Here's a request done for GoldGuardian2418, written by guestsurprise and myself. Enjoy and no flames please.

Hope you enjoy, Goldie! :)

In the Tickle Realm, the Nightmare Hybrids were fitting right in with the Lauhinians. They felt so happy to be welcomed with open arms. Now that they have adjusted to no longer hiding amongst the Lauhinians, there's still one thing the hybrids were dying to know more about. They stood on the balcony of Tickle Castle to discuss it.

"I have been waiting so long to go and see how the humans do things." Oracle said, now looking into the distance.

"Jocu and the others did say that they would take us soon," Spike said.

"But Spike, Jocu and the others just went through a serious battle. They won't be able to take us anytime soon," Oracle said sadly.

"Any word on their recovery?" Manic asked.

"Not really. We checked on them and they seem to be doing fine. Jocu got the worst of it," Oracle said sadly, now looking at some herbs. "But I treated him a bit yesterday."

"Jocu's the last person that likes people to make a fuss over him," Manic chuckled.

"Well he didn't have a choice," Oracle smirked, now placing her hand on her hips.

"But I wish we could go and check on the human world. I hear that there has been a lot happening over there," Spike said.

Oracle was thoughtful for a moment and then made a portal with her eye powers. She wanted to at least see what was happening.

"We will use this guys," she smiled, now making a clearer portal. "We can use this portal to see."

The others nodded and walked over to see what was happening. This was a picture of what was happening in the Grant Mansion. Rachel and Sasha were busy packing clothes, bandages, and food to take to the brothers. Vivo was there and trying to tell them that all was ok, but the girls were insisting.

"You all have done enough; we are fine I promise," Vivo said, now seeing Rachel smirk at him.

"Fine or not, we want to come and stay with you all over the weekend and make sure everything is ok," Rachel said.

"Yeah, you all need us to help look after you," Sasha smiled.

"Thanks, but guys we-hmmph!" Vivo said as Rachel walked over and placed her hands over his mouth.

"Enough Vivo…let us take care of you all," she said gently, but firmly.

"And we aren't taking 'no' for an answer," Sasha added.

As they were watching, Oracle couldn't help but laugh and so did Spike. Manic gave a smile in approval.

"Well it does appear the girls aren't going to let them go anywhere anytime soon," Manic laughed.

"At least not to go fight the Nitians anyway," Oracle said.

But before they could say anything else, they saw a human with short brown hair and green eyes. He wore an white and green hoodie, brown cargo pants and green sneakers.

"Who's that?" Spike wondered.

"Not sure, but he looks adorable." Oracle giggled.

"Shhhh! Guys, I'm trying to listen." Manic said, now staring at the portal more.

"Hey, guys. I'm all set to go!" said the boy.

Rachel smiled. "Thanks, Ben. I'm glad you decided to come with us."

"Anything for the Royal family." said Ben. "Well, we better get going!"

The hybrids looked at each other. Oracle and Spike exchanged sneaky little smiles. "Looks like we're meeting a new friend." Oracle sang.

"I can't wait!" Spike started to drool slime.

"Guys! Let's not get crazy here! Rachel, Sasha and that other human are only coming to help Jocu and his brothers feel better." Manic reminded them. "Let's just give them some space and let them take care of Jocu, okay?"

Oracle and Spike dipped their shoulders in disappointment. "Okay..."

"Good." Manic left while the two pouted.

"It's not fair. All we want is to meet another human." said Spike.

Oracle blinked her one eye. "Then why don't we have the human come to us?" She whispered an idea to Spike.

At Tickle Castle, Jocu and his brothers were recovering while Rachel, Sasha, and Ben brought him some flowers and snacks. After that, they left the family to rest and relaxed in the sitting room.

"I hope they get well soon." said Sasha, concerned.

Rachel put an arm around her sister. "They will. Just have a little faith."

Ben just sat in silence. He was worried about the brothers just as much as Sasha. Just then, the boy felt something fluffy tickle his feet. He gasped and nearly jumped. Two fluffy blue tails then grabbed Ben's arms and held him up high.

"HEY!" Ben shouted. He looked down and saw Scruffy the Tickle Beast. The creature panted happily as he brought Ben closer and started licking the boy's face. Ben giggled as the affectionate licking tickled him.

The sisters giggled at the cute scene. "Scruffy sure missed you, Ben!" said Rachel.

Ben couldn't respond as Scuffy used his tails to tickle Ben's face.

"I think he wants to play with you!" Sasha said.

Scruffy nodded and took Ben outside. The boy sighed as he was helpless against the Tickle Beast. He was already captured so he had no choice.

Outside the castle, Scruffy was carrying Ben into the woods. "So, Scruffy, what do you want to play?"

Scruffy made a happy growl and moved one of his tails under Ben's shirt. Ben broke out in giggles when the tail traveled all over his upper body. "Ahahahahahahahaha! C-Come on! Don't just tickle me!" Ben laughed.

Scruffy seized his playful tickling and continued traveling through the woods. They came to a clearing and the beast set Ben down. Ben saw Scruffy go into the bushes and take out a stick that was not too big and not too small. Scruffy went over to Ben and dropped the stick at his feet. Ben looked at the stick, then at Scruffy. The Tickle Beast looked very eager at the boy, his six tails wagging in anticipation.

Ben chuckled. "You just want to play fetch?"

Scruffy growled and nodded.

"Works for me." Ben was expecting a much more insane game for the beast to play. But fetch was perfectly tame. He took the stick and threw it pretty hard. "Fetch!"

Barking happily, Scruffy took off after the branch. A few moments later, Scruffy didn't come back. Ben waited a little bit longer, but no Scruffy. "What's taking him?" Ben decided to go took for the Tickle Beast.

As he walked through the forest, Ben made sure to avoid any feathery looking plants that can reach out, trap him and tickle him silly. He narrowly avoided several feather vines and feather flowers that were eager to tickle him. I can't lower my guard for a second around here..." he said to himself.

Just then, Ben's foot felt something odd. It didn't feel like soft, feathery grass. It felt hard like a door. He looked down and gasped when he realized it was a door! An actual door in the ground!

"Okaaay, this just took a turn." Ben reached down and turned the doorknob. He opened the door and saw a rope ladder and the dark abyss. More curious than frightened of the abyss, Ben climbed down the rope.

"What the heck could be down here?" Ben thought out loud. The Lauhinians never mentioned an underground lair before.

"OWWWW!" Ben screamed. He looked at his left arm and saw his elbow was bleeding! He accidentally stabbed it against a sharp piece of stone. The pain caused Ben to lose his footing and fall down! He screamed as he fell, he was about to activate his Omnitrix when what appeared to be white tendrils of hair reached out from the darkness and grabbed Ben. The boy yelled in surprise as he gently carried into the dark below. Moments later, Ben was set to the ground. He looked up and saw the face of his captors.

And boy, were they scary looking! A hulking bird man hybrid, a cyclops, and some kind of slimy, scaly dragon monster?! Ben couldn't help it. He let out a scream of terror and took off running!

"Oh, no ya don't!" Spike chased after the human. He spit out a huge stream of slime toward Ben's feet. Ben yelped as he slipped around on the slime until he fell with a hardy, slimy splat.

"Eeeewwww!" Ben tried to get up, but he was stuck to the ground. He looked up and saw the cyclops looking right at him with her giant blue eye.

Grinning, Oracle blinked and began using her hypnotic eye. Ben saw the cyclops' eye become a swirling hypnotic spiral. The boy stopped struggling as he was transfixed in her gaze. It didn't take long for the human's eyes to copy Oracle's eye, he was under her spell.

"Do not resist..." Oracle said in a soft, dreamy voice. "Close your eyes and sleep...sleep peacefully without care..."

Ben obediently closed his eyes and fell asleep, snoring a little.

"Phew! Good call, Oracle!" said Spike. He pulled Ben out of the slime puddle and took him to their homemade infirmary. Spike gently placed Ben on a long table and cleaned the slime off his body.

"Now we can treat the boy's injuries." Oracle started treating Ben's injury with a magic ointment of her own creation.

Manic crossed his arms. "Something tells me you two planned all this."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" said Oracle, feigning innocence as she treated Ben.

"Don't play dumb!" said Manic.

"We're not!" said Spike. "But we didn't plan on the kid getting hurt! We had to bring him down here fast!"

Manic frowned under his mask. "So, you did plan this..."

"Sorry! Can't hear you!" said Oracle. Ben's wound was cleaned and all bandaged up. Oracle smiled as she tickled Ben under the chin. "Coochie, coochie, coo!"

Suddenly, Ben started to wake up. His eyes instantly popped wide open when he saw three bizarre creatures looking down at him. He screamed and tried to move, but Oracle used her hair to pin his arms down to the table. "There, there, little one."

"Who are you?! Let me go!" Ben yelled. He struggled until Oracle tickled Ben's side to take the fight out of him.

"Take it easy, boy. You need to lie down while my herbs heal your body." said Oracle.

Knowing he was at a disadvantage, Ben settled down. "W-What kind of monsters are you?"

"We're not monsters. We're Nightmare Hybrids." said Manic. "We were created by the Nitians."

"What?!" Ben looked at the hybrids in shock. No wonder they looked scary, they were created by the one species of creatures who prey on fear!

"But don't worry! We come in peace!" Spike assured the boy.

Ben still looked unsure. "But how can I really trust you guys?"

Spike smiled. "If we wanted to hurt you, we already would have. And besides, Oracle helped heal your arm. So, relax."

Ben's doubt just grew. "That doesn't mean I should just trust you just like that! So what if you fixed a little cut?!"

The hybrids looked at each other. It was clear that earning the boy's trust was going to be tough. "Well, is there anything we can do for you?" Oracle offered.

"Huh?"

"I know! Let's tickle him!" Spike suggested.

"What?!" Ben shouted.

"Great idea!" said Oracle. "I approve!"

"HEY! Wait a minute!" Ben tried to protest but it was too late. Oracle started tickling Ben's stomach while Spike tickled the boy's armpits.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HEY! STOP THAT!" Ben shouted. "W-WHY ARE YOU TICKLING ME?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"To help you trust us!" Spike said as he tickled. "The Lauhinians do it to help people feel less scared so it should work for us too!"

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Ben yelled as he kept laughing. They stopped and let Ben take a breather.

"So, trust us now?" asked Spike.

Ben glared at the dragon-like creature, indicating he still doesn't trust them.

"That looks like a no." said Oracle. She blinked. "I have an idea!" She stretched out her hair and wrapped them around Ben's ankles, keeping them pinned to the table. "Spike, be a dear and remove his shoes please."

Ben gasped. "Oh, no! No! Don't you dare!"

But it was too late. Spike removed Ben's shoes and socks. He curiously looked at Ben's socks and recoiled from the smell. "Whoa! You really need to wash these things!" He tossed the stinky socks aside.

"Hey! That's none of your business!" Ben snapped, very embarrassed. "Now put my shoes back on-AH!" Ben stopped when Oracle started using her hair to tickle Ben's feet and in between his toes. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STOP! THAT TICKLES!"

Oracle giggled. "We know."

"My turn!" Spike said. Oracle stopped tickling and Spike then used his claws to gently scratch the surface of Ben's feet. Ben screamed with even more laughter as Oracle and Spike enjoyed themselves.

Manic just looked at his friends and sighed. All they ever think about is goofing around, especially when it comes to humans. "Come on, you guys. Give the kid a break."

Thankfully, Oracle and Spike stopped. Manic was proud to have common sense in this trio of misfits. "Sorry about that, kid. They're just excited about humans. We always thought humans were just superstition. But we were wrong when we met Sasha and Rachel, they were the first humans we ever met."

"Really?" Ben asked in a weak voice. He was exhausted from all the tickling.

"Really. We've literally been living underground our whole lives hiding from the Nitians."

"Hiding?" Ben asked. Oracle smiled as she picked up Ben, sat in a nearby chair and placed Ben in her lap. She started affectionately petted the human's head.

Manic nodded. "Yeah, we weren't comfortable with the Nitians using us for twisted reasons. So, we left and since they're not comfortable with us having minds of our own, they've been hunting us down so they can destroy us."

Hearing this, Ben found these creatures quite relatable. He knew what it was like to be hunted like an animal. He felt Oracle still running her fingers through his hair. "Does that feel good, little one?"

The stroking did feel good, but Ben felt too embarrassed to admit it. "Hey, I'm not your pet, y'know." He got up and tried to leave, but Oracle used her hair to restrain his arms and hold them up high.

"There's no need to be shy." Oracle started tickling his sides.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha! I'm not shihihihiy!" Ben laughed. "Seriously, stahahahap!"

"Do you promise to be good and stay?" Oracle cooed. Her fingers started to tickle Ben's tummy and the hero burst with laughter.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I WILL! I WILL! JUST STOP!" Ben begged. Oracle stopped and continued to stroke Ben's head. Tired from the tickling, Ben closed his eyes and rested in Oracle's lap. Manic and Spike clearly saw the smile on the human's face.

"Like putty in her hands." said Manic.

Spike nodded. "Yep."

Back at Tickle Forest, Rachel and Sasha were looking for Scruffy and Ben. "Where could they be?" Rachel wondered out loud. "We looked around the whole forest!" Rachel heard Sasha giggling. She turned around and saw her sister tied to the ground and tickled by feather flowers. Sasha couldn't stop laughing as she felt their fluffy petals tickle her stomach and underarms.

Rachel couldn't help but smile and shake her head. She was used to Sasha being captured by the ticklish traps of the forest. Thankfully, she had a special spray to keep the tickle plants away. She took out the spray bottle and used it on the flowers that held Sasha captive. The spray worked, the flowers were not harmed, but they got the message and set Sasha free.

"Thanks..." Sasha panted.

"You sure are popular in these woods." said Rachel, rubbing Sasha's back. "Still though, we have to find Ben and Scruffy! Something could have happened to them!"

"Hey, guys!"

The girls turned and saw Ben riding on Scruffy's back, walking alongside them was Manic, Oracle and Spike. "Hey, guys!" Ben waved.

"Ben!" Sasha stood up. "Oh, thank goodness you're okay!"

"Yeah, apparently, Scruffy, Oracle, and Spike conspired to meet this human boy." Manic deadpannned. His friends shared that knowing smile.

Rachel and Sasha laughed. "I see." said Rachel. "You've met some good friends of ours, Ben."

"So, you guys really are pals with them." Ben smiled. "Sorry if I didn't believe you guys earlier." he said to Manic.

"It's okay, kid. It's good to be cautious." Manic said. "How's Jocu and the others?"

"We're not sure yet." said Rachel. "But-"

Suddenly, Scruffy started jumping and barking happily. Ben screamed as he held onto the Tickle Beast, not wanting to be bucked off. Scruffy started running and everyone looked to see who he was running to, Jocu and the rest of his brothers, all healthy and happy!

"Guys! You're all better!" Sasha ran over and hugged Jocu.

"Yeah! Oracle's medicines really helped us recover!" said Jocu.

Ben smiled. Guess these hybrid guys weren't so bad after all.