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!
Visit to Earth 23
(Bellwood, USA. Undertown Marketplace. July 7th, 11:04)
The Marketplace was abuzz with it's usual amount of energy, but in this case, some people were surprised when things starting to spark up when Four Arms tackled into one of the robotic thugs they were fighting...the same ones Vilgax had used in the past.
"Surprised ol' Squidface's robots are still around...thinking the frogs got their attention?" asked Four-Arms to Grandpa Max, who was firing his blasters as he was protecting something else.
"Had to be when we were getting these eggs back to their parents…" Max muttered in annoyance, while the Tetramand blocked a blow but one got under him and sent him flying upwards, transforming him back to normal as he landed on a pipe.
"Ow…" Ben groaned as Skurd shook his head with a groan. He then slammed on the Omnitrix, turning into Goop as he slashed through one of them with an acidic touch. He then shifted into a sphere and turned at another robot as Max tossed some grenade-like spheres at a few others, making them explode.
"Be more careful, Ben. Polymorphs are living acid...rather keep that away from the eggs," Max said as Goop gave a nod before he slammed down on the symbol on the UFO. He then turned into Lodestar, landing on the ground as he shattered a few of them but some were flying away.
"I'll go after the strays. You got the eggs, Grandpa?" lodestar asked as Max nodded, giving him the okay. The magnetic alien suddenly floated up and slammed down on his Omnitrix insignia, turning into Jetray and took off after them. He then began to fire Neuro Lasers from his eyes, when the Omnitrix shined a bit to show the communicator was on.
"Ugh, at the most inappropriate moments…" Skurd muttered as he pressed the communicator section on. "This is the Desk of Ben Tennyson, who is this calling?"
"It's Driba, we found something that Ben may be interested in. Remember that 23rd Mr. Smoothie?" Driba asked, as Jetray and Skurd shared an annoyed look as Jetray dodged around one of the lasers, doing a bit of a spin to dodge.
"Driba, this is literally the worst time to bring up smoothies. I'll get some AFTER my mission is done." He said as he fired a laser at one of the drones, but one shined brightly to blind the Aerophibian temporarily.
"Well, this might catch your attention; this Mr. Smoothie seems to be moving around. I noticed the past couple of weeks people have made reports of a Mr. SMoothie that seemed to be moving around the city. I know it's a chain, but I don't think you suddenly have a store moving around." Driba said on the other end, making Jetray groaned a bit.
"...wait, a moving Mr. Smoothies? That...sounds weird. Even by my standards," Jetray said as he looked around, groaning in exasperation. "AND I lost that drone...great. So, where is this Mr. Smoothies at right now?"
"Blukic and I are at the corner of Plugsly and Kleine, and...well...you may need to see it yourself." Driba said as Jetray nods, flying out of the street and looks around for htat corner and flew in that direction.
Jetray then adjusted the communicator, "Grandpa, I'm gonna check on something. Sorry but I lost the drone."
"It's okay, Ben. Just make sure to be careful, kiddo," Max said as Jetray smirked at that before flying in front of the spot that Blukic and Driba were, their little pod nearby as they were spying the spot. Jetray looked and saw...a shimmering building, like it was phasing in an out of existence.
'That's..new." Jetray said as he turned back into Ben, looking at this with a bit of confusion. "Um...what is this?"
"That's the 23rd Mr. Smoothies, but for some reason it seems to be fluxing." Driba explained as Ben looks at it oddly, frowning a bit as it kept shifting in and out of the area. "I would recommend maybe Clockwork to try and stabilize it? Chronosapiens are beings that can interfere with this sort of thing without much issue."
"You got it." Skurd said as he looked through and presses down, turning Ben into the clock-like alien. Both aliens got on top of his shoulder as the time manipulator walked over his eyes narrowing a little as his hands shined with time energy and grabbing the door as it shifted, making it stay in place before forcing it open, the automatic door beeping as he forced them apart and went inside.
When they went inside, they noticed the exit lost the form of Bellwood, and instead got replaced with a strange rainbow of energy. "...A sunburst aurora?" Driba asked, his eyes squinting in confusion as Blukic shook his head.
"Not a sunburst...looks more like a pinwheel shape." Blukic said as Skurd made a gulping sound.
"Oooh that's even worse." Skurd groaned as they heard a commotion in the back. Clockwork frowned a bit as he turned back into Ben, getting ready for anything...only to see an annoyed Hokestar in the back, trying to fix some sort of device.
"Consonart it, you stupid…" Hokestar muttered to himself before he noticed Ben and company. "Aaah, Ben 10!...uh...I can explain."
"Since when did you work for Mr. Smoothies...unless this is some knock off of the store." Ben said, giving him a frown as Hokestar clicked his tongue.
"Now now, my boy. That sounds so dirty...I have worked with the company for some time now, to make up for the revenue for earthly uses. No one on Earth besides Undertown takes Tayden after all." Hokestar explained. "So I decided to have some interest by having a Mr. Smoothie that can blend into any building in any dimension...of course it has to be this stationary spot in the multiverse." Hokestar explained, making Ben even more confused.
"That is rather ingenus...if risky. Having a multiversal business would give him access to many forms of currency and business, but it's hard to keep up with if he can't stay within a constant form." Blukic said as the machine suddenly kicked out, frying itself. "...like that."
"Hmm...seems we're stranded...let's see where we ended up," Skurd muttered to himself as Ben went out the door to check...and saw it still looked like Bellwood. He frowned as he got his cell phone out.
Ben then dialed a number and put it to his ear, "Hey, Julie, it's me. Think you can come here to the corner of Pugsly and...what the?" When he checked and saw that there was no signal to Julie's number. He then tried other numbers, but got nothing. "That's not good...looks like we're alone in this one, Skurd."
"Ode to joy…" Skurd muttered to himself as Ben peeked out, keeping an eye on things...but something caught his eye; a billboard that read 'Ben 23's next big hit; Mystery of the Hero watch'
"Ben..23?" Ben asked, now confused. He looked around but then heard the sound of an explosion and people fleeing in terror. He frowned as he looked in that direction and saw a white clad warrior looking around with a few others doing some damage, as if looking for someone.
"Tennyson! Where are ya?!" the humanoid yelled out as Ben ran out, glaring as he got ready for it. The masked figure noticed him and scowled, "Who the heck are you, some fanboy wannabe?"
"I could ask you the same question," Ben said as he got ready, but had to dodge an electric blast of energy from his hands. Ben ducked around as the figure ran forward, yelling out as he began to throw punches, but Ben blocked with some of the training.
"Peekaboo," Skurd smirked as he turned into a set of Chromastone's crystals and shot an energy burst into the figure, sending him back as his mask got blasted, revealing a mop of black hair and dark eyes...making Ben go wide eyed at a familiar face under the hair. Even though he was younger, he recognized the face as...
"Kevin?" Ben asked in shock as the figure who looked strangely like Kevin just glared. The other figures turned at this as their helmets were gone...revealing younger versions of Manny, Helen, Alan and…"Wait...is that...Pierce?" Ben asked in shock. "What the heck is going on?" The young man he saw had dark skin with faint spikes coming out of his cheeks and a white streak coming out of his black hair, though the upper whisker on his left cheek looked broken off.
"We could be asking you that as well, stranger. Who are you?" A voice said as Ben looked up, seeing Tetrax wearing white armor, a noticeable scar over his right eye...that looked shattered.
"Tetrax? What in the name of Eternus' anvil is going on here?" Skurd asked in clear confusion before the sound of whirling blades were heard. "Oh what now…?" He dryly asked as he looked up and saw several floating speakers.
"Attention, attention! Alien threats in Plugsley and Klein! Our Hero is on the scene!" The announcer said as a helicopter was over head, as someone was seen jumping out of it with a parachute, landing on the ground nearby.
"...Pfft, showboater." The copy of Helen muttered, her eyes narrowing as the young man removed the helmet he wore...revealing a younger version of Ben, who looked like he was a few years younger than Ben with neck-length blonde-brown hair with a black vest over a light blue button up shirt and a black tie with a blue version of the Omnitrix insignia on his right shirt pocket and a pair of black dress pants with buttoned shoes. His sapphire blue eyes were narrowed, scowling.
"Out of the way, yokel. This is dangerous work. Leave this to a real hero," The younger Ben said with a rather arrogant tone as he got out what looked like the Omnitrix, but was much bulkier with a light blue light to the middle. He moved it through and slammed down, growing in size before becoming…"FREEZE LIZARD!" He hissed out, looking like Artiquana but with paler skin and pure white eyes, his costume a blue and gold attire.
'Freeze...what?" Ben asked in confusion as the alien shot a blast of icy energy, but Alan powered up and countered against it. Ben frowned as he saw that his counterpart was outnumbered 6 to one before he slammed down on the Omnitrix, shimmering to grow into Armodrillo before slamming his fist down, creating a shockwave.
"Ugh…" Tetrax groaned as he turned to the other alien and looked surprised, "a Talpaedan? In the Milky Way Galaxy?" The large yellow-tinted armadillo-like alien suddenly elbowed him away, his feet having wheels on them thanks to Skurd.
"Sorry about that, Tetrax." Skurd apologized as Armodrillo slammed his fists into Kevin to send him flying away before slamming his palms down, creating a shockwave towards the others. Freeze lizard was surprised by this.
Alan groaned as he tried to power up a fireball, but yells out as he got hit full blast by Freeze lizard's ice breath, which he later re-formed to blast towards Helen, who yells out as her tail got caught in the icy chill. "Helen!" Pierce yelled as he got his spikes out and shot them like darts at Freeze lizard, but Armodrillo blocked the blows with his armor.
"Ugh...we need to regroup," Kevin said as he grabbed the car nearest to him and absorbed the power from it, draining it dry. He then powered up a ball of energy in his palm and threw it into the air, makin it explode in a bright light.
Ben turned back to normal and saw that everyone had disappeared, then looked around in confusion. "...What in the…? Since when could Kevin do THAT?!"
"Apparently, Kevin's been given a new type of training in this universe," Skurd said, but then saw Freeze Lizard glaring at him, powering up a freezing cool breath. "Uh-oh…"
"Whoa, whoa! Wait, I'm on your side!" Ben exclaimed as he showed the Omnitrix. "See? I got a watch like your's."
That got the other Ben's attention, making him stop as his Omnitrix shined and turned him back to normal. "...Whoa...Okay, you gotta go with me then," He said with a nod as he gave the crowd a smirk. "It's...Gyro time!" He shouted as the crowd cheered, making Ben confused.
Skurd pressed down on the communicator as he whispered, "Blukic, Driba, you two work on that dimensional portal thingy...we'll keep an eye on this Ben double."
"Understood. We'll keep you posted." Driba said on the other end as Skurd hung up as Ben followed his younger doppelganger, looking around.
(At an unknown location)
At a base underground, the six plumbers arrived as Tetrax rubbed his arm, groaning. "I see you still haven't gotten the Omnitrix…" a voice in the darkness said, walking up calmly. It was a rotund figure in glowing blue armor, a strange energy forming in veins.
"We're lucky to get out of there...Helen and Alan got injured by Tennyson...and Tetrax got a nasty blow from some double who had a Talpaedan in the same watch, Intellectuary," Kevin said to the figure, glaring.
"Another Omnitrix wielder…? Hmm...not unforeseeable, but it is unexpected. Agent Levin, I hope you are ready for what is to come…" Intellectuary said calmly as Kevin just nodded at this, clenching his fist.
"Yeah...my dad may have been taken out by some freak...but thanks to the Plumbers, I'm able to take on that threat. Just tell me who I need to call in to take that brat down before he hurts anyone else," Kevin said with a nod, as the Intellectuary gave a nod. "Just say the word, Intellectuary."
"Of course...and I think I know two recruits who can aide you while your teammates are healing." The Intellectuary said as he pressed a button on his arm, as it made a figure come in with a faint grunt. The figure wore the same white and black armor as the others, but his helm was in place. Next to him was a feminine figure with similar armor, but her face was obscured by a hood.
"Do not worry, sir...I shall not fail you." The figure said calmly as he walked up, shaking Kevin's hand. "I just got here from the Academy...got out early due to his actions. Ben tennyson is a threat to peace by making this a hostile world."
"Glad you can give us the help, cadet. We need more go-getters like you on this sector." Kevin said with a nod. "Most of the other Plumbers don't stay around on this planet…"
"Don't worry...we got this." Manny said with a crack of his knuckles as Kevin nodded with a smirk as Pierce grinned, crossing his arms as he stood by the three of them, nodding along.
Pierce looked at the girl and asked, "And what's your story?" The girl just chuckled a bit, a smirk forming on her face.
"Let's just say the Intellectuary is willing to give me payback for what that punk did to my uncle and leave it at that." she said calmly, as her eyes began to glow. Kevin nodded as he looked to the spot ahead, frowning.
(Elsewhere in town…)
Ben looked around still as he and his double, Ben 23, went to a local restaurant; it looked like a Mr. Smoothies, but, upon closer inspection, more closely resembled an actual fast food joint. "This is the best place in town; Mr. Gyro. Yeah, it's Yokel food, but I still like it. Kinda why I wanted to sponsor for it. Gives me the best deals. Gotta be money smart, ya know?" Ben 23 said with a shrug as Ben just nodded, looking around. "My business partner is here anyway, he owns the chain. Well, he owns practically every business in town."
"So the local hero practically runs Bellwood...that's rahter concerning," Skurd muttered to himself as Ben nodded in agreement.
"Eh, it's not that bad. I haven't gotten to be mayor yet. Mom said to wait til I'm at least 20 before I go into politics," Ben 23 said, making Ben and Skurd look to each other in concern. "Also, how come your watch talks?"
"...Uh...I am a very advanced AI." Skurd explained, rubbing the back of his head. "I am sort of an encyclopedia on Alien DNA."
Ben 23 looked at the two calmly before chuckling a bit, "Wow, that's neat. Hey, Hermes!" He said to a jolly man in a manager uniform, who gave Ben 23 a smile as he shook his hand. "Mind giving my pal here the works? Want him to try the specials while he's here and I'll have my usual. Also, give him the low on it."
"Gotcha, Mr. Tennyson," Hermes said as he got a tray out...and a bag of merchandise with an Omnitrix aesthetic to it as Ben 23 began to sign autographs from local customers.
"...Man, you must be into gyros...I'm more into Smoothies, myself. Well, that and chili fries," Ben said sheepishly as Ben 23 gave a small shrug.
"Yeesh, smoothies? I'm more of a milkshake guy. Tried smoothies once...but didn't like it. Though the local smoothie store ended up getting smashed when I was Giant Manster...I gave an apology through my lawyer from that." Ben 23 muttered at that last part as he and Ben got their trays and headed to a booth in the back, where someone was sitting.
"O-Okay, look...Mr. Tennyson and I aren't clear in October, that's when he's got his movie premiere. And look, location 19 of Mr. Gyro is still low on the cups. Just get that through and make sure the deliveries are here...and that car endorsement deal? Aaah, good. Thanks, Mazuma, you're a peach," said the young man who looked around Ben 23's age...but his face caught Bne off guard.
"Billy Billions?" Ben asked in shock as, indeed in the chair, was one Billy Billions. He was much older than the main counterpart, being about 14-15 years old like Ben 23 is currently and his attire was more casual; a dark violet sweater vest with the stylized '23' that looked like dollar sign marks, a pair of light brown khakis and black shoes.
"Aaah, my reputation precedes me." Billy said with a smirk as he got up and shook Ben's hand. "That's right, I am Billy Billions, young super genius and partner to Ben 23. He benefits from my technology and I benefit from our dealings. It's through me that a lot of his training is done," Billy explained as he sat down and got back to his meal.
"...I see…" Ben said suspiciously as he sat down as well. "So...um...what's the story around here? How'd you get your watch?"
Ben 23 looked at his Omnitrix and just shrugged, "Got it about 5 years ago on a camping trip my parents and I went on. We were going to an old camp ground my dad went to when he was a kid and it suddenly fell out of the sky when mom and I were looking for something exciting. I looked in and it suddenly latched on. Been stuck on me since."
"And ever since he got back home from vacation and stopped a giant robot from attacking a campsite, aliens came out of the wazoo for it. Seriously, it was crazy. For 3 years, nothing but nonstop attacks; crazy scientists with plant manipulating science, a sorcerer from another country, guys dressed in viking gear...it was nuts." BIlly said with a shrug. "I helped Ben out through it all with my parent's technology to back him up."
"What about the Plumbers? Wouldn't they have helped?" Ben asked in confusion, making the two tycoons look at each other in confusion at this.
"...We're dealing with aliens and heaven knows what else, other Ben. We're not fixing a sink," BIlly said as he took a sip of his soda, making Ben go wide eyed.
"...Um...okay...do these names ring any bells?" Ben said as he began to think of some names. "Julie Yamamoto? Lucy Mann? Manny Armstrong? Cooper daniels? Helen Wheelz? Kevin levin?"
"...Nope, nope, and I think those other guys work for the Intellectuary," Ben 23 said with a scowl. "That guy's been after my hero watch for years now. Sending freaky bounty hunters after me...those guys are part of a task force that were made specifically to take me out. Gave that Gemman wannabe a good shiner after I took out that freaky crab guy and the guy in the jetpack."
"Wait, took out? You mean you…" Ben began as Billy just gave a shrug at this, as if unphased by it.
"Not that shocking. They attacked us while we were in Nevada. Gotta take the freaks out before they hurt anyone, right?" Ben 23 asked with a scowled. "Sides, they're criminals...they deserve to get what's coming to him. Only baddies I don't take down that bad are creeps like Dr. Veggietose or those Viking wannabes who came after me because I turn into aliens."
"Sounds more like he just doesn't want to hurt humans as bad as aliens…" Skurd said in concern to Ben in a whisper, making Ben take a piece of Calamari and bite into it.
"Okay...what if someone else shows up, like Vilgax or Ghostfreak?" Ben asked as the two looked confused by that.
"Never heard of those guys…" Ben 23 shrugged as he sipped from his drink. "Look...um...other me, why are you here?"
"An interdimensional rift. Not the first one I've been through. Helped a good guy out the last time, so maybe I can do the same here? Maybe I can help you take down that Intellectuary?" Ben asked as Ben 23 smirked broadly.
"Well, that makes things interesting. A multiversal team up...that'll do more gold than your 23-alien line up thing you got," Billy said with a teasing nudge to ben 23, who just nudged back with a laugh.
"Knock it off, BIlly." Ben 23 chuckled as Ben just smiled a tiny bit, looking towards Billy as he got up to wash his hands in the bathroom after he finished up.
"Hmm...seems this Billy Billions is happier than the one we met before...strange how that is," Skurd said calmly as Ben nodded. "Though that double of yours concerns me...he doesn't seem to have that same level of concern for life that you have, Ben. Plus he seems more full of himself...and I thought that was impossible, but here we are." That earned him a drenching in the water, making him gurgle out.
"Hey, don't complain, you don't got lungs," Ben said as he pulled out to dry off his hands, Skurd giving him a death glare the whole time before they heard some commotion outside. Ben scowled when he heard this and slammed down on the Omnitrix, growing out into Ceremander before flying out, using his psychic powers to open the door as he did.
"Whoa, that must be one of other me's aliens!" Ben 23 said as he got up, smirking as Billy only looked confused.
"Where's he going?" Billy asked as he and Ben 23 followed after, before seeing the lizard-like alien scowling when he saw a group of criminals getting away. "Hey, what are you doing? We got cops for thugs like that."
"Yeah, dude, why are you wasting an alien on them?" Ben 23 asked as Ceremander just scowled when he heard that, his tricloptic eyes shining before yanking his hands back, as if summoning forth a sort of psychic leash at the getaway car, making it pull back.
"Why are you not helping the average person?" Ceramander asked calmly as he took the money and returned it to the bank before taking the men out of it and smashing the car with his mind, turning it into a ball.
"Huh?" Ben 23 asked in clear confusion as Ceremander floated down, the thugs being bound to a nearby wall. "Whatcha mean? I help people a lot."
"Yes...but not by stopping regular threats. Only intergalactic ones from what I'm hearing...though you seem to be under the impression all other aliens are bad, correct?" Ceramander asked as Ben 23 and Billy just shrugged. "Where I am from, that is not the usual. Most are actually rather peaceful, a few are even good friends of mine."
"...Whoa...seriously? Man, your world must be a lot more peaceful than mine if that's the case," Ben 23 said with a look of awe as Ceramander just chuckled very faintly, given his usual stoicness.
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light in the area, making the group turned to see Kevin was back with the two new people, as well as Manny and Pierce. "Looks like it's round two, Levin," Ben 23 said as he slammed down on his omnitrix, turning into an alien similar to Cannonbolt, but his armor was a sapphire blue color. "Time to Rollaway from this, Levin."
"Oh come on, that is a lame pun." Kevin groaned in pain at this, rolling his eyes.
"Agreed. Get ready for Whiz Kid, punks," Billy said as he pressed a button on his belt. Suddenly, a large battle suit formed over his body, his head exposed in a crystallized dome. The figure with the helmet got a device out and it shifted into a bo staff.
"I shall deal with the new threats. I have faced many a foe...you can take on Kevin, Pierce and Manny." Ceramander said as he slammed down on the insignia on his belt, shining before turning into XLR8. The speedster suddenly sped ahead, hitting the guy with the bo staff with a quick jab with his claws.
"Ugh!" The figure grunted before slamming the staff at him, but XLR8 dodged quickly as Rollaway charged forward at Kevin, tackling into him in his sphere form as Kevin grunted as he got hit. BIlly backed him up, firing lasers at Manny and Pierce, who returned fire with their own blasters.
XLR8 ducked around the girl's attacks as she fired purple energy at him. XLR8 then spun around, creating a tornado that sent the girl's hood away...revealing a familiar white hair but cut in a bob cut. "Charmcaster?" XLR8 asked in shock as the other man removed his mask to get some air after it, revealing a younger Rook. "And Rook?! Okay, what is going on here? Why are you guys bounty hunters?"
"Is that what he's calling us now…? Typical...I'm only looking for who took out my uncle. Nothing more." Charmcaster said with a scowl. "And it's not 'Charmcaster', kid. It's just 'Hope'" She then fired a blast of energy down at him, as XLR8 dodged it.
"And I was asked by the Intellectuary to retrieve the Omnitrix...nothing more myself," Rook explained as he slammed his fist down. "Stone Cutter!" He sent a purple energy field downward, sending XLR8 flying back.
"UGh…"He groaned as he nods to Skurd, who nodded back as he began to form cup links on his body similar to Buzzshock before he began to run around them, starting to store up static electricity before charging upward, tapping both with the stored energy. Both yelled out as they got hit, making them go to a knee from the shocks going through them.
XLR8 looked at Rollaway, who did a rather impressive spinning top maneuver...but then he saw the camera bots near by, making him facepalm at this. "Wow, he's a showboater...and that's saying something." Skurd said with a chuckle.
"HA-ha…" XLR8 said flatly before Kevin got sent back as Rollaway turned back to normal...but then Ben saw something on his arm; a bomb!? "Ooooh man!" He quickly zoomed over and began to type into it.
"Ben!" Billy said in shock before glaring at the other two before picking up a car and chucking it at him, sending them back. He then flew over and looks at the bomb, "How are you gonna get it off?!"
"It's gotta be a code...using every possible combination." the speedy alien explained before it came off. "Yes!" He then tossed it towards Kevin, who glared as it exploded, as Ben frowned. "He'll live...but I doubt he could stay up after that."
"Thanks for the backup…" Ben 23 said with a nod to his older double, who nodded back but then saw the smoke had started to dissipate...and saw Kevin was still there with his hand up, which held a small fireball in it. "Aaah man…"
"Okay, this Kevin is a LOT better at absorbing energy...he absorbed an explosion…" Ben said with concern as they heard a shimmering effect as a figure formed, sending a shockwave as a large hammer slammed down, knocking them back.
"This is enough...Levin, Armstrong, Wheels, Hope and Blonko...thank you for your aide...and send the same regards to Shard, Daniels and the others...but allow me to finish this rouse once and for all." The figure revealed himself, showing it was the Intellectuary.
Ben looked at the armor and frowned, "That's a Galvan battle suit isn't it…?" Intellectuary looked in his direction for a moment but focused on Ben 23.
"You have something that belongs to me, boy. Give it to me," Intellectuary said with a dark tone towards Ben 23, his hand out. Ben 23 scowled before slamming down, growing out in size before roaring out...becoming Humongasaur but in a blue and black jumpsuit, with more noticeable ridges on his nose and brow.
"DINO-MIGHTY!" He roared out as he charged forward at the intellectuary, who blocked a punch with his hammer. He then swung it, smacking Dinomighty with it before firing an energy beam from it at Billy, making him yell out as he got sent flying backwards.
Ben frowned as he slammed his omnitrix into Four-Arms, slammed his fists together and got ready, but was suddenly hit by an explosive blast of energy. "GAAAAH!" Four-arms yelled out as he got sent flying. The Tetramand glared at Kevin, who smirked in return.
"Thanks for the power up…" Kevin smirked as he jumps forward, an explosive burst forming behind him before sending a punch at Four-Arms, the power from the explosion adding to the punches at came at him. Four-arms grunted as his arms gained materials similar to Shellhead's shell, making him block the blows before slamming his hands together to send Kevin away.
Intellectuary looked around him before slamming his hammer into Dinomighty, who roared in annoyance before slamming his fist down, knocking the armor down. He then growled as he gripped the armor and began to crush it, ripping the top off before reaching his fingers into it, lifting something out.
"Let me go, you childish, overgrown troglodyte!" a familiar voice said as Four-Arms turned to see the dinosaur alien with a form of Azmuth in his hand.
"AZMUTH!?" Ben and Skurd cried out in shock before knocking Kevin away and then jumping forward...only to tackle into Dinomighty's side, making him roar out as he let go. "LET GO OF HIM!" Four-Arms shouted in shock and anger.
"Why are you attacking me?! I just got the bad guy. Back off." That got him a tailwhip, making Four-Arms grunt as he caught onto it. He growled in annoyance as he held his ground before throwing Dinomighty over his head, slamming the giant dinosaur-like alien onto the ground with a grunt.
"That's not a bad guy, you idiot! That's the guy who made the Watch!" exclaimed Four-Arms in anger as both turned back to normal, Ben glaring at the younger hero who still had the other Azmuth in his hand...as he stared at him in confusion.
"...This thing made the Hero Watch?" Ben 23 asked, confused by this. Azmuth groaned as he shimmied onto his arm and climbed onto it.
"It's called the Omnitrix, kid." He then pressed a few buttons and swiftly removed it. "Look...you're rich and you have helped people plenty of times. Just stop before you go too far, boy," Azmuth said with a frown.
"Hey, give that back!" Ben 23 said as he tried to grab at him, but Azmuth hopped away as Pierce and Manny were ready to get involved.
"This was not meant for you, it was meant for your grandfather. Sadly, it was too late for that, as he died 10 years ago. So I tried to send agents to get it back...but they were badly injured by you," Azmuth said with a frown.
"Wait, Grandpa Max died when you were little?" Ben asked in surprise, then frowned. "So that's why you became this way...Mom and dad are great and all, but they've got no experience with this alien stuff...and if I had to guess, they were kinda hands off with this training, right?"
"Hey, don't be hating," Ben 23 said with a scowl before he glared at Azmuth. "Plus, what do you know?"
That got a flat stare from Azmuth, who sighed, "I'm the smartest being in 5 galaxies, Tennyson. I could write an entire library's worth of books on things you don't know." He looked at the other Ben and asked, "What of your world?"
"My Azmuth let me keep the Omnitrix after a while. My Grandpa Max is still alive so he helped me...well, not turn out as much of a rich kid as this Ben, but I'm still a really respected hero in my world." Ben explained, as Azmuth nodded.
"Oh, come on, you barely look successful at all." Ben 23 said as Ben frowned at this, crossing his arms.
"Look...Ben, you've taken out some of your enemies...but not all of your threats should be taken out without a fair trial or something like that. Yeah, they're aliens, but they're still people deep down. Plus, if I had to guess...I've been helping fight the Plumbers of this world, huh?" He said that last part with a bit of an awkward chuckle.
"...Well, this is awkward…" Skurd muttered to himself as Kevin just smirked, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, Azmuth took over the Plumbers about a decade ago when my dad was starting out. Got me into the family business," Kevin said with a shrug. "Though, gotta say, other Ben, you're a tough guy."
"Your counterpart can attest to that...though it's weird to think we still fight at this age. You and me are best pals in my world," Ben said, as both Kevin and Ben 23 looked at each other with a disturbed look.
"Friends with that idiot/freak?! Yeah, right!" Both shouted in annoyance at this, glaring at each other. Azmuth just sighed at this, rubbing his temple.
"Okay, okay...so the aliens here aren't evil. Thanks for clearing that up...what now?" Billy asked with his arms crossed. "The Order of Mjolnir-those viking guys we told you about-are still a threat to Ben and without the Omnitrix, they're likely to just smash him to bits. And if any other baddy finds out Ben got depowered, they'll be out for vengeance."
"...That is true," Azmuth conceded, not wanting to cause any more trouble. "This counterpart here seemed to have become something noble in his world...might need to look into that."
Ben nodded as he looked at Ben 23, "Look...I can tell deep down you like helping people...even if you're a bit of an over violent brat at times." That got an indignant look from the younger counterpart. "But I can tell you've got the potential to be a great hero, even one that can help a lot of people. So...uh...hey, Azmuth, mind recalibrating it real quick?"
Azmuth raised a would-be brow at this as he jumped onto Ben 23's arm and tapped a bit onto the older Omnitrix, placing it back on. It shined a bright blue before it shifted into something smaller and more compact, looking more similar to a wrist watch. "Okay...now what?"
"Skurd?" Ben asked as he held his Omnitrix near him, as the there was some data transfer. "There. Gave you access to my Andromeda alien forms. I'm not giving you too many of my heavy hitters yet...but I think I've got a friend who can get me here if you need it. Plus, now you can contact me via our Omnitrixes...that can happen, right?"
"I did take into account of my other selves creating an Omnitrix, yes. So, a version of me came to me to give him access to a sort of multi-dimensional device that allows our Omnitrixi to be connected." Azmuth said with a nod. "It's why you are still able to use your aliens more than likely."
"...Huh, didn't think about that." Ben admitted as Skurd just gave a resigned sigh, shaking his head. Just then his communicator beeped, confusing him. "...Uh, yes?" Ben asked as he answered it.
"BEN! WE'VE GOT A MOB! HOKESTAR TRIED TO SELL SOMETHING TO A WOMAN AND HIS ID MASK FAILED! SHE CALLED THE COPS! I DO NOT WANT TO BE PUT INTO AN ALIEN ZOO!" Driba screamed out, making Skurd cover his ears, as the unfortunate slimebiote bore the full brunt of the screaming blast.
"OW! If I had ear drums, they'd be ringing," Skurd moaned in annoyance, a cringe clearly visible on his face.
There was an awkward pause as Ben looked at his counterpart, "Uh,...you mind helping me with this? You're the hero around here, so I think they'd listen to you." Ben 23 just raised an eyebrow before shrugging and held the newly recalibrated Omnitrix up, making him look through and nodding before slamming down.
"Speedyquick!" He shouted as he turned to a paler version of XLR8 with a black and blue costume before speeding off. Ben transformed into Jetray to fly after him, holding Azmuth as he followed his counterpart. Hope made a barrier form around the others and flew after them.
Soon, they came across the large SWAT mob who had their guns pointed at Hokestar's Mr. Smoothies, as the four-armed alien just put the closed sign up in fear. "How come they didn't fix the dimensional hopping device?" Skurd asked in shock as he saw all this "Could have avoided this whole mess…"
"They likely have a good reason." Jetray said as Speedyquick took all the guns and dropped them, crossing his arms.
"I'll vouch for the creatures in here. They're not here to attack us," Speedyquick explained before turning back to normal. "They're just kinda stranded for a bit." Jetray nodded as he landed and turned back to normal. "Just go back to your business, Sergeant. We've got to have a talk later...right?" He looked at Ben at this, who nodded.
"Yep. come on, let's go help Blukic and Driba with that dimensional device...and I'll buy you guys a smoothie if you want." He looked at the other dimension's Plumbers, who just looked at each other before shrugging.
"Uh...sure, I guess," Rook said with a shrug as they all entered, Azmuth calling up his allies to help out with this, as well.
(Later…)
Soon, the Plumbers were in the Mr. Smoothies with BIlly and Ben 23, Azmuth in the back as Ben was looking over something with Hope, who had a globe of sorts with her.
"Hmm...it appears that you aren't from our dimension. In this chain of realms, we are in the 23rd dimension...it's a mirror of sorts to your timeline," Hope explained to Ben, who nodded. "You seem to be in the First dimension, a sort of plane close to the Prime dimension that started it all."
"How many dimensions are there?" Ben asked in confusion, looking as though a headache was beginning to form at this.
"Trust me, if I had to count and explain them all, we'll be in the quadruple digits when we're in our 60s," Hope explained as she crossed her arms. "I don't know as much as my Uncle Hex...no thanks to a certain someone putting him into a coma." She gave Ben 23 a dirty look at this.
"Hey, I never fought any 'Hex' guy. I mainly fought aliens, I would remember fighting a magician. Closest thing would be this weird energy girl I met a while back," Ben 23 said, crossing his arms.
"Energy girl?" Ben asked in confusion as Ben 23 shrugged.
"Lady Jinx, she called herself. I haven't seen much of her in awhile...she's likely hiding in some cave or something," Billy said with a small shrug. "She was dangerous, though...one of the few who gave our Ben a real run for his money besides the Intellectuary...no offense to you guys."
"None taken...Tennyson is a lot tougher than he looks," Tetrax admitted as he sipped from his smoothie. "Though, of course, he still owes me a hoverboard."
"...not my fault it crashed in a lake," Ben 23 muttered to himself, as Ben just sighed and massaged his temple.
"I have doubts in his abilities to be the leader of this group…" Skurd muttered to himself. Azmuth jumped in at this time, crossing his arms.
"Who says I would entrust my team to this immature rookie?" Azmuth asked, giving Skurd a scrutinous look. "He's still got a lot to learn on how the Omnitrix truly works. Also, you are lucky I was able to fix the dimensional jump. For some reason, someone put it into the equivalent of putting it on the gas and brake at the same time."
"...Yeah, that would mess any engine up," Kevin said with a nod, as Ben just chuckled. "What? What's so funny, Tennyson?"
"Nothing, nothing...guess some things are just kind of the same, no matter where you are," Ben said with a shrug. "Look...Azmuth, think you can look after my double here? I'd rather not have to save his butt next time...or kick it." He gave Ben 23 a small look at this.
"Oh, come on, the Intellectuary was the biggest threat I've had. What are the odds of someone else coming in to be a bigger one?" Ben 23 asked, making everyone groan in annoyance.
"AND he jinxed it…the one true constant in the multiverse is the Tennyson's inability to put one's foot into their mouth," Skurd said...which lead to Ben slamming him into the table. "OW! Why do you keep doing that?!"
"Stop giving me reasons to do it and it won't happen," Ben said in annoyance. "Okay...we should be ready to go, right?" He looked at Azmuth at this, who nodded.
"Indeed.." Azmuth said as he went off, the other Plumbers heading out as Ben put a hand on Ben 23's shoulder.
"Look...I'm not sure what happened to your Max, but remember this; family is important...you may need to reconnect to that, okay? Also...keep an eye for any other allies, okay?" Ben said as Ben 23 nodded.
"Gotcha, Ben 10," Ben 23 said as the two Bens shook hands before he went out. Ben 23 stood in between Kevin and Billy as the group all waved as Driba and blukic activated the device, making it shine brightly before it vanished.
Unknown to everyone, however, Professor Paradox was watching the entire event that had occured. He nodded at this, smiling softly. "That-a-boy, Ben…" He looked at where Ben 23 was and nodded. "Knew he could help that boy see the light…"
"That was quite a gamble you made, Paradox...you know that, right?" a voice said as Paradox turned to a white armored figure, a green scarf around his neck. "This kid was in the risk factors...especially given all the other Omnitrix wielders in the multiverse."
"I am aware, Spanner...you have faced the ire of one in your own dimension. But do not forget, you work with me to protect the multiverse. Especially with Eon becoming more truant...we need all the allies we can get," Paradox explained calmly as Spanner just scoffed.
"Why trust these two? They're a lot like the Ben of my world...and even then, there are other dimensions...other worlds that can be traveled to and get heroes from there. You know this...and yet you focus on the Omnitrix users. Why?" Spanner asked, his tone firm.
"Because that is who Eon is after...yes, there are other heroes, but their missions are too important to include them in the Time War to come," Paradox said calmly to Spanner. "I'd rather not get too many in the crossfire."
"Whatever you say, Professor…" Spanner said as he vanished in a flash of green. Paradox nodded as he got his pocket watch out and suddenly vanished as well.
(Dimension 1 Bellwood. 15:04)
Ben got out of Hokestar's Mr. Smoothies, sighing slightly as he saw the Rust Bucket coming up, Max getting out. "Hey, Grandpa max." Ben said as he went over.
"Ben, where you were guys? It's been awhile and your parents called and they were worried sick." Max said, looking at Ben before he saw him smiling at him. "...What is it?" Ben suddenly gave him a hug, surprising Max.
"It's nothing...just, well, I really appreciate all you've done for me," Ben said as Max just chuckled a bit. "Just want to savor it, I guess."
"Okay, kiddo." Max smiled, returning the hug before letting go, ruffling his head. "Come on, if you want, we can head to the movies. I'll pick up your folks and we can see something as a family. I'll get Verdona, too."
"That sounds great," Ben said with a smirk as he climbed in before the RV headed out, the two Galvans getting their own moped out to go back to Plumber HQ. It was a good day in this dimension...and hopefully the other world would have good days like this, as well.
End of Episode 6
Well, that was a wild ride. I would like to thank again the people who helped me with this chapter and all the ideas I gave with this take on the 23rd dimension. Splashpointparabox, Brave-King-Shishio, Story Blade, Darinas and chann1, thanks again for all the aide you gave me with this story, as well as Kevfilms2x2 for giving me an idea for that ending scene. Anyway, next time will be a big event for this season...especially as it includes the return of an old friend. Anyway, please Read, Review and Suggest away!