The Alien-Mutant War: A Ben 10/X-Men Crossover.

[Morpher01]

Okay, so I didn't think that anyone here in the fanfic section has heard of Ben 10. I may not have seen X3 just yet, but that doesn't mean I can put Ben 10 into X1 and X2.

By the way, this part of the trilogy takes place in X1.

So...after rating this PG-13, I give you...

The Alien-Mutant War​

Chapter 1:



Ben Tennyson is a mischievous ten-year-old boy. He used to be ordinary, until one summer, when he, out of the blue, received an alien, watch-like device from space. It was called the Omnitrix, and, after latching itself onto Ben’s left wrist, it allowed him to change into eleven different aliens.

There was Heatblast, an alien made entirely of fire, Wildmutt, an alien cross between a porcupine and a wild dog, Diamondhead, a crystalline alien with a body harder than diamond, XLR8, a speedy racer alien, and Grey Matter, a five-inch tall alien with supreme intelligence.

There was also Fourarms, a giant alien with an extra pair of arms, Stinkfly, a giant winged insect alien, Ripjaw, an alien cross between an angler fish and a human, Ghostfreak, a ghost-like alien with invisibility powers, Upgrade, a alien made of living metal that can fuse with and “upgrade” electrical devices, and finally, Cannonbolt, an alien with the power to curl up into an armadillo-like ball.

Ben had discovered Cannonbolt long after the first ten aliens. He used the form of Cannonbolt to kill a giant space tick that was capable of contaminating and ingesting a planet. After familiarizing himself with the armadillo-like alien’s form, Ben used Cannonbolt again to defeat Kevin, a power-absorbing mutant who, before permanently becoming a cross between the first ten of Ben’s aliens, was a sort of rival to the bearer of the Omnitrix.

Ben had just defeated the now freakish version of Kevin with the assistance of a government officer named Lieutenant Steel. Steel hit Kevin with a bazooka which, despite not killing the hybrid monster, knocked him into the ocean outside the Golden Gate Bridge.

While traveling through New York, Ben had received an invitation to attend a Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Not liking the thought of going to a school in the summer, Ben protested, but his cousin, Gwen Tennyson, and his grandfather, Max Tennyson, made him change his mind.

Ben was currently XLR8, his main mode of transportation. The creature was the size of a human teenager, but wore a racing suit with a head that was pointed back to a point. A blue, dinosaur-like tail with horizontal black stripes was on his butt. Three razor-sharp claws were his fingers, and his arms were coated blue. A black visor with blue vision spots covered the alien’s face, hiding yellow eyes with a black-rimmed mouth.

The torso of XLR8 was white, with wide, black streaks lining the sides. On his chest was a circle with a white hourglass-like shape in the middle, which was the emblem of the Omnitrix. His legs were coated blue, right down to the feet, which, when Ben wanted to stop, sprouted small, metal balls that allowed XRL8 to stop quickly.

XLR8 was very fast. He could run at what quite possibly would be mach two. Knowing that the people of New York didn’t like any form of unfamiliar creature very much, Ben pulled into an empty alley nearby and stopped, creating very large indented streaks in the ground.

He pulled out a piece of paper with the school’s address listed on it. The address was:

1407 Graymalkin Lane
Salem Center
Westchester County
New York
United States of America.

XRL8 sighed in a raspy voice.

“If I was Grey Matter,” he said, continuing in his raspy voice “I’d probably be there by now! Eh, go with what works, I guess.”

He ran off again, his body nothing but a blue-and-black blur to the people around him.

****

Several minutes later, Ben arrived at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. After waiting for the Omnitrix to run out of power and forcefully change him back to his human form, Ben walked across the concrete sidewalk of the school grounds.

Ben was not very tall, but he was easy to recognize. His hair was brown, sort of short, and just slightly spiked. His eyes were a light green, and his shirt was white with a black streak down the middle and two on the ends of the shortened sleeves. His pants were black, and his shoes were also black with white streaks and green streaks at the ends.

The Omnitrix was also black, and looked like a fancy watch from first glance, but the part where the hands would be displayed was replaced by a circle with the white hourglass shape in it. Instead of white, however, the hourglass shape glowed a fading red. Green buttons lined the center circle, for just about no known purpose.

“This looks like the place.” Ben said in a normal ten-year-old voice “Might as well see what’s up.”

As he walked up to the school, Ben saw some kids playing basketball. One of the kids, who had blonde hair and glasses, vanished in a yellow light and reappeared in another part of the basketball field, dodging the attempts of other kids to take the ball. He repeated the process several times, finally launching the ball into the basket to score.

“Hey, no powers!” one of the other kids yelled.

Ben just stared.

“Ooooooookay.” he said “Am I the only one who thinks that was just weird? Then again, a kid that can turn into eleven aliens is kinda weird, too, if ya think about it.”

Ben continued on in, and found himself face-to-face with an African-American woman with white hair, a black robe, and a black suit with gloves.

“Uh, who are you exactly?” Ben asked, unsure of who this woman was.

“I’m Ororo Munroe,” the woman responded “but my codename is Storm. Are you a Ben Tennyson?”

“Yeah,” Ben answered “why’re you asking?”

“I’m a teacher here at Xavier’s.” the woman, now known as Storm, answered “We’ve been waiting for you, and Professor Xavier, founder of the school, wants to meet you.”

Ben didn’t say anything. He was starting to have his doubts about responding to the letter. But, before he could do anything else, the woman called Storm led him inside and into the main office, where a bald man in a wheelchair with large, silver X’s on the wheels awaited them.

“Ah, Mr. Tennyson, how nice to see you.” said the man “You may leave us now, Ororo.”

The woman named Storm left, and closed the door behind her.

“Welcome to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Benjamin.” the man said “I am Professor Charles Xavier, and I founded this school.

“I can already tell that you have questions about the school, Benjamin.” the man, whose name was revealed to be Xavier, continued “Rest assured, I shall answer them all.”

“Okay, first, what’s the deal with the teleporting kid outside on the basketball field?” Ben asked, pointing towards the door as he said the previous “And why’s that woman have a codename? And why’s it ‘Storm’, anyway?”

“Ah, the most commonly asked question.” said Xavier “Do not worry, you are not the first to ask this. I can answer all your questions with two answers. The first being that this school is what one may call a training ground for superheroes. This is the reason that many of the students here have codenames.

“As for your second question, about the teleporting child, who I must tell to stop using his powers during a basketball game, it can be answered simply.” Xavier continued “You see, Benjamin, Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters is a school…for Mutants and Mutates.”

******

At the same time Ben was traveling to the school as XLR8, a large, dark entity was moving through the ocean outside Liberty Island, where New York’s pride, the statue of Liberty, resided. The entity came closer to the land, and, as it climbed out, the world wished it stayed in the water, mainly because the creature was extremely hideous.

It was a little over twelve feet tall, with faded, red skin on its torso, head and legs. Its right eye was large and green with what appeared to be a subtraction symbol as the pupil, whereas on the other side of the creature’s face, two smaller, yellow eyes rested. Between the eyes was an angler fish’s lure, and black, long hair covered the back and top of the creature’s head.

The monster’s back was black, with streaks of light green that traveled in many different directions. Four light green, gossamer, insect-like wings sprouted out of the beast’s back, enabling it to fly. A tail exactly like that of XLR8 sprouted from the creature’s behind, and the rest of the butt area, especially the front, was covered by a black, torn toga. Black cracks ran from the monster’s shoulders down to the legs.

The monster had four arms. The upper right arm was green and crystalline, whereas the upper left arm was made of red stone, and had magma running between the cracks and through the stone-less hand. Both of the lower arms were covered in orange fur, and had three fingers with sharp, black nails that resembled claws.

This hideous monstrosity was Kevin, the mutated monster that Ben and Lieutenant Steel had defeated on top of the Golden Gate Bridge.

“Nrrrrrghh!” Kevin growled, revealing that his canines had become larger and sharper, now resembling fangs “That stupid kid! And that worthless army lieutenant! I would’ve killed Ben if that idiot didn’t get in the way!”

“And who might you be?” asked an old man’s voice.

A man wearing a black outfit and a red cloak with helmet to match stepped out of the shadows. His helmet had an “M” engraved onto the top, just above the facial spot.

“Name’s Kevin, old man.” said the monstrosity that was Kevin “Now who’re you?!”

“Calm yourself, boy.” said the man “I am Magneto, and I will bring a new world order. One that will appreciate mutants for what they are. I am leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants. Will you join?”

“Hmm…” hummed Kevin “New world order, eh? One that actually likes mutants…okay then, ‘Magneto’, ya’ve got a deal. What am I s’possed to do first?”

The man named Magneto smiled a cruel smile.

******

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[Midnight Umbreon]

Ooh, I'm first...

As he walked up to the school, Ben saw some kids playing basketball. One of the kids, who had blonde hair and glasses, vanished in a yellow light and reappeared in another part of the basketball field, dodging the attempts of other kids to take the ball. He repeated the process several times, finally launching the ball into the basket to score.

“Hey, no powers!” one of the other kids yelled.

-.- You could have done without this, but I guess it's okay..

You didn't have any spelling mistakes which is good.

I'll give a more in-depth review later, butnow me must leaf.

Tee Hee, leave. Leaf... he, he.. not funny

 

[Morpher01]

.html: What was wrong with that part, anyway?

Ah, at any rate, it's time for Chapter 2.




Chapter 2:




“What?!” Ben gasped in surprise

“I said that this is a school for Mutants and, in your case, Mutates.” said Xavier “I believe that you qualify as a Mutate, due to the device on your left wrist. Rest assured, Benjamin, as you are not the only new one to this school. Logan, come and meet Mr. Tennyson.”

A pair of wooden double doors opened and another man stepped out. He had long, bushy sideburns going down to his chin and under it. His black hair was styled so that it looked like there were two horns of hair pointing backwards on the sides of his head.

The new man had hairy arms as well, but not so that they made him look like a gorilla. He had a black shirt, a dark brown jacket, and grey pants.

“Benjamin, this is Logan, codenamed Wolverine.” explained Xavier “And, like you, he only just arrived.”

“Why’s he called Wolverine?” asked Ben.

The man called Logan, or Wolverine, suddenly sprouted six silver, knife-like blades from between his knuckles, three for each hand.

“That answer your question?” Wolverine said in a gruff voice.

“Uh, yeah…” Ben answered “really well. How’d you do that, anyway?”

“Gonna have to ask Jean ‘bout that.” Logan said “She’ll give ya the info ya need.”

“Jean Grey is the school doctor,” said Xavier “and she has an X-ray of Logan’s body. When you see the X-ray, you will know more about Logan.”

“’Kay, then.” said Ben.

“Oh, and one more thing before you go,” said Xavier “you will be able to show your powers when all the students gather in the auditorium to give examples of your powers.”

“Fine.” said Ben “I don’t really expect anyone to believe my word, anyway.”

******

Ben arrived at the medical lab after getting lost several times and asking for directions. He soon found a woman with long, red hair in a white lab coat.

“You must be Ben Tennyson.” said the woman “I’m Jean Grey. What brings you here?”

“How’s that Wolverine guy sprout knives from his hands, anyway?” Ben asked.

“Ah, a common question.” said the woman named Jean Grey “Come with me and I’ll show you Logan’s X-ray.”

Jean Grey led Ben over to a white screen with blue pictures of a skeleton on it.

“This is Logan’s X-ray.” said Jean “As you can see, there are metallic parts of his skeleton made from a supposedly indestructible metal called ‘adamantium’. He doesn’t remember how they got there, but he does know that the knuckle parts are where the blades come from.”

“So…how come he doesn’t bleed like crazy when the blades come out?” asked Ben.

“Because of Logan’s mutant power,” Jean responded “which is the ability to heal wounds almost instantaneously. He can take a bullet to the head and still live, and heal the wound.”

“Whoa…” Ben said.

“By the way…which are you, Mutant or Mutate?” Jean asked

“……what’s the difference?” asked Ben

“A mutant is born with his powers, while a Mutate receives his powers through other means.”

“Mutate,” Ben said, showing Jean the Omnitrix “since I got my powers through the watch.”

Jean was interested in the Omnitrix.

“Where’d you get that?” she asked

“From an alien space pod a month or two ago.” Ben answered.

“…aliens?” Jean said, surprised “Are you crazy or something?”

“You don’t believe me?” Ben asked “Well, just wait ‘till the auditorium example….thing.”

“..Ooooookay.” said Jean, unconvinced.

******

Later, as many kids, teens and even adults (Logan included) gathered into the auditorium, Xavier spoke.

“I welcome all the new students to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.” Xavier began “As I’m sure many of you know, I am Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the school. You may refer to me by my codename, Professor X, if you wish.

“I have called you here to introduce you all to two new students at this school,” the professor continued “please welcome Benjamin Tennyson and Logan!”

Logan and Ben stepped onto the stage, Ben extremely eager to show off the power of the Omnitrix.

“Newest first, as they always say,” said Xavier “Benjamin, please go first.”

“Okay.” Ben replied, pressing a button on the Omnitrix, causing the circle to rise up. He dialed it a bit, then slammed it down.

It started with the Omnitrix being sucked into his skin, which was rapidly being replaced by green crystal. Ben grew some, and his head became covered in more green crystal, the back of his head stretching to a point. Yellow, pupil-less eyes replaced the regular green, and a large, lower jaw became the mouth. Four large shards of green crystal emerged from Ben’s back, as well. The two crystals on the top were much longer and larger than the ones beneath them.

Ben’s clothing was also altered, so that half of it was black, and the other half white. The emblem of the Omnitrix was embedded on the top of the white side, and worker-boot like feet replaced the regular shoes.

In short, Ben had used the Omnitrix to become Diamondhead.

“What the—?!” Logan gasped in shock at the alien standing beside him.

“Oh my god,” said Jean Grey, who was in the crowd “I thought he was only kidding, but this….this just proves whatever he was saying was true.”

“I guess this proves that if someone says that their powers have something to do with aliens, you’d better believe them.” said a man next to Jean.

The man next to Jean had black, untidy hair, a black suit with an “X” engraved across the chest. His most noticeable feature, however, were his sunglasses. They were mostly grey, with one red, translucent streak running across the front. Two grey knobs were on the sides.

“Tell me what ya think of this.” said Diamondhead in a deep voice. He pointed his right hand up, and his crystalline fingers fused together, then extended and sharpened, becoming a crystalline blade. Then, more crystal spikes sprouted from the rest of his arm, giving it a sort of spiked club appearance.

“Not bad.” said Wolverine.

“You bet,” said Diamondhead as he returned his right arm to its regular form “now, get a load of this!”

He stretched his arm out, then his fingers spread out, becoming sharper and being replaced by even more sharp blades. Diamondhead then lifted his arm into the air, and the crystals fired in rapid sequence like a machine gun. The crystals stuck into the ceiling, seemingly out of reach.

“Impressive, Benjamin.” said Xavier “Very impressive. And I assume that this crystalline alien is one of eleven in your Omnitrix?”

“How’d you know about that?” Diamondhead asked, his yellow eyes round in surprise.

“I, too, am a mutant,” answered Xavier “gifted with psychic power. I can read minds and attack using mental blasts. It is of no surprise to anyone else here that I can do all this.”

“Ooookay.” said Diamondhead.

The Omnitrix emblem began flashing red. A red flash of light later, and Diamondhead was back to Ben.

“You will have to be trained to access the full potential of all your aliens.” said Xavier “After all, the human race is in imminent danger, and you will be a valuable asset to the league of superheroes assembled from this school, the X-Men.”

“Cool!” said Ben.

******

Senator Kelly was one of many anti-mutant people. His fear and hatred of mutants had only been increased more when a mutant woman and man kidnapped him.

Now it seemed that the mutants were going to torture him somehow. It involved a complex device that’s purpose is unknown to the senator.

The device was very large. It had several rings wrapped around each other at the top, whereas at the bottom, there were two posts with straps on top of them.

“C’mon, Magneto, spill it!” said Kevin, impatient “What’s the ray do, anyway?”

“Patience, Kevin,” replied Magneto “the device’s purpose will be revealed in time. Now, why don’t you make the senator feel more, how shall I say, ‘comfortable’?”

A wicked grin flashed across Kevin’s mutated face. His top fangs showed through, giving him the appearance of a vampire.

“All right, then.” said the mutant monstrosity.

Kevin grabbed Kelly with his right hand and placed him in a metallic chair. His lower two arms worked to fasten Kelly to the chair using strong shackles.

“Don’t move, girly-man,” said Kevin in a mocking voice “you won’t feel a thing!”

“Y-y-you won’t get away with this!” Kelly stammered, his fear rising “W-whatever you plan to do to me, it-it’ll just prove the things I said about you monsters!”

“Monsters?” said Magneto as he stepped up to the device’s controls “What a harsh definition of mutantkind. We prefer to think of ourselves as…the next evolution of mankind.”

He reached the two posts and placed his hands through the straps.

“Prepare to join us, senator Kelly.” Magneto said as he powered up the device “Prepare to join the future of the world!”

As soon as the device activated, Magneto acted as though he was feeling an electric shock coursing through him. The rings on top of the device began to spin around, flowing with white energy. That energy was then unleashed in a wave of whiteness.

As soon as the energy washed over Kelly, he felt like screaming, but the scream was caught in his throat. The energy washed over Kevin, but he didn’t feel anything, nor did the three other mutants in the area.

The first of the three was Toad. He wore a brown coat and black pants, but the most noticeable thing about him was his skin. It was like a toad’s: green and slimy. Toad’s eyesight wasn’t too good, but he could leap farther than any other human, and he has a fifteen-foot long, purple tongue coiled up in his mouth.

The second was Mystique. Her skin was blue, contrasting to her scarlet hair. Her eyes were yellow and reptilian: yellow with green pupils that flashed into different eye colors when she wanted them to. Her shoulders and other parts of her body were covered in reptilian scales. Mystique used her shape-shifting ability to abduct senator Kelly, assisted by Toad, who piloted the helicopter.

The final mutant was called Sabretooth. He was large, with a brown trenchcoat, long, curly brown hair with a mustache to match, and he even had large, cat-like paws. He, too, had fangs similar to Kevin’s, only Sabretooth is still human. Sabretooth’s powers are his claws, teeth, and amazing strength.

The energy washed all over the Statue of Liberty’s torch, not proceeding very far. But it didn’t need to. The entire purpose was to test it on Kelly.

“It didn’t work!” cried Kevin, failing to grasp what the device had done to Kelly “Whatever the ray was s’possed to do, it didn’t do it!”

He clenched his upper right fist in frustration and growled.

“Oh, I…assure you, Kevin, that….the device….did its work…” said Magneto, weak from the energy the device drained from him.

“Then how come I didn’t see anything happen to girly-man?!” cried the monstrosity that was Kevin.

“You’ll see the effect the device has in time, Kevin.” said Mystique “and I’m quite sure that you might like it.”

“I’d better, Mystique.” threatened Kevin.

******

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[Raider Phoenix]

This is a great story! Here's an idea: shouldn't Ben's codename be something that somehow rhymes with 11? Like Kevin 11. I'm glad that you added Cannonbolt but the 11'th alien kinda defeats the purpose of the show being called Ben 10 right? I hope you continue this story!

 

[Morpher01]

Raider Phoenix: Eh, all the X-Men pretty much call Ben by his alien's names, so that's not a problem.

So...here's chapter 3. I know I'm skipping a lot of stuff, and that this fic will be very short, but I promise to pack action into these.



Chapter 3:




Ben was currently in his bed, in his clothes, minus his shoes. He couldn’t sleep. He was excited about this school, which was rare coming from a ten-year-old who loves summer vacation more than anything.

It was then that the man that stood next to Jean in the auditorium during the day barged into Ben’s room.

“Ben, get your shoes on and get out here!” said the man “Rogue’s run away!”

“Uh…” began Ben, but the man interrupted

“I’ll explain on the way, now come on!”

Ben got his shoes on and followed the man.

“My name’s Scott Summers,” said the man “but my codename is Cyclops. Whenever I open my eyes, I shoot lasers. That’s my mutant power.”

“Cool!” said Ben as he ran alongside Cyclops “But, who’s Rogue?”

“I’m getting to that.” said Scott “Rogue’s another new student, she arrived here a little before you and Logan. Her power is to absorb the memories, life force and, in a mutant’s case, powers, of others. She went into Logan’s room during the night to check on him, but Logan was having one he—sorry, heck of a nightmare, and he unknowingly skewered Rogue with his claws.”

“Oh, man!” cried Ben

“I know,” said Cyclops “but don’t worry, Rogue took some of Logan’s regeneration power and restored her wounds. But I heard that another student, named Bobby Drake, told her that Professor Xavier was furious with her, so she ran away.”

“How’re we gonna find her?” Ben asked

“Well, I heard that the Professor developed a device that allows him to feel the brain waves of mutants, since mutant brain waves are different than human brain waves.” replied Scott “I think it’s called Cerebro or something like that. He just went into the room containing Cerebro, so we should go down there and find out where she went.”

“Down…where?” Ben asked, confused

“You’ll see.” replied Cyclops.

*******

Scott took Ben into a secret elevator hidden in the school’s wall. It led to a series of impressive hallways and corridors of steel, finally leading to a door with a dark silver “X” on it.

The door opened, and Logan and Xavier rolled and walked out.

“Where’s Rogue?” asked Storm, who was there along with Jean Grey

“She is at a train station,” replied Xavier “waiting to board a train. I suggest you hurry, seeing as she will not come back to us on her own.”

“No problem!” said Ben as he activated the Omnitrix “Lessee….Wildmutt, Fourarms, Heatblast…here we go!”

He slammed it down, and the Omnitrix was absorbed into his skin again. Rather than his skin being replaced with green crystal, however, it was replaced with black, thinner skin. A familiar tail sprouted from his butt, and his feet were replaced with metal balls. His head once again curved back to a point, and his eyes became green and pupiless. A black streak went through them, and his face turned blue, his mouth turning black.

Ben had once more become XLR8.

“I’ll meet you guys at the train station.” said the racing alien in his raspy voice. XLR8 then dashed off, nothing but a blue and black blur to everyone else.

“I’ll get my cycle!” Scott yelled after XLR8.

As soon as he and Jean Grey went outside, however, they found no motorcycles.

“Where’s my ride?” asked Scott of no-one in particular.

*****

As it turns out, Logan had taken Scott’s motorcycle to get to the train station. Riding fast, he still had a hard time keeping up with XLR8.

Luckily for Logan, however, the Omnitrix began to run out of power at this point. The insignia flashing red, XLR8 managed to screech to a halt, causing a cloud of dust the size of a grown tree to be stirred up. A red flash of light later, and Ben came falling out of the dust cloud.

Wolverine pulled up beside the ten-year-old and said “Need a lift?”

****

Ben was on the motorcycle several seconds later.

“How many aliens you got in that thing?” Logan asked as they rode

“Eleven so far,” Ben replied “but there might be more.”

“Hmm.” Logan grunted.

The two continued to the train station, both intent on finding Rogue and getting her to come back.

******

“Fellow mutants,” said Magneto “Our plan is ready to commence. Our target has made itself vulnerable. Kevin, Sabretooth, Toad. You three are with me in our target’s acquisition. Mystique will fly the helicopter for our getaway.”

“Who’s the ‘target’ anyway, Magneto?” Kevin asked

“You will see, my monstrous friend.” said Magneto.

*****

Logan and Ben had reached the train station. It was a large place with sand-colored walls and brown, wood support beams. A silver train was at the top of a pair of staircases.

“How will I know Rogue when I see her?” Ben asked

“She’s got a white streak in the front of her brown hair, can’t miss ‘er.” Logan replied.

They ascended the stairs that led to the train, but no sign of anyone. Logan began sniffing the air.

“Uh, what’re you doing?” asked Ben

“Sniffin’ the air, tryin’ to get a lock on Rogue. I’ve gotten her scent before, I can get it again. There, got a lock on ‘er. She’s in the train. I’ll go.”

“I’m going with you.” said Ben “I’ve used the watch for things other than hero things before. I know what I can do.”

“All right, you can come.” said Logan “You go first, though.”

“All right.” said Ben.

******

As Ben boarded the train, he was being watched by the three eyes of Kevin.

“Well, well, well.” said the monstrosity “Lookie here. Ben’s here. This oughta be a great time to wax ‘im for turnin’ me into a complete freak.”

“ALL of us, in the views of others, are complete freaks, Kevin.” said Mystique.

“Whatever. Just drop me and the others off here and we’ll get the target.” Kevin said

****

Ben stepped down the olive-green carpet of the train, looking back and forth to find Rogue. At last, he found her.

Rogue was wearing a brown hooded trenchcoat to cover her body. Her hair, like Logan said, was brown, with a white streak on the front.

“You’re Rogue?” Ben asked

“Yeah.” replied Rogue “Who are you?”

“I’m Ben.”

Ben sat down next to Rogue

“Listen, it doesn’t matter what your powers for. Look at me. A couple times, I used the Omnitrix’s power,” Ben said, holding up his left wrist for Rogue to see “for stuff other than hero things. Once, I used an alien called Grey Matter to try to get a gold Sumo Slammer card out of boxes of Sumo Smack cereal in an M-mart.

“Another time,” he continued “I used another alien called Ghostfreak to try to sneak past a hotel guard and play a new Sumo Slammer arcade game. Logan didn’t know it was you when he went crazy. You did what you should’ve. Now c’mon, let’s get back to Xavier’s.”

“Y-y-you’re sure that Professor Xavier’s not mad at me?” Rogue asked, starting to cry

“He looked pretty anti-anger when I last saw him.” Ben replied

Logan came down the train to join the two, only to look in surprise when the train’s end suddenly was torn open by a blade similar to that of Diamondhead.

“What?!” Logan cried, sprouting his claws.

The monstrous form of Kevin cut its way through the train’s end.

“Long time no see, Benji.” said Kevin mockingly, looking towards Ben “Now don’t break my heart and tell me you’ve forgotten my face?”

“How could I?” said Ben “It’s hideous.”

“Got a point there.” agreed Logan “Who is this creep, anyway?”

“Ah, Logan. I see you’ve met Kevin, my newest recruit.” came Magneto’s voice “I don’t suppose you’ve forgotten you and Rogue’s encounter with Sabretooth, have you?”

“No…” said Logan “and you’re not taking me anywhere, Magneto.”

Magneto’s body levitated through the hole created by Kevin, chuckling.

“Who said I was after you, Logan?”

Magneto pointed his hand outward and Logan suddenly froze. A flick of his fingers, and Magneto sent Wolverine flying all the way to the back of the train car.

“Logan!” cried Ben, activating the Omnitrix “That’s it, you two. Why don’t you pick on someone who can fight back?”

Ben slammed the Omnitrix down, and a flash of green light later, he was Diamondhead once more.

“Kevin, secure the target.” ordered Magneto “Then recall Toad and Sabretooth.”

“I’d like to throw you around, rock-head,” taunted Kevin “but we have to pick up a delivery.”

The mutant monstrosity opened his mouth, and spit a stream of green goo in Rogue’s direction. The slime hit Rogue’s torso, strapping her to her seat. Kevin lumbered up to her seat and pulled it right out of its hold on the train.

“Let her go, Kevin!” cried the deep voice of Diamondhead, rushing forward with both arms bladed.

“Magneto, take the seat potato.” said Kevin, putting the seat with Rogue strapped in it down next to Magneto “I’ve got some unfinished business to take care of with rocky.”

“Very well, Kevin.” said Magneto, using his hands to levitate the seat into the air. He then levitated himself away from the train. Diamondhead rushed forward to retrieve Rogue, but was stopped by a blast of fire from Kevin’s left arm.

“Uh-uh-unh!” said Kevin “We’ve got unfinished business, Benji, remember?”

“Fine by me.” said Diamondhead.

“It’s time for me to finish what we started on the Golden Gate Bridge!” said Kevin “I’ve learned how to use my new powers, now. You only won last time ‘cause Steel was there to help you. This time, you’re alone, and I’m gonna pound you.”

“He’s not alone as you think, ugly.” came the gruff voice of Logan. The clawed X-Man came running out from the back of the car.

“So what?” said Kevin “I’ll still wax the both of you into this train’s carpet!”

“Wanna bet?” asked Diamondhead.

At the worst possible time, the Omnitrix began to run out of power. Diamondhead reverted back to Ben, and now was completely helpless against Kevin.

“Unngh,” Ben said at the Omnitrix “who’s side are you on?!”

“Ben, go and make sure the others are here, and okay,” said Logan “while I deal with this clown.”

“Since the watch is out of power,” Ben said “I might as well.”

He ran off, and Wolverine was left to face Kevin.

Roaring, Kevin made the first move, making his Diamondhead arm a blade. He swiped at Wolverine, only for the adamantium man to catch it between his claws. Moving his flaming arm around for a fire-powered punch, Kevin ended up making a giant, charcoal, fist-shaped dent in the side of the train, Wolverine having dodged it.

Wolverine clawed at Kevin’s legs, making three scars in the beast’s right leg. Roaring in pain, Kevin used his lower right arm to grab Wolverine’s face, then smash the back of his head into the train wall. Logan slashed the arm holding him, causing the arm to release him as Kevin screamed in pain. Wolverine moved in for another attack on Kevin’s torso, only for Kevin to channel XLR8’s speed to dodge the attack effortlessly.

“C’mon, is that the best you’ve got?!” Kevin taunted

“Not even close, ugly.” growled Wolverine

Wolverine leapt at Kevin’s face, only to be stuck to the ceiling by more goo from Kevin’s mouth.

“You’re pathetic.” said Kevin “Even Ben’s more of a challenge then you’ll ever be to me. I’d finish you here and now, but I’m gonna miss my ride home. See ya!”

As Kevin began to walk away, however, Wolverine cut the goo open with his claws and fell back to the floor.

“You ain’t going anywhere, freako!” Wolverine yelled at the monstrosity that was Kevin.

“Wrongo, Logan” said Kevin “I’m definitely goin’ somewhere, but the only direction you’ll be going is down!”

Kevin transformed his right arm into a crystal shard machine gun, then fired many shards at Wolverine, each one of them striking his body and skewering him. Logan fell to his knees, and then the floor.

“What a wimp.” said Kevin, eyeing the seemingly dead body of Wolverine “He was a piece of cake.”

Kevin cut the side of the train open, and left. Unknown to Kevin, however, the shards fell out, and Wolverine’s wounds started healing rapidly…

******

While the fight between Kevin and Wolverine was going on, Ben had exited the train. Seeing and hearing the fist denting the side of the train, Ben hurried to find that Storm, Jean Grey and Cyclops were there…but with company from Toad and Sabretooth.

Sabretooth was clutching Storm’s throat and holding her against the information desk’s window, while Toad was fighting with Jean and Cyclops at the same time.

“Oh, man! Just great!” moaned Ben pressing the buttons on the side of the Omnitrix “C’mon you stupid thing, work!”

After a few seconds, the Omnitrix did activate, and showed the silhouette of an animal-like alien. Ben slammed it down, and began a third transformation.

The Omnitrix was once again absorbed into his skin, which was becoming more muscular and wire-like. His eyes grew shut and disappeared, and was replaced by a large amount of orange fur. Black claws sprouted from his fingernails, and his fingers fused together to form three strong fingers on each new hand. His canine teeth grew and became sharper, and his mouth became black again. Gill-like flaps lined his longer neck, and his legs became bent forward, full of sinew that gave him incredible jumping power. Small, spike-like quills sprouted off this animal alien’s back.

The only remnant of clothing on his body was a piece of shoulder armor on his left shoulder. It bore the Omnitrix insignia.

Ben had become the animal alien, Wildmutt.

Roaring, the blind Wildmutt leapt down to face Sabretooth first. Landing right on top of the animal man, Wildmutt turned to Storm.

“B-Ben?” Storm choked, holding her throat

Wildmutt nodded his mole-like head, being unable to communicate.

“Th-thanks.” said Storm, recovering “Cyclops and Jean need your help; it may be two on one, but Toad is no novice when it comes to combat.”

Wildmutt nodded again, then leapt off of Sabretooth’s unconscious body.

*****

Toad had just slapped Cyclops across the face with his long, purple tongue. Magneto was right. This was easy.

At least, that’s what he thought before he saw Wildmutt flying towards him. Landing right in front of him, the alien creature roared, scaring Toad a little. Toad leapt up to a column, followed closely by Wildmutt. Toad leapt off again, again being followed by Wildmutt. Back on the floor, Toad had no choice to fight the monstrosity chasing him.

Wildmutt immediately rammed Toad in the torso with his head, sending the mutant right into another column. Leaping over the alien animal, Toad quickly turned around and lashed out his tongue, striking Wildmutt across its face. The tongue came back for another round, only to be stomped onto the floor by Wildmutt. The animal alien let go, letting the tongue roll back into Toad’s head.

A red laser beam came out of nowhere and hit Toad’s side square on. It sent the mutant into the wall, just as the Omnitrix insignia began flashing again. Once Wildmutt was back to Ben, Cyclops, who had fired the laser, commented on his fighting style.

“Not bad,” said Scott “So far we’ve seen three aliens in that watch of yours. If there’re more, you’d better get them ready, because I just saw Magneto floating out with Rogue strapped to a seat by some kinda goo.”

“Oh, man!” said Ben “C’mon, let’s go!”

“Hold on a sec.” came the voice of Storm “I’ve got Logan here.”

“Did you beat Kevin?” Ben asked

“No, he beat me.” said Logan “Stuck me with a bunch of shards like yours. I got them out and healed myself.”

“C’mon, let’s get Rogue!” said Ben, impatient

*****

A helicopter was hovering outside the train station, being piloted by Mystique. Sabretooth, Toad, Magneto, levitating the seat holding Rogue, and Kevin were all inside the helicopter.

They got away, for several reasons. Due to the Omnitrix being out of power, Ben couldn’t transform and, due to Rogue being on board, Cyclops and Storm couldn’t blow up the helicopter.

They all went back to Xavier’s to explain the mission. Ben couldn’t handle failure, especially when he failed a hero. He went outside to the swimming pool and activated the Omnitrix, then slammed it down, activating a fourth transformation.

Once again, the Omnitrix was absorbed into his skin but this time, his skin was replaced by grey fish scales. His fingers sharpened and became claws, and his head sprouted an angler fish’s lure from the middle of his forehead. His mouth seemed to inflate, sprouting sharp teeth. His eyes went from white with green pupils to grey with no pupils. Green spines sprouted from his back, and two gills opened on the sides of his neck.

His clothing was, once again, altered. His pants had become a black toga with green stripes, and black shoulder armor with the Omnitrix insignia on it was placed on his right shoulder.

Ben had become the aquatic alien he called Ripjaw.

Not lasting too long on land, Ripjaw dived into the water immediately. His feet merged together, the toga extending and covering them. The feet had become a long, mer-tail for Ripjaw.

The aquatic alien immediately began swimming around the pool at a rapid pace. He needed to cope with his failure: this was the way, in his opinion, to do it. His coping was interrupted, however, when he suddenly ran into something solid…but sort of soft. He backed up, and his eyes widened in horror at what he was looking at.

The unconscious body of Senator Kelly was floating in the water. Ripjaw grabbed Kelly by his shirt, and dragged him onto land, where he was met by Xavier.

“Now, Ben, I understand that you want to cope with your failure somehow, but please ask if you can use the pool before you use it.” said Xavier “Please bring Senator Kelly to Jean Grey as soon as you revert back to human.”

“Got it.” said Ripjaw in a voice that sounded as if he was talking underwater.

After Ripjaw said this, the Omnitrix insignia began flashing. A red flash of light later, and Ripjaw was back to Ben again.

“I will assist you in transporting him.” said Xavier “Who knows? Maybe the Senator will realize that not all mutants are bad after this experience.”

******

 

[Token]

Great fic! are you going to use the new plant alien? I only had one problem, Rouge, atleast in the movies, only got her white streak of hair after absorbing Magneto's power at the end of the movie. And I am pretty sure her cloak was green, but that isn't too important.

 

[Morpher01]

Puppet Master Homunculus: Really? I'd swear I saw her with a white streak in her hair during the train scene....

Anyway, here's chapter 4!



Chapter 4:




Ben and Xavier took the unconscious form of Senator Kelly to the medical wing, where they set him on a table to be strapped to. Jean Grey was there, as well.

“Where’d you find him?” she asked

“In the pool out back.” said Ben “Don’t ask how he got there.”

“I’ll make sure he’s all right.” said Jean “Just get to Cerebro and find Rogue’s location.”

*****

Ben and Xavier got to Cerebro several minutes after Jean spoke to them. Xavier entered, as well as Ben.

The room was like a large, blue, metallic, hollow ball, made entirely out of blue panels of metal. A long platform with a keyboard and a helmet-like device were at the end.

“Is that…?” Ben began, but Xavier interrupted.

“Yes, Benjamin.” said Xavier “It is Cerebro.”

Xavier rolled over to Cerebro and placed the helmet upon his head. The helmet was wired to a large, cube-shaped device.

The minute Xavier switched on the device, however, he suddenly clutched his head and moaned in pain. He fell down out of his wheelchair, fainted.

“Xavier!” cried Ben, quickly moving to his aid. He picked Xavier up (with great difficulty) and hauled him outside the door, where he met Logan.

“What happened in there?” the adamantium man asked “Heard Xavier scream, then nothin’.”

“He just…fainted.” replied Ben “Right when he put Cerebro on his head.”

“Lemme take ‘im.” said Logan, holding out his arms “I’ll get someone to find out what went wrong.”

“No need, Logan” said Ben, activating the Omnitrix “I can do it myself.”

“What do ya…” Logan managed to get out before Ben began the fifth Omnitrix transformation they’ve seen.

It started with Ben’s hands becoming larger, losing a finger, becoming almost webbed and getting a sort of grey color. His shirt and pants became one, and the Omnitrix insignia appeared on his back. His feet also became almost webbed and grey, and his head grew as well. He now had a wider head with two green eyes, each one with a negative sign for a pupil. A black sort of Mohawk without the spikes went down the back of his new head. To complete the transformation, Ben shrunk down to five inches tall.

Ben had used the Omnitrix to become Grey Matter, the five-inch tall alien with the highest intelligence of all Ben’s aliens.

“What’s this one called?” Logan asked

“I call it ‘Grey Matter’ for two reasons,” said Grey Matter in a sort of small voice “number one is, as you can plainly see, he’s grey. Number two is that this alien is extremely intelligent.”

Sharp teeth lined Grey Matter’s mouth, and were revealed as he spoke.

“Oh, I get it.” said Logan “Now go an’ see if you can find what’s wrong. I’ll get Xavier to the med wing.”

“You got it!” said Grey Matter before taking off for Cerebro.

Once at Cerebro, Grey Matter located a panel that could be opened. Using his body’s slimy skin, which gave Grey Matter the ability to stick to almost any surface, he stuck to the panel and pulled it off. Looking inside, he saw many mechanical devices, but what caught his eye was that a cylinder tank full of a liquid substance contained a fluid that, unlike everything else in Cerebro, was green.

Unsure of what had happened, Grey Matter jumped inside the machine that was Cerebro. He was very close to the tank, so that he could see it clearly.

“That green stuff doesn’t look too helpful.” said Grey Matter “I need to remove it somehow, but what can I…”

He looked to his right and saw a sort of small, handheld pump that Mystique, who had sabotaged Cerebro shortly before abducting Rogue, had carelessly left lying inside Cerebro, certain that no one would think of looking inside Cerebro to find it.

She was wrong when it came to Grey Matter.

“A-ha!” said Grey Matter “Obvious sabotage. Probably left around by some nut that came in here to sabotage Cerebro. If it put that green substance in there, it can suck it back out.”

Grey Matter picked up the pump in both his hands, which were both needed considering that Grey Matter was smaller than the pump. He brought it over to the tank and set it down.

“Now,” the small alien began “to reverse the direction in which the substance travels, I simply need to turn the dial on the front...”

He walked over to the front of the pump and twisted the dial three times. Walking back to the place he had the pump held at, he said

“Done! Now, let’s see if we can’t mess with the plans of whoever did this a little bit.”

Grey Matter put the device on the pump and pulled the trigger. The green substance was sucked out. Cerebro was fixed.

“Perfect!” the small alien said “Just what the professor ordered.”

Jumping out, Grey Matter noticed that the Omnitrix insignia on his back began flashing. A red flash of light later, and Grey Matter was forcefully changed back to Ben, the pump still in hand.

*****

Magneto and the others were bringing Rogue to Liberty Island, their base.

“A…are you going to kill me?” Rogue asked

“Technically…” said Magneto “…yes.”

Rogue gasped in shock.

“When this is over, you will be drained of all your energies. At which point, you will die. But your sacrifice will not be in vain, Marie. Your sacrifice will bring about a new world order….an order…where mutants rule.”

******

“Is there any other way we can find Rogue?” Ben asked Jean

“Unfortunately, no.” said Jean “Me and Xavier are the only telepaths here, and he’s the only one strong enough to handle Cerebro. If I try it, the effects might be….fatal.”

Ben groaned.

“Where is she?!” he screamed of no one in particular.

“Whoa, easy there.” said Scott, who had just entered the room “Let’s figure out what’s up with Kelly first. He might tell us where the Brotherhood’s base is.”

“Senator, can you tell us what happened to you?” asked Jean

“I…” began Kelly “escaped from…somewhere on Liberty Island…I…couldn’t believe how I did it. I...my body…liquefied…slipped through the bars…fell into the ocean….washed into your pool.”

“Liberty Island?” said Jean “That’s where the Brotherhood mutants are hiding out?”

“Looks like it’s time to go XLR8!” Ben said, activating the Omnitrix, then slamming it down. One green flash of light later, and Ben was XLR8 for the third time.

“See you guys down at Liberty Island!” he said in his raspy voice before taking off in a bruise-colored blur.

*****

A few minutes later, XLR8 found himself outside the ocean leading to Liberty Island.

“Almost there.” he rasped.

Running across the water, the Omnitrix emblem suddenly started flashing red again.

“No!” XLR8 said “Not now!”

The Omnitrix forcefully reverted Ben back, and he was left in the freezing sea.

“Oh, great.” he said “Good thing I can swim.”

Ben then began swimming towards Liberty Island, intent on correcting his mistake.

*****

“I…did not….expect resistance…already.” said a weakened Magneto.

Magneto had forced Rogue to drain some of his powers, then hooked her up to the machine. She was up there, futilely trying to break out.

“Toad….Mystique….Kevin….Sabretooth….” he said “You four….are the….last line of….defense….Do not….fail me.”

“Yes, Magneto.” said Mystique.

*****

The Omnitrix had recharged by the time Ben reached Liberty Island. He knew he’d need it, and was thankful that it recharged.

“Hello, Benji.” said the mocking voice of Kevin “Back for a rematch?”

“Where’s Rogue?” Ben demanded

“She’s safe…even though she’ll die.” said Kevin “But you, on the other hand, ain’t gonna be so safe…from us!”

Kevin’s huge figure lumbered out of the shadows. Toad and Sabretooth came, as well. All three wanted payback on Ben.

“So, you wanna fight, huh?” said Ben, activating the Omnitrix “I’m ready for anything you can throw at me!”

“You were lucky Logan was there to help you last time, Benji.” said Kevin “This time, you’re alone against the three of us. You’re dead.”

“I wouldn’t count on it if I were you, Kevin.” said Ben “And, by the way, I’m really glad I’m not you.”

Ben slammed down the Omnitrix, activating yet another transformation.

It started with his arm. It inflated like a balloon, his fingers hardening and turning black, forming polar bear-like claws. His body, too, inflated, making him look like an overgrown, human balloon. His skin turned white, and large, yellow lumps covered the tops of his head and arms. Three yellow arrows appeared on his back, and his head was sucked into his body. A face with a wide mouth full of sharp teeth appeared, along with yellow eyes above the mouth.

The Omnitrix emblem was on this new alien’s forehead, right above the eyes. Ben’s legs became like giant stumps with claws, much like a polar bear.

Ben had become Cannonbolt, the eleventh alien in the Omnitrix.

“Cannonbolt, eh?” said Kevin “So what good’ll that do? You’ll still get your butt whooped by the three of us.”

“Like I said before, Kevin,” said Cannonbolt in a voice that was deep, but not as deep as Diamondhead’s “I wouldn’t count on it.”

Cannonbolt then curled up into a yellow, armadillo-like ball, with two of his bony lumps sticking out on the sides. Rolling at high speeds, the armadillo-like alien shot towards Kevin first.

Kevin pointed out his left hand, firing a stream of fire, towards the incoming Cannonbolt. The blast of fire did no good, however, as the hardened parts of Cannonbolt’s body, all of which were noticeable in the ball mode, were impervious to harm.

Cannonbolt collided with Kevin’s torso, smashing the large mutant into a wall. Bouncing off like a pinball, Cannonbolt’s next course was towards Toad. The slimy mutant leapt to the side to avoid the flying alien, causing Cannonbolt to ricochet off the wall behind Toad.

Sabretooth, however, didn’t have it that good. Rather than leaping to the side, the animal-man leapt over Cannonbolt, causing himself to be smacked full-force in the back by the armadillo-like alien. Smacked into the wall, Sabretooth was knocked out first.

Kevin attempted to stop Cannonbolt’s attack by grabbing the alien with all four hands. This did stop Cannonbolt, but the momentum was so strong that Kevin was sent back several feet.

“Ha!” said the giant mutant monstrosity, bringing Cannonbolt close to his face “Stopped ya!”

Cannonbolt uncurled himself.

“Oh, really?” he said, drawing back a fist and punching Kevin’s face square-on, causing him to drop Cannonbolt as he clutched his face. Cannonbolt curled up into a ball again, then took off once more.

Toad leapt to the side again as Cannonbolt ricocheted off the wall. Cannonbolt then, to Kevin and Toad’s surprise, rolled down the corridor, leaving only Sabretooth knocked out.

“Huh.” said Kevin “Typical good guy. Doesn’t have the guts to finish what he started.”

*******

Cannonbolt didn’t bother to finish the fight with Kevin and Toad. He needed to find Rogue.

He stopped rolling at a three-way junction. Uncurling, he asked of no one in particular:

“Oh, man! Which way now?”

The Omnitrix began to run out of power at this point, turning Cannonbolt back into Ben.

“Man!” Ben groaned “Now I’m pretty much defenseless!”

Randomly picking a path, Ben went down the path on the right. He reached a grated fence, seemingly preventing him from going any further.

“So, you’re the new boy at Xavier’s.” came the voice of Mystique from behind Ben “You don’t look like much, but somehow you got past Sabretooth, Toad and Kevin. I am Mystique, a Brotherhood mutant. I’ll find out what you can do, by fighting and, quite possibly, killing you.”

“C’mon…c’mon!” said Ben, pounding the Omnitrix. At last, the familiar green light appeared, but this time, rather than becoming Cannonbolt or XLR8, something new happened.

The Omnitrix let out a bright flash of green light, more light than usual. This fused Ben’s legs together into a stalagmite-like point, then the legs split apart into six, green, insect-like legs. Small, black seeds sprouted from Ben’s back, which was, along with the rest of his body, becoming a green color. His head was suddenly eaten by a venus flytrap, and his five fingers fused together to become three claws. When the venus flytrap opened again, Ben’s head had been transformed. His two green eyes had fused together to become one blue eye. Two more blue eyes were mounted on the sides of this bald alien’s shoulders.

The venus flytrap’s jaws stuck out from the new Ben’s shoulders. The Omnitrix insignia was on his chest.

The Omnitrix had made Ben become a completely new alien.

“What…are you?” Mystique asked, perplexed by the new alien.

“Beats me.” said the alien “I never went him before…”

Yelling, Mystique leapt towards the plant-like alien, only for it to suddenly smack all its legs together and jump up, above and over the grate.

“But, I like what he can do.” said the plant alien.

Mystique crashed into the grate, missing the alien completely.

“See ya.” said the plant alien before scurrying off on all six of its legs.

******

Finding that he could stretch the new alien’s limbs and reach heights that were seemingly out-of-reach, Ben climbed up the inside of the Statue of Liberty. It was hard, but at the halfway point, the Omnitrix ran out of power.

“Just great.” said Ben, beginning to bang the Omnitrix again “Come on, you stupid watch! Come ON!”

Ben couldn’t climb by himself, due to the fact that he was currently sitting on a rafter. He was nearly there.

“Come on…C’MON!” he yelled at the Omnitrix, still banging it.

“Ohhh, Bennnnnjiiiiii!” came the mocking voice of Kevin “Where arrre youuuuuu?”

Ben gasped. Kevin was closing in, along with Toad. Ben kept banging the watch, but it finally turned green. He slammed it down, activating yet another transformation.

Like with XLR8 and Wildmutt, Ben’s arms became sinewy and wire-like, and his eyes became orange. This time, however, an extra pair of arms emerged from underneath his regular ones as his skin became harder and began taking on a reddish color. An extra pair of eyes opened underneath his regular ones, and a Mohawk like Grey Matter’s appeared on this alien’s bald head, but a black stripe served as a small…beard-like thing.

The alien’s feet were divided into a pair of toes, and the Omnitrix insignia was on its upper left shoulder. Ben also grew to twelve feet tall, becoming super-huge and bulky.

Ben had become Fourarms, the strongest alien in the Omnitrix so far.

Due to Fourarms’ size and bulk, he fell right through the rafter he was sitting on and landed on his butt.

“Not quite the entrance I had in mind.” said Fourarms in a booming voice, rubbing his butt with his lower left hand.

“Hello, Fourarms.” said Kevin, lumbering up with Toad “Lookin’ to finish it?”

“Not really, Kevin,” said Fourarms “but I’ll take that challenge for a bit.”

Toad made the first move, yelling as he leapt towards Fourarms’ torso. The four-armed alien merely grabbed Toad with his upper left hand, then threw him aside, straight into a wall.

Kevin moved next, using XLR8’s speed to rush at and ram Fourarms through a grate. Fourarms countered by leaping at Kevin and hitting him with a four-fisted uppercut to the jaw, sending the hybrid mutant looping through the air and onto the floor, face-first. Fourarms then leapt through another wall, and started climbing up the outside of the Statue of Liberty.

At the crown, the Omnitrix ran out of power, reverting Fourarms back to Ben.

“Oh, great.” Ben said “Now what?”

Ben then saw the machine that held Rogue prisoner.

“There!” he said “Come on, you stupid thing, come ON!”

He once again began banging the Omnitrix repeatedly.

After several more seconds, the Omnitrix became activated once again. Ben slammed it down, and the ninth transformation took place.

Ben’s legs split apart into six insect-like legs, and his body grew longer. His arms and legs were covered with green skin, and his hands became black. His two eyes closed, and four, green eye stalks with a yellow, pupil-less eye on each sprouted from the sides of his head, which was becoming black as well. Four insect wings like those of Kevin’s sprouted from his back, and his mouth got yellow teeth. The Omnitrix insignia was now on his forehead. Ben’s new torso was mainly white, with black stripes running sideways on it.

Ben became Stinkfly, the only flying alien in the Omnitrix.

“Hold on!” said Stinkfly in a bug-like voice “I’m coming!”

Stinkfly flapped his wings repeatedly, making them a blur, only to be slammed into one of the crown’s spikes by a blur that stopped, revealing it to be Kevin.

“You aren’t getting Rogue, Benji!” said Kevin “Not ‘till she’s done mutating the world leaders!”

“Get outta my way, Kevin!” said Stinkfly

“Listen to the bug, ugly.” came Logan’s gruff voice.

Logan fell onto the battlefield, wearing a black suit with an “X” emblem on the chest and back.

“I’ll get Rogue, you take care of ugly.”

“Got it.” said Stinkfly before the Omnitrix emblem began flashing again “Oh, not again!”

Because Ben activated the Omnitrix before it was fully charged, his time as Stinkfly was relatively short.

“On second thought…” said Logan before slashing at Kevin

“Ain’t you s’possed to be dead?” Kevin asked, blocking Wolverine’s slash with his Diamondhead arm.

“That’s what you thought, big n’ ugly.” said Wolverine

“I need to sneak past Kevin and get to Rogue.” thought Ben. “But how? Wait, that’s it!”

Ben continued banging the Omnitrix again, getting it to activate shortly again. He slammed it down, and began the tenth transformation.

It started by Ben’s skin disappearing, leaving his bones. His skin was then replaced by a white layer of new skin that had black cracks traveling along it. His legs fused together, becoming a tail, and his hands became three-fingered. A part of the crack on his head opened, revealing a purple eye with a small, black pupil. The Omnitrix insignia was in a crack on the torso.

Ben had become Ghostfreak, the shadowy, ghost-like alien.

Ghostfreak turned invisible and intangible, then floated straight by Wolverine and Kevin.

“Yes!” Ghostfreak said in a raspy voice “Made it!”

As soon as Ghostfreak got to the torch where Rogue was being held captive, the Omnitrix ran out of power again, turning Ghostfreak back into Ben.

“Ben?” came Rogue’s voice “Is that you?”

“The one and only.” said the ten-year-old “hang on, I’ll destroy the machine and set you free in a minute.”

He kept banging the Omnitrix again, and it activated for a short period, and he slammed it down, beginning the eleventh out of twelfth transformation.

It started with Ben’s skin becoming made out of red stones. His body caught fire, but it was then reduced to only his head, hands and feet. Magma flowed between the rocks, and his head had a flame surrounding it. The Omnitrix insignia was on his chest now.

Ben had become Heatblast, the first alien Ben discovered.

“Okay, let’s fry this techno….whatzit…thing.” said Heatblast in a sort of dark voice.

Heatblast put his hands together, and a fireball formed between them. He threw the ball at the machine, but it didn’t have any effect.

“Oh, man!” said Heatblast “I need to try something else.”

The Omnitrix ran out of power once more, and Heatblast was Ben. This time, Ben sat and waited for the Omnitrix to recharge. He decided to sit and wait.

Wolverine was battling Kevin still. Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm had joined him.

Ben looked up, and saw a black, spaceship-like craft that the four X-Men had came from.

“Cool.” he said

The Omnitrix had recharged fully, and Ben slammed it down again, activating the final transformation.

His skin became black, and green wire patterns ran along it. His two eyes fused to become one, and his front had become completely white. The Omnitrix was now on his chest.

Ben was now Upgrade, the technological alien.

“Hold on, Rogue,” said Upgrade in a voice that sounded like Ben’s, only more distant and as if he was talking through a walkie-talkie “I’m gonna try to shut the machine down.”

Upgrade suddenly turned extremely skinny, and he fused with the machine holding Rogue. The machine suddenly took on Upgrade's colors, and his eye appeared at the back.

“Uhhhh…let’s see here….no! I can’t shut it off! It only responds to a loss of a power source! This isn’t good at all!”

Upgrade separated from the machine, and looked to Wolverine and Kevin. Kevin had Logan pinned down, and was about to skewer him with his Diamondhead arm.

“No!” Upgrade shouted, his one eye contracting into a sort of angry look. The eye then glowed, and shot a green laser towards Kevin. The laser hit Kevin’s back, and knocked him straight down.

“Oh, yeah!” said Upgrade before the Omnitrix began running out of power. Ben was reverted back, and Magneto came up.

“Ah, Mr. Tennyson.” said Magneto “Quite an impressive try at disabling my machine. But, sadly, it did not work. Now, witness first-hand the recreation of mankind!”

Magneto walked up to the machine, pressed several buttons…

…and activated it. The machine’s rings started spinning and glowing, but lightning bolts started shooting everywhere….

…one of them hit Ben.

******

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[Thunder_Raichu]

This was a great story! I hope you continue!

 

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Okay...the final chapter is now. I know this fic is short, but no-one here truly gets the meaning of the phrase "short but sweet". I intend to fix that.


So...here's the fifth, and last, chapter of "The Alien-Mutant War". Enjoy "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk!




Chapter 5:




“AAAAAAAH” Ben screamed as the bolt struck the Omnitrix. The Omnitrix became supercharged, and glowed a very bright green light. Ben’s form suddenly started shifting between aliens, non-stop: first Ben suddenly became Cannonbolt, then he suddenly shifted to Upgrade.

“Looks like that power surge affected the Omnitrix.” said Jean “It looks like you’ll be shifting like that until the power wears down.”

“This….” Upgrade said before shifting to the plant alien “happened one time before. I….” the new alien shifted to Heatblast “had to wait for the guy I was fighting to turn it off himself.”

“This oughta be fun.” said Kevin, who had recovered and was now shoving everyone out of the way “a bunch of aliens to fight, all at once. I like those odds!”

“Go and….” Heatblast said before shifting to Stinkfly “get Rogue. I’ll take care of this clown!”

Jean Grey and the others ran off to the machine, while Stinkfly was left to face Kevin.

Stinkfly suddenly shifted to Diamondhead, who then ran forward, bladed arms ready. Kevin made his Diamondhead arm bladed, as well.

Work it, make it, do it, makes us

Diamondhead slashed at Kevin, each hit striking Kevin’s blade rather than his body. Diamondhead then shifted to Ghostfreak, allowing a slash from Kevin’s blade to go right through him without harming Ghostfreak at all.

Growling, Kevin unleashed a blast of fire from his Heatblast arm, catching Ghostfreak unawares. Ghostfreak was blown back, and fell down, but floated back up through the floor and shifted to Wildmutt.

Harder, better, faster, stronger

Wildmutt leapt at and rammed Kevin straight in the torso. Kevin stumbled back some, then opened his mouth and fired the green goo from it. The goo hit Wildmutt’s face, grossing him out a lot. Kevin then rammed Wildmutt back using XLR8’s power, sending Wildmutt almost over the edge. The animal alien grabbed onto the edge to keep himself from falling off completely.

More than, hour, our, never

Before Kevin could force Wildmutt off the edge, though, the animal alien shifted to Stinkfly and flew up, spitting goo similar to that of Kevin and hitting him in the face with it. Enraged and growling, Kevin wiped the goo off his face and fired Diamondhead shards at Stinkfly, who nimbly dodged before landing.

Ever, after, work is, over

Kevin fired a stream of fire from his Heatblast arm, only for Stinkfly to suddenly shift to Grey Matter and dodged easily, due to being so small. Grey Matter ran to the edge of the crown, and Kevin followed.

Work it, make it, do it, makes us

Grey Matter leapt very high to avoid a swipe from Kevin’s Diamondhead arm, landed on top of it, and crawled down his back. Landing behind Kevin, Grey Matter then shifted to Ripjaw, who then bit Kevin on his lower right Wildmutt arm.

Harder, better, faster, stronger

Kevin pulled Ripjaw off his arm and threw him a few yards away. Ripjaw then shifted to Heatblast, who then threw a fireball at Kevin that struck him square in the chest.

Work it (harder), make it (better),
Do it (faster), makes us (stronger)

Kevin struck back by ramming Heatblast using XLR8’s speed. Heatblast formed a fireball underneath his feet and began surfing towards Kevin on it before shifting to Upgrade again.

More than (harder), hour (better)
Work is (faster), over (stronger)

Upgrade fired another green laser that made contact with Kevin’s torso. Kevin fired Diamondhead shards to strike back, each one ineffective as Upgrade shifted to Fourarms, whose hard skin blocked each shard.

Work it (harder), make it (better),
Do it (faster), makes us (stronger)

Fourarms ran at Kevin and repeatedly punched him in the head, each arm inflicting one blow. Kevin fired another blast of fire from his Heatblast arm, striking Fourarms in the head.

More than harder, hour better
Work is faster, over stronger

Fourarms shifted to the plant alien, who picked some seeds off his back and threw them at Kevin. When the seeds made contact, they exploded, sending Kevin back several more feet.

Work it harder, make it better
Do it faster, makes us stronger

Kevin came back using Stinkfly’s wings, ramming the plant alien in the torso, sending him back several feet in turn. The plant alien shifted to Cannonbolt again.

More than harder, hour better
Work is faster, over stronger

Cannonbolt curled up and flung himself at Kevin, smashing the giant mutant back into one of the crown’s spikes. Cannonbolt uncurled upon contact with Kevin and shifted to XLR8.

Work it harder, make it better,
Do it faster, makes us stronger

XLR8 sped towards Kevin, who just got up, and started kicking him in the chest repeatedly. Kevin grabbed a leg, and flung XLR8 across the gap and into the machine.

More than better, hour faster
Work is harder, over stronger

XLR8 did a running jump, reaching Kevin once again. Kicking Kevin in the head this time, XLR8 bounced behind him and whipped the mutant with his tail.

Work it harder, make it better
Do it faster, makes us stronger...

XLR8 finished Kevin off with a speedy ram, sending Kevin into Magneto, who was preventing Wolverine from reaching Rogue by using his magnetic powers to hold Wolverine in place. Logan and the others managed to remove Rogue from the machine, and the city was safe.

The Omnitrix finally ran out of power, and XLR8 was changed back to Ben.

“We got Rogue, let’s book.” said Logan

“I’m good with that.” said Ben, glancing at the unconscious and defeated bodies of Kevin and Magneto.

*****

By this time, Xavier had recovered and was waiting for the group to return.

“What happened to Kelly?” asked Ben

Cyclops and Jean looked uncomfortably at each other, then Jean spoke first.

“A bit after you left,” she began “we ran some tests on Kelly. As it turned out, his genes had been altered, making him a mutant. His body was rejecting the mutant genes, and he…liquefied and died.”

Ben stared, silent for once.

“Then we went after you. You know the rest.” said Cyclops.

“Yep.” said Ben “That I do.”

****

While Jean and Cyclops were telling Ben about what happened to Kelly, Xavier and Logan were looking over a high-tech map.

“As I promised, Logan,” said Xavier “I will help you to remember your past. All that I can find is this facility.”

The map shifted, revealing a grey version of a power plant-like building.

“You may find some answers to your past there.” Xavier finished.

“I’ll probably be back,” said Logan “if I don’t find all my past there.”

*****

Logan said good-bye to Ben, Bobby Drake, and Rogue as they played a game involving many little figures on one stick kicking a tiny soccer ball around with a teen named John Allerdyce, codenamed Pyro.

Scott and Jean were watching the news. Ben noticed the dead Senator Kelly appearing alive and well, and abandoned the game for a moment to see what was going on.

“I have been wrong in the mutant issue,” said the Kelly on TV “and I pull back all my decisions against the destruction of mutants. Thank you.”

As “Kelly” passed the camera, his eyes turned yellow for a moment. Jean paused the screen and said one word.

“Mystique.”

“Da—uh…” began Cyclops before noticing Ben “Uh….darn it! Guess Logan skewering her didn’t do it.”

“Huh.” said Ben “Guess those Brotherhood people might come back.”

Ben went back to his game, Jean and Cyclops continued watching TV, and Magneto, Toad, Sabretooth and Kevin were taken prisoner by the government. It all seemed perfect…

…except that Mystique was still out there, somewhere.

But the X-Men and aliens would find and stop her.

THE END​

******

Okay, I'm not sure about ALL of the lyrics to "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", so I improvised...a bit.

Hope everyone who read this enjoyed this fic, despite it being so short. Don't worry, the sequel to this will come soon.

I'll wait for a few more reviews before I have Dragonfree move this to the Completed Fics section.