After Megumi called us, it took a full four weeks to get my plan into action, on account of getting us to work together. Did I mention how dim the Dinobots can be? In any event, I got us into different teams. Dinobot and the Dinobots were in position. \u201cAll right,\u201d I whispered. \u201cOn my signal. Wait. Wait! NOW!\u201d The dinosaur based bots charged through the wall and started creating havoc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMAXIMIZE!\u201d announced Dinobot as he leapt into the air. He landed on Starscream and started slashing with his sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cArgh! You again?!\u201d screeched Starscream. He tried to shake Dinobot off, but to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI shall enjoy ripping that mutant spark of yours out of your spark chamber!\u201d snarled Dinobot. While that was going on, the Dinobots were tearing into the Combatmen. This was the first time they were told to squish humans. Vilgax showed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is going on?!\u201d he roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLacey! Now!\u201d I shouted. Lacey and her classmates and teachers surrounded Vilgax. He started laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPitiful fools!\u201d he said. \u201cWhat can YOU hope to accomplish?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHenshin!\u201d announced Lacey and her associates. They entered their suits. Death had a navy undersuit with black armor, a skeletal motif, a black cowl, and scythe blades on the forearms. Pestilence had green armor with jagged teeth and some sort of barrel on the legs. Famine\u2019s armor was yellow with a hinged jaw. Lacey\u2019s armor looked like a mix with Famine\u2019s helmet with a brown hat, War\u2019s left leg, Pestilence\u2019s right leg, and Death\u2019s arms. Her classmates wore the same armor of black coloration, a featureless helmet, and carried a short sword. They managed to keep Vilgax busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s our cue!\u201d I called. We made our way to the genetics lab to find Ben and his friends tied up, unconscious. \u201cOkay, let\u2019s go!\u201d I declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo touchy!\u201d drawled a voice. It was Heather, in all her pig-tailed, torn, denim shorts, sunflower yellow blouse wearing \u201cglory\u201d, accompanied by Megatron. Ursula was NOT kidding when she said he was an unholy fusion of flesh and steel. He was in T-Rex mode, complete with wires and circuits woven into the purple scales, a Techno-organic Evil Barney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMegatron?\u201d I asked. \u201cWhat did you do to yourself?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven organics find my current shape appalling,\u201d muttered Megatron. \u201cSince Primal threw us into the techno-organic core of Cybertron\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re to blame as well!\u201d snapped Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was Optimus\u2019 folly, and his alone!\u201d growled Megatron. \u201cAnd now, the flesh I abhor keeps me alive! I can never obtain the purity I deserve, nor can I spread that purity through the universe! I have become a walking contradiction!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat you\u2019ve become is a common low-life! Same level as her!\u201d I roared as I pointed to Heather. \u201cYou! Hillbilly Heather! Start talking!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s\u2026just\u2026Heather!\u201d hissed Heather. \u201cAfter your mother got me put away for years by calling my crusade of racial purity \u2018unholy\u2019, I thought up exotic ways to get out! Yet, the guards wouldn\u2019t let me resume my crusade! For a while, I was content to rot, until a rift opened for little ol\u2019 me. The thought of escaping was stampeding through my mind and I jumped at the opportunity. I ended up in Lord Vortech\u2019s realm with an offer to make a pure universe. Given that I needed purity, how could I refuse? I was sent to obtain something called a Foundation Element and ended up in Plumber HQ. The scanner I was given was going crazy when I faced Ben Darling here, so I decided to get the watch from him. As you can see, I had the tech to do so and now have it on my person.\u201d She held up the Omnitrix, a square watch face and simple band. \u201cNow, let\u2019s see, something that will let me control my anger,\u201d muttered Heather as she brought up a holographic selection ring. She stopped on one and slid back the faceplate to reveal a cylinder with the Omnitrix symbol on top. \u201cIce Moth seems like a good one,\u201d mused Heather. She pressed the core down and morphed into a blue, humanoid, moth-like alien. \u201cIce Moth!\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean Big Chill!\u201d I called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLike I said, my Omnitrix, my naming rights,\u201d hissed Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need to get that off her!\u201d declared Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReady!\u201d I called. We got our i.d tags out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHenshin!\u201d we announced. As we transformed, Megatron got between us and Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, not this time!\u201d roared Megatron. \u201cI will NOT be denied perfection!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hate to be the bearer of bad news for you,\u201d I replied, \u201cbut that\u2019s the ultimate evolution for Transformers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNonsense!\u201d roared Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s true! I looked it up!\u201d I insisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI believe the popular phrase flying around is \u2018check your facts\u2019,\u201d growled Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not worried about you,\u201d boasted Clash. \u201cI heard a thing or two about bots like you from Guard here. You need to find your balance between beast and machine to assume your bipedal robot mode.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd you hate your current organic half outright,\u201d I continued. \u201cSo, I don\u2019t see you transforming any time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, but, you see, I CAN transform, yeeesss!\u201d countered Megatron. \u201cI\u2019ve found my balance. My organic half loathes me and wants me out of beast mode. My technological half sees no reason to argue. And, because of nostalgia, I feel the need to use my old activation code. Megatron, TERRORIZE!\u201d Glowing rings of light then appeared around his neck, beast mode shoulders and hips, and tail. They traveled down the ligaments to change the form. The beast head shrunk to become a head we were familiar with, the arms grew and gained extra fingers on the hands, thumbs too, and the feet became more humanoid\u2026as humanoid as dino feet could get. He retrieved a sword from his subspace with the guard looking like a T-Rex head spitting the sword out. \u201cTime to be turned to ash, organics, yeeesss!\u201d declared Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEn Garde,\u201d I challenged. I turned to the team. \u201cGet the Omnitrix off Heather!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWill do!\u201d replied Richard. Megatron guffawed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSending your flunkies away to fight me alone?\u201d he laughed as the team attacked Heather as best they could, given that her current form, a Necrofriggian, can exhale ice generating gas and can turn intangible, allowing her to turn an object she phased through into ice if she so desired. \u201cHow gutless!\u201d continued Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow is taking care of you gutless?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause suicide is the coward\u2019s way out!\u201d roared Megatron. That struck a nerve with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t talk to me about a coward\u2019s way out,\u201d I hissed. \u201cI nearly went down that path!\u201d Megatron and I clashed. I decided to whack one of his nerves. \u201cBe honest, who\u2019s the bigger threat in your eyes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am, of course!\u201d boasted Megatron. I knew it! I started laughing. \u201cWhat are you laughing at?! Unicron take you, why are you laughing?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf all the egos I met, you just topped Miss Purity over there,\u201d I laughed. \u201cI\u2019m taking care of a minor annoyance while my team takes care of a big threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026What?\u201d hissed Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo you honestly believe YOU\u2019RE a major threat?\u201d I asked. I shoved Megatron away. \u201cVilgax, he\u2019s deadlier than you. One of my allies, Ursula, she\u2019s deadlier than you. Hell, even Starscream\u2019s deadlier than you! You simply want to turn organic life into ash, replace it with machine life, and remove individuality, neat-o. What happens after that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will replace individuality with a single, elegant machine,\u201d declared Megatron. \u201cThe future will have one single guiding intelligence!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter that, what will that intelligence, that is YOU, do?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will rule my universe! I shall become the very definition of perfection!\u201d boomed Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay, after that?\u201d I quizzed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2026don\u2019t understand\u2026\u201d faltered Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat will you do to pass the time?\u201d I elaborated. \u201cWill you create new life? Not likely since it\u2019s different from you and will most likely be destroyed. You won\u2019t just be a superior being in the universe, you will be the only being in the universe. Who can you talk to? Not your drones since they\u2019re just extensions of your will. So, again, I ask you, what will you do when you\u2019ve achieved your goals?\u201d At this point, Megatron dropped his blade. He started clutching his head as if my question were giving him a headache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTechno\u2026technological purity is\u2026is\u2026important\u2026!\u201d he got out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d I replied, \u201cbut why do you WANT that goal?\u201d I cancelled my transformation as I heard Heather say, in a burbly voice, \u201cMUCK!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGOOP, YOU MEAN!\u201d roared Guard. Megatron didn\u2019t hear. He was too busy trying to explain himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEverything should\u2026and must\u2026be metal!\u201d he strained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd when you fulfill that purpose,\u201d I said in a louder tone, \u201cwhat will your purpose be?!\u201d Megatron was twitching as if Energon Field Build-up was relevant to him. \u201cWhat will be your next achievement when you made the ultimate achievement? Is having a purely technological body just an end? Well, that can\u2019t be right because you had that during the Beast Wars, even before then!\u201d I started circling him. \u201cSo, go ahead and make your kingdom of the pure! Let Megatron be everything! The machine, the reality! Become everything there is down to the tiniest atom so that you are, literally, the universe itself! In the end, you will still have the same problem, no challenge! That\u2019s what you fear, change and competition! Evolution and life! And, with no competition, there\u2019s no Heaven to aspire to, nor Hell to avoid! You will live forever, alone as everything, and your universe will be your prison! All experiences will be a part of you, all possibilities considered and completed! Every life-form, molecule, every should and never should, and it will all be done. Everything will be you and everything will be meaningless! My own universe is going through such a crisis right now. The two main powers of my country are afraid of the change that technology brought. They claim that what they do will be for my country\u2019s own good, but, in the end, when we\u2019re all red or blue, elephants or donkeys, Republicans or Democrats, and one side has done away with the other, there will be no challenge, no future to look forward to! Well, as a human, I\u2019ve long accepted the one, single truth of the multiverse, only through chaos can change happen! Only through an ugly thing will beauty flourish! So, when you DO become your universe, when the definition of your universe\u2019s existence equals Megatron, former Predacon Commander and rogue, you will scream your final \u2018NO\u2019 and let it vibrate along the totality of your being, when the lie of your ridiculous crusade of purity is laid bare, because there is simply nothing else for you to DO!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYoooouuu\u2026are coooonnnnnfuuuuussssinnng\u2026mmeee!\u201d strained Megatron as he tried to speak through vocal components that were directing their energies to his brain. \u201cYooouuu arrree\u2026aaaatttemmmppttiing\u2026aaaa\u2026deccceeeppption!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMe?\u201d I hissed as I stopped circling to face him. \u201cDeceive a descendant of the Decepticons? Lie to a guy that may prove as powerful as his namesake? I don\u2019t have the capacity to do so!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2026you\u2026IIIII musssst\u2026cooontinnuuuuue!\u201d slurred Megatron. \u201cAaallll lllliiifffeee\u2026muuustt\u2026bbbbeeee\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTechnological in origin with you as the guiding hand!\u201d I interrupted. \u201cExcept that there is no point! In the end, you\u2019ll still be there, alone in the darkness of mere being! FOREVER! What it all boils down to is that you\u2019re no more significant that a single atom in your body!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSILENCE!!\u201d roared Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHEY!\u201d burbled Heather in her Polymorph form. Polymorphs are a unicellular species that can take any shape at will, mainly a humanoid one with two eyes. In Earth\u2019s gravity, they need a special Anti-Gravity projector to maintain their form. Without it, they\u2019re an immobile blob of usually green goo. Zh\u00e0nsh\u00ec was holding the deactivated Anti-Gravity Projector belonging to Heather\u2019s Polymorph form. Heather tried to move, but I grabbed the Omnitrix symbol and pulled it off her viscous form. It turned back from a single disc to the watch while the Anti-Gravity Projector vanished as Heather turned back. The instant she did, she leapt on me. \u201cTHAT\u2019S MINE!\u201d she shouted as she tried to pry it from my hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be absurd!\u201d I argued. \u201cYou don\u2019t even like other people! That\u2019s another failing of you \u2018purists\u2019! You only use others until their usefulness is fulfilled, even your fellow purists! Why do you, of all beings, want to have racial purity?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause having mutts like you outlive me is an affront to my existence!\u201d roared Heather. \u201cAn affront to what God intended!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou and I clearly worship a different God,\u201d I hissed. \u201cMy God would want diversity in his creations!\u201d I managed to get her off me. \u201cSomeone check on Ben!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStill out cold!\u201d reported Clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLooks like I\u2019ll have to use it until Ben wakes up!\u201d I declared. I put it on my arm and the band locked itself around my wrist. It automatically adjusted to allow me to use it. Heather punched me in the mouth. I spat out a couple of tooth chips. \u201cYou\u2019ll pay for that, literally!\u201d I snarled. \u201cDo you know how expensive dental work is?!\u201d I turned to the Omnitrix and activated the selection ring. \u201cOkay, I need something to give me the edge over her! I need Four Arms! Or Humungousaur! Or NRG!\u201d I was distracted by a flying kick from Heather and selected the alien. I felt another set of arms sprout and another set of eyes open beneath my original ones. My clothes were swapped out for a leotard, Omnitrix must have its clothing function fixed. I then noticed that I felt something from my tail-bone. My jaws then started going outward and I realized I was taking a four-armed simian form, not a four-armed humanoid form. Something took control of my vocal cords as I shouted my new form\u2019s name. \u201cSPIDERMONKEY!\u201d The alien I turned into was called an Arachnichimp, a blue-furred simian species that could spin webs from their tails. The fur on my cheeks looked more like spider mandibles. I sighed. \u201cI asked for a Tetramand, you give me an Arachnichimp,\u201d I moaned at the Omnitrix symbol located below my sternum. \u201cOh well, I can work with this.\u201d I pointed my tail at Heather and shot a web at her, sticking her to a wall. I then ran up to her and started punching rapidly. I stopped for a second. \u201cOkay, talk. What\u2019s this universe\u2019s Foundation Element and where is it?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAin\u2019t you gonna read me my rights?!\u201d snarked Heather. I punched her again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a police officer!\u201d I snarled. \u201cTalk!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI plead the fifth!\u201d hissed Heather. I punched her again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTalk!\u201d I demanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know on either count!\u201d answered Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReally?\u201d I asked. \u201cI don\u2019t believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the truth!\u201d begged Heather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s not lying!\u201d called Guard as he and the rest of the team cancelled their transformations. \u201cI\u2019ve used my belt to detect any attempt to lie. She doesn\u2019t know! Now, let her go. She doesn\u2019t deserve death!\u201d I considered for a while, then slapped the Omnitrix symbol, returning to the human body I\u2019m familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen we need to find it before the enemy does!\u201d I declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan\u2019t the Omnitrix find it?\u201d asked Haitao. \u201cIt IS a Foundation Element.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow can we know how to use it to find another?\u201d quizzed Livia. I then got an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe the Omnitrix itself can\u2019t,\u201d I explained, \u201cbut one of the aliens can!\u201d I went through the selection ring and selected the alien I wanted. After pushing the core down, I felt my eyes sink in until my vision went black. I knew that this was the alien I wanted. My posture became ape-like in that my hands were supporting the bulk of my new body while my legs redesigned themselves for jumping. Claws came out of my fingers and a harness appeared in place of my usual outfit with the Omnitrix symbol on my belly. Three gills appeared on each side of my neck, allowing me to use heat visioning and echolocation as well as smell. I roared my name, my current form lacking vocal cords, as someone shouted what I tried to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWILDMUTT!\u201d I got an image of Richard with his hands in a bullhorn fashion. We all gave him a look. \u201cWell, Vulpimancers can\u2019t talk!\u201d replied Richard. I shrugged, then sniffed the Omnitrix symbol, Ben\u2019s wrist, and Heather\u2019s wrist to confirm the scent. I had it! Livia stayed behind to get Ben and his team back into working order. I led the rest of us to a building that was too near the Dinobots and made it inside. I sniffed around and stopped by the statue of Dr. John Hammond, the guy who started Jurassic Park. I sniffed the statue and got a match on the cane! I started growling and pointed excitedly at the cane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the Foundation Element?!\u201d asked Irina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight under the enemy\u2019s nose the entire time!\u201d cheered Mikhail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd we led them right to it,\u201d gulped Michael. I slapped down on the Omnitrix symbol and returned to being Emily Saunders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy do you say that?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause Vilgax is right here!\u201d replied Michael. Vilgax was at the doorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow?!\u201d I yelped. \u201cI mean, Death and the others\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWere nothing!\u201d boasted Vilgax. He flung them into the building, battered, but alive. War snarled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour species is not known for warfare!\u201d she snarled. \u201cYou bring shame to them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd yet, I lead them,\u201d chuckled Vilgax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVilgax, back away and surrender!\u201d I roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWha? And leave the Omnitrix in an ape\u2019s grasp?\u201d snarled Vilgax. \u201cI think not. You ARE right, there is no victory in purity. Megatron and Heather are living proof of that. However, Heather is a bit like the Atasians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHuh?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey once called themselves the Highbreed,\u201d explained Vilgax. \u201cLately, after Ben Tennyson saved the galaxy from them, they\u2019ve been trying to wean away from that and call themselves by their original names. The work goes slowly, as work like that does.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait, you said Heather was like the High\u2026Atasians,\u201d I recalled. \u201cHow so?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe cannot breed,\u201d elaborated Vilgax. \u201cShe was born without\u2026ovaries, I believe is the word for the organs I\u2019m thinking of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, she\u2019s not attacking because she\u2019s the most powerful, she\u2019s attacking because she\u2019s the last of her family!\u201d I realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd you will not live to see her die,\u201d snarled Vilgax as he picked up his sword. I scrolled through the selection ring, not looking, and pressed on the core. My body changed. It felt like my bones were vanishing while muscle was maintaining my form. My nose sunk in as my hair became extensions on my head. My pinkies shrunk into my hands while my toes became two on each foot. My vocal cords were seized again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCHIMERA SUI GENERIS!\u201d I announced. I examined myself. \u201cVilgax\u2019s species?\u201d I muttered. \u201cWhen did this get added to the Omnitrix?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou chose the wrong form!\u201d boasted Vilgax. \u201cMy people are not warriors!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour people may not,\u201d I mused, \u201cbut it\u2019s not the brain of your people in this thing!\u201d I decked Vilgax right in the schnoz! As he massaged that area, I grabbed one of the tentacles that made up his beard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRelease me, Vermin!\u201d he roared. Too late. I did to him what the Hulk did to Loki and smashed him to the floor repeatedly. I checked him for life signs when I finished. He was alive, just not in a responsive state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPuny warlord,\u201d I rumbled in my best Hulk impression. I then heard something. \u201cHm? What is that? Screaming?\u201d Ursula landed on me! The Omnitrix timed out, making me shrink down into Emily Saunders again. \u201cGET OFF ME!\u201d I shouted as I shoved her off, taking considerable effort. Her octopus legs make her weigh a ton! \u201cWhat\u2019s the idea?!\u201d I snapped as Ursula righted herself up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile I was getting local allies,\u201d she began when two men flew through the air. They landed near me. \u201c\u2026Those two,\u201d continued Ursula, \u201cwere engaged in a fight against someone named Kamen Rider Talon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot her!\u201d I moaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEmily!\u201d called a voice. I turned to see Livia with Ben and his team fully awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh good!\u201d I cheered. \u201cOmnitrix, return to Ben Tennyson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnable to comply,\u201d replied the Omnitrix with a robotic version of my voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d I yelped. \u201cHey! Ben!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey yeah?\u201d asked Ben as he looked around. \u201cSomeone call the hero of the universe?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cQuit patting yourself on the back on that score and help me get your watch off my wrist!\u201d I snapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay, okay, I got this,\u201d assured Ben with that stupid cocky grin of his. \u201cOmnitrix, release host and return to Ben Tennyson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUser recognized, however, Omnitrix is unable to comply until threat is over,\u201d answered the Omnitrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?!\u201d snapped Ben. \u201cThat\u2019s just stupid!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTechnical difficulties?\u201d asked a voice. Talon then flew in as the two men she was fighting stirred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSee, Mr. Grady,\u201d moaned one of the men, wearing heavy body armor and a large stick that sparked, \u201cthis is why a stun rod is less effective than the rifle you have!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStar-Lord?!\u201d I asked. The second man turned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Nnnnooo\u2026Owen Grady,\u201d replied the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSorry!\u201d I yelped. \u201cYou just look like someone from a\u2026well, this is awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot as awkward as you have made my mission,\u201d hissed Talon as she cancelled her transformation. I noticed something on her left arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNew toy?\u201d I quizzed, pointing to the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSomething from Galvan Mark II,\u201d explained Igura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSwiped from Azmuth\u2019s lab, no doubt,\u201d muttered Max Tennyson. Ben and Gwen\u2019s grandfather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy, yes, I DID swipe it from the Galvan\u2019s First Thinker,\u201d confirmed Igura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I don\u2019t see a need to use it when you\u2019re in your suit,\u201d I hissed as I drew my i.d tag. \u201cSpeaking of, Henshin!\u201d I inserted the i.d tag, but no circle with my suit\u2019s silhouette came up. After a few seconds, my belt spat out the i.d tag. \u201cWhat the?\u201d I yelped. \u201cHenshin!\u201d I tried again, but the i.d tag came out quicker. \u201cHenshin!\u201d Same results. \u201cCOME! ON! HEN! SHIN!\u201d Not a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was right, technical difficulties,\u201d smirked Igura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWHAT\u2019S THE MATTER WITH YOU!?\u201d I shouted. Then I resigned myself. \u201cOkay, fine! Have it your way! You want me to use the Omnitrix? You got it!\u201d I selected an alien and slapped on the core. I felt my pinkies shrink into my hands again, but my body mass got thicker as I grew. I felt my skin harden and my teeth get sharper. I felt a tail grow again as my feet became more trunk like. My transformation was complete. \u201cHUMUNGOUSAUR!\u201d I shouted. I looked myself over to see the cavewoman outfit I was wearing. \u201cOkay, truth be told, this is apropos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can agree with that,\u201d called a voice. I turned to see another female Vaxasaurian grinning. She had the Omnitrix symbol as well as some sort of torso armor surrounding it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho are you?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s me, Igura,\u201d said the Vaxasaurian. I blinked, then guessed why she called herself Igura. In all honesty, it was the accent. I never heard a Japanese accent from a Vaxasaurian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, what, that thing you stole from Azmuth is a knock-off Omnitrix?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a knock-off,\u201d assured Igura. \u201cWant to see it in action?\u201d She turned a grey rectangle below the Omnitrix symbol like a key and the symbol popped up on a cylinder. I realized what the rig was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo way!\u201d I breathed. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible! Albedo had the only one!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome now, you didn\u2019t think Azmuth wouldn\u2019t complete his own?\u201d asked Igura. \u201cMy new toy is synced with the Omnitrix; thus, I turn into an alien whenever you do. But, with this new gadget, not only do I turn into any shape you take, but I can put the DNA through millions of years of worse case scenarios to bring those creatures to their full combative potential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn other words?\u201d asked Kevin, a ruffian teen, hoping he heard wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s got an Ultimatrix,\u201d translated Gwen, Ben\u2019s red-headed cousin. Igura then slapped the Omnitrix symbol down. Four spikes appeared around it and she was bathed in a green light. As it traveled over her current form, the changes were apparent. She grew up to 20 feet. Her skin went green while an Ankylosaur shell appeared on her back. A helmet in the same style appeared on her head. Her chest was plated in dark blue armor and a mace appeared at the tip of her tail. Her knuckles sported silver barrels and her nails extended into claws. She became more buff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, great,\u201d muttered Ben. \u201cIt\u2019s Humungousaur vs. Ultimate Humungousaur again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s going on here?!\u201d snarled a voice I loathed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHeather, scram!\u201d I warned as I turned to see her and Megatron. Heather wasn\u2019t listening. She thought shouting at Igura would be a better use of her time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou stupid, squinty-eyed dunce!\u201d she roared. \u201cNow, you\u2019ve gone made me mad!\u201d She grabbed Igura\u2019s tail. \u201cYou give me that now or I\u2019ll\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnhand me, you bug-eyed VERMIN!\u201d Igura roared back as she swatted Heather aside. Megatron ducked as Igura sailed into a building, hard. I winced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI swear I heard bones break,\u201d I muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou should be more worried about yours!\u201d snarled Igura. She morphed her right hand into a four-barreled missile launcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot this time!\u201d I called as I dodged. I weaved between the volley of missiles and kicked her arm upward, towards Starscream. They hit him in his jets. He transformed as he fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMY FEET!\u201d he shrieked. He was plummeting towards the Dinobots! Swoop gave a warning and the Dinobots ran while Starscream hit the pavement of Main Street, squishing several Combatmen. Grimlock caught Dinobot on his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy thanks,\u201d reciprocated Dinobot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou tough like us,\u201d mused Grimlock. \u201cMe Grimlock consider you part of team. Mind a name change though? Siege?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSiege,\u201d muttered Dinobot, \u201cI quite like the sound of that! Siege, it is!\u201d While that was going on, I managed to score a punch to Igura\u2019s face. While she was disoriented, I knocked her down and started rapidly punching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!\u201d I begged the multiverse. All of a sudden, I heard beeping. I looked down to see my Omnitrix symbol flashing red. I resumed the attack for a while until the beeping slowed and the Omnitrix timed out. Igura and I went back to our human forms. I got off of her to see her condition. She wasn\u2019t moving, but she was alive. I then removed the Ultimatrix rig from her arm. \u201cOmnitrix, is the threat over?\u201d I quizzed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPerceived threat is over,\u201d reported the Omnitrix. It disconnected from me. I sighed in relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank goodness,\u201d I sighed. \u201cBen, I believe these are yours.\u201d I handed over the Omnitrix and Ultimatrix rig to Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSweet! I got the Ultimates back!\u201d cheered Ben. He reached for them, but a clawed hand snatched them up. \u201cHEY!\u201d protested Ben. He turned the thief, smirking and chuckling. It was Megatron!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI must thank you, Emily Saunders, yeeesss!\u201d he called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor what?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor clearing out my optics!\u201d explained Megatron. \u201cYou are quite right; it was individuality that sparked the Decepticon movement! It was individuality that made me break away from the Tripredacus Council! And it was individuality that allowed me to decode my namesake\u2019s message in the Golden Disc. I was a fool to forget that! You are correct, there IS an advantage in individuality and chaos. However, I submit a question to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAsk away,\u201d I said, cautiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan change not be a detriment as well as a valuable ally?\u201d asked Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat are you planning?!\u201d hissed Vilgax\u2019s voice. \u201cWe had a deal! You don\u2019t need Tennyson\u2019s Omnitrix!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrue, I don\u2019t,\u201d conceded Megatron. \u201cBut, your Bioids do.\u201d An army of humanoid robots with a featureless sphere for a head came up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere did you get them?!\u201d demanded Vilgax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI took the liberty of interrogating Psyphon for the blueprints,\u201d elaborated Megatron. \u201cNow, with the evolutionary function established, the Bioids are more powerful than ever before! Want to see?\u201d Megatron selected an alien and the Bioids changed into the same creature. They were bipedal robots, about 17 feet tall, heavily-built, and wore parts of an armored van. The front of the van was their chest while the sides served as arms and the rear served as wheeled feet. The Omnitrix symbol was on their chest, above a human\u2019s sternum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGEAR-SHIFT!\u201d shouted the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome on! No fair using a new form before me!\u201d wailed Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou scanned a Transformer already?!\u201d I yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd gave it its current alt-mode,\u201d confirmed Ben. \u201cI scanned old Screamer over there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMY NAME IS STARSCREAM!\u201d shouted Starscream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd Ben was not able to use it before Heather took the Omnitrix from him,\u201d continued Rook, a cat-like humanoid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow that I have it,\u201d jeered Megatron, \u201cI can have a drone army as well as a Predacon one!\u201d I blinked. \u201cCome now, the Maximals weren\u2019t the only sparks I robbed! There are techno-organic Predacons running on Cybertron now! And I will command them!\u201d He then turned the key on the Ultimatrix rig and made a new selection ring. He selected the alien and the army changed into techno-organic tigers, in robot mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cULTIMATE GEAR-SHIFT!\u201d announced the army. The Ultimatrix rig and Omnitrix symbol were located on their torsos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSLAY THEM ALL!\u201d roared Megatron as he went into beast mode. The rig adapted to his T-Rex arm and the army charged. My belt was working this time, so all of us riders donned our suits. We clashed with the Ultimate Gear-Shift army and nearly tore the park apart. Ben then got an idea. As he dodged the fire coming from all directions, he latched onto Megatron\u2019s beast arm. Megatron tried to get him off. \u201cRelease me!\u201d he roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmnitrix, command function override! Code 10!\u201d ordered Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOverride accepted,\u201d replied the Omnitrix in Ben\u2019s voice. \u201cVoice command activated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat are you doing?!\u201d yelped Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmnitrix, self-destruct in 30 seconds!\u201d commanded Ben \u201cCommand Code 0-0-0-Destruct-0!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDestruct sequence completed and engaged,\u201d confirmed the Omnitrix. \u201cDetonation in T-Minus\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmnitrix, command function override! Code 10!\u201d boomed Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOverride accepted,\u201d reported the Omnitrix in Megatron\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmnitrix, abort self-destruct! Code 10!\u201d demanded Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSelf-destruct sequence aborted,\u201d called the Omnitrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid you really think I wouldn\u2019t study the Omnitrix\u2019s voice commands?!\u201d snarled Megatron as he went into robot mode. He got Ben off and punched him in the gut. \u201cYou are an idiot! I am Megatron, lord of Cybertron! With the Predacons and Bioids at my disposal, I shall succeed where my namesake failed! You are but the footnote in history! And, when they build statues of me triumphing over the Maximals, you will be displayed with all of your\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCurrent host too volatile,\u201d reported the Omnitrix in Ben\u2019s voice. \u201cReturning to Benjamin Kirby Tennyson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWHAT?!\u201d roared Megatron. The Omnitrix and Ultimatrix rig came off of Megatron and flew to Ben. The whole rig went onto Ben\u2019s arm and the Omnitrix adjusted the wristband to fit Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBack in business!\u201d cheered Ben as he scrolled through the selection ring and selected an alien. A flash of green later, and Ben was in his Appoplexian form, wearing pants. He shouted the name. \u201crrrRRAAAAAATTHH!\u201d Male Appoplexians are bulkier in the upper regions than the females.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAngry enough?\u201d asked Rook, the cat-like humanoid that works as Ben\u2019s Plumber partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, he DID have the Omnitrix off for a while and someone was about to abuse it,\u201d I mused. \u201cI\u2019d say Ben\u2019s right in using Rath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou shall pay for this embarrassment!\u201d snarled Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLET ME TELL YA SOMETHIN\u2019 MEGATRON, FORMER LORD OF CYBERTRON!\u201d roared Rath. \u201cYOU WANNA MAKE RATH PAY? YOU\u2019LL FIND THAT RATH IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO CASH VICTORY IN ON!!\u201d Megatron laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMixing metaphors, are we?\u201d he asked. Rath tackled Megatron and the two clashed. The Bioids were back to their blank state but were still fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is absurd!\u201d I hissed. \u201cLacey, do it!\u201d Apocalypse nodded and floated into the air. \u201cGet to higher ground!\u201d I called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCOME ON!\u201d protested Rath. \u201cI WAS JUST GETTING WARMED UP!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBen! Now!\u201d snapped Max. Rath grudgingly complied. As we got higher, the clouds got darker. Lightning flashed as Gwen cast a shield over us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere we go!\u201d I yelled. The rain then started hammering the whole island. It was hitting the ground to hard that a flash flood hit the park. The enemy was washed out to the entrance. A rift opened near Igura, Vilgax, Starscream, and Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYOU IDIOTS HAVE FAILED ME!\u201d roared Lord Vortech as his hand scooped them up. At that point, Apocalypse called off the storm. She floated down into the water and cancelled her transformation. The water was up to her topmost skirt. The sun peeked through the clouds as we got down. All Riders cancelled our transformations and Rath went back to Ben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat was more excitement than any of us bargained for,\u201d sighed Richard as he held Dr. Hammond\u2019s cane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t see Heather in Vortech\u2019s hand,\u201d observed Flora. \u201cDo you think\u2026?\u201d she turned to Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo,\u201d whispered Death. \u201cHer time hasn\u2019t come. Speaking of, I have work to do.\u201d She summoned her scythe and headed to the enemy forces, swinging her weapon and releasing the souls of the dead. \u201cAnd now, for good news,\u201d whispered Death once she finished. \u201cLacey, we have something for you, dear.\u201d She handed Lacey a card. \u201cIt gives me great pleasure to welcome you as head of the Technology Department and as head of House Apocalypse. You may choose your house\u2019s colors at your leisure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean, I passed?!\u201d cheered Lacey. All horsemen nodded. \u201cYAY!\u201d she called. \u201cKamen Rider Apocalypse is here!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow, all we need is Kamen Rider Vortex,\u201d grunted War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGive it a week,\u201d whispered Death. \u201cIn the meantime, we need food to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood luck with that,\u201d muttered Haitao. \u201cThere\u2019s probably nothing to eat but Energon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot good idea for humans,\u201d rumbled Grimlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGreat,\u201d I sighed. \u201cWe\u2019ll starve before we get back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou sure?\u201d asked Richard as he held up an apple. He then pointed to a whole trail of apples leading to a building. We followed the apples, collecting them as we went, and saw the biggest storeroom for food ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe could feast for weeks!\u201d I breathed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThink we should share with Heather?\u201d asked Richard. I considered. For a moment, I felt pity for her since she was the last of her bloodline. I then shook my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure her fridge is stocked up,\u201d I replied. \u201cIn the meantime, we feast!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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