Chapter Three: Saturdays w/ Secrets, Part two.

Doc Saturday replayed the footage of the ''Attack'' before Max went off air, he watched as the Vulpimancer tore through the RV, He sighed then turned back to Zak, the large apelike fur human called Fiskerton, the lizard like Cryptid Komodo, and the pterodactyl Zon,

"So, anything you noticed about the creature?" he asked,

"Mur manma ikrrra?" Fiskerton said,

"That is weird Fisk," Zak said, "Dad play it back again,"

'Did they notice?' Doc wondered as he played the recording again,

"SQUAK SQUAK!" Zon cried,

Komodo hissed,

"Then that can't be an attack?" Zak said, "Maybe someone else got to the Dog thing and in the scuffle sent it through the Van,"

"Reeh barma ver plee?" Fiskerton suggested... or asked, Doc could never tell,

And in response Komodo crawled up Doc and pointed at something, "Hey yeah, what is that blurry thing?"

Doc looked where Komodo was pointing, "Ah that," he zoomed in and unblurred the image showing a large feather, "It's a strange very large feather of unknown origins,"

"Unknown?" Zak asked crossing his arms, "So it's not a cryptid?"

"Not one we know about," Doc stated, "Of course it could be extraterrestrial in nature,"

"Which reminds me," Zak started, "If it is an alien what do we do?"

"Same thing we always do, try to calm them down, or fight," Doc said,

The speakers cut on, "Hey we're gonna land soon so everyone get ready," Drew called,

"We're here already?" Zak asked,

"Yes," Doc said, "Why?"

"Well I-," Zak started when Zon nuzzled up to him, "Hehe, well maybe Zon and I could go scope out the area, you know, make sure that the Vupe... whatever is gone?"

Doc rubbed his chin, "Hmmm, alright, Max is there so you two should be fine but try not to get into any trouble," he thought aloud, then he looked to Zon, "Make sure to pull Zak out when he tries to do anything reckless,"

The Pterodactyl cryptid nodded and squawked patting Zak on the head,

"Hey hey," Zak said, "Why do you trust Zon over me?"

Doc smiled, "She's is our eldest child Zak," he said petting Zon affectionately, "all that age brings wisdom and responsibility,"

"Oh man~" Zak whined crossing his arms,

OCTOPUS-Meanwhile-OCTOPUS

As the Tennysons started clearing the debris from the camp after Gwen and Joel woke up, "She was so fast," Joel said picking feathers out of his hair, "Never seen anything like her,"

"Be thankful of that," Max stated, "Thanagarians are a race of fighters, almost as violent Apoplexian with a toothache," Max rubbed his chin, "Haven't seen one since The Rowdy Ones landed on Vern Terr during an invasion,"

"The rowdy ones?" Ben asked as he swept debris away,

"That's Max's original company," Lucy said morosely, "my mum told me stories,"

"So where'd it go?" Gwen asked, "Please tell me this is one of the times we actually caught the thing instead of it getting away?"

"Sunk though the ground actually," Camille said,

"Great, now we have to keep an eye out for an alien bird woman," Gwen said, "Who flies through the air and swims through the ground?" Gwen let out a frustrated groan, "I'm going for a walk," she said,

"Gwen wait," Ben came over "I was just about to take Lucy out on my hoverboard, You wann-"

"Thanks for the offer Ben," Gwen said, "But right now I just want to be left alone," and she walked off into the woods,

"Should we-"

"A Thanagarian wouldn't pick on a lone child," Max said, "Warriors only go for strong targets, Gwen will be fine"

Ben watched as Gwen walked away, 'Or would she?' He ran over and grabbed Lucy's hand, "Come on," he said as he threw the board on the floor it opened and floated,

"Is that a hover boar-"

"THREE." Ben grinned pushing Lucy onto the board,

"Wait Ben we can't just-"

"TWO." Lucy wrapped her arms around Ben's waist knowing he was actually going to take off,

"Ben please don't do this I'm not sure I'm ready for it,"

Ben grinned, "ONE."

Lucy shut her eyes tightly, "Meep"

"Gotta blast!" Ben exclaimed as his board shot off into the air,

"HEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee-" and Lucy's voice cut off as Ben and she shot off into the air,

"Did they just leave us to clean up the mess?" Joel asked sitting up,

"Ben's still timed out," Max said, "There's not much he could do to help until it times in," he said, "and... I think Lucy could use a distraction right now,"

"Besides If you and Max do all the welding I can hold the van together," Camille said,

"Do we even have welders?" Joel asked,

Max smiled, "We have lasers don't we?"

"Wait we're going to use blasters as welders?" Joel asked, "Isn't that a bit unsafe?"

"Not if you do it right," Max responded as Camille started to gather the pieces of the Rustbucket as a puddle with tendrils,

OCTOPUS-Meanwhile-OCTOPUS

Zon squawked as she flew Zak around thanks to the harness Doc had made for her, "Sometimes I wish I had wings," he said, "I'd love to see the view without having to bother you," Zon huffed at his statement, "what?" he asked, "sometimes it feels like I take you away from other stuff,"

She opened her mouth and let out huffs and squawks,

"Hey I love our time together too," Zak said patting her stomach, "I love flying with you," Zon trilled happily, "And I'm happy your happy,"

"WOOOOOOOOOOO!" A young voice cried as he shot by the two,

Zak blinked, "W-what was that?" he asked,

Ben turned back, "Wait what did we just pass?"

"The ground?" Lucy asked,

"Definitely not, hold on,"

"Ben if I hold on harder you'll be wearing me like a suit," Lucy said clinging onto Ben for dear life,

"Hey, that might be a great idea if we get into trouble, a Lucy suit for my aliens," Ben grinned as he swerved his board around,

"Ben pleaaaase," Lucy cried as they spun around, Zon and Zak had as well, both duo's getting a good look at one another,

"Who are you two?" Zak asked then looked down at Ben's hoverboard, "And what's that you're riding?"

"I'm Ben, this is my cousin Lucy, and this is my hoverboard," Ben said, "What's that thing you're riding,"

Zon huffed at Ben's words, "This is Zon, she's my sister." Zak said petting her beak,

"That's your sister?" Ben asked,

"Yeah she is," Zak said narrowing his eyes at Ben, who narrowed his own right back at Zak,

"Zon you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Nooooo," Lucy pleaded,

Zon squawked happily, "Atta girl," Zak said, "Hey fly boy Zon and I bet we could beat you in a race,"

"Hey if you and your Jurassic sister want to lose who am I to say no?"

"Everyone please this is my first time not on solid ground," Lucy pleaded, "Can I at least be dropped off first?"

"You hear that? sounds like your cousin is afraid of losing," Zak stated just before Zon span him around, "Last one to that mountain over there get's dummy written on their head with permanent marker,"

"No fair cheater!" Ben cried,

"Whyyyyyy?!" Lucy cried as Ben sped after the two,

OCTOPUS-Meanwhile-OCTOPUS

Gwen groaned as she wandered further and further away from camp, she remembered how the woman took her down,

"Before I could even get a single spell off," she growled, she kicked a few stones down the path away from her, "Sometimes I wonder what would've happened if I hadn't smashed the charms of Bezel, or at least kept Hex's..." Gwen froze as a large shadow fell over her, larger then anyone she knew, "Please tell me this is another Ben prank," she turned and saw a massive ginger haired man behind her,

The man stared down at her, just looming over her, he must've been seven feet tall, if not closer to eight, he had no expression as he looked down at her, he wore mostly black, black shirt, trousers and boots, he wore a white coat like a cape,

"Um can I help you?"

"You can," he stated, "I need you to enter a cave and free my master by looking into magical mirror that has her trapped," he stated seriously,

"I don't suppose this is a "and you can say no" type deal?" Gwen asked,

"My master would be very willing to offer much for her freedom," the man stated, he reached into his pocket, "this is but a trinket in comparison to what she offers for her freedom," the man held his hand out in front of her, and Gwen gasped,

"No," she said as she took in what was being offered, "One of the charms of Bezel?"

"Do not ask me which it is, my skill is in runes not charms," the man said, "She did however say it was important to you to have it back,"

The man didn't recognise it, but Gwen did,

The charm in the man's fingers was the Charm of Luck, Lucky Girl's charm, Gwen accepted the charm and stared at it, "Soooo," she swallowed nervously, "I get this, for freeing your master?"

"That and more," The man said, this time reaching into his other pocket, first he pulled out another charm, then he pulled out a long wooden staff,

"Look familiar?" he asked, "I was instructed by the mistress to retrieve this from it's former owner,"

"I..." Gwen narrowed her eyes at the man, "who's your master?"

"Wyzaria" He stated, "You won't have heard of her,"

Gwen tried to think, but the man was right, she couldn't think of anyone with that name, but she crossed her arms, "A-and you are?"

"I am Alison," he stated,

"Isn't that a girls name?" She asked, but Alison shrugged, uncaring of the remark,

"Regardless follow or don't," he said as he walked toward the cave,

"Wait," Gwen said running over to him, "You must know an awful lot about me to offer me this stuff,"

"I don't know anything except you have a lot of mana," Alison stated, "My mistress would know more,"

"And how'd she get trapped inside a mirror?" Gwen asked,

"She sealed herself inside one to avoid her own death at the hands of a group of magic casters,"

Gwen stopped in her tracks, she clutched the staff close to her body, "Can I go tell my grandpa where I'm goi-?"

The ground started shaking and Alison grabbed Gwen pulling her out of the way of a rock that was about to crush her,

"Normally I'd have said yes, after that no," he said taking the girl and running toward the cave with her,

"H-HEY!" she shouted struggling against Alison's stone hard grip, suddenly he turned his body and a rock smashed against him, but he was fine, he placed the girl onto her feet,

"Enter the cave please," he stated as he turned as more rocks appeared, Gwen freaked out and ran inside, since it seemed like Alison wasn't exactly trying to hurt her, Alison leapt high into the air, "You won't stop the mistresses revival," he said smashing the rocks, unsure of what was causing it, he could just barely hear a woman screaming out of pure anger, he narrowed his eyes at the sound,

As Gwen entered the cave she found a dimly lit cavern that went into the ground, which after small bits of rock landed a few feet away from her she decided to stop taking in the sights and run into the opening,

As she finally reached the end she found a small room, littered with stone furniture, statues, a massive ornate throne carved into the wall, a few things lying around, and a large scaled mirror,

"Hello?" A warbled voice asked, "Alison are you here?"

"Alison is smashing flying rocks at the entrance," Gwen said,

"We're under attack? marvellous," the voice snarked, "Suppose my releasing will be more eventful then I hoped,"

"If you've decided to release me that is," The voice said, "I doubt you're very keen on freeing an unknown from a prison, why I myself wouldn't trust it,"

"So why should I?" Gwen asked,

"A truly excellent question, I'd award points... were I still a teacher," the voice chuckled, "Well for one there's the gifts I prepared for you, two as a former teacher I could instruct you in magic,"

"And if I don't want either of them?" Gwen asked,

"Mmm, well the only thing I have left is that unless you release me you and everything around in a six hundred mile radius will be blown apart in a magical explosion,"

"Wh-WHAT?!" Gwen screamed, "HOW?!"

"Well when I was trapped in the mirror it has been siphoning off my mana, but since Mana regenerates and the mirror has a finite amount of storage I have been unintendedly charging a bomb that will explode unless I am released,"

"How long do we have?" Gwen asked,

"Mmmm well... last time I checked I had a few months, but time is hard to keep track of when you're trapped inside a mirror,"

"H-how do I free you?" Gwen asked,

"To free me is both simple and easy, simply stand in front of the mirror, and I will be released,"

"And I won't be trapped in your place?"

"If that was how this worked I'd use a person with little mana, not someone with massive amounts,"

Gwen nodded, "Yeah that does make some sense," Gwen said stepping in front of the mirror,

And as usual saw her reflection, "Thank you," the her in the mirror said,

"Wh-what?" Gwen asked as the mirror started to glow brightly,

And as usual saw her reflection, "Thank you," the her in the mirror said, but her reflection's eyes were amber instead of green,

"Wh-what?" Gwen asked as the mirror started to glow brightly,

The light from the mirror grew and grew until it became blinding, even outside of the cave the light was massive, Alison turned, "Mistress?" he asked, then he turned and charged inside the cave,

As the light died down Gwen rubbed her eyes "What's going on-" it took a few seconds but her eyes started to focus again she found herself, but not a reflection, the amber eyes were a great indicator of that, as were the floofy feathers she had for hair the colour of which matched Gwen's own, few of which also seemed to grow out of her arms, next was her stance, her arms weren't at her sides but up by her torso, and her feet were closed together as she perched on her tippy toes,

"Who are-"

"Mistress!" MISTRESS!" Alison cried as he entered the room, there he saw two Gwen's, but one was obviously not the girl he'd brought,

"M-mistress?" He asked the 'Gwen' who seemed to be more preoccupied with looking over her own body,

"Mmm," she said, starting to study her hands, she looked at them closely- and slapped her face "Ow," she groaned, "hands are weird," she said looking down her arms, then her elbows, feet, legs, waist, torso, she opened her mouth and reached down and grasped her top with her teeth pulling it, "Not shure thish colour fitsh me," she turned to the other two letting go of the shirt, "Alison, opinion?"

Alison stared blankly at her, "Who's a pretty bird?" he asked,

Wyzaria's eye twitched and she started to preen the few feathers coming out of her arms, "I do not appreciate those comm-," her nose twitched,

Alison nodded with a bow, "Of course not, my mistake," he said as he retrieved something out of his pockets,

Saliva started to from at Wyzaria's lips as Alison held up a mouse by it's tail, her eyes went wide, her black pupils grew,

As he moved the mouse Wyzaria's entire head followed the mouse, he tossed it into the air and she opened her mouth wide catching the creature in her open maw, Gwen watched as her birdy double ate the mouse and then licked her lips, after she'd finished it was like a spell had been broken and the Avian witch searched around before taking a breath, "regardless," she said trying to compose herself, "Now Gwen I am sorry to tell you this but, I lied," she said as Alison lifted up a stone statue,

"Yeah... I kinda figured this was all too good to be true,"

Alison tossed the statue at the mirror shattering both and a portion of the wall into pieces,

"Forgive the deception, but honestly I just really wanted my freedom, if I had to make a slight fib about the mirror exploding to finally escape then I will ask no forgiveness," Wyzaria said stretching, her body popped in several places, "Ahh, much better," she walked forward but wobbled slightly,

Alison ran over to her and held onto her, "Talonless feet will be frustrating to get used to, thank you Alison," the man nodded, "give the girl her reward so she can be on her way,"

Alison nodded and walked over to the girl, holding her feathery double in his arm, he pulled the charm and the staff out of his pocket and held them for her to take,

"Wait you're still giving me these?" Gwen asked,

"Of course we are, I am eternally grateful for my freedom, and this new body," she said, "I can't wait to again feel the grass and dirt under my talons... er, feet, and the cool breeze on my face," then her eyes went wide, "Actually, feels as though I should give you something special, Alison did you make that expanded bag I requested out of my shed feathers?"

"I did, it was a great idea, does mistress want a cracker for being a smart birdy?" He asked brandishing a cracker, which Wyzaria quickly snatched with her mouth,

"Cut that out already!" she ordered as she munched on the cracker before regaining her composure, "I mean..." she cleared her throat,

"Be a dear and give it to the girl would you, that way she can keep her equipment at hand in a stylish and very durable bag,"

Alison nodded and walked over to a table, he grabbed what did look like a very well designed sewn feather bag and presented it to her, "Here," he said, "Compliments from the Mistress,"

"Thanks?" Gwen said, very shocked she hadn't been betrayed,

"You're rather welcome, now Ally I wish to frolic outside, and finally be rid of this cave, outside!" she called pointing toward the outside world,

And they left leaving Gwen shocked holding the bag,

OCTOPUS-Meanwhile-OCTOPUS

Zak and Ben were racing and showing off much to Lucy's chagrin and Zon's pride,

But as Zak drew closer to the mountain a large rock flew right towards him and Zon, "Where'd the rock come from?" he asked as Zon moved to avoid it but the rock turned in mid air and struck the flying cryptid knocking her out of the sky,

"Woah" Ben cried as he watched them fall, just as he thought to help the watch timed in, Ben looked down and smiled, "Lucy you take it from here," he said while jumping off the board and activating the watch,

"About that," Lucy said from behind him, "I'M STILL HOLDING ONTO YOU!"

As the watch sprang up Ben cycled through his aliens he caught a glimpse of a wing and smiled, "Stinkfly's got this," he said,

"Zon!" Zak called trying to wake his sister, "ZON! WAKE UP!" he called, there was a green flash above him, but with the ground approaching quickly he had to wake his sister or they be pancakes, "ZON PLEASE!" He cried, "WAK-"

He stopped as they were caught by something, with the sound of flapping wings he smiled, "Hey thanks for the catch," he called to the ''Cryptid'' that had saved him and Zon,

When they reached the ground they were dropped none to gently but it must've been hard to catch them in mid-air,

Zak crawled out of the harness and checked up on Zon, "Ooh," he cringed seeing her dazed eyes and a bit of blood running down her head, "I'd better call this in," he said pressing a button on his claw which sent an emergency rescue signal out to his folks, he turned to the ''Cryptid'' that had helped him, "Hey can you-" but stopped upon seeing a brown haired bird winged girl wearing a white shirt with a black x wrapped around the torso like a harness with two grey and two white triangles held together in what looked like a metal badge, and black pants that also seemed to form shoes,

Zak studied her wings, and the large feathers that made them up, "You, you know something about the giant dog and the RV don't you?" He asked brandishing The Claw,

The bird woman looked down at her hands, her face curled up in anger, she growled which only got worse and worse until she screamed, "WHYYYYYY AM IIIIIII A GIIIIIIIIIIRL?!"

As she glared down at him Zak took a combat stance, 'Good job I already called for help,'

OCTOPUS-The End-OCTOPUS

Should Zak's power's work on an Alien?

And as for why Ben's new form is female, well I wasn't originally going to make her female but watching the ink tank's ben 10 breakdown about Upchuck's home planet they talked about how the fact that the Omnitrix added subspecies to the list of things the watch could do and making a female alien was one of them, just trying it out, don't know if it'll go anywhere with adding more female aliens to the roster, so far it's just Painwing Ben's Mutated Thanagarian transformation, it's mostly just to test the water and see if there's anything I can do with the concept, maybe discovering the watch has a male and female function and that different gendered aliens would be better at different things? like how Omniverse confirmed that Female Tetramands were stronger then males, like that's power Ben could use, obviously I based her design of Hawkgirl,

What do you think about Ben having female aliens or more the ability to gender swap his roster?

That's not the only trick for old benny boy I have stored safely up my sleeve I'm working on a type of combat for him,

And yes Wyzaria was created to give Gwen her magic back, took me ages to decide on whether to make her a harpy or Gorgon though, and no she and Alison aren't one off's, they'll be back,

Okay see you next time,