Ben was walking down this dark alleyway with his cousin Gwen, when suddenly a large fiery streak struck the building ahead of them. Shrapnel and chunks of steel flew everywhere. Ben grabbed Gwen roughly, and pushed her down onto the ground.

But alas, it was in vain, for the flame jutted out and across, in all directions. Both Ben and Gwen were consumed in a fiery inferno that would surely claim their life.

"Going hero," exclaimed Ben in the last few seconds before the flames swallowed him and his cousin.

He expanded rapidly into Cannonball and thrust Gwen onto his belly before wrapping around her, protecting her from the blaze.

From the impact sight, Vilgax crawled out of his imposing alien space ship. It looked really terrifying; you could practically hear the screams of the children on the other side of the screen. Vilgax strode forth, really menacingly, wagging his tentacle face as he did so.

"Ben 10." He began, "All your planet are belong to us."

He waited for Ben to respond defiantly. The boy stayed silent, curled in his alien form.

Vilgax cleared his oxygen tube.

"Ahem, I said, Ben, your planet is mine. There is nothing you can do to stop me."

Again silence.

"Ben, for God's sake, I'm here to kill all of you human scum. I will not rest until I hear the screams of every last orphan I have made come to an end. I will personally bludgeon your Earth president to death with his own sword. I will punch kittens until they weep, before filling my space flask with their tears so after your planet is destroyed I can quench my thirst. I will take your elderly and force them to dance for the remainder of eternity."

Ben seemed to shift slightly but didn't acknowledge Vilgax's presence. It was really start to annoy him.

"Ben, if you don't face me, I will sever your upper appendages and surgically attach them to your digestion tract so that any time you desire to manipulate objects with your appendages you will literally have to excrete them to achieve their full functionability and you will have to squirm unpleasantly as they slowly retract after their use."

Ben seemed to be rocking slowly but nothing more had changed.

Vilgax screamed indignantly, "You damned dirty ape! How dare you treat me in this way! I deserve more than this. I deserve your fear! I deserve your respect!"

Ben continued to rhythmly rock.

Vilgax screamed, his eyes bulging like balloons that have been blown to their limit.

He punched a nearby building in frustration and it collapsed beneath his fist.

He then proceeded to tear up the pavement, flinging chunks of concrete at Ben's rocking body.

Suddenly, there was a flash of white and Grandpa Max tossed some metallic gadget. It was… a grenade.

Vilgax swore, "Oh what the he-"

But then he was consumed in a fiery explosion.

Max smiled wittily.

"Looks like someone went out with a bang."

Max walked over to Ben's current transformation Cannonball, who shuddered.

"Ben, are you okay? Where's Gwen?"

He heard a series of beeps and saw a flash of red before Ben and Gwen appeared before him.

"Thank God, you're okay!" exclaimed Max as he ran forward to hug the pair.

They both blushed and struggled to escape his grasp.

"We're okay. We survived the meteor or whatever it was, Grandpa."

Grandpa's smile slipped.

"Wait, you didn't know it was Vilgax?"

The pair looked at each other surprised.

"No."

Grandpa Max shrugged.

"Ah well it doesn't matter. What matters is that you're both safe."

He grabbed both of them by the shoulder and led them the way back to the rust bucket.

"By the way, Gwen, you've got tooth paste or something on your cheek."

The End