Archive of Our Own ^beta

Chapter Text

Ben sighs. Since the summer holidays have started (a miserable 4 hour drive) on his longed-for trip with his beloved grandfather, all he's been doing is dealing with the incessant confrontation with his cousin (to whom he's been speaking for much less time). So fucked up was the matter that he was even considering summer school, which he luckily avoided with the grace that his teacher with such obnoxious kindness only scolded him for his nonsense....

But everything then went to shit that very night.

One should not be too expressive about events: A meteor falls very close to him (not to say directly on him); inside what he thought was a satellite, a sort of watch glows pink in the dark with a shape he thinks is certainly that of a girl. Unfortunately it falls due to the shattering and the watch acts accordingly, throwing itself at his wrist and clinging to it.

There, at that exact minute, it all went to hell.

Touching the one button he should never have touched, he activated what appeared to be a spring system in the watch. He was surprised that the format of hearts it seemed to have comprised the illumination and shape of a being, and without further care and curiosity he pressed the button.

..If he hadn't learned enough about insults as a child, he would have determined that this was a piece of fucking shit and that he'd fucked up as badly as he'd ever fucked up in his life.

But then again, Ben is too curious and chaotic to be contained... Now protected when we have these inconveniences...

The clock bathed him in a pink glow. It felt strange at first, because a huge shock embraced all his muscles, being that for the first time in his life he could feel the blood in his body flowing and the sound of his organs working. An unsettling sensation... But not as disturbing as the result of the clock working.

Ben didn't suffer any change, if that was your concern, of course... No, what happened was much weirder...

"Why is it so hot? Huh...?"

Turning around, he found who would be the first of many crazy things to come his way. The first one. The one he baptised with the first word that came to his mind... The image that was engraved in his mind from the very first minute he saw it with that ring with a heart around its neck... The heart eyes that never left his eyes...

"Fire..."

It was clearly a ridiculous name. Fortunately he worked it out some time later, but it doesn't detract from the fact that the first time was truly disastrous for his misfortune. Ben encountered the first creature his DNA restructured.

"Fire..." She repeated, which surprised him immensely, but no more than when he saw her tilt her head to the side in doubt. "I am fire?"

Bathed in plasma as fiery as the sun, covered in glowing, constantly burning rocks. But her figure and voice totally signalled that she was a woman....

First, he thought of running away. Horror embraced his body as he thought he would be hurt or something would happen, but he was so reassured by her presence that he did not even take a step at that time. Then he took a deep breath and sat down on the ground.

God forbid this 10 year old had the most worked Tennyson DNA in his generation, because rationality made him think seriously about what was going on since he noticed innocence in her.

To be specific, the conversation pointed from what she was, where she came from and why she was there. She could answer nothing, except to acknowledge that she was a Pyronite, born of the Pyros star. It was then that after a long while of her grandfather looking for him and discovering the scenario, everything took an abrupt turn.

"Hey, Gwen. Got any marshmallows for her?" the boy pointed to the calmly beaming alien who overwhelmed the orange-haired one with surprise.

"Emm... I think over there..." She pointed out dumbfounded, almost out of inertia.

Thanks to this, an hour passed between little experiments by what was now called Pyra (Gwen's suggestion) with her powers that entertained Ben and justly acclaimed in her the insistent desire to indulge him in such nonsense (something the young girl noticed and which Grandpa Max seemed to ignore). It was then that the watch made several muffled beeps that announced something, ending in the deactivation of the device and the disappearance of the entity that disappointed Ben and showed him that there was much to learn from this device.

Ideally, it would have been better not to use it again, but I've said that before: Ben couldn't contain his curiosity and eagerness to learn more about this device.... And that there were beings willing to do anything to have it.

That's when he met Puppy (he called her that when he was greeted with a tongue lashing and was scolded by her when he mistook her for a male after getting dirt on his face). Too bad that affection and interest in meeting such an eyeless, noseless beast was not able to prevail when she tried to keep him away from whatever it was that attacked them moments later.

Plus point: He didn't even have to tell her how to protect him or even do so, as it didn't take him long to feel his shirt in her teeth and how her ability to move was a largely natural and instinctive feat.

Negative point: It didn't take him long to realise that it prioritised him above all else, something he didn't accept when, after destroying the robot attacking them, a second robot appeared and tried to attack his cousin. Ben was never violent despite always playing the hero, but it was the first time he had the initiative to act when the creature he summoned disappeared.

The clock required a charge for time. Its charge and operation were not proportional to the first and second creations, which he did not understand and even less wanted to delve into when Gwen urged him to use mathematics. He came on this summer break not to devote himself to studying...

Grandpa Max assessed the situation and deemed it appropriate for Ben to become accustomed to its use at full speed and necessity, which he gladly enjoyed. Gwen clearly insisted on studying it properly, to which he decided to reconsider so that she would leave him alone with the subject... Except when they heard over the radio that there seemed to be another evil robot attacking the surrounding area.

His cousin for some reason knew that there would be a lot of trouble ahead after his grandfather's positive reaction to the situation, but then she saw the boy's determination to help by doing whatever he could at his disposal that changed everything completely. She understood that he would only be a magnet of problems... And that he would seek to solve them.

Crystal was next. And the one who could at least speak despite her politeness, seriousness and total devotion in Ben, who seemed to notice nothing unusual even though Max certainly looked uncomfortable and Gwen could only deduce that this diamond-looking girl would bring trouble in the future.

"Tell me, Ben! What can I help you with!" the alien offered politely, rocking sideways with her hands clasped together underneath.

"A robot is attacking the campers! Help us stop it!"

"Sure~!" She reaffirmed with confidence and pleasure.

Well, that would have been great if she wasn't a complete sadomasochist.

To Max and Gwen's horror, as they helped people, the wreckage was imminent as Crystal began to let herself be beaten and attacked (with no obvious scratches other than material damage), moaning and squealing with delight at, and I quote under her words, being humiliated before Ben so that he would look heroic in caring about her. It was when the boy got irritated at seeing her like this that he exploded.

"IF YOU DON'T FINISH HIM OFF, THEN I'LL ASK PYRA OR PUPPY TO DO IT!!!"

It seems that that right there was what unleashed the worst, as it didn't take a second for her to slaughter the robot and destroy it in ways that if that enemy had been human, the kids would have had nightmares.

Fortunately, Ben didn't have to hear her cry or plead with him as he assumed as the time on the clock ran out and, consequently, the impending disaster was suspended. Relieved, exhausted and stressed, Max then saw the boy so willing to continue using the device that he decided to prepare for the worst.

"From now on, Ben, you're going to train hard and we'll prepare in case this happens again."

An ideal measure... Except that they didn't know the rest of the aliens. But that would be a problem for another day.

...

Ben sighed. Being 18 wasn't the worst thing, the worst thing was discovering the original functions of the watch on his own. It seemed like his life would be filled with unforgettable moments... It's not as if his childhood had divided them up to let them blossom into a simple, quiet friendship with the tenants of the Chaquetrix, but his mind could never leave behind the reasons for the device's existence.

To procreate.

Max was honest with him once when he asked for "the talk" about how he felt different after puberty. He never wanted to tell him the truth, but had to give in in the end.

Grandpa Max had affairs with different aliens in space. In order to rethink about the different species he knew and how dangerous it was for many to prevail through extinction, he then considered the creation of the Chaquetrix to a wise alien who would be in charge of saving the species in this way...

Ben didn't believe him for shit. Assuming the first thing was true, then Grandpa would surely have been full of fetishes which he could never try to ignore.... Not for nothing had they almost all had big breasts and big hips since their youth.

"Damn perverted grandfather..." He rethought in his mind, annoyed.

It seemed like this would go on for a while...

But what's the point of a summary? Don't you think it would be better to relive those experiences in these paragraphs? Well, welcome to the living legend of the guy who had more aliens after his dick than there were working days.

This is Ben Tennyson. The bastard that 10 aliens (and many more) wanted to sexually devour...

Chapter Text

"Ben?! BEN!"

His breathing was heavy. With all his senses altered by the disaster, the 10-year-old, tousled brown hair and green eyes raised his head and saw the mess. Fire and debris embodied the vile and aggressive environment that embraced his unease, ignoring his emaciated state in pursuit of his wounds. Blood, his own, flowed down his forehead, further obscuring the view of his right eye, bruised from a severe hit.

"HANG ON, BEN! I'LL GET YOU OUT OF THERE!"

He couldn't move. He noticed it as dizziness embraced him and his body collapsed after trying to get up from the critical damage received.... Imminently he spits a quantity of blood out of his stomach, maybe now it wasn't a good idea to have eaten that broth of Grandpa's....

His gaze rises, the terror in his body is immense even though he manages to conceal it in a haughty and defiant smile, which achieves in the huge being before him the worst he could unleash.

"This earth puppy has been frustrating my plans all this time?" It is the voice of the huge entity that grabs him by the arm, the arm that carries his infallible and powerful watch, bringing it up to his face. A figure that whether biological or not, was ugly as fuck. Ben is quick to spit a mouthful of saliva at it, which was more like blood at that point, managing to surprise the creature. "You are strong. I recognise that your leadership and ability to stand up to me was truly courageous and dignified... But I must tell you that I am more than annoyed right now, kid." Reveals the being with the noticeably altered voice, as almost his entire body in obvious technological implements.

"BEN! BEEEEEEEN!" shouts a female voice he knows well. He looks at her and smiles at her, trying to calm her down surely, unsuccessfully in the face of her horror at the situation.... He could never tell her how irritating her voice was when she reminded him to be afraid.

"It's okay, Pyra! We tried!"

She is quick to prepare to come to the boy's rescue at immense speed, but the giant is calmer and more skilled, proving able to deactivate the clock with a simple tap of the time display, which worries her immensely as the red glow begins to wash over her, desperate to catch up to the boy who only smiled at her until he disappeared completely...

"And now..." He muttered as he raised his foot against the chest of the boy who was horrified when he knew what was to come. "Give me back the Omnitrix..."

And so, he pulled brutally, staining the scene crimson red.

...

Ben awoke abruptly, overwhelmed by the nightmare that embraced his entire body. He clutched at the sheets, knowing for sure that it was all just a terrible dream...

His gaze goes to his grandfather, who is driving in concentration and contentment, and then to his cousin, who is typing at speed on her laptop. Since the summer holidays have started (a miserable 4 hours drive) on his longed-for trip with his beloved grandfather, all he has done is deal with the incessant confrontation with his cousin (whom he spoke to for much less time). But the tolerance or acceptance was ruined even when his slimy cousin bothered to blatantly want to antagonise him all the time, he thought of nothing but fighting with her for the fun of it.... And because at the end of the day there was nothing else to do when she used to greet him with enough truths that he would never accept.

Finally they seem to arrive at the camp, which pleases the boy who doesn't take long to run down as soon as the grandfather parks the vehicle, to the sigh of him for how reckless the boy usually is. Then he looks at the time, dinner is imminent.

And what a meal... Max turned up with a bowl of marinated maggots which, and God willing they were from this land, were alive. But it was to grumble against it, being that the horror of knowing that the alternative was sheep's tongues.

To his surprise, it wasn't so bad, but worse would always be to admit it. Especially when he saw Gwen look at him like a weirdo when he discreetly repeated the dish.... Well, it wasn't so discreet, apparently...

Between the round of distractions and insults for the usual contempt of both of them for each other, Ben neither short nor lazy retires disgusted by this present. A present that, of course, was about to make a difference in their future forever.

Worse than cohabitation was tolerance. Ben could not even deign to accept his cousin, whether on the trip or even 5 seconds around her. She was a nerd, boring and too straight for cool sense of freedom and rebellion. Plus she was a girl! What's worse than that?!

"This is going to be a very bad vacations..." These are his first words in the play. "I should have enrolled in summer school..." He resigns himself to his despicable alternative, startled at the resounding (and perhaps all too close) illumination of what appeared to be a meteorite in full descent to Earth. "Wow! It's a meteorite!"

And as if those words invoked the worst on earth, the meteorite cut its trajectory unnaturally, falling directly towards the boy who was horrified both by the act and by its immense speed that forced him to run backwards by inertia to avoid the impact.

Although he ran with all his might, it was not enough to avoid being swept away by the shockwave of the collision, sprawling on the ground. That's when, even though he was safe from harm, his curiosity wasn't at all shocked by the surprise of the object illuminated in his face as he stood up. What appeared to be a satellite of radiating light went out just for him to lean over to see and consequently fall as the weight of his body destabilised the poor pile of dry earth that was supporting him, sending him tumbling into the newly created mess.

The scrapes were nothing. Ben had spent his whole life playing and creating chaos in front of everyone to worry about a little dirt and a few measly bumps... And...

What appeared to be a satellite opened up, revealing in the darkness a pink light that made its striking appearance in the environment. Ben's surprise is immense as he interpreted its figure as that of a clock, which having what appeared to be two hearts connected by its lower corner stood out for its interesting format. The colour struck him as girlish, but he couldn't help being curious and arrogant enough to want to inquire about it before its appearance... And that curiosity is punished when the watch abruptly jumps to his wrist and he clings to it, seemingly reprogramming himself as the watch's system noisily adjusts itself.

"AAAH! GET OFF, GET OFF!" He struggled to will himself to pull it off, begging his grandfather for desperate help as he climbed out of the hole. It didn't even take him long to try to pull it off with a branch, failing miserably. Amidst the resignation, he decided to study it, activating the technological mechanism that surprised him completely... It was when he pressed it that everything changed...

The watch bathed him in a pink glow. His body received a shock and, in this, all his senses were triggered. He could feel the blood pumping throughout his body, hear and feel his organs working and even his brain experiencing the stimuli of such a sensation. When it was over, he was totally intrigued by what had happened... It had been an unsettling sensation indeed...

"Why is it so hot?" he wondered at the strong sensation at his back. "Huh...?"

Turning around, he froze. Metaphorically, of course, because the atmosphere was now least of all cold.... Ben's eyes, frozen in absolute shock, settled on the figure in front of him. The first one...

The one that was etched in his mind from the minute he saw her with that ring with the symbol of the device on her wrist, incorporated around her neck... Her eyes were rocky sockets bathed in yellow and white magma that burned as brightly as he would ever believe in his life to have seen.

"Fire..." Was what he muttered in surprise. Ben encountered the first creature his DNA restructured.

"Fire..." She repeated, which surprised him immensely by her feminine tone, already noticeable when he noticed her figure, but no more so than when he saw her tilt her head to the side in doubt. "I am fire?"

A figure composed of pure plasma as fiery as the sun, covered in glowing rocks that outlined and shaped her figure and constantly burned brutally... But her figure and voice fully signalled that she was a woman, that was the least interesting thing about her...

Run: His brain screams for everything to seize the opportunity and run away. The horror in his body at the potential threat... Run from such heat, run from such a threat, run from the unknown. In the face of its obvious power so-. Wait a minute, what the hell was it if it wasn't fire? Worse, did fire have form and life?

Ben then took a deep breath and sat down on the ground, to the intrigue of the creature before him who mimicked him out of inertia at seeing him so focused.

God dictate that this 10 year old boy had the hardest working Tennyson DNA in his generation, because rationality made him think seriously about what was going on since he noticed innocence in it. His grandfather and father always tried to explain this to him, even though he wanted little or nothing to do with it.

And as for the event, Ben must speak. He knows that the two now share a language, which then implies an essential question. What would be...?

"What are you?" asks the boy to the surprise of the blinking creature, denoting the magma of his being moving the rocks in his sockets to make sense of the eye concept. He is not slow to be fascinated at that.

"Hmm..." She assesses with a hand on what must have been her chin, then watches him as she crosses her legs and leans on one arm, as the other is raised to the side of her face and a flame suddenly appears from her palm. "I am Fire, Master Tennyson. I am a Pyronite born of the mother star Pyros." She explains in her understanding with a glance at the beautiful sky in full sunset. Red as her being...

"Forget about Fire. Let's think of something better later..." He is disturbed to see her resigned to such a ridiculous name. "Star you say? Are you an alien?!" He is again fascinated at such a revelation.

She then rearranges herself and stretches her arms up to the sky, her palms hailing the vast infinite space before the boy. "We are all aliens, Master Tennyson." She explains to him, which completely astounds him. Wait, how about that...

He looks at his watch, recognizing that the naturally pink symbol was now grey, being that the girl's necklace had the bright colours and watch symbol on it. His eyes widen at that surprise.

"Did you come from the watch?! Did I call you when I pressed it?!" he bellows again, amazed. "You look amazing! You look strong and powerful!"

The entity fidgets at the flattery, not quite sure why her core likes it so much. At this, it doesn't hesitate to respond.

"That's right, Master Tenn-."

"Hey, stop that! Call me Ben! Everyone calls me that!" He explains confidently and excitedly to which he is surprised.

"As you wish, Ben-."

"And drop the formality! Let's be friends!"

The creature looks back at the child between her discomfort at the familiarity and his obvious excitement and innocence at being treated both as equals. She sighs, letting out a small flame, resigning herself to her master's wishes.

"I-I'll try to do that, Master Ben. Excuse me." She embarrasses herself, causing him to groan resignedly.

A noise catches both of their attention, seeing then as Grandpa Max appeared, surprised by what he saw. Ben was glad to see him, running towards him, stopping just short of shouting for her to follow him.

"Look Grandpa! Her name is-!" he tried to introduce her until he remembered how she interpreted her name and stopped. "Ugh, I forgot that.... Well, never mind! Let's introduce her to Gwen!"

And as the boy walks away excitedly, Max approaches the newly created crater with some uncertainty at the sight of the clockwork transport mechanism. He retreats with some suspicion, going in search of his grandchildren.

...

"Hey, Gwen. Got any marshmallows for her?" the boy pointed to the calmly beaming alien who overwhelmed the orange-haired one with surprise.

"Emm... I think that way..." She pointed out dumbfounded, almost out of inertia at the sight of the creature accompanying her cousin. She was about to ask, but just saw Max and came to his safety at the boy's natural reassurance. "G-G-G-Grandpa, what is that?" she wondered, worried, hugging him for safety.

"I have no idea." The man murmured calmly, returning the hug, but noting safety as he noticed how Ben and the creature sat at the campfire, her starting to experiment with the fire on the firewood as the boy was amused by how she demonstrated her skills and enjoyed the marshmallow he threw into her mouth and watched melt in seconds. "Let's find out..." He shooed the orange haired one away as he began to approach them both to her terror.

...

"So that's what I saw back there... "Max murmurs suspiciously and appraisingly as he holds his chin. Same gesture Ben made and the creature replied as it noticed it on both of them. "So a watch..."

"Will it always be like this? I don't think she can get into the van in that state..." Gwen muttered with concern. "Hey, if she doesn't have a name, why not call her Pyra, what do you think?" She asks the entity, who tilts her head in doubt and looks at Ben in response, who evaluates but sighs resignedly.

"It's better than I thought..." He grumbles. "You like it? Pyra?"

The fire in his head grew slightly at that. She did seem to like it, which made Gwen smile proudly and arrogantly.

"Well, Pyra, show me what you do with fire!"

And so they both concentrated on their entertainment, the mentioned did not take long to do even more and more impressive tricks and things when she heard Ben complimenting her. She began to cheer with amusement, laughing to see the boy so happy, that she was distracted enough not to notice that the clock on her necklace had turned grey and began to beep in a dull tone.

The red glow hugs the area and the excitement in Ben is dampened when he sees that Pyra had disappeared, which was completely discouraged when he noticed that the watch did not respond to his actions to make it work again... And that its colour was red now.

In the time they wait for Ben to stop impatiently looking at the clock, they see it beep again and the light turns pink again. He doesn't even wait for someone to say something when he activates it again and turns the clock around looking for anything interesting, he activated it almost immediately, which caused resignation in Gwen as the pink light embraced the surroundings. That's when she grimaced at what was happening...

Ideally, he shouldn't have used it again, but I've said that before: Ben couldn't contain his curiosity and eagerness to learn more about this device. Ben had been knocked to the ground by the greeting of an orange furry creature with no eyes or nose that had been quick to give him affection by rubbing up against him, making him laugh at the unexpected affection resembling a tame dog.

"Hey, ha ha ha ha! Stop it, Puppy! Stooop!" the boy amused, hugging the creature's head as it shook playfully. Gwen watched this with some perturbation at how Ben seemed genuinely affectionate with things that even resembled the reality they knew.

However, affection and interest in meeting such a beast of beautiful affection was unable to preserve sanity as she abruptly embraced the boy and leapt to the side, avoiding what appeared to be a laser attack that detonated the ground in front of them. Gwen was saved because her grandfather restrained her just in time.... To the distress of both of them, the furry creature took Ben over the trees, seeking to evade the small flying machine that was now chasing them... Max soon ran after them and Gwen just resigned herself in annoyance.

Puppy seemed to be more than just a "dog"; it's not like Ben had ever seen one climb trees before. But he didn't complain knowing that under the safety of this beast, nothing would happen... that's when she let him loose on a tree that he clung to from the panic that saw her leaping backwards away... And ended up seeing the pieces of what was left of the robot. He sighed in relief, he didn't even have to tell her how to protect him or even do it, as it didn't take long to feel his shirt in her teeth again and how her ability to move was a largely natural and instinctive feat.

As she climbed down, Ben was grateful to be a normal person and to be safe when he saw the others arrive. The clock seemed to be halfway to the end, which made him sigh in resignation. He looked at the beast, seemingly patient for his commands or petting. He thanked her for the gesture of saving him, along with the male characterisation, something that was not well received by this one who turned around, annoyed, and kicked a bit of dirt on him.

"Hey, what the hell's the matter with you!" he complained at the sudden treatment, but saw Gwen laugh which annoyed him and realised his mistake when she explained.

"It's a female, dumbass. Not a boy."

Ben raises an eyebrow. Two females already? Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

"This thing creates heroines!" the boy interprets gleefully, just as another laser attacks them. Puppy pulls Ben out just in time, before the clock goes off, but with horror he noted how it only saved him and not Gwen, who was frozen in panic at the sight of it approaching her.

Ben was never violent and, despite his antics, never thought of using violence as an answer to anything.... Today, that understanding that his father and grandfather gave him of the subject went out the window....

He had impulsively grabbed Grandfather's shovel. He even decided to wait or even worse to assess it, but ran towards it in desperation, giving it an excellent whack on the top before it fired the laser again. The robot lost control, even though it was flying low, which sent it flying into the trees that it ended up detonating when it exploded.

"Are you okay?!" the boy shouted on impulse, causing her to nod in shock.

Max appears from the trees, after scanning the wreckage of the satellite, he brought with him the materials left over from an extra explosion on top of it. Possibly due to the robots that had appeared.

...

Ben was annoyed with the device, something Gwen noticed without fail. She got to see the boy's expression of panic and horror at how the beast didn't even bother to protect her from the attack ... It seemed that if it showed up again, it would speak sternly.... Perhaps that bothered the boy so much that the grandfather even bothered to scold him for using it again without him being present.

Due to the recent uses, he discovered how it worked: The clock required a time charge. Its charge and function were not proportional to the first and second creation, which he didn't understand and didn't want to go into when she encouraged him to use mathematics. He came on this vacations not to devote himself to studying...

"While I think Gwen is right in her idea of studying it, I recommend that you settle into using it and get used to it as soon as possible." Max recommended, which he alluded to with great pleasure. Gwen clearly insisted on studying it properly again, to which the chestnut decided to rethink it in the future so that she would leave him alone with the subject...

A mayday call from the radio gets everyone's attention. Gwen soon notices that it must be the same robots that attacked them before, which indicates that there would be many problems in the future after the grandfather's positive to act in repercussion to the situation, but then she saw the boy's determination to help by doing what he could at his disposal that everything changed completely. Then he understood that he would only be a magnet for problems.... And that he would seek to solve them with the clock or without it.

...

The three of them ran through the forest towards the camp. Because of the proximity, Ben decided to wait a second and activate the watch. The expectant look at his grandfather, receiving his positive in use, grants the boy permission to act.

The pink glow embraces the group and the surprise is enhanced when the lights of Gwen and Max's torches reflect the body of what looked like a diamond titan... With breasts and bum highlighted...

Gwen has a twitch in her eye and Max looked away in embarrassment. Ben was only quickly excited to see another one of many creatures at his disposal.

"WAAAAOS! THAT'S AWESOME! CRYSTAL, DO YOU LIKE THAT NAME?!"

The creature smiles, despite the fact that her form in and of itself encourages that she is constantly smiling through her protruding chin. But she seemed to respond to this by clasping her hands together underneath, enhancing her crystal breasts that seemed to be soft there.

"As you find most agreeable, my dear Ben!" she replies cheerfully and calmly. To then show seriousness in expectation. "Tell me. What can I do for you?" the alien offered politely, rocking at her sides with her hands clasped together underneath.

Crystal then went third. And she was another one who could speak with her kind, serious personality and total devotion in Ben, who seemed to notice nothing unusual despite Max being certainly uncomfortable and Gwen could only deduce that this diamond looking girl would bring trouble in the future.

"A robot is attacking the campers! Help us stop it!" Begs the boy to which she smiles confidently, ready to act.

"Sure~!" She reaffirmed with confidence and pleasure.

...

As the wreckage goes on, the three of them go to help the people involved in the disaster, to which Crystal faces the enemy, too distracted in what she seeks to see to make sure Ben sees her.

It is then that Ben stopped concentrating as he began to see her flying around from the blows and shots that sent her flying (apparently unharmed by the impacts). Max is overwhelmed when he notices that she was actually letting herself be attacked, shrieking and moaning with pleasure at how Ben had run to her to assist her. Gwen had to run after him to stop him before something unfortunate happened.

The man was quick to notice.... The alien Ben had summoned was a complete sadomasochist.

"AYYYYYYY, BEEEN~!" She writhed in obvious pleasure. "HOW HEROIC YOU LOOK WORRIED ABOUT ME~~~~!" She bellowed, being aggressively pounded again. "HUMILIATED LIKE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU! SO MANLY!"

"He's only ten years old, you freak!" Gwen replied, disgusted by her attitude.

Ben then looked at all the wreckage and then noticed that she was in such a perfect state that his expression crumpled in anger.

"IF YOU DON'T FINISH HIM OFF THEN I'LL ASK PYRA OR PUPPY TO DO IT!"

It seemed that that right there was what unleashed the worst, as Crystal's pleasant expression changed completely to a worried one, finally turning to a serious one. not a second did it take her to slaughter the robot and destroy it in ways that if that enemy had been human, the children would have had nightmares.

Fortunately, Ben didn't have to hear her cry or plead with him as he assumed as the time on the clock ran out and, consequently, the impending disaster was suspended...

That's when the three of them fled when it was all over. Max sighed in relief when they reached the camper and the children were safe. Ben looked somewhere between exhausted, relieved and stressed. He then saw the boy so willing to continue using the device that he decided to prepare for the worst.

"From now on, Ben, you're going to train hard and we'll prepare ourselves in case this happens again."

An ideal measure... Except that they didn't know the rest of the aliens. But that would be a problem for another day.

...

Max sighs. Ben looks between expectant and vile with his admittedly evil grin. He fears that something has happened with one of the aliens he has.

It is then that a huge contrail rises up as an object approaches them at high speed. Everyone is surprised at the unexpected creature that stops in front of Ben, who smiles in delight at the display of skill, but also because he must have made some mischief with his expectant expression. She removed what appeared to be her visor and spoke quietly.

"Ben, I've already taken care of 'it'." The slim, swift creature with prominent hips replied to her. "The others were bothering because they wanted to take care of the matter in.... Other ways... But I thank you for leaving it to me." Quietly replies the creature being held by the hands of the boy who smiled at her with excitement.

"Thank you so much Alex, they deserve it!"

"I'm very happy to know that I've helped you. See you later." She confirms to him, apparently knowing the clock was coming to an end as the impending beep disables the waking watch on her statement. Ben smiles, looking at the clock waiting for the time to pass so he can use it again.

Gwen didn't ask but hoped and summer would be quiet enough that she wouldn't fall victim to her fool of a cousin who looked ready to do mischief if he could....

And as they finished getting ready to leave, two idiots who were making school life a misery for a lot of people were hanging in a tree from their pants, watching the vehicles drive by in bewilderment as they didn't understand how the hell they got there.

Ben was now full of excitement to have the best summer of his life, that's for sure.

Chapter Text

Night sweeps over the city as fire engulfs the ruined apartment building. Within the aberrant chaos, a mother and child attempt to escape only to be caught by the radiating demolition of the roof that encourages them to be part of the horror as destruction looms all around them. The woman doesn't even hesitate to hug her little boy to protect him from the impending blow they would receive from the collapsing roof... Just for him to be roundly surprised at the presence of Pyra taking the impact with effort, holding his weight as he assessed his next action.

"Wow! Who are you?!" the boy was overwhelmed in surprise, causing the entity to speak in response.

" I've come to help." She dryly accented, using her powers to make the fire around her unify to her body. The accumulated amount was enough to create a hole in the wall as she moderately expelled it, with which she threw the debris and, after that, made a quick spiral trajectory to get everyone down safe and sound. This done, she sighed as she saw that she successfully stopped the fire, which should be attributed to a magnificent compliment from Ben for her splendid work. Her fire intensified as she wriggled with pleasure and indulged in imagining the scene... It is then that she saw the boy with what appeared to be golden cards with expressive drawings of men with certainly caricatured features that her gaze sharpened as she understood their origin, approaching the boy swiftly, overwhelming him by her feminine figure so.... Expectant... "SUMO WRESTLER CARDS!" She expressed with enormous expectation, sitting down on the floor with excitement, longing for any satisfactory answer from the boy to her doubts."WHERE DID YOU GET THEM?!?! MASTER BEN WOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE THEM!!! WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET THEM FROM!"

"These?" intrigued the boy at her hesitation. "They come as a gift with a box of Sumo Cereal..."

"PYRA!" Ben warned, gaining her undivided attention immediately. "Good job, you did it! But the fire was a distraction! It's a robbery! After them!"

"B-But the sumo wrestler cards, Master Ben!" The alien indicated to him, something the aforementioned looked at with utmost astonishment and desire to get out of the van to inspect them, being stopped by Gwen who quickly took the initiative upon seeing him get distracted so quickly.

"Ah, no! Don't even think about it, Benjamin Tennyson! Tell her to solve this.... Now!"

"Ugh... Okay..." He resigns, annoyed. "Pyra, bad guys first! We'll deal with the cards later! You do that and I'll give you coal by myself!"

"Yes, sir~!" the fire girl thrilled, lighting up brightly as she flew at top speed into the sky.

...

The chase is systematic. Pyra follows them from the sky, after some flying practice thanks to her instincts, while inside Max's vehicle, thanks to his skillful driving, he holds the level behind them.

"Pyra, fireball to the wheels! They'll lose control!" Ben shouts from the window, she nods seriously, acting accordingly. As he goes back inside, he notices the looks on Max and Gwen's faces with some concern. "What?In the movies it works..."

Indeed, it does work. The wheels melt and, consequently, control is lost, causing the vehicle to derail to the side and flip over. Pyra descends near the van, ripping off a door and melting it in her hands, much to the horror of the criminals.

"Master Ben wouldn't like it if I hurt your asses with magma, but if you surrender I'll avoid doing that. Hands up... Or down, being exact." Threatens calmly and confidently to which she notices the clock turn red. "Oh, that's too bad... Master Ben won't feed me..." She saddens, watching herself disappear just as the police arrive. Max stops the vehicle just before getting too close, seeing that everything went well, ready to be on his way...

Gwen then looks at Ben, intrigued as she notices him pull out a sheet of paper from his pocket where he dedicatedly writes down Pyra's reward, the others he had given to other girls already being crossed out. She got a twitch in her eye from sensing a sort of master-pet relationship between them.

...

"Yum... Mmm~!" Tasted Pyra sitting on the shower floor as Ben, sitting on the toilet, held coals to her mouth with thick leather gloves so as not to feel immediate pain at a potential rubbing. The boy was fascinated by the instantaneous calcination of the material, not even producing smoke as it was all completely consumed, as she enjoyed the treat and her reward for her hard work. Gwen watched, leaning against the frame and with her arms crossed, evaluative in what the boy was doing with dedication and the creature was enjoying with eagerness.

"You could have done it tomorrow..." She argued with him, almost out of habit of always wanting to antagonize him. However, it didn't take her long to notice that he even gave her any attention.

"Are they delicious to you?" Asked the boy to the irradiated creature, who smiles happily at his doubt.

"Every medium of fuel strengthens us, but it doesn't really generate a tasting sensation in us. However, when you make it yourself, it feels like the best food in the world." She explains to him, causing the fire in her body to grow slightly, demonstrating her joyful emotional state. It is then that she noticed the clock beeping that she shook her hand in farewell. "Have a good night, Master Ben.... And don't let Puppy sleep with you again..." She says goodbye, then looks at him seriously as she warns him, more as a sort of threat that makes Gwen grimace at feeling jealous at the verbiage.

The clock goes off. The boy sighs as he puts away the bag of charcoal and leaves it in the far corner of the vehicle where Grandpa had the grill, all under the gaze of Gwen who is surprised at how differently he was behaving since she knew him in the past time. Looking at the clock in the wall, it's time to rest, so he lies down waiting for the clock to reload, looking at the upper bed, counting the minutes and seconds ticking by.

Grandpa closes the curtains of the vehicle from the driver's side and lets himself rest in his retracted chair. Gwen goes to the bed above, being that they had put up some small fences to prevent her from falling out in her sleep; he, on the other hand, slept below since...

The clock is running again. But this time it is Alex who is surprised by the call as she doesn't expect it at that time, Ben blinks as he realizes that he picked the wrong alien for being so sleepy.

Well, whatever. The boy stepped aside and invited her into the bed as if nothing, which surprises her, but she finally accepts, successfully making a place for herself, hugging him affectionately and being returned... And then, she feels him resting.

Alex turns as she senses a glance, devoting an almost direct glance to the rearview mirror, where Max is witnessing everything and certainly seems embarrassed about something as he rearranges himself.

She dismisses him, resting her chin on the head of the boy sleeping against her chest. A long night awaits them...

...

The day begins. Ben wakes up fully and energetic, so much perhaps that he puts Gwen off just by being so motivated. From that moment on, she knows she is doomed to any consequent mischief from the boy.

And yet nothing prepares her for what she sees as she eats breakfast alone in what Grandpa drives....

"So... Moxie. Do you like it?" the boy is noting as he analyzes her and, within this potential visual range, begins to illustrate it poorly with his even decent drawing skills.

"Hmm... Sounds good..." Responds the small frog-like creature. Her height was six inches, standing out among her large eyes and rectangular pupils with small hairs underneath them to highlight her feminine features, hands larger than her legs and hips. A voice that was certainly shrill but matched her appearance and remarkable arrogance in her presence. She was leaning back against the mattress, holding her head with both hands and kicking the air as the boy seemed to interview her. "So you're the one who woke me up..."She internalizes, turning the interview into a doling out of information.

"Oh, wake you up? Alex said something like that to me the time we met. What do you mean?" the boy is interested, leaving her data in search of another book with a precarious design of the clock, filled with information he seemed to have recompiled from it. "Do you even know what this is and what exactly it's for?"

"Don't be foolish, I just woke up to even know what that thing is. Looks like it's going to take me a while to catch up on this..." She demonstrated boredom, resigned. "I like the color, you should dress it up." She suggests abruptly, managing to surprise him. However, Ben quickly left the book with the collected information, returning to the one with the girl's analysis.

"Specie?" He began with a smile convinced by the entertainment.

"Galvan..." She answers him with disinterest.

"Skills?"

"I'm smarter than everyone here, and surely the ones you've got inside that thing..." Nor is she slow to boast, to which Ben gets a twitch in his eye.

"Pride, got it..."

"at least write down the INTELLIGENCE!" she despairs in irate annoyance.

"Meals, special treats or something to highlight?" the boy insists with interest, something she finally gets serious about and looks at him.

"Why would you be interested in keeping an eye on me?"

"Why? Well, we're practically together since I can't get this off.... But mostly because you're my friends!" He expresses convinced. "Pyra explained to me that we're all aliens; it's logical. It's better to get to know each other since we're going to work together while helping people as best we do!" he motivates. "You deal with the bad guys and we help the people! It's the best method to work together!" He deduces, something that makes the little girl's eyes widen in surprise.

"You're an idiot."

"Hey-!" He grumbled at the insult, to which Gwen laughed from a distance.

"But if you want to call me once in a while, it'll be fine... I guess..." The little girl muttered, being that no one noticed the slight blush on her small cheeks even as she stood with her arms crossed and didn't deign to stare at the boy. The clock chimed and she just disappeared after the deactivation.

Ben then set about packing everything away under the bed, ready to start the day with more entertainment.

...

Gwen sighs in some distress as Ben even disguises having Moxie tucked into the pink and black t-shirt her grandfather bought (exclusively because it had a little pocket where she peeked her eyes out and surveyed the surroundings).

"So... Did you speak to them?" Interested the boy, who was terrifying Gwen for seeming to ignore everything about the sumo wrestlers around them due to the gratifying chatter with the little girl embarrassed by the obvious attention.

"Pyra wants anything you give her in person. Alex wants to try your grandfather's food. Puppy looks like more of the same. Crystal keeps crying because she thinks you're mad at her..."

Ben pauses, getting Max interested in his certainly concerned expression for seeming to have forgotten that topic or even know how to broach it by dodging it.This one left the cart for Gwen and gestured for her to wait.

"Ben, are you okay?" the man approaches, well knowing the boy's distress. "I'm sure Crystal just needs a fair and well-deserved talking to for what happened back then, that's all."

"I didn't mean to get angry like that.... But..."

"I know, son. But you were in your full justification; she started playing games, endangering everyone and everything unnecessarily, which is why it's important to set up all the necessary rules when they come up.... And I mean all of them, including the little one here." He pointed at Moxie, who was annoyed by the pointing finger.

"Hear me, you low IQ old man! I'm going to-!" she tried to spit bullshit, being silenced by Ben as he closed his pocket and held it up to answer him.

"You're right, Grandpa. Could you help me with that?" He urges him with concern.

"Of course. We'll also have to ask Gwen for help since we'll have to organize things a bit if you're going to start bringing them inside the camper more often."

They both looked at the bored girl who raised an eyebrow at that. Ben sighed resignedly, but nodded.

"Okay... Thanks, Grandpa." The boy replies, releasing the annoyed dwarf who looks resigned in her corner, pouting. The man nods and withdraws smoothly.... It is then that Ben sees what appears to be an electric board that he is immensely pleased to recognize the Sumo Wrestler card displayer present. "Look Moxie, this beauty is the hardest thing to get in a lifetime!" He introduces her to the display of Sumo Wrestler cards, who doesn't understand the awesome on the shiny piece of cardboard.

"That thing?" she whines at what Ben thinks is awesome. "I'm more awesome than that crap. I can even make one if I have enough time to study it? Hmm?"

The clock goes off. But Ben doesn't even notice it when what catches his attention are the vibrations that board the store and shake the whole place; he can't help but sense that something bad is happening, something beyond nature when he sees that the TVs lost cable connection and, in result to the increasingly stronger vibrations at what proved to be something approaching, the chestnut jumps to avoid everything collapsing on him....Emphasizing his presence before what seemed to be the next challenge in the life of the boy, who quickly hid behind a glass presenter.

What appeared to be a giant and malformed frog made its way through a wall, being the subject mounted on it the most overwhelming of all; a man with remarkable slovenliness and neglect of his physical state, but with a seemingly homemade technological mechanism that surely was not for decoration. That spelled trouble.

He looked at the clock again, seeing that the inactive state would persist for quite a while... This would go from bad to worse now...

The man comes down and heads straight for what he is looking for in a safe manner. This clearly shows in Ben that the attack is not for nothing and has robbery implications, causing him to impulsively come out of hiding to confront the robber.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?!" He barks at him with determination.

The man looks annoyed, but he didn't even have to say anything because the frog acted in repercussion and shot its heavy and big tongue towards the boy, who manages to avoid it by sheer luck. If it hit him at that speed, he was sure that he would not have ended up unharmed... By unfortunate luck, behind him was a pile of boxes that toppled over him. They were not heavy, but his physical condition did not accompany the dizziness and sudden adrenaline from that assault; now he understood a little what grandfather meant by training...

The boy's gaze ascends and collides with the villain who smiles arrogantly in front of him. Ben is concerned and angered by that expression, partly because he notices his inactive watch.

"Don't be a hero, kid! Just run and play!" he asserts his might before the boy who only contracts himself out of resignation, which makes him feel superior, retreating calmly.

"You're lucky Puppy isn't here to bite your ass..." He muttered in annoyance, noticing how the store guards were after him. The thief smiled haughtily, using the giant frog to leap over them and continue moving around the store with confidence.

Despite the circumstances, Ben doesn't stand still and runs after them. The guards try to stop him loudly, but to no avail.

He catches up to them just as he stops, overwhelming by seeing that they headed for the pet section, where Max and Gwen are surprised by his abrupt appearance.

A live demonstration. Ben is surprised when he sees the man stirring touching something from his chest, quickly remembering the device hanging from it. The charging noise ensures that its function is disturbing...

And indeed it is when he notices the horns of his helmet glow brightly, charging some sort of red beam that shoots quickly towards his cousin and grandfather. Ben screams in horror, but Max is quick to pull the girl out of harm's way.... Except that they weren't actually going to be victims of this attack, but of the pets behind them, which don't take long to turn into huge, monstrous creatures...

"Raise your full potential!" Proudly bellows the man. Receiving a blow to the back of the head from a can, which doesn't destabilize the helmet because of its good grip, but it does infuriate him, he turned angrily towards Ben who was concerned to see that the cast of enemies had grown in number. "I gave you a chance to behold the magnificent future of nature at the hands of the great genius, Dr. Animo, you insolent brat! Nothing will stop me, not even an idiot kid! Remember me, for I will make history! Or rather, prehistory!"

The hamster seems not to tolerate Ben's action and even decides to wait for orders that it is already after him. Good act that frees the attention on Max and Gwen, but bad to bring it on him, who concentrates only on moving forward knowing perfectly well that the creature least wants to catch him to scare him...

Ben is overwhelmed to see Max from the other hallway, which surprises him, but even more so to see him carrying a baseball bat in his hands.

"Ben, get down!" This one exclaims, which makes the boy lose his balance in shock, thankful that the floor is waxed because he manages to slide as he falls on his belly. Max takes advantage of this to throw an excellent horizontal blow that perfectly nails the beast's face, crumpling it by force, but continuing forward as it loses balance completely.

He fortunately stops, but the hamster almost reaches the end of the corridor. It's then that he looks at his watch with concern, resigning himself to that option yet.... Just as he was about to give up, his creativity is fueled when he sees a scooter next to him.

"Grandpa, let me take this one! Go after that idiot animal!" Confident defines the boy after putting on his helmet and starting the vehicle. The man is surprised by his brave action, but confides in him as Gwen just arrives on the scene, exhausted, seeing her grandfather running in the opposite direction again. She grumbled loudly, ready to stay with Ben when she sees him riding the device with the mouse behind him. She blinked once and didn't take long to follow her grandfather with full readiness.

Racing at high speed, Ben walks through the different stalls of the large hypermarket. The creature chases him, but you can tell that his large body is having trouble keeping its balance, either because of the hit or the great speed it reaches without measuring its control to turn. In any case, Ben knows that this is a good way to stop it.

Taking advantage of the turns, he begins to make it dizzy by walking in circles around it, unable to know how to catch it by having to constantly turn. For creatures ""superior"" to their original versions, they were not very smart.... After about 6 laps that certainly took their toll on Ben, the hamster fell dizzy and gave up. Ben smiled confidently and certainly arrogantly as he shook a little from the dizziness.

"That's it! Ben Tennyson can take on anything without the gir-! G-Girls... Ugh, I think I'm going to throw up..." He was sickened as he twitched abruptly, making himself even sicker from the dizziness.

The clock is active again. Good timing because it needs volatile force. After activating it, Pyra springs into action.

"Master Ben, what's wrong?" she asked, worried about the boy's condition. "Are you all right?!"

"Giant bird!" He stops her, feeling even sicker with all the girl's attention. "Help Grandpa, I'll be fine!"

Pyra is a bit resigned but complies with the order and runs to where more chaotic rumblings were being heard. Ben approached carefully, trying to recover, enough to hear Animo arguing before what seemed to be his escape.

"You can't stop me! I will transform and dominate Washington DC and then the whole world!" the man bellowed angrily, leaping right over the huge bird that flew through the window to the outside.

"Pyra, the wing!" commands Max, to which she obeys, launching a fireball strong enough to hit the bird. This one easily avoids it, but its tail feathers are so big that they pink it, giving off smoke as they run away "Let's find Ben, we must go after them!"

And, fortunately, the dizzy boy appears behind them. Right beside him, the frog and the hamster (weakened to some extent) escape through the hole in the glass, following Animo as well. Well, there goes Ben's victory...

"You saved the store!" He reported the manager of the place excitedly, catching his attention at the surprise, then smiling proudly as he put his fists on the sides of his hips, reaffirming what would be a heroic pose (if he had a cape flaming, that is). Pyra just clapped her hands (noiselessly due to only the plasma in her hands clashing).

The boy is embarrassed at the attention received, but smiles as his gaze is fixed on the board with the golden Sumo Wrestler card when he hears the man's proposal to offer him any reward for his act. Max stops him by hoisting him over his shoulder, being overwhelmed by how the man pulls him out of the place on the pretext of chasing Animo. Gwen then signals Pyra to follow them, being the one resigned between wanting to ask for the card but knowing she couldn't hold it.

...

"It's okay, Master Ben. Next time you will be able to get one..." Pyra tries to encourage him with a sympathetic smile at Ben's obvious annoyance at not receiving his reward.

"It's not fair, I did something amazing against a giant rat and I get nothing after helping them!"

Max looks up from the rearview mirror, distracting his view for a second from the smoke in his pursuit. He seemed quite used to this as it didn't take him long to resume the chase within seconds.

"Being a superhero isn't about letting others know what you're doing, Ben. I told you staunchly that, despite the fact that the girls will make their effort to perform, we should try to keep a low profile.... The guys at the store at least didn't bother to ask about Pyra." Explains the man with impressive drifts in the vehicle so as not to lose speed in the face of abrupt turns.

"And besides, Pyra got food in her mouth because you promised her. It's practically a reward, I even saw her wanting more but she didn't ask for it..." Gwen reminds him and jokes, which causes the fire girl to radiate a little, heating up the bathroom enough for Ben to walk away over the broadcast.

"But they do so much for us! They've even fulfilled my whims! It's not the same!" he grumbled at the comparison, causing the poor girl to now not radiate, but glow bright red all her rocks by the boy's estimation.

"It's much the same thing, Ben. People don't need you to know who saved them, but rather to inspire them to do the same to others.... And especially you, that you know you've done something in the face of danger or vileness.... Being a hero is already the reward, son. They are for you all the time you ask them to be and they don't really expect a reward..."

Ben grows uncomfortable and reflective. Grandpa Max's words sink into his mind and as he evaluates his actions in the face of his decisions and yearnings, Gwen jumps in wonder at the find in her hands.

According to her online research, Aloysius Animo was a great researcher in veterinary science, respected and promising. Rejoicing at the enormous capacity of his discoveries, he became obsessed with the idea of modifying and restructuring the DNA of animals. It is in these delusions of greatness for pursuing the Verities prize that he was discovered to be conducting illegal genetic experimentation, which caused him to be banned from any possible recognition and glory, being recognized as a madman for his obsession. Gwen teased Ben about the similarities between the two, which further embarrassed the boy for seeing him in a negative light.

"Just like old times..." Max rambles as he watches the smoke the bird has on its tail, chasing it without delay. He glanced in the rearview mirror, noticing Gwen inquiring about something and Ben looking annoyed beside her. Due to the time passed, Pyra disappeared, but the watch rebounded in pursuit.

Gwen was intrigued at that comment, thinking to internalize seeing such nostalgia in an activity that little addressed the work of a plumber.

"Really? What kind of job did you have, Grandpa?" the girl is interested, taking her eyes off the monitor for a few seconds.

"Emm... I'll tell you later, it's not very interesting..." Diverts the man's attention, getting the girl to resume in her typing.

However, still following the smoke with his eyes, Ben understands something. Animo's next target.

"Grandpa, he's going to the museum! Remember, he said something about wanting to re-establish prehistory! That's his goal now!"

And Max just starts speeding up to try to overtake him and reach the building Ben mentioned.

...

Excellent observation. Animo overtakes them for his trip straight to the spot, bursting a wall with his frog. Grandpa parks, giving the boy credit with a smile for his excellent attention, Gwen, of course, scoffs at how surprising it is that her idiot cousin is smart enough to perceive the villain's maneuver.

While it's not too late, they arrive to see that Animo is working on the device on his chest, screwing and arranging the various pieces he pilfered from the store. This one notices them, which makes him grunt in annoyance at the reunion.

"You are very persistent. And I hate that very much!" the man complained as he rearranged the device again, facing the group.

"We know all about you and your experiments, Doctor Animal. This is all over! Give it up or one of the girls will kick your ass!" Ben threatened him as he set the clock.

"Oh, but this has only just begun, brat. What's more, let me tell you that I'm only a few components short of getting my work to phase two..." He explains, setting up the mechanism with a few twists, ready for action. "The reanimation of dead cells!"

The boy looks at Gwen waiting for an explanation, which offends her because he seemed to see her as an encyclopedia or a dictionary. However, Animo smiles at the obvious confusion and doesn't take long to explain.

"No problem, I'll give you a practical explanation! It's the resurrection of dead cells!" He explains to them, firing the beam of his mech on the huge mammoth beside him. "Watch."

The shot quickly embraces the animal and, to everyone's horror, the huge animal present reanimates from the dead and moves towards them with its red eyes glowing aggressively. Ben is so stunned that it is Gwen who reminds him of the watch, causing him to react and activate it without looking at his options...

The pink glow invades the room and, while Ben tries to stand firm before the beast, a hand rests on his head, caressing his unkempt hair, which surprises and fascinates him before the new presence before him... The shadow of her muscles and breasts cover the boy almost quickly as he was not expecting at all to see the huge woman before him.

An immense creature of three meters and red skin enhances its vision by its bulky and muscular build. The spikes on her strong forearms reinforce her powerful appearance, no more so than her two lower arms, reaffirming her presence by having four arms. Her huge breasts jiggle for a second, despite being excellently retained thanks to the black and pink muscled top, surely replicated from the attire Ben had on. Her friendly smile towards him reinforced her cheerful and energetic personality, which her four orange eyes did not show by being almost totally steady. Her short black hair matched her rough and aggressive appearance.

"Hey, little man! Nice to meet you! Hmm? Is that ugly bug bothering you?!"

Ben nods out of inertia, almost plastering her figure on his monkey brain that was strongly activated by her presence.

"Rose... Do you like it?" the boy murmurs without taking his eyes off her. She smiles, showing her teeth with excitement; a beautiful rose that at the slightest mistake in touching her, prickles.

"I love it." She expresses, thundering her knuckles, ready for the confrontation.

The boy then peels his gaze away as he notices a movement behind the mammoth, seeing Animo fleeing the scene. He quickly reacts, running after it along with his grandfather and cousin. The huge animal doesn't even have time to notice them when Rose pounces on him and catches him from the horns safely.

"Ah, no! Forget about boss, you fight me!" She easily subdues him by shaking him sideways against the ground.

The bird catches the group off guard from around the corner, startling Ben who falls backwards to the ground, but Gwen doesn't take long to get upset against it, picking up the spear from one of the stone-age presentations, ready to face the beast. She demonstrates an excellent performance by spinning it in a threatening manner, dispreventing the bird from the direct hit on its head that annoyed it almost immediately. The second blow is even worse, splitting the spear on its head, scaring the bird and forcing it to flee. Ben looks at his cousin in horror as she gives him her hand to get up.

"Are we even?" She reminds him with amusement.

"Even." He thanks the girl for the gesture. Max on the other hand is impressed by his granddaughter's talent, patting the back of his pants to remind himself that, by any stretch of the imagination, there was a firearm in it.

The group catches up with Animo. Too late to stop him when he superbly reanimates the skeleton of a tyrannosaurus rex, which restructures its lost skin to an incomplete level by its obvious absences of skin and organs, giving it a distinctly zombified appearance. The roar towards them only worries about how they will be able to run away from it... Fortunately, running away isn't necessary as Animo only uses it as an escape tool, riding it to break through a wall.

"I'd like to stay, but first I'll go claim the prize I clearly deserve!" Reaffirms this one as the huge animal bursts through the wall and mobilizes to the outside. Gwen is almost separated from the group, which gets attention when the spiteful bird captures her in its talons in a silent attack, carrying her away almost immediately.

Ben is horrified by this outcome, unable like his grandfather to do anything, to which he annoyed reacts with the only words he can shout in desperation.

"ROOOOOOOOSE!" the boy shouted, just for the wall behind him to crumble and the strong woman roared and propelled herself hard towards the bird, dropping what was the remains of the mammoth's horn in her lower arms in the leap.

"Gotcha!" The alien exclaims as it embraces Gwen and the bird's leg holding her back. With its strong hands it manages to pull this one apart, allowing it to take the girl safe and sound with the remaining ones. It is then that she drops, hugging her so that she would be safe.

The impact in the middle of the street is not a lost cause when, upon separation, they are both intact. Rose smiles at Gwen and Gwen hugs her for what she did.

"Thanks for saving me!"

"Ha ha ha ha! You're welcome, little girl! The boss would have done the same thing if he could!" She warns, just as the clock on his shoulder starts to blink. "Good luck beating that guy!" She waves goodbye, disappearing with the glow. Grandpa's truck pulls up alongside, just so Ben can show her the paper Animo seemed to leave behind as he escaped from the driver's side window.

"Just to be clear, I like this one!" She warns, quickly stepping in, avoiding just in time for the bird again to want to capture her."I hate parrots!" She raged, to which Ben grimaced so as not to say something unfortunate and be left in the middle of trouble.

"Grandpa, we've got to stop Animo from stealing that prize!" Determines the boy as a priority, something Max is quick to dispute as he maneuvers to keep the huge bird from swiping at them with its talons.

"First, get that watch recharged and have someone take care of that bird!" Max reminds him with annoyance at how the bird wanted to peck and grab the vehicle.

"Dr. Kelly accepted the award for truthfulness.... Animo will go snatch it away from him." Gwen understands after reading the article. "There's no way we can stop him with this situation..."

"The police are dealing with the hamster and the frog from what I hear." Max explains. "Which leaves us with the dinosaur and the bird..."

The clock recharges. Ben smiles as the iconic words appear for the first time....

"Well it'll have to be plucked somehow.... It's heroic time." He activates the clock. The glow covers the place and Max's vision is surprised to see an insectoid type creature next to him....Except he actually noticed her shirt-covered breasts, due to them jiggling from the motion of the vehicle. He had a twitch in his eyes as he reasserted himself to pay attention to the steering wheel, swallowing deeply.

Ben then was surprised when her four eyes with pupils denoted in even stalks on the sides of her head. He thought of an appropriate name, being that he snapped his fingers confidently as he pointed at her with a smile.

"Candace, do you like it?!" She smiled blinking her four eyes, firming her wings for a second as Gwen opened the door as Grandpa stepped on the brake to avoid another attack from the bird. "Well then, go kick that bird's butt!"

It didn't even take long to take off and fly quickly into the sky, disappearing from the group's sight by the sheer force of its swift movement. The bird was about to attack them, but it got careless so fast that the alien swooped down on it with great force, easily knocking it to the ground, leaving it unconscious. Ben cheered in fascination with her skills to which Candace went down to the ground and began to sway with pleasure, as if dancing, at the boy's admiration. Max then stated the goal of stopping Animo and Ben reaffirmed the priority of her going with him.

No one manages to stop the boy as Candace rides with him on her back. Max already sets off to follow them.

The arrival is better than estimated, managing to save Dr. Kelly's life from being devoured by Animo's tyrannosaurus. Ben falls over from the destabilization as the dinosaur's tail hits them, and his surprise is immense when he sees a golden Sumo Wrestler card opportunistically there. He was eager to take it, when he sees Candace subdued by the rubble after the blow, struggling to get out, and Kelly about to be bitten again after there was no one to defend him.

The boy looks at the card for a second, but doesn't hesitate in his expression as he runs towards the alien who is happy to see him safe. Shaking off the debris, she is overwhelmed to see the man she saved being shaken into the air to be devoured again to which with great speed and force she rushes towards him. This movement causes the rubble to subdue the card in this, but the boy did not even notice it when he noticed in wonder as Candace leaves the man safe by his side and, cleverly, returns to the fight and snatches the helmet of Animo, leaving it to the boy who throws it against the ground, jumping on it to break it.

The shockwave from the failure of the device returns the dinosaur remains to its initial state, as well as the bird, frog and hamster that terrorized the city. Max enters, seeing Ben between bruised and scratched, stroking the alien's head with a smile as she lays her head in his lap.

Dawn breaks over the remains of the prize, Animo's gun and the debris that destroyed the card. Max watches proudly as his grandson seemed to have everything under control, drawing his gun on an Animo who tried to sneak away to escape, unsuccessfully.

The clock begins to beep. Ben then says what she needed to hear."Excellent work... Thank you."

"No problem, Ben. I'll always be there when you need me."

And that much was clear to him....

...

The day is over (impractically, the new one has just begun). The police take away a desperate Animo for the deserving of the devastated prize, Ben sees him, noticing in his eyes the growing hatred towards his person. He understands that his obsession with the card could have brought him to such a level before his powerful watch, but he knows the limits well, for he would never lead the girls to do such a thing for him...

He looked at the remains of the Animo device he brought with him after the fight. He hasn't talked about what happened there, but since Puppy was resting next to him and he was smiling unconsciously they determined that something good had happened.

Ben looks at the horizon heading for the next stop on his long journey. It's safe to say that everything to come will be together with his family and, now, growing number of friends.

This vacation looks like it will be a challenge...