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Somewhere in the woods at night, Ben and Grandpa Max sit around a campfire. The Rustbucket is parked next to them. They sit on logs, toasting marshmallows with sticks. Max is rotating his, lifting it out to inspect it. Suddenly they hear rustling and mumbling from the Rustbucket, but they don’t think too much of it.
Max: Don’t worry about him, he’s probably foraging for snacks. He’ll come out to us eventually.
Ben: Alright.
Ben seems tired of the situation, as Max finishes roasting his marshmallow for the smore
Max: Perfecto! Talk about a perfect summer night. Your cousin Gwen sure is missing out, I wonder how she’d feel about that Kevin kid we picked up, the three of you could’ve had some fun. But I can’t be too disappointed, summer school will be great for her, she has a bright future ahead!
Ben continues looking hollow, which Max misinterprets as him thinking that unlike Gwen, he won’t.
Max: I mean, you do too! I bet if you showed that watch to her, she’d go crazy with it and try to present it to her science class. And you’ve been doing alot of good with it too, like all those times you’ve kicked Vilgax’s butt-
Max notices Ben’s marshmallow has catched fire
Max: Uh, Ben. Your s’more’s catched-
Ben realizes and quickly takes it out to blow on it. It's no use, the marshmallow's completely burnt.
Ben: Thanks, Grandpa. Sorry, wasn't paying attention.
Max: Hey, no worries! We’ve got all night to try, maybe even Kevin will join in. I don’t think he’s that bad of a kid, he just needs someone proper to look up to-
Before Max could continue, they hear an explosion come from near the Rustbucket
Max: Seriously, what is that kid up to?!-
Before Max could finish questioning, he gets his answer. Kevin is suddenly launched towards near the both of them, visibly missing his Antitrix
“UNACCEPTABLE.”
As Kevin attempts to get up, this sudden figure tosses his Antitrix into his face.
Kevin: Hey, what did you do to my Antitrix you jerk?
Ben: Hey! What did you do that for? Kevin might be a jerk, but you don’t have to do that!
Max immediately picks up on the weight of the situation, and begins questioning what a celestialsapien doing here? Before he can ponder any further, he notices all the Omnitrixes attached to various parts of their body.
Max: Ben, I really think you shouldn’t-
As if.
Ben: It’s hero time!
Changing into Diamondhead, Ben then rotates in the Omni-Kix armor too. He has no idea what the plan is, but this guy’s gotta go.
This new figure raises an eyebrow, as if this gimmick is unfamiliar to him. Whatever, it could not possibly match Alien X
Diamondhead goes in for a few swings and attempts to launch a few projectiles, though it’s a lost cause as Alien X goes in for attacks of his own and quickly and literally Diamondhead, tossing him to the side.
As Diamondhead attempts to jump back for a counter-attack, he is suddenly reverted back into Ben.
Something’s messing with the Omnitrix.
Ben: What the- What gives? Don’t do this to me now-
Alien X hoists Ben by the shirt.
“AN UNEXPECTED ABILITY FOR SURE, BUT MUCH LIKE HE WITH THE HAYWIRE ENHANCEMENTS, IT IS NO USE.”
Ben realizes that the Omnitrix hasn’t timed out, so he uses Alien X’s distraction with curiosity to once again transform, let Humungousaur deal with this.
Humungousaur makes an attempt to once again Omni-Kix, however something causes the dial to jam
Humungousaur: Fine, let me down during an epic battle why don’t you!
“EVEN IF YOU GREW IN YOUR VAXASAURIAN TRANSFORMATION, THE NEWFOUND STRENGTH WOULD ALSO PROVE POINTLESS.”
Humungousaur: What in my who transformation?- Whatever dude.
Humungousaur grabs Alien X’s torso to attempt to toss him away, but once again reverts back to human.
“I TIRE OF HUMORING YOU, WE SHALL NOW CLAIM OUR CURE.”
Alien X begins to tear the Omnitrix off of Ben’s arm, scarring it. As if things couldn’t get any worse, Max and Kevin charge in themselves and hit Alien X with various forest objects.
Kevin: Hey jerkface, you’re not getting his watch too! Not that it’s cooler or anything-
Max: Hands off my grandson you freakish celestialsap-
Their intervention mid-removal proves catastrophic, as the Omnitrix’s failsafe releases a massive electrical discharge, while ultimately leaving everybody but Ben unharmed, the Omnitrix is completely fried.
“FOOLS, NOW BEHOLD THE CONSEQUENCE OF OBJECTING TO FATE.”
Alien X suspends Kevin and Max in a status that while dismembering them, leaves them alive in this helpless state.
Right as Alien X is about to disappear, a new portal opens, and a seemingly futuristic version of Max comes out and opens fire at Alien X.
Future Max: Tch, get back here!
Fortunately, he doesn’t.
Future Max: Huh, maybe it’s better he doesn’t actually. Now I can fix you guys up in peace. Name’s Maximillian by the way.
Maximilian undoes Kevin and Max’s stasis, then tends to Ben’s wound.
Maximilian: You lot needn’t to worry about that guy, the one thing he wanted is gone.
Ben: Hey uh, futuristic Max guy, can you pleeeaaase try to fix my Omnitrix too?
Maximilian: Kid, I-
Kevin: Don’t listen to him, obviously you’d want to start with the much cooler one!
Maximilian: Kevin, your watch shouldn’t even work on so many levels. It looks like something the Vreedle Brothers would cobble together.
Ben: Ha! Now, about my watch-
Maximilian: Being broken? Good, that’s the problem.
Ben: Huh?
Maximilian: Alien X only wants working Omnitrixes, yours is busted and so you guys are safe.
Ben: But he’s gone now! If you fix it he’s not gonna know.
Maximilian: Wanna bet?
Ben: …But what about the other bad guys, who’s gonna stop them?
Maximilian: The Plumbers will, your grandfather is one. Summer’s also at an end so just get to sleep already.
Kevin: Ha!
Ben: Says the one also with a broken watch.
Max: Kids please, we’ll figure something out.
Maximilian: Don’t. I already told your Azmuth to not bother with making his complete version of the Omnitrix. I’m out of here, got other Bens to worry about
Ben: Jerk, get back here!
…But Maximilian has already left through his portal, leaving the three of them without explanation nor understanding of what just transpired.
Ben: …so, how are plumbers meant to deal with these guys again? What, is Koil allergic to plungers or something?
Meanwhile, in the dimension we're familiar with, the Rustbucket drives along a highway. Ben is on the roof, facing off against Charmcaster and Hex engaging in unorthodox family bonding time. Gwen is also on the roof, tied up.
Ben: Alright, that's it, you two! Going Slapback!
Gwen: Hey! How about you untie me first? You’re in an unfair stand-off here!
Ben: You bet it is! Two versus ten *pointing at Omnitrix*, it’s hero time!
Ben turns into Slapback and exchanges a few swings with Hex and Charmcaster.
Gwen: Feeling real appreciated over here… at least untie me.
Slapback: Didn't I tell ya to stay inside the Rustbucket? That’s whatcha get for butting in on the fun. Anyways, Slapback is more than enough!
Slapback, and you’re not going to believe this in a million years, slaps his back.
Slapback 1 & 2: Get it? Because…
Charmcaster and Hex use Ben’s distraction with the pride of his own joke to attempt to blast him off the Rustbucket, Slapback 2 almost falls completely but grabs onto 1’s leg
Slapback 1: Rude! Did you even try to pretend that joke was funny?
Hex: Thousands of millennia of being alive and I’ve never heard a joke more pathetic-
Charmcaster attempts to blast Slapback’s last hand clinging to the Rustbucket roof
Hex: -Did I say you could finish him off yourself?
Charmcaster: You were just gonna let him have a chance to get back up while you babbled on about age?!
Hex: You think you know better than your elders, girl?
Their argument eventually escalates in the background, with Charmcaster’s new focus leading to Gwen’s binds dissipating. Gwen just stands up and takes in the sight of how pathetic this is, Slapback struggling to get up, Hex not even being able to communicate with his granddaughter, why’d she bother trying to tag in again?
Gwen: …Whatever.
Gwen climbs back down to the Rustbucket interior, leaving the four - or six, eight, whatever amount of clones Slapback has become by now - of them to bicker on top.
Slapback duplicates into four, unsurprisingly tearing a part of the roof off. The fourth clone pushes the other three back on top. Fortunately, the magic duo are still arguing. Unfortunately for Charmcaster…
Charmcaster: …and all that effort just to lose to tweens! Why did I ever look up to you?
Hex: You know what? I don’t even know why I bothered looking around for you. Instead of learning up on magic from a young age to maybe surpass me, I find you loitering around poetry clubs and painting your face to appear as miserable as possible. But I put that aside just because you were my granddaughter, and you return the favor by disobeying my orders and thinking you have any means of taking charge. You’re a disgrace to magic, and the family of Hex!
Slapback 1: Woah… Hex, that’s-
The other Slapbacks, being as emotionally dense as they are physically dense, dive on top of Hex and Charmcaster. Saying at the same time:
Slapback 2: Losers say “Hey!”
Slapback 3: Losers say “Get off of me!”
Hex: You imbecile creature! Are you trying to crush my spine?
Charmcaster hasn’t even got the spirit to say anything and lets out a pathetic groan, having just been emotionally crushed. Slapback 1 just rolls with it
Slapback 1: …Another victory for Slapback and the Slapbacks!
If only such a musical band was real. Cut to the authorities cuffing Hex and Charmcaster, a millennia of sorcery and he is still stopped by metal. Now that’s a joke right there.
Gwen: …Charmcaster, I heard what was going on up there. You’re welcome to join us anytime, I’m sure Hex wouldn’t mind-
Charmcaster: As if he’d ever genuinely care. Just shut up so they can put me in a girl prison so I won’t have to see him again.
Gwen obliges, and lets the police haul them away. With a disappointed look, she rejoins the Tennysons in the Rustbucket. Max is also lingering on the moment, but it hardly registered to Ben, though it has imprinted on him in some capacity.
Max: …That was intense.
Gwen: Yeah…
Ben: “Intense”? There was hardly a fight! Two magic bad guys and nothing cool happens, it’s like they were trying to be lame!
Gwen: Or maybe that’s what happens when you have unresolved issues.
Ben: I think I get it, and I agree.
Gwen: About time-
Ben: That it’s better to leave your family out of fights, and just do it solo.
Gwen: …what?
Ben: Yeah, Charmcaster got in the way and ended up making the both of them loose.
Gwen: You can’t be serious.
Ben: I’ve been thinking about this for a while, y’know. It’s better to go solo, keeps you guys safe too.
Gwen: What would be better is if you stopped being so self-absorbed and actually accepted help from us! Remember the Forever Knight and how if it weren’t for me and Max you and Kevin would’ve gotten stranded in time?
Ben: Look, that was only because you had that catsuit. Maybe if you were, I don’t know, a magic girl or if Max had cool gadgets then we’d be a butt-kicking family. But otherwise you guys are at risk, and it’s on me to protect you. Grandpa, back me up here!
Max, having slightly flinched at Ben’s comment about having gadgets, responds in favor of…
Max: Look, Ben. I know you mean well, really I do. But going at it on your own has its own risks. We won’t be there to guide you should you encounter a bad influence, like again, the Forever Knight. Or to prevent you from getting in over your head or being reckless in general.
While obviously sour about the Rustbucket’s damage, Max’s comments still get to Ben at least a little bit. But he’s sure of his path, so he attempts to dismiss them.
Ben: …That’s probably just jealousy.
Max: …sure.
The Omnitrix begins discharging electricity, much to Ben’s annoyance.
Ben: Hey, what gives? I’m not even trying to use you right now. Wait, am I about to get another alien? Please tell me it’s one of those guys from the Null Void, they actually looked kinda cool!
Gwen: It’s usually not that aggressive, are you sure Hex or Charmcaster didn’t hit it with a spell?
Max: Yeah, we should probably get Phil to check it out, if I make a left turn here we can probably reach him by sunrise-
Max looks out to a road, and sees a decorated figure blocking his road with pure confidence.
Alien X has found them.
Max: What in the blazes?!
As Max tries to slam the breaks, Alien X extends out his hand and says one thing,
“CEASE.”
And with that, he kills all momentum of the Rustbucket, causing Max to hit his head on the windshield and Gwen’s onto the table. Ben, sitting on the table seat facing away from Max, only has his head sink into the padding.
Ben: No idea what this is about, but now I’ll prove to you I can manage on my own.
Max: Y’know Ben, just this once, maybe this is an alien you shouldn’t mess with.
But before Max could finish, Ben has already left for his next fight as Four Arms
Four Arms: Hey sparkles, who goes for a midnight walk on the road? And what was that whole thing with the Rustbucket about?
“SO YOU CAN PRESENT OUR CURE.”
Four Arms: Oh I’m your cure alright, four knuckle sandwiches shall do it.
As Four Arms goes in for his punches, Alien X suspends them all, until Four Arms is practically stuck.
Four Arms: Can you at least try to make this fair for me?
“WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WASN’T FAIR, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT RIGHT IF YOU SURRENDER IT NOW.”
Four Arms: As if.
Four Arms engages the Omni-Kix form, attempting to launch rocket fists towards Alien X, however they are all suspended as well.
Four Arms: …Honestly, I should’ve seen that coming.
“A MOST HUMOROUS WAY TO CONFIRM YOUR SURRENDER, NOW DO NOT MOVE AND I CAN GUARANTEE AVOIDANCE OF SUFFERING.”
Ben is suddenly detransformed, but doesn’t mind that much as Four Arms proved useless. Plus, the Omnitrix hasn’t entered time-out mode, maybe it’s a sign?
Ben: Hang on, I can work with this.
Ben runs behind the Rustbucket, then dials in and becomes Rath. Alien X starts looking around the exterior of the Rustbucket and is pranced onto by Rath as he peers around a corner.
Rath: GRAH, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN’, GLITTER SHADOW MAN. RATH DOES NOT HAND OVER HIS OMNITRIX THAT EASY! RATH MAKES YA’ TASTE THE PAIN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET IN THE WAY OF RATH’S SUMMER!
“YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE JUMP ON ME, APPOPLEXIAN. HOWEVER NOT EVEN YOUR ENTIRE RACE CAN COMPARE TO A FRACTION OF WHAT OUR COMPLETE POWER WOULD BE.”
Rath: YOU THINK RATH CARES? HE’LL PUT AS MANY FOLDS INTO YOU AS THERE… ARE… Omnitrixes on your body?
Alien X Seizes the distraction to slam Rath into the mountain the road is carved into, but Rath struggles free and shoves Alien X back.
Rath: LET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN’, YOU GET THE ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ME SOMETHIN’! WHY HAVE YOU A BILLION OMNITRIXES AND STILL ASKING FOR MORE?
As he annoyingly rants, the Omnitrix begins discharging again and shortly after Ben is once again transformed.
Ben: Hey! That doesn’t mean I was gonna give mine to him!
“MY REMEDY WHICH YOU HOLD UNDERSTOODS WHAT MUST BE DONE. PERHAPS UNCONSCIOUS WILL I FACE NO RESISTANCE.”
Alien X grabs Ben by the shirt and throws him over the cliff down to the forest, hoping he’ll be incapacitated from the fall. Before he can hit the ground however, Ben quickly selects Heatblast. And as he does, both Earth’s and the situation’s gravity hits him.
Heatblast: …He’s coming for the watch, and he’s being ruthless about it too.
He thinks for a moment as he fiddles with the Omnitrix. He can either go omni-naut and make a run for it, perhaps even ask the Incurseans for help, or give it his all in a final stand, and maybe be the one to take him down. Unfortunately, he’s Ben Tennyson.
As Alien X peers down, a few fire blasts fly past him.
Omni-Kix Heatblast: Down here, star man!
“ONCE AGAIN, THIS ARMOR SHALL DO NOTHING IN STOPPING US.”
O.K Heatblast: Wanna bet?
Heatblast then begins blasting fire all over the forest, hoping to either catch Alien X in the blaze or to make it a challenge to find him as he uses the surroundings for sneak attacks.
“AS PER USUAL, ANOTHER BEN TENNYSON PROVES HIS UNWORTHINESS IN WIELDING SUCH POWER. ANOTHER REASON TO JUSTIFY OUR QUEST IN APPREHENSION.”
And with just a simple blast of wind, Alien X douses the entire forest fire. Before Ben can even land an attack properly, he is once again reverted.
Ben: Look, I’m sorry. I didn’t want to do that either, but you left me with no choice y’know.
“TYPICAL, AVOIDANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. AND NOW WHAT ONCE WAS A BEAUTIFUL FOREST, IS NOW A SCORCHED, FLATTENED TERRAIN.”
Now feeling as guilty as ever and fearing for his life, Ben realizes that if he wants to win, he’ll have to do something big. He notices the similarity between Alien V and Alien X, and concludes that maybe they have a common answer. His plan isn’t just big, it’s way big.
Quickly scrambling in the code for the To’kustar, Ben transforms into Waybig. Here it is, the clash of cosmic titans. To’kustar vs Celestiansapien, Waybig vs Alien X.
Not even uttering a quip beforehand, Waybig immediately fires a cosmic ray to strike Alien X as he charges him, and as Alien X is sent flying Waybig proceeds to give chase, intending to punch him the moment he crashes into a surface.
As Alien X finally crashes, Waybig lands a punch and then grabs his entire body to throw into the ground, which is then followed by a stomp.
Waybig: Ew, I stepped in loser!
With Waybig’s entire weight on him, Alien X seizes the chance to then topple Waybig over and as he does so he teleports high into the air. Before Waybig can get back up he sees an energy beam from Alien X surging towards him, acting fast he counters by firing back another cosmic ray.
As the two cosmic titans struggle, the two are surprisingly evenly matched. As Waybig realizes this, he focuses more energy into his attack and ends up the victor of the clash, catching Alien X in a huge explosion.
“INCONCEIVABLE, I WAS INFORMED THAT WE WERE THE STRONGEST RACE IN ALL COSMOS. FOR OUR POWER TO BE CHALLENGED BY ANY IS ILLOGICAL.”
As Alien X rages, he looks at himself, his stars are fading and patches of what appear to be a human are appearing. As he stresses over his newfound damage he finds himself in his subconscious, now stared down by two green faces. But instead of the ones we expect, they are concerningly ones we have been long familiarized with.
GwenBelicus, the voice of rage: What are you doing out there?
MaxSerina: the voice of passion: I suspect he may not want to go through with collecting our cure.
GwenBelicus: And to think we cherished him despite his shortcomings. In return he can’t even follow through on our restoration.
Ben X: No, no. NO! Everything I do, I do to bring you back, to finally reunite us.
GwenBelicus: Then why do we find you struggling with this obstacle now?
MaxSerina: He’s been hunting himself down over and over, I imagine he must tire eventually.
GwenBelicus: Every moment of exhaustion is another delay, Max. You know how the Omnitrixes work, I see it in our shared mind. Azmuth told you as he was working on it as per your next goal to establish peace.
MaxSerina: …I suppose you’re right. And as each new Omnitrix stabilizes the transformation then our freedom draws closer and this crusade can end. Ben-
Ben X: I know grandpa, I don’t even care about the Ben’s anymore. It’s as Gwen said, they’re all nothing more than obstacles now.
MaxSerina: Speaking of Gwen, since when did you begin acting like the leader of the operation?
GwenBelicus: Hey, I’m the one who’s been humbling this kid since we first met! You just keep going on to him about morality and life lessons, and do you see him retaining that information? No!
MaxSerina: And what would you know, you’re the one fixating on all those bad influences: magic, Kevin-
GwenBelicus: Don’t bring him into this.
Ben X: No more…
GwenBelicus: Hey dweeb, mind saying that to my face?!
Ben X: No more!
MaxSerina: I think things got a little heated between the three of us. Ben, breathe-
“..NO MORE!”
As Alien X snaps back to reality, a huge aura bursts from him. As desperate as ever to be reunited with his family, the Omnitrixes already present on his body begin overclocking and begin flickering yellow as they try to mend Alien X as best as they can.
“NOT MANY MORE BENS WILL HAVE TO SUFFER IF YOU AND THEY COMPLY IN SURRENDERING OUR SOLUTION. DO WHAT IS RIGHT, IF YOU LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE AS YOU SO CLAIM.”
Waybig: As if!
Alien X turns his hand into a sword.
“THEN PERHAPS GWEN WAS RIGHT IN THAT US BENS NEED A HUMBLING.”
Waybig: …oh man.
Alien X, now out of patience in this given moment, is striving to kill. Wasting no time, he charges straight to Waybig to begin slashing away. Waybig makes attempts to block and counter with his arm blades, but as Alien X hacks away at those, they begin to crack.
Maximilian picks up on the signal from Alien X’s tantrum and using it pinpoints his location in the reboot timeline and makes his arrival, right next to Max and Gwen. Naturally, he doesn’t go unnoticed.
Gwen: …Max? Have a twin you’ve not told either of us about?
Max: I don’t think now is the- who is this?
Gwen: I just… nevermind.
Maximillian: Name’s Maximillian. I’m here to see the celestialsapien.
Gwen: What’s one of those?
Maximilian: Max, mind explaining?
Max, flinches in the fact that he has not opened up yet, but understands that he must respond in some capacity because of the importance of the given situation.
Max: I mean… I have no idea what one of those are, but if I had to guess, I think this other me is talking about the guy that Ben is fighting.
Maximilian, taken aback by what seems to be Max’s slacking in knowledge, puts it aside and continues his explanation.
Maximilian: We have no idea why or how, but a celestialsapien went rogue and is hunting down individuals who possess an Omnitrix and storing them on his body. Whether it be a form of trophy collecting or some other malicious purpose remains unknown. Your grandson’s a fool for not running.
Gwen: Normally, I’d agree. But this guy seems super serious, I don’t think Ben has much of a choice here.
Max: I’m inclined to agree, Ben’s never one to run away from a challenge no matter how big or small. And from the looks of it then this might just be the biggest one yet. I’ve become proud of my grandson, and he’s proven someone that we can rely on in spite of his shortcomings, we’re all counting on him. He’ll pull through.
Maximilian: How about instead of cheering only for him, you two get off your butts and chip in too if you’re so sure you can overcome this threat. Gwen, get your spell book and Max-
Maximilian glances at the Rustbucket
Maximillian: Why haven’t you armed the Rustbucket? Get to it, both of you!
Max and Gwen: What are you talking about?
Gwen: Jinx!
Maximilian and Max: Gwen,
Gwen: Sorry, used to it happening between me and Ben.
Maximilian: For the love of- just get your heads in the game you two.
Gwen: …you know, maybe I should’ve taken that magic book from Charmcaster.
Maximilian: You mean you haven’t even done that yet? How early into the summer are you?
Gwen: It ends tomorrow, geez.
Maximilian’s shock grows.
Maximillian: …and you didn’t even think to gear up with something once?
Gwen: There was that catsuit once, but Phil made me give it back because the warranty with the creator’s company Playmates would be voided soon.
Max: Maybe take it easy with my granddaughter and I. We’ve chimed in through our own ways.
Maximilian: By not telling either of them that you’re a Plumber I assume?
Max: Wh- that’s supposed to be confidential!
Gwen: What’s a plunger meant to do here?
Maximilian: Confidentiality should’ve gone out the window once your grandson found the Omnitrix and met Vilgax. That’s how it usually goes.
Gwen: That’s usually how what goes?
Maximilian: Nothing, I can tell I’ve already ruined more secrets since I got here.
Cut back to Waybig and Alien X, Waybig’s arm blades are visibly shattered. An angered Waybig finally grabs Alien X and prepares to throw him into space.
Waybig: That’s it. You are so out of here!
If only the discharge could just hold out a bit longer.
Ben: Nononono! I was so close!
“AND NOW I FIND MYSELF IN YOUR DESIRED PROXIMITY TO VICTORY.”
Ben: Look, you think this is a cure right? This thing’s clearly busted, it keeps detransforming me! So I dunno, ask Dr. Animo or something?
“HE MERELY PLAYS GOD, WHEREAS I FIND MYSELF THE GAMEMASTER.”
Maximilian, Max and Gwen notice from afar and rush down to try and get involved.
Gwen: Ben, get out of there! This other Max guy’s gonna know what to do!
“AS PUNISHMENT FOR YOUR MISGUIDED BELIEF OF SUPERIORITY, I SHALL DIRECTLY EXTRACT THEIR CURE MYSELF.”
Alien X reaches for Ben’s wrist, tearing the Omnitrix off as forcefully as he can, desiring that it hurt Ben as much as possible.
Maximilian: BENJAMIN! Dang it, this distance will have to do.
Maximilian fires his blaster directly at the Omnitrix’s plate, inputting a specific sequence
“OMNITRIX RELEASE COUPLING CODE: ZERO-ZERO “RELEASE-COUPLING” ZERO ACCEPTED. REMOVING…”
Max rushes in to grab Ben
Max: Ben, don’t worry, I’m here.You did what you could and gave it your all, it's okay.
“HE WILL APPRECIATE THE CUSHIONING OF HIS FAILURE.”
Gwen: You got what you wanted, now leave us alone!
Maximilian: It’s like you guys wanted his Omnitrix gone.
Gwen: Can it!
“YOU WERE LUCKY AT THE LAST SECOND. SOME BENS PERISH BEFORE HE CAN INTERJECT.”
Alien X makes his exit from the timeline, the cast are helpless and just let him exit.
Max: Ben, your arm-
Maximilian gets straight to tending it.
Maximillian: All better.
The moment Ben is healed, he tightly hugs onto Max for comfort.
Ben: I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. You were right about me not rushing in solo, and now I’ve lost the one thing that keeps this family safe.
Max: It’s just a gadget. It’s you that makes you the hero.
Maximilian: He was right.
Gwen: About time you complimented him…
Maximilian: I meant the celestialsapien, you are good at cushioning failure.
Max: Mind telling me how you ended up like this? Because I’d sure like to avoid everything that turns me into you.
Maximilian: Alright then, stay useless.
Ben: Who are you calling useless? Max is awesome!
Gwen: Yeah, him being there for his family is more than enough to be useful.
Maximilian: Comfort is meant to be a reward, not a checkpoint.
Max: Ever since you got here all you’ve done is whine about me and my grand kids and it’s getting real sick.
As the argument unfolds, another alien portals in, a Methanosian.
Max: Why don’t you just leave?!
The new alien detransforms.
Alien Force Ben: I mean, if you say so? I just got here so…
Max, Maximilian, Gwen and Ben: Ben?!
Ben: Why does your Wildvine look like that?
Alien Force Ben: No- Wildvine?! Do I look like I have tentacle legs? Anyways, I’m here because the Plumbers where I’m from learned that a Celestialsapien went rogue.
A flashback begins.
Alien Force Ben: At first they thought it was me and I was basically put on trial because with all the Omnitrixes on him, they thought I went bad. That and between me and Albedo, I’ve been the only one who could control Alien X so far.
Flashback abruptly cuts due to intrusion
Gwen: Wait, if you can turn into that guy, then why don’t you do that and beat him in a fair fight?
Alien Force Ben: That’s the thing, I’ve tried but he’s not there and I found Lodestar in his place. I thought he escaped like what happened when Vilgax returned but no, just gone completely.
Ben: That’s what happened to Upgrade!
Alien Force Ben paused for a moment, Feedback’s the one who went missing, not Upgrade.
Alien Force Ben: …right,
Flashback resumes.
I went back to Primus to investigate, and I ended up finding Myaxx who told me that Azmuth made her remove his DNA after finding out the current situation. He'd do it himself but he’s been roped into this affair too, I wish I could get master control again so this would be easier, but not even Myaxx could trigger it.
Ben: Wait, Azmuth could’ve given me master control again that entire time? I should’ve totally asked him for that as a reward for kicking Vilgax’s butt!
Alien Force Ben: Heh, at least your Azmuth isn’t mad at you. One time, I tried to hack the master control back with Kevin and I got into so much trouble.
Ben: Kevin? No wonder you got into trouble, he’s nothing but!
Alien Force Ben: Don’t worry, he gets over it, eventually at least. Anyways we need to come up with a plan. Max, grab your Plumber tech
At this point, Max just gives in, no point in keeping that secret now.
Max: *deep sigh*, right. I don’t keep much Plumber tech on me anymore but I should still have some things lying around.
Ben: Plumber? What’s a plunger meant to do about Alien X-
Gwen: Beat you to that joke.
Alien Force Ben: You two still don’t know about the Plumbers? They’re an intergalactic crime fighting organization, your Max is a member..
Thinking about how lame that name is, Ben uses his full brain power to come up with a different name so amazing it might just revolutionize the Ben 10 franchise.
Ben: Plumbers is such a lame name for that, they should be called like, “Alien Force” or something.
Incredible, simply incredible.
Alien Force Ben: Honestly, not a bad name kid. I always thought it was kinda lame too.
Max and Maximillian: Hey!
Alien Force Ben: Whatever, we can talk about it later probably. Everyone get inside the Rustbucket, we can iron out the details there.
Cut to Alien X, who is currently staggering and seemingly struggling to stand, all whilst seething.
“IT SHOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR SUCH A YOUNG BEN TO PROVIDE SUCH A CHALLENGE. NO MATTER, I CAN SENSE THAT HIS POSSIBLE FUTURE IS ILL-FATED. AT HIS LOWEST HE SHALL PROVIDE NO CHALLENGE.”
Alien X portals into Ben 10,000’s timeline. Where he anticipated a ravaged society, he finds one nearing the completion of repair, dismissing the scenery as nothing more than future collateral damage. Just as he prepares to try and sense the presence of Ben 10,000, he detects that not only is he near, but he is rapidly closing in on him.
A big mistake for sure, but for which Ben?
Heatblast 10k: HEY UGLY, LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD USE A WARMUP!
Alien X is smothered in a cascade of fire bullets. As opposed to a future Ben still gloating in misery, he finds one in the zenith of recovery, refusing to take any chances.
Heatblast 10k: YEAH I’VE HEARD FROM PARADOX, AND DON’T THINK YOU’RE GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THAT SCHEME OF YOURS!
Heatblast begins rapidly pummeling Alien X, and tosses him into the air where he is then hit by several fire constructs.
Heatblast 10k: I’VE COME TOO FAR, WE’VE LOST TOO MUCH TO BE STOPPED NOW, I WILL NOT LET YOU DESTROY MY WORLD!
Heatblast 10k rockets into the air and further pummels Alien X, then making him take a full force blast sending him flying far away from any civilian harm. As Alien X crashes into the ground of a nearby valley, he looks up just to see a torrent of flame, glazing the sky in an intense fury of red.
“IMPOSSIBLE, THE PYRONITE ESPECIALLY SHOULD BE OF NO DANGER!”
Alien X powers up, extinguishing most of the flame but Heatblast’s will is too strong. He will sooner die than give up, but perhaps a part of him wishes for that chance of reunion.
As the two engage in hand to hand combat, the fury of Heatblast ensures that he lands many good hits, but he knows it’ll take more than that to stop this false god. Heatblast grabs him.
Heatblast 10k: Hey buddy, ever seen a supernova?
“AS IF THIS IS THE TIME FOR SUCH TRIVIAL QUESTION-”
Heatblast goes supercritical, engulfing the two of them in the middle of what would seem to be a volcanic eruption to any outsider.
“GAH!”
Alien X is on the ground, this might just be it.
Heatblast 10k: A friend once told me it’s just a gadget, and that it's me who makes the hero. Tell me, would a real hero pride himself in his trophies?
Heatblast reaches for one of Alien X’s omnitrixes.
“YOU AND I ARE ALIKE IN ONE REGARD, BUT ONLY ONE OF OUR QUESTS SHALL RESTORE MAX.”
Heatblast stops dead.
“ANOTHER DIFFERENCE HOWEVER IS THAT WHILE HIS LOSS DRIVES ME TO VICTORY, IT CRASHED YOU INTO FAILURE.”
Alien X places his palm on Heatblast’s Omnitrix, and speaks one word.
“DISSIPATE.”
Not only is he reverted back into human form, he is launched back into several dismembered slices, suspended in place. The ruinage of the environment ensuring that nobody will look there to find him, especially if the “evidence” were to end up burnt.
Alien X holds Ben 10,000’s Omnitrix, and looks at it, disgusted by the alternate power source it now has to drive from these days
“ALL THAT JUST TO DEFEND SOMETHING BARELY FUNCTIONAL. IT IS TEMPTING TO TAKE THIS OUT OF SPITE.”
Regardless, Alien X attaches it to his body as it in turns restores his condition more, and makes his exit.
Cut back to the reboot dimension, with our cast inside the Rustbucket as Grandpa Max drives almost senselessly, he’s not sure who else to turn to in this given situation except maybe Phil, as per his initial reaction to the Omnitrix before Alien X had appeared.
Ben: …and that’s when I got the idea to lure Alien X in a forest fire. The idea seemed totally awesome, made for an awesome scene-
Alien Force Ben: Kid you started a forest fire? Do you have any idea how reckless that is, I mean did you not learn from the one that happened as your first time as Heatblast when you first got the-
Ben, visibly upset: I didn’t know… I just thought that maybe
Alien Force Ben drops the lecture, he forgot that he was young and genuinely didn’t know better.
Alien Force Ben: Sorry for yelling, I guess I can see what you were going for. You just thought that you could overwhelm Alien X with the fire. One time, I became a 5 year old and almost had a tantrum with Heatblast and made a cave collapse on us.
Gwen: Hang on, Ben’s first alien wasn’t Heatblast and there was no forest fire, though he did cause one eventually. His first alien was Fourarms.
Alien Force Ben: Fourarms? I remember using my first time as him to wrestle this giant mammoth controlled by Animo.
Ben: That sounds so cool! One time I used Fourarms to beat up this giant robot octopus controlled by Steam Smythe, it was awesome.
Alien Force Ben: Wait, who’s Steam Smythe? Hang on, my first alien was Heatblast, you fight this guy called Steam Smythe, what’s going on here?
Maximilian: That’s not the past you, older ben. His timeline is actually more recent and noticeably different from yours. For example, Kevin doesn’t mutate into a giant amalgamation of your aliens, nor does Ghostfreak escape the Omnitrix and unleash his henchmen as Zs’skayr, this even extends to Gwen, she has no clue how to do magic.
Gwen gives a fed up look to Maximillian.
Ben: “Ghostfreak”? Giant monster Kevin. Gwen doing magic… is my world just a lamer version of yours?
Alien Force Ben: Don’t even think that for a second. We’re Bens, we’re both awesome in our own right. Infact, I’d kill for a Gwen who didn’t repeatedly antagonize me all summer. Yours seems really nice, she reminds me of my Gwen back home, we’ve matured a lot.
Ben: Thanks.
Alien Force Ben: About that forest fire thing, maybe you were onto something. I remember when I first turned into Alien X.
Ben and Gwen raise an eyebrow, Max turns up the radio pretending he didn’t hear that.
Alien Force: Don’t worry, I used it to save people then I didn’t really become him again. Anyways, as soon as I was done with that, Belicus got annoyed with me just being there and tried to notion that I get set on fire for a thousand years. Point is, I think Alien X hates distractions, alot.
Ben: He did seem to get a bit impatient when I tried to put up with him.
Alien Force: You know anywhere else we could pull that stunt again?
Ben: Hmm… One time, Max tried to take me and Gwen to Adrenaland to clear our heads after Vilgax became this all powerful giant, but when we got there it was completely abandoned. Apparently that place has been there since he was a kid.
Max: Yeah, it was a fun time but people kept getting hurt in the tidal wave pool. Now that I think about it, something about that water made it very hard to swim.
Alien Force Ben: Alright, Max take us to Adrenaland.
Max: I still think I should pick up Phil-
Alien Force Ben and Maximilian give Max a suspicious look.
Maximilian: Phil’s a dirty con-man who fakes captures to look good.
Alien Force Ben: He tried to trap me in the null void once.
Max: Phil would never do that… would he?
Gwen and Ben exchange a concerned look, which Alien Force Ben notices.
Alien Force Ben: …right, probably another difference of this world. My bad.
The cast eventually arrive at Adrenaland, and the trap setting montage begins. Various parts of the amusement park are set up or rigged to collapse onto or damage Alien X through other methods. Speakers ready to blast with maximum volume, structures having their supports corroded so they’d fall over. Multiple aliens from Alien Force are implied to be use for this sequence, but not explicitly shown. (remember, AXT was written with a budget that could only afford so many aliens) Such as Big Chill coating the ground in ice, Brainstorm powering any defunct mechanisms, Goop corroding structures etc.
Finally, all of Adrenaland is rigged into one big trap, ready for Alien X
Ben: …and that moth guy?
Alien Force: Big Chill, he’s actually very fun to use if you know how.
Ben: I hope I get him one day.
Alien Force Ben: I’m sure you will, I mean you’ve got some of my aliens already. I wonder if I’ll unlock any of yours, like Shockrock or Slapback.
And with that, the full montage sequence is over. Cut to Azmuth’s lab on Primus in the Alien Force timeline, Albedo is visibly in a form of restraint, possibly granted release in return for collaboration to work through the current circumstances… which have just come directly to them.
“THE BEN TENNYSON OF THIS TIMELINE IS NOT PRESENT. YOU WILL INFORM ME OF HIS LOCATION, I KNOW YOU’VE INSERTED TRACKING CAPABILITIES.”
Azmuth stares at the several Omnitrixes on Alien X’s body, giving him an idea.
Azmuth: Omnitrix, Reset Code T-
Alien X hastily grabs Azmuth and tightly squeezes him. As if risking being crushed to death, the many Omnitrixes state their rejection of the attempted sequence just to mock him.
“Input rejected, requested function code incorrect.”
“DO NOT THINK YOU CAN BEST ME. SAME GOES FOR YOUR REJECTED ASSISTANT, WE ARE AWARE THE OMNITRIX’S OBEDIENCE IS EXCLUSIVE TO YOU.”
Azmuth: I’d sooner perish here than comply, I’ve had a fulfilling career up until now.
Albedo: If you’d like to know, then we have already been informed of your rogue state. The Ben you’re looking for has made a run to Dimension 27998.3.
“WE THANK YOUR COMPLIANCE, GALVAN. I LEAVE YOU WITH YOUR LIVES. AS FOR THE ULTIMATRIX PROJECT, ITS STATE IS OF NO USE TO US AT THIS GIVEN MOMENT.”
Alien X leaves, visibly having taken Albedo’s Omnitrix with him as a parting gift.
Azmuth: And you wonder why else I relinquished you of the position.
Albedo: You fool, you’d rather die? I just saved your life.
Azmuth: Did you not hear my affirmation in his grasp? I know an attempt for revenge when I see one, especially coming from the likes of you.
We follow Alien X manifesting back into the reboot dimension, ready for a second round. He senses the Ben’s prescenses but all he sees is Adrenaland. He stakes a step forward but sets off a vine tripwire from Swampfire, dragging down many structures ontop of him.
“CHEAP.”
As he blows the debris away, the theme park speakers start to wildly blare with sound waves, It’s almost as if it’s being done by several sound-based aliens. How weird.
Alien X covers his ears as the sound is even reaching his headspace, taking up his concentration as the Bens anticipated. As soon as he gives in, he takes a direct beam hit from Alien Force Ben’s next alien, Chromastone.
Chromastone: What’s wrong X, sensitive ears?
As Alien X crashes into more of the theme park’s decorations, debris once again falls on top of him as the sound waves had caused weakened and eroded structures to finally give through and collapse. I sure wonder if this was the work of an acidic alien.
“THESE REPEATED TRICKS CAN ONLY GET YOU SO FAR.”
Chromastone suddenly feels immobilized
“UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE PATIENCE ALLOCATED TO THIS DIMENSION. ESPECIALLY TO THE BENS.”
Chromastone: Cheating just like that? Maybe I was right to not have used you since, you really do like the cheap solutions.
“JOKING, I REMEMBER JOKING.”
Chromastone: Be serious man, you’re a weirdo thief, not some hardened criminal.
“NOR ARE YOU THE MATURE TEENAGER YOU BELIEVE YOURSELF TO BE.”
Alien X reaches out and starts to pull on Chromastone’s Omnitrix, until all of a sudden he takes a dive kick from… a second Swampfire?
Swampfire 2: I liked his thinking, maybe I should just cut to the chase too in fights.
Chromastone: Hold on, did one of my Echo Echoes go rogue? And was Swampfire always that strong?
Swampfire 2: Not exactly,
The second Swampfire detransforms.
Ultimate Alien Ben: …and yes. Dude, Swampfire is powerful, haven’t you been paying attention?
Chromastone: Still not quite getting it-
Ultimate Alien Ben pulls up his sleeve and reveals his Ultimatrix.
Chromastone: …oh. What happened there?
Ultimate Alien Ben: Long story, but play your cards right and you’ll be getting it soon enough.
The two of them see Alien X angrily flying back towards them, Chromastone realises he’s no longer frozen in place.
Ultimate Alien Ben: May I have this dance?
Chromastone: Gladly.
Ultimate Alien Ben retransforms.
Swampfire: Check this out!
Swampfire slaps his Ultimatrix, sending a glowing wave across his body until…
Ultimate Swampfire: ULTIMATE SWAMPFIRE!
Chromastone: Dude…
Ultimate Swampfire: And if you think that’s cool…
Ultimate Swampfire starts unleashing a torrent of explosive pellets to Alien X, overwhelming him. As he tries to block, Ultimate Swampfire goes in for an uppercut and follows through with a blue fire blast as he falls back down, sending Alien X far but infuriating him alot.
Chromastone: Dude. That was… wow!
Ultimate Swampfire: Cool huh? Trust me, you’d really want to get your hands on it.
Ultimate Swampfire summons a large vine overgrowth to smother Alien X whilst he’s down, then beckoning himself and Alien Force Ben to get to Reboot Ben.
Ultimate Swampfire: The kid.
Chromastone: Right, let’s bounce.
Unsurprisingly, Alien X doesn’t struggle with getting past the vines.
Chromastone: Or not.
Ultimate Swampfire: You guys better run, we’ll hold him off even if it gets us-
Maximilian: Right, considering this situation they’ll be most safe with Paradox, wherever he is right now instead of dealing with this.
Ben: Wait, if you’re getting other Bens involved with this, then I know one we can get to help. He’s really strong, trust me, he just needed a push to get back on his feet.
Gwen: You mean that future you?
Ben: Oh yeah! He’ll sweep the floors with Alien X if he joins in the two of them!
Maximilian: You have a point, celestialsapiens can be overwhelmed by several stimuli which’ll leave them unsure of what to do next.
Maximilian takes our trio to Ben 10,000’s timeline. Unfortunately, Alien X knew better.
Ben 10,000: Finally, a little help? The lava’s about to cook me while I’m-
Maximillian: On it.
Maximilian unsuspends Ben 10,000 and pulls him to an elevated place.
Ben: Wow… Alien X really did a number to your place, I’m sorry.
Ben 10,000: Don’t be, I got him far away from the populus. This area’s all my doing, figured I could bake him alive.
Gwen: Yeah, you kinda got everything but.
Ben 10,000: You’re telling me, I almost was the one cooked ironically.
Maximilian: Don’t worry, we’ll be getting your Omnitrix back.
Max notices Maximilian’s sudden optimism of the situation.
Max: Now that thinking is more like it!
Maximilian: What can I say, the Bens might actually be onto something, not the morons most turn out to be.
Ben: Ouch, but thanks.
With that, the Tennysons head back to the reboot timeline. Maximilian stays behind to help Ben 10,000 back to his Gwen, then to depart to scout out other Omnitrix users ahead of schedule. Cut back to Ultimate Alien and Alien Force Ben, having sustained more damage in fighting Alien X.
Chromastone: You sure this will work?
Ultimate Swampfire: Trust me, Chromastone can take many kinds of energy surprisingly.
Chromastone: You better be right…
Ultimate Swampfire grabs Chromastone’s back spikes, and begins channeling a huge amount of energy into Chromastone.
Chromastone: Holy moly! I feel-
Alien X shifts his hand again into a sword, to shatter Chromastone for a second time.
“NO!”
Chromastone: Whether you like it or not, man!
Chromastone expels a huge blast from his horn, devastating both Alien X and Adrenaland.
Chromastone: Was that it? Did we just-
Ultimate Swampfire: You better not have jinxed it.
Chromastone: Right. Quick, pull off his Omnitrixes or-
Alien X teleports behind them.
“FALL.”
The two are de-transformed
“THAT IS THE BEST, AND FINAL HIT ANYBODY SHALL EVER LAND ON ME.”
Alien X starts trembling, as his pains start to flare up again.
“GH!”
Just cut to the chase, his prizes are right there.
“AS YOU CAN SEE… YOUR OMNITRIXES WILL BE MY REMEDIES. HE WITH THE RECALIBRATED, YOU ONCE CURED A RACE WHO DID NOT DESERVE SUCH MERCY. YOU MUST SURELY DEEP DOWN APPROVE OF AIDING MY GOAL.”
Alien Force Ben: That… it was different. You’re-
“AS FOR THE ULTIMATE, YOU WERE WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WITH YOUR LIFE TO END THE SUFFERING OF MANY OF YOUR ALIENS. LIKEWISE YOU SHOULD BE WILLING TO COMPLY WITH ENDING THE SUFFERING OF JUST ONE.”
Ultimate Alien Ben: They... I didn’t know.
“IRRELEVANT. IF YOU ARE BOTH SACRIFICIAL HEROES. THEN END YOUR PROTESTS AND SURRENDER THEIR FUNCTIONS TO US ONCE MORE.”
The two are hesitating, Alien X is getting to them. Maybe he’s right. Maybe their two Omnitrixes are the last he’ll need and he won’t spend up all his patience and start going for Bens just for the hell of it. That is, until-
Ben: That’s enough, let them go!
His plea doesn’t even register to Alien X, he’s done with our Ben. He only cares about anybody with Omnitrixes now, and he’s about to get a whole load of them.
Gwen 10: Didn’t you hear the dweeb?
Classic Ben: Yeah, let go of those two cool guys!
Omniverse Ben: Oh man, Rook would freak out if he saw this Alien X.
Alien X is now tired of all the distractions. With a snap of his fingers, everybody finds themselves in the barren lands of Nevada. And with that, the arena of their final showdown.
To break character here, ideally a commercial break would air inbetween here and the following scene to feel more natural, as Alien X-Tinction is split into 4 11 minute parts as per most cartoon episodes are, anyways:
A Flashback occurs, a visibly damaged Alien X finds himself in a creator, with several scars all across his body. They’re not wounds however, but instead appear to be sections of human skin and features, almost as if a bizarre fusion between the two races.
As Alien X (Or Alien V, should I say) struggles back onto his feet, he sees a portal open in front of him and sees Maximillian and his Ben. As he tries to focus his attention on the two, he feels a migraine.
Maximilian: Easy there, friend. We’re here to help.
Benjamin: Woah, what’s up with this guy?
Maximilian: He appears to be an unstable celestialsapien and human hybrid. Whoever did this to you, we’ll make them pay as soon as we take you to the Plumbers to be treated.
Alien V: …Max?
Maximilian: You know my name? I might not be the Max you know, but you can still trust us.
Benjamin: Hey, you said guy’s a hybrid right? I dunno, maybe the Omnitrix’s DNA repair can help him.
The Omnitrix extends its core out as it begins DNA repair mode, and as it tries to treat Alien V, it begins to discharge. In a panic, Alien V reaches for it and cluelessly slams it onto his body.
Benjamin: Hey! I don’t know how you managed to take that off so easily, but I’m gonna need it back. Someone in your condition really shouldn’t have to put up with “the hard way”.
Alien V looks at his body, and watches as his scars of human skin begin to retreat, being healed over with celestialsapien skin. Benjamin gets impatient and tries to simply reach for his Omnitrix, leaving Alien V to blast him back in a flinching retaliation attempt.
Maximilian: Easy on the kid, don’t think we’re no good fighters just because you stole the Omnitrix.
But Alien V has already figured out his superiority, it’s no use. He begins charging a blast
"I will not stay an abomination, if you wish to remove your Omnitrix. You can fall trying..."
Maximilian: Benjamin!
End of flashback. As it ends, we can see that Alien X was staring at Omniverse Ben as he recollected, wincing in a slight confusion. He however regains his focus and realizes the scenario presented infront of him. The Omnitrixes have basically come to him.
“IF I KNEW THE WIELDERS WOULD BE SO EAGER, THEN I WOULD HAVE NOT BOTHERED ON THIS CONQUEST TO CURE US.”
Classic Ben: That guy’s clearly lost his marbles. No more stalling around, it’s hero time!
The other Omnitrix wielders follow suit:
Classic Ben becomes Eye Guy
Gwen 10 becomes Diamondhead (referred to as Diamondgwen when she speaks)
Alien Force and Ultimate Alien Bens retransform to Chromastone and Ultimate Swampfire respectively as usual.
And finally Omniverse Ben to Gravattack.
As they all transform, the heroes begin their discord of attacks on Alien X. Eye Guy fires optic lasers, Diamondhead fires her shards, Chromastone fires his blasts, Ultimate Swampfire unloads torrents of fire, and Gravattack rips out chunks of the ground as projectiles.
None of these attacks prove effective on Alien X however. Not because of his supreme might, but because of the non-uniformity between the cast. Eye Guy’s beams are too concentrated and shatter Diamondhead’s crystals. Ultimate Swampfire keeps reducing the chunks of earth into a fine dust, and Chromastone’s blasts keep reflecting off of Diamondhead’s shards, going all over the place and even striking Gravattack in his core, sending his powers mad.
This problem sorted itself out. Utilising the currently disharmony, Alien X pulls everybody towards him with the intent to pull out all the Omnitrixes at once, almost doing so until the final 5 allies show up.
Kevin: You jerks were gonna leave us out of the biggest fight of our lives?
Using their abandonment to recruit the final few pieces of backup, Maximilian has brought along Kevin and Glitch, with Gwen noticeably having a magic book and Max being armed with whatever Plumber tech he could carry. Glitch overrides Maximillian’s arm cannon, landing a direct hit on Alien X.
Gwen: Everyone get in the cave!
Kevin: Already? Coward!
Gwen gives Kevin a hard stare, Kevin tries to pretend he doesn’t care. But Alien X does, he tries to blast at them as they all retreat into the cave. The blasts just barely miss and instead causes a cave-in.
The cave is encased in a darkness that is soon quickly lit up. Not by any of the aliens… but by Gwen?
Ben: Uh, cous’?
Kevin: How’d you do that?
Gwen: Well, whilst Alien X took all you guys all the way to Nevada for some reason, I got an idea from that magic stuff Maximillian keeps bugging me about. So I had him take us down to the prison and convinced Charmcaster to lie for us about her magic books being stolen off of us, and now I can do magic stuff too-
Gwen: But she knew it wasn’t enough, she needed someone awesomer than any poser who can do magic, so she then came to me for help, knew you suckers would need it eventually! Also Glitch is here for some reason.
Glitch: I’m a Ben too, for your information.
Kevin: Hardly, you look more like a creep if anything.
Max: -and if I can explain these, considering I might as well just drop the secret, I got Phil to lend me some of the Plumber tech he used since I threw mine away.
Ben: You threw away cool gadgets? It’s like you wanted to be lame.
Max: Don’t get like that Ben. I’m not sure what the Plumbers in their worlds are like but as far as I’m concerned, they’re terrible people, borderline terrorists. I’m glad I left all that in the past.
Maximilian: I had no idea, you can rest easy knowing that the Plumber forces everywhere else are heroic.
Classic Ben: Enough blabbering, we need a plan!
Gwen 10: My cousin’s right, we need to find a way to restrain Alien X and take his watches.
Alien Force Ben: Restrain? The first thing I did as Alien X was stop an entire dam from collapsing, if anything he’s all about restraining everything but himself.
Ultimate Alien Ben: Oh man, that. I don’t think even Big Chill could’ve clutched that. Yeah, Alien X is powerful. Belicus and Serina said that he could do basically anything, glad I locked him away.
Omniverse Ben: Why didn’t I think of that? What are you waiting for, unlock Alien X and put that other guy in his place.
Ultimate Alien Ben: …forgetting something? The keys have been left with Kevin and Gwen, and they’re not here right now.
Classic Ben: Then go get them, genius?
Alien Force Ben: And leave our friends as more targets for Alien X? No thanks.
Gwen 10: Kevin, as a friend? What gets into you guys?
Classic Ben: Whatever, isn’t the Ben in the hoodie meant to come after Mr. Alien Key guy? You go Alien X!
Omniverse Ben: Sure, and you can all watch me get Bloxx instead.
Alien Force Ben: …please don’t tell me the next official model is that much of a downgrade.
Ultimate Alien Ben: Aren’t we all arguing about the wrong Alien X here? We should just go out there and pound that guy into stardust.
Alien Force Ben: And lose ourselves? I don’t know, depending on what Omnitrix he has, maybe we can just go to Azmuth and have him take Alien X out of the codon stream on Primus like he did to mine.
Ben: Everyone, stop arguing!
Surprisingly, everybody listens to the new Ben on the block. Surprised that they actually listened to him, Ben began talking.
Ben: Oh, that actually worked. It’s true we need a new plan, but why are we fighting more over it? Alien x might think he can go it alone, but that's not going to work out for any of us. Maybe that's why I haven't been able to beat him, why we haven't been able to beat him. When we try to do it our own ways, it gets us in big trouble. We’re supposed to overwhelm him, not each other. So if you think working as one is how it gets done, then do it with all of us, we all fight as one.
Omniverse Ben: He’s right, can’t believe I got sidetracked and overconfident like that. Feels like I’ve been doing that more often than not lately.
Classic Ben: So… I assume we’re all thinking the same thing right now?
Alien Force Ben: Oh yeah.
Everybody with an Omnitrix sticks their forearms out, including our Ben. He then remembers the lack of Omnitrix leading a frown to form on his face, Alien Force Ben notices.
Alien Force Ben: Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten. We’ll be getting your Omnitrix back too.
This cheers up Ben, now left with a confident smirk. Following this, all the Omnitrix users say in unison:
“It’s hero time!”
As they all retransform to their respective aliens, they all burst out of the cave and present to Alien X the ultimate team up. Eye Guy, Diamondhead, Swampfire, Ultimate Swampfire, Gravattack, Bashmouth, a newly risen Lucky Girl, a Plumber fresh out of retirement, Maximilian, and even Ben has found his way to contribute, with Glitch forming an armor around him.
Ben: End of the line, X!
“THIS LINE ONLY ENTAILS ONE END. YOUR LIVES.”
Alien X points towards the sky, proudly presenting a large energy sphere ready to detonate the Earth just for the hell of it at this point. Everything’s been going wrong since his arrival in this world, it must be purged. Everybody looks up to the sky, but they’re almost completely unphased.
Alien Force Ben: You don’t scare us anymore. Let’s end this
“YES, COME!”
And as everybody charges into combat, they all prove they're as unified as they can possibly be, Gravattack throwing Ultimate Swampfire's projectiles into place if they miss, Lucky Girl charging up Chromastone, Eye Guy firing out of every eye and having their optic blasts be redirected into Alien X via refraction off of Diamondhead’s crystals, Glitch boosting Max's plumber technology, and even Bashmouth having Ben and Glitch’s back. Perfect harmony.
Alien X is completely overwhelmed, he isn't given a single opportunity to think or run, every second is another 3 attacks coming his way. He attempts to grow to crush them all under his foot. Swampfire roots himself into the ground to topple him over with help from Gravattack
Swampfire: Just like that weather tower! The bigger they are…
Gravattack: …the harder they fall! Oh, you guys might wanna get back actually.
Alien X topples over and crashes into the ground. Swampfire and Ultimate Swampfire smother and restrain Alien X once more in an overgrowth of vines, exposing only his Omnitrixes. Gravattack also holds him down, and Kevin changes into Crystalfist to further restrain Alien X alongside Gwen’s binds. As they all get in to begin extracting them, Alien X outbursts with a final storm of electric discharge, causing everybody to detransform.
“I SHOULD’VE COLLAPSED THE CAVE ONTO YOU INSTEAD OF CHARGING THIS, IT’S TIME THAT WE CONCLUDE THIS CHARADE!”
As Alien X moves towards the sphere, he suddenly hears Ben speak up, and realises that he is missing an Omnitrix from his body.
Ben: Time, huh? Thanks for the tip.
Wasting no time, Ben transforms into Jetray, and begins his assault.
Jetray: You see, now that's what makes me mad. Not enough that you ruin my day-
Somehow, he immediately switches into Cannonbolt and strikes Alien X
Cannonbolt: -But now you wanna ruin every other Tennyson's day!
Crystalfist spawns crystals behind Alien X for him to crash into, Cannonbolt then changes into Humungousaur to send Alien X flying again with a tail strike. Changing again to send a few fireballs from Heatblast for good measure.
Alien X tries to retreat into the air to regain the advantage, only to be pulled down by a Gax leaping up towards him who then spin-throws him across the desert.
Gax: You're not going anywhere.
Gwen and Max run up to Gax.
Gwen: Woah… Ben.
Max: How are you doing that? And where’s Glitch?
Gax: I’ll have to explain later, right now-
Classic Ben: Wait a sec, is that Vilgax?
Alien X picks himself up, and stares in horror as Gax converses with Gwen and Max. Almost as if such a pairing has reawakened a horrid memory.
“NO, NO, NO! GRANDPA, GWEN. GET AWAY FROM VILGAX NOW!”
Gwen: What’s his problem?
Max: I just think we need to get away, Gwen!
Gax: Hmph. Sorry but-
Another quick change.
Overflow: You're all washed up!
Overflow has been redialled, and is blasting Alien X in a position where his current pushes him further into the ground as Overflow propels himself into the air. Another change.
Shockrock: Oh, you're after our Omnitrixes?
Shockrock launches an electric blast to electrify the soaked Alien X. Not planning to stop anytime soon, Shockrock changes into Slapback and drops down to pile Alien X at an incredible place.
Slapback: Unfortunately, Slapback has other plans!
As Alien X is piled on by the eight slapback clones, Alien X can just barely blast them off, but it’s not long until he is then pranced on by Rath. Just as he lands a few strikes in, Alien X also then tosses Rath off, but the other Bens, Maxs and Gwens use this opportunity to get in attacks of their own.
"A BEN SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIS SECOND ROUND OF MASTER CONTROL SO SOON!"
XLR8 speed blitzes Alien X
XLR8: Maybe not, but I guess I have a reason to thank you now. You made us all realise somethin’!
As XLR8 charges towards Alien X at full speed, he changes to Fourarms to go in for one final, mighty punch sending Alien X flying across the desert. Finishing his changes, XLR8 changes to Stinkfly and flies over to begin trashing Alien X with his goop
Stinkfly: Loosing stinks, doesn’t it?
Alien X is now absolutely seething, and attempts to get up. Stinkfly changes.
Wildvine: Nope, stay put and wallow in shame-
More infuriated than ever, Alien X uppercuts Wildvine and teleports to the sky to fire out a huge energy wave towards the Tennysons, but a returning Grey Matter just stares at the blast, unphased.
Grey Matter: Hmm… I think I know what to do for this finale.
Gwen 10: So what’s the plan? It’s impossible to be a doofus as that alien.
Seconds away from collision, Grey Matter shares the plan amongst everybody, and quick changes to Shockrock in time to absorb the energy wave, stressing Alien X to the limit.
"IF I CANNOT COLLECT YOUR OMNITRIXES, THEN WHY SHOULD ANY OF YOU CONTINUE YOUR EXISTENCE?!"
Alien X gets into position to drop his energy sphere to wipe out the whole planet, but it was never going to be that easy. Diamondhead sandwiches Alien X between two massive crystals, with Gravattack using his power to make them sandwich Alien X as tightly as possible, topped off with a wrapping from Thornblade. It's now or never.
Everyone pours their power into Shockrock, Eye Guy's beams, Chromastone's energy, Ultimate Swampfire's fire (hey if Chromastone can absorb fire for its limited plasma then shockrock can do it too), Gwen's mana, the energy from Max and Maximillan's Plumber tech, and... where's Glitch?
Shockrock then fires out the most powerful blast in his entire history towards Alien X and his sun of extinction, leaving him completely devastated.
Alien X has been defeated.
As everyone goes in to remove an Omnitrix, they notice that something strange occurs to Alien X’s body. For every Omnitrix removed, more of Alien X covers the body. That’s not how the Omnitrix is meant to work. Everybody understands that he should have at least one Omnitrix since how else would he be Alien X? But Kevin doesn't have that knowledge.
Kevin: What are you doofuses waiting for, a trophy? I’ll do it.
Max: Kevin, no!
He reaches in to remove the Omnitrix but it shoots out one final burst of electric discharge, though this time nobody reverts back into human. They don't know what to do until Alien Force Ben proposes something.
Alien Force Ben: Hey guys, maybe if we try our repair functions?
Omniverse Ben: Right.
Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, Omniverse and Reboot Ben get in close to utilize their functions. As the DNA repair runs its course, Alien X's human parts begin to retreat fully. Alien X is now whole, and is thus now motionless.
“Genetic damage repaired.”
Alien Force Ben: Don’t panic, this is good. Alien X is powerless now, Belicus and Serina are gonna be so mad, especially Belicus.
Everybody seems proud of their work, except Reboot Ben. He stares at the now motionless Alien X and trusts his gut feeling.
Classic Ben: Uh… what are you doing? We’ve won dude.
Ben: I dunno, but I saw Azmuth and Vilgax do this to me before. Hopefully I can too.
Ultimate Alien Ben: I’ll trust you on this. I usually only remember something if it’s important.
As Ben finishes inputting the sequence, Alien X is then reverted back to Ben. The rest look at him in disappointment, why would he be so reckless with such power? Ben X finally gives in, he decides he might as well explain himself.
Ben X: I guess there’s no fighting it, huh? It was Vilgax, it’s always Vilgax. I totally had him beat this time, nobody can get past Humungousaur, especially with another dosage of Master Control thanks to Grey Matter cracking the code after many nights. That was, until Gwen and Max got involved with their own tricks. I told them not to got involved, what were they thinking?
Vilgax decided that he's had enough of this and just tossed me aside, next thing I knew, I saw Max and Gwen getting vaporised. I guess he thought that if he possibly going to lose our battle, he might as well win our war.
Vilgax: I tire of you Tennysons, now for the last one.
Humungousaur: No- you, I- How could?
Ben was about to burst into tears, as Vilgax approached him uncaringly. But Ben isn't just grieving, he's seething with rage, he smashes his Omnitrix out of grieving rage (as weird as this sounds, this could actually an attempt to avoid self harm attempts out of newfound self devalue) causing the Omnitrix to freak out and manifest the dial in prompt.
“Dial-in function available. Please desist in self-harming.”
Humungousaur mindlessly draws a shape into the alien selection dial to desperately get an alien that'd destroy Vilgax. Fortunately for him, a celestial coincidence occurred.
Humungousaur: Y-you want me gone so bad? Then-
Ben transforms into his new alien. Vilgax is initially taken aback by the appearance of a deformed celestialsapien, but quickly laughs.
Vilgax: A celestialsapien, really. How does a child plan on making a debate, by begging on his knees?
Assuming his victory has been locked in. Vilgax reaches out for the Omnitrix to put in the decouple sequence. Ben helplessly watches from the mindspace, until he is interrupted by two voices.
Serina: Belicus~
Belicus: What is it?
Serina: It appears we have a new guest.
Belicus: It better not be Paradox again.
Belicus looks down to Ben X
Belicus: What is a child doing in our domain?
Ben: What’s going on? Where am I? Who are you people?
Serina: I am S-
The headspace begins to quake, the two personalities suddenly shift and distort into... Gwen and Max?
Ben: …what?
Ben suddenly feels a heavy weight, as the return of these faces instill him a new operation. Kill Vilgax.
As Vilgax has the Omnitrix almost completely extracted, a discharge of energy blasts Vilgax back. He assumes it as a response from the self-defense mechanisms, until a hand grabs him by his tentacles.
Vilgax: Impossible!
Vilgax is taken aback and begins anxiously stepping backwards, visibly panicked. How is Ben in control? The new alien bursts a shockwave, covering the area in a small dust cloud. From which emerges is another Alien V, though this time the fusion is more imbalanced. Parts of Ben, parts of Alien X. Realising he’s not a full celestialsapien, some of Vilgax’s confidence begins to creep back, unfortunately for him.
Alien V: You… They’re
Alien X begins struggling as a headache comes on and sends him back to his headspace. He hears voices.
GwenBelicus: Do it. Fix us.
MaxSerina: We can be a family again.
As Alien V snaps back to reality, he sees Vilgax charge back to him. He extends out a finger and presses it on his forehead.
Alien V: Divide.
Vilgax: What are you… AGH!
Vilgax watches his own body in horror as his DNA once again begins to split into two beings, on one side is Gax, and the other Vil. As if it wasn’t clear enough to him by now, luck is not on either of his sides.
Vil: You… me like this, again?
Vil desperately tries to reach out to Gax thinking he can reclaim the over half, just to see Alien V vaporize him with haste.
Vil: Don’t! I can fix you, I swear-
Alien V has already made up their mind. He does the same to Vil, then collapses to the ground again with another headache.
Maximillian and his Ben arrive, the flashback is fast tracked until just before where it ended, where we see Ben on the ground beckoning Maximillian to run
Benjamin: Max, get out of here!
Maximilian has no choice but to comply.
Alien V: I spare our grandfather, his involvement in our affairs caused this outcome. As for your Omnitrix, it was hardly any good. Perhaps if I collect enough-
Benjamin: As if! Good luck trying to get Ben 10,000-
Alien V: Your opinion is no longer of relevance.
Alien V begins to glow, followed by a scream from Ben. It’s implied he was killed here. End of flashback
Ben X: And that’s it. But look at me, I’m all better now, right?
They’re not having any of this, though there is a slight sympathy.
Classic Ben: Uh, hello? You’re crazy, even I wouldn’t torment Vilgax like that!
Alien Force Ben: Yeah, I’d just get him as Diamondhead or something.
Ultimate Alien Ben: Look, what happened to you is shocking, really, it is. But that just doesn’t excuse how you responded next, I’ve had my cases where I get stressed by tense moments but I’d never go and do something like that.
Omniverse Ben: Look, I think you could’ve avoided this if you worked with your Max and Gwen from the start. Going about it solo to protect them isn’t as good an idea as it might sound like. It even took me some time to get used to Rook, I should go back and talk to him after this.
Thinking of his Ben 10,000, our Ben chimes in.
Ben: Yeah, the other me’s are right. If you just shut everybody off and don’t try again for a long time, it's too late and next thing you know, you've become something horrible. Today I’ve learned that help is always good, you just need to know when to accept the help from others to become better.
A thought crosses Maximillian’s mind, after the Bens share an inspirational talk .
Maximillian: Now wait just a minute, everyone in the omniverse is expecting Alien X to be put on trial, but I think we all knows how that would end if I took him. Here’s what I’m going to do: I’ll report back to them that Alien X perished in that final attack and let’s face it, that technically did happen. But then I’ll be taking the Ben here on a little roadtrip across the universe... just as soon as he returns all the Omnitrixes as part of his community service. And apologize. Alot.
The other Omnitrix wielders seem ready to depart back to their timelines to continue their canons/serieses. But Max interjects before they can do so.
Max: Now folks, wait just a minute.
Alien Force Ben: Is something the matter?
Max: That heartfelt speech has got me thinking, and I’d like to ask you a question.
They all stare at him, ready to answer.
Max: ...are you all okay too?
They all stare at him in confusion.
Gwen 10: I’m not feeling any pain.
Max: I’m talking about the mental kind.
They are now hesitating, how do they respond to such a question?
Max: I don’t think this is the only Ben here that’s had alot to go through. Sure, you all look fine, but did you ever take a minute to stop and ask yourself what’s been going on with your lives ever since you found the Omnitrix? Or any kind of breather at all?
Nobody responds, that is until Ultimate Alien Ben chimes in:
Ultimate Alien Ben: I can still remember it, me and Gwen were after Captain Nemesis. It was really gross, he was taking advantage of his wife and getting them both in all sorts of danger. It was painful to just watch unfold.
Alien Force Ben: Vilgax and Albedo teamed up, in just our first battle they got the Omnitrix off of me. On the Rustbucket ride home I just felt totally useless and lashed out, running into the woods in the middle of the storm. Sure I managed to get my Omnitrix back, but it was still… scary, I guess.
Omniverse Ben: You ever have this thing you really enjoy as a kid, until eventually the next thing you know someone forces you to watch as they cruelly rip it away infront of your eyes? Then five years later they come back for you and it’s just completely terrifying, like they might just do it again.
Classic Ben: I remember looking for Azmuth, and in doing so Gwen got taken away. I blamed myself hard for it, I think the other me was right, it could’ve been different if we worked with eachother to begin with.
Gwen 10: As much as I’ve come to like this watch. The 24 hours it happened was all so overwhelming, first thing I knew was that an irremovable watch turned me into all these creatures latched onto me, and then the next hour an alien warlord begun his assault to try and remove it off me, violent means if necessary.
Max: It’s good to let all these feelings out. Remember: The people around you aren’t just good for fighting support, when you go back to them I think you should all confess what you just did here, so they can support you emotionally aswell.
Alien Force Ben: Yeah, we should. Thanks for making us let it out, Max.
Maximilian opens their portals back to their worlds, and they all begin to depart, Alien Force Ben lingers for just an extra second however.
Alien Force Ben: One more thing. I know everything you just heard is gonna make you worried, little me. But don’t worry, in spite of all of it, you’ll have a great future ahead.
And with that, Alien Force Ben makes his departure too. Ben stares at them as they depart, though Ben didn’t make a confession of his own, he didn’t need to. Max and Gwen both immediately go in for a hug, Kevin is kinda just standing there, but Max brings him into the hug anyway. Kevin objects but is visibly appreciating this.
Max: We’re with you, Ben.
Ben: I know. I don’t want you guys to leave me ever again.
Gwen: I wish we could hug Glitch too, where is he anyway?
Ben: He sacrificed himself for us when I got my Omnitrix back, Glitch knew there was a chance it wouldn't be enough, and he re-entered the Omnitrix to try and invoke the master control function again, it’s how I got all those aliens again, even the old favorites.
The watch starts to glow and speak in Glitch's voice
“Dear Tennysons: Although my departure must surely be sad, I’d like to say that I loved and appreciated every moment of my external existence, and all the help I could provide to people. But I find that it must be my time to return to the inner workings of the Omnitrix. However, I have one more surprise for Ben.”
The Omnitrix is enveloped in a glow for one final time, Ben looks down at the Omnitrix and sees it has taken a new shape, much like that of Alien Force Ben’s. As he inspects the playlist, he realises that not only does he have a new array of aliens, but the oldest favorite is back: Upgrade. Ben is visibly holding back tears.
Ben: Glitch…
Max: Well, that’s definitely been enough excitement for one summer, we should all head home. School starts back up tomorrow, especially you Kevin.
Kevin: Ugh, so I just got to be in the backseat, and now you guys are going to leave me even further behind again?
Max: I actually had something else in mind. With Ben and Gwen in school, the streets would surely be vulnerable, and they could absolutely do with someone who has a super cool watch protecting them. You could even get to hang out with the kids once they get out of school. Who knows, maybe Phil could even try and pitch in to help out with your Antitrix
Kevin doesn’t even try to shut it down, he smirks.
Kevin: You know what? They sure could.
With that, Kevin hops back into the RV with the Tennysons, even getting the front seat.
And with that, Ben Tennyson’s story for now has come to a close.