Underground Omniverse
Gammatron: Hey guys. I own no one in this story nor the series of Sonic Underground, Ben 10 Series, or the BlazBlue series. Miyuki Prower is owned by seanzilla115 while I own Gyuki, Shukaku, Ryukendo, Mavis, and Matatabi Prower and White.
Rebel 7: The Prowers and the Problem of the North
"This is amazing," Sonia awed as they walked through the city.
"That crystal up there acts like the sun and moon, changing colors as the day and night go by," Sonic explained as he pointed at the crystal high above them, "It also sends out a strange energy that disables any way of finding this place through technology."
"Impressive deduction," Miyuki noted, "Though I am not surprised since you visited our home before."
"Yeah. Never once met the leader, though," Sonic noted, "I'm kinda curious, in truth."
Miyuki giggled, "Well, I'll tell her that you've been thinking about her."
"…The leader's a girl? Heh. That's pretty cool," Sonic smirked.
"Really? Normally, we receive shock and a hint of disgust," White noted.
"Sexist bastards," Makoto scowled.
"You said it," Sköll and Hati agreed with nods.
"Do you think we'll get to meet her?" Sonia asked.
"You already have," White replied.
"…You?" Ben gawked, looking at Miyuki.
"Ding," Miyuki giggled before pecking Ben's cheek, "A prize for you."
Ben stammered as he entered a heavy blush. He was never good with being kissed by cute girls. Manic mumbled at how lucky Ben was.
"It's a custom of ours to give a kiss to the cheek when we're being playful," Sköll explained.
"A few of our traditions revolve around certain kisses," Hati added, "If you'd like, I can get you a book of our traditions for our guests, Miyuki-sama."
"But of course," Miyuki replied, "We'll be at our home in the Jubei District."
"I'm on it, Miyuki-sama!" Hati beamed before racing off at the speed of a cheetah.
"She's quite fast," Sonia noted.
"Nee-chan and I are the second-fastest runners in the whole Hyorinmaru Clan," Sköll explained proudly, "The only one faster than us is Roll."
"Bread is faster than you?" Makoto pondered.
"No, no, no. Her name is 'Roll,'" Fenrir corrected as they entered a housing district.
"…Can I ask what's with all the orange and black?" Sonia pondered, "I mean, the colors do complement one another…"
"It's simple, my dear Princess Sonia, we are preparing for our annual Hollow's Eve Festival," Miyuki explained, "Though there are wars faring now, our City-Clan always makes sure to keep our spirits alive with the festivals."
"Big sister!"
Miyuki turned to see a Mobian fox run up. He was around twelve with sun-kissed blond fur with white fur over his belly, muzzle, and tail tips. He wore a sky-blue aviator's vest, white pilot gloves with black bands on them, and red and white sports shoes. Ben had to rub his eyes again at seeing the twelve-year-old had two tails. Was every Mobian Fox born with more than one tail or was it just his imagination?
"Good afternoon, Tails," Miyuki giggled as she hugged the fox, "How goes everything involving the preparations at our home?"
"Um…Well…We kinda have a little problem," Tails admitted sheepishly.
"No one wants to play the mummy, do they?" Miyuki asked.
"Not one Mobian wants to," Tails replied.
"But it's the best part!" Miyuki pouted.
"A mummy?" Ben blinked.
"You see, each year, my family does a bit of an Haunted Theme," Miyuki explained, "One of the best things in it is the Mummy Act we have. Though the mummy has mainly been one of my sisters or myself."
"…" Manic raised his hand.
"I suggest you lower that hand if it's a perverted question or I'll freeze you once more."
"…" Manic lowered his hand.
"Sisters?" Sonia repeated.
"We're a family of twelve. We never knew our parents, but we're a family by blood," Miyuki informed.
"The blood tests confirmed it," White added, earning a tail bop to the back of his head.
"Please don't bring that up," Miyuki whispered.
"…Oops…" White chuckled sheepishly.
"Why would you need a blood test?" Ben pondered.
"…Our youngest sister is a Tanuki while our eldest brother is an eight-tailed azure-furred Ox/Octopus hybrid," Tails pointed out, "It's nice to meet you, by the way. My name's Tails."
"Uh…Nice to meet you, too?" Ben blinked as he shook hands with Tails, "Ben Tennyson."
"That's a strange watch," Tails noted, "Looks more like some sort of wrist-mounted device that relays a wireless signal to some area out in deep space that returns another signal, altering your appearance and abilities for a predetermined time limit."
"…" Ben slowly backed away from Tails.
"Wow! You saw all that from just a glance?" Makoto awed, 'I'd like to see what he'd do if he saw an Ars Magi…'
"Uh…Well…" Tails blushed while bashfully kicking the ground.
"Oh, you're just so adorable I could eat you up!" Makoto giggled as she hugged the twin-tailed fox, earning a giggle from Miyuki and Fenrir.
"That's the first reaction all girls have to him when he does that," Miyuki noted before frowning, "Seems I'll have to be the mummy this year, then."
"Well, maybe I can help," Ben offered, "You saw me turn into Articguana, right?"
"The blue frog in the suit?" White blinked.
"Well, Tails is right on what this can do," Ben smirked, "Watch."
With that, Ben activated the Ultimatrix once more. He circled the various symbols on his device before settling on the perfect one. The emblem raised up once more and Ben slapped down on it. Though it was instant for everyone else, Ben could fell the changes taking place. Black and gray fur began to engulf his body as it began to grow bigger, around the size of Rath. His legs felt like they were snapped into various positions until settling on long, thin yet powerful, wolf-like legs. His five fingered hands lost one as obsidian-colored claws engulfed the tips. A long wolf tail emerged from just above his rear as his face elongated and shifted into a wolf head. His attire turned black, white, and green with a pair of shorts, and armored braces on his wrists. On his waist, the Ultimatrix symbol formed on a green belt.
"Howler!" the wolf howled.
"Whoa!" Tails and White yelped.
"Hello, sexy!" Fenrir and Sköll exclaimed with hearts in their eyes, making Howler move a bit away from them.
"I'm…uh…I think I did a bad pick," Howler chuckled nervously before slapping the symbol once more.
In a flash of light, Howler was replaced with a new alien. Standing before them was another Rath-sized alien. His skin was a rotten green in color with stitches on various places. He had shoulder-length, messy, black hair with wild muttonchops on the sides of his head, green eyes, roughly seven bolts on random parts of his torso and back, and black, torn pants with dirty-brown combat boots and fingerless gloves. His green belt had the Ultimatrix symbol on it while he had two generator-like devices fused to his back.
"Frankenvolt!" the new alien declared.
"…If you have a mummy in that little array of yours, you're hired," Miyuki stated.
"Of course I've got one," Frankenvolt smirked before changing once more in a flash of green light, "Underwraps!"
Underwraps was a mummy-like creatures composed entirely of bandages. He was thin, humanoid shaped with slight ape-like features on his limbs. His shell-like head resembled headpieces from ancient pharaohs, minus the nose and mouth. He wore black skirt-like clothing with gold trimming on his waist, and 2 bandages dangling from his upper back. In the bandages were gaps on his wrists, chest, and ankles, as well as his eyes, all of which were glowing a soft green. He had black bracers with green greaves on his arms and legs. On his left shoulder was more of the black armor with the Ultimatrix symbol.
"This good?" Underwraps chuckled.
"A Halloween Trio?" Makoto whispered, mainly to herself, before exclaiming, "That is so cool!"
"Sugoi…" Tails and White awed.
"Not too shabby," Miyuki noted before she blinked, "Uh…Are you…missing?"
"Thep Kufans are bandages," Underwraps chuckled before unraveling his left arm, "See?"
"…I think I'm going to faint now, okay?" White fainted.
"Boo! Go back to the sexy!" the two wolves barked.
"Girls!" Miyuki gasped.
"…Oops," both sweatdropped before composing themselves, "…Sorry, Miyuki-sama."
"And…?" Miyuki crossed her arms.
"And sorry to Ben-san as well."
"Uh…N-No problem…" Underwraps noted, 'Never been flirted as an alien before…Especially when it's one of my 'Halloween Quartet.'' "So…Uh…Wh-Where do you need me at?"
"Three nights from now around 7:20 PM," Miyuki informed, "You'll be staying with us since you're honored guests."
"Really now? Thank you," Sonia curtsied.
"…Do you have a place for our bus?" Manic asked.
"Your bus?" Miyuki blinked.
"I didn't see a bus," White noted before Manic put the suitcase in the middle of the street and had it change back into a van, "Oh, that bus…"
"This is a house?!" Ben gawked.
"That's true," Tails nodded.
This was not a house to Ben. It was a mansion seemingly straight from Japan. The shingles for the perimeter wall and roofs were all a brilliant scarlet with black and gold accents. In the back was a Zen garden and koi pond. All over the home were various Halloween decorations. Ben noted that some of the 'skeletons' were shaped like Mobians while others were humans and a few were a mix of both.
"This is like Tsubaki's place," Makoto whispered to herself.
"Now aren't you a cutie?" a voice noted, earning the attentions of the five guests and making Ben turn around…right into the E-Cups of a girl his age.
She was a Cat/Bat Beastkin with black fur lightly covering her figure. She wore a black sleeveless sweater that was a size smaller that she was and stretched over her breasts while exposing her waist and stomach. She wore a pair of hip-hugging jeans on her shapely peach-shaped rear and slender legs with black high-heeled shoes. She also had two cat tails and a pair of bat wings on her back. She gave a playful smile while looking at Ben's eyes with her own violet eyes.
"Mavis, please step away from the boy," Miyuki informed as she pulled her away by her tails, "He's a little girl-shy."
"Oh? Then why not let all us girls at him?" a second voice noted before a Mobian four-tailed dog noted as Ben felt something like two soft marshmallows were pressing onto the back of his head.
The Mobian wore nothing but a brown vest over her rose fur, exposing the cleavage of her C-Cups breasts, and a pair of brown short-shorts.
"Matatabi…!" Miyuki began to warn before the dog got off Ben with a huff, "Please forgive my sisters, Ben-san. They're coming out of their heat cycles."
"Oh, we got out of them a few days ago," Matatabi waved her off.
"Oh, so very true. We just want to enjoy a bit of fun with him," Mavis winked at Ben.
"…You are one lucky SOB, Ben Tennyson…!" Manic seethed quietly before Sonia whapped him on the back of the head.
Ben just wanted to turn into Nanomech…no, something that could become even smaller than Nanomech. Not once has he seen a girl not afraid of showing her figure except for Sonia in the whole planet. It was then sand erupted nearby with a cackle coming from the top of the ceiling-high mound.
"Heeeeere's…Shukaku!" a Tanuki Beastkin declared with a cackle.
She had a pair of moderate B/low C-Cups hidden beneath an Egyptian-themed red T-shirt one size larger than her and baggy black pants that hid her shapely legs and large rear, letting her Tanuki tail emerge from behind.
"Where did all that sand come from?" Sonic gawked before Shukaku gasped.
"Sonikku!" Shukaku squealed as she slid down and tackled the hedgehog into a hug, "You came back to visit!"
"Good to see you again, Shukaku," Sonic greeted.
"Sonic, introductions?" Sonia cleared her throat.
"Yeah. Bro, Sis, Ben, Makoto, this is the first friend I ever made here; Shukaku. Shukaku, these are my brother and sister, Sonia and Manic, and our friends, Ben Tennyson and Makoto Nanaya."
"Nice to meet ya!" Shukaku grinned as she shook Ben and Makoto's hands before bowing to Sonia and Manic, "It's nice to meet friends to my brother-like figure."
"Shukaku!" Miyuki barked before whipping the Beastkin to look up at her face as she rubbed her left pointer finger and thumb together with sand falling from them, "The sand, Shukaku, the sand! Always with the sand!"
"Let me, sis," a voice yawned before a tornado of wind blew away the sand into a nearby pile outside.
"Oh, you're awake, Ryukendo?" Miyuki pondered.
A Mobian Dragon, standing as tall as Ben, walked in. He wore a midnight-blue samurai traveling yukata with the right half of it missing on his upper half. There were various gold wind and tiger designs racing up the clothing while his clawed four-toed feet had wooden sandals. He had two horns with the tips 'chopped' off pointed to the back on the back of the sides of the upper part of his head while soft cobalt scales covered his body with tan skin on his underbelly, neck, and under his seven tails. On his back was a gold sword with a few holes in it and an 'eye' like design for the guard. To Ben, it reminded him of an eye of Ra from a class he took on Egypt in Middle School.
"Yo," Ryukendo lazily waved before looking at Sonia, "Well now. A classic beauty of the outside world."
"Oh, you're just saying that," Sonia blushed as she waved him off.
"How come he gets to flirt while we don't?" the Cat/Bat and Dog complained.
"Because he doesn't see a one-night stand or just a rod for their lower holes," Miyuki snorted.
"Name's Ryukendo," the dragon introduced himself to the five, "From the medallions on your necks, you three are the fabled Royalty of the Hedgehogs, the ones destined to reclaim the throne and form the 'Council of Four.'"
"This guy's good," Manic blinked before a black blur went by him.
"Hmm…Yo, yo, yo. This ain't any good ya fo," a voice badly rapped.
They turned to see a Mobian Ox in just a pair of black baggy pants, eight swords on his back just above his eight octopus tentacle-shaped tails. He also wore Manic's vest. Manic looked down and scowled.
"Hey! No one does that to me! I do that to them!" Manic snapped, shaking a fist at the Ox.
"Gyuki! Don't rhyme!" Mavis growled.
"Oh, shit, yo! It's mah sistah! She's home already, so no go!" the Ox paled as Manic took back his vest.
"Aw man…He'd better be glad that he didn't stretch it out…" Manic grumbled as he put it back on.
"Well, you met nearly all of them. The others are out on missions," Miyuki sighed as she rubbed her forehead in a headache before ushering the five into another room, "Please, let us talk in privacy."
She slammed the door shut with two of her tails once White had ran in, tripping on nothing and rolled into a wall. He gave a thumbs-up at being okay. Miyuki lit the fireplace in the center of the room as they were sitting around it on pillows. The five were impressed that the flames, which were to be shades of red, yellow, and orange, were just shades of blue instead.
"So why is the hospital full?" Makoto pondered, "I noticed one stretcher as we went by, showing one of your warriors had ice frozen on her fur."
"…I was hoping you wouldn't notice," Miyuki sighed with regret.
"Uh…Mistress Miyuki-sama? You did it again," White pointed out.
"…Hm?" Miyuki looked down, realizing she was just in her bikini top and a snow-themed thong that gave her a camel toe, "Oh, son of a bitch!"
"…I'm in heaven," Manic grinned as Ben slapped him on the back of the head while Ben kept his eyes covered, "Ah! Jerk."
"I truly apologize for this," Miyuki apologized as she redressed, "The training our warriors go through can result in the unintended side effect of stripping without realizing it."
"Uh…It's-uh…" Sonic coughed into his hand, "So, let's just keep working on the previous subject. Is this why the Winter Freedom Fighters called for us?"
"It is," White nodded, "For the last week, the warriors have begun to show up with parts of them frozen. We sent out a few to find out what happened." He looked down at the ground, sadness evident in his shown eye, "…Only one survived to return. She told us that they tried their best to defeat the unknown figure, but it took them all down with ease. She was barely able to escape by creating a few walls of ice. She was traumatized and lost all memories of what exactly happened."
"Do you think it's one of Robotnik's robots?" Sonia pondered.
"No. We tried an EMP Pulse and it didn't work from the reports," White noted.
"So have any of you even seen this being?" Ben pondered.
"Not me," Miyuki admitted, "In truth, my group was trying to find the attacker when we stumbled upon you five." She bowed to them, "I hope you do not find this as troublesome, but please give us aide in this time of need."
"We'll do it," Ben, Sonic, and Makoto stated in unison.
"And they jump the gun..." Manic muttered as he facepalmed.
"You will? Oh, thank thee!" Miyuki bowed to the five, "White, please bring in that."
"At once," White nodded before he walked out and came back in after a few moments, holding a pillow with a torn white cloth.
"The only one who came back took this as her prize from the monster of ice," Miyuki explained.
"And we need to track it down with it? No problem. Wildmutt's got the best nose in the galaxy out of my current aliens," Ben smirked as he activated his Ultimatrix, "Howler! Aw man...I hate your upgrade, Ultimatrix. Really, I do."
"This could still work, though," Sonia smirked as she took the cloth and held it up to Howler's nose, "Sniff."
"I'm not a dog," Howler growled a little, recalling the one little incident his first time as Howler, "But fine."
He sniffed it. He waved his hand over his nose a little after taking a deep whiff.
"Phew! This guy reeks of blood!" Howler exclaimed, "Okay, I got his scent. Let's get going while I still have time on this thing."
"Good luck," Miyuki nodded as the five raced out, Sonia and Makoto riding on Howler's back as Manic was carried by Sonic.
"Mistress!" Hati shouted as she ran in, "Roll's gone out to fight that monster!"
"What?!" White exclaimed.
"Why would she do that?" Miyuki pondered before her eyes widened, "The trackers..."
"They were all of her clan," Hati nodded.
"...Dear Kami, I pray for their protection and her safe return," Miyuki whispered.
The cold winds blew at him, yet he gave no heed. He felt no cold, never did feel it. Not since he was given this power. Around him, it felt like the darkness of a wasteland was settling. He felt fortunate that he fashioned a cave to keep the blizzard forming away. He scowled as he looked at his torn left sleeve. He'd get back at the one who tore that piece off one way or another. He'd let nature take its course for once in the winter. At least the clouds blocked that damned moon. That thing was just plain freaky to him.
Tutor Me! Azmuth! Done in BlazBlue Chibi Style
Starring: Azmuth, Taokaka, Carl Clover, Aya Clover (Nirvana), Bang Shishigami, and Ms. Litchi.
The curtain rises up, revealing not Kokonoe's special lab, but a futuristic black and green laboratory that is kept nice and tidy and organized. Standing on a table was a small alien. It has grey skin and seems a bit...frog-like in appearance. His large eyes are green with horizontal rectangle irises while he has six 'whiskers' on his face that go down like a beard and mustache. He wears a green robe with silver bands on the shoulders, waist, and neck.
"Greetings, I am Azmuth, the creator of the Omitrix along with its predecessor, the Unitrix, and this is 'Tutor me! Azmuth,'" the alien introduces himself, "If you humans don't understand, I am a Galvan from the planet Galvan Prime MKII and the planet Primus, where the Ultimatrix's alien DNA is store within the Codon Stream within. Right now, we are in a room I had built specifically to let me speak with you all and not worry about canon things and it's where I go to hide from Myaxx when she has her species' version of a human female's menstrual cycle that involves the tentacles on her face expelling a highly corrosive acid."
"Um...Mr. Azmuth, I think you forgot about us again," Carl noted.
"I was getting to you five," Azmuth frowned, "Now then, these are my two students; Carl Clover and Taokaka. With me are my two assistants: Bang Shishigami on the blackboard and Ms. Litchi, who runs the video files on the subjects we're covering. And there is also Carl's...er...sister, Aya. Though to others, she has been given the nickname 'Nirvana.'"
"..." went Nirvana.
"I never thought you would have a nickname, Sis," Carl whispered in uncertainty, "Not that you don't deserve one, that is..."
"Now, Master Carl, my dear Disciple, are you both ready for today's lesson?" Bang asked.
"Tao is ready! If Tao does her best today, Boobie Lady said she'd make a whole lot of Meat Buns that Tao can eat and eat and eat some more, meow!" Tao cheered, her ears going up and down with her tail as she punched ahead rapidly.
"Thn stop that and we'll begin!" Azmuth snapped as Ms. Litchi started the reel by playing Ben's transformation into Howler, "This is Benwolf AKA Howler (A name change having been confirmed in Omniverse for the Halloween Trio)..." the clip changed to Ben turning into Underwraps, "...Benmummy alias 'Underwraps'..." and Ms. Litchi played a clip of Ben turning into Frankenvolt, "...and BenVicktor AKA Frankenvolt. These three aliens have been dubbed by many earthlings as 'The Halloween Trio,' due to their appearances reminiscent of the Werewolf, Mummy, and Frankenstein respectively."
"...Fire...Bad..." Tao joked.
"...You saw that movie before you came here, didn't you?" Azmuth frowned.
"You got me," Tao smiled childishly.
"..." Azmuth facepalmed as Bang drew detailed drawings of Frankenvolt, "Very well, then. Frankenvolt is a Transylian from Anur Transyl. It is a steampunk-esq planet in the Anur System with the moon Luna Lobo, home of Howler's kind; the Loboans."
"Good heavens! Anur Transyl must not have anyone that sleeps then if wolfs live upon the moon's surface," Bang noted.
"True. The Transylians only get two hours of rest per day but they've adapted," Azmuth informed as he pointed at the chalboard, "Transylians are a human-like species which appear to be made of several different body parts sewn together, as well as various electrical generating equipment and life support technology."
"Interesting. So they may have a cure for sicknesses," Litchi noted.
"Don't get your hopes up," Azmuth frowned as Litchi plated scenes of Dr. Vicktor and BenVicktor, "They have become walking electricity/life force generators capable of shooting electricity, manipulating electromagnetic fields and healing others. Transylian's bodies are so far augmented that they can survive in the vacuum of space without any kind of protection, as their muscular bodies, metallic parts and electromagnetic fields protect them from the cold, lack of air and pressure."
"A...Amazing!" Bang exclaimed.
"They can even "mix" and "interface" themselves with machines and then control them. They're also known as the second smartest species in the Milky Way Galaxy."
"Really?" Litchi pondered.
"Indeed. But that title goes to the Cerebrocrustaceans while we Galvan are the first smartest in the Milky Way Galaxy," Azmuth informed with pride.
"May we continue on? I wish to know more of Anur Transyl," Bang informed.
"Of course. Anur Transyl used to be home to two different races, the Transylians and the Vladats. Transylians were the Vladats main source of food, feeding on their blood. But the Transylians rebelled against the Vladats, using superior technology that they had developed in secret, they hunted all Vladats on Anur Transyl into extinction and became the dominant species on Anur Transyl."
"Egads! What monsters!" Bang gasped.
"Now let's move on to Luna Lobo, the home of the Loboans. It is the celestial body from which the Loboans originate. A wooded moon, Luna Lobo's landscape is prowled with a race of cunning wolf-beast with a thirst of these feral creatures mostly hunt in packs, it is a lone wolf beast that often proves to be the most savage."
"Meow. That scares Tao," Taokaka admitted, hiding behind Carl, who hid behind Nirvana, while Bang drew a Loboan.
"The Loboan's natural strength, speed, agility and heightened senses alone makes them the top predator on their planet. As you can see from this diagram, the claws of a Loboan are sharp enough to slice through most Earth-based alloys. Their senses are so great that they can even sense something that others cannot, such as something thinner than even a strand of hair trying to touch them."
"Impressive," Litchi noted.
"True. But the most deadly threat involving them is their howls," Azmuth informed as Ms. Litchi began to play the Yenaldooshi and Howler unleashing their sonic attacks, "Their muzzles have evolved to split down the middle, splitting into four jaws and exposing their esophagi. The cross shape that their muzzles create in this state amplify their howls, causing powerful shockwaves to erupt from them in the colors closely related to them, such as a tainted violet for one while Ben would have green as his."
"And this last alien?" Litchi asked as Bang drew a drawing of Underwraps.
"Thep Khufans are known as the 'mummies of the galaxy.' They have the ability to use their bandages as tentacles. They can also stretch, regenerate, and reshape their bodies. They are fairly strong, able to lift something as heavy as a Petrosapien with little effort," Azmuth informed as Litchi showed Diamondhead fighting against the Mummy along with a clip of the Mummy taking in the Corodium into its body, "They seem immune to Corrodium and they also have been shown to have super agility."
Bang drew Underwraps.
"As you can see, their bodies are actually just bandages and the armor upon them. The armor upon their heads represents various meanings and assignments. The one on Ben's mask as Underwraps means 'Powerful Warrior,'" Azmuth informed, "This also allows them to store things away in their bodies. There are also subspecies to them, such as the black-wearing Cyclone Threp Khufan and their powers over wind."
"And where do they live, Professor Azmuth?" Litchi asked.
"The Threp Khufan live upon Anur Khufos. Their planet has quite the heat, easily killing a human within 0.002 seconds upon exposure. The Threp Kufans live within domed huts upon this planet. However, it is also a dark, dangerous world for other species due to one single mineral that could be just as terrible for a human to be exposed to as direct contact with the Azure," Azmuth noted, Litchi pursing her lips nearby as she rolled a clip of the Mummy excavating a purple jewel, "Corrodium is a mineral of great potential energy, similar to coal or uranium of earth at a larger scale, and for a time was mined throughout the galaxy as an efficient, large power supply."
"Interesting," Bang nodded.
"However, like uranium of Earth, the Corrodium has severe side effects and is very unstable so it's use was largely ceased except by the Ectonurites and those within their empire who were immune to the effects due to evolving naturally close to the mineral. Human and Earth-born species are particularly submittable to mutation from the crystal, with their bodies being warped beyond recognition and their mind being corrupted to hostility at anything that moves, and prolonged exposure to Corrodium would make these mutations permanent," Azmuth continued as Litchi showed clips of the mutations.
'It's like with him...' Litchi thought sadly.
"There is one last thing you all need to know," Azmuth informed, earning the attention of everyone, "You can tell that these three have somethings in common, yes?"
"You mean like how they all live in the Anur System of the Milky Way Galaxy?"
"Exactly. They are all also under the enslavement of one species; the Ectonurite," Azmuth informed as Litchi played Ben turning into Ghostfreak, "This is an Ectonurite, labeled as Ghostfreak by Ben Tennyson. They are from Anur Phaetos."
Bang drew Ghostfreak, an equal sign, and a bee.
"Lacking individuality, Ectonurites seem to be part of a dark mass consciousness that literally composes the fabric of their domain. Like the Earth's race known as 'Bees,' Ectonurites are part of a hive mind. This mind is embedded in the very fabric of their being, a miraculous genetic memory that allows them to remember absolutely everything from the day they were born; even a single strand of DNA can replicate it in its entirety."
"Amazing. Think of all the good things that could come out for humanity if we learned how that happens," Litchi noted.
"Yeah. That is a bad idea. Roll File Footage 24-211," Azmuth informed before Litchi pulled up the episode 'Ghostfreaked Out' and waited until it was done playing before resuming, "You see? Imagine if that was one of your villains with that ability. You'd have multiple versions of him going about."
"Yikes...Why did you even get a DNA Sample?" Carl asked.
"It wasn't me! The High Ecto-Lord Zs'Skayr hid in the alien whose DNA would eventually let Ben turn into 'Wildvine,' during the DNA collecting!" Azmuth grumbled before seeing Tao raise her hand, "Is it about fighting, napping, or eating?"
"Uh-uh. Tao wants to know why Ugly Ghost shed his skin!"
"...That's surprising. I never thought you'd ask something that would be good for the subject," Azmuth admitted as Bang drew both versions of Ghostfreak, "Ectonurites may look a classical ghost with a track for the eye to travel upon but they are not. This form may not look frightening but it is actually a second layer of skin which Ectonurites can grow to protect them from sunlight and take on an appearance that does not strike terror in the heart of others. This second skin allows them to leave their planet and interact with other beings without scaring them. Without their protective layer of skin the Ectonurites look like a misshapen horror."
"They look like the more sinister version of ghosts when they shed that second layer," Litchi noted, looking at the upside-down skull with only one eye that made Ghostfreak's true form's head, as she played clips of Ghostfreak and Zs'Skayr's fights (And the non-heroic things Ben did as Ghostfreak when he was 10, such as sneaking into a room to play a game that resulted in him, Gwen, and Max getting kicked out of a hotel).
"Ectonurites can phase through matter and make themselves invisible. They can also inhabit other bodies and possess them. They also possess powerful telekinetic abilities, the extent of which is still unknown, even by the Galvans. Only in true, absolute darkness can an Ectonurite use its abilities to their full potential," Azmuth informed as it showed Zs'Skayr's true form out in space and then him turning Vilgax's people into Ectonurites, "Zs'Skayr, an Ectonurite, has been shown to be able to transform living creatures into Ectonurite minions, with the appearance of the Sun-shielded Ghostfreak which may also serve as their means of reproduction. He also stated that he could absorb the powers of other living things having already absorbed Ben once and planned to absorb Vilgax's powers as well. We can only pray that the upgraded filter I made specifically for Ghostfreak holds."
"Is there any way we can defeat these monsters?" Bang asked.
"Yes. They have a few, barely known, flaws," Azmuth informed as he had Bang draw Ghostfreak's true form burning up near a sun, "Being creatures of the night, light, especially sunlight, renders Ectonurites powerless and causes severe physical damage, destroying their bodies. Even a small amount of light is enough to weaken their abilities. Certain chemicals can negate their intangibility and invisibility. Galvan Prim has been able to fashion Anti-Ectonurite Weaponry for the Plumbers just in the case of them attempting to go into an intergalactic war."
"I...I see..." Bang nodded.
"Good thing we live near a sun, then," Carl noted.
"..."
"Huh? What do you mean 'that may not help,' Sis?" Carl asked, looking up at Nirvana.
"She's got good eyes," Azmuth noted as Bang drew Zs'Skayr as a king with the Mummy, Dr. Vicktor, and the Yenaldooshi kneeling before him, "The Anur System...has been concurred by the Ectonurites. All the races there are now under their control...many of them being able to survive in the sunlight."
"So we'd still have to be afraid of being under their rule," Bang scowled.
"Meow! what about their planet?" Tao demanded.
"Ah. The planet of the Ectonurites? Well, Taokaka...Their 'planet' is told in legends as 'the center where galactic chaos springs forth,'" Azmuth informed as Bang drew a drawing of a black mass surrounded by bones, "From a distance, Anur Phaetos is fairly dark, surrounded in bone-like protrusions. Though, in truth...It is much, much worse once you're in there. Show the file footage."
"Yes, Professor," Litchi nodded as it showed video recordings of Anur Phaetos.
"Anur Phaetos is, in reality, an inter-dimensional world, as opposed to being a planet, composed of large purple-blue and black stones floating in a dark abyss. Ectonurites living there are revealed to be fairly aggressive, a trait that oddly seems to carry onto the landscape."
"How so?" Carl pondered.
"The whole planet is surrounded in portals leading to "the darkness," where if you're not an Ectonurite and unfortunate enough to fall into it will transform into an Ectonurite and be part of their hive, never being able to change back to normal. Also, caves and walls are coated in electrical tentacle-like protrusions, blowdart-shooting structures and pink spikes seen all over Anur Phaetos and jagged bone-like structures as well. There are also red vortexes, moving platforms, "lanterns", holes that send strong gusts of air and portals leading to complex tunnels with numeral gaps, barriers and hazards, making Anur Phaetos a highly unpredictable dimension."
"Wait. If they're a system, don't they have a sun?" Litchi asked.
"No. Ancestors from their galaxy long, long, long ago ticked off a Celestialsapien and, well, the lady was so livid she took away their sun and made the race that ticked her off die in sunlight," Azmuth informed.
"Meow! That was dumb of them!" Tao noted.
"Indeed. You do not enrage a Celestialspaien if you want to live a normal life," Azmuth nodded, "Now then...Show me your notes!"
Carl and Tao turned their notebooks in. Tao's notebook was filled with drawings of Tao hiding from a Loboan, Tao playing with Underwraps as a yarnball, and Tao beating up Frankenvolt. He turned a page to shudder at seeing Tao running away from Ghostfreak's true form and a large swarm of Ghostfreak-colored mutant bees. Apparently, Tao had a phobia of ghosts. Azmuth looked at Carl's notebook, always impressed at the details he put into his notes and drawings. He looked at the one involving Ectonurites and noted that Carl was trying to come up with ways to fight them in case they were able to negate their sun's might.
"I only pray your planet doesn't endure this, Carl. I can only pray," Azmuth whispered to himself.