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Chapter 45 - Chapter 45: The Secrets

news reporter: "We're live on the scene of a high speed police pursuit of an armored car stolen earlier today from a federl reserve in Denver."

(a news reporter said as we're shown the news footage as the armored car passed by the Rust Bucket.)

news reporter: "It is believed the thieves also have a hostage."

(A large green crystal suddenly grew from the ground and caused the armored car to hit a speed bump, which slashed the tire and caused the car to swerve out of control before stopping as the police squads surrounded it before the cops got out and aimed their guns.)

the captain: "Freeze!"

(the captain shouted.)

(The door opened and the crook stepped out with a machine gun in his hand as he grabbed his hostage from the train and held his neck under his arm with a glare.)

the captain: "Hold your fire!"

(the captain told his team as they lowered their guns.)

(The crook's partner came out with a strange looking gun.)

(He fired it, sending out a bolt of electricity at a car, blowing it up and sending the cops scattering.)

(Suddenly, Diamondhead appeared behind him from the smoke and cracked his knuckles.)

the reporter: "Wait, what's this?"

(the reporter asked as Diamondhead slashed the weapon in half with his blade arm.)

(The crook ran off before he was lifted up in the air as a huge crystal cage formed from the ground beneath him, incapacitating him.)

the reporter: "It looks like we have another alien sighting!"

(The driver held his hostage in his arm while pointing the gun at Diamondhead before he felt someone tapping his shoulder.)

(He spun around to see Four Arms crossing both sets of her arms and tapping her foot patiently.)

(He released the hostage before Four Arms smiled.)

Four Arms: "Good boy."

(she said with a smile at him.)

Four Arms: "Now, if you would be so kind as to turn yourself in..."

(The driver nodded before walking to the cops with his hands in the air.)

the reporter: "We don't know where these creatures come from, but they seem to be here to help."

(Little did they know, the news report was being broadcast on the Chimera Wrath in Earth's orbit, being shown to Vilgax.)

Vilgax: "The Omnitrixes, wasted on pointless heroics!"

(Vilgax said, annoyed.)

the Bioid: "Shall I dispatch more drones to retrieve it?"

(the Bioid asked.)

Vilgax: "No."

(The healing chamber suddenly opened, releasing tons of steam everywhere as Vilgax emerged from the chamber, now completely healed of his injuries from when the Omnitrixes were sent to Earth.)

(He then stepped on a medical drone, destroying it.)

Vilgax: "I will see to this task myself."

(Jen shot up in his bed with a shout as he saw her brother fiddling with his Omnitrix as Max walked up to him.)

Max: "Another nightmare, Ben?"

(he asked.)

Jen: "Actually, it was me this time."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "It was that weird alien from my vision. Only he was bigger, uglier and scarier than what he described."

Max: "It was just a bad dream, son."

(Max reassured Ben.)

Max: "We can talk about it in the morning."

Jen: "He looked right at me and said 'I"m coming for you now.'"

(Max suddenly got a shocked look in his eye as he gasped.)

Max: "Change of plan. We're hitting the road right now."

Gwen: "Grandpa, it's three in the morning."

(Gwen groaned.)

Max: "Best way to beat the traffic."

(Max stated as he fired the ignition and the Rust Bucket started up and headed on course to its destination.)

(In South Dakota, the Rust Bucket drove by a herd of buffalo as the twins looked at the window at how quickly they were moving.)

Jen: "Hey, Grandpa."

(Jen asked.)

Jen: "What's with the lead foot?"

Max: "I want to make Mt. Rushmore by nightfall."

(Max said.)

Ben: "I'm so bored."

(Ben said before turning to Gwen.)

Ben: "Let me play a game."

Gwen: "I would but I think this would be a good lesson for you to entertain yourself."

(Gwen said sarcastically.)

(Ben got an evil look at his eye as he started fiddling with his Omnitrix.)

(The Chimera Wrath picked up the signal of the activation, which did not go unnoticed by Vilgax.)

Vilgax: "The Omnitrixes have been activated."

(he said.)

Vilgax: "Pinpoint their location."

(The Bioids used a GPS signal within the ship that pinpointed the exact location of both Omnitrixes, the green and signal flashing brightly.)

Vilgax: "I have you now."

(Gwen typed something into her laptop before the entire system shut down to her surprise.)

Gwen: "Hey, what gives?"

(she asked.)

(The blank screen morphed into a green and black signal with a singular eye, indicating that Ben had transformed into Upgrade.)

Upgrade: "Sorry, you are a loser and always will be."

(Upgrade taunted as he stuck his head out of the laptop and pecked his cousin on the chin.)

Gwen: "Ben, get out of my computer!"

(Gwen shouted.)

Upgrade: "What? I'm just entertaining myself."

(he said.)

Gwen: "This is my private property and you're getting your cooties all over it!"

(Gwen shouted as Jen started chuckling to herself.)

Jen: "Okay, this is pretty funny."

(she said.)

(Upgrade morphed the laptop into a robotic creature with spider legs as he scanned its files and dodged Gwen's advances toward it.)

Upgrade: "What's this? A diary?"

Jen [in mind]: "Oh no."

(Jen thought.)

Upgrade: "Dear Diary, my cousin Ben is such a-"

Gwen: "-Doofus! Knock it off!"

Max: "Ben, now is not the time to go alien, do you understand?"

(Max asked.)

Upgrade: "I was just fooling around."

(Upgrade stated as he demerged with the computer.)

Max: "We can't afford to attract attention right now."

Upgrade: "What kind of attention can I attract in here?"

(Upgrade asked before the Omnitrix timed out and he transformed back to Ben.)

Max: "Never mind."

(Max said as the kids looked to each other and shrugged.)

(On the Chimera Wrath, Ben's Omnitrix's deactivation caused the signal to go out on the GPS.)

the Bioid: "We have lost the Omnitrix's signal."

(the Bioid reported.)

Vilgax: "No matter."

(Vilgax said.)

Vilgax: "I've narrowed down both of their locations."

(He looked at pictures of the twins' alien forms as they saved people and stopped criminals all across America.)

Vilgax: "I know just how to draw these earthlings out."

(he said before he smashed a picture of Firefly saving a kitten in anger.)

(The Chimera Wrath entered Earth's atmosphere, close to the Rust Bucket's location, casting a shadow down on the ground, sending the buffalo scattering in fear.)

(The ship opened the hatch on its underside and dropped down two drones and a giant mechanical spiked sphere device, which hit the ground on a search for the Omnitrixes.)

(They approached Rapid City, South Dakota to cause chaos to draw the twins out, destroying the "Welcome to Rapid City" sign as it passed by.)

(The Rust Bucket continued on its path to Mount Rushmore when the kids looked up from their devices and looked out the window and saw smoke rising from the rooftops of the buildings of Rapid City.)

Jen: "What's going on over there?"

(Jen asked, concern evident in her voice.)

Max: "I'm sure the local authorities have the situation well at hand."

(Max reassured, focused on his task at hand.)

(The civilians ran for their lives as the drones fired several laser beams, destroying several cars and causing immense chaos while the spiked ball rolled over some buildings, completely demolishing them.)

(At one point, they approached a local gas station and fired their lasers, sending the customers running off in a panic as the gasoline canisters instantly ignited, causing a major explosion, which resulted in a mushroom cloud which did not go unnoticed by our heroes.)

Ben: "Looks like it's hero time!"

(Ben said as he activated his Omnitrix as did his sister.)

Max: "Guys, I don't think that's the best idea."

(Max warned.)

Jen: "Sorry, Grandpa."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "I know that people are in trouble and I can't sit here and do nothing."

Ben: "Time to go Heatblast on these fools!"

(They both slammed down the cores and initiated their transformations.)

(Ben's Omnitrix sunk down into his arm and from where brown-orange rocks erupted from his skin and worked their way down his body until they reached his eye.)

(Then, cracks appeared in the outline of his now rocky skin and the watch symbol appeared on his chest.)

(His head erupted into flames with a face outline inside and he struck a pose as the transformation ended.)

(Jen's Omnitrix sunk into her wrist and his blood vessels expanded rapidly before spreading across her entire body, which eventually reached her eyes, which she clutched shut and when she shot them open again, they were fully golden.)

(A second pair of arms shot out just below her primary pair and her muscle mass grew exponentially.)

(His feet morphed themselves to only have two toes and her skin turned red with a few black crests on his face and she grew a second pair of eyes beneath the original ones.)

(She wore a pink and white one-piece bodysuit that really showed off her figure before she shot a pose.)

(The Rust Bucket pulled over and the twins launched themselves toward the city to stop the drones, leaving their cousin and grandfather stunned.)

(The civilians ran for their lives as the drones continued their assault before they were struck with fireballs from Heatblast as he landed in before Four Arms grabbed them in her upper arms and smashed them against each other, reducing them to scrap metal.)

Heatblast: "Hey, why don't you pick on someone with real fire power?"

(Heatblast asked as Four Arms dusted her hands off.)

(Four Arms then widened her eyes as the twins looked around to see tons of the drones surrounding them on all sides.)

Heatblast: "Oh man. I didn't mean all at once!"

Four Arms: "Why do I get the feeling that these guys were expecting us?"

(Four Arms asked.)

Heatblast: "Less talking, more blasting!"

(Heatblast shouted as he fired up a flurry of fireballs while his sister fired tons and tons of energy waves at the drones, not letting up as they dodged the laser blasts and continued to fire on them, not letting up in the slightest.)

[To Be Continued...]

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