A/N: Hey guys…been a while huh? Heh heh heh..Please don't kill me! I've just been really busy plus with the new Ben 10 series coming out (I cannot stand the animation style they've used for Omniverse) I have not felt inspired to write at I made this chapter extra long for you guys ^^ Well anyways..let's do this.
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"So…how is this going to work again?" Beast boy asked, scratching his head. "Don't know yet. But what I do know is that we need to come up with some way to find where Slade is hiding." Robin replied. Ben rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Do you know what this means?" Everyone looked at Ben to see what he had to say.
The Ultimatrix bearer pumped his fist into the air. "Investigation time! Who's with me?" he brought his fist to his chest for extra effect. Everyone just continued staring blankly at him except for Beast Boy, who cheered but quickly stopped seeing everyone else had gone back to what they were doing.
Ben crossed his arms and peered down at them in annoyance. "What a bunch of…you know what?! Fine, you can sit here all day trying to find him but when you don't, don't come crying to me." And with that, Ben stormed out of the room.
"What was that all about?" Raven muttered, not looking up from the spell book she was reading. "Just another one of Ben's temper tantrums." Kevin said, shaking his head.
Midna was sitting on top of the couch, her legs and arms crossed. "Hmph. If you would've found that last fused shadow faster, I would've been back in the shadow realm now." "Oh so this is my fault? What if you would've been sucked here by yourself after you were back in the twilight realm?" Link asked in annoyance. "Well at least I would've been prettier."
Link sighed. "Appearance does not matter in situations such as this. In fact I'd rather have the same appearance as the green guy and be safe back at Ordon than being relied on to save Hyrule and help save this place which I still don't even have the concept of knowing exact details about."
Beast Boy fell off from his place across the couch from them. "HEY! WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" Link rolled his eyes. "They sure are a nosy bunch." "I'M NOT NOSY!" Link sighed and Midna disappeared into his shadow.
"Hey you guys…come check this out." Robin called. "What is it Robin?" Starfire asked from behind him, the others following her. "I might have a lead on where Slade is hiding out." Robin was typing quickly on the panel in front of him.
"What do you mean?" Gwen leaned down, her hand on the edge of his chair, to get a closer look. "Our sensors are definitely picking up something big from that warehouse a few blocks from here." Cyborg observed from looking at the large screen.
Kevin's eyes narrowed. "How big?" "Big." Cyborg said simply. "Machinery it looks like. But what I'm wondering-" "What is machinery giving off that much power doing at an abandoned warehouse?" Robin finished for him.
"That can only mean one thing." Beast Boy began. "Someone is having a HUGE party at that warehouse. And I wasn't invited?" Everyone groaned, deciding to wave aside Beast Boy's comments from now on.
Suddenly the alarm went off and at that moment Ben rushed into the room. "Guys." Ben said, determination in his eyes that showed he was not playing around. "Someone- or something- is in the tower."
"Did you see where it went?" Gwen asked her cousin. "Nuh uh. I know I saw a figure and the next thing I knew it was gone but I know I wasn't seeing things because it broke a lamp, and a couple other things." He replied to her.
"Ah no!" Cyborg cried. "I really hope it doesn't get into my room. There's a lot of things that shouldn't be touched in there." There was a crash and everyone fell silent, looking around the room. "Here's the plan." Robin whispered. "We split up and quietly look around. Me, Starfire and Beast Boy will guard this room. Raven and Gwen, guard the main floor incase it tries to leave. Same with Cyborg and Kevin except you guys are going to guard the roof. Link, Midna, check the hallways. Ben…make sure it doesn't try to escape without us knowing."
With a chorus of 'Got it' or 'On it' everyone besides Beast Boy, Starfire, and Robin separated and headed into their directed places.
"What if it's a ghost?" Beast boy asked, peaking out from his place behind the couch. "It's not a ghost Beast Boy." Robin muttered as he looked around. "How do you know that, I mean it's possible isn't it? After all the stuff we've had to fight before…" "Yeah but it's really unlikely." Robin said, beginning to wonder why he'd had Beast Boy stay with him. If he hadn't it'd just be him and Starfire. Starfire… Robin shook his head trying to clear the thought from his head.
Now is not the time. He thought to himself. "What is that?" Starfire asked, pointing to a corner of the room. "What is-" there was a blur and the next thing any of them knew, everything went pitch black.
"I don't like this." Mida mumbled, coming out of Link's shadow. "Knowing something can creep up on me at any time?" Link laughed. "I doubt anything could creep up on you Mid. Besides if something did, all you would have to do is jump into a shadow." Midna crossed her small arms, obviously annoyed.
"What did I tell you about calling me Mid? Use my full name." Link rolled his eyes. "Sorry, Midna." "Much better." The imp said in satisfaction. Link peered around the room. "Still nothing here...maybe Ben was wrong. Maybe there is nothing here. We've been waiting quite some time."
"Think we should report back to the others?" Midna asked him. Honestly she just wanted to leave as soon as possible. Link shook his head, taking off his hat and running his fingers through his dirty blonde hair. "Not yet. Let's just wait a couple more minutes just incase."
Midna sighed. "Fine." Although it was easy to tell she didn't agree. Boredom began to take its toll on her so she jumped into a shadow of something nearby. Link leaned against the wall, crossing his arms behind his head. He felt sleep trying to take hold of him and tried to jerk himself awake but was failing.
His eyes widened when he noticed a black shadow coming towards him. "Mid-" he was unable to finish that statement as darkness overtook him. Midna jumped out of the shadow she had been hiding in. "What now, dogbreath?" she asked.
She looked around the room to only to see it empty. Nothing was there. "If you're joking with me this is not the time nor is it funny." She called. No reply. "Link? Come on now." She huffed impatiently. She hovered towards the ground and to her horror she noticed, slumped next to the wall….was Link's hat.
She was smart enough to know Link almost never went anywhere without his hat. This was no joke. "No!" she cried, hovering farther into the air, her eyes skimmed the room in a panic, her breathing shaky. There! In the corner, a black shadow and it was heading straight for her!
Midna yelped and flew off, trying to knock things into its way as it came for only for it to just go through them all. That thing had Link and who knew who else. She had to help him! But was she strong enough in this imp form? She could only hope.
Midna willingly stopped as the shadow came for her. Her face locked into determination as she stretched her arms out. "You want me?! Come get me!" She called. Almost as if it had heard her, the shadow came at her twice as fast and the darkness took away Midna as well.
Gwen jumped at the sound of something crashing. "Did you hear that?" She asked Raven, her eyes wide. Raven tilted her head, "Sounded like it came from one of the hallways upstairs." "That was where Link and Midna were wasn't it? You don't think…" Gwen trailed off, unsure of what could of happened.
"Best if we go and see for ourselves." Raven said as she began walking towards the elevator. Gwen nodded. "Right, I'll come with you." She took a step forward but Raven stopped her by raising her left hand.
"It's best if you stay here incase whatever is in the tower goes here next." Raven told her. "But, wouldn't it be safer if-" "It would be safer if whatever might be here is taken down. Wouldn't want it to leave with whatever it might have without us knowing." "Ben is supposed to deal with that." "I don't care. I say it's better this way."
And with that being said, Raven got on the elevator, heading towards the second floor. Gwen sighed and turned around, anxiously awaiting the foe they were up against, if he/she/it even makes it there.
Raven looked around, observing the broken objects on the ground. "This is going to take a while to clean up." She muttered but raised an eyebrow as she noticed two figures just down the hallway. They were both bigger than Link and Midna so she knew it couldn't be them. Her eyes narrowed as she saw they were inspecting something, at a closer look she realized it was a hat. Link's hat. "What did they do to them?" she wondered aloud. "AZARATH METRION SINTHOS!" Raven shouted, darkness surrounded her hands and the same darkness surrounded the two figures lifting them upside down in the air. "Where-" Only two familiar cries are what made her pause.
"Raven?! WHY DID YOU DO THAT? You know I don't like heights or being upside down." The larger figure cried. "I'm think I'm gonna be sick." The other figure groaned. Raven rolled her eyes but she released them causing them to fall on their heads with an 'OW!. "Sorry I thought…" she looked at the hat Cyborg had dropped when she had lifted them. "Where did you find this?" "It was over by the corner. We heard noises and went to check it out and I saw it over there." Cyborg explained, getting up and rubbing the top of his head.
Kevin nodded as he too got up. "Wait…wasn't Gwen with you?" he asked glancing around the room but seeing no sign of the red head. "I told her to stay incase whatever attacked here came." Raven said.
"You WHAT?!" Kevin took off down the hall. Raven sighed and rolled her eyes. "Let's go see what his deal is." She said to Cyborg, who agreed and then followed the osmosian hybrid.
"Gwen? GWEN!" Kevin shouted, his voice echoing through the room. There was no reply. Kevin punched the wall, panting heavily. "I should've been the one to go with her. Now whatever has Link and Midna has her to."
Raven looked down at the ground. "Sorry. I didn't think.." "That's right, you didn't think! What common sense were you using when you left her here by herself?!" Kevin accused. Raven's eyes narrowed. "You don't need to get that tone with me. I'm sure she'll be alright we just got to-" her eyes widened as she noticed something moving from behind Kevin. A shadow.
"Got to do what exactly?" Kevin asked crossing his arms. But seeing Raven's expression he turned around, arching an eyebrow in confusion. It wasn't long before the darkness had taken the rest of them over just as it had everyone else.
A/N: Sorry guys but I'm ending it here :P You all have yourselves a great day and if you have time…leave a review? Please? :D Till next time...(which hopefully won't be as long as last time)