Ben 10 Ultimate Hero EP 36: Secrets
I don't own anything except my OC's. Z'Gore is DracoDragite's creation and is in no way my property. He is in this story to give Max Tennyson a nemesis and to reveal Ben and Gwen about his big secret.
Intro:
A green glowing, steel pod was flying through space, hurtling towards earth as it crashed, making a huge green flash.
The camera zooms out from the glowing symbol on the Ultimatrix as Ben looks up close at it.
He then activates it while smirking at the camera, raising his hand high and slapping it down on the core.
The background turns green as Ben morphs into Four Arms, who pumps his upper fists while cracking his lower ones with a smirk.
A white number appears on the left side, starting at 1.
"Ben 10!"
2: Heatblast ignites 2 fireballs in his hands.
"Ben 10!"
3: XLR8 zooms into the right.
4: Diamondhead swaps his right arm across as it turns into a blade.
"Ben 10!"
5: Cannonbolt uncurls and poses.
"Ben 10!"
"Ben 10!"
6: Upgrade stretches out of his puddle form.
7: Grey Matter hops off the 7 and lands into a crouch, giving a thumbs up and a smile.
"Ben 10!"
8: Water Hazard slides in on his water blasts and raises his fists.
"Ben 10!"
9: Wildvine extends his legs and stretches out his right fingers while holding seeds in his left one, chucking them offscreen.
10: Big Chill briefly phases through the number and floats before zooming near the camera.
"Ben 10!"
Big Chill's head turns back into Ben's as it rotates.
The camera zooms out to reveal Max and Gwen by his side.
Ben gave a low-five to his grandfather as Gwen crossed her arms and shook her head playfully with a smile.
The 2 then ran off-screen, making Ben run towards the camera with a determined look.
He then froze as his aliens appeared in heroic poses on each of the kid's sides, 5 on each side just as the title appears on a black background with green rays appearing from the title.
In Earth's atmosphere, everything is quiet until something flies past a few space rocks! The 'meteor' starts burning as it then made an explosive impact, somewhere in a forest, outside of South Dakota. The smoke slowly dies down as the 'meteor' is really to be a spaceship of some kind. Just then, a door opens as a large alien steps out.
The alien looks like a biped dragon that is colored green and has a long tail. His legs bend backwards and have 2 claws for the 2 toes. He has 3 finger hands with claws. He has 2 large, fin-like horns for ears, no mouth and nose, and yellow eyes with small, barely noticeable pupils. He is about 15 feet tall and is wearing a cybernetic suit that is colored dull red, black, and grey that covers almost his body, except for the tail, hands, feet, and front of his neck. The suit has 2 large, red jet boosters on his back that look like wings and 2 dark slots on his gauntlets.
"Earth... Never thought I'd come back to this pathetic planet after a long time..." The alien mumbles as he glances around. He then took out a device that displayed a hologram of a strange sword. "But hiding the Solar Sword in this world is clever... No one would think of looking for it in this armpit of the Galaxy. I will get that sword, even if I must rip apart this planet, one city at a time! Soon, I, Z'Gore the devastator, will prove that I am the most feared warlord in the Galaxy! And not that squid-headed freak..." The alien narrows his eyes as he goes off, looking for the sword that will soon make him the most feared alien in the Galaxy and finally beat his rival for good.
Meanwhile, with the Tennysons, the Rust Bucket is parked on the side of the road in Iowa as it is almost breakfast time on their way to the next road trip stop: Mount Rushmore. Max is busy cooking up something as the kids are at the table. "Please let this be a normal breakfast and not one of Grandpa Max's 'experimental exotic dishes.', oh please!" Ben begs as he is not sure if he can stomach one of Max's cooking experiments.
"Pray and hope, Ben... Pray and hope." Gwen sympathizes with Ben as she hopes for a normal breakfast today. "Breakfast is ready!" The kids braced themselves, only to be surprised that it was normal plates of eggs, bacon, and toast with butter on it. "Classic American breakfast, kids. I would have cooked something exotic, but we ran out of ingredients. So, for now, we're just stuck eating average stuff."
The kids blink at each other and start eating, smiling at eating normal food today. "Well, looks like today is going to be a good one, after all..." Ben states after swallowing as Gwen swallows her eggs and nods. "Here, here!" Max smiles at his grandkids and goes to wash some dishes while the kids finish their food.
Just then, the cousins hear ringing that sounds like a phone ringing. The 2 check their cells, only to find them off and look around, noticing the sound is coming from the bathroom. "Uh... Grandpa? This is going to sound weird, but... The bathroom's ringing." Gwen points out. Ben adds. "It sounds like there's a telephone in there."
Max froze up as he glanced at the bathroom. "It's probably nothing, kids! I'll... Check it out!" Max had a big grin as he went inside and shut the door. But just then, Max's voice is heard, and it sounds like he's talking to someone. "How many times have I told you to not call me here?! No! I am not coming back! Get someone else to do it! I'm retired, now stop calling me!" Both kids raised an eyebrow in confusion, wondering who or what Max was arguing about and to whom.
The elder left the bathroom and responded. "Wrong number, kids. I mean! No number! Cause, that wasn't a secret communicator in there." Both kids blink as they just glance at each other and Ben shrugs. "Okay... That was kind of a weird response, Grandpa?" The elder blinks as he glances around a bit and glances at his watch. "Oh, boy! Is it 9 already?! We better hit the road, kids! Don't want to get caught in traffic!"
Max started up the Rust Bucket and the RV drove off. But the kids glanced at the phones and saw it was only 7:45, wondering why Max said it was 9. The kids decide to put a pin in it as they try to figure out what to do for the day.
After a few hours of driving down the road, Ben decides to fly by the Rust Bucket on his Solar Surfer, whooping and hollering as he feels the wind in his face as Gwen looks out the window, in envy and boredom. "Ben's lucky. He can have fun while I'm so bored. Grandpa... When do we get to the next town?" "Soon, sweetie. After a few more towns and cities, we'll be at Mt. Rushmore, before we know it! Won't that be exciting, to see the monument dedicated to our country's forefathers? You can just smell the history coming from it." Max sighs out as he kept driving.
Meanwhile, in the nearby city of Rabid City, people were going about their business, until some of them glanced up and cried out in surprise as Z'Gore landed before a large gathering in the middle of a street, deactivating his wing boosters as he stood up to his full towering height and hollers out. "Where is the Solar Sword? Bring it to me, immediately!" But the people just stood in confusion and worriment at the alien's large, towering appearance.
"All right, buddy!" A couple of cops came up to the alien with frowns. "I don't know what kind of costume convention you're going to as that, but you're going to have to leave the street, or we're going to make you." Z'Gore just narrows his eyes. "Very well... The hard way it is..." The alien raised both fists and slammed them on the ground, shaking the earth and kicking up the ground as the cops were sent flying. The people screamed in panic as they realized he was a real alien!
As the people started running away, Z'Gore kept rampaging as he smashed up buildings, and stores, and even threw cars with his hands or knocked them away with his tail as they exploded. "People of Earth: if you do not bring me what I seek, then I will destroy this entire city to do it! One block at a time!" Z'Gore stabs his claws into the street and grunts as he lifts it, tearing it off the ground and then slamming it down, sending out a wave that sends stuff flying.
As the Rust Bucket drove down the road, with the Solar Surfer, flying alongside. Ben hollers as he flies up high and performs flips. "YEAH! HAHAHA!" The boy grins as he opens his eyes and drops the sail to go into a fall and spins, doing tricks
Just then, Ben spotted some smoke coming off from Rabid City in the distance. The boy quickly stops spinning and activates hover mode. He quickly flew down by the Rust Bucket and spoke to the inhabitants. "Hey, guys! Something is happening at Rabid City! What's going over there?" "Don't know... But it probably can't be good. Should we go check it out, Grandpa?" Gwen answers as she checks her laptop. Max glanced over at the city. "I'm sure it's nothing the local authorities can handle, kids."
But just Ben glanced back at the town, he saw a couple of buildings collapsing as he realized it was time to go hero! "Looks like it's hero time to me! Catch you guys, later!" "Ben, wait! We don't what we're dealing with!" But the boy ignores Max's advice and deploys the sail, picking up speed as he guides his Solar Surfer towards the city. Gwen and Max glance at each other and follow after the boy.
The kid managed to make it to the outskirts and park his surfer, getting off as he dialed the Ultimatrix. "Time for these guys to taste my four-fisted knuckles!" FLASH
Ben felt the Ultimatrix fused into his arm as his muscles bulked while his skin turned crimson red. He grew bigger and he sprouted 2 extra arms while his features changed on his head. His arms then grow his crab armor as he grins while his green eyes flash. He then poses and pumps his arms, ready for a brawl!
"Oh yeah!" Four Arms grin as he flexes his muscles. He then starts jumping towards the action as Gwen and Max manage to arrive a few minutes later. "We better go after him!" Gwen said as she went out to retrieve Ben's surfer
In the city, Z'Gore kept rampaging as he smashed a building apart with one fist. The people kept screaming as they ran as fast and far as they could from the alien monster. "For the last time: Where is the Solar Sword?!" Suddenly, something big slams into his back and knocks him on his front. Four Arms pins him down with his arms and snarls. "Okay, tough guy... How about trying me on for size?!"
Z'Gore glanced back at the alien and raised an eyebrow. "A Tetramand? This planet is a dump..." Z'Gore then pushed himself up and flung Four Arms off, using his tail to grab and throw the alien hero into a building. But as Z'Gore approached it, Four Arms rushed out and surprised him with a double left hook, knocking the alien dragon away.
Four Arms grin, only for it to drop as Z'Gore stands up and cracks his neck. "Finally... Something to give me a challenge!" "Oh, boy..." Four Arms mumbles as he realizes this might be a bit tougher than he thought. "Now... I got your attention, you're going to answer some questions, Tetramand." "Oh, yeah? What If I don't want to?" Four Arms smirks as he charges at Z'Gore, only to whack him back with his tail.
Four Arms groaned as he got up while rubbing his head, only to be shocked when Z'Gore appeared in front as the lines of his left gauntlet glowed and formed into an orange, hard light construction of a sharp blade at his face. "Listen to me, well: I'm looking for a sword." Z'Gore demands as Four Arms grins. "Ever heard of online shopping, dude?" "Silence!"
Z'Gore moves to stab Four Arms, but the alien hero rolls out of the way and then leaps up, landing 2 left punches that send Z'Gore stumbling away as Four Arms grabs a truck and uses it like a club, but Z'Gore notices as he forms energy shields from his gauntlets and blocks the strikes from the truck as Four Arms stops and exclaims. "Hey! No fair using energy shields!"
But Z'Gore took the chance to bash Four Arms with his shield, knocking him down. He then grabs the Tetramand by the legs and slams him on the street, over and over, and then leaps up high, spinning around and throwing the alien hero all the way to the center of town. Four Arms got up as he groaned, rubbed his head, and cracked his back with a grunt. "Whoa... This guy is seriously tough! Looks like I got my work cut out for this alien..." Four Arms mumbles as Z'Gore lands nearby with a thud.
Z'Gore then charges and tries to smash Four Arms with both fists as the alien leaps away, only to notice the shockwave made one of the pillars of a nearby building break off and fall towards the alien hero as Four Arms quickly catches it. "Hey! That's handy!" But he noticed part of the roof of the building collapsed from the pillar being removed as the alien hero cringes. "Oh, man! Hope I don't get blamed for this."
Four Arms tossed the stone as Z'Gore smashed through it. He then grabs and pins Four Arms down as the muscular alien hero struggles to free himself. "Where are you keeping the sword?!" "What are you talking about?! What sword?!" Four Arms cries out. "Don't play dumb! I've been monitoring Plumber's communication for that weapon and my trackers led me straight to this planet! No doubt the Plumbers must have sent you to guard it! Now, where is it?!"
Four Arms tries to think of something when he gets an idea! "It's... Right behind you!" Z'Gore released Four Arms and whirled around, looking for his prize as the alien dragon is confused, only to get sent flying when Four Arms unleashed a charging quad uppercut on his back as the alien smirked. "Man... How gullible can you get?"
Only for the alien hero to be shocked at seeing Z'Gore, flying towards him with his jet boosters as he looks ticked off at being tricked. "He can fly?!" "I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" Z'Gore roars as he tackles Four Arms as the 2 fights in the skies with Z'Gore's boosters. The 2 exchanged punches and hits with one another as they flew all over the skies, above the city. "If you think your Plumber allies can help you, Tetramand, then think again! I'll crush the rest of them after I'm done with you!"
At Z'Gore's declaration, Four Arms managed to grab his neck and swung around, landing on Z'Gore's back. He grabbed the alien villain's ear fins and pulled back, making the dragon alien fly up and then pushed down into a divebomb, crashing right into the middle of a street with a bang as Four Arms pins Z'Gore by his chest and neck as he frowns. "'Plumbers'?! What are you talking about?! I don't fix toilets and sinks! I'm only 10, for crying out loud!"
But Z'Gore burst free as he slammed Four Arms down and threw him into a wall, cracking it as the alien villain charged and tackled the alien hero through a few buildings and then threw him into a truck as Z'Gore hollers. "IF YOU WON'T GIVE ME WHAT I SEEK, THEN I'LL BEAT THE ANSWERS AND YOUR LIFE OUT OF YOU!"
Four Arms managed to recover, only to leap away as Z'Gore's blades sliced the truck in half. He then ducks under another blade swipe as it cuts down a light pole behind him. He grabs a manhole cover for a shield, only for it to get cut in the middle as Four Arms looks at him in shock. "Why did I think that would be a good idea?" He then starts running as Z'Gore chased after him.
"TALK OR PERISH!" Z'Gore roars out as he keeps flying after Four Arms, only to be surprised when he rounds a corner, as the alien suddenly grabs him by the face and head fins as he quips. "Is that like 'Truth or Dare'?" Four Arms then slams Z'Gore into a couple of buildings and then leaps up and throws him into another building, sending it crashing down on the alien dragon.
Z'Gore got up, only to be surprised when Four Arms pushed him back with a seismic clap that sent him crashing further into the rubble, making him bounce into the street behind the building and get buried in the rubble as his head stood out.
As Z'Gore slowly recovers while Four Arms casually approaches him, the Rust Bucket slides a corner and drives towards the scene. As Max steered the RV, he felt his blood turn to ice and swore his heart stopped for a second as his spine shivered like crazy. His eyes widened in horror as he felt sweat running down his head. "No... It can't be! It's impossible!" Max breaths out as Z'Gore breaks an arm out and starts standing up. "Is that all you got, scales for brains? I'm just warming up!" Four Arms grins as he cracks his knuckles for another round.
Just then, the Rust Bucket stops in front of Four Arms as Gwen opens the door. "Ben! Grandpa said to get in!" "What? Why should I? I'm just about to kick lizard alien butt!" Four Arms grins, only to notice the Ultimatrix timing out as he changes back to Ben in a flash of red light as the boy glances at himself. "Benjamin! Get in, now!" Max barks as the boy quickly gets into the camper and it takes off, just as Z'Gore breaks free and glares at the RV, narrowing his eyes as they practically glow.
In the Rust Bucket, Max firmly states to Ben as he drives. "Trust me, when I say this, Ben! You do not want to start a fight with Z'Gore!" But both kids blinked at what they heard as Ben asked his grandfather. "Uhh... How do you know his name is Z'Gore?" "Grandpa... Do you know him, by any chance?" Gwen raised an eyebrow as Max noticed and glanced down as if he was hiding something.
But just then, the RV felt a jolt as it slid back and forth and Max struggled while the kids cried as they tumbled a bit. The kids peeked out from the back to spot Z'Gore, chasing after the Rust Bucket with his boosters as his gauntlets deployed a laser blaster on each one and fries deadly red beams that almost nailed the Rust Bucket and tore up some of the asphalt.
"Did you know he can do that?!" Gwen exclaimed to her cousin as Ben spoke back. "No! But his gauntlets can make energy blades and shields!" Max power slides the RV around a corner as he exclaims. "We can't let Z'Gore get the Ultimatrix! We need to get to Mount Rushmore, fast!" "I don't think that dragon dude is after the watch!" Ben exclaims as the kids struggle to keep their balance.
"What do you mean? Almost every alien we've encountered this summer was after the watch." Gwen asked as Ben responded. "Yeah... Except this alien seems to be after something called a 'Solar Sword'?" Max overheard and felt his breath briefly stop as his eyes widened. "Is that what he said?! That can't be right, that thing was destroyed years ago!"
Max swerves left and right as Ben stumbles down as things fly around the RV. Gwen gets up to the front seat and asks her grandfather in confusion. "What are you talking about? What's this 'sword' this alien dragon thing wants so badly?" "Gwen! Now's not the time for a long story!" But as Ben kept trying to get the Ultimatrix to work, he grinned as he got the green light. "Yes! Time for round 2!"
The boy slaps on the device and grins as he turns into Big Chill. "I'm gonna put Z'Gore on ice!" "Ben! Wait! This is not the time for a fight!" But the alien moth ignores Max's warning as he unfolds his wings and flies up, phasing through the roof.
Big Chill then flew towards and phased through Z'Gore, while freezing him from the inside out as the alien dragon was frozen solid and fell with a thud. Big Chill smirks as he hovers high above with crossed arms. "Float like a moth, freezes like a snowstorm! That ought to cool 'Mr. Space Dragon' down."
But to the alien moth's surprise, Z'Gore bursts out of the ice with a mighty roar and rockets towards Big Chill, making the moth yip as he dodges to the side. "Whoa! Didn't see that coming!"
"First a Tetramand and now a Necrofriggian?! Guess I'll rip apart every alien here until I get my sword!" Z'Gore cries as he charges at Big Chill with his holo-blades, intending to turn the alien moth into chopped liver, literally! Big Chill quickly flew up and used his frost breath on Z'Gore's head, briefly blinding him as the alien moth coated his fists in ice and flew around and smacked him on the back of his head, sending Z'Gore tumbling as he whirled back with a glare.
And so, Z'Gore chased Big Chill all over the skies as they flew through the city, with the moth dodging laser blasts now and then as he quickly phased into a water tower as Z'Gore passed him, unknowingly. Big Chill pokes his head out of his hiding place as he mumbles in shock. "Who is this guy?"
Z'Gore lands in front of the RV with a thud as Max quickly reverses and speeds towards the exit of the city. "Where are we going?! We need to help Ben!" "We will! We need to get special help, first!" "Where? Mount Rushmore?" Gwen sarcastically asked as Max just kept silent as the girl got a concerned look. "Grandpa... You're starting to worry me."
Big Chill, on the other hand, is barely keeping away from Z'Gore, but as Big Chill glances back to see the alien dragon is gone, he is shocked when Z'Gore tackles him out of nowhere and smashes into the park. The alien conqueror stood up high as Big Chill struggled in his grasp. "I've had enough of these games! Let's see if you can contact your Plumbers without your badge!" Z'Gore glares as he reaches over and taps the Ultimatrix badge, making Ben revert to human form, much to his surprise. "What the?! Hey! How'd you do that?!"
"What?!" Z'Gore blinks in surprise. "A human child?! How did... Wait..." The alien dragon noticed and narrowed his eyes at Ben's left arm and spotted something that made his eyes widen. "The Ultimatrix! The Ultimatrix... Is in the possession of an Earth child?!" But before Z'Gore touches it, the watch starts emitting some wild energy as Ben noticed as well, and before the 2 knew it, the Ultimatrix lets out a powerful feedback pulse that sends the 2 flying in separate directions.
Ben hits the ground with a thud as he rubs his butt as Z'Gore slams into a building. The alien dragon brushed it off as he stomped towards Ben. "A feedback pulse generating defense system... No doubt the Ultimatrix has merged with your DNA." Ben gasped as he tried to run but was caught by Z'Gore's tail. The alien dragon then held him by his legs. "I... Don't suppose that means you'll let me go?" "Hardly..." "I thought so..." Ben groans as Z'Gore takes off to the skies with his boosters, taking Ben to who knows where.
The Rust Bucket zooms up on the rocky road at Mt. Rushmore as Gwen states out. "I'm... Pretty sure tourists are not allowed on this road." "We're not tourists, we're tenants." Confused by her grandfather's answer, Gwen looks ahead as the RV stops before a 'closed road' sign.
Just as the strangeness couldn't get any weirder, she noticed Max reached under the dashboard and pushed a hidden button that Gwen never noticed before and felt the ground rumble, only to her shock, to see the RV had gone down a secret platform elevator. The girl is in awe when the lights turn on to reveal a huge, hi-tech secret base.
Max exits the RV as Gwen follows. The 2 went into some sort of storage vault as Max opened small vaults on the walls to reveal strange, hi-tech alien gadgets, devices, and weapons. The 2 kept looking as Max frowned at each vault as if he were looking for a certain object.
Gwen has had enough as she firmly asked her grandfather. "That's it! I want answers, Grandpa! And I want them, now! What is going on here?! Why aren't we helping Ben?! What is this place and how do you know about it?! And how do you know that alien dragon that's chasing Ben, right now!?"
Max glanced at Gwen as he put on a strange chest plate and some connecting goggles as he answered. "It's complicated and a long story, Gwen. But let's just say..." Max then pulls out a hi-tech cannon weapon with a glowing, blue power cell as it charges up. "I wasn't a normal plumber when I retired." Gwen blinks in shock at the weapon.
The girl then noticed her grandfather went to another area as he set the large cannon down and unhooked himself as he typed on a large computer screen. "What are you doing, now?" "Getting some answers..." Max responds as the screen then displays a fish-like humanoid with mauve-colored skin and yellow eyes with black, slit-like pupils. His neck was covered with long black gills on either side. He wore a black and white, armored suit with a transparent helmet.
"Magister Tennyson? It is you! That means you've decided to accept the assignment! Great! Now, here's your-" "Labrid! I want answers! Is the Solar Sword destroyed, like it was supposed to?!" Max demands with a frown and crossed arms as the alien blinks in surprise. "Max... What are you talking about?" "I mean, the reason why Z'Gore is here on Earth!" The alien on the screen gasped in surprise. "Z'Gore?! He's alive!? How is that possible?!"
Max exclaims. "That's not the point! Answer my question, Labrid!" The alien looks at Max and sighs as he pushes a few buttons on his end. "I'm sorry, Maxwell... Some of us did want to destroy it, but the other half thought we could use it for good. Which is why we stored it there until we can figure out a proper course of action. But... It seems like you'll know what to do with it."
Max and Gwen heard something from behind as they glanced to see a small pillar raised from the floor. It stopped at Max's waistline as a square-shaped cub was on top, which slowly disengaged as it revealed the continent inside. The object is a hi-tech-looking hilt and handle that looks like it belongs to a two-handed sword, except it has no blade, and on the bottom of it is a strange crystal object that looks like a tiny glowing sun.
Gwen looked confused at the strange gadget, only to notice her grandfather looked like he'd seen a ghost as she swore, she heard his breath stop for a second. "I don't believe it..." "Grandpa? What is that thing?" Max spoke to his granddaughter in a grave tone and with a frown. "Something that shouldn't have been created in the 1st place, sweetie..."
Meanwhile, Ben is being held captive on Z'Gore's ship, inside a strange ring device that keeps his Ultimatrix hand locked in a cylinder while the rest of his limbs are bounded by energy cuffs. The alien dragon himself looked at some scans of the child as he spoke out. "Unbelievable... The most powerful DNA device in the entire Universe... Strapped to a human child and used as a plaything." "Hey!" Z'Gore glanced at a frowning Ben. "I'll have you know, I've helped a lot of people, going hero!"
The kid then asked the dragon. "What I don't get is why do you want some sword, when you have those energy blades in your gauntlets, already?" "Simple..." Z'Gore explains as he approaches the kid with his arms behind his back, narrowing at the 10-year-old.
"This sword I seek is no ordinary weapon. It's one of the most powerful weapons in the universe, next to the Ultimatrix! The Solar Sword is powered by a compressed and compact sun, modified and fit to power an energy sword, created by an alien blacksmith, long ago to stop a civil war on his planet. But little did he realize the sword's power was so great, so destructive, that it wiped out his entire homeworld with him and his people on it in one blow. Whoever wields that sword, will have the power of the sun at their fingertips, and the ability to level multiple cities and armies in one swipe! I... Will be invincible with that weapon in my possession! I will rule the universe! And that very weapon is here on your planet, boy. Which means, I'll tear this world apart, one city at a time, until I find my sword." Z'Gore finished as he leaned in and narrowed his glowing eye at Ben's being as the kid honestly felt very scared at the alien dragon's plan.
The Rust Bucket drove out of the base as Gwen summed up what Max told her inside. "So, that sword is some super-powerful alien weapon that can destroy a whole planet, due to it being powered by a compacted sun, and it was supposed to be destroyed because you ordered it?" "Yes... I've seen that sword's destructive capabilities first-hand, and I can never forget it. I wanted that thing gone, so no dangerous being could use it, especially Z'Gore. But more about that later. The cannon I brought is keyed into Z'Gore's bio-signature. Hopeful, it will take him down for good, this time."
"This time?" Gwen asked in confusion as Max pointed out something. "There's a small red button, underneath the glove box, press it." Gwen opened the glove box and found said button, pushing it, she was startled when a holographic map appeared on the windshield. "What the?!" "GPS-assisted tracking system. It's locked on the Ultimatrix's signal. You navigate."
Ben kept struggling to break free as Z'Gore typed on his computer. "The ship is set to launch! Once I find my sword amongst the rubble of your soon-to-be-destroyed cities, I'll test it out on your home world, having the pleasure of finally destroying this miserable planet, once and for all!" Ben got terrified at Z'Gore's declaration, only to get more worried when Z'Gore continued. "And don't think I forgot about the Ultimatrix, as well. I have plans to weaponize it as well, once I remove it off your being, child."
Ben frowns. "Good luck with that, scales for brains! The watch doesn't come off!" "I know that, boy. I figured it out from my scanners. So, if I can't remove the Ultimatrix itself, might as well remove the limb it's attached to." "What do you mean?" Z'Gore glanced at Ben's arm as the boy followed and his eyes widened in realization what the alien dragon was going to do!
The Rust Bucket speeds down a grassy hill as they neared Z'Gore's ship, which is about to take off. "That must be where Z'Gore is keeping Ben! How do we get on board?" Gwen asked as Max smirks. "Simple: We make our very own entrance." Tapping a few buttons that pop out, The Rust Bucket's front tow cable retracts into the body as the black grill bumper expands and its front transforms into an energy-coated batting ram.
Max floors the gas pedal and the RV leaps off a hill with amazing speed, barreling towards the spaceship as Gwen screams her lungs out in fear. "AAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Ben struggles as Z'Gore activates his right energy blade and approaches the boy and the kid gets even more scared. "Can't you just slip the watch, off? Seems less painful, that way!" "Now, where's the fun in that? But don't fret... I'll make it as quick as possible." Z'Gore responds in a sadistic tone as he rears back his blade. Ben shuts his eyes and can't bear to see what is going to happen next, even know he's got a strong idea.
But just as Z'Gore was about to swipe down, they both heard a horn honking as they glanced to see the Rust Bucket ramming through a wall and crashing into Z'Gore smashing him into a wall as the RV backed up as the dragon alien warlord slowly recovered. Just then, Max came out of the RV, carrying his cannon weapon, and aimed at the alien dragon. "Claws off my grandson, Z'Gore!" "Grandpa?!" Ben exclaims in shock as Z'Gore looks at Max and feels his anger boil at the sight of his nemesis! "Tennyson!" Max opened fire and blasted Z'Gore into the wall, making an explosion of smoke.
Max discarded his cannon and went over to the ring's controls, typing at the computer as the energy cuffs disappeared and the cylinder released Ben's Ultimatrix arm as the kid was caught by his grandfather. "Grandpa... You know this guy?!" "It's a long story, Ben. Right now, we need to get out of here." Max responds to Ben.
But before they can leave, some security robots show up from panels in the walls and start firing lasers at the 2 humans, making them duck and roll in different directions. Ben recovers as he notices Max is having trouble. He quickly gets to dialing the Ultimatrix, stopping on Upgrade's icon and slapping down as he transforms in the flash of light.
Gwen came out of the RV as she held the Solar Sword in her pocket, looking around, only to gasp in shock at some robots aiming their laser blasters at her. But before they can fire, one of them gets engulfed by Upgrade from behind and turns into a bigger, more enhanced version. "Try picking one someone your size!" Upgrade hollers as he deploys blades from the sides and spins like a tornado, ramming and destroying the robots in front of him as Gwen shields herself from the explosions. Only to notice a piece of small, smoking debris landing on her head while she was not amused.
The spaceship had smoke coming off as it flew through the skies while Max grabbed a drill machine and stabbed it into another robot. "I've got to get this ship under control!" The elder rushed to a nearby computer while Upgrade overheard his grandfather's statement. "He can fly a spaceship?!" He got tackled by another robot in response. Gwen groans. "At this rate, nothing will surprise me, today."
But as Max types at a computer, a large shadow with glowing yellow eyes glares at him from a large smoke cloud, and a familiar claw is placed on a pillar, only for it to shoot out and grab Max, throwing him near the hole the Rust Bucket rammed through. "GRANDPA!" Upgrade hollers along with Gwen as the 2 see Max being pinned by Z'Gore's foot as he struggles while the alien dragon glares down at him. "Your weapon won't help you this time, Tennyson! As you can see, I upgraded my armor and grew more powerful than in our last encounter."
Upgrade shorts out the robot he was fighting and charges to save his grandfather! "NOOOOOOO!" He tackles Z'Gore as his family watches in disbelief. "BEN!" As Upgrade and Z'Gore struggled as they both fell, Upgrade fired his eyebeam that pushed Z'Gore off.
As The alien dragon crashes into the forest below with a boom, Upgrade forms into a parachute shape and glides over to George Washinton's statue head. But just as he landed and started to climb up, he noticed the watch was timing out as Ben made it to stable ground, changing back to human as he groaned. "Sometimes, I hate this watch..."
Back on Z'Gore's ship, Max kept typing at a console, only for the 2 to notice more robots coming towards them. Gwen, thinking quickly, took the sword out of her pocket and grips, pushing the activation switch as a long, bright, yellow, and orange blade appeared from the hilt. Gwen could feel the heat coming off as she breathed. "Whoa..." "Gwen! Be careful! That sword is more powerful than it looks!" Max warns as Gwen notices the charging robots.
"Here goes nothing!" Gwen cries out as she takes a stance like she's swinging a baseball bat and swipes the sword in a horizontal swing, only for it to blast out a powerful, fire wave of energy that destroys the robots in one blast! The girl was in awe at the melted and destroyed remains of the robots as she looked at the sword in her hand and she spoke with wide eyes. "Wow... No wonder Z'Gore wanted this thing so badly."
"Yeah... And that's why we need to keep that out of his claws. But right now, we need to get out of here, fast!" Max exclaims as they glance at the Rust Bucket. The elder has a smirk while Gwen gains a look of dread, already thinking what her grandpa is thinking.
Back with Ben, the kid managed to reach the top as he gasped and breaths as recovered. "Think... I lost the creep." But just then, Ben heard something as he looked back to see Z'Gore, flying out of the forest with his wing boosters and landing near Ben. "Oh, man!" The kid exclaims in dread. Z'Gore towers over the boy as Ben quickly turns and runs away as Z'Gore casually walks after him. "You are a slippery one, child. But no longer..." As Z'Gore reaches out to grab him, Ben quickly slaps down on the Ultimatrix and transforms in a flash of green light as Z'Gore misses, making the alien dragon look at his claw.
Z'Gore looks back to see a smirking XLR8. "But I can still give you a run for your money!" He shuts his visor and takes off at sonic speeds as Z'Gore watches. "You can't run from me forever, human!" But just then, XLR8 appears on the other side of the monument, charging at Z'Gore as he picks up speed. "Wasn't planning on it! PEEK-A-BOO!" SMASH
XLR8 slammed into Z'Gore so hard, it created an impact cloud from the impact. But as the dust dies down, XLR8 stumbles back with shaky legs, which reveals that Z'Gore only got pushed back a few feet and emerged unaffected. "Oh... I'm going to feel that in the morning." "For you, boy, there is no tomorrow!" XLR8 glanced up as Z'Gore's gauntlets deployed a set of knuckle dusters as he smashed his fists together, covering them in energy.
Z'Gore raised his fists as XLR8 quickly got out of the way as the alien dragon slammed his fists down, creating a shockwave so strong it destroyed part of Mount Rushmore! Z'Gore tries to punch XLR8 over and over as the alien speedster dodges every blow. "You can't escape me!" Z'Gore declares as XLR8 tries to stab him with his claw, only to get caught as Z'Gore twirls him by his arm, throwing him into some rocks as a red flash comes from the smoke.
As Z'Gore looks around for XLR8, Ben hides behind a rock after timing out, peeking to see the alien dragon searching for him. Ben saw the Ultimatrix beeps green as he quickly slaps it down, making Z'Gore look in the direction of the flash of green light, just for a bunch of crystal shards came flying towards him as Diamondhead runs out, shotting crystal darts as he exclaims. "Special delivery!"
But Z'Gore blocks the shards with his forearms as Diamondhead dodges a punch and takes a few stabs at the legs with his crystal blades, but to his surprise, the blades only scratched his skin as they shattered as he stopped and glanced at his arms, now stumps as they slowly regenerate. "Oh, man! Should have seen that coming!"
Z'Gore then grabs Diamondhead by surprise and slams him down hard on the ground, making the alien dragon let go as Diamondhead sported some cracks on his being as he times out. "Ben groans as he rubs his head, only to gasp as he glances up at Z'Gore, who narrows his eyes, holds out his right fist, and rears back. Ben got scared as he noticed his Ultimatrix beeped and raised its core as if it sensed its wearer was in danger. The boy quickly slams the core on a rock, transforming as Z'Gore punches downward.
But it is revealed that Ben has turned into Big Chill and quickly phased through the fist as the alien moth noticed as he grins. "Yes! I love this watch, sometimes!' Big Chill then freezes Z'Gore's arm with a grin and wave while he phases through the ground. The alien dragon grunts as he flexes his arm and breaks out of the ice as he deactivates his knuckle dusters. Just then, Z'Gore heard something and glanced back to see his ship crashing down near the valley.
Inside the ship, the Rust Bucket drove down a hallway as fast as it could. "Hang on, Gwen! This is going to get rough!" Max states as Gwen gets a scared look as she holds onto her seat. The girl braced herself as the Rust Bucket rammed through a few walls, busting out of the ship from the back as the pre-teen girl screamed.
"Don't time out on me, yet..." Big Chill mumbled as he phased out from the bottom of the mountain, only for his eyes to widen in horror at the crash ship! "Oh no!" The alien moth quickly flew down as fast as he could, only to time out again as he landed on the ground on his feet. "Grandpa! Gwen!" He hollers and runs as fast as he can.
Gwen and Grandpa Max slowly recover as the Rust Bucket stands in the crater line caused by the ship crashing. "You all right, Gwen?" "You know... it's times like this, going to Summer School is not so bad..." Gwen groans as Max smiles, only for the 2 of them to hear a noise. "Ben?" The both of them asked, only for the Rust Bucket's driver door to get ripped off as a giant clawed hand grabbed Max, pulling him out as a tail did the same thing with Gwen. The girl noticed a glaring Z'Gore as she gulped. "You're not Ben..."
Ben managed to finally arrive at the Rust Bucket, only to find the RV on its side and damaged. The boy quickly peeks inside. "Grandpa? Gwen? Where are you?' The boy noticed they were not inside as he continued past the RV, only for his blood to go cold at what he saw. "No!"
Z'Gore stood before the boy, holding his family in one claw with the Solar Sword in his other one, pointing the blade at the unconscious humans. Ben glares at the alien dragon warlord as he slaps down on the Ultimatrix, turning into Cannonbolt. "You better let them go, Z'freak! Or I'm going to-" "Or you'll what, child!? It's your choice... Them or you." Z'Gore threatens as the sword grows closer. Cannonbolt gets a worried look and realizes he has no choice.
Cannonbolt sighs as he slumps, showing that he has surrendered as Z'Gore tossed his family aside and deactivated the Solar Sword. The alien dragon walks up and taps the Ultimatrix, changing Ben as the boy slumps. "How noble." Z'Gore then picks Ben up and walks back to his ship, just as Max and Gwen wake up as the elder gasps. "Z'Gore! No! Don't go back in there!' But the alien dragon ignores Max and goes in, just as the ship takes off.
"Foolish human! Why would I not board my own-" But as Z'Gore brushed off Max's warning, his eyes winded as an alarm rang out and recognized it! "The Self-Destruct sequence has been activated!?" Dropping Ben and the Solar Sword, Z'Gore types at a console, hoping to shut down the self-destruct, but all he got were sparks as the console malfunctioned. "TENNNYSON! You are a thorn in my side!" Z'Gore rants, only for a laser blast to his back to manage to not only knock him down but also destroy his wing boosters.
Ben smirks as he uses Max's cannon. "Guess it runs in the family!" He then takes off as the computer announces. "Commencing Self-Destruct Launch." "NOOOOOOOOOO!" Z'Gore cries out in dismay as Ben scoops up the Solar Sword and dials the Ultimatrix, slapping down on the core as fiery, magma rocks cover his being. Z'Gore's ship raised higher and higher, only to explode in a massive explosion as a flaming meteor came shooting out of it!
Only to reveal Heatblast, surfing on a fire comet as he lands in a cloud of dust on solid ground. Max and Gwen quickly ran up, just to see the 10-year-old boy, sitting on a small rock pillar while holding the Solar Sword over his shoulder as he glanced back with a grin. "Nice job, Ben! You showed that creep a thing or 3!" Gwen smirks with crossed arms as Ben speaks to his grandfather. "Grandpa, we need to talk."
Max just smiles as the family glances up and looks at flaming pieces of Z'Gore's ship, raining down from the sky.