56. Path to The Forge of Creation

Ben Tennyson, his cousin Gwen and Kevin Levin were the only ones who could stop Aggregor.

But every time they lost. They failed to protect the aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy. All of them eventually fell into the hands of Aggregor and he received all their power.

Later, they had four attempts to thwart Aggregor's plans.

If they could get just one piece of the Map of Infinity, they could hide it or destroy it.

This would completely destroy all the plans of Aggregor and he would cease to be such a dangerous threat. He would certainly be strong, but not that dangerous.

But here again, Ben and his friends screwed up. Aggregor has collected the entire Map of Infinity and is now on his way to the Forge of Creation to become the strongest being in the universe.

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(Ben POV)

Prime Dimension - Ben 10 Prime.

Galvan Prime, November 12, 2015.

We lost. We were unable to stop Aggregor and he collected all the pieces of the Map of Infinity.

But, we should have another chance. And we will definitely use it.

After losing, we left the Perplexahedron and went to Galvan Prime.

We need help and the only one who can provide it and give us the advice we need is Azmuth.

Therefore, as soon as we arrived on the planet, we immediately headed to the Tower of Azmuth.

There, we quickly found Galvan himself, but when he saw us, he immediately began to yell.

- You have failed. - said the angry Azmuth.

- How strict. - Kevin said, trying to defuse the situation.

- You had four opportunities to stop Aggregor and prevent him from collecting the Map of Infinity . Every time he managed to surpass you. - Azmuth shouted.

Unable to bear his words, I said:

- You forgot the good we managed to do while we were pursuing the Aggregor.

- Yes, we have helped many people. - Gwen supported me.

- It doesn't matter. While you were helping others, Aggregor got his hands on the means to travel to the Forge of Creation, as well as the greatest power in the universe. - Azmuth said.

- Yes, don't say anything. A gloomy picture. - I said, trying to give myself some confidence.

- We can still stop Aggregor. How to get there? - Kevin asked, the main question.

- I don't even know where she is. In fact of the matter. - Azmuth shouted even louder.

- Everything is lost. - Azmuth said in a doomed voice.

- Do you have a plan? - After a couple of seconds of silence, Kevin asked me.

- Yes. I have one superhero who can find the Forge of Creation and stop Aggregor. - I said with confidence in my voice.

- Ben, are you really sure you want…. - Gwen said, already understanding my plan.

But I interrupted her and demanded:

- Keys.

Kevin and Gwen listened to me and came up to me and took out their keys.

- What is it? - Azmuth asked.

- Ben made me set up a lockdown system for Alien X. - Kevin said.

- This is to prevent Albedo from accessing it. - I explained.

- Or to prevent Ben from accidentally turning into him in the middle of a fight. - Gwen added.

Here, she's right. The Ultimatrix is even more crazy than my old Omnitrix. Anything can be expected from him.

I pushed aside my thoughts and said:

- Do it.

I extended my hand holding the Ultimatrix. Gwen and Kevin inserted the keys on either side of the dial, thus unlocking the Alien X DNA strand.

- [Transformations Unlocked]. - Ultimatrix said.

After a couple of seconds, he said again:

- [Transformation Ten is available.]

Slamming the dial, I turned into Alien X.

After a couple of seconds, I found myself in a familiar starry space. I hung in the air, and in front of me were two giant green faces.

These were the other two identities of Hero X. Bellicus and Serena.

Bellicus is the Voice of Rage and Aggression. And the Siren is the Voice of Love and Compassion. I must represent the Voice of Reason.

Somehow I have to persuade them to help me and convince them to cooperate with me.

I hope I succeed.

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Did not work out.

Looks like I offended them in the past when I left them alone. Again.

They also started arguing with each other. Wonderful.

I was already completely desperate, but at that moment Professor Paradox arrived here.

He talked a bit with the Alien X personalities. They seem to have said something about not being allowed to approach the Celestialsapiens.

But before I could even ask anything, the Professor returned me to my human form.

- How did you transform me? - I asked in surprise.

Professor Paradox, as always, did not answer my question and said:

- You wanted to go to the Forge of Creation, didn't you? So I'll send you there.

- But how? It's hidden. - Gwen asked.

- The thing is, I hid it. - Paradox said.

Who would have doubted.

After that, Azmuth and the Professor began to argue and discuss me. They seem to have said some disturbing words. Something to do with the future.

I tried not to listen too much, because if I find out something is wrong, it will only get worse.

But the last thing I heard.

- It's too hard. This time the boy can't win. - Azmuth said waving his arms.

- And I am absolutely sure that he can. Let's see which one of us is right. - Paradox said calmly.

Unable to bear it any longer, I said:

- Please stop talking about me in the third person.

- Right. We will do it. You will help? - Kevin said, bringing the conversation back to the point.

- First, tell us where the Forge of Creation is. - Gwen said.

- All the forces of the vast universe are concentrated in it. There, all ideas become real. - said the Professor, and again not what is required of him.

- The Forge of Creation is the birthplace of the Celestialsapiens like Alien X. - Azmuth said.

- Aggregor wants to absorb the powers of one of the newborn Celestial. If he succeeds, he will become omnipotent. - Paradox continued.

- Clear. This looks like a problem. We need to stop Aggressor. And we can do it. - I said.

- Wonderful. To get there on time, we need to hurry. - said the Professor and took out his clocks and we were teleported.

In a couple of seconds, we were on RB3, our spaceship. Everyone sat in their seats, and Paradox stood next to Kevin.

- Where are we? There is no indication on the control panel. - Kevin said.

- Nothing surprising. Because there is nothing here. See that dim light in the distance? - said the Professor and pointed to the side with his finger.

- Is it a star? - Gwen asked.

- Actually, this is the universe. And we are outside of this universe. - Professor said casually.

- Then what is it? - Gwen asked, pointing to another cluster of light.

- Before us, the next universe. I do not like it. Physicists have a different concept of physical laws. - said the Professor, shaking his head.

Found something to complain about.

- Wait. I was sure that the universe is everything. - Kevin said.

- This is a common delusion of the limited mind. Reality is always something more. So here we are, here it is. - Paradox said and pointed ahead, but there was nothing there. The total darkness of space.

Wow, how he called Kevin a dumbass. And he changed the subject so well. If the situation had not been so serious, I would have laughed for a long time.

- Why exactly here? - Gwen asked.

- You asked a great question. - said the Professor, again without explaining anything.

Deciding to join the conversation, I got up from my seat, approached the Professor and said:

- I still don't see anything.

- The Forge of Creation is surrounded by a temporary barrier of randomisation. Here, time is out of sync with the rest of time, and without the Map of Infinity, this barrier cannot be found. This task is only for me. - said the Professor and waved his hand.

After that, we found ourselves, as if in another world. From the darkness of space, we got into the world of colors. It was a very beautiful space nebula.

Professor is still a show off. He really loves pathos.

- Inside this space nebula is the birthplace of the baby Alien X. And although Alien X is a lovely creature, Aggregor should not be allowed near him. - said the Professor solemnly.

- Then we must hurry. Let's fly there. - I said.

The professor nodded and waved his hand again. We are back in the darkness of space.

- Here, I have to leave you. - Professor said.

At his words, Kevin and Gwen asked him why he did not stop the Aggressor and correct the situation.

To this, Paradox said that he, too, had his limitations and couldn't do certain things.

Then he told us:

- I opened a portal through the barrier and made it usable for humans. Inside you will not need air, neither heat nor cold will affect you.

- And we can't be killed? - I asked hopefully.

- Most likely, you can. - he said lightly.

Well, yes, when everything was simple. What else to expect.

- When Aggregor finds out that you are inside, he will try to destroy you. - finally threw Professor Paradox and teleported.

This was to be expected. Everything as usual.

Kevin, indignant that we were abandoned, led the ship into the portal. Passing through it, we found ourselves in an endless white space.

Almost immediately we felt like we had hit something. Enemies appeared on the roof. These were Aggregor Bots. Apparently, they knew about us right away.

Aggregor Bots made a hole in the roof of the ship and got into the cockpit. There were several dozen of them.

Gwen was the first to fight them and destroyed the robots with her magic discs. But one of the bots was able to get to Kevin. And before Gwen could destroy this robot, it interfered with Kevin's control.

Because of this, RB3 tilted to the side and we crashed with the left wing of the ship, into a temporary barrier.

- The ship is stuck. - Kevin told us.

Gwen, on the other hand, temporarily held back Aggregor. I got sick of it, so I turned into a Terraspin.

Using the powers of this alien, I threw all the robots out of the cockpit.

Slapping the Omnitrix, I became myself and said:

- Aggregor is already here. We need to hurry.

- But there's nothing we can do. We're stuck. - Kevin said.

- So, we need to get out of this situation. - I said.

We left the ship and approached the place where the ship's wing was stuck.

Kevin tried to annoy him, but nothing worked.

- It's useless. - Kevin said, giving up his efforts.

- Maybe I can turn into some kind of superhero and help? Four Arms or Way Big? - I asked.

As I said this, I tried to lean against the barrier in which the ship was stuck. But suddenly, there was no wall, so I fell through and started falling into whiteness.

- Ben! - Kevin exclaimed.

Gwen created a mana tentacle and extended it to grab my leg. Luckily, she successfully pulled me out and put me back on the wing of the ship.

- Ben, are you okay? - Gwen asked worriedly.

- How strange. I think I saw something moving there. - I said.

- We need to be more careful. Paradox told us not to touch the time field. - Gwen said.

At that moment, I looked towards the field and saw something approaching us. I told my friends about this.

A man stepped out from the side of the time field. He was a sixteen year old lag who was taller than Kevin and had a muscular build.

He was dressed in a blue shirt and black jeans, he had a shaggy black hair on his head, and his eyes were dark blue. He had bracelets on his hands and glasses on his head.

He looked very tired and had dark circles under his eyes.

Going out on the wing, the guy examined the ship. After which, he looked at us and his eyes widened, after which he said:

- Uh, f*ck.

I quickly recognized this guy. We met with him in the past, when I was still a child.

- Lex? - Gwen asked shocked.

- Is that really you? - I asked, just as shocked.

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