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While Ben, Moka, and Kurumu were hanging out in Ben's room; Gwen had come over, telling them about a message she had gotten. Before she could actually tell about it or whom it was from, a hologram via Gwen's magic had appeared... it was a female-looking XLR8, much to the confusion of the monsters'. Ben said her name was Helen Wheels (which Vampire Ben called out the pun, "hell on wheels"), and she was an ally. She was in the Null Void, and was calling for help, so Ben took it upon himself to see what was up.

"So what's the cable for?" Asked Kurumu.

"Beats me. Didn't need this last time I went inside" Ben answered, putting on same kind of jetpack.

"Because last time you had an RV with state of the art Plumber gear" Kevin commented while tinkering with the machine that was attached to the cable like the ones tow trucks use.

"Which you rebuilt and sold after it was trashed by Eon" Ben snapped.

"The point is, this cable is the only thing..." Gwen started to say, attaching the cable to the jetpack.

"For the last time, its not a cable. Its a Plumber Snake. An unbreakable pan-dimensional retrieval system, able to extend at least halfway around the globe, which your lucky I happen to have" said Kevin, again explaining what the piece of tech was.

"We've got one that can go that far..." Vampire Ben commented with a sly grin.

'Do you have to comment on EVERYTHING?' Ben mentally sighed as he asked his vampiric self. "How else will I pass the time?" He answered.

Gwen had opened a special portal that was able to bring Ben to the vicinity Helen was at, but not her exact location. After about maybe 8 minutes of Ben being in there, the cable fell for some strange reason. Upon Kevin reeling it in, it was shown that it was severed, with bits of wire sticking out. So much for "unbreakable"...

Seeing this, Moka jumped through the portal Gwen had made, taking the broken tether with her. She figured if she could find Ben, she could bring them both back to Earth.

(AN: Theme Song.)

Chapter 6: Into the Null Void + Vampire

Moka had arrived within the Null Void, but had no idea which way to go. That, and there didn't seem to be a sense of gravity here because she was flailing like a fish out of water. She saw/heard some floating rocks shatter in the distance, and figured that might be where Ben was. As a rock floated past her, she kicked off of it a little clumsily (as she was nowhere near the level of her other self), but it had the desired effect and allowed her to maneuver somewhat.

In the distance; Helen and Manny (her Tetramand friend) were fighting someone they called D'Void, though Ben recognized him as his first major enemy: Dr. Animo. He was currently surrounded by Null Guardians, which looked like Wildmutts but they had bat-like wings on their backs, and several tentacles hanging from where their feet would normally be. Ben figured Animo must somehow be controlling the Null Guardians like how he could control animals.

As he was cycling through the Omnitrix to find the appropriate alien (though one kept nagging him to be released), Animo/D'Void had gotten ahold of Manny and Helen using pure strength, something he didn't have before. Now that Ben got a better look at him, he was a more muscular than the last time they tangled. It was also around this time Moka had shown up, and the first thing she saw was a skinny Fourarms... and XLR8? Wait, that didn't make any sense. Ben can't be 2 aliens at once... and wasn't the SOS message from an XLR8?

"Tell me, Helper; where can I find The Wrench?" Asked Animo. Hearing his voice sent shivers down Moka's spine. It reminded her of Kuyo in allot of ways... And were those flying Wildmutts?!

Both the XLR8 (Helen) and Fourarms (Manny) struggled in his grasp, but the animal doctor refused to let go. "Doesn't matter what you do, D'Void! We'll never betray The Wrench!" Manny stubbornly denied him.

It was here that Dr. Animo smirked and held out Helen a bit further away from him. "Perhaps you'll be willing to cooperate..." he began while speaking to Helen and for some reason, the flying Wildmutts' mouths began salivating. "After my pets play tug-of-war with your boyfriend" Animo finished.

Both Moka and Helen were shocked. "NO!" Cried Helen, but Animo threw Manny away with little effort, and the flying Wildmutts flew after him as if fetching a chew toy for their master. As they gave chase, one of the Null Guardians caught a whiff of Moka's life energy (as that's how they 'see' things), and roared in her direction before going for her. Her eyes widened, and pushed herself off the rock she was just on to get away from it.

In the process, the Null Guardian tried taking a bite out of Moka, only for it to snap the cord of the Plumber Snake in its teeth. This caught Animo's attention. "What's this? Another Helper?" He said, seeing one of his pets go after Moka. As he was focused on Moka now, he didn't see that the pack he sent after Manny had been electrocuted and started flying away, whimpering like the dog-based lifeforms they were. "Who dares defy D'Void?" Animo asked, as his 'pets' flew past him.

"That would be me, miscreant" said Brainstorm, the alien Ben ended up choosing. He sent Manny down on a rock they floated too, then Brainstorm leapped at Animo. The Cerebrocustacean locked Animo's wrists in place with his pincers, but Animo was proving to be quite physically strong and was able to hold Brainstorm back.

"A fourth Helper of The Wrench? Where do you all come from?" Asked Animo.

"Fourth?... Dr. Animo, did you skip elementary school...?" Brainstorm was asking while taunting Animo, but that's when he heard screaming. Looking behind him at the source of the sound, he saw jumping clumsily going from rock-to-rock was... "Moka?!" Asked Brainstorm out loud, seeing her getting chasing by a leftover Null Guardian. What was she doing here? Seeing Brainstorm was distracted, Animo swung one of his legs back.

"On your six!" Vampire Ben warned Brainstorm.

'Vampire Me, on you six is a term that means: watch your back. That makes no sense considering...' Brainstorm was telling Vampire Ben, taking the logical standpoint, which left him wide open to Animo's kick to his small body and grunting in pain. It wasn't close to being as deadly as Inner Moka's, but it got the job done by catching Brainstorm off guard and sending him hurling into a floating rock. He landed flat on his back.

Vampire Ben facepalmed. "You should have named him, Over-Think" he commented, dryly.

'I would appreciate it greatly, if you would just quash your opinions' Brainstorm thought back in return. As they finished that short argument, Brainstorm turned his attention up towards Moka, who was still being chased. She got cornered in-between floating rocks with the Null Guardian in front of her, cutting off her escape. After rolling over on his side, he shot lightning from his brain, which struck the Null Guardian and paralyzed it. It of course, roared in pain as electricity flowed through its body, giving Moka enough time to get away from it.

"Ben! Are you ok?" Moka asked as she landed next to Brainstorm, who began to fully recover and stand back up. Animo however, wouldn't give these interlopers a chance to retaliate.

"Get them!" Animo ordered while pointing at Brainstorm and Moka, as more Null Guardians seemed to appear out of nowhere to carry out this command. Seeing this, Brainstorm shook off whatever funk he was in and began to stand.

"Moka, stay behind..." Brainstorm said. But his right pincer got caught on one of the edges of Moka's Rosario and it snapped off, falling on the rock they were on. "... Oh dear" he said, and just as the Null Guardians' closed in...

FLASH!

With Moka's unsealed energy being uncontrollably released, the Null Guardians immediately backed off just like the Dravek from Turrawuste, only they were more vocal about it by screeching nervously and flying away quickly. The intensity of Inner Moka's awakening overloaded their senses and caused them to panic. Manny stared up as he fully recovered, and Helen even stopped struggling in Animo's grasp as this occurred... neither human-alien hybrid had EVER seen anything like this before.

(AN: Inner Moka's theme.)

When the rosary seal over her breast is removed, Moka's innocent self vanishes, and her inner vampire... awakens. Every person except for Brainstorm just stared... how did this random girl just transform herself like that? She more sensual in appearance... and something about those eyes just screamed: 'don't mess with me'.

"So, you can transform... haven't seen that in 5 years" said Animo, reminiscing briefly about his encounters with this one kid who could turn into aliens. He then looked around, and saw the Null Guardians hiding behind some rocks... what was with them? "What are you waiting for? I said get them!" Animo repeated his previous order. It was clear the guardians wanted nothing to do with Inner Moka, her energy signature freaked them out, but they did so obediently.

Inner Moka was gone the second they got too close.

POW!

And kicked one of them right in the face, sending it flying uncontrollably through the space and into a few rocks. In a blur, going from rock-to-rock, Inner Moka continued attacking each and every Null Guardian with one deadly kick after another. One Null Guardian managed to bind Inner Moka with its tentacles, but that's as far as its luck went as she just rolled forward and the Null Guardian was slamming into a rock, bits of it going in every direction. Inner Moka was able to accomplish this due to the Null Voids lack of conventional gravity. This particular guardian was also knocked unconscious as a result.

"What kinda alien freak is she?" Manny asked, both impressed and scared at Inner Moka's strength.

"Normally, she's very timid but on occasion... does come out of her shell" Brainstorm said, which then caused Vampire Ben to laugh loudly in his brain. "HAAAAAAAAA, HAHAHAHAAAAAAA! That's rich! I gotta write that one down."

All Null Guardians were now either kicked away, or simply fled the scene altogether, regardless if Animo was their master or not. Speaking of Animo, that was Inner Moka's next target. She leapt at Animo to give him a well-deserved kick, but much to her surprise, Animo caught her by the leg she was using and threw her aside towards a rock. Inner Moka did a 180 in midair and pushed off the rock she was going for with her powerful legs.

She flew at Animo again, and got him right in the gut, causing him to hunch over and drop Helen, who landed on a rock and started catching her breath while holding her neck since Animo had a firm grip on it. With a second kick, Animo was sent soaring through 2 rocks before crashing into the third. After a second, Animo began to recover and get back up, leering at this new girl. Who was she? What was she? How was she so strong?

Inner Moka went after Animo a third time, but then froze before grabbing her head in pain with her mouth open. It was Animo using his powers to try and control her. "MOKA!" Said Brainstorm, his head opening to zap Animo where it hurt... but something stopped him. It was Moka's Rosario in his pincer... its jewel was glowing.

'Odd... Moka's rosary appears to be reacting to... something?' Brainstorm thought to himself, but even to him, this didn't make any sense! She was already released, so why was it shining again?

As Animo was fighting Inner Moka for control of her mind, he saw a few things flip by: her group of 'friends' from Yokai Academy, a familiar green-eyed teen, a castle-like school, a woman who looked to be an older version of her...

?: SCREEEEEEEEEEECH!

Out of nowhere, a huge demonic face appeared in Animo's minds eye, roaring at him menacingly. This forced Animo to widen his eyes, and the connection was immediately cut off the second he saw it, grabbing his own head in pain as Inner Moka was. Groaning, he looked back at Inner Moka. "Nrgh... what... creature... are you?" He asked as he began to lower his hand off his face.

No one saw this; but a mirage of a monstrous being wrapped around Inner Moka in a seemingly protective embrace, akin to a snake. It gave a growl, then a soft hiss, showing off a mouth full of sharp fangs... as if daring the crazed doctor to try his trick on the vampire again.

"Ok, we're going now!" Said Helen, grabbing the somewhat-dazed Inner Moka and dashing off by using the floating rocks that weren't destroyed in this battle.

"Ugh... put me... down" Inner Moka uttered out, still a bit hazed by Animo's mental attack; but Helen didn't listen and kept moving. Manny and Brainstorm followed them as the girls fled.

"It's difficult to believe, but Moka's kicks didn't do as much damage as they should" Brainstorm commented.

"Like I said, no one beats D'Void" said Manny.

Animo finally got a grip on himself. "So... a Helper knows my true name, and another has a power unlike anything I've ever seen" Animo said thinking to himself, having not heard Moka call out Ben's name previously. He decided to head back to his headquarters, seeing as those 4 Helpers had gotten away.

-TIME BREAK-

At a "farm" of some kind, there were 2 blue aliens that gave 2 Null Guardians' supplies. One took a large wagon, the other took the younger-looking of the 2 aliens.

"No! Not my son! I've given you everything you've asked!" The older blue alien cried, but the Null Guardians just flew off, ignoring the fathers plead. He slumped to his knees and began crying. Ben, Inner Moka, Helen and Manny watched from inside a hut; and of course Ben and Inner Moka wanted to do something, but Manny said there was nothing they could do.

Ben also noticed Manny lost a hand, which was replaced by a robotic arm... had Animo really gotten that strong?

After being allowed a minute to himself, the farmer explained that while the Null Void was a prison as Ben had originally thought, this particular space was a pocket dimension made by the Galvans to banish criminals from the universe. In fact, there was one prisoner that came recently that looked allot like Ben...

Outside of the ACTUAL prison was this small penal colony made thousands of years ago, which allowed some criminals to start over. However, other alien species eventually discovered this dimensional space and sent their own lawbreakers here as well. Thankfully, the Galvans already foresaw that problem, and created the Null Guardians (which Inner Moka correctly assumed were the bat-like Wildmutts) to keep things under control by protecting the weaker criminals from the stronger ones.

Eventually; D'Void/Animo showed up and somehow took control of the Null Guardians, completely breaking the system the Galvans had in place, and forced everyone to mine a material called: Kormite. For what reason, they didn't know.

"Listen. I've tangled with D'Void before... his real name is Doctor Aloysius Animo, and he has the power to control animals... guess it works on those Null Guardians too" Ben said, telling them all who D'Void really was and putting his name in quotation marks.

Hearing this, Inner Moka's eyes widened a bit. Gwen had mentioned Animo when she and Ben got grounded, as well as Ben telling them about his adventures back at school, but didn't think he was that tough! He smelled completely human, yet he had this special ability, which she realized was that strange feeling she felt in her head when she was fighting him. Thankfully, it didn't work on monsters' apparently. Or at least an S-Class one like herself.

"YOU fought D'Void? And survived?" Asked Manny with doubt in his voice.

"Survive? I've won. Plenty of times. Crazy strong and invulnerable?... That's new" said Ben.

"Ok. So you take us back to Earth like you said you could, we load up on gear, get some reinforcements, and shut down this Animo guy for good!" Said Manny, now sounding hopeful.

"I can't. The cable connecting me broke, me and my friend Moka are all you got" said Ben.

"Great! That's just fan-tastic! Some savoir you are, you can't even save yourself!" Snapped Manny, now berating Ben. Ben of course, frowned when Manny said this, but hearing it set Inner Moka off.

"Listen, you four-armed ogre..." she growled, getting right in Manny's face and flaring her monster energy. Admittedly, Manny got a little nervous, and so did Helen as she bolted in-between them to break them up before Inner Moka kicked Manny to the end of the Null Void... if there was one.

"Settle down. Our fights with D'Void, not each other. If Ben has fought D'Void before, he's our best chance at beating him... but its not for us to decide" said Helen, agreeing with Inner Moka, but the final decision wasn't up to her.

"Let me guess? This Wrench guy?" Asked Inner Moka. The silence of the female XLR8 and male Fourarms spoke volumes to Inner Moka and Ben.

"If me and Moka are stuck here anyway, take us to him" said Ben.

-TIME BREAK-

"You live in a canyon?" Inner Moka asked Manny, using the same tone she used on him before.

"WE live wherever, HE lives here" Manny clarified.

"Helen! Manny! What are you doing?" Came a voice out of nowhere. Looking up, the group saw a boy flying in the air using the same jetpack that Ben had on. This boy was a teenager like the rest of them, though he appeared more human than Helen or Manny did. He had 8 spikes on his face (3 on each of his cheeks and 1 on each side of his forehead), and black hair with a wide streak of white. He was also wearing a short-sleeved green/black jumpsuit with matching black wristbands and green/black combat boots.

"How could you bring not one, but two outsiders here? Nobody gets to see The Wrench. Nobody!" Said the boy. Inner Moka wasn't too impressed by him. Who was he supposed to be? Argit's bother?

"They're friends, Pierce. Ben, and his friend Moka. He's the reason we came to the Null Void to find you" said Helen. It was here Inner Moka cocked an eyebrow. His name was Pierce?... What a fitting name.

"Maybe... or he's a shapeshifter showing what you want to see" Pierce argued.

"Well, he's not wrong there..." said Vampire Ben, finding humor in Pierce's statement, but Ben just ignored him.

"Look, if your here to escort me to see your boss, fine" said Ben, stepping forward.

"Or you can kindly buzz off, and we'll just let ourselves in" said Inner Moka, stepping forward herself. She didn't know why but for some reason lately, she's had this strange urge to protect Ben. Maybe because Outer liked him and hated the thought of harm coming to the human?... Yeah, probably.

Pierce didn't like that girls tone, nor the smart-ass answer the stranger gave. "The only way to find him is through here..." Pierce began, then he flew down gently. "And through me" he finished in a threatening tone. Friends of Helen or not, he wouldn't allow anyone to see The Wrench.

"Fine by me" said Ben, agreeing to the terms. Looks like he had to fight his way through. As he took steps towards Pierce, both he and the quill-faced humanoid took off they're jetpacks and set them down. "Some fight. Your a walking pincushion; but I'm empty-handed" Ben said, which got Inner Moka to cock an eyebrow again. He wasn't going to use the Omnitrix? Why the hell not?! Was it dead?... Unlikely. She saw it was still green-lit due to it poking out of his sleeve. But even if she couldn't, he only used a single transformation, and it was in use for nowhere near 10 minutes.

Despite his rash attitude, Pierce seemed to have a sense of honor. For the second Ben stated he was empty, Pierce held up his elbow (which had 3 more spikes), and one of them grew out. He snapped it off, though another one grew back immediately to replace it. He tossed it to Ben, giving the green-eyed teen a makeshift sword.

"Heh. One spike against 299 more... your a real sport, Pierce" Ben cracked a joke as he caught the spike, but he was surprised to see Inner Moka walk up and take a stand next to him.

"Don't get the wrong idea, I just wanna get outta here" Inner Moka stated before Ben could utter a word out of his open mouth. Don't get her wrong, she knew Ben could fight on his own. He did deny Saizou without transforming when they first encountered him, and according to Kurumu he was able to resist her Love Charm; he even got free of Tamao and then changed into Ripjaws to fight on par with her. Maybe he was holding back on purpose and then when the time was right, Ben'll use it? Or was he underestimating Pierce?

She didn't know but for some strange reason, her chest ached at the thought of him getting hurt.

Pierce could see in Inner Moka's eyes that she too, wanted to fight. It didn't matter to him though, one or two opponents, he would still protect The Wrench with his life. "Makes no difference to me" said Pierce calmly, then he took a battle position himself, while also extending the thorns on his arms as he rushed over towards Ben and Inner Moka.

First, Pierce went after Ben, who was closer. He swiped at Ben with his elbow spikes, but Ben was able to block it with the spike Pierce had given him. Pierce then tried kicking, which Ben ducked from; and when Pierce tried punching him, that's when Inner Moka got involved. She simply kicked him in the chest, sending him back to where he started from, then rushed at him to attack him again. Pierce however (whether it was luck or skill was unclear), managed to grab Inner Moka's leg.

Using his strength and her own momentum against her, Pierce was able to swing Inner Moka around and behind him. She recovered easily enough, then went back after him after she was done sliding. Pierce responded with putting up his spikes up in a defensive manner. This made her stop in her tracks, having seen Argit a few times, hearing from Ben what powers he possessed, and correctly assuming Pierce was of the same species of alien.

If those spikes dug into her flesh, there was a good chance she'd either get paralyzed, put to sleep, or maybe both. S-Class monster or not, she still required motor functions to fight.

Seeing his back was turned, Ben used the spike to sweep at Pierce's feet and cause him to fall. He got up quickly, but his elbow spikes got lodged in the ground. Inner Moka saw this, and used it as an opening to jump up and finish Pierce off with a swift kick from above, giving her battle cry as well. Thinking quickly, Pierce snapped of his own elbow spikes then rolled out of the way, mere seconds before...

POW!

The power behind Inner Moka's kick from above cause the canyon bridge to shake from the impact. Helen, Manny and Ben had to brace themselves to prevent them from falling on their rumps.

"Uh, can we maybe keep the bridge intact, please?" Ben implored her. Her first reaction was to glare at him, but she saw the darkness below them as she got up from her attack... it was quite the drop. Ben could save himself and her with some of his various flying forms, but probably not Helen and Manny at the same time.

Plus, the jetpacks were only useful if they were on someone's person...

Despite him seeing a piece of Inner Moka's power firsthand, Pierce wasn't one to give up so easily. He went after Inner Moka, who wasn't looking until she heard him coming. By that time, Ben stepped in to protect her when Pierce was about to jab his spikes into her backside. After blocking 2 more swipes from Pierce, he then kicked the spike he gave to Ben in two. Now Ben's makeshift sword was a dual-wield pair of daggers. Pierce continued his assault, and managed to knock one of the "daggers" out of Ben's grasp by using his spikes on Ben's left wrist. It rolled and fell of the cliff.

Thankfully, Ben's wrist was in-between the spikes at the time of the strike, so he wasn't going to take a snooze or freeze up... still hurt though.

"BRO! That was our cop a feel hand!" Said Vampire Ben. "That was my video gaming hand!" Said Ben, saying this the exact same time as Vampire Ben's statement.

Inner Moka went back on the assault, but Pierce sensed it coming and grew out spikes on his back to ward her off, which worked. Once that was done, Pierce went at Ben again, but he slid below his legs to avoid him. He went to get back up, but Pierce shot spikes in Ben's direction, making him roll on instinct... not realizing he was right next to the ledge and fell off!

Seeing this made Inner Moka flashback to when Kuyo 'killed' Ben. Growling, her eyes went dark red with rage and using the same speed she rushed at Kuyo with, she slammed her foot in Pierce's chest, only this time with more force than necessary. In slow motion, Pierce's hunched over; then at normal speed, he went flying like a bullet past Manny and Helen into the side of a mountain connected to the canyon bridge they were fighting on. The impact made a loud noise, along with dust flying out everywhere.

"Ben!" Inner Moka said, looking over the ledge. Thankfully, Ben was holding onto the bridge itself, so he hadn't fell to his death.

"I'm fine. Just hanging" Ben said, not trying to joke around, just stating the obvious. Inner Moka helped Ben up by offering her hand, which Ben had to drop his quill-dagger to grab. "What happened to Pierce?" He asked, wondering where he went. The only answer he got from Inner Moka was her glaring in a direction.

Looking in said direction, Ben noticed Pierce was being helped out of the slope of a mountain by Helen and Manny... and immediately put the pieces together.

Manny and Helen both provided support for Pierce, holding him up as they walked away from the location of impact. "I'm fine. I can stand" Pierce insisted, getting himself out of their grasp. He could stand, that much was true... but he felt like he got hit by a space cruiser going at the speed of light. Guess The Wrench's stories were true after all...

Walking over to the duo, Inner Moka got her guard up, and also glared at Pierce harder, if he tried anything. Much to her surprise, he apologized with: "I concede defeat. You both didn't do too bad. At least I now know you or your monster friend's not one of D'Void's spies."

Both her and Ben stared at him, not expecting him to know what Moka was. In fact, this was one of the few times Inner Moka herself was caught completely off guard, and couldn't even begin to hide her shock. "... uh" said Ben, unable to think of a response.

"More specifically; a vampire... S-Class, right?" Pierce continued, correctly assuming what monster Moka exactly was, as well as her ranking. This of course, got both Ben and Inner Moka even more surprised.

"She's a...?" Helen began, shocked to hear this.

"Your not serious, are you?" Asked Manny, as shocked as Helen was.

"How did...?" Ben tried asking.

"The Wrench would tell us of a world full of strange and powerful creatures... turns out he was right" said Pierce, already predicting Ben's question. Truth be told, he didn't believe a word The Wrench said about this so-called 'monster world' at first; even after The Wrench would give descriptions of some of the monsters who resided there:

There of course, was the standard blockbuster movie monsters. Your Cyclops', Werewolfs', Orcs', etc.

Some ran around with wands.

Others could bewitch people with "Charms".

Even a couple who could control certain elements.

But there were a few in particular he would constantly talk about. Some that came to mind were Yasha, Demon Gods... and Vampires. Pure strength, immense speed, fangs, blood-red eyes... there was no mistaking it. Moka was a vampire, and it was hard to deny their existence now that he not only was standing before one, but he felt its power first hand.

"Come on, I'll take you both to The Wrench" offered Pierce.

-TIME BREAK-

Ben and Inner Moka followed Pierce to a hut of some kind. It was made purely of rock, and had a chimney in its center which extended out like a cylinder. Smoke was coming from the top, so it was in use for some reason. There was also a 'doorway', but it was covered by a curtain.

The strange thing was... what was that odd smell? Inner Moka smelled something that wanted to make her nostrils close; and the closer they got, the worse the smell became. Pierce opened the curtain to let in the two guests, but before he let them through,

"ARGH! WHAT IS THAT SMELL!?" Said Inner Moka, covering her nose, unable to handle it anymore. Ben jumped at Inner Moka's sudden declaration, but he couldn't smell anything, so what was she talking abo...? Oh yeah, vampire. The one inside him also snickered at Inner Moka's expense.

"Yeah, about that... don't eat anything he offers you" Pierce said, sounding disturbed.

"What the fuck does he eat? Hard-boiled Stinkfly eggs?" Inner Moka complained, the smell still too much for her. Seeing as his powerful friend was currently incapacitated, Ben made his way inside while Inner Moka got herself together. He pasted by some equipment while making his way to the back of the hut, where a robed figured was waiting with its back turned.

This was him. The Wrench. He was sitting before a fire, and Ben saw he had a pot over it on a rack... this must be what Inner Moka smelled. It was strong, but it wasn't THAT bad. Ben's smelled allot worse... he had his grandfather to thank for that. Maybe that's why the smell didn't effect him as badly, since his nose was used to it.

"Ahem, excuse me... Mister Wrench sir?" Ben began. "I didn't mean to get in the middle of your war and all, but a friend of mine called for help, now another friend is trapped inside with me..." Ben continued, but he was cut off by The Wrench as he took off his hood.

"Why not talk over a bowl of my famous Centipede Gumbo?"

Ben gasped and stood motionless as soon as The Wrench revealed his face to him...

Inner Moka was standing outside waiting for Ben, but heard laughter coming from inside the hut. "What in the world...?" She asked, as she pulled the curtain aside and went in herself, ignoring the smell as it wasn't too much of an issue anymore. The first thing she saw was Ben hugging a taller man who looked to be at least 50 years older than themselves, but the scent was unmistakable. "The Wrench is a human?" Asked Inner Moka, assuming he would have been an alien creature. Better question was, how did they know each other? They seemed familiar with one another.

Actually, Inner Moka recognized the older man from a few pictures she's seen throughout Ben's house. It was his Grandpa Max, the Ex-Plumber and the one who was a second father figure to Ben. But didn't Ben say he died in an explosion?

"So, you gonna make me ask?" Asked Ben.

"Well, when I detonated that Null Void projector, it didn't blast me to Kingdom Come after all... I wanted to come home, but then I saw how badly these folks were being oppressed," Grandpa Max.

"And took it upon yourself to try and 86 Dr. Animo's reign" Ben finished his grandpa's sentence.

"Or at least, threw a monkey wrench in his machinery" Grandpa Max admitted.

"Heh. Hence The Wrench" Ben smiled, now understanding why Max was dubbed 'The Wrench'.

"By the way... you must be Moka" Said Grandpa Max, turning his attention to the second guest. Ben looked behind him to see that indeed, Inner Moka had followed him inside. She was at first stunned his grandpa knew her name, but then remembered Gwen also knew who she was from that field trip last year, so it made sense that Max must've read those letters as well.

Max took in Inner Moka's form, and her first instinct (due to her pride) was Max appeared to be checking her out, but she held it in. Seeing as how he practically raised Ben, she could assume he wasn't that type of guy... even though according to Ben; he had an alien wife, AND an alien mistress.

"*sigh* Even without that rosary, you look just like her" Max complimented, which took both Ben and Moka by surprise.

"Uh... like who?" Asked Ben, not understanding.

It was here Max realized he slipped up and recovered. "*ahem* Um... how did you both get here?" Max attempted to change the subject.

"... Gwen opened a portal here. Helen called for help" Ben said, recognizing Grandpa wanted to drop the subject. Even so, he and Inner Moka couldn't unhear what Max had just said. Sure he knew about monsters', he indirectly admitted it before Ben was officially enrolled. But... how did he know about Moka's Rosario? It also sounded like he knew what it did. But how? And why? More importantly... exactly who did Moka look like? That didn't make any sense to Ben at all.

As for Inner Moka, her pupils dilated for just a second, but no one noticed for they returned to normal just as quickly.

-TIME BREAK-

A while later, Max had Pierce gather the rest of the Helpers', as well as a few aliens. One was a grey Vulpimancer that had a tail unlike Wildmutt, but there were 2 that Inner Moka didn't recognize. One was a red alien with a circular mouth full of teeth and had smoke coming out from its eyes (Havok Beast); and the other was a green alien with an underbite, four spider-like legs, 3 claws on each hand and spikes on its shoulders (Wigsilian Org).

From behind the desk Max was standing behind, he pulled out a shining rocking with both hands. "Hey Pierce; we found one of your seven Emeralds, HAHAHAHA!" Laughed Vampire Ben. Ben ignored this (though it was pretty funny), Inner Moka repeated it with her own version.

"So Hedgehog; we got one of your stones" she said while turning her head to face Pierce. Pierce ignored her remark, but Helen giggled while holding her mouth.

"It's not just any stone, this is Kormite" explained Grandpa Max.

"We know. Half the Null Voids been slaving away for that stuff nonstop ever since D'Void showed up" said Manny.

"What you don't know is why," said Max, putting the Kormite down on the desk, then tapping a button on some kind of device that had what looked like a football goal on top of it. As Grandpa Max pushed the button, it whirled and whirled until it showed a pale-green holographic image.

Although Inner Moka had seen the images of the aliens of the Omnitrix numerous times, this still caught her off guard all the same. How did that tiny box generate enough power to project an image, let alone a bigger image than the Omnitrix holograms? As for this image itself, it was a giant drill facing upward with a furnace on the bottom, supported by beams of steel on four corners. There was also a white swirling vortex above the image where the drill was drilling... its target maybe?

"D'Void is using the Kormite to power a drill designed to rip a hole in the dimensional wall" Max explained.

"All the Kormite he's had everyone mine is being burned in this furnace here" Pierce added in, pointing to the chamber located at the bottom of the drill.

"If D'Void escapes, he'll take all the Null Guardians with him and conquer the Earth" Helen said.

"We'll have to launch an all-out attack then. Everything else we tried hasn't worked" said Pierce, which Inner Moka silently supported. Finally! Someone was speaking her language.

Ben approached the hologram of the giant drill... it wouldn't end here, knowing Animo as well as he did. If he got out of the Null Void, he could start controlling more animals in addition to the Null Guardians. There would be no way any army; be it human, alien or otherwise; that could come close to those numbers. And should Animo win, what's too stop him from using this drill to go to the monster world next?

Ben immediately thought about his fellow Newspaper Club members... he couldn't let this happen! As powerful as monsters' were, even they wouldn't stand a chance against an entire army of animals and dimensional Wildmutt clones! Wait... the Null Guardians... THAT'S IT!

"Why fight our way in... when we could hitch a ride instead?" Ben asked, looking back at the group with a confident expression.

-TIME BREAK-

At the alien farmers hut, some Null Guardians were awaiting for him to load a trolley of supplies. Once he put on the last load, one of the Null Guardians took the trolley in its tentacles and flew away, heading back to Animo's fortress where the drill was running. As soon as the guardians were out of sight, the farmer smirked.

"You and your bright ideas" said Inner Moka and Vampire Ben at the same time, but they had different meanings. It was a bit of a tight squeeze, so some passengers were pressed against each other. While everyone was shoulder-to-shoulder, Inner Moka's chest was slightly pressed against Ben's side. In short; one vamp was happy, the other was annoyed.

"Ow! Watch where ya point those things, Pierce!" Manny complained, for the spikes on Pierces elbow poked him, but luckily his suit and not his skin.

"Sorry" Pierce apologized. If that wasn't bad enough, the Havok Beast and Wigsilian Org got into a verbal dispute, then the Vulpimancer joined in for some reason.

"Knock it off" Max ordered with his leadership tone, effectively shutting up the trio.

"See? Your not the only one" Ben humored. Inner Moka just folded her arms as she sat next to Ben, not in the mood to make a comeback. At the fortress itself, miners were depositing Kormite as they always did. A few seconds after the Null Guardian dropped off the 'supplies'...

"NOW!"

Upon Grandpa Max's order, everything leapped out of the trolley from beneath the bags. The fight for the freedom of the Null Void had begun. In the confusion, the miners fled the scene; either not wanting to be involved when D'Void/Animo shows up, or save themselves.

As they all ran into battle, Ben had transformed into Chromastone and fired energy beams from the crystals on his shoulders and torso, shooting Null Guardians. Manny blasted a few with his ray guns, and punched one in the face as it tried to ram into him. Using her speed, Helen evaded energy blasts from Null Guardians' mouths', and kicked down any she jumped at. Inner Moka did relatively the same thing; only her kicks launched any guardian into walls, floors, other Null Guardians (which then got knocked into walls and floors anyway), or out of the fortress and into floating asteroids outside since there was no roof. The Havok Beast and Wigsilan Org blew fire out of their mouths to either counter the beams the Null Guardians fired, or knock them out of the sky which allowed the grey Vulpimancer to pounce on them, or it would pounce on one itself. A few Null Guardians tried overwhelming Pierce, but he released a burst of quills to break free.

Then there was Grandpa Max. One of the Null Guardians swooped down to try and take a bite out of the human, which Inner Moka saw and would have ran over to help the retired Plumber, but color her impressed with how well he handled himself. He used a Bo staff that was similar to the zombie chick from the now-disbanded Security Committee, but it was made of metal. Using it, Max vaulted over the guardian just a second before he became a snack, and hit the beast so hard in the head, it got dazed and fell to the ground, all while keeping his balance the whole time.

A human impressing her?... Runs in the family, it seemed.

Once all the Null Guardians in the area were incapacitated, all that was left was to shut down the giant drill. The moment they approached the device, a shadow loomed over them. "It's not over" said Chromastone. From behind at the other end of the fortress was a set of stairs that perhaps lead to a throne room or something, but what was more important was the person standing in the doorway...

Animo.

Once he began to walk down the steps, more Null Guardians appeared from that same room. Chromastone began firing more energy blasts the same way as before, aiming at Animo himself. However, they seemed to have no effect on him at all, or he just raised a hand or 2 to block them.

"You can hold allot of energy, right?" Asked Vampire Ben.

"Why?" Asked Chromastone, looking down at his emblem. The second he did, he saw it take a dark green color, and his crystals began flooding with power out of nowhere. Because he wasn't ready for it, the energy overloaded and he involuntary unleashed a thick beam of dark-green light. In fact, it was so powerful, that any Null Guardians they were caught in the blast disintegrated. It also hit Animo. He did try blocking it the same way as seconds earlier, but underestimated its power.

"See? I can be helpful" said Vampire Ben. Chromastone smiled, but then felt his arms being grabbed by something.

"BEN!" Grandpa Max called out in worry, seeing his grandson get grabbed by none other than a Null Guardian. Chromastone struggled and struggled, but the guardians grip with its multiple tentacles was too tight.

BEEP! WHIRL! FLASH!

"... what the? Fourarms?" Said Ben, now having somehow changed from Chromastone into Fourarms. Taking this opportunity, he used his superior strength with his two new arms that weren't wrapped up (thanks to the transformation) to pull down on the guardians tentacles and hurled it to the ground. This made the bat-like creature let go and allowed Fourarms to break free, landing on top of the fallen bat-like Wildmutt safely. Not that he was complaining, but how did that just happen?

"You owe me" said Vampire Ben. It was obvious then... the vampire had something to do with it. Apparently, he could control the Omnitrix to a degree.

Animo suddenly climbed out of the hole in the stairs, somehow still standing despite the enhanced power behind Chromastone's last attack. Upon doing so, he saw Grandpa Max being saved from one of his 'pets' by the gray Vulpimancer... and the familiar red alien Ben had turned into. "Max Tennyson... so your the mysterious Wrench whose been interfering with my plans. And young Ben Tennyson... I should have known. It'll be a pleasure too end not just one, but two miserable existences" he said.

While Animo was giving his speech, he saw Inner Moka fighting out of the corner of his eye, and smirked. As she kicked away another Null Guardian, she was suddenly swarmed by 10 of them! Using her speed and power, she went in a circle and knocked them away. One by one. Kick after kick. An 11th one appeared above her and wrapped her limbs with its tentacles. She struggled in its grasp, but it was too strong. It then flew over to Animo, presenting its capture to its master.

"And you, my dear... such a unique specimen..." said Animo, cupping the girls chin. She didn't normally do this, but went to bite off Animo's fingers, though he retracted them before she got a chance. He then grabbed the side of her face instead, holding it in place. "Heh; an interesting creature indeed. A fine test subject..." Animo continued.

WHIP!

Suddenly, a number of vines grabbed the Null Guardian's tentacles that were holding Inner Moka hostage. These vines slipped through and pulled back on the tentacles to loosen their grip and free the vampire from their clutches. She dropped down and ran to attack Animo, but just like before when she first arrived, she was thrown away by his strength when she was about to deliver a flying kick to his face. As she flew, some of those same vines caught her by her arms and put her safety on the ground.

She saw that it was Wildvine, Ben having quick-changed again. "So Animo, ya still a doctor?" He asked.

"Why?" Asked Animo, confused at the question. Of course he was a doctor! He graduated with a PHD in...

STOMP!

A giant, prehistoric foot stepped on him. "I have a Humungousaur pain in my foot" Humungousaur joked, having grown to his full size. However, despite his sheer mass, Animo was able to push the Vaxasaurian off by his foot, causing Humungousaur to slide across the floor and into a wall, hitting his head in the process. This transformed the alien back into Ben and seeing this, Inner Moka became angry and rushed at Animo again, kicking him in the side from behind as hard as she could.

...

...

Not much happened. Aside from slight flinch from the struck location, Animo just stood there and looked at what he was struck with, and whom to was attached too. Grabbing her foot with his left hand, he horizontally pulled her around him and let go of her foot when his left arm was all the way out on his left side. She was smashed into a wall herself, since to was right next to them. How could this man be so damn tough? Her kicks were able too cause damage before, but now they seemed to have no effect on him.

"Well this's fucking embarrassing" commented Vampire Ben.

Animo began to laugh. "Such a shame to end this, and while it was fun, I've almost drilled through the dimensional wall" he bragged, sure his victory was imminent at this point.

While Inner Moka was getting herself out of the wall, she saw a Null Guardian right in front of her. It growled at her, breathing in her face, but Grandpa Max showed up and stabbed the side of its face hard, making it whimper as it fell down. "You ok?" He asked her, holding his hand out. She didn't accept it right away, but did take it after 2 seconds of just staring up at him.

"I'm fi... Ben?" She responded to Max, but then saw Ben get up... only to run away? That wasn't like him at all.

"One Tennyson fleeing before me, the other at my mercy" said Animo, approaching the duo while punching his fist. Shaking off any daze she still felt, Inner Moka took a stance in front of Grandpa Max, protectively. The old man had earned her respect, so the superpowered doctor had to go through her first before he could get to him.

Wait... what was that energy she was sensing from him? It didn't feel like natural energy but rather, it felt external somehow. "Then... a whole planet to conquer" Animo finished as he was now in front of Max and Moka.

"Sounds like a busy day" came Ben's voice. All three of them looked in the direction it came from... what was that idiot doing?! He was so close to the ledge of where the drill was! It was the Pierce fight all over again!

"Ben! Step back!" Said Grandpa Max, thinking since Ben was human again, he had no 'Hero Time' left.

"I saw it! The Kormite isn't just powering this drill, its also powering him! That's why he's gotten so strong, and why me and Moka's attacks were working when we were outside the fortress!" Ben explained, having figured out the secret to Animo's rise to power. He actually saw this when he watched Animo approach Grandpa and Inner Moka, an aura was being absorbed into Animo's body.

Inner Moka silently agreed with Ben statement, but was surprised he was able to figure it out so quickly. So that energy she was feeling was the Kormite empowering the crazy doctor? It made sense, and lord knows how long the Null Void prisoners were mining this stuff, so Animo's power was seemingly infinite as long as the machine was running; but it appeared distance was an issue since they were able to hurt him, but only when he was OUTSIDE of his base.

"If we're gonna beat Animo, this furnace has to go..." said Ben, then he did the unthinkable...

He did a trust fall, INTO the furnace! "NOOOOOOOO!" Cried Grandpa Max, seeing his beloved grandson sacrifice himself. But next to him... was a intense aura that got EVERYONE to stop.

Inner Moka just stared at where was standing moments ago, struggling to process what had just happened. Ben. Animo's power source. Furnace. Fall...

She, veeeeeeeeeery slowly, turned to Animo; her power continuing to flare. In fact, this got every single Null Guardian in the fortress to start backing away slowly, then they flew away like a bunch of frightened mice. Not a single guardian remained, wanting to get a FAR AWAY as possible. Inner Moka began to breath heavily, her teeth gritting in anger, her demonic blood-red eyes locked ONLY on Animo. She just continued to stare as her monster energy flared even more, to the point where it was almost visible.

?: ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!

The same figure Animo saw before roared, but no one heard it as it wasn't even there. Not even Inner Moka.

She.

Just.

Snapped.

Giving out a loud battle cry filled with a magnitude of emotions, and her pupils having dilated with rage, the S-Class monster dashed in a blur towards Animo. She was so fast, he couldn't block her incoming attack if he tried.

KA-POW!

Getting him square in his abdomen, Animo soared into a wall of his fortress, almost flying out of it. Before he even had a chance to recover, Inner Moka was already upon him, still battle crying. Her eyes were so red, they were now the definition of rage!

POW!

Animo barely managed to get out of the wall in time before her foot met him again. At the speed she was going, she would have pierced THROUGH him and would have died on the floor, Kormite-empowered or not. Absorbing more power, Animo braced himself for her coming yet again. Only this time, he also went for her...

POOOOOOOW!

They met in a collusion of power, fierce wind blowing as they made contact with each other. They both slid back and while Animo was recovering, Inner Moka went after the doctor once more! She kicked, he blocked it with his arm. He tried to punch her with his free hand, but she grabbed it and vaulted him over her, slamming him on the floor. She then jumped to strike Animo with a downward kick, but he rolled away just in time... though this still caused an earthquake-like reaction.

She was far from done, and continued to home in on Animo no matter how many times they met in a clash, or he avoided her. Animo figured at this point, he bitten off more than he could chew. He had to keep restoring his power from the drill's Kormite furnace, while this girl appeared to have found a limitless supply of energy. 'Just who are you?... What are you?' Animo asked himself as he fought for his life. Literally.

The Plumbers Helpers' couldn't take their eyes off the scene. So this was the power of a vampire, and to think Pierce had survived it. Max however, stared at Moka with widened, and fearful eyes. '... No... that can't be...' He thought.

-TIME BREAK-

While Ben was falling to his death, he looked at the Omnitrix. Will all those quick-changes, the watch may have to start its recharge shortly so whatever he was gonna do, he'd better do it quickly and make it count. Big Chill. That's who he was gonna pick. Since this was a furnace, if Ben could cold it down, he'd shut it down. Arctiguana was an option, but he couldn't fly. He scrolled quickly, looking for Big Chills icon.

First was Humungousaur (which was expected for he just used him), Spidermonkey, Upgrade, Alien X, Ripjaws... 'Come on, come on!' Ben thought as he continued to cycle through the roster, getting a bit nervous as the ground was approaching quickly.

Grey Matter, Heastblast, Cannonbolt, Ditto, Spitter... if this watch didn't hurry up, Ben'll be kissing the ground pretty hard!

Upchuck, Snare-Oh, Eye Guy, Benwolf, Goop... did this thing rearrange the dial or something?!

Looking down, the fire pit was coming up! It's now or never! No longer caring which alien was selected, he slammed his hand down after turning it once more. He'll just have to adapt accordingly. Nothing new. Its only happened about what? 40 times?

Only this time... it DIDN'T land on an alien...

Landing on a ledge wide enough for both feet, Vampire Ben was shown to have taken the place of Ben. Straightening himself, he looked ahead and saw the furnace that Ben wanted to destroy. Now; did Vampire Ben care about Animo or his plans, or the consequences if he succeeds? No. That wasn't his problem, nor should it be Ben's problem, right?

"... I just can't figure you out, Benny-boy. Why save a bunch of plastic nobodies when you could have stayed home and let Gramps take care of it? Old man seems more than capable" Vampire Ben said while looking at his Omnitrix symbol. "Ok sure. XLR-babe pulls the 'damsel in distress card', but unless she's gonna reward you with a prehistoric lap dance, I don't see the point" He continued out loud, talking to himself more than Ben. The vampire also had to admit that, although part alien, Helen did have a decent body on her.

But... the Omnitrix Vampire and its human counterpart did have one common goal: getting out of the Null Void. He looked at the base of furnace. Thankfully, he didn't land in the fire pit below, where the Kormite would be dumped here, then burned and turned into power. He smiled, coming to his own decision.

"Alright, Doctor... hope you like fireworks," Vampire Ben said, pulling a fist back. It began to glow with monster energy. "We're lighting this up like the Fourth of July!"

He jumped.

-TIME BREAK-

The scene switches back to Inner Moka and Dr. Animo/D'Voids fight, with the latter getting his ass kicked by the former. The only reason they stopped their fight was because the immense explosion of green light that originated from the drills location captured everyone's attention. While the helpers didn't know what was going on, Inner Moka and Max looked at the display, and both were confused. Did the Omnitrix self-destruct or something? Nah, that would have destroyed everything.

There was only one other factor that could cause that, a factor only Inner Moka knew.

Below, after 'that factor' struck the funnel, he jumped off of it and from ledge-to-ledge, traveling up to the top before it would explode. That's when his symbol began to flash red. "Aw, FUCK MEEEEEEEE!"

FLASH!

Ben cried out as he soared through the air, his vampiric self having kicked of the last ledge hard enough to propel him a few feet above the fire pit, and crash land on the steel floor. He grunted. It did hurt, Ben's couldn't lie.

KA-BOOM! FLOOSH!

Seconds later, a loud booming sound came from the furnace itself. Then a few explosions occurred, with more traveling up the funnel of the furnace as it went straight to the top. This caused the drill itself to not only stop spinning, but also pop off. It landed on the floor with a loud thud, along with other pieces of the machine. The drill was destroyed. The Null Void and its inhabitants were safe, and Animo had lost once again.

"No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The animal doctor cried out, not believing his genius plan and all his hard work had failed. He then saw Ben laying nearby, how did he get there? "You!" It didn't matter to him now, Ben had foiled his plans for the last time, and he was gonna make sure of it. With his face full of ire, he ran towards the weakened Ben to either choke him out, or toss him down into the fire pit, whichever came first.

Only for the still-angry Inner Moka to dart in front of his path. In his rage without thinking, he went to punch her out of the way, but his fist was easily grabbed by her own. Looks like Ben was right, he lost his former strength. He went to use his other hand, and while she would have caught that one just the same, Max was the one to prevent him from hitting the vampire. When Animo looked behind, he was greeted by the retired Plumbers fist, and was easily knocked down.

As Max looked down at Animo, it looked like Ben was right. Animo was normally more brain over brawn, but without his drill as his grandson predicted, Animo was back to his regular self in terms of strength. But even then, he refused to give up and started to try and stand again, only for the shadow of Inner Moka to loom over her. She was no longer in her crazed state anymore, the surprise explosions having snapped her out of it, but she still looked as fierce as ever.

"Not so tough without your Tonka toys, are you?" She mocked him. "Unlike Ben, you use technology to strengthen your own power for you own vile ambitions, forcing people to bow before you and treat them like slaves" she continued. "So doctor, I highly prescribe you learn your PLACE!"

POW!

Giving Animo a swift kick in his chest area, the mad scientist flew off with a loud grunt of pain, then crashed into the fortress wall one final time. Humorously; this made the Havok Beast, Wigsilian Org and Vulpimancer all cringe as soon as Animo crashed into the wall. As Inner Moka put her foot down, she and Grandpa Max went to Ben's side to help him stand. The Helpers' cheered as they gathered around in a group, they had finally won!

"Pierce. Go grab D'Void. Manny, Helen. Make sure everyone is out of those mines. And keep a lookout for..." Grandpa Max ordered, but then two feet above his height, a bright light appeared out of nowhere. It then began to expand and... make a grunting noise?

"Ben? Moka?" It was Gwen, having opened a new portal.

"You finally found them?" Asked Kurumu's voice in the background.

"Gwen! Check out what I found!" said Ben.

"Hey, pumpkin" said Max, giving a small wave to his granddaughter.

"Grandpa! Your aliv... UGH!" She started to say, surprised her grandfather wasn't blown to smithereens, but then the portal she was holding open with her hands began to close, so she had to fight back. "I can't keep this door open forever, you gotta hurry!" She warned.

"Ok! Round up the Helpers' Grandpa and..." Ben began, now that their was a way out, but noticed Max look down.

"... We can't go Ben. Not yet" Max said, which got Ben and Inner Moka confused.

"Why the hell not? You WANT to stay in this crazy place?" Asked Inner Moka.

"We have to get those Guardians working like they're supposed too. For the longest time, they've been tamed by Animo to attack anyone, we can't let that problem go on" answered Max in a tone that was kind, yet stern. Inner Moka did understand his logic, and she wasn't gonna argue with him about it.

"Then Moka, you go back with Gwen and the others. I'll stay here and help" said Ben. Before Inner Moka could protest to that...

Kurumu's Voice: Or you can come back and Moka stays there.

Gwen turned her neck to give Kurumu a blank expression. "... What?... It's an option" the succubus continued.

"No. Neither one of you are staying. We can handle things here, but Earth needs you both. Go back and help as many people as you can, they need you" Grandpa Max said, still holding his kind/authoritative tone. It actually hit Inner Moka's heart, for his demeanor reminded her of someone close to her...

"Then help me! I need you" Said Ben, not wanting to lose his grandpa again. Fighting alongside Max brought back many memories, and those memories are what kept Ben going.

"Not anymore. You proved that today" Max smiled at his grandson.

"... I can't lose you again, Grandpa" said Ben, still a bit sad.

"You never did" Max said to Ben and with that, he pulled him into a heartfelt hug. This scene made Inner Moka flashback to a more peaceful time, when she was walking through a large castle with a woman that looked like herself, but with pink hair... what was that wet feeling on her cheek? Wiping with a finger... tears? She was crying? Why the heck was she crying for?

"And Moka," hearing her name, she stood to attention, hoping no one noticed her crying (thankfully, no one did). "Keep Ben out of trouble" Max smiled at her, which she smirked back at him.

"I'll try" she joked.

"Yeah, this is really sweet and all but... UGH! HURRY!" Gwen called out. She was running out of strength to keep the portal open, and it took her several tries to track them down so if they didn't come with her now, they might miss their chance to return home. Reaching down, Ben came forward and took Gwen's hand, but it was hard picking up someone AND keeping the gateway open at the same time.

Kurumu then appeared and reached down for Inner Moka.

"Come on! Lets go before I change my mind" Kurumu said, not being 100% serious. Inner Moka took her hand and the succubus did the same as Gwen was doing to Ben. Both sides struggled to get their passenger out, and when it looked like they'd both get dropped; Kevin appeared in-between Gwen and Kurumu, and grabbed one of Ben and Inner Moka's arms with his own.

"Time to come home, lovebirds" he said and with the trio working together, they all pulled the human and S-Class monster up and out of the Null Void just as it closed up.

Now I will admit, despite being over 11 thousand words, this episode was mostly filler with some foreshadowing. However, it was required to write as I showed in CAPU3, Animo was already familiar with Moka. He had seen her transform in this chapter, as well as whatever was protecting her; which is why he was interested in not only her Rosario, but monsters' themselves. I was tempted to skip this episode again, but figured you guys needed some kind of explanation for why Animo appeared in CAPU3 in the first place as opposed to him appearing out of nowhere.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, guys! See ya later!