Being just a normal girl is difficult really. No action, adventures or anything that kids on tv usually have. Everything is boring. Predictable. You already know what's going to happen tomorrow. Go to school, maybe embarrass yourself in front of the boy or girl that you like, then go home, do homework, spend time with family or shut yourself in your bedroom. The most exciting thing you can do is read or watch tv. That's just what I did. Read fanfiction and spend time idolizing my favourite shows.

I didn't really like books that much though. You didn't have control over what you could read on that. They all always followed the same genre and tropes. It was as if the authors were too afraid to change it up a bit. But fans didn't. They would take the source material and bend it to whatever was their desire. Their wishes took shape and everything followed.

My favourite shows to read and watch were mostly from Cartoon Network; Ben 10, Generator Rex, Steven Universe. But there were still other shows she liked watching that wasn't animated or weren't from that one specific channel.

But I still loved Ben 10. It was at the top of my top 10s. I grew up with that show. I never missed an episode and watched every single season. And after each conclusion, I would always buy the complete season when it came out so I could decide when and where I wanted to watch it.

Original series, Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, Omniverse. I watched them all. And loved them all, despite all the venom fans usually spat to each series as they came out because they weren't the original. I even enjoyed watching the reboot series. I have to admit that the first part of the debut season was trash, but it did get better. At least for me.

That's why I was ecstatic when I found myself in their universe. Who wouldn't be? It was everybody's dream. Some fanfictions were even about it.

But I didn't know how dangerous it could be. Or how exhausting I'd end up. Not to mention homesickness. But before I get to all that we need to go to the beginning.

I'm really not sure how I ended up here in the first place.

I'm pretty sure that I was out with my friends at the mall like we always did every Friday. My friend picked out a dress for me to try out and I was in the dressing room. After a few minutes of looking at myself in the mirror, I ended up taking it off and putting my clothes back on.

Then I walked out of the fitting room and all of a sudden I found myself in the middle of a crowd of students all rushing to get out of school. It was very disorienting. And it didn't help that I was being pulled by my hand either.

Looking around I noticed that all the people in the crowd were kids. Preteen kids. Elementary schoolers with their parents.

And the worst thing was that I was their height. Well, nearly their height since I seemed to be an inch taller than most kids.

I must be dreaming. I slipped on my way out of the fitting room and now I'm hallucinating all of this.

But then why was the feeling of my arm nearly being ripped off so real? And who the fuck was pulling me?

"Come on! Grandpa Max must be waiting for us." I recognized that voice. But it couldn't be. He wasn't real.

I looked at his shirt. It was identical. White shirt with a black stripe and collar. Green cargo shorts and a messy haircut. There was no mistake here. It was Benjamin Kirby Tennyson. The kid who would grow up into a cutie.

Before I could ask what was happening he stopped pulling on me and lifted his head as if hearing something. They were the cries of help.

Ben left me behind as he raced to defend whichever poor kid was being bullied. I think I already knew who was doing it though.

At the beginning of the series in the first episode, Ben defended a classmate who was being threatened to fork over his lunch money. It didn't make sense because it was the end of the day and lunch had passed. But JT and Cash seemed to be the stupidest duo so I wouldn't put it past them.

I caught up to Ben just as Cash was pulling him up by the underwear.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing, Cash?" I glared at them with my arms crossed.

I'm not sure what I was expecting them to do. Maybe just glance at me and ignore me? Or perhaps I would end up on the tree branch next to Ben and the kid, but I sure as hell didn't expect what happened next.

JT looked behind him at me to see who was the one making demands. His eyes widened and were made bigger by his glasses the moment he saw me. He tapped Cash's shoulder.

Cash's face widened with fright matching his friend's as he saw who JT was pointing at, me.

"Mia, I, we… we didn't see you there," Cash's face paled.

"Put him down," I ordered trying my best to control my voice and keep it from stammering. I've never really done well confronting with bullies. Though, I've never really been bullied myself. The worst I've been through was name calling and teasing.

Ben crashed to the floor butt first, his face formed a scowl at the pain.

Now turning to the two bullies I said, "Now scram."

They obediently scrambled off. The kid who was being bullied first gave me a thankful nod before he walked away. He did take a short second to give Ben a stink eye though.

"Thanks," Ben grumbled as he picked himself up.

"Hey, at least you tried to do the right thing. That's all that counts," I smiled at him.

Ben's face brightened a bit at my gesture. The screech of wheels interrupted the moment and Ben pulled me with him again.

We were headed to the rustbucket, Max's RV and Ben and Gwen's home for the summer. It really was old. At least in the cartoon, it kind of looked alright but in person, I could see that the old thing was supposed to be white. The years had stained it into a yellowish fade similar to the colours of old bones. The paint was chipped too and the metal antennae on the top were horribly bent. I could even see several dents on the chassis.

"Come on. I'll introduce you to my grandpa!" Ben said with excitement.

I stifled a laugh as Ben threw open the door and was met with the appearance of his orange headed cousin. Gwen looked up at Ben with a sigh but I guess she was curious about me because her gaze lingered on me a bit too much.

"Grandpa?" Gwen started. "Ben brought a girl into the RV. Are we sure this really isn't the end of the world?" she really nailed the worry and panic in her voice.

Gwen looked at Ben with a smirk.

"Grandpa, you said that it was just going to be us," Ben whined.

I was starting to get uncomfortable. I really didn't like being in the middle of family problems. Even less when they weren't my own. Watching this on tv was completely different than being stuck in the middle of it.

"It's just for the summer. Besides, I convinced your aunt and uncle to let me bring your cousin so that we can have even more fun." Little did he know.

"Don't worry doofus," Gwen assured him. "If it was up to me, I would be away at tech camp right now. So you don't have to worry about me the whole summer because I'll be trying my best to stay away from your stick brain. You can have all the personal time for your girlfriend," she smirked at me.

I looked at Ben to see that his cheeks were turning red as we locked our gaze on each other. My face warmed up at the implications of this.

"Look, I'm sorry for pairing you with the dweeb called my cousin, but who are you?" Gwen narrowed her eyes at me.

"Uh…" I froze. Did I want to tell them my name? I wasn't sure. But then I remembered that JT and Cash somehow already knew it. Maybe I had a reputation here. But how? Was it really a dream? Did I somehow travel sideways in time to an alternate universe where this world's version of me existed already?

"This is Mia, Mia Hall. I invited her to join us for the summer. Her parents agreed to let her and Grandpa Max said that it was only going to be the three of us," he frowned.

"Nice," Gwen copied his expression.

"Well, if everyone is ready, we have traffic to beat," Max motioned for me to close the door.

I did as I was told and we were soon driving down the freeway off to the start of my new life trapped in this world. Not that I'm complaining.

Vilgax the Conqueror's Ship

Several robots were working silently as they maneuvered their large ship towards the smaller one they had spent the last several weeks chasing. It contained a precious cargo that they were trying their best to recover.

"I want the Omnitrix back," their commander demanded from the shadows where only his red eyes glowed.

His slimy green hands slammed onto the armrest of his chair. He rubbed his wrist where the device had once rested. It felt strange to have nothing there anymore.

His robot drones chittered amongst each other before turning their attention back on the console in front of them and the screens that showed them their enemy.

A red laser glowed brilliantly from their canons before firing at the small ship. It was easy for it to evade the weapon thanks to its smaller size but the laser still managed to hit its force field causing it to malfunction and break down.

With no defences anymore, the drones prepared to fire once more. But before they could the ship disappeared. They checked the radar and spotted it moving in closer to the 5th celestial body from the sun. A red planet.

"Catch up to it," Vilgax growled. The tentacles on his face squirmed a little under his rage.

The engines came to life, shaking the ship. In several seconds they were right behind the ship again ready to continue their small battle.

Mia

I helped put up the tent and start the fire. Ben was eager to help me too and in turn his grandfather. Gwen on the other hand, she had her nose stuck in front of the screen. She pretended that the rest of us didn't exist. I don't know why but I found her silent treatment kind of cute. If Ben really did have a crush on me, I'm sorry, but I think I was developing one of my own.

It was strange to have a crush on another girl. I never thought I would ever be included in those types of feelings. But I was also getting older. Even if I was trapped in my 11-year-old body again.

"Chow time!" Max called.

We all gathered at the table waiting anxiously for the proverbial dinner. To our dismay, a bowl of worms was slammed down on the wood. I forgot how dangerous Grandpa Max was with foods.

"Uh. Please tell me this is a joke," I looked up pleading to my host. Ben and Gwen nodded in agreement with worry.

"What do you mean?" he asked with serious confusion. "These are considered delicacies in some countries," he said while popping one of the living creatures into his mouth and munching on it making sickening noises.

"Not to sound ungrateful or anything Mr. Tennyson, but…"

"Please, call me Max."

I nodded showing my understanding at his request. "Max, we are still kids. And we would like some normal food." I offered a toothy smile joined by Ben. Gwen just looked defeated, I guess she knew what his answer was going to be.

"Nonsense. This summer is going to be an explosion on your taste buds. But if you want, I'll get the lamb's tongue out for dessert. Or perhaps a side dish." He went back into the RV leaving us to plan out what to do in terms of nourishment for the summer.

Dinner was a bust. We had to force ourselves to eat the lamb's tongue in an effort to steer clear from the wriggling worms. It wasn't that bad for me. But Ben and Gwen still hated the taste and texture of the food. I thought it had a similar taste to octopus.

"Hey Ben," I called.

He looked up from his game. Grandpa Max was digging around the trunk probably looking for some marshmallows to roast and Gwen was still on her computer.

"Let's go for a walk."

We didn't walk far from the camp. It was just a short one. We talked during it about how the day was going so far. I also managed to sneak some information of myself out of Ben in the process. He really liked to talk about me a lot.

I ended up finding out that I was apparently a thrill seeker here. I stood up to bullies and did all sorts of stupid shit. Skateboarding, I took the same martial arts class as Ben—that's how we apparently met— and I was single as far as he knew.

The walk didn't last long.

"Hey. Is that a satellite?" Ben pointed up to the sky.

I looked up to be met with a ball of fire suddenly rocketing towards us. I staggered back along with Ben barely avoiding being crushed underneath the Omnitrix.

Ben was the first to get up and he helped me to my own feet. We remained a bit back from the crash. But Ben was obviously excited about encountering a fallen satellite.

"Which country do you think it's from?" He asked me.

The ground suddenly fell dropping us closer to the pod now. I watched in amazement as the shell pulled itself apart to reveal the green glowing device.

"Cool," Ben reached out to touch it.

The Omnitrix jumped out and wrapped itself around his wrist just like in the show. It was amazing. I was watching the events of my favourite show unfold before my eyes. I was experiencing everything myself. If this really was a dream then I didn't want it to end.

"Wait," I said too late.

My own hand was reaching out and touched the Omnitrix. An enormous wave of green feedback exploded outward from it pushing me into a tree and tossing Ben on top of a boulder.

"Mia!" He came running over to me.

He stuck his hand out to pick me up. He had the newly acquired Omnitrix on his wrist with the dial slowly spinning around.

I took his hand and ended up shocked to see that I also had an Omnitrix, on my right hand, spinning in the same direction.

"What the?" I said.

"You have the same one?" Ben asked.

He pulled me up to my feet. We raised the devices up to each other. Another sphere of green energy popped up on both of us preventing us from putting them any closer.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"I'm not sure."

The faceplates suddenly popped up with the familiar OG Omnitrix beep.

"No don't touch it…" again, my warning was too late or it might've fallen on deaf ears because Ben was washed in a green light and a second later I was also bathed in it.

Once I could see again, I looked at him to see that he'd been replaced by a walking red candlestick. Heatblast.

"What the?" He looked at me. "You're on fire!" he pointed at me.

"Ben? You're on fire too," I pointed out.

He looked at me confused. Then he looked down at himself and started panicking.

"I'm on fire. I'm on fire," He flailed around.

I tried calming him down but he didn't listen to me. Because of that, I focused on myself. I was also on fire. And the Omnitrix I had disappeared from where it last was.

There was a small pond nearby where I was able to look at the full changes. I looked exactly like Ben. Except that my flames burned a bit darker. Or lighter. I can't tell what the word quite is. But where Ben's flames were nearly white, mine was a bit more yellow. And my body also had a more feminine curve as well as being a bit thinner and a tad smaller than him.

"Hey, Mia. Check this out," Ben chuckled as he shot a few small bursts of fire at things like branches and twigs. "Pretty sweet, eh?" He looked at me.

I remembered the alternate episode where Gwen found the Omnitrix instead and got an idea.

"It's okay. But look at what I can do," I gave him a smile.

A ball of fire formed in the middle of my hands and I shot it up into the sky where it exploded into a show of fireworks. It wasn't as fancy as what I wanted it to look like but it was better than just shooting balls of fire from my fingertips.

"Oh Yeah?" Ben's expression deepened into determination as soon as the awe left him. "I can do better."

I laughed as he began to attempt what I did.

He was able to create a ball like me. But his fireball was all lumpy. And when he threw it into the air, it fell down before it got a chance to explode. But that was the problem. It did explode, right in front of us.

The explosion shook the ground and caused an eruption of flames that consumed the trees.

We were trying our best to put out the forest fire we accidentally created while panicking when Gwen showed up and extinguished Ben.

"Aahhh! Stay away from me Ugly!" She swung her fire extinguisher at his head.

"Watch it, you freak," Ben blasted the canister away from her hands.

Realization dawned on her. "Ben?" She looked at me, "Mia?"

We nodded. Grandpa Max arrived and looked at us. I could see a spark of recognition in his eyes.

"Holy mother of Paxus," he said.

"Guess who Grandpa?" Ben and I gave a little wave as Gwen tried to give him hints.

"Ben? Mia? What happened?"

Ben started to try and explain the situation but Gwen didn't allow him.

"Hello? Forest fire? Smokey won't like this," she reminded.

"Max, I have an idea. I just need you to walk us through the steps," I said remembering about the backfire.

Vilgax

"What do you mean it's gone?" Vilgax breathed heavily.

His body was all torn up. The damage done to the bridge of his ship was bad. The damage done to him was horrific. His limbs were torn to shreds and the only one that survived was his left arm.

The torso was demolished. The bottom half was gone replaced by healing tentacles. And there was a scar that reached up to his eye. His face was in a similar condition. Since most of his organs were gone, he also needed to be hooked up to a respiratory system.

All this resulted in him just floating around in a chamber that accelerated his healing. So he would be able to fully stand by himself in a month or maybe less.

-Scanners show that the device was ejected in a pod with a trajectory towards the planet below before being destroyed.- one of the droids informed.

Vilgax's eyes narrowed, "Bring me my Omnitrix."

A robot half the size of the tank Vilgax was in moved from its hiding place and left to the ejector pods.

"Ready my battle armour. I will need to follow up to make sure I can ensure the procuration of the device."

-My Lord. You have sustained too…- electricity crackled through its body and it fell to the floor limply.

"Any more concerns?" The other droids looked at each other before shaking their heads.

They would be preparing and modifying his armour to keep him alive outside of the tank.

Mia

I let Ben explain the entire thing. So while he and his family talked, I ate some marshmallows trying to keep them from burning to a crisp in my mouth.

"And then it latched onto my hand. And Mia touched it. And when she did there was this huge explosion of green," he mimicked what happened with his hands and sounds.

He reached into the bag I had and popped in a few marshmallows for himself.

"And then the dial of the watch popped up and I pressed it down and bam! I was on fire. Except it didn't hurt. And she was on fire too. This is just so weird and cool."

"Will Ben and Mia ever go back to normal? Or will he stay a monster forever?" Gwen asked Max.

"I hope so. I don't want to set fire to everything forever," Ben admitted. "I can't catch little league balls if I'll just burn them."

"Well for one. He isn't a monster. He's an alien," we all stared at him. "Uh…I mean look at him," he pointed.

He looked at me. I guess my gaze lingered a bit too long.

The sound of the Omnitrix timing out washed relief over me. The two echoed at the same time before flushing everything in red.

"I'm me again!" Ben celebrated.

"Yeah. Except…"

"Mia is still the fire girl," Gwen finished for me.

And the problem was that I no longer had the Omnitrix symbol on my chest. The circle was still there, but it was black. It was cool being an alien-like Ben was so many times, but I was scared now. I didn't want to be stuck like this permanently.

"What's going to happen now?" I asked.

"Hold on. Maybe I can go back to the crash site and figure this whole debacle out. Don't go anywhere," we nodded at Max's instructions.

He was gone for a few minutes when Gwen began to ask me things and Ben started messing with the watch again.

"So what's it like being an alien?"

I gave the question some thought. "Well. I'm not sure. I don't feel any different. It's. It's just. Well, I'm me. But I'm also someone else and I can do different things. You get what I'm saying?" I looked down at her.

I had gotten tired of sitting down on the log. I was just too tall for it and decided to stretch my legs. Besides, the log I was on was already black from supporting my flaming butt.

"Kind of?" She sounded unsure.

The sound of the Omnitrix finally recharging turned our attention to Ben. The boy didn't waste any time in fiddling with it.

"What are you doing, Ben?" Gwen demanded.

I glared at him as he raised his watch and opened his mouth. He ignored it.

"Don't you girls want to know how this thing works?" We shook our heads. "Yeah. No surprise there for girls," he sneered. "If we can figure this out, maybe we can return Mia to normal, and perhaps even use these to help people."

"Or maybe you'll end up like her," Gwen pointed out.

I knew that it wasn't true. At least not for Ben. But I also knew that the Omnitrix couldn't just spontaneously clone itself. Or trap someone in a transformation without master control being activated or the life form lock. So really there wasn't any way to tell what could happen. And I was worried about that.

"Please, Ben. Stop messing with that thing. Wait until Grandpa Max comes back," I pleaded.

He looked at me and for a moment I thought he was going to listen to me. But then the Omnitrix's core sprung up and snapped him out of whatever thoughts he was having.

"I think I know how this works now," he said.

He pointed to the green dot on the thick black band, "You press this button and then you choose out of 10 different aliens." He spun the dial showing the shadows of other aliens. "Then you slam the face down and wham! You're one of 10 different alien heroes!" his eyes shined.

Gwen and I looked at him worriedly though.

"Please just…" again, Ben ignored us and slammed his hand down on the Omnitrix.

At the same time, the black circle on my chest came to life and washed me in green energy at the same time.

Everything was taller when I could see again. And I couldn't see but I could still see. It was trippy. I walked forward and all four of my legs responded.

Legs. I had four legs. Not two. That meant. I remembered now. Ben and I turned into Wildmutt. But Ben would run off into the trees and bump into one of Vilgax's drones.

I could feel vibrations in the air around me. The gills on my neck opened up and gave me a detailed description of what was going on. Gwen was looking at Ben and me probably curious as to what we turned into this time. She scooped up a branch and then swung at Ben.

The jump onto the RV shook the ground making me growl involuntarily at Ben. He somersaulted down in front of us and kicked dirt in our direction before jumping off into the bushes.

I looked up at Gwen trying to show my concern over him. She scratched the back of my head probably trying to console me.

Another quick flash of my gills showed me her movements. She was pointing off in the direction that Ben left to and looked back at me. I got what she was trying to tell me and scampered off trying to find her cousin.

I found Ben just as he was tearing a drone apart. The explosion sent debris off into my direction. I was about dodge when I remembered that I was leading Gwen here. I quickly turned around and scooped her into my paws before jumping as high as I could. The pieces of metal landed heavily in the spot Gwen and I were in a moment ago as we landed off to the side. I put her down and received a gentle pat from her.

My gills opened up and I saw Ben as he timed out. Again, I was still trapped in an alien form. This time a partially useless animal alien. I never did like Wildmutt.

I jumped onto the drone Ben was holding on for dear life and grabbed. Before I jumped off, I tore into the thing with my jaws and left it to crash into a tree. No more drones.

While Gwen and Ben argued about something I couldn't hear, I tasted the air. There was smoke in it. Not from here but from far away. There were a lot of things I was forgetting about the first episode. I wasn't sure what was wrong with my brain or memory but with a few quick slams into a tree I remembered about the strange Spider drone that tore apart the rest-stop.

I growled and slobbered at Ben and Gwen and once I got their attention I got them onto my back and bounded off for the site. We managed to get there in 10 minutes. It was a long time for the victims to wait, but it was faster than running as humans and it gave the Omnitrix enough time to recharge. I threw Ben off me and let Gwen climb down. Then I started gnawing at the Omnitrix hoping Ben would get what I was trying to say.

Before I knew it, I was able to see and speak properly again.

"Whoa, who is this guy?" Ben asked as he looked at his green crystal hands.

"Call it, Diamondhead. Now stop gawking and help me with this guy."

The big robot had stopped attacking the buildings and cars and was now looking at us. Its oversized head went from me to Ben. With one hand it smacked me off into the trees and went after Ben.

I picked myself up without a scratch, Petrosapiens were really tough. Why wasn't it going after me? I also had an Omnitrix.

My question was answered as I looked down at my chest. The Omnitrix was all black again. It must've messed with the scans.

The fingers at the end of my hand combined to form a thick spear and I joined in the fight with Ben.

A laser came out of the eyes scorching everything in its path toward Ben. I wasn't worried, I knew that it would just bounce off him like a mirror but he wasn't aware of that. He was crouched and huddled probably scared thinking that it would actually hurt him. But when it hit him it just reflected off into random parts of the lot.

I looked at Gwen and Max, they were busy evacuating the civilians. But they weren't far enough away to be protected from any more blasts. Without thinking I slammed my fists deep into the ground and created a wall of crystal that separated them from the battle.

Now that we didn't have to worry about stray lasers Ben and I were able to attack more freely. Our attacks left deep gashes in the robot's body but it still wouldn't stop.

"Ben! I have an idea," I called.

"I'm all ears!"

"Do you think you can form a shield or ramp?" I asked as I created a shield on my arm for a demonstration.

"Maybe. I'm not sure."

"Try at least," I ordered as I jumped at the robot's face to buy Ben some time.

I was thrown to the ground just as Ben was ready. He had turned his hands into a type of curved ramp.

"Hey Ugly!" Ben taunted the robot. "Bet you can't hit me here!" He puffed out his chest.

The robot remained frozen for a moment, then his eyes shot out a laser to him. Ben raised the ramp, up in front of him, making the laser move at me. I raised my shield and bounced the laser up to the robot destroying its head.

We cheered in its defeat. But the victory was short-lived. My breath caught in my throat as a familiar shadow came upon us. My blood drained and turned to ice as I realized that the Omnitrix splitting in two wasn't the only change in the series.

The tall character was green in appearance and had several grey mechanical limbs replacing his own. But the tentacles were still on his face albeit a bit covered up by the mask that was helping Vilgax breath.

"Hand me the Omnitrix child, and your defeat will be swift and painful," his eyes narrowed at Ben.

Ben took a stance and sharpened his arms into daggers, I followed his actions and prepared myself to fight the Conquerer.

"Two Petrosapiens?" Vilgax cackled. "I shall be reliving my glory days!"

"If your glory days are about getting pummeled to bits then I'd hate to know what your bad days are, Squid face," Ben taunted.

I was too frightened to join in the quips. All I could do was attack and dodge the attacks thrown at me. I wasn't expecting to face off against the warlord this early. Vilgax was definitely always more powerful and evil in the original series. That's the reason I was scared. Not only that, but Ben barely defeated him during their first encounter because he was already well experienced in using the watch.

My hands dug into the ground and I created a series of spikes that popped up into the air and smashed into one of his legs. The metal tore away to reveal all the circuitry underneath. Vilgax fell to his knee and groaned clutching it.

"You will pay for your insolence, grub," he threatened.

"Be...Diamond Head, aim for the weak parts," I yelled.

Ben looked at the damaged knee and his eyes widened in realization, "Gotcha."

We backed up and raised our hands to start pelting him with tiny crystal bullets. They didn't do anything to the skin it came in contact with, but the crystals certainly gave his metallic limbs a beating.

Vilgax groaned and powered through the shower we were giving him. I strained to produce more along with Ben but he was able to keep walking through it. I could only watch helplessly as he smacked Ben towards the crystal wall I created to keep the innocent people safe. I was glad I made that now.

Ben hit the wall with a sickening crunch just as he timed out. A flash of red light left him unconscious and vulnerable at the hands of Vilgax. This wasn't how it could end. I still had a chance. My Omnitrix thankfully refused to time out and I was thankful for that for the first time.

"Hey, Vilgax!" he turned at my call. "Say hello to Six-Six and Crab for me."

I ran full speed at him. Long makeshift swords grew out of my back and I tore them off and swung them at Vilgax impaling his arms. He screamed in pain as they were ripped off and left him armless allowing Ben to roll to the ground with a thud, but safe.

"You. Petrosapien, are the roaches of the galaxy! Every time your kind are destroyed, more of you pop up scattered among the stars," he glared.

It seemed like he still wasn't aware of the double Omnitrix.

"I shouldn't spare you because I know you will keep coming after us," I ripped the mechanical bottom half of his body making him shout. "But you're necessary for the future."

I slung Ben onto my shoulder then proceeded to puncture the gas tanks of the cars in front of Vilgax's eyes. I walked over to a telephone pole and ripped some wires out of the box. Then I dropped it down onto the stream of gas that was starting to pool and head to Vilgax.

"But it doesn't mean that I can't leave a souvenir for you to remember me by," I winked.

I was able to get Ben back to Max and Gwen. They took him into the RV in order to properly care for him. I stayed outside and watched the firemen put out the fire, I created, from the shadows of the trees. Vilgax wasn't found in the wreckage so I assumed he must've escaped the pretty accident I set up for him while I was delivering Ben to his family.

My Omnitrix finally timed out some time during the night before Ben turned into XLR8 to make his revenge plan. If I was awake during that time, I would've stopped him from doing that because I was afraid to become trapped in transformation again. But I luckily didn't. My Omnitrix was still in recharge mode and I had no clue how long it would take for it to come out of it.

But there was something even more strange happening to it. It had the standard red face in place of the green one. But 3 blue bars had appeared on the dial. It was like when the Omnitrix was on self-destruct mode. But with the recalibration settings. I wasn't sure what was going on with it, but as long as nothing back was obviously going on, I was okay with it.

This summer was going to be a strange one.