CH 33: Interview

(Me :"*Gets an existential crisis over which of the 13 fanfics he was too stupid to write one after another he should continue beside Ben 10*" Also me after writing a single paragraph of a story :"I've never been more calm and happy on my phone."

(A/N: Also, fun fact. Pornhub was created in 2007, 2 years later than Ben 10, and it's apparently worth $4,220,000,000 currently... I think Alistair has another great thing to make. Just think about it! A universe wide porn site, filled with porn of all kinds of aliens! It will be glorious!)

"*Yawn* Good morning." Ben groaned as he entered the living room. Smiling at his best friend when he saw him working on a small device :"Hey, Al." Without looking up, he hummed :"Good morning, Ben." (A/N: And once again, yawning proves to be contagious.)

He was acting weird. Ben immediately noticed it. He frowned :"Al, everything alright?" Stopping, he looked at the brunet with his usual unimpressed face :"Ben, it's me, Null."

"Oooh. Wait, why have you separated yourself again? And where are Ego and Devotion then?"

"Remember the piece of technology that unlocked my Ultimate Function yesterday? Those two are off to find the remaining pieces."

"Oooh, so that's how it is."

"Uh huh. You woke up quite early though. Is something the matter?"

"Hm? Nah, don't worry about it. Just woke up needing to visit the toilet. What about you? You're not exactly an early bird either."

"Hmm, it's nothing. I'm just working on something."

"Oh? What are you making now?"

Null glanced at him, before smirking lightly :"It's a surprise. You'll know eventually." Ben pouted, but just shrugged :"Alright, keep your secrets." As he made his way to the restroom, Null stopped him :"Oh, by the way, take a bath while you're at it."

Ben looked at him in confusion, before the noiret nodded towards the window :"Check the streets." Frowning in confusion, Ben looked down the window, just to have his eyes widened in shock :"What's going on down there?!"

The entrance of the hotel was completely packed with people and news vans. Cameras and news reporters were everywhere, ready to record the news of the century. Most of the people were ordinary civilians waiting outside.

Null answered nonchalantly :"They found out we're here, so all of them swarmed up to interview us, take pictures of us, etc. So if you want to look good in front of the cameras, I'd recommend you to take a shower and make yourself look good."

Without even saying anything, Ben sprinted into the showers with a towel in hand, making him smirk in amusement.

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"They're coming out! They're coming out!" On the first floor, somebody announced to everybody who was waiting. Immediately, chattering could be heard as people readied their cameras, watching the numbers on the elevator decrease one by one.

"Oh my god, oh my god! I'm actually going to meet those heroes myself!"

"Especially Alistair! Ben is a kid, but Alistair is a total hottie! He's jacked and handsome!"

"Is everything ready?! The camera, microphone, everything?!"

"We're all ready to go, sir!"

"We can't miss this chance! this is the scoop of history!"

As the elevator gave a final ding, the place suddenly went silent. Everybody quietened down in anticipation. But when the elevator's door opened, cheers and squeals filled the place immediately.

"Alistair! Alistair, look here!"

"Oh my god, I love you, Alistair!"

"Ben, do you want to play sumo slammer cards together?!"

"Ben, turn into Fourarms!"

"No, turn into Heatblast!"

"Mr Aliyev, Mr Tennyson, can I please have a moment?!"

"Please allow me to interview you for a minute!"

"Damn, this place is packed." Null hummed, making a few girls faint as he glanced at them. They were acting as if he was Michael Jackson who was about to bust a move at a concert. "So how exactly are we going to get to Rust Bucket?"

"Aww, can't we enjoy the attention some more?" Ben asked, smiling and waving at the cameras. He hummed again :'Well, I do want to keep up a good public image.' Shrugging to himself, he decided to amuse the masses.

"Fine, but follow what I do so they won't put us in a tight spot." Stopping fully, he reached out and grabbed a reporter's microphone :"Excuse me." The place went quiet at his action, the people waited for him to speak up.

But instead, he absorbed the microphone with the Techtrix, before making a black and red one to speak into :"Please calm down, people. We're willing to wait here for a while, so no need to rush. You can ask your questions in order.

Recreating the microphone with Techtrix's new ability, he returned it to the news reporter :"Thank you." Before whispering to Max and Gwen :"Grandpa Max, Gwen, can you take care of the hotel business and get the car ready so we won't be held here for too long?"

"Haaah, so no interview for me, huh?" Gwen sighed with a pout, before Max patted her shoulder comfortingly :"It's alright, Gwen. They're the ones the people want to see, after all. Don't worry, Al, we'll take care of things quickly. Just don't waste too much time here. Oh, and..."

Glancing at Ben waving excitedly at the cameras, he tightened his lips :"Try to make it so the came doesn't get too into Ben's head, alright? And can you please keep an eye on him so he wouldn't embarrass himself?"

"Don't worry, grandpa Max, I'll handle everything." With that, the two sneaked away as Alistair brought Ben along to the resting area on the first floor. Sitting on a comfortable sofa with Ben, they looked at the reporters with notebooks at hands and cameras at standby. He beckoned them to start :"Then please, start questioning in the order of right to left."

"Ahem ahem, then I'll start. May I ask what your goal is?"

Ben grew confused :"Goal? Hmm... well, I guess we just wanna help people, that's all."

"So you're doing this completely out of the goodness of your heart? What about you, Mr Aliyev?"

Null hummed :"As for me, hmm... as you may probably know, I've completely lost my memories. I don't even know my own identity, much less my goal. But well, just like Ben, I simply want to help out those I can and save lives in situations where ordinary people would find it hard to do something. Next person, please."

"What inspired you to help people and to become a hero?"

Null :"There were few things that came to mind at first when we thought of what to do when we got these things. And honestly, which kid hasn't thought of becoming a hero?"

Ben :"What he said."

"My turn. Mr Aliyev, you're the one that came up with the idea of creating a show about what you did, correct?"

Alistair :"Yes, that's right."

"May I ask why you did such a thing?"

Alistair :"Hmm... there are a few reasons. One was definitely for money. As you know, I came flying from the sky without any memories, family or friends. But Max Tennyson, Ben's grandfather, was kind enough to take care of me and support me.

He's also who inspired me to help people who are in need, just like how I needed help. But I didn't want to take advantage of his kindness by mooching off of him, so I needed to find a way to earn money to support myself.

In the end, I came up with the idea of creating my own app that connected the internet for entertainment and created my own movie and cartoon, knowing that it would definitely attract attention.

Two is because, like everybody, I had the desire to be famous. It wasn't to the point of being obsessed with the idea, but who hasn't had the dream of being known across the world? But three is the second biggest reason for why I did it.

I wanted to reveal the wonders of the universe to Earth and the humans. To show everybody what lies beyond the stars. And maybe, just maybe, I'll manage to make my app big enough to let every being in the universe use it for entertainment, learning, etc. Those are the three main reasons. Next question please."

"Mr Aliyev, Mr Tennyson, can I ask you something that everybody wonders about? Just how many transformations do you have? I bet the fans have been dying to know that, considering you probably haven't shown them all of them."

Ben smiled brightly :"Oh, now that's a question I like! I have 10 aliens in total! They're called Heatblast, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, XLR8, Grey Matter, Fourarms, Stinkfly, Ripjaws, Upgrade and Ghostfreak!"

Alistair :"As for me, I have 54 transformations in total as of now. That is if we only consider the noticeable ones and not transformations such as normal bugs, birds, animals and even plants."

A collective "whoa" was heard before the next reporter focused when Alistair glanced at her :"Ahem ahem, t-then may I ask what is the favorite transformation of each of you?"

Ben :"It's Fourarms all the way!"

Alistair :"Hmm... that's a hard one. If I have to decide, it's Paracosm between my original aliens and Predator between my predators."

After around 10 to 20 minutes of answering questions back and forth, Alistair received a notification from the Techtrix :"Sir, Mr Tennyson and Gwen are waiting for you outside."

Taking a deep breath, he slapped his knees and got up :"That's our signal to wrap it up, folks. Come on, Benji." (A/N: The classic way of leaving after a visit lol.)

"Aww, so soon? Can't we stay for a bit longer?" He mumbled as the reporters started asking questions at the same time again. With a red flash, Ultimate Godspeed picked up Ben :"Sorry, Ben, but we've cooled enough. Gotta jet now."

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[Ultimate Transformations that won't have overdramatic changes on the physical appearance, such as Ultimate Godspeed and Ultimate Menace, have been set as their default transformations. But a few Ultimate Transformations such as Ultimate MantAstral that dramatically increase his size still have their normal transformations as their default transformations.]

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And he disappeared from place, before appearing in the Rust Bucket, with Max immediately accelerating and leaving before the reporters and fans would surround the car.

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(A/N: Let me remind you that if a beautiful girl is introduced, it doesn't mean she's a lover. Remember, this is a single female lead story. It doesn't mean that Alistair won't sleep with them since he's single though ಠ⁠◡⁠ಠ.)

"I just think that it's unfair, that's all!" A beautiful redheaded (red/orange) teenager with green eyes, about 5'4 with an athletic build, groaned, books in hand as she walked in the hallways of her highschool with her best friend :"I've saved the world so many times I've lost count of it, and almost nobody has talked about it! But these two suddenly show up, and everybody loves them because they can transform or something!"

But her best friend, a 5'9 boy with messy blond hair, brown eyes and a wiry build, ignored her. Too focused on the facetime call he had with another boy, who had light brown skin, frizzy black hair and brown eyes while looking to be 10, —much younger than them— short and overweight while sitting behind the screen and his computer.

"They're awesome, man!" The blond boy said enthusiastically :"I mean, have you watched the show?! Their aliens are so cool!" The fat boy nodded :"And don't even get me started on Alistair's predators, dude! They're so freaking cool!"

While the redhead frowned at them, the blonde just continued :"Couldn't agree more! So which alien is your favorite?" Smiling, they both said at the same time :"It's got to be either Menace or Fourarms/Brainstacean or Grey Matter!"

They went quiet, before glaring at each other.

(A/N: Please help me out! Like, I'm not joking around right now! I don't know if this is a prank, but it's been going on for way too long to be one! So on my Tumblr account, there's this person named Syndote who has messaged me consistently since September of 2023 and calls me Sheryll. Problem is, it's something about this guy and Sheryll being divorced and Sheryll taking the kids! And this guy thinks I'm Sheryll! Now he's been constantly messaging every now and then about being depressed and such! And me? I obviously ignored him since I thought it was just a dumb prank. But this has been going on for way too long, damn it! Is this a prank?! Is it not?! What am I supposed to do?! I can't just ask him "bro, who the hell are you" at this point! Help!! Like, these are the messages he sends!)