Previously
After spending a night at the Silbón Hotel and Resort, Ben found himself facing off with the a monster from Latin American folklore, El Silbón. Apparently the hotel was El Silbón's hunting grounds and everyone that Ben and the girls saw were merely an illusion. After realizing that Victoria was not real, Ben was captured by El Silbón and taken to an unknown location. The girls on the other hand had no idea what had happened to Ben as they got ready to have fun for the day while Lilly decided to check things out as things weren't sitting right with her. Little did the three of them know but El Silbón was watching them and waiting for the right moment to strike and take them like he had taken Ben.
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Spa: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
It was early in the evening and after waking up to find that Ben was gone, Rose had gotten ready for the day and decided to head to the spa, not thinking much of anything. Lilly had tried to warn her that something wasn't right but Rose brushed it off and told Lilly to relax. Right now, Rose was laying down on a massage table as one of the hotel staff was giving her a massage. Previously she had gotten in the sauna and even had gotten both a manicure and a pedicure. Now she was finishing off her relaxing experience at the spa with a massage as she had a facial mask on, not worrying about anything.
"Man, this is the life" Rose said as let out a relaxed yawn as her back and shoulders were being massaged
Rose was completely relaxed and forgotten about what Lilly had told her before coming to the spa
"Let her deal with those imaginary monsters, I'm going to enjoy myself to the fullest" Rose said to herself as her neck was beginning to get massaged
While Rose was enjoying her massage, she had no idea that the hotel staff was giving her strange looks as the steam in the room revealed a skeleton that was covered in a strange liquid
"I'm going to grab something that will make your experience even more relaxing, wait here and enjoy these hot stones for a moment" the hotel staff told Rose as she was laying down on the table
"You do whatever it is you need to do" Rose said, giving the hotel staff person a thumbs
The hotel staff then placed multiple stones down Rose's spine that had been heated up before they walked away to another table. Rose had her eyes closed and had no idea that the hotel staff had grabbed a large needled that was filled with a strange liquid in it. The hotel staff had an emotionless look on their face as another flash of steam revealed their true skeletal form for a second.
"Get ready, you are really going to enjoy this" the hotel staff said as they walked back over to where Rose was laying down
"I can't wait" Rose said with an eager grin on her face as she still had no idea what was going on
The hotel staff readied the needle as they bent down to stick it in the back of Rose's neck
"Ooh, that's kinda cold" Rose said as she felt the needle touch her neck
In that moment, Rose felt a strange energy coming from the hotel staff as they accidentally touched her. It was an energy that Rose had never felt before and immediately she got a bad feeling which caused her to roll over and look up.
"Sorry but I think I'm good now" Rose said to the hotel staff as she took the cucumber slices off of her eyes
Upon doing that, Rose saw the hotel staff with a twisted look on their face as they held a large needle in their hand
"Oh crap" Rose said as she started to panic
"Time to relax" the hotel staff said with a twisted look on their face
In that moment, the hotel staff lunged at Rose as she quickly jumped off of the massage table. The needle the hotel staff had got stuck in the massage table and Rose quickly crawled backwards away from them.
"What the heck is going on here?" Rose asked with a panicked look on her face
"Our father needs you and your sisters to come with us" the hotel staff said as they pulled the needle out of the massage table
Rose looked around and tried to think of something that she could do to escape from here in order to find and warn both Iris and Lilly. Rose looked down at the omnitrix on her wrist and thought about using it before remembering the rules that Ben gave her. And as the hotel staff slowly approached Rose, she quickly grabbed a bucket of water and threw it at the hotel staff.
"TAKE THIS!!!" Rose yelled as she threw the bucket of water at the hotel staff
Rose quickly got up and tried to run for the door but more of the hotel staff had entered the room and started to surround her
"Not good" Rose said as she saw that she was surrounded
Looking back, Rose saw that the hotel staff that she had thrown the bucket of water at had gotten wet which caused their skin to melt away revealing a living skeleton that was encased in a light blue liquid shell
"That's really not good" Rose said with a worried look on her face
"Take her " the skeleton said, pointing at Rose
The hotel staff all began to surround Rose as she could see glimpses of their skeletal bodies as they approached her
"Guess I won't be breaking the rules now" Rose said as she activated her omnitrix
The hotel staff all tried to jump on her as Rose backed away quickly and managed to select an alien to transform into. Once Rose selected the alien that she wanted, the omnitrix dial popped up before she slammed it down.
"GET HER!!! " The skeleton yelled loudly
As Rose was engulfed in a bright green light from her omnitrix, she was transformed into the alien that she had selected. The hotel staff all lunged at Rose only to be knocked backwards by what looked like multiple bandage-like appendages. It was then that as the green light faded away, it was revealed what alien that Rose had transformed into. Rose had transformed into her own Thep Kufan form (Snare-Oh) that looked like a more feminine version of Ben's 10 year old Thep Kufan form and also had a more Egyptian princess-like headdress on and more jewelry around its neck and on its shoulders.
"You guys shouldn't have messed with me, now your gonna get a real taste Isis" Rose said to the hotel staff, naming her Thep Kufan form
Rose saw that a few of the hotel staff she had knocked backwards had landed in some water which made them revert to their skeleton forms
"I guess water is your weakness then" Rose said as she readied herself
"El Silbón demands we capture her " one of the skeletons said
The others slowly got up and went to attack Rose once more
"I'm not going anywhere with you" Rose said
Rose quickly dodged all of the attacks of the skeletons and hotel staff, using bandage-like limbs to knock them around and grab some of them before throwing them. As she fought them, Rose saw that the liquid energy substance around their bodies was keeping them together which gave her an idea.
"This should work" Rose said as she stretched her arms into the air and brought them down, hitting the floor with her fists
In that instance, the floor cracked and multiple streams of hot water shot up into the air and hit some of the skeletons. Rose watched as the liquid energy casing around the skeletons melted away when hit by the water, leaving them as piles of bones.
"Man, and to think I was having such a nice and relaxing day" Rose said with a sigh as she looked at all the piles of bones
One of the remaining skeletons jumped on Rose from behind and grabbed on to her as parts of its body was falling apart from the water
"El Silbón will have you, El Silbón will have you, E…El S…Sil…Silbón " the skeleton said until it completely fell apart
"Gross" Rose said, sounding disgusted as she took a skeleton arm off of her
Looking around, Rose realized that Lilly was right about the hotel not being safe before remembering that Iris and Lilly were by themselves with all of these skeletons running around
"Better go find them so we can find Ben and get out of here" Rose said to herself before she ran out of the spa to go and find her sisters
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Library: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
After waking up to find that Ben wasn't around, Lilly decided to head to the library that was in the hotel to try and learn more about what could be going on while her sisters went out to have fun, not wanting to believe that something was going on here. Lilly sat down at one of the tables and was going through multiple books that she had stacked up in piles on the table next to her. Lilly went through book after boom, not finding an answer to what could possibly going on or explain why all of the people were acting weird here or even what could have happened to Ben.
"I don't know Mutt, I can't seem to find anything in these books" Lilly said to Mutt who was sitting on her lap
Lilly let out a sigh as she closed another book and put it off to the side before grabbing another book that she started to read. Reading the book, Lilly recalled the whistling she had heard last night as well as the strange figure that she had seen. Remembering those two things, Lilly had an idea of what could be going on here.
"Maybe that's it" Lilly said to herself as she closed the book that she was reading
Mutt looked up Lilly with a curious look on her face as she pulled out one of her own books, setting it down on the table
"This should be it" Lilly said as she flipped through the pages of her book
As Lilly stopped on a page in her book, hotel employees started to approach her with creepy smiles on their faces. Mutt's gills opened up which caused him to growl and bark angrily at the hotel employees.
"What is it, Mutt?" Lilly asked Mutt, wanting to know what was wrong with him
Immediately, Lilly looked around and saw the hotel employees slowly start to surround her
"No pets allowed in the library" one of the hotel employees told Lilly with a twisted look on their face
"Sorry, I'll bring him back to the room" Lilly said with a nervous look on her face
"No little girls EITHER!!!" Another one of the hotel employees said, yelling the last part as they lunged at Lilly
Lilly quickly got out of her chair and fell to the floor as the hotel employee jumped at her
"Not good" Lilly said as she rolled under the table with Mutt in her hands
"You won't get away from us" One of the hotel employees told Lilly as they saw her under the table
Lilly not hesitating, quickly activated her omnitrix but before she could select an alien to transform into, one of the hotel employees grabbed her by the leg and started pulling her out from under the table
"You are going to pay for your meddling brat" the hotel employee told Lilly as they continued to pull her out from under the table
"Get off of me" Lilly said as she struggled to get free
In that moment, Mutt ran towards the hotel employee and bit them on the arm, causing Lilly to get free
"Thanks Mutt" Lilly said to Mutt, thanking him as she selected an alien
Lilly then slammed the omnitrix dial down on the floor after she had selected the alien that she wanted. Lilly was then engulfed in a bright green light as she was transformed into the alien that she selected. One of the hotel employees grabbed Mutt and lifted him up as they began to slowly crush him as their skeletal appearances could be seen. The table that Lilly was hiding under was flipped over as the green light faded away, revealing what she had transformed into. Lilly had transformed into her own Cerebrocrustacean form (Brainstorm) that looked like a more feminine version of Ben's Cerebrocrustacean form which also had a darker shell body with smaller pincers with more spines on its head.
"Let go of him" Lilly said as he head opened up, revealing a large brain before firing a bolt of electricity at the hotel employee that was trying to crush Mutt
The hotel employee crashed through multiple bookshelves while knocking over others while Lilly used her powers to keep Mutt from falling
"Destruction of property is a crime" one of the hotel employees
"I highly doubt the laws of the government apply to those who are not human" Lilly said as she sat Mutt down next to her
The remaining hotel employees all started to surround Lilly, getting closer to her
"You best have a plan that will work better than this if you wish to take me" Lilly said as she jumped into the air and fired multiple bolts of electricity at the hotel employees, knocking them back
As Lilly landed, she saw what the hotel employees truly looked like as their human forms vanished, turning into more skeletal ones
"I best figure out a way to use Cerebrella's powers to defeat you all" Lilly said looking at all of the skeletons as they got back up
Looking over, Lilly noticed that one of the skeletons had crashed into a water drinking fountain and was now a pile of bones which gave her an idea
"Interesting, interesting indeed" Lilly said as she thought of a plan to defeat the skeletons
"GET HER!!! " One of the skeletons yelled, pointing at Lilly
As the remaining skeletons charged at Lilly, Lilly used her electric powers to lift up and destroy the pipes under the floor as well as rip out the water pipes connected to the sprinkler systems
"This should do it" Lilly said as water began to flood the room
The protective liquid shell around the skeletons started to melt away as the water hit them
"I guess I was right about water being one of your weaknesses" Lilly said as she saw the skeletons fall to the ground as piles of bones
There was one skeleton left but Lilly fired a bolt of electricity at it which sent it flying into the wall next to the library entrance. It was then that Rose ran into the library and saw Lilly next to the piles of bones as the library continued to be flooded.
"Lilly, you're alright" Ross said with a sigh of relief
"These boneheads thought they could take me by surprise" Lilly said
Mutt let out a bark as he peed on the skull of the skeleton that had grabbed him and tried to crush him
"We need to find Rose and figure out where Ben is" Rose told Lilly
"True, I do believe that she is in the waterpark arcade" Lilly said, recalling where Iris was
"We better hurry before something bad happens" Rose said
"Indeed" Lilly said, agreeing with Rose
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Waterpark Arcade: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
After spending some time at the waterpark, Iris had gone to the arcade with the boy she had met the other day, Luiz. Her and Luiz were in the arcade playing games together and winning tickets. Luiz had won Iris a special luchador teddy bear and she won him a mariachi stuffed dog with the tickets that they had won. Now, the two of them were in the photo booth taking plenty of pictures with each other as they laughed and smiled.
"I've had lots of fun with you today" Iris said to Luiz
"Same here Iris, this is the most fun I've had in a long time" Luiz said as he took another picture with Iris
Iris was happy that she had met Luiz and was glad that she worked up the courage to talk to him
"I wish I could stay here longer though" Iris said, remembering that they would leave as soon as Ben fixed the Rustbucket
"I wouldn't worry about that Iris" Luiz tells Iris
"What do you mean?" Iris asks Luiz with a confused look on her face
"I have a really good feeling that you and your family are going to be staying here for a very long time" Luiz tells Iris with a strange look on his face
It was then that the flash of the photo booth camera revealed the skeletal face under Luiz's face which startled her
"Luiz, your face" Iris said as she backed away from Luiz
"I'm sorry Iris but El Silbón needs you to complete his plans, he already has your brother and should have your sisters by now" Luiz tells Iris with a creepy look on his face
Another flash of the photo booth camera revealed the rest of Luiz's skeletal figure to Iris as she now tried to get away from him. Before Iris could get out of the other end of the photo booth, Luiz's friends came in and grabbed Iris, revealing that they were just like Luiz as their faces melted away revealing skulls.
"NO!!!" Iris yelled as she struggled to get away as Luiz's skeleton friends pulled her out of the photo booth
The skeletons held Iris by the arms and the head, stopping her from being able to move or use her omnitrix. Iris looked around and saw that the arcade was full of skeletons that were covered in a blue liquid and that Luiz was one of them even though he hadn't fully transformed into one.
"Let's take her down bellow" Luiz told the skeletons
"Luiz, why are you doing this? What is going on?" Iris asked Luiz with a confused look on her face as she had no idea what was going on
"You are apart of the final piece to the puzzle, I wish things would be different but I died a long time ago for falling in love with a girl and it looks like I did the same thing again" Luiz says to Iris
Before the skeletons could drag Iris away, two powerful torrents of water came out of nowhere and blasted the skeletons that were grabbing her
"Huh?" Iris asked confused as she saw the two skeletons fall apart into piles of bones as the blue liquid shell around them melted away
"Leave our sister alone" a voice said
"Yeah, don't mess with her, that's my job" another voice said
Iris looked over and saw Lilly in her Orishan form that she called Tidal Wave standing next to Rose who was transformed as her Biot-Savartian form that she called Polaris
"ROSE!!! LILLY!!!" Iris said loudly as she saw her sisters standing there
"I'm glad we made it in time" Rose said
"Let's get Iris to safety so we can find Ben" Lilly said
"I guess you two haven't been captured, looks like that is going to change" Luiz said
Luiz then commanded the remaining skeletons to go after Rose and Lilly
"Bring it on" Rose said as she used her magnetic powers to throw arcade machines at the skeletons
Lilly then blasted the skeletons and the machines with water blasts that caused the machines to explode and melt away the liquid shells around the skeletons, destroying them
"This is just too easy" Rose said as she threw more machines at the skeletons
"Come on Iris, we need to get out of here" Lilly tells Iris
Iris got up and ran towards Rose and Lilly, dodging skeletons as Lilly blasted them torrents of water
"Don't leave me Iris" Luiz said to Iris as his body started to melt away
"I'm sorry Luiz" Iris said, apologizing as tears fell from her eyes
Iris watched as Luiz reverted to a skeleton and melted away into a pile of bones on the floor
"Come on Iris let's go find Ben" Rose tells Iris
"Let's just find him and get out of here" Iris said as the other skeletons melted away into piles of bones
Both Rose and Lilly could see that Iris was extremely hurt and was clearly upset
"Let's get back to the room first" Lilly said
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Room 13: Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
After saving Iris, the girls all regrouped back at their room to see what they knew and how to stop whatever was going on right now
"So, who knows why we were all attacked by skeletons?" Rose asked, looking around at Iris and Rose
"I can't explain the skeletons but I might have an idea of what created them" Lilly said
"What is it then?" Iris asked
Lilly took out her book and placed it down on the counter, flipping to a page in it
"This" Lilly answered, pointing at the page that she had stopped on
Iris and Rose looked at the page and saw that it was the same figure that Lilly had been reading about yesterday
"What is that thing?" Ross asked, creeped out by the image of a tall skeletal man with sunken glowing eyes that wore a large hat and carried a sack over his shoulder
"It's called El Silbón and it could explain all the weird stuff going on here" Lilly answered
"What exactly does this thing do?" Rose asked Lilly
"From what I read, El Silbón wanders around and hunts people, stealing their bones and throwing them in its sack, while whistling and apparently El Silbón was once a human who got cursed" Lilly answered, explaining what El Silbón was
"Does he create an army of skeletons?" Iris asked Lilly
"The book doesn't mention that which is why I think El Silbón is more than just a folklore monster" Lilly answered
"You think he's also an alien?" Ross asked Lilly
"Yes and I think Mr. Silbón is actually El Silbón" Lilly answered
"Name is kind of on the spot" Ross said
"I don't care about that, I just want to know where we can find Ben and beat this thing" Iris said with a serious look on her face
Rose and Lilly knew that Iris was hurt over what happened with Luiz and could tell that she wanted payback
"I don't know where he could be, they didn't disclose that when they attacked me" Rose said
"They didn't tell me anything either" Lilly said
Both Rose and Lilly looked over at Iris, hoping that she knew something that could happen
"They told me that they were gonna take me down bellow but they didn't really say what that was" Iris said, recalling what Luiz had said to her
"They could mean under the hotel" Rose suggested
"That actually could be it, there's probably a good chance that the hotel is built on top of a cavern" Lilly said
"Well then, we better figure out how we are going to get down there" Iris said
"I actually think you may have a form that could help with that" Lilly tells Iris
"Really? What did you have in mind?" Iris asks Lilly
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Underground Cavern: Bellow Silbón Hotel Resort, Sonoran Desert
Deeper underground in a large cavern that was under the hotel, El Silbón can be seen walking around a strange glass pod that is connected to multiple computers and monitors. Hanging up on a metal wall was Ben who had energy shackles around his wrists and ankles which stopped him from moving. Ben slowly came to and opened up his eyes to see where he was and see El Silbón working on something.
"Man, my head hurts" Ben said as he regained consciousness
"It looks like someone is finally awake " El Silbón said as turned around to see Ben awake
"Yeah, now you better let me go so I can kick your butt" Ben tells El Silbón as he tries to get free
"I am afraid that I can't do that, I still need your DNA as well as the DNA from those girls and the DNA from each omnitrix device that each of you wear " El Silbón tells Ben as he continues to work
Ben looks around and sees the large pod in the middle of the room as well as other smaller pods that are lined up against the walls of the cavern
"What exactly do you plan on doing here?" Ben asks El Silbón
"I will take your DNA and restore my body back to its human form as well as revive the love of my life and our daughter " El Silbón answered as he stopped working and turned around to face Ben
"So, you didn't always look like that?" Ben asked El Silbón
El Silbón let's out a sigh as he holds his hand up against his face
"Long ago, I was the son of a rich farmer down in Los Llanos region where I met a beautiful woman whom I fell in love with, too my surprise she was not human but was from the stars and still though, I loved her but my father did not and came up with many lies about her which made the townsfolk turn on her before he ended up killing her " El Silbón tells Ben, telling him his story
Ben was surprised to hear that El Silbón was in love with an alien and was saddened to hear that she was killed by his father
"And in my rage, I killed my father to avenge her as well as avenge our child who had died inside my love's body when she was killed " El Silbón continued
Two skeletons took on the form of El Silbón's wife and his daughter, Victoria
"My grandfather was furious with me and decided to punish me for my actions, he tied me to a tree, beat me with a whip, poured alcohol on my wounds and cursed me to suffer forever " El Silbón said as he continued his story
"But that doesn't explain how you ended up like this" Ben says to El Silbón
"I was getting to that part but the reason I look like this is because my grandfather also poured the blood of my love into my wounds and her alien DNA merged with mine and caused me to not only to become this monster but to live for eternity, suffering as my grandfather cursed me to live " El Silbón tells Ben, explaining how he ended up the way he was
Ben had never heard of something like this happening before but felt truly sorry for El Silbón and what had happened to him
"Why are you here then? Why aren't you down in South America?" Ben asked El Silbón
"After many years, I discovered that I could fix my DNA and even revive my love and our child if I used the DNA of others which is why I went after evil and bad people, taking their lives if they did not get away from me, I used their DNA, especially the DNA from their bone marrow and added it to this machine but for a long time, I was missing the technology and something extra " El Silbón answered
"You came up here to collect technology?" Ben asked El Silbón
"I also found the Limax and decided to use their shape-shifting powers in order to help me but the results were only temporary, but their corpses were useful in creating skeleton minions to serve me and bring in more prey for me to collect DNA from as well as their technology which could disrupt technology and trap people here " El Silbón answered
Hearing that, Ben realized that whatever technology El Silbón took from the Limax was why he was unable to fix the Rustbucket
"Now that you brought the omnitrix to me as well as three other omnitrix devices, I can revive the love of my life as well as my daughter and restore myself, hell, I can even create a new family with her and plenty of workers to help me create a true resort here " El Silbón said
"While that sounds nice, I can't let you get away with this" Ben tells El Silbón
"You know, the Victoria you fell in love with would be the same Victoria that I give a true body to, too bad you'll mostly likely die so you won't be able to see her " El Silbón tells Ben
Remembering the night he had with Victoria and realizing that it was fake hurt Ben a lot
"Now then, my skeletons should be bringing me those three brats, so I can continue " El Silbón said
Hearing that, Ben started to worry about the girls and hoped that they were okay and hadn't gotten caught
"They won't get caught so easily" Ben tells El Silbón
"Think what you want but they are more than already captured and on their way down here " El Silbón tells Ben
In that moment, the roof of the cavern started to shake as pieces of rock fell down which surprised El Silbón and Ben
"What is going on? " El Silbón asked, looking up at the ceiling of the cavern
It was then that the ceiling of the cavern exploded and down fell Rose who had transformed into her Petrosapien form that she called Gemstone while Lilly had transformed back into her Orishan form that she called Tidal Wave. Iris on the other hand transformed into her own Loboan form (Blitzwolfer) that looked like smaller and more feminine version of Ben's 10 year old Loboan form that also had lighter hair with black markings.
"GIRLS!!!" Ben said loudly with an excited look on his face
The girls fell down and landed on the large pod in the center of the room, destroying it
"NO!!! " El Silbón yelled loudly with an angered look on his face
"There's Ben" Rose said, pointing over to where Ben was
"I'm glad you're alright Ben" Iris said to Ben
"Don't worry about me, just focus on him" Ben told the girls
The girls looked over and saw El Silbón standing there as he looked at all of the destroyed machines and technology
"You destroyed it, years and years of work, all destroyed by three little brats " El Silbón said as he clenched his fist tightly in anger
Multiple skeletons started to form around El Silbón as he stood there
"Kill them, NOW!!! " El Silbón commanded the skeletons
"Iris, go and free Ben, Lilly and I will take care of these bags of bones" Rose told Iris
"Got it, Furhound should be able to break him out" Iris said as she ran over to free Ben
While Iris went and did that, Rose and Lilly dealt with El Silbón's skeleton army
"Glad you three showed up" Ben tells Iris as she makes her way over to him
"Sorry that it took us so long to get here" Iris tells Ben, apologizing to him
"Don't worry about it" Ben tells Iris
"Cover your ears" Iris tells Ben as her muzzle splits open into four parts
"Can't really do that" Ben said as he closed his eyes
Iris then unleashed a powerful sonic howl that destroyed the wall that Ben was hanging from which also destroyed the energy cuffs that were on him
"Thanks" Ben said, thanking Iris as he got up slowly
"Glad I could help" Iris said
Ben and Iris looked over and saw Rose and Lilly blasting away the skeletons that El Silbón was sending after them
"We need to stop him" Iris said
"I think I might know a way but I need you three to keep him off of me" Ben tells Iris
"What did you have in mind?" Iris asks Ben
"You'll see" Ben answered
Iris then ran off to help her sisters, blasting away a few skeletons with her sonic howl and ripping others to shreds with her claws. Ben then activated the omnitrix and went to select the perfect alien that could help him out with his plan. Once Ben found the alien he wanted, he selected its icon which caused the omnitrix faceplate to slide back as its core popped up.
"Here we go" Ben said as he slammed the core of the omnitrix down
Ben was then engulfed in a bright green light as he was transformed into the alien that he had selected. When the green light faded away, it was revealed that Ben had transformed into a small humanoid alien whose body looked like a gray suit that had headphones on with the omnitrix badge being in the center of its forehead.
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The alien that Ben had transformed into was his Sonorosian transformation that he called Echo Echo
"You pathetic children won't stop me " El Silbón said as he stared attacking the girls along with his skeletons
Before El Silbón could grab Rose, he was blasted with a loud sonic attack that came from Ben
"You…keep your…hands…to…yourself" Ben told El Silbón
El Silbón got up and saw Ben and the girls finish off the rest of his skeletons as more and more of his equipment was destroyed
"You ruined my plans of lifting this curse and finally living in peace with my family " El Silbón said
"Things…didn't…need…to be…like this…but…you killed…people" Ben said
"He also played with my feelings" Iris said with an angry growl
"Fine then, if you won't let me have a new life then I will simply end yours " El Silbón told Ben and the girls
El Silbón then took a control pad out and pressed a red button on it which caused the lights in the cavern to flash red
"What's happening?" Rose asked, looking around
"He's going to blow this place up" Lilly answered
"And I'm taking the four of you with me " El Silbón said
"We'll…see…about…that" Ben said before he separated into multiple Echo Echo clones
"What are you going to do?" Iris asked Ben
"Stop him" one of the Echo Echo clones began
"Stop…the…bomb" another Echo Echo clone continued
"Or…at least…contain…it" Ben finished
"Try all you want, this bomb will envelope this entire area in flames " El Silbón said with an evil laugh
"Girls…get…out of here" Ben told the girls
"But Ben" Rose said
"No…arguing" an Echo Echo clone told Rose
Knowing that Ben wasn't going to let then stay, the girls got together and Rose used her powers to form a pillar that took all of them back up to the surface
"What a noble sacrifice " El Silbón said, mocking Ben
"I'm sorry…things…ended up…the…way…they did…for you" Ben said to El Silbón
"Apologies mean nothing when I could have had everything " El Silbón said
"Stop…the bomb…and maybe…the Plumbers…could…help you" Ben says to El Silbón
El Silbón laughs and sits down as he takes his hat off
"There is no help for me " El Silbón said before he closed his eyes and started whistling
In that instance, Ben formed multiple Echo Echo clones around the large bomb in the room, encircling it. As the bomb exploded, Ben and his Echo Echo clones unleashed powerful sonic shrieks to contain the explosion. Unfortunately the explosion was just too powerful and was able to destroy some of Ben's Echo Echo clones.
"I'm coming my love " El Silbón said as the flames of the explosion engulfed him
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Silbón Hotel Resort Parking Lot: Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Back up on the surface, the girls had made their way back to the Rustbucket where Mutt was waiting for them. The three of them had all transformed back into their human forms as they watched the ground shatter under the hotel. They had worried looks as a massive explosion appeared, destroying the hotel and all of the resort.
"Ben" Iris said with a worried look on her face
"Big brother" Lilly said, worrying about Ben
"I think I see him" Rose said, pointing up at the sky
The girls looked up and saw something coming out of the flames that was headed straight for them. As it got closer to where they were, the girls saw that it was Ben in his Echo Echo form.
"We've got to catch him" Iris said
The girls all then tried to catch Ben before he hit the ground but Ben ended up landing down and hitting the side of the Rustbucket
"Ouch" Ben said as he coughed up some smoke before transforming back into his human form
"BEN!!!" The girls yelled as they ran to Ben's side
"Ben, you're alive" Iris said, hugging Ben
"You scared us" Rose tells Ben
"What about El Silbón?" Lilly asks Ben
"Did he make it?" Iris asks Ben
Ben shakes his head as he sits up and leans up against the side of the Rustbucket
"He wouldn't let me save him even if I tried" Ben said
"Now what do we do?" Rose asks Ben
A lot of their stuff was in the hotel but now it was completely destroyed as the building collapsed into the crater that the explosion created
"I've got to contact the Plumbers and let them know what happened here" Ben answered
"What are we going to do?" Lilly asks Ben
"I don't know Lil, I guess after everything we find the nearest rest stop before heading to the Grand Canyon" Ben answered
"You aren't going to stop the trip?" Iris asks Ben
"Trust me, my summer road trip when I was 10 didn't stop for anything" Ben answered
The girls were glad to hear that Ben wasn't going to stop the road trip here and as they sat down next to Ben, they looked out at the desert where the hotel once was
"Today sucked" Iris said
"Yeah, I can definitely agree" Ben said, agreeing with Iris
Both Ben and Iris had their hearts broken today but they weren't going to say anything about as they waited for the Plumbers to show up
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Inside The Rustbucket: Rest Stop, Sonoran Desert
After everything that happened at the hotel after the Plumbers showed up and Ben explaining everything that happened, he and the girls got back on the road. Now they were om the side of the road at a rest stop which had been hidden by one of the devices that El Silbón had created to entrap people. While Rose and Lilly were outside, Ben was inside the Rustbucket while Iris was sitting down at the table, looking at two stuffed animals. One was the luchadores teddy bear that Luiz had won for her and the other was the mariachi stuffed dog that she had won for him. Both of them were found in the ruins of the hotel and surprisingly they hadn't been damaged after the explosion. Ben could see that Iris was hurting bad and after what Rose and Lilly had told him about Luiz, he could see why she was hurting.
"Looks like someone had their first summer crush" Ben said as he sat down across from Iris
"And what do you know about it?" Iris asked Ben
"I had a summer crush when I was 10 and I guess I had one along with you here" Ben answered
Iris remembered how Ben was when he was with Victoria and realized that she wasn't real like Luiz
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude" Iris says, apologizing to Ben
"Don't worry about it, I'm use to it at this point" Ben said with a sigh
"How do you get over it?" Iris asks Ben
"You don't really get over it but my cousin once told me that when it comes to crushes, sometimes you get crushes" Ben answered
"That sounds helpful" Iris said
"Yeah, I didn't understand it right away but eventually I learned that it means that you shouldn't always expect crushes to last and that it's best to not let it bother and to just move on" Ben said
"Its gonna be real hard for me to move on from this one" Iris said as tears fell from her eyes
"Don't worry, you and I will move on from this one together" Ben said to Iris as he reached over and hugged her
Ben knew that this must have been really hard for Iris as she probably didn't have much interaction with boys when she was with Azmuth who also probably didn't fully explain human emotions with Iris and the other girls
"This summer is not going to be easy, is it?" Ben asked
"I'm starting to think that too" Iris said as she broke away from Ben
"Well, I guess I better do what I can to make it easy for all of you" Ben said, looking out the window at Rose and Lilly as they were playing with Mutt
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It looks like this desert nightmare has finally ended and now Ben and the girls can finally move on to the next part of their summer road trip. All of them have grown and mature after this and have even come closer as a family. While this newfound peace seems like it will last, little do Ben and the girls know, things will only be getting harder for them as a familiar foe strikes again. Hopefully Ben and the girls will be able to survive what is about being hunting them in these next few days.
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Author's Note
Hello readers, it is SJMS09 and here is the 9th chapter of Road Trip, I hope that all of you enjoyed it and are ready for what is coming in the next chapter. It looks like Ben and the girls have finally defeated El Silbón and have escaped his nightmare resort trap. While this experience was dangerous, Ben and the girls survived and were able to get closer as a family because of it. Something dangerous is going to be coming for them in the next chapter so be ready for that. I'm not going to spoil what it is going to be happening in the next chapter, but I will say that you readers are not going to want to miss it. Going back to this chapter, you got to see Ben transform into his Sonorosian transformation, Echo Echo. You also got to see the girls transform into their Thep Kufan form, Cerebrocrustacean form and Loboan form. With these transformations, that means that the girls only have five transformations each that they haven't used and haven't named. These are the current transformations of the girls that have showed up in the story and have been named
Current Named transformations
Iris
1. Drift – XLR8
2. Live Wire – Feedback
3. Solar Flare – Heatblast
4. Blizard – Articguana
5. Furhound – Blitzwolfer
Rose
1. Polaris – Lodestar
2. Download – Upgrade
3. Gemstone – Diamondhead
4. Trap Jaws – Ripjaws
5. Isis – Snare-Oh
Lilly
1. Ultraviolet – Chromastone
2. Tidal Wave – Water Hazard
3. Wrecking Ball – Cannonbolt
4. Nitrodactyl – Astrodactyl
5. Cerebrella – Brainstorm
And those are all of the current transformations that the girls have used in the story and have named. Like I said before, there are five transformations left that haven't shown up or been named. I am still looking for suggestions for names for the transformations that haven't been named yet. I'm also looking for suggestions for new aliens to add to the list of transformations that the girls have. Moving on, I am now going to be responding to comments from the previous chapter.
Comments
Spidaprime – I appreciate that you like this story and want me to continue it which I intend on doing, regardless of how much support it gets in the future
Alright, it looks like that was the only the comment from the previous chapter and it also looks like there aren't any questions for me to answer. Since that is the case, I am now going to be wrapping things up here. 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 – Echo Echo
Species – Sonorosian
Home World – Sonorosia
Powers Abilities – Sonic Screams
Sonic Combustion
Sonic Redirection
Self-Duplication
Object Duplication (via Self-Duplication)
Force Field Generation
Sonic Waves (via Force Field Generation)
Levitation
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Jumping
Enhanced Acrobatics
Enhanced Reflexes
Echolocation
Vibration Empowerment
Ultimatrix User Duplication
Sonic Sneezes (via Cold Virus)
Iris's Transformations
Name – Furhound
Species – Loboan
Home World – Luna Lobo
Powers Abilities – Sonic Howls
Sonic Redirection
Sonic Propulsion
Sharp Teeth
Sharp Claws
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Jumping
Enhanced Agility
Enhanced Reflexes
Enhanced Smelling
Enhanced Hearing
Corrodium Immunity
Lava Immunity
Wall Scaling
Prehensile Feet
Night Vision
Quadrupedalism
Rose's Transformations
Name – Isis
Species – Thep Kufan
Home World – Anur Khufos
Powers Abilities – Bandage Generation
Bandage Ensnarement
Sharp Bandages
Body Alteration
Unraveling
Small Space Maneuvering (via Unraveling)
Regeneration
Elasticity
Flight (via Unraveling)
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Jumping
Enhanced Reflexes
Space Survivability
Underwater Survivability
Waterproof Bandages
Corrodium Immunity
Bioluminescence
Glowing Eyes
Night Vision
Removable Face
Body Storage
Bandage Cushion
Lilly's Transformations
Name – Cerebrella
Species – Cerebrocrustacean
Home World – Encephalonus IV
Powers Abilities – Enhanced Intelligence
Advanced Analysis
Advanced Calculations
Bio-Electrokinesis
Technokinesis (via Bio-Electrokinesis)
Electrical Telekinesis
Electrical Shield
Force Field Generation
Sharp Pincers
Levitation
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Durability
Enhanced Acrobatics
Enhanced Reflexes
Underwater Breathing
Cold Resistance
Wall Scaling
Web Scaling
Movable Cranium Plates
Electrical Storm Generation
Pulse Emission
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Important Notice
Hello readers, currently I am holding a poll to see which stories that you readers would like to see me do for Saturday and Sunday. I started this poll last week and had it at the end of the 3rd chapter of Omni-Kaiju. I also posted the poll at the end of the latest chapter of Omni-Titan and now I'm doing it for this story. Here are the voting options for a regular story and a crossover story.
Regular Stories
1. Gwen 10 Story
2. Ben 10 Protector Story
3. Benwolf Story
Crossover Stories
1. Ben 10/Akame Ga Kill Crossover Story
2. Ben 10/High School DxD Crossover Story
3. Ben 10/Fairy Tail Crossover Story
If you want to learn more about the regular stories, check out the 3rd chapter of Omni-Kaiju to learn more about then. Voting ends in two weeks and once they've ended and all the votes have been counted up, I'll announce which two stories won. Now, you can only vote for one regular story and one crossover story, so get to voting and I'll see you later. Also, before I forget, no one has voted so far and if no one votes, I won't be doing a story for Saturday and Sunday.