Ben 10: Alien Rebirth

by B.E.A.T.N

It started with an alien device that did what it did. It stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid. Now he's got super powers, he's no ordinary kid. He's Ben 10! My retelling of the Ben 10 series, with various changes throughout the story, including: mild cursing, some mild violence, skipped and altered episodes, etc. Find it, Titans: Elemental and other stories on AO3!

41. Chapter 41

Ben 10: Alien Rebirth

Chapter 41: Big Fat Alien Wedding

We once again see the RustBucket, and hear a multitude of groans coming from inside.

Inside of the RV, Max is trying to help Ben into a goofy purple tuxedo.

Ben, "do I really have to wear this thing?"

Max, "yes. It's a family heirloom. Your father wore it, I wore it, and now you'll wear it."

Ben, "at least you didn't force me to comb my hair."

Gwen, "I'll admit, you've looked worse. Not by MUCH, but still."

Ben rolled his eyes.

Hope was blushing as she saw Ben in the suit.

She wouldn't say it out loud, but she DID think purple looked good on him…. Even if the suit DID look absolutely ridiculous.

Xylene was wearing her human disguise as she said, "we all have to look our best for this wedding."

Ben, "I know…. But when I think 'best', I'm not thinking 'dorky.'"

Hope and Gwen giggled, and even Chester squaked at this.

Ben, "remind me; who's getting married, again?"

Max, "my nephew, your cousin, Joel."

Ben, "ohhhh…. Right. I don't really remember him too well."

Gwen, "neither do I."

Max, "well, his family lives out in the country. That explains why."

Xylene said from the driver's seat, "we're here!"

Soon, the Rustbucket pulled into a parking spot, and the group disembarked from inside to meet with the would-be couple.

Two men approached.

One was a young man with brown hair. The other was a man with a black cowboy hat and gray mustache.

These are Max's nephew/the groom, Joel, and Max's brother, Gordon.

Joel beamed as he wrapped Max in a bear-hug, "Uncle Max! Glad to see you!"

Max, "Joel! Great to see you!"

As the hug ended, Joel said, "maybe you can knock some sense into my dad."

Max grew a concerned look as Joel's father approached.

Gordon, "Max!"

Max, "Betty Jean! Gordon!"

Gordon, "glad you're here. Maybe you can talk some sense into these kids."

Max raised an eyebrow as Xylene asked, "what's the problem?"

Betty Jean and Gordon seemed a bit shocked to see Xylene there.

Xylene, "oh please don't tell me you're offended by me being here?"

Betty Jean, "no! You're swell, Xylene. But Joel's fiance is a…. Well…."

Gordon, "the wedding is a terrible idea, enough said.

Joel let out a groan.

Max, "the wedding's a terrible idea?"

Gordon, "see? Listen to your Uncle Max!"

Ben and Gwen glanced at each other, and Gwen just shrugged.

"Now, Gordon; the kids are grownups", replied a voice.

It was a middle-aged man with glasses, accompanied by a brown-haired woman with a scarf.

He said, "who are we to get in the way?"

Camille, Joel's fiancé, "these are my parents. Mister Mann and Missus Mann."

Mr. Mann said, "oh please, just call us Hugh and Karen."

Karen, "I'm sorry we had to meet under such awkward circumstances."

Hope whispered, "this is indeed an awkward situation."

Ben and Gwen nodded.

Joel and Camille's parents glared at one another.

Ben, "definitely awkward…."

And then, as suddenly as they had arrived, both sets of parents dispersed and walked away.

Joel, "ugh…. Uncle Max, this has been a NIGHTMARE. Not just the families; the wedding dress got lost, the photographer's camera got smashed, all the flowers up and died…. Everything's gone wrong!"

Max, "it sounds like sabotage."

Xylene, "as if someone is trying to prevent the wedding from happening."

Ben, "but why would anyone wanna prevent the wedding?"

Joel, "that's a long story."

Gwen, "the flowers died? I hope that won't get in the way of me being a flower girl?"

Joel, "oh…. Sorry, Gwen. Didn't you hear? Camille's cousin Lucy was able to make it after all. But thanks for standing in for us."

Gwen gave a disappointed look as Ben asked, "I don't suppose you got a new ring bearer?"

Joel, "sorry Ben."

Ben groaned as Hope giggled.

Ben, "this can't get any worse…."

Hope and Gwen had a feeling it could.

Joel, "also, nothing changes except for who you're going to dance with."

Ben's face fell, "Dance?! I don't know how to dance!"

Joel, "well, I guess you'd better learn fast. Wouldn't wanna look like a mega-dweeb in front of everyone."

Ben blushed and groaned as Hope covered her mouth to stop herself from giggling.

….

Later that evening….

Max was in the Rustbucket, dusting off the tux Ben would be wearing, while Gwen was reading her spellbook.

Gwen, "...it's too quiet. Where's Ben?"

Max, "he said something about going for a dip in the lake."

Xylene, "Hope seems to be missing as well. She must've gone with him."

Gwen smirked a little.

….

Hope and Ben were both blushing as they walked towards the lake.

Ben was in some blue swim trunks, his wristband still covering the watch.

Hope was in a purple two piece bikini.

Both of them blushed at each other's appearances.

As they headed towards the lake, they spotted a catering van.

Doubling back, Ben noticed the truck was full of desserts.

Ben was about to run towards the truck, but Hope grabbed his shoulder and said, "nope. We ain't gonna steal the desserts for the wedding."

Ben groaned, namely because his girlfriend was right.

Ben, "I wasn't gonna steal any…. Just taste 'em."

Hope, "nooooo."

Ben, "hmph…. Fine."

Ben and Hope continued towards the lake.

As they did, the catering guy approached the truck. But before he could take a look in the truck, a formless purple substance snuck up behind him.

It suddenly grabbed him and tossed him into the truck, knocking him out cold!

The blob seems to look around before closing the truck and rushing to a bush.

After a few moments…. A duplicate of the man walks out of the bush.

He snarled in an almost inhuman voice, "now to give them a wedding present they'll never forget…."

Meanwhile, Ben and Hope stand before a sign that reads, "No Swimming."

Ben rolled his eyes in annoyance, "man…."

Hope, "well that stinks."

Ben, "now what are we supposed to do for fun?"

Suddenly, both Ben and Hope overheard the sounds of an approaching car, drawing closer and closer.

To their surprise, the catering van smashed right through the barricade!

A smirk made its way onto Ben's face as he ran off after the van, with Hope following.

Hope's hands sparked with magic as Ben quickly pulled down his wristband, dialed up the watch, and in a flash of green, transformed into Cannonbolt!

Cannonbolt rolled into a ball and barreled towards the van, smashing right through it!

He exclaimed, "aw, yeah! It's SCARY being this good!"

That's when Hope and Cannonbolt see the wedding stage lights on fire!

Cannonbolt, "oh crap."

Hope, "Ben! Jump into the water!"

Cannonbolt nods and quickly jumps into the water, sending a huge wave out that douse the flames.

Hope gave a sigh of relief.

Cannonbolt, "well, at least that took care of the fire…."

Cannonbolt grunted as he climbed out of the water…. Before he found himself staring down the barrels of high-powered blaster rifles.

Hope, "what the?!"

Gordon and Betty Jean are the ones aiming Plumber weapons at Cannonbolt.

Gordon growled, "damned wedding crasher!"

Hope, "wait, stop!"

Betty Jean, "stay back, this alien here is dangerous-"

"And your grand nephew!"

Max, Gwen, Joel and Xylene in her normal form ran forward and spread their arms out to defend Cannonbolt.

Gordon, "wait, what?"

He and Betty Jean turned towards them in confusion.

Joel, "and put those weapons away. This is for a wedding ceremony, not a shooting gallery."

Gordon and Betty Jean reluctantly put their guns away as the latter asked, "what do you mean; 'grand nephew', Max?"

Max, "... that is another long story."

Gordon crossed his arms, "we've got time."

That's when the Omnitrix started beeping red.

Cannonbolt, "... and here's part of it."

The Omnitrix timed out, and in a flash he was back to Ben.

Joel and his parents were shocked to see this.

Xylene, "good thing we stopped your trigger happy butts. You almost shot my grandson!"

Hope, "and my boyfriend!"

Joel, "mom, dad, can you PLEASE refrane from shooting at whatever you think might be dangerous for this wedding? You nearly shot Ben for crying out loud!"

Gordon, "... alright. We won't bring any weapons to the wedding."

Joel, "thank you!"

….

Later, back at the Rustbucket….

Ben, "can you PLEASE explain why Uncle Gordon and Aunt Betty are so trigger happy around aliens?"

Max nodded as he sat with Xylene and began to explain, "Gordon and Betty Jean were in the Plumbers too. That's actually how they met. Joel became a Plumber as well. Camille's family though…. Well…."

Xylene, "they're Lenopans."

Hope, "Le-what's?"

Xylene, "Lenopans. Or the common slur used for their people; Sludgepuppies."

Gwen, "why are they called that?"

Max, "Lenopans are mud-like shape shifting aliens that tend to be very aggressive. They've been feuding with the Plumbers for ages."

Xylene, "but during a shared battle against a group of invading pirates, Joel and Camille worked together to help save the day."

Max, "and from that little truce…. Came their love."

Gwen and Hope, "awwwwe…."

Xylene, "that's why everyone's worried about wedding crashers. If Camille and Joel get married, the feud between the Plumbers and Lenopans would be over."

Gwen, "Joel mentioned that things have been going wrong. So maybe there's someone who doesn't WANT the feud to end."

Max, "and that's one of the big reasons we're here. To keep an eye out and protect our family."

Xylene, "hence why we'll all have to be ready to fight during the dinner coming up between the bride and groom's families."

Hope, "well…. At least it'll be interesting…."

….

Later, at dinner….

Xylene was wearing her ID mask, and a green dress.

That's when they finally get to meet Camille and Lucy.

Camilla is a tall woman with pale skin and red hair tied into a bun.

Lucy looks to be the same age as Ben and Gwen, with long blonde hair and purple eyes.

Max, "so! You're Camille, right? I'm Joel's uncle, Max Tennyson. Pleased to meet you."

Camille, "it's so nice to meet you. Joel has said nothing but good things about you and the rest of his family."

Max gave a light chuckle.

Ben glanced at Lucy as she gave a big smile that seemed to take up half her face.

Ben, "uh…. I guess you're the girl I've got a dance with at the wedding?"

Lucy nodded and said, "hope you brought dancing shoes", before letting out a laugh and a snort.

Ben groaned internally as Gwen glanced at him.

Hope had a blush on her face as she imagined Ben dancing with HER.

Gwen whispered to Ben, "I'm guessing you need some dancing tips?"

Ben gave a worried nod.

Gwen, "... Alright. I'll help you out."

Ben, "really?!"

Gwen nodded.

Ben, "thank you so much!"

The dinner seemed to go smoothly for a few more minutes, when suddenly….

The dishes were knocked aside by the caterer.

He snarled, before he turned into his Lenopan form, "Camille, I am NOT letting you marry any filthy human without a fight!"

Camille, "it's my ex-boyfriend! How'd HE find out about the wedding?!"

Max, "dunno, but I think we better take down this wedding crasher."

Xylene, Ben and Gwen nodded as Ben ran behind a table and began dialing his watch.

Camille's ex-boyfriend suddenly grabs Joel from across the room and growls as he is holding Joel in his grip, "if I can't have Camille, then neither can you. You meat puppet."

Diamond shards suddenly shoot through him. He growls and turns to see DiamondHead standing there.

Diamomdhead launches diamond shards to cut the sludge's hand off, thus saving Joel and says, "back off, dirt bag!"

Camille's ex, "a Petrosapien? What business do YOU have here?"

DiamondHead, "uh…. Friend of the groom?"

Camille's ex, "then you're NO friend of mine."

He began shooting slime at DiamondHead, who started running across the room, shooting shards at his foe.

Xylene and Max started leading everyone to safety as Gwen and Hope followed the fight as it moved.

Camille's ex managed to grab DiamondHead and swung him into another room, which appeared to be a spa.

As DiamondHead got to his feet, ready to retaliate, he saw that for the moment, his opponent had disappeared. Suddenly, he heard a squishing sound from behind him and turned around, shards ready.

He exclaimed, "gotcha…!"

…. Only for it to be a spa patron, who was wearing a facemask and cucumber slices on her eyelids. The slices dropped off, and she shrieked.

DiamondHead, "sorry, lady. I thought you were an alien."

The woman fumed before she took her pillow and threw it at the Petrosapien, before she got off the bench and stormed away.

Camille's ex burst into the room and knocked DiamondHead into the hot coals.

He grunted as he got to his feet, "it's a good thing I'm not human right now, or else this would REALLY hurt!"

DiamondHead started grabbing hot coals and throwing them at Camille's ex.

The Lenopan dipped and dodged a few times before he got hit by a coal and knocked into the nearby pool. As he tried to pull himself out, he suddenly felt his body beginning to lose its stability, becoming more liquid-like by the second! No doubt about it, he was melting.

He screeched in pain and dissolved into the pool as DiamondHead said, "clean up on aisle four…."

….

Later….

Joel's parents looked ticked off about the party crasher.

Gordon, "more attacks are gone keep happening! This whole wedding needs to be canceled!"

Camille, "no! Please! This wedding means so much to us!"

Betty Jean, "what if something worse happens? There could be people put in danger!"

Xylene, "that's why we're here. If any other dweezers show up, we'll be there to stop them."

Camille, "thank you so much…. "

Betty Jean and Gordon relented, but they STILL weren't so sure about this.

….

Later, in the Rustbucket….

Ben looked embarrassed as Gwen set up to teach him to dance.

Hope sat nearby, trying not to giggle at all this.

Ben, "... you're SURE this is a good idea? I mean, I could just fake like I got a stomach bug..."

Gwen, "come ON. You can face down alien monsters that wanna take over the galaxy, but you're not up to learning how to dance?"

Ben, "I never had to beat Zs'skayr or Vilgax by learning how to waltz."

Gwen rolled her eyes as she stood in front of Ben.

Gwen, "just put one hand on my shoulder and one on my hip, and follow my lead."

Ben, "alright, fine…."

He reached out and put his left hand on Gwen's shoulder, the right hand on her hip, and did his best to follow her steps. Ben was a little awkward at first, but slowly got the hang of it.

Ben remarked in amazement, "... whoa. I'm actually doing it!"

Gwen, "see? That wasn't so hard, now was it?"

Ben shrugged, before the pair heard chuckling and turned to see Max and Xylene watching all this.

The two separated with embarrassed looks as Hope and even Chester chuckled.

Max, "well! How sweet."

Ben and Gwen glanced at their grandparents and brushed themselves off.

Ben, "... you know, I think I've practiced enough."

….

The next day….

The next day was, of course, the day of the wedding in question. Everyone was in attendance, and despite the mishaps that had occurred, for the moment everything was peaceful.

Xylene was using her ID mask and wore a dark blue dress. Max was dressed in a black tux. Hope wore a purple dress that seemed to match Ben's tux, and Gwen wore a light blue dress.

Ben had the rings tied to a pillow.

Joel stood in front of Camille by the minister, he and Camille's parents sat in the front row.

Lucy sat near Hope and Gwen.

The minister, "dearly beloved, we are gathered to witness the union between Joel and Camille. This young bride and groom are an inspiration, and living proof that love conquers all."

Joel and Camille smiled lovingly at one another.

The minister, "if there are any who believe that these two should not be wed, speak now, or forever hold your-"

A glob of purple slime suddenly hit the minster and sent him flying into a tree.

The slime turned out to have come from Camille's father.

The other guests ran of as Hugh snarled with a demonic tone, "as a matter of fact…. WE object…."

Camille, "dad! Mom! What're you doing?!"

Karen, "we can't let this farce of a wedding go on any longer!"

Camille's father lifted Joel into the air.

Joel, "but…. I thought you said you liked me!"

High smirked evilly and sneered, "we LIED."

Suddenly, Camille's parents were sent flying back as Camille's arms turned into purple whips and hit them before grabbing Joel and pulling him behind her.

Karen, "this wedding must be stopped!"

Max suddenly pulled out a Plumber gun and shot Camille's parents back!

Betty Jean and Gordon glanced at Max.

Max, "what? Just because YOU promised not to bring your weapons doesn't mean I promised not to."

Max pulled out two guns and handed them to Gordon and Betty Jean.

Gwen quickly slipped on her Lucky Girl mask as Hope's hands sparked with magic.

Ben, "Camille's parents planned this whole thing!"

Max, "and they must've hired her ex to do their dirty work."

Hugh, "and what're you gonna do about it?"

Ben quickly began dialing the watch.

Ben, "I'm gonna turn up the heat…."

He turned the knob and pushed it down, changing into HEATBLAST!

HeatBlast, "alright…. I'm all fired up!"

Karen, "ANOTHER wedding crasher. Why'd we even BOTHER with invitations?"

Hope deadpanned, "he literally just transformed in front of you. Are your brains made of mud too?!"

Hugh shot a glob of mud at Hope, but HeatBlast quickly grabbed it and burned it up.

Both Hugh and Karen shifted out of their human disguises and into their Lenopan forms. Hugh wound up and smacked HeatBlast, sending him skipping like a stone across the lake surface, and landing at the other end with a crash.

HeatBlast groaned, "that's gonna hurt in the morning…."

As Karen tries to grab Joel again, Camille slaps her away as she turns into a more humanoid form of Lenopan.

Camille, "go protect Lucy and the other guests. I'm gonna help take my parents down…."

As Camille and the others engaged her parents, Joel ran off, muttering with a smile, "she's gonna be my wife!"

Hugh and Karen snarled as they threw a truck at Betty Jean and Gordon!

Camille quickly grabbed the truck and flinged it back at her parents, knocking them both down.

Gordon walks up with Betty Jean to Camille, looking guilty, "we're sorry that we've been so tough on you, Camille."

Betty Jean, "can you ever forgive us?"

Camille, "of course I can. You're Joel's parents. Which makes you family- LOOK OUT!"

Camille pushed them out of the way as a large potted plant nearly hit them!

Camille's ex, who had somehow survived the water, snarled in rage as he attacked.

Meanwhile, HeatBlast rocketed across the water back towards the others.

As Gwen starts getting chased by Camille's ex, Max and Xylene fire some blasters at him.

He pulled himself back together, and lunged into the fray once more.

….

Meanwhile, HeatBlast had begun battling with Hugh and Karen, and this led them into the woods.

Hugh, "we're not gonna let some snot nosed little brat stop us!"

HeatBlast, "you're the ones that look like living purple snot!"

The Mann's shot several globs of slime at HeatBlast, who quickly started running As he shot his own fire balls at them.

….

Meanwhile, as Camille is knocked towards the forest, Max shoots a strange device at Camille's ex, which he sucks into his chest with a smug grin.

That is until Max grins right back at him.

Suddenly, the device exploded, blowing a huge hole in his midsection.

This managed to kill him as Hope asked, "where are Ben and Camille?"

Max, "Ben's in the woods."

….

Camille runs through the forest to see HeatBlast hiding behind a tree as the Mann's keep shooting at him.

HeatBlast, "this ain't gonna end well for you!"

He managed to hit Karen's arm, turning it solid for a moment before it cracked apart and regenerated.

She remarked as her arm grew back, "is that right?"

Hugh and Karen suddenly began to merge and swirl together into a much larger two-headed form.

HeatBlast, "no offense Camille, but your parents are as ugly as a warthog's butt!"

Camille, "I'm inclined to agree. They may be my parents, but we've gotta stop them!"

Camille's merged parents violently tried to smash their daughter and HeatBlast, who both just barely managed to dodge the attack.

But HeatBlast wasn't fast enough to dodge another attack, as Hugh and Karen managed to grab him!

Camille, "no!"

Hugh and Karen slowly pulled a struggling HeatBlast right into their mass!

Karen laughed as Heatblast was pulled into the mass, "we're putting you down for a nap; A DIRT NAP!"

But just when it seemed like they had won…. Suddenly their bodies began to solidify from the inside out!

Hugh and Karen both screamed out in pain and terror before they were completely solidified. HeatBlast burst out of their stomach as Camille walked over.

She looked up and said, "guess that's one way to start a wedding…."

The Omnitrix beeped red and turned HeatBlast back into Ben.

He asked, "hey, Camille? You mind if I scan you for the watch before the wedding starts back up again?"

Camille nodded and said, "sure."

Ben held out the watch and scanned Camille with a yellow light.

After a few seconds, the silhouette of a large slimy looking figure appeared on the dial.

Ben smirked and said, "welcome to the team…. Sludgeopan."

….

A few minutes later, the guests had returned to the slightly slime covered wedding as Camille, back in her human form, and Joel stood in front of one another again.

The minister, "so…. Hopefully there's nobody opposed to the wedding this time."

Gordon joked, "kiss her, ya fool!"

Everyone chuckled as the minister said, "well then, by the power invested in me, the rings please?"

Ben hands Joel and Camille the rings.

They slip them on each other's fingers.

The minister, "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Camille and Joel kiss as everyone claps and cheers.

….

Later….

The reception is already underway!

First, Camille threw the bouquet, and Hope found herself catching it with a gigantic blush.

Next, Camille and Joel feed each other cake, with Camille smashing some into Joel's face.

After this, guests start dancing together.

Joel dances with Camille. Max dances with Xylene. And Ben dances with Lucy, blushing nervously as he tries to keep up with her.

Lucy smiles from ear to ear as the dance goes well, with Lucy turning the power half of her body into mud to keep Ben from stepping on her feet.

But then, Ben slips as Gwen takes a picture, laughing as she catches him in midair.

She takes several more pictures for the wedding, such as Max freaking out over Ben's tux getting ripped, and the latter crashing several photos.

As the picture taking finally ended, Ben found himself looking around for Hope. He couldn't see her anywhere.

Ben goes over to Gwen and asks, "hey Gwen, have you seen Hope anywhere?"

Gwen, "I think she stepped outside for a moment."

Ben nodded and went outside. When he walked out, he found Hope sitting by the lake in her sparkling purple dress.

Ben walked over to her and said, "hey. You okay?"

Hope turned to Ben and replied, "yeah. I just needed a minute to myself. This view is amazing…."

Ben smiled as he looked at Hope, her silver hair sparkling in the moonlight.

Ben, "yeah, it is…. Well, do you mind if I sit with you?"

Hope, "... I'd like that."

Ben sat next to Hope, staring out at the lake. Slowly, the two got closer and closer together, until their hands were nearly touching. When they finally did, they turned to look at one another.

Ben, "do you, uh…. Wanna dance?"

Hope smiled, "I'd like that."

The two got to their feet and began swaying to the beat in their heads as they held one another. And they continued to dance for quite awhile, until they had to return to the RustBucket for the night.

But Ben and Hope knew, this was one heck of a night to remember.

….

We then see a face we didn't expect to see again.

Kane North, Kangaroo Komando himself, sitting in a prison cell, still plotting revenge against the boy who had ruined his life.

That's when he heard the door to his cell opening, and the guard said, "congratulations North. Your bail has been paid."

Kane turned to the guard in surprise and asked, "who?"

The guard walked away as who walked into view?

Driscoll!

Behind him was his slowly growing team.

Rojo in her armor.

Hex, now back to his older self.

Clancy, still hidden under his brown coat.

Animo, grinning evilly.

And now among them was Zombozo!

He looked like a zombified clown, chuckling to himself out of reflex. It appears that he was indeed resurrected by Hex!

Driscoll, "we hear you also hold a grudge against Tennyson and his family? What would you say if we gave you the chance to exact revenge?"

Kane grinned evilly and said, "I'd say, you can add Kangaroo Commando to your little team…."

….

Reviews:

OMNISENSE95: well, I'm glad you liked this version of the episode.

Guest: strange. Especially since Squidstrictor and Rocks aren't exactly well known.

TerraTech24: Thanks so much.

Guest: somewhere in his 40's, technically. He'll be back to that age by the next time we see him. I plan to do Ben 4 Good Buddy and Ready to Rumble. I'm not gonna do Goodbye in Good Riddance, Since there's so much in it that would contradict canon. We'll see Ben unlock Feedback sooner than Destroy all Aliens.

Mlynarz: I planned for her to vanish with Max into the Null Void, so….

Guest: I internally left out Feedback in Ben 10,000. You'll see why eventually….

Monkey D. Conan: Thanks. Glad you liked Max's motivation. Sorry Xylene didn't gush over toddler Ben.

Guest: eventually, yes, Generator Rex will get a retelling. One with a happier ending for certain characters….

Death Fury: I'm glad you're enjoying the story so much.

Guest: good cast list.

Guest: good idea to use Water Hazard as one of Ken's aliens and for Lumi's version of the alien to be named Overflow.

Guest: thanks. I plan for a full multiverse traveling story arc in Omniverse that explores the worlds of Gwen 10, Ben 23, etc. That includes love interests.

epantoja521: thanks.

Guest: yes, we'll see young Hope in The Forge of Creation. And young Ben will act like how he does in THIS story.

Ushindi: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and my changes involving Zombozo. 1. Meh. I think Ben x Julie and Ben x Ester are better. 2. I'd day green, indigo and blue fit these three the best. 3. Live the Avengers.

Guest: yep, Hex is back! I'm glad you liked my explanation for why he was so old, what happens to Hector, Xylene's ID mask, my little changes regarding "idiot ball" moments, and the scene with Driscoll at the end. Hex's redemption will come during the Aggregor arc.

….

I personally found this episode pretty touching. I love the trope of an alien woman and a human man falling in love.

Hence why my first Ben 10 story had Ben and Looma as the main couple.

If you haven't already, vote on my Scooby Doo poll. Vote for 4 options. 10 people have done so already!

Oh, and just a heads up, updates might not be on schedule for a few weeks. I'm trying to finish up season 4, Race Against Time and Destroy All Aliens, on top of deciding what Omniverse episodes set during classic to do.

And now, the updated aliens list:

WildMutt

FourArms

GreyMatter

XLR8

DiamondHead

RipJaws

StinkFly

Upgrade

Cannonbolt

HeatBlast

BuzzShock

Wildvine

SilverFang

TenTen

Detro

DoomStone

Frankenstrike

Upchuck

Ditto

EyeGuy

WayBig

And now; Sludgeopan.

22 aliens now!