Chapter 3: Voices

StoryBoard Reminder:

Heatblast Will= Nova

Big Chill Will = Zero

XLR8 Will= Grid

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The RustBucket is currently: driving on the Highway, following a car slingshotting past traffic.

"Hey!" Benita exited from the bathroom door with her hair covered in shampoo. "What's up with your professionalism, Grandpa! You got soap in my eyes!" Benita shouts before staggering onto a sink as the RV swings.

"I'm sorry for your misfortunate, but A little help would be kind!" Gwen roared back at Benita from the passenger seat, looking back at the chase.

Benita staggered towards the two before grabbing onto the Driver seat and Passenger.

"A High-speed chase with this Rust Bucket only spells disaster!" Benita comments. "What's happening?"

"Well, that car happened to have been kidnapped by some bad folk while we were getting gas. Currently, the owner is a hostage." Max answered, focused on the road.

"Why didn't anyone tell me anything about this?!" Benita questioned.

"We'd tried!" Gwen rolled her eyes. "We thought you accidentally flushed yourself down the toilet. We decided Will should handle them!"

Benita squinted her eyes at Gwen before looking out at the road.

"Wait, where is he?" The Rv shakes.

Nova appeared in front of their windshield before blasting toward the car, causing havoc.

Nova flies past the transport truck and stays beside the getaway car.

He looked in, seeing two robbers in the front of the car while the one hostages were in the back.

A man in a white dress shirt with duct tape stuck to his mouth, eyes land on Nova flying beside his window. The Dressed man's eyes widen.

"Hey!" Nova screamed as the driver with a wolf mask stared at him for a moment. "Take the next exit, and pull over!" Nova ordered.

The man beside the Wolf driver wore a smiling baby mask and stared at Nova before tapping the driver's shoulder.

The driver goes to sideswipe Nova, but Nova barrel rolls into oncoming traffic.

"Oh, shit!!" Nova screams, dodging a car honking in panic.

Nova dodges cars and trucks honking and swerving past a human-size ball of fire before eyeing a Transfer truck roaring into him.

Nova barrel roll from the close call and onto flowing traffic spinning out of control.

He crashes against the road, sliding on his back.

The Rust Bucket honks behind Nova, quickly switching lanes.

Nova rolls past another car before blasting himself from the gravel, taking air once more.

He boosts himself past the RV once more and toward the getaway car entering a tunnel.

Nova flames lit the tunnel as his sight wandered about the lanes of cars.

"Where are they? Where are they?!" Nova panicked before seeing a car three cars away from him.

A man with a baby face mask sits out the car window aiming his M14 at Nova.

'Fallback!' A voice whispered in Nova's head.

The Baby Mask begins firing. Nova dodges the swarm of the bullet before falling towards the road.

"AAAH!!" Nova swings his arms before shifting Zero.

Zero flaps his wings zooming towards the car before turning invisible.

The Baby mask stops firing. Zero appeared, in front of him, grabbing the man by his neck with his three-toed foot.

"RAAAGH!!" The Baby Mask screams as Zero hangs back from the car before hurling him in the air. Zero blows a cloud of ice into the Baby Mask, making him stick on the side of the tunnel.

"Hey!" Zero noticed Stinkfly following by his side. "Why did you leave me out?!" Her four eyes squinted at him.

"Ben, this is not time!" Zero flies towards the car exiting the tunnel.

The sun blinded them for a second, revealing the traffic riding across the bridge heading to a city.

Zero lands on the back of the getaway car before phasing his hands through the rear window, grabbing the dressed man from the back of his shirt.

He took to the skies with the man screaming through the duct tape on his mouth.

Zero noticed Stinkfly land on top of the car, peeking her head in the driver's window.

The car steered out of control.

"Shit!" Zero cursed before setting the hostage on the walkway of the bridge. "Sit tight." He took after the car as other civilians noticed this rare moth.

Zero glides after the getaway car, watching Stinkfly rips the roof off with her stinger before flying off with Wolf's mask driver.

"And here's me." Zero clenched his feet on the rear bumper, taking the car from flowing traffic.

The car swings among his feet as he notices Stinkfly glaring at him before turning her eyes on the Wolf mask man in a cocoon of green slime swinging from the arch of the bridge.

"What's her problem?" Zero questioned himself.

...

Four individuals entered through the double doors.

The Tennysons and Glover shoes hit the red carpet before they came to a stop, eyeing the lobby.

A few Bell boys followed tourists among the room with carts of luggage.

"Wow, this is awesome!" Benita states as her eyes land on the red couches.

The five begin heading for the hotel check-in table.

"Tell me about it!" Gwen grins, reading a pamphlet. "They have an indoor pool, an indoor batting cage, and a buffet: all you can eat!"

Will's gut growls while everyone sweatdrops.

"He. He. Sounds good right about now." Will smiles nervously.

"Don't get too excited, kids. We're only staying one night." Max states before talking with the clerk.

Benita's eyes land on a sign leading to a room, 'Sumo Slammer 3' Her jaw drops.

"No way, Sumo Slammer 3!!" Benita shouts, getting Will's and Gwen's attention. "It's supposed to be out this summer!"

She races over.

A hand stopped her from entering, and that hand was the VIP Guard.

"VIP Ticket?" He raised a brow over his black shades.

Benita pats herself.

"It seems I left it inside. Do you mind?" She smiles innocently.

"No, ticket. No entry." Benita sighs and walks back over to the front desk.

She eyed Max, still talking with the clerk. Benita began scanning her watch.

"Uh, Doofus?" Gwen looks from the pamphlet. "Don't tell me your going, Rouge."

"Can you shut it!" She whispered shouted with her eyes still on the watch.

"You not taking no for an answer, are you?" Will cross his arms. "And what if they catch you?"

"Wow, Will. Thanks for your support. I can always count on you when I'm in trouble."

"Wait, what's that supposed to mean?" Will squinted his eyes.

"She's hissy pissy for leaving her out of the action." Gwen closes her pamphlet with an annoyed gaze while Will looks back at Benita.

"Benita, you know we-"

"I know. I know, don't rub it in." Benita cut Will off, furrowing her brows at the watch.

Will goes to say something, but he sighs. He turned his head from her with a glare.

"Ben." Max approaches the three with keys in hand. "Whatever you're doing, don't. "He furrowed his brows.

" I'm doing nothing." Benita protested.

"Is going alien? In the lobby with every possible eye watching you is nothing?" Max countered.

"Fine, you caught me!" She crosses her arms. "I don't need to play it. I'll wait like a good girl I am." She sighs.

"Thanks, Ben." Max nods. "How about we grab our rooms. I like some shut-eye." The children followed Max to the elevator.

The door opens.

The Tennysons and Glover entered while Benita's eyes stayed glued on the sign of the favorite game she would like to play.

The elevator doors slowly close while Benita arch her head to get a better view of it.

Finally, the doors close shut, blocking her view.

...

The VIP Guard toss their stuff to the ground and points with a menacing glare.

"STAY OUT!!!" He closes the door shut.

"What?!" Gwen huffed. "Come on, Ben!" She grabs her backpack with a glare.

"What?" She gazed confused, picking up her stuff. "You believe a stranger than your blood?"

"You know what you did." Max gives her a stern gaze. "That stunt you pulled got us kicked out, and on top of that. You recklessly turn alien blind to the fact: that your actions have consequences." Max rubbed his brows as they approached the RV park on the side of the road. "All for some game." He said under his breath, getting Benita to strangle her backpack straps.

"That game was Sumo Slammer three! Don't treat it like some street dog!" They stop in front of the RV. "At your age, you couldn't tell the difference between quality even when it hit you in your face!!" Benita shouts before storming into the RV, slamming the door shut.

Will and Gwen gazed at each other with open mouths.

"Ben!" Max called, entering the RV to Benita, tossing her pack on her bunk. "Benita P. Tennyson!! You don't seem to understand. I paid a lot of money to get us in!" Max raised his voice while Will closed the RV door shut.

"Take money out of my allowance." Benita turns, clenching her teeth. "I don't care!" She roared, approaching Max.

"Allowance?" Gwen and Will raised a brow.

"Stay out of it!!!" Benita and Max shouted at the two and glared back at one another.

"Ben, you should listen to me. I'm-"

"I don't need your 'parenting' You are not my DAD!!!" Benita cut him off.

The RV grew quiet.

"...If I were your dad, I would- ugh!" Max groans. "I'm going to see if I can get my money back." Max opens the door, pointing at Benita. "Sit tight." He leaves the RV, leaving the sound of the door shutting.

Will and Gwen only stared at Benita, that was currently staring at the door.

Suddenly Benita gains momentum as she rushes to the back of the RV, closing the curtains to their sleep quarters.

"Ben?" Gwen's voice escapes from her mouth. "You should understand Grandpa's side of the story. That's so mature of you." Benita comes out and glares at Gwen.

"I'm heading out." She heads for the door.

"Grandpa said to stay put!" Gwen argued.

Benita ignores her as she slams the door shut.

"I'll go follow her." Will grasp Gwen's shoulder. "I don't want her doing anything she might regret."

"Alright." Gwen rubs her finger among her brows. "Bring her back before my Grandpa comes back."

"No promises." Will closes the door behind him, seeing Benita walking along the sidewalk to the corner of the street. "Ben!" He lightly called, getting a few stares from the pedestrians. Will jogs after her. "Ben!"

"What do you want?!" She hisses as Will finally caught up as they turned the corner from their street. "I'm not going back!"

"Then. We won't." Will states, causing Benita to come to a halt.

She looks back at him with a glare.

"Then why in the hell are you here?" She questioned.

"Look, I may curse, time after time. Don't take after me, alright?" Benita's glare only darkens. "Fine, you're angry. I get it. What do you want to do?"

"What?" Benita raises her brows.

"Like take a walk? Talk? Maybe hang till we forget about this." Benita's glare lessen.

"Fine, but I get to choose."

...

Will shift the driving shift and turns the staring wheel.

Car 48 drifts in front 57 and 43 around a fountain, Managing to get its bearings. Its speed increases before hitting a ram.

Car 48 roared, flying over a billboard with cars following after it.

The wheels of the cars hit the streets of the city before they passed the finish line.

"5th place!!" The game station Will is currently in whistle. "You could try a lot better next time."

"3rd Place!!" The game station beside him chuckled. "Not first, but you'll do better!"

"Ha! Ha!" Benita turned from her seat, pointing at the Will that was currently; smirking. " You suck so bad. I thought I was playing with a five-year-old!" She laughs.

"GG, Ben." Will slowly clapped. "You got skills."

"Yeah. Yeah. You can praise me more when I beat you again." She sits up from the station. " Practice, ok?" Benita places a hand on Will's shoulder. "I don't play losers."

Benita went her way while Will could only sigh with his head on the steering wheel.

"At least she's not mad at me anymore." He said under his breath.

Will stood to his feet.

"A break from games would do." He wanders about eyeing other children playing arcade games until his eyes land on the male's Restroom. "Don't mind if I do."

He entered through the swinging doors, walking past three restroom stalls before taking his.

Will finished his business, walking to the sink and washing his hands.

"AH!" Will draws his hands back from the steaming hot water pouring from the sink. "Christ!" He said under his breath.

'What makes you think you could use me?' A voice whispered in Will's ear.

Will snapped toward the voice, only to see the stalls.

"Who's there!?" Will pants.

Silence answered as Will's eyes landed on the Restroom stalls.

Will approached the first stall with sweat pouring from his head.

He clenches his fist before slowly opening it, but nothing.

Will opened the second and third, revealing the same result until approaching the last.

His heart race; as he places a hand on the door. He opens it, revealing no one.

Will, breathe a sigh of relief.

"This is getting ridiculous." Will turn around only for ghostly hands to reach out to him.

In a panic scream, He falls between the toilet and the Stall barrier.

The lights begin flickering.

'You think you could hold me!!' The same whisper yelled into Will's head as his eyes wandered through the open stall door.

'The more you run from this!! Everyone you ever love will die!!!'

A shadowy presence with white glowing eyes stood in the open stall door.

Will's eyes reach new heights; seeing this terrifying presence, he released a blood-curling scream.

'What will you do when your day comes?' It appeared closer to Will with its hand on the door and its head cock to the side. 'You can't fathom the power we hold.'

The room begins to shake, and the shadowy figure appears above Will with its white eyes looking down at him.

The room shakes more violently.

"STOP!!!! PLEASE!!!" Will closes his eyes only for the presence to open them for him.

The glowing eyes were now inches from his.

'HARNESS THIS POWER: OR I'LL DO IT FOR YOU!!'

"HEY, KID!!" A voice shouts while Will's eyes adjust to the man wearing glasses giving a panic stare. "Hey!" He shakes Will causing him to blink as he nearly lost of breath. "What's the matter?"

"GET BACK!!!" Will pushes the man back, standing to his feet. "Get the fuck back!!!" Will roared as he aimed his fist at the man.

His arm became a rock before magma raced along to his fist. The rock shatters to the floor, revealing Nova's right arm.

"Woah! What the fuck!!" The man exclaimed, giving Will breathing room.

Will escapes The stall of doom as his aim; stay glued to the Civilian.

Will's chest rise and falls while sweat drenches his shirt.

"Get out!!" Will deranged eyes met the Civilian.

The Civilian backpaddle to the door with his hands raised.

"E-easy." He stuttered.

"You talk!! I'll turn you into a fountain made of MAGMA!!" He roared as the Civilian raced out the door.

Will's eyes race across the room.

"Bre-Breath." His voice shakes as he roughly breathes out. "Breath, Will."

He leans on the sink with his good hand, trying to collect his breathing.

"You are in control." Will looks at himself in the mirror. "You are in control!" He raised his voice glaring at himself. "You. Are. The. Boss."

Will sighs as Nova's hand returns to Will's.

"Ha." Will breathe out. "I need this thing out of me." Will exits from the Restroom.

He noticed nothing out of place.

"Ok, I just need to relax." He said to himself, walking past the crowd enjoying themselves. "Just a few games could do the trick."

The boy approaches the game station 'Burnout'; He and Benita played earlier.

Lucky no one got to it.

Will got himself behind the wheel.

"Ok." He sighs once more, grasping the wheel.

He inserts two of his play tokens and Chooses his lucky car 48.

"Everythings. Fine." Will said under his breath.

"Choose Map-"

"Player has joined!!!" His station cut itself off.

Will glanced to the seat Benita was in and noticed a Tom-boy seated by him. By the looks of it, she looks goth, without the makeup and gloss.

Eyes Back on the screen. Twelve cars line up, purring their engines.

"READY?" Their station states. "GO!!"

The two lanes of cars took off, either bumping into each other or going ahead of the others.

Car 48 went around the junctions, and it seems Car 69 did the same. They drift around the pillars, dodging barrels and incoming cars; Car 48 dodges a barrel blinded, siding the car; behind.

"Nice moves." A feminine voice commented beside Will.

Will felt her crack a smirk. He stayed focused.

Car 69 rear-ended 57, causing it to crash into 37, this process repeated, and Car 48 dodged in time: Will kept his bearings.

"Nice, try." Car 48 and 69 were by one another.

They dodge a barrel and hit a ram, Dodging a shark. They land, and the finish line is straight ahead.

Will focus while the Tom-boy keeps looking at Will's screen. She touches Will's Machine, and electricity sparks, causing Will to pull from the driving wheel.

The goth tom-boy took this opportunity to ram 48, and it hit an invisible wall.

"FINISH!! 2nd place /3rd place!!!"

"It was working a minute ago." He checks the machine, dumbfounded. The goth tom-boy snickers. "What?"

"You sure are dumb, Willy?"

Will turned his head, noticing the scar across her right eye to her cheek.

"What do—" Will's eyes darken.

"How long was it, Willy? Two, maybe three years?" She smiled.

Will stand from his seat, leaving the game. The Tom-boy got up, following after him.

"Hey! Hold on, Willy!" The Tom-boy grabs his hand.

Will stops with his back facing her.

"Katlyn, let me go."

"That's such a downgrade." She furrowed her brows. "What's wrong with Kat?"

"Why are you here?" Will squinted his eyes. "And don't bullshit me."

Katlyn releases her hand from his.

"I want to talk. Maybe we can catch up on one another." Katlyn paused before crossing her arms. "I'm sorry, ok? Can you please give me a chance?"

"Fine." Will kept his eyes from her gaze.

"Thanks, smoothies on me?"

...

Katlyn and Will are seated at a table in front of one another by the arcade, drinking smoothies.

"So, what are you up to?" She sips her smoothie.

"I'm alone. I wanted to clear my head." He answered quickly.

'That's a funny way to put it.' A voice whispered in Will's head.

"Alone? Are you telling me you traveled from Bellwood to New York? All in your lonesome?"Katlyn raised a brow.

" I did. The end." He glares while Katlyn laughs.

"Fine, I won't press." The table grew quiet.

Will sips his smoothie, and his eyes wander to Katlyn's eyes wandering around the arcade.

'Say something.' Another voice states. 'What makes her tick?'

"What have you been up to?" The boy strikes up a question getting Katlyn's attention.

She gives a soft grin.

"You know, usual." She sips her smoothie. "Me being a lone wolf and trying to scrape by. It's not like I got anything going for me."

Will stays quiet.

"Dad's dead. My mother doesn't want anything to do with me." She leans on her arms, avoiding her eyes from his. "I'm a freak."

Will fist slams against the table, making the arcade and small smoothie court soundless. Will looks around with an apologetic expression, and everything goes to normal.

"You are no freak. Just different." Katlyn's furrowed her brows.

"That night, you said differently." Will clenches his fist.

"I thought it over." Will sighs. "I was harsh, and everything happened in a split second. I was a dick." Will's eyes land on hers. "Look, I think your power is cool. The way you handled it made me feel safe around you, Kat. I would be lying if I said don't." Katlyn gives a warm grin.

"You know how to butter me up."

"I'm saying, what comes to mind, Kat Levin." Will gives a slight grin.

Katlyn taps her black painted nails on the table. Will noticed.

"You know Will. I miss you." Her hand advanced toward his, that was holding the smoothie cup. "You were the reason. I want to get up in the morning. Your kind words." She grasps Will's hand. "Your smile." She leans toward him. "You make me feel alive." Their lips were inches from each other.

"What do you mean? I can't get my money back?!" A familiar voice shouts, getting the two attention. "That game was Bogus! And you know it!!" She screams.

They noticed Benita down the row of games, arguing with an employee.

"Calm down, girlie. Haven't you read the signs?

'Play at your own risk.'"

"I can't read!!" Benita growls.

"Oh god..." Will hides his face.

"Who's that?" Katlyn stares at Will.

"Nothing." His hand separated from her. "I'll be back." He gets up, but Katlyn is already making her way toward Benita.

"I got it." She turns to Will with a grin.

"No-"

"Trust me." Katlyn cut him off. Before heading to Benita.

'Is that it?' Another voice strikes in his head. 'She took something that belongs to you.'

Will ignored the voice causing it to chuckle.

'You're scared.'

"Leave. Me. Alone." Will said under his breath, trying to keep a low profile.

'That night made you powerless, unguided, vengeful. You started throwing everyone away. Afraid she'll appear, to steal them from your grasps!!'

Will's eyes snapped to Katlyn chatting with Benita.

'We both know. That girl is after something! Why won't you deal with it?!'

Will clenches his teeth.

'For some moral code?! I live long enough to tell you! People like her don't change!!'

Will covered his face with his arms clawing at his hair.

'No..you believed That night was a mistake.' The voice paused. 'YOU THINK YOUR FAMILY WAS?!'

The boy's eyes glowed as his body began to shake.

A loud thud gets Will to snap out of it.

His head snapped down the row of games.

Three punks their age surrounded Katlyn. One of them had her around her shirt collar.

Beside them was another punk pressing Benita against an arcade machine.

"Like I said." The punks growl at Benita. "It's none of your concern."

"My main concern is your breath." Benita winced. "You never heard of mouth wash?"

The punk throws her to the ground. Will stands to his feet before finding a safe spot to change.

Benita winces before glaring up at the punk.

"Oh, your mad?" He staggered. "Don't hurt me." He laughs.

Benita's hands slowly inch for the Omnitrix.

A blue line dashes past Benita causing her hair and shirt to crackle before it: dashes into the boy.

The Kid flew past his crew before crashing against an arcade machine.

His crew and Katlyn look at Grid in front of Benita with his arms crossed.

"Who the hell is that guy?!" The boy holding Katlyn questioned.

"Dude, He messes Jodie up." Another punk checked on his fallen friend seeing him unconscious with a black eye.

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way?" Grid states as his visor opens, revealing his dark glare. "And today is not my day." His menacing glare deepens.

"Shit!!!" The kid holding, Katlyn, let's go. "Come on!!! This freak brought backup!" He races from the scene.

"W-Wait, Sid!" The teenagers follow after helping Jodi up.

Grid sighs before his visor conceal his identity.

"Hey!" A familiar voice gets Grid's attention. Katlyn stared wide-eyed at him. "Who are you?"

Grid stays silent before dashing from her line of sight.

Katlyn looks around while her eyes land on Benita, which only has her hands clenched.

Benita noticed her stare before smiling at her.

....

Outside the Arcade, Will exit to see Gwen arguing with Benita while Katlyn hides her smirk.

"Grandpa is waiting, like now." Gwen glares.

"He can wait." Benita shrug.

Katlyn noticed Will exiting from the entrance.

"Willy! You missed it." She opened her arms to Will, getting Gwen and Benita's gaze. "Some blue speedster destroyed those group of losers, the guy friends with Ben here."

"R-really now?" The boy avoids eye contact with Gwen and Benita, giving him a tense gaze.

'Ha! Ha! You in trouble now!' A few voices in Will's head giggle at the boy's misfortune.

"Wait, Willy?" Gwen raised a brow. "You know this 'person'? Will?!"

"Uh, she's an old friend of mine." Will stuttered while Katlyn wrapped her arm around Will's shoulder.

"By an old friend, He means Girlfriend." Katlyn's grin became a glare. "And I watch your tone. When you're talking with him."

Gwen could clench her fist.

"She's not-"

"Forget it!" Gwen cut Will off, walking away. "Ben, you're on your own."

"Gwen!"

"I'll be up ahead, Kat." Benita walked her way.

"Ben-" Will growls.

Katlyn laughed.

"They should learn how to read people; Emotional stamped on their foreheads. Is not too hard to miss." She giggled, wiping a tear before she gasped in realization. "You sly dog! Two?! I'm honestly not mad at this. I'm impressed."

"We are Friends!! AND THAT WE'll EVER BE!!" Will roared.

Katlyn remained unfazed.

"Wow...You throw yourself in front of the bus: Is not winning on your confidence points."

Will grunts walking away.

"I can't stand you!"

"What? It's not my fault they can't handle a joke." Katlyn shrugs.

"Am I a joke to you?!" Will turns back to Katlyn with an arched brow.

"What?! What kind of question is that?!"

"It's been how long?! Two or three years?! I hoped you change as I did, but I'm wrong!"

Katlyn turned away from Will, heading toward Benita, waiting for her.

"I don't need to take any of your shit!"

"There you are again!" Will shouts. A few eyes stared from across the street. "Always running when someone wants to help you! How about standing and facing your problems head-on for a change!" Katlyn ignored his statement.

She walked past Benita: that only glared at Will shaking her head.

"Benita!" Will called, only for her to flip him off. "Damn it!"

He cursed to himself.

...

At dusk, Will sat along the edge of the rooftop, Staring down the lined buildings. A billboard for a car insurance company sat across a rooftop from him.

"Where did I go wrong?" He questioned himself, staring down the drop between his swinging legs. Will whips out his phone, seeing the message he left for Benita.

<Be careful and return to the RV. We're waiting for you.>

"Every time I think of the past. I always see Katlyn."

'You can't force someone to change.' A whisper filled Will's head. 'You must give her a reason too.'

'Give her a reason?!' A voice of rage howls in the boy's head. 'She caused you and your aduels pain for years, but not only that. She's manipulating the girl that became your changing point in your life span. Take her out before she causes more damage!'

'I agree.' Another whisper added, getting several hums to the Rageful voice declaration.

'You savages don't have any patience coming to relationships!' Another voice states. 'How about you stay silent for a change!'

'How about you keep your mouth shut! Naz'gul!'

'DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH?!'

The voices in his head began fighting one another, causing Will to grunt his teeth.

"SHUT UP!!!" Will roared, causing the voices to grow silent. "Let. Me. think." He clenches his head.

Suddenly his phone rings. Will whips his phone, getting a message from Benita.

<Be careful and Return to the RV. We're waiting for you.>

<Meet me at Griffen avenue. I want to talk.>

Will study the message.

"Something is not right." He said to himself.

'Proceed with caution.' Whisper states as Will get to his feet.

He shifts Zero before taking to the skies. Zero types the address on his phone, getting the location.

"Ten minutes. Away." Zero said to himself. He glided in the skies, invisible to the civilians below him. "I can cut that."

Zero flipped his wings, gaining speed.

'Why are you ignoring us?' A voice states while Zero keeps his focus. 'We are bonded. It's only a matter of time before you would cooperate.'

"You are only my imagination." Zero spat under his breath.

'You can keep telling yourself that.'

"You have reached your destination." Will phone chimes.

Zero lands in the alley, shifting back to Will. He walked out on the sidewalk with his hands in his pockets.

A few minutes pass as Will avoids eye contact with a civilian pasting him. He throws a hood over his head.

"Where is she?" A hint of annoyance grew in his voice.

A click filled Will's ears as he felt something sharp on his spine.

"Alright, kid." A voice states behind him. "We're going on reverse. If you stall, we're going to have a big problem." The man places a hand on Will's shoulder.

"A-alright." Will agreed to his demands.

They backstepped to the Alley before He threw Will against the wall.

The man aims the pocket knife edge against Will's throat.

"Cash!" The man's rough voice whispers into his ear.

"I don't have it. Just let me go." Will stated calmly.

The Mugger only glared.

'Why indulged in this spawn?' A whisper states. 'We have the power to overthrow him.'

Will sweats.

"I-I don't want to hurt you." Will states. "If this continues, I'm forced to use violence."

The Mugger chuckled before checking Will's pockets.

"Ah!" The Mugger pulled out a few twenties from Will's wallet. "You don't have it." He chuckled. "Your phone!" He drops Will's wallet on the ground.

"Come on, man."

"I'm not screwing around!" A fireball hits the wall by them, causing the Mugger and Will to stagger from the fire on the wall.

Their eyes land on a bright orange light. There stood a female Heatblast with a fist pointed at the Mugger.

"What the fuck!?" The Mugger's eyes bulge from his sockets as Will can only gaze in shock.

"Now, you finally notice." The female smirked. "Give the boy. His hard-working money back."

"W-what?"

"Oh? You misheard me?" She raised a nonexistent brow. "I can miss fire if you want?" Her non-existing eyes darkened. "But this time. I'll try." Her right fist flare while the Mugger slaps the money in Will's hand.

"Fuck this! You can have him!" The Mugger runs from the alley.

Will's eyes stayed on the female that smirked at him.

'Imposter!!' A whisper in Will's head roared.

"Kat?" Will pulled his hoodie down, revealing his arch brows.

"In the flesh." She smiled. "What do you think of the new look?"

"What do I think? How the hell do you become this?!" Will throws his hands out at Katlyn's appearance.

"Forget about me for a moment." Katlyn's flames crackle for a moment. "Have you seen where that blue speedster went?"

"No! What's this about?!" Will shouted. "And why do you have Ben's phone?!"

"I gave it back. Ben's fine." Kat stood above Will before taking a knee. She places her flaming hand on Will's cheek giving him a comfortable warmth. "Everything I touch, I'd destroy." She states as the two looks into each other's eyes. "With you, I can control myself." She said softly.

'Don't tell me you believe in this imbecile.' A voice whispered in Will's head.

"Help me. Willy." Kat states, caressing Will's cheek. "I'll protect you." Katlyn kisses Will before her lips break from his, causing Will's tongue to haze. "This time. I won't make the same mistake."

Will smacks Katlyn's flaming hand from his face. He paced himself from Kat, holding his hands on his head.

"I can't- you!" Will growls before turning back at Katlyn with a glare. "You stole something power to get back with me?!" Katlyn stood to her feet as Will chuckled. "No, you want to use me for your selfish gain."

"That's not true!" Katlyn raises her voice, causing her flames to rise.

"THEN WHY DO YOU NEED ME?!"

"I WANT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT!!" Katlyn shouts while the sole of her feet begins hazing. "We have something good, but ever since that night." She avoids her eyes from his. "Please...let us start over."

Will eyes linger on Katlyn's. He sighs, brushing his hair with his hands.

"Ok. Follow me. Ben and others might not like you at first, but--"

"Not with them!" Will staggered. "They're bad news!"

'This is non-sense!!' A familiar voice filled Will's head. 'TAKE!! HER!! OUT!!'

"I can't leave them!" Will argued.

"WHY?!" Katlyn roared.

"Because they're my family!" Katlyn staggered, getting Will to correct himself. "You are too! You can't just let me choose!" Will clenches his fist. "That's cruel!!"

Katlyn paces herself around Will. She grasped her face while she talked to herself under her breath.

"Kat-"

"NO!" She roared, causing her flames to burst. Will staggered back. "I'm not your family! That is what you said!" She points at Will's face before turning her back on him.

"You know...I hate this." Katlyn's voice grew dark. Will instinctively took a stance. "That girl turn you against me!" She grasps her fists. Magma oozes from her fists, hitting the cement "Ben, change the Will I know into some...GOODIE, TWO SHOES!"

She roared as her deranged look gazed back at Will.

"Kat, let's talk about this." Will reason causing Katlyn to smile at him. He staggered back.

"Sooner or later, they'll turn against you like my mom." Her smile widens. "But, I'll stop them before they do."

With quick hands, she fired a beam at Will's feet. The beam exploded, causing Will to fly before hitting his head on cement.

...

"Hey! Kid?!" A voice shouts. Darkness embraced Will's vision. "Come on!" Will felt his body shake. He opened his eyes to see a crowd of civilians looking down on him. "Oh, thank god." The older man sighed.

Will groans, sitting up.

"Hey! Hey! Slow down." The woman with glasses, kneeling by Will's side, stated. "That blast did a number on you. Luckily, it didn't hurt you too badly."

Will noticed his blue shirt covered in scorch.

"Oh no!" He quickly stood to his feet.

"Hey, what are you?!" The older man said as Will pushed past the lady with glasses.

Will push past the crowd and sprint down the street.

The boy's body begins vibrating before a blue line dashes, causing newspapers to fly.

The blue line zooms down the street, dodging cars and traffic.

'Congrats!!' A voice in Grid's head cheers. "You made your Ex into a deranged superhuman. Would you like another?"

Grid slides under a transfer truck before zooming down traffic.

'Easy on the boy!' Another voice shouts. 'He did his best.'

'Of what?! Failing?'

"I WANT SILENCE!!" GRID roared before leaping across a Construction blockade.

Two minutes later.

Grid found its way back to the RV. He slides to a stop at the RV door, shifting Will.

"Max! Gwen!!" He swings open the door.

Max and Gwen jumped by his sudden yelling.

Will noticed the two seated in the booth.

"Will?!" Max stood to his feet.

"W-what happened to you?!" Gwen questioned.

"I mess up! I mess up real bad!" Will clenches his hair.

"What do you mean?" Max questioned.

"My Ex is out for blood!" Will paces to the sink washing his face."She's after Ben!"

"That girl at the Arcade?" Gwen questioned. "Ben-"

"She's mutant!!!" Will roared, causing Gwen to stagger. "She has the power to absorb anything that she touches. Kat became Heatblast. Imagine what else she can turn to when she gets a hold of Ben."

Max climbed into the driver's seat, starting the RV.

"Let's go find her." Max states.

The RV took off, causing Will and Gwen to stagger.

Gwen climbed into the passenger seat while Will stood behind the two.

"S-sorry, I yelled at you." Will gazed at Gwen, that waved Will off.

"It's fine." Gwen stared back at the head window before squinting her eyes. "W-wait, is that Ben?" Will and Max noticed Benita running along the sidewalk a few feet away.

Max stomps on the brakes, causing the RV to slide to a stop.

The door swings open, and Benita runs inside before slamming it behind her.

"G-guys, it's-" Benita pants.

"We know, Ben." Max states before driving the RV once again.

"Are you alright?!" Will approach the girl causing her to stagger.

"I have to ask the same!" Benita studied Will's scorch appearance.

"Will!" Max called. "Tell us more about this Kat girl."

Benita and Will stood behind Gwen and Max's seats.

"The last time I saw her, she was heat blast." Benita's eyes widen. "I tried to reason, but I only made it worst."

"I saw that!" Benita added. "She was loco!" Benita exclaim. "She tried to kill me. But she managed to escape again." Benita sighs, getting the eyes of Will and Gwen.

"You fought her a second time?!" Gwen raised a brow.

"Indeed, but this time her juice is running out."

"Good." Will sigh in relief. "Do you know where she's heading?"

"Before everything hits the fan. She expressed her hate for Sid and her goons." She noticed Will and Gwen's dazed looks. "The guys in the arcade." Will nodded.

Benita and Will gripped the seats, staggering as the RV slid to a halt. Horns honked as their eyes landed on the row of cars that didn't seem to end.

"Seriously!" Benita grunts.

"It seems we're not getting out of here anytime soon." Max looks over the steering wheel squinting his eyes.

Will looks out the window at the traffic, getting impatient.

"Come on, Ben." Will shifts Red Riot and exits the RV.

"Ok, it's hero time!" She slams her dial flashing green light within the RV. "Ok, I wasn't expecting to be this big." Fourarms mass made her struck in-between the middle of the RV.

"Hurry, Doofus." Gwen looks back at Four arms. "Will is getting away!" She watches Red Riot jump from a car to a truck.

"Oh, right, sorry."

Dion Timmer- Textacy (Tisoki Remix)

...

"Hey, Kat. I'm sorry, can we talk about this?" Sid grunts under the pillar beneath the bridge, luckily.

The rubble prevented the stone from crushing him.

Katlyn's shoes clicked from the cement before her heat blast face glared from above him.

"You should've thought about that sooner." Her heat blast hand flares until something crash behind her. She looks back.

Red riot stood to his feet with a light glare.

"Ah, Ben. Came to include the deal?" She smirked.

"What deal?" Red riot questioned.

"Don't act dumb." She glared. "I know you have more on that watch. Give it to me." She charges her fist at Sid's face.

He closes his eyes, talking under his breath.

"Or Sid won't look like himself." She grins. "Hell, I'm doing him a favor. If you ask me."

"Fine. Take it." Red riot leaves his hand out for Katlyn.

"See? That's not so hard." She approaches Red riot, her aim still on Sid.

She grew inches from taking his hand.

"Oh, yeah. You can't touch this." He jumps back while her power wears off.

"No! Come back here!" She races towards the Red riot. He uses his strength to jump around, avoiding Katlyn. "BEN!!!" She roared, panting.

"AAAAH!" Sid screams gaining the Red riot's attention. A piece breaks off; from the bridge and falls toward the Sid.

"Shit!!" He makes it in time, lifting the debris above Sid's head.

Katlyn takes this time to jump on Red Riot's back.

"You suck at multi-tasking." She chirps before placing her hand on his back.

"No!" Red Riot shouts, throwing Katlyn off.

She flies forward before digging her fingers into the ground: catching herself.

She grins as her eyes shift, Scarlet like her skin. Her muscles grow bigger than watermelons.

Body stretch as Katlyn's bones popped now and again. Her hair grew like vines.

"Fuck me." Red riot stagger. Katlyn towered Red Riot from afar with a massive grin on her face. "Can we talk about this?" He raised his hands in defense.

"No, I don't think I will." She speed walks toward the Red riot before sprinting, causing the ground to shake and thunder.

Red riot staggered.

"RAAAGH!!!" He charged her head-on.

They sprint toward one another before throwing a punch.

Katlyn's fist reaches Red Riot's face. First, her knuckles connect against his cheekbone.

He flies to the side, crashing into an abandoned factory wall.

Bricks showered Red Riot before he noticed Katlyn's shoulder charging him.

Red Riot side step dodging Kat's charge. She crashes through the brink wall while Red Riot gain distances from her.

"Fuck." He tested his jaw.

Red riot eyed the darkness within the hole of the wall. A Rubble shape ball hurls toward Red riot.

Red Riot side slide tilting his upper body. He dodges the ball. It crashes into the ground giving a sickening thud.

Red riot looks back at the hole in the wall. Many more hurled after the Red alien.

He dodges one after another. Red riot spins on his feet, punching the rubble ball apart.

Katlyn closes her distance on Red riot.

She punches his face, causing Red riot to stagger before she knees him in his gut. Red Riot coughs blood.

"You think you can beat me?" She grasps his black tight, shirt-lifting, Red Riot overhead. "Think again, Benny--" A punch connects onto Katlyn's nose. She drops Red Riot and flies back, rolling across the ground.

"I don't think so, Redhead." She cracks her neck with a glare.

Katlyn groans.

Her daze eyes see Fourarms helping Red riot to his feet.

"There's two of you?!" She roared, slamming her fist into the cement, making a web of cracks. "Who the Hell are you?!!!" She booms.

"Benita. Did my friend punch you too hard or something?" Four arms raised a brow.

Katlyn clenches her head.

"I'm so stupid. Who are you?!!" She gets ups while Red Riot wipes the blood from his nose.

"Someone here to stop you!!" Red Riot and Four arms rush Katlyn.

Fourarms go for a punch, but Kat step-spins, dodging her attack, and kicks Red Riot blocking her attack, but he rockets onto the ground, sliding his shoulder.

Fourarms turn around to smash Katlyn, but Kat catches it. They made a crater, and strong wind thundered from their strength.

"This alien is strong, but I need to be stronger." Katlyn's grin shakes as her hands absorb Four arms' power.

"Shoot!" Four arms cursed herself as she began throwing punches from her lower arms into Katlyn's gut.

Katlyn's eyes shook before she grew two other arms on her lower torso.

Her right scarlet eye becomes a split two yellow-like four arms.

"Uh, oh." Four arms noticed Katlyn's intense glare.

Katlyn headbutts Fourarms, causing her to stagger back.

Katlyn switches her feet before releasing a heavy spinning heel kick into Four arms' cheekbone.

She flies into the brick wall.

Red Riot appeared behind Katlyn, holding her in place.

"Kat! Listen to me! Stop this now!!" Red Riot roared.

Kat breaks out from Red Riot's grip, uppercutting him.

He flies into the pillar by Sid, Where Max and Gwen lift the debris to get him out.

"It's Moving Day, go." Max points his thumb over his shoulder.

"Thanks, old man! She's crazy!!" Sid limps away with haste.

"Is that all you got?" She wipes the blood leak from her lips.

She approaches, Fourarms staggering to her feet.

The watch symbol in the center of her chest begins flashing red before it flashes, revealing Ben.

"Not, now." She drops on her face before beginning to crawl away toward Max, Gwen, and the unconscious Red Riot.

Katlyn grabs Benita's wrist with the watch.

Katlyn pulls on the Omnitrix with a growl.

"Why can't this stupid thing come off?!!" She shouts at Benita, screaming in pain. Kat grew rougher, causing Benita to clench her teeth.

"Will get up!" Max encourages the unconscious Red Riot, leaning against the pillar. Max looks back at Ben with his fingers wiggling.

"Come on, Dweeb!!!" Gwen shakes Red riot before looking back at Benita's screams. "GET UP, WILL!!!" She shook him harder. '

...

'Why do I have this power?' Will questioned himself. 'I can't do anything right. Why would the universe put its weight on me?!'

He felt droplets showering him. Will opened his eyes to a chapel before him while heavy rain drenched him.

"This place-" The slamming of a door gains his attention.

"Kat! KAT!" Young Katlyn, before the scar, walked past Will. Young Will runs past present Will grabbing Katlyn's hand. Katlyn throws her hand from his. "Don't do this!"

"You don't have to gut to do it, but I'll do it for you!" Katlyn shouted firmly.

"By what?! Risking your life for me?!" He shouts over the rain.

"That's what friends are for!!"

"Friends support each other! Not inflict harm and crime!!"

"You're family is running out of options! They need this mon-"

"Big brother!!" Young Will and Katlyn look back at the voice seeing a little girl with freckles and brown rim glasses. "Mom and dad have been looking for you!" She rushes to Will before he throws his hand out toward her.

"Go home! Jane! I'll be home!"

"Not without you!" She shouts as Katlyn goes to sneak away, but Will notices.

Will grabs Katlyn's wrist.

Katlyn pushes Will to the ground, getting covered with mud and grass.

"Leave! MY BIG BROTHER ALONE!!!" She races toward Katlyn.

'No, don't!!!' Present Will raced to tackle Jane, but he only fazed through.

He crashes into the grass as Jane goes punching Katlyn's gut.

"Hey! Knock it off!!" Katlyn tries to push Jane away, but she only comes back for more.

Present Will and Young Will look to the conflict.

"WAIT!! NO!!!" Present Will and Young Will scream, reaching out.

Jane bites Katlyn on the arm, causing her to roar in pain. Electric builds up in Katlyn's body before causing a sparkling explosion.

Jane flies back, crashing on her back. Smoke hazed from her darkened body.

"AAAAAAAAH!!!" Young Will races to Jane's side while Present Will clenches the grass in his grasp as tears begin pouring from his face with the rain.

Young Will began shaking the darkened little girl.

"J-jane! JANE!! Stay with me!!!" Young Will cried as Katlyn's hands shook.

"I-I'm sorry." Katlyn slowly approaches him. "I didn't-"

"GO!!!" Young Will pushes Young Katlyn back, causing her to stagger. "LEAVE US ALONE!!!" He roared.

"Will-"

"I SAID GO!!! YOU FREAK!!!" He clenches his fist.

Young Katlyn staggered. She looks to the ground with shaking lips.

"I-I go find help." She said under her breath before running from his sight.

'I am too weak.' Present Will grins his teeth as Young Will races back to Jane's side.

"No! No! Stay with me, Jane!!" Jane's body smoked. "COME ON!! Get up!!!" He does CPR revealing no result.

'Why am I chosen?' Present Will looks to Young Will in slow motion.

"GET UP!!" His tears hit Jane's chest before Will slammed his fist on her chest.

'Why do good people have to DIE!!' Present Will felt his heart race like a drum.

Present Will heartbeat sync's with Young Will CPR. Young Will slams his fist on Jane again.

This time Present Will's heart quaked.

'WHY DO I HAVE THIS CURSE!!!' Present Will stands to his feet while his eyes emit yellow electricity.

"DON'T LEAVE US!!!!" Young Will and Gwen's screams came in sync with Present Will roaring to the sky.

His heart pulses rapidly, and yellow electricity surrounds roaring Will. His sparking pupils become sheeted with a yellow glow.

...

"RAAAAGH!!!!!" Red Riot gave a Primal roar blowing Max and Gwen back with a sudden burst of wind.

Catching the attention of Katlyn and Benita.

Yellow sparks emit from Red riot, black spiked hair.

His glowing eyes pulse while a firey blood aura hazes from his body.

He leaps towards Katlyn with a warcry. His punch connects against Katlyn's cheekbone, causing a spike in the air. Blood spills from her mouth.

Enraged, Red Riot lands on his feet before clenching his shaking fist. "RAAAAAGH!!!" He begins landing machine gun-like punches: on Katlyn. Every strike is like thunder in the skies. "RAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Katlyn drops Benita staggering back while Red Riot continues his onslaught.

Kat's red fist clashes against Red Riot's jaw, stopping his attack, yet he tanks it slowly, twitching his furious gaze.

Her eyes widen while he plants his fist into her face causing her to fall onto her back.

His knuckles connect against her gut and face until he lands a last heavy blow causing Katlyn to cough blood.

Red Riot grabs her black shirt and hurls her in the sky.

She flips while Red Riot squats, clenching his fist as gravity pulls Katlyn down.

"STAY DOWN!!!" Red riot roars as his fist connect to Katlyn's gut: breaking wind.

She zooms in the air before crashing into the side of the bridge.

Katlyn crashes to the ground in front of the Tennysons.

Red Riot pants as his aura and sparks vanish.

His spiked hair became soft once more.

"O-ok." She spits her blood and a tooth to the side. "I-I give! I give!" Red Riot approaches Katlyn lying on her chest before Benita cuts him off.

"Ben. Move." Red Riot gave a stern gaze.

"I'm sorry! Alright!" Benita's hands shake as her back is toward Red Riot.

"Come again?" Red Riot raised a brow.

"I grew too cocky. I thought I'll handle everything on my own. I was wrong." Benita bites her lip. "I leaned on you, but can you lean on me?" She looks over her shoulder at Red riot with sincerity pouring from her eyes.

Red Riot's eyes linger on her eyes before he stands down. Benita's eyes land on Katlyn.

"You can stop all this. You can still change." Benita states.

"I can change?" Katlyn questioned Benita.

" I know so." She stares determinedly.

Katlyn's gaze lands on Red Riot behind Benita.

"You?" Red Riot clenches his fist. "Who are you?" Red Riot stays slient before shifting back to Will with his head down.

His brown eyes land on Katlyn's scarlet and double yellow eyes.

She shakes.

"You're like me..." Katlyn's lips shivered.

"It's complicated." Will avoid his eyes. "I can tell you." His eyes land on Katlyn. "Unless you come along with us." He gave a shaking smile.

"No way." Katlyn looks away. "I'm just--"

"You're more than that." Katlyn's soft eyes land on Will's. "You're my family."

Katlyn's breath shakes while tears: rain from her eyes.

"Wh-what is this?" She wipes her tears as Will and the Tennysons give soft smiles. "I'm crying." She sniffs before looking at Benita.

"You know...I'll help." Her voice shakes.

"Really?" Benita raised a brow.

"Yeah." She smiled before wincing."But first, I need help." Benita and Will chuckled, approaching Katlyn.

Katlyn holds out her big hand to Benita, who took it first. Katlyn grew a dark grin.

"Ben! Wait!!" Gwen and Will shouted.

Katlyn grabs Benita's wrist, trying to take the watch.

Will races toward the two.

"Wait, don't--" A green shockwave blew Katlyn and Will back.

Will and Katlyn crashed on their backs.

Katlyn got up and noticed she was back to normal.

"No!!!!" Katlyn gazed at unconscious Will until running away.

Benita runs to Will's aid.

"Will? Will?!" She shakes him while Gwen and Max approach them.

Will coughs and turns over: causing them to relax.

"Christ, was that your watch?" He winces.

"Sorry." She softly grins before looking for Katlyn. "Dang, she's gone."

"Don't worry about her. Hopefully, that made her retire." Max kept a lookout.

Gwen took a knee from Will.

"Left her be." Will raises only to fall back down. "Ow! Ow! Yeah, let me stay here for a bit." He sighs.

"It'll be best if you get in the RV." Max goes to leave.

"Grandpa!" Benita called, getting Max to look over his shoulder. "I'm sorry." Max only grins.

"Smooth like butter, Ben. I'll get the RV." Max walks away.

Benita and Gwen look down at Will, looking up at the sky.

"Huh. Time sure, fly by." Will places his hands on his gut.

Gwen and Benita look up at the starry sky.

"Hey, Will?" Gwen called.

"Uh, ye-" Gwen flicks Will's nose. "Ow!!! What was that for?!"

"That's for scaring me." She gave a slight smirk.

"Awwwww!" Gwen glared at Benita with her hands pressed against her cheek while her eyes sparkled. "Someone has a--" Gwen flicks Benita's nose. "MMMMM!!!" She bites her lip. " YOUR DEAD!!!" Benita tackles Gwen on the ground while Will sighs softly, staring at the stars above him.

"Rest in peace. Little Sis." Benita and Gwen grunt before Benita yelps.

"YOU BIT ME YOU LITTLE-"