Okay, here we are! The next part of this world's adventure, this time to expand the universe out a bit more. Please enjoy! Remember I do not own anything except for OCs that I myself created.
Cryptic Warnings
(Woods outside of Bellwood. July 8th, 22:08)
The woods were quiet, the lush greenery dark with the various terrains of the rock and grass under the feet of a large, furry beast. Shocksquatch looked around, sniffing the air as he climbed up a tree, showing shocking dexterity for his size.
Skurd slinked up and formed Fasttrack's eyes, giving him an increased range of vision. "So what are we looking for again? We've been up all night…" the slimebiote yawned slightly and stretched. "And you only have so much stamina, thus I have only so much stamina."
"Well, you complain all ya want, I am tryin' to-aha, there you are…" The large ape-like alien jumped down and found something scurrying away, hopping after it as he gave chase, running on all fours like a large gorilla as he roared out, his body sparking with lightning before he tried to tackle into it…
But then a large shadow suddenly tackled into him, misdirecting his lightning. The creature that attacked him had a piercing red gaze, a 8 foot tall physique with a cat-styled head with pointed ears and cat-like eyes, but the body bore a much stronger resemblance to a primate-esque creature with light brown fur and large hands and feet akin to an ape. He then tossed him into a nearby tree, letting out a soft growl.
"Okay...that's new. Animo's doing, I presume? He has been more dangerous since Psychobos brain-blasted him…" Skurd said with a bit of dislike towards this creature as Shocksquatch growled, but then saw something else with his Fasttrack eyes...something hidden in the light as a large, dark green Komodo Dragon with a stylized collar came out, glaring with a small hiss.
"Ah crud…" Shocksquatch said nervously as he saw the creature get picked up by someone, who began to pet it in an almost calm fashion. "Animo? Is that you…?" He growled as his body started to spark up, but then saw the eyes shine slightly in the shadows, giving off an amber-orange color as someone walked into the light.
"Easy there, bros. He's a good guy. Look at that symbol, we're with a celebrity," said the young man, who sounded pretty easy going. Holding the strange 2 foot creature with what looked like a mechanical backpack and a pair of goggles over its eyes, as well as spines that looked short on its body, was someone who seemed friendly. He had light caramel-colored skin, neck-length black hair in a ponytail with a white star-shaped bang framing the top of his head and wearing an orange and black jumpsuit with a stylized 'S' that looked like a dragon on the chest and a strange-looking bo staff with what looked like a claw and a grabber with 'teeth' attached to it. "The name's Zak Saturday, nice to meet you, Ben Tennyson." He gave a grin as Ben turned back to normal, rather confused.
"Saturday...that name sounds familiar for some reason…" Ben muttered before he saw someone come from the woods. It was an older man, close in age to his own dad, with dark brown skin, a large stripe of white in his black hair, a light blue right eye and a dark brown left eye and wearing the same jumpsuit as the teenager. He wore a strange gauntlet on his hand.
The man patted the teenager's shoulder as he looked at Ben, "It should...we worked with your grandpa during your retirement...in a cryptozoological manner. He called us here to help with this. And I can see why…" the man looked at the creature with great sympathy. "...This is only a child...no older than 9 months old...A pup at most. Zak, think you can calm him down?"
Ben watched as Zak set the creature down, the large ape-cat and Komodo dragon standing near by as Zak's eyes shined again, shushing the shivering creature. "It's okay...we're not gonna hurt you," Zak said soothingly, his eyes still shining as the creature's eyes shimmered under the goggles, his father removing the backpack and getting a pet carrier from near by, placing him inside after disconnecting him from the equipement. "We'll need to get him to the medical bay with that other guy that Doyle picked up…"
"Whoa...what was that?" Ben asked in shock, pointing to Zak and the cage. "Your eyes were glowing, dude. What did you do?"
"Heh...long story short; I kinda got a special link with Cryptids. Like my bro Fiskerton here. He's actually the Fiskerton Phantom of Nottinghamshire, England," Zak explained, as Ben looked totally lost. "And like the Chupacabra in here."
"...Chupacabras...Riiiiiiiight...and I helped catch a leprechaun," Ben muttered at that as Skurd scoffed. "Got something to say, snot-rocket?" The Tennyson boy asked with a look of annoyance, Skurd merely offered a shrug in response.
"You fought a YETI from those stories you talked about to Rook and I...why are Chupacabras that hard to grasp?" asked Skurd flatly. He then heard movement near by as Julie came into view, her stealth suit losing it's cloaking while Rook arrived from a nearby tree.
Rook looked at the others present and gave a small salute. "You must be the Saturdays. Magister Tennyson told me that you would be arriving tonight. I notice that you have not arrived at the predetermined time. If I may be so bold as to ask, why the late arrival?" Zak gave a small sheepish shrug at this.
"Sorry about that, Agent Rook. I'm Solomon Saturday, you can call me 'Doc'. These are my boys; Zak, Fiskerton and Komodo." Komodo gave a soft hiss in response as Fiskerton gave a few mutters and a shy wave.
"...What is that thing?" Julie asked, clearly confused as she looked at Fiskerton curiously as she lifted his hand, as if expecting to see paws but instead found digits akin to a gorilla.
Doc came up and made sure no one else was around, using a scanner-like device. "He's a Cryptid, an animal that most of science does not know exist...thanks to my family. We keep them secret to keep them safe. Not all cryptids are like normal everyday animals, some have powers similar to the aliens from off this world...we make sure their habitats are secure and safe."
Julie gave an 'aah' at this as she looked at Zak, "Then why are those...Chupacabras here? Aren't they from Mexico?" Zak gave a chuckle at this, amused by this question.
"Actually, they're from Puerto Rico. Their populations just grew due to sneaking onto fishing boats and going to the mainland way back when during voyages. Due to that, their populations went up like crazy in the southern states and Mexico. They're mostly nocturnal, that's why they're so hard to find." Zak explained, as Rook gave a nod in understanding...while Ben looked completely lost.
"Do not use so many big words when my boy here is not in one of his more intelligent forms, it goes in one ear and right out the other," Skurd warned, which earned him a smack against a nearby tree, causing the Slimebiote to shout out in pain. "OW! I WAS ONLY KIDDING!"
Another figure came into view, this one wearing a skull-styled mask with a faint crack down the middle, a dark brown jumpsuit filled with various weapons as he came in, carrying a groaning lizard man. "You guys done with your tea party? Just found this guy near by, he likely didn't even see it coming." He showed the man's neck, which had a strange-looking bite mark that appeared circular in nature. "Better call big sis so we can get picked up." Doc nodded as he pressed a button on his belt.
The air began to shift and turn as everyone looked up, seeing a large orange and white zeppelin-like airship coming into view as it came down, lowering a ladder as it did so. Everyone climbed up, Ship turning into a sphere around the unconscious man as to help him get up to the large ship.
"Welcome to casa el Airship, my dad made it himself. We got all the coolest stuff here; we got our science lab, a game room, extra bedrooms for when we're on our global trips, the docking bay for our vehicles, and of course the weapon systems for defense. Oh, and the jumbo TV in the rec room with wifi interface." Zak said, giving a small smirk to the others as the Plumbers looked around.
"Whoa…" Ben said in awe as he looked around, impressed. "...Rook, Julie...we need an Airship." That got an amused snort from Julie, who was trying not to giggle at how much of a dork her boyfriend was, while Rook just grew confused.
"...We have a base that is essentially an underground space station with a multitude of alien technology," The Revonnahgander said flatly as Ben just shrugged.
"And yet no game room. You see the problem here?" Ben asked before his instincts turned on, as if sensing...someone nearby. Zak noticed this and looked prepared for anything when suddenly-
"AERIAL ATTACK!" said a voice as a large flying...thing flew down and someone jumped off and tackled into Zak, making him cry out in surprise as the person who attacked him...began to tickle him.
"Ahaahaha-Wa-Wadi, kno-knock it off!" Zak said while laughing as he got the girl off of him, as she just laughed at this. She was an Arabian girl that was around the age of the others, her black hair mostly hidden under a dark blue hijab, but her attire looked more ready for outdoorsy stuff; she had a black t-shirt under a orange jacket with the S-Serpent on the back, a pair of black pants and black shoes. The girl had a mischievous glint in her eyes...and Ben suddenly felt the urge to make sure he still had his wallet with the look she was giving him.
Doc just laughed a bit at this, as did the man in the mask as he removed it, revealing he was a man in his late 30's at the oldest with a mohawk-style mullet of red hair and dark blue eyes. "You two need to get a room." Doc said with a small chuckle as he helped his son up.
Rook just chuckled before he felt something near him. He looked to his right and saw a large, dark green reptilian creature with clawed forelimbs that have large black wings jutting out, a short tail and talons, with a large rounded end to it's long beak and red-violet piercing eyes, tilting its head curiously.
"Hey, girl," Zak said as he petted the bird-like reptile, making it croon softly. "This is my sister, Amazon Saturday. We call her 'Zon' for short."
"Quite a unique family. I take it you see them more as siblings than...well, other things because of your special connection to the Cryptids?" Rook asked curiously as Doc just chuckled a bit.
"Actually Drew and I do see them as our own instead of just as pets. They're way too smart to just be seen as that. I think you can understand that, right?" Doc asked as Julie nodded, petting Ship who was resting in her arms.
A woman than walked in, giggling softly. "Guess my boys are back from their little field trip?" In came a woman in her 40s with long white hair tied into a low ponytail, very pale skin, dark pink-tinted eyes with faintly red tinted pupils, and wearing a similar jumpsuit. She was very attractive in a mature sense, as she came up to her husband and kissed him on the cheek.
"Who is she?" Rook asked, curious as Zak gave a sheepish chuckle at this, rubbing his head.
"That's...my mom." Zak said, as Ben and Julie did a double take towards Drew and at Doc, shocked to say the least and then at Zak.
'So that's where that starfish hair came from…' was Ben's thought, rubbing his chin at this as Skurd nodded in agreement.
"She looks very well for her age. Must be this work…" Skrud said with a shrug as he let out a short cough. "Hello madam, we are Team Tennyson. The first choice squad from the Plumber base in Bellwood. A pleasure, I am sure."
Drew noticed him and gave a chuckle before speaking, "Nice to meet you kids. You guys head to Zak's room. He'll show you the information we got so far on the last few attacks. We'll get this guy to the medical bay. I got some medicinal herbs set up for him. Should help him heal." She noticed Doc's stare and rolled her eyes, "Don't give me that look, Doc. My potions have helped with a lot of stuff...it'll help give them an increase in accepting the transfusions."
Doc sighed a bit as he followed suit, as Wadi looked at Julie with a chuckle. "Guys should know that we women are always correct, yes?" Julie just gave her a nod and a grin in agreement at this, both Zak and Ben looked annoyed and Rook simply chuckled in amusement.
The group then headed down the hall, Zon flying into a nest-like crevice overhead while Zak lead them to his bedroom. It was rather messy, expected from a teenager, but with posters of sci-fi films on the wall, a few action figures and a chemistry set in the back of the room. He went to a computer and booted it up, going through some files.
Ben noticed one in particular and asked, "Wait...the Kraken? You know about that?" Ben looked at Zak in surprise, as he gave a nod.
"Yeah, we kinda picked up the poached Cryptids from a few months ago." Zak explained as he was looking over some stuff...but stared hard at a spot that got his attention; an old clip from Weird World, and slightly clenched his fist.
"Weird World...oh yeah, I think I saw that show when I was a kid...had a weird guy in a mask in it," Julie said and Ben nodded in agreement. Zak scowled a bit, peeking her curiosity.
"That 'weird guy' was a yeti named V.V. Argost...he was the Saturday's arch nemesis for a good few years. Wanted the power of a Sumerian creature known as the 'Kur', a magical draconic beast that was the lord of all Cryptids. Zak...is it's reincarnation." Wadi explained, making them all stare in shock.
Zak gave a sigh and spoke, "Yeah...it was a big shock when we found out that I was the Kur the whole time...we were trying to make sure it wouldn't hurt anyone, but it turned out that the one trying to hunt down...was me. Argost killed a duplicate of me from a shadow Antimatter dimension to gain a power equal to mine; the power of the Anti-Kur." Zak's eyes were serious as he explained this. "He tried to take my power, but I seem to have retained most of it. Still...the amount that he took was enough to set off the Anti-Matter inside of him and resulted in his destruction. And that was about 4 years ago…"
"Whoa…" Ben said in shock, then looked at the Omnitrix...realizing that something like that went down during his retirement...he had left the world vulnerable to a monster like that? The thought made him nervous, making him wonder...what ELSE happened during his 4 year retirement? What other threats were creeping around while he tried to have a normal life, getting away from the responsibilities?
Zak noticed the look on his face as he got up and patted his shoulder. "Ben...it's okay, dude. You had your reasons to give up the Omnitrix back then. I'm not judging...heck, guys like us went through a really weird childhood filled with things most kids wouldn't understand. But we came out of it stronger, right?"
Ben mulled over these words, and gave a small smile. "Yeah...thanks, Zak. Gotta say, you're a really smart guy." Zak just laughed at that. The two young heroes than gave each other a fist bump, the others just smiling since the two could relate to each other so much.
"What can I say? Having super genius parents kinda result in me having a super brain." Zak shrugged as he got some controllers out from his desk. "You guys want to play a few rounds til we find another sighting of Chupacabras? My mom can call your folks and let them know where you are."
"I'll text them right now actually." Julie said, getting her cell phone out and sent her mom a message as Ben got next to Zak, while Fiskerton got onto the bed curiously as the two started up a racing game. Wadi just snuggled up against Zak from behind, watching him go...then yelped in pain when she felt Skurd slap her wrist with a stinging appendage, likely from AmpFibian.
Skurd gave his species' equivalent of a head shake before speaking to the girl, "No thieving from the celebrity, my dear. I shall let you know I am quite the one-cell arsenal of pure alien power!"
Wadi only stared in confusion as Julie just rolled her eyes in amusement. "Let the little slimeball dream, Wadi...just let him dream." Skurd then sulked a bit, muttering something about 'ow, right in the pride…' as the two heroes played the game.
In the medical bay area, Drew was studying the alien's vitals...and grew curious. "Doc...why is there a strange flux of energy around these aliens? I've been noticing it since we picked them up...the Chupacabras weren't just sucking up blood...they had some sort of energy field sucked out of them…" She got one of her books out and began to look through...and went wide eyed.
"What is it, Drew?" Doc asked as she showed the book...a book with a familiar set of charms on the front page and pointed to it. "...Mana? The energy field the Anodites are made out of?"
"All living things have it...those machines we took from that cub? It seems to be taking their mana away...but for what reason?" Drew asked in concern, making Doc scowl as he began to mull over this, his hand on his chin.
(In an unknown location…)
In a large new lab, hidden in a decrypted and abandoned castle, Dr. Animo chuckled as he stood alongside a cloaked figure in front of a machine. Animo's face had a noticeable scar over his right eye as it seemed to have bulged slightly, a side effect of Psychobos' attack on him a few months ago.
"Yes...it seems we have enough energy to finish it…" Animo chuckled darkly as he stood in front of the machine, standing in front of something. "And are you sure you can help us with this? This is a delicate operation, after all...and your master did entrust this to me before his death."
The figure hissed faintly as it removed the hood, revealing itself to be a snake-like woman with a small speck of hair growing out of her forehead, glaring at him. "Do not ssssspeak to me, lowly human...I am only here to make sure that the collected Mana will bring back the master...though I still question why you warped his form…"
Animo just chuckled as he explained, "My dear...I improved his strength with this. He was limited to just the power of a yeti and the anti-kur before...but now, this is to bring him back. Now...begin, my dear Rani Nagi."
The Serpent woman hissed in annoyance at how familiar the mad scientist behaved, but swallowed her grievances as she started a slow chant. Her eyes shined as a ruin began to glow under the machine, sparking it to life as it flowed into the machine, creating sparks as green energy started to mix in, reconstituting something within the machine…
"Welcome back...Mr. Argost…" Animo smirked as the machine died down, as Rani looked prepared for whomever was coming out.
Soon the door opened slowly as a large creature came out. It stretched a bit, roaring out slightly as if yawning before a soft drawl came out, "Greetings and bienvenue, my old friends…" Standing before them was a towering, 7 foot tall humanoid beast with white fur, an alabaster skin on his face and a lower jaw filled with fangs and clawed hands and feet...but despite his primate form, he also had long bat-esque wings and sharp ram horns coming out of his forehead and a long salamander-like tail growing from his back, with scars covering his body and what looked like satyr legs.
"DO. YOU. KNOW. WHERE. YOU. ARE?" Animo yelled, making the monster cringe faintly as he picked Animo up by the head out of annoyance and glared at the bug-eyed man.
"I am resurrected from the dead, not deaf, you screaming quack." Argost said with a faint growl of annoyance, his eyes shimmering green for a split second, revealing the power was still within him. "Aloysius...what exactly did you do to me? I look like a prop from an older film of Notre-Dame de Paris."
Animo grunted as he spoke, "I improved upon you, my dear Argost...your original body was not enough to defeat those Saturdays...it took me 4 years to complete this task." The mad doctor suddenly squeaked out in pain as Argost began to tighten his grip.
"FOUR YEARS?! You wasted FOUR YEARS to resurrect me!? Why the long wait, Mr. Animo?" Argost snarled with nearly palpable rage before tossing him aside.
"It was due to the Tennysons family's interference...and it's Dr. Animo to you, Vladislav." Animo groaned, giving the large ape-like beast a glare as he simply rolled his eyes.
"Yes, I am sure that came from an accredited university...now if you need me, I shall need to dispose of a certain, likely much older, Zak Saturday and re-establish my control over these pitiful humans…" Argost growled, his temper subsiding, but Animo put a hand up.
"Tut-tut, my dear yeti...I have a favor to ask...I need you and your serpent henchwoman aide for some...experiments. I keep you alive with this mana, and you help me capture Cryptids to...improve upon." Animo said, as Rani hissed in anger.
"You wasted almost half a decade to my master's plan, you have no room to-" Argost put a paw up as he looked at Animo with a small, amused smirk.
"Put a pin in that, old friend...I wish to use this new body." Animo nodded to Argost before picking up something from a suitcase...Causing a wide grin to creep across Argosts face. "Ah, Aloysius, how thoughtful of you."
"I thought you'd be wanting them to know EXACTLY who is back…" Animo said with a small smirk. In his hands was a white mask made out of a stone, with functions meant to hide his yeti-like face. Argost put it on along with other attire that was set up for him...a black cape with a bit of fur on the lining and a black jumpsuit, which had holes put in for his new tail and wings. He smirked as he placed his white mask on, his eyes gaining a distinctive yellow sheen.
(timeskip…)
(Bauman's shop. July 9th, 12:03)
"No other sightings of the Chupacabras in awhile…" Zak said, now dressed in the more casual attire of an orange t-shirt with the serpent-styled insignia and a pair of khaki pants, rubbing his chin as the group sat at Bauman's counter. Specifically in the alien diner area, which was safe for Fiskerton to be seen.
"It's only been a few hours, Zak. Calm down." Wadi said, rolling her eyes a bit while she discreetly attempted to sneak something into her pocket, earning a sharp look from Zak...which resulted in her putting it back with a pout.
"I swear, I'm always having to keep you out of trouble," Zak muttered, as Julie just giggled. "What? What's so funny?"
"Gwen and I usually have to do that with our boyfriends...glad to see we're not alone in trying to keep the people we're dating in check," Julie said, as both Ben and Wadi gave the two a look of pure annoyance. Rook chose to simply savor the amusement, sipping from his iced tea.
Just then, Baumann came by, casting a look at Ben. "Hey, Ben, you mind giving me a hand with these Beidafangs? They just came into stock." Ben nodded as he turned on the Omnitrix, selecting an alien and activating the core, making him grow into Wildvine, the living mass of vines wrapping around the tanks and putting them in the correct spots, nodding to Baumann with a toothy smirk. "Nice job, Ben. Those things are hard to get fresh. They don't grow on trees, you know."
"...They do though." Rook pointed out, as Baumann gave a look that said 'it was a metaphor' as the old man just groaned a bit at the overly literal cat-like alien. Suddenly, the ground shook, making Wildvine quickly press a button with a tendril from his back. Suddenly clamps went around the bases, keeping the tanks from falling. Baumann sighed a bit, as did Wildvine.
"I'd rather NOT have that be on the ledger...I still got over $12,000 to pay off on that…" Wildvine muttered to himself, making both Zak and Rook do a double take at that amount. However, the sound came from Undertown as they quickly went down the stairs to that area, Julie getting her battle armor on as Wildvine slinked around, glaring.
Zak looked up and saw a winged creature on a building, giving a dark chuckle as several serpent people were with him. "Lets go, my Naga army...to the Saturdays!"
"...That voice...it can't be…" Zak said in shock, his eyes widen in horror. The creature then heard this and smirked under the mask as it flew down, crashing down with a dark laugh.
Argost looked at Zak with a sinister gleam in his eyes, chuckling with nostalgia. "Aaah, Zak Saturday...to think we would find each other in this pathetic ghetto of rabble life forms." Zak gave a glare at that comment, twirling his staff.
"I don't know how your alive, Argost...but I'm putting you back in the pit that you crawled out of." Zak said with a scowl, as Argost's eyes shined green as he saw several Chupacabras coming out, making the skunk head scowl. "So that's what the Chupacabras were for...you were using them!"
"Partially right, young Saturday…" a voice said as Animo came out of the shadows, smirking a bit as Wildvine scowled at this. "And you're with Tennyson...how fortunate for me."
"Okay, how does your resurrected arch foe know one of my B-Grade villains?" asked Wildvine, looking at Zak with confusion.
"Buh-B GRADE VILLAIN!?" Animo screeched out in offense, glaring at this. "I am Aloysius J. Animo! One of the most accredited minds on the planet, you hapless pile of seaweed!"
"...Okay one, I'm more like a Venus flytrap or something, I dunno...and two, 'accredited'? Really? You like to screw around with animal DNA all day. NOT exactly inspiring," Wildvine said, as Rook and Julie had to nod in agreement there, all the while Animo stewed in annoyance.
"...wait, Animo?" Zak asked, his tone showing that sounded familiar to him. "...Wait a minute...your that weirdo Dad took Komodo from! You're how he got his invisibility powers!" Fisk did a double take at that, giving a 'wha?' in surprise.
Animo scowled at the memory as he turned his attention to Zak, "Indeed...your father Solomon RUINED ME. He exposed me sometime after you got my Komodo Dragon...12 years ago, he and others exposed me for my experiments...those imbeciles were just jealous of MY GENIUS!"
"...I take it your dad's secretive nature made it so that you wouldn't be told about it, huh?" was Wildvine's only response to this, as Zak just mulled over it a bit...before just giving a nod as Fiskerton just chuckled.
Animo growled as he activated his helmet, which began to shimmer. He then fired it out, blasting some rats that were nearby and making them grow to the size of dobermans with snarling fangs and glowing red eyes, their hands like daggers. "Feast upon that plant, my pets!"
"Rodents of Unusual size...never thought they existed," Skurd said jokingly as he formed around Wildvine's arms to create hands similar to Shocksquach's own and sent out electric tendrils of furry vines at the large rats.
Zak concentrated his staff, the Fang and claws on each end glowing orange as he sent out a shockwave of energy towards the snake people, while Wadi was swinging out a metallic yoyo to tangle one up and tossing it aside, Fisk's fists knocking down a wall.
Julie got her communicator out and explained the situation, "This is Julie Yamamoto! We've got snake people and giant rats in the Eastern part of Undertown. They're being lead by a flying Yeti in a stone mask." She paused when she heard what was said on the other side...and then her face went flat. "NO, I AM NOT MAKING THAT UP, TETRAX!" She looked around as her armor shifted into trapper mode, shooting out nets to capture the snake creatures and pin them onto nearby walls.
Wildvine slinked around as he glared up at Argost. "Gonna need a bit more muscle to take on that flying Coney Island attraction…" He then slammed down on his symbol, shining bright green as he began to shift.
Daggerdown took to the air, brandishing his feather blades and tossing them towards Argost, making the monstrous yeti growl in annoyance. He then saw Argost beginning to whisper something. "Skurd...they said that it was MANA they absorbed, right? To give him power?"
"I believe so, yes. Why?" asked Skurd as Daggerdown got his communicator up.
"Hey Zak, you said that Argost used talismans and that stuff, right? Wouldn't that mean he knows magic?" Daggerdown asked as Zak weaved around a blast from one of Animo's weapons.
Zak then fired a burst of energy from his palm and created a palm burst, knocking a few of the serpents away. Zak looked at his hand in awe. "Wow...I didn't know I could still use that, he gasped. Argost growled as he flew down and powered up a bit and fired down his own, creating green energy that began to flow down. Zak then countered back, firing an orange blast. The two energies collided...creating a shockwave and an explosion, sending both back.
Daggerdown, Julie and Rook were also thrown back by the blast, while Fisk helped keep Wadi from getting thrown too far back. Zak groaned as he got up, holding himself up as he ran to a nearby car and, while making his body glow orange, picked it up and tossed it right at Argost. This sent him flying up into the surface. "Wadi, Fisk. Get Mom, Dad and Doyle here. I've got to help Ben with Argost."
"I'll back you up. Julie, Rook. You and the Plumbers help with these cryptids." Daggerdown said as the two nodded as they went ahead. "Hope you don't mind the team up, Zak."
"...Heh, you know, given that my heroics are usually kept hidden from the world, teaming up with a world class celebrity isn't gonna be too bad." Zak smirked as the two gave each other a nod. Daggerdown then picked up Zak and flew up through the hole.
In the streets above, Argost groaned as he got up, growling in anger as Animo came in, using a device to help keep the body together. "This is not working...I thought you would have greater power than this! You are the Anti-Kur after all. Do you not have anything more impressive than that?"
"There are no other Cryptids in this area…" Argost growled in frustration as he rubbed his head. "And I do not have the time nor the resources to summon forth my allies. But for now...I just want to rip those brats apart." Argost's tone had become more feral, his teeth showing under his mask.
Daggerdown turned back into Ben as he spoke, "Okay...so he's got magical powers...shoulda told me that earlier." He then slammed down on the Omnitrix again, turning into Terraspin. "'Cause Terraspin is immune to magical energy. And now to give something to added bonus…" He nodded to Skurd, who slinked up and added a bit of blue on his body. "A bit of Artiquana to cool this guy off." He then turned into the fan and started spinning, creating a powerful blizzard.
Animo growled as he felt the chill as he realized his suit was starting to freeze up. "No, no...Nonononononono! He's wrecking my transmogrifier!" He then saw the Claw's grip go onto his chest as he was suddenly yanked by Zak's staff, before getting hit in the face by Zak, knocking the older man out.
"That was easy…" Zak said with a nod as he looked at Argost with a scowl. "So time for the final boss, Ben." Terraspin nodded as Skurd gave a nod in response.
"Let's turn this Yeti to a frost bitten throw rug. Or better yet…" He then shifted the DNA as Terraspin's body began to gain a more charcoal-like form. "A sunburnt one!" Terraspin then span again, creating a powerful tornado of flames towards him but Argost flew out of the way, dodging around the balsts before firing one at Ben, but Zak used the FAng on the other end to block it, diverting the blast.
"Aaah...so you kept a momento from our time together, Zak Saturday...I am touched." Argost growled as he quickly fell down, folding his wings and slamming both fists down, creating a powerful shockwave. The ground shook, several cars were flipped and many windows shattered. Terraspin put an arm up to block some falling debris.
Zak glared as his eyes began to shine a bit. He then jumps forward, using the Claw to speed his assault forward, an aura of orange around himself as Argost roars, flying forward with his own green aura. The two then clashed, creating a shockwave of anti-matter and matter as the energy seemed to take the form of dueling serpentine dragons; a green one that was more feral looking and monstrous and the orange looking more lean but imposing. Both protected by the conflicting magical forces instead of mixing.
Terraspin noticed something...off with how Zak was doing as he focused, his eyes narrowing a bit. "What is it, Ben?" Skurd asked, confused.
"Dunno...I think it might be Terraspin's connection to magic...but I swear I see some sort of...charm on Ben. Either his mom or someone put some sort of protection charm on him...it's what's keeping his energy from forcing into Argost's own. But to go against him, I'll need something a LOT stronger…" Terraspin then slams down on the Omnitrix before shimmering into form…
"CHROMASTONE!" Chromastone called out, his body shimmering with energy. "Chromastone is nigh indestructible...I should be able to handle this." Chromastone then flew forward and sent a punch at Argost. He gave Zak a smirk, who smirked back before the two both began to punch at Argost, their bodies coated with energy; dark orange with a faint draconic aura with Zak and a rainbow prism for Chromastone.
Argost took every hit, grunting with each blow given to him as Zak then sent a powerful punch at his face, his eyes shining dark orange as he slams it hard. There was a cracking sound and Argost's mask shattered to pieces below. Argost groaned at this as Chromastone smirked as he pointed his palm right into his chest and fired at the mechanical part, making it spark up as it got hit by the rainbow energy. "RAAAAAWRRR!" screamed Argost, getting hit.
"And now for the finale!" Zak said as he swung back with the Claw before swinging forward, his body gaining an outline of what looked like a sumerian serpent as he sent it forward, creating a sort of beast that slammed right into Argost, sending him flying back with a roar of pain as he hit a wall, crumbling it with the impact.
Both Zak and Chromastone pants a bit as Zak says, "Okay...let's try and get that Mana out of him...or at the very least figure out how the heck he got back from the dead…"
Argost just chuckled as he got up, groaning a bit as his body looked like it was starting to fall apart as it sparked with green aura, glaring ahead with his anger. "Zak Saturday...your recogning is soon be nigh…" He then heard a sound ahead and looked to see Drew and Doc with Doyle, all of them with weapons at the ready as he gave a soft growl of annoyance. "But it appears I may need to take my leave…"
However before he could even unfurl his wings, Chromastone smirked as he says, "Always wanted to try this trick." He then fired the energy forward, creating a crystal around Argost's body to keep everything but his head covered in multi-hued crystal. "And just like that, you're stuck." Argost began to move against it as both the Saturdays and the Plumbers pointed all their weapons at him.
"You are not going anywhere, Argost! You're going back to oblivion where you belong." Zak said with a scowl as Argost just laughed at this.
"Ahahaahahaha! And how, exactly, are you planning to do that? Hmm?" Suddenly there was a faint...shift in the air. Everyone felt it, as if something was wrong with the oxygen. A faint pulse of purple energy began to fill the area, creating energy bolts around them.
Chromastone dodged one as he asks, "What in the…?" He looked up and looked shocked as he saw what looked like a violet portal appearing over head. Argost looked at it right away, shocked to say the least.
"What in the world?!" Argost said as he was suddenly grabbed by his cape by the the figure, his face obscured by a purple mask...as Ben looked with wide eyed as everyone else looked shocked.
"Eon…?" Ben asked in shock as "Eon" looked at Ben, the tinted helmet losing some luster for a moment...as a pair of dark green eyes glared at him with a lot of contempt.
"You're not dying here yet, Argost...we have some use for you," Eon said to the Yeti as he suddenly yanks him in, Argost shouting in shock as he was forced into the portal, disappearing from sight.
"...that's...not good." Zak said, as he suddenly fell forward and onto one knee, panting a bit. Wadi quickly ran over and helped him up. "Th-thanks Wadi…" He groans a bit as he spoke, "Been way too long for me to go all out like that…"
"Who was that?" Rook asked in concern, walking up as he looked to where Argost was...and looked shocked as the spot where the energy had hit...aged rapidly; the cars that were hit looked much older and rusted, the concrete had cracks and bits of grass growing from it and even the building looked like it lost about 50 years from it's life span.
Ben groaned a bit as he says, "Eon...a time traveling villain. Something tells me Argost isn't gonna be gone for good this time...it's only a matter of WHEN he comes back…" Ben then scowled at this, punching his hand a bit. "But we already got the Incurseans to worry about…"
"Incurseans?" Doc asked, confused as he came up at this time. Rook looked at him and sighed a bit, rubbing his head.
"We got word that Azmuth the First Thinker was kidnapped by the Incurseans...but now your arch enemy is taken captive by a time traveling monster." Rook said, not liking where this is going at all.
Doyle walked up and pats Ben on the shoulder, "Well, if you need our help. We can give you a hand." Zak and the other Saturday nodded, as Animo groaned and got up.
"What in the…?" Animo asked...as he went wide eyed as he saw a familiar Komodo Dragon glaring daggers at him, snarling a bit. "Experiment...208K3? It's been so long...and yet you still recognize me?" He chuckled a bit at this as Komodo just growled a bit before aching back.
"Uh...your Komodo Dragon looks like it's ready to kill Animo...should we stop him?" Julie asked in concern as Doc paused for a moment, rubbing his chin as Animo screamed for help, being chased by Komodo.
"He caused this entire mess, I say we let him play." Drew said with a sneer towards Animo, glaring daggers at him as she crossed her arms.
"Hmm...let them have fun for a minute...we got business to discuss." Doc said with a shrug as Julie watched in amusement of Animo climbing up a tree to avoid the fangs of the angry Komodo Dragon, who was hissing at him. Zon just flew into the tree and began to peck at him, making him scream out in annoyance.
Rani Nagi hissed as she got ready to pounce, but then got an egg suddenly hit her. The red capture device suddenly shined as she was sucked into it. "Not this time, snakey." Tetrax said as he and the other Plumbers arrived, all carrying eggs with the Nagas inside as well as Adolherd holding several Chupacabras.
"Can you get them to stop trying to bite me? It's irritating…" Adolherd muttered in annoyance as he cringed at one of them trying to bite...what one can assume to be his ear. Fiskerton just snickered a bit, making the Highbreed glare in annoyance.
"...Okay, given all that has happened and we did get your help, maybe you can call us anytime there is any threat coming to you? If you need the backup of course." Doc said, giving Ben a communication device. "If any Cryptid sightings come in, if argost ever comes back or if the Incurseans or other threats arrive, just call us."
"Will do, Doc. It was really cool teaming up with another group of heroes here on Earth." Ben said with a smirk, as Zak just chuckled but heard the news vans arriving soon. "...looks like you may need to go soon, huh?"
"Yeah…" Zak said but smiled a bit. "Though I DO got one last request before we go…" He then tosses a camera at a surprised Tetrax. "Think you can get a pic of us with Ben's team?"
"...Uh...sure." Tetrax said as he got his helmet down, adjusting the camera in his rather large hands as he put it up. Fiskerton had Animo over his shoulder now, who was looking annoyed in his new handcuffs as he glares at the camera, Fisk bending down to get in. Komodo just jumped up towards Animo, making him scream in fear while Julie and Ben stood by Zak and Wadi, as well as Doc and Drew while Zon landed by Ship, who slinked up onto her back to be seen.
There was a bright flash as Zak gets the camera back soon, as he just smirks at the image caught on it; his family and his new friends in it. Ben and him standing side by side, the claw and Omnitrix on full display in the image. He and Ben looked at each other and then shook hands.
"Til we meet again." The two said at once, nodding to the other with high respect. Both the Secret Scientists and The Plumbers all smirked, seeing a brand new alliance being formed...and woe to anyone who tries to take them on together.
End of Episode 2
WELL, this was a rip roaring good time. I'd like to thank Splashpointparadox and Wildgun Edge for the aide I got in this chapter. It was a lot of fun bringing back the Saturdays in this take and hopefully things will be interesting in the next chapter...as that has the return of a fan-favorite villain. And don't worry, unlike Omniverse, I am not gonna squander the Saturdays to just a one time appearance. XP I do got plans for them and other heroes Ben can meet in the future. Anyway, please read, review and suggest away!