Sorry for the long wait, folks. Had to deal with a bit of writer's block. Anyway, as you know, I only own my own OCs. Ben 10 belongs to Cartoon Network and Man of Action. I would like to thank again my friends Kevfilms2x2, chann01, SplashpointParabox, Story's Blade, Brave-King-Shishio, Darinas and others! Please enjoy!
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(Incarcecon Space. July 18th, 10:50 Bellwood time)
A large plumber craft was heading towards a deep part in space, Tetrax at the front of the ship wearing a dark red Plumber Uniform, as other Alpha rank Plumbers stood at the ready. "Okay, team, we have to get Vilgax dropped off at Incarcecon."
"That'll be easy...he's locked up tight…" Hobble timidly pointed out, the cricket-like alien cleaning off his sniper rifle in a nervous manor.
"I am still surprised we are being asked to help Team Tennyson out," said Harrington with a small chuckle, adjusting his dual pistols a bit before holstering them. That earned him a death glare from Rad, who was sitting nearby.
"Why is it suddenly 'Team Tennyson'?" Asked Rad with an apprehensive tone, as Ben just patted his head.
"Because it was originally with me, Grandpa Max and Gwen. Then we added Tetrax, Kevin, the Helpers, Julie and now you and Skurd." Ben explained as Skurd scoffed.
"I have seniority over the water fowl, thank you very much," Skurd commented, as Rad just scoffed a bit.
"That's cause you're older than dirt, slimeboy. Quite literally, in fact." Rad pointed out as Rook gave a cough as he and Julie walked up, with Ben and Julie wearing their Plumber jumpsuits. Rad had his usual attire on but with a Plumber badge notched onto his belt so he can get in.
"Warden K'dak, we are almost there. You have completed the emptying of the prison, yes?" Rook inquired to the other end, as a screen showed a sharp toothed humanoid with grayish skin and three dark pink eyes, who hissed.
"Hold on, Plumber. We are almost done...you can land soon, but we need to take out the Omega class prisoners last. They're the most dangerous." K'dak explained calmly as Rook nodded in understanding.
Ben just scoffed as he spoke, "Still surprised we're just leaving him here all alone...we don't want a repeat of what happened the last time we actually locked him up…"
"Don't worry, Max has it set up that it's all automated. The defenses, the food distribution, everything." Tetrax said, before frowning as well as he and Ben turned to the cell that was in the back of the ship. "Though even I'm not a fan of this idea...I wish we could just drop him in the nearest sun and be done with it. But rules are rules."
A ragged laugh was heard from the cell as Vilgax, bound to various chains and other bonds to a rolling platform within a domed prison of sorts, gave a glare out. "Is that...meant to be a threat, Shard? It would seem your youthful foolishness is still there, deep down."
"Do not tempt us, Vilgax. You know that it's a pretty easy button press away to drop you out." Ben said, frowning deeply as Vilgax merely smirked a bit in amusement.
"Quite humorous to hear a threat from you, Tennyson...especially one that you will not go through with." Ben scowled at the taunt as he looked at the eject button, a small look of temptation on his face before just stomps off, Vilgax just chuckling a bit.
Rook pats his shoulder as he reassures him with a small smile. "Do not let him get to you, Ben." Rook firmly stated as the ship soon arrived inside of the base.
Unbeknownst to them, Attea's Starship was floating nearby as the princess was watching Incarceron from afar. "Hmm...time to get ready. Sixsix, Sevenseven, Eighteight. We're going in." She said as she walked ahead calmly, meeting with three figures; One had magenta armor with black patches on his mask, arms and legs with hoof-esque feet. A taller one had darker purple armor with a more muscular frame. The final one was a more feminine shaped humanoid with nearly pink-violet armor. All three had jetpacks, laser rifles and other weapons decked out on them.
The Magenta armored figure, Sixsix, began to speak in a series of clicks and grunts. Raff sighed as he pressed a button on his ear to translate it to his ears. "We will do our best, Attea."
(AN: This is so that while we usually hear a series of clicks and other things, I am gonna write these three saying normal things but I'll italicize it to show this is a translation. Only a select few will actually know what is being said, I am just making it easier for us.)
"Don't get familiar." Attea scowled at the youngest brother, narrowing her eyes. "You will address me as 'highest commander'." The three just nodded calmly as she pressed a button on her computer. "Daddy, We're heading in."
"Good. Don't fail me, daughter of mine. Murray is full of tough customers, especially their capital." Millious said on the other end, as Attea frowns as she looks ahead.
"And killing Vilgax will give them an incentive to give up...so Incarceron is a perfect place for him to be his tomb." Attea said with a smirk, as Millious gave a fond chuckle.
"Aaah, it brings a tear to my eye to hear you talk like this, Attea. Taking after your old man there." Millious said with a dark chuckle before continuing, "Just make sure to take them out." He then disconnected and Attea scowled.
Attea gave a sigh as she muttered out, "I swear he wants to get under my skin…" The three siblings looked at each other at this, as the female just crossed her arms as she looked out the window to the large prison.
(Inside of Incarcecon)
Ben nodded to the others as he slammed down on the Omnitrix, turning into Big Chill to survive the lack of oxygen at the given time as they got Vilgax to put on a pair of energy cuffs that kept his hands together and a set of energy chains to keep him from running away. The Plumbers put on air masks as they walked out.
The main bridge was still setting people away, many in stasis devices for the more dangerous of the prisoners being transferred as some guards were nodding to the Plumbers that arrived. "We're almost done here, Sirs." The air pressure began to increase as they got their masks off to show there was oxygen in the room.
"Who do you have left?" Ben asked as he turned back to normal, as the guard got nervous as he gulped.
"One of the S-Ranked prisoners...someone you know pretty well. You said you had a cell set up for him on Earth, right?" The guard asked nervously as Ben scowled before nodding.
"Yep...I helped make it so that none of his other forms could get out." Ben said calmly as the sound of alarms were heard. Julie and Rad turned at this, as Rook got his blaster ready. Vilgax only raised a would-be brow as the elevator came up as every guard pointed their blasters.
Then, a small chuckle was heard as someone in clattering chains came out, his hands bound together. "Should I find this show of force entertaining…?" a patronizing but familiar voice mused as he came out...his ruby red gaze showing a great deal of contempt towards Ben.
"Albedo…" Ben scowled as his double only smirked with amusement. This person in front of them looked almost exactly like Ben did; he wore a similar jacket to his old one but it was dark red in color with a stylized '01' in a white circle, a pair of dark brown jeans and black tennis shoes. His skin was oddly pale, however and his hair was pure silver, and his eyes were a dark red.
"How bemusing to see you, Tennyson. It's been too long...since that nightmare parasite, yes? Haven't had a good sleep in a week after that." Albedo said rather casually, shrugging a bit.
"Yeah...after that, you've changed. But you're still the vindictive jerk who made a fake Omnitrix and, above that, you caused everything that happened to Cerver." Ben scowled, as Albedo raised a brow at this.
"Cerver...I do not think I remember that name. I have been kind of behind on some current events. But I do know that you have a new team. Let me look them over…" Albedo looked to Julie, Rook and Rad...and only grew more amused. "So you replace the Anodite and the Osmosion with your girlfriend, a backwater hick and a miniscule mercenary?"
"Hick?/You insulting my height, blondey?" Both Rook and Rad called out in annoyance, both glaring at those comments. Ship just gave a soft growl at him before Albedo shrugged nonchalantly before as he continued towards the ship that was meant to transport him.
"I'll be seeing you on Earth, Ben." Albedo said calmly before looking him dead in the eye...before shifting his face partially to look like a Galvan's own mixed with his features; the skin turned half-way gray and his right eye turned frog-like in nature. "I'm sure we have much to talk about." the door then shut at that as Ben shivered.
"I don't think he's ever done that before." Ben admitted as Julie scowled a bit.
"Given he doesn't need an Omnitrix to transform...maybe he's found ways to use multiple forms?" Julie asked in concern. "Kinda like how Kevin could?"
"Doubt it...that form of shape shifting would destroy his DNA. I think he can just do partial transformations given he can't get out of those binds." Tetrax said calmly. "They were specifically made to make sure he couldn't transform. Plus his transformations aren't as stable as yours."
"Peh, pathetic tadpole…" Vilgax growled out in annoyance as the Plumbers were moving him along, unaware that something was going on until the base began to shake as the last of the conveys left. "What was that?"
"A comet must've hit us. Those things tend to break on impact with dis place." Rad said cautiously, his pistol at the ready just in case it was anything fishy as they moved Vilgax deeper into the prison, which was dark and dank.
"Why do I feel like I'm in one of those earth Horror movies…" Hobble bemoaned to himself, keeping his blaster at the ready as he looked around nervously.
Julie chuckled as she spoke, "Trust me Hobble...if it was, you'd be the monster in it. Not the first victim." That made Hobble chuckle modestly, which sounded like a cricket's chirp.
Suddenly, there was a sound of something shifting, making Rook stop and glare as he looked around. "Anyone else hear that?"
"Yeah…" Tetrax scowled as he looked around, only to get hit by an energy disc, making him yell out in pain as he gripped his shoulder. He glared into the shadows as someone walked out…"Sixsix…" the former bounty hunter sneered in anger.
"Been awhile, Shard. But you know what they say...a family outing is always good for the soul." Sixsix hissed out, glaring under his visor.
"Family outing…?" Rook asked in confusion as Julie did a double take at this. "What?"
Julie gave him an incredulous look as she asked, "You can actually understand that?" She looked around to see if anyone else understood it besides Tetrax.
"...I'll be honest, I only get, like, context clues." Ben admitted sheepishly before ducking as Sevenseven came in with Eighteight, both of them aiming their weapons. "...GREAT, so Vilgax hired mercenaries to save him. What? Was Rojo on vacation or something?"
"What are you-I didn't hire these plebeians!" Vilgax growled out, annoyed at the accusation. Everyone of the Plumbers gave him a slight look, not believing him...that is, until a blast from a nearby wall came in.
"'Member me, Tennyson?" Attea asked, giving a small smirk as the four of them aimed their guns. "Now...give me Vilgax, or else the lot of you will be filled with more holes than a moon."
"Wait, you're helping the Incurseans?!" Julie asked in panic as Vilgax only gave a flat stare of annoyance.
"...I am well aware of my reputation, but why would I help these amphibians? I do not need a group of hapless salamanders to get my work done," Vilgax hissed in annoyance.
"Okay, why are ya ignoring me? I'm here to riddle this cyborg ball of ink's head with holes, not join forces with him," Attea said in annoyance, her eyes narrowing as Julie's armor shifted into her Speed form, glaring as the other sides got armed.
"I'll distract Attea. Julie, you and the plumbers cover Vilgax. Rook, you and Tetrax look over things," Ben commanded as the four began to fire their blasters. Julie and the Plumbers fired back in conjunction as Tetrax got a computer from his wrist out.
Attea glared as she saw Eighteight fly forward, but got blocked by one of the Alpha Team members that was backed up by Rad, who kicked at her head, making her grunt. "Why you little…" Eighteight snarled out in pain as Ben slammed down on the Omnitrix.
"Hey Attea, gotta question for you," A tiny voice said as she saw Ben as Nanomech floating around her, a smirk on his tiny face. "Gotta ask; if some guy kisses you, does he become an incursean or do you become a princess?"
Attea's eyes narrowed darkly as a snarl formed on her face, "Why you little-" She then fired at the tiny target, who dodged around it before sending a shockwave at Attea, making her yell out before it shined and turned into Ampfibian. The jellyfish alien then extended his tentacles out and sent a powerful electric current into them, knocking all four down.
"Get to the communicators. Call Max, we'll hide Vilgax somewhere." Ampfibian said as Rook nodded as he motioned to Rad, who followed him and the other Plumbers...leaving Vilgax with Julie, Tetrax and Ben. The giant growled as he followed after them.
Julie pressed her hand against a wall as Ship hacked into the controls and opened a door as the group quickly went down a walkway. "This is ridiculous...you should have allowed me out to finish them off," Vilgax hissed in annoyance.
"And let you go on a rampage? Yeah right," Ben scoffed, giving a scowl in annoyance, "I'm not falling for it, Vilgax. The minute I let those cuffs turn off, you smack us around the room and you go for an escape route."
"...Peh, it appears you have gained a margin of actual backbone since our battle with Ascalon." Vilgax said with a shallow laugh, "To think...the greatest hero in the Universe...has me to thank."
"You may have caused the Omnitrix to come to Earth, but what that lead too was just a series of events of me kicking your butt," Ben grinned, as Julie and Tetrax gave a small nod in agreement.
Vilgax blinked in surprise at that taunt, which soon became a dark glare from his ruby gaze. "No, it did not. All it lead to was a series of lucky victories or last-second unlocking of power. In a direct fight, you never won."
"What are you implying?" asked Tetrax, his yellow eyes narrowing as VIlgax just chuckled.
"In our first battle, he had to be saved by his grandfather. In our second, his cousin outwitted me with a rather well-planned gambit. His third, Azmuth had to unlock the To'kustar. Our fourth, your Omnitrix saved your life after I destroyed the Crystalsapien to re-unlock your Petrosapien state."
"And then there was the time you actually got the recalibrated Omnitrix and had to ask me how it worked," Ben pointed out with a small smirk, as Vilgax gave an annoyed glare.
"The recalibration aspect of it caused momentary confusion, as it's entire systems seemed to have changed. And that is not going into the fact that in later battles, you over-relied on that Ultimatrix device or Ascalon. And even in our latest battle, you only won because of pure dumb luck. In your many battles, you could have ended me...but you never have," Vilgax said calmly, looking at Ben with a small chuckle. "That has always been a problem you've had, boy. Never finishing the job."
"...How about I just let Attea take you then? Would that say something about me?" Ben asked, as Julie gave Ben a frown.
"Do not let him get to you, Ben," Tetrax said calmly. Vilgax just chuckled.
"An amusing thought, but otherwise short-sighted. Do you know the true aspects of the Incursean's latest actions; my planet is a target for their plan, and many others are, as well. How would you feel if your rather passive mindset puts many more worlds in danger?" Vilgax said calmly, as he moved along. Ben frowned at this.
"As Tetrax said, do not let him get to you." Skurd warned as he slinked to his shoulder. "He is a man of decades worth of combat experience by this point. He knows how to get into your head, gotta keep him out." Ben just nodded, while Julie grew a little concerned.
(Elsewhere in the base)
Attea groaned as she got up, rubbing her head from the electric shock. "Ugh...where did they go?!" She shouted in annoyance, looking at them.
"It looks like he got the drop on us," Sixsix said with a frown under his mask as he got a device out. "Lets see...found them." He looked at the signals and spoke, "It appears they separated into two groups."
"I have eyes, Sixsix...you and your brother go after those Plumbers and take them out. Eighteight and I will go after Tennyson and Vilgax," Attea said calmly. "Out of the three of you, she's the only one he never fought...and she's got higher billing than either of you," She smirked as she went ahead, Eighteight looking at her two brothers.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure to keep myself in one piece, brothers. You boys have fun now," Eighteight said, giving a small nod to her brothers as the two gave a grunt in return before going ahead, Eighteight calmly walking behind Attea.
The two brothers snuck around, hiding in the shadows as Sevenseven saw an elevator nearby...and a devious thought formed in his mind. He motioned to it and Sixsix, seeing it, gave a nod before going to it.
Sevenseven then went ahead as he listened with a signal increaser on his helmet. "Man, this place is huge...how we gonna find anything?" Hobble's voice asked as Sevenseven saw the group heading up the stairs to a catwalk area.
"If you stop complaining, we can get there faster," Rad said in slight annoyance, giving the cricket-looking alien a glare as Sevenseven stalked them from above.
"We have two choices at this moment; there is a catwalk that goes right for the elevator, which leaves us perfectly exposed...but the stairs to the communications hub makes it a slow but likely safer route…" Rook muttered to himself, looking between the choices. "Hmm...Ben would chose the catwalk, so the stairs are likely the best bet."
"That's what you think." a voice said as Sevenseven jumped down, pinning Hobble onto the ground. The others aimed their weapons, but Sevenseven did a 'no-no' hand motion. "Uh-uh, if you shoot me, you shoot the cricket too."
"He is right. If we shoot, we hit Hobble," said Rook, as he scowled at him. "Just like your reputation says, Sevenseven. You are a sneaky one."
"But so am I," said Rad as he fired over his head, causing some metal to fall from the ceiling and hitting Sevenseven, making him let go of Hobble. "Catwalk, let's go!" He then lead the others, his blaster at the ready as Rook made cover fire behind them.
The elevator dinged as the Plumbers and bounty hunter saw Sixsix in there, who casually dropped a unpinned grenade forward. "Bye-bye," Sixsix said teasingly as the door then closed as a large explosion filled the room. Sevenseven looked around and saw the catwalk was destroyed, and a dark chuckle escaped his lips.
Downstairs, the explosion's ring filled the area as Julie looked up in horror. "Oh no...the others! They're in trouble!" Ship gave a whimpering sound, as a dark chuckle filled the air.
Ben got his Omnitrix ready, but a sudden red snare went around his wrist. "OW!" Ben yelled out in pain as Eighteight came into view, holding an energy cable that was coming out of the bottom of her wrist. "Okay...who are you?"
"She's Eighteight...she's the big sis of those two Stroggian bounty hunters you've met. She's a lot more effective than they are," Attea said with a smirk as she came into view, Vilgax glaring darkly at the younger conqueror.
"I can...see the resemblance, that's for sure," Ben said, which got a shock from Eighteight, who was glaring under her mask. "In a good way, in a good way!"
"Hmm...interesting dilemma we have here, isn't it?" Vilgax said calmly stated as he grabbed the cable with his restrained hands. "I could allow you to torture him...but as amusing as that sounds…"He then tugged hard, sending Eighteight at him before delivering a kick at her, sending her flying. "I need him in one piece."
"...Wait, did you just…?" Julie asked in confusion as Tetrax scowled, not trusting the situation as Attea went to charge forward with her tongue first, but the crystal alien grabbed it with a quick hand before using his strength to toss her into a wall. Julie, using this distraction, quickly cut the cable with her sword.
"Thanks," Ben said to Julie before slamming down on his Omnitrix, growing into Cannonbolt. The large ball-like alien glared as Attea just scoffed.
"Oh come on, that overgrown ball can't do much here. Especially against my augmented strength or Eighteight's armor. We're more than strong enough to slow you down, rolly-boy," Attea smirked as she and Eighteight both got into a stance.
"Is that so? Well then...guess I gotta reinforce it. Skurd?" Cannonbolt asked with a smirk as Skurd chuckled a as his body slinked around him...and made the armor go from yellow to a shiny light turquoise. Cannonbolt then jumped forward, turning into a large spiky crystal ball as it rolled over.
"Oh Ribbit…" Attea said in shock as she and Eighteight quickly ran away from the large spike ball who then fired out the spikes before opening up and slamming down his claws, creating a large crystal wall.
"Good move, Ben," Tetrax said with a nod, Julie nodding in agreement as she looked at Vilgax.
"Seems you are doing a lot of legwork...don't expect them to do much for you?" Vilgax taunted, but Ben just rolled it off as he turned back to normal.
"Nice try, squid-man. We need to make sure you don't try anything funny," Julie said with a scowl, glaring at him. "Plus, all we need to do is get to the communication room to see if they're alright."
"Agreed. Come on," Tetrax said as the four went into the other direction from the wall, unaware that it had started to break behind them.
After a trek up the stairs, they came to a boarding room with the escape pods. "Okay, the hub room should be near-GAH!" Tetrax yelled out as he was hit in the shoulder, Julie's armor going into her Capture mode to get ready as Sixsix and Sevenseven arrived.
"Looks like you're cornered," Attea said with a smirk as both sides aimed their guns at the four, Vilgax hissing in annoyance.
"What was that part I said about NOT finishing the job?" Vilgax growled out as Skurd rolled his eyes.
"Not now, Vilgax." Skurd prepared himself as Ben got into a stance, Julie aiming her net cannon at one as Tetrax morphed his arm into a blade.
"You have no idea what you are getting yourselves into…" Tetrax scowled as Attea just laughed at his words, amused.
The frog princess walked forward, aiming her gun towards Ben's head. "What? The Blackout field is still up, so no way you called for backup. And the brothers polished the others off," Attea said with a smirk. "So you're outta options."
"Apologies if this sounds too soon, but...are you sure about that?" a familiar voice asked as Rook and Rad came in with the Plumbers, surrounding them with their own blasters. The Stroggians aimed a second blaster each at the plumbers but kept their main ones pointed at the three with Vilgax.
"What the-You two blasted them to kingdom come, didn't you!?" Attea asked to the brothers, angered.
"We saw them get blown up, so I don't know how they survived." Sixsix explained, glaring at this as Ben kept an eye on this situation. Skurd sneakingly got the dial up and began to chose something.
"We were able to move away from the grenade in time and used my Proto-Tool to get us to safety. Well...Rad kind of glided, which I still do not get." Rook said, giving Rad an odd look.
"My jacket has a flight suit attachment to it. It's standard issue from my days as a captain." Rad said with a shrug. "But to the point, you guys are surrounded."
"Oh, is that so?" Attea said with a small smirk as she got a small device out, making the bounty hunters back up from her nervously.
"That's a Techadon dissipator...that's a Level 7 tech." Tetrax said with concern, as Julie looked at it.
"Doubt even your crystals can reflect this, rockhead. Or that indestructible little armor you got on, girly...so I can take you four out in one blast. Wanted to see you suffer a bit, but a quick death is better than nothing." Attea said calmly as she aimed and fired. Everyone covered their eyes as the large purple energy blast went towards Ben…
Only for a large shadow to go over him as Vilgax put his arms up, taking the blast head on as he pushed against it. Attea went wide eyed as the bound Vilgax advanced forward towards her through the blast, everyone's eyes widening in shock and terror as they saw him grab it with his two bound hands and crush it as though it were aluminum.
"Only...I get...to kill that boy…" Vilgax panted out, having exerted himself to push through the blast. Ben quickly slammed down the Omnitrix, glowing as he grew into Gravattack, who raised his hands up. Suddenly the five villains felt a little lighter. Vilgax's tentacles suddenly slammed down on the ground, gripping tightly as Attea, Sixsix and Sevenseven went into the air.
"Now to take care of you." Gravattack's hands were coated with Skurd's essence before shifting into Overkill's claws and fired, hitting the three with a minimum bit of energy that sent them flying. However, he saw Eighteight was clinging to the ground, keeping her from floating up. "Oooh...so you can deal with a lighter gravity...well, let's test how many Gs you can handle, sister." His core shined as Eighteight suddenly felt a sudden shift downward.
"You...will not...best me…" Eighteight grunted before she saw Gravattack smirking just as he sent out a forceful burst of gravity forward, sending her flying backwards, indenting her into a wall.
Gravattack panted as he spoke, "Guys...get a signal up. Call Grandpa Max, fast." He then heard a cracking sound, making his eyes widen nervously as everyone watched as the metal clanked…
"Well, I have to say...those cuffs were going to chafe." Vilgax said calmly, rubbing his organic wrist before grabbing Gravattack's head and slamming him down, making Skurd and him yell out in pain. He then grabbed the living planetoid over his head, grunting with effort before throwing him at the Plumbers. The force sent Tetrax and Julie back, while the others panicked and ducked aside as the living planet went down.
"Open fire!" Rook shouted as he and the other armed Plumbers fired at Vilgax, who's robotic arm went up to shine as his gauntlet reactivated, creating a red forcefield.
"Not as strong as the shield I once owned...but it suffices. Now…" He then raised his metallic arm...and swung it forward, sending the energy shield out like a discus. It exploded on contact, creating a shockwave that knocked the Plumbers down.
Attea groaned as she got her blaster out and fired again, but Vilgax barely looked phased by the barrage before jumping up into the air and slamming his fist down, creating a shockwave of air that sent her flying backwards from his strength alone. Sixsix looked up at him calmly and walked forward...before going down to a knee. "It has been a long time, Master Vilgax." Sixsix said calmly, his tone loyal.
"You have done well, Sixsix. Our alliance from all those years ago has proven fruitful," Vilgax nodded to him before looking at Sevenseven and Eighteight. "You two will have some use for me...if you think you can be of use to me." The two looked at each other before Vilgax chuckled. "And do not worry...money is no object. Come."
Gravattack groaned as he looked up, in pain as Vilgax went into an escape pod with the bounty hunters. "N...No…" He reached up, but Vilgax turned to him with a small chuckle.
"Do not worry, boy...we will meet again. But let's wait until this war is over. Then...we can truly begin." Vilgax said with a dark chuckle before the pod closed. Attea growled before slamming a button on her belt, causing her to teleport away just as Ben passed out.
(Later…)
Ben was on the ground still as someone pushed against him, making the young man's eyes open with a groan as he saw Tetrax with a solemn look. "You okay, Ben?" The Petrosapien asked as Ben groaned.
"Not really...we let Vilgax get away," Ben said with a groan as Tetrax gave a small nod, annoyed himself.
"Trust me, I understand that frustration. He's a slippery one, that's for certain. We got contact with Max though, so the Plumbers should arrive to pick us up. Though at least one thing good came from this…" He looked at the Plumbers that were still there, as Julie was helping patch Hobble's injuries. "We all got out of this mostly unscathed."
"...Yeah, that's true. But it looks like this war with the Incurseans is getting serious." Ben said as he sat up, Skurd groaning as he rubbed his slimy head. "Still...looks like Vilgax is kinda being a hypocrite." Tetrax gave him an odd look at this. "He said I had a bad habit of not finishing the job...looks like he's got that problem too." Tetrax just gave an amused smirk at that as the older Petrosapian gave Ben a pat on the shoulder.
"Still...we can't let this deter us. We got a lot of battles ahead...and the tide could turn any minute." Tetrax said, looking out at the stars from a nearby window.
(Murray)
On the planet known as Vilgaxia, known by most of the universe as 'Murray' still, several Incurseans were fighting against squid-bodied guards who held their ground against the frog warriors just as a space pod crash landed nearby.
One Incursean who was nearby looked at it with confusion...only to yell out in pain as he got shot, Sixsix calmly coming out with his two siblings. Followed by Vilgax, who glared ahead as he picked up a downed warrior's sword. "ATTACK!" Vilgax roared out as a portal formed around him.
The incurseans watched in shock and horror as several REDs arrived with Vilgax's robotic minions, as well as a sinisterly smirking Psyphon and Rojo, their two gangs following suit with their robotic upgrades.
An incursean commander, seeing this, turned to run but came face to face with Sombra...who smirked deviously as she gripped his face, metallic objects beginning to form out of her body. The frog man fell before the dark armor-wearing woman, who chuckled darkly as she watched Liam and Thunderpig decimate the warriors, with Bubblehelmet and Sweet-Eels acting as snipers for any stragglers.
"Leave NO survivors," Vilgax said calmly to Psyphon, Rojo and Sixsix. The three henchmen just gave a nod before going ahead, Sixsix tossing several grenades forward as Psyphon fired energy blasts at them to set them off, causing several to cry out in pain as Rojo slashed at them with an energy sword.
In the space above, Milliueous was growling in rage as he left his soldiers below to be slaughtered, angry. He then slammed on a button, a hologram of Attea appearing. "Daughter of Mine...how the heck is VILGAX HERE?! And with his own personal army no less!?"
"The freak took a direct hit from a Techadon Dissipator! That thing should have turned him to fried squid, but nooo...you should've told me the guy was virtually indestructible!" Attea said in anger. Milieus just facepalmed.
"OF COURSE HE'S ALMOST INDESTRUCTIBLE! The guy took a hit from a nuclear bomb! Have you not been reading up on your enemies like I've told you!?" the emperor growled in anger. "You better make up for this, Attea...or else Stasis is the least of your worries." He slammed down, turning communications off with his rage.
(On Attea's ship)
Attea was growling with rage after her father hung up, her hands clenched so tight her skin was almost lime-green with how tight she held her fists. "Ya know...that Vilgax guy is pretty tough. I wonder if I'm on the wrong side," Apex said with a small scoff, Yohi and Raff giving him flat looks.
"Shut it, Apex!" She shouted in annoyance as she stomped ahead. "PSYCHO-BOY! YOU ALMOST DONE WITH THAT PLAN YOU PROMISED OR WHAT?!" She stormed over to Psychobos's lab before kicking the door down, causing it skid across the room past the slightly annoyed crab alien.
"...If you are done with your tantrum, your highness, I will say that I am almost complete with it. I just need one more component. Plus, I have set up something you may be interested in. It's part of the big plan." Psychobos said calmly as he pressed a button with his claw, giving a schematic of a strange viral thing.
"And what the heck is that?" She asked in annoyance, the princess giving the scientist a death glare. She was not in the mood for his riddles, that was for sure.
"This, my amphibious leader, is the key to our success; This is the beginning point of a Novan Blight; a strange viral creature born from a scale. I studied it from my research from creating the Nemetrix. Using this, we can track down Star clusters. The beginning points of any To'kustar."
"So...what? You gonna go for a To'kustar breeding ground? Weird," said Apex, raising an eyebrow at this as Yohi and him walked into the room...well, Apex walked in. Yohi phased into it with a shadow.
"What's the plan, Crustacean?" Asked Apex with a scowl, crossing his arms.
"Simple...it'll take some time, but as the saying goes; 'A watched pot never boils'. Meaning patience is needed for this endeavor to succeed." Psychobos said with a small smirk, as Attea just grinned darkly.
"Good...now we get what we need...they forgot it on Earth," Attea said as she pressed a button; showing an orb-like item. "I heard that Psyphon guy created a Dwarf Star Core. It's likely gonna cost a pretty penny to get it to our side. Good thing an ally of ours has deep pockets." She gave a small smirk at this as the others simply chuckled.
End of Episode 8
Man this was a long wait for some of you, huh? Sorry for the long wait all around. Anyway, I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving when you read this and I hope everyone has a great year this year. Please Read, REview and Suggest away!