Chapter 1: A New Hero

Hello everybody! It's me, Garret, here with a new story! I actually uploaded this yesterday, but it didn't go in right. So here it is, the version I wanted. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ben 10.

Prologue

The year is 2067. The Earth has gone under drastic and devastating events. One of them is the death of a universal hero, Ben Tennyson, wielder of the Omnitrix. He died saving the world from Vilgax along with his teammates; Gwen Tennyson, Kevin Levin, and Rook Blonko. Ben set the Omnirix to self destruct destroying not only the watch, but him, Vilgax, and his teammates. The world was saved and not since that year (2013) has there been a threat that was universally known. Aliens and humans live together side by side. But when the Earth undergoes a new threat it is up to a new hero to save them and the rest of the universe. Our story takes place in Bellwood. Our new hero is also 15.

Chapter 1: A New Hero

Marcus Wilcox walked to down the sidewalk from school to his house. He wanted to get home quickly so he could avoid the alien bullies that would mug you just as fast as they would look at you. If he ran, though, they would notice him faster. So he quietly and calmly walked down the sidewalk trying his hardest not to get noticed. But his caution was not enough. Three aliens came from an alleyway he was passing. One was a Tetramand named, Galo. Another was a Loboan named, Lon. And the leader was an Orishan, named Andromed. Galo circled to behind Marcus while Lon and Andromed stood in front of him they were blocking his escape routes. Marcus spoke up and said,"Hey guys. Nice weather, huh?"

"Shutup and give us your cash!" demanded Andromed.

"Guys I don't have any money. Just let me go home." pleaded Marcus.

"He's lying! I can smell the money on him." said Lon.

"Galo, shake him." said Andromeda to the Tetramand. Galo grabbed Marcus roughly by the shoulders and lifted him off the ground. He then roughly shook him without any concern what the strength of a Tetramand could do to a human. Then he just dropped Marcus who landed with a thud. "Search him, Lon." ordered Andromed. The Loboan got on all fours and sniffed for the money. He found it and tore open Marcu's backpack with his calws and let the contents spill out. Then he found the money and gave it to Andromed. "Good. Come on let's bounce before someone see's us." And they just left without even looking back at the hurt boy. He got up 2 minutes later and gathered his papers and books and trudged home.

When he got there he wasn't surprised to see that his mother was not home. She works the nightshift now at the spaceship engines factory. His dad wasn't home because he died when Marcus was two-years old. Marcus marched up the stairs to his room and dumped all his stuff onto his desk and laid down on his bed. He began to sob. For reasons unknown to him as to why he was crying, but he didn't try to stop himself because he hadn't cried in a long time and maybe it was good for him.

The next day he walked home from school, luckily no aliens showed up to make his life miserable, but he did come across a mugging. A man in ski mask was roughing up a twenty-year old woman. The man was extremely rough and woman was extremely beautiful. The man might have ended up raping her had Marcus not interfered. He grabbed a garbage can lid and slung it like a frisby at the assaulters head. It hit him and fell into some trash, out-cold. The woman collected herself and quickly thanked Marcus before she ran like hell was at her heels. And before Marcus left himself he was stopped by a voice,"Hello, Marcus Wilcox."

Marcus turned to see a tiny grey creature holding a cane in one hand and a box in the other. "Who are you and how do you know my name?" asked Marcus.

"I am Azmuth of the Galvans." said the Galvan.

"Oh my, God! The Azmuth? Dude, you're a legend! What are you doing here?"

"I have returned to Earth because it is in danger."

"Huh? What kind of danger?"

"The universal kind. A creature has been traveling from one planet to the next causing mass destruction. It is now heading for Earth."

"Wait. Why are you telling me and not the Plumbers?"

"The Plumbers already know. And I'm telling you because I think you can help."

"How?"

"By putting this on." He opened the box to reveal a green wristwatch. "No way. Is that what I think it is?" Marcus asked as if in a dream.

"If you think it's the Omnitrix then yes."

"But I thought the Omnitrix was destroyed with Ben Tennyson in 2013."

"His Omnitrix was destroyed, but I always kept a spare."

"Why wait all this time to give the Omnitrix to someone else?"

"I thought the world needed time to heal from the loss of it's hero. Now I believe the time is right for a new hero to arise. Plus, you'll be saving the world from sheer doom."

Marcus stared at the device. It was luring him into putting it on. He almost grabbed it, but he hesitated. "Why me?" he asked.

"I've watched you from afar, Marcus. I saw what you did just then with the mugger. Most people now a days would just turn the other cheek and walk away, but saved her. And besides, Ben 10 had the Omnitrix when he was fifteen and he did a pretty good job."

"This might ruin my life."

"True." admitted Azmuth. Then without another word Marcus reached for the watch. When he did it jumped from the box and latched onto his left wrist. "Cool." was all he could say.

"Yes, Marcus. I would say that it is very cool."

"I'll tell you what's cool," said a voice from behind the two,"we just found the legendary Azmuth." It was Andromed and his pals. Lon appeared next to Andromed and Galo appeared on the other end of the alleyway. "Uh-oh." said Marcus. "Don't be afraid, Marcus. Remember you now have the power of the Omnitrix." whispered Azmuth. The alien bullies had not yet noticed the Omnitrix on Marcus's wrist. "We can hold you hostage until we get a ship-load of cash from those Galvan freaks. Maybe we'll even get some Taydenite." exclaimed Andromed.

"Quick, Marcus, change into something!" cried Azmuth.

"Oh right!" Arthur push the two buttons on the side of the Omnitrix and a holographic image of dinosaur-like creature popped up. "Whoah." uttered Marcus.

"Hey, Andromed. What's Wilcox doing?" asked Lon.

"I don't know, but he is about to get tossed through a brick wall." Andromed took a step forward. As he did so Marcus slammed his hand down on the dial of the watch. In a flash of green he grew in size and filled up the width of the alleyway. "Humungosaur!" he shouted. "Oh yeah, baby!" Humungosaur shouted in a booming voice. Azmuth ran into a mouse hole to avoid being crushed by the upcoming destruction.

Andromed was the first to snap out of the shock of what just happened. He blasted out a high pressured stream of water from both of the palms of his hands. The streams just bounced off of Humungosaur, it felt like he was taking a shower. When Andromed stopped, Humungosaur backhanded the Orishan. Then watched Andromed fly into a building across the street from the alley. Then Humungosaur took a step toward Lon, but was stopped by a tugging at his tail. It was Galo trying to pull the twelve-foot dinosaur alien away from his friends, but his attempt to fight failed when Humungosaur swung his tail around causing Galo to come of the ground and slammed through a wall. When he went through the alley wall he let go of the tail. Humungosaur then picked up a dumpster, opened the lid, and grabbed the Loboan. "Uh! Let me go you freak!" cried Lon.

"You know, Lon, you're a bad dog." Then he stuffed Lon in the dumpster, closed it, locked it, and threw it across the street at Andromed. Humungosaur reverted back to Marcus. Azmuth came out of the mouse hole. "Holy crap!" shouted Marcus. "That was awesome! Do you know how long I've wanted to do something like that to them?" he asked Azmuth.

"Good work, Marcus. That certainly was fine practice for what lies ahead." said Azmuth wisely.

"So how many aliens do I have anyway?"

"Ten."

"Ten? Ten! Just ten! Ben Tennyson had like half the galaxy on his Omnitrix! Can't you just give me the rest?"

"No."

"Why not? How can save the world with only ten aliens?"

"You'll get additional aliens as you go along, but for now since your new to the Omnitirx you'll have only ten. Besides Ben Tennyson has saved the world with only ten aliens before. I don't see why you can't.

"Fine. I guess ten is better than none."

"Now come. We must prepare for upcoming attack."

Whew! Glad that's done. Hope everyone enjoys this story. I will update as frequently as I can. Remember I like reviews. And just to help clear some things up: a Tetramand is a Four Arms, Loboan is Benwolf, Orishan is Water Hazard. The Omnitrix looks like the Omnitrix from Alien Force and Humungosaur looks like he did in Alien Force. Tune in next time for Marcus's first save as an alien.