A/N: Sorry it's been a while, writer's block has been kicking my butt. But, we're back and it's time for the end! Excuse me while I go cry.
We all stare with wide eyes at the sight of a good chunk of all past villains we've fought. "Animo, the Circus Freaks, Clancy, Sublimino, Rojo, Charmcaster? Oh man!" Ben says with a stressed crack in his voice, "Who are the metal heads?" Cooper asks. I squint my eyes "Must be Forever Knight creeps." Ben says "What's up with the horns and the cape on that one guy?" I ask.
"Since we took out Enoch, maybe he's their new leader." Gwen says, Max frowns "Or maybe Enoch was never really in charge." He says. Thumbskull jumps off the cliff and charges towards us, we all stare at him as he reaches for the Rust Bucket. Thumbskull gets electrocuted once he touches the Rust Bucket. He stumbles back before fainting. Max quickly presses a button on the dashboard. Metal secures all the windows, doors and the windshields, the Rust Bucket jerks a little when somebody shoots at it. "What's the plan?" Gwen asks nervously "I have a few..." Cooper says.
~2 Minutes Later~
We watch the Rust Bucket explode, the blast takes out the Circus Freaks and Rojo. "Better hurry before they figure out what happened." Max says seriously, I yelp when I get picked up by the collar of my shirt. "Too late!" I squeak, Max, Cooper, and Gwen stare worriedly as the red ninja dude holds his blade to my throat. Cooper runs off screaming, Gwen follows. I make my leg glow F/C before kicking the Red Ninja in the stomach, the knight drops me.
A/N: calling the ninja "Red" for now because it's so hard when they don't have names.
"Nobody likes a show off, Ninja-boy!" Ben growls before picking up Red and throwing him into the Rust Bucket. "There they are!" Charmcaster shouts "Meet us at the hatch!" Ben tells Max, Ben grabs me and leaps into the air. We land in front of the Negative 10, I make Ben glow F/C before he strikes the ground. It shakes violently, I lock eyes with Charmcaster. I teleport behind her, quickly levitating her into the air. I smash her into the ground, "Wow...still haven't figured out any other moves?" Charmcaster scoffs.
She mutters out a spell, my eyes widen as cracks from on the ground around me. I levitate myself just before the ground caves in. "I have plenty, I just know I don't want to bother wasting any of them on some random magic b*tch with daddy issues." I say, grinning widely. "You know nothing about my dad." Charmcaster scoffs angrily, making giant rocks float "And based on the way you act, neither do you." I snort. Charmcaster screams at me, throwing the rocks in my direction, I dodge, letting the rocks crush Clancy.
"Nice going!" Rojo mocks "Oh just shut up." Charmcaster growls. I teleport to Ben's side as the Negative 10 start to circle us. "Come on! I'll whip you all with three arms tied to behind my back." Ben says "And if it wasn't for plot reasons, I'd take you all down in 2 seconds." I say. Charmcaster creates rock monsters and they charge right towards us.
Ben breaks them instantly, while my attention goes to the new Forever Knight leader. I frown seriously, I teleport towards the leader. Red immediately jumps in front of me, pulling out a light saber "Ooh, neat. I can make one too!" I mock, making a F/C light saber appear. I swing the light saber, Red dodges and smacks me with his light saber. I grunt, getting electrocuted and thrown into a cliff.
My body falls to the ground, Ben stands over me worriedly "Don't worry...me fiiiiine." I tell him, wobbly trying to stand on my two feet "You better not be lying." Ben sighs seriously "Would I ever lie to you?" I ask with a dizzy smile "In these type of situations, yes." Ben scoffs bitterly. I shake off the dizziness when I hear the Omnitrix beep. Ben turns back into himself, the Negative 10 start to stalk towards us. I glance at Ben worriedly, my hands glow black, "I am not scared to murder all of you." I growl firmly. I flinch when a laser is fired from above, it blows all of the Negative 10 away from us, Ben and I glance at the cannon... "Thank you, Grandpa." Ben says, smiling lightly.
We run over to the hatch. Ben and I share a glance before holding each other's hand and jumping down the hatch. We scream as we slide down quickly, I grunt when we hit the ground, "Ugh..." Ben groans. Max and Gwen run over to the hatch, Max throws something inside "It needs a push." Max tells her. "Gallius disruptus." Gwen says, wind pushes whatever Max threw further down the hatch.
We run over to the monitor, the Forever Knights leader looks at the camera. "Nothing will stop this little homecoming." He growls before shooting down the camera. We stare at the monitor as it goes static, "Phew...I'm glad that's over..." Ben sighs "I'm not sure it is," Max says, pulling up the recording of what the Forever Knights said "There's something about what his highness said that makes me wonder..." We all stare at the screen curiously.
"Driscoll, I.D. Number 12906."
"Grandpa, what is it?" Gwen asks, Max looks down "The Forever King is an ex-Plumber. When I was still a rookie, a scandal rocked the Plumbers. Driscoll, one of the veterans, was caught stealing high technology from alien perps, then using it for his own benefit. Eventually he was caught and thrown out of the Plumbers in disgrace. As far as anyone knew, he was never heard from again. But now it's obvious Driscoll worked his way up through the Forever Knights until he became their leader..." Max sighs. "So that's how the bad guys knew about the satellite Plumber complexes—the sub-energy, the keys, and all that stuff. It was an inside job." Ben gasps "And Driscoll knows Mount Rushmore like the back of his hand. He'll find a way in. It's only a matter time." Max says seriously. My eyes widen in fear...
~💚~
I stare at Ben worriedly as he stares off into the distance. I shake him gently, "Benji, are you ok?" I ask, he turns me to "Yeah, I'm fine." He says distantly "Don't you lie to me, Tennyson." I say firmly, taking his hand.
Ben cringes, "Ew, it's gross hearing you call me that..." He huffs, I stare at him. Ben flashes an obviously forced smile, "As long as you're ok, I'm gonna be ok." He states, patting my cheeks. "I don't believe-" Ben stands up and walks over to Cooper, I frown, teleporting over to where Gwen, Cooper and now Ben were.
"So, how's it going?" Gwen asks as Cooper works on a robot "Good," He says "These security drones are almost ready." "I have to know. How did you open that entrance hatch without even laying a finger on it?" Gwen asks curiously. Cooper turns to us, "Sometimes, if I concentrate real hard, I-I can sort of see inside machines and junk like that. It's kinda like a wifi in my head." He explains "That is so cool!" I say in awe.
Cooper goes back to work on his drones, "Not really. It gives me a major headache." He sighs softly, climbing down the ladder. The drone starts up, Cooper tosses a soda can into the air. The drone immediately starts shooting laser at the can-the can explodes. Cooper grins proudly, "Nice job, Cooper." Max says, I turn to see him in a mechanical suit.
"Whoa, Grandpa! You've been working out." Ben jokes lightly as Max lifts up a machine twice his size. "Oh, it's not me, Ben, it's this Exo-Suit, alien tech which amplifies your own natural ability. Cooper got it running again. Now we just need a little help from Heatblast to finish it up." Max says, Ben nods and turns into Heatblast.
~💚~
I stare at Ben as he uses his fire, "Gwen..." I mumble when she walks up "Oh no, you got that tone. What happened between you and Ben now?" She groans, crossing her arms. "He's been acting weird ever since the Circus Freaks showed up. And he got even weird when Rojo showed up. Now he's just...I dunno-an emo?" I sigh "An emo?" Gwen snorts. Cooper looks at Ben and then look at me, "Maybe it's PTSD." He suggest. "What? Benji doesn't have PTSD," I scoff lightly, watching Ben even more now "If he did I would've noticed."
"Does he have nightmares a lot?"
"Yeah."
"Mood swings in specific stressful situations?"
"...Yeah."
"Does he avoid you in these situations?"
"...Yeah, sometimes..."
"Then, yeah it's PTSD."
I frown in shock, how did I not notice?!
Either way, I'm still dragging Ben to therapy when I get the chance...
I stare at Ben with wide eyes, Gwen hums in thought. "That does make sense...last time we saw Rojo-" "I was out cold in a hospital." I mumble, rubbing my arm. "And last time we saw the Circus Freak-" "I jumped off a building..." I sigh, holding the side of my head. The guilt is actually starting to physically hurt! "And either Ben's too into hero-ing to care...or he doesn't want to worry anyone else." Cooper states. Gwen places a hand on my shoulder, "Or he's too oblivious to realize himself." She states, trying to ease my obvious guilt.
The Omnitrix beeps and he turns back into himself, "I'd like to see that Negative 10 get through that." He jokes cockily as we walk up to him. I stare at him with wide eyes as I reevaluate everything... "I wouldn't." Cooper says nervously. "We've done all we can here. I want to double-check the Sub-Energy security field." Max says seriously.
~💚~
All this time I've been a piece of sh*t girlfriend.
I thought I was getting better, but I've only been getting worse.
Ben shouldn't have to suffer with me...he deserves a lot better—NO, NO! It is the last f*cking chapter, we're not doing this sh*t!
I let out a sigh, trying to all distracting thoughts into the back of my mind. Doors open, "Whoa!" Cooper says in awe before running into the room. We follow, "A real machine made force field?" Cooper gasps, I stand beside Gwen, "Too bad the Forever King now has the keys to shut it off." Max sighs. Ben looks around, "Well where is it, Grandpa?" He asks, Max presses his foot into the ground, a platform that was holding some goggles to appear.
"The force field is just a cloaking device. Here, put these on." Max says, handing us a pair. I put mine on, flinching at the static, "What's with the static noise, Grandpa?" Gwen asks "The goggles amplify the sound of the force field," He says, bending down to look at Gwen's goggles "The knob on the side adjusts the volume." I quickly adjust mine. We all look at the Sub-Energy "That dinky thing is the Sub-Energy?" Ben asks "I know it doesn't look like much, but the material in that container is 20 times more powerful than the sun. Mishandle it, and you've got an explosion big enough to blow a continent off the face of the Earth." Max explains.
~💚~
"Quit copying me!"
"You're the one copying me!"
Cooper and I watch Ben and Gwen play Rock, Paper, Scissors. "What are they doing?" Cooper asks "Winner gets your extra ticket." I tell him. I stare at my ring in thought, I still wear it, but I haven't really thought about it as much as I did when I first got it. I glance at Ben as he continues to huff at Gwen about the ticket. I smile weakly when he looks at me for a second, either Ben's oblivious or he's a really good actor. The was an alarm going off on the control panel, we all look at it. "What is it?" Gwen asks "Motion sensors. Come on." Max says.
We follow him to the hatch door, we run back when something breaks through the wall beside the door. Animo rides on a mole mutant as it growls at us, "The doctor is in!" He cackles before the mole-mutant swings its tail, knocking Gwen and Max to the floor. I stare at them with wide eyes, I clench my fist tightly, they glow F/C.
Ben turns into Wildmutt, he grunts at me. I nod, "You understand him?" Cooper asks "I understood the aliens, the human...not so much." I snort. Ben runs and tackles the mole, I levitate Animo into the air, he grunts when he start to glow black. "Call off the mole or you're gonna be the one who needs a doctor!" I snap angrily. Animo holds his throat and kicks his legs as he caughs harshly.
The other members of the Negative 10 walk into the room. "Cooper, the security drones!" Max says, the drones surround the Negative 10, but the drones suddenly back off. "I love surprises, don't you?" The Forever King hums. The drones start to shoot at us, Max throws some bombs at them while Ben breaks a few of them open. I use Animo as a shield as the drones start to shoot at me. "Retreat to the lower level!" Max shouts over the noise.
Ben roars and grabs me, running off. The door close behind us before there was an explosion. I squirm out of Ben's hold, he turns to me and whimpers, brushing his paw against me. I frown, shooting him a stressed look "Not a good time, Benji." I say seriously. Ben only lets out a whine and nods, "Why did those security drones go bananas and attack us?" Gwen asks. "I don't know." Max says.
I glance at Cooper, his eyes shift from blue to grey, "Coops, are you ok?" I ask worriedly. Max and Gwen looks at him too, Cooper eyes turns to me, "Must obey...attack Tennysons." He mutters "What?" I ask blankly. The Exo-Suit walks up, preparing to crush us with a trash can. Ben jumps onto the drone, "Sublimino must've gotten to Cooper during the fight outside. He's hypnotized!" Gwen gasps "Why'd it take so long for Sublimino to take control?" I ask.
Gwen shrugs, "We've got to pull the plug on Cooper before that Exo-Suit makes a winter coat out of Ben." Max says, "Cooper said he can control stuff like a wireless network." Gwen says, I look at the goggles. I grab them and teleport beside Cooper, I force the goggles on him. Cooper fights in my hold, I turn up the volume, Cooper screams in pain before falling to the ground. The Exo-Suit stops attacking.
"Perfect timing." I hum, the Omnitrix beeps and Ben turns back into himself. "Thanks..." He sighs, Max gently places Cooper inside of a large cabinet. "No matter what happens to us, we can't let the Forever King get away with the Sub-Energy." Max says to us seriously.
A/N: These are literally 10 year olds. These are children, what the heck, Max-
"We understand...Grandpa." Ben says seriously, Gwen and I nod.
~One Preparation Scene Later~
We all nod at each other. Ben was Eye-Guy, Gwen had her magic spells ready, Max was wearing his Exo-Suit, and I was completely glowing black.
The Negative 10 bust through the wall, "There is no place left to run, Tennysons." The Forever King says "Who's running, metal mouth? Bring it on!" Ben growls. The Negative 10 charge towards us, we run towards them. I clench my teeth together tightly, I throw Sublimino into the wall. Gwen and Charmcaster were fighting close by, I only watch for a second before turning. I gasp at the Forever King and Red as they walk over to the Sub-Energy.
Max and I stand in front of it protectively, "I would say it's nice to see you again, Driscoll, but I'd be lying." Max says. "I'm flattered that you would remember me, Max. But where are my manners? Have you met my colleagues?" He asks, Max gets thrown back by Red. My eyes widen, I glare at the Forever King, "You're not taking me down that easily." I say harshly, glowing black. The Forever King chuckles darkly, "I did it once, I have no issues doing it again." I glare at him.
What the h*ll did that even mean?
I glow brightly- "Nope." Ben says, grabbing me and pulling me away from the Forever King. "No. Nope. Not today. Never again." Ben says firmly, I blink at him as he holds me tightly "I...uh...ok, I guess." I mumble, blushing a bit, I'm honestly shocked, but not really. I levitate Rojo and throw her into Charmcaster, saving Gwen in her fight. She pants tiredly, Gwen gives me a thumbs up.
Ben places me down when Clancy starts to circle us, Ben starts to shoot energy out of a few of his eyes, but missing Clancy. I surround Clancy with a F/C glow, keeping him in place. Ben shoots Clancy with ease, "Insect on ice—now that's cold!" He jokes, grinning at me goofily. I crack the weakest of smiles, at least he's happy. Both our smiles fade when a shadow looms over us.
"Care for an extra-rare cut of Tennysons, my pet?"
We turn to see Animo and his mutant, Ben instantly shoots an energy beam. Animo goes flying in the air, he lands near Gwen and Charmcaster's fight. Charmcaster looks at Animo and growls in frustration before creating rock creatures. They growl at Gwen, "Hated those then, hate them now." Gwen sighs, glaring at them. Ben and I run over to help.
"We got your back, Gwen." I say, the Omnitrix beeps and Ben's turns back himself. Gwen and I stare at Ben, he stands there awkwardly. "I got your back." I correct "I'm not leaving you." Ben huffs firmly. I sigh and make a Plumber gun appear, I hand it to Ben, "Fine, you can stay, but I'm not risking you dying." I say, he grins widely. Ben shoots the stone creatures, causing them to shatter into pieces, Gwen and I shield our faces from the explosion. "Just like I thought-all bite and no bark." Ben says confidently.
Max hits the floor, grunting from the impact. Ben, Gwen and I run over to him. We all look at the Forever King and Red nervously as they lower the force field, "Now I shall be the Forever King of the world." The Forever King snickers darkly. "Don't be a fool, Driscoll! The Sub-Energy is too unstable!" Max warns, standing up "Funny, that's what the Plumbers said about me when they kicked me out. Have fun." He says coldly.
Red and the Forever King walk off, leaving us to deal with what's left over of the Negative 10. "We need to even the odds a bit." Max tells us, I glance at Ben and Gwen "You know, these two have been spending way too much time trying to see who's better." I hum. They both look at me with confused expressions before Gwen smirks, she looks at the Negative 10 "At least you guys don't have to worry about that, right?" She asks them.
They pause and glance at each other, Ben smirks "We all know Animo's next in charge." He says "But Charmcaster is the one with all the potential." Gwen says. Rojo scoffs angrily, "Hey! What about me?!" "What about you?" I ask, fighting back the urge to smirk. Rojo growls, "I'm tougher than all of you!" She shouts "You?! Get real!" Acid Breath scoffs "And just because you have a little hocus pocus, DON'T THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME ON, CHILD!" Animo screams at Charmcaster.
Max leans towards me and Ben "Ben, Y/N, stop the Forever King." He whispers. Ben and I run off quietly, Ben pauses, "Y/N!" He whispers. I stop and turn to him, I teleport back to see why he stopped. Ben grins widely at the sight of larger guns behind a glass barrier. I stare at them before teleporting inside the barrier and grabbing a larger gun, I hand it to Ben, "Haha!" He snickers mischievously.
I teleport us onto a cliff, the Forever King and Red weren't to far below. "Our ride awaits us." The Forever King says as a car pulls up, Ben grips his gun tiredly. He shoots the car, the ground shakes violently as it explodes-as yes, perfect weapon for a 10 year old to have. "Your trip has just been canceled." Ben says, grinning widely. I make my hands glow F/C, Red and the Forever King look at us before the Forever King bows.
"As you wish."
Red throws a glowing ninja star at us, we flinch when Ben's gun split in two. "You have been a thorn in my side long enough, Ben Tennyson and Y/N L/N." The Forever King says "Oh wow...a villain that actually knows my last name...how does he know my last name? Who the watery h*ll is this guy?" I mumble, Ben nudges me harshly. I shoot him a confused look, Ben firmly gestures to the Forever King.
His suit absorbs the Sub-Energy, energy sparks around the Forever King. A laser shoots out of his mask, I put a force field around me in Ben, the cliff starts to shake, pieces of Mount Rushmore start to roll down. They break against my force field, but it's still pretty stressful giving the fact I can no longer see Red or the Forever King. I frown in thought.
Best plan?
Leave Ben here til the Omnitrix recharges...
Yeah, he's not gonna enjoy that plan.
Any other plans?
Not really...
"Ok, I don't have time to think of any other plans. Benji, even though I just learn you had it, to protect you-I'm gonna have to ignore your PTSD." I say quickly, squeezing Ben's face together "My what?" Ben asks with a confused frown. "We'll talk later. Bye." I say, kissing his cheek and teleporting out of the force field. The Forever King shoots energy at me, I swiftly dodge.
The Forever King keeps up the same attack, I levitate his leg-making him fall back. "Fighting is pointless!" The Forever King shout angrily, "Then stop fighting me." I huff, the Forever King stands and shoots energy at me again. Red jumps from behind me and kicks me in the shoulder, I grunt. I teleport before I could completely hit the ground. The Forever King looks behind me and chuckles, I quickly look back too. The rocks had stop falling, Ben was no where to be seen.
I glare at the Forever King and Red as they stalk their way towards me. There was a bright green flash behind me, I turn to see Upchuck. He spits out a glowing ball of green and F/C energy, I smile at Ben widely, "Even the Omnitrix cannot save you now." The Forever King scoffs, I yelp silently when Ben lands in my arms. Red leaps towards us, I toss Ben into the air, dodging Red's kick. Red throws more glowing ninja stars just as I catch Ben.
He quickly eats them and spits them back out. Red stumbles as the ninja stars hit him repeatedly. Red hits the ground, I gently place Ben down, "Now who's seeing stars?!" Ben snickers proudly, watching Red spark as he lays on the grounds. The Forever King stands a small distance away, I make my hands glow F/C and charge towards him. Ben follows closely, he spits at the Forever King, I flinch at the brightness of the Forever King's counter energy attack.
Ben and I share a knowing look, I pick Ben up and make him glow F/C. Ben rapidly spits out a mix of green and F/C energy, I levitate the two of us and we start to circle the Forever King quickly. Ben's spit his the Forever King, he shakes it off and shoots beams of energy at us. Ben shoots his tongues out and rips off the Forever King's chest plate, "My Sub-Energy!" The Forever King screams. I place Ben down as he starts to swell, I stare at him nervously, "Now, that hits the spot! But not as much as this!" Ben cackles excitedly before burping out a huge beam of energy.
The Forever King floats up with the energy, Ben starts to spin quickly and the ground begins to shake. I shield my face from the explosion, I look around with wide eyes as the dust settles. Ben had turned back into himself, I lean over him worriedly "Benji, are you ok?" I ask, placing my hands on his cheeks. Ben groans weakly "Your hands are cold..." He mumble, leaning in my touch tiredly. Max runs up with Gwen and Cooper in each of the Exo-Suit arms.
"Are you two ok?" Max asks, studying us in concern. Ben burps, he smiles at me "We are now." I snort, Max looks around "The Forever King?" He asks. Ben and I look around, "Guess Upchuck scared him out of his skin. He's gone." Ben states as we stare at the Forever King's empty suit. "For now..." Max sighs. "Hey, Grandpa, remember that hologram you made of us inside of the Rust Bucket? How are you at making presidents. Big presidents?" Ben asks, we both smile at him nervously. Max stares at us blankly...
~💚~
I follow behind the cousins and Cooper as we walk towards Cooper's house. "Ok, Cooper, only two hours left until the movie premiere. So which one of us gets the extra ticket?" Ben asks. Cooper looks at the both of them, "Uh, there is no extra ticket." He states. My eyes widen, I glance at Max. He holds his hand over his mouth as he snickers, "There are no tickets at all." Cooper admits.
"What?!" Ben shouts "What do you mean?!" Gwen asks, the two of them glance at each other. "I figured you guys wouldn't even talk to me unless you had to, so I made up having the tickets." Cooper states, he shrugs before walking inside with no other words. I wave goodbye with a wide grin as we watch him shut the door. Ben and Gwen look at each other with wide eyes.
Max and I snicker, "Well, look on the bright side. You two can finally agree on something. You can both be mad at Cooper. Come on, let's go! We're burning daylight." Max laughs. Gwen speeds into the Rust Bucket, Ben sulks and glance at me. I snicker a little before holding my hand out to him, Ben looks at my hand. He smiles and wraps an around around me instead, we laugh excitedly, running inside the Rust Bucket.
A/N: That's how the show ends? If we ignore the movie...THIS is the ending...wow. Uh. Ok, um...Ignoring how much I don't like the ending.
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