> The Omnitrix Hero: Omniversal Collision
>  by Banshee531
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> Chapter 1
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Somewhere out in the dark of space, a dark green ship was zooming through the cosmos 

It was a rather strange looking ship, actually designed to resemble a reptile's head. It almost mirrored a snake's head, but it had a quintet of horns sticking out the back that seemed to act like the ship's thrusters. The sides of its head, just behind its mouth, had a pair of L-shaped horns pointing forwards. And it didn't have any eyes, instead having a long red visor-like strip of glass running from one side of its head to the other.

The ship was huge, large enough to fit three battleships inside and leave enough room for a small tug boat.

The ship's mouth was closed and as it approached an oncoming meteor, the L-shaped horns unleashed red beams of light that flew out and struck the piece of rock. With a single strike, the whole thing exploded and didn't even leave any debris behind. 

But as the ship made its way through the galaxy, an explosion suddenly occurred and caused one of the horn thrusters to die out. 



Inside the ship, a bunch of robots were flying around. 

Said robots were a bunch of bronze spheres with three half-egg-shaped legs that glowed at the bottom and allowed them to float. They also had a pair of mechanical arms, one having a dexterous set of robotic fingers whilst the other appeared to have an interchangeable arm that could switch between a welding laser, a drill laser and whatever else it might need. The top of the robot had a domed head with a single red blinking eye.

These robots were hard at work, trying to keep the ship completely operational. 

But as one was repairing part of a wall, said wall suddenly started glowing bright red. The robot noticed this and pulled back, seconds before the wall exploded into a puddle of molten metal that fell on the machine and melted it as well. 

The other robots turned to see this, as a figure stood in the hole where the wall used to stand. 

Said figure glowed bright, illuminating the dark room as the robots lowered their brightness sensors. And when they did, the figure was revealed to be a humanoid alien whose entire body was made of a red rock-like substance. A yellow liquid seemed to be running beneath the alien's rocky body and as they stepped forward, their head was revealed to be a giant fireball with a rocky mask-like face. On the chest of this alien was a round metal dial, with a green light on the front that had two black triangles on it. 

The alien stepped forward and as he did, his hands burst into flames. "Hey there. Working hard or hardly working?" The robots continued to stare at him. "Hope you're not lounging around on the job. If you are, I'll have to fire you." With that, he started throwing fireballs at all the robots. 

Most of them were quickly burned up, unable to handle the heat of the flames. 

Those that managed to avoid the flames attacked, their laser tools being used as weapons they tried to cut the magma alien up. But the hothead leapt into the air, his feet blasting out a bunch of flames to propel him upwards and dodge. He did several flips through the air and unleashed a blast of fire, which struck the robots and melted them as well. 

The last of the worker droids destroyed, the fire alien landed on the ground and smirked. "I make this look easy." As he said that, the dial on his chest let out several unusual beeps. 

He pressed the dial and the beeping stopped, as a voice spoke out. "Ben. Are you okay?" 

"I'm fine, Rook." The alien began to march through the corridor. "Did you see that explosion I caused. That had to have slowed this thing down." 

"I am afraid not. The ship's speed is actually increasing." 

"Seriously?" He asked, as he turned a corner. "What does it take to stop this thing?" He would have said more, but in that moment he found himself staring at a bunch more robots. 

These ones were humanoid, standing at around ten feet tall and being made of black armor. Gears could be seen between their shoulders and bodies, with more gears sticking out of their knees and out the top of their rounded heads. Their left arm had a large laser cannon on the end of it, whilst the other had a giant mechanical fist. 

"Um...I'm gonna need to call you back." He touched the dial and the call ended, then thrust his hands forward to unleash a blast of fire.

But the front row of robots raised their blaster arms and from them, burst of wind blew out and formed an air wall that stopped the fire cold. 

"Hey, not cool." The fire alien then smirked and hit the dial on his chest, causing a bright green light to fill the room. "But this is." When the light faded, a new alien was standing in the magma creature's place. It was some kind of blue humanoid moth, with four large wings. As he breathed, a cold mist came out of his mouth.

He spread his wings and flew forward, the robots unleashing a blast of wind from their guns again. But before it could hit him, the moth vanished and the wind touched nothing. 

The machines stopped, only for one to suddenly find itself being surrounded by ice. 

Another soon followed, then another and another. Eventually, the hallway was filled with robotic ice sculptures. And atop the last one's head, the moth alien appeared to stand on it. "You guys chill out here for a little bit. I need to find your boss and figure out what he's up to." 

He jumped down off the robot and hit the dial on his shoulder, another green flash filling the air. When it faded away, a blue and black cat-like creature was standing there. It was wearing a green and black suit with the dial just below his neck. 

The alien began to run and as he did, his speed built up and up and up until he was moving faster than the eye could see. 

He shot through the hallways, zooming around and around whilst avoiding all the robots he ran into. And eventually, he arrived at the entrance to what he believed was the bridge. "There it is." He reached out and started typing on a key pad at high speed, typing in multiple different codes until he heard a beeping and saw the door opening. 

He rushed inside and when he got there, he looked around and found the ship was a semi-circle shape with a bunch of consoles lining the curved wall. In the centre of the room was a chair, where the captain likely sat. But there was nobody there. 

The room was completely empty, making him hum as he moved over to the seat. "I know you're in here. Don't bother the whole, hide in the shadows only to leap out and attack me from behind. Because it won't work." He spun around and sure enough, something was leaping towards him. 

He dodged an incoming attack, a purple energy blade swinging through the air in an attempt to cut him in half. 

He leapt back and saw who it was. "Eon." 

The figure was humanoid and stood at around six feet in height. He was dressed in a combination of black and purple, having a black cloak-like coat that was open from below the chest down. His cloak had purple lines running down the edges, along with a bunch of purple patterns covering it that were shaped like hour glasses and gears. The cloak also had a large triangular collar, which was black with purple on the outline. 

Beneath his cloak was a black body suit, with thin purple lines running along it. His cloak's sleeves covered the top half of his arms, whilst the bottom half below the elbow were sealed in metal gauntlets. Most of the gauntlets were black, but the backs of them had purple glass on them that glowed bright. 

His head was concealed within a black mask, which had a purple visor, mouth guard and a purple strip running from his forehead all the way down the back of his helmet. Two purple disks were also connected to the sides where his ears should be. 

The figure stood there, looking rather menacing as the cat alien stood up. "Love the new look," he joked. "But let's be real here. You and I both know how this is gonna end. You fight me. I fight you. I kick your butt and you tell me I'll rue this day and yada yada yada." He got into a fighting stance before hitting the dial, light filling the room. 

When the light faded, it revealed a black and green alien with a single green eye and long tendrils and fingers that ended in gold plugs. 

The figure called Eon raised his right arm, as the purple section of the gauntlet glowed and unleashed a light that formed a blade coming off his arm. He charged forward and swung his blade at the alien, who dodged it as lightning sparked around his fist. 

He threw it forward and tried to punch him, but Eon raised his other arm as the gauntlet unleashed a disk of energy that blocked the punch. 

The pair kept fighting, Eon slashing at the alien whilst the creature dodged and tried to shock him with bolts of electricity. The two seemed evenly matched and as they fought, the alien smirked. "So what's with the ship, anyway? You went through a lot of trouble to get this thing, but I never thought snake heads were your thing. What, you have a pet lizard as a kid that this thing reminded you of?"

"Joke while you can," Eon leapt back and retracted his weapons. "This ship holds the key to my eternal victory. Soon, I'll become the supreme master of everything. In this and every other universe. Its power will allow me to create a universe that I am lord and ruler of all." 

"Of course," the alien sighed. "The old 'remake the universe in my image' scheme. How did I not see that coming. Oh, wait. I did. Whatever. Not gonna happen. Because I'm gonna take you down." 

"Not this time!" He thrust his arms forward and the gauntlets on his wrists unleashed beams of purple energy, which shot towards the alien. 

But he simply crossed his arms as his head tendrils swung around and intercepted the blasters, sucking them in with a smirk on his face. "Seriously dude. I once absorbed the big bang. You really think you're gonna be able to beat me?" Eon didn't answer and kept firing, whilst the alien kept absorbing it all. "What do you hope to achieve here?" 

Eon then chuckled. "I hope to waste time. So that you'll eventually time out and return to being a defenceless human." 

"Nice thought," the alien stated. "But it ain't gonna happen." Suddenly, his tendril plugs unleashed a green blast of energy that pushed the purple one back. Eon was shocked to see his own attack being overpowered, the beam eventually slamming into him and causing his gauntlets to short circuit. 

"AUGH!" He cried, staggering back as his arms sparked. 

The alien then ran forward and with one swift punch, struck Eon right in the face and knocked him backwards. 

The suited humanoid flew into one of the consoles and slammed into it, bouncing off the machine and falling to the ground. He groaned behind his mask, as the alien stepped up to him. "See. Ain't gonna happen." With that, the dial began to beep and he was suddenly consumed by light. 

When it faded, a human teen appeared in the alien's place. He was around sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a black shirt and dark green camo pants. He also wore a white jacket with green on the top and bottom, with a green ten on the back. His skin was pale peach and his hair was brown, a pair of green eyes staring down at Eon.

He smirked as he crossed his arms, revealing a strange wrist watch on his left arm that was a mixture of green, white and black. "Well that was easy enough. Now, how do I stop this thing?" But before he could start fiddling with the controls, a sound caught his attention. 

The floor opened and from out of it, a glass tube filled with smoke folded out and almost touched the ceiling with how large it was. 

Once it was completely out, the doors began to open and the white smoke flew out into the cockpit. 

The teen coughed as he tried to cover his mouth, fearing it might be poisonous gas. And as the smoke slowly cleared, a figure was revealed to be inside of the tube. A figure that made his eyes go wide. "Vilgax." 

From out of the tube, a twelve foot tall alien squid man stepped into the room. His body was almost entirely robotic, being covered in red and black armor that looked like something out of a sci-fi film. 

From the waist down, he was entirely mechanical. His legs were a pair of robotic insect limbs, ending in four square toes that stuck out in an X-shape. The left arm was also entirely mechanical, being a large sphere at the shoulder with two sets of  connected tubes for the arm. Instead of a hand, he had a large metal pincer that spun like a drill. 

His chest armor was red with a black section in the centre, that looked like it had a pair of metal doors that opened up. Above it, a red collar covered most of his lower head with his tendrils sticking out of holes around what appeared to be a respirator. And his left eye was also robotic, being a red hexagon filled with tiny black hexagons. 

On his back was a large red metal tube, running down his spine with wires attached to the arm, legs, mask and chest. 

"Wow," the teen looked him over, "what happened to you?" 

The alien's voice hissed as he spoke, stepping forward whilst the teen took several steps backwards. "This is the fault of an annoying little fly, which has kept me from getting my prize for the last time." 

"Huh," he tilted his head. "I guess you're a little upset about me shoving you into your ship's core? Hey, you started it. Don't think you'll be getting an apology from me." 

The one named Vilgax growled. "We have never met before. You are not the one that has thwarted me, or turned me into this monstrosity." 

The teen still looked confused. "Guess the blast shook a few screws...looser than they already were. How the heck can you forget me? I'm the guy that's beaten you at least a million times." As he said that, the watch on his arm beeped. "Oh, make that a million and one times." He was about to reach for it, but Vilgax raised his mechanical arm. 

Before the teen could do anything, his pincer opened up and revealed some kind of blaster pistol within it. A pistol that fired a beam of light right at the teen and slammed into his chest. 

The teen cried out, as he was knocked backwards and slammed into the ground. His body twitched, as he began to black out. And as he did, Vilgax stepped over to him. 

"As much as I wish for an Omnitrix, I will let you keep yours. For you will be the instrument of my ultimate vengeance against the one that did this to me." The teen moaned as he lost consciousness, whilst Vilgax turned to see Eon beginning to get up. "You had better not be as useless as this from now on. When I agreed to work with you, I had hoped you would be able to pull your weight." 

"Well if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be alive right now." Vilgax said nothing in response, as Eon looked down at the teen. "The famous Ben Ten. Completely helpless and at our mercy. Oh how I wish we could carve him up like a turkey."

"Enough," Vilgax told him. "We need him alive."

"Why?" 

"Out of all the Ben Tens in the multiverse, this one is supposed to be the strongest. That's what you said. That means he's the perfect weapon to use in my vengeance. And if he's meant to be a hero, turning him into an instrument of destruction is the perfect revenge for you." 

Eon seemed to be thinking about it. "Fine then. That's the plan?" 



Outside the snake ship, another ship was flying around it. 

This ship was much smaller than the one it was chasing, being a mixture of orange and white with black trim and a blue glass cockpit at the front. On the wings, the same round symbol that had been on all the aliens could be seen. 

Inside, a white, blue and black humanoid alien was flying the ship. He was wearing a blue and black suit and had some kind of gadget connected to his shoulder. 

As he flew after the ship, he was typing away at the controls. "Ben," he called out, "Ben! Answer me!" But nothing happened, making him frown. "Alright. I am coming in after you!" He prepared to accelerate up to the ship and blast his way through. 

But before he could, the snake ship's mouth began to open. 

"That can not be good." He watched as some kind of laser cannon, folded out of the serpent's mouth. And before the alien could do anything, it fired a purple beam of light.

That light struck the spot right in front of the ship and open up some kind of portal, which the ship started flying into. 

"No!" The alien hit the gas and flew forward, but he was too far back. By the time he got close, the ship completely disappeared into the portal. And that portal faded away moments later. The ship barely missed getting through it, instead flying through the energy that remained with the alien unable to stop. "BEN!" He screamed, realising his partner was gone. And there was no telling where he had been taken. 



Canterlot.

The city of Canterlot was a nice place to live. Most of the time. 

If one could live with the occasional alien invasion, magical misadventure or threat of absolute destruction, then the place was the perfect city to live in. The streets were clean, traffic was well maintained and everyone could live happy in the knowledge, that they could go to bed at night and get a peaceful night's sleep. 

But every now and then, something exciting tended to happen in this city. 

At that moment, every TV in the city switched on and showed news footage. Even the mega screens on the side of buildings, were showing the footage of the open ocean. 

"Breaking news. A cargo container, hauling large amounts of rare materials and substances, has been hijacked off the coast. So far, the hijackers have not demanded anything and it is believed they intend to sell whatever was on board the ship to the highest bidder."



The ship was covered in men wearing black clothing, with masks covering their faces and guns in hand. 

The pirates were walking along the deck, keeping an eye out for enemy ships. And on the bridge, the lead pirate was steering the ship whilst the crew were all tied up and gagged. "Ha," he laughed. "Won't be long before we're out in international waters. Then, this ship and everything on it will belong to us." 

One of the crew, a woman who appeared to be the captain, let out several sounds as she tried to speak through her gag. 

The pirate turned to her, leaving the wheel whilst another pirate replaced him. He stepped over to her, kneeling beside her. "Don't worry, sweetheart. You and your crew will be just fine. I'm sure I'll find somewhere to dump you off. Well, the rest of your crew. You, on the other hand." He smiled as he looked her up and down. But the woman just glared at him. 

"Sir," a pirate working the sonar stated. "There are no ships in the area. By the time one comes into range, we'll be out in international waters." 

"Then we're home free," the pirate laughed. "Nothing can stop us now." 



High above the ocean, soaring through the air, a large green jet flew above the clouds. 

Inside the jet's cargo bay, someone was standing in the darkness. "We're right over the ship," a voice stated over an intercom. "Get ready to drop." The figure stepped forward, as the cargo bay doors opened. 

The figure stepped into the light, revealing a teen with yellow-orange skin and blue hair. He was wearing a black sleeveless hoodie with an image on the back that showed a blue shield with a lightning bolt on it. The same emblem was on the pockets of his hoodie, whilst a white shirt could be seen beneath it that ended just before his elbows. He also wore blue pants and black leather boots, along with a pair of black fingerless gloves with white stitching. 

On the teen's left wrist was a metal gauntlet, which was made out of white metal with black on the sides. Tubes ran along the gauntlet, filled with a strange green energy that also flowed from a dial on the end of the gauntlet. 

The teen looked down and saw the ship, a smirk on his lips as he turned to look back. "Thanks for the lift," he told nobody in particular. "But I think I'll take the scenic route down." 

"Good luck," the voice replied. "And be careful." The teen gave a finger salute before leaning backwards and off the cargo ramp, causing him to fall over the edge and plummet down towards the ship. 

He fell faster and faster, but didn't look the least bit worried. And as those on the ship started noticing him, he flipped up a section on the gauntlet that revealed a touch pad. 

The dial on the device suddenly unleashed a light, which took shape before forming an image. And as the teen moved his finger against the touch pad, the image the light formed changed to a bunch of different things. Eventually, it settled on one he approved of. 

And as the pirates pointed their guns at him, he slammed his hand down on the dial and a bright light filled the air. 

The pirates opened fire, trying to gun down the figure in the light before he could cause them problems. But the light faded and in its place, a large collection of green slime dollops could be seen. They rained down on the ship and started splattering everywhere, even on some of the pirates. 

They groaned at this, trying to get the stuff off of them. 

But then, a strange looking UFO appeared and as it flew around, the green slime was pulled towards it and formed a single mass. "FIRE!" One of them yelled, the lot unleashing a hail of pullets towards the slime. 

But they simply flew right through the liquid, which took humanoid form and revealed a world known symbol on its chest. "Goop!" The figure cried before swinging his arms around, morphing them into a whip which struck the pirates and knocked them flying. 

"Aim for that thing floating above him!" One cried, as the pirates pointed at the UFO. But the creature named Goop swung his arms around and sent dollops of slime flying at them, each of them hitting the end of the guns.

The pirates were quickly shocked to find their weapons beginning to melt, as Goop hit the dial on his chest and unleashed a green light. "Molestache!" A small orange rodent alien flew out of the light, his moustache growing and morphing into a pair of fists that he used to knock one of the pirates out. 

"Get that freak!" One of the pirates yelled, as Molestache ran at them and shot impressive skill with his little body and stache. 

He quickly grabbed two of them by the legs and pulled them out from under them, then leapt off the side of a container to backhand another before turning his stache into a helicopter that he used to fly forwards and kick another pirate in the face. 

The alien then hit the dial on his belt and another flash of light appeared, blinding them for a moment before fading to reveal nothing. "Where'd he go?" The pirates looked around, but found nothing. 

Then, one of them felt something hit the back of their neck. They fell to the ground, the others turning to him before two felt something sweep their legs. They hit the ground, getting knocked out as the others became worried. Then, something appeared on one of the shipping containers. 

"Chamalien!" the purplish lizard hissed before leaping at the ground, slamming them into the ship's hull before he jumped into the air and disappeared again. 

Up on the bridge, the pirate leader saw his men getting taken out and began to get annoyed. "That's it!" He moved over to the captives and pulled the captain to her feet, rushing over to the window whilst switching on the loud speaker. "Hey, alien boy!" Nobody responded. "You have thirty seconds to give yourself up before I start blowing brains out." He looked around, expecting Chamalien to show himself. But he didn't. "I'm serious."

Suddenly, a flash occurred behind a nearby container. "There he is." He waited, but the hero still didn't show himself. "Five seconds. Four...three...two..." Before he could get to one, the ground between his feet suddenly extended upwards and struck him in the groin. 

The pirate's eyes went wide, as his entire body seized up. And before he could recover and do anything, a black chair suddenly grew out of the ground and he fell into it. The arms locked his wrists into place, forcing him to drop his gun, whilst the entire room changed. 

"Welcome to Upgrade cruises," a voice spoke out. "We hope your stay is an enjoyable one." The other pirates suddenly found themselves getting grabbed by mental cables, which flew out of the walls and pulled them towards it. They all dropped their guns, whilst metal arms came out of the ground with jagged blades on the end. 

These blades were used to cut through the crew's bindings, freeing them to take command of the ship again. 

"Captain," Upgrade's head popped out of the console, "I'll leave the sailing to you." The captain smiled, as the rest of the crew took the discarded guns and pointed them at the pirates. Upgrade began to pull himself away from the walls, which started dropping the pirates. But now that they were weaponless, they were at the crew's mercy. 

The rest of the pirates were soon rounded up and placed inside an empty container, allowing them to be safely put out of the way whilst the ship headed for port. Once he was sure the ship was safe, the teen used his phone to call someone. 

"Ship's safe. Ready for pick up." A few moments later, the green jet came down from out of the clouds. The teen turned towards the crew and gave them a salute, as the jet lowered a rope that he grabbed as it flew by. Everyone watched him disappear into the air, the rope retracting into the ship before it shot off with a sonic boom. 



Back in the centre of Canterlot, a large building stood. 

Said building, was Canterlot's Plumber HQ. Where the Plumbers worked, trained and prepared for any situation. And inside the HQ, a young girl was sitting at a large computer doing some work on it. A small dog was curled up beside her, as she made the computer change to show video footage of the cells in the lower section. 

Inside, most of the Negative Ten were locked up. Animac, Doddery, the Hypnotist, Dragstar, Negatine and Dynamo Danger, all lay in different cells looking bored out of their minds.

The girl sat back as she thought about the remaining members of the Negative Ten. Chrysalis and Devious were out there, somewhere, likely searching for the rest of the magical Medallions. Viral had been placed in a specially made cell, that Azmuth had created to keep her from escaping into the internet. And Shadow had been sent to a special Plumber prison, which was the only place he could be kept where he wouldn't be able to escape.

As she changed the computer back to the screen from before, a message came up and she quickly answered it. 

On the screen, the alien teen was smiling back at her from a seat on the jet. And next to him was a man with white skin and blue hair, who was currently flying the jet. "Hey!" The teen smirked, "calling to let you know we're on our way back." 

"Great," she smiled. "Hope everything went well with the ship." 

"Everything's perfect," the man replied. "Flash was able to get in, take them down and return the ship to the crew without anyone getting hurt." 

"That's good," she nodded before turning to Flash. "So, did you happen to transform into anything new?" 

Flash shook his head. "No. Just Goop, Molestache, Chamalien and Upgrade." 

"So you didn't even go Ultimate?" As she asked that, Flash suddenly looked a little uncomfortable. "You've had the Ultimatrix for over a month now. But you haven't used its evolution feature since the first time."

"Because I haven't needed it," Flash replied. "I'm not making Shadow's mistake and making myself more powerful than I have to be. Anyway, we'll talk to you when we get back to the base." With that, he cut the call before she could answer. 



Flash leaned back, as the man flying the jet glanced over at him. "What do you want, Shining?" 

"Are you sure there isn't more to your lack of going Ultimate, than you're letting on?" Flash glared at him. "I'm just saying. If there's another reason you don't wanna go Ultimate, you just have to tell me. And you're right. You shouldn't have to go Ultimate if you don't need to. But if a time comes when you need to go Ultimate, will you?" 

Flash sat there and thought about it, as he looked down at his Ultimatrix. 

He remembered facing off against Ultimate Riot-Horn and how powerful the beast had been, its defeat only coming from outlasting it. Then he remembered going Ultimate himself, and the power he had as Volt-Edge. He had never felt so much power, even when he was Way Big. But was it...too much power?

As they flew into Canterlot's airspace, Flash turned to Shining and was about to say something. But then, something happened. 

A brilliant flash of light filled the air and blinded the pair, Shining pulling away so he didn't fly into the light. "What the heck was that?" Flash asked, as Shining made the jet's windows dim to block out the light. 

Once they could see, the pair looked out the window and saw a pillar of light soon down from the sky. The jet flew around it before heading straight up, as high as the jet could go. But the source was far higher than the jet's limits, Shining heading back down as he made another call. 

"Twilight! Please tell me you're picking this up." 

"Oh yeah," the girl's voice replied. "The sensors are going crazy. Detecting energy spikes that are off the scale. The source of the light is just beyond the planet's atmosphere. Whatever it is, it's giving off more energy than three nuclear power plants." 

"That can't be good," Flash frowned. "What's it doing to the planet?" 

"Nothing," Twilight replied. "As far as we can tell, nothing's happening to the spot that was struck." Flash and Shining nodded at one another, as Shining head down towards the surface. As they did, Flash got up and moved over to a section of the jet's floor. 

As he did, he activated the Ultimatrix and slammed it down to transform. "The Worst!" The yellow putty alien cried, as the jet got closer to the street. 

The beam had struck the middle of downtown, right in a busy intersection. But like Twilight had stated, there didn't appear to be any damage. And as Shining flew closer, the floor beneath The Worst opened up and he dropped down into a tube before being fired out the bottom of the jet. 

He rolled himself up and slammed into the ground, crying out as he bounced along the ground and eventually slowed to a stop. Once there, he unfurled himself and staggered around. "We have got to come up with a better way to drop me off." He shook his body before rushing forward, hitting the Ultimatrix and reverting back to human form. 

Flash slowly made his way towards the pillar of light, carefully keeping an eye out in case anything insane happened. 

The Ultimatrix's coms were open, allowing Twilight and Shining to talk to him. "Radiation levels are safe," Twilight announced. "But be careful. Who knows what this thing will do." 

Flash kept moving forward until he was right next to the pillar, the teen reaching out with his hand. "I must be out of my mind." He was seconds away from touching it, when the Ultimatrix beeped. 

"The energy's going through a phase shift. Get out of there!" Flash didn't need to be told twice and turned to run, getting several feet away from the pillar when the thing flashed and something suddenly shot out of it. 

Flash spun around and saw whatever it was fly through the air, then began to fall towards him. His eyes went wide as he dropped to the ground, as the object smashed into the street. 

Rock and debris went everywhere, a large crater forming a meter or so away from Flash. The teen picked himself up and looked towards the crater, as whatever had made it walked out of the hole. 

And that something, was a giant brown dinosaur-like creature. It stood at around twelve feet in height and was wearing a bunch of black metal armor, which covered its chest, arms, knees and head. It had a long tail, which had several rock spikes sticking out the end of it. Finally, its eyes were glowing bright red. 

The dinosaur looked around before turning to Flash, staring him down before letting out a mighty roar. Flash didn't know why, but he had the feeling this creature had come looking for him.
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Flash could hardly believe what he was seeing, as the beast's roar threatened to shatter his eardrums. 

The dinosaur then raised its giant fist and tried to smash it down on Flash, who barely managed to leap out of the way in time. The fist slammed into the ground and shook the street, Flash being sent staggering by it and falling on his face. 

As the dinosaur pulled its fist out, Shining's jet flew down and started unleashing a barrage of bullets. 

They slammed into the dinosaur, but the creature barely seemed phased by it and only slightly annoyed. However, the onslaught did give Flash the opening he needed to roll onto his back and activate the Ultimatrix. He cycled through his aliens, trying to find one strong enough to fight this creature. 

But the dinosaur finally turned to him and prepared to attack again, forcing Flash to focus on saving his skin. 

As such, as the dinosaur swung its fist towards him, a green flash filled the air and Flash disappeared. The dinosaur struck the ground, but hit nothing. "Missed me." The creature turned to see XLR8, who smiled before speeding out of sight. 

The alien speedster started spinning around the dinosaur, creating a tornado that he hoped would pick the beast up. But all this did was push the beast off balance for a moment, until it raised its arms and smashed them down into the ground. 

The street shook again and XLR8 was knocked staggering and forced to slow down.

The dinosaur charged and leapt into the air, bringing both its feet together intending to smash into the ground and create an earthquake level shockwave. XLR8 saw this and gasped before hitting the Omnitrix, allowing him to transform into a blue quadrupedal lizard. 

"Arctiguana!" He cried before unleashing a blast of ice towards the ground, quickly creating a ramp that moved up towards the dinosaur. 

The giant found itself hitting the ramp and slipping down it, sliding towards Arctiguana as the lizard leapt into the air before firing out a blast of ice below him. This created an ice wall, which he landed on before jumping off. Moments later, the dinosaur slammed into it and shattered the ice. 

The beast roared as it rolled along the ground, ice bouncing off its hard body and armor as it came to a stop. 

"That's right," Arctiguana smirked. "Bring it on." He unleashed another blast of ice towards the dinosaur, who quickly picked itself up and used one of its gauntlets to block the ice. This caused the metal armor to freeze up, but protected the creature as it began to rush forward. 

Arctiguana fired a freeze ray at the ground, icing it up and causing the creature to slip and fall. 

It roared as it slid towards the lizard, who leapt over to one of the buildings and hung onto it as the dinosaur smashed into the ice ramp from before. "Shining. Any idea what this thing is?" 



"Vaxasaurian," he read off his ship's computer. "Abilities include strength and size alteration. But it says this species is usually docile." 

"He doesn't seem very docile to me!" Shining looked out the window, as Arctiguana leapt away from the building. Seconds later, a chunk of ice slammed into the building and broke apart. "What am I supposed to do?" 

Shining kept searching, trying to find something that could help Flash not get destroyed. "Try talking to it. They're supposed to be intelligent enough to understand speech." 

"You're kidding, right?" 

"Just try," Shining replied before switching the frequency. "Twilight. Tell me what you know about this light pillar. Is it doing anything else?" 

"No," Twilight replied. "After that thing leapt out of it, the energy started decreasing. I think it's going to disappear." 

"So we gotta send that thing back before it does?" 

"Something's off about that thing. It's acting beastly, but it knew to use its armor to shield itself. But then it's just attacking, without any thought or strategy." Shining watched Arctiguana leap over the dinosaur, who simply staggered around as the lizard landed. 

"You're right," he realised. "that means...someone else is feeding it commands." 

"Exactly," Twilight nodded. "Someone's controlling it. Which means there might be a way for us to free it from that control." 

"Get working on a way to stop it. I'm going down there to help Flash." He cut the call and pulled the jet down towards the battle, as Arctiguana tried to freeze the dinosaur's feet to the ground. But the beast simply broke through the ice and punched the ground again. 

As Shining flew down, he switched the jet to autopilot and leapt out the same hole Flash had been thrown out of. 

Falling towards the ground, he took out his Multi-Striker and holo-rod before turning it into a hand held copter blade. This slowed his descent, as he fired his blast at the dinosaur. But the vaxasaurian once again used his gauntlets to defend himself, whilst Shining landed on the ground. 

At the same time, Arctiguana hit the Ultimatrix and transformed again. "Eatle!" The beetle alien roared, as he quickly grabbed a bunch of the destroyed street and shoved it into his mouth. Moments later, the alien hero's horn end glowed before firing a beam of energy. 

The beam struck the dinosaur, along with Shining's blasts. These struck areas that weren't covered in armor, causing the alien pain and making it stagger back. But with a mighty roar, it turned towards a building and grabbed onto it. 

With one great pull, a large section was ripped out and the dinosaur raised it above its head. 

"I don't think so!" Eatle shoved some more rock into his mouth before launching a laser right at the building wall, destroying it and causing the rubble to rain down upon the beast. 

As it did, Shining noticed movement above them. 

Something was flying towards them and as they got close, a flash caused them to transform. The next thing he knew, a large staff slammed into the ground and someone slid down it. 

"Are you guys having a party without me?" Trixie asked, her staff shrinking back to normal as she got into a fighting stance. Eatle and Shining did the same, Shining holding up his blaster and Eatle got ready to transform if needs be.

The vaxasaurian pulled itself out of the rocks that buried it, kicking several away only for Shining to blast them to rubble. 

Trixie touched the coin on her head before thrusting her staff forward, a flash of light creating an exact copy of the beast. This confused the dinosaur, but it quickly got over it and tried to punch the illusion. But its fist just flew through it and knocked the monster off balance, as Eatle charged forward. 

He hit the Ultimatrix and transformed, leaping into the air as a green flash surrounded him. "Bloxx!" The gorilla made of building blocks flew out of the light and extended his arm, punching the vaxasaurian but doing little against the creature's hard face. 

He then extended his other arm and grabbed its gauntlet, using it to swing under the dinosaur whilst Shining started firing. 

Trixie created multiple copies of them, distracting the beast as it tried to kick the fakes away. As it did, Bloxx reshaped his fists into a pair of cannons. He pointed them at the dinosaur and started firing squares of condensed bricks, which slammed into the unarmored sections of the vaxasaurian. 

They exploded into multiple smaller bricks, slashing at the beast's body. But its skin was so thick, they didn't even seem to scratch it. All it did was litter the ground with rocks, but the dinosaur's large feet simply crushed them underfoot. "Oh, come on!" The vaxasaurian turned to him and reached out, Bloxx trying to escape but getting caught around the waist. "HEY!" He was lifted into the air, as the dinosaur's grip got tighter and tighter. "Not...fun." 

"Let him go!" Shining cried, running up to the alien and leaping into the air. His Multi-Striker morphed into a sword, which he swung at the monster's wrist. But it shifted its arm so the sword struck the armor, doing nothing against it. 

Bloxx pulled on his body and made everything below his chest detach, the blocky gorilla arm walking up the dinosaur's arm as his legs regrew. As they did, Trixie created a flock of illusionary birds that circled around the beast and distracted it. 

This allowed her to get behind the creature, as Bloxx landed on the other side. She then thrust her staff forward and extended it, Bloxx catching the other end and Shining changed his Multi-Striker. 

It transformed into a bazooka-like weapon, which he quickly fired towards the dinosaur's chest.

The vaxasaurian crossed its arms and the blast slammed into its gauntlets, knocking it staggering backwards as the metal began to crack. And as it did, Bloxx and Trixie held the staff as high as they could. 

The dinosaur tripped over the staff and fell towards the ground, roaring as it crashed into the street and made a trench in the ground. The pair smiled at this, but then the vaxasaurian's tail flicked around and smashed into Trixie. 

"Augh!" She was knocked flying back, slamming into a building and falling to the ground. 

This distracted the boys, allowing the dinosaur alien to roll around before pushing itself up. It then turned to glare at them both before raising its arms. Bloxx saw this and quickly reached over to grab Trixie, pulling her towards him as Shining ran over as well. And when they reached him, he hit the Ultimatrix seconds before the alien slammed its arms into the ground. 

A shockwave flew out and damaged several buildings in the area, sending rock and dust slamming towards its opponents. 

The dinosaur roared when the shockwave died down, whilst the dust began to settle. And when it did, a wall of crystals could be seen before retracting into the ground. Diamondhead sighed in relief, whilst Shining held a recovering Trixie. "We need to stop this thing, now." 

Just then, Shining's badge beeped and Shining answered the call. "Twilight. Tell me you've got something?" 

"That armor is affecting the alien in a strange way. A signal is being sent to the helmet and shifting its brainwaves. But it's the signal's origins that's the surprise. It's coming from the pillar." They all turned to the light, still coming down from space. 

"So how do we stop it?" Diamondhead asked, as he started firing gem shards towards the alien. 

"The signal might be coming from the pillar, but the armor's being powered by something else. Something located beneath the chest armor. Take that out and you might be able to stop it." 

"Yeah. Sounds easy!" Diamondhead charged forward, as Shining carried Trixie over to safety. 

The vaxasaurian slammed its fist into the ground, but Diamondhead did the same and created a line of crystals that blocked the incoming shockwave. He then punched the ground again, causing gems to grow around the dinosaur's feet. Diamondhead then charged and as the vaxasaurian pulled at the gems, he leapt up and slashed at the chest armor. 

He cut into it, but not enough to make it fall apart. 

And as he landed, the dinosaur tried to punch him. But he leapt to the side and extended his bladed arm forwards, slamming it into the chest armor and cutting through it some more. 

The vaxasaurian finally managed to pull its leg free and kicked it towards Diamondhead, who crossed his arms just in time to brace himself before getting knocked flying backwards. He kept his feet on the ground, skidding to a stop as the dinosaur charged again.

Thinking fast, Diamondhead slammed his hands into the ground and was pushed up by a wall of crystals that appeared.

The vaxasaurian couldn't stop in time and slammed into it, causing it to stagger back whilst Diamondhead leapt down and turned his arms into hooks. The speed of his fall allowed him to hook the blades into the damaged armor and give a might pull, causing the whole thing to finally rip off the dinosaur. 

"Got it!" He cried, landing and throwing the armor away before looking up. "Now what's powering-" He stopped when he saw it, his eyes clearly playing tricks on him. 

In the centre of its chest was a round dial, with the same black and green symbol that was currently adorning Diamondhead's chest. An Omnitrix. 

"That's impossible." He was pulled out of his shock, when the vaxasaurian thrust its fist towards him. But Flash had had enough for this fight, sidestepping the punch before rushing forward. 

Using all his strength, he leapt up towards the dino's chest and swung his arm around to slap the dial. And when he did, a green flash of light filled the street and the vaxasaurian roared before shrinking down. The armor and helmet fell of of him, as a human replaced it. 

When the light faded away, a brown haired peach skinned teen landed on the ground and looked unconscious. 

Diamondhead landed next to him and gave the teen a once over, as Shining and a now awake Trixie walked around the diamond wall. "Where's the dino?" Trixie asked, holding her head as they spotted the teen on the ground. "And who's that?" 

"He's the vaxasaurian," Flash replied before a bright flash of light filled the air. 

They turned towards the light pillar, which was glowing bright before appearing to retract into the sky. "Now what?" Shining asked, as the light got further and further away. And eventually, it completely disappeared. But not without consequence. 

Up in the sky, glowing against the blue air around it, was a giant golden crack. 

It was like a crack one would see on a wall, zigzagging several times whilst unleashing some kind of golden mist. It was thousands of miles into the air, but its size allowed it to be seen from the ground. 

"That can't be good," Flash gulped before turning back to the teen. 

Shining opened a call to Twilight. "Are you reading anything from that...whatever it is?" 

"Actually, yes. Now that it's in that state, its energy signature is more stable. I'm getting a clear reading on it." They waited for her to examine the data. "But I'm still not clear on what it is." They moaned. "But, the energy is very similar to the device Shadow had." 

"Which device?" Trixie asked. 

"The one that he used to look through other universes." 

Shining frowned as he stared at the crack. "So you're saying, that crack is connected to another universe." 

"That would explain this," Flash spoke up. They looked down and saw him kneeling beside the unconscious teen, whose sleeve he had pulled up to reveal an odd yet familiar device. A mostly white wrist watch with green trim and black on the dial. The pattern on said dial was very familiar. 

"Is that..." Trixie couldn't bring herself to answer. 

"An Omnitrix," Flash replied. "Remember what I said about him being the vaxasaurian. He was using this Omnitrix to transform. And the Omnitrix was being used to power the armor that was controlling him. 

"So..." Shining looked around at the damage and devastation, "none of this is his fault." 

Flash nodded and looked up at the crack in the sky, a twinge of danger moving down his spine. Something or someone was behind this guy's attack on their town. And if they wanted to fix whatever was going on, they would need to learn everything they could from the teen that had just attacked them. 



Golden lightning spread throughout a void of many colours. 

The place was the most insane thing anyone could ever think to be. Every colour one could think of, along with many mixed colours, filled this empty space. And in certain areas, storm clouds or nebulas could be seen flying randomly through this void. 

In one section of this place, the snake-head ship could be seen floating in front of a large crack in the void. Said crack looked exactly like the one that was currently hanging over Canterlot, the energy within the void hitting it at random intervals. 

Inside the ship, Eon and Vilgax were watching the battle between Flash and the vaxasaurian. 

The last thing the footage showed, was Diamondhead leaping towards the camera before a green flash made the feed go dead. "No!" Eon cried, slamming his hands on the console.

Vilgax glared down at him. "You assured me that this Omnitrix wielder would be far more powerful than Sentry. And yet, he was easily defeated." 

Eon turned to him. "Tennyson lost because of the limitations we put on him. If we had allowed him to fight on his own, he would have defeated this Sentry without issue. But that would risk him being able to fight off the armor's control. At his full power, Ben Tennyson is a dangerous enemy to face. And now that he's been defeated, we will most likely have to deal with him ourselves." 

"Hardly," Vilgax announced. "Unlike you, I plan for every contingency." 

Eon raised an eyebrow. "What did you do?" Vilgax stepped forward and with his non-mechanical arm, started typing away at the computer. 

"The armor we attached Tennyson with has a secondary signal, which will allow us to hack into any security system it's near. I'm certain when Sentry takes him back to their base of operations, they will take the armor with them. And then, we can take control of their base and use it against them." 

"Not a bad plan," Eon nodded. "But that still doesn't fix the problem we have with the ship." He turned to look out the window, at the crack that had formed. "We used up all our power getting this far. This piece of junk is thousands of years old. It's running on fumes right now and doesn't have the power to go the rest of the way."

"Then we'll just have to get more power." 

"And where do you plan on getting it?" Eon asked. "This thing doesn't just take double A batteries. It would take the energy of a sun to get this thing charged up. There's no way that planet has anything that powerful." 

"Don't be so sure," Vilgax told him. "Sentry wasn't the only fool that tried to stop me in the past. He has friends that have their own strange abilities. And several of them, are infected with an energy source that'll be more than enough to power this ship. We just have to get our hands on them." 

"And how do you intend on doing that?" Eon asked. 

"Isn't it obvious? Those fools are heroes. And heroes arrive whenever weaker fools are placed in danger. All we have to do, is pray on their greatest weakness. Their care for others." Eon nodded. It was the perfect way to get their targets. And once they had them, they would have the power needed to destroy everything. 



In the Plumber base, the brown haired kid let out a moan as he began to come around. 

He opened his eyes, but had to shield them from the light that was beaming down on him from above. And as he slowly recovered, he looked around and realised he was in some kind of cell. "What the?" He sat up, his head feeling like he had just taken a tetramand punch to the cranium. "Where am I?" 

"In one of our holding cells." He spun around and saw Flash, Shining and Trixie standing on the other side of an energy field. "And you'll be staying here until we know we can trust you," Shining explained. 

The teen smirked. "Okay. That's not happening." He pulled up his sleeve, but his eyes went wide when he found a metal cuff around his wrist. He tried to remove it, but it wouldn't come off. Which meant he couldn't use the Omnitrix. "Take this off, now!"

"I don't think so," Flash stepped forward. "Listen. If you turn out to be trustworthy, we'll let you out with an apology. But until then, just sit tight and maybe tell us what you know about that crack in the sky." 

"Crack in the sky?" He asked, "what are you talking about? And why should I tell you anything?" Flash responded by holding up his arm, showing him the device he was wearing. "Is that..."

"The Ultimatrix. It's an upgraded version of your Omnitrix that-" 

"Transforms an alien into their Ultimate form," the teen glared. "I know. I used to have one. But why do you have it? Are you working with Albedo?" 

"Never heard of him," Flash replied. "Look Ben. We just wanna know what's going on. I know this might be hard to believe. But you're currently in another universe." 

Ben looked surprised, but then shrugged. "Not really. Ain't the first time I've found myself in another one." He stared at the device on Flash's arm. "So...you're the one with the Omnitrix in this world?" 

"Yeah," Flash nodded, "I used to have an Omnitrix. But I...I had to destroy it to save everyone. I was able to get the Ultimatrix, but..." 

"I get ya," Ben nodded. "I've been where you've been. Just not the same." He sat back down, as a thought appeared in his head. "Hey. If I'm not world famous, how do you know my name?" Flash held something else up. A wallet, which fell open to reveal a driver's licence. "Seriously?"

"We were checking for any other weapons," Shining explained. "You're clean. But it also let us know who you were." He stepped forward. "I think it's time for some introductions." He stepped forward, taking out his badge and showing it to Ben. "My name is Shining Armor. I'm a member of an intergalactic police force called-" 

"The Plumbers," Ben replied. "I know. I'm a Plumber too." That surprised them. 

"Right," Shining put the badge away. "Anyway." He gestured to the other two. "This is Trixie Lulamoon. And this world's alien hero. Flash Sentry." 

Trixie waved as Flash nodded, the teen speaking up again. "Look. I'm sorry we have to do this to you. But after what happened, we can't risk you possibly being a double agent or something." 

"Why?" Ben asked, "what happened?" Shining held up his badge and used it to project a recording for Ben to see, showing him in his armored vaxasaurian form. "No way! He cried, "I did that?" 

"You were under some kind of control," Shining explained. "But we still can't be sure you didn't let yourself be put under control in order to act as a victim." 

"Ouch," Ben frowned, "paranoid much. So how do I prove that I'm the good guy?" 

"We have a friend that can read minds," Flash explained. "She's gonna take a little look inside your head and see what's really going on up there. Once we're sure you're on the up and up, you'll be let out of that cell." 

"I'll go see how much longer she'll be," Shining headed towards a teleporter pod. Trixie followed suit and soon, it was just Flash and Ben alone. 

The pair looked at one another for a moment, Ben choosing to lay down on his cell bench. "So," he smirked, "you world famous like me?" 

"Yup," Flash nodded. "My identity was made public a while ago. Though I wish I still had my secret sometimes." 

"Same here," Ben agreed. "Being world famous has its perks, but it can also be a total drag. How'd your identity get revealed? Someone announce it to the world?"

"Pretty much," Flash nodded. "In your universe, do you have a squid-like villain named-" 

"Vilgax?" Ben sat up, "you have one here?" Flash nodded. "Tough break. My Vilgax has been making my life difficult for almost seven years." 

"Seven years?" Flash looked him over. "How old are you?" 

"I just turned seventeen," Ben smirked. "Why? How old do you think I am?" 

"Seventeen. But that would mean you and Vilgax have been enemies since you were ten years old." 

"Yeah," Ben nodded, "that's how long I've had the Omnitrix." Flash looked shocked by this. "Wait. How long have you been an alien super hero?" 

"Not seven years," Flash stated. "It's only been...I'm not sure how long? Less than a year." 

"Seriously?" Ben asked, "And you've already got an Ultimatrix?" Flash shrugged, "I don't get it. I've been to a bunch of different universes. Met a bunch of different Omnitrix wielders. They've all had theirs for years." Flash frowned, wondering why his came so late. 



In the higher levels, Shining and Trixie were with Twilight. 

On the computer, security footage showed the rest of the Rainbooms heading into the base. "Great," Shining nodded. "Once Sunset scans this guy's memory, we can figure out who he really is." He turned to Twilight, "any luck finding a Ben Tennyson in the database? Maybe this world's version of him can give us a clue about his character." 

"No Ben Tennyson," Twilight replied. "None that's alive, anyway." As she said that, the computer beeped and Twilight brought up another window. "DNA analysis on this Ben is complete. Nobody with his DNA signature is registered anywhere." Shining frowned. "But...there is a connection to the Plumbers" 

"What do you mean?" Trixie asked, as Twilight brought up a Plumber info page on a young human. 

"His DNA has several markers that indicate he's a descendant of a Plumber. Max Tennyson." 

"I knew that name sounded familiar," Trixie realised. "Xylene told us if he was alive, she would have sent the Omnitrix to a Plumber named Max." 

Shining nodded. "That's the guy Tirek killed." He stared at the face on the screen. "So, he survived in another universe. Then must have had a family, with Ben being his descendant." 

"Probably his grandson," Twilight guessed. "If that world's Xylene programmed the Omnitrix to connect to Max's DNA, Ben's is a close enough match to let him use it." 

"Guess that explains how Ben got the Omnitrix," Shining agreed. "But it doesn't confirm whether we can trust him or not." As he said that, the Rainbooms arrived with Sunset stepping forward. 

"Hey!" She cried, "what the heck is going on? The whole city's in a panic." 

"We're working on it," Shining told her. "But we need your help to determine something." They all raised an eyebrow, as Shining explained what had happened.



Back below, Flash and Ben were talking about some of their adventures along with the aliens they both had and didn't have.

"You call him XLR8 too?" Flash asked, with Ben nodding. "What the heck? How did we both come up with the same names for all our shared aliens?" Ben shrugged. 

"Who knows. I'd say the Omnitrix had a preference for people that can come up with great names, but I've met a version of me that gives them terrible names. He calls XLR8 Speedy Quick." 

"Seriously?" Flash asked. "Do I even wanna know what he calls Goop or Molestache?" 

Ben shrugged as another question came into his head. "Hey, how many aliens do you have? I know you probably started with ten, but you must have more by now." Flash nodded. 

"Yeah. I started with ten, but then I got..." He stopped and started counting the new aliens he obtained since getting the Omnitrix, Ben watching him use his fingers. "I think I have about...thirty. Maybe more. Maybe less." 

"Thirty," Ben looked  shocked. "You've only had the Omnitrix a few months and you've been able to get a third of the number that took me seven years to get."

Flash shrugged, "don't know what to tell you." 

Ben groaned. "So which aliens do you have, other than the ones we've talked about? You have Ditto?" Flash shook his head, "Sandbox?" He shook his head again, "Alien X?" 

"That one sounds cool," Flash told him. "What can that one do?" Before Ben could answer, the teleporters flashed and Shining returned with the girls. 

Rainbow rushed over to the cell and looked Ben over. "So this is the guy that ripped open the sky?" 

"Hey," Ben frowned, "I didn't rip anything. I have no idea what I'm doing here." He frowned. "The last thing I remember is...leaving Methanos and flying through space." This confused them. "My friends and I have been on a galactic road trip, travelling to different planets and seeing what makes the universe tick. We then got a message saying another planet had been attacked and a powerful spaceship was uncovered and taken. After that...I'm not sure." 

"Well," Shining told him, "maybe Sunset can uncover those lost memories. If they actually exist." He prepared his blaster and pointed at Ben. "Here's the deal. You let Sunset read your mind. If you try anything, I shoot. Got it." 

"Got it," Ben replied as Twilight moved over to the cell. 

Trixie stepped up to Flash. "What do you think?" 

"I hope he's telling the truth," Flash replied. "I like him. I'd hate for it all to be a lie." They watched, as Twilight typed in the deactivation code. The energy field disappeared and Ben made no movement, allowing Sunset to step forward. 

"This might seem a bit weird," she stated before reaching out with her hand. She touched her geode the moment she touched his head, her eyes going white as she saw Ben's memories. 

She was shocked when she saw images of a ten year old Ben, finding the watch in the same manner Flash had gotten his. Then she watched him go through many different adventures, over the last seven years. Events that she was shocked he managed to survive. Then, she came to the memory Ben had just told them. And it all played out exactly how he said, with his last memory being using an unknown alien to sneak into the ship before everything went dark. 

She pulled her hand away, her eyes returning to normal. "He's telling the truth." 

Everyone sighed in relief, Shining lowering his blaster before stepping forward. "Sorry about all this. Can't be too careful." He used his badge to unlock the cuff around Ben's arm, the teen pulling it off and revealing his own Omnitrix. 

"Ooh," Pinkie pulled his arm forward so they could all get a look at it. "Fancy. Way more high tech than Flash's." 

"Hey!" Flash frowned, but couldn't deny the Omnitrix did look better than his Omnitrix was. "Okay. We know Ben's on our side now. Can we please figure out how he got here and how to fix the rip in the sky?" The others nodded as they all headed up to the main control room, Ben looking around and nodding at the base. 

"Not bad. But where are all the Plumbers?" 

"We're all that's here right now," Shining explained. "We've been getting some interest from police officers in the city, but their applications are still being processed. Until then, Flash and I are the only Plumbers on Earth. Which means it's up to us to figure out how to fix this thing." He brought the image of the crack up on the monitor. 

Along with it, many news reports were also being shown. The crack was located right below the Earth's atmosphere, which meant it was being seen all throughout the country. "So what do we know about it?" Ben asked. 

"We do know it's not stationary," Twilight explained. "The Earth's rotated since it's shown up, but whatever it is has stayed above the Canterlot ever since. That's not something a natural phenomenon would normally do." Ben nodded and he stroked his chin, Shining turning to him. 

"Do you have any idea about what this could be?" 

"Not a clue." Everyone anime dropped at this, "I'm not really the brainiac when it comes to these situations. We need a galvin if we wanna figure this out." As if on cue, a bright flash of light suddenly appeared behind them. 

"Then it's a good thing a galvin is here." From out of the light, a tiny gray frog alien appeared. 

"Azmuth!" Flash and Ben cried, then looked at one another. It was then Flash realised if there was an Omnitrix in Ben's world, there had to be an Azmuth. 

"What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, as Azmuth stepped over to the computer and leapt on the monitor. 

"I was at my lab, when the Ultimatrix's sensor started blaring." He turned to Flash. "I can't leave you alone for five minutes, can I?" Flash shrugged, as Ben stepped forward.  

"I know you don't know me," Ben showed him the Omnitrix. "But I'm-" 

"From another universe," Galvin nodded. "I know. You stink of dimensional oscillation." He then focused on the watch. "Impressive workmanship. Mine, I take it." Ben nodded. "Interesting. So much more advanced than the Omnitrix I designed."

"Well this is the official Omnitrix," Ben smirked. "Took you six years to make it after I got the prototype." 

"Six years?" Twilight asked. 

"Yeah," Flash nodded. "All the other Omnitrix holders in the multiverse, got theirs seven years ago. Mine was apparently the last one off the assembly line." Every eye turned towards Azmuth, who didn't even look up from the new device. 

"Don't give me those looks. I'm a busy man. You can't expect to rush perfection." Nobody said anything. "Besides, we have bigger issues to worry about." He turned towards the screen, which showed the dimensional crack. "This fissure is stable now, but it won't remain that way forever. Unless we can find a way to fix it, our universe could be sucked inside."  

"So how do we fix it?" Trixie asked. 

"To figure that out, I'll need to know what created it." He turned to Ben, who shrugged. 

"Sorry man. I've got no idea." 

"It had to be that ship you were chasing," Sunset told him. "The one that looked like a giant snake head...or something." 

"A ship that looks like a giant snake head?" Azmuth asked. "Yes, that narrows it down. Can you maybe be a little more specific." Ben and Sunset had no idea how to answer that, making Azmuth roll his eyes. "I guess I'll have to figure it out myself. In the meantime-" 

Before he could finish his sentence, the base's alarms went off and everyone turned back to the monitor. 

Twilight started typing and did not look happy. "The crack's going through a phase shift. Something's happening to it." They watched as the crack began to spark, the energy bolts coming off it causing city wide electrical disturbances. Another shaft of light then exploded out of it and flew down towards the city, hitting the same spot it had struck before. 

"What now?" Ben asked, only for something to suddenly fly out of the pillar. A robot. 

"Wasn't expectin' that," Applejack frowned. 

"Honestly," Rarity told her, "we should always be expecting mechanical attack droids at this point." Another robot stepped out of the pillar, followed by another and another. Soon, an entire army or robots were marching out of the pillar. 

"Come on," Shining told them. "We gotta get down there and stop them before they do any damage." But as he said that, one of the robots fired a beam of light from its arm and destroyed part of the already damaged down town. "Before they do any more damage." He turned to Ben, "I know this isn't your world..."

"Are you kidding me?" Ben asked. "I'm Ben Ten. I fight against bad guys in other dimensions all the time. What are we waiting for. Let's go show those robots why you don't mess with an Omnitrix wielder's home town." The others cheered as they rushed out the base, heading off to protect their world for the hundredth time. 

Azmuth watched them head out, then turned towards the pillar. "I need to find a way to close that breach. Who knows what's waiting on the other side of it."
> Chapter 3
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The city was in crisis, as the robots that had come out of the light pillar began wrecking the place. 

Luckily, the area was still abandoned after the previous battle. But it wouldn't be long before the robots moved onto another location. And as they made their way through the city, they blasted any building they came across whilst ripping anything they could out of the ground. 

Up in the air, Shining's ship was racing through the sky towards the fight. 

Inside, Flash, Shining, Trixie and Ben were up front. The Rainbooms were all in the back, waiting for the ship to land so they could get into the fight. And as they did, Rarity couldn't help but smile at Ben. 

"I have to say. He's certainly a handsome young man." 

"Rarity," Applejack rolled her eyes, "can ya'h focus on the situation at hand?" 

"Oh please. I'm just looking. What's the harm in it?" 

"He's from another universe," Sunset pointed out. "And he's probably gonna want to go back to it, when this is over. I don't think he's interested in starting a relationship here." 

Fluttershy nodded. "Besides, I think he's taken." 

"What makes you say that?" Twilight asked. 

"Didn't he say he had a partner?" Fluttershy asked, "isn't that term used by boys who are...you know?" The others realised what she meant and when they did, they all turned towards Ben and were shocked. 

Up at the front, Ben looked over at Flash, Shining and Trixie. "So...are you three like...the main team?" They glanced at him, clearly wondering what he meant. "Like, Flash has the Omnitrix, but you can both fight as well." 

"I guess," Trixie nodded. "When Flash first got the Omnitrix, Shining and I had to kind of stick to the sidelines." 

"Not always," Shining pointed out. "We left the big fights to him, but we didn't just stand around doing nothing. We were working behind the scenes, making sure the villain's plans were well and truly foiled." 

Ben smiled. "That sounds a lot like what my cousin and Grampa used to do. We were a team that made sure no aliens got away with causing problems on our planet." 

Shining nodded. "And when the girls learned about Flash's secret, they started helping out as well. That's when Trixie and I started getting our own taste of the superhero pie." 

Ben nodded, turning to Trixie. "So Flash has his aliens and Shining's a Plumber. What can you do?" 

"Lots of things," Trixie smirked. "I'm Lady Masquerade. A hero just as great as Flash Sentry." Trixie wasn't looking at Flash or Shining, so she didn't see them give Ben an unsure look and a shake of the hand. "Depending on the Medallion I'm using, I've got a bunch of different powers. Illusions, flight, strength, defence. Even the ability to slow down time. I'd like to see you or Flash try that." 

"Well..." Ben smirked and Trixie realised he actually had an alien that could slow down time. 

"Alright," Shining announced. "We're about to reach the closest group of robots. Everybody ready?" They all nodded, as they arrived at the street with a bunch of machines tearing the place up. And when they saw the ship approaching, Shining quickly fired several lasers to blast them back whilst he landed. 

As soon as it touched down, the eleven heroes rushed out of the jet.

"Oh, yeah!" Rainbow hit her geode and transformed into her pony form. Ben was surprised by this, the other girls shocking him more with their transformations. Trixie followed suit and once the girls were all powered up, they ran into battle and used their Equestrian Magic and a few Plumber gadgets, to bust their way through the robots. 

"Wow," Ben whistled, "your friends have a lot of surprises. By any chance, are they part alien?" 

"Nope," Flash replied. "Sunset and Trixie are technically from another dimension, whilst the girls got their powers using magic Sunset brought from said dimension. It's a long story." 

"Yeah, I've heard that before." Ben started flexing and getting ready to fight, whilst Shining took to the air in the jet again and started firing at the robots from above. "Alright. Let's do this thing!" Ben activated the Omnitrix, Flash doing the same with the Ultimatrix. "It's hero time!" Flash had to admit, he liked the sound of that. However, he didn't like the sound of the Ultimatrix refusing to work. 

"Huh?" Flash tried to use it again, but it still didn't activate. 

"Come on," Ben tried the same with the Omnitrix. But it also failed to switch on. "What is wrong with this thing?" Then, both devices gave out the same announcement in their voices. 

Multiple uncatalogued DNA samples detected. Function not available." 

"What?" Flash tried again, but just got the same announcement. "What uncatalogued DNA samples?" He didn't get an answer, as the robots started firing at him. "WOW!" He and Ben were forced to run into an alleyway, leaving the others to fight off the machine. "Great. Just great." 

Ben pressed on the dial, trying to figure out what was wrong. "Come on. Where's the uncatalogued samples? They have to be close by." The Omnitrix dial then changed to a radar, with a small dot next to the centre. Ben raised an eyebrow and turned to Flash, moving his arm around him and having the dot move with it. "My Omnitrix is detecting you." 

"Seriously?" Flash asked, only for the Ultimatrix to beep. 

"Flash." It was Azmuth. "I just got a signal that the Ultimatrix is detecting multiple uncatalogued DNA samples. What's going on?" 

"My Omnitrix is doing the same thing," Ben told him. "And it's telling me the source is...Flash." 

"What. That's...not impossible. Hold on." They waited, as more explosions filled the air. "Ben. By any chance, have you scanned alien DNA that wasn't originally in the Omnitrix when you first got it?" 

"Um...yeah," Ben nodded. "I've got a couple." 

"Flash managed to scan some previously uncatalogued DNA as well. Your watches are detecting the DNA of the aliens the other ones have scanned. Aliens the two of you might not have access to either." 

"So what do we do?" Flash asked. 

"Give me a few moments. Let's just hope Ben's Azmuth uses the same security codes I use." As this was going on, the others continued to fight against the robots. 

Fluttershy and Sunset were carrying Plumber Blasters, shooting the robots down whilst Rarity threw a bunch of diamond shields at their necks. As they were decapitated, Rainbow rushed around wielding a bunch of laser batons. Using her super speed, she jabbed the weapons into the machine's weapons and disabled them. 

Applejack was carrying a mace whose head was made out of pure energy. She swung it around, smashing into the robot's head and crushing them. 

Twilight and Pinkie weren't using any Plumber tech, though Pinkie did have a small Blaster handy. They were using only their magic, Twilight lifting the robots as much as she could and throwing them. 

Meanwhile, Pinkie was using her magic to turn any piece of candy she could find into an explosive. She threw a cupcake at a robot's head and blew it up, then stuck a lollipop onto the arm of another and blasted it away. And whenever a robot tried to shoot her, she would dodge it without even looking thanks to her Pinkie sense. 

At the same time, Trixie had transformed into her Mighty Bull form. And whenever a robot got close, she simply grabbed it and threw it at another one. "Yeah!" She cheered, whilst Shining flew overhead and fired at the robots on the ground. "That's the way." But then she noticed they were missing two. "Hey. Where's Flash and Ben?" 



"Alright. That should do it. Both of you, hold your watches up to each others'." 

"What'll it do?" Flash asked, but Azmuth didn't answer. So they did as he instructed and in that moment, Ben's watch lit up before the face place slid away to reveal an Omnitrix dial. It and the Ultimatrix dial unleashed beams of green light, which struck one another and caused them to beep and flash several times. 

Flash and Ben could only watch in amazement, as the process soon completed and the beams vanished before the watches spoke. "Unknown DNA samples acquired. Scan complete." They rebooted, now back to full power. 

"What just happened?" Flash asked. 

"I had your watches scan one another's codon streams, for previously uncatalogued samples. They then generated a duplicate scan of the DNA and added it into your own codon streams. You now have access to all the alien species the other had that you couldn't have previously unlocked." 

Ben smirked. "So we've got a bunch of new aliens now?" 

"Exactly." The pair activated the devices and started cycling through them, eventually finding said aliens and being amazed by them. Flash counted six new aliens in his playlist, whilst Ben had gotten the Equestrian hybrids Flash had gained from his friends. 

"This is awesome!" Ben cheered, as he got up and ran out of the alleyway. "Here. Let me show you what one of your new aliens can do." He cycled through the aliens until he found one, the dial sliding back to reveal the core. "I call this one, Armodrillo!" He slapped it down and in a brilliant flash of light, he transformed into a giant yellow robot alien. 

Flash smirked at the sight of it. "Aw, yeah. Now that is cool." He turned to the fight and started cycling through his aliens. "Let me return the favour." He found his choice. "I call this one, Gryforce!" He slammed the dial down and transformed, letting out a squawk as he spread his wings. But then he realised, he wasn't the humanoid bird alien he had chosen. "Oh," he slouched. "Actually, this one's called Skydiver."

"You have that problem too?" Armodrillo asked, Skydiver nodding. "Well, can't wait to see what this one can do. Watch and learn!" He ran forward and rushed past the girls, towards the nearest robot. And when he got there, he pulled back one of his fists. As he did, the last piston on his elbow extended. 

He threw a punch and the piston shot back into the arm, as the fist smashed into the robot and completely destroyed it. 

The other robots pointed their weapons at him and fired, but his hard shell deflected the blasts without even getting burned. Armodrillo's hands then retracted into the arm and were soon replaced, by a pair of mechanical drills that he quickly slammed into the ground. 

The next thing the robots knew, the ground beneath them was shaking and they were knocked off their feet. 

"Now that's a tough alien," Trixie smirked. Another robot was about to fire at her, but Skydiver suddenly tackled it to the ground and used his claws to tear right through it. He then leapt over to another robot and grabbed its arm, spinning around so its laser fired at another robot instead of Fluttershy. He then tore through it with his claws. 

"Nice," Armodrillo nodded. "But is that all it can do?" 

"Not really," Skydiver flew over to him and slammed his hooves into the chest of a robot. "But Skydiver's more of a water-based alien." He ducked under a laser, as Armodrillo ran forward and punched the robot out. "When I'm in water, I can turn into a mermaid-like creature." 

"Like Ripjaws?" The robotic alien asked, as Skydiver leapt over to another robot and ripped into its waist before pulling out a bunch of wires. The two continued to battle side by side, watching carefully and learning how their new alien could be used in a fight. 

They and the girls continued destroying the robots, whilst Shining flew overhead. As he did, he watched as more and more of the city was being wrecked by the robots. "This could never end," he realised before using the coms. "Azmuth. Please tell me you've figured out a way to close this rift." 

"I don't even know what's causing it. The energy it's outputting is off the scale and I can't identify it." 

Shining frowned, only for the ship to suddenly rock. "Wow!" He almost lost control, as the ship was bombarded by more and more blasts. "What's going on?" He switched to the outside cameras and saw a bunch of robots on nearby rooftops, firing at his ship hoping to bring it down. "Nice try!" He barrel-rolled and dodged several shots, then flew straight up and out of range. But as he did, part of the damage wing exploded. "Oh, come on. I just got this thing." 

He worked to stay airborne and headed back towards the ground, as more robots fired at him. 

Barely managing to avoid these attacks, he shot back and blasted several robots to bits before landing on the ground. As he did, the ship's systems started blaring that it couldn't take off again. "Great." He ran for the exit and once outside, he started firing his Multi-Striker at the robots firing at him. 

He blasted several of them and they exploded, the smoke covering Shining as he got in close and switched his weapon to a blade. He then ran out of the smoke and started fighting the robots hand to hand, slashing through them whilst dodging or deflecting their blasts into each other. 

Flipping through the air, he cut the legs out from under a robot and stabbed another in the chest. But as he did this, he looked around and saw more robots approaching.



The others had slowly spread out across the many streets, each of them working to take down their own horde of robots one on one.

The only ones that stayed together were Flash and Ben, the pair continuing to fight side by side in order to learn more about their own possible future aliens. But as Armodrillo knocked another robot away, Skydiver leapt back before hitting the Ultimatrix and transforming. 

"Volt-Edge!" The electric lizard cried, his body sparking as he unleashed a bunch of electricity in order to fry the robot's circuits. 

"Nice," Armodrillo touched his own dial to transform. When the light faded, he was a large wolf-like alien wearing green clothing. "I call this one, Blitzwolfer!" He rushed forward and started slashing at the robots, whilst another got in close and changed its blaster to a buzzsaw. 

It slashed at him, but Blitzwolfer caught the arm before his mouth split into four and he unleashed a powerful sonic howl. 

This slammed into the robot and sent it flying backwards, ripping its arm off which the alien threw at another one to cut through. As he did, Volt-Edge rushed forward and cut through the group with his electrically charged claws. But whenever it seemed like one was knocked down, two more took their place. 

"There's no end to them," Volt-Edge cried. 

Blitzwolfer was thinking the same thing, as he leapt over another one and slammed its feet claws into the head of another. As he did, he remembered what Flash was using. "Maybe now would be a good time to go Ultimate." Volt-Edge flinched hearing it. "What's wrong?" 

"Nothing," Volt-Edge reached for the dial. As he did, he remembered the last time he had gone Ultimate in this alien form. At least he knew what this alien would become. 

But he still hesitated and in that moment, a robot got in closer and swung a laser saw at him. "Look out!" Blitzwolfer howled at the robot, knocking it away from Volt-Edge. But doing so caused another robot to hit him with its laser, blasting him away. "Augh!" He was thrown backwards and smashed into the side of a building. 

"Ben!" Volt-Edge rushed over to him. As he did, several more robots pointed their weapons at them. As such, Flash quickly hit the Ultimatrix and transformed. "Gemini!" He cried, the carbuncle alien bouncing over and landing in front of Ben before forming a seven coloured shield around them. "Are you okay?" 

Blitzwolfer moaned as he picked himself up. "Yeah. I'll live." He looked over at Flash's alien and looked impressed. "Quick. Go Ultimate. I'll cover you whilst you transform." 

"I can't," Gemini cried. "I have no idea what Ultimate Gemini would look like. it might be something that I can't control. I can't just transform like that in the middle of a battle." Blitzwolfer frowned, clearly seeing there was more to this problem than what Flash had just said. 



Twilight threw another robot away, then ducked to avoid getting blasted by another. 

She thrust her hand forward, sending the robot flying backwards and crashing into several more. but doing so exhausted her, even though she couldn't stop. She had to keep going. Keep fighting and stop these things once and for all. And she wasn't the only one getting tired. 

Fluttershy and Sunset weren't the most active of ponies, so the constant running around was seriously exhausting them. 

"How many more of them are there?" Sunset asked, as she and Fluttershy ducked into an alleyway to catch their breath. "This feels like one of those video game levels. The ones where there are an unlimited number of enemies to fight." 

"How do you usually win those levels?" Fluttershy asked. 

"There's usually a counter," Sunset replied. "You just have to survive or take down a certain number before the time runs out." A robot suddenly noticed them inside the alley and turned to attack, Sunset quickly firing her blaster and taking it down. But doing so caused her blaster to run out of energy. 

She gasped, as the device went dead. She shook it around, trying to get it to switch back on. But it refused. 

Another robot appeared and charged, Fluttershy creaming as she fired at it and the robot's head was blown off. But this caused her blaster to run out of power as well. 

The girls shared a worried look, as more robots started marching towards them. All they could do was scream out for their friends.



Rainbow raced through the streets and leapt at a robot, slamming it in the chest and knocking it onto its back. 

She kept running, looking back and seeing the robot unable to pick itself up or roll over. But when she looked forward, she saw a laser saw flying for her. "Wow!" He leapt back and dropped to her knees, causing her to slide against the ground whilst the saw flew above her. "Not cool!" She slammed her baton into the robot's chest and zapped it. 

At the same time, Applejack swung her mace around and crushed a robot's chest. She panted, wiping her brow as the robot collapsed. "This is more exhaustin' than harvest time." 

"Tell me about it!" Rainbow cried, "how many of these things are there?" They spotted Rarity and Pinkie, hiding behind a wall of Rarity's shields whilst the robots blasted them. Pinkie threw several sweet treats at them, but she was clearly starting to run low. 

"Hang on!" Rainbow rushed forward, Applejack right behind her. They drew the robot's attention and Rarity used this to throw her gems at the machines, slicing through their necks and destroying them. "You okay?" 

"I'm sweating," Rarity cried. "And this outfit was not designed for sweating." 

"It's a magical outfit ya'h get whenever ya'h pony up," Applejack pointed out. "A'h think it can handle a little sweat." Rarity didn't seem to think that, an explosion making them look around and see Trixie running out from around a building.

Lady Masquerade spun around, as a bunch of robots ran towards her. But before they could fire, she removed the bell from around her neck before slamming it into the ground. This unleashed a sonic wave, that smashed into the robots and knocked the flying backwards.

Robots down, she looked around and saw the others looking exhausted. "You girls okay?" They gave her an unsure look, as more explosions drew their attention. 

They rushed over to it and spotted Shining Armor, cutting through as many machines as possible. But it was clear, he was also getting exhausted from all the fighting he had done. "Hang on!" Rainbow cried, rushing forward and jamming her weapons into the machines. 

Rarity threw her gems at them whilst the others ran in, freeing up Shining from being surrounded by the robots. 

"Thanks," he nodded. "These things are non-stop. You guys seen Twilight or the others?" They shook their heads, Shining getting worried. "Not good. Flash and Ben must be getting close to their time out. If they're on their own, they'll be in serious trouble." The others realised he was right. They had to find the alien boys before it was too late. 



Gemini leapt over a robot, dodging its laser saw and allowing Blitzwolfer to blast it away with his howl. 

The humanoid bunny rushed forward and used a pair of force field boxing gloves, to leapt up and smash the robot in the face. But as he did, the Ultimatrix started beeping. "Not now!" He kicked a robot away and leapt over at Blitzwolfer, whose Omnitrix was starting to beep as well. 

The alien wolf took a deep breath and unleashed a powerful sonic blast, which slammed into the robots and knocked them all flying backwards. And that was when the pair reverted back to human, both looking worried as their devices were out of power. 

"Come on!" Ben gestured for Flash to follow, the pair running as several robots stepped out from around buildings and alleyways. 

Several started firing at them, as Ben looked down at his watch. "Any time now." 

"How fast does your watch recharge?" Flash asked, hoping a more upgraded model would need less cool down. 

"It depends. Sometimes it's a minute. Sometimes it's five. Depends on how hard I push it." They ducked to avoid getting blasted, but another robot hit the ground in front of them and they were knocked flying backwards. Both cried out as they hit the ground, moaning as the robots began to circle around them. 



Back on the ship, Vilgax and Eon watched the two defenceless teens getting surrounded. 

"Yes!" Vilgax laughed. "Finally. It's only a shame, that I couldn't destroy you personally." They robots aimed their weapons and started charging up, the pair itching to see them be destroyed. However, something suddenly happened that drew their attention. 

An alarm went off, detecting a strange energy signal coming from that area. And before either of them could ask what was happening, a bright light exploded behind the alien heroes.



Flash and Ben flinched, as the bolt of blue light shot down from the sky and opened up to reveal a portal. 

From out of the portal, a man stepped out wearing a white and brown steam coat. His right arm was made of metal and he had a brown top hat with goggles on it and a brown cane in hand. Just by staring at him, Flash could tell that despite his young appearance, this man was practically timeless. 

"Paradox?" Ben asked, Flash surprised he knew this guy. 

"Hello, young Ben Tennyson. And young Flash Sentry." 

"Do I know you?" Flash asked, but the man named Paradox simply smiled. 

"Oh, yes. We've met before. Or in your case, we'll meet later. From your point of view, we haven't met yet. But I've been on many an adventure with you, young Sentry." Flash turned to Ben, who just shrugged. 

"Don't bother trying to make sense of it. You'll just get a headache." As he said that, the robots finally started moving again and looked ready to attack. 

Paradox noticed Flash and Ben's watches were out of power, making him nod. "Looks like I arrived at just the right time. I brought a little extra help." In that moment, an orange and white ship came flying out of the portal. 

Ben laughed. "That's Rook's ship!" Then, the back of the ship opened and two people leapt out of it. 

One was a young woman of around sixteen or seventeen, with pinkish purple skin. She was wearing a suit that was a mixture of black and blue. Her chest and arms were black, whilst the rest of her suit was blue. But she wore black leather boots that went up to and over her knees, whilst a blue scarf was wrapped around her neck and trailed behind her. Her waist had a metal belt slung around it, with a strange looking brown bag hanging from the side. 

Her face was mostly covered by a black cat mask, which had blue around the eyes and inside the ears, that left her mouth exposed. And on each of her arms were two dome-like coins made of stone, each one having a glowing pattern etched into them. 

But the thing that was most noticeable about her, was that her eyes were glowing and her shoulder-length hair was made out of pink energy. 

The other was a taller man or around eighteen, having pale cream skin and shoulder length black hair. He wore a gray long sleeved T-shirt and dark gray pants with brown boots, under a green sleeveless jacket with black trim and a long collar. On his chin, he had an X-shaped scar.

Seeing them, Ben's smile grew even larger. "Gwendolyn! Kevin!" 

"Who?" Flash asked. 

"My cousin and best friend," Ben explained as the robots charged at them. As they did, Gwendolyn raised her arm whilst staring at Ben. 

"Do you have any idea, how worried we've been!?" One of the coins on her arm glowed before a bolt of lightning exploded out of her hand, cutting into the robots and destroying them. 

Kevin then ran over to a robot and placed his hand on it. When he did, his body and clothes were suddenly coated in the same bronze material that made up the robot. Once he was entirely covered, he turned towards some still working robots and ran forward. And as he did, his arms morphed into blades that he quickly swung around to cut through the machines

"Wow," Flash whistled, "that's cool." As he said that, Ben's Omnitrix beeped. 

"You think that's cool," Ben activated the device. "Wait until you see this!" He slammed the dial down and transformed into a humanoid pterodactyl, with a hole in his back that green fire flew out of and propelled him into the air. 

He squawked as he flew up, a pair of energy whips extending from his wrists. He quickly flew down and started whipping the tendrils around, whilst Flash looked down at his device. 

"Come on!" He cried, anxious to get back in the action. 

"Patience," Paradox told him. "Your time will come." Flash wondered what he meant by that, as Ben and his friends started kicking serious butt. 

As Ben flew around, Gwendolyn's body suddenly started floating. As she took to the air, fireballs started exploding out of her hands. They crashed down onto the robots, blowing them up whilst Kevin ran through them. He slashed several to pieces, then reshaped his hands into a mace and hammer to crush their heads in. 

Flash could only watch in amazement, whilst Ben lassoed several robots before pulling on the whips and lasering through them. Just by watching, Flash could tell these three had years of experience fighting evil. 

"Flash!" He looked around and saw Trixie, Rarity, Pinkie, Applejack and Rainbow running towards him. They were shocked by the sight of Gwendolyn and Kevin, then saw Paradox next to him. "What the heck happened? Who are these guys." 

"Allow me to introduce myself," Paradox bowed. "Percival Dachs, at your service. But everyone calls me Professor Paradox, time walker extraordinaire ." The others looked at Flash, who shrugged. 

"They're Ben's friends, from his universe." He looked around, "where are the others?" 

"Shining went to find Twilight," Trixie explained. "And...I don't know where Sunset and Fluttershy are." 

"We'd better look for them," Flash pointed out. As he said that, the Ultimatrix turned green. "Finally. He activated the device and quickly transformed. "Gryforce!" Finally getting the alien he wanted, he leapt into the air and flew through the sky. 



Shining was on his hard-light cycle, flying through the streets looking for his sister. 

And as he turned a corner, he spotted a large group of robots circling around something. Twilight. "Hang on!" He raced towards her, the robots turning to point their blasters at him.

He fired his own lasers, but the robots shot at him several times before he blasted them down. And though he dodged a couple shots, one struck the ground in front of him and he was blown off his ride. "Shining!" Twilight cried, seeing her brother hit the ground rolling whilst his bike disappeared. 

He groaned, pushing himself up, whilst several robots charged at him with their laser saws. 

He saw them coming and just managed to pull out his Multi-Striker, using it to defend himself in shield form. As the saw ground against the energy shield, several robots made their way around him and prepared to fire. But Twilight managed to spin a few around to blast one another, letting Shining push his opponent away and change his weapon into a sword. 

He sliced through the robots, fighting his way through them until he and Twilight were back to back. 

"Any ideas?" Twilight asked, wanting to know how they were going to get out of this situation. 

"Yeah," Shining nodded, "to demand Plumber overtime with how many of these things we've fought." He changed his sword to a blaster and fired. 

"At least you get paid," Twilight pulled the legs out from under several robots. "Seriously. How are we going to stop all these things?" It was in that moment, the orange and white ship flew over them. "Huh?" 

"Where'd that thing come from?" Shining asked, as the ship moved towards the ground.

When it reached the street, it suddenly started transforming. And in seconds, it morphed into an orange and white truck that had 'Max's Plumbing' on the side of it. The truck smashed into several robots, running over them before skidding to a stop. 

The door opened and someone leapt out of it.

The cat-like alien jumped onto the roof of his truck and removed the device from his shoulder, which started reshaping itself and eventually became a bow of some kind. And when he pulled on it, the string being made of an orange energy, an energy arrow appeared and he fired it towards several robots. 

They stabbed into the robots and exploded, Twilight and Shining still shocked by his sudden arrival. "Hurry!" He gestured over to them, "we must escape!" 

The siblings weren't sure what to say to this. But Shining suddenly noticed the Plumber badge symbol on the side of the bow, then remembered seeing it on the ship's wings. As such, he grabbed his sister and they ran towards the truck. 

The alien shot several more robots, as the two reached the truck and jumped into the cab. 

The alien jumped down behind the wheel and hit the gas, the truck rushing forward and crushing several more robots before morphing into the ship form. They took to the air, the alien smiling at them. "Greetings. I am Rook Blonko. Plumber Magister." 

"Magister!?" Shining looked shocked, Twilight being confused. "It's a really high rank in the Plumbers." Rook nodded as they flew over the city, avoiding the lasers being fired at them. And as they did, they spotted Gryforce and Ben's alien pterodactyl.

The two aliens shot over the city, the alien Ben called Astrodactyl glancing back and seeing Rook's ship. "I think my partner just saved some of your friends."

Gryforce nodded, as they spotted the pillar of light still going. "Then we just need to find a way to shut this thing down before it sends in any more robots." 

Astrodactyl nodded, but then looked down and spotted something. "Actually, I think they're retreating!" Gryforce followed his gaze and saw several robots returning to the ship. But then he noticed two of the robots were carrying something. 

"That's not a retreat!" He dived down, "it's a kidnapping!" Astrodactyl dived down after him and his weaker eyes soon saw what Gryforce saw. The robots were carrying two girls. Two unconscious girls, who were about to be dragged through the portal. "Sunset! Fluttershy!" Gryforce then unleashed a sonic blast, but the robots were able to walk through the portal before it struck. 

The other bots started firing at them, the pair forced to take evasive action to avoid getting blasted. But as they did, the pillar of light retracted back towards the sky. 

"NO!" Gryforce flew after it, with Astrodactyl's back jet exploding to rocket him up faster. But even he wasn't fast enough to reach the light before it returned to the crack, disappearing inside of it as the fissure sparked.

Astrodactyl planned to rocket up and try to break through the fissure. But before he could get high enough, the Omnitrix beeped and he reverted back to human. "Wow!" He fell back towards the ground, but Gryforce caught him before he picked up too much speed. 

Ben looked up and saw Gryforce, looking devastated. "They're gone." 

"I'm sorry," Ben sighed. "We'll find a way to get them back." As they flew back down to the ground, they noticed all the robots had deactivated. Without the pillar open, there was no signal for them to work with. 

As they landed, the rest of their friends arrived. Trixie and the rest of the Rainbooms ran in, Paradox strolling behind them, with Gwendolyn and Kevin arriving from another direction. Rook's ship flew overhead, flying down to the ground before reverting back to its truck form. When Twilight got out of the truck, she saw Flash return to human and look upset. 

"What's wrong?" The others saw Flash's expression, fearing something bad had happened. 

"Sunset and Fluttershy," Flash started. "They were...they were taken." 

"WHAT!?" Rainbow screamed, as Ben stepped forward. 

"The robots took them through the pillar, right before it disappeared. We tried to go after them, but we didn't make it." The others looked horrified, whilst Paradox sighed. 

"I am sorry for the loss of your friends. But I can assure you, we will find a way to save them." the others looked confused by this, whilst Rook stepped over to Ben. 

"I am glad to see you are alright," he told the teen. Ben smirked back. 

"Good to see you, partner." The Rainbooms were shocked by this, seeing this was Ben's partner. "Don't suppose you guys have any idea what's going on, do you?" 

"I can answer most of your questions," Paradox announced. "But the middle of a battlefield isn't the best place for it." He tapped his walking stick on the ground and in a flash of light, they were all somewhere else. The Plumber Base. 

Azmuth jumped at their sudden appearance, turning to see them and looking surprised. "What's going on? I didn't teleport you." 

"Apologies," Paradox announced. "I thought you would like to hear my explanation first-hand." 

"Who the heck is this guy?" Shining asked the others, then turned to Gwendolyn and Kevin. "And them?" At that moment, Gwendolyn's appearance changed. She now had the same skin tone as Ben, with red hair that was actually hair, a pair of glasses over her face, a blue jumper, black pants and pumps. 

"These are my friends," Ben explained. "Rook, Gwendolyn and Kevin." He then gestured to the steampunk man. "And this is Professor Paradox. He's...some kind of temporal super being who can travel through time and space."

"A simplistic way of explaining me," Paradox stated. "But it will suffice. We have much to discuss and barely any time to explain it. If we do not act fast, many dimensions will be in danger." That statement worried them. 


 
Sunset groaned as she felt herself beginning to come around. 

Her body felt like it had been punched a hundred times and as she became more aware of it, she realised she was sitting in a very uncomfortable position. In fact, she was sitting against something curved and her legs were bunched up with her feet pressed against something. 

She opened her eyes and after a few moments of blurriness, she realised she was in some kind of glass tube. 

The tube was barely wider than a hula hoop, explaining why she was in such an awkward position. And as she looked around, she spotted several more tubes besides her. And one of them had Fluttershy inside, unconscious but appearing unharmed. 

"Fluttershy!" She groaned as she pushed herself to her feet, "FLUTTERSHY!" The scream finally got a response from the girl, who started coming around. 

"What?" She opened her eyes and looked around, "where are we?" She quickly saw they were trapped in tubes, "what's going on?" She started panicking. 

"Calm down," Sunset assured her. "Don't tire yourself out by freaking." She looked around, "let's see what we can figure out." But there was barely anything to figure out. The room they were in was dark and wires were tied to the ceiling, all of them connected to one of the tubes. "This can't be good." 



Professor Paradox tapped his staff on the ground again, causing another flash of light to fill the room. 

That light morphed into dome, which completely encased them and allowed them to see images Paradox was describing. The first, was an image of the planet. "This is the dimension we're currently in right now." A second Earth then appeared, "and this is the dimension that Ben and his friends originate from. And these..." Many more worlds appeared, "are all the other universes that exist." 

"The multiverse," Twilight realised. 

"Actually. The term Omniverse would be a better way to describe it. Because it truly does contain any and all possibilities. If you can imagine it, there exists a universe that has it." He turned to them, "a universe where Trixie discovered the Omnitrix. Or a universe where everybody is the opposite gender. If you can imagine it, it exists." 

"Cool," Rainbow smirked. "But what does this have to do with what's happening?" Paradox smiled before the many earths were surrounded by transparent bubbles. 

"Every universe has a dimension wall around it. A forcefield that keeps them from colliding." As he said that, two of the Earths were moving towards one another. "These walls create a form of repulsion that keeps them from ever colliding." The two Earths suddenly bounced away from one another, their bubbles inches from colliding. "Through this system, the different dimensions remain in perfect balance with one another." 

"But what about Equestria?" Twilight asked. "There's a portal to that Dimension here in Canterlot." 

"Yes," Paradox nodded. "A very rare thing indeed. A stable, dimension tether." Two of the worlds came close together and when they did, a sting of light appeared from one and linked to the other. "As you can see, your world and the world of Equestria are linked through this dimensional tether. A bond that allows the two worlds to remain close without being repelled. And under the right circumstances, allows people to cross between worlds." 

"Excuse me," Kevin raised an arm. "But what exactly is this...Equestria?" 

"A magical world full of creatures from mythology," Pinkie smiled. "It has dragons, sea monsters and everyone who's a human in this world, is a horse in that one." 

"Oh," Kevin replied, "I see..." He scratched his head. "Magic world of horses. Sure, why not." The others smirked as Twilight looked around, seeing the many different worlds bounce off once another. Then she realised something. 

"If everything inside the bubbles are the universes. Then what about the spaces outside the universe?" She gestured to a spot between two bubbles, which had nothing in it." 

"That," Paradox frowned, "is the void. Not a very nice place. It contains absolutely nothing. No light. Not darkness. No anything. It is the absence of everything." 

Gwendolyn crossed her arms. "When we went to the Forge of Creation, was that area we passed through the void?" 

"Exactly," Paradox nodded. "On that occasion, you were protected by my abilities. But most of the time, entering the void would result in you yourself becoming nothing at all. It is a very dangerous place to wander." 

Azmuth had been watching all of this and listening carefully. "I'm assuming whatever this new danger is, it's threatening to destroy the balance between these worlds." 

Paradox smiled, "as insightful as ever." then, something appeared in front of them. A smaller version of a snake looking ship that Ben and Rook both recognised. 

"That's the ship I went into," Ben cried. 

Rook nodded. "And after you boarded, I lost radio contact with you. I planned to follow you into the ship, but the vehicle unleashed a beam that seemed to tear a hole in the universe. Before I could follow, it flew inside and the tear closed." 

"I'm afraid the tear didn't close," Paradox announced. "And that thing you saw wasn't a ship at all." 

"Then what was it?" Gwendolyn asked, as the ship's image changed. It suddenly transformed into a real snake's head, whilst a serpentine body began to grow out the back. And on this snake body, a pair of bat wings appeared. 

"This is a creature that should have never existed. A creature whose birth was a multi-dimensional accident. The Repivor." 

"Repivor?" Flash didn't like the sound of that. "I'm guessing it has a reason for you sounding so afraid of it. What did it do?" He saw how big the creature was, especially compared to the many worlds around it. "Don't tell me it ate dimensions?"

"In a way...yes." They all thought Flash was joking. But actually hearing him say that made everyone want to suddenly curl up and hug themselves. "The repivor was one of the few creatures in existence, that could survive inside the void without consequence. It had the ability to pass through the dimensional barriers, allowing it to enter any world it wanted." 

They watched, as the repivor shrank down until it was only half the size of the planets. It then passed through the bubble around the planet, but left a large hole in the bubble. And as it flew around the planet, its tail began to glow. 

"What's it doing?" Twilight asked, as the repivor flew out of the bubble once again. When it did, the light on its tail merged to the hole it made and created a string that connected it to the world it left. It then flew towards another world and dug into that one's bubble. 

"It's creating a dimensional tether," Azmuth realised. 

"Exactly," Paradox nodded. "But this one isn't like the tether that connects this world to Equestria. It's unstable." The repivor flew around the planet and then out of the bubble, creating another hole that the light on its tail connected to the first hole. And as it flew back towards the first world, it started towing the second one behind with it. 

It reached the first world and flew in through the first hole, filling it with the light of the tether before it flew out the other hole. The two world were now connected by a single loop, running through two holes in each's dimensional barrier. 

As the worlds drew together, the holes grew larger and eventually formed one large hole. And as the repivor flew up above the worlds, they connected at the holes and the bubbles merged into one giant bubble. And in doing so, there was nothing stopping the Earths from smashing into one another and exploding. 

"Wow!" Flash and Ben blinked, as the worlds imploded and unleashed a shockwave. 

Paradox frowned. "Quite the horrible outcome, I'm sure you'll agree. When both worlds collide, they destroy one another and unleash a powerful energy. It is this energy that the repivor devours, growing stronger as it does so. And the universes and everything within them are destroyed, sent into the void and lost for all eternity.

"And the creature did that just to eat?" Gwendolyn asked. 

"Indeed," Paradox nodded. "And with the unlimited number of universes out in the world, it could feast forever and not even destroy one percent of the omniverse." 

"Endless destruction and suffering," Shining realised. "But...something must have stopped it." 

Paradox nodded. "A powerful group of beings, fought against the creature. Beings your new friends are quite familiar with." They all turned to Ben and his friends, who looked just as curious until Rook snapped and leaned over to Ben. 

"I believe he is talking about the celestialsapiens." The others all went 'oh' and nodded, whilst the others wondered what they were talking about. 

Paradox pointed at the repivor, who was suddenly surrounded by dark figures carrying swords and other weapons. They were all fighting around the monster, eventually cutting the repivor's head off. "Nice," Rainbow cheered, "they killed it." 

"Indeed," Paradox nodded. "But it's power still remained." The head of the creature fell into one of the bubbles, shrinking down and crashing into one of the worlds. "After it's slaying, the repivor's head was lost for centuries. Despite that, it's power remained and its head was eventually found by another group of beings. These ones discovered the power of the creature and discovered a way to transform its head into the ship Ben and Rook found." 

"And that ship has the same power as the creature?" Twilight asked. 

"Not the same power," Paradox announced. "But something similar. And equally dangerous." 



Fluttershy and Sunset did everything they could to try and free themselves, but the glass wouldn't give. 

As they tried, the roof of the room opened up and Eon floated down into it. And as the girls saw him, they gasped at his horrible appearance. "Ahh...awake I see. Good. That'll mean more power for us."

"Power?" Sunset asked. "What are you doing?" 

"Changing the universe," Eon announced. "At least...changing this universe. But to do that, I need your help." He pressed a button on his gauntlet and doing so caused the tubes to light up, the girls looking worried. 

Then, they felt a light sucking motion coming from above and they suddenly found themselves glowing the same colour as their geodes. "What are you doing?" Sunset cried, as the light was sucked off their bodies. The light flew through the tubes and into the ceiling, whilst the girls were terrified they were not going to survive this. 



Paradox was about to finish his story, but the base's alarms went off before he could. 

The dome of light vanished, as Azmuth used the computer to bring up the image of the breach. And when it appeared on the screen, they were shocked to see the gap was opening. "What's goin' on?" Applejack asked, as Paradox frowned. 

"The dimensional tear is growing larger. And if it grows large enough, the repivor ship will be able to enter your world. Then, it'll only be a matter of time before the world as you know it is destroyed." Everyone shared a terrified look, fearing that their world and everyone they loved would be destroyed. 

They couldn't let that happen. No matter what, they would stop the repivor and whoever was controlling it.