~~Alien ga Kill~~

Chapter 10: Ben vs Zanko.

In the capital at night

'' Please, please don´t kill me!'' begged a tearful female voice.

In one of the alleys of the great capital, there was a decapitated corpse of a man lying on the floor; beside his body was his head.

Standing next to the body, was a tall, blond man with a strange hairstyle wearing one all over brown.

The man was holding a young blond woman by the neck with his left hand; the woman had an expression of pure fear on her face with tears falling from her eyes.

'' Oh come on, it's your fault for walking around at this time of the night.'' The man said in a jocular tone.

'' Didn't your parents warn you about the scary monsters that come out after dark?'' A sadistic smile began to form on the man's lips.

'' I'll do anything.'' the woman screams in despair.

'' Really? You would be willing to do anything I asked?'' The man questioned.

'' And what if I told you I want to see your head separated from your body? Would you be willing then?'' The man asked sarcastically with an ironic look.

'' Huh?'' The man stammered.

He looked again at the woman in front of him and realized he had already decapitated her; the woman's body fell to the floor while the man was still holding his head with his left hand.

'' mmmm Happy happy, I'll never stop.'' The man declared with an expression of pure sadism on his face, he now looked like a demon.

Night Raid hideout

'' The target this time, is the rumored serial killer currently plaguing the capital.'' Najenda declared the Night Raid's new target.

Najenda is seated in her chair in the center of the meeting room, and everyone is standing around her.

'' Late at night the will suddenly appear, and remove the head of his victim, it's unknown how many dozens of people he has killed so far.'' Najenda explained.

''This guy must be a psycho.'' Ben remarked as he felt his anger rising, someone who took life so easily was someone Ben had to defeat.

'' There's no mistake, it has to be Zank the beheader.'' Lubbock declared.

'' Who that?'' Ben asked.

'' You Don't know?'' Mine said, ''You are not from this universe, so this time I will not implicate with you, Zank the Beheader is a serial killer. '' Mine began to tell Zank's story to Ben.

She told him that he was the executioner who executed prisoners for the prime minister in the capital prison, but after killing so many people, the prisoners were no longer enough, he then left killing people randomly across the country.

'' He disappeared right around the time that a detainment force was sent out to find him, who knew he would head the capital? '' Bullat commented as he tried to deduce why Zank had returned to the capital.

'' What a horrible guy, we need to find and beat his ass.'' Ben shouted with determination.

'' Hold your horses, Ben…'' Bulat said he approached Ben; he with his right hand began to caress the top of Ben's head.

'' Aniki?'' Ben stammered in confusion, as he felt uncomfortable with the approach of the other man.

'' Zank stole the warden's teigu before leaving, and from then on became a serial killer.'' Bullat explained.

'' If you ran into him without a partner… you'd be in a big trouble.'' Bulat said in a soft voice as he stroked Ben's jaw.

' I get the feeling I'm in another kind of trouble at the moment.' Ben thought frightened.

In the capital

Ben and Akame walked together through the streets of the capital looking for some clue about Zank whereabouts.

'' Yeah, our search area is down this way.'' Akame commented.

"No one dares leave the house at night, everyone is afraid of the killer." Ben commented in a serious tone as he surveyed the surroundings.

'' They don't know how easy it would be to… mmph…'' Ben was talking until Akame who covered his mouth with her right hand and pulled him back from a wall.

Several Imperial guards ran past the street in front where Ben and Akame were hiding.

'' It's the imperial guard, even they are worked up about this, we need to be careful.'' Akame commented calmly.

'' Can I ask you something before we start searching?'' Ben was restless; since he arrived in this universe there was something that was arousing his curiosity.

'' Don't worry, I brought snacks.'' Akame responded with a glint in her gaze and made a positive signal with her left hand.

'' No… no that.'' Ben sighed in disbelief, did that girl just think about eating?

'' Those teigu things aniki talked about, what are they?'' Ben questioned.

Akame unsheathed her Murasame and pointed it at Ben, Ben placed his arms in front of his body in a defensive position with a frightened expression on his face.

'' Things like this.'' Akame said stoically.

'' I still don't get this.'' Ben replied confused.

Akame began to tell the story of the Teigus, a thousand years ago the emperor to protect the empire resolved to build the best weapons, he gathered the rarest materials in the world and also the most intelligent people of the time to create forty-eight weapons, and gave the name of Teigu for these weapons.

'' Wow, those guns are special '' Ben commented admiringly.

"You say that, but your Omnitrix is even more special," Akame stated.

"Well, the Omnitrix was created by the greatest mind in the universe and also with the most advanced technology, so it's unfair to compare them." Ben laughed lightly, actually, his Omnitrix had more power than the Teigus, but it was not wise to underestimate these weapons, even though they are more primitive than your Omnitrix.

'It's a good thing Ben decided to join us, to have him as an adversary would be very scary.' Akame thought grimly, 'I wonder how powerful Ben's strongest forms are.' Akame mentally pondered.

"Besides Teigus has trump cards, for example the Bullat Raid has the power to stay invisible," Akame commented.

"But the most important information about teigus ..." Akame's voice grew darker and hoarse with each word.

'' Most important?'' Ben repeated apprehensively.

'' There has always been one ''iron rule'', If two teigu users with intent to kill clash, without fail, one of them will be victim, in other words, if two teigu users fight, onle one will survive.'' Akame finished his explanation with a serious expression.

Ben looked at Akame in amazement, all that explanation of how the teigus worked gave him chills, Ben felt his stomach wrap with the level of violence that exists in the struggles between teigu users, he was not accustomed to this level of carnage.

Later

At the top of a building in the capital, Zanko stood watching the movement that took place on the streets of the capital.

'' Hnnnnn...'' Zanko gave a moan of arousal as a sadistic smile formed on his lips, he had activated his teigu's abilities.

'' In addition to serial killer, now professional killers and a one hero show up.'' Zanko was quite anxious to cut off the heads of those who were looking for him.

'' What a dangerous city this is, hehe happy, happy…'' Zanko hummed.

'' Okay then…'' Zanko began to focus, he watched all the members of the Night Raid trying to decide whom he would kill first.

'' Which neck should I go after first?'' Zanko pondered.

"Of course, I'm going to start with the hero who never took a single life." Zanko stated as he felt his bloodlust grow, he looked directly at Ben walking down a street beside Akame.

'' So pure, so innocent, so heroic ... he believes in futile things like justice and hope, so ancient, destroying his will be so delightful. '' Zanko licked his lips.

Zanko snapped his fingers.

'' It's decided, the most delicious fruit, are the ones that are just about to ripe.'' Zanko said as he stroked his hair.

Later

Ben and Akame were sitting together on a marble bench; Akame was eating as usual while Ben drank a glass of soda.

"Dammit, how long will this serial killer keep us waiting?" Ben shrieked angrily as he rose from the bench.

"Shit, show up, so I can kick your ass," Ben shouted.

'' Stop with that Ben, you're going to lure the Imperial guards for here. '' Akame chided Ben.

Ben gritted his teeth.

'' Execuse me for a minute.'' Ben said as he started walking toward an alley.

'' Taking a piss, huh?'' Akame asked.

Ben decided to ignore her and kept walking.

Ben approached a wall, he unzipped his pants and began to urinate.

'' HAH, I needed to do this. " Ben commented, feeling relieved.

Footsteps echoed down the deserted street, Ben closed the zipper immediately and turned in the direction from which the sound was coming.

"Hm?" Ben murmured.

Ben's eyes widened when he saw his grandfather Max standing a few feet away, Ben's mind was confused, how could his grandfather be there in that universe? The Paradox that brought him?

'' Gramps?'' Ben stammered in confusion.

Suddenly Max started to run towards a square, Ben still confused began to follow him, Ben had several questions to ask, how did his grandfather manage to get in this universe, he came alone? Where are the others?

'' No wait.'' Ben said as he chased his grandfather.

'' What's taking you so long Ben?'' Akame asked as she entered the alleyway, she looked around and saw no sign of Ben, she began to be apprehensive.

"Where are you Benjamin?" Akame asked worriedly.

Max stopped running when he arrived in a square with marbled floors, and the square had a fountain in the center, Ben who had followed his grandfather through several streets stopped running, he leaned on his knees totally tired.

"Why are you running away from me?" Ben asked breathlessly.

Max did not answer, just smiled at Ben.

'' Whatever, it's so good to see you again gramps. '' Ben said cheerfully as he hugged his grandfather.

'' How passionate, it seems I showed you something nice.'' Ben's eyes widened in surprise as he heard a voice completely different from his grandfather's voice.

Ben looked up and saw that he was hugging a blond man wearing a brown overcoat and a mechanical green eye on his forehead.

"Good evening," Zanko said sarcastically.

'' Uwaah, my grandfather turned into an old man with bizarre hairstyle. '' Ben shouted in dismay as he walked away from the man.

'' Rather than calling me a ''old man'', I would prefer…'' Zank spoke as he pulled out two blades, one on his right arm and one on his left arm.

'' That you affectionately call me Zank the beheader.'' Zank stated as he crossed his arms in front of his body in an X, on his face was a sadistic smile that showed all his insanity.

Ben looked at the man in front of him surprised for a few seconds, until finally he noticed the situation and his expression changed to a confident.

"Finally you stopped playing hide-and-seek and decided to show your ugly face." Ben said with a mocking tone, he took his right hand to the Omnitrix by pulling back the cover of the Omnitrix, the core of the Omnitrix was exposed.

'' So that thing on your wrist is called Omnitrix, very interesting, '' Zank stated enthusiastically as he pointed with his right forefinger to the device on Ben's left wrist.

'' So this thing can turn you into several different aliens, and you're going to turn into an alien named Diamondhead to fight me because you think your diamond-body could break my blades? Very clever. '' Zanko praised Ben.

Ben's eyes widened.

'' How do you know that? '' Ben asked extremely irritated.

' What the hell, he read my mind, that eye? Is a Teigu?' Ben thought.

'' Bingo.'' Zank shouted.

'' Teigu ''Spectador'' one of it's five sight abilities ''insight'', I can read your thoughts by seeing your facial expressions, body language, and stuff like that, think of it as an extreme form of observation.'' Zank was getting rather confident.

'' If I get questions about you right, can I turn you into a shrunken head?'' Zank asked jokingly.

'' Like I would go for that.'' Ben snapped indignantly.

" You like to hear your own voice," Ben commented irritably.

'' Talking is one of my hobbies after all, oh and be the way… the power I used to find you was ''farsight.'' Zank continued to watch Ben, he felt that this fight would be a lot of fun, that excited him a lot.

Ben tapped with his right hand on the Omnitrix's core, an emerald green light covering Ben's body, when the light dissipated in Ben's place was a creature with a body made of building blocks, his body looked like a gorilla, and the Omntrix symbol was without his chest.

'' BLOXX.'' Ben shouted out.

'' What? I wanted the diamondhead, stupid watch. " Ben gritted his teeth, was he quite frustrated; why the Omnitrix had to turn him into the wrong alien just now?

'' Haha what a ridiculous form. '' Zank laughed, he pointed at Ben as he laughed.

" Shut up," Ben shouted with hatred as he moved toward Zank.

'' You're going to try to hit me with a right hook.'' Zank said, Ben tried to hit a right hook in Zank's face, but he easily jumped aside from Ben's blow.

'' Forgot that I can read your mind? Happy, happy. "Zank sneered.

Ben turned his right arm into cannon.

'' Serious? '' Zank chuckled as he covered his face with his right hand in disappointment.

" You're going to turn your arm into a cannon and fire parts of you in my direction, so pathetic," Zank said.

Ben then fired several blocks in the direction of Zank, he easily cut them all with his blades.

'' Complete useless, because I can see everything going on in your head.'' Zank pointed at his Teigu.

Ben then remained silent for a few moments, Zank used his teigu to read Ben's mind...

Suddenly...

Zank burst out laughing, he laughed out of control.

"Damn, this joke is very good." Zank tried to hold back the laughter.

Ben took advantage of this distraction to shoot a block in the direction of Zank's face, the block hit Zank's nose, the impact made him retreat a few yards back.

'' Cheater, you thought of a very funny joke just to distract me. '' Zank shouted angrily, there was a bunch of blood dripping from Zank's nose.

" Bloody hell, you're the biggest cheat here, you crazy geezer." Ben shrieked irritably.

" I've had enough of your talk; it's time to end it." Ben pressed the Omntrix symbol on his chest, a green light covered his body, as the light dissipated, Ben had turned into a green creature, his body was a big goo, and at the top of his head was an anti-gravity device, the Omnitrix symbol was at the top of that device.

'' Goop.'' Ben yelled, his voice was thin, and at the end of the phrase a static popping sound could be heard as if he were talking on a walkie-talkie.

"C'mon, you first turn into a monster made out of blocks, now you become a nasal mucus, this is getting more ridiculous." Zank said incredulously, he was finding ridiculous the forms Ben was using.

Suddenly he noticed something strange, the form Ben was using now did not have facial expression, Zank tried to use his Teigu to read Goop's mind, but did not succeed.

Zank began to sweat cold; this form also did not have body language or musculature, it was impossible to predict his movements.

" This form ... is trouble." Zank stammered worriedly.

'' What's it? Are not you going to tell me you're scared of a nasal mucus? " Ben sneered.

'' Shut up.'' Zank shouted angrily as he moved toward Ben.

Ben then flew high avoiding the attack, Zank looked surprised at the top, he did not expect that form could fly, Ben then advanced towards Zank, Ben fell on the body of Zank, the green ooze covered the entire upper half of Zank's body.

Zank then felt pain in his two wrists; he looked and saw that an acid was melting his blades.

" What are you doing?" Zank asked irritably.

Ben was using the corrosive ability of Goop's body to melt Zank's blades.

" I'm getting rid of those BBQ skewers," Ben replied casually.

'' Stop with that.'' Zank demanded.

Zank blades were completely melted, so Ben left Zank's body, he was flying until he landed on the ground a few feet away from Zank.

" Damn," Zank snarled, but he then noticed something was missing, he placed his right hand on his forehead, but he did not found his Teigu, so Zank realized that his Teigu had disappeared.

" Are you looking for this?" Ben asked jokingly, he pointed to his own chest, inside Ben's body was the Teigu Spectator floating in the green ooze.

Ben then thrust his right hand into his own body and removed Teigu from within himself; Ben was holding Teigu with his right hand.

" Give me back this," Zank demanded desperately.

Ben then let Teigu fall to the floor a few inches from his feet.

" Oops, it slipped from my hand, my bad." Ben said ironically.

Zank then ran towards his Teigu, Ben took advantage of this distraction and flew towards Zank, he covered Zank's entire body with his body made of green goo, Ben made his body float in the air in the shape of a sphere.

Zank began to squeeze inside Goop's body, he tried to breathe, but there was no oxygen to breathe, after a few minutes with Zank having his lungs stung by the shortness of breath, he finally fainted.

Ben realizing this, immediately let go of Zank's body, which collapsed on the floor with his body covered in green goo.

Ben then landed on the ground and turned into human again.

At this moment Akame arrives running at the scene, she was visibly worried about Ben.

"Are you okay?" Akame asked.

"Of course." Ben replied he walked over to Zank's teigu and caught her with his right hand; Ben walked over to Akame and handed him over to Teigu.

'' Here's the Teigu he wore. '' Ben said.

" You defeated a user of Teigu alone." Akame stated trying to hide that she was surprised by this, she then unsheathed her katana and pierced Zank in the chest.

" It's very easy," Ben said in an arrogant tone as he started to walk away.

" Now the only thing I want to do is sleep." Ben yawned as he walked.

Akame put his katana in the scabbard and began to follow Ben as she held Zank's teigu with her right hand.

'He easily defeated a Teigu users, he is far more powerful than I had imagined, would Ben be a threat to the revolution?' Akame thought frightened.

She then shook her head to try to ward off those disturbing thoughts.

Continue...

Next chapter: Chapter 11: Absolute justice.