Okay, time to get into the war. I would like to thank in advance Splashpointparabox, Brave-King-Shishio, Story Blade, Darinas and chann1 with this chapter. Remember, I only own my own OCs and nothing else, and Ben 10 belongs to Man of Action. Please Enjoy!

Too Much To Swallow

(Bellwood Downtown District. June 27th, 20:02)

It was the middle of the night in Bellwood, and many people were going about their usual business. However, someone was on the prowl. A figure was sneaking around, a faint purr escaping her lips as a pair of tails swung freely from her lower body.

"Nyehehehehe...these foolish humans...they do not know what threat awaits them, do they, my pets?" Around her were several alley cats, all their eyes shining pink as her own green eyes narrowed slightly. A pair of cat-like ears perked up as she heard something, making her hiss as she saw the Proto-Truk's ship come into view.

"Hold it right there!" Ben shouted as he jumped out, while Julie ran up in her Speedster armor, poised and at the ready as did Rook who landed near by, his Proto-Tool at the ready. "...Uh...who are you? You're the one we've been looking for? What's with the weird Anime costume?"

Standing before them was a Japanese woman who appeared to be wearing a white leotard with pink stripes on her waist, bust and back with fur-like hair growing from her elbows to her hands and knees to her feet, with both sets looking like human-esque paws, her narrowing jade green eyes had pupils like a cat. "I am known by many names...but when I was a mere housecat to my former mistress, I was named 'Nyancy'."

"...Housecat…? Wait...two tails, cat theme...bell with a Japanese character...You're a Nekomata, a two-tailed Yokai cat!" Julie said in surprise. "...First aliens, then Cryptids and now Yokai...what's next?"

"Aaah, so you're from my home country...I came here because I sensed great strength from here," Nyancy hissed, her cat-like eyes narrowing darkly as Rook got into a stance, but noticed the cats hissing as they began to shine with dark magic before they roared out, turning into ghostly tiger-like beasts as Nyancy began chanting, her eyes beginning to shine. "Watashi no petto wa, anata no shi no kara o nage, yami kara kaibutsu to shite umaremasu."

"Who're you guys fighting? The Lady or the Tigers?" Ben asked as he got ready with a scowl. Julie and Rook both had serious expressions on their faces as well.

"There a difference when dealing with a cat girl?" asked Julie as she sped forward, smashing into one of the tiger-like beasts with a roundhouse kick. She got her sword out and slashed at one of the nearest ones, who roared out as the ghostly armor fell away, turning back into a normal cat who ran away.

Rook ran forward and sent a kick at Nyancy, who ducked around and wrapped her tails around his arms and slammed him into a nearby wall. "Ugh...Sickle kick!" Rook shouted as he kicked his feet forward, creating a chi burst of wind that knocked Nyancy back.

Ben ducked around one of the paws before speaking, "Skurd, get me something!" Skurd nodded as he selected an alien and Ben slammed down, turning into Upchuck. "...Well, guess I won't be eating too much today." Suddenly his mouth opened up and he sucked up all the nearest tiger-like beasts, his mouth full as he swished around a bit before opening his mouth, letting the now returned to normal cats out, who just looked grossed out, hissing in annoyance at their bath

Rook saw this and ducked away as Upchuck grabbed a chunk of the building and spat out the blast of acidic liquid at Nyancy, who screeched in surprise as she got hit by it. Nyancy hissed at this, growling in annoyance as her eyes began to shine. "Still quite gross...but useful," Skurd said with a nod as Upchuck smirked, his snaggle tooth noticeable before he suddenly groaned in pain, feeling a strange cramping sensation. "Uh...Ben?"

"Did he get a hairball from those weird cats? Or magical stomachaches?" asked Julie in concern as Nyancy, seeing this chance, glowed a bit in dark purple flames before vanishing from sight. "Darn it…"

"Ben, what is wrong?" Rook asked as Upchuck's eyes suddenly began to glow as he groaned in pain.

"What is...going on? It's like a million stomach cramps all at once...What's going on?" Upchuck groaned aloud, holding his stomach as his teeth grit in pain. It began to shine, showing the lower body was reacting to something.

Skurd, seeing this, gasped in shock. "The Swarm Gastronomy...it's a call for aide. The Royal Gourmonds must be in danger. They're the only ones capable of doing this trick…" He then turned the Omnitrix and switched it off, making Ben return to normal as he held his stomach.

"Ugh...we gotta talk to Grandpa Max...but maybe after some antacid…" Ben groaned as Julie got Ship to get into bag form as she and Rook helped Ben into the Proto-Truk.

"Come on, Hero. Don't throw up on us," Julie said as they got him in a comfortable spot. Skurd just gave a sympathetic pat on the head...though Ben's glare made it clear Skurd was being condescending.

(Afterwards…)

(Plumber HQ. 21:02)

Ben and his team were in front of a map, as Patelliday was looking over specific locations. "Aha, there we are. There was a distress signal from one of our scout ships; Peptos XI seems to be under attack from The Incurseans. Tried to send aide...didn't work out so well."

Tetrax scowled at this as he pressed a button on his wrist communicator. "Got someone to help us sneak around...Ship and the Proto-Truk can likely fit in his ship to make it easier for us to make a squad attack in one go."

"Who'd you get?" Morty asked, confused as Tetrax looked at Max, who gave a nod as the former Bounty Hunter sighed heavily.

"Rad Dudesman, the number 7 on the Top 10 charts." Tetrax said, as many Plumbers stared in shock at this. "He's got experience with the Incurseans, so he should be willing to help us. I've already got a price for him."

"Is dat head hollow or somethin'?!" Octagon asked in shock, looking at Tetrax with a horrified expression. "Dudesman is one of THE most fearsome folk in the known galaxy! Only an idjit or someone who's not exactly worried about a body count would talk business with him!"

"Says a former 'repo man'?" asked Manny, raising an eyebrow at this as he looked at everyone else. "Come on, how bad is this Dudesman guy really?"

"He's got several dozen bounties on his head from when he was a member of the Rapterian Air Force, has captured several different militant coups dealt with on his own, made transports to many difficult-to-travel sectors including the Anur System and any Incursean-ruled Space, and has even fought against the Vreedle Crime Family and got away with their loot," Driba said, reading Rad's files that were on the Plumbers' computers.

"Which was 600 taydenite crystals, several thousand credits and two black orbs from the Anur System. As well as several tons of gold nuggets from various planets," a slightly nasally voice said as many Plumbers quickly turned nervously, while Ben's team looked curiously, as did the Helpers.

Standing in the doorway with a casual movement was a 3'09 humanoid Duck, similar to Liam's people but with sapphire blue fur, a dark brown bill and taloned fingers hidden under his feathery arms. His attire was a red vest over a beige shirt with two buttons that looked like medals on his collar, a pair of black pants with holsters for a pair of blasters, metallic knuckle duster-styled gauntlets that showed off his talons and a pair of dark brown boots. Over his eyes was a black helmet that had a faint triangular shape to it and violet-tinted sunglasses.

The duck-like alien got up as he looked around, his posture showing a shocking amount of threatening aura. A lot of the Plumbers were a bit intimidated by this alien, several backing up nervously...but Ben?

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA! Y-You're kidding, right? I-It's a duck, I Can't be the only one seeing this, right?" Ben asked, holding his stomach in laughter. Manny, Cooper and Alan also joined in, while Helen and Julie also looked amused. The others…

"If anyone needs me, I shall be hiding to save my own slimy hide," Skurd said as he quickly hid in the Omnitrix as others quickly backed away from the laughing teens, Rad's face stony as he calmly walked up casually...before suddenly punching the table that was near by, his gauntlet shining as it sent the bolted down table flying up into the air and crashing nearby.

"...So...you got a problem with ducks, hmm?" Rad asked, moving his glasses up to look Ben in the eyes; his own violet gaze glaring down Ben's emerald colored ones, the hero scowling at the duck's attitude.

"Not yet...wanna try it?" Ben asked as the two glared each other down but, ever the mediator, Rook quickly got inbetween.

"Um...Commander Dudesman, sir. This is Ben Tennyson, the famous Hero who defeated Vilgax and Diagon, Ben 10." Rook explained quickly, as Rad looked at Ben with an unimpressed look raising a feathery eyebrow.

"Thought you'd be taller…" was Rad's only remark as he walked by, looking towards Max. "So, where we goin'?"

"...to Peptos XI. It seems the Incurseans are there," Max explained, as Rad rubbed his bill for a bit and then gave a nod.

"A'right, the queen does owe me a favor. She can consider it in full when I save her tocus from the froggies." Rad said as he came over to Ben's group. "So, I take it these guys are the ones I'm gonna be working with?"

"Yes, that is us." Rook said with a nod as Rad looked the group over and shrugged, as if indifferent.

"Worked with worse. Come on, Pixy is gonna be waiting for us." Rad said calmly as he lead the group to the docks, where he saw some Plumbers looking at a...very large ship. Rook and Julie both looked shocked at it, while Ben whistled with an impressed look.

Before them was a large, dark violet ship that was about the size of a large cruise ship with wings that were currently down on the ground, the ends resting like a creature in rest. On the back were red tinted windows and a cockpit on the end, with it being ready to open. When Rad and co got near, the windows suddenly shined to life, seeming to sense it's pilot.

Rad then noticed some of the Plumbers and quickly got out his blaster and began to fire. Everyone stepped back in shock before they slowly turned...and saw that he had just written 'Appendages off the merchandise.' They all backed up at this as Rad just nodded, annoyed. "Annoyin' red spots…"

"Wow...you've got a hair-trigger temper, huh?" asked Ben as Rad just rolled his eyes as the door came down for them to enter. They all walked in, as a pink hologram that looked like a female's face came out. The face was a diamond shape with half circle eyes with bits of dark scarlet that made it look like it had hair.

It spoke in a strange dialect for a second as Rad nodded at this, "Yeah Pixy. They're Redspots, but we're workin' with them to take care of the froggies. Also, could you activate your universal translator. I may know your language, but I doubt these kids are likely to."

The one nicknamed 'Pixy' gave a nod as a faint bit of static could be heard. "I apologize for that. I am Xalia, Rad's companion. It is nice to meet you. Though if you wish to be less formal, 'Pixy' is an acceptable nickname. Rad gave it to me as one."

"What was that dialect just now?" Rook asked, but Rad quickly motioned them along.

"Not important, come on to the docking bay." That got some confusion from the others as they got into their seats. A special pad came up as he pointed to it. "Put the Mechamorph there." Julie shrugged as she placed Ship on it, who looked curiously as his eye began to beep, making the ship gain a green glow for a second.

"The protection charm the Magistrata put into the small Mechamorph is now fully linked into my software. As long as he rests there, we should be able to pass through and get to our destination within a good amount of time." Pixy explained calmly.

"A'right, lets go." Rad said as he got into the front seat. His gauntlets connected to the arm rests, creating a link as the docking bay opened up. "Lovely Duck is in action…" He then moved his hand forward, making the ship's engines roar to life. The ship then suddenly glowed faintly and flew forward quickly, making several fall back when they weren't seated.

The ship became a pink streak into the sky and flew into deep space, Rad looked calmly ahead as Ben groaned a bit. "Coulda warned us before going into hyperdrive…"

"Not Hyper Drive; Heart Drive. Power source for the ship. Allows for quick travel for my deliveries," Rad said calmly as they looked ahead and all but collectively gasped; they were in another part of the milky way, in what looked like an asteroid field. "Hmm...must be close...there is a cluster with dwarf planets around but many of them got destroyed due to natural events."

"Whoa…" said Julie in shock as she saw the scanner go off. "That can't be good…"

"Warning; Frogs are nearby. Preparing for evasion due to mission protocols." The ship then began to shift slightly, the wings starting to expand outward and flew ahead as the Incurseans flew behind them.

Ben, frowned as he activated his watch, "You guys keep doing that. This looks like a job or one of my aliens!" He then slammed down on the Omnitrix, giving out a hissing laugh as he turned into Big Chill. "Excuse me for a second…" He then phased through the ground.

"Revonnahgander, get into the weapon spot. Monkey girl, get to the Mechamorph. We need to cover that bug man," Rad said as Rook nodded, getting into another seat while Julie looked slightly offended by the 'monkey' remark.

Big Chill floated around, hissing slightly as he flew towards one of the ships and phased his arm through it's engine, freezing the controls and making the ship float away before repeating the process on another. The Lovely Duck then fired at a few others, knocking their wings off and making them tumble away from them. Big Chill gave a thumbs up to the ship, which moved its wing in a motion as well. Big Chill almost did a double take at that, trying to make sure he saw that right.

"Well, that's odd…" Skurd said as Ben flew back into the ship, unaware of a faint yellow glow coming to the Omnitrix as he phased through. He returned to normal as the Lovely Duck was flying towards the planet, landing on a hill.

"Pixy, you keep an eye on things. We'll be right back. Make sure your weapons are up," Rad said as Pixy's face did a nodding motion before vanishing, likely to get the armaments set up. The group went outside and saw...a nearly barren prairie with light pink colored grass. "Never ceases to amaze how much these things eat…" the duck muttered to himself, putting on scowl as they walked outside.

"Hmm...not what I expected from the Upchuck home planet…" Ben said as they heard explosions ahead. All four of them got down and sneaked over and looked down from a canon, where they saw a warzone; Many Incurseans and Gourmands were battling it out. The Gourmands looked similar to upchuck, but some looked like they had cheetah-styled spots while others were jade green in color, all with different shades of blue or green eyes. They wore simple metal armor while fending off the froggy forces.

"So that must be what Upchuck got as a warning; the Incurseans are invading this planet." Rook said with a frown. "We must aide them in some way."

Julie nodded as Ship wrapped around her into armor, Rad drew a pair of blasters, and Ben slammed down on the Omnitrix, shimmering into the form of Echo Echo. The silver-tinted alien took a breath. "Well, to fight an army...MAKE ONE," Echo Echo said as his body shimmered green for a moment.

Down below, the Incursean forces continued to advance towards the Gourmand forces, who were all wearing simple plated armor. However, they heard movement that caused them to look over and saw a whole horde of Echo Echos, along with Rook, Rad and Julie. The group got ready, but the front lines sent a sonic shirek their way to create a wall of sound. Some others jumped up high and sent a sonic waved at another.

Rook charged forward, his Proto-Tool in the form of a staff before he smacked a few frogs away from him. He slammed it down, creating a orange shockwave of energy. Rad jumped over Rook and fired at a rapid pace, hitting incurseans left and right thanks to this. He then sent a roundhouse kick at one that almost came at him.

Julie activated her Battle mode, firing at the incursean forces from various angles. The commanding officer saw his army getting knocked around and scowled. "RETREAT!" He yelled out as the group ran back, the Echo Echos fusing back into one.

Ben turned back to normal at this, as he saw them run. "Yeah...you...better run." Ben said, panting a bit. "Man, that many copies are hard to keep track of…" He then saw one of the Gourmands got caught under something and ran over, getting it off. "You okay?"

The Gourmand in question had the spots on his body, and a bit of an underbite. He took off his helmet and rubbed his head as if to alleviate a headache he got. "Yeah...name's Private Brunbag. I work under King Consort Cas'iron. The Perks work with the Sergeant Cukmyster."

Julie nodded as she helped him up, looking at the area around them. They followed the army as they saw two Gourmands arguing. One was a rather short Murk with a sash over his shoulder and wearing armor. In front of him was a taller Perk with metallic armor and a crest attached to it.

"We need to act now, Cukmyster! There is no need for trying to over-complicate it; my wife is in their slimy mits and we need to save her!" said Cas'iron, a faint growl escaping his lips as Cukmyster gave a small glare.

"You are too rash into action, your highness. We must execute plan Omega, it's the only chance we've got," Cukmyster said, as Cas'iron gave a scowl in annoyance.

"Watch where you stand, Perk. Only my queen can execute that plan, we cannot go against that." Cas'iron growled in annoyance as Ben walked up, giving the two a look. The two leaders looked at him curiously.

"Who are you?" Cukmyster asked, frowning a bit as Ben showed the Omnitrix, making them look in shock. "B-Ben Tennyson?! The one who defeated Vilgax?!"

"And Skurd, nice to meet you, too," Skurd said, giving a small nod to them as Ben looked at the two with a nod.

"Look, I can understand that you guys seem to be having some...issues here. But hey, look at my group; My girlfriend and I are humans and we work with all sorts of aliens like Skurd and Rook.

"So how about we reach a compromise instead of needless conflict?" Rook asked as Cas'iron scowled and thought it over before finally giving a nod of agreement.

"We send a squad to their mother ship. We get my dearest out of their grasp, and then execute Plan Omega from there," Cas'iron said, as Ben gave a nod of approval to that plan.

"That does make sense...only the queen can legally even get that out, even in times of war…" Rad said, rubbing his bill in contention.

Cukmyster, however, scowled and made his objections known, "Are you insane? If we can't just execute it, then we just attack them at their base here on the planet. A scout has told me of their location, so we attack them directly and get them to give up the queen."

"That does leave our options more open…" Rook said, rubbing his chin as Julie gave a small shrug in return.

"Yeah...plus if we attack them first, they won't see it coming." Julie said as Rad gave a frown to them, shaking his head.

"They took the queen, that can't be ignored," said Ben as several murks gave their agreement to that statement, as Rook shook his head with a sigh.

"But if we do not attack them now, the queen may not have any followers," Rook explained as the Perks gave their consent to this idea as well. Rad rubbed his chin and stepped up.

"Comprise; Ben and I take the Murks to their mothership in our ship, you two help take out the threat here." Rad said, as the five looked at him curiously. "I don't waste time arguing; profit is my middle name, and this is going against it." He then walked out at this.

"...He means that metaphorically, right?" Julie asked, confusion clear in her tone. Ben shrugged before giving Julie a small hug and then a high five to Rook, wishing them luck silently as they gave a nod in return, smiling as they talked with the Perk leaders about their strategy.

Ben looked at Rad as he asked, "So that WAS metaphorical, right?" Rad just gave a flat look at this as he quickly corrected himself, "Stupid question, got it. So...what's our game plan then?"

"Get into the ship and get the queen out. Likely the mother ship is floating near by with a cannon aimed at this rock if things get ugly for them." Rad said calmly as Pixy flew over and picked up the Murks for the mission. Ben nodded as he followed, ready for anything.

(At the Incursion Mothership.)

Attea sat in her throne, looking over some items as she looked at a strategy board. She then heard a hum nearby, addressing its source, "Yohi...is that you?" She asked as a shadowy figure came out of the wall. It looked like a pitch-black feathered humanoid owl with piercing white eyes, as a set of talons came out of his 'cloak' to reveal an amulet.

"Found this from the queen...she had this on her person when we captured her," Yohi said calmly, his voice ghostly and calm. The Princess nodded as she got up and followed the shadowy bird to a prison, where a large feminine Gourmand was waiting, a stern look on her face.

"So Barfbag, what's so special about this medal?" Attea asked, giving the queen a small glare of annoyance.

The queen gave a small scowl at the Incursean Princess, "I do not have any business with you, Incursean. You attack my people and planet. Thus, I have no reason to give you what you want. Compared to my people, I am merely a figure that is easily replaceable. You cannot break them that easily."

"All your people do is eat rocks and other junk for the amount of time you are alive. What's so special about that?" asked Attea with a scowl as Rumbletum just had a small smirk form on her face.

"I guess you never figured out how we've never been conquered, then," Rumbletum said calmly, as Attea scowled in annoyance and left in a huff. The Queen just sighed as she watched them go even as she also saw two other sets of white eyes keeping watch, making sure she wouldn't just eat her way out of the jail.

Outside of the ship, a small scouting ship from the Lucky Duck was floating near the mothership. It went into the docking area, Rad leading them inside as Ben was currently in the form of Nanomech. The nanomachine flew into the lock and got a small orb and fired it out, resulting in the lock breaking.

"Nice work, for a rookie," Rad admitted as Nanomech turned back into Ben, who motioned the Murks to follow after them stealthily. Rad looked around cautiously as he got a spot near by. "Cover your noses…" He then got a small device and tossed it around the corner. Suddenly a foul-smelling gas came into the room, leading to a lot of coughing and then thuds as the guards passed out.

"...Thought you'd just take them out." One of the Murks said in shock as Rad just shrugged casually, following after them.

"I only kill when I need too. Trouble maybe my middle name, but I don't want that kinda trouble." said Rad, as Ben did a small double take at that.

"...Wasn't it 'Profit' earlier?" Ben asked, as Rad just ignored him and saw something ahead. "What is-Okay are those shadows moving?"

Skurd looked and squinted a bit, indeed seeing the shadows move as the Murks got nervous before three owl-like creatures suddenly came out of the shadows, glaring at them with their pitch white eyes. "What are these…?" Skurd asked in shock.

"They're from the Andromeda Galaxy...Fukorapters. Dangerous creatures…" said Rad with a scowl...which shifted into a smirk, "But Danger is my middle name…"

"CAN YOU JUST PICK ONE AND STICK WITH IT!?" Skurd exclaimed in annoyance as Ben slammed down on the Omnitrix, glowing as he turned into Ghostfreak, who glared at the shadowy birds before seeing them get their taloned hands from under their 'cloak' of feathers and shifting shadowy wind as they summoned weapons; blade ended staffs.

The three then jumped forward, but Ghostfreak quickly phased around one and used his tentacles to try and wrap one up...only for it's head to suddenly turn to look right at him before flexing slightly and slinking out of the grab. It then kicked at Ghostfreak, shadowy energy coating his claws that actually was able to hit Ghostfreak. "OW!" the ghostly alien hissed in pain, grabbing his arm.

Rad jumped back and glared as he fired his blasters while the Murks used their pitch fork-styled spears to try and fend off one of the others, who was moving quickly to try and slash at them. Ghostfreak then tried to fly at one but then yelled out as his chest got scratched next, making hs Omnitrix insignia shine yellow for a moment after making contact.

"Okay...time to light them up," Said Skurd as he slammed down, having ducked from the claws as Ben shined a bit. The owl-like aliens all backed up, their eyes squinting in pain from being so close...only to see the ghostly alien replaced with a light blue humanoid reptile-like being with green serpent-esque eyes, a yellow tinted mouth area and body, clawed tipped fingers and green marks coating his exposed arms. He was clad in a white and black robe with the Omnitrix insignia on his belt, star shaped 'holes' in his back that were seeming to glow with energy.

"Looks like we are in a presence of a being of light," Rad said with a small smirk as the angelic reptile glared towards the three of them as his back suddenly came alight, exposing six wings made out of fiery light and fired out some bolts to the other two, who got knocked back but Yohi just glared. "Get the queen, I'll handle shadow bird here." Suddenly, diamondhead crystals formed on his hands to make into bladed tips before the two suddenly flew forward and clashed.

Rad nodded as he motioned them along as he and the Murks followed through, Cas'iron looking around cautiously as he saw a door ahead. His tongues flew out and snatched it right out of the wall, swallowing it whole before shooting out a laser-esque blast of slime at a few of the guards ahead. "I may be old, but I still got it," The older Murk smirked as they went to the dungeon and saw Rumbletum ahead.

"Hold it…" said Rad as he looked around before quickly drawing a blaster. He then adjusted it and turned it into a sniper-function gun, taking aim and firing at the lock. Rumbletum came out and groaned. Cas'iron and the others went to help her up, as she gave them a small nod and smile.

"Come on, let's get out of here…" Rumbletum said as they ran ahead and saw Ben and Yohi still clashing, the shadow and lights starting to clash more as they grappled. Yohi headbutted him from behind, making the serpent-like being stagger back.

"Okay, what the heck…?" a voice said as Attea walked in, hearing the commotion from the bridge and saw them. "Tennyson and…" Attea looked at Rad and glared. "Rad Profit Danger Trouble Dudesman…"

"..." Angelhand and Skurd gave him an incredulous look, shocked. Skurd then spoke in a completely deadpan tone, "You MUST be joking…"

"...Legally changed it. I like the metaphors with it too much," Rad said with a casual shrug as Angelhand just facepalmed, a slight hiss of a sigh coming out. Attea smirked as she aimed her blaster at Rumbletum, but Angelhand quickly blasted it out of her hands before she could.

"Not today, Attea…" said Angelhand with a glare. He then muttered to himself, "Hope Rook and Julie have it easier than us…"

(On the planet's surface)

"Oh, I hope Ben and Rad are having it easier than us!" Julie said while piloting Ship's spaceship form, as it flew around a giant wheel-shaped war machine that fired at them from all sides. "Is this normal for them!?"

"I do not remember wheels of death being something the Incurseans had...but it is rather fitting," Rook said as the Perks below were fighting the grunts while he and Julie were dealing with the bigger weapons. Ship fired several missiles out and hit one of them, but it was still standing. "Who gave them this technology?"

"Has to be one heck of a savant with tech…" Julie said with a frown before she got an idea. "Ship, fire a cannon down at the ground in front of it!" Ship beeped before a cannon fired down towards the ground. It then hit the now large pothole in the ground and caused it to start to tilt towards another and knock both down.

Julie gave a fist pump from excitement as Rook nodded, smirking. "Exceptional shot there, Ship." Ship beeped in appreciation at the compliment before Rook noticed something ahead and scowled, as he saw something was following them; a familiar cat-styled ship. "It appears the hunter is here…"

Suddenly a signal came up as Apex's face appeared on the screen. "Well, looks like we get our own hunt again after all...and so soon. Take it that your hero decided to save the queen? Guess that makes you two easy pickin's." The ship behind them then began to fire red lasers at them.

"Ship, evasive maneuvers!" Ship beeped in response to Julie's command as he began to move out of the range of the lasers, moving around before doing an upward turn and turning around to fire a counter attack. Apex growled from the annoyance before trying to out maneuver him.

"...I think we should have listened to Ben." Rook said, as Julie nodded in agreement as they kept dodging attacks from the predatory alien.

(At that exact moment on the Incursean ship…)

"I probably should have listened to Rook." Antlerpult muttered to himself, grunting as he was currently fending off a group of Incursean shields with his antlers, which were further enhanced by Skurd via the DNA of Diamondhead making them essentially battering rams.

"Well, use that neck of your's and we won't be in this mess!" said Skurd as the diamonds hooked to the bottom of the energy shields before Antlerpault pulled ihs neck up, sending the frogs flying away. Rad was currently fight against Attea, the duck-like alien jumping around her and kicking with his clawed feet.

"For a freakish blue meal dish, you're still pretty tough. Just as my daddy said," Attea sneered as Rad smirked.

"Heard the same compliment from your momma. How she doin', still in stasis?" Rad snarked as Attea growled and tried to punch his head, but only got her fist imbedded into a wall. She yanked it out with annoyance, the metal dented in the shape of her fist.

Rad only smirked as Attea growled, "Cheeky little…" She then got her balster and fired a barrage at him, but he just flipped away, showing shocking grace for a creature his size before his gauntlet shined and slammed his fist down, releasing an electrical shock.

"Whoa!" Antlerpault said as he slammed down on the Omnitrix, turning into Feedback to absorb the electricity before it hit him after Attea got sent back. "Watch where you're aiming," He said in annoyance, zapping two soldiers who tried to sneak up on him with his antenna.

"My queen, let's get you to the ship," Cas'irun urged as Rumbletum and the others ran away from their defeated foes, Feedback nodded in agreement as Rad and him took off after them, being their cover from behind as Attea was giving chase, her mask forming over her determined face.

"Okay...this is gonna be tough…" Ben said as he stopped. "You go ahead, I got her…" He said as he slammed down on the Omnitrix symbol again...only this time to be replaced by a tricloptic alien with a Lime-colored skin tone, wearing a white and black jumpsuit, with orbs of energy on his arms and legs and back. On his face was a thick mustache over his upper lip and slicked back black hair, the Omnitrix insignia on his right pectoral. "Antigravitesla!" He said with a confident smirk on his face, a hearty laugh escaping his lips.

"A Nik'ola, eh? This should actually be interesting," Attea said with a smirk as the others watched as Antigravitesla glowed a bit and tried to jump forward...only for his jump to be too high and hit the ceiling and then the ground, bouncing quite painfully. "...What in the…?"

"YOU-OW-IDIOT!" Skurd shouted as they continued to bounce, groaning as he got them to be steady in the air. "Nik'olas as a species are VERY tricky! It literally takes years for them to even use these powers!" Antigravitesla then depowered the energy field, landing on the ground.

"Okay, then what can I do? If I can't fly, what can this alien do?" asked the light green alien, ducking around a kick from Attea who tried to attack him while he was distracted.

"Try sending a shock at her! Your aura doesn't just knock out gravity on you, you can create electromagnetic pulses!" Skurd said as Antigravitesla nodded as his hands shined with light-green energy before sending it out, creating a pulse that sent her flying back. He then yanked back, taking her gun away from her.

"Hey, that's mine!" she shouted in annoyance as Antigravitesla just smashed it with his mind, smirking as he did.

"Good thing I remember how to use magnetism from Lodestar...so at least I know how to do that part." He said as he sends out electrical energy at the walls and sends bits of metal flying at her. She then ducked around him. Attea then noticed the air lock nearby and smirked a bit while the others ran for it. She then slammed the button, opening it and got her mask on. Antigravitesla got an aura around himself as he tried to push against it but was sent outside with the others.

Rad, thinking fast, pressed a button on his gauntlet. The Lovely Duck then came to view from the other side and opened up, taking everyone in as the force caused them all to fly into it. After everyone got inside, the ship shut it's trap to get oxygen in.

Ben groaned as he powered down, "Well...that needs...some work…" Ben groaned as he got up. "Everyone okay?"

"Yeah…" Rad said with a nod before he addressed his ship, "Pixy, get us back to the planet so we can deliver the queen." Pixy gave a beep in affirmation as the Autopilot got the ship to turn around and flies towards the small planet. Unaware that an angry Attea had hitched a ride with a grappling hook and her mask keeping her breathing.

Down below, Ship was still dodging Apex's blasters as Julie was trying to think of a counter attack when the sound of something entering the atmosphere as they saw the Lovely Duck arrive.

On the ground, one of the Incurseans fighting Cas'irun saw the ship and says, "It's Rad Dudesman! The Raptor of the Rapterian Wars is here!" The Incurseans all looked scared by this, confusing the Gormounds present before it fired down at them, making them scatter before it flew towards Apex's ship.

"Buzz off, Kitten." rad said through a speaker on the ship as The Lovely Duck's lower wings seemed to move like they were almost arms, the tips turning into something more akin to claws as it tried to snap at Apex's ship, making him have to get around.

"There's always a bigger fish." Julie said, realizing the size difference between her own ship and Apex's compared to Rad's own. Rook nods in agreement as Apex seemed to manuver around.

Apex growls from his ship as he says in his speakers, "A hunter knows when the prey has become too dangerous...but don't think I'm not gonna roast you over a spit the next time we meet, Dudesman...One-on-One." The ship then sent a shockwave to knock the other two ships away before it retreated.

"...Apex likes to toy with his enemies...if things get too rough, he retreats so he can plan something else out…" Rad warned Ben, who was sitting next to him in the ship as Ben nods. The Lovely Duck and Ship both landed, as the Queen came out. Attea was near by, ready to strike as the other Groumonds arrived to the valley as Ben and Rad, as well as the Murks, brought her down on Roadhog's back.

"This is humiliating…" Roadhog muttered to himself, his face deadpan in annoyance as he snorted a bit.

"You wanted her royal highness to WALK all the way down here? How improper of you, Benjamin." said Skurd as Roadhog only glared at him.

"You're lucky you're on my snout, Skurd...or else I'd smack you...but I don't got hands." The large pig-like alien brought the queen to meet up with the others, unaware that Attea had gotten down from the ship not to-far away.

"My people, we need to drive off this htreat...that means Plan Omega. I saw a world near by that could be of some use to us on a star map if this came to be...so Bon Apatite." She said, giving a smirk to the confused incurseans as suddenly all the Gourmands in the area's eyes suddenly glowed dark green, including her own.

"Heh...time to take this out before it goes too far...I'm not losing to a bunch of rodents with big appitites…" Attea said as she was getting a sniper rifle set up, aiming...but suddenly someone shrouded by some shade grabbed her blaster and sparked it up, shattering it. "Hey! What are-"

She turned to see an armored figure behind her, the face obscured by a red helmet of some kind with glowing orange eyes. Suddenly a dark orange energy blade nearly hit her, slashing through a near by rock. The figure gave a silent glare, as if a warning before creating a powerful flash of pink and violet light, making Attea blinded for a moment before the figure vanished.

Just then the ground suddenly began to rock back and forth, making Attea nearly loose her footing. "What the...a quake? On this dinky planet?" She asked as she looked and grew wide eyed at what she saw; the Gourmonds were ripping the planet apart with their own tongues, grabbing various parts of the planet and ingesting it.

"...What are they…?" Julie asked as Rad pressed a button on his gauntlet, as if unprederted.

"And got the amount the Queen now owes me into my account…" Ben walked over to him as Rad sighed in annoyance, looking up at him. "What do you want, Tennyson?"

"What the heck is going on here?! They're EATING the planet!" Ben said as Rad just shrugs, as if not seeing the big deal.

"That's what Plan Omega is, chimpy. They eat the planet enough that it creates an imbalance and knocks any invaders away by letting the planet's own destruction act as a distraction. They go to a new planet that is habitable during their current states, as it allows them to survive the long trip to finding a new planet." Rad explained calmly before he gets to a connection. "Pixy, you think you can pick us up so we don't end up blown up by their leftovers?"

"On it, Rad." Pixy said on the other end as Rad shrugs as he still noticed shocked looks on his new teammates' faces as they saw the area around them being ripped apart by the large amount of Gourmands; Perks, Murks and even some sort of cross species helping the queen injesting large amounts, with her seeming to take the biggest chunks thanks to her larger size.

"Why do you think it's called Peptos XI? What do you think happened to the other Peptoses? ...or would it be 'Peptoi? Or is the plural just 'Peptos'? This grammar system is confusing." Rad said to himself, rubbing his bill in curiosity.

"So wait...those meteores were...the other planets they ate?" asked Julie in shock, as Rad just shrugs. "...Okay, just to make sure, what class are the Gourmands?"

"A Class as an individual...but as a whole population, lower level S Class. There is a reason why they are never conqured." Rad said calmly as the Lovely Duck arrived as everyone quickly went in, Ship hopping after.

Attea was watching all this, growling in annoyance as she presses a button on her ear. "Raff, beam me up! NOW!" She said as she was gone as the Gourmonds suddenly began to float out of the atmopshere, releasing energy by bits to create lift for themselves.

The Other Incurseans went to their scouting ships and quickly left as the planet began to destablize, crumbling inward from it's own gravity due to the imbalance on the surface.

The Lovely Duck stood by the Gourmands, making sure there were no cheap shots as they saw the Incursean Warship aiming a cannon at the planet. Inside of the ship, Ben looks and goes wide eyed. "That's a planet buster...it doesn't look as powerful though…

"Yeah...a Royal ship always has at least one...you better make sure it doesn't try to make a cheap shot at us…" Ben nods as he slams down on the Omnitrix, jumping out of the lower part of the ship and turning into Way Big...but with green arms thanks to Skurd. The planet buster then fired at the planet behind them. Way Big saw this and concentrated the glowing palms to use Exershield's energy shield creation with the cosmic power within Way Big to create a cosmic-level shield that he swarmed behind the Gourmands, taking the blunt of the large explosion from the planet and the meteor shower that came from the rubble.

Attea, in her ship, scowled as she watched the planet blow up. Apex came in with a small snarl, Yohi appearing by him. "Well...that was a disappointment." The owl-like alien said with a sigh, his body posture making it clear he was crossing his arms under his 'cloak'.

"Agreed...but you shoulda guessed they were tough…" Apex said with a snarl, as the call came in as the image of Millious appeared on the screen.

"What happened on Peptos, daughter of mine?" Millious asked with a scowl, his tone serious. Yohi and Apex shared a look as Attea just adjusted herself.

"They proved to be an annoyance...the Gourmands tried to escape, but I should have taken a few out when I blasted theri collapsing planet. Got a good hit at the core at least." Attea explained...as the emperor just gave a small nod.

"Wise decision, daughter of mine. If they try any risky plays like that again, show them no mercy. Keep up the good work...or else." Millious said as he turned off communications, Attea just gripping the seat with anger...the metal indenting under her fingers with her enhanced strength.

She then slams it with anger as she stands up, annoyed. "Psychobos! Plan B! Get that Mind control tech ready...that plan of your's better be ready…" She said in anger, stomping away as both Apex and Yohi frowned.

At the Lucky Duck, phased back in as Ghostfreak, everyone watching the Gourmands go into the distance. "You know...it's actually kinda beautiful in a weird way." Julie said, leaning against Ben as he nods in agreement.

"Agreed…" Rook said with a smile as Rad just presses a button as a sort of screen came over the windows, Pixy's face forming as she looked ready as well. Suddenly a glob of green slime hit the screen, making Pixy shiver in disgust.

"AND the moment is dead." Skurd said flatly as Ben looked grossed out. The other three walked out of the room, leaving Rad alone with Pixy's hologram as it suddenly shifts, turning into a humanoid form near him.

"You seem troubled, Rad...What is it?" asked Xalia, looking at him with concern as Rad looks at her calmly, a frown on his beak.

"...its nothing. Just be careful, kay Xalia?" Rad asked as Xalia nods, understanding as she looks out the window. "Though those kids...I can see why ol' Rockhead got attached to them. Not gonna get mushy though, this is just a job...but at least it'll prove to be an interesting one." Rad said with a small smirk as the ship made its way towards Earth

(elsewhere in the universe)

Millious was sitting calmly in his throne, his eyes dark as he was looking ahead. "...Raff, you there?" He asked into the communicator as Raff's hologram came up.

"Yes Lord Emperor Milleous, light of the Incursean empire, holder of the Conque-...sorry" He stopped when he noticed Millious' annoyed glance. "What is it, sir?"

"Are any of my preparations complete? I wish to take out that planet after I get Vilgaxia...it's the only real city left on Murray." said Millious as he got up. "...Planet Vilgaxia...how big of an ego did that foolish squid have?" They looked at the distance, with the planet's atmosphere only showing one glow in it. "After all...he just left the rest of his people to rot while those in Vilgaxia stay within that shining city."

"Power of his charisma anyway...but it could be shocking if they're just waiting for him now." Raff said as Millious smirked a bit.

"And that'll be why I'll strike when that squid makes his reappearance. To show him that I'm taking control. They fear Vilgax...but soon they'll fear me." The froggy emperor just chuckled, as the large armada was currently hidden behind another planet that was nearby, ready to strike at any time.

End of Episode 5

HOLY COW MONKEYS that was a long time coming. Apologies for the long wait, folks, but you know how school is. Luckily I'll be on break from my classes for a bit. Anyway, here's the bios for the two new aliens:

Antigravitesla:Is a fairly fit and handsome humanoid alien with lime green skin, a lantern jaw, jet black hair on it's head and three yellow-green eyes with silted pupils, faintly sharp canines noticeable when he smiles and has strange glowing orbs going up from his wrist up to his shoulders that help create electromagnetic energy around his body. His uniform is a black jumpsuit with a white stripe going over his left pectoral (Which also holds the omnitrix) and has white boots and black gloves.
Powers: Has the ability to manipulate electro-magnetic energy, allowing him to negate the effect on gravity on himself and objects via an electrical aura that can give him the ability to float unheeded by Gravity, manipulates objects via creating an electric aura around an item and can create powerful bursts of electromagnetic energy. Can also use the energy to negate gravity to also increase it, and his electric-magnetic barrier actually creates a thin bubble over him that can allow him the ability to breathe even in a vaccum.
Weaknesses: When doused in water the electrical energy that surrounds him can be a problem, and when the current is gone the ability to breath in a vaccum is gone with it. Power is susceptible to energy absorbers and can have trouble manipulating certain mateirals. His negation of gravity is very hard to manipulate, making it harder for him to fight if he negates it right away.
Species: Nik'ola
Home Planet: Gaietiv XV
Voice Actor: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker from Star Wars)

Angelhands : A light blue humanoid alien with a body that has snake-like features such as silted green eyes, blue scaled skin with green markings and faintly clawed hand, but with small star-shaped 'silts' on his back that release a powerful light energy that forms into 3 pairs of fiery wings, clad in a white robe with black linings on the sleeves and 'zipper', with the Omnitrix insignia acting as a belt around his waist.

Species: Serapent.

Planet: Uriealan.

Powers: Can project healing energy, has faintly self-healing abilities, can create a blinding flash of light, can fly at very fast speeds, can fire a 'enhancing' ray that can increase his ally's durability and strength as well as enhancing any power temporarily, can shoot out 'feather darts' from his wings in flight (essentially little sparks of energy from his wings)

Weaknesses: Wings can be a target, has a rather fragile body, usually an alien used for support.

Voice Actor: Dee Bradley Baker

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it and I do thank again the people who helped me with this story; Splashpointparabox, Brave-King-Shishio, Darinas and everyone else whom helped me with this. I also thank Kevfilms2x2 for allowing me the use of his OC Xalia. Anyway please Read, Review and suggest away!