CH 5: Flightmare (E1)
"I was worried that you might get popular with that thing on your wrist." Max scolded his grandson, while Alistair sat on the back far seats, pillow on his lap he rested his elbows on :"That's why I asked you not to fool around with it until we know what the heck it is."
After all, although Max did promise to take care of him, he couldn't just scold a random kid he didn't even know much about. That wasn't the case for Ben though. And Gwen seemed to really enjoy that fact. "Sorry, grandpa." Ben apologized :"But at least we figured out how to make these work!
All you do is press this button. Then when this ring pops up, just twist it until you see the guy you want to be. Slam it down, and bammo! You're one of 10 super cool alien dudes! Well, apparently not just 10 for Alistair though. He seems to be able to get more or something."
Alistair :"I really think you shouldn't slam it down though. You know, with how advanced these things are and all."
Ben :"But that's the fun part."
Alistair :"Then maybe you should cut down on the fun so you wouldn't break it."
Ben, smirking :"I'll think about it."
Alistair, unimpressed :"You definitely won't think about it."
Ben, snickering :"Are you telepathic now or something?"
Gwen, smirking :"Or maybe he just uses his brain. Which I don't think you do often. Also, what about staying a super cool alien dude and not transforming back into plain old pizza face?"
Ben :"I kind of haven't figured that part out yet."
Max, thoughtful :"With devices as powerful as those watches clamped on you, my guess is we'd better help you two learn. Fast."
Ben, excited :"Alright!"
Alistair, excited :"Who says old people can't be fun?!"
Max :"Come on, Alistair. I'm not that old."
"Mayday! Mayday!" The radio interrupted the excitement :"Somebody help us! We are under attack by some sort of -I know you're not gonna believe me- but robot!"
"Sounds just like those things that attacked me, Alistair." Ben said, shocked :"Must be looking for the watches. Those people are in trouble because of us! I think we can help them." He got up, and the strength Alistair mustered to not cringe was phenomenal at his thousand mile stare.
Gwen, deadpanning :"Uh, you? What are you gonna do about it, Tennyson? You're both just kids."
"Kids who just blew up some robots just a few minutes ago. So maybe taking care of this one won't be impossible either." Alistair said from behind. Putting aside the pillow, he got up with a smirk :"And besides, not only have I taken quite a liking to this thing, it's also the only clue I have about my past and as to who I am? So if it wants the watch, it has to take it by force." Ben and Alistair shared a smirk, as if sharing the same idea too.
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They ran towards the location of the robot, and when they were close enough, the duo were ready to transform. Ben looked at his grandpa for permission, and when he received a nod, he activated the Omnitrix. "Yeah." Smiling, he began to turn the watch :"Eenie meenie minie... here goes!" And slammed down the Omnitrix again, much to Alistair's annoyance.
Intense green light came and went, and Ben stood as a hulking man made out of green/blue crystals, a Petrosapien. Gwen looked curiously :"So what can this guy do?" Ben clenched his fist, smirking :"I don't know, but I bet it's gonna be cool~."
And Alistair's Nemetrix activated once again :"[Unidentified DNA detected, proceeding to scanning. New alien and predator DNA unlocked: Petrosapien, Crystalsapien and Crytissapien.]" (A/N: Crystal+Mantis)
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[Crytissapien Description: These predators have evolved to be extremely durable, even more so than Petrosapiens, and have raptorial legs powerful and sharp enough to cut Petrosapiens to pieces in a single strike. And just like their prey, these creatures can regenerate their broken parts if needed to, can shoot their own crystals, and can generate even more raptorial legs for combat.] (Crytis Image:)
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"Wait, does that mean you can also turn into the aliens that hunt mine?!" Ben, as Diamondhead, gaped at Alistair. Gwen spoke sarcastically :"Yes, genius, that's what predator means." Before smirking :"So you better be careful to not fight with Alistair, alright? After all, if he has the natural predator of your aliens, that means everything you can throw at him is basically useless."
"Oh whatever." Diamondhead rolled his eyes, turning to Alistair :"Aren't you going to transform too?" The noiret nodded seriously :"Was waiting for you to turn so I could make a quick strategy based on what you became or something."
"So any plans?" He raised an eyebrow. Alistair finally chose a predator and nodded :"Yeah, you take the ground, I'll take care of the sky. Deal?" Diamondhead nodded with a grin :"Leave it to me! But do you have any flying ones?" Alistair smirked :"If this thing's wings aren't just for decoration, then yes!"
Pushing down the Nemetrix, gently, his bright red light came and went too. When they looked again, a giant black alien with four blue wings was in his place, standing at a massive size that made Diamondhead look like an ant, who watched in amazement :"Damn, dude, you're huge!"
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[Aerofibian Ingens Description: They have the same ancestors as the Aerophibians, but evolved differently due to different environments. These creatures are extremely massive, and can be as big as max size Vaxasaurians (Humungousaur).
Not only are they extremely fast on top of being gigantic and incredibly powerful, they can also shoot energy to make themselves fast enough to catch Aerophibians, who can enter hyperspace and fly faster than light, mid flight. They can also use this energy as an attacking method.
But mainly, they use it for an energy boost while flying since their massive size and strength is enough to prey on most things already. They also possess camouflage to some extent thanks to their dark scales, which can blend in with other colors somewhat. If someone isn't actively searching for them, they could actually miss them.] (Flightmare Image:)
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(A/N: Changed from pterodactyl to Flightmare. That wasn't cool, and honestly, I think this suits it a lot more. Like, imagine seeing that thing in the sky! Max size Humungousaur is half the size of Way Big, and this guy is as big as that! AND it's even faster than Jetray? Damn, Aerophibians really drew the short end of the stick when it came to having predators, huh?
And last of all, this guy is my favorite predator now. I was planning to have Humungousaur as the boss alien, but that's until I realized that's an Aerophibian running away from this guy, not him shooting flames! He's massive, fast as fuck boy, and can shoot laser beams! What more do you want for a boss alien?!)
"Holy!" Max's eyes went wide, as did Gwen's mouth :"What unlucky creature has THAT as its predator?! Evolution had a problem with it, huh?!" Alistair wasn't much better. He expected something fast, not something gigantic. But from the info he got from the Nemetrix, this guy was massive AND fast.
And to add insult to the injury, it could camouflage. Just freaking disrespectful. Evolution had real beef with Aerophibians. You thought getting chased by dinosaurs in Jurassic Park was bad? Imagine the horror poor Aerophibians experience having these guys on their tails.
'Uh huh, yup, I'm calling this guy Flightmare. Because I know I would get traumatized if I saw this in the fucking sky.'
From that high up, he was basically taller than all the trees, and could easily see the robot terrorizing the poor campers. 'This guy really has camouflage, huh? Or did that robot go blind?' He looked down, speechless at how tiny the others were.
"Hero time?" Ben asked, Alistair nodded. As the tiny trio ran towards the robot, Flightmare spread his humongous wings, and flapped. And boy, did a storm nearly start with just that. 'Shit, gotta be careful to not blow away everything!' Trying to be gentler, he took to the sky. Thankfully for the environment, he didn't seem to need to constantly flap his wings to stay afloat. Just like Jetray, instead of flying, he kind of levitated in the air.
'I guess flapping my wings will increase my speed, but I don't need to constantly do it to stay in the air. Jesus, dude, this alien is massive! Were Khyber and Dr. Psychobos just unable to get these guys' DNA or something to add it to the Nemetrix in Omniverse? Cause honestly, I can't list that many aliens Ben has that could deal with this mofo. Hehehehe I just can't get over how disrespectful this predator is.'
Finally noticing him, the robot turned to look, and only wasted a second to locate the Nemetrix symbol around his neck before raising its arm and shooting a laser. It probably wouldn't even do anything, but Alistair wasn't one to be careful. Moving swiftly, he dodged the laser, before flying towards the robot.
It fired again multiple times, but Flightmare dodged them all easily, getting closer and closer. However, the robot's laser missed completely, and the beast noticed that his partner had successfully gotten rid of one of the robot's legs.
"I guess even robots can forget things! Did you forget there are two watches around?" Diamondhead smirked as the robot lost balance, beginning to fall. Seeing the fast approaching Flightmare, he backed off to give his partner space, watching in amazement as he crashed into the giant robot that looked small compared to it with his talons.
The force of which he slammed the robot to the ground was already enough to nearly crush the whole thing, and it had already begun to shortcircuit. But he took to the sky with the robot in one of his legs. And once high enough, he let go of it, letting it still fly higher a bit, before he spun and slammed it with his tail, causing it to go shooting down.
"Uh oh." Diamondhead looked up, before he quickly started running away. He didn't get far though, thanks to the speed at which the robot came flying down. As it hit the ground a few meters away from him, it exploded instantly, causing him to fly away.
"Ahhh!!" He shouted, flapping his arms midair. Fortunately for him, a Petrosapien's durability was nothing to scoff at. Although the explosion was dangerous, he was harmed at all. He just got up from the small building he crashed into, obliterating it with his face, and shook his head to get off everything that was on him.
"Really, Alistair?" He looked up at the levitating horror, who smiled apologetically and shrugged. 'Alright, gotta get a hang of these things as fast as possible. Can't risk killing people by accident.' He came down and landed on the ground, where he high-fived Ben with his wing.
"Alright!" Max and Gwen cheered. Max nearly exposed them though to the people watching :"Way to go, Be-... uh, diamond-headed guy and giant dinosaur!" But Ben didn't care. In fact, he showed up :"Oh, yeah! Who's bad? Yeah!"
Max and Gwen desperately pointed at the people looking at him, facepalming when he didn't get the memo. "W-whoaaa!" Sighing, Flightmare grabbed onto him and took to the sky, not before grabbing the remaining parts of the alien, and disappeared out of nowhere. If he put some actual effort into flying, normal humans wouldn't even see his movement.
(A/N: You know, now I get why they give Ben the wrong aliens. He would dog the shit out of everyone if he got the right aliens lol. By the way, hope you liked his boss alien. And as you would expect, Alistair isn't going to use this alien in every fight. After all, it's freaking massive! Don't forget, max size Humungousaur is 60 feet (18.3m) tall!)