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You slurp on your fifth smoothie. You were sitting at a mr Smoothie tables with your partners and Argit. Listening to how Ben "made an exact copy of the universe" with alien X. You genuinely had thought you were all doomed when the annihilarrgh was activated, you'd never admit it though. It's a good thing it was only a dud. "Fine, don't believe me ? I don't care. I did it. I saved the universe, again !" You pinched the bridge of your nose. "That's all that matters. You should be thanking me !" After his little speech, he takes a sip of his smoothie with pride. You and the other aliens exchange looks : Argit out of concern for Ben's mental health, Rook out of confusion, and you out of tiredness.

Ben stops drinking his smoothie, taking a pause. "Doesn't taste the same..." He looks at his drink momentarily. He shrugs and continues drinking it. You really hoped that he wouldn't want it anymore, meaning more for you.

The topic of discussion quickly changed. Argit complained about Bulfrag not paying him, you threatened to put him in jail. Rook talked about his home planet, Ben about when he was 10 years old. Thinking about it, this was probably the first time in a long time you had what could be considered a normal hangout. You didn't have a lot of stories to offer but listening to others was soothing for your soul. Even if it's Ben boosting about his accomplishments. You had such a good time that for once, work wasn't on your mind. All this normalcy, it felt nice.

As the afternoon starts to set, you and your partners return to your patrols and Argit leaves the planet to go do his own business. In the proto - truck, you silently fill out reports and other documents as Rook and Ben chat. "Hey ! How about we have a game night after this ? That would be awesome !" Ben suggest. "What games are we playing ? I do not know many games on this planet." Rook ask. "Don't worry I'll teach you guys." Ben reassures. The brunet turns to you. "What do you think ?"

You don't answer at first. You'd normally reject his offer but you had pretty much wrapped up all important work for the day . In addition, it was a great learning opportunity about human culture. "Fine by me." Ben was kind of shocked, he'd thought you'd reject the idea immediately. It was a pleasant surprise.

The last patrol went smoothly. You all agreed to host the game night at the plumber HQ. On your way, you stopped by Ben's house so he could get his games.

"We have to start with a classic. A game that can ruin our friendship." Ben announces dramatically. "Why would we play it then ?" Rook ask. "I was just exaggerating, Rook. So here's the rules..." after a little explanation and a training round, You and your taller partner felt ready to play. "You guys aren't ready to get your butts kick-" Rook put down a plus four. "I do not have any yellow. So I have to put this card, right ?" You nod at Rook's question. "Yeah...buddy. Now you can pick a color..." Ben takes four cards from the deck, it was too early to feel discouraged he thought.

"Then I choose red." You silently look at your deck. Ben smirks. "Looks like you don't got any red-" you put down a plus four. "Haha ! It's karma Rook-" Ben couldn't help but cut himself when Rook added another plus four, he luckily had one of his own so put down the card. "You're getting a plus twelve, [name]." You looked at Ben blankly, you were serious about this game. "No." You put down another plus four. Ben and Rook exchanged a look. Rook held one of the card in his hand, it was easy to guess it was another plus four. "Rook, buddy, you know you aren't forced to play every one of your card, right ?" Ben tries to convince Rook. "I am sorry Ben, but I am not taking sixteen cards." Rook puts down his plus four. Ben knew it was going to be a long night.

"It's between you and me, Ben." You and Ben held two cards. The green eyed boy miraculously managed to make a come back after his plus twenty. "You better give up now, we both know who's the winner." Ben challenged. "Bold of you to assume I'd loose." You and Ben kept glaring at each other. You weren't a competitive player, you just didn't like loosing especially to the human boy in front of you. "Oh, hello magister Tennyson." "Grandpa Max ?" As soon as Ben turned around, you put your card down and shouted uno. Ben, realising the ruse lets out a grunt.

"Better be more on guard, Ben." You smirked victoriously. "Yeah, yeah. Oh, I think one of your ornaments is falling." "Really ?" Ben slams his card on the table, shouting uno faster than lightening. "Gotcha !" You bawled your fist, the smile on your face starting to crumble. "Oh, [name], you should've kept your guards up" Ben mocks. "I am going to put you in debt." You threaten. "You're just a sore loser." Ben responds smugly. "Ben, what color do you choose ?" Rook interrupts you and Ben's bickering. You and Ben cough simultaneously, acting like nothing happened. "Green" Rook puts down his last card. "I win."

You and Ben bickered so much that you didn't even notice Rook had one card left, or when he called out uno. "At least Ben didn't win" "at least [name] didn't win." You say in unison. You both share a look for moment before starting to bicker again. Rook watch in the sidelines. He didn't expect for you and Ben to be so competitive. Especially you. Ben he could guess. But you, most surprising thing he learned today. Rook sighed, he didn't know how much longer he could take.

"I would've have clearly won, I had the exact same card as rook." "Nuh uh" you raised your eyebrows at Ben. The brunette takes a moment to remember you aren't from earth. "When I say 'nuh uh' it means like I disagree with you, it's like no. The opposite of that would be 'yuh uh' that means yes." You take notes on your tablet, very intrigued by human lingos. "It's getting late, I will be heading off. Have a good night Ben and [name]." Rook gets up, and leaves the room. Ben checks the clock on the wall, finally realising how late it was. "We spent 2h on one single game of uno ?!" He exclaims. "I thought we would have more time for other games." You honestly expressed.

"I better head off home now. My mom is going to kill me..." Ben starts putting back the game of uno in its package and pick ups all the other board games you didn't get to play. "Gosh, I sometimes wish I still had my car..."he complains. "What happened to it ?" You ask. "I don't even know. Just disappeared." You shake your head. "You ought to take better care of your belongings." You got up and walk up next to Ben. "I'll accompany you back home." Ben looks at you, taken back by your statement. "What ? I can go back home on my own. Do you know how to drive ?" You shake your head again. "I just want to make sure you're safe. And no, I can't drive but I know a quick and easier way to get you home. "I have a bad feeling about this..." Ben voiced his concerns

And he was right. "My house is there." He points at the house bellow you. At the moment, you were carrying him, bridal  style flying to his house. Ben wasn't afraid of heights, if you were to accidentally drop him then he could turn into one of his aliens. But knowing you, unless you really hated his guts then you wouldn't try and drop him to his death. "Can you go by this window ?" You raised your eyebrow at the suggestion. "Why not enter by your door ?" You ask, stoping in front of his window. "I don't want to wake up and deal with my parent's anger." The omnitrix user transforms into grey matter and is able to find a way to enter his room. You only look at his little figure, carrying the little Ben in your palms to wherever he needed to be.

After entering his room, the same boy transforms back to his original form and opens his window. "Thanks for the ride." Ben expresses his gratitude. You nod, ready to bid you goodbye to the hero. Your attention is grabbed by how messy the boy's room looks. Ben noticing your silence gives you a weird look. "Is there something wrong ?" "Can I enter your room ?" You ask urgently. The brunette is surprised by your request but lets you in anyways. "Don't tell me you're planning on having a sleepover here ?" Ben jokes. You ignore his comments, more curious about the chaos in the boy's room.

Unsurprisingly, the dominant colour of the hero's room was his signature green. Poster of his favorite series hung on the wall, the mr smoothie one and checkered pattern being the only ones familiar to you. A tower of empty mr Smoothie cups leaned on his nightstand. The shelves housed mostly figurines and action figures, with some books at the bottom. You walked a closer to the shelves near his door, trying not to walk on the books, dirty laundry and much more rubbish on the floor. "Be careful ! I haven't had the time to clean my room, yet..." Ben nervously watch as you examined his room. You silently hummed, halting your steps. Finally faced with the only framed picture in the room. A picture of Ben and his previous companions, Gwendolyn Tennyson and Kevin Levin.

You stare at the framed picture. You could hear Ben's footsteps, standing next to you, following your stare. "Do you miss them ?" Ben didn't flinch at your question. "Always. But it's not like I'll never see them again, just less than before." He answers with no hesitation. "Ben, if you don't mind me asking...What's it's like to have a family on earth ?" Ben felt puzzled by your question, pondering over his words. "Well, they can sometimes get on my nerves." He rest his arms behind his head. "Some of the rules my mom has kind of annoys me but I know she's just trying to protect me even though I'm like the hero of the universe. Grandpa Max reprimands me but I know he's just trying me make me a better person. Gwen is just a dork, a nice one. Don't tell her I said that or she'll have my head severed." The brunette puts a finger over his lips playfully. "Overall, they can count one me and I can count on them." He affirms. Trying to mask the gentleness in his voice with confidence.

You listen intently to his every word. A ghost like smile making its way on your lips. "What about you ? What's your family like back on your planet ?" The hero ask, taking the opportunity to try and get more answers on the topic of your home planet. You don't answer at first, taking some time to ponder over it.

"I have no family. On my home planet, the word didn't exist. "Really ? Is there like an alternative ?" You shake your head. "So what do you guys call each other ?" Ben ask. "By name. I think you don't understand Ben, we don't reproduce on planet. We're birthed by the tree of wisdom." Ben's jaw when agape. "Wait, so you're telling me a tree gave birth to you and the rest of your people ?!" You nod. "How's that even possible ?! Does it mean you're all related then ?" You rest your finger in your chin, pondering over his question. "I don't think so, the rare ornix birthed from another ornix look very much normal." You answered. "If you guys can have kids why is there a damn tree doing that for you ?" Ben felt very lost.

"I don't know but it was a great asset since the majority were too preoccupied oppressing others and staying in power then reproducing." You explained. Ben scratched his head. "Man, your planet sounds like a real hassle." You gave hummed at his response. "That's why they all died." Ben was taken aback by your statement, remembering you were the last ornix currently alive. "Isn't that pretty harsh ? How did that even happen ?"

"The tree that birthed us just ate everyone and the planet. I escaped with the help of someone. But I wasn't quick enough since that damn tree snatched one of my wings." You say casually like it was a daily annoyance. Ben gave you a worried look. "Isn't that a happy story..." he sarcastic remarks.

"You better start cleaning your room, Ben. How do you sleep in such a filthy place ?" You switched the subject. Walking around and putting the rubbish in his room in a trash bag. "What are you, my mom ?" You pick up a picture of a black haired girl, ready to put it in the trash bag. "Wait, be careful ! That's a picture of my girlfriend !" You stopped midway, taking a closer look at the girl on it. She had black hair styled into cut pigtails and wore a pink jacket over a white shirt. She looked too good for Ben.

"You're telling me a woman is sane enough to be physically and emotionally attracted to you ?" You just couldn't believe Ben was able to be in a relationship with such a pretty girl. "Yup ! You're jealous ? But she hasn't called or answered my text for the past year. She must be super busy !" Ben cheerfully says.

You hope it was some strange human custom because from your understanding, if your significant other doesn't attempt to speak to you for at least a year then they aren't your significant other anymore. In short it was a breakup. You decided not to comment, you were more occupied on cleaning Ben's dirty room. Ben was by your side helping out and telling you what not to throw out. After a while, Ben's room was probably the cleanest it has ever been. "Wow, I should hire you as my maid." You gave him a strained smile before assaulting him with your wing. Your expressions displaying your anger. "I was just joking ! Okay, I'm sorry !" Ben pleaded desperately.

"Ben ? Since when did you get home ?" A feminine voice asked from outside Ben's room, sending the boy into a panic state. "Quick !" He pushes you near the window. "You need to get out, my mom is probably already angry with me coming home late. She'll also wonder why a girl is in my room and I don't want her to think I'm cheating on Julie." You sigh, nodding and flying out of his window. You waved him goodbye. Before he had time to reciprocate, you had already left.

After dealing with his mother, Ben plops himself in his bed. In his attempt to fall asleep, when turning towards his nightstand he noticed something. It was a little sumo wrestler keychain. The brunette picks up the keychain, examining it closely. He already knew who gifted it to him. He smiles, putting the trinket down. He'd thank you tomorrow for the gift. That night, sleep came in easy for him.

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"Rook, isn't that the sumo thing Ben likes ?" You ask Rook while passing by a sumo wrestler claw machine. It was your afternoon patrol with Rook. Ben was off doing his own thing. Rook glanced at the machine, recognising the mascot Ben always talks about. "I think it is the sumo wrestler franchise that Ben likes."

You look at the strange machine. You take out a coin and insert it in the machine. "What are you doing [name] ?" Rook was bewildered seeing you play some game instead of focusing on the current patrol like you usually do. "I'm playing this confusing game..." after your first attempt, you grasped the rules of the game and attempted multiple strategies to try and get one of the keychains in it. "I can see that but why are you playing it ? Do you too enjoy the sumo wrestler content ?" Rook ask. "Ever since that creature has been hunting Ben, he's been more troubled. So I seek to lift his spirits up by giving him one of these trinket. If I am able to win..." you groaned as the keychain slipped off the claw. You insert another coin in the machine, not giving up.

Rook smiles. He stands by your side, helping you out and cheering you on in your attempts. You and him do the human act of high fiving when you finally win one of the keychains.

Chapter 5

"So this is a smoothie and chilly fries ?" Ben takes his order and passes yours. You've never seen or tried any human food before, having only heard of how greasy they could be at times.

"Yup, the best in the world." Ben proudly claims. You weren't 100% buying it but you couldn't lie, you were pretty excited to try it. Suddenly the ground started to shake. Bellwood had barely any seismic activities so you already knew the drill. A giant orange worm surged from the ground. You got ready to act but Ben puts his order in your arms. "Keep an eye on my lunch will you."

You gave him an icy glare. "I'm not your maid,Ben." Ben waves it off, already getting ready to turn into an alien. "Dong worry, I can handle it. It will only take a few seconds-" Ben stops mid sentence, he realised you already left back to the van. The brunette shrugs and turns into Diamondhead.

On the other hand, you sat in the back seat eating the human food you got, pretty pissed off. Contrary to Rook who happily ate his Mytecian swamp hoppers, watching Ben fight off another alien. Even after weeks of partnership, Ben's antics still annoyed you. But you had to stay level headed, not letting personal grudges get the best of you. That's what professionalism is.

Take a deep breath [name].

The chilly fries Ben loved so much weren't bad but the texture felt oily. On the other hand, the smoothie was delicious. Rook even was kind enough to share his Mycetian swamp hoppers, absolute delight in the cosmos.

"Guys ! So this whole time you've both been sitting here...eating... Are you drinking my smoothie, [name] ?!" You didn't stop slurping. "You said to take care of your lunch, not your drink."

Ben sighed heavily, getting in the passenger seat in the front. "Would you like some of my Mycetian swamp hoppers ?" Rook offered. The young hero only showed disgust. "Ugh, you and grandpa Max." You handed Ben his lunch, he catches it whiteout looking. "Any of you couldn't have given me a little help out here ?" You side eyed him. "You told me to take care of your lunch so I did."

"You should have said something."Rook answered. "Like what ?" Ben asked frustrated.

"Like 'Rook and [name] help me.'" You cut in, already finishing the tasty cold drink. "I didn't need help-" Ben's two partners looked at him skeptically. "Fine whatever." Ben defeated, just ate his lunch. He ate everything in one bite, you even handed him your leftovers whiteout him noticing.

It's fascinating how humans can eat so crudely...

Silence sets in the truck. You just checking on some work on your tablet and Rook still eating his lunch. "Guys, lately I've been getting attacked by more monsters than Tokyo."

"I thought it was normal." "The usual." You and Rook say in unison. Earning an annoyed look from the only human. "These things aren't normal. But who'd wanna sick freaky monsters on me?"

"Dude, who wouldn't want to sick freaky monsters on you?" Rook says loudly, smirking afterwards. You almost jumped with how quick and loudly he answered. This time an uncomfortable silence sets in the van. Rook shamefully turns to not face you and Ben. "I've... been... working on my conversational earthling." You hummed. "Humans do have some weird lingos."

All of a sudden Ben had an epiphany. "Wait a minute. There is one nutball who totally does the mutant-creature thing...Dr. Animo." The savior of the universe confidently proclaims. You swiftly get your tablet out and search for the criminals your human partner mentioned.

"Dr Animo ?" Rook repeats. " Yeah. Guy's been after me since I was little." You share your findings to Rook about dr Animo. Reading Dr Animo's profile together. "Freaky frogs, mutant bats, prairie dogs... you name it."

"I'm not familiar with this nut ball which you speak. But Dr animo is currently in a holding cell at the plumber headquarters." Rook informs. "Good, gives us a chance to check up on it." You add.

"What are we waiting for ? Lest not waste any time !" Ben hurries Rook to start the truck. "If only you could have the same attitude when it comes to work..." you mutter. With great efficiency, you shortly arrived at plumber headquarters. You and your tall junior follow Ben as he rushes to check on his old enemy. "I'm telling you guys, it's gotta be Animo !"

"That's what you're telling us." Rook patiently responds. "For the 23rd time." You add. Ben mumbles in a mocking tone 'for the 23rd time'. You used your real wing to hit him in the back of his head. "Ok ! I'm sorry !" You don't engage further, your team getting in the elevator.

"They say Tyrak, the tyrant, managed to stage a military coup without ever leaving his prison cell." Rook discusses with Ben. "See ? There you go. That's what Animo must be doing." Ben responds excitedly. "He had plasma cannons and an army of several millions." Rook mentions the last part. But Ben didn't feel discouraged at all of his claims. You were the first to get out of the elevator, not wanting to listen Rook entertain Ben and his nostalgia from back when he was 10 years old. Arriving in front of the doctor's cell, you take your plumber badge out from your halo and scan it to open the entrance.

You are utterly surprised to not find a single soul in the cell. Only animal plushies. "Boys, it seems we have a fugitive on the loss." You called out. The duo shortly joins you. You already started to search around for clues. "What did I tell you Rook ? The crazy is right here in front of us." Ben throws one of the many plushies towards the taller plumber. Rook catches it with no effort. "Conversely, the prisoner himself is not." The blue alien ponders. "See ? I told you he was the one attacking me !" You bite on your thumb. "How could he have escaped ? The force field installed was hardly tempered and even if he tried it would've been almost impossible to hack it." You look like you were losing your mind. You always made time to check if the prison was secured. Maybe, did you get sloppy ? Ever since you've joined Ben..? Maybe you shouldn't have done so. But you had a debt to pay back.

It's too late to rethink my decisions anyways...

Ben walks deeper in the cell. "Then there has to be a... vent or... an access panel or something. There always is in these places. Why is that, anyway ? Do they want prisoners to be able to escape ?" Ben questions. "The vents are all sealed with monomolecular grids." Your junior responds to Ben's questions effortlessly. While you were internally going crazy, something caught the brunette's attention. He bends down to the colony of ants present. "What are all these ants doing here ?" Ben inquires. You got up and with the speed of light joined Ben's side. "How strange" you mumble.

"Ants are quite common on earth. There are well over 12 000 species" Rook informs. Ben takes a closer look on the ants, noticing them heading behind the toilet. "But what are these ants doing here ?" Ben starts pulling the toilet in the side. You help him, combining both of your strengths to see a hidden passage behind it. You sighed in relief. "The plumbers prison system still works in containing its prisoners." You felt like crying tears of joy. If a prisoner had actually escaped you would never forgive yourself.

"Is this what you're worrying about ?" Ben comments. He turns towards Rook. "Still think Animo's not the guy attacking me ?" You crawled inside first with Ben and Rook following suit. "I concede, he is a viable candidate" your junior surrenders to Ben. You would've have usually tried and said something to defend Rook but you were too focused on getting Animo back. After all the plumber system could never fail. Right ?

Using one of your halo to push open the grid in front of you. You gracefully jumped out of the vent with your teammates following behind. You all looked at your surroundings. "And we're in the sewers." Ben remarks. "Thank you mr obvious." You retort. "No problem ms chicken wings." Ben smirks. "What's a chicken wing ?" You ask. "It's a dish-" "I am sorry to interrupt but I think I found where our prisoner is probably located." Rook pointed at the colony of ants crawling all together to one same direction. "I'll make you try it later." Ben mischievously says. You didn't understand what was so funny about it. You shook it off and trailed Rook.

Everything was going smoothly, until you turned to a corner where you were all meet by a giant ant that didn't hesitate to shoot fireballs from its mouth. With quick reflexes, you used your wings to protect your partners. The gigantic ant instantly charges towards you. You used your halo to block its neck from piercing you. The ant realizing it, gave up on you and charged towards Rook. The stronger alien used his strength to hold off the sharp beck of the ant from piercing him. You couldn't do much at the risk of the ant's saliva hurting you. "Fire breathing giant ant ? Classic dr Animo." Ben rejoiced. Realising you and Rook were not in the position or mood to answer him. He starts getting ready to use his Omnitrix. "Time to fight fire with swampfire !" Not wasting more time, the brunette transformed into a sonorosian or 'echo echo'. Ben wasn't surprised anymore with the omnitrix rarely giving him the alien he wanted.

Ben screamed at the ant. Getting its attention away from Rook. "And you didn't even have to ask for my help." You helped up Rook. "Point taken" he responds, wiping off the bit of dirt on his face.

You and Rook arrived directly after the ant exploded from Echo echo's screams. "Not bad, Ben. Pretty clever trick." You complimented. "A compliment from [name] ? Geez I've become a true genius !" You exhaled a sigh. "I take it back." "No take backs !" Ben exclaims. "Ingenious. The sound must have atomized the pyrophoric chemicals in its body." Rook praised. "You should really stop feeding into his ego." You advised your precious junior. Truly, he was a saint. Ben, who didn't understand a word Rook said kept his smile, ignoring your comment. "Uh... yeah . Cause Echo Echo is the sound of vic...to...ry ?" Ben couldn't celebrate longer when an increase number of giant ants were surrounding you. "I really should've seen that coming."Ben says. "You think ?" You sarcastically shout back.

You ready yourself, the two spiky halos tuning into sharp golden Chakrams* decorated by more flowers in a variant shades of [favorite color]. "Cool ability ! But can it take down a whole army of mutant ants ?" You almost threw them at him. "What aliens does our dear hero of the universe have for the occasion ?"  You ask with a dry tone. Ben was about to transform when you suddenly hear a sound wave. You covered your ears . The ants crawled away, following the sound waves. "Was it something I said ? Cause I'll say it again !" Ben shout at the mutant ants. "They gave it too easily" Rook noted. You uncovered your ears, the sound waves gone. "There was some kind of sound wave that activated before they left." The boys looked at you confused. "But I did not hear any sounds." Rook replied, trying to hear or recall any sounds. "Maybe you've gone cray cray ?" Ben added. You once again hit Ben with your wing. The chakrams turning back into your halos. "As an ornix, my hearing is enhanced enough to pick up even the tiniest sounds most cannot."

"Fascinating !" Rook praised, learning new informations about your abilities. "Great ! It's good learning new things but we better catch up to these mutants before we lose track." Ben started to chase the giant ants. "It hurts to admit it but you're right Tennyson." You trailed behind him with Rook.

Taking a path outside of the mutants view. "Ants carrying machinery ? Very odd, no matter the size." Rook pointed out. "But they're big enough to carry us too." You all jumped onto one of the ant. You analysed the machinery. Ben questioned Rook's knowledge on ants. You noticed your hair ornaments falling off in your reflection on the machinery. You discreetly and carefully took your time to put them back. Checking your makeup and attire looked elegant. "You done checking yourself ?" Ben teased. Out of embarrassment, you unconsciously used your wing to cover you. "No...I wasn't-" You stuttered, not finding the words to defend yourself. This was the first time Ben had seen you in such flustered state. It was pretty funny, the usually composed magister embarrassed over him finding her checking herself in the reflection. He didn't even understand why you were even embarrassed about it. He'd need to remember this so he can annoy you about it later. "It's not like my pants were set on fire..." you mumble.

He didn't have a lot of time to dwell on it when you finally exited the sewers to a whole new area. Jumping off the ants onto mountains of rocks hiding you. "Now, where is this evil mastermind dr Animo ?" Rook looks around. Ben walks to another direction. "I don't know. How about over there, inside that skyscraper-sized anthill ?!" The brunette points at the giant architecture. "Ah, of course." Ben looked smugly at Rook. "Lest get going." You opened up a portal with your halo, transporting you near the anthill's entrance. Ben and Rook hesitantly followed through. "That's a pretty cool trick. I wonder why you don't use it all the time." Ben questioned. "I can only teleport from a halo to another. Which are mostly short distances." Ben nodded. "I don't see a doorbell. Guess we'll just have to invite ourselves in." Ben actives his omnitrix, choosing which alien to transform into. "One moment, Ben."

Rook dipped his whole hand in some greenish mud before splashing Ben and himself with it. You quickly dodge his attempt to splash you."Hey ! What's up with the mud pack ?!" Ben ask, not very happy to be splashed out of nowhere. "Not mud, pheromones. Ants instinctively attack any intruder. With these secretions on us, we'll smell like members of the colony." Rook nonchalantly answers. "I'm not doing this. You can go whiteout me. I'll wait for the two of you outside-" you swiftly dodged Ben's attempt at throwing mud at you. "Come on ! I know you like to look pretty and all but it's for the mission." You blushed a bit, thinking back on how Ben caught you checking yourself out. "I was just fixing up my appearance !" You retorted, easily dodging any of Ben's attack. "Just give up-" The person you thought you could trust the most had just betrayed you. Never in a billion of years you would've of thought Rook would throw mud at you. You gave Rook the most chilling glare. He instantly regretted his act. "If this doesn't work I'm gonna make sure you two never see the light of day." Ben glanced at Rook who only gulped.

Walking behind one of the ants, it notices some kind of presence. Turning to your group, you and Ben hid behind the tallest of the trio. Rook closed his eyes, letting the ant smell around. Not picking anything, the mutant turned away and resumed his way. Rook turned back to you and Ben. Giving you both a weird look. You sigh, you did trust Rook but you put so much effort in doing your hair and makeup. Afterwards, not only will you have to clean yourself and your clothes. But your halos and the multiple ornaments you were wearing. You start walking ahead of the boys, away from their little banter. From your time together, they liked having little banters. They easily moved past it. Mostly due to Rook's patience that you admired. Walking inside the anthill, you encountered mutant larva's eating rocks to the disgust of Ben. You and your junior unfazed. Hiding in the tunnel, the criminal that  the three of you were searching for, stand his back towards you, looking at all the ants working for him. "Yes, my pets ! Build, grow, construct !"

You wanted to stop the boys from running into action with no plan but Ben was faster. "Dr Animo !" The savior of the universe called out. The doctor turned around, his face scrunching at the sight of one of his arch nemesis. "Ben Tennyson !" He called back. "What's the deal with sending creepy mutant aliens to kill me?" Ben wiped off the pheromones off of him. Rook used Ben's shirt to wipe off some on his face. Ben instantly pushed the blue alien off of him. "Dude !" You snickered silently, earning an annoyed look from the brunette. "Not funny."

Dr Animo looked confused. "Mutant aliens ? I don't know what you're talking about !" He denies the claims. "Don't play dumb !" Ben shout back. Dr Animo pondered. "I'm not playing. Honestly, I hadn't planned on killing you until Phase 2, but here you are. First, however, you will witness my greatest triumph. Did you know that there are roughly a quadrillion ants on Earth, with species native to every continent but Antarctica ?"

"Actually...yes I did." Ben smirked at Rook. The blue alien did not look pleased. You facepalmed. "The device before you generates a mutagenic pulse. It will turn every single ant on the planet into a giant mutant, with me, Dr. Animo, as their king. The world will be my ant farm-" Cutting his speech, you used your halo and quickly apprehend him. Ben and Rook look flabbergasted. "What ?" You didn't get why they didn't think of capturing him immediately. "We've wasted enough time. I have to bring him back to his cell." The doctor tried to fight off his restraints. "You witch." Dr Animo insults you.

"I still need answers." You yawned. Watching Ben interrogate Dr Animo and Rook leaving to get the kermite power core one of the ants was carrying. "I will not let you defeat me so easily !" The professor shouted, getting up swiftly and using his head to press on the buttons on his control table. Causing his inventions to turn on. Ben uses the omnitrix, praying to transform into swampfire but turns into Rath. You nudge him when he was in the middle of complaining for what felt like the millionth time about the omnitrix. "Focus ?" You ask. "Right" Ben agrees.

Dr Animo uses his invention to summon a number of ants. He even used the sharp beck of one of them to get your halo off of him. You kept fighting off the ants, but the more you defeat, the double amount kept coming. You activated your holographic wing and flew high enough so the ants can't reach you. You could see Rath get piles up by the ants. You land on one of the ants. Using the giant horn to ride it and force it to run to the pile of ants covering Ben.

You gave Ben a thumbs up, a human sign that you've learned meant something was good. Ben reciprocates the gesture. Out of the blue, an ant almost hit Ben from behind but a blast stoped it. "Ben ! [name] ! I've recovered the Kormite power core !" Ben looked at the two you repeatedly. "Lemme tell you alien partners that I never wanted in the first place but I'm begrudgingly beginning to like in spite of myself. RATH IS GONNA-" he immediately transforms back into his human form. Seeing the opportunity, an ant immediately tried to run over Ben but with your quick reflexes you immediately send one of your halos to knock it off the platform. Saving Ben's life before comically getting pushed with Rook by an ant.

While Ben was fighting mr Animo in his new alien form you and Rook had another issue to take care of. "[name] ! I can set this kormite power core to detonate. I can potentially destroy the anthill, the ants, us and several populations around us." Your face contorts to one of fear."Can't you change the frequency to only destroy the ants ?" You ask while kicking off one of the ants. "That's what I was planning to do but I'd need to get in the control room."

"I got it." You flew toward Rook, holding him from under his armpits and carried him with you to the control room at the top. You wouldn’t say that you’re weak quite the contrary. So why did you struggle to carry Rook to the control room ? It’s because he’s damn heavy, he’s not fat just heavy. In the process of flying up, you take a glance at the battle between Animo and Ben taking place on a lower level. A Mucilator was imprisoning Ben. Rook used his laser and freed Ben. "BEN ! I can atomise the ants with this core but you have to gather them for me to activate it." Rook shout the plan at Ben. "Good idea" he answers. Not long after did the two of you reach the control room. You kept looking outside waiting for Ben's signal.

After Ben destroys Animo's invention that allowed him to communicate with the ants, all of them threw themselves on the mucilator and crawled towards them. "Now !" He shout. You gave Rook a nod and he activates it. Causing the building to rumble and the ants to explode. Rook immediately jumped back to Ben's level. You were too fragile for that so opted to fly down with grace. "Aloysius James Animo." You and your junior say in unison. Showcasing your plumber badges. "Ooh, they just middle named you. You are so busted." Ben tormented the old scientist. "Noooo !" He screamed.

After bringing back Animo to prison. The team was silent inside the Proto-truck. You were slurping on some smoothies Rook got you as an apology for throwing mud at you. Ben wasn't his usual cheery and cocky self. You stopped slurping on the smoothie. "What's wrong Ben ? You’re usually never this quiet." You tone sounding more interrogative than you wanted. "[name] is right, you didn't even grab a smoothie." Rook adds in.

"Animo is not the guy." Ben finally answers. "True" rook replies. "And that... whatever it is that keeps jumping me, you see how it turned into the exact perfect predator to fight my new alien ? It's like a Ben-eating monster." Hearing Ben express his concerns feels weird to you. He is absolutely right about the monster that keeps on changing into the predator of whatever alien he was using. "You're right, I just thought you were imagining things but now I can see..." "someone very dangerous is after you." Rook completed your sentence.

Ben keeps looking depressingly out of the window. You and the blue alien exchange glances. "But at least we stopped the nefarious Dr. Animo. He won't be causing trouble for a long, long time." Rook joyfully declares. You handed Ben one of the 13 smoothies Rook bought for you. You averted your gaze away from Ben. "We did great today. Why would you deny yourself such treat after our hard work." Ben glanced at you and Rook, a smile creeps on his face.

Chapter 4

"Still not working right, Blukic. Set it on stun, we get blast ! Set it on blast, we get low battery warning !" A Galvan complains.

"The knob is upside down, Driba." Blukic points at the knob on the blaster.

"And WHOSE jobs was that ?" Driba glared at Blukic who only hummed and pointed at him.

"Yours."

"Was not."

"Was too."

The two Galvans continued arguing as Ben who transformed into a crystalsapien or what he calls diamond head. Was used as a practice target for their new blaster. The brunette only yawns before transforming back into his human form. You mainly came here to inspect the base and its security, but decided on staying to see what the two galvans had created.

Ben sighs . "Come on guys, are we done here ? I thought galvans were supposed to be the smartest beings in the universe." Even if he was tired, Ben took every opportunity to be sassy and sarcastic. "Smart as in figure stuff out quickly so that Ben Tennyson could go home smart."

You click your tongue. "Didn't you agree to this Tennyson ? You should then see it through with no complaints." Your eyes never leaving your tablet, you were finishing up some reports. You enjoy doing paperwork, keeping everything well and organized. You are competent enough to manage your time with paperwork's, deadlines, meetings and missions. Work was somewhat of your hobby, so doing nothing productive makes you feel extremely uncomfortable. That's why you sometimes do the paperwork of other people to pass time, with their consent of course.

"Yeah, but I didn't think it would last so long. I've been here for at least three hours !" Ben complained. "Why are you even still here ?"

"I was interested in what these two galvans were working on. Plus, my studies aren't ready yet and working in the comfort of my room makes me feel too sleepy." You just finished proofreading for the fourth time what you had written on your tablet and pressed the sent button.

"Geez, do all magisters have to do so much paperwork ? Everywhere you go, you always write something on that tablet of yours. Doesn't it get annoying or exhausting ?" Ben quickly transformed into another aliens as the two galvans started to shoot him again. "Ow, ow !"

"Its actually relaxing, you should try doing some, Tennyson." You said his last name coldly.

"Why does everyone get to be called mister and I don't ?" Ben questions you "Also, why did we hire you guys again ?" Another question but turned to the two arguing galvans.

"Mainly to not get confused with your grandfather, maybe because I thought you were underserving of such title. But after our first mission, I can tell you're not a bad guy. Just a bit annoying at times." You received a notification from Rook, he had sent you some book recommendations about humans and their culture. You and Rook had a pretty good affinity. Two plumbers sent to work on earth, not knowing anything about its inhabitants, culture and surroundings. Even better, Rook was also very organized and a kind gentleman. Rook was almost everything Ben was not.

"What do you mean, was I some kind of bad guy in your head before ?"

"No, I just thought you acted a bit like the people back on my home planet." You answer vaguely.

"And what were people like on your home planet ? Wait, actually, where do you even come from ? Like what alien are you ? I don't mean to be rude but like I've never seen aliens like you." Ben had gotten used to the multiple beams blasting him, he was now more focused on you and your mysterious like aura.

You stopped in the middle of your writing and put your pen down for a second. "I'm an Ornix, we resemble humans but have features from an animal on earth you call 'bird'. Almost all Ornix went instinct." You paused for a moment. "I'm most likely, the last remaining of my kind. And if you ask me, it's better that way." You pick your pen back up and continued writing.

Ben wanted to ask you more questions and why you would say such a thing about your own people. But the familiar beeping sound of his omnitrix went off. He transforms back into a human but the galvans couldn't stop their firearm in time and so had lit up his pants. Ben starts screaming, startling you as you finally look his way. You almost burst out laughing seeing his predicament but held it in and went up to help him put out the flame.

After the whole ordeal, you all agreed that it was enough testing for today and walked out of the room to the corridor.

"Seriously, I'm done being your lab rat !" Ben says firmly.

"Blukic is the one who crossed the polarities !" The shorter Galvan blamed.

"You set his pants on fire." Blukic responded.

"Liar, liar !" Even so, Driba laughed a bit. You couldn't help but join in. "I don't know if it was an accident or not. But seeing Tennyson in such predicament really was one of the most funniest things I've seen. Keep up your work."

"Seriously, you guys are worst than Azmuth. Also [name], don't ever mention this again." The last part of Ben's sentences sounded a bit desperate.

"Of course, we are. Everyone is."

"That Galvan's a genius !" Druba finished off Blukic sentence.

"You don't always get the opportunity to see the oh so legendary savior of the universe, get his pants set on fire. I don't think I'll be forgetting that." You continued laughing, to Ben's displeasure. The hero was embarrassed, the only thing he could hope was for you to soon forget it and never mention it to anyone else. You could see the worry on his face. A little smile etched on your face but vanished as fast as it appeared. "Don't worry Tennyson, I won't tell anyone about it. I'm just going to tease you about it."

"I don't know if that's better but I'll take it." Ben's happiness was crushed by your last sentence but at least you weren't going to snitch on him. "Oh, also, you can just call me by my name. I think that's easier to differentiate between me and my grandpa."

You stay silent, you never really acted familiarly with any of your partners or in short your coworkers. It felt unfamiliar calling someone by their name with no titles. Sure people called you daily by your name because well, you don't have a last name. But they would always start with some kind of formal title. It's the first time you've been on a team where you could call your partners by their first names. In fact, it's the first time you've been on an actual team that didn't last less than three days.

"Okay, Ben. But that's only because I don't want to hear you bugging me about it longer." This was the best response you made up to protect your honor and the rising heat on your face.

"Am I that anoying ?"

"Yes" All three of you say in unison.

"I'm never doing this again." Ben grumbled.

Unbeknownst, two figures roam around until finding the exit. A dog growls. Its owner, a tall figure with bones as armor holds him back. "We have everything we need now, boy. No secrets are safe."

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The next few days passed by, not much happened since then. You mostly stayed behind at the HQ, making renovations to your offices. Today, Rook had proposed to stay behind while you go patrolling with Ben in Undertown. You were pretty reluctant but agreed.

This is how you ended up fighting off some mercenary after the Omnitrix. A crowd had formed, watching you and Ben fight this 'Sunder' off. Ben had many encounters with him in the past.

"Get him ! Come on ! Hit him harder ! Smash him good !" The crowd shouted.

You easily dodge the hoverboard coming at your way. "Why is there so many aliens gathered here ? Shouldn't they evacuate ?" You questioned everyone's favorite hero, Ben transformed into a gimlinopithecus. Shocksquatch in his words. You had just accepted the ridiculous name he gave to his aliens. You were tired of always correcting him.

Ben dodged the hoverboard and was about to punch Sunder but got hit by the same board. He landed next to you and coughed a bit. "It means they trust us. After all, I saved the universe so I can definitely kick butt and save them."

You gave him a skeptical look. "That just sounds danger incoming. I'll trust you on this one Tennyson. But if anybody gets hurt...you are very much done for." Ben didn't know what he should be scared of, the hoverboard and axe swinging at him or his partner, you.

The large grey alien hopped onto his hoverboard. "Give me your new omnitrix, Ben Tennyson, and this could all be over."

"Sure since you ask so nicely." Ben's sarcastic comment didn't amuse the grey mercenary who threw his axe at his way. You activated your wing engine, leaving Ben to fend for himself. The axe chased Ben down, on his way was a child, he quickly shielded away from the axe and let him off to the kid's father. "Geez, don't mention it." The father only gave him a thumbs up. You tried approaching Sunder but he would skillfully dodge you and continue to rope Ben.

You sent out one of your halos to try capture Sunder who let go of Ben and deflected your halo. You smirked as a second one was sent from behind to capture him. The one he had deflected came in front of Ben's. He smirked, held on the halo and electro shocked it, sending it to you then the halo that captured Sunder. Breaking the villain's hoverboard, sending him flying far away.

"This isn't over !" Sunder screamed before disappearing. Ben transformed back into a Human and screamed back at the direction of his enemy. "Looks to me like it is !"

You landed next to your green shirt partner. Ben smiled at you and raised his hand, showing you his palm. You title your head on the side and continued looking at him weirdly.

What human message is this ? I don't get it..? Am I supposed to read something ?

Ben realizing you probably didn't know what a high-five is, held your wrist and slammed each other's palm. "What was that ?" You ask, still not getting it. "It's a high five. Like you high five with somebody after winning or when you're just happy to see them." You thought about it for a second. "How is us slapping each other palms symbolizes joy or victory ?" Ben looked at you a bit exasperated, you and Rook really like to question everything. "It's just a thing we humans have been doing for like a super long time. Just don't question." You looked at your almost fully coved palm for a brief moment and closed it. "Noted."

At the moment, a tall, green alien with ginger hair and mustache, dressed like a magician walked in front of you and Ben.

"Congratulations my dears ! I saw what you did. Wonderful ! Wonderful, yes, indeed. Absolutely superlative." The green magicians attention was now on Ben. "But, my boy, if you want to prevent that run of elixir down feeling after transformation from beat to boy. What you need is a bottle of professors Hokestar's miracle elixir !" The shady alien shows off a small blue bottle with a star on the centre.

"The who with the what now ?"

"This is the opportunity of a lifetime ! Professor Blarney T. Hokestar's miracle elixir will change everything !" Ben gave him a side eye, the omnitrix user was about to make some kind of snarky remarks but you cut him off. "Is that so ? I've never heard of such products, was it registered ? Did it get verified by the safety department ? Is there a list of ingredients written somewhere ?" You ask curiously, you've never meet a salesman's like him before.

Professor Hokestar's was baffled by your comment. Ben giggled a bit before pushing you behind me. "What she meant to say was thanks but no thanks." Ben dragged you back into the crowd. You observe the professor T. Hokestar demonstrating his elixir on a 'stranger' named Solid Plug. You watch Solid Plug grow floral like hair with one drop of this elixir. You've never seen a product grow floral hair, just by the looks of it, the elixir had no ingredients listed. This was going against many laws. Most of the crowd had left, leaving only three other aliens, Ben and you.

"Now, who will be the next among you to partake of my miracle elixir. Two taydens a bottle." The three aliens still here all bought a bottle or two. You and Ben watched him on the sidelines. After finishing his business, professor Hokestar turned to you and Ben, he was more laser focused on Ben.

"As you can see, business is booming."

Ben gave him an unimpressed look. You were wondering how 8 tayden could be profitable, when including the craftmenship of the bottle and the possible ingredients that were used for this magic elixir. "Doesn't prove a thing. Like they say, there's one born every minute"

"And may i add, you've only earned 8 taydens. That is barely enough for a semi decent meal." Ben tried to hide his laughter again.

The professor only let out a nervous laugh. "No need to worry young lady ! I make decent profit, maybe even more than the average if lucky !" You raised your eyebrow at the statement. Professor Hokestar put an arm around you and Ben shoulders. "But my boy, it is my time to waste."

The professor started to lead the two of you somewhere. You were ready to knock him out unconscious if he dared to do anything. Ben shared the same sentiment, not only because the professor was very suspicious but also because he was very annoying.

You stopped In front of a giant cylinder home.

It looks pretty good. He must make some kind of profit to afford it.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome to Professor Blarney T. Hokestar's Extraterrestrial Emporium, lad!" He laughed. "If you cannot find it here, it probably doesn't exist!" The professor takes out some kind of remote, pushing the button. The front of the home opens to display a multitude of toys and plushies. You were extremely confused, this was a waste of time.

"Seems like it's just a bunch of old second-rate-" Before you could ask Ben to leave, he gasped at the sight of what looked like an obese almost human plushy and picks it up. " Where did you get this Sumo Slammers action figure ? I've never seen one like it before." You looked from behind Ben, what was so special about it ?

Professor Hokestar approaches Ben and take the plushy in his hands. "Special limited edition, only available from the concessionaires of Budokan. Fewer than 100 ever made. If you like it, it's yours, my boy, with my compliments." You put your hand on Ben's shoulder and shakes your head when he glanced at you. Ben looked at Hokestar with a distrustful look. "Why so generous?"

"Oh, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the universe to have a one-man superhero team as a spokesman for my elixir, now, would it?" Professor Hokestar then glanced at you. "And witch such pretty lady as you sidekick, we could make fortunes-"

"No." you responded flatly.

Ben still frowned a bit. "I guess you and your stuff may look kinda weird, but... it all seems harmless enough. Let me think about it." You gave Ben an unimpressed stare and pinched the bridge of your nose. At least he was being a bit suspicious of the merchant.

"That's all I ask, my lad." Professor Hokestar confidently responded, ignoring your remark. But you and Ben had already left before her could finish his sentence.

As you both walked off, Ben was playing with the new toy he had gotten with glee. You couldn't understand how such insignificant thing can make people happy sometimes. You've heard of the human culture of collecting these toys and leaving them to collect dust on their shelves. You weren't aware that Ben was also looking at you funny as you judged his toy.

"Is there anything wrong ?" The brunette inquired. "Nothing, I was just...curious of this thing..." You pointed at the round plushie in Ben's hand.

"Oh you mean this limited sumo smasher plush ? I've never seen one of these before but now I can keep this treasure in my collection !" You gave him another weird look. "I don't understand why you humans collects such random objects just to leave them collecting dust. What even is this 'Sumo slammers' thing ?"

Ben gasped as if you just insulted his whole lineage. "You don't know SUMO SLAMMERS ?? Wait when I actually think about it, it's probably an earthling thing...I also dust and take care of my collections, for your information !" Ben proudly proclaims. "But still I need to show you some of its games, movies and stories ! They're like the most awesome things ever ! They've practically defined my childhood !" You froze, your breath hitched and the world seemed to go slower for a moment.

Childhood..?

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Is this really what childhood about ? Attachment to non existant beings and inanimate objects ?

That sounds really stupid, yet, it is able to bring such joys to everyone. These little attachments formed, define a person.

Something you'll probably never experience.

But it's okay.

As long as others were able to experience it, it didn't matter. It's one loss for the life of a thousand more.

Right ?

"You good ?" Ben moved his hand in front of your face repeatedly. You pushed his hand to the side, nodding and preceded to walk forward. Ben shrugged it off and followed you.

Not long after, Ben receives a call from your third partner, Rook. "Hello Ben and [name], how did it go with Sunder ?"

"Quick. He had to catch a flight. Hey, can you look up a "Professor Blarney T. Hokestar" on the Extranet ?"

"Oh, [name] had already sent a message about it."

Ben glanced at you, you were reading some information on your tablet from Rook. And he thought you had warmed up to him...

"I'll just tell you what I found. Professor T.Hokestar is an intergalactic flimflam man. Is he a threat ?"

"No." Ben scratched his head. "Long story. Me and [name] ran into him...okay, maybe not that long."

"Well, should you need backup-" Ben cuts him off. "I'll promise I'll call you." Ben ends the call.

You continued patrolling the area with Ben, he was playing with his plushie while you did most of the work. During the inspection of an alleyway, you had received a message from the plumber's HQ on your tablet for an emergency meeting so needed to leave. Since you were now one of Ben's partner, you were supposed to not attend meetings or manage intergalactic relationships as much and prioritize protecting the universe. So it had to be urgent if they had called you.

"Ben, I have duties to attend to. I'll leave the rest up to you."

"What duties ?"

"Diplomatic. If you need any help please call Rook. I won't be able to help you until an agreement is settled which could take a few days, weeks or more."

Before Ben could make any snarky remarks, you had already taken off. Ben stands unmoving for a second and sighs. Continuing the patrol he did not expect someone waiting for your leave to talk to him and drag him into his schemes...

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"So we all agree that every party will not engage in any fights or wars and trading agreements will resume with no problems ?"

The two parties grumbled a bit, and one of them raised their hands.

"No, you cannot try and negotiate about eating babies. You know what happened to Jarett, he still hasn't recovered from it. I personally know the perpetrator behind it so I won't be afraid to send them at your door."

The alien lowered his hands and let out a sad grumble. After everyone signed the agreement the meeting was dismissed. You sat down letting a huge sigh of relief, you had done it a million times but this meeting you only had 5 minutes to understand the situation and resolve it. It felt really draining, hence why you were very proud of yourself for accomplishing it, nothing more fun than work...

Uncle Max, enters the room. Everyone had left except you. Normally you could handle about a week or two of no sleep, but these days you feel a bit more tired out...

"I don't know how you manage to pull it off. That was incredible. Sorry for the late notice, the original diplomat had an accident last minute, you were the only one free and of close proximity." He complimented with a smile.

"I've dealt with many more before, it's only my job to make sure that the universe stays at peace." You rubbed your temple, you really need to sleep...Maybe after you finish the next set of papers sent yesterday...

"You look pretty tired, kiddo. Have you been sleeping lately ?" Uncle Max patted your head affectionately. You wanted to pushed his hands away, you weren't a child. But you couldn't bring yourself. "I'll sleep tonight. After finishing my work."

Uncle Max's face shifted to concern. "You really need to take more care of yourself."

"I do, I always make sure to take a shower, make myself look presentable-"

"Not in that way, I meant your health and life style. Even if you try so hard to act like an adult, you're just a kid." You were offended before you could say anything uncle Max sat down and let out a huge sigh, it conveyed some kind of sadness. Your first were clenched, you tried to control your body from shaking. You didn't need his sympathy, you didn't need anyone's sympathy. Why can't they see that you are...

"Stop always trying to protect others by yourself." Your eyes widened, your clenched hands had lessen. "I know that you never want anyone to experience what you've lived through. But you need to stop carrying such a heavy burden. A 16 year old girl shouldn't be settling a potential war between two planets. She should be enjoying her youth. I'm not saying to stop working overall but to find a balance. Take this old man's advice, have fun, go make life long friends and even meet your love, make many mistakes, it's okay as long as you learn from them. Don't be afraid of the unknown."

You remained silent and pondered over his words. As long as everyone was safe it was all fine. Maybe you should ask HQ to lighten your workload..? A little smiled tugged up your lips. Mister Tennyson was truly a good person.

"Okay, I'll try mister Tennyson." Uncle Max returned your smile. In that moment when you thought you were shaking, your halo had been vibrating for a while,  your made it move in front of you. Putting your hand in it to take out your plumber's badge, you had received 17 missed calls from Rook and 29 missed calls from Ben. You tried calling back Ben but he didn't respond. You then called Rook, he responded immediately.

"Hello,[name] ? How did the meeting go ?"

"It went well, explain why I've receive so many missed calls from you and Ben. What chaos did he cause again ?"

"Well...A Screegit was let loose-"

"WHAT ?!" You shouted. Rook covered his ears. "How did a SCREEGIT end up on earth ?!" Rook took a minute to recover from your shout. "Ben's taking care of it. He's got the situation under control-"

"Send me his location, I'll be on my way." You ended the call. The immediate moment the location was sent. You quickly bid farewell to uncle Max and flew to your destination.

Meanwhile. Ben, transformed into Bloxx was trying his best to contain the screegit. He didn't know how long he could contain it until professor T.Hokestar finally did his thing. "Now, professor ! Now !"

"On my way, my boy !" The professor tried to climb out as fast as he could out of the building through a window but fell. Before he could reach the ground. A pair of arms catch him.

"Hurry up ! I can't keep this up !" Ben grunts in pain, the screegit was letting out more acide and trying to break free. The professor clumsily tried to get his machine but you just took it from his hands and shoved it through Bloxx. The screegit had shrunk back to its little adorable form.

"Professor ?" Ben calls out. "It's over my lad" responds Hokestar's.

"And I better get an explanation on how a screegit ended up on earth."

"Okay, before we start, I'd like to say it's all his fault." Ben pointed at professor T.Hokestar, putting the screegit back in its bubble container. "There you are, precious. Back to your rightful form."

"No !" A Florauna pushed the professor, taking the screegit and running away. "The screegit must run free ! Free the screegit !"

"Does this guy ever quit ?" Ben was about to starts chasing him but, you put your arm in front of Ben. Stopping him from pursuing the activist, that was almost immediately captured by Rook.

"Nice one Rook."

"Always my pleasure." He responded immediately with a smile.

The crystal the screegit was contained rolled to Rook's feet. "We will take possession of the creature now, thank you very much."

"Go ahead ! Lock me away ! Then I'll get to experience how my caged alien brethren and sistren feel." You respected activist but some just go too far. You felt like you've had a hundred migraines today. For once Ben notices. Rook passed Ben the screegit.

"So it's a happy ending for everyone."

"Indeed !" The troublesome professor intervenes, trying to take back the screegit. "And now, with your kind permission, gentlemen, I shall take my Screegit and be-"

"Handcuffed to that nut job for a year if you so much as think about touching that Screegit." Ben hands back the screegit to Rook. "And about 5 years of jail, 70 000 taydens owed." You said unconcerned, starting to already report the situation. Hokestar's only stares blankly. He nervously rubs his hands together and smiled. "Screegit ? W-W-W-What Screegit ? Never heard of the thing before in my life. Heh. No, indeed. Now, if you'll forgive my hasty departure, pleasure to make your acquaintance, looking forward to your endorsement of my products, Ben Tennyson ! Hahaha."

As soon as he was finished, the conman ran away. "Yeah... Like that'll happen." Ben looked at the running professor. Ignoring his assistant trying to run away from multiple plumbers trying to capture him. "Even if it did, we'd probably tax him more." The two boys exchanged concerned looks.

"The professor's motives, I can understand. That Pax fellow, not so much."

" He means well. Which makes him even more dangerous." Rook nods at Ben's statement.

Ben glanced at you for a second. "Rook, buddy. How about we do the next patrols together this week ?"

"But isn't-" Ben shoot Rook a stare and repeatedly glanced at you. Trying to hint something.

"Oh, yes indeed. I think it will be a good way for me to discover more human traditions."

"Are you guys excluding me ?"

"No ! It's just that recently, Rook and I wanted to know each other more ! So we wanted to hang out as bros ! Ain't it, Rook ?" Rook quickly nodded, giving you an awkward smile.

You blink at both of them. "Ok, then. It's good that we all get along as a team." You continued to write in your tablet. The boys both left to go patrolling the area, leaving much more time to manage the damage done.

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It was late at night, Ben just finished his night patrol and had just gotten back in the plumbers quarters. He didn't even get a moment of rest when grandpa Max instructed him to deliver some documents to someone.

Ben groans. "Why me ? Couldn't grandpa just ask another plumber. I just got back..."

The brunette quickly spotted the room he was supposed to deliver the documents. He knocked on the door once, twice, thrice. No answers. Ben was impatient so just forced the door open. He was surprised to see the familiar [hair color] girl, sleeping on her desk under many documents. On the side, piles of what looked like an unending waves of documents.

How did you manage this ? Ben thought to himself. God, that's why you looked like you were about to fall anytime. Ben was hesitant to put more documents down. He had just realized how much work you handled and the pressure you had to carry everyday.

Ben glanced at the door and back at you repeatedly. He sighed, taking some of the documents that looked easy enough, he sat down at a nearby couch and tried to fill up the papers . It wasn't his strong point but he tried his best, only filling up the documents he was confident wouldn't cause an outbreak. He was only able to finish one pile out of the dozens you had, he had to brainstorm hard on the many meanings of these documents and recheck them on multiple occasions.

By the time the Omnitrix user got up, it was already past 4am. He had arrived at about 11pm, so he spent more than 5 hours only being able to fill up one pile. Ben's respect for you had just skyrocketed, you really managed this in a daily basis. He felt bad, he once did get overwhelmed by schoolwork before. It wasn't as bad as what you had but he could understand to some the degree the pressure.

I really need to ask Rook to teach me a bit about alien diplomacy...

Before leaving and going to bed. Ben tried to carry you to the couch, but you momentarily woke up.

"What...Who are you..?" You asked, feeling drowsy.

"I'm, Ben Tennyson, hero of the universe." Ben confidently affirmed.

You were barely able to keep your eyes open and only snuggled up to him. He put you down on the couch, with a blanket over you. As he was about to leave he could hear you mumbling something in your sleep.

"Bye Mr Ben Tennyson, savior of the universe. Promise me you'll save us all."

Ben turned towards you. "Save who ?"

"My family, we're so close...we'll finally be free soon..." Some tears were forming at the corner of your eyes. Ben approached you once again. Taking a seat on a nearby chair.

"Be free of what ?"

"Will you promise if I tell you ?"

"I promise."

You gave him a warm smile. He had never seen you like that until now, but you looked like an ethereal beauty.

"I'm happy, you'll finally save us from ourselves."

"What do you mean-" You already feel back to the embrace of sleep. Ben was left with more questions than answers. He could try and look up more about your origins but if not even Rook knows what happened on your planet. Then how could he ?

Ben got up again, this time, leaving the room for good and going back home. He had already texted his parents about how he'll come home late. Maybe not this late but they understood his duty as savior of the universe. Back in his room, he lays on his bed and pondered. He shouldn't have asked you all of that when you were barely conscious, he'd just have to wait for you to open up to him. Until then, he'll try the help as best as he can.

When he finally closed his eyes, his omnitrix rang. He quickly picked it up.

"Good morning Ben ! Are you ready for our patrol today ?" Rook energetically says.

"What do you mean ? We're only... 9am ?!" Ben was shocked, he didn't even get a blink of sleep, he spent to much time thinking that he forgot to sleep !

"Yes ? Are you ready for a whole day of patrol ? You did take all of [name]'s shift for the next week, remember ?" Ben laughs in pain. This was going to be a long week.

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Bonus scene :

You woke up later than usual. It was a first for you, but that meant you'd have to spend more time on paperwork, that you didn't mind much. But it would mess up your schedule and routine. Thank the skies that Ben had taken your patrol.

Shortly after finishing your morning routine. Making sure you looked presentable. Applying a bit of lipgloss. You came back to your office and realized out of the 15 piles of paper you've had, one of them was completed. As you reviewed them, you didn't recognize your writing or anyone for that matter. It did have some clumsy writing yet it looked like they put effort into it. It reminded you of your first times and how you had to work really hard to perfect this skill.

You smiled and continued working pleasantly, wondering who it could be.

Chapter 3

Loud foot steeps echoed in the halls,the jingles of the many trinkets of its owner followed. They suddenly stopped. In front of a metal door, the owner takes out a badge for the door to scan.

Entering their home, the person found a special communication badge sitting on their table. Whiteout a word, they simply walk towards it and listen to its message.

The self proclaimed savior of the universe, Ben Tennyson, finally arrived back to HQ. Casually slurping his smoothie and walking over to his grandpa with cross arms and partner, Rook, both having waiting for him for too long.

"Sorry I'm late" Ben takes another slurp of his smoothie.

Grandpa Max uncrosses his arms, the little frown on his face still there.

"You're not on your own schedule anymore, Ben. You can't keep your partner waiting." Ben looked tiredly at his uncle, trying to come up with an excuse.

"I was...Off saving the universe !"

His grandpa glanced over at the smoothie cup the brunet held in his hand. Ben looked at where he was staring, not understanding what that look meant.

Grandpa Max smiled. "Good luck on your patrol, maybe with some luck, you two will meet your other partner."

"Wait ! Grandpa Max, what do you mean by other partner ? Don't you just mean Rook ? because I've already meet him !"

Ben did not want to deal with another person, Rook was nice enough but what if his new partner just ends up being bossy ? Plus, he'sBen Tennyson ! The savior of the universe ! On multiple occasions !

"I thought you were aware of our other partner ?"

"Wait, you knew ?!"

Ben looked at Rook with surprise, why does nobody ever tell him anything !

"I was informed of a third party, I do not know their name or face, all I know is that they are a high ranking member of the plumbers."

"And you're only telling me now ?"

"As I've already said, I thought you knew."

Ben sighs, maybe with luck, they won't meet they're other partner.

"Come on Rook, l'est go. I'm parked over here."

"We'll take mine."

Rook show what looks like a high tech plumber vehicle to Ben's interest, only to be disappointed when the vehicle moves to show a truck belonging to his grandpa's shop.

"Wow, I bet the girls all start screaming when they they see this ride rolling down on the block."

Rook only looks at him with confusion. "Females are not afraid of my vehicle. But they probably should be."

Rook smiled, taking his keys and activating his car, it slowly transformed into a more intimidating mini spaceship with the plumber symbol on its wings. Ben's mouth was agape at how cool the vehicle looked. Smiling while glancing at Rook.

"Sometimes, you're actually awesome."

Rook smiled. Ben quickly started to walk over the car. "Sometimes."

Rook followed Ben, not bothered by the cocky brunet's last comment. The vehicle flew off into one of the many secret tunnels, transforming back into a regular truck when it was about to enter a normal traffic.

There was no words exchange between the partners. Ben continuously slurped loudly on his smoothie, earning Rook's attention.

"I'm not familiar with human emotional cues, but are you angry at me ?"

"Nah, just bored. I'm feeling more like a tour guide then a hero lately. Over here, on your right you'll see a city and over on your left, you'll see something that we call water. Careful it's wet."

"Water is wet, I'm familiar with that."

They both smiled at each other. The brunet suddenly felt a bit of guilt for leaving Rook hanging.

"I'm sorry that I left you waiting around. I just don't want to change how I work. I've saved the universe a million times, at least." Ben takes more sips of his smoothie.

"That is why I look forward to this. I hope that the real Ben Tennyson lives up to the legends."

Ben stopped drinking his smoothie the moment he heard his name and legend in the same sentence. He looks back at his tall partner.

"Thy're legends ?" Rook nods.

"They can't all be true thought, for instance, alien X. That's just a rumor a fan made up and put on the extranet, right ?

Ben smirked."Alien X is real." He proudly claims.

"He is ?" Rook turned his head to Ben's direction.

"Show me, change into alien X right now."

"I'd better not." Rook's head turned back to the road.

Ben played around with his smoothie cup."It's a whole things."He then went on to continue drinking his smoothie, Rook gave Ben a side eye.

"Just as I thought."

"Look, find us a little heroing to do and you can tell me if I live up to the legends.

The truck suddenly rolled faster on the road. The two actively searched for any criminals or criminal activity to resolve, only for it to end up with alien eating cars that stopped the moment they saw Ben and a thief that returned the bag to an old lady.

The two heroes only ended up back in Rook's truck, observing their surroundings. Rook eating chips while Ben only lounged around comfortably.

"Some heroeing so far. At least the world is safe from car munching aliens."

Ben put his arms on the solid construct in front of him and rested his chins. He pointed out to a teenager walking by them.

"Look, some normal dude."

Ben got up from his position and sarcastically commented. "Maybe we should arrest him for jaywalking."

Rook didn't respond for some time, his keen eyes could see that the teenager had some kind of alien technology.

"His phone shouldn't be powered here on earth. Is that normal ?"

The teenager with black and red hair, held some kind of phone, wired to his backpack.

"No, that's not normal."

They both got out of the truck and followed the edgy teenager into a dark alleyway in a not so discreet manner. Catching the attention of the teen, who ready himself to shoot them. Ben used himself as a shield to protect Rook, the teen hastily runs away.

"You're welcome."

Ben says to Rook as they both quickly got up and chased down their attacker. The attacker take another turn toward a dark alley. Before the duo are able catch him, the teen gets in his car and drives away. Ben smiles and gets up before Rook.

"Finally, some action."

Ben runs directly towards a wall while using his omnitrix.

"Bigchill, will let me cut right into these buildings."

Only for him to transform into some kind of fire alien and slam himself into the wall. Ben scratches a bit his head, Rook joins his side.

"Heatblast ? Seriously ?"

Ben and Rook both look at the giant building in front of them.

"Time to improvise."

The brunet used his fire powers to fly over the building and catch up to their attacker. The edgy teen tried to shoot the flaming alien, only  to barely manage to pass by Rook's truck. The later transform his truck into a flying plumber ship and chased the teen with Ben.

Ben was able to use his flame powers to melt the red car's wheel. His omnitrix started beeping, signaling that it was about to go on cool down. As Ben transformed back into a human, he braced himself for the pain of the crash against the floor.

On the other hand, the edgy teen took that opportunity to run away. Before the teen could get away, a figure appeared in the sky and tackled him.

Rook quickly got out of his car, only to be meet with a [hair color] haired girl cuffing the teen as he protested.

"What is your deal ?! I wasn't doing anything !"

Earning a harsh pinch on the ear from the girl.

"I just saw you attempt shooting two member of the plumber's organisation and actively running away from them with no justification. You'll complain to the judge, not me."

"And a super hero !" Ben joins Rook side, looking as perplexed .

"Who are you ?"

The girl turned her head away from the criminal and the omnitrix user. She handed over the criminal to the taller alien.

The multiple rings above her head shining beautifully under the moon, two of them were golden, spiky and crossed, near the back of her head but still large enough to be visible while another less large golden halo floated directly above her head.

She wore a pair of black short and black shirt that went up to the middle of her neck, the shirt exposing her shoulder with lower frilly [favorite color] sleeves over long black sleeves that stopped at her fingers, only exposing her ring and index fingers . On her thighs [favorite] thigh bracelet, and [favorite color] flat shoes.

The many flower and bell trinkets on her stood out : on the three floating rings near her head, on her ankles, her sleeves and her waist.

"I am [name], no last name. I am a

Magister under the plumber organisation and your new partner."

Rook's eyes widened while Ben still looked unimpressed.

"I am Rook Blonko. You really are magister [name] ? It's an honor to meet you." Rook's eyes shined with admiration.

Before Rook could advance towards you, Ben stopped him.

"How can we trust you ?"

The halo floating directly above her head moves in front of her, she puts her hand through it and takes out a plumber badge.

"Excuse me of my tardiness, the day we were all supposed to meet, I was held up by some extraterritorial affair. Don't get the wrong idea, I would rather not work with you." You pointed at Ben. "I only accepted because your grandfather requested it, I could not refuse a request from him. I owe him a lot."

Rook looked excited to work with you, Ben looked tired and disappointed. You walked over in front of them.

"Also..."

The two boys received a slap at the back of their head.

"How could you cause so much damage on your first mission together ?! Do you know how much property damage you've both caused ? Most of the plumber budget is wasted to fix everything you've both damaged ! Have you also thought of some aliens or people that could've been hurt ? Also about some that cannot afford insurance ?"

Ben tried soothing the pain. "Aliens have insurances ?" You pinched the bridge of your nose, already annoyed and tired. You quickly took out your plumbers badge and sent a voice message. "Send compensation to the aliens that have been harmed or have had property damage and make them sign an insurance, over." Ben only grumbles as he went on to checked the weapons the now handcuffed teen had. You stayed on the sideline while your junior plumber was holding onto the criminal, observing what the so called "hero of the universe" would do.

"Alien communicator, alien weapon...Please tell me you're working for somebody big and dangerous so I could kick his but." A vein popped up on your head, Ben Tennyson had to be one of the most obnoxious person you've had to deal in a long while.

The teenager with a red hair strip only scoffed.

"You guys wouldn't last a minute against my boss." The teen smiled proudly.

Humans are such difficult species to deal with...

There was suddenly a weird noise coming from the teen's car engine. Everyone's head turned towards it.

"This doesn't sound like a typical earth combustion engine."

"Well, lest hurry and find out." The three of you walked closer towards the red car.

"Who's opening it ?" You asked, not wanting to open it in case it was some kind of farce or explosion.

Ben looked at you with a smirk. "Ladies first !"

"Shouldn't the male go first ?"Rook responded innocently.

This poor unfortunate soul, he sadly had to partner up with a doofus.

You sighed as you opened the car engine, only to be meet with a cracking yellow container. And just as you expected there was some kind of explosion. Your wing appeared out of reflex as it shielded you and your teammates. Your right wing was as white as snow while your left one was holographic but able to protect Ben from the explosion.

"What the f-" You put your holographic wing over Ben's mouth.

"No swearing when I'm here." Brook looked amazed and shook at the same time.

"A halo, [eye color] and wings...Arr you perhaps an ornix, magister [name] ? Weren't they-"

"We'll talk about it another time. I think we have a bigger issue to deal with."You pointed at the black and yellow humanoid batteries.The little electric creature turned itself into lightening and quickly jumped onto the red hair streak teen that was trying to run away.Opening the metal backpack to reveal another one of his. There was now two megawatts.

"Megawatts ?I haven't seen these guys in years." Ben said in disbelief.

"They are Nosedeenians's from the Nosideen Quasar planet. They are know for being mischievous, not knowing the repercussions of their actions but do not hold any ill will against humans unless provoked." You take out one of the many trinket decorating your halos, specifically a flower formed only with cubes. The moment you touched it, it recognizes you and formed into a tablet with a special pen provided with it. You starts writing down everything that happened until now.

"We get it Einstein but I think the name I found is way better." Ben proudly proclaims.

"Are they registered in the intergalactic data or library ? I think not. Also, who is this Einstein ?" You said while looking at the official information recorded about the species on your tablet.

"Then I'll have to request it, they'll for sure are going to accept mine immediately !" Ben joked, not noticing the side eye you were giving him.

"I doubt it." You returned to looking through some of the files, taking his words literally .

"Your sense of humour is as dry as the Sahara desert..."

"I do not want to interrupt your conversation but what should we do about these Nosedeenians ? I haven't face a nosedeenians until now. Any advice ?" Rook turned towards you and Ben. You all watch the megawatts electrocute the other teen. Before you or Ben could answer, one of the humanoid batteries used its power to pass through the blue alien's weapon only to shock him afterwards.

Ben looked tiredly at Rook being shocked by the two megawatts.

"Try not to let them zap you."

"Is that the only advice you can give ?" You gave him a disappointed look.

"Got any better, miss know it all ?" He asked with sarcasm laced in his voice.

"Good point." One of the batterie like alien was now attempting to zap you. The electricity only passed through your halos and transferred itself to Ben.

"Ow ! Watch it !"

"I can't control where electricity goes." You feigned innocence.

"Can't control my ass ! I can see your huge smile ! How did it even not affect you ?!"

"My halo's can conduct electricity and transfer it wherever I want." You pointed at them "Also as stated before, do not swear in my presence."

"Well now thanks to you, I took your hit." After having their fun, the two Nosedeenians teleported themselves on an electric post. Taunting the three of you and afterwards trying to escape.

"We need to stop them !"

"Already on it." You and Rook said in unison. Rook and Ben started to chase the Nosdeenians while you used your wings to fly after these two little devils. Accidentally leaving behind the edgy teen, leaving him the opportunity to run away.

Even though you were pretty fast with your wings, the Nosedeenians were faster as the they travelled in their electric forms.

"If only we were in a more isolated area..."

You muttered to yourself.

"Says the person who literally is flying."

Ben's voice popped up in your earpiece.

"Which direction did the Nosedeenians take miss [name] ?" Rook's voice joined.

"Left and then straight" You informed them trying to catch up to the Nosedeenians.

You could see from where you were that Ben had transformed into what he called "clockwork" or a chronosapien. Rook had taken another route in hopes of ambushing the two black and yellow batteries. One of them had seen you catching up to them so casted electric shocks your way. You dodged many of them but they still managed to hit you, leading the little gadget creating your left wing to malfunction.

You safely landed near Tennyson, struggling to run in his clock form.

"Glad to see ya join us in this little chase..." Ben, still able to crack a joke even though he could barely breathe.

"Save it, we're losing them."

Your way was blocked by Ben who took a pause from running, too much out of breath.

"You're blocking my way ! Dam it, we've lost them !" You said a bit pissed, not at Ben but at yourself.

If I was able to dodge that beam then we wouldn't be here...

To both of your surprise, the little creatures returned towards you, taunting you.

"Wait could it be..." Before you could finish your sentence, the Nosedeenians were already back running. You and Ben both shared a glance and nodded at each other. You started to push Ben a bit to make him move faster, you weren't the strongest but you were at least trying.

When you arrived near the stairs, Rook cached up. You all watch the Nosedeenians going into of the warehouse. A beeping sound started to go off and shortly, Ben returned to his human form. He was clutching on you for dear life, taking multiple breathes. You really couldn't car less at the moment. Rook appeared worried as he approached the savior of the universe.

"Are you okay, Ben ?"  Ben raised his hand for second to signal for more time.

"Give me a sec, so I don't hurl..." Rook turned his head back at the warehouse. "It's a miracle they didn't escape a chronosapien." Rook commented.

"They must have wanted us to follow them. I see no other reason." You responded. You were starting to get annoyed with the 'savior of the universe' sweating and panting while holding onto you. He better not use you as his personal napkin or puke on you. On the other hand, Rook, being the angel that he is was more preoccupied by Ben's state.

"Do you need more time ?"

"No, but if you see my face turning green, step back."

"Here, have this. It will probably help with your nausea." You take out a [favorite color] flower and handed it to Ben. He looked at you with confusion but you insisted on him sniffing it. As Ben took a few sniff from the flower, his nausea was starting to fade.

"I don't feel sick anymore, what flower is that ?"

You gently put the [favorite color] flower back on your halo. "I think it's best if you don't know. L'est move on, we have noosedeenians to catch up too."

You walked past the boys who only exchanged a shrug with his other partner. The three of you proceeded to run to the warehouse. After carefully entering, you all hid behind crates. The sight of the huge contraption keeping in the Nosedeenians horrified you. They all looked tired and hurt. The two previous Nosedeenians you were after were trying to free their own with no success. One of the two jumped repeatedly and waved his arms at your direction.

"I see it but I don't believe it. The megawatts need our help." Ben said out loud, his voiced echoed through the whole building. You put your hand over Ben's mouth and used your other hand to make a shush sign.

"As plumbers, we need to help every species suffering from the wrongdoings of others and punish them." You whispered.

"Someone has set up a factory that uses them as a power source." Rook whispered. Rook must have seen something as he quickly pushed you and Ben further into the crates to hide. You could feel Ben's little scream on the hand you were using to silence him. Ben pushed your hand over his mouth and gave you an annoyed look. You ignored him and looked at the direction your blue partner was looking at. On the upper level, a boy with a white Mohawk and wearing alien tech passed by. The boy soon noticed the two noosedeenians trying to free the others. He jumps down and uses his machinery to confine the two aliens in it and use them as power sources.

From behind you, you could hear electric sounds approaching you. Your team looked at each other and nodded. Ben kicked the person behind you to the wall.

"Not bad." You commented, quite impress.

"You haven't seen the best-" Ben was cut off, you were all trapped in some kind of electric force field. You gave a deadpan look at Ben while he gave you a nervous grin.

The criminal, Ben had kicked to the wall quickly got up and smiled when he heard the noise of the warehouse door open. A tall men with spiked hair and makeup on his face that resembled a skull entered with the previous edgy teen that ran away before, following behind.

"You better be worth interrupting my workout for." He approached a punching bag.

The subordinates that was holding the three of you hostage in his force field looked at his boss. "Look like spies, Fistrick."

The man named Fistrick throws the towel around his neck off and start punching the punching bad.

"You got spies ? In my house of business ?" He continuously punches.

You took that time to try and fix the engine that helped you fly while Rook was trying to make his electron entanglement disrupter function. He would sometimes silently pat your shoulder so you can help him a bit. Ben on the other hand was having a conversation with Fistrick and his 'business'. By the time they had finished their exchange, Fistrick noticed too late what you and Rook were doing.

The moment the force field was destroyed, Ben had transformed into a segmentasapian or what he called 'Blox' and went to attack Fistrick. Rook was occupied fighting one of the lackeys, you trusted his abilities in combat so let him deal with it alone. You ran towards the main machine that was keeping the Noosedeenians trapped. The system was easy enough for you to hack into it but took some time to load. Before you could actually free them, Fistrick ran towards your direction and pushed you as far as he could from the computer. He activated some kind of button and jumped into a hole that had opened up. Rook and Ben quickly ran your way and helped you get up.

"Are you fine miss [name] ?" Rook asked with genuine worry.

"You did take a pretty violent push." Ben said as he helped you up. You only coughed a bit.

"I'm fine, you get used it with this kind of job." You southed the pain on your butt.

A rumbling was heard from the hole the main criminal jumped into. The three of you took a few steps back when Fistrick reappeared inside a giant robot armor with a smirk.

"You've never asked us why we needed so many of these Noosedeenians." The capsule closes, the little screams of the Noosedeenians could be heard as their energy was forcibly used for the robot. "Lest take this baby for a test drive. It looks like I'm getting my workout after all." The machine starts taking steps towards your team. You all looked a bit surprised but prepared yourselves for the fight.

"A class twelve armored mecha suit. Have any of you dealt with one before ?" Rook looked at both you and Ben. "No, how do you beat it." Ben said seriously, specifically looking at you. "You could try alien X." Rook proposes, Ben sent him a glare. "Stop it."

"I've mostly dealt with diplomatic affairs but even so, our main issues is not how we are going to take down that mech but more like how are we going to take down the mech whiteout hurting the Nosedeenian." Red dots appeared on the three of you. You all looked at where it came from, seeing Fistrick ready to fire.

You quickly ran away before the missiles could shoot you. The last one did hit all of you, you were blown to the other side of the room, the boys were only blown a few feet apart the mech.

"Woooo, I love it !" You could hear Fistrick's happy voice echo, you just wanted to punch him right now. The moment he is out of that machinery, you are so going to pluck out each of his teeth individually...

Calm your murderous thoughts [name]...

Fistrick was more focused on the boys, you used that opportunity to try and fix your wing engine. By the time you had finished fixing it, the fight had been taken outside, with Ben transforming into a Galilean. You activated your engine and your holographic wing appeared, you flew outside and landed on the roof of the warehouse. You didn't know what happened to Rook but you had to help Ben, he was being repeatedly punched by the mech. You used two of your halos to hold back the mech's fists.

"What the...Seems like little lady over there thinks she can play hero." He struggles a bit but manage to take them off and tries to throw them back at you. The halos only come back to their original places and your smirk.

"This pretty lady only needed some extra time."

"What-" He was hit by a crane. You took a few steps aside as the mech was blown away and crashed through the roof and back inside.Rook got out of the vehicle for a second and waved at you "Thank you for your help." You gave him a thumbs up before quickly joining them. Rook turned towards Ben "And you're welcome."

"You guys came in clutch." Your short victory was soon over when Fistrick jumped back outside.

"Weak." He says

"Miss [name], Ben, I think I can separate the megawatts from the suit, but It will be a difficult shot. Try and get the suit to stop moving." Rook yells out

"Yeah, thanks Rook, I'll be onto that."

"We’ll be onto it." You corrected Ben.

"Ok, excuse me but what are we going to do ?"

"Try and submerge him in the nearby water, even though it's a type twelve machine, it has many flaws."

"Already on it."

The red mech ran towards Ben, before it could reach him, Ben used his gravitational powers to throw the machine close by to the water and putting pressure on it. Fistrick tries to relentlessly get up but you used your halos to pin the machines arms down.

"You two got anything else, hero and pretty lady or are you both just one trick ponies." He says mockingly. You royally ignored him, more concentrated on using your free hand to fill out the report for the mission you are currently dealing with on your tablet.

"Hey it's my first time using this guy, and little miss [name] over there probably has more tricks up her sleeve if she is a magister." Ben gave you a sly smile that you ignored in favor of completing your report."You might be able to withstand forty G's, but I don't think the docks can. What do you think ?"

At the exact same time, the docks had crumbled under the pressure. You quickly brought your halos back in their original places before they were submerged in water. Ben continuously put the mech in and out of the water, it looked like Ben was enjoying this a bit too much. You flew to his side and elbowed him.

"Come on, don't be a party popper ! I was just about to stop anyways." Ben laughed a bit.

You gave him a side eye."Tennyson, we have to save the Noosedeenians. Then you can do whatever you want with the perpetrator, that stays in line with the law of course."

"Why do you have to make it sound like I am going to do heinous crimes ?" Ben grimaced a bit.

The mech was now floating in the air, still as a rock. You looked towards Rook and gave him a thumbs up again. The blue alien took a deep breath and shoots his arrows on the back of the red mech. The containers on it all launched into the ground, the glass shattering and freeing all the noosedeenians in it.

"Nice shot !" Ben yelled towards Rook, you quietly applauded. And again, your victory was short lived when multiple missiles were launched at your way. Half of them were after Ben and the other, you.

Before the missiles even had the chance to touch you. One of your halos swiftly moved in front of you, now extended to protect you. All the missiles were swallowed in it with no effort.

"Whoa ! That's a pretty cool trick, mind if I send you more ?" Ben, just discovering his own orbit, was controlling the trajectory of the missiles that were aimed towards him. The same Halo approach Ben's orbit and swallowed all the missiles. A second halo was placed in front of Fistrick's mech.

You looked down at the mech again. Hearing's Fistrick's worry echo in the armor. "This is not good."

You only gave him a cold glare before looking back at your fingers. At a snap, you could launch everything at him.

"Comme on miss, we can make some kind of deal ! I'll give you thirty percent of the profit if you let me go !" The only thing he managed with those words was to piss you off.

"As a magister , my duty is to punish those who harm others and do not abide by the law. Do you think I would stoop so low ? You're only receiving what you deserve."

Snap

All missiles that were engulfed in your halo all come out through the one in front of Fistrick. Sending him and his Mech at the other side of the dock.

You only dusted yourself off as you approached Ben and Rook. They were quite shaken by how scary you looked a few moments ago. You only look at them confused. "Is there something on my face ?" You frowned.

"No, ma'm !" They both exclaimed at the same time. You shrugged it off, and walked ahead of them to go arrest the criminal and clean off the area.

"That wasn't easy." Rook said tiredly.

Ben transformed back into a human and looked at Rook with a smile. "It never is."

"Are you two coming ?" You called out.

Ben and Rook jumped out of fear.

"And also scary." Rook whispered shouted at Ben.

"Talk about new partner..." Ben whispered shouted back.

You all waited for a plumber team to arrive and clean the scene. All the criminals were arrested. You finish off the report and send it off back at HQ. Uncle Max happily walked over to the three of you with his own tablet and pen. You looked up at him with respect.

"I heard there's a colony of megawatts that helps power undertown." He informed.

That's weird, you've never heard of this information before...

"Since when ?" Ben voiced your thoughts out.

Uncle Max pointed at a direction and your gazes follow. "Since now."

All the megawatts that were saved, all entered a tube and waves back with huge grins at your team. It is a pretty nice ending.

"Anytime guys." Ben saluted the megawatts with some kind of earthling sign. You probably will have to study more on human culture...

"Don't the Tennyson legends usually end with some kind of blended beverage." Rook asked curiously.

"Are Tennyson's stories really that popular in plumber school ?" You ask Rook, intrigued by the beverage. Rook nodded and you let out a hum.

"You guys mean smoothies ?" Ben shakes one of his arms. "Nah, they're more of a daytime thing. At night, it's chilly fries!" Ben walked off in the plumber spaceship with one of his arms pumped up upwards

"Are those some kind of frozen meal ?" You ask, you've never heard of such foods before. You quietly joined Ben in wherever you all were going. You had finished all your paperwork currently. Might as well indulge yourself a little tonight.

"Okay." Rook seemed a bit exasperated with the food mentioned.

As the spaceship was taking off Ben had to mention one last thing. "By the way, Alien X is real."

"Why can't I see it ?" Rook asked.

"Mister Blonko has quite a valid reason to not believe you, Tennyson." You retorted back.

"You can just call me Rook, magister [name]. I don't deserve such title from a magister like you !"

You looked the other way. "Fine, mister Rook but I believe I believe your skills are really phenomenal. I am not as impressive as you are."

"Nonsense, you are one the youngest magister in history. You deserve every merit give magister [name]. Do not call me by any title. Just Rook."

You looked down the ground. "Okay, Rook. Then only call me [name] then." You muttered, loud enough for Rook and Ben to hear the hint of hesitation in your voice. Rook smiled and gave your a thumbs up. Now his attention was back on Ben

"But still, why can't I see alien X, Ben ?"

"Guys...there's some things you're gonna have to trust me on."

"Show us some proof then. With no proof , your words are as hollow as your mind, Tennyson."

"Hey ! What did I do ?!"

Chapter 2

Last name : none

Age : 16

Gender : F

Height : [insert]

Species : Ornix

Affiliations : Plumbers