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Chapter 1

Farther than any imaginable distance from the construction site, but only a few meters away from a quiet stretch of highway a sudden crack of thunder ruptured the tranquility of the clear night sky as swirling vortex suddenly appeared twenty feet over the ground.

No sooner had the vortex appeared then it spewed out two objects hurtling to the ground, one was a large heavily armed black and green space ship and the other was a dark green Anodite and then just as quickly as it had appeared it self-destructed in a massive explosion that could be heard for miles.

Manafest groaned as he slowly rose to his feet. "Ship are you okay?" he asked.

The large spaceship began shrinking in size until he was once again his cute minuscule self. "Ship," the little guy replied half heartedly, obviously whatever had just happened hadn't agreed with him too well. But at least he was still alive.

Manafest breathed sigh of relief at that last part. "Okay that's one important question down," he said. "Now for the next one, any idea where we are?"

Ship looked around for a second then shrugged. "Ship?" he replied shaking his head.

"Me neither," Ben sighed.

In an attempt to get their bearings Manafest used his powers to his advantage as he tried scanning for Gwen or Kevin's mana, but to his nervousness there was no trace of them to br found.

Growing worried he began widening his search until his powers had scanned the whole planet, but still he found nothing. Or maybe he had and didn't know it, he hadn't taken a head count but he was pretty sure there were about six billion people to sort through. That, and that Manafest was still relatively new to the Ultimatrix roster and he was still trying to get a handle on his Anodite's form's more advanced powers. Hence the pocket sized version of Gwen's spell book he carried in his jacket pocket. Since Julie's death he'd begun taking his hero work much more seriously, thus the magic lessons for Manafest.

As he began to fear the worst a bus drove by on the highway, slightly elevating his worries. He exhaled a big sigh of relief. "Humans," he noted after he'd seen the buses' occupants through the windows.

"Ship," his companion agreed.

"Well at least we're still on earth," he said with some relief. He then noticed his glowing reflection in a small puddle of water by his feet. "Maybe I'd better go back to Ben before I accidentally spook the locals."

"Ship," Ship said in agreement.

With the a brief tap of emblem on his chest Manafest disappeared from sight in a dazzling display of dissipating green energy and was replaced with his normal human self.

No sooner had he turned back to himself than the Ultimatrix began to beep and glow blue. "DNA error detected," it announced. "Resetting."

Ben naturally gulped at this. Whatever had happened when they had been transported had caused the Ultimatrix to reset itself. Never good.

After a second the watch went back to its usual green coloration again, ready and waiting to be used once more. Great, he thought staring wearily at the alien device. Just what he needed to make the situation they were in even more difficult. Unknown aliens with unknown powers.

"Well let's see what we got now," he sighed as he pushed the display button and quickly began twisting the dial to see what hand fate had dealt him this time.

His eyes widened with surprise and relief as he began rotating through his selection gallery of his alien playlists.

To his great relief all his alien forms he'd had before coming through the strange vortex were still there. Well almost all, he noted with a regretful twinge. For some strange reason Manafest was missing from the roster.

"Well Manafest may be AWOL but at least we still got all the others," he said to Ship.

"Ship," Ship said nodded in agreement.

He switched off the display and reached for his phone only to find that it wasn't receiving a signal.

He shook his head as put away his cell phone. "And apparently were in a dead zone," he sighed irritably, this was really turning into a fun night.

With his phone out of service he naturally turned to the one option of communication he had left; the Ultimatrix's communicator function.

He smiled as he pushed the button, opening a channel to any Plumber badges within the direct vicinity. Manafest may have struck out but thanks to Azmuth's fixing and upgrading the Ultimatrix, contact with his friends was no longer a concern. "Hey guys, any idea what just happened, cause I'm pretty sure I just warped to the middle of nowhere," he said, speaking towards the Ultimatrix.

There was a long pause filled with white noise as he waited for a response from his friends.

When none came he gulped nervously as he began getting a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. Quickly he once again pushed the button reopening the channel, praying he'd only gotten a bad connection. "Guys seriously, some feedback would be really good right now, cause I'm getting a little nervous here," he said, his voice growing more nervous.

Once again nothing but static.

"Hello, Gwen? Kevin? Anybody out there?"

Still static.

The feeling in the pit of his stomach quickly tripled in strength as a anxious cold chill ran down his spine. "Oh so not good," he groaned.

"Ship?" Ship asked, hoping to help his friend in someway.

Glad that that at the very least he still had Ship with him, he reached down and offered the little alien his hand. "Want a ride little guy?" he asked.

Ship looked at Ben quizzically. "Ship?"

One would have thought that because of Ship's powers he could have asked ship to fly them to civilization. But Ben had already decided against this for two reasons. One was because the little guy had already been put through so much and he wanted Ship to take a rest, he didn't want to risk the little guy accidentally overexerting himself. The second reason was because they had no idea where in the world they were, for all they knew they could be in some war torn third world country where an unknown aircraft would be shot down on sight.

"I think it's probably a good idea that you take it easy for a little bit till we find civilization," he suggested doing his best to hide his concern. "The way our luck's running tonight we're probably already pushing it."

"Ship," Ship replied in full agreement as he climbed up Ben's arm and transformed into a wrist watch, strapping himself around Ben's right wrist.

As the two set off for the nearby highway Ben noticed the glowing lights in the distance from a city. "That way it is then," he said to ship.

After about half an hour of walking the duo came across a large sign. To Ben's relief it was in English, and from the design he guessed they were either in America or better yet Canada.

'Welcome to Jump City home of the Teen Titans' the sign proudly displayed. Jump City? To be honest he'd never heard of it. Or maybe he had. In retrospective he probably should have paid more attention during Geography.

"Teen Titans?" he mused aloud then shrugged as he continued on his way towards the city. "Must be a high school football team or something."

"Ship," Ship concurred.

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Tired, Raven drearily entered the main area of Titans Tower to eat the breakfast on the tray she was carrying.

No sooner had she set foot in the room then she was quickly greeted by the bright eyed and ever so chipper presence of Starfire. "Oh good morning friend Raven!" she exclaimed with her usual big smile.

Too tired for words the amethyst eyed girl merely murmured something unrecognizable intended to be a greeting before groggily turning to the table and sat down to eat with Jinx, Robin and Cyborg.

"Hey hey, who's up for tofu eggs and bacy today?" Beast Boy chipperly proclaimed as he came to the table carrying a large platter of cooked tofu breakfast products.

"Pass!" was unanimous accord of all the other Titans.

"Aw come on guys," he groaned in disbelief, the concept that no one except him liked tofu apparently beyond his grasp. "You know you want it."

Weary from lack of sleep as well and already tired of his whiny voice first thing in the morning, Jinx raised her left hand and snapped her fingers. Instantly a wave of pink energy rippled from her hand to Beast Boy's food which promptly exploded in his face.

"You know a simple no would have sufficed," he said flatly as the cooked white goo oozed off him.

Raven smiled slightly at her fellow spellcaster while Cyborg burst into laughter at the sight of the prank. "Have we ever said how glad we are you switched sides?" Raven asked the pink haired sorceress.

"Only every time tofu's on the menu," she chuckled, exchanging a high five with Cyborg.

Having managed to save some of his breakfast Beast Boy joined his friends. It was then he noticed Raven looked a little weary. "Yo Rae you okay?" he asked. "You have a rough night or something?"

Raven sighed she really had hoped she hadn't looked as tired as she felt. Apparently that wasn't the case though. "Or something," she replied before turning to Robin and Cyborg. "Hey guys did anything weird come up on the police scanners last night?"

"Nope nadda Rae," Cyborg shrugged. "Actually last night was pretty quiet."

Robin could tell there was something on Raven's mind, and he didn't have to be a detective's protégée to guess it had something to do with how weary she looked. "Is something wrong Raven?" he asked in concern, sensing the worry she was feeling.

Raven gave a moments pause as she wondered if she should say something or not. Finally she decided to tell them. "I don't know if it's anything or not, it might have just been a weird dream or something," she began. "But last night I think I felt the presence of someone or something that was searching for something. If it was real it was powerful, very powerful."

Jinx froze as her eyes went wide. "I felt the same thing," she said nervously. "I just thought it was a weird dream."

This immediately caught everyone's attention, none of them liked it when Raven of all people called something powerful. It always meant bad news.

"How powerful are we talking?" Cyborg asked.

"Trigon kind of powerful," she replied with a hesitant grimmace.

Robin quickly turned to Cyborg who was already wirelessly accessing the tower's computers for any kinds of weird reports, but turned up nothing.

"Well?" Robin asked.

"Like I said before nadda," he replied. "If there was anything it apparently didn't get a lot of attention."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Maybe it was just a dream," said Jinx hopefully.

Raven nodded. "Maybe," she conceded in spite of her doubts to the contrary.

Robin nodded. "Still, we'd better keep sharp just in case it wasn't," he sagely advised. "The last thing we need is a Trigon level powerhouse on the loose."

"Yeah," Beastboy agreed. "We've got enough evil baddies to deal with on a daily basis as it is."

"Actually I'm not so sure it was evil," Raven corrected. "Whatever it was I sensed didn't seem to be malevolent. It was just powerful, way powerful."

Jinx nodded. "Same here."

"Then that is good news is it not?" asked Starfire uncertainly. "Perhaps this unknown power could be a friend."

"Question, when have they ever wanted to be friends?" Raven replied.

"Being the new guy I'm taking a shot and betting five to one on nadda," Jinx guessed with a sarcastic chuckle.

"Sounds about right," Cyborg grimly admitted.

"Hey maybe this will be an exception," Beastboy said hopefully. "You got to admit with our track record we're seriously due."

"Unlikely, but we can only hope," Robin replied before giving a weary sigh as his thoughts turned to their schedule for the day, which was not to his liking. "Now let's hurry up and finish breakfast, we've got a parade to attend today."

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Thanks to the kindness of strangers who picked up hitchhikers, Ben and Ship had managed to make it into the City just in time for lunch.

As they he walked down the streets the brown haired teen couldn't help but notice the city was abuzz with throngs of people wearing the oddest costumes which he assumed might have had something to do with a banner over the street that read 'Titans day!'. Apparently they'd hit town just in time for what he guessed to be some kind of Mardi Gras.

Not that he cared to really see it. At the moment he had more pressing matters to attend to. Namely finding a working phone and getting someting to eat, which his growling stomach then clearly dictated needed to be taken care of first.

Spotting a pizza joint called the Pizza Palaceon on the corner he quickly headed into a restaurant to grab a bite.

"Hey buddy what'll it be?" the man at the counter greeted.

Ben looked over the options before him. "I'll take a slice of pepperoni," he finally decided.

"If you throw in an extra two bucks you get a genuine replica Robin mask," the man suggested pointing towards a bunch of different colored masks on display in a nearby glass case.

Ben was about to refuse until he noticed that everyone in the restaurant was wearing one, even the adults. He gave a shrug as he remembered the old 'when in Rome' line. At least on the plus side the green mask would match his jacket perfectly. "Sure," he replied, handing the man the man a five. "I'll take a green one."

After he'd been given his food and mask he took Ship off his wrist and placed him on the table before he sat down by the window.

Ship transformed into his normal form (something that thankfully went unnoticed thanks to the passing parade) and together watched the parade from the window as Ben ate.

When he had finished he began looking over the mask he'd bought. It was very sturdy for something he'd only paid two bucks for, and from the label on the inside was made by Wayne industries, whoever they were.

Trying it on he found to his surprise it conformed extremely well and from what of his reflection he could see in the window it looked pretty decent too.

"What do you think Ship?" he jokingly asked the mini mechamorph.

"SHIP! SHIP!" Ship enthusiastically replied his approval.

Well that made it official, he thought. The mask worked. Maybe when he got back home he would have to start wearing one of these during his hero gigs.

Speaking of home now that he'd had eaten it was time to find a pay phone and tell everyone he was alright. For some reason his phone still wasn't working.

After Ship had gone wrist watch again, the duo found a pay phone by the washrooms and punched in Gwen's cell number. "I'm sorry but the number you have entered is invalid," an automated voice replied. "Please try again."

Ben did just that, but received the same message.

He then tired Kevin's. The same.

Grandpa Max's. Same.

His parents. Zip.

Beginning to get really worried he hung up the receiver and looked to his little alien companion. "Something weird's going on," he said. "Think you can get us back home?"

Before Ship could reply an enormous explosion rocked the area and everyonebegan screaming and running in every direction for their lives.

"But first what do you think?" he asked Ship. "Up for some hero time?"

"SHIP!"

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"You know what I love about being a Titan?" Jinx asked as she and her fellow Titans waved and smiled to the cheering crowds from atop the parade float. "The attention!"

"I'm with you there!" Beast Boy agreed whole heartedly. "Just feel that love!"

"Booyah!" Cyborg shouted in agreement.

"It is most glorious!" Starfire agreed as she waved to a small group of little girls who had dressed up to look like her.

"I suppose," Robin halfheartedly agreed as he wore a fake smile on his face. This was nice but it wasn't completely right. Frankly he'd rather be back at the tower working than making public appearances so that the mayor could boost some free publicity for some popularity in the polls.

Never having been much of a people person and being an empath Raven knew exactly how Robin felt. As far as she was concerned this was a waste of time.

After a short while the parade at last came to a halt as their float came in front of city hall. With the mayor holding a case of six medals of honor at the top of the building steps, waiting to bestow them on the six Titans as they exited the float and headed up the stairs.

Once they had assembled in front of him the mayor began his speech. "Teen Titans as the mayor of Jump City it is a pleasure to bestow onto you these medals of honor-"

Robin held up his hand instantly silencing the mayor. "Mr. Mayor, we're flattered that you'd honor us this way but we'd like you to do us a favor first."

The crowd was taken aback by this as were Jinx and Beast Boy who had been enjoying the moment.

"For the Titans anything," the mayor replied. "Just name it."

Robin nodded. "Being a Titan means being a hero, which is why we want the name of Titans day to be changed to Heroes day, so that all this City can honor the men and women who are the true heroes, the men and women of Jump City who constantly put their lives on the line to protect this city with no super powers of their own."

Touched by his words the crowd around City Hall cheered and applauded in unanimous approval.

The mayor was especially touched. How could he not be? This was poll ratings gold. "Done and done," he replied. "It makes me even prouder now that I bestow these metals on such a fine group of young men and women."

One by one he gave the medals out until the last one hung around Raven's neck.

Okay, Raven thought as she looked at the crowds who we're cheering them on. Maybe a little glory wasn't so bad after all.

The crowd's applauding cheers were suddenly cut short however by several explosions from above.

All eyes turned upward to see Jinx's old playmates the Hive Five on the roof of a nearby building. "You stupid pit lickers think you're all that don'tcha?" Gizmo's voice shouted over the City Hall PA. "But you're all just a bunch of barf brains."

"Yeah! What he said!" Mammoth's voice added.

Robin's keen eyes swiftly scanned the area before finally locking onto the roof of a nearby building where the five villains could be seen smirking down at the heroes. "Titans GO!" he shouted pointing at the building.

While Beast Boy transformed into a pterodactyl before giving Jinx a lift, Starfire quickly grabbed Robin and Cyborg's hands and followed.

Within seconds they were on the roof of the other building where they were met by Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, Billy Numerous and Kyd Wykkyd.

"Yo! Didn't you guys take a hint the last time we beat you're butts?" Cyborg exclaimed as Starfire dropped him and Robin onto the roof.

"Yeah it's not like at least one of you losers didn't figure it out," Beast Boy added pointing to Jinx.

"Hey!" Jinx exclaimed, insulted.

"Actually they did," a voice ominously replied.

From behind Mammoth stepped none other than the Titans most annoying villain. "IT IS I! CONTROL FREAK! YOU'RE NUMBER ONE GREATEST FOE!" he shouted triumphantly.

There was a groan amongst all the Titans. "Aw, not this guy again!" Beast Boy exclaimed.

"Lamest super villain team up ever," Raven groaned.

"Yes it is… most weak?" Starfire agreed hoping she had gotten the phrase right.

"Ah you might think that now but wait until you face the might of my POWER NULLIFIER!" Control freak shouted as he pulled out an evil looking remote control and fired a red beam at them, instantly bathing them in its crimson light.

Instantly Starfire and Raven dropped to the ground from their floating stances, while Cyborg suddenly shut down.

"Not good dude," Beast Boy said to Robin as he failed to transform into an animal.

"We can still take 'em," Robin replied as he stared down the six super villains.

"I don't think so," Control Freak said confidently. "Hive Five, SWARM 'EM!"

"Titans GO!"

The two opposing teams collided fiercely but the Titans were at a serious disadvantage without Cyborg and their powers.

See-More began firing a barrage of eyeballs from his visor that exploded into a sticky pink gunk quickly pinning Beast Boy to the ground.

Billy numerous easily overwhelmed Starfire in a massive dog pile, who was virtually powerless without her super strength or star bolts.

Gizmo laughed maniacally as he fired a net over the now luckless Jinx, ensnaring her in a hopeless tangle.

Robin was doing his best to fend off Kyd Wykkyd's attack which thanks to the silent villains teleportation powers seemed to be coming from everywhere.

Mammoth grinned evilly as he launched his powerful fist into the ground causing a shockwave that sent Raven toppling helplessly over the edge.

"RAVEN NO!" Robin shouted just before Kyd Wykkyd took advantage of the distraction and knocked the boy wonder out with a swift kick to the head.

Falling rapidly Raven desperately tried accessing her powers and fly to safety but to no avail. Whatever she had been hit with had completely shut down her power. All she could do now was close her eyes and scream as she helplessly fell to her death.

It was then from seemingly out of nowhere that her plummet from the roof was suddenly cut short as she felt herself being caught in someone's arms. Half expecting a man in blue tights and a red cape she opened her eyes to instantly stare in shock at the face of her impromptu rescue, a face that vaguely reminded her of a wraith or ominous specter.

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With Ship on his back Ben ran out of the pizzeria towards the source of the explosion. As he ran the people around him began calming down as they began staring and pointing towards the top of the building.

"Hey do you know who it this time?" he heard someone in the crowd ask.

"I think it's that little guy with the mechanical spider legs," came a reply.

"I think I saw that big guy when I was back there, you know, what's-his-name , uh Mastodon?" someone else added.

Just then a lady screamed as she pointed towards the roof as someone was flung off it.

As Ship quickly jumped off his owner's back Ben instinctively went for the watch, adjusting the dial to the one alien who could best handle catching someone falling from a building and then a fight.

At last finding the form he needed the teenage hero swiftly slammed his hand down on the hologram and instantly began the transformation, changing him from human to that of the black and blue moth like humanoid alien species known as a Necro Fridgian. "Big Chill!" he proclaimed in his new form.

"Ship?" Ship said, asking permission to tag along.

"Yes," Big Chill agreed. "Hop on."

Quickly Ship transformed into a wrist watch and latched himself onto Big Chill's right wrist as the transformed hero spread his wings and launched them into the air and like a dark angel Big Chill quickly ascended over the crowds, who for some reason had suddenly begun screaming 'run for your lives it's Killer Moth'.

Flying faster and faster he intercepted the falling girl, catching her in his arms. Needless to say he was a little surprised when he saw she was dressed in a black leotard and a hooded dark blue cloak. "Are you alright?" he asked as she opened her amethyst eyes.

His icy voice sent chills running down Raven's spine, as she ironically thought that people called her creepy. "Yes I'm fine," she replied slightly stunned, unaccustomed to being rescued by someone who wasn't a Titan. "I'm not so sure about the others though."

As his moth like wings carried them upwards he nodded and began to fly faster up towards the roof of the building where they they were met by the shocked looks of the H.I.V.E. Five and Control Freak. "What the- who the frag is that?" Gizmo shouted as Big Chill carefully placed Raven down on her feet beside him.

Before any of the villains could react, Big Chill unleashed a blast of freezing mist from his mouth, instantly imprisoning them all in a thick layer of ice. "Big Chill," he answered the semi frozen child villain.

"Whoa," Raven said as she stared wide eyed at the six frozen bad guys.

"Dude that was awesome!" Beast Boy exclaimed in amazement from the ground.

"Thank you," Big Chill replied as he wrapped his wings around his body like a hooded cloak. He then turned to Raven. "I got the bad guys right?" he joked, secretly hoping he hadn't just seriously screwed up.

Raven nodded as she went to wake up Robin while Big Chill went over to help Beast Boy and Jinx. "Hold still," he said as he laid his hands on the net entangling the pink haired sorceress and the pink sludge gluing Beast Boy to the ground. Quickly the net and the sludge were frozen solid and shattered into brittle little shards.

"Now that's cool," Jinx chuckled as they got up. "Thanks."

"No problem," replied Big Chill as he went to retrieve Starfire from under block of ice formerly known as the Billy Numerous dog pile.

Fortunately he didn't have to do anything, the block was suddenly lifted upwards by the young girl trapped underneath. "Friends look! My strength has returned! Has yours done so as w-" she paused when she caught sight of Big Chill. "Friends on guard, it is the fiend Killer Moth!" she shouted as she heaved her frozen attackers at him.

Again with the Killer Moth thing? Big Chill thought as he instinctively respread his wing as he went intangible just in time for the large villainsicle to pass right through him, causing Ship to fall from his wrist.

"Okay now that's just rude," Big Chill said as he re-solidified.

"SHIP!" Ship agreed as he transformed back into his normal form.

Just then insignia on the black and blue moth creature's chest began to glow yellow. "Un-catalogued DNA detected," it announced. "Please standby."

Suddenly a flat beam of yellow light was projected towards Starfire's head then quickly descended down to her feet, scanning her. "Unknown DNA sample acquired," it announced as it finished projecting the beam of light. "Scan complete."

Unfortunately it was also that moment that Cyborg and Robin woke back up.

Immediately Robin drew a bird-a-rang and drew his quarterstaff ready to strike the newcomer. "What is that thing!" he demanded, posed to strike if need be. "What did you just do!"

"Whoa, chill dude," the newcomer said, instinctively taking a step back from Robin. "It just does that sometimes."

Robin sent big Chill an intense glare as he gritted his teeth. "That's not an answer!"

Cyborg aimed his sonic cannon at the Necro Friggian. "I'd start talking if I were you," Cyborg forebodingly warned, knowing that Robin didn't like it when people messed with Starfire.

"It just scanned your girlfriend's DNA, she'll be fine," Big Chill quickly answered beginning to pick up the subtext between the two. "It's just its way of saying hello, I guess."

Thankfully the tense situation was diffused as Beat Boy leapt between the Big Chill and the Titans and was accompanied by a wall of black energy from Raven. "Knock it off all of you!" Raven said irritably, she was in no mood for more pointless violence.

"What Raven said guys, he's a good guy," Beast Boy exclaimed. "He's the one who saved our butts."

"So will all three of you please stop acting like idiots!" Jinx irritably concluded, tired of dealing with their idiocy.

"Oh," Starfire realized, looking shame faced as she depowered her hands. "My apologies new friend, I thought you were the one who was so mean to my little Silkie."

Big Chill was sorely tempted to ask what her little 'Silkie' was, but decided against it. There were more important things to deal with right now, like getting back to Bellwood and letting everyone know he was alright.

"No problem," he replied as he folded his wings around his body into a makeshift hooded cloak. "I'm just happy I could help. I'm sorry for startling all of you" He tapped the Ultimatrix crest on his chest. "Sometimes I swear this thing has a mind of its own."

Starfire nodded understandingly as Robin and Cyborg stowed their weaponry and greeted the blue newcomer. "Thanks for the assistance," Robin said offering Big Chill a handshake.

Big Chill accepted the gesture and shook the masked boy his hand. "You're welcome," he replied.

Cyborg was about to agree when the little black and neon green metal blob by Big Chill's feet suddenly sprang up on him and began spreading all over him. "Yo get this thing off m-!"

He was cut off as Ship completely enveloping him. The other Titans once again instinctively took battle stances around the Ship covered Titan.

"Ship, stop that right now," Big Chill ordered.

Obediently the little guy sprang off Cyborg and hurried back in front of his owner.

"Sorry if he startled you, usually Ship's a little better behaved," he apologized.

Seeing there was no harm done Cyborg nodded, trying his best to hide how much the little black and green blob had freaked him out. "No worries it's all good," he assured.

Starfire bent done to pet Ship who cuddled up to the girl as she petted him. "Oh you are just the cutest," she as she picked up alien and tickled his tummy. "Perhaps even cuter than my little Silkie."

Okay, apparently Silkie was a pet, Big Chill mentally noted.

Wanting to repay the girl for being so nice Ship decided to do some tricks for her. He jumped out of her arms and transformed into a toaster, then a motorcycle, then a helicopter, then for the grand finale a Ship style version of Cyborg. "SHIP!" he announced as if to say TA-DA!

Starfire and Jinx laughed and applauded the little guy as he turned back into his regular form.

Beast Boy glared at the little alien in both envy and just hint of jealousy. The little alien was stealing his shtick. Although he had to admit the Cyborg transformation was pretty cool.

"Okay now that was cool," Raven admitted.

"Oh and what was I? The warm up act?" Big Chill joked.

Through narrowed eyes Raven stared at Big Chill, intently studying him. Her empathic abilities were telling her there wasn't something quite right about him. Empathically delving his emotions she could sense he seemed distraught about something and the feeling was growing stronger with each passing second.

Seeing Ship was apparently back to his old self Big Chill knew it was time for them to get back home. Their friends and family must be worried sick about them by now. "Listen, I'm glad I could help but we really must be going back home," he apologized, bowing his head in farewell.

"SHIP!" Ship reluctantly agreed with a nod before he began transforming into his 'big' mode, minus the usual weapons off course.

While the Titans had all been wondering who or what the duo was, and thanks to Ship's final transformation into the alien spacecraft made it rather obvious. Or so they thought.

"We understand," replied Robin. "But if you're ever passing through and need help just give us a call." He then pointed to a T shaped tower on a small island in the city bay. "We're pretty easy to find."

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind…" he replied, giving an awkward pause since he hadn't caught their names.

"Robin," the boy wonder supplied, before turning to the others. "That's Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Jinx, and Starfire."

"Big Chill," Big Chill supplied back before he turned and flew up into the spaceship, phasing through the hull like a ghost.

The Titans watched as the doors closed and Ship took off up into the sky.

From inside Ship Ben transformed back into his human alter ego and watched as the Titans fade from sight as they ascended into the sky. He hoped that one day he would see them again but for now they had to get home.

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Upon Ben's insistence that Ship continue to take it easy it had taken them several hours to fly back to Bellwood.

Unfortunately something was horribly wrong. As they had arrived at their destination the duo had discovered there was no Bellwood.

Now from this statement you would have thought to expect something, perhaps some wreckage or what have you, Ben would have even settled for the statue of liberty half buried in the sand. But as they presently were standing in a meadow that should have been his house's front yard, what they found wasn't shocking or horrifying as all they found were woods and farmland.

"Ship?" Ship asked.

"You got me I don't have a clue what's going on," he replied as they stared at the open field of wheat and cornstalks. "But I think we know someone who might."

"Ship?"

Ben answered Ship by activating the Ultimatrix and turning the dial to the appropriate alien then slapped his hand down on the green hologram activating his transformation.

"Brainstorm!" he declared once it had ended.

Brainstorm – a crab like alien appropriately named for his powers of bio electrical mastery generated by his massive brain and the immense intelligence and knowledge that easily rivaled that of a Galvan genius.

Brainstorm quickly began putting that brainpower to use. "Hmm, the solution to the conundrum of our present circumstances is more than likely in the particulars that transpired before our unanticipated exodus," Brainstormed deduced, using a vocabulary that also came with the intelligence.

After a moment of searching through his memories everything instantly became clear. "Eureka!" he shouted.

"Ship?" Ship asked.

"You see my diminutive comrade, the device that nefarious scoundrel fired upon us was that of a null void projector," he explained. "And when my alter ego Manafest used his mana powers to intercept the dimensional beam before it could unlock a portal to the null void, it instead unstably overloaded when the two beams merged creating a new destination for the portal before it automatically self-destructed. In summary I regret to say we have been brought to an entirely unknown plain of existence. A parallel Earth where I fear there is little to no hope of escaping until the circumstances that brought us here can be safely replicated and reversed in more controlled conditions."

Ship looked at his owner questioningly. "Ship?"

Brainstorm sighed with frustration, his vast intellectual conclusion lost on the more vocabulary challenged Mechamorph. "In other words-" He transformed back to his human form. "We're not in Kansas anymore or at least not our Kansas," Ben explained. "And until brainy or Grey Matter can figure out a way back home were stuck here."

"Ship," Ship replied sadly. At the moment he wished he still didn't understand what Ben was saying.

Ben petted his little friend. "Don't worry buddy we'll find a way," he soothed as he pulled off the mask he bought earlier reminding him of the Titans. It was tempting… he shook his head at the idea however; this was something that needed to be kept quiet. If the wrong people caught wind of the existence of alternate Earths… he literally shuddered to think of the consequences.

With this in mind he knew he would have to investigate finding a way home quietly, however that would have to wait for later, now was the time to prioritize.

Necessity wise they would need a place to stay obviously, not to mention food and money. Those last two he would have to figure out shortly, as for a place to stay well, Jump City was as good a place as any to stay, plus he knew it was probably a good idea to stay relatively close to where the portal had opened, in case anyone we're to come looking for him. And as he thought about it on the plus side the city obviously was no stranger to heroes either – in other words, his kind of town.

Author's notes.

Hope you liked the first chapter, and for those of you who haven't figured it out yet. Ben Prime is duly titled because it's actually THE BEGINNING OF SEVARAL DIFFERENT STORIES SET IN ALTERNATE REALITIES. Can you say BOOYEAH! That's right I'm a genius (he said with false modesty)!

However it should be noted that for those of you who enjoyed this first chapter that my life is rather hectic and combined with the fact that I'm a perfectionist when writing (to the point of almost being psychotically so), chapter updates will be few and far between. Sorry but that's just how it is. To recap and clarify, there will be updates but they will occur sporadically. Again sorry.