SZ: Hey guys. Seanzilla115 here again to bring you something new. I know what your thinking…'why another Ben 10/Blazblue crossover fic? Well first off, i keep getting writer's block with Omniverse Shift, so I'm trying something new. Second off...one of the biggest problems with Omniverse is Ben went from being mature like in Alien force, to...well being overly cocky and immature once again, so I am looking to possibly fix that….or...We?!*turns around*...huh. Odd...usually this is when Gt and/or Z0 pops in and…shows up!*turns again*...okay...guess it's just me for n-

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"Yeesh….this place has seen better days…" a figure noted as they looked around a ruined and destroyed control room, cobwebs hanging down in drunken arcs while dust covered the electronics, "Of all days Kokonoe had me go out to collect some data...how can I when….no way….! This terminal still has juice! Maybe I can dig up some useful data..."

After moving some dust and cobwebs out of the way, the figure began to examine the only working terminal, their fingers carefully tapping away on the keyboard in fear of them breaking.

"'Access restricted' huh? We'll see about that…'File #5378921: Third attempt to make contact with the Boundary via Prime Field Device #12.'...Wait. This is dated the same day that Ibukido was destroyed! There were experiments going on here?" the figure pondered before stopping, as if waiting for someone to reply, '...Normally this would be where Kokonoe would make a snarky remark and make me get back to work...oh well. That's on me.'

After finishing on the first console, the figure began to go from terminal to terminal, trying to get as much data as they could.

"Mou...busted," the figure muttered before moving onto another console, "This one, too...At this rate, I'm not even gonna know who was here that day, never mind what were actually UP to…." 'Still...what're the odds I stumbled onto data that even the Intelligence brainiacs don't have? How come nobody here deleted it when everything went to hell?' they mentally pondered before stopping on one console, "Ohh ooh! This one still works! ...Wait. This file directory...is this linked to...the Cauldron?"

The figure looked back at the massive ruined gate-like structure down below through the grimy glass, its girth easily seen from the height she was at. Looking back at the terminal, she could tell it was connected to the structure...in fact, it was still collecting data from it. She then tensed in surprise when something popped up on screen.

"Woah! What the...?! Why'd that file open on its own?!" the figure gasped before shaking off her surprise, deciding to check the file out, "Let's see…'The 12th Prime Field Device, designed by... Relius Clover?' Wait, do they mean Colonel Clover from Experimental R and D? ...This image looks familiar...maybe if I zoom in, I..." their eyes soon widened as they looked at the picture that popped up on the screen, "...Is...is this a joke? The 12th...Prime Field Device is…."

It was then things began to blur to their sight. A dizzy sensation formed in the figure's head as they began to stumble backwards, unaware of the gate-like structure starting to glow as they were nearing the glass. Just as they were about to lose consciousness from the dizzy and stinging sensation in their head, the figure hit the glass, causing it to break as they fell into the large vortex that soon formed within the structure.

Ben Tennyson took a deep breath as he sat on a bench in the park, deciding to catch some air after the whole situation with Zombozo. Since Gwen and Kevin left, he was now a solo hero, mentally deadset that he could handle things on his own from now on. Given how was was able to save the universe on multiple occasions, he felt like he didn't need a team...especially with the Omnitrix.

"...Heh. Maybe after I head to Plumbers HQ, I'll probably…" Ben began as he sat up, only to nearly jump when the Omnitrix suddenly went off.

=TIME/SPACE ANOMALY DETECTED=

"Huh?" he blinked, "Wait a minute...you can warn me of that stuff now?" he asked tapping the Omnitrix, "What's that mean…Nevermind. This'll give me a chance to prove myself I can handle things on my own. Now where..."

Without warning, a portal of sorts appeared above the park for a second before disappearing, a figure falling out of the sky as they shot towards the ground.

"...ask and I recieve," Ben muttered as he quickly rushed for the figure, looking through his selection of transformations in the Omnitrix before stopping on one, "Come on Jetray!"

In a flash of green light. Ben was instead replaced with...

"Diamondhead?!" a tall over six foot tall being of pale blue crystal complained. His torso and legs were covered in black clothing with a green stripe going down his chest and a green belt with the omnitrix symbol on said belt as the buckle, "I want to get up there, not cut open a bank safe! Nevermind. Gonna have to adapt." He quickly slammed his hands into the ground, causing a pillar of crystal to lift him off the ground before it stopped, making him high enough to reach the figure.

Diamondhead grunted, tucking the figure under his arm before swinging his free hand and shooting shards of crystal which reformed into a curved ramp he slid off of before repeating the process and gliding from building to building via crystal slides. He finally diminished enough momentum to land and skid safely across the roof of the very building which was his original destination. It was a simple building sporting four windows on the front with two more above the door on the left side of the front. Above it all was a sign that read 'MAX'S PLUMBING' with 'MAX'S' being red lettering while 'PLUMBING' was actually made from various pipes that were hooked up together that connected to an opening on the flat, semi-slanted roof and ending at a draining pipe on the right side of the building.

"Hoo...made it in record time," Diamondhead muttered as he changed back into Ben, who let the figure down carefully, "Okay...who or what are you?"

The figure in question was a girl around his age, her short brunette hair having two white-ish ends on the bangs on the side of her face. She seemed to be wearing a black cloak of sorts with bits of belts on it while on top of her head was a black cap. One thing he took notice was the large squirrel tail poking out from behind her cloak.

"Gotta be half something…" he muttered, snapping his fingers before her face, "Hello...Miss...wakey wakey...oh come on don't tell me my catching her with a body of diamond knocked her out…"

"Mmm…" the girl groaned as she lightly turned a bit, causing the cap to fall off, revealing her two squirrel ears and the split-ahoge on top of her head.

"...she seems to be okay….still, better take her to the medical bay to make sure," Ben muttered as he carefully picked her back up.

"...Noel…" the girl whispered in her unconscious state.

"...Must be a friend of hers," Ben guessed.

"Mmm...just about ready," Max-grandfather of Ben Tennyson and Magister of the Plumbers stationed here on Earth-whispered, looking on at a large cooking pot before quickly pushing down on the lid just as some tentacles began to creep out, "...Okay. Maybe a bit longer."

"Hey Grandpa. What'cha cookin'?"

"Hmm?" Max blinked as he turned to see Ben approach him from a set of stairs, said stairs lifting back up into the ceiling, "Ahh Ben. You're just in time for lunch. I'm making Saunturian Goulash. Want.." he grunted when the tentacles tried to force themselves out of the pot once more, "Want some...once it's finished?"

"...uh...no thanks. I'm...suddenly not hungry," Ben replied with a light cringe.

"You sure? It's fresh."

"I'm definitely sure," Ben added.

"...Suit yourself," Max shrugged, "By the way, is everything okay? You're usually at Mr. Smoothies after finishing a mission."

"Eh. I just didn't feel like it at the time," Ben admitted, "Well that and...Grandpa, are there a race of aliens that look human, but have animal parts on them like animal ears and a tail?"

"Hmm?"

"I was at the park and suddenly this portal opened up over it for a second, and next thing I knew? This girl with a squirrel tail fell out of it," Ben explained, 'Also there was the fact the Omnitrix detected the portal as a time/space anomaly...which I didn't even know can do that!'

"...Hmm…" Max began to ponder for a bit, "...where is this girl right now?"

"I dropped her off in the medical bay. Hopefully th-" Ben began before the lid popped off and the tentacles grabbed him, "Whoa!"

Max quickly grabbed a blaster nearby and began to fire at the tentacles until they let go of Ben. They slithered back into the pot and Max slammed the lid on before putting the lid to the back of a toilet on that.

"You keep toilet parts down here?" Ben asked.

"The plumber store on the surface may be a simple cover, but we do have to maintain that being an actual cover," Max replied, "Now come on. You said our 'guest' was in the medical bay?"

"I did,"Ben nodded, "Hopefully they'll figure out what's wrong with her...and possibly determine what she is exa-"

=Ack!=

=Uh Magister Tennyson? We need some help here in the med bay...and a replacement for Jetson...and some extra blood packets=

"Blood packets?" Ben repeated.

"...Mmm...last time I drink sake before a mission…" the girl muttered, her eyes slowly opening as she began to regain consciousness, her squirrel ears twitching a bit as she slowly sat up, "...Least the headache is g-" she stopped once she opened her eyes and saw she was in a medical bay of sorts, "...Eh?" she looked down to see she was in a white medical gown and nothing else, "...My insides better be in me still...and in their right places...this time." '...Wait a second….where's my stuff?! Oh Kokonoe's gonna kill me if I lost all that d-'

"The patient is up…"

"Animal girl…"

"...Dang it, Jetson! Stop looking in her direction and go do patrol in the cells! We already used up your blood type for the last time and we need to order more!"

"Y-yes sir!"

"...Wait. Cells?" the girl repeated as she quickly got out of the bed she was in, about to rush off before she looked herself in a nearby mirror, "...AHHH!-!-!"

"Ahh!" the few human and alien-like creatures in there yelped in surprise from her sudden scream.

"Where am I?! Where's my stuff?! ...And more importantly, why am I sixteen again?!" the girl freaked, her squirrel tail shooting up.

"Now, miss, if you would please calm down…" an older voice noted gently.

The squirrel girl turned and blinked several times. Before her was a humanoid fish with grey skin, purple eyes, bushy green eyebrows, gills, and an antennae. He wore a black bodysuit covered in white and silver armor and a pair of small round wire glasses.

"...Okay...What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks did Kokonoe inject into me this time to hallucinate this?" the girl asked herself, "...Or did I end up accidentally eating something similar to Noel's Death Dinner? ...N-nevermind. Can someone please tell me where I am?!"

"Well, you're on Earth," the fishman replied, "One of our best saved you from a pretty high fall, but since you were knocked out he brought you here to get checked on. Don't know anything 'bout a 'Death Dinner' unless you're from the Anur System, but you don't look the part and inspections did reveal no ID Mask. There were some chemicals in your bloodstream we're still analysing, though."

"...Well that kidna answers one question," the girl muttered, "Okay...now for my second...where's my stuff?! Oh, and please explain why I'm sixteen again?!"

"Hm? Aging backwards? Oh no, I am not getting involved with another Chronosapien-related incident," the fish declared, "I think my antenna is still trying to go back and forth between last Tuesday of twenty years ago and next Sunday ten years from now." he walked over to a nearby door as it slid open in time to see Max on the other side, "Ah! Max, glad you're here. That girl your grandson brought to us is awake and I think she got in a tiff with a Chronosapien."

"...Uh for the record, I don't even know what that is," the squirrel girl spoke up, earning their attention, "Also you never answered my question about my stuff! Sorry I keep raising my voice, by the way, but I am seriously freaking out here!"

"...Oh yes. Your…" the fishman began before clearing his throat, "Belongings...We're still trying to get the blood stains out from Jetson's spill when we got your cloak off. Also, if you're a Type-AB240XZ, we're out of that for no correlating reason whatsoever."

"...okay. My questions have been answered sorta, and yet I am still so lost right now…" the girl muttered, "And to think today started off with me on a mission…"

"Mission?"

"...Oh chestnuts…" the girl whispered as she tensed, "...Forget you heard that. If my boss found out I spilled the beans in someway, shape or form, she'll turn me into an actual squirrel."

"Pateliday, let me," Max offered, putting a hand on the fishman's shoulder, "You go check on other things."

"Got it," the fishman nodded as he left.

"Max Tennyson," the elderly Plumber introduced himself, "And who might you be?"

"...Okay…" the squirrel girl began as she took a deep breath to calm herself down, "First off; I'm Makoto Nanaya. A pleasure to meet you, Tennyson-san."

"Ah, Japanese honorisms," Max noted before bowing, "Likewise, Nanaya-san."

"Mmm hmm," Makoto nodded as she bowed back a bit, "Second off; where exactly am I?...I wasn't abducted from Earth was I? Bec-"

"Hold," Max held a hand up, "...Did you say you're from Earth?"

"Uh...yeah. Born on April 2nd in the 11th Hierarchical City of Shinatsu on the planet Earth….oh and for the record, I'm actually twenty...and yet for some odd reason I'm back in my sixteen year old body."

"...And what year is this?" Max cautiously asked.

"2199," Makoto answered before blinking, "...Wait….why ask that question specifically?"

"Well first, there is no Hierarchical City of Shinatsu, let alone eleven of them. Second, the date is August 1, 2012," Max explained, "Seems the Chronosapien theory on how you got here is becoming more of a plausibility."

"...I...you...th….NANDE?!" Makoto exclaimed in pure shock, her ears and tail poking straight up, "But...HOW?! I was doing something and...and…." she groaned as she held her head a bit, "Ugh...why can't I remember?"

"Well, let's look at your chart," Max offered as he picked up a metal bar from the bed Makoto had been on before it displayed a green holographic screen, "Ah. Seems you suffered some blunt force trauma to your head. That could explain some memory loss. You might have been struck on your mission and it caused you to lose your memories of what you were doing on it."

"...Maybe…" Makoto noted, "All I can recall is I'm gathering data on something for my boss, and then...nothing."

"More than likely, you were close to finding something a being like a Chronosapien didn't want found," Max guessed, "They could have very well knocked you out, reverted your memory to before you found the information and threw you to the past just to make sure you wouldn't find out what they did."

"You keep mentioning these Chrono-whatsits."

"A race of time travelling aliens that look like robots mixed with clocks," Max summarized, "They can manipulate time such as creating a field to replay events in an area, pause time, reverse time, accelerate time...basically, anything to do with time, they can manipulate."

"...Better hope the Master Unit doesn't know about them…" Makoto whispered, "...Wait. Aliens are real?!"

"Of course aliens are real. Don't tell me Earth did something to cause aliens to retreat from the planet and hide all records of their existence," Max sighed.

"...You know, now that you say that...It sounds like something the NOL would do," Makoto noted.

"The NOL?"

"My w….sorry...Time's world government," Makoto answered, "And...well they are pretty serious on their rules, especially ones regarding their leader. Basically...go against them or threaten their leader...no matter how old you are or who you are...instant execution."

Max cringed at that, "Well...that's not good."

"I'll say," Makoto frowned before shuddering and wrapped her tail around herself, "Um...any chance I could get a change of clothes? No offense, but it's freezing."

"Hmm...I think we may have some spare cloths in the storage room," Max guessed.

"Anything will do, because it's so cold in here...Seriously, it's reminding me of winter back at the academy," Makoto shivered a bit before tensing, "...Wait...since I'm back in my sixteen year old body...does...this mean I have to go back to school?"

"We can figure it out," Max assured.

'...Now that slightly makes me more worried,' Makoto thought as she leaned against the wall, "...By the way, where's the guy or gal that brought me in?"

"Oh? Ben, get in here," Max called.

"What is it, Grandpa?" Ben asked as he poked his head in, "I was about to head out on patrol a-" he took notice of Makoto, "...oh hey. Glad to see ya up."

"Wow. Someone sure likes the color green," Makoto muttered before asking aloud, "You're the one who found me?"

"More like rescued you when you came falling out of a portal in the air. All in a day's work for Ben Tennyson," Ben replied before blinking twice on seeing her raised brow, "Wait...you've never heard of me?"

"Should I?" Makoto asked.

"Seriously?! I saved the universe...multiple times!"

"I'm pretty sure I'd remember someone with an over cocky ego like yours."

"Ben, she's from nearly two hundred years from now," Max explained, "We believe she was knocked out by a Chronosapien and sent to the past...er...the present. I mean, our present, her past." he sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, "That race always gives me headaches."

"...Seriously? Yeesh, gotta work better on legacy I guess..."

"Makoto, my grandon, Ben Tennyson," Max introduced, his pinching replaced with a facepalm, "Ben, Makoto Nanaya from the year 2199."

"Yo," Makoto replied, her squirrel tail swishing a bit behind her.

"...Okay I gotta ask, what are you exactly?" Ben asked.

"...Seriously? You don't know about Beastkin?" Makoto asked back.

"Beastkin?"

"...Oh wait. They didn't show up until after Japan got nuked."

"What?!" Max and Ben asked.

"Yeah...some pretty heavy stuff went down, but I'm afraid if I say what it is, It'll cause some butterfly effect or something." Makoto replied, "But basically, we're like humans but with animal traits."

"Right...right. Um, I'll just...get you those clothes you asked for," Max noted awkwardly, "Ben, don't do anything you normally do and ruin the medical ward…" he paused as he was about to leave, "...again."

"Go Rath once in the place and get ticked off by a comment and no one lets you forget," Ben grumbled.

"Wrath? What? Someone make fun of your haircut?" Makoto asked as she sat down on the bed she had woken up on.

"No. He's one of my Alien forms," Ben explained.

"Wait. You can change into Aliens?!"

"Yup! Thanks to the Omnitrix," Ben replied as he raised his arm up to show said transforming watch, "Basically I select which Alien I wanna use, press down on it, and Bam! Hero time!"

"...Pfft…" Makoto snickered, "'Hero Time'..."

"What's funny about it?"

"You use a watch to transform and you say 'Hero Time,'" Makoto explained, giggling now, "That sounds like something a cheesy saturday morning cartoon hero would say!"

"Cheesy?! It's my catchphrase!"

"Exactly!" Makoto laughed as she fell onto her back.

Ben's eye twitched, "Seriously. It is not something a cheesy Saturday morning cartoon hero would say!"

"It totally does! It sounds like something my little brother would watch!" Makoto laughed before stopping, "...my brother…"

"Hmm?"

"That's right….If I'm stuck here…." Makoto began as she sat back up, her ears drooping, "Then...my family...my friends...they'll probably think I'm dead…"

Ben flinched, 'Right...time traveller…' "Hey now...I'm sure we can get ya back."

"...How?" Makoto asked with a light frown, "Because I'm pretty sure you can't summon the portal that brought me here, or turn into a chronosapi-whatever and take me back there with the chance of being erased from existence."

"Wait, what?"

"There's this thing called the Master Unit...and any changes to time and space, or anything that poses a threat to it...poof. Erased...as if it never existed...EVER."

"Never heard of that," Ben noted, "Then again, anytime Professor Paradox shows up, there's hardly anytime to ask about time stuff."

"...soka," Makoto noted before taking a deep breath, "Well...until a way home is found, I guess I'll stick around."

"I mean...what else can you do? Your stuck in the past. I mean I guess you could open a bank account now and let the interest build up 'till the future." Ben muttered.

"True, but I doubt this time takes Platinum Dollars," Makoto shrugged, "...wait...is it…" she turned a bit and began to rummage through her tail before pulling out a small satchel, "Bingo!...Ahh it's light...should not have stopped at that all-you-can-eat yesterday..."

"How much you have in there anyway?" Ben asked, "...Also, you keep stuff in your tail?"

"It's useful for carrying extra stuff you want hidden," Makoto shrugged, "As for how much...hmm...I'd say...maybe 4000 P$."

"Future money...neat." Ben muttered, "I'd imagine its got to be derived from something we have now. Maybe you can exchange it."

"...Huh. Never thought of doing that," Makoto admitted before shooting up and pulled him into a hug, "Thanks!"

"Mph!" Ben gave a muffled yelp in surprise, his face stuck between her covered cleavage.

"Now...to get changed...and then maybe get out of here to do that." she muttered, ignoring his flailing arms, "Then figure out how to maybe get home...without getting erased from existence. Hey you turn into aliens, can you turn into one them chrono-whatsits?"

"Mmmm!-!"

"Oh! Then m...no no. I'm pretty sure y-" Makoto began.

"Okay. I found some spare cloths you can.." Max began as he walked back in, only to be greeted by the sight he saw, "...uh, Ms. Nanaya?"

"Hmm?" Makoto blinked before Max pointed down, making her look down to see Ben's flailing arms, "...oops. Eh heh...gomen," She chuckled sheepishly as she let him go.

"AH!" he gasped for air as he fell back, "My life flashed before my eyes...it was awesome…" he gasped for much needed oxygen.

"Eh heh heh…" Makoto chuckled sheepishly.

"You okay their Kiddo?" Max asked looking down, not really that concerned given it was Ben.

"I'm...I'm good." Ben panted as he got up.

"Well alright. As I was saying, Ms. Nanaya, here are some spare clothes. I had some female officers pick out most of the...ahem...essentials," Max turned back to Makoto, "It should be perfect for you to get out and about."

"Cool," Makoto nodded as she took the pile of clothing from him, "So uh...there a place I can get changed or…"

"There's an empty room you can change into down the hall to your left."

"Arigatou," Makoto nodded as she left the room.

"Ben, you come with me. We need to talk over some things too," Max added, helping walk Ben out of the room.

"Got it…" Ben nodded, still trying to catch some air after being caught between those two hills of Makoto's.

"Okay….this should do…" Makoto muttered as she finish putting the clothes she was given on, the Beastkin standing in a lone room with a mirror in it, "...Huh. Looks good on me."

What she wore was a simple white tee under a acorn-brown colored jacket with a star on the back, a pair of deep blue jeans, and a pair of black and orange shoes.

"...If I ever get home, maybe I might get something like this next time I'm free," Makoto said as she looked at herself in the mirror, "...Now to see if I c-" she nearly jumped when an alarm system went off, a red light filling the room, "I didn't do it!"

"I'll take care of it!" Ben's voice echoed from the hallway, catching her attention.

"...Wonder what's going on?" Makoto pondered as she walked out, opening the door to see Ben rush past her, "Hey! Everything okay?!"

"Yeah. Just another typical day!"

"This is typical?" Makoto blinked as she moved out into the hallway, "...Nevermind. Need some b-"

"Don't need back up!" Ben replied as he rushed into an elevator, "I'm me!"

"...he needs back up, doesn't he?" Makoto asked as she looked over at Max.

"Yes…" Max sighed, "And his new partner isn't exactly here yet...and Alpha team is a ways away…"

"I can help!" Makoto declared quickly.

"Well you seem to be some type of agent in your time." Max muttered, "But I don't know if I can allow that. That is unless you...you have powers don't you?" he realized given the typical luck that goes on around random kids that come into his life.

"Oh trust me...I can handle myself in a fight," Makoto assured as she cracked her knuckles.

"Honestly tempted to say it be safer to send you over Ben…" Max sighed with a smile, "If your in need of work till we can get you home, I'd imagine you'd be helpful." he smiled more confidently, "Go on."

"Sweet! I won't fail ya, sir!" Makoto saluted as she rushed off, "Oh, and I'll make sure Ben doesn't get over his head...which I imagine happens a lot!"

"You're the rookie I've always wanted!" Max shouted as one small alien looked at him at that line, "...What? It's true." he shrugged.

"Okay...where's this…" Ben began as he drove his car to his destination, only to stop when he saw a massive crater before him, "...wow. Bye bye, Building…" he muttered, as he got out, walking towards the crater as he slid right into it, "What could've done this?"

Unaware to him, a figure was looking on from the shadows of a destroyed building; said figure was tall and imposing with a broad shouldered build, his body covered in a black suit with white bone like armor covering his torso and shoulders, each piece of armor seeming to be the skull of a alien beast, a blue dog-like alien standing next to him as it wore a red spiked collar. The green skinned alien man removed a red and white device from his torso and attached it to the dogs collar, the white part in the shape of fangs. The dog growled in feral rage the instant the device locked into place, the alien holding it back via its collar for a moment. The figure gave a whistle-like noise from the gill like structures on his jaw as the 'dog' began to charge out, its form slowly starting to transform into something big.

"Hmm?" Ben blinked, hearing something stomping about before he looked up, tensing as he quickly rolled out of the way of what was coming towards him. He ducked out of the way as a monster crashed into the ground in front of him.

The creature towered over Ben and was easily the size of an RV, it was a six legged stone armored beast resembling the fusion of a Crap and a Rhinoceros, with its long snout like head ending in a giant horn. Its stone like organic armor creating an armored visage with fangs included. The beast roared as it turned to glare at Ben.

"...Let me guess, you must be what took the building down?" Ben spoke, "...very nice. Very thorough," he quipped as he began to go through his selection of aliens, only for the roster to continue to spin from the swiping away of his hand and land on a totally different option, "Now how's about you get ready to meet a good friend of mine? I like to call him Humungousaur!"

The surge of green energy radiated from it as he was replaced by a blue furred four armed monkey. His six eyes blinked open, as he looked down at the Omnitrix not resting in the center of an X patterned strap on his torso. This...was not Humungosaur, this was Spidermonkey.

"Ah!" Spidermonkey chirped in surprise as he was slammed against the craters wall by the creature's horn, "Why do you hate me new Omnitrix!? Ah-ah-ooh-ah!" he hooted in annoyance as he tried to push the monster back, despite Spidermonkey's great strength...it had not the power to move this behemoth of a creature, "If I was Humungousaur...you'd be so sorry!" he shook one of his many fists at the creature only for it to slam him deeper into the ground, "OOH!"

"Hey! Tall and gruesome!"

The creature growled in confusion before it was suddenly punched on its side, causing it to skid off to the right, freeing Spidermonkey as the creature nearly fell on it's side.

"L-like that...ooh-ooh-ow…" Spidermonkey groaned, holding his sides, "Not what they mean by oh my ribs!"

"Ah geez…" he looked to the side to see Makoto, quickly shaking her hand a bit, "What's that thing's skin made of?! Titanium?!"

"I don't know...but it hurts to be slammed by it...repeatedly…" Spidermonkey groaned as he stood up, "Eek! He's back up!" he cried as he lifted Makoto and jumped over another charge as the beast crawled up and along the walls of the crater to turn back around and charge again, "Quick find a red cape and funny hat! Maybe we can make it run into something harder then its head!"

"This is more of a rhino than bull!" Makoto argued as they jumped out of the way again, "...though it has crablegs….know what? I'm calling this thing Crabdozer."

"Hey...I like that." Spidermonkey spoke before he was tackled again, "Oh no not...AH!" he cried as they slammed into the wall under the remains of the building, "Again...blarg...that hurts...ooh?" he looked up, "You know what they say, the bigger they are…" he began aiming his tail and shooting a web to the foundation above his head before giving a test yank, "The harder they…." he paused as rubble fell on his head, "Oh...come on..." he panicked as tons of debris fell on him and Crabdozer.

"Well...it was...effective?" Makoto shrugged.

"Ooh-ah...I might be small but I'm wiry!" Spidermonkey gloated, digging himself out of the rubble. "See? I told you I didn't need…"

"Uh...Ben?"

"Hmm?" Spidermonkey blinked when Makoto pointed at the rubble behind him...which soon crumbled just as Crabdozer burst forth from it. "Yeah...I should have expected that." he frowned.

"More like you assumed too early," Makoto deadpanned before they jumped out of the way of Crabdozer's charge. "Seriously, don't you have anything else to use aside from this form?!"

"Four hands...all needed for running!" he panicked, running up the wall of the crater. He then shot web from his tail, hitting Crabdozer's eye and making it fall and land on its back. Spider-monkey ran away as he tried to get distance to change forms...only for Crabdozer to already be upon him.

"...Hold on. I'll hold him back while you try and change!" Makoto shouted, looking around for something to use before stopping on a nearby broken-down road roller. "...Tempted to quote an old manga I once found, but not to the time for jokes!"

"There's always a time for j-ack!" Spidermonkey freaked when he ran out of the way of Crabdozer's charge.

Crabdozer gave a roar as it was about to ram into Spidermonkey once more...only to be smacked hard by Makoto, who used the road roller to knock it over on its side, the vehicle being destroyed in the process.

"...whoo. Pretty durable if it can take something like this," Makoto muttered, tossing the leftover pieces away.

'...Just how strong is she?!' Spidermonkey thought as he gawked at the sight.

"Oi...change!" she complained.

"Oh, right…" he realized. "This time, Humungousaur!"

Just as Crabdozer got back up and Spidermonkey was about to slam down on the Omnitrix symbol, the former stopped in its tracks when it heard the whistling sound.

"Huh? Whistling?" Makoto blinked, her ears twitching for a moment before she noticed Crabdozer walking off.

"...uh...yeah! And don't come back!" Spidermonkey shouted just as Crabdozer went into the shadows of one of the destroyed buildings.

"Shouldn't we go after it?" Makoto asked, making him tense up.

"Oh, poo…" Spidermonkey slumped just as he changed back into Ben.

"The stories are true...that Tennyson is worthy prey," the alien spoke as he and his alien hound backed further into the shadows before they could be detected.

"...Maybe we should head back to your…" Makoto began before a small green alien in some type of survival gear like a tank on his back and space suit popped out of a nearby toilet. "Ack!"

"Is he gone?!"

"Depends on who's asking…" Ben replied.

"Pakmar...this Pakmar's place...or rather, what used to be," the alien replied as he looked around.

"...well, you're safe now," Ben said, puffing his chest up a bit in a prideful tone.

"My hero…" Pakmar grumbled, getting out of the toilet and looking at the rubble. Then he began...sweeping...for some reason.

"Uh...need some help?" Ben asked.

"No! Go away! I don't want anymore trouble!" Pakmar declared quickly.

"...uh, first off; rude," Makoto muttered. "Second; a little late for that, don't ya think?"

"All I wanted was to run my toilet emporium in peace…" Pakmar sighed, depositing some dirt and debris in a pile of regular garbage.

"Toilets?" Makoto asked as she and Ben poked some weird mess of pipes...which opened up to spew water...and...rotating blades…

"Meh. Different aliens, different needs," Pakmar shrugged.

"...Don't even wanna know…" Ben muttered as he stepped away from the odd toilet. "So...the creature that attacked your place. Dissatisfied customer?"

"Or was it someone's 'attack dog'?" Makoto added, making Ben blink and look at her. "...What? You didn't see the collar on it?"

"No, what collar?" Ben asked.

"Seriously? You didn't see...know what? Nevermind…"

"...You two are weird," Pakmar muttered, "And Pakmar does not need weird on top of being shaken down!"

"Shaken down? Ohh, I think I get what happened. Group offering 'protection' and demanded payment for their 'service.' You didn't pay, so they became what you needed protection from. Am I right, sir?" Makoto asked.

"Exactly!" Pakmar exclaimed.

"Can you describe how the perpetrators looked?" Makoto asked, earning a raised brow from Ben, "What? Standard procedures. Don't you do that here?"

"..."

"...Wow. You definitely need some backup," Makoto sweatdropped.

"Hey…" Ben pouted with a frown.

"...There are three of them, and they usually target all alien shops in Bellwood," Pakmar answered Makoto's first question.

"Thank you, sir. I hope you'll be able to get back in business soon," Makoto thanked.

"Well thank you…" Pakmar nodded before pointing his broom at Ben, "You could learn a lot from that one in terms of manners!"

Ben opened his mouth, about to retort, when Makoto's tail covered it as she pulled him away, giving a small wave to the alien. She led him down a block before finally letting her tail off his face.

"Gah!" Ben gasped out, "What was that for?"

"Stopping you before you put your foot in your mouth," Makoto replied, "I imagine that usually happens with you a lot."

"Does not," Ben argued as Makoto just gave him a look, "...Sometimes…" she kept it up, "...Look, let's just move on, okay?"

"...Fine," Makoto shrugged, "Anyway, you know any other stores owned by aliens here in the city?"

"...One does come to mind actually," Ben answered.

"Then lead the way."

"Whoa there. Why…?" Ben began to ask.

"Your grandpa asked me to be your backup for this," Makoto replied with a squirrely smile.

"Seriously?! I don't need…"

"Given what happened back there earlier with Crabdozer, yes...yes you do," Makoto added, the smile never leaving her face.

"...You're not gonna leave me be, are you?"

"Nope! I'm stickin' to ya like chewed gum to my tail!" Makoto replied before adopting an annoyed look, "And seriously, do you have any idea how troublesome it is getting gum out of my tail? Have to go see a specialist and everything."

"...Ugh fine. You're my backup, but only for today," Ben muttered, "Now come on. The place we're heading is a bit far, so we're taking my car."

"..."

"...What? You guys don't have cars in the future?"

"Given how the Hierarchical cities are located on top of VERY large mountains due to the ground below becoming uninhabitable, no...no we do not."

"Unhin…! Okay...Looks like the trope of the future sucking is a real thing…" Ben noted.

"Not all that bad," Makoto huffed, "Sure, there's mutated animals from the stuff that makes the ground level uninhabitable...a corrupt world government...a maniac that considers battles as meals that was locked away a few years back...and a mountain or two blown up due to rebellions...I'm just burying myself right now, aren't I?"

"Yep."

"...Just show me this car thing," Makoto grumbled, her cheeks puffed up in a pout.

"Fine."

"Alright Mr. Baumann, what do you know?" Ben asked an elderly man with a balding head, a black mustache, and wearing a light pink striped shirt, brown pants, tiny glasses, and a dark pink bowtie and apron as the man was stacking up cans in a pyramid.

"I know lots of things," the elder replied before glancing at Makoto, who was holding a notepad and pen, "Though she is new."

"Makoto Nanaya. His backup," Makoto replied as her tail pointed at Ben, "We heard from a Mr. Pakmar that there is a protection ring going on after his toilet business was blown up by a trio of aliens. Have you been approached lately by anyone offering protection for an exuberant price?"

"...Nope."

"...So they haven't been coming around here?" Ben asked.

"Who's been coming around where?"

"...I take it you do not wish to confirm nor deny due to previous mishaps involving your business and Ben?" Makoto presumed, noticing Baumann adopting a worried look briefly when he looked at his watch, "...And given how you're looking at your watch, they're coming any second now, right?"

"...Look here, missy. I don't want any trouble," Baumann frowned, "I pay, they leave. Simple as that...and as long as he's not interfering…" he pointed an accusing finger at Ben, "My store and stock remains safe."

"...And you're a hero because…?" Makoto asked, slowly looking at Ben with a raised brow.

"Hey, I don't wreck it every time," Ben grumbled.

"Mr. Baumann-may I call you Mr. Baumann?" Makoto questioned.

"You may."

"Very well. Mr. Baumann, do you say you make a decent profit? Able to make things even, including the payments for 'protection' from them?"

"I do, yes."

"And should they request an increase in their 'payment' for 'protection?'" Makoto continued, "Would you still be able to make even?"

"...Well...I uh…"

"Also, would keeping your stock and store safe be good if there aren't any customers to even come here should your 'protection' threaten them?"

"Er...that is…" Mr. Baumann tried to continue before Makoto placed a hand on his shoulder.

"You provide something important to so many. From what I can tell, you are a caring businessman who wants to look out for his customers and their needs," Makoto spoke, "If you go out of business, who will be there to look out for their needs first instead of lining their pockets?"

"..." Mr. Baumann sighed, "You're quite smart for someone so young, you know that right?"

"I've had good people to show me the way," Makoto answered.

"...Just make sure he doesn't touch or destroy anything," Baumann stated, glaring a bit at Ben before walking off.

"Can do, sir," Makoto assured.

"Seriously, I don't always wreck the place. It's more often the bad guys wrecking it," Ben pouted.

"Come on, Ben. We need to get set up for a bust," Makoto noted, "Got anything in that watch of yours to blend in with the crowd? Preferably something our size and not too chunky?"

"...I think I can find someone like that," Ben replied, going through his selection of Aliens once more in the Omnitrix before stopping at one, "...okay. Time t-"

"Upupupup!" Makoto quickly grabbed his hand before he could press down on the symbol, "You moved a bit too far to the left."

"Huh?"

"I noticed when you were looking through there, you moved your finger a bit too far, causing what you originally picked to be skipped over for something else," Makoto stated before pointing at the image on the Omnitrix, "Look. That right there looks like a chunky guy to me."

"...Oh, that's Cannonbolt," Ben recognized.

"...Yeah with a name like that, try going for what you were gonna pick before," Makoto deadpanned.

"Right," Ben replied, moving the selection to the previous pick.

The top slid off once more, allowing the core to rise up. Ben pushed down and Makoto looked away from the green flash. In Ben's place was a slim, human-sized, purple salamander-like alien. He sported a short tail and dark purple camo-esque patterns all over his body. The top of his head was pitch black with a spike emerging from the back of the skull while his three eyes-one red, one green, and one blue-all blinked in unison. He gave a small stretched, showing the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.

"Now this is a form I haven't used in a long while," he noted while flexing his four fingered hands and his webbed toes, "Chamalien in the house."

"...Decent name," Makoto noted, "I would've suggested Cameo-leon, but I fear you'd get sued for copyright infringement."

"Right," Chamalien nodded.

The two proceeded to a counter Mr. Baumann was working behind before sitting down on the seats before it. A cloaked figure was sitting not too far from them with some food before them, said food causing Chamalien's stomach to growl.

"...Hey uh...you gonna eat the rest of that, buddy?" the salamander-like alien asked the cloaked figure before Makoto's tail smacked him upside the head, "Ow! What did I do?"

"Don't be rude," Makoto replied before her own stomach growled, "...Not a word."

"..."

"...Oh don't give me that grin. You know what you did," Makoto frowned before blinking, '...Wow. So that what it feels like from the other end...no wonder Tsubaki scolded me so m-'

=Pay up, Baumann= a voice spoke, making the two look over their shoulders to see a trio of aliens approach, the center alien resembling a humanoid fish wearing silver, purple, and black armor with a blue-tinted dome covering his head.

"Bwak! You've heard about Pakmar?" the second one, resembling a humanoid rooster with talons for hands and feet in silver armor on his wrists, ankles, and torso, asked.

"I heard he has great deals on toilets," Chamalien noted with a chuckle.

"My friend and I were going to go there to get him a new one before we heard there was an accident. Broke his previous one trying to make it disappear," Makoto noted, earning a stink eye from the three-eyed salamander-like alien.

=Yeah...well accidents happen all the time= the center Alien stated as he moved out of the way, revealing a large-red device with an orange keypad on it and a metal forked piece on the top.

"...Take it easy now...I don't want any trouble…" Baumann whispered, a bit of fear in his voice as he reached under the counter for something. After a few moments, he pulled out a metal box before opening it, pulling out one of several crystals as he held it out to the trio...only for the center alien to take the box itself.

=Pleasure doin' business with you=

Chamalien was about to get up when Makoto's tail whapped him once more. He gave her a look as she subtly motioned to Mr. Baumann and slid her notebook over to him.

"...I can't read this," Chamalien deadpanned quietly.

"..." Makoto facepalmed, 'Should've realized written language was different back then...er...back now...wow, Mr. Tennyson was right about implying time-stuff being annoying.'

"...How did you know they'd increase it today?" Mr. Baumann asked once the three aliens were far enough away towards the exit.

"Because I know their type," Makoto answered, "Saw it happen once or twice back where I grew up...and it sickens me that it's still going on."

'Yep. The far future sucks,' Chamalien decided.

"Oh, Chamalien?" Makoto noted as she looked over her shoulder, "They're no longer in the building."

"Huh?"

"Makes you wanna get some 'fresh air,' don't ya think?"

"...Oh very much so," Chamalien chuckled as they got up, "We'll be right back, Mr. Baumann."

"Just d-" Mr. Baumann began before Makoto slid another note to him, "...I can't read this."

Makoto facepalmed, "Okay...need to work on that." she pointed at a nearby camera on the ceiling, "Make sure to have that video footage ready for evidence, sir."

"...Provided it doesn't get destroyed," Baumann whispered as both Makoto and Chamalien left to follow the trio of aliens, the cloaked figure pausing in eating their food as they gazed at the two.

=Heh. Did you see his face?= the fish alien chuckled, looking through the case =He wasn't expecting an increase in fees=

"Bwak! We gonna activate the bomb anyways?" the rooster alien asked, pecking away at some birdseed in his opened talon.

=Tempted, but...=

"Hey bubblehead!" the trio of aliens looked over to see Chamalien and Makoto looking at them, "I'm gonna have to ask you to return that case to Mr. Baumann."

=...This doesn't concern you, Merlinsapien and his friend= the fish alien frowned.

"Pretty sure it does given you extorted an elderly man trying to make a living," Makoto retorted as she cracked her knuckles a bit.

=...heh. Whatcha gonna do, squirrel freak? H-=

"What did you just say?"

=Huh?=

"What did...you just say?"

=...uh...Whatcha g...=

"No no. That last word you said…."

=...uh...squirrel freak?=

"...Yeah. I call dibs on bubble head," Makoto stated, eyes narrowed as she raised her fist up.

"Be my guest...though I'm sure I can handle all thr-" Chamalien began before Makoto suddenly vanished on him, "?! Wh-"

=Gah!= he quickly looked over to see the fish alien crashing into a nearby hydrant, the dome cracked with a fist deeply imprinted on the front.

"Yeah...There are some things that you just don't do around me. Bullying, extorting, attacking or making fun of my friends, and calling me a squirrel freak," Makoto informed as her arms now sported a pair of cross-shaped tonfa with a gold ring on them, "Oh and FYI….that wasn't even my strongest punch."

'...Okay, seriously, how strong is she?!' Chamalien gawked before looking at the other two.

The rooster-like alien and the third member, a feminine-looking bulky black and red-armored figure with a purple face, yellow eyes, and dark-purple lipstick, prepared to attack Makoto when the rooster felt a punch.

"What, Fistina?" the rooster asked, turning to the third member.

"Huh?"

"Bwak. Why'd you want my attention?"

"I dids not want your attention. I thought we were going to be pummeling leetle squirrel gal."

"..." the rooster looked back at Makoto only to be punched once more, "Bwak! What is it, Fistina?!"

"Hmm?"

"What do you want?!"

"What is you talking about? I dids not want anything, Liam."

"..." the rooster looked away once more before this time being whacked in the side of the head, "BUKAW! THAT'S IT!" he tackled Fistina, "Come here, you!"

As the two pummeled each other, the air beside Makoto rippled before changing into Chamalien, snickering, "Ah, I forgot this guy could do that. Good show, no?"

"...Okay, I'll admit, that was pretty funny," Makoto giggled, "Alrighty...Now to get back to…" she looked back at the hydrant only to see the alien gone, "Whoops."

=Hey Liam! Fistina!= the two aliens stopped their fighting to see their leader setting up the device =Let's craterize this place and get out of here!=

"Uh-oh," the duo gulped before the emblem on Chamalien's chest began to beep loudly before a red light flashed, revealing Ben back to normal.

"Aw come on! A timer?" Makoto demanded.

"I know...it gets really annoying," Ben admitted before a red energy dome appeared around the bomb, "...Like right now to be honest."

=Hahaha! Heck of a time to change back, Ben Tennyson!=

"Come on, Omnitrix...don't be a jerk right now!" Ben grunted as all he got was an exclamation mark inside of a triangle indicating charge mode, "Ah! I thought you were suppose to be better! So far I'm kinda missing the Ultimatrix! I swear Azmuth made you do this, didn't he!?"

"Uh, Ben?" Makoto spoke, earning his attention, "I hate to interrupt your little rant, but we have two problems. One; the bomb! And two; The bad guys are getting away!"

"Well what do you want me to do?! It's not like anyone else is gonna show up a-" Ben began before something ran past the two, "Huh?"

The figure tossed off his cloak, revealing another alien; however, his body structure and build was by far much like that of a human. His entire body was clad in a black suit with blue padded armor covering his torso, shoulders, arms, and leg, with grey military-like pouches on his forearms, thighs, lower legs, and on his waist like a belt. What made it clear he was an alien was the light greyish-blue and white fur that covered his face and his yellow cat-like eyes. He also had a strange...device on his shoulder which seemed built around the Plumbers symbol, which, to Makoto, registered as Ben's Omnitrix symbol.

The man said nothing as he rolled forward, the device on his shoulder removed and unfolded into a bow with an orange energy bow string. He pulled and fired an arrow, which struck the leader of the trio shorting out his suit and making him fall over. Liam and Fistina...did not stop to help and kept running. The man put his device back as a part folded forward and launched a grappler hook that snagged the alien rooster by his leg...and sent him beak first into the parking lot concrete. He rushed forward and jumped off Liam's back and forward before landing on Fistina's shoulders and using the combined momentum and his weight to push with all his legs might and send the heavily armored alien down as well.

"...It's not like a life times supply of chili fries will fall from the sky?" Ben asked, looking up.

"...Really?" Makoto deadpanned.

"...Worth a shot," Ben shrugged before looking at the new figure, "So who are you?"

"Rook Blonko," he introduced himself, "Magister Tennyson sent for me."

"Grandpa?"

"Told ya you needed more back up." Makoto sighed.

"Hey!"

The two then tensed when Liam stood up behind Rook and moved to strike...only for Rook to jump and flip forward, bringing his foot to the bottom of his beak and knock him over backwards.

"I am your new partner," Rook added, looking at Ben.

"Oh, you got a babysitter!" Makoto shouted as she laughed, earning a stink-eye from him, "I'm sorry...that...was uncalled for…"

"I-I don't want a new partner! I'm...I'm me!" Ben declared as if that explained everything going on in his noggin at the moment.

"Yes I know. It is an honor to be working with you, sir." Rook bowed his head slightly in respect.

"Wielder of the Omnitrix see? I've saved the universe like a billion times," Ben went on as Makoto rolled her eyes.

"I am well aware." Rook nodded his head again, making Makoto blink at validation of his gloating, "It's required study at the Plumbers academy."

"Wait. There's a whole class about me?!"

"Chapter and a half…" Rook admitted bluntly.

"Oh…" Ben slumped, "...Well, I was kinda looking forward to being on my own now."

"And look where it's gotten you," Makoto snarked a bit, holding a finger up just as he was about to retort, "And don't say you 'had things under control here.' You were standing here arguing after your Omnitrix timed out, nearly turned into a bulky guy that'd wreck Mr. Baumann's store, and nearly blew your cover before the bad guys were outside of the building."

"That is what I assumed as well." Rook added, "I had assumed you were arguing with your handler."

"Handler!?" Ben complained.

"Is that not the business relationship you both have? It is clear she is a senior operative," Rook pointed to Makoto, who smirked and put her hands on her hips at that.

"...Well technically she..." Ben began before he noticed Liam and fistina trying to get away again, "...uh, Rook?"

"Oh my apologies." Rook nodded as his device unfolded and fired a small rocket, which split open to eject a giant orange net of glowing energy, which snagged all three at once with its arc of descent, "Please do continue, Sir."

"...Not bad…" Ben muttered a bit, "But I bet anyone could handle those three with...whatever that is."

"It's called a Prototool." Rook explained, taking his devices as it transformed into a sort of rifle like formation, "The most versatile tech in the known universe." he added as he showed how it changed shape taking on a sort of sword shape...minus the actual blade, "I've made some special modifications myself…"

"Does it have a mute button?" Ben asked.

"Yeah...for him?" Makoto jerked her thumb at Ben, earning an annoyed look from him before his Omnitrix flashed green.

"Yes! Thanks for the help, but I got this now," Ben stated, going through his selection of Aliens once more before pressing down on the symbol, engulfing him in a flash of green light.

Ben changed as his body morphed and built in size. Replacing him was a tall gorilla-esque alien...made entirely of red, yellow, and blue Lego bricks.

"Woah! Who's this guy?" he blinked, looking at himself for a moment before trying to punch the barrier..only for his fist to fall apart, "...Okay. I did not see that coming."

"You're made of Lego bricks! What you think would happen!?" Makoto argued, "How is there an alien made of Lego!? Are all Legos aliens...or...what!?"

"Hey give me a break! This is the first time I'm u-" the lego made Alien began before he noticed Liam starting to break out of the net, "...Hey Rook, tag out!"

"Beg pardon?" Rook blinked.

"It means switch places!" he groaned, "Get over here and disable the forcefield for me. I'll deal with those guys."

"Is that a good idea?" Makoto asked as she stood in a middle ground between the two as they swapped jobs, "This...uh….what do you call this guy?" she asked as the new alien began building himself into a dome around the alien criminals.

"What...uh...I don't know. He's new." he argued, his face building along the side of the dome.

"So you just...what? Pick names on the fly or something?"

"Like you did with Crabdozer?"

"...touche."

"Plus I tend to name them after I find out what they do." he explained, "Well except for those times where I named them instantly based on their hologram...but that was like...what last year...two years ago."

"Oh brother…" Makoto facepalmed, "...Know what? Let's just call this guy Bloxx. Okay?"

"Bloxx?" he asked before a laser blew up his face.

"AH!" Makoto panicked before his entire head regenerated, "Ah...you...you can do that...creepy."

"I'm made of lego blocks! I'm pretty sure...I don't work like a regular life form…" he spoke as his head was blasted off during each pause and regenerated just as quickly, "Any luck over there, Rook?!"

Rook said nothing as he focused on the device, examining it just as a timer was starting to count down.

"...What are you waiting for?! Use your…" Bloxx began before his head was blasted off again before regenerating, "Technothingy!"

"Prototool," Rook corrected.

"Whatever!"

Rook took out a device as it opened into a scanner and began scanning the area around them.

"Whatcha doing?" Makoto asked.

"The shield fluctuation uses a…"

"Up-up-up!" Makoto held her hand up, "Small words, Rook….small."

"...I cannot disable the barrier in time," Rook answered, "We need to detonate it away from the populace."

"Oh!"

"English!" Bloxx complained.

"Help move it!" Makoto barked in annoyance.

"...Could've just said so," Bloxx muttered, changing back to his normal shape and hurried over, scooping the device, "Okay, where to toss this thing?!"

"Hold..." Rook replied as he began scanning the area.

"...Oh no. Take your time…" Bloxx sarcastically said, "...I'm joking by the way. Hurry up!"

"I am scanning for the presence of sentient life," Rook replied before stepping back, "All clear."

Bloxx raised his arms up and was about to throw the bomb, only for his arms to be shot off by laser fire.

"Oh for…!" Makoto began before seeing a certain alien trio aiming blasters at them.

"I got it!" Bloxx shouted as he tried to catch the bomb, his hands taking the shape of a bowl...which soon fell to pieces when the bomb fell through it, "...I don't got it."

"...Okay, these guys are annoying," Makoto frowned before yelping, ducking under the laser fire fired from the alien trio, "...You guys deal with the bomb! I'll handle these guys!"

"Are you sure?" Rook asked.

"Buddy, I've seen her smack a giant rocky crab-rhino thing with a road roller. I think she's got this," Bloxx noted.

"Very well."

"Ha!" Makoto shouted punching the ground right in front of the trio, the shockwave sending them flying back and bouncing off their backs and slamming face first to the ground for...god knows how many times.

"Oh!" Bloxx spoke as he transformed his body and scooped up the bomb, becoming a catapult, the scoop reinforcing itself to properly hold the bomb. After a second to build up tension, he fired the bomb across the street into the abandoned building, "Hit the dirt!"

"Oh geez!" Makoto tensed before Bloxx quickly formed a dome around her and Rook. After a few seconds, a red flash went off before an explosion went off, the building the bomb was in being destroyed in the process, "...Yep. Looks just like the crater from Pakmar's." She noted, looking at the crater once Bloxx reformed into his original shape.

"You guys okay?" Ben asked the two.

"Prototech armor." Rook declared, patting his suit, "Very nice of you to try to save me though." he smiled as he patted Ben's shoulder, "Thanks, Partner."

"Don't mention it…"

"Aw...you're bonding," Makoto smiled.

"Oh, we are?" Rook asked happily.

"No...we're not!" Ben argued.

"Oh please, Ben. I've known you half a day while suffering a splitting headache, and I am really sure if you work alone...this town would fall apart." Makoto smirked.

"..."

"...is she correct, sir?" Rook asked.

"Don't call me 'sir'. Call me Ben, dude."

"...alright. Ben Dude."

Makoto giggled at that, earning another stink eye from Ben, "Hey, you're the one who said for him to call you that."

"I wasn't being literal!"

"I'm pretty sure where he's from...that's all they speak in." Makoto guessed, "Also, Bubble Head and his idiots are getting away into the….sewer? Wow that crater is deep."

"You really like to give that guy names, don't ya?" Ben asked.

"Actually, Bubble Head is his moniker," Rook noted.

"Seriously!?" Ben complained.

"HAHAHAHA!" Makoto laughed.

"That's so lame!" they both declared at the same time but with different tones.

"Should we not be catching them?" Rook asked.

"...Oh! Right!" the two quickly nodded before the trio slid down into the crater and pursued Bubblehead and his crew.

The three rushed into an opening and through a cave system, which lead deeper and deeper. Eventually they saw a light up ahead. Once they passed the entrance, Ben and Makoto took a second to realize what was before them. A large...sprawling underground city. It wasn't the most pristine of cities, what with their many buildings stacked atop one another along the underground chasms incline. But on a simple societal level...it was amazing, and each and every figure they saw living below...was an alien.

"Holy acorns," Makoto awed, "This reminds me of one of the cities back home."

"Really? On the mountain?"

"No. A town underneath the mountain's city on top of the mountain," Makoto replied.

"..."

"What? You asked," Makoto shrugged before looking down below, see the trio of Aliens running through, "...Nevermind. You two follow Bubble Head's goons. I'll follow him and meet back up with ya."

"I'll take the chicken!" Ben shouted, chasing Liam.

"Alright, Ben Dude!" Rook shouted, turning to chase Fistina.

"Gh?!" Ben nearly tipped on his feet at that, making Makoto snicker as she began to pursue Bubble Head.

"Go...hunt him down." the green gilled alien ordered to his dog as he breached the entrance to this subterranean alien city. Said hound growled as he ran off, sniffing out the scent of its hunt.

Ben grunted while running along buildings, chasing after Liam. The humanoid rooster looked back to spot Ben; he then decided to jump...overestimating the height a bit. He pointlessly flapped his arm, but just like the flightless bird he was themed after...all it did was amount to wasted effort as he landed and stumbled head over toe before rolling back to his feet. Ben, however, jumped down and braced himself as he landed, taking time to regain his footing...and begin the chase again.

Meanwhile several Blocks over, Fistina bashed her way through a home and ran through an alley. The cybernetic criminal even pushed over a poor alien resident in her rush. Rook followed and jumped over the same alien's head to recover ground in his pursuit. Fistina rushed through another building before making it for the window. She launched her rocket-arm linked to a cable and swung across several blocks, creating a sizable distance between herself and Rook. Just as she turned to gloat, a grappling hook anchored to a wall next to her, and sure enough Rook swung across the distance and began the chase once more.

Bubble Head gasped, running down the road as he pushed civilian aliens who called these streets home out of his path. He slowed down for a moment thinking he was safe only to panic as he saw Makoto sitting on the edge of a building right in front of him. Makoto hummed to herself while kicking her legs, she then smiled and waved to Bubble Head, making him panic and run. Bubble Head climbed atop the roof tops and ran only to panic as he saw Makoto keeping pace on the rooftop across the street, she was practically just skipping to keep up with him. Makoto then jumped and moved her tail under her as she sat on it like a cushion. Bubble Head blinked as she simply pointed down, the alien criminal realizing they just ran out of roof tops to run across.

=...Mercy?= Bubble Head pleaded.

"Nope," Makoto replied as she cracked her knuckles once more.

=Oh no…= he cried as several of the civilians whistled and went on their merry way.

Fistina and Liam were able to make it to an old subway tunnel as they ran for another section of the town. Ben and Rook met up and chased them, Ben smirking as his Omnitrix flashed to life.

"XLR8 will take care of this!" he declared slamming his hand down...only for a large behemoth of gunmetal-grey metal to stomp across the ground in his place, "Or...NRG...yeah...why not," the alien in a suit of unbreakable armor resembling a furnace sighed. He then spit a glob of what looked like magma melting the portion of the track it landed on.

"What happened?" Rook asked.

"New Omnitrix. Still getting used to the controls," NRG explained.

"Allow me," Rook offered before grabbing his Prototool and aiming its rifle as he twisted something and loaded a specific round before he aimed and fired.

A blast flew through the air and struck Liam, knocking him over. The 'round' he fired hovered over Liam before releasing an electric charge which kept him trapped in place. The two Plumbers walked up as NRG whistled in amazement.

"Nice going, Rook, uh...for a newbie!" NRG corrected himself as he patted the young Plumber officers shoulder while walking around him to question their prisoner, "Now talk. Who's behind these alien shakedowns?"

"...Bawk! Bu-bu-behind you!" Liam exclaimed.

"Even I would not fall for that," Rook frowned, "And this is my first day on earth."

"Uh…" NRG tapped Rook's shoulder and pointed behind the rookie, the transforming hero already looking behind them at the approaching hovering double-decker bus coming towards them, "Rook, quick!"

NRG grabbed and tossed Liam as Rook deactivated the capture round. NRG grunted as he held his arms up and blocked the truck as it hit him. As they skidded back down the track, the wooden boards on it snapped when NRG's heels hit them.

"Ah! Hey, you took out my breaks!" the driver, an alien resembling a metallic egg, shouted.

"Well you ran us over!" NRG countered as they tore up the track until they were deposited outside the tunnel into a market like bizarre.

The bus finally stopped as NRG and Rook were sent flying away. After a few moments, the alien reached down...and pulled out a mic connected to a cable to the bus.

"Undertown market connected at sewer-line, brown fields, tunnels on the fairy and back," the alien spoke as the back opened, letting several aliens stumble out with one even passing out, "Next stop, Gash's Gardens."

"Hey wait! Your breaks are out!" Rook shouted as he drove off.

"He'll figure it out…" NRG groaned, reverting to Ben. He then turned around looked around, "...Woah...I can't believe this place...let's go check it out."

"Should we not wait for your handler?" Rook asked.

"Not my handler," Ben replied, "Besides, I'm sure she's f-"

"Hey boys."

"Oh geez!" Ben jumped as he turned, seeing Makoto sitting on top of a tied up and bruised Bubble Head.

"What took ya so long?" Makoto asked, "Hey, uh, Rook? Mind telling this guy his rights? I would, but not sure if it'd count if I gave him the ones I was told to say. Could loophole his way outta arrest." Bubble Head groaned before Makoto whacked him on the head once more, "Quiet from the jerk until your rights have been read."

"...Of course, Miss," Rook nodded as he approached.

"Oh, and no need to be so formal," Makoto added as she hopped off of Bubble Head, "Just call me Makoto."

"...Very well, Makoto."

Makoto chuckled a bit as she moved back over to Ben, who was about to say something before she held a finger up, "Before you ask, been here for a while, and saw you guys crashing in." she pointed a thumb at Bubble Head as Rook was giving him his rights, "Bubbles there spilled the beans after what I did with the hot sauce...at least...I think it was hot sauce. Just asked for the hottest thing they had at a stall here." she shrugged, "Anyways, got some stuff from him."

"...What did you find out?" Ben asked before his stomach began to grumble, "...and please tell me you found someplace to eat."

"Eh, not sure what's exactly safe for a human or Beastkin to eat down here," Makoto replied before looking over at a pink rabbit-like alien with robotic eyes selling green and purple tentacles on sticks, "Not sure if I'm that hungry for the stuff down here either."

"...You and me both," Ben agreed with a light cringe, "...Anyway. What did you find out?"

"They're working for this guy named Psyphon," Makoto explained before noticing how Ben tensed faintly, "I take it you know the guy?"

"Yeah...Works for an alien named Vilgax," Ben replied, "You see a fifteen foot tall green alien in red with a beard of tentacles and solid red eyes? You run."

"...Got it," Makoto gave a thumbs up, "And how bad would you say Psyphon is?"

"...To be honest...He was Vilgax's somewhat third toughest lacky."

"Ah….B-list villain. Got it," Makoto nodded before her ears began to twitch, "...Hey, do you hear whistling?"

"Whistling?"

"Seriously? You don't hear th-" Makoto began before a faint growling sound was heard, "...Please tell me that was your stomach."

"No. Was it yours?"

"Uh-uh," Makoto shook her head.

"Plumber agents are coming to retrieve Bubble Head," Rook informed as he approached in time to witness a stall several stalls away from the explode, "Oh. That appears to be not good."

"What was your first clue? The stals exploding, the people running…" Makoto began before they noticed the ferocious bipedal reptilian-like creature coming out of the smoke, "...or the nightmare fuel inducing lizard!?"

Said lizard was the size of a tow truck with pale, sickly yellow scales that were nearly white in color. Its head was primarily black with two white patches on the sides that sported two red eyes on each side while it sported no lips, exposing the razor sharp fangs and gums, and a large pink sack on the underside of its neck. A line of black scales went down its back to its long tail while red spikes grew out of it. It sniffed the air before turning its head towards Ben, Makoto, and Rook.

'...That same red collar,' Makoto thought, noticing the red, spiked collar around the creature's neck with an emblem resembling open jaws.

"That is a Buglizard," Rook noted, "They're a Class 4 endangered species from the planet Lepidopterra."

"Then how do you explain why there's one here….and coming right towards me?!" Ben exclaimed as he saw the Buglizard rushing towards him with a roar.

"I have seen the movies with creatures like this! I do not want to end up like what happened to the people who encountered them!" Makoto yelped as they barely dodged the lunge.

"...Okay. Time to fight bruiser with bruiser," Ben frowned as he instantly went for his selection of Aliens before stopping on one, "It's Hero Time!" he pressed down on the symbol, engulfing him in green light as he began to charge...only for Buglizard to send him flying into a stall via a smack with its tail, "Ugh….That h-" he soon took notice of his appearance in a nearby piece of broken glass, seeing he was now a red armored humanoid alien "...ugh...Water Hazard. Why can't I ever get Humungousaur?"

"Because you didn't double check you picked the right guy?" Makoto guessed as she pulled him up to his feet, "I mean, the rotating wheel's neat and all, but why not a hologram of the guy you wanna turn into instead of just a tiny head?"

"Previous model had it," Water Hazard replied, "Have to ask the creator why he changed it a-Look out!" he swung an arm over Makoto's side and fired a blast of pressurized water from the palm of his hand that slammed into the Buglizard, sending it careening away from them.

"Huh...Well, that explains the name. You're a real water hazard in a fight," Makoto noted.

"...Was that a pun?" he looked over at her.

"Meh. I dabble," Makoto shrugged just as Buglizard got back up.

"Allow me t-" Rook began as he approached, pulling his Prototool out.

"I got this!" Water Hazard shouted, shooting water out at Buglizard, only for it to dodge and trample over him, "...ugh….I...I got this!" he shouted, shooting and chasing after Buglizard.

"Yeah...I don't think he's got this," Makoto noted, "May wanna prep that ProtoTool of yours, Rook."

"But he said…"

"There are times you have to ignore orders if a member of your team is in danger," Makoto countered as she saw Water Hazard struggling to get Buglizard off him, "...Like right now."

"Uh...a little help here, please?!" Water Hazard shouted to them before his head was forced down into the ground.

"Hey...any fines I'd have to pay for smacking it around?" Makoto asked.

"A five Tayden fine if it's just bruising and a two hundred Tayden fine for permanent damage," Rook replied.

"No clue what a Tayden is, but you can forward the bill to Ben," Makoto replied.

"Wait, what?" Water Hazard raised his head at that, only for it to be forced down once more as Buglizard roared right into his face.

Rook pulled out his ProtoTool and began to aim at the Buglizard. Just as Buglizard was about to bite down on Water Hazard, he fired off a projectile, which soon separated into a yellow energy tether. It wrapped around the alien's mouth, closing it shut. It tried to struggle with it only for Makoto's fist to smash into the side of its head, sending it several meters away. Makoto sniffed only to let out a disgusted squeak as she covered her nose.

"That thing's breath reeks!" Makoto exclaimed.

"...Now I'm thankful I didn't go for Humungousaur," Water Hazard chuckled as he got up, earning a stink eye from Makoto, "Hey. Be thankful it wasn't on top of y-"

"It's getting back up," Rook spoke.

"Ugh...What I wouldn't give for some seithr in the area," Makoto muttered, "A Big Bang Smash would've knocked it out but good."

"Don't know what that is," Water Hazard noted as Buglizard managed to tear off its improvised muzzle, "Aw come on..."

Buglizard jumped high into the air, doing a flip as it headed right towards the trio. They quickly ran out of the way just as it crashed on top of a stall, its claws digging into the wood before looking at one of its nearest targets...which ended up being Rook.

Rook tried firing a few shots at the Buglizard, only for it to deflect the laser shots with its tail as it tried to lunge right at him, only to be stopped when Water Hazard tugged on its tail to hold it back. It turned its head to Water Hazard only to look up when a shadow came over it.

"Down!" Makoto barked as she smashed the broken stall on top of its head, "Whoo! I haven't broken a stall on a big beast's head since my last year of the military academy. ...Bill the repairs and stuff ruined in this stall to Ben, too."

"Wait, what?!" Water Hazard exclaimed at that.

"Three against one...now that's just not sporting," the mysterious alien noted, hiding away from them before his gills flexed as he whistled.

"Okay, seriously. Can you not hear that whistling?" Makoto asked before the remains of the stall broke apart as Buglizard rose up, "What is gonna take this thing down?!"

Buglizard hissed before opening its mouth and expelling a large cloud of green/yellow gas.

"Ack! Oh god, that's even worse!" Makoto coughed, covering her nose as they backed away.

Within the smoke, Buglizard hissed before running away. As it went around a corner, it changed back into its dog-like form. Water Hazard emerged from the smoke, carrying Makoto over his shoulder as Rook followed with an arm over his mouth and nose. Water Hazard put down the coughing squirrel Beastkin just as his Omnitrix timed out.

"Ugh...Can I file a complaint with the owner of that thing and the Crabdozer?" Makoto asked.

"Crabdozer? That's a Class 6 predatory species. They're highly illegal to relocate from their native planets and stars," Rook noted.

"...Wow. Not even my first day here and I got the names of two things right when it comes to names," Makoto noted.

"Owner?" Ben repeated.

"Did you not notice the collar? Crabdozer had the same thing around its neck," Makoto pointed out before looking at Rook, "The Crabdozer attacked Ben here earlier at Pakmar's toilet emporium...well...where it used to be before those three thugs blew it up."

"Ahh...I see," Rook noted.

"Ugh...I swear if these things are owned by this Psyphon guy those three were working for, I'm gonna rip him a new one," Makoto grumbled.

"What will you rip for him?" Rook asked.

"Expression for beating him up until he begs for mercy," Makoto explained.

"Ohh…"

"Speaking of, you know where he's at?" Ben asked.

"Yep. Bubble Head squealed it to me," Makoto smirked, "But, uh...any chance for a map of this place? I know the name, but no location."

"...I'm sure someone has a map for this place somewhere," Ben pondered as he looked at the remaining stalls, "That, or we can find one of Bubble Head's fellow goons and trail after them in secret."

"Great. In the meantime, mind telling us a bit 'bout yourself, Rook?" Makoto asked, 'I am seeing all kinds of aliens...Kajun and Kokonoe will be so jealous whenever I get back. ...Or throttle me if I don't get samples to study. ...Or turn me into a squirrel because I forgot what I was supposed to do for Kokonoe...'

"Hmm? Well...I do not see a problem with that," Rook answered, "Today is technically my first time away from home. When I first became a Plumber, I was originally assigned to my home planet. The most exciting thing there is to keep the rodents out of the grain silos."

"Wait. You learned to fight like that protecting alien wheat?" Ben raised a brow.

"Maybe because the pest on his home planet are pretty large, right?" Makoto guessed.

"Yes, that is correct," Rook replied.

'Why am I not surprised?' Ben thought.

"Are the machines ready?" a shadowed figured asked a rather buff stitched up alien, a face on its chest with a malformed one where a head should normally be.

"Of course, boss."

"Excellent," the figure grinned, "You will take these Shakedown Machines up to the surface, and fan out the entire city."

"But...boss, only the alien-owned stores have enough Taednyte to pay us in," the alien's chest face pointed out, making figure stop before they turned and slapped the malformed head, causing its eye sockets to water.

"Dolt! Fear is my currency…All money is just a way to keep score," the figure scowled, his red eyes glowing as he glared at the alien, "My reputation will be made once the whole fears the name…"

"Bakawk!" Liam's voice squeaked as he and Fistina emerged from a tunnel, the latter missing an arm, "Ben 10! He's-bukaw-right behind us!"

"...what?" the figure frowned, "How?"

"We thought we lost him, b-"

"Whoo that's a lot of bombs."

"Bukaw!" Liam freaked, "He's here!"

"...Grr…" the figure growled a bit as he saw the trio of Ben, Rook, and Makoto standing there from the tunnel entrance.

"Oh my god it really is Psyphon…" Ben groaned a bit.

"...Ben Tennyson," the figure began as they began to step out of the shadows to reveal themselves, "Here to foil my plans? I think not."

"Dude what are you doing? Why are you on Earth...shouldn't you be out there kissing Vilgax's feet?" Ben shouted, "I mean, dude...come on...you were like his favorite yes man!"

"...heh heh. It would seem you have...underestimated me…" Psyphon countered.

"...Yup. Totally something a B-list villain would say," Makoto noted, making him nearly trip over.

"...You two…" Psyphon growled, making Liam and Fistina tense as Psyphon glared at them, "You lead them right to me…"

"Technically it was Bubble Head after I…" Makoto began before Psyphon fired a red beam at his two lackies, shocking them until they fell over, "Oi! What was that for?!"

"A punishment and gift for leading Ben Tennyson right to me," Psyphon answered, flexing his clawed hand before looking at Ben, "Now...I bet you are wondering what ever became of me..."

"Not really no." Ben blurted bluntly.

"Should he have?" Makoto asked.

"Plumber files listed him as...MIA...presumed perished." Rook added.

"...That's because they saw me as a servant…" Psyphon explained, "But now...I am the master, so you cannot imagine the joy I feel upon saying this…" the other aliens in the room pulled out some blasters and aimed at the trio, "Get them, boys!"

"He's just been waiting all his damn time on Earth to say that, hasn't he?" Makoto bluntly asked as they scattered from the beam fire that came at them.

Rook flipped across the ground before jumping off one of the bombs and kicking a giant humanoid boar alien knocking him out with the kick to the snout. Rook took out his ProtoTool and turned it into a handgun formation as he began giving cover fire.

Ben and Makoto on the other hand ran into an unoccupied room as they ducked out of the hailstorm of lasers.

"So...shootouts suck!" Makoto snapped.

"Okay Omnitrix...let's be kind here." Ben groaned, lifting the device as he cycled through his options.

"Slowly!" Makoto reminded.

"I got it!"

"Slowly!"

"I got it!-!"

"Do ya really!?"

"Grr!" Ben growled in annoyance just as he pressed down on teh symbol.

At that, the wall was torn down by a large armored yellow alien with giant forearms resembling pildrivers.

"Armodrillo!" he cheered, letting the blasts bounce off him. One bouncing off his trojan helmet themed head. He then grabbed a bomb as the piston on his arm pushed out then in and shot it like a rocket and crashed into three alien thugs knocking them all over, "See? I told you I got it!" he laughed punching a thug as the piston pumped and sent him flying up the cave ceiling of UnderTown.

"You got l-" Makoto began before ducking under a laser shot, "Hey! Watch the tail buddy!" She snapped, grabbing a nearby deactivated machine before tossing it onto a humanoid-boar alien that was on the roof of a broken down train car.

Armodrillo grunted as he punched his way through the deactivated machines and army of grunts sending them flying through the air. Those who were lucky to avoid the rushing alien transformation suddenly received Makoto's fist to their face knocking them down as well. A group that had gotten their bearings back in time aimed at the two from behind, only to forget Rook who shot down a catwalk above them holding several water tanks. The debris pinned the stragglers down as he jumped and aimed to discourage their escape.

"Forgive me, I haven't any witty remarks." Rook stated as he noticed they seemed to be waiting for him to say something.

"Don't force it Rook." Armodrillo spoke as he punched a goon before his piston buried him down into the ground, "Let the wisecrack come to you."

"Its all about what feels right." Makoto agreed.

Everyone then cringed when half of a broken bomb crashed into Armodrillo and sent him flying through several steel support beams. Everyone looked at Psyphon, who was carrying another bomb before charging and swinging it like a club that smacked and sent Armodrillo flying once more, and outside to the public streets of UnderTown.

"Super suit?" Makoto guessed as she and Rook hit the ground for cover.

"It would seem so…" Rook muttered.

"Ugh...anybody...get the number of that RV that hit me?" Armodrillo groaned, pushing himself up, "Grandpa...was that you?"

"Heh heh heh…" Psyphon chuckled darkly as he floated down before him, "Did you think I would come...unprepared?" he asked as he held one of his arms up, causin a small blaster to raise up before it fired a laser shot into one of Armadrillo's arms, causing it to swell up.

Armodrillo groaned as his arm spasmed around and fingers twitched, his arm hit the ground as the piston began jackhammering the ground sending a powerful shockwave across the ground and slamming into a wall of buildings. Tearing a solid crack along it all. Makoto and Rook blinked looking out at the damage to the building that was once Psyphon's base.

"Well...that's gonna be a pain letter." Makoto muttered, "Well...to the guys who work on crime scenes that is.

"Oh those poor Analysis agents…" Rook agreed.

"What's happening to me?!" Armodrillo screamed as he tried to control his arm, only to be dragged around by it.

As this happened, the alien mystery man watched via tiny scope. He turned to the Buglizard beside him, "Separate them Tennyson is my quarry."

"My Excitor beam has overloaded your nervous systems," Psyphon explained with a grin as he looked at Armodrillo struggling.

"Somebody's gonna get hurt!"

"Only by you...hero," Psyphon grinned cruelly.

Armodrillo looked around before spotting the fuse box for an electrical transformer. He rushed over and slammed his haywire arm into it, causing a massive electrical shock to spread through his body. Psyphon blinked as the shock caused his transformation to suddenly time out. Ben twitched as he fell over due to combined effects of the Excitor beam and electric shock.

"...effective, but my Excitor Beam's effect was only temporary," Psyphon stated as he held his other arm up just as a blaster was beginning to charge, "Besides, I have other….sensations left to show you…"

Before Psyphon could shoot his new weapon, the two looked to the side as a loud growl caught their attention. The Buglizard roared, spewing its smoke screen. The two combatants coughed as they moved away from the smoke. Ben was the first to escape the cloud, leaned against a wall only to cry in shock as the Buglizard appeared before him chomping its teeth at him.

"For goodness sake Psyphon call off your dog!" Ben complained as the teeth nashed closer and closer to his face.

At that, Buglizard turned around and growled at Psyphon as he stood back up. It bared its teeth as it used its tail to keep Ben backed into the wall. Psyphon panicked as he could tell the beast was angry...and possibly hungry.

"It's not mine!" he panicked turning to escape from the creature.

"What? Then whose…" Ben began before Rook jumped down and chased after Psyphon.

"Halt!"

"Rook!" Makoto called out before looking down at Buglizard, "Yipe!"

"A little help would be nice!" Ben shouted before jumping out of the way of the Buglizard's lunge. Ben slammed the Omnitrix just as Buglizard slammed into him.

"Ben!" Makoto panicked, jumping down.

After a moment Buglizard was tossed away via a blast of yellow electricity. The smoke cleared to reveal a tall ape like alien covered in thick yellow and black fur, withy bolts in his wrists and neck. Three horns shaped like electric bolts atop his head and his omnitrix on a green belt around his waist.

"Shocksquatch? Okay, eh!" he cheered, taking his useful transformation as a boon.

Over with Rook, he continued his chase after Psyphon through a narrow tunnel, the latter breaking a few pipes to try and slow his pursuer down.

"Psyphon! This is your last warning!" Rook shouted.

Psyphon just ignored him before flying out at the end of the tunnel, aiming his blasters at the exit before firing down, causing it to cave in, "...Heh. Pest," his eyes widened when Rook jumped out unscathed, "...I must have that armor!" he declared with a gleeful grin, his eyes glowing red.

"HA!" Shocksquatch grunted as he let Buglizard tackle into him before knocking it off with another surge of electricity.

Buglizard his the ground with a twitch as it tried to move through the electro shock. Shocksquatch however, had other plans as he jumped and slammed his electrified fist into the predators face. He continued punching and punching as he zapped it with each strike, the ground beneath them cracking and breaking with each blow from Shocksquatch.

"...Uh, Ben? You might wanna stop before…" Makoto began before the ground collapsed beneath Shocksquatch and Buglizard, "...that. That happens."

"Ow…."

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Rook climbed a wooden scaffolding as he dodged Psyphon's lasers, climbing higher and higher as the lasers burnt or destroyed pieces of it. Psyphon paused in his firing before resuming it ahead of Rook, only for the Plumber to jump back from the surprise attack and then leap over it.

"The bodyarmor is not for sale, Psyphon!" Rook shouted, hiding behind some cover before flinching when another explosion went off.

"Oh, I don't want to buy it. I intend to pry it from your cold, lifeless body…" Psyphon stated in a dark tone as his eyes began to glow once more, "How green are you…?"

He paused when a loud groaning echoed and then multiplied. It started with a few cans and bits and pieces of tools and equipment. It then gave way to the entire scaffolding beginning to collapse towards Psyphon with Rook beneath it all in his cover. Rook looked around before jumping, just managing to get through an opening in the collapse in time. Psyphon, however, had no such opening. Several moments passed until he finally got his upper body out of the rubble...only to have Rook standing above and before him.

"Not so green that I would allow a tunnel to collapse upon me," Rook replied, "Oh! I believe that was my first wisecrack."

"...Ugh…"

"D'oh!" Shocksquatch grunted as he was knocked over by the Buglizard, his hands holding it back by its mouth as it roared.

"...Uh, Ben? Bus coming!" Makoto shouted.

"Bus?" Shocksquatch repeated before seeing light; he managed to peek past the Buglizard to see a familiar hovering bus, "No breaks…Heh. I got this, eh."

"You got it? You got it?! There is a bus coming your way and a big nasty bad-breathed lizard on you that's pinning you down! How do you…?" Makoto ranted before the bus rammed into the Buglizard that Shocksquatch managed to push up enough to have it in the direct path, "...oh."

"Told ya I got it," Shocksquatch smirked as he got up.

"...okay. Maybe you're not as cocky as I thought you were," Makoto admitted, "...If not just a tiny bit."

"Hey, I'm a lot m…" Shocksquatch began.

"It's coming back!" Makoto yelped, pointing towards where the bus had gone to show the Buglizard charging once more, roaring in rage.

"Hoo boy…" the electric yeti-like alien groaned before seeing a tunnel with a ladder between Buglizard and him, "Hmm...Got another idea, eh. Just whatever ya do, don't be comin' down here! It's gonna be a real shocker, eh!"

"...Pfft! O...okay. I'll give you that one for the pun," Makoto snickered as Shocksquatch ran off, Buglizard running after him, "...Still, how are you gonna…?"

*BZZZZZZT!*

"Oooh…" Makoto cringed as she covered her eyes to not be blinded by the random flashes of electricity, "...Closed space?"

"Yup!" Shocksquatch voice answered as Makoto hopped into the hole once the flashing stopped, letting her see him and a charred Buglizard, "What do ya think, eh?"

"...I think you're gonna be broke from the fines when it gets checked on," Makoto replied.

"Aw come on…" Shocksquatch slumped as he changed back into Ben, "...Still, who could've…"

"Ben, Makoto," the two turned to see Rook, his foot on top of a cuffed-up Psyphon, "I made a wisecrack."

"You did?" Makoto asked before Buglizard expelled its gas not from its mouth but from the sack on its neck after it momentarily swelled up, "Gah! Ick! Ack! Ech! Evil! Evil lizard thingy! Hurk...blarg...BLECH!"

"Aw come on!" Ben exclaimed as the smoke cleared, revealing Makoto, crouched down and groaning by Ben, and Ben...with vomit on his shirt...and no sign of the Buglizard at all.

"...Gone," Rook whispered.

"Good…" Makoto groaned, "Now can...can someone get me some ginger ale? My stomach's still queasy…ugh...I hate having a strong sense of smell..."

The reptilian humanoid alien said nothing as a soft glow illuminated all around him like the light of a lit fireplace. He sat upon a velvet throne of sorts looking more like the tail feathers of a bird, simply grinding a serrated knife along a whetstone. Adorning the walls of metal around him were unusual yet fitting. A skeleton fully assembled stood next to an oversized turtle shell with an obsidian blade shaped to resemble an eruption of flames was held above the objects. Another sported the head of a Crabdozer, mounted upon a wall. A distorted beeping soon echoed as the Buglizard approached. As it soon stopped at the alien's side, the distorted beeping gave way to a dull red glow that caused the Buglizard to reshape into its dog-like form.

"You did well, old friend," he complimented as the alien dog curled up on the floor, "But this Ben Tennyson is more powerful than I imagined. And resourceful..." he paused in his grinding to check the edge, smirking as he saw no imperfection upon it, "He will be one of my greatest trophies. Khyber the Huntsman promises it."

"I am telling you; I don't know what that creature was or how it got here!" Psyphon complained as Plumbers led him out of the hole as the rest of his gang was being loaded into a transport for jail.

"Yeah, tell it to the arbiter! Transport's topside," Patteliday countered.

"So...how's your new partner?" Max asked Ben, turning to the 16-year-old as he put on a spare shirt in his car.

"He fights okay. Sort of a donut hole, though," Ben replied.

"Is that good?" Rook asked, standing right behind Ben.

"...Sure."

"Okay, just be careful for a bit, alright? No solids for a few hours and you'll be fine," Pateliday advised Makoto, the Beastkin drinking a cup of her requested ginger ale, "Buglizard gas always does this to those with a good sense of smell. Then again...anything from Lepidopterra does this to those with a good sniffer."

"Thanks," Makoto thanked as Pateliday went back to giving the criminals their rights.

"Makoto," Max called, waving her over.

"Something up?" Makoto asked.

"A bit. While we're going to try to figure out a way to get you back to your time, you'll need a place to stay," Max noted, "I've been making a few calls and it just so happens I have a place for you to stay."

"Really? That's good to hear," Makoto replied, "But, uh...will they be okay with me? Ya know...with these?" she pointed at her ears and tail.

Max frowned briefly enough that Makoto barely noticed, 'Seems racism is still strong in the future, but more than likely it's moved from color and religion to if you're human or Beastkin.' he smiled reassuringly at her, "I provided a picture and they didn't mind at all. Sandra even said you looked adorable."

"Sa...Grandpa…" Ben began.

"Well...if they don't mind, then alright," Makoto replied.

"Great. I'll tell Carl and Sandra the good news once we're done here," Max grinned.

"...Oh don't tell me…" Ben began.

"Carl and Sandra? Are those not the names of your parents, Ben?" Rook asked.

"This is good, considering that I had to pull some strings for you being put under an apprenticeship program in the Plumbers," Max noted.

"Apprenticeship pro..?!"

"Well…" Makoto began as she shot Ben a grin, "Looks like we're gonna hang out for a bit while longer."

"Ben, let's do some reintroductions. This is Makoto Nanaya, Apprentice Plumber...to you," Max informed.

"Wait, what?!" both gawked.

SZ: Well...this is an interesting turn of events.

GT: *bandaged up with several large bumps on noggin and repairing the scene* Yes…

SZ:..Be thankful Z0 wasn't here, otherwise the destruction would be...no no. Not gonna say anything...still. Hope you all enjoy this new alternate take to Omniverse….because rest assured, quite a few things are gonna be changed, especially certain….episodes.

GT: Multiple ones. Seriously, I have TV Tropes up and there are a lot of things I am agreeing with on here.

SZ: Oh ho yeah..so read and review guys!