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// Who Can You Trust? 
// Story: Omninexes: Equestria's Hero 
// by goldenrise365 
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The Next Morning

I woke up to the sun coming in from my window. After turning to face the wall, which was crystal, I decided to get up. I had a new set of clothes waiting  at my door. I got on my jeans, black t-shirt, socks, white shoes, and repaired green jacket. I walked down the halls to get some breakfast from the dinning hall. A changling warrior flew up to me from his seat near the dinning hall door. "Mr.Tenason." He gave a salute.

"Uh, hello..."

"Thorax. Changling Prince."

"Nice to meet you Thorax. You don't have to call me mister, Ben in just fine."

"Well it's not everyday you meet a hero."

"Yeah, but I'm no hero."

"That's not what I think." I looked at Thorax. "Your battle against Vilgax was all that was talked about. Not even King Sombra could attack him. You were able to land an attack on him, and you never gave up, even after you lost an arm. We all look up to you."

I looked up at all the faces that were turned towards me. I saw smiles and waves. I could hear whispers of "It's him...", "He's a hero..."

Thorax whispered something to me. "My mother wishes to see you after the hall closes."

I gave a nod, and walked up to grab some food.

- After Breakfast -

I walked around the castle until I happened upon the throne room. Chrysalis was sitting on her throne with Thorax and another changling standing on either side. She stood with a smile and walked over. "Good to see you again, Ben."

"Same to you. If you don't mind me asking, why did you want to meet me?"

"During our battle with Vilgax, I saw you repeatedly change between different forms. Does that ever take a toll on you?" She looked worried.

"Not usually. Unless I get hurt in my alien form, I'm completely fine."

She sighed. "That's a relief."

"Why's that?" I asked.

She had a blush, and Thorax and the other changling started snickering. "Shut it," Chrysalis said through gritted teeth. She straightened herself and turned back. "I wanted to see if our changling magic could be used to recreate the aliens that you use. If it looked liked there was multiple of you, then we could overcome Vilgax's army." 

I thought about what she said. "That could work. I can only turn into one alien at a time, but if there were multiple, we can use the combined forces of the different aliens." I looked at the Omnitrix. "Is Thorax a high ranking official?"

"Um, yes."

Thorax and the other changling stepped forward. "Yeah, me and my brother are generals. This is Fernus."

"Sup."

"Do you think I could try something?"

"Sure. What?" asked Thorax.

"I'm gonna see if this plan could work." I activated the Omnitrix. I scrolled through the aliens and found a good one to test out the plan with.

I pressed down the switch. My skin became red armor, and two water canons came out of my palms. A hood like structure came over my head. "Water Hazard."



"Let's see if you can copy this."

Thorax stepped up. A ring of fire encircled his body. When the flames dispersed, he stood as an exact copy, minus the Omnitrix shape. "Wow. Seems liked it worked."

"Ok. Time for alien number two." I pressed the symbol and felt my body turn cold. Wings sprouted from my back and wrapped around me like a cloak. "Big Chill."



Fenix stepped up. He did the same thing and became a copy of Big Chill. "Cool."

"Loose the joke. Now then. Water Hazard can shoot water from his hands, and Big Chill can cool things down below freezing." I looked to Chrysalis. "Is there a training area that we can practice?"

"Yes there is." He clapped her hands and the floor started to sink. The elevator floor stopped at a gymnasium looking area. Dummy soldiers sprung up and started moving around.

I changed back. "So this combo can trap the enemy. Thorax, hit them with a water spray, and make sure to get all of them." Thorax gave a nod, and shot out a blast of water. The frontline dummies were blasted back and the others ran for cover.

"Whoops."

"Nice going Thorax," said Fenix with a mocking tone.

"Hey, I tried."

"Guys, let's try again and focus on..." I was ignored.

"This is new to me," said Thorax.

"And your too much of a wuss to fight. Peace doesn't work against our enemy. I'll show you." Fenix flew forward and freezed... one of the running soldiers. "What?"

"Big Chill uses his breath to freeze. There running beyond your reach."

"Then I'll just chase them." He took off, but hit a boundary wall that said enemy lines.

"See rushing into situations will only lead to bad things."

"Shut-up Thorax. This is just training after all."

An alarm started to go off. "Enemy's surrounding the base."

"Guess we'll have to test this out on the actual battle field." The floor started to rise back up, and we ran out to join the fight.

Chrysalis, Thorax and Fenix took off towards the outskirts of town. "Guess we don't need a briefing." Chip came running up and stopped at my feet.

"Chip, chip."

"Hey little guy. What is it?" Chip wrapped itself around the Omnitrix, and started to morph it. It linked my two wrists together as a green light started to surround my arms. Chip leapt off my arm, and a new device was on my arms. "The Biomnitrix." I rubbed chips head. "Nice job chip."

"Lets test this out." I activated the Biomnitrix and crossed my arms. Two arms grew from my sides, my stature started to increase and a tail sprouted from my back. "Fourmungousaur."


I jumped through the air and entered the battle. The soldiers through their spears, but my scales were to strong. I struck the earth with my four arms, and sent more soldiers flying. I swung my tail to knock more away, and Thorax and Fenix joined me. "You two want to try out that combo again."

"I can do it on my own," said Fenix. He changed into Big Chill and started freezing enemies.

I grabbed more soldiers and crushed them against each other. "You are really stubborn." I tossed more soldiers into the distant. Most of the remaining soldiers started retreating.

"And stay out." Fenix landed and turned back. "We showed them."

"You literally learned nothing from what I was saying." I turned to the two brothers. "You need to learn to work together."

"Yeah, yeah." Fenix started walking off. "Your new around here. You can't just mess with things that have already happened. You have no place for that."

"Fenix!" Chrysalis landed next to me. "He's trying to bring us together in this dark time."

"Yeah, right. He may be a symbol, but he is nothing without that device." Fenix got into my face. "Ain't that right hero?"

"Oh, really. I bet I could take you on without my aliens." I turned back, and got in his face. "How about we have a little brawl? If I win, you have to listen to me."

"And if I win, you will leave me alone, and get out of my family business."

I gave a smirk. "Deal." We shook hands and Fenix took off. "What we never set a time?"

"Sorry about that Ben," said Thorax. He looked to where Fenix was flying. "I wish he wasn't so stubborn."

"It's fine. Just tell him to meet me at the training ground at nightfall." I transformed in XLR8. I sped back to the Castleford one thought in my head, 'What did I get myself into?' When I returned to the throne room, Nightmare Moon was waiting for me.

"I saw your confrontation with Fenix. How are you?"

"I'm beating myself up inside. I know a little about fighting, but he knows a few of my transformations."

Moon walked up to me, and placed a hand on my soldier. "He will use underhanded tactics, but you must be pure of heart in this fight. You may have challenged him, but you must be the one that wins. Fenix has always ran from authority, but he seems alone." Moon started to walk away. "Think about the challenge you offered."

I changed back and continued to beat myself up about it. "Think about the challenge." I looked at the Biomnitrix. "I can't transform into my aliens." I thought back to all the times I watched Ben 10, and went through the different series. "Wait a minute. I know what to do."

-Nightfall-

I walked into the empty gymnasium, and saw Fenix standing across from me. 'He knows about at least 3 of my transformations. With one being the strongest out of the others.'

"You actually came." said Fenix with a sneer. "I thought you would chicken out. At least that would have been the smart move." He transformed into Fourmungousaur. "I may be brawn, but i know some tricks." He charged straight toward me, with two fist readied. "Ill squash you."

"Humungousaur!" I caught his punches with my hand.

"How?"

"I have my own tricks as well." I pushed him back. "I said that i wouldn't use my aliens. I never said I wouldn't use their powers." I pressed the Omnitrix symbol on my chest. "Stinkfly." I blasted Fenix with the sticky ooze. 

"What is this stuff?" He placed a hand over his nose. "Its rancid."

"And flammable." I pressed down again. "Heatblast!" I set the ooze on fire, and forced Fenix back. "Are you going to listen to reason?"

He changed to Big Chill and cooled the area down. "I still have fight." he sent out a wave of cold air.

I hit his attack with a fire blast. "This is why Thorax is worried about you. You never listen to reason, and your supposed to be a general? You never know when to stop." Our two attacks hit again and pushed us back.

"Shut up." He changed back, and charged forward with all his might. "That is it!" He pulled out a dagger and aimed at my chest. "The hero will be no more."

I gave a smirk. "Stinkfly." I blasted his wings and legs. He fell to the ground with a thud as the dagger clained away. "So, this is your true self." I backed away once more. "This place is being constantly recorded. Guards will be here any minute to come collect you. Obviously you'll be tried for treason for trying to kill me."

Fenix gave a small laugh. "Hard for to be tried for such when I was never apart of this. Master Vilgax will rule this place, that is the future of Equestria."

"You would go against your own brother just to see the next day. Your nothing but a pawn to Vilgax."

"Shut your mouth you naive. This was my chance to remove the hope from the resistance, but your as pesky as my mother." Fenix took in a sharp breath. "What the?"

Fenix wriggled around in pain. His wings tried to wrap around his body, but they were still trapped. "Stop faking this. Your actions are all recorded, you cannot blame this on me." Guards started to enter the area. They were headed by King Sombra. Before I could say anything, the dagger flew towards Fenix and struck him down. He stopped mowing as the dagger disappeared.

Sombra walked up next to me. "If he was in here, who else could be a spy for Vilgax?'