!" Laura says before falling to her knees as she begins crying. Vanessa and Sabrina stared at their mother with emotionless looks before smiling as Vanessa grabbed her mom's chin and lifted her face up as she wipes the tears from her face.
"Mom, it's okay, we understand. You had a mission to do, and you wanted to complete it to protect us. But none of that matters because you're here with us now." Vanessa says as Laura smiled, and hugged her as Sabrina hugged as well.
"Yay! Now that Mommy is here, we can be a family again!" Sabrina cheered happily as Laura smiled.
"Yes, and without that bastard of a father," Laura says as the girls smiled widely.
"Amen to that," Vanessa says just as an alarm rang out as the group stood up and looked around the room apprehensively.
"Attention all personnel! Initiate project DNA now!" The alarm says as Alien Force, Ken, and the Plumbers ran over to the window and saw a bunch of DNAliens extracting the DNAliens from the waterway.
"What are they doing?" Ben asked as Max glared down at the DNAliens.
"They are shipping those things somewhere, putting together a DNAlien army," Max says as Laura gave her daughter and the Omnitrix bearer a serious look.
"You have to stop them, kids. If those Xenocytes get out of here, it's game over." She says as they nodded and smirked.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Cunningham, we got this covered," Ben says as Vanessa nodded.
"Yeah, you with us, guys?" Vanessa asked while glancing down on her watch as Zeda and Omni beeped.
"Of course, Vanessa," Zeda says as Omni laughed.
"Yeah, let's go kick some alien ass!" Omni says as Max blinks in surprise.
"Did the Omnitrix just talked? And why does it look different?" Max asked as Ben rubs his neck sheepishly.
"A lot has happened since you were gone. Anyway, Alien Force, move out!" Ben ordered as everyone nodded and ran out as Ben and Vanessa were about to follow, but noticed that Max and Laura haven't moved from their spots.
"And what are you guys going to do?" Vanessa asked as they smiled solemnly.
"What we have to." They said in unison as Ben and Vanessa frowned worriedly, but nodded as they ran off with the others.
Alien Force runs across the hallway of the building as they were heading straight towards where the DNAliens were extracting the Xenocytes. While they were running, Gwen glanced over at her friends and noticed how worried Ben and Vanessa look, so to distract them, Gwen spoke up.
"So, Omni? Since you have been with Ben since the very beginning, I was wondering, why is it that whenever Ben tries to pick an alien he wants, he always gets the wrong one?" Gwen asked as Ben's worriedness disappeared, and he gave the watch an annoyed look.
"Hey, yeah, whenever I try to transform into Four Arms or Heatblast, you always give me someone like Grey Matter or Wildmutt, what's up with that?" Ben asked as Omni lets out an annoyed beep.
"Okay, first of all, I never miss-transform, and if I do, it's mostly your fault. But to answer your question, Azmuth has installed us a failsafe feature that allows you guys to transform into the alien that is best suited for the situation." Omni says as Ben and Vanessa stared at the Omnitrix in surprise.
"Really?"
"Yep. For example, remember the time when you encountered the Krakken and it was threatening to eat all the people in the lake? Well, you tried to transform into the alien you named, Ripjaws. And while it is logical to use a water-based alien at a lake, Ripjaws will never be able to reach all the people in time before they get eaten, so I chose the alien you named 'XLR8' instead since it not only allows you to run on water but to save all the people around you in the nick of time." Omni explains as Ben blinks.
"Oh, well, if that's the case, thanks for picking the right alien for me, I guess. So, what alien do you think I should use for this situation? Humungousaur or Jetray?" Ben asked while activating the Omnitrix as he scrolled through the icons of the aliens he mentioned, and Omni sighs.
"Ben, remember what your Grandfather said a few years ago, fight smarter, not harder. Instead of those aliens, I think it's best if you use this one." Omni says as the icon of Jetray changed into another alien, and Ben stared at it, confused. Before shrugging as he slammed his hand and a flash of green light occurred as he transforms into...
"Goop!" Ben yelled as he flew across the hallway with the help of his Anti-Gravity device and looked at his hands warily. "I hope you know what you're doing," Goop says nervously as Omni waves it off.
"Trust me, Ben. This is the right alien for the situation." Omni says as Ben sighs, but nodded as Vanessa glances at her watch excitedly.
"What alien do you think I should use?" Vanessa asked while activating her Zennatrix as she scrolled through the icons as Zeda beeped.
"I think this one will suffice," Zeda says, selecting an alien as Vanessa nodded and slammed down on her watch as she transforms into...
"Sound Wave!" Vanessa yelled while duplicating up to 6 as Sound Wave Prime looks at her clones approvingly.
"Okay." Sound Wave 1 says.
"I." Sound Wave 2 says.
"Can." Sound Wave 3 says.
"Work." Sound Wave 4 says.
"With." Sound Wave 5 says.
"This." Sound Wave 6 says as everyone ran out of the building and reached the parking lot from where the DNAliens were extracting the Xenocyte eggs. Powering up, Gwen threw out her hand as she blasted a wave of pink mana at a truck, and it blew up. Surprised, the DNAliens turned around and saw Alien Force glaring down at them with dramatic poses.
"Nice one." Kevin complimented Gwen as the horde of DNAliens snarled and spit at them. Ben reacted quickly and used Goop's elastic body to expand around his team as he protected them from the disgusting attack.
"Ugh, okay, Omi, any ideas?" Goop asked as Omni beeped.
"Yeah, I got one. Tell Gwen to put up a shield around our team and fly to the middle of the parking lot." Omni instructed as Goop nodded, although unsure of his plan as Ben turned to Gwen.
"Put up a shield," Goop ordered as Gwen nodded and put up a shield as Goop reformed his body and flew to the middle of the parking lot as he levitated in the air. "Okay, now what?"
"Now, spin yourself around like crazy!"
"What?!"
"Just do it!" Omni yells as Goop flinches, but nodded as he shaped himself to a ball and spun around rapidly. Ben's eyes widen surprise as his goopy body was flung everywhere as it touches each of the vans and melted them down, including the Xenocyte eggs as Ben whooped in excitement.
"Omni, remember all the times I called you a stupid watch? Well, I take it all back!" Goop says as he stopped spinning, and the angry DNAliens blasted him with goo. But Goop melted them down with some well-placed acid goo shots as he flew towards them and knocked them all down with an elastic bitch slap.
All of the Sound Waves jumped onto the ground as they separated and reared back their heads as they then let out giant sonic screams that destroyed the remaining trucks and Xenocyte eggs. While also taking out a few DNAliens as Sabrina runs ahead with a crowbar in her hands as she smashed a few Xenocyte that were left behind.
"Leave our planet alone, you meanies!" Sabrina yelled before flinching as a horde of DNAliens surrounded her. Whimpering in fear, Sabrina was about to run away until Kevin appeared as he grabbed the crowbar in her hand and absorbed its metal as he coated himself in armor.
"First of all, you're putting too much force in your swing. A clever opponent can see that and can either make you lose your balance or steal your weapon." Kevin explained to Sabrina, who listened to him carefully as the DNAliens closed in on them. "And second, aim for their knees," Kevin says before running off to fight off the DNAliens as Sabrina looks down at her crowbar thoughtfully, and 5 DNAliens showed up as they surrounded her. But she wasn't scared anymore as she closed her eyes and swung her crowbar at a DNAliens's knees. Breaking them as the DNAlien yelled out in pain and got knocked out by Sabrina as she glared at the other scared DNAlien.
"Who else wants some!?" Sabrina asked as the DNAliens panicked and ran away as the little girl with the crowbar chased after them. Meanwhile, above her, we see Gwen floating around in her platform as she looks down at the DNAliens and glares at them hatefully as her eyes and hands glowed fiercely with mana energy.
"You kidnapped my brother...turned him to a monster...captured my grandfather and my best friend's mother...I...have... had it!" Gwen screamed in anger as she sends out a massive wave of destructive mana energy that completely wiped out all of the trucks Xenocyte eggs and the DNAliens as Alien Force stared at their teammate in shock and awe.
"...Damm." All of the Sound Wave's said in unison as they morphed back together, and changed back into Vanessa Cunningham as Goop changed back to normal as well.
"Wow," Ben says as Kevin nodded numbly.
"Yeah."
"Hi-yah!" Ken says while drop kicking a DNAlien down as everyone stared at him in surprise. "What? You don't think I learned a thing or two about my badass little sister?" Ken asked with a smirk as Gwen smiled at his compliment before gasping as a giant explosion occurred in the building.
"Grandpa Max!/Mom!" Ben and Vanessa yelled as they ran inside the building, and the others followed after them as more explosions occurred. Running back into the room they used to be in, Alien Force eyes widen in surprise as they saw the place was completely thrashed.
"Gramps has been busy," Kevin says as Sabrina looks over at the side and saw a knocked out DNAlien lying on the floor with smoke coming off of it.
"And Momma as well," Sabrina says as Ben noticed a trail of slime leading to another room.
"This way," Ben says as he and the others followed the trail and entered the room...only to stop at their tracks as their jaws dropped
"So, was I right?" Kevin asked Ben, who nodded.
"Yeah, worst field trip ever." The Omnitrix bearer says as he and the others stared at what seems to be a giant bug in disgust as it was spitting out Xenocyte eggs. Vanessa cringes at the sight as she turns her head and gasped at what she sees.
"Mom! Mr. Tennyson!" Vanessa yelled as everyone turned to where she was looking and gasped as they saw Max fighting the Highbreed with a large red pipe while Laura gave him cover with her gun. Max swiped at the Highbreed legs, but the large alien wasn't fazed by the old man's attack as he grabbed Max and lifted him into the air.
"No!" Laura shouted as she opened fire on the Highbreed, causing him to screech in pain from the energy blasts as he grew angry and swiped at her as she was sent flying to a wall. Groaning, Laura tried to sit up but fell down as Highbreed planted his leg on her back.
"Let them go!" Ken yelled bravely as Ben and Vanessa activated their watches, Kevin absorbed the floor and encased himself in metal armor, Gwen's hands glowed with mana energy and Sabrina tighten her grip on her crowbar.
"Stay back, or these two will breathe no more!" Highbreed threatens as Alien Force took a couple of steps back, but didn't let their guard down as Ben glared at him.
"Give it up, we've beaten you! Your factory is destroyed, your trucks are smashed, it's over!" Ben shouted as Highbreed chuckles sinisterly.
"Fools! More trucks can come here in a matter of hours, and my DNAlien horde is right outside, waiting for my command to attack." Highbreed says while pointing outside as Alien Force looked towards the window and their faces paled at the sight of hundreds of DNAliens ready to attack them as they were equipped with high-tech guns.
"...Well, we're boned." Omni and Zeda said with a gulp as Highbreed laughed at the surprised looks on their faces before turning to Max and Laura as he grins at them smugly.
"Don't you vermins see? Your efforts to delay our plans have been futile. It ends now Plumbers, nowhere left to run." He says as Laura and Max smirked.
"Who said anything about running?" Laura asked as Max nodded.
"Yeah, chief, we were just looking for the egg machine," Max says as he pulls out his Null Void Projector from his satchel while Laura begins dissembling her gun as Highbreed eyes widen in horror.
"A Null Void Projector!? You insects think you can imprison us all!?"
"No, but without the focusing lens, this thing will do a pretty good imitation of a hand grenade. I figured it could take out half of mile." Max says as rips out the focusing lens from the Null Void Projector, causing it to let out a few sparks as electricity begins to leak out.
"And with the help of my guns fusion orb it could take out 5 extra miles," Laura says with a grin as she took out a small orb from her gun and tossed it over to Max. Who grabbed it as he planted the small orb into his device, and the Null Void Projector begins glowing as it was powering up.
"You wouldn't dare! You two would be destroyed alongside your offspring's!" Highbreed says as Max turned Gwen and the team.
"Gwen, throw an energy shield around you and the rest of the kids and hold on tight and...be a good girl." Max says as he winked at her and smiled, but she didn't return it as she and the others realized what the adults were planning to do, and needless to say, they didn't agree with it.
"Grandpa Max, no, please!" Ben says with tears appearing in his eyes as Max gave him a solemn look.
"I'm sorry, Ben. It's the only way to make sure that they don't do to the rest of the world what they did to Ken. You will have to take it from here, I know you can do it. I believe in you, in all of you." Max says as Ben felt his heartbreak into pieces and he wasn't the only one as Vanessa gave her mother a pleading look.
"No, Mom, please! You can't do this! We just got you back! I can't lose you again!" Vanessa yelled with tears running down her face as Laura gave her a crestfallen look.
"I'm sorry, my daughter, but there is no other way. I need you to help Ben and the others to stop these alien freaks from taking over the planet. I believe in you, Vanessa, as well as you, Sabrina. You two have to look for one and another while I'm away. Please behave yourselves. Oh, and girls...I love you." Laura says with tears running down her face as the Null Void Projector started glowing brighter, and a small hum was heard.
"Grandpa!"
"Mom!"
"NOOOOOOOO!" Ben and Vanessa yelled in horror as they tried to reach for their family, but Gwen stops them by putting up an energy field, just as the Null Void Projector went off as it destroyed everything in 6 and a half miles radius. After a few minutes, Gwen drops down her shield as she and the others looked across the destroyed ruins of the Hatchery with shock/sad looks on their faces as Sabrina gasped and hugged her frozen sister as she begins crying.
"That was...pretty hardcore." Kevin says quietly as Ben walked over to a numb Vanessa and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Vanessa's body began trembling as she teared up and crashed into Ben's chest as she cried. Ben tearfully hugged her back as they silently mourned for their grandfather and mother.
"T-They saved the whole world," Gwen says shakily as Ben nodded.
"Yeah, they did...for now. But I don't think those things are giving up anytime soon." Ben says while still consoling the crying Cunningham sisters as Gwen gave him a confused look.
"What are you saying?" Gwen asked as Vanessa sniffled and composed herself as she lets go of Ben, and stared at the crater with a serious look on her face.
"I think what he's saying is that it is up to us to protect the planet. We can't let my Mom and Mr. Tennyson's sacrifice be in vain." Vanessa says as Ben nodded.
"She's right. More of those freaks will show up and continue with their plans, so it is up to us to stop them. Are you guys in?" Ben asked while holding out his hand as he waited for everyone's response.
"Of course, I will help, Ben," Gwen says while placing her hand above his as Kevin stepped up.
"Eh, it beats sitting at home all day doing nothing," Kevin says playfully as he placed his hand over Gwen's.
"I don't how I will help, but just like Momma, I will do everything I can to protect my home," Sabrina says while placing her small hand over Gwen's as Vanessa stepped up.
"At first, I wasn't sure if I'm hero material, and I still doubt myself, but I will gladly help out as a promise to my late mother." Vanessa says while placing her hand over Sabrina's as her Zennatix and the Omnitrix beeped.
"You have to be pretty stupid if you think we aren't going to help," Omni says.
"Yeah, let's show those bastards that they can't mess with Alien Force!" Zeda says excitedly as Vanessa smirked.
"Zeda's right. These alien dipsticks may outnumber us, but they better be prepared because when we fight as one, nobody can stop us!" Vanessa says with a determined look as Ben grinned.
"Alright, all together now, one...two...three!"
"Alien Force Unite!" Everyone screamed while throwing their hands into the air as Ken watched them on with a small smile on his face, and placed his hands on his pockets.
"I think you don't have anything to fear, Grandpa Max. The Earth is in good hands." Ken says while looking up as he saw two twinkles light up in the sky.
And done! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and remember to leave a review.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.