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// Special: the Secret of the Omnitrix Part 1 
// Story: Equestrian Omni-hero 
// by Blaze-saber 
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Misty had a frown on her face while there was something off about her mane. "You know, I heard that normal family and friends normally spend their summer vacation at the beach, having a nice ski trip in the mountains, or just hanging out at the mall." She said with a look. "Oh yeah, that's right, we were supposed to go to the mall today!" She told her aunt and uncle who were chained up alongside her, the Mane and Young Six, except for Ocellus, upside down above a nuclear reactor.

"Sorry Misty, but we got a little sidetracked." Delta told her before they looked down and saw Dr. Test hooking up some sort of device to the reactor. He then turned two knobs on the device as the screen showed a countdown from 60 starting up.

"This nuclear reactor is the perfect way to detonate my DNA bomb into the atmosphere and de-evolutionize the world!" Test declared. "And there is no stopping me this time!" Then an explosion came from the other end of the room which caught his attention.

"Finally, it took them long enough." Rainbow complained as the smoke cleared to reveal Helen, Ocellus in her armor, Attea, Manny, Zs’spoocy, and Heatblast as they stood at the entrance.

“Okay, Dr. Test, science class is canceled.” Heatblast said to him.

“Not let our friends go.” Manny said while punching his fists.

“Fools!” Dr. Test called. “In less than a minute, the world will get a lesson it will never forget! In the meantime, meet my latest creation.” He said as he gestured to a bug lizard like mutant flying down towards them with a shriek.

“Bring it on! We’ll take that bug down!” Attea called as Heatblast then fired at the machine, which caused it to tumble as Helen used her speed to keep the bug in place before it fell down.

“Oh, yeah! Being a hero rocks!” Helen cheered.

“Don’t count your chickens yet, Helen.” Heatblast said as they looked and saw the bug unharmed as it charged at them, but the team dodge them as Ocellus fired a blast at it, which  made the ground explode as it flew off as the heroes kept fighting it while avoiding its strikes.

“Hey, guys!” Gallus called out. “DNA bomb ticking down over here, remember?!” He reminded them.

Heatblast then blasted the chains holding the group, which caused them to fall as those with wings quickly grabbed the young group while Twilight used her magic to levitated the rest as they landed on the ground as they saw the bug mutant flying down, but they dodge as it got it stinger stuck to the ground.

Heatblast and his team looked up at Dr. Test. “Even you all can’t generate enough heat or fast enough to melt that casing!” Dr. Test called out.

"If we can't shut it down, then we'll just have to turn it up!" Heatblast declared before he unleashed a stream of flames right at the core of the reactor while Helen raced around and started messing with the controls.

"Wait, with that DNA bomb connected to it, we don't know what it'll do!" Attea called out with concern.

"It can't be what will happen if we don't!" Helen pointed out as she continued to push random buttons while switching some levers and turning valves as Heatblast continued to pour on the heat. The temperature began to malfunction the machine, much to Dr. Test's displeasure as steam came out.

"No you fools, you're overloading the system!" He shouted before he raced off.

"That's the idea." Heatblast said with a smirk as steam burst out of the pipes while the water inside the reactor started boiling. Soon all the gauges were in the red just as the countdown timer hit two before the word error appeared on the screen. Soon both of them stopped as the new they stopped it from exploding before he gave a thumbs up to the others. But that relief was short-lived when an alarm started barring before the DNA bomb unleashed a DNA wave.

Soon the DNA wave hit Heatblast as he was sent flying back and orange sparks covered the Omnitrix on his chest. The others quickly ran and took cover from the DNA wave as it whooshed by them when they took cover behind a crate.

After the shockwave passed, the others looked over and saw Helix back to normal as the Omnitrix timed out as he held his head. “You may have ruined my plan today, Watch!” Dr. Test yelled as they looked up and saw him on his mutant bug. “But there is always tomorrow!” He called as he flew off.

The others then rushed up to Helix as he stood up. “Helix, are you okay?” Flash asked in concern.

“Yeah.” Helix answered. “It’s a good thing I was Heatblase, ‘cause that DNA wave would’ve scramble me at close range.” He said before they then saw the Omnitrix glowing orange.

“What’s wrong with the Omnitrix?” Sliverstream asked in confusion as Helix looked at the Omnitrix.

“I don’t know. It never did that before.” Helix said as they all looked at the Omnitrix as inside it, the Omnitrix’s circuitry then sensed a feedback inside of it right to the core of the Omnitrix. It suddenly glowed orange as the Omnitrix beeped orange flashes before it turned completely green. “Instant recharge? Huh, must’ve gotten a boost from the wave.” He said as he rushed off.

“Wait, Helix, I don’t think the Omnitrix is--” Azmuth tried to say.

“But Test is getting away.” Helix said as he activated the Omnitrix. “I need one of my flying aliens to catch him. Jetray, time to fly!” He called as he slammed the core down as he transformed into Jetray, but then suddenly, he switched to Spidermonkey, which made him stop and startled. “What the--” He tried to say before he transformed into Diamondhead and then finally, he transformed into Greymatter as he facepalmed himself. “Sometimes I think the watch just plain hates me.”

"Okay, I know the Omnitrix sometimes gives you the wrong alien, but that was weirder than normal." Sandbar said after seeing him suddenly switched aliens before stopping on one.

“Well, if you need to catch Test, I can fly you there.” Zs’spoocy said to Greymatter.

“And I can offer some cannon fire.” Ocellus said as she charged up her blaster.

“I like the sound of it, but I think I can fly myself with an old toy I still have.” Greymatter said while rubbing his chin.





In a chamber of boiling chemicals, Dr. Test and his mutant fly flew off to the exit. “Someday, my pet, those snot-nosed heroes will get theirs!” He declared.

"In the meantime, here's yours!" Greymatter called to get his attention as he turned to see him flying on the hoverboard before it hit him right in the face. The hoverboard spiraled out of control before landing in a vat of chemicals. Test shook his head before he saw Greymatter on him as he climbed into his jacket.

Greymatter moved around Dr. Test, which caused the mutant bug to crash into some pipes before Test managed to grab Greymatter. “Time to cut this little pygmy punk down to size!” He called as he tossed Greymatter, which caused him to fall straight towards a vat of chemicals, but then he grabbed hold of the chains as Dr. Test saw him before he looked ahead and saw Ocellus in front of him.

“Going somewhere?” Ocellus questioned as she fired an electric net at Dr. Test, which trapped him and his mutant bug inside as they were electrocuted and passed out. “They’re gonna feel that in the morning.”

"Uh, I think I'm about to feel something else!" Greymatter called out as he heard the Omnitrix timing out. Soon he transformed back to Helix as he struggled to hang on to the chain before he lost his grip and fell. However, a glowing orb stopped him from hitting the chemicals as Smolder used her magic to save him.

"You're really getting a grip on these spells and magic, Smolder." Twilight complimented with a smile.

"What can I say, practice makes perfect.” Smolder mentioned as Zs'spoocy flew up and picked up Helix before flying over to the others.

"That was so cool, what's next?!” Helix questioned with excitement.

"Now we're going to do something I want to do for a change." Misty answered as they headed for the exit which made Helix frowned.

“Wait, don’t tell me. The mall?” Helix questioned with a dull look as Misty nodded as he groaned. “Let’s hope it’s not one of those hypno incident things.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll avoid those.” Applejack assured.





They soon arrived at the mall they once visited before as the group was nowhere to be seen but Helix can be heard in a store called 'the rack' as he sounded like he was fighting. “Take that! And that! And this!” He called as he made air strikes with his hooves in front of a mannequin. “You’re going down! Celestial Knight’s death blow!” He called as he did a swing, but he tripped and fell down with a thud, which caused the mannequin to tilt and fell as a pony mare caught it.
 
“This is a store. Not a boxing ring.” She said dully as she walked off as Helix crossed his hoof with a sigh while the others were searching the clothes.

Misty soon levitated a few clothes in front of her as she showed them to the others. "How do you think these will make me look?" She asked them.

"Like a total--" Helix was going to insult her before Rarity quickly covered his mouth with her hoof.

"You would look lovely in all of them, darling.” Rarity told Misty.

“But I don’t know which one to pick.” Misty said.

“So, why not get them all?” Rarity suggested with a smile.

“Thanks, Rarity.” Misty said as she walked off with a smile before blowing a raspberry at her cousin before heading to try on the clothes. Rarity quickly removed her hoof as Helix coughed while he was licking her hoof to get Rarity to let go.

“That was disgusting.” Rarity said as she wiped her hoof.

“Son, let’s not ruin Misty’s day.” Delta said to him.

“Hey, I’m just trying to pass the time.” Helix said in defense. “I am stuck here in some clothing store during summer vacation. I mean, seriously, we don't even wear clothes all the time!"

"Thank ya, I've been saying that for like ever!” Applejack spoke up. "But to be honest sugar cube, your cousin just wants to take a break from all the battling bad guys and aliens and stuff. We all do, we could all just have some time to be normal again.”

“If you even pay attention to this group, AJ, nothing is ever normal when we go somewhere.” Helix said with a brow as his cousin came out wearing mixed clothing.

“This is so fun!” Misty cheered. “Hey! Can we go shoe shopping after this?”

“See what I mean?” Helix asked with a brow.

"Yeah but…uh Helix, the watch is glowing orange again.” Ocellus pointed out as Helix looked at the Omnitrix as it glowed orange while sparks came out of it. Soon he saw the two arrows on the face have a pattern of orange appeared on both ends before it seemed to be building up energy.

“What the?!” Helix called before the Omnitrix gave an energy feedback that sent him flying as he crashed into Misty and the two crashed into the mare from earlier as they fell and the boxes of clothes fell on them.

“Helix!” Misty yelled with a glare.

“Hey, don’t blame me!” Helix called out. “The Omnitrix just frizz out on me!” He said in defense as the mare got up and glared at the two as Helix gave a sheepish look. “Uh, not my size.” He muttered.





Soon the entire group stood outside of the mall as Misty was flabbergasted. “Did we seriously get banned from an entire mall?!" She exclaimed with an angry expression. “I can't believe this, I've never been so humiliated in all my life!"

“Not true. There are times where we got much worse than this.” Helix said optimistically.

“Yeah! By you!” Misty snapped.

“I told you it wasn’t my fault!” Helix exclaimed in defense. “The watch just acts on its own!”

“Okay, enough!” Twilight called out to break up the argument. “We’ll all feel better after a goodnight’s sleep.”

"Only if I wake up with a brand new cousin." Misty said as she marched off while Helix blew a raspberry at her.

"But seriously, why did the watch just do that?” Helen questioned while pointing at the Omnitrix. "And what's with that orange pattern?"

Azmuth looked at the Omnitrix as he gave a concerned look. “I feel like I know this feature. I’m gonna have to take a couple of tests just to be sure.” He said while rubbing his chin.

“Will it take long?” Dust asked.

“If I run it through now, I could find out what’s wrong.” Azmuth said as Helix looked at the Omnitrix.





Later that night as the mobile base had parked in the woods while the group was asleep, a bright light suddenly flashed through the windows and the boys on their side of the base cringed their faces. “How's it morning already?!" Manny groaned as he quickly used his pillow to block out the light.

“Someone call Celestia to turn off the sun, please.” Gallus complained.

Helix was on the table, with the Omnitrix hooked up with cables while Azmuth is running diagnostics on it before he was confused by the light. “That can't be right, the sun isn't supposed to come out for another few hours." He said as Helix looked out the window and saw the picnic bench being destroyed by something as something in the sky was landing in front of the mobile base.

"Everyone, wake up!!" He called out. "We've got visitors!!" He called as the others woke up as they saw the light while Azmuth saw something in the Omnitrix that made him look grim.

“Oh, dear.” Azmuth muttered.

The group then rushed outside as they saw an unfamiliar ship landing to the side as two shadowy figures came out. “Who are they?” Hope questioned.

"I don't know, but they're going to think twice before interrupting our good night sleep.” Helix said as he was about to activate the Omnitrix. "Going hero!" Just before he could, the sound of something shooting out was fired before a familiar diamond landed right in front of the group. “What the, a Diamondhead shard?" He asked in confusion before the two figures walked closer and revealed to be both Eighteight and Tetrax as his helmet went down. "Hey, it's you two!"

"Good to see you again, Helix." Tetrax mentioned before he saluted with his arm across his chest.

"I see you've been keeping well." Eighteight mentioned before she saluted him.

"Yeah, great thing you both do too." Helix replied as he saluted back to them.

"We haven't seen you both since we beat those bounty hunters together." Ocellus said with a smile. "How have you both been?"

"Oh you know, did a few jobs here and there." Eighteight replied with a hand on her hip. "But I see your little group has gone bigger."

“A lot has changed since we last saw each other.” Helix said with a smile. “We’ve been making new friends, fighting bad guys, here in Equestria or offworlders, I’ve gained new aliens. And more crazy things.”

“I can tell.” Textrax said with a smile. “But we came as soon as we heard.”

This made Helix nervous once he thought it was about his board. “Uh, yeah. About munching the X-321 hoverboard you gave me…See, my team and I were going after Test, and I zigged instead of zagging, and now…”

“It’s not about the board, Helix.” Textrax assured.

“Oh, then why are you two here?” Helix asked in wonder.

“We’ve picked up the SDM signal from the Omnitrix.” Eighteight answered.

“SDM?” Helix asked while looking at the Omnitrix. “I think it’s just the watch just frizzing out again. But what does SDM mean?”

“It means Self-Destruct-Mode.” Azmuth answered, which made the group look on in shock when he said that. “The Omnitrix must’ve broadcast a signal across the galaxy when it begins its countdown.”

“The Omnitrix is gonna destroy itself?” Flash asked in dread as they all looked at Helix, who was looking at the Omnitrix nervously.

“Along with whoever is wearing it at the time.” Eighteight answered seriously.

“Oh, man.” Helix breathed out shock, realizing he’s attached to the Omnitrix while it is now a bomb to him.

"So you have no idea what triggered the self-destruct mode?" Textrax asked Helix before he thought back at the nuclear reactor. He remembered Attea warning him and Helen as they were trying to overload the system before the DNA wave hit him which caused the Omnitrix to spark orange sparks.

"Nope, it's a complete mystery." Helix replied with a shrug.

“Really?” Misty questioned with a brow. “Think harder, Helix. You really don’t remember anything that may have caused this to happen?”

“We tried to stop a DNA bomb that nearly devolved Equestria, which we did stop, but it sent a DNA wave at us, which Helix got hit as Heatblast and must’ve activated the SDM.” Helen quickly explains with a sheepish look.

“Helen!?” Helix asked in shock. “You ratted me out!”

“Hey, it had to be said, Helix.” Helen said in defense.

“Well, since we have Azmuth, the design creator of the Omnitrix, I’m sure he’ll deactivate the SDM.” Helix said as he lowered his hoof to Azmuth.

"Well, it's worth a try." Azmuth said before he looked at the Omnitrix. “Abort self-destruct, code 10."

"Command function denied." The Omnitrix replied which shocked the entire group. "T-minus four days, 35 minutes till self-destruct."

"Uh, why did it just do the opposite of what you told it to?" Manny asked Azmuth nervously.

"I don't know, which confuses me really much.” He replied while stroking his chin. “Bring it closer and let me see if I can deactivate it manually." Helix brought it closer but the moment Azmuth touched the watch, orange sparks shocked him and he fell back onto the ground. "It's…It's not letting me near it… I don't think I'll be able to deactivate it. This doesn't make any sense, I had originally planned for a self-destruct mode but I removed that function in fear of someone being foolish enough to activate it by accident."

“You obviously haven't been paying attention to Helix." Misty mentioned with a brow. “So now what?”

Helix then looked at the Omnitrix before he remembered something from Twilight 22. “Wait, Azmuth, you said you made designs of the Omnitrix, right?” He quickly asked.

“Yes, but why bring this up now…?" Azmuth questioned before he realized why he asked that. “Of course, if I'm unable to be near the Omnitrix while it's in its self-destruct mode, perhaps she might be able to. Zenith."

"That's exactly what we were thinking." Eighteight spoke up. “But there's just one problem, no one knows where she is because she hasn't been seen in a long time."

“So how are we going to find her if no one knows where she is?" Zs'spoocy asked.

"On my ship we have the equipment to scan for her DNA signature, it's like an autograph sign on the work." Textrax explained. “Once we have that, we can scan the universe until we locate her."

“Knowing Zenith, she should put in her signature into the Omnitrix since she finished it up.” Azmuth said with a smile.

“Then we better get going.” Eighteight told them before she looked up at the sky. “There’s no telling who else picked up the signal.”

“Looks like we’re going on a road trip, space style.” Helix told the others very excitedly.





Soon Helix had his things packed up while Azmuth stood on his head. “Are you sure you want to come with?" He asked him. “Won't it be a little awkward seeing your ex again after so long?"

“It’s been too long that I’ve been away from her. I think it’s time I leave my past and overcome my fears.” Azmuth said. "Plus I must know why the self-destruct mode was put in after I put it out of the blueprints."

"Then it's a good thing you're not going alone.” Helen spoke up as she, Manny, Zs'spoocy, and Attea had their things packed. "You might need some backup up there while you still have the Omnitrix on your hoof."

“Hey, I’m always okay with you guys coming along. We’re a team. We stick together.” Helix said with a smile, which they returned the gesture.

"Sorry Delta, but we can't have any being up there recognizing you or your wife." Eighteight told his parents.

"We understand." Dust replied with a nod before she looked at her son and misty. "Looks like you're both finally going to get a break from each other after all."

"In other words, no dweebs are allowed in space.” Helix said with a grin.

“Son.” Delta spoke up as he kneeled down as he placed a hoof on his shoulder. “I’m concerned you’re not taking this seriously.”

“I am, honestly, dad.” Helix spoke up. “It has always been serious since day one of summer. But we always win.”

“You seemed confident despite the Omnitrix about to explode on your hoof.” Xylene said with an impressive tone. “You’re taking it well.”

“I’ll be fine.” Helix assured them as he, his team, Eighteight, and Textrax entered the ship. “We’ll find Zenith, she’ll deactivate the SDM, and we’ll be back before any of you know it.”

"Just try not to mess things up, okay?” Misty asked him.

"Since when do I mess things up?" Helix questioned with a brow.

"Do you want your list in chronological or alphabetical order?” Misty asked him seriously.

"Take good care of the kids." Twilight asked both Eighteight and Tetrax before the two nodded in response. Soon the doors to the ship closed before the team got a good look at the inside.

“Whoa. Cool.” Manny said.

“Yes. This is cool. But this is just the cargo hold.” Eighteight said as they all walked up to the lift as they were lifted up to the second level and started moving to another section of the ship.

“Whoa, what’s this?” Helix asked as they saw some heavy machines around.

“This is our training room.” Textrax answered. “Have to stay in shape between missions.” He explained before they stopped at a certain room.

“That’s the hover simulator. Can create 1,000 different courses of your choosing.” Eighteight said while showing a green room. “Textrax used it to practice his hoverboard skills in combat or improve his flying skills.” She teased.

"You all are welcome to use it at any time." Textrax told them.

The kids cheered in excitement as they walked further into the ship until they stopped and looked in awe at what appears to be the high-tech cockpit. “Wow, look at this cockpit.” Attea muttered.

“It looks like a big video game.” Helix commented as they looked around before they got startled when a giant pink blob with three eyes appeared. “Ah! Living snot!”

“Take it easy. It's just our pilot, Gluto.” Eighteight assured as Gluto leaned towards the kids.

“Uh, hi there?” Zs’spoocy asked as Gluto made a chatter. “Nice to meet you, too.” She said awkwardly.

“We take it you kids are familiar with space-travel protocol?” Textrax asked.

The kids stood in silence for a moment before Azmuth spoke up. “They have been in space before. So, perhaps.” He answered for them.

They all sat on their seats as the ship powered up and began to lift up as they hooked themselves up as Gluto launched up into space as the equestrians watched in deep thought, but Misty and Young Six weren’t with them.

“Wait, where’s Misty and our students?” Twilight asked in confusion.





In hyperspeed, the kids were feeling their faces pushed against the force while Zs’spoocy was unfazed by it since she’s a ghost. “So this is what a pancake feels like!” Helix called out as they gave a scream before they felt the force stop.

“Phew, it stopped.” Attea said before they were all floating in zero gravity. “Whoa, forgot there’s no gravity in space.”

“But it’s still fun!” Helix called as he floated around and did a little dance.

“Initiating artificial gravity.” Eighteight said, which turned on the gravity in the ship as the kids and Azmuth fell to the ground.

“Ouch.” Manny muttered.

“Space travel is much easier in the movies.” Helix muttered.

“At least I can run on my feet.” Helen said with a smile.

“We don’t mean to interrupt your chat, but we need to examine the watch now.” Textrax said as they all looked at the Omnitrix.





Meanwhile deep in space, two ships seem to be next to each other while the bigger one was draining energy from the smaller one. Three aliens are looking at their ship in dread as they frighteningly turn to the alien that Helix and his team thought was defeated, Vilgax, who has somehow escaped the Null Void. “Your ship will be useful in my quest for the Omnitrix, and when I recover it, I will exact my revenge on that equine youngling who imprisoned me in that cursed null void dimension." He growled before the door shut in front of him and he pressed up and opened the airlock that sent the three aliens out in space.

Then coming up next to him is a skeleton-like alien, he has a skinny build with paper-white skin, a shark-like fin on top of his head outlined with three black stripes, blood-red eyes outlined with black spots that match his lips and 4 fingers on each hand. He wears a sleeveless black robe that completely covers his legs and a brace-like armor that outlines and envelopes his lower jaw and covers his torso with a red keypad-looking device where the armor meets his chest. He wears fingerless gloves adorned with the same armor and two more of those keypads.

“Master Vilgax, the drones have intercepted a SDM signal that seemed to have transmitted across the universe." This alien told Vilgax before pressing a button on his chest to show a hologram image of a space sector. “It appears to have come from the Omnitrix itself."

“The Omnitrix is in space, Psyphon?” Vilgax questioned in surprise and suspicion. “What is Watch up to?”





Back on Textrax's ship, Helix looked nervous as he was laying on a high-tech chair in the middle of some large device while the others were on the sidelines as Azmuth was given Hi-Tech gloves and a helmet. “Are you ready?” He asked Helix.

"Is ‘no’ an answer?" Helix asked nervously.

“Don’t worry. I’ve had many tests performed on myself.” Textrax assured Helix. “Never felt a thing.”

“Uh, don’t you have diamond hard skin, Textrax?” Helen asked uncertainty as she, the girls, and Manny gave uncertain looks about this.

"Uh, point taken." Eighteight mentioned. “I guess this is our first test run on another being. Well, let's get started then." Azmuth put on the helmet before a holographic screen appeared before him. He then used the high tech gloves to press against the screen to bring down some sort of chamber that hovered right above Helix. The chair that he was sitting in readjusted so he was laying down before everything went dark around him.

And then in the dark, his body was then scanned as it reached the Omnitrix. Helix opened his eyes and looked in awe as he was in a void before a hologram projection of himself popped out of him before his body faded, leaving only the Omnitrix. It began to disassemble itself to show the parts and components of the inside of it.

Outside the machine, Azmuth was touching and moving the screen around, indicating that he was moving pieces of the Omnitrix. Helix watched as so many different components passed by him and was surprised that so much technology was inside of his own watch. “I can't find her DNA signature anywhere." Azmuth told them.

"Are you sure you checked everywhere?" Manny asked.

"I'm certain.” He replied before stroking his chin. “Not unless any of you have a clue where it might be."

"Well, when my aunt gave my grandfather a watch for his birthday, they had his cutie mark engraved on the back of it, like on the strap of the watch." Helix answered.

"Of course, thank you." Azmuth replied before he put the projection of the Omnitrix back together before turning it around. The projection expanded in front of Helix before a few lights appeared in a pattern. “I’ve found Zenith's signature.” He said with a smile as Helix smiled as well while the others were looking grateful that they found a lead to Zenith.





A bit later, they are at the bridge while at the computers. “Now we can scan for Zenith with the DNA composition to find a lead to her in the galaxy.” Eighteight said before the computer showed them the location which baffled four of them.

"Uh, are you sure this computer is reading it right?" Attea asked in confusion.

"This…this can't be right…" Azmuth spoke up with disbelief. “According to this, Zenith is on Incarcicon, the Prison Planet."

"Whoa wait, back up there, your ex-girlfriend is in some space slammer?" Manny asked Azmuth. "Why and how did she end up there?"

“I don’t know.” Azmuth said. “It is unknown, no other data records.”

“Incarcicon is home to the scummiest of the scum in the universe.” Textrax said with a serious tone. “Gluto, set course there.”

Gluto babbled and saluted as he went to the controls, but then the alarms went off, which startled the whole group. “Security breach, lower level in cargo bay!" Textrax called out after checking the computer. "We have intruders."





A bit later, Textrax, Eighteight, and the kids are riding the lift to the cargo bay. “We have to be prepared for the worst.” Eighteight said as she and Textrax ready their blasters. “If we split up, we can cover more ground to find them.”

“I can find them quicker with my speed.” Helen spoke up.

“Two speedsters are better than one.” Helix said as he activated the Omnitrix to XLR8, but as he slammed the core down by the time they made it to the cargo bay, instead of XLR8, he transformed into Ghostfreak. "Oh great…" He groaned in annoyance.

"Good thinking, an extra Ectonurite will help us find the intruders faster." Tetrax told him.

"Uh yeah, totally what I meant to turn into." Ghostfreak said before he looked at the others. “Don't any of you say it." He said as they all looked on in amusement before Helen sped off while they others split up to find the intruders around the cargo bay.

Textrax and Eighteight stood back to back as they carefully maneuvered through the area while both Ghostfreak and Zs'spoocy phased through the large crates. The two aliens went off as Zs’spoocy and Ghostfreak searched around as both Helen and Attea walked around the crate. Manny jumped on top of the crates to get a better view as Zs’spoocy then phased through a crate and saw two shadowy figures at the otherside. 

“Gotcha.” Zs’spoocy whispered before she turned to Ghostfreak. “Guys, I found them.” She whispered.

“Great, let’s grab them.” Ghostfreak said as he and Zs’spoocy phased through the crates and tackled the two figures to the ground.

“Hey, claws off, Casper and friend!” Smolder’s voice yelled, which made Zs’spoocy and Ghostfreak look down and saw both Misty and the Young Six.

"Guys?!" Attea asked in shock and surprise as she, Helen, and Manny came up to them. “What are you guys doing here?!"

"Hey, this wasn't our idea.” Misty told them as they were let up before she glanced over at Ocellus. "She thought you could use the extra hooves."

“Ocellus, you snuck in without the adults permission?” Manny asked in shock. “We expected this from Smolder or Misty, but not you.”

“Hey!” The two girls yelled in offense.

"Hey, it's kind of true though." Gallus mentioned with a smirk.

"But it was fun to be in space the first time, so why not have a second chance at it?" Silverstream asked excitedly.

"Well this was just a waste of our time." Attea mentioned before she leaned on something. But the moment she did, the alarm blured before they saw she was leaning on a button, which made the alarms go off. “Oops.” She muttered.

“Uh, what does button do?” Yona asked nervously as they felt a gust of wind blowing at them as they turned and saw the hatch opened up in deep space, which made them all look in horror.

“Everyone, hold on!” Helen called as she sped forward and away from the door while fighting against the suction while the others tried to hold onto something.

They did the best they could to hold on before Misty felt her grip slipping. "I…can't…hold on…much…longer!!" She called out before her hooves slipped off the crate as she began to fly out. But Ghostfreak quickly caught her with a tentacle from his chest as he did the same to catch Yona, Smolder, and Sandbar.

"I got you guys!" He called out before he looked at the same button that opened the cargo bay door. “We have to hit that button again!" He called out before the Omnitrix began to be red. "Oh man, seriously bad timing!"

“How are we gonna press that button?!” Gallus questioned as he and Silverstream are fighting against the sucktion with their wings. Around the same time, Diamondhead shards hit the button, which shorted it out and caused the hatch to close just as the Omnitrix timed out as Helix, Yona, Misty, Smolder, and Sandbar crashed into the hatch as they all sighed in relief.

Textrax and Eighteight rushed up to them. “What happened?” Eighteight asked in confusion.

“Uh, the hatch must’ve had a glitch. It just flew open.” Attea lied with a sheepish look.

Textrax looked down as he saw Misty and the Young Six. “Kids, you seven are the intruders?” He asked in surprise.

“Sorry.” Ocellus apologized with a sheepish look. “It was my idea. We snuck aboard before the take off.”

“We figure our friends need some help finding Zenith to deactivate the SDM.” Misty said.

“We are turning around and taking you all back home, now!” Helix said firmly. "You know, like dropping my friends off on Equestria while dropping my cousin on the moon!"

“Wait, Helix.” Eighteight spoke up to him. “We are lightyears away from Equestria. We can’t turn back now.”

“She’s right. We need every moment that the Omnitrix can--” Textrax was cut off when they heard the Omnitrix beeped and saw the yellow lines flashes and covered up at least a quarter of the arrows on the faceplate.

"Three days, 27 minutes till self-destruct." The Omnitrix beeped out.

“The countdown appears to have accelerated.” Tetrax said with a worried tone. “We have to inform Azmuth about this." He and Eighteight went to tell Azmuth about the countdown accelerating, leaving the kids to explore the rest of the ship.





Later, Helix and the boys were on hoverboards as they were flying through clouds in the sky. Helix has picked a hoverboard with two circles on the ends while green circuitry was in the middle. Manny was riding on a red and orange hoverboard with sharp ends while Sandbar was on a light green hoverboard with oval shaped ends. Finally, Gallus was riding a hoverboard with a dark blue color and yellow circuitry in the middle and on the ends of it.

“Aren’t you a little bit worried that the self-destruct countdown has sped, Helix?” Smolder questioned as she and the girls were at the side while standing in the air.

“A little bit, I cope up to keep my mind off things like the hoverboard.” Helix said to them. “Besides, I work best under pressure."

“You don’t have to worry alone, Helix.” Misty told him. “What about your parents? I'm pretty sure they don't want you to get vaporized, or whatever will happen if it blows up."

"Look, you're overthinking this." Sandbar told the girls. "All we have to do is find Zenith and she'll fix the watch and everything will be okay."

"Yeah, so grab a hoverboard and join in because this is kind of fun." Gallus told them.

"Yeah, but they said that they'll deactivate it.” Ocellus spoke up. “I think they were talking about the watch altogether and not the SDM."

This made Helix’s eyes widened as he lost his balance and fell to the ground as the others stopped their hoverboards as the simulator deactivated. “Please tell me you’re joking.” He pleaded to the girls.

"I'm afraid they're telling the truth." Azmuth told him as he was on Eighteight's shoulder when they walked in. "You may have done good with the Omnitrix, better than any equine Yuengling has ever done , but after recent events, perhaps it's time to retire from this. I thought you would be relieved to have it off by now. Be normal again.”

“Retire?! Who wants to retire and be normal again?” Helix questioned in disbelief. “Without powers, a hero is a zero.” He stated.

"Gee thanks for that." Misty told him with a look.

"I'm sorry, but after what they told me, the computer has confirmed our fears." Azmuth continued. “Your transformation has accelerated the countdown. To be safe and until we reach Zenith, you shouldn’t use the Omnitrix again.” He advised.

Helix then heard the Omnitrix beeping as it gave off another orange energy sphere, “Huh?!” He asked as the others watched as the Omnitrix released a feedback that sent Helix flying before he hit the ground as they all huddled around him. “Oh, man.” He groaned as his mane is desleveled.

“And each time after a transformation, the Omnitrix keeps sending in an energy feedback after each transformation, which each form changes, the feedback grows stronger.” Azmuth added. “So, you might wanna prepare when that happens if you decided to transform when necessary.”

“Thanks for the heads up, Azmuth.” Attea muttered with a brow.





Later they returned back to the bridge as Misty was next to Gluto while he was speaking in his language and showing her how he does his job. "I see, that's very cool." She complimented, causing him to blush.

"Uh, is your cousin in love with snot blob?" Smolder asked Helix with a brow.

“I think she is.” Helix said with a weird look. “Which is weird considering she tried to avoid slime.”

“We’re coming upon Incarcicon.” Eighteight informed as they exited hyperspace and exited the ring tunnel as they saw a space station up ahead.

"You are approaching the secure space of the Incarcicon Intergalactic Detention Center." A computerized voice suddenly informed them. "Identify yourself or be destroyed."

"Uh, are they really going to destroy us if we don't tell him who we are?" Gallus asked nervously before Azmuth quickly went over to the computer and typed something in. Once he sent what he typed, he only got red words before he started typing in something again. Once again, it showed red as the blasters on the station aimed at the ship, which made the group nervous as Azmuth typed in again, but got the same results as the blasters on the station powered up. Attea, Helen, and Zs'spoocy quickly hugged Helix as they braced friend packed while the rest of them held together except for Eighteight and Tetrax.

The group then braced themselves for an explosion as Azmuth kept trying as he gave a determined expression as he then thought of a code as he typed it down and pressed enter, which glowed green. “Vendor security clearance accepted. Proceed to sanitation disposal bay number four.” the computerized voice informed them which caused them to be relieved they weren't going to be destroyed. They looked over at Azmuth who gave a thumbs up with a smile.

The ship then moved towards the lower levels. “Sanitation disposal bay number four?” Sandbar asked in confusion.

“They think we’re a garbage wagon?” Smolder questioned.

“Okay, that is just gross.” Misty gagged.

"But it did keep us from blowing up." Silverstream mentioned as the ship landed in an area filled with garbage. Gluto then began to rearrange some stuff in the ship as Eighteight and Tetrax prepared some gear.

“Tetrax and I have downloaded the DNA signature into our scanners.” Eighteight explained. “It should lead us directly to Zenith.”

“But if these prisoners see horses, it’ll be trouble.” Textrax advised while looking at Sandbar, Helix, and Misty. "That would include the rest of your friends, considering they're also from Equestria."

"Wow, the rest of the universe hates us that much?” Ocellus asked in surprise.

"No, most species love creatures from Equine, they're considered quite a delicacy." Azmuth told them which caused the young group to look at each other nervously.

"Okay, TMI dude." Manny told him with a disturbed look.

"Azmuth, I could go alien, just as once to help find her." Helix pleaded.

“No, Helix. It will only accelerate the countdown even more.” Azmuth shook his head. “Every second is critical until we find Zenith.” He said before he had a thought. “But there is another way to change your appearance without going into your alien forms and risk the acceleration.”

"Yona confused, how pony go alien without go alien?" Yona asked Azmuth.

“If I recall my original designs, the Omnitrix should have a feature for it.” Azmuth said as he gestured to Helix to bring the Omnitrix closer to him, which he did. “Okay, just twist to the right, press the button once, and turn to the left twice and slamming down.” He said as he did just that before he tapped the core in the Omnitrix.

And then suddenly, the Omnitrix then started glowing green as it slowly expanded to Helix’s body as Helix then glowed brightly. His body then began to change as his front hooves then began to transform into hands as clothing then formed around him. Helix then stood up on his hindlegs, which then turned into normal legs as he looked like Heatblast but smaller. "Whoa, how did you do that?" He asked with his own voice.

“How did he turn into a smaller version of Heatblast?” Misty questioned.

“It’s one of the Omnitrix’s features.” Azmuth said with a smile. “While it can transform into aliens, it can change your current form to blend into the society of the aliens in the galaxy without the need to transform. It even has a setting of what appearance you should take. Just as long as you don't use the transformation feature, you should stay like this until you find her.”

“So now that we know how he's going to get around, but what about the rest of us?" Smolder asked before gesturing to Ocellus. "We know she'll just use her Upgrade Armor to blend in while four of us are already aliens."

“Lucky for you, we have something.” Eighteight said with a smirk underneath her helmet as she turned to Gluto. “You think what I’m thinking?”

Gluto then claps while giving a gleeful tone. “Exactly.” Textrax nodded, getting what Eighteight was saying. “From time to time, our missions require a disguise.”

“And lucky for you six, we have just the ones for each of you.” Eighteight said as the others looked in wonder.





Soon they entered the station where a bunch of aliens were around. Tetrax and Eighteight were wearing cloaks to hide themselves, as was Helix, Manny, Helen, Attea, and Zs'spoocy while Ocellus is in her Techno Armor, in its normal form. As for Misty and the Young Six, they were wearing an alien costume as Smolder's eyes were in the mouth of the costume while they struggled to keep balance inside it. "I'm an alien's rear end." Misty complained as she was at the very end of the costume. "It's totally official, the worst summer of my life."

“Hey, we draw straws, two out of three.” Smolder said with a smirk. “I got the big one.”

“And to be fair, being in the alien’s chest or arms isn’t so bad.” Silverstream said with a smile.

"At least you're not working the legs with a yak behind you." Gallus mentioned with a look.

“What?” Yona questioned with a brow.

“Nothing!” Gallus quickly explains.

The others looked around and saw many alien fugitives wandering. “Where are the guards?” Helix questioned in wonder.

"Yeah, you would think a prison planet would be more secure with a bunch of guards." Manny mentioned.

“No guards, no rules, no parole.” Textrax explained. “On Incarcicon, it’s survival of the meanest.” He said as they stopped as two aliens were wrestling by them.

“These aren’t exactly the friendly types you wanna meet.” Eighteight added as they continue on. “They’re all here for a reason, some of them, lots of reasons.” She added as they walked past as two hooded figures saw them and followed them.

Even saw a small alien screwed across the ground before it was stumped by an even bigger alien. "Mine!" The bigger alien exclaimed as its tongue grabbed the smooshed alien before it began to eat it.

"Uh help yourself, I'm on a diet." Helix told the alien nervously as the others looked away from it.

"What's happening up there?" Sandbar asked Smolder as he and the others couldn't see out of the costume.

“Trust me, guys. You don’t wanna know.” Smolder said, a little gross out as the big alien turned to them in interest.

“Snack times over pal.” Eighteight said firmly as she and Textrax stepped forward. “Scram.”

“Unless we have some other business.” Textrax said as he showed his blaster, which made the big alien growled and walked off.

"Maybe you kids should wait over on the side until we can scope out the place." Eighteight told the others.

"You know, this is the first time in my life I'm okay with sitting on the sidelines." Manny mentioned as he rubbed the back of his head. Textrax and Eighteight then went on a head before the two figures bumped into Helix and Helen when they walked by.

“Hey, watch where you two are going.” Helen said sternly as the two figures ignore them and walked off as the kids leaned to the side.

After a bit of waiting, Helix saw something above the upper levels. “Huh?” He asked before he saw something that made his eyes widen. “It can’t be! No way!" He noticed that the tall hooded figure had tentacles coming out the front of the hood while a shorter hooded figure was standing next to it. "He must have picked up on the Omnitrix's self-destruct signal, but how did he know Zenith was here?" He muttered.

"What was that, Helix?" Zs'spoocy asked before they saw him clenched his fist. "Helix?"

“If I have to give up being a hero, at least I'm going to take down Vilgax once and for all!" Helix exclaimed before slamming down on the Omnitrix and transformed into one of his aliens, Tenten. He then ripped off his cloak before charging forward as the others were shocked to what he just said.

“Vilgax?! He’s back!” Smolder called out.

“Helix, wait!” Ocellus exclaimed as the aliens turned to them while a bit shocked at what they saw.

“Uh, shapeshifters, am I right?” Zs’spoocy asked nervously.

With Tenten, he was using his jetpack as he flew high to the two hooded figures. “This time, let’s end this, Vilgax!” He called as he then started blasted at them, which the two tentacle hooded figures barely dodged as an explosion was made.

Not too far, Eighteight and Tetrax heard the explosion before they turned and were punched in the face by the two cloaked figures. The two cloaked figures approached them as they removed the hoods to reveal themselves as Sixsix and Sevenseven. "Long time, no see sister." Sevenseven said before Sixsix spoke in their alien language.

“It’s not my fault you two are here, Sevenseven.” Eighteight said. “As much as this reunion is awkward, we have important things to deal with."

“So don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.” Textrax said as he and Eighteight armed their blasters and fired at Sevenseven and Sixsix.





With Tenten, he was still firing at the two tentacle figures as they dodged each one, but one of them removed it’s cloak while avoiding the shots as it revealed to be a young female Chimera Sui Generis, she is wearing red armor while having a leaner body while the second hooded figure revealed to be an adult female Chimera Sui Generis as she looked similar to how Vilgax used to be before his enhancement as they dodged Tenten’s blasts.

Tenten then charged at them in the air before the adult Chimera sui Generis jumped in and grabbed him by the collar. “Okay, pal. What’s your problem with us? Is there a bounty on me and my sister?” She questioned.

"Wait a minute, that voice…" Tenten muttered before he got a good look at the two. “You're not Vilgax, you're a female of his species."

"Duh, and if you think Vilgax is here and we're in league with him then you need to check your updates because he's been banished from our home planet a long time ago.” The Young Chimera told him with a smug look.

“So if you are looking for him, search somewhere else.” The adult Chimera said as she gave a kick to Tenten, which caused him to go flying.

Tenten yelled as he flung into the air without control of his jetpack as he crashed onto the floor just as the Omnitrix timed out and he transformed back, without his disguise, as his friends rushed up to him in concern while the aliens around them looked in shock.

“He turned into an equine!” One of the prisoner aliens called out in shock. "But how?!"

"The Omnitrix!" A Jetray called shouted when he hovered above the rest. “He's wearing the Omnitrix!"

“It does exist!” Another alien called in shock.

“That’s our ticket out of here!” Another added.

“The Omnitrix, he’s got it!” A third called.

“I think we’re in trouble.” Manny muttered as they all huddled together and backed away as the aliens walked towards them.

“I really wish I was at the mall right now.” Misty said nervously.

“We're surrounded by aliens and that's your final wish?" Helen asked her with a brow.

“Just saying.” Misty said in defense before she glared at Helix. “Way to keep a low profile, genius.”

Helix ignored her as he tried to activate the Omnitrix, but it was timed out with the orange line a bit closer to the arrowhead. “Looks like we’re on our own.”

“Yeah, figure.” Attea said as she ready her blaster as Helen, Manny, Zs’spoocy and Ocellus got into ready position as Ocellus ready her armor into battle mode as Helix and the others grabbed pipes as makeshift weapons as they glared at the aliens around them.





Eighteight was fighting Sevenseven while Textrax was handling Sixsix. Eighteight we're doing backflips to dodge blasts from one of her brothers while Sixsix was firing at Textrax. The two then fought the two bounties as they knocked them down to the ground.

The two then saw the crowd of aliens as they turned back and saw Sevenseven and Sixsix gone. “They’re not the problem. The others need help.” Eighteight said as Textrax nodded and activated his hoverboard.





The Equines are standing ready while waiting for one alien to pounce. “Careful, with that thing on his wrist, he can become any one of us he wants.” One of the aliens warned.

“Yeah, but if he knew how to control it, he would have used it again by now.” The second alien pointed out.

“Give me that thing!” A Jetray alien called as he flew ahead at them, but he was whacked away by Misty.

"Incoming!" Helen called out before she quickly whipped around and used her till to whack another alien away.

The others then started fighting the aliens away the best they could, but then saw a whole lot more coming towards them. “We’re in trouble.” Manny muttered, but then behind the crowd were aliens being beaten back or blasted away as Textrax and Eighteight flew in and Textrax used his board to knock a tetramand away as the two landed in front of the kids.

“You guys okay?” Eighteight asked before they looked up and saw the tetramand getting up before crushing the board with his bare hands.

“Whoa!” Sandbar exclaimed.

“That was my favorite board.” Textrax said with a glare under his helmet before the tetramand charged at them. Textrax raised his arms before firing a large sum of diamonds right at the tetramand to send him flying back and pinning him against the wall.

“Whoa is right.” Gallus commented as the aliens charged at them, but Textrax and Eighteight fought them off.

“How did they know about the Omnitrix?” Eighteight questioned.

“Yeah, funny story.” Helix said sheepishly before the Omnitrix beeped and its orange lines advanced a bit.

“Two days and 18 hours until self-destruct.” The Omnitrix said, which made Textrax and Eighteight looked towards Helix.

"Okay, I thought an alien was Vilgax was here so I went alien to try to put the hurt on her but I didn't know it was a ‘her’ and that's how they figured it out!” Helix quickly explained.

“We’ll talk about this later.” Textrax said as they all kept fighting the aliens. One of them got up behind Helix, but as he was about to whack him, the two female Chimeras from earlier came up to him with pipes.

"Look, about trying to blast you into bits before, I really thought you were Vilgax." Helix explained sheepishly to the adult female Chimera before they both saw him wearing the Omnitrix.

"Hey, how did you get your hooves on the Omnitrix?" She questioned him as she kneeled down.

"What's it to you?" Helix asked as he readied the pipe in his hoof just in case.

"After all the work we helped put into the prototype before completing it only to wind up on the wrist of some cute equine." The young female Chimera told him. "Uh don't read too much into that."

"Wait, you both helped build this thing?" Helix asked in surprise. “Does that mean you both know Zenith? Look, we need to find her because it's in self-destruct mode and Azmuth can't turn it off."

"Yeah, we can see that." The older one mentioned. “But unfortunately for you, she's not here."

“But if you get us out of this galactic sewer, we can tell you where she really is." The younger one quickly added.

“Histus potiva!” Smolder called as her paw glowed and one of the pipes went down, causing some steam to be released as some aliens fell before she turned to Helix and the two Chimeras. “Hey, less chit chat, more combat!”

“We’ll get you two out of there and then you will tell us where Zenith is.” Helix said before an alien grabbed him. “Hey! Put me down!” He called as the aliens were passing him over them as the others tried to reach him while fighting off the aliens as the Omnitrix then gave another orange sphere. “Oh, man, like I don’t have enough problems.” He muttered as the Omnitrix gave a feedback shockwave that knocked the aliens and the others back as the alien prisoners were out cold.

"Helix!" Helen called out before she and the others quickly got up and raced over to him. "Are you okay?!"

Helix looked a bit dizzy as he looked up. “Uh, mom, I don’t wanna go to school.” He muttered while his eyes were swirling.

“Yeah, he’s okay.” Misty said with a smirk.

“But he won’t be for long unless we can figure a way out of here.” Textrax said as Manny picked up Helix.

"Look!" Attea called out as the ship started to fly up when the aliens came to.

"Ya gotta love the blob." Misty mentioned before Helen quickly grabbed Helix and they all raced to the ship.

“Guys! Wait! The two squids!” Helix called as they fought past the aliens in front of them.

“You are not authorized to be in this maximum-security area.” The computer spoke up as the others entered the ship. “Exit or your ship will be destroyed.” It finished as blasters started firing at the ship as the aliens tried to jump aboard, but Textrax punched it away as it fell into the abyss of the station.

“Gluto, Azmuth, get us out of here!” Textrax called as the two aliens moved the ship as it took off into the tunnel while the lasers started firing while drones popped up and chased after them while Textrax and Eighteight fought the stowaways.

“Textrax! Eighteight! No!” Helix called out when he saw them about to punch the two female Chimeras away. “They know where Zenith is!”

The two looked surprised before they punched the two aliens behind the female Chimeras. “Welcome aboard." Eighteight greeted the two as they helped them up.

Behind them are the Jetray alien flying after them with drones firing behind him. “You’re not leaving without me!” He yelled as he was about to jump in, but Textrax grabbed him and dangled him over the hatch.

“Helix! The hatch!” Textrax called as they avoided the blaster fires. 

“We’re going to be blown to bits!” The adult Chimeral called while clutching her sister in a protective manner.

“Definitely not like Vilgax.” Helix said in surprise as they all avoided a laser shot, which hit the Jetray alien as he crashed into a drone and exploded into many pieces. Helix quickly pressed the button and the hatch closed. “Are we sure this is the way out of here?”

"Gluto's on it!" Textrax replied after his helmet went down. They all quickly raised to the bridge just before Azmuth saw the two Chimeras.

"What are those two doing here, and where is Zenith?" He questioned the group.

“She wasn't here but they know where she really is!" Helix quickly explained before they saw they were heading for a dead end on the monitors. "Dead end, coming in fast!"

“We’re not gonna make it!” The young female Chimera cried.

“She might have a point.” Attea said as Gluto gave a serious expression and moved the ship up as the drones crashed into the wall, creating a hole that the ship went through and exited the station.

“That was so cool!” Gallus exclaimed in excitement before he frowned. “Let’s never do that again.”

“Agreed.” Ocellus said as the others nodded in agreement.





Outside the ship, Sixsix and Sevenseve are holding onto the hull of the ship as they turned and saw another alien holding on as he gave the two thumbs up. “Hey, beat it pal.” Sevenseven said as Sixsix fired at the alien, sending him floating in space before a laser from the station nearly hit them, causing them to let go of the hull and left floating into space as the ship entered the hyperspace ring and vanished. “Drats! They got away.” Sevenseven muttered.





Back on the ship as it was in hyperspace, the two Chimeras were examining the Omnitrix in the same station where the Omnitrix was scanned. "What have you been using this for, to open cans or break rocks?" The older one questioned Helix.

"Mostly doing hero work for the greater good.” Helix answered.

"So do you and your little sister really know where Zenith is, Ms…?" Azmuth asked before trailing off as he didn't know their names.

“My name is Myaxx, this is my little sister Lolaxx, Zenith's assistants.” Myaxx introduced.

“Which doesn’t explain how your DNA signature was in the Omnitrix.” Helen mentioned.

“It's actually mine because I accidentally erased Zenith's and put in my own, but that's only because she didn't give us the credit we deserve." Lolaxx explained. “After all, she's the most selfish, egotistical, and most self promoting alien in the universe."

"What…?" Azmuth asked in confusion. "But that doesn't sound like her."

“We take it you know her?” Myaxx asked Azmuth.

“I was her ex. And I was the true designer behind the Omnitrix.” Azmuth explained. “I gave Zenith the blueprints as a way to let her know how sorry I am for a mistake I’ve caused. And what you just said about her is not the Zenith I know and loved. She wouldn’t act like that.”

“Well, if you even bother to check up on the times, she sure has changed.” Lolaxx said with her arms crossed.

“Do you two even know how to stop the self-destruct countdown?” Helix asked with a brow. “Did Zenith even give her instructions?”

“Zenith never trusted us with the abort sequence.” Myaxx explained. “At least you have us since we know where Zenith really is.”

“Then where is she?” Eighteight questioned.

“Zenon.” The two female Chimeras answered seriously.

“Zenon?” Both Textrax and Eighteight asked while they looked in shock.

“It had to be Zenon.” Textrax groaned.

“Why there?” Eighteight groaned while placing a hand on her helmet while the others looked confused while Azmuth looked in shock at the revelation.

"Because that is the only place that is safe enough to build a device such as the Omnitrix." He mentioned as he stroked his chin.

"Why do I have a feeling that this planet you're talking about isn't exactly a paradise?" Misty questioned before Helix pulled the Omnitrix away from the machinery and had a grim look on his face.

“The random energy blasts, like the one on Incarcion, they’re growling large and more intense, aren’t they?” Myaxx questioned.

“Yeah.” Helix questioned. “Azmuth told us it indicate the Omni energy inside is building up everytime I used it. And then soon, poof, I’m toast.”

“Well, not just you of course.” Lolaxx said as she and Myaxx gave grim expressions.

“What are you two talking about?” Helix questioned.

“Ask him.” Myaxx said while gesturing to Azmuth. “He knows, don’t you?” She questioned as Azmuth stood silent with a concerned look, which made her realize something. “You didn’t tell him?”

"Tell him what exactly?" Helen asked as they all wondered the same thing.

"I hope to have spared you from this, but if the Omnitrix finishes charging up to critical level and reaches detonation, the overwhelming feedback will be so powerful that it will literally rip apart the entire universe.” Azmuth revealed while giving a grim look to them. “Including Equestria."

"What?!" They all gasped as the reveal of what he just said means that if the Omnitrix self-destruct, everything and everyone they ever cared about will be gone in an instant. And what's worse, he knew the entire time and never told them. Now it is a race against time to stop the countdown before the universe is destroyed.