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We arrived at Jurassic World<\/em> and I was bouncing up and down like a little girl on Christmas. \u201cDinosaurs! Dinosaurs! Dinosaurs!\u201d I giggled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTake it easy,\u201d calmed Haitao. \u201cYou\u2019re gonna gain hyper speed if you keep that up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut\u2026Dinosaurs!\u201d I cheered. \u201cAnd\u2026park! And\u2026Dinosaurs!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou already said \u2018Dinosaurs\u2019,\u201d observed Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause they\u2019re awesome!\u201d I called. \u201cI wanted to be a paleontologist when I was a little girl!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd now, you\u2019re studying current human anatomy,\u201d muttered Mikhail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome on, you can\u2019t tell me you\u2019re not excited to see Jurassic Park?!\u201d I called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJurassic Park, yes,\u201d agreed Richard. \u201cBut, Jurassic World?\u201d He pointed to the sign above the gate. It said, \u201cJurassic World\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh COME ON!!\u201d I shouted. \u201cOne movie was enough!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTell THAT to Hollywood,\u201d muttered Richard. \u201cOh well, like life, the fandom will find a way.\u201d I resorted to grumbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh well, at least it can\u2019t get any\u2026uh oh\u2026\u201d I yelped. \u201cMaybe that phrase doesn\u2019t work in this universe!\u201d Something then flew over the wall, nearly crushing us. We got out of the way, thank goodness. \u201cThen again,\u201d I sighed, \u201cit\u2019s probably a multiversal constant.\u201d The object pushed itself up. It was Grimlock! \u201cWell, I\u2019ll be!\u201d I chuckled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDad\u2019s favorite Transformer!\u201d called Richard. \u201cMore so than Optimus!\u201d Grimlock was in his T-Rex mode when he shook off the dirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat not nice!\u201d he shouted over the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEr, Mr. Grimlock,\u201d I asked. \u201cWho are you fighting?\u201d Grimlock saw us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot more!\u201d he moaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore?\u201d I quizzed. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe Grimlock not waste words!\u201d boomed Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEr, I don\u2019t like the sound of that,\u201d gulped Michael. Grimlock transformed, leveling his gun at us! \u201cI don\u2019t like the look of it either!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGrimlock, wait!\u201d I pleaded. \u201cWe\u2019re not here to hurt you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFunny, me not believe you!\u201d roared Grimlock as he squeezed the trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGrimlock, stop!\u201d called a voice. \u201cThey\u2019re associates of mine!\u201d The voice sounded familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou serious?!\u201d roared Grimlock as he turned to his left. A brunette woman with wavy hair came up, sporting cold, yet lovely eyes, a pale blue dress with a slightly darker corset, and a golden seashell necklace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou again?!\u201d I called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello, Dr. Saunders, Ms. Kuznetsov,\u201d greeted the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know crazy witch lady?\u201d asked Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was someone that I saved along with Irina,\u201d I explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are you doing here, Ursula?\u201d asked Irina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVanessa, you mean,\u201d corrected Ursula. \u201cHere\u2019s the thing, I made a deal with Ursula when I was young. I was afflicted with a disease that no one could cure at the time. No one WANTED to, as I didn\u2019t conform to the ideal image a woman was supposed to be at the time, in 1427. So, I met a young girl who was recently banished from her kingdom. She was the first undersea dweller I met, a Cecaelia. She was cast aside because of her natural abilities with magic. I felt a kinship with her and so told her my story. She told me of the conditions of her banishment, being stripped of magic, and so needed someone who was cast out of society to regain her magic. I asked her how the process would be done. She said it needed the two outcasts to meld with each other, body and soul, and she had the means to do so.\u201d She lightly touched on the shell. \u201cWith the Gold Nautilus, Ursula and I joined and became one. Two minds, one body that changes, one soul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, it\u2019s like Split-personality, but the body changes with the personality?\u201d I ventured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a sense, yes,\u201d shrugged Ursu\u2026Vanessa. \u201cNow, Miss Irina, if memory serves, you were about to deck Ursula in the face when Starscream trapped us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat option remains in play,\u201d hissed Irina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would expect nothing less,\u201d chuckled Vanessa with a wicked grin. \u201cBut, for now, I have a proposal.\u201d She paused for dramatic effect. \u201cJoin me in defeating our shared enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have all sorts of power,\u201d argued Livia. \u201cWhy ask for our help?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause the enemies have something I lack that I\u2019m sure you lot have,\u201d replied Vanessa, \u201cknowledge on a device called the Omnimatrix.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou mean the Omnitrix?!\u201d I yelped. \u201cWhy should we fight Ben?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBen?\u201d asked Vanessa. \u201cNo, a girl called Heather. She managed to extract the Omnitrix from Mr. Tennyson and threw him in an underground genetics lab, along with his grandfather, cousin, police partner, and villain turned friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeather?\u201d I quizzed, making sure I heard the name right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know much about her,\u201d replied Vanessa. \u201cIn any case, she\u2019s got allies, an unholy melding of flesh and metal, a humanoid squid, a talking jet, and your enemies, Shocker Rift, I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrying to find the Foundation Element, no doubt,\u201d guessed Haitao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn any case, our past alliances, villain, hero, Dinobot, Maximal, they no longer matter,\u201d declared Vanessa. \u201cNot while the enemy is in control!\u201d That was when the earth shook in a rhythm, like footsteps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, Ursie! Grimmy!\u201d boomed a deep, feminine voice. \u201cGuess who\u2019s the little chickadee who unlocked a Vaxasaurian!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLittle chickadee?\u201d repeated Richard. \u201cDidn\u2019t\u2026no, she\u2019s in prison, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t think\u2026\u201d I guessed. That was when a female Vaxasaurian stomped through the trees. Vaxasaurians are a beige, humanoid, dinosaur-like species from the planet Terradino. They have four fingers on each hand with large grey nails, possess dinosaur tails and reach up to twelve feet. Females dress in caveman clothing and wear bones to attract mates. This Vaxasaurian had a black circle between her navel and bust with a green hourglass inside. Her eyes were green as she looked up at Grimlock, who was at least ten feet taller than her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe no afraid of you!\u201d roared Grimlock. \u201cMe still bigger than you!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally now?\u201d asked the Vaxasaurian in a hillbilly drawl. She then demonstrated a Vaxasaurian\u2019s natural ability to grow up to five times its original height, in this case, sixty feet. She grinned evilly at us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Me need to have Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Ratchet work on me Grimlock\u2019s mouth\/brain filter programs,\u201d mumbled Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat won\u2019t save you,\u201d growled the hillbilly Vaxasaurian. \u201cI\u2019ll squash you and then squash that fat, rose obsessed freak! She never removed her impure, fat body from the planet and managed to get me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn prison!\u201d I shouted, realizing who the Vaxasaurian really was. \u201cThat\u2019s where xenophobic murderers like you will always rot, Hillbilly Heather!\u201d The Vaxasaurian looked at me and got angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou!\u201d she growled. She slapped down on the hourglass symbol and shrunk, changing shape into a muscular, bipedal, tailless tiger. Her front was white, as well as her muzzle, feet, and hands. She had four fingers on each hand with a large, black claw coming out of the wrist, pointing to the fingers. Her eyebrows were boned and black in the shape of anger. The symbol was still in between her navel and bust and she wore a leotard and black shorts. \u201crrrrRRRRRAAAAAYYYYYGGGE!\u201d she roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou mean Rath!\u201d I roared back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN\u2019, EMILY SAUNDERS, THE FATSO WHOSE MOTHER PUT ME IN PRISON!\u201d bellowed Heather, \u201cHEATHER HAS THE OMNITRIX, SO HEATHER NAMES THE ALIENS! AND HEATHER\u2019S NAME FOR THIS FORM IS RAYGE!\u201d She then went on all fours and charged. I dodged and whipped out the i.d tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHenshin!\u201d I announced. My team followed suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHENSHINNING\u2019S GOOD!\u201d roared Heather. \u201cRAYGE CAN HENSHIN ALL DAY!\u201d Vanessa then fired energy blasts at Heather who shrugged it off. \u201cTHAT\u2019S ANOTHER MISTAKE, URSULA THE SEA WITCH!\u201d yelled Heather. \u201cWHEN YOU SHOOT RAYGE, IT JUST MAKES RAYGE MAD!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBad kitty!\u201d shouted a voice. A spear of black mist flew past Heather\u2019s Appoplexian face. Everyone turned to see Death with nine others, just one young man among the other ladies. The young man and five young ladies were in grey sweaters with an ascot, each in a different color, and wore a really large skirt with petticoats reaching to the ankles that matched the colors of their ascots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWHO ARE YOU?!\u201d bellowed Heather. \u201cYou wanna fight me?! LET\u2019S GO!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBelieve me when I say,\u201d grunted the orange skinned, armored woman, \u201cyou do not give credit to the Appoplexians. One of my spouses is one and he would call you a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN\u2019, ORANGE MONGREL!\u201d roared Heather. \u201cRAYGE WILL TEAR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND APART!!\u201d She charged at the woman, who managed to hold her back with her pinky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPathetic,\u201d grunted the woman. She flicked Heather\u2019s forehead, sending her into the wall of Jurassic World. \u201cYou, a weakling that subscribes to racial purity, specifically white purity, dare challenge me? I am War, and it is diversity that makes my troops stronger!\u201d The woman, War, drew a large sword and charged at Heather. Heather started glowing and slammed her claw into the ground, creating a shockwave that knocked War off her feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWar, get back!\u201d whispered Death. \u201cShe\u2019s carrying the Foundation Element of 8-3-N-1-0!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?!\u201d yelped War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Omnitrix is a Foundation Element?!\u201d I shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPower of that magnitude was never yours!\u201d snarled War. She charged at Heather while getting a belt out. The buckle looked like a grey sphere with a sword of the same color halfway out. She put the belt on. \u201cHENSHIN!\u201d she bellowed. She slid the sword down so the guard rested on the sphere. Orange light filled the air, then faded as War\u2019s Rider form decked Heather. The entire suit was orange armor with a black undersuit. The helmet was pointed with red eyes and a fearsome fanged teeth decal over where the mouth should be. Swords roughly the length of her lower leg were pointed towards her feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWar, NO!\u201d warned the raven-haired girl in white petticoats. Too late. Kamen Rider War kicked but flew through the air as Heather dodged. Heather then grabbed War\u2019s leg and flung her into us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll right, that\u2019s it!\u201d I hissed. \u201cI\u2019m declaring this Hillbilly Heather Hunting season!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019M AFRAID IT\u2019S ALREADY FATTY HUNTING SEASON!\u201d roared Heather. She charged at me but missed as I dodged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike I\u2019m afraid of an amateur fighter like you!\u201d I boasted. \u201cIt\u2019s Appoplexian Hillbilly Heather hunting season!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFATTY SEASON!\u201d roared Heather as she decked me. I recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRayge season!\u201d I argued as I kicked her stomach. She recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFATTY SEASON!\u201d roared Heather. She slammed her fists on my head. I shook my head from the disorientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRayge Season!\u201d I countered as I tripped her up. Rayge got up again and grabbed me by the throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFATTY SEA\u2026!\u201d began Heather. War then kicked her in the back. I summoned my horse and converted it to flight mode. A plan was in my head. As I was lifting off, Heather recovered. \u201cHEY! LET ME TELL YA SOMTHIN\u2019, EMILY SAUNDERS, THE FATSO WHOSE MOTHER PUT ME IN PRISON! NOBODY GOES UNLESS RAYGE SAYS THEY CAN GO! \u2018CAUSE RAYGE GOES BEFORE EVERYBODY! SO, NO GO, YO!\u201d I went higher and Heather grabbed onto my vehicle. \u201cIS THAT ALL YOU GOT?! \u2018CAUSE RAYGE\u2019S GOT TONS MORE! IN FACT, I SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME OF MINE, SO IT\u2019LL BE A FAIR FIGHT! AND, AFTER THAT, EVERYTHING I GAVE YOU, I\u2019M GONNA TAKE IT ALL BACK AND MAKE YOU LIKE IT!\u201d I was over Jurassic World and made a nose dive for one of the streets. \u201cCRASHING\u2019S GOOD TOO! RAYGE CAN CRASH ALL DAY!\u201d I did a barrel-roll, insert Star Fox meme here, and managed to get her off. \u201cOH, AND NOW YOU\u2019RE USING GRAVITY?! WELL, GIVE UP GRAVITY! YOU CAN\u2019T BEAT RRRRAAAAYYYGGGE!\u201d She hit the ground, hand first, and her claw was stuck in the pavement. I stuck around long enough to see her trying to pull the claw out. \u201cLET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN\u2019, PAVEMENT OF MAIN STREET! LET GO OF RAYGE\u2019S CLAW!\u201d I rejoined the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a while before she gets out somehow,\u201d I figured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen we need to go,\u201d grunted War as she cancelled her transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe run away?!\u201d wailed Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not running away!\u201d snarled War. \u201cWe\u2019re consolidating our resources\u2026further away from the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy offer still stands,\u201d called Vanessa. It took a few seconds to consider before a flash of green light came from the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe must have transformed,\u201d I guessed. \u201cAll right, we\u2019re in, but Death and the others are coming with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou CAN be counted on to listen to reason,\u201d praised Vanessa. \u201cGrimlock, dear, if you please?\u201d Grimlock called up their home base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGrimlock to base, requesting Ground-Bridge,\u201d he demanded. \u201cWe have more people.\u201d A swirling green vortex opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRichard, you\u2019re the biggest Transformers<\/em> nut in our family,\u201d I recalled. I had already admitted I was a fan of the G1 universe to the F.N.S, the original cartoon, the old Marvel comics, and Beast Wars<\/em>, and it felt like a weight was lifted from my shoulders. \u201cMaybe you spotted a Ground-Bridge in the early cartoon? Because I don\u2019t remember either side having one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, the Ground-Bridge is a recent invention,\u201d answered Richard. \u201cDebuted in Transformer: Prime<\/em>. I don\u2019t know how G1 Grimlock got ahold of one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll worry about that later,\u201d whispered Death. \u201cRight now, we need to regroup and introduce ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you could step this way,\u201d offered Vanessa as she went through the vortex. Grimlock followed, then Death and her team, then I covered the retreat, in case Heather blind-sided us. After I stepped through, I was led to a large, underground bunker. The other Dinobots saw us and started asking questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTHAT IS ENOUGH!!\u201d snarled a voice. A brown velociraptor stomped into view. \u201cThe absurdity of you Dinobots knows no bounds!\u201d growled the dinosaur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDinobot?\u201d Richard and I both yelped. The velociraptor faced us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI take it YOU are from another universe,\u201d guessed Dinobot. \u201cDinobot, MAXIMIZE!\u201d Dinobot shifted to robot mode, complete with snarling blue face. \u201cSo, what brings you here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here to get something called the Foundation Element,\u201d I answered. \u201cAn object unique to this universe that keeps it in the multiverse, thus keeping all of space-time in check.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have not seen anyone else in my universe asking for such an object,\u201d answered Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, but, from what Vanessa\u2019s told us, you\u2019ve seen one in action, the Omnitrix,\u201d I replied. \u201cAnd it\u2019s in the hands of a psycho that nearly killed me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, we have a common enemy,\u201d mused Dinobot as he got out of my face. He was easily nine and a half feet. \u201cAnd these are your friends?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, seven of them are,\u201d I replied, \u201cbut I don\u2019t know the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen, perhaps,\u201d suggested Dinobot, \u201cintroductions are in order. I am Dinobot!\u201d Vanessa slid into a large pool of water and turned back into Ursula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am Ursula, and my human form is Vanessa,\u201d she introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe, Grimlock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Slag,\u201d called the Triceratops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCall me Swoop,\u201d declared a bot with folded Pteranodon wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Snarl,\u201d called a bot with Stegosaurus plates on his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Sludge,\u201d cheered a big-footed bot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Emily Saunders, mission leader for my team,\u201d I began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Richard, Emily\u2019s brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am Haitao Lin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Livia Acqua.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMichael Archer, ladies and gentlemen,\u201d Michael bowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIrina Kuznetsov.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m her brother, Mikhail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am Death.\u201d Everyone shied away from her. \u201cI\u2019m not here on THAT kind of business. No one\u2019s dying right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am War.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Pestilence,\u201d wheezed the green skinned woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Famine,\u201d mumbled the bony, yellow haired woman as she stuffed her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am Lacey Thanatos,\u201d introduced the raven-haired girl. \u201cAnd, if things go well, Kamen Rider Apocalypse.\u201d She adjusted her hair flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm\u2026my name\u2026is\u2026Flora Nightly,\u201d whispered a plump girl with white petticoats and ascot. She had blue hair and a pink rose on a green bow on the left side of her hair. It was obvious she was shy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Charline Elmira,\u201d cheered a muscular girl with brown, wavy hair and orange petticoats and an ascot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCall me Sophie Moore,\u201d called a short girl with hair as white as Tonje\u2019s, a black headband, and dark blue petticoats and ascot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m Amelia Kendall,\u201d introduced a tall girl with lavender hair, a yellow circle on her forehead, and green petticoats and ascot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m Brendan Patterson,\u201d finished the boy. He had black hair, the same yellow forehead circle as Amelia, and yellow petticoats and ascot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat brings you here, Death?\u201d asked Livia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll let Lacey explain it,\u201d replied Death. Lacey grinned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m here to take my final test to become Kamen Rider Apocalypse,\u201d she declared. \u201cI had to take written and practical tests from the Four Horsemen, I took the written bit of my final, now I have the practical bit to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, you need to destroy a universe?\u201d asked Ursula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHardly,\u201d assured Lacey. \u201cI\u2019m supposed to show how much control I have over my powers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd why are your classmates here?\u201d asked Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter an\u2026incident,\u201d began Brendan, I noticed he was careful with how he phrased it, \u201cthe five of us became heralds of the apocalypse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBasically, we warn people their world will end,\u201d explained Amelia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd help the Horsemen fight those who want to hurt the multiverse,\u201d said Flora, quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA little micromanagement,\u201d I mused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, enough about us,\u201d called Lacey. \u201cWhat brings Dinobot and his namesakes here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUrsula too, for that matter,\u201d I mused. \u201cI thought you would be back in your universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t wake up in my universe,\u201d explained Ursula. \u201cI was in Vortech\u2019s grip, a prisoner, away in a dungeon. The Dinobots and Dinobot were there with me. They tried to get me to spill on where my universe\u2019s Foundation Element was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe too,\u201d supplied Grimlock. \u201cBut me didn\u2019t know what Foundation Element even was until Emily explained it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSame with me, but Vortech didn\u2019t believe us,\u201d continued Ursula. \u201cEventually, we escaped by following Igura here and are trying to get ourselves back.\u201d I started mulling over what Ursula said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll right, it seems we can solve all our problems here,\u201d I resolved. \u201cMy people have the tech needed to get you guys home and we have a Foundation Element vault. We also have knowledge of our enemies. If you guys help us get the Omnitrix and Ben and his team back, along with this universe\u2019s Foundation Element, we can get you guys home. Deal?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUsually, I\u2019M the one who makes deals,\u201d mused Ursula, \u201cbut, we\u2019re pressed for time. Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSounds good to me,\u201d whispered Death, \u201cbut, do you mind if my team and I joined you on Vorton?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t mind at all,\u201d I replied. \u201cI\u2019m sure Megumi would love the help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have deal with Dinobots,\u201d rumbled Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll right!\u201d I cheered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd my services are at your disposal,\u201d answered Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll right, we need to find a way into the park as that\u2019s where the enemy seems to be concentrating itself. Most likely, the Foundation Element is there,\u201d I guessed. \u201cI have some ideas of a plan, but it\u2019ll take timing, cooperation, and it\u2019s extremely dangerous when we carry them out.\u201d The Dinobots started smiling. \u201cEverybody else in?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s do it!\u201d cheered Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing we can\u2019t handle,\u201d boasted Lacey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI shall prove to our enemies what happens when a Sea Witch is trifled with!\u201d snarled Ursula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen let\u2019s get to work,\u201d I declared \u201cFirst off, we share info. I\u2019ll start with the Omnitrix. As you can tell, the Omnitrix is a device that can turn you into any alien life-form. The life-forms are all arranged in playlists of ten. As of now, the Omnitrix has 1,000,912 aliens. 99 are unlocked, 70 have been named, and the original holder, Ben Tennyson, has transformed into 62. You saw what a Vaxasaurian can do, but you need knowledge on that tiger alien, the Appoplexian. Richard, take over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAppoplexians,\u201d supplied Richard, \u201care powerful, argumentative, and extremely aggressive. Their brains are hard-wired for anger. They believe any problem can be solved by hitting it. The traditional greeting of an Appoplexian is to engage in a wrestling match to establish who\u2019s dominant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSound like Me Grimlock\u2019s kind of people!\u201d cheered Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey also have Sludge\u2019s level of dimness,\u201d replied Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Would you repeat that?!\u201d snarled Sludge. He was cleaning his gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course not, I\u2019m sorry I said it,\u201d said Richard, hurriedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI should hope so,\u201d muttered Sludge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Omnitrix has the ability to scan and analyze new DNA,\u201d warned Richard, \u201cso, Cybertronians should watch themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWait, whoa, whoa, whoa,\u201d I stopped. \u201cWhat\u2019s that supposed to mean?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, yeah,\u201d realized Richard. He didn\u2019t tell me earlier when I pretended not to like the Transformers. \u201cCybertronians have something call CNA, Cyber-nucleic acid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026And that\u2019s their genetic code?!\u201d I yelped. \u201cThey have base pairs like us that determine traits?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d confirmed Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI confess, I\u2019m amazed you didn\u2019t know,\u201d rasped Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen was this revealed?!\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSame series as the Ground-Bridge,\u201d explained Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay, now that THAT bomb\u2019s been dropped,\u201d I muttered. \u201cTime to teach you about the Omnitrix\u2019s current user. Heather is an old bully from way back. She views everyone that isn\u2019t someone like her has impure genetics. She found me as an easy target and made fun of and hit me whenever she got a chance. My parents, friends, brother, and I tried everything, but the school system wouldn\u2019t deliver justice. I was near enough to commit suicide and I was about to write a note when I heard the door open. I deleted the note to see Mom looking frustrated. She\u2019s a member of the Fredericksburg Police and was investigating a crime. Judging by the face, I\u2019d say it wasn\u2019t going well. A string of burglaries and attacks on citizens was rampant all over Fredericksburg. Some victims died while the ones that didn\u2019t were blinded by someone in stealth gear. When she showed me an image, the shape looked familiar. \u2018Did you get a DNA match on anyone?\u2019 I asked her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I tried, but we couldn\u2019t find anyone,\u2019 replied Mom. \u2018Why?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The body type looks a lot like a classmate,\u2019 I answered. \u2018We\u2019re doing a DNA swab thing at school tomorrow. Can you guys do anything on them?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Well, given that the scientists have to give us the data on the DNA,\u2019 replied Mom, \u2018we should.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It may be that I\u2019m wrong, but I think the person you\u2019re after goes to my school,\u2019 I guessed. Mom seemed to consider this. The next day, Heather was surprised to see me. I grinned sweetly as we went to science class. We did the whole cotton swab thing and went on with our lives. Later, at night, the perp came in through my bedroom window. It came up to my desk where \u2018I\u2019 sat. The perp then stabbed \u2018me\u2019 in the back of my head. The perp then lifted the mask to make her final mistake. It was Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Fatty, you REALLY should have let your depression take over,\u2019 she sighed. \u2018It would have made things easy for both of us. You\u2019re dead, so I can explain easily. You come from a long line of mongrels. I, on the other hand, am pure. That\u2019s why my victims are hurt or killed. So many people badger on and on and on about diversity making us stronger when that is a fat lie! Fatter than you were! Diversity just gobbles up pure ideals and tries to mix them! It destroys perfect civilizations!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018It brings new wisdom and new culture!\u2019 I roared, making Heather gasp. \u2018It makes a better civilization!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018What in the name of\u2026?\u2019 yelped Heather. \u2018How?! I skewered you like a sow from the pen, ready for barbeque!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018You Backwoods Blunder!\u2019 I insulted. \u2018We\u2019re not playing chess! We\u2019re playing poker!\u2019 The lights came on to reveal the large doll she thought was me. The police and I came into the room. \u2018And I was bluffing!\u2019 I finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Heather Richards, you\u2019re under arrest!\u2019 roared an officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The newspaper had your disguised image from when you robbed Hyperion Espresso!\u2019 I declared. \u2018The body shape looked familiar, but I needed to be sure.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018So, you convinced your mother to get a copy of the results of the DNA swab test!\u2019 hissed Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Ding! Ding! Ding!\u2019 I confirmed. \u2018But, the police had no idea you held to out of date ideals like \u2018racial purity.\u2019 Honestly, I\u2019m surprised you\u2019re NOT the result of inbreeding.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I\u2019ll see you in Hell, mongrel!\u2019 promised Heather. \u2018I\u2019ll be found innocent!\u2019 The thing is, she was wrong. She was guilty as Hell and sentenced to ten years in prison.\u201d Everybody was wide-eyed when I finished my story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was with my old Robotics club at the time she was arrested!\u201d yelped Richard. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me you were that close to committing suicide?! Or Mom and Dad, for that matter!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI asked them not to tell you,\u201d I replied. \u201cAnd, at the time, I didn\u2019t want you to worry about me. In hindsight, I made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA big, fat one!\u201d agreed Richard. \u201cStill, now I know what the events were that got Heather locked up. Now, we need to figure out how she got out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore that,\u201d I switched gears, \u201cDinobot, Dinobots, do you have any idea about the talking jet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, but Ursula claims to see it,\u201d replied Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUrsula, can you describe it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was white with red and blue and had purple symbols on the wings,\u201d answered Ursula. She made an image of the Decepticon logo. \u201cIt spoke in a screechy voice too,\u201d continued Ursula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHim again?!\u201d I snapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst, he invades my mind, and now this?!\u201d snarled Irina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know him?\u201d asked Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a he?\u201d quizzed Ursula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis name is Starscream,\u201d I replied. \u201cHe\u2019s the second-in-command of the Decepticons, Grimlock\u2019s enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd enemies of Autobots,\u201d growled Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut, how does Starscream have a body again?!\u201d asked Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor those who don\u2019t know,\u201d supplied Richard, \u201ca recreated form of Megatron vaporized him, but his spark, soul and heart of a Transformer, is a mutant one. It can\u2019t fade away, so he comes off as a ghost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA robot ghost?\u201d muttered Lacey. \u201cNow I\u2019ve heard everything!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd there\u2019s a humanoid squid and unholy fusion of flesh and steel,\u201d reported Ursula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can name both of them,\u201d whispered Death. \u201cThey were both on watch after the events in their native universes. The squid is one that Ben Tennyson faced numerous times since he was ten years old.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot Vilgax!\u201d I moaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Ruler of Vilgaxia, himself,\u201d confirmed Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat doesn\u2019t add up,\u201d muttered Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d asked Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVilgax wants the Omnitrix,\u201d I explained, helping Richard. \u201cSo, why would he let Heather have it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo fulfill his end of his alliance with the\u2026how did Ursula put it\u2026unholy fusion of flesh and steel,\u201d wheezed Pestilence. \u201cI can put a name to him, for Dinobot flew to Prehistoric Earth on the same ship with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of my former Predacon colleagues?\u201d asked Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMuch worse,\u201d wheezed Pestilence. \u201cHe hates organic life, took a famous Decepticon\u2019s name, and turned into what fans called an evil Barney the Dinosaur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvil\u2026Barney\u2026no! No, it can\u2019t be!\u201d I gulped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, but it is, yeeesss!\u201d wheezed Pestilence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMegatron?! Impossible!!\u201d snarled Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother one?!\u201d wailed Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way you guys are talking,\u201d I sighed, \u201cit sounds like he became a techno-organic Transformer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe did, and he hates that form,\u201d grunted War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI picked up a conversation between him and Vilgax,\u201d called Charline. \u201cIt was for a recon assignment for War.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe passed with top marks, as usual,\u201d grunted War as she grinned with pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you,\u201d reciprocated Charline. \u201cIt was in a universe that was a barren wasteland. Megatron had gotten the Omnitrix first. He transformed in a glowy, purple aura from beast to bot and got the Omnitrix to his left wrist. It expanded to fit around a wrist his size. \u2018Yes!\u2019 he cheered. \u2018I have control over a Foundation Element! And, with it, I can escape this wretched, misshapen form!\u2019 This Omnitrix is the one that was used in Ben 10: Omniverse<\/em>, a square watch design with a holographic selection ring. Megatron started scrolling through the aliens and his smile dropped with each passing alien. \u2018There\u2019s no Cybertronian form in here!\u2019 he snarled. \u2018All the other lists are locked! I\u2019m still stuck in this hideous frame!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Technical difficulties?\u2019 asked a voice. Vilgax then stomped into view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Not really,\u2019 dismissed Megatron as he regained his composure. \u2018It has come to my attention that Cybertronian genetic material is not in the Omnitrix\u2019s database. I cannot use this wretched form as it\u2019s hardly pure machine. Once I scan a pure Cybertronian, I\u2019m cured.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Not an easy task,\u2019 mused Vilgax. \u2018Admit it, Megatron. We need Heather, we need Shocker Rift and its associates, and, more importantly, we need each other.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018No, I NEED the Omnitrix to cure me of this fleshy form,\u2019 argued Megatron. \u2018You, on the other hand, WANT it to defeat this \u2018Ben Tennyson\u2019. That\u2019s a bad basis for an alliance.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I no longer need THE Omnitrix,\u2019 declared Vilgax. \u2018Not when one is being made for me. I have enough clout to make one for you with pure Cybertronian CNA.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018And, in exchange?\u2019 asked Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I require your technology,\u2019 demanded Vilgax. \u2018A powerful weapon as the Omnitrix for your most powerful Cybertronian weapon.\u2019 Megatron stared for a while, then started laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018That\u2019s it?\u2019 he chuckled. \u2018You have gall, Vilgax. I admire gall, yeeesss! We have a bargain!\u2019 At that point, I decided to withdraw and report.\u201d Charline\u2019s news sunk in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s our move here?\u201d asked Livia. It took a while, but I came up with a plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d I declared, \u201chere\u2019s what we\u2019ll do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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