Flash's life as a hero takes a strange turn, when another wielder of an Omnitrix appears. Now the two must work together, to stop their worlds from being destroyed by some old enemies. But will two Omnitrix Heroes be too many, or not enough?
A month after defeating Shadow and his Negative Ten, Flash is still getting used to his new Ultimatrix. Other than that, things seem to be going well. At least until a hole opens in the sky.
Just when Flash thought he could take it easy, he finds himself meeting another teen with an alien watch. And as threats from old enemies make themselves known, the two must come together in order to save their worlds.
It's the battle of the millennium, with everything they love on the line.
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.
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."
