//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: The Omnitrix Hero: Omniversal Collision // by Banshee531 //------------------------------// Flash could hardly believe what he was seeing, as the beast's roar threatened to shatter his eardrums. The dinosaur then raised its giant fist and tried to smash it down on Flash, who barely managed to leap out of the way in time. The fist slammed into the ground and shook the street, Flash being sent staggering by it and falling on his face. As the dinosaur pulled its fist out, Shining's jet flew down and started unleashing a barrage of bullets. They slammed into the dinosaur, but the creature barely seemed phased by it and only slightly annoyed. However, the onslaught did give Flash the opening he needed to roll onto his back and activate the Ultimatrix. He cycled through his aliens, trying to find one strong enough to fight this creature. But the dinosaur finally turned to him and prepared to attack again, forcing Flash to focus on saving his skin. As such, as the dinosaur swung its fist towards him, a green flash filled the air and Flash disappeared. The dinosaur struck the ground, but hit nothing. "Missed me." The creature turned to see XLR8, who smiled before speeding out of sight. The alien speedster started spinning around the dinosaur, creating a tornado that he hoped would pick the beast up. But all this did was push the beast off balance for a moment, until it raised its arms and smashed them down into the ground. The street shook again and XLR8 was knocked staggering and forced to slow down. The dinosaur charged and leapt into the air, bringing both its feet together intending to smash into the ground and create an earthquake level shockwave. XLR8 saw this and gasped before hitting the Omnitrix, allowing him to transform into a blue quadrupedal lizard. "Arctiguana!" He cried before unleashing a blast of ice towards the ground, quickly creating a ramp that moved up towards the dinosaur. The giant found itself hitting the ramp and slipping down it, sliding towards Arctiguana as the lizard leapt into the air before firing out a blast of ice below him. This created an ice wall, which he landed on before jumping off. Moments later, the dinosaur slammed into it and shattered the ice. The beast roared as it rolled along the ground, ice bouncing off its hard body and armor as it came to a stop. "That's right," Arctiguana smirked. "Bring it on." He unleashed another blast of ice towards the dinosaur, who quickly picked itself up and used one of its gauntlets to block the ice. This caused the metal armor to freeze up, but protected the creature as it began to rush forward. Arctiguana fired a freeze ray at the ground, icing it up and causing the creature to slip and fall. It roared as it slid towards the lizard, who leapt over to one of the buildings and hung onto it as the dinosaur smashed into the ice ramp from before. "Shining. Any idea what this thing is?" "Vaxasaurian," he read off his ship's computer. "Abilities include strength and size alteration. But it says this species is usually docile." "He doesn't seem very docile to me!" Shining looked out the window, as Arctiguana leapt away from the building. Seconds later, a chunk of ice slammed into the building and broke apart. "What am I supposed to do?" Shining kept searching, trying to find something that could help Flash not get destroyed. "Try talking to it. They're supposed to be intelligent enough to understand speech." "You're kidding, right?" "Just try," Shining replied before switching the frequency. "Twilight. Tell me what you know about this light pillar. Is it doing anything else?" "No," Twilight replied. "After that thing leapt out of it, the energy started decreasing. I think it's going to disappear." "So we gotta send that thing back before it does?" "Something's off about that thing. It's acting beastly, but it knew to use its armor to shield itself. But then it's just attacking, without any thought or strategy." Shining watched Arctiguana leap over the dinosaur, who simply staggered around as the lizard landed. "You're right," he realised. "that means...someone else is feeding it commands." "Exactly," Twilight nodded. "Someone's controlling it. Which means there might be a way for us to free it from that control." "Get working on a way to stop it. I'm going down there to help Flash." He cut the call and pulled the jet down towards the battle, as Arctiguana tried to freeze the dinosaur's feet to the ground. But the beast simply broke through the ice and punched the ground again. As Shining flew down, he switched the jet to autopilot and leapt out the same hole Flash had been thrown out of. Falling towards the ground, he took out his Multi-Striker and holo-rod before turning it into a hand held copter blade. This slowed his descent, as he fired his blast at the dinosaur. But the vaxasaurian once again used his gauntlets to defend himself, whilst Shining landed on the ground. At the same time, Arctiguana hit the Ultimatrix and transformed again. "Eatle!" The beetle alien roared, as he quickly grabbed a bunch of the destroyed street and shoved it into his mouth. Moments later, the alien hero's horn end glowed before firing a beam of energy. The beam struck the dinosaur, along with Shining's blasts. These struck areas that weren't covered in armor, causing the alien pain and making it stagger back. But with a mighty roar, it turned towards a building and grabbed onto it. With one great pull, a large section was ripped out and the dinosaur raised it above its head. "I don't think so!" Eatle shoved some more rock into his mouth before launching a laser right at the building wall, destroying it and causing the rubble to rain down upon the beast. As it did, Shining noticed movement above them. Something was flying towards them and as they got close, a flash caused them to transform. The next thing he knew, a large staff slammed into the ground and someone slid down it. "Are you guys having a party without me?" Trixie asked, her staff shrinking back to normal as she got into a fighting stance. Eatle and Shining did the same, Shining holding up his blaster and Eatle got ready to transform if needs be. The vaxasaurian pulled itself out of the rocks that buried it, kicking several away only for Shining to blast them to rubble. Trixie touched the coin on her head before thrusting her staff forward, a flash of light creating an exact copy of the beast. This confused the dinosaur, but it quickly got over it and tried to punch the illusion. But its fist just flew through it and knocked the monster off balance, as Eatle charged forward. He hit the Ultimatrix and transformed, leaping into the air as a green flash surrounded him. "Bloxx!" The gorilla made of building blocks flew out of the light and extended his arm, punching the vaxasaurian but doing little against the creature's hard face. He then extended his other arm and grabbed its gauntlet, using it to swing under the dinosaur whilst Shining started firing. Trixie created multiple copies of them, distracting the beast as it tried to kick the fakes away. As it did, Bloxx reshaped his fists into a pair of cannons. He pointed them at the dinosaur and started firing squares of condensed bricks, which slammed into the unarmored sections of the vaxasaurian. They exploded into multiple smaller bricks, slashing at the beast's body. But its skin was so thick, they didn't even seem to scratch it. All it did was litter the ground with rocks, but the dinosaur's large feet simply crushed them underfoot. "Oh, come on!" The vaxasaurian turned to him and reached out, Bloxx trying to escape but getting caught around the waist. "HEY!" He was lifted into the air, as the dinosaur's grip got tighter and tighter. "Not...fun." "Let him go!" Shining cried, running up to the alien and leaping into the air. His Multi-Striker morphed into a sword, which he swung at the monster's wrist. But it shifted its arm so the sword struck the armor, doing nothing against it. Bloxx pulled on his body and made everything below his chest detach, the blocky gorilla arm walking up the dinosaur's arm as his legs regrew. As they did, Trixie created a flock of illusionary birds that circled around the beast and distracted it. This allowed her to get behind the creature, as Bloxx landed on the other side. She then thrust her staff forward and extended it, Bloxx catching the other end and Shining changed his Multi-Striker. It transformed into a bazooka-like weapon, which he quickly fired towards the dinosaur's chest. The vaxasaurian crossed its arms and the blast slammed into its gauntlets, knocking it staggering backwards as the metal began to crack. And as it did, Bloxx and Trixie held the staff as high as they could. The dinosaur tripped over the staff and fell towards the ground, roaring as it crashed into the street and made a trench in the ground. The pair smiled at this, but then the vaxasaurian's tail flicked around and smashed into Trixie. "Augh!" She was knocked flying back, slamming into a building and falling to the ground. This distracted the boys, allowing the dinosaur alien to roll around before pushing itself up. It then turned to glare at them both before raising its arms. Bloxx saw this and quickly reached over to grab Trixie, pulling her towards him as Shining ran over as well. And when they reached him, he hit the Ultimatrix seconds before the alien slammed its arms into the ground. A shockwave flew out and damaged several buildings in the area, sending rock and dust slamming towards its opponents. The dinosaur roared when the shockwave died down, whilst the dust began to settle. And when it did, a wall of crystals could be seen before retracting into the ground. Diamondhead sighed in relief, whilst Shining held a recovering Trixie. "We need to stop this thing, now." Just then, Shining's badge beeped and Shining answered the call. "Twilight. Tell me you've got something?" "That armor is affecting the alien in a strange way. A signal is being sent to the helmet and shifting its brainwaves. But it's the signal's origins that's the surprise. It's coming from the pillar." They all turned to the light, still coming down from space. "So how do we stop it?" Diamondhead asked, as he started firing gem shards towards the alien. "The signal might be coming from the pillar, but the armor's being powered by something else. Something located beneath the chest armor. Take that out and you might be able to stop it." "Yeah. Sounds easy!" Diamondhead charged forward, as Shining carried Trixie over to safety. The vaxasaurian slammed its fist into the ground, but Diamondhead did the same and created a line of crystals that blocked the incoming shockwave. He then punched the ground again, causing gems to grow around the dinosaur's feet. Diamondhead then charged and as the vaxasaurian pulled at the gems, he leapt up and slashed at the chest armor. He cut into it, but not enough to make it fall apart. And as he landed, the dinosaur tried to punch him. But he leapt to the side and extended his bladed arm forwards, slamming it into the chest armor and cutting through it some more. The vaxasaurian finally managed to pull its leg free and kicked it towards Diamondhead, who crossed his arms just in time to brace himself before getting knocked flying backwards. He kept his feet on the ground, skidding to a stop as the dinosaur charged again. Thinking fast, Diamondhead slammed his hands into the ground and was pushed up by a wall of crystals that appeared. The vaxasaurian couldn't stop in time and slammed into it, causing it to stagger back whilst Diamondhead leapt down and turned his arms into hooks. The speed of his fall allowed him to hook the blades into the damaged armor and give a might pull, causing the whole thing to finally rip off the dinosaur. "Got it!" He cried, landing and throwing the armor away before looking up. "Now what's powering-" He stopped when he saw it, his eyes clearly playing tricks on him. In the centre of its chest was a round dial, with the same black and green symbol that was currently adorning Diamondhead's chest. An Omnitrix. "That's impossible." He was pulled out of his shock, when the vaxasaurian thrust its fist towards him. But Flash had had enough for this fight, sidestepping the punch before rushing forward. Using all his strength, he leapt up towards the dino's chest and swung his arm around to slap the dial. And when he did, a green flash of light filled the street and the vaxasaurian roared before shrinking down. The armor and helmet fell of of him, as a human replaced it. When the light faded away, a brown haired peach skinned teen landed on the ground and looked unconscious. Diamondhead landed next to him and gave the teen a once over, as Shining and a now awake Trixie walked around the diamond wall. "Where's the dino?" Trixie asked, holding her head as they spotted the teen on the ground. "And who's that?" "He's the vaxasaurian," Flash replied before a bright flash of light filled the air. They turned towards the light pillar, which was glowing bright before appearing to retract into the sky. "Now what?" Shining asked, as the light got further and further away. And eventually, it completely disappeared. But not without consequence. Up in the sky, glowing against the blue air around it, was a giant golden crack. It was like a crack one would see on a wall, zigzagging several times whilst unleashing some kind of golden mist. It was thousands of miles into the air, but its size allowed it to be seen from the ground. "That can't be good," Flash gulped before turning back to the teen. Shining opened a call to Twilight. "Are you reading anything from that...whatever it is?" "Actually, yes. Now that it's in that state, its energy signature is more stable. I'm getting a clear reading on it." They waited for her to examine the data. "But I'm still not clear on what it is." They moaned. "But, the energy is very similar to the device Shadow had." "Which device?" Trixie asked. "The one that he used to look through other universes." Shining frowned as he stared at the crack. "So you're saying, that crack is connected to another universe." "That would explain this," Flash spoke up. They looked down and saw him kneeling beside the unconscious teen, whose sleeve he had pulled up to reveal an odd yet familiar device. A mostly white wrist watch with green trim and black on the dial. The pattern on said dial was very familiar. "Is that..." Trixie couldn't bring herself to answer. "An Omnitrix," Flash replied. "Remember what I said about him being the vaxasaurian. He was using this Omnitrix to transform. And the Omnitrix was being used to power the armor that was controlling him. "So..." Shining looked around at the damage and devastation, "none of this is his fault." Flash nodded and looked up at the crack in the sky, a twinge of danger moving down his spine. Something or someone was behind this guy's attack on their town. And if they wanted to fix whatever was going on, they would need to learn everything they could from the teen that had just attacked them. Golden lightning spread throughout a void of many colours. The place was the most insane thing anyone could ever think to be. Every colour one could think of, along with many mixed colours, filled this empty space. And in certain areas, storm clouds or nebulas could be seen flying randomly through this void. In one section of this place, the snake-head ship could be seen floating in front of a large crack in the void. Said crack looked exactly like the one that was currently hanging over Canterlot, the energy within the void hitting it at random intervals. Inside the ship, Eon and Vilgax were watching the battle between Flash and the vaxasaurian. The last thing the footage showed, was Diamondhead leaping towards the camera before a green flash made the feed go dead. "No!" Eon cried, slamming his hands on the console. Vilgax glared down at him. "You assured me that this Omnitrix wielder would be far more powerful than Sentry. And yet, he was easily defeated." Eon turned to him. "Tennyson lost because of the limitations we put on him. If we had allowed him to fight on his own, he would have defeated this Sentry without issue. But that would risk him being able to fight off the armor's control. At his full power, Ben Tennyson is a dangerous enemy to face. And now that he's been defeated, we will most likely have to deal with him ourselves." "Hardly," Vilgax announced. "Unlike you, I plan for every contingency." Eon raised an eyebrow. "What did you do?" Vilgax stepped forward and with his non-mechanical arm, started typing away at the computer. "The armor we attached Tennyson with has a secondary signal, which will allow us to hack into any security system it's near. I'm certain when Sentry takes him back to their base of operations, they will take the armor with them. And then, we can take control of their base and use it against them." "Not a bad plan," Eon nodded. "But that still doesn't fix the problem we have with the ship." He turned to look out the window, at the crack that had formed. "We used up all our power getting this far. This piece of junk is thousands of years old. It's running on fumes right now and doesn't have the power to go the rest of the way." "Then we'll just have to get more power." "And where do you plan on getting it?" Eon asked. "This thing doesn't just take double A batteries. It would take the energy of a sun to get this thing charged up. There's no way that planet has anything that powerful." "Don't be so sure," Vilgax told him. "Sentry wasn't the only fool that tried to stop me in the past. He has friends that have their own strange abilities. And several of them, are infected with an energy source that'll be more than enough to power this ship. We just have to get our hands on them." "And how do you intend on doing that?" Eon asked. "Isn't it obvious? Those fools are heroes. And heroes arrive whenever weaker fools are placed in danger. All we have to do, is pray on their greatest weakness. Their care for others." Eon nodded. It was the perfect way to get their targets. And once they had them, they would have the power needed to destroy everything. In the Plumber base, the brown haired kid let out a moan as he began to come around. He opened his eyes, but had to shield them from the light that was beaming down on him from above. And as he slowly recovered, he looked around and realised he was in some kind of cell. "What the?" He sat up, his head feeling like he had just taken a tetramand punch to the cranium. "Where am I?" "In one of our holding cells." He spun around and saw Flash, Shining and Trixie standing on the other side of an energy field. "And you'll be staying here until we know we can trust you," Shining explained. The teen smirked. "Okay. That's not happening." He pulled up his sleeve, but his eyes went wide when he found a metal cuff around his wrist. He tried to remove it, but it wouldn't come off. Which meant he couldn't use the Omnitrix. "Take this off, now!" "I don't think so," Flash stepped forward. "Listen. If you turn out to be trustworthy, we'll let you out with an apology. But until then, just sit tight and maybe tell us what you know about that crack in the sky." "Crack in the sky?" He asked, "what are you talking about? And why should I tell you anything?" Flash responded by holding up his arm, showing him the device he was wearing. "Is that..." "The Ultimatrix. It's an upgraded version of your Omnitrix that-" "Transforms an alien into their Ultimate form," the teen glared. "I know. I used to have one. But why do you have it? Are you working with Albedo?" "Never heard of him," Flash replied. "Look Ben. We just wanna know what's going on. I know this might be hard to believe. But you're currently in another universe." Ben looked surprised, but then shrugged. "Not really. Ain't the first time I've found myself in another one." He stared at the device on Flash's arm. "So...you're the one with the Omnitrix in this world?" "Yeah," Flash nodded, "I used to have an Omnitrix. But I...I had to destroy it to save everyone. I was able to get the Ultimatrix, but..." "I get ya," Ben nodded. "I've been where you've been. Just not the same." He sat back down, as a thought appeared in his head. "Hey. If I'm not world famous, how do you know my name?" Flash held something else up. A wallet, which fell open to reveal a driver's licence. "Seriously?" "We were checking for any other weapons," Shining explained. "You're clean. But it also let us know who you were." He stepped forward. "I think it's time for some introductions." He stepped forward, taking out his badge and showing it to Ben. "My name is Shining Armor. I'm a member of an intergalactic police force called-" "The Plumbers," Ben replied. "I know. I'm a Plumber too." That surprised them. "Right," Shining put the badge away. "Anyway." He gestured to the other two. "This is Trixie Lulamoon. And this world's alien hero. Flash Sentry." Trixie waved as Flash nodded, the teen speaking up again. "Look. I'm sorry we have to do this to you. But after what happened, we can't risk you possibly being a double agent or something." "Why?" Ben asked, "what happened?" Shining held up his badge and used it to project a recording for Ben to see, showing him in his armored vaxasaurian form. "No way! He cried, "I did that?" "You were under some kind of control," Shining explained. "But we still can't be sure you didn't let yourself be put under control in order to act as a victim." "Ouch," Ben frowned, "paranoid much. So how do I prove that I'm the good guy?" "We have a friend that can read minds," Flash explained. "She's gonna take a little look inside your head and see what's really going on up there. Once we're sure you're on the up and up, you'll be let out of that cell." "I'll go see how much longer she'll be," Shining headed towards a teleporter pod. Trixie followed suit and soon, it was just Flash and Ben alone. The pair looked at one another for a moment, Ben choosing to lay down on his cell bench. "So," he smirked, "you world famous like me?" "Yup," Flash nodded. "My identity was made public a while ago. Though I wish I still had my secret sometimes." "Same here," Ben agreed. "Being world famous has its perks, but it can also be a total drag. How'd your identity get revealed? Someone announce it to the world?" "Pretty much," Flash nodded. "In your universe, do you have a squid-like villain named-" "Vilgax?" Ben sat up, "you have one here?" Flash nodded. "Tough break. My Vilgax has been making my life difficult for almost seven years." "Seven years?" Flash looked him over. "How old are you?" "I just turned seventeen," Ben smirked. "Why? How old do you think I am?" "Seventeen. But that would mean you and Vilgax have been enemies since you were ten years old." "Yeah," Ben nodded, "that's how long I've had the Omnitrix." Flash looked shocked by this. "Wait. How long have you been an alien super hero?" "Not seven years," Flash stated. "It's only been...I'm not sure how long? Less than a year." "Seriously?" Ben asked, "And you've already got an Ultimatrix?" Flash shrugged, "I don't get it. I've been to a bunch of different universes. Met a bunch of different Omnitrix wielders. They've all had theirs for years." Flash frowned, wondering why his came so late. In the higher levels, Shining and Trixie were with Twilight. On the computer, security footage showed the rest of the Rainbooms heading into the base. "Great," Shining nodded. "Once Sunset scans this guy's memory, we can figure out who he really is." He turned to Twilight, "any luck finding a Ben Tennyson in the database? Maybe this world's version of him can give us a clue about his character." "No Ben Tennyson," Twilight replied. "None that's alive, anyway." As she said that, the computer beeped and Twilight brought up another window. "DNA analysis on this Ben is complete. Nobody with his DNA signature is registered anywhere." Shining frowned. "But...there is a connection to the Plumbers" "What do you mean?" Trixie asked, as Twilight brought up a Plumber info page on a young human. "His DNA has several markers that indicate he's a descendant of a Plumber. Max Tennyson." "I knew that name sounded familiar," Trixie realised. "Xylene told us if he was alive, she would have sent the Omnitrix to a Plumber named Max." Shining nodded. "That's the guy Tirek killed." He stared at the face on the screen. "So, he survived in another universe. Then must have had a family, with Ben being his descendant." "Probably his grandson," Twilight guessed. "If that world's Xylene programmed the Omnitrix to connect to Max's DNA, Ben's is a close enough match to let him use it." "Guess that explains how Ben got the Omnitrix," Shining agreed. "But it doesn't confirm whether we can trust him or not." As he said that, the Rainbooms arrived with Sunset stepping forward. "Hey!" She cried, "what the heck is going on? The whole city's in a panic." "We're working on it," Shining told her. "But we need your help to determine something." They all raised an eyebrow, as Shining explained what had happened. Back below, Flash and Ben were talking about some of their adventures along with the aliens they both had and didn't have. "You call him XLR8 too?" Flash asked, with Ben nodding. "What the heck? How did we both come up with the same names for all our shared aliens?" Ben shrugged. "Who knows. I'd say the Omnitrix had a preference for people that can come up with great names, but I've met a version of me that gives them terrible names. He calls XLR8 Speedy Quick." "Seriously?" Flash asked. "Do I even wanna know what he calls Goop or Molestache?" Ben shrugged as another question came into his head. "Hey, how many aliens do you have? I know you probably started with ten, but you must have more by now." Flash nodded. "Yeah. I started with ten, but then I got..." He stopped and started counting the new aliens he obtained since getting the Omnitrix, Ben watching him use his fingers. "I think I have about...thirty. Maybe more. Maybe less." "Thirty," Ben looked shocked. "You've only had the Omnitrix a few months and you've been able to get a third of the number that took me seven years to get." Flash shrugged, "don't know what to tell you." Ben groaned. "So which aliens do you have, other than the ones we've talked about? You have Ditto?" Flash shook his head, "Sandbox?" He shook his head again, "Alien X?" "That one sounds cool," Flash told him. "What can that one do?" Before Ben could answer, the teleporters flashed and Shining returned with the girls. Rainbow rushed over to the cell and looked Ben over. "So this is the guy that ripped open the sky?" "Hey," Ben frowned, "I didn't rip anything. I have no idea what I'm doing here." He frowned. "The last thing I remember is...leaving Methanos and flying through space." This confused them. "My friends and I have been on a galactic road trip, travelling to different planets and seeing what makes the universe tick. We then got a message saying another planet had been attacked and a powerful spaceship was uncovered and taken. After that...I'm not sure." "Well," Shining told him, "maybe Sunset can uncover those lost memories. If they actually exist." He prepared his blaster and pointed at Ben. "Here's the deal. You let Sunset read your mind. If you try anything, I shoot. Got it." "Got it," Ben replied as Twilight moved over to the cell. Trixie stepped up to Flash. "What do you think?" "I hope he's telling the truth," Flash replied. "I like him. I'd hate for it all to be a lie." They watched, as Twilight typed in the deactivation code. The energy field disappeared and Ben made no movement, allowing Sunset to step forward. "This might seem a bit weird," she stated before reaching out with her hand. She touched her geode the moment she touched his head, her eyes going white as she saw Ben's memories. She was shocked when she saw images of a ten year old Ben, finding the watch in the same manner Flash had gotten his. Then she watched him go through many different adventures, over the last seven years. Events that she was shocked he managed to survive. Then, she came to the memory Ben had just told them. And it all played out exactly how he said, with his last memory being using an unknown alien to sneak into the ship before everything went dark. She pulled her hand away, her eyes returning to normal. "He's telling the truth." Everyone sighed in relief, Shining lowering his blaster before stepping forward. "Sorry about all this. Can't be too careful." He used his badge to unlock the cuff around Ben's arm, the teen pulling it off and revealing his own Omnitrix. "Ooh," Pinkie pulled his arm forward so they could all get a look at it. "Fancy. Way more high tech than Flash's." "Hey!" Flash frowned, but couldn't deny the Omnitrix did look better than his Omnitrix was. "Okay. We know Ben's on our side now. Can we please figure out how he got here and how to fix the rip in the sky?" The others nodded as they all headed up to the main control room, Ben looking around and nodding at the base. "Not bad. But where are all the Plumbers?" "We're all that's here right now," Shining explained. "We've been getting some interest from police officers in the city, but their applications are still being processed. Until then, Flash and I are the only Plumbers on Earth. Which means it's up to us to figure out how to fix this thing." He brought the image of the crack up on the monitor. Along with it, many news reports were also being shown. The crack was located right below the Earth's atmosphere, which meant it was being seen all throughout the country. "So what do we know about it?" Ben asked. "We do know it's not stationary," Twilight explained. "The Earth's rotated since it's shown up, but whatever it is has stayed above the Canterlot ever since. That's not something a natural phenomenon would normally do." Ben nodded and he stroked his chin, Shining turning to him. "Do you have any idea about what this could be?" "Not a clue." Everyone anime dropped at this, "I'm not really the brainiac when it comes to these situations. We need a galvin if we wanna figure this out." As if on cue, a bright flash of light suddenly appeared behind them. "Then it's a good thing a galvin is here." From out of the light, a tiny gray frog alien appeared. "Azmuth!" Flash and Ben cried, then looked at one another. It was then Flash realised if there was an Omnitrix in Ben's world, there had to be an Azmuth. "What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, as Azmuth stepped over to the computer and leapt on the monitor. "I was at my lab, when the Ultimatrix's sensor started blaring." He turned to Flash. "I can't leave you alone for five minutes, can I?" Flash shrugged, as Ben stepped forward. "I know you don't know me," Ben showed him the Omnitrix. "But I'm-" "From another universe," Galvin nodded. "I know. You stink of dimensional oscillation." He then focused on the watch. "Impressive workmanship. Mine, I take it." Ben nodded. "Interesting. So much more advanced than the Omnitrix I designed." "Well this is the official Omnitrix," Ben smirked. "Took you six years to make it after I got the prototype." "Six years?" Twilight asked. "Yeah," Flash nodded. "All the other Omnitrix holders in the multiverse, got theirs seven years ago. Mine was apparently the last one off the assembly line." Every eye turned towards Azmuth, who didn't even look up from the new device. "Don't give me those looks. I'm a busy man. You can't expect to rush perfection." Nobody said anything. "Besides, we have bigger issues to worry about." He turned towards the screen, which showed the dimensional crack. "This fissure is stable now, but it won't remain that way forever. Unless we can find a way to fix it, our universe could be sucked inside." "So how do we fix it?" Trixie asked. "To figure that out, I'll need to know what created it." He turned to Ben, who shrugged. "Sorry man. I've got no idea." "It had to be that ship you were chasing," Sunset told him. "The one that looked like a giant snake head...or something." "A ship that looks like a giant snake head?" Azmuth asked. "Yes, that narrows it down. Can you maybe be a little more specific." Ben and Sunset had no idea how to answer that, making Azmuth roll his eyes. "I guess I'll have to figure it out myself. In the meantime-" Before he could finish his sentence, the base's alarms went off and everyone turned back to the monitor. Twilight started typing and did not look happy. "The crack's going through a phase shift. Something's happening to it." They watched as the crack began to spark, the energy bolts coming off it causing city wide electrical disturbances. Another shaft of light then exploded out of it and flew down towards the city, hitting the same spot it had struck before. "What now?" Ben asked, only for something to suddenly fly out of the pillar. A robot. "Wasn't expectin' that," Applejack frowned. "Honestly," Rarity told her, "we should always be expecting mechanical attack droids at this point." Another robot stepped out of the pillar, followed by another and another. Soon, an entire army or robots were marching out of the pillar. "Come on," Shining told them. "We gotta get down there and stop them before they do any damage." But as he said that, one of the robots fired a beam of light from its arm and destroyed part of the already damaged down town. "Before they do any more damage." He turned to Ben, "I know this isn't your world..." "Are you kidding me?" Ben asked. "I'm Ben Ten. I fight against bad guys in other dimensions all the time. What are we waiting for. Let's go show those robots why you don't mess with an Omnitrix wielder's home town." The others cheered as they rushed out the base, heading off to protect their world for the hundredth time. Azmuth watched them head out, then turned towards the pillar. "I need to find a way to close that breach. Who knows what's waiting on the other side of it."