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Max woke up bright and early from a pleasant dream and hoping for once to enjoy a nice quit morning with his grand-kids, and what are technically his god-kids and definitely his future grand-daughters-in-laws.

"Hopefully we can have one quit morning with no criminals, supervillains, monsters, or intergalactic conquerors." Max thought as he got up and looked around his home, The Rust Bucket. Gwen and Ben were still sleeping in their bunk beds with no signs of any aliens this morning.

"Hmm, I guess Upchuck must of timeout last night." Max said to himself as when about his morning bathroom routine.

Some minutes later Max step out of the shower wearing a fresh set of clean clothes, and decided to go ahead and start on breakfast. Seeing that the kids were already starting to wake-up.

"I call dibs first!" Ben shouted as he quickly got up from the bottom bunk and started to the bathroom.

"You always go first doofus!" Gwen yell as tried to beat Ben to the bathroom but by the time she got down from the top bunk it was already too late. Max couldn't help chuckle to himself, thinking about how they reminded him of their fathers at the same age.

"If could have spend more time with them." Max thought to himself in a slightly somber and regretful way, as he always did when thinking of his boys.

"So grandpa, what are we having for breakfast?" Ben said with a bit of fear as he got out of the bathroom, and Gwen when in behind him.

"I'm think something simple today, milk, bacon, eggs, and sausage." Max answer

"Yes!" Ben shouted happily. Of course what Max didn't him that the breakfast would be yak milk, buglizard bacon, alligator eggs, and pyroxovore sausage. He didn't like to hide what the kids were eating from them but he knew he had to expanded their palate, and sometimes found it necessary to leave out some details every now again. After all, sense both of them made it clear they wanted to join the plumbers, like most of the family, they would need learn to be less picky eaters sooner or later. Especially Ben with what his future was going hold.

"Hey grandpa if let the girls out around here?" Ben asked

"It should be safe, I park far enough from the road that no one should be coming around here. Just let me know who planning are summoning so I know how much food I should make." Max said as he open the refrigerator.

"I was going summon Wildmutt, she been wanting help with something." Ben said as he started to dial up the vulpimancer hybrid.

"Not in the RV dweeb." Gwen yell as she exit the restroom, already to late as in a flash of pink light the hybrid appear.

Standing mostly upright on digitigrade legs with arms nearly toughing the floor, and cover head to toe in orange fur. The young vulpimancer human hybrid had a head and neck that was almost an even mix of the species, and like pure vulpimancers she had no eyes or a visible nose. She did have heat sensing gill like patch going down her neck like true vulpimancers, and despite being a little tallier then Max her body shape clearly marked her as young child the same age of Gwen and Ben. And unlike most vulpimancers she were wearing clothes, something that Max was very grateful to Azmuth for, a simple black and white sports top and shorts not to different from Ben' shirt, and well as wearing a metal collar with the heart shape symbol of the chaquetrix.

"Why didn't you wait till we were outside, where there was enough room. So I wouldn't get a face full of alien dog butt." Gwen annoyingly said from behind Wildmutt.

Ben, ignoring his cousin spoke to Wildmutt, "Come on girl, we better go outside." He then grade a small box of the table as he led the alien crossbreed outside.

"Make sure you two do your morning training." Max said the two children ran outside.

"Don't worry grandpa, I'll make sure they do it." Gwen said as she grab the grimoire she took from Charmcaster and follower her cousin and his unusual friend outside.

Max just smile to himself as started breakfast, beginning with cooking the pyroxovore sausage. Now the trick to cooking good pyroxovore sauasage was pepper, pyroxovore already had plenty of salt in their meat from their diet but you need fresh pepper to really bring out the flavor. At least these were Max thoughts as he started to cook the sausage. Which didn't take long to cook and was done right before Max move on to the buglizard bacon when he heard a strange yet familiar noise. It was something a like mix between a howl and a moan. Max look out the window to check on the kids, he saw Gwen holding her book and looking at something. Max then look over to see what she staring at only to see something that made his blood freeze. Ben was bushing Wldmutt's fur!

Now to someone who had less intimate knowledge and experience with vulpimancers than Max this scene may seem completely innocent or even sweet. But Max knew full well that to the highly temperamental vulpimancers letting someone groom them was a highly sensual act. And while Wildmutt was too young, the sound she was making and the way her heat patches were twitching told Max full well if he didn't do something soon what would happen.

"Ben!" Max yell and he bust out the door causing all three children to turn to him.

"What the matter grandpa?" Ben asked in surprise. 

"You really shouldn't be bushing Wildmutt like that." Max said, and notice that as he said it Wildmutt looked annoyed while Gwen seem to be looking at him with a suspicious look.

"What? Why not?" Ben asked in clear confusion.

"Young vulpimancers quills are still developing and are highly sensitive. So bushing could resulted in...results not quite what you hoping for. At least not the results I hope you are hoping for." Max said in want wasn't really a full lie but definitely wasn't the truth.

"Really? Then how do you bush them?" Ben ask innocently.

"Are you sure he wasn't bushing her correctly? She seems to be enjoying it, like really enjoying it base on those noises she was making?" Gwen said turning to stare at the young couple.

" Yes I'm sure, as to the right way, well you need special bushes and combs. And you know what, how about we just forget the bushing for now, and I'll teach you the correct way later." Max said while quickly adding under voice,"Hopefully much, much later."

"What was that?" Ben ask while putting the bush back in the small box, a box that Max could now see had combs and other bushes in it.

"I said you two better get back to your training, breakfast will be done soon. Oh, and Ben, who idea was it exactly for you to bush Wildmutt?" Max said, not knowing if he really wanted to know or not.

"Oh it was my, I thought sense dogs and cats like to be bush and that Wildmutt is kind of like a mix of both. That she would like it to and it would be a nice thing to do for her." Ben said as he closed the box.

"Next time just play fristbee." Max said as the two youngsters started their combat training.

"Grandpa that noise Wildmutt made sounded awful lot like the noise my neighbor cat made when she was in he-"

"Gwen I promise you that one day you and Ben will know everything about the chaquetrix and the aliens within it. But for now you need to just trust me that there are somethings about it that neither of you are ready for."Max said while quickly interrupting Gwen.

"Now excuse me I have to get back to cooking." Max said return to the RV.

"Why do get the feeling I'm going to actually want someone like Dr. Animo to show up before this morning is over?" Max thought as he return to his cooking.

Breakfast was over and Wildmutt had timeout but at least she was able to eat before doing so, normally Max would just do the dishes and hit the road. But today Max wanted to give his home and vehicle, the Rust Bucket, a little bit of TLC before doing so. After all it wasn't everyday in a Tennyson's life that they didn't have to worry about some world ending event or some supervillain causing trouble. So it was important to make the most of these few quiet moments when they came.

The three tennysons started to do some inter cleaning, dusting, a little polishing, and some vacuuming. It was during this time that the chaquetrix recharge.

Ben turned to his grandfather and ask,"Hey, grandpa is okay if I spend some time with one the girls?"

"That not fair, we are busy cleaning and you should being helping to instead of running off playing with your girlfriend." Gwen quickly complain.

Max smile to himself, it seems like Ben wanted to spend every moment he could with his aliens friends even he didn't yet realize it himself or why. Of course it isn't like Max had any right to complain about that, if he had gotten the chaquetrix like planned, and of course if the aliens came out as adult women like they were supposed too, Ben and Gwen would probably have a few new uncles and aunts by now.

"Tell you what, I think I can handle what little is left to do in here. So I guess it fine for two go outside and have some fun with one of the girls. Just make you two get a little training done and remember you will have to help wash the outside later." Max said, and it was clear on the look on both their faces they were both happy to hear that.

"Thanks Grandpa!' Ben yell as he made his way out the door, already getting the watch ready.

"I'll make sure he and who ever he calls won't burn the place down." Gwen said hurrying after her cousin.

Max made took a moment to check on just who Ben was summoning in case he got a new friend, and new chance to Ben. Azmuth had warned Max that because of Ben's age that the slight generic alternation it did to make easier for the wearer to reproduce with the beings it generation that Ben would have few side effects. The first being he would one day to able to breed with almost anyone or anything even without the chaquetrix, but frankly it was the second side effect that had Max a bit worry. That Ben would start getting the powers of who ever summon, at least while they were summon. And given what species was in the betatype and the fact that the master control, if Ben ever unlock it, would allow him to have all the girls out all the time. Max was a little nervous about this effect, at least Azmuth said it probably wouldn't take effect till after Ben when through puberty.

In flash of pink light a huge four arm bright red girl with short black hair, wearing a black and white shirt, black pants, and a metal collar with the pink heart shape symbol of the chaquetrix appear. It was the tetramand girl that Ben had named Four Arms. Max couldn't help but think just how much she looked like a pure blooded tetramand whenever he saw her. It made sense, the chaquetrix only alter the genetics of the beings it created just enough so they could successfully breed and make fertile offspring with it bearer. And tetramand were one of the few species that could breed with humans with little issue, as Max knew first hand. So out of all the alien girls Ben had Four Arms was the least alter, but there were few changes that anyone who was as familiar with tetramands as Max was could sport right away. The main different was age and physical development.

With Azmuth made the chaquetrix he made sure that the it would make beings of the same age and development as the bearer. Something Max was really thankful for sense it made sure that Ben's new friends were his age, and had the side effect that girls didn't really know what they were for or what they were suppose to do with Ben, at least not until puberty. But in Four Arms case this had an unusual effect on her, tetramands mature and age faster then humans. With male becoming adults when they are about ten years of age while females taking a little longer and becoming adults around 16 which was why they lived longer and are stronger then the males. So in Four Arms case despite being bigger and more muscular then Max, she looked only a little older then Ben or Gwen despite being the same age, which in turn made her look even younger then a tetramand her age would be. It also meant that she was an early bloomer by human standers and was already in the first early and awkward stages of puberty.

"So what we going to do today Ben? Is there a bad guy need stopping or people to save?" Four Arm ask while doing a bit of posing to show off her muscles.

"Not today, at least not yet. We're just doing some light combat training is all." Ben said with a bit of red in his face.

Max chuckle to himself a bit at seeing that, with the way Ben sometimes looked at Four Arms and the fact he seem to summon, or at least try to, her a bit more then the other girls. He couldn't help wonder help but wonder sometimes if Four Arms would be the first one to help Ben use the chaquetrix the way it was design to be use and give him some tetramand great-grand kids. Which to be hontest he may have already thanks to his younger days, either way hopefully it would be at least ten years before that. But wondering about the future could way, Max had to finish the cleaning.

It didn't take too long for Max to finish what little cleaning was left to do so he decided to see how the kids were doing. He took a quick look out the window and saw that Gwen was busy practicing wind magic. He had to say was surprise she had yet to try fire magic, but she was always more responsible than Verdona was with her magic. He then look around to see if he could see what Ben and Four Arms was doing. Only for eyes to nearly bulge out sockets we saw the two were performing grappling moves on one another, with Four Arms allowing Ben to try and perform an half-nelson on her!

To those who didn't know anything about tetramands this would have look a bit iffy, but to someone like Max who knew all about the proud warrior tetramands he saw what it really was. A full on hot and steamy make out session, made even more so by the fact that Four Arms were allowing the weaker Ben to do it.

"Kids!" Max shouted as he busted out the RV door. Gwen stop her magic and turn to look and her grandfather.

While Four Arms on the hand quickly shouted,"Mr. Tennyson!", before breaking Ben's grapple, siting on her knees, put all four hands on her legs, and look down at the ground with an embarrassed and shameful look. A look told Max everything he needed to know about who idea, and why, the grappling training was.

While Ben just looked at Four Arms and then his grandfather with a bit of a confusion and asked,"What the matter grandpa?"

Max quickly reminded himself that despite her size Four Arms was still just a child, one who was going though a really awkward phase by the looks of it. So he had to handle this very carefully, to not hurt or give her the wrong ideas.

"Ben, Four Arms I don't think you two of old enough yet to practice grappling with one another." Max said as calmly yet firmly as he could.

"That all? Why? We were being careful?"Ben said, while Four Arm said nothing at all and look at the dirt.

"I know you were, and when you two are older, much older, you can practice grappling all you want together. I just believe that due to your age you may want to wait till you put on some size and weight just to be fully careful. That way in case something happens or...comes up, you will both be at the right place to deal with it." Max said as gently yet firmly as he could.

"Yes sir." Four Arms said so low it was nearly a whisper. Causing both Ben and Gwen to look at her clearly wondering why she was upset.

"Now I want to make it clear I'm not mad or upset at anyone, especially you Four Arm. And I'm not even saying you two can't practice some very simple, "light," grappling moves every so often. But for the more complex, and "full" on moves I want you two to wait until you are just a little older and mature enough to..."handle" those moves. You understand?" Max said in what he hope was an understanding tone.

"I guess so?"Ben answer back, clearly not knowing what going on here.

"Yes sir, Mr. Tennyson, sir." Four Arm answer back, still clearly a little upset but not as much as before at least.

"Grandpa why are talking like Mom and Dad did when they found out Ken was trying to have a sleep over with his girlfriend?" Gwen asked

"So that why he was grounded." Max thought as he finally got an answer as to why his other grandchild wasn't allow on this trip.

Before Max could think up an answer to Gwen question the symbol on both Four Arms collar and the chaquetrix started to flash and Four Arms disappear in flash of pink light.

"Well looks like it time to start cleaning the outside of the rust bucket now." Max said trying to change the subject the best he could.

"Grandpa you didn't answer my question?" Gwen asked still wanting an answer.

"Gwen before you and Ben were born I arrested a dracosian witch who put cursed on me." Max said.

"A curse? What was the curse?" Ben ask clearly curious.

"That my next grandson would be just like me." Max answer.

"Wait minute, how is that curse?" Gwen asked clearly confuse and hopefully forgetting what she was wondering about earlier.

"I wonder that too at first, but now I get it. I really truly get it." Max answer, while secretly wishing Ben was more his like father then him.

While it has so far hasn't been exactly the summer vacation he wanted or plan his grand-kids. Max would be lying if he said he was unhappy with our things turned out. If anything he felt this was even better than anything he hope, chaos and danger in all. Which somehow made these little quiet moments of just washing the RV with his grand-kids better. These were Max thoughts as he, Ben and Gwen clean his Rust Bucket.

"As fun as this summer been I can't wait till next summer when I'll be taking the kids on a tour of the girls home planets. At least the ones safe to go too, got to remember to call Lu to get my old ship ready." Max thought as he scrub the windshield.

"It will be good for both them and girls to get to know their people and worlds betters. Especially before Ben graduate high school and the real fun of going to those worlds happen." Max chuckle as he recalled how Azmuth made it very clear that after Ben's graduated high school and before he headed off to the Plumber Academy he was going to take Ben, Max, Gordon, Vera, and any other adult Tennyson he could get to come along, expert Max's sons of course, on the type of interplanetary trip the family had become famous for. Oh, now that was going to be a fun summer.

"Hey, the watch is recharge, which of girls do you think I should get to help us finish up?" Ben ask he put down brush and starting looking though the chaquetrix list of aliens.

"Do you have to summon them as soon as that thing ready?" Gwen asked, annoyed by her cousin constant use of the watch.

"Well if I don't they are going to show up anyway." Ben said, quickly reminding her of a certain feature they have discover about the chaquetrix.

That being if Ben didn't use the watch after a certain amount of time once it was fully charge then one of the girls would be automatically summon. Which one and how long seems to be random, but it seems take at least a hour after being charge. When Max ask Azmuth about this he said it was just the girls getting impatient.

"It should be fine and I'm sure the girls would be happy to help, after all they live here too. Try getting Stinkfly so she can wash the roof." Max said to Ben, and not needing another reason Ben place the dial and in a flash of the lepidopterran human hybrid was summon.

Unlike other lepidopeterrans of her phenotype, the warriors, her torso were more humanoid and front legs were lower on torso. Giving her an almost centaur like look, in terms cloths she worn a top not different then Ben's shirt that left a bit of her belly expose while lower half was cover in a black and white onesie that didn't cover her insect legs at all. She also, of course, wore a metal collar with the symbol of the chaquetrix on it. Whenever Max saw he couldn't help but wonder two things, one if the more humanoid worker phenotype of the lepidopeterran species was also in the watch, and two, sense Azmuth stated that thanks to their human half all the girls would grow human like breasts as they got older. Would that mean Stinkfly would able to shoot slime from them like she can from her mouth and eyes.

"Stinkfly could fly up and clear the top of the Rust Bucket?" Ben asked

"Without using any of your slime!"Gwen quickly added.

Gwen was not a big fan of Stinkfly due to her habit of covering of them in her smelly slime. Max for his part explain to the kids the type of slime she was covering them wasn't the same type she was using in combat, and was in fact how lepidopterrans show affection to their love ones. Something like a cross between a hug and a kiss on the cheek and while Ben was fine with it, which was good because he would one day have to deal with a lot more slime of different kind one day, Gwen still wasn't too happy about it. Of course Max had the feeling that this only encourage the bug girl to slime her more often.

"I'll get clean enough to eat on!" Stinkfly happily said as she grab a scrub bush and one of the buckets they had before flying to the top of the RV.

That statement made Max less this sure about having her clean up there, as he knew what lepidopterran diets were like. But it was a little late now, so had to hope for the best as he and the kids got back to cleaning.

Working together it didn't take too long for them to get the outside of the RV clean up, and when Stinkfly was done with her part she flew back down to Ben and Gwen.

"I finish up, what to see?" Stinkfly ask the two second gen hybrids

"Sure." answer Ben. And with that Stinkfly grab both of them and flew up to show them her work.

"Why did you pick me up?" Ask the annoyed Gwen

"What the matter dweeb, scare of heights? You did a good Stinkfly." Ben said to the much to the bug girl enjoyment.

Stinkfly quickly put the cousins back down on the ground, and they shot her friendly slime in their faces.

"Ew, gross! Grandpa she did it again!' Gwen shouted, clearly upset by Stinkfly friendliness as she ran over to her grandfather.

"Now Gwen we been over this, that just how her people shows that they like y-"Max stop talking as he saw what Stinkfly was now doing, she was dancing for Ben again.

It was a simple, and by human standers very chaste dance. She was moving to left to right much like a crab, while clicking her fingers like together,gently fluttering her wings, shaking her tail up down, and wiggling her eye-stalks. Most people Max's age probably would said something along the lines, "aw cute", or "that interesting", maybe even said "How sweet", if they realized Stinkfly's feelings for Ben. But Max couldn't bring himself to say anything, for Max wasn't like most humans, Max knew what this really was. He knew it wasn't some childish and chaste dance, he knew it was a lepidopterran's mating dance. And he was just thankful Stinkfly wasn't old enough yet to release pheromones otherwise this could be a real issue.

"Relax, she just doing this because a boy she likes was being friendly. She isn't old enough to really know what means or hopefully act on it." Max thought trying reassure himself, as he always did whenever Stinkfly did this. Didn't help much, as he knew from first hand experience just how work up and wild a female lepidopterran can get. At least Ben wasn't dancing too, that could get real messy.

"Grandpa, why do you always get that concern look on your face whenever Stinkfly does that dorky dance for Ben?" Gwen ask she tried wipe the slime off her face.

"Well you see sweat it is just tha-"

Before could Max could finish making some excuse to tell his granddaughter he saw that had Ben had started to try to dance like Stinkfly too. And also saw the look on Stinkfly's face as Ben started this dance.

"Okay that enough of that!" Max quickly shouted cause all three children to turn and look at him.

"What the matter?" Asked Ben

"Yeah, did we do something wrong?" ask Stinkfly.

"...No, I just think it is time for you all to clean yourselves up is all. I just need to do a quick check on the rust bucket engine and we're being hitting the road." Max answer as quickly as he could.

"Clean ourselves up? Does that mean you want us to-"And before Stinkfly could finish asking whatever she was wondering her symbol starting to beep, to let her know it wastime for her to go. And in a quick flash of pink she disappear.

Max let out a sign of relieve at that, and then turn to his grandson.

"Champ, why were you trying to dance like Stinkfly?" He ask not sure if he really wanted to know or not.

"I don't know, Stinkfly is always doing that dance for me I guess I thought I should join her is all." Ben said looking up at his grandfather.

Leaving Max to wonder just how much of that was true given that Azmuth had warn him that just how the chaquetrix made its aliens interesting in the bearer, the bearer in turn was influence to find said aliens interesting in the same way to increase the odds of breeding. And given just how much Ben was like Max, he probably would need much influence in the first place.

"I'm going to check the engine, I want you and Gwen to put things away and then clean yourselves up. Because we will be hitting the road when I'm done."Max said, trying to put Azmuth warning out of his mind.

"And after your buggy girlfriend slimy kisses, I get the shower first doofus." Gwen said still trying to get the slime off.

"She not my buggy girlfriend, she just a friend who happens to be a bug and a girl is all." Ben said with a blush that told Max all he needed to know about what his real thoughts were.

"Boy, I wonder how his parents are going to react too all of this." Max thought while thinking of the black sheep of the family.

"Mm, this look a bit worst then I thought." Max said he look though the engine of the rust bucket, both the normal engine and second secret engine the fuel the more advance alien technology that ran though out the RV.

"We got everything packet and ready to go grandpa." Ben said as he and Gwen, who using a towel to clean her face, came up to him.

"And I got all of the goo off that your girlfriend shot in my face." Gwen said, no picking up the phrasing at at all.

"She not my girlfriend! I already told she just a friend who is a girl." Ben said in protest.

"I think they were disagree with that." Max mumbler as look at the engine.

"What was that grandpa?" Ben asked

"I said we may be here for awhile, it seems that both engines need a little more worked then I thought. They must have gotten bang up in that fight with Animo and those mutant dung beetles the other day." Max said as he put his head from the engine.

"That was the grossest fight ever. I don't ever want to think about it." Gwen said with shudder.

"At least I don't think he will try that again anytime soon, not after how they rolled him up into one of their balls." Ben said with a disgusted look on his face.

"Remind me to thank Heatblast later, never thought I would be so happy to see things on fire." Gwen said remembering the less then pleasant, or clean, fight that took place the other day.

"Speaking of aliens, maybe we could get Grey Matter or Upgrade to fix the rust bucket? They been wanting to work on it all summer, and it would get us on the road faster." Ben said to his grandfather.

"Ben, you know that grandpa doesn't want them messing with the RV." Gwen responded

Max had to think about that, it was true that he had been trying to keep Grey Matter and Upgrade from messing with the rv out fear they could discover all the clearly not Earth's technology in it. But frankly that cat was so out of the bag it was two towns over.

"You know what, why not? Lets call Upgrade and she if can fix it." Max said.

"Really?" Both kids said at once in surprise.

"Truth be told I only didn't what them fooling around with the RV because I didn't want them to find all the plumber tech in it. But that doesn't matter anymore, so long as they don't do anything too crazy I'm sure it would be fine." Max said to his grandchildren.

Ben not needing to told twice already had his watch ready and press down, causing a pink flash and the sudden appearance of the galvanic mechamorph.

Max was always a little surprise by Upgrade by the sample fact that she looked like a galvanic mechamorph, with no changes. Her under body was white, her top body was black with what look like pink circle board patterns, and her only cloths she had was the same collar all the girls wroth. When she was first summon he thought there was something wrong with the chaquetrix and later ask Azmuth when he could. He explain to Max that while she look like a normal galvanic mechamorph she was still a hybrid and would development more human female sexual characteristics once puberty hit causing her to look more like the hybrid she is. Aka she would grow breasts, and get wider hips and a larger backside.

"Hey Ben, how are you? Do you want to hold hands?" Upgrade said as she shakily held her up right hand to Ben.

This act always cause Max to groan a bit, the kids just thought Upgrade was nervous and holding hands made her feel better. Well Ben thought that, Gwen more then likely thought Upgrade just had a crush on Ben. But Max knew a little bit more about what was really going on here. Galvanic mechamorph didn't reproduce by intercourse, sure as Max knew full well they could morph the parts needed for intercourse. And they could even enjoy the act of it in all ways they could morph, they just couldn't reproduce that way. No, they had another way then that, a for simpler way. When two galvanic mechamorphs of different sexes, which they had hundreds, with each body shape and color combination being a different sex, wanted to have a child. They hold parts of their bodies together, merge them and then break them off, resulting in a newborn. So even if they won't reproducing holding hands were seen as an intimate and in a way sensual act

Which meant this shy girl was one of the more lewd ones of her sisters. Which was why Max wouldn't allow her anyway near the internet or the extranet. He already had to deal with Grey Matter somehow always finding "research material", he didn't need another one.

"Later Upgrade right we need fix the rust bucket's engine." Ben told her

"What? But I though I wasn't allow to do merge with the rust bucket?" Upgrade said as she turn to look at Max.

"It is fine this time Upgrade. Just don't do anything to crazy or get carry away." Max said, giving his permission to the young mechamorph.

Upgrade give a smile, as best she could without a mouth, and a squeal of happiness before saying,"Yes sir Mr. Tennyson!" And jumping right into the engine. In a mere moment the rust bucket was cover in Upgrade color palette. In was barely just that same amount time for engine to turn on and the wheels to start turning.

"I fix the engine and it isready to go! I also fix a few other things and made sure the wheels were rotated. Is there anything else you want me to do while I'm in here? Many a few modifications or upgrades?" Upgrade ask, her voice coming from the engine.

"No Upgrade that should be enough and thank you." Max said, happy that he could get on the road soon.

"No problem Mr. Tennyson! I'm always happy to help you, Ben and the rest of the fami-Wait what is this?" Upgrade said her voice taking spark of concern.

"Is something the matter Upgrade?" Ben asked

"Did you fine something wrong with the rust bucket?" Max added a bit worry that his home could be in danger.

"I don't really know, in the rust bucket's computer I have stumble onto a file that is separated from the rest of the system and heavily encrypted. Maybe it is a virus or spyware?" Upgrade said.

"A heavily encrypted file that is kept separated from the rest of the system? There shouldn't be anything like in the system, well not sense move all those to a portable hard drive after Ben got the watch." Max though to himself, wondering if could have forgotten something.

"What the name of the file Upgrade?" Gwen asked

"It says Plumber Memories Mechamorphic Edition. "

As soon as she said that a look of pure horror came upon Max's face. That file, oh that file, that one was about his tripe to Galvan B during younger and wilder days. And it was filled photos and videos he didn't want the kids to see, and even the tame ones would cause the type of questions he didn't wanted to answer. Why is Azmuth laying on Aunt Vera's boobs? Why does Myaxx have her tentacles wrapped around grandma like that? And what are you and Uncle Gordon doing wearing those galvanic mechamorphs like they're suits?

"Should I open to the file?" Upgrade asked.

"No! You all aren't ready to learn mechamorphic suit technique!" Max shouted faster then he could think.

Causing all the children to look at him with looks surprise and a bit shock on their faces, even the one that didn't really have a face.

"Mechamorphic suit technique?" Ben asked

"What is that and why aren't we ready to learn it?" Gwen also asked

"That sounds so familiar but I don't know why for some reason?" Upgrade said from still in the rv.

"Of course it does." Max said wishing he could just kick himself his stupid mouth right about now.

"Should I be doing the suit technique to Ben? I think I want to, like really want to, but I don't know why." The confuse young Hybrid asked, well all three kids were technically hybrids but it was being asked by the mechamorph one.

"Not yet or any time soon!..Look kids that file contains classify plumber intel that none of you are ready to know just yet. And if any of you do see it we would all, especially me, get in trouble for it. So Upgrade could please leave the Rust Bucket now." Max said, hoping this mostly true statement would just end this conversation right now. While reminding himself to take care of that file later.

"Okay." Said Upgrade as emerged from the RV.

"Grandpa, if that file is classify why is it in the RV?" Gwen asked

"I kept a lot of classify files in the rust bucket, I thought I move them all to more secured area after Ben got the watch but I clearly miss one." Max answer clearly wanting to stop talking about this.

"And what is this mechamorphic suit technique and why does Upgrade want to do it to me?" Ben asked, not picking up on his grandfather body language at all.

"Ben when you and Upgrade are old enough to perform the mechamorphic suit technique you two will understand. Until then lets just forget all about this and hit the road." Max said, wishing for something dangerous to happen more so then any other time in his life.

Max was enjoying the drive, in was a nice morning on a quiet forest road with almost no other vehicles on it. He found it pleasant and relaxing, especially after what happen this morning with his grandkids and future grand-daughters-in-laws. But Ben and Gwen, they were just bored. Gwen was busy trying to look up things to do in the next town they would stop in, more to have something to do now then any kind of real planning. While Ben was doing what he been doing the whole summer whenever he got bored, mess with the chaquertix.

He was just turning the dial left and right, and right to left, over and over again. Barely even looking at it much less paying attention to what he was doing.

"You should be more careful with that thing." Gwen said clearly more out of reflex by the tone of her voice then actually caring. She didn't even bother to look up from her computer when she said it.

"Relax, I'm turning the dial. I'm sure it is fine, and how did you even know I was doing it?" Ben said, also clearly more out of reflex.

"You are always fiddling with it, and besides how do you know you won't turn on the self destruct or something?" Gwen said, still not really invested in the conversation.

"You were there when Azmuth took out that feature, he said it was perfectly safe to just mess with it like this now. He even said I may unlock new features or other things by doing this." Ben said, not really trying to justified his actions so much as just talking to his cousin.

Max overhearing the conversation couldn't help but wonder who side he should be on in it. On the one hand he knew that Ben was right, Azmuth took out the self-destruct feature as well as the erase feature, which was something Ben and the girls never knew about thank god, so there was no danger to Ben or the girls if he was just fiddling with it like he was doing now. On the other hand Azmuth did tell Max what aliens he put in the watch, and what some of the other features it had was, so Max was a little uneasy about Ben messing with the chaquetrix inside. And it just so happen it was as these thoughts was being though that Max saw a familiar pink flash in the corner of his eye. And the sound of someone shouting,"I have awaken!"

Uh oh, Max knew what that meant without even having to turn around. Ben had summon a new girl for the first time, as they always said that when first summon. This was because the chaquetrix had template for every species in the watch, kept at Primus, that as well keeping the whole genetic information as well culture and historical information of that species. So when Ben "summon" a girl for the first time what was really happening was that the chaquetrix was taking the template for that species, scanning the host genetic info as well as copying some of the host knowledge, and copying some of the knowledge that the other girls that had already been summon before, and creating a new being. Only for first time however, once summon the girls were store in a pocket dimension that was connect to the chaquetrix and Primus when not out of it. This way the beings made by the chaquetrix wouldn't be pure blank slates and would be able to understand, and if possible speak, the language of the bearer, it was also how the girls already knew their sisters, Ben, Gwen, Max, and others despite just coming into existence never meeting them before. The girls themselves view it as being asleep and listening to their awake sisters as it was really the only way a sapient mind understand this sate of nonexistence. 

"Grandpa, Ben has a new one! And she a hugger!" Gwen shouted out, which told Max what this new girl was doing with Ben right now.

"Ya darn tootin I am! Come here Red!" Happily shouted a girly voice with a surprisingly Appalachian Mountain accent. Follow by the sound of Gwen making an eew like noise.

Max chuckle to himself glade to hear that whatever this new girl is, at least she friendly.

"Well welcome to the family, mind telling me what you are sweetie?" Max asked, and was answer with a sweet, friendly, innocent voice, saying three simple words. Those words being 'I', 'am', and the name her species.

And was those simple words that cause Max's heart to skip a beat. It was those simple words that cause Max to slam on his breaks and pull over to the side of the road, it was those simple words that had Max look at the children in a cold sweat.

Azmuth original plan for the chaquetrix was, and probably still is, put the genetics of every single sapient species, subspecies, phenotype, and genotype in the know universe into it. But the chaquetrix was still a betatype and he had to start somewhere, and sense it was Max who give him the idea in the first place. He decided to filled the chaquetrix with every single species that Max had ever been with, as well to put a genetic collect feature in case the wearer wanted to add more. And while Max didn't want the kids to know of that part of his past just yet. He knew they would fine that out someday, and strange and awkward as it may sound he was actually looking forward to the day. As he could share some wilder tales with Ben. After all, Max was actually proud of his record of "genetic collection".

Excerpt for one tale that is, one single tale that while he didn't really regret it. He wasn't proud of it either and didn't really want to share it with anyone. It happen one night before any of the grandkids were born, not soon after Verdona left. Still feeling down about that he when to the just started construction Undertown to one of the few buildings that were finish. Some shady bar that he decided to drown his sorrows in, and it so happen he wasn't the only one doing the same that night. To his pure surprise he ran into one of the dangerous and fear criminals in the known universe, and the only being Vilgrax actually feared. And she was there for same reason Max was, her husband who was literally made for her ran out on her. Even took some of the kids with him, but left her with the worst two. Needless to say neither one of them felt like fighting at the time, and well two lonely broken hearts both filling the emptiness with booze. It didn't take long for was going to happen to happen, and happen it did.

She was a criminal who didn't really want it to be known she got it on with a law man, and he was law man who didn't really wanted to be known that he got it on with a criminal. So they agree to keep it between them, and Azmuth who Max drunken called during the night. However, now thanks to Azmuth, here was proof of that night, living proof in the form of a small girl who wearing brown overalls, a black and white shirt, and the chaquetrix collar. A little girl with red hair done up in pigtails, green eyes, and freckles. A little girl who could almost pass for human, excerpt she had gray skin, four fingers on each hand, no nose, and pointy ears. A girl that was proof that Magister Maxwell Tennyson, the first human ever recruited by the plumbers, one of the most respected plumber and the most respected human in the known universe, the one who got the Tennyson name to recognized as the name of great heroes, Champion, Warriors, guardians, and lovers. That Magister Mawell Tennyson had slept with Ma Vreedle!

"Grandpa? Are you okay?" Asked Ben, not really sure what was going on.

"Ya look more nervous then a piscciss volann during a fish fry!" The vreedle girl said with concerned in her voice.

"I-I'm sorry, I'm just reeealy surprise to discover there was a vreedle in the chaquetrix is all." Max said, trying to clam down.

"Why is that so surprising?" Gwen asked very confuse and worry by all of this.

"It is probably caus we vreedls ain't nature ya know." Th young Vreedle explain.

"Not nature? What do you mean by that?" Ben ask what he doesn't know is technically one of his future wives.

"Well ya see the first two Vreedles, that being Ma and Pa vreedle, were created in a lab to be some kind of super solider. But they didn't like that non so they blew the place and turn to a life of crime. They also try to make some youngins using cloning tech, sense they won't made with working downstairs parts. But their kids didn't come out to well, probably because they used the wrong blend or maybe used some expire kit or something like that. So they done decided not make any more vreedles till they figure what they done wrong the first few times. But don't ya worry none, I was made they right way by my pa Azmuth and ma Myaxx." The young vreedle explain her "people" short history, and of course call Azmuth and Myaxx her parents. As Myaxx program the chaquetrix to make all beings created by it to see Azmuth as their father and her their mother. Both to get some credit for work on the project, and to make it so Azmuth wouldn't feel right in using it.

"So you're a super solider? So what powers do you have?" Ben asked his new friend, and unknowingly to him more then that.

"And if all the vreedles are related, then how are you related to them?" Gwen ask the yet named vreedle.

"Well I guess I would be a cousin or somethin' like that. As to what I can do, well I'm very strong and tough, and got some mighty quick reflexes. Then there of course my inborn knowhow. Ya see them scientists that made the vreedles really wanted us know how to use make and use all kinds of advance dodads, thingamabobs, and whatchamacallits, especially those that could go boom or bang. Without being taught how ta, so we can even if don't really understand how the science work behind it. Or also we can live nearly anywhere no matter what the air or gravity like, even if there none at all." The so far nameless Vreedle said to her new family.

"So you can build and use all kinds of weapons and other gadgets? And are strong and tough?" Ben ask trying to make sense out what she said.

"Yep." Nameless answer.

"And you can survive nearly anywhere, including the void of space?" Gwen ask.

"That right. Oh, also we're basely immortal, on count of thanks to how we were made we can just download our minds into new clone bodies." The vreedle answer.

"That possible to do? Can anyone do that?" Ben asked, surprise to hear this.

"No Ben, most species can't handle clone reincarnations and goes insane if they even try. Vreedles can only do that because they were design to be able to do that from the start. But with that said I'm not sure if she has that ability due to her connect with the chaquetrix, and it is probably best to assume she can't." Max said, not including that she made not be able to that because she part human.

"That would make sense, after all my downstairs will work once I'm growth. Unlike other vreedles." The no name Vreedle said.

"Your what will what will what?" Ask Ben surprise and confuse by what his new alien said.

"Wait, you said all the other vreedles are criminals? Hey grandpa is that why you got so nervous and surprise? Because you knew the vreedles from your plumber days?" Gwen ask her grandfather.

"...Yes, that why completely. I have a bit of a history with them." Max said, which was true even if the reason for that history wasn't the reason that Gwen thought it was. And he was clamming down now that he knew that this vreedle didn't know his history with Ma Vreedle.

"Hu, you know I just realize we haven't name you yet. Now what would be a good name for you?" Ben said, realizing that he was so surprise by his grandfather actions he forgot to name his new 'playmate' yet.

"Well Ma and Pa vreedle started the tradition of naming all the vreedles after shapes. With the exception of one failed clone of Ma that they named Granny. " Max said.

"After shapes? How about Decagon then? That a shape with ten sides." Gwen said.

"I like it!" The now name Decagon answer.

"Decagon Vreedle? Yeah that works." Said Ben.

"I think I would rather be Decagon Tennyson, but I guess we got some time before that. So Decagon Vreedle will do for now." Decagon said with a giggle, while Ben look at her clearly a little bit confuse by what she meant by that.

Gwen look at her, clearly knowing what she meant but not knowing how she feels about it.

"Well I'm going back to driving, you three play nice. And no making weapons or anything that goes bloom, am I clear Decagon." Max said turning to face his newest future-grand-daughter-in-law.

"Yes sir, Ya don't have to worry about little old me. I'm a good vreedle." Decagon said.

"Good, well back to driving I go." As Max turn around he quickly thought,"I swear Azmuth I'm going to find some way to get you back for this one."

"Here comes a gas station kids." Max said to his grands-kids, and only his grand-kids as Decagon had already time out.

Max slowly pulled into the gas station, it was a small nothing special place and exactly the kind of place you would expect to see on small forest road about to meet a larger road. There were about four cars already there when Max was pulling in, and one was already leaving. Max parked next to the nearing gas pump and got out, followed by the kids.

"Can we get some snacks?" Gwen asked her grandfather with Ben right beside her.

"Sure, get me some BBQ chips when you are in there. Just remember to not get anything too filling, there this restaurant in town I want to try for lunch. Also for dinner I was thinking we could try this galvan dish I learned to cook." Max said as he handed his grand-kids a little bit of money.

"Wait, don't galvan eat bugs." Ben said when taking the money and looking at Gwen, worried.

"I was thinking Grey Matter could join us tonight for dinner. I bet it would be nice for her to have taste of home." Max added knowing full well that if he had one of the girls for dinner Ben and Gwen would be more likely to eat his cooking. Mostly because they didn't want the girls to feel bad for thinking any food they liked was weird. And sense Ben couldn't resistant doing little nice things like this for the girls Max knew full well that Grey Matter would be there.

"Okay Grandpa." Ben said a bit reluctantly, clearly not liking the dinner menu. As the two head inside Max overheard Gwen telling Ben about how Max was only doing this to get them to try more of his weird cooking.

"So they figure it out, oh well it isn't could to change anything." Max thought with a smirk as he started to fill up the gas tank.

A few minutes after he started he heard someone running outside of the gas station yelling "Aliens!"

"Uh-oh, what is that about?" Max said, and he didn't have to wait long as out of the gas station came Gwen, Ben, and Diamondhead drinking an icee.

Diamondhead was a petrosapien of of the subterranean subspecies, often called subsapiens as to tell them apart from their surface dwelling cousins the sursapiens. Or to put it more accurately she was a human subsapien hybrid, and it show a bit in her form. For the most part she look like a normal subsapien female, no nose, solid green eyes, made of a bluish crystal, but she was smoother and more polished looking then any subsapien Max had ever seen. Her body was also more line with human proportions for girl her age then subsapiens so her arms wasn't twice as thick as her legs. She was only an inch or two bigger then Gwen while normal subsapiens would be larger at her age. As for clothes she worn a one piece that was white on the left and black on the right as well as the chaquetrix collar.

"What happen this time?" Max said as he watch the car of the person that came out yelling driving away in a hurry.

"Ben saw a guy with a gun and thought he was trying to rob the place, but it turn out he was just showing off his new hunting rifle to his friend who owns the place. Also we got your BBQ chips." Gwen said while holding up the bag with the snacks in it the kids bough.

"Hey you thought he was trying to rob the place too! Besides this has to be the first time all summer we when to a gas station and no one was causing any trouble." Ben said defensively.

"I didn't even know it was possible for a gas station to not be rob. I thought the whole point of these places were to attract criminals so they don't cause trouble else where." Diamondhead said before drinking more of her icee in one big gulp, followed by her grabbing her head and saying,"Ouch!"

"I take it that was him running off then? I'm surprise he didn't shoot you in surprise."Max said to the kids as Diamondhead rub the front of her head.

"No, that was some other guy. The old guy was surprisingly calm about all this, and kind of nice." Ben said as he was checking to see if Diamonhead was okay after her brain freeze.

"Weirdly he seem to know what Diamonhead was, he call her a subsapien and everything. And even ask why she was so human like." Gwen said.

"He what?" Max said more then a little surprise that someone out here of all places knew not only what a petrosapien was but could even tell a subsapien one on sight. And could even tell she wasn't normal for her people.

"Hey Mr. Tennyson can I go into the rust bucket for a bit. I want to..do something real quick." Diamondhead ask, seemly over her brain freeze and back to drinking her icee.

"Go ahead." Max said, and as Diamondhead enter the RV he turn back to the mostly human kids and ask."So this guy knew what Diamondhead was? Where is he now?"

"Right here Max, and I got to say it is good to see you again you old so and so."

Max look up and saw man rounded his age wearing hunting camo and carrying an hunting rifle. And despite the years taking their toll he knew who he was looking at right away.

"James? Why I haven't see you sense that naga attack in the Philippines. What have you been doing lately?" Max ask his old plumber friend.

"Just enjoying my retirement, how about you?" James ask his old friend.

"Just enjoying a summer cross-country trip with my grand-kids is all." Max answer back.

"Grand-kids? Why am I not surprise one of your grand-kids is a subsapien, hey Xenosnova. Frankly I'm still surprise the boys you knew you had came out looking human." James said with a laugh.

"Xenosnova?" Ben asked clearly confuse by the term.

"And what do you mean came out looking human? Why wouldn't our dads not look human." Gwen asked also confuse by what the old guy was saying.

Max just clear his throat and said,"These are my grand-kids, Gwen and Ben, Diamondhead is a..friend of theirs and isn't my grand-child. Now say hi kids."Max said, really hoping he could get away from explaining that the term Xenosnova was a nickname. Combining the words xenos and Casanova, and with a clear meaning if you knew that.

"I'm Ben, plumber in training and I'm guessing you're an old plumber too." Ben greeted the old man.

"I'm Gwen, I'm also a plumber in training. Nice to meet you sir. But what were saying about our dads?" Gwen said, clearly wanting know what the guy was talking about.

"Plumbers in training? Hah, boy is it good to hear that there are still real Tennysons willing to do the work. I guess it skip a generation in your boys case, hey Max." James said with a smile.

Max sigh, the one thing he never wanted to talk or explain to any of his grand-kids, ever. Was the fact that their dads were the black-sheep of family simply because they decided to live normal peaceful lives. Which simply wasn't something Tennysons did, even before Max got the whole family to join the plumbers the tennysons were as far any could tell a family of explorers, adventurers, champions, heroes, warriors, and military people. And while he love and was proud of his sons and their wives, and respected their decides to live their lives the way they choose too. He just never understood it, and while he would never say it out loud part of him was happy that Ben and Gwen at least took more after him then their parents. Now if only he could fine a way to change topics without getting the kids suspicious.

Lucky for Max he got that change of topic when Diamondhead came out of the AV holding something that turn his face bright red.

"Ben, I have made you this dagger. Please take it and think of me whenever you use it. Well use it after you get some leather for the hilt as I know you humans have soft hands but I couldn't make anything for the hilt that wasn't crystal." Diamondhead said while holding in both hands an simple dagger made purely of crystal, even the hilt and hand guard.

"Wow, thank you Diamondhead this looks really nice." Ben said as he took the dagger. Causing Diamondhead to blush, cross her legs, and hold her head her hands.

Which confuse both Gwen and Ben a bit, but not James or Max. For unlike the two human looking hybrids, the old humans knew what the dagger meant and where it came from.

Subsapiens had a very spartan culture in many, many ways. And in subsapien culture it was the women who propose marriage, and did so by making daggers from their own bodies then given them to their beloved. But they didn't make them from just any part of their body, to show just how special their beloved was to them they made them using a special part of their body. Their genitals, the subsapien grew, shaped, and made the daggers purely by using their genitals in a way that was... pleasurable to them...While thinking of the ones they were making the daggers for. Which could only me one thing about what Diamondhead was doing by herself in the rv, and Max really didn't want to think about that.

"Ha, Hah, You are a true tennyson after all boy! Looks like there is a new Xenosnova in the family hey Max!" James said while laughing at just how much Ben seems to be taking after Max.

"I can't believed all that traffic was just because a mule was refusing to move from the road." Max complain as he parked the rust bucket.

"Well at least we are here now." Ben said.

"Where is here anyway?" Gwen ask.

"Oh a very special place that I think you will love. Now follow me." Max said as he exit the rv followed by his grand-kids.

The two hybrids looked around the parking lot, that belong to some kind large, almost theater like building. The building had the name of the place in large yellow letters with an image of the place's mascot. Some kind of anthropomorphic coyote in a lounge suit.

"Cheesy Coyote?" Ben said on reading the sign.

"This is the arcade restaurant chain that started the trend of arcade restaurants. I used to take your fathers to the one in Bellwood whenever I could. Of course that one, and many others like it, closed down years ago. This is one of the few left and when I heard about it I knew I had to take you two here." Max said while giving an affectionate head rub to his grand-kids.

"Now come on lets see what this place is like." Max said while starting walking to the entrance.

The three enter the restaurant and saw there was a few families and employees there but it didn't look busy. There was stage in back that Max and the kids could see had some animatronics both on it and round it. With tables around the stage that were being service by people in costume. While on the made floor where all kinds of arcade machines as well as some stand alone animatronics. In the front where max and the kids were there was prize that all kinds of toys, games, and candy, that also serve as the front desk. Where a young woman was working.

"Wow, these is really like the one I used to take your fathers too at your ages. I wonder if this still play the mozzarella mumble? That was always Frank favorite song, Carl on the other hand always like the parmesan pursuit." Max said clearly thinking of happy memories of this place, or at least a place like this one.

"Excuse me sir, I take it you and your, I'm guessing grand-kids would like a table and some tokens?" The young woman,who was probably barely old enough to drive by the looks of it, asked the much older Max.

"What? Oh sorry about that miss, I guess I got lost down memory lane there for a bit but yes." Max answer.

"Okay, so that would be one senior citizen and three kids. By the way that is an unusual costume your grand-daughter is wearing. She looks like some kind of roller derby lizard." The young woman behind the desk said.

This cause Max to turn around and discover that when he wasn't paying attention Ben had summon XLR8, his kineceleran. And sense humans and kinecelerans were surprisingly pretty compatible already there were little changes between XLR8 and pure kineceleran. The most noticeable different was that XLR8 was for lack of a better term were thicker then a normal kineceleran. Not in that she was fat, she wasn't, her increase mass was clearly muscle, but that kinecelarans were normally very thin when compare to humans. And this increase in muscle mass was probably why XLR8 was actually little faster then other kinecelerans her age. Of course even with the increase mass it still surprise Max that the young woman at the desk thought XLR8 was human. Giving that like all kinecelarans she wheels for feet and digitigrade legs, a tail, and three clawed spear shape hands. She also had want look like a pointy helmet, in reality her skull, and was wearing a one piece black and white running suit as well as the chaquetrix collar.

And like always Max wonder if the pygmy kineceleran's subspecies was in there as well, and if so how much that girl would look like XLR8

"..Yes that is correct." Max said not wanting to call attention fact that he was surprise by XLR8 bring there. He quickly place some money on the table to get some tokens for him and the kids, and then followed a server to a corner table. And once they were left along with the menus he asked the question on his mind.

"So Ben, why did you summon XLR8?" Max ask as look over the menu.

"I didn't, she came out on her own. Oh they have chilly fries and mango smoothies? I know what I'm getting." Ben said as he over the menu.

"Things are a bit crazy in there today, Wildmutt has been acting frustrated sense this morning, Four Arms think you are mad at her Mr. Tennyson over something do with grabbing, Stinkfly has been going on and on about how Ben dance for her, Upgrade has been asking us all if we know anything about some kind suit. Diamondhead won't stop talking about the dagger she made for Ben, our newly awaken sister Decagon keeps trying get Grey Matter to help come up with weapon ideas for us, and now Ripjaws won't stop talking about how we are all part human. Which we knew, somehow, like I don't know how I know we are all part human, as well as a little bit of anodite, or why we never thought of that before. But just needed a break from that, probably the other girls too. Oh these blue-cheese buffalo wings look good, can I get that?" XLR8 said while reading her menu.

"Wait, what is an anodite? And why would you all be a little bit of anodite? Also I thought you had to wait at least a hour before leaving the watch on your own?" Gwen said looking up from her menu.

"I have no idea what that is, or why we have little bit of it in us. As for the hour thing, we normally just wait that long just in case a monster or badguy, or some creepy girl who is flirting with Ben show up. I think as long as the chaquetrix is charged we can just leave if we want but only one at a time of course. What is cheesy cola?" XLR8 said still reading her menu.

The moment that XLR8 said the word anodite Max had started to sweat, and he was busy trying to think of a way to get the kids to stop talking about it. Now that the kids knew that the chaquetrix alter the genetics of the beings it summon to some degree with that of the host species. It probably wouldn't be too hard from them to figure out if the girls had a little bit of anodite in them, that would mean Ben would have to have some anodite in him. And once the kids realize that it wouldn't take long from to start to ask why that is. The only solace Max had was that sense Ben was a quarter anodite Primus already remove the anodite file from Ben's chaquetrix. Because of what the chaquetrix was made to do Azmuth made sure to make it that it couldn't summoned a member of the same species of the host, as there would be no point in that. That is also partly the reason why Ben would never be able to summon a human either, the other reason being that sense Azmuth based the list of species in the chaquetrix betatype on Max past. Well there was one species that seem immune to Max's charm ironically.

"Now that I know what you kids want why don't you go off and play for a bit." Max said.

"You sure grandpa?" Ben ask.

"Sure, it will probably take some time for the food to come up so I'll watch the table for a bit. Just make sure not to go to fast XLR8 and remember to be careful with the claws." Max said.

"Sure think Mr. Tennyson." XLR8 said before she and Ben when off to play some of the games.

"I'll be there in a minute, I'm still deciding." Gwen said to her cousin and future cousin-in-law.

Once Ben and XLR8 was out sight almost the arcade machines Gwen turn to her grandfather and said,"Grandpa is Aunt Sandra an alien?"

Max blink surprise for moment and then asked his grand daughter,"I'm sorry, is your aunt a what? I mean why would you think Sandra is an alien?"

"Well you said that the chaquetrix alters those it summons to be partly the same species of the host. And XLR8 just said she and all the girls are part something called anodite as well as human. If that is true that would mean that Ben has to part anodite too wouldn't? So is Aunt Sandra an alien?" Gwen ask.

"No, she is not, your aunt is completely human just like your mother. As to why the girls are part anodite, I know you won't like this answer, but this is one of those secrets you and Ben will have to wait until you are older." Max said to his grand-daughter

But thought,"I wish I could tell you the truth about this dear, you and Ben both. But it will be hard enough on your parents when they learn about of all this, and find out you know the truth about the Tennyson side of your family, and  theydefinitely won't like it. And they would definitely be even more upset, especially Natalie, if they learn you learned the truth about your grandmother."

"Of course it is. You know I hate when you said that." Gwen said clearly upset

"I know dear but it is the truth, and one day you will understand. But for now why don't you just tell me what you want and go play with Ben and XLR8." Max said to his disappointed granddaughter.

"I'll take the supreme pizza with curly fries, and one of those cheesy colas. " Gwen said as she got up to play.

"Uh...Some days I just can't wait till they get old enough for me to tell them the whole truth." Max said to himself as Gwen join Ben and XLR8 in their fun.

Not longer after Max give the orders to a waitress dress like a turkey in pajamas and the food was brought out not too long after that. Max was able to weave the three kids down and they came back with a lot of tickets.

"How did you three get so many tickets?" Max asked as the kids sat down and place their large piles of tickets on the table.

"XLR8 is really good at some of these games, especially that one where you have stop the light in the right place." Ben said

"I don't think any kineceleran would have a problem with any game like that. Oh, Ben you have to tried these wings." XLR8 said as she give a wing she bite out of to Ben to try. Which was something Max took note of.

"Yeah but she but she terrible at Dance Dance Revolution." Gwen said as she ate her pizza.

"Hey it isn't my fault that the dance pads couldn't read my wheels. Hey Ben can I try that smoothy?" XLR8 said.

"Sure." Ben said as he allow XLR8 to take a drink from the smoothy he already drunk for.

And it was at that Max knew what XLR8 was doing, indirect kissing. Not really a big thing in either human or kineceleran cultures but a thing none the less. And it made Max chuckle a bit, after what some of girls been doing today it was nice to see something more innocence today. It wasn't like they could do much else anyway, at least not yet or here. When it came to courtship, flirting, and some more..lewd activities of kineceleran culture it mostly involve racing and other sports. And even then it was mostly things like flashing your crush before running off and see if they can catch you for some 'fun', and other things of that nature.

"She also couldn't play some of the other mechanics to well either." Gwen added.

"Well it isn't my fault that a lot the games in here are made for human hands and not kineceleran claws. How am I supposed to play games that require you to have ten easily moveable fingers and I have six hard claws?" XLR8 said while holding up her spear like hands.

"She has a point Gwen, it isn't her fault she can't do the same thing with her hands that we can." Ben said

"I guess I didn't think of it that way, sorry XLR8." Gwen said.

"It is okay, truth is I think it really neat what you humans can do with your hands. Especially if some of the things Grey Matter said is true from her research materials. I just can't wait till we are old enough to try." XLR8 said before getting back to eating.

Max pause for a moment when heard XLR8 said that. Not to sure where she was going with that statement but not liking the direction. But he had to ask,"What do you mean by that?"

"Well she said there was something called the Venus Butterfly but she won't explain what that is." XLR8 said while eating.

With that Max heart nearly jumped out of chest, as he quickly made a mental to ask Azmuth to update the parental lock on all of the devices in the rv, again

After spending some time playing with the kids at Cheesy Coyote, after beating them at some of the older games, and of course after the three got their prizes. Max decided it was time to do some grocery shopping, and took Ben and Gwen to the nearest local grocery store. As he always preferred to see the local stores while traveling over the big chain ones, just to see a bit more of local flavor. The store he pick was place simply called John's Grocery, and didn't seem to different from any medium size grocery store in any town. It also didn't look to busy today and Max, Gwen, and Ben walk though it.

"Why is it always so hard to fine good mealworms?" Max said to himself as he walk down the meat department, not noting the looks on his grand-kids' faces.

"One of your girlfriends just had to eat bugs, didn't she." Gwen said to Ben.

"He would have made us eat bug regardless. Also she is just a friend who is girl." Ben said.

It was at that moment that the chaquetrix started to flash, and one of Ben hybrid girls were summon on their own. And with their girly ghostly shape there was no question it was the ectonurite hybrid Ghostfreak.

The top half of her body was shaped like a human girl around Ben and Gwen age, while bottom half ended in a ghostly tail. Of course that wasn't the most unusual aspect of her looks, that would be the fact she was in grey sheet like skin, with black lines covering it, which allow her single humanlike pink eye to travel around her body. She wroth a chaquetrix collar, and the skin itself, as said skin was a special shredded skin her people used to help protect themselves from sunlight which was deadly to them. Under that she had much darker grey skin, a face that looked like what happen when a young girl plains their face to look like a skull, black and white tentacle hair, crooked yellow fangs, a single pink on her right when her head on was on or left she turn it upside down which most of the time, long black bone claws instead of more normal like hands in her skin form, and her tail was black and white like her retractable tentacles location in her torso. She would also be completely naked which was why she didn't take off her outer shredded skin despite the fact her human half made her immune to sunlight, or least immune from dying in it like a normal ectonurite. But she could still uncover her head and hands if she wanted too, just like how she could put out her tentacles.

"Hey Ghostfreak, want brings you during the day?" Max ask the young ectonurite, knowing full well Ghostfreak normally prefer to come out at night.

"Everyone else seem to be being summoned today, so I wanted to make sure I got summon too." Ghostfreak said in her whisper like voice, as two tentacles slid from her torso. One wrapping around Ben's arm, and the around Gwen's shoulders only for the tip to tickle one of Gwen's ears in away that clearly annoyed her.

This didn't surprise Max or the kids at all, ever sense her so called biological father High Ecto-Lord Zs'Skayr tried to use her to merged with Ben and gain control over the chaquetrix, so he could created a powerful hybrid army, she had been a bit clingy. Always trying to stay in physical contract with Max, Ben, and Gwen when there wasn't people to save or villains to fight when they were in public.

Lucky the kids, even Gwen despite the fact that Ghostfreak would often annoyed her on possible when doing this, understood that this made Ghostfreak feel a bit safer after what happen. It also help that as Max explained to them that in ectonurite culture willing engaging in physical contact like this was a sign of the upmost respect and trust between people, especially if they were different species. This did make things a bit awkward now when Ghostfreak was summon, she did this before the Zs'Skayr incident but less often. It also made Max a bit confuse about how he should handle this, on the one hand this was an important part of her culture. On the other hand it was clear she doing this more now because she was still processing the whole trauma of nearly dying at the claws of a being that said he was her biological father. And frankly would have died too it wasn't for the fact that thanks to ectonurite genetic memory they were basely immortal, or perhaps undying would be a better word in their case, and she was able to regeneration despite being rip to pieces, with a little help from Max and the chaquetrix.

There was also the whole issues of having a biological parent in the first place as well. The girls won't suppose to have biological parents as Azmuth made their genetic profile from countless members of their species. This means all beings generation by the chaquetrix would be a physically and genetically perfect paragon member of their species, as in no allergies, no genetic disorders, inherited diseases, deformities, or negative mutations of any kind unless they were the norm for that species. And also made it that said beings were well above average in ways when compare to a member of their species, or their hybrids species that is. This was of course done to give the species the best chances of surviving with the aid of the chaquetrix. Yet despite this Ghostfreak was one of two girls that did have biological parents. In Ghostfeak case it was because Zs'Skayr tried to merged with the chaquetrix which "corrupted" the ectonurite profile with his genetics. The other girl was Gax and her case it was because Myaxx made it that any chimera sui generis hybrids made by the chaquetrix would be her offspring, as way to get credit for her work on the chaquetrix. Also Vilgax later alter the chaquetrix's profile of chimera sui generis so he could track the chaquetrix by using his species nature ability to track their offspring by a form genetic sense. For Gax this just ended up meaning that Vilgax and Myaxx could track her when she was out of the chaquetrix, but for Ghostfreak it meant she had a few of Zs'Skayer memories. Which she really wished she haven't at all after meeting the villain.

"So what are you shopping for?" Ghostfreak ask Max.

"Oh I'm just looking for some ingredients for tonight dinner. I'm making a galvan dish." Max said as he looked for what he needed.

"Galvan? Don't they eat bugs? Why not make an ectonurite dish?" Ghostfreak ask, as Gwen grab her tentacle's tip to get her to stop tickling her ear.

"Well if you can find an ectonurite dish that humans can eat, and isn't made from people, I would be happy to make it." Max said with a light chuckle.

"Made from people?" Gwen ask, with Ghostfreak's tentacle still around her shoulder and in her hand.

"People native to the Anur system are known to eat other people. So maybe you should be nice to me and my sisters from there or we made decided to take a bit out of you." Ghostfreak said getting close to Gwen, clearly trying to scare her again.

And while Ghostfreak was just trying to scare, as ectonurite loved to scare others and thanks to Ben Gwen was her favorite victim, it was true what she said. The natives of the Anur system did have an unusual high degree of cannibalism almost them. Both in the terms of eating their own species, as well eating other sapient species.

"Hah hah very funny Ghostfreak."Gwen said, clearly seeing what she was doing.

"GHOST!"

The four turn around just in time to see someone run away, but not in time to see who. Max turn to tell Ghostfreak to go invisible but before he could do that Ghostfreak had phased into Ben. This was something she had been doing more and more lately much to Max dismay. Ben and Gwen was under the impression that Ghostfreak was only doing this when she got scare, but Max knew there was more to it then that. While ectonurites had tentacles and orifices that allow them to engaged in intercourse and enjoy it, something Max knew first hand, that wasn't how they reproduce. There actual reproduce method, which could be both sexual and asexual for while ectonurites had concept of gender thanks to evolving with other species that had multiply sexes ectonurites themselves only had one, were known as virus conversion. They would possess a lifeform, preferably a sapient one but non-sapient work just as well, and transform them while possessing them, then leave which would slowly conversion the lifeform into a new ectonurite which would have a mix of "normal" ectonurite physical traits along side whatever the old lifeform was as well as a few genetic ones as well but no old memories of their former existence. If two or more ectonurites possess the same lifeform they could sexually reproduce this way. This was frankly why ectonurite were so heteromorphic in terms of looks.

This of course wasn't what Ghostfreak doing, nor could she even if she wanted to as Max asked Azmuth about it and he did explain her human half prevented her from this method simply because it took a little more genetic altering to make her compatible with humans then some of other girls, especially sense Ben was part anodite. No, Ghostfreak was clearly doing something else, something more intimate and sensual. When ectonurite willingly phase into others, without possessing them, which was what Ghostfreak always did with Ben, it was a very intimate act, especially when scared. As for some reason fear and pleasure were link closely together in ectonurite minds, which frankly why they like scaring so much.

"Ghostfreak, get out of Ben." Max said with sigh, not even surprise with her at this point.

"Sorry, Mr. Tennyson. I just reacted." Ghostfreak said as she exited Ben, while keeping her hands on his shoulders.

"Why do you always do that when you get scare?" Gwen ask.

"I wasn't scared, just surprise, and it just feels right to do that." Ghostfreak said defensively.

"How come?" Gwen asked.

"Isn't it obvious? Because she knows I will protected her." Ben said his chest puff full of pride.

"Get real dweeb." Gwen said while roiling her eyes.

"Hey, he save me from...him." Ghostfreak said in tone that clearly show she was still bit scared of who she was talking about.

Honestly Max could never tell how much Ghostfreak really knew about these kind of things. She claimed she knew what her, her sisters, and the chaquetrix were really for and with ectonurite's genetic memory that could be true. However the fact that she wouldn't even said what she thought the chaquetrix was for, and she seems to be just as oblivious as most kids her age to more..mature subject matter. Seem to suggest she didn't know as much as claimed, then again she would also said and do things to suggest she may know more after all.

"Ghostfreak you better turn invisible while we are in here." Max said

"Fine." Ghostfreak said as turn invisible, and just time as an employee just came around the corner heading to them.

"Excuse me sir, do you know what that man was screaming about?" The young man asked

"Not re-"Before Max could finish speaking the employee face when pale and he started screaming as he ran off out of sight.

Max turn around to see right at eye layer Ghostfreak's head, and only her head, without her skin wrapping, upside down, with her long black and white tentacle tongue sticking straight up in the air, and her tentacle hair pointing in all directions.

"Young lady behave yourself or no horror movies for a week." Max said to the head.

"Sorry." Ghostfreak said as her skin rewrapped around her head and turn invisible.

Max then started to walk only to feel a pull and hear Ben and Gwen make a "whoa sound. It was then he turn around and notice while he couldn't see it, he could feel one of Ghostfreak tentacles round his arms, and by the way he pulled Gwen and Ben he could guess they had some wrapped on them too.

"..I still can't tell if I should call a psychologist for this or not, and if so who I could call. Then again I will probably need one before this summer over." Max thought to himself as he tried to get his shopping done.

After some discussion Max found out from Gwen that the town had a botanical garden with some exotic plants. So of course he decided to take the kids there to see them, sense it seem to be one of the only family friendly places in town. Seriously, an all antique erotica library and the largest exotic dancer school in the state, what was with this town.

"It says here they have divined to exhibits by continent, with one large exhibit hall for each except for Antarctica of course." Gwen said as she read a brochure of the place.

"This is fancier then I thought it would be." Max said as he look around the surprising large area.

"Glad to hear you like it."

The three look up and saw an older woman around Max's age wearing a long dress walking towards them.

"I'm Pyrgo, the owner and founder of this place. And if I'm not mistake you're Maxwell Tennyson." Prygo said as got closer to the group.

"That right, do I know you?" Max said, wondering how she could have known him.

She giggle bit and said, "Well I did look different those many years ago, but I don't think you would like to go into details about how met you and Azmuth. At least not around these two."

As soon as she said Azmuth Max guess how she knew him, and the name Pyrgo did right a bell. A week many years, ago on some forest moon after stopping Vilgax from getting his hands on some element X. A then young orthopterran woman wanting to show just how grateful she was, that was a fun few days.

"Oh that Pyrgro! I take it you're wearing an ID mask, so what made you decided to move to Earth?" Max said, glad to meet an old...friend.

"So you're alien? Neat, and if you know Azmuth does that mean you're old plumber too?" Ben asked, clearly hoping the answer was yes.

"Oh, I take it they know about that part of your past. I guess I shouldn't be surprise they are Tennysons after all. As for Earth I hopped around for bit and land on Earth to study some plants, and fell for the place. After all, they make some of the best men in the galaxy here." Pyrgro said with playful clicking sounds that got Max's blood plumping.

"Grandpa? Are you okay?" Gwen said while seeing the red face of her grandfather.

"Oh I'm fine honey, why don't you and Ben go see the exhibits for a bit so I catch up a bit with my old friend. Max said with a smile.

"Wait, grandpa is she friends with you the same way Xylene were friends with you?" Gwen asked with a suspicious look on her face.

"We'll talk about it later sweetie. Ben, I'm sure one of the girls would like to see the exhibits." Max said, clearly trying to get the kids to go someone else.

"Uh, you know I bet you're right." Ben said as he walk away.

"Don't call someone who will bang the place up or burn it down." Gwen said following him.

"Girls huh? Sounds like someone takes after you."Pyrgo says with a devilish smile.

"Can't really deny that, he is a my grandson in all ways." Max said with a proud chuckle.

"Well the universe can always use more Tennyson men, after all they are brave as they are handsome, and are as great in the ways of love as they are in the ways of war." Prygo said with playful tone.

"It good to see you again, but I think I would prefer to see you without the ID mask." Max said with lust clearly in his voice

"How about without anything at all? Tell me Max, do you still know your way around an ovipositor."Pyrgo said with a lustful tone matching his.

"Age may have taken my youthful vigor, but with age comes experience and skill." Max said in a tone equally as lustful.

"How about you and I go somewhere private to..catch up." Prygos asked with her hand dancing across Max's chest.

"Well first I have to make sure the kids are taken care of. Then I will be more then happy getting reacquainted." Max said, getting closer to Prygo.

"Oh don't worry, I'm sure I have someone on staff willing to babysit for awhile." Prygo said her face almost touching Max's.

"Grandpa?" A familiar voice said.

The two of them pull apart to notice that Gwen was now standing there, blushing.

"Am I interrupting?" Gwen asked with a face as red as her hair.

"Uh, it is fine dear. Is anything the matter?" Max said, blushing a bit himself now.

"Well, uh, I was going tell you that Wildvine is acting very..odd with Ben." Gwen said.

Max eyes got wide when he heard that name,"Wildvine? He summoned Wildvine?"

"Yes? He thought she would like to see the plants, but she behaving odd. Especially while watching that pollination exhibit they are doing for some of the rare plants." Gwen said, while looking back and fore to Max and Prygo.

The horror on Max face grew even more when he heard just what Ben was showing to the feral florauna.

"I'm sorry, who is Wildvine?" Prygo asked, clearly seeing the look on Max's face.

"She Ben's florauna friend." Max said in a cold tone.

When he said that Prygo face turn bright red, clearly understanding why Max reacted the way he did.

"He brought a girl florauna with him here? Oh my they do start young nowadays." Prygo said her face glowing red and not because the ID mask was overheating.

"I'm sorry, but what going on? Why is it a big deal that Wildvine here?" Gwen said, clearly very confuse about what she was missing.

"In florauna's culture when a man brings a woman to place like this it is a...wedding proposal." Max lied, not wanting to explain the truth to his grand-daughter.

The actual truth was that taking someone of the opposite sex to a botanical garden did have a deep meaning. And it was often married couples who would do this because of the meaning, and that meaning is that one member of couple is saying they are ready for children. Or to put it another way, they are ready for the act of making children with their lover.

"Ben asking Wildvine to marry him? I'm going to cousin-in-laws with a plant, and have half-plant nieces and nephews?" Gwen said, on the verge of laughing.

"Probably sooner then you think if we don't hurry." Prygo said

The three took off to the exhibit hall Gwen told them Ben and Wildvine was at, the South America one. They found the young couple near an exhibit of cattleya orchids, with Ben close to the orchids and Wildvine close to Ben. Smiling with her hands on her cheeks and her eye close. While the bulbs on the sides of her head were moving.

In terms of looks the biggest difference between the five rooted leg Wildvine and a pure feral florauan was that her torso was clearly human-like. Which meant it was a good think she was wearing a black and white shirt similar to Ben's and a black short skirt. She also have green vine-like hair, or maybe they were hair-like vines.

"Oh Ben this just so much." Wildvine said it a lovey-dovey kind of way, all the while with her bulbs moving to Max's mild horror.

When adults female floranuna were aroused the flowers aside their heads would move, just like Wildvine's bulbs, and release powerful aphrodisiac pheromones. That Max knew full well work on a lot of species including humans. Lucky Wildvine was way too young to make those pheromones otherwise the whole hall would have broken out into something similar to what happened during Max's last visit to Flors Verdance. Which while fun wasn't something he wanted his grand-kids to apart of.

"He really does take after you doesn't he? Also is it me or his little girlfriend oddity human like?" Prygo said as she saw the two.

"Ben, Wildvine! You two need calm down! You are both way to young for this!" Max shouted, getting the two kids attention.

"Ben and Wildvine sitting in a tree, well I guess Wildvine may count as the tree in this case." Gwen said with a smirk.

"What going on? Why are you acting like that?" Ben said, clearly confuse by what going on.

Max nearly kick himself, because of course he knew Ben had no idea what he was doing. So he quickly said,"Wildvine, Ben doesn't know what this kind of things means to a florauna and you are both to young for it anyway."

"Oh,..Of course he doesn't, why would he." Wildvine said clearly a little disappointed.

"Wait, I'm confuse, what does it mean?" Ben ask after looking at the disappointed Wildvine.

"It means I get to be the maid of honor at the wedding doofus. Hey do florauna's wedding have flower girls or to do they have something else?" Gwen said, clearly joking.

"Wedding, What?!" Ben said ever more confuse.

"I guess that make sense to do that before the other thing." Wildvine said while blushing as deep as a green hide could.

Max let out a sign and then turn to Prygo,"I don't suppose you have anything here more age appropriate for a young florauna?"

"We have few activities I think you will approve of. Just one thing, where did she could from? We were at the only entrance and I would have remember seeing her come by." Pryo said

"Hey Wildvine, if one of the sprouts is a girl could you name them after me?" Gwen said with a smirk and giggle.

"What is going on here?" Ben said, even more confuse.

"I must say I have never had anyone preform the acriddae hop like that before." Max said with a smile as he pulled up his pants.

"What can I say, age may have taken my youthful beauty but in turn it has given me experience. Besides that ovipositor old fashion of yours was a piece of true artistry." The mature orthopterran woman said as she pulled up her dress, and with a smile that equals Max's.

"Age may have taken your youth, but it didn't taken your beauty, If anything it only added to it. After all woman are like fine wine, they only improve with age in both looks and taste."Max said as he put his shirt and finish getting dress.

"That Tennyson's charm of yours, if that grandson of yours only has a quarter of what you have. Well you best watch him closely otherwise you may see your great-grand-hatchlings earlier then you want." Prygo said right before she kissed Max.

"You have no idea, he already has twenty-four friends that I know of who would be interested in that job. And few little bullies who may be interesting as well." Max said after breaking the kiss.

"Twenty-four? He is a little you than after all, at least he will have a fun life." Prygo said with a smile.

"You have no idea, now I guess I better go see what they up to." Max said, clearly wishing this could go on a little longer.

"Well after that little incident with that florauna girl I can't say I blame you. Let's see how Bill is handling them." Prygo said right before putting on her ID mask and taking her human form.

Two walk out of Prygo's office, with Prygo noting to make sure it was clean latter. And the two walk off to fine the kids. They found the kids with one of Prygo's employees, Bill, in the Africa hall near the buffalothorn exhibit, Only thing they won't the same three kids they lifted Bill with, oh Ben and Gwen were there of course, but Wildvine wasn't. Instead it was one of Ben's most alter alien girls, Surge the xerge.

Surge was very different then a normal xerge, and not just in looks even her abilities were a little different then a normal xerge. Instead of the X body shape that all xerge have she had more human like one. Still square and kind of boxie, and her legs ended in flat stumps instead of feet, her hands were like mitten, and she had no head on her shoulders, instead having a mouth with lips were her neck would be if she had one. She was also purple with green circle board like lines on and one large solid green eye where her belly button would be if she had one. In terms of size she was smaller then Ben, even counted the fact she didn't have a head, and clothes she was wearing a set just like Ben's except the shirt were shorter so not to cover her belly eye and she had no shoes, she also had the chaquetrix collar of course. And she was currently riding on Ben's shoulders as she often did thinks to her abilities.

Like all xerge she could shot a laser from her eye, fly, was more durable then she looked, and could generate a small force field around her, but frankly that wasn't the most interesting of normal xerge's abilities or hers. Normal xerge could combine to form powerful construct bodies with a hive mind. And while Surge could do that as well, but seemly immune to hive mind control, thanks to her human half she had another ability. While in direct physical contact with a human, or if Ben was in direct physical contact with both her and a human, they would be able to perfectly synced up their movements and actions, effectively making them stronger, faster, and more dangerous fighters just by virtue of them being able to act as one. Azmuth also told Max that thanks to their link to the chaquetrix and human genetics her sisters would be able to synced up with her as well, while he also explain it was thanks to the chaquetrix alternatives to Ben that he was able to acted as a conduit for her power.

"Grandpa, you're back." Ben said turning to Max and Pryo, while Surge on his shoulder were mimicking his actions perfectly.

This may have looked to strange to some but for Surge this was perfectly normal. Being part xerge she got nervous and a bit scare when she wasn't in physical contact with someone, as xerge greatest defense came from being with one another.

"Wait, where the other one go and who this?" Pryo said a bit confuse.

"This is Surge, she is one of Wildvine's sisters and one of Ben's friends I told you about." Max said.

"Sisters?" Pryo said, clearly not seeing the family resemblance.

"Their Azmuth's and Myaxx's kids, and it is a bit of a long story." Max added.

"So those two got together and started a family? Huh, I saw the way Myaxx used to look at Azmuth but I didn't think the feelings were mutual. But still where is the other one?" Pryo said, clearly showing that while she didn't understand it the fact that Azmuth was involve at least explain to her somewhat.

"Azmuth only allows one at a time to be here, so they have to take turns." Gwen added, clearly gotten use to covering for Ben and his friends.

"Okay, so did you kids have fun with Bill?" Pryo answer, clearly accepting the answer.

"I know I did, who knew there were so many fascinating plants on display here." Gwen said clearly enjoying her time.

"Wildvine like it, Surge here just seem bored." Ben said point up with Surge copying him.

"Not enough people, we need people to synced with." Surge said from atop Ben's shoulders.

"She is more of a fan of team sports, or anything with a lot of people." Max said.

"Okay, also is really okay for her to just be setting on his shoulders like that? Why don't you come down for a bit sweetie?" Pryo said.

And on hearing that Surge did slowly fly from Ben's shoulders, making sure to always be touching Ben in the process. Only to grab both Ben and and Gwen hands when she landed.

"She is part xerge, so she feels very uncomfortable if she isn't touching people she knows." Max said.

"What is it a xerge?" The young Bill asked

"Part xerge? That is a new one, but wait if that is a case should be holding hands with them given how xerge, uh.." Pryo quickly looked at the three kids before turning back to Max," Date?"

Max knew what she was getting at, while xerge could form constructs to have intercourse with other. Kind of at least, Max frankly was never sure if they actually got anything from it or not. Either way, they didn't reproduce that way at all and their actual reproduce was done the same way they did anything, together by touching. Xerge just transferred gamete cells from one another by way of special tubes location on their limbs, and not just their own gametes either. They could transferred gametes from any xerge in a line of xerge to any other xerge in said line, and of course being hermaphrodite any xerge could get pregnant from any other xerge, normally multiply ones at once. And when ready the young xerge would just bud off their parents.

"I really don't think it means that her case." Max said reassuringly.

"I still don't get how all this alien things doesn't surprise you." Gwen said turning to look at Bill, with Surge trying to copy her despite not having a head.

"My grandpa was a plumber too." Bill added.

"Or you're one of Jame's grandkids?" Max asked, with mild surprise.

"Yeah, also have to say it is nice to meet sir. Granddad told me a lot about you. And how could disarm any alien either on the battlefield or in the bedroom." Bill said with a look of respect to Max.

"Wait, why would need to disarm someone in the bedroom?" Surge ask looking at Max, or at least he thought she was.

"He even even told my of that time with the tetramand empress." Bill added.

"Did he disarm in the bedroom or the battlefield?" Surge asked, still clearly not understanding what he was getting at.

"From what I heard both." Bill said.

"What?" Ben asked, clearly as confuse as Surge by this.

"Lets not go into that right now."Max said, really wishing that James didn't share so many old stories right now.

"Can you teach us how to disarm people on the battlefield or the bedroom?" Surge asked innocently.

"Yeah that sounds useful, but I'm with Surge. Why would you need to disarm them in the bedroom?" Ben added in just innocently.

"Well at least I have someone to help with this one today." Max thought to himself while also trying think how to get out of this.

Saying bye to Prygo and Bill, and Max making a note to visit later without the kids, the Tennysons lifted. With Max deciding it would be nice to take the kids to the local park. So they enter the RV for the ride over there.

"This was a great place to visit."Max said happily, as he was relieved from huge...'burden'.

"I'm glad you were able to see an old friend but what did you two do for so long while you were alone?" Gwen asked her grandfather, not knowing that he would never go into details about it with her.

"I like those bug eating plants, as well that one that smelled rotten meat. Shame that Surge didn't like it, but at least Wildvine did." Ben said as he sat down.

"And to think you almost got married today." Gwen said with a giggle.

"Hey! I didn't know what it meant!" Ben said blushing hard, and would probably be blushing harder if he knew the truth of what it meant.

"I know Aunt Sandra like gardening but wonder what she would say to having to plant and grow her own grandkids." Gwen said with a giggle.

"You may find out for your self one day, unless Azmuth was right about she and the others will reproduce now." Max thought to himself.

Suddenly the chaquetrix started glow and in a bright flash one of Ben's alien girls were summon, by themselves.

"Again? Why are all you coming out on your own today?" Gwen said, a bit frustrated.

"This is the first day, well ever, that there hasn't been a villain, monster, disaster, or something insane happening. Excuse us for wanting to it enjoy too." Snare-oh said.

Snare-oh was Ben's thep khufan and was one of only three aliens that Ben had that Max didn't have any first hand experience with. Lucky Azmuth had spend most of his thousands of year of life collecting genetic samples and culture data, and uploading them on Primus so the chaquetrix was able to download that data to aid in making Snare-oh. Also lucky he was able to look up some data on Snare-oh and the other new girls on the extranet so he wasn't completely lost on what the girls were.

Now in terms of looks her head, neck, and shoulders looked like a black, green, and gold Egyptian style headpiece with an Egyptian style mask, like most of her kind. However unlike most of her kind she actually had a human-like face with a mouth and solid green eyes, but no noise. Her body, while made of wrapping like tentacles like all thep khufan, but she was more human like in body proportions for someone of Ben and Gwen aged. She also had what looked like harder, almost metal like, wrappings on her arms and legs that looked like bracers and greaves but were actually part of her body. She was also wearing a black and white short shirt and an Egyptian style short skirt and the chaquetrix collar on her headdress like head and neck.

"You know she is right, I haven't thought of it before but this is the first day there hasn't been a super villain or monster, or something like that all summer." Ben added.

"I know, that is very weird." Gwen said.

"All the more reason for us to enjoy today while we can, before something explodes or Vilgaxs shows again, or whatever." Snare-oh said, while beginning to unwrap her body.

Soon her body, with the excerpted of the headpiece that was the only part of her body that wasn't made from her wrapping like tentacles, was unwrapped. She quickly wrapped herself around Ben, with her heard on his shoulder.

"Snare-on what are you doing?" Ben asked, as his body was fully wrap by Snare-on making him look like a mummy.

And he wasn't the only one wondering this, Max was just as confuse, but more nervous. he had read a bit about Snare-oh's culture and had learned that wrapping themselves on others could mean all kinds of things. It could mean a simple make out session or a even a hug, as they wrap themselves around each other, or they could be mating. Or even all kinds of other things, it was all in the more subtle details.

"Just checking something, and done." Snare-oh said as she unwrapped herself from Ben.

She quickly took her form again except for her arms which was wrapping themselves together, forming what looked like clothing.

"And done!" Snare-oh said she split the clothes from her body and place the clothes down on the table. Revealing she had made a full tuxedos in Ben's size. Fairly nice one a that, being black with a bit of golden trim to it.

"Wow, that amazing." Ben said as he look at the tux.

"I didn't know you could make clothes out of your body?" Max said he looked over the suit.

"Well my clothes all made from me, that is why I can regrow them when my body get ripped up. And I thought of it and realize I could make clothes for others, well to a degree that is." Snare-Oh explain.

"What do you mean to a degree?" Gwen asked.

"Well if you look at it closer you will notice that the hard parts. The buttons that is, are just harden bits of my wrappings as that really all I can do. Really I could do better on making clothes that don't have hard bits." Share-oh explain.

Max took a closer look and did in fact notice that what Snare-on was saying, he also notice there was no zippers, only buttons.

"So you could make clothes for anyone like you did for Ben? Could you make me some clothes, I feel like I basely wear the same thing everyday." Gwen said to Snare-oh.

Snare-oh place her hands on her face and acted like she was embarrassed and said,"Oh Gwen you want to feel me against your bare skin? That is so lewd of you!"

Ben started laughing.

"I didn't say that! I-wait, why would it be lewd for me and not for Ben." Gwen said, her face turning red.

"How about I make you a new pair of these, sense you are always getting yours in a twist." Snare-oh said as quickly form a pair of simple and a bit old fashion panties, clearly much to large for Gwen.

"My butt isn't that big!" Gwen shouted her face clearly showing her getting more, and more, embarrassed.

"Oh, so you want me to take up close and personal measurements of your unmentionables? And we all thought you were the good girl." Snare-on said, while faking that she was blushing, or at least trying to.

Ben just laugh harder, and even Max couldn't help but see the humor in it.

"Why are you saying it lewd for me and not for Ben?!" Gwen shouted her face crimson now.

"Who said it wasn't lewd? I was tightly wrapped around him, and made a set of nice clothes from my body for him." Snare-oh said with giggle.

Ben stop laughing and turn almost as bright red as Gwen.

"So Snare-oh why did you want to make a tuxedos for Ben anyway?" Max said, hoping to quickly change the subject now.

"My sisters told me about how that Joel Tennyson guy married a lenopan, and how he had to wear one of these while doing that for some reason. So I thought I better learn how to make this one sooner or later, and after what Wildvine told me seem like the sooner part was now." Snare-oh said, which cause Ben to glow bright red in embarrassment while Gwen started to laugh.

Max pulled the rust bucket into a parking spot near the park, and got out the RV. He took a quick look around to see what the park was like, seem to be a nice quiet park near the edge of a forest. Some different kinds of basic park play equipment, a few small flowering brushes and trees, and a few picnic tables. There were a very few people around, mostly families with small children, Max didn't see any kids around would Gwen and Ben's age or older.

"What a lovely park, kids are you ready?" Max said standing outside the rv.

"Coming Grandpa." Gwen said as she start to make her way.

"We are just looking for a few things." Ben added.

"Have you seen the baseball stuff Mr. Tennyson?" Asked a feminine voice.

"I found it!" The same voice but sounding like was coming from somewhere else said.

And with that out came Ben, Gwen, and three alien girls who were really one girl, Ditto. Ben's splixson girl, who if you didn't know better you may mistake her for a pure blooded splixson. Of course there were a few tell-tale signs she wasn't if you knew splixsons well enough. For one thing her legs were more in proportions to human leg to torso proportions, pure splixsons normally have shorter legs in proportions to their torso. Her body shape was also more like a human girl her age, which was odd for a splixson as they didn't have male or female sexes. Instead they had a few dozen so different sexes and two different reproductive, the first were were was a form of division in which they simply asexually divined and make a smaller, younger, clone of them. The second is after mating with a splixson of a different sex, any of their different sexes, both would get pregnant and lay a few different eggs, which would then duplicate themselves after being laid, into being fully different eggs and offspring. Thus not sharing the same weakness of share pain and death that young splixson had, and grew out off once they enter puberty. Although they could share pain and pleasure between clones if they wish too, as Max knew too well.

Now in terms of clothes she wore a solid black one piece and a chaquetrix collar.

Max quickly looked over Ditto, she always made him a bit nervous due to the fact that splixsons was basely the rabbits of sapient beings. Like more sapient beings they were predators, but unlike humans they were not apex predators, in fact they were near the bottom of the food chain. This is why their abilities work the way they do, and also why they had a dating and hook up culture that made rabbits look chaste. Yet ditto still seem to be in her innocent stage, lucky for Max.

"So are you ready to lose?" One Ditto said to to another one.

"Wait, who on which team?" The second one said.

"I'm going to be on the winning team and you are going to be on the losing team." The first one answer back.

"How can any of us lose when we are both teams?" Another different Ditto asked.

"Huh, I guess we will need to figure out a way to tell the Dittos apart?" Gwen said, looking at the confuse auguring girls who were one person.

"Maybe have one team wear hats? Anyway Grandpa can you can you be the referee? Me and Gwen are each going to have our own team of Dittos." Ben said.

"And I'm going to be on the winning team! No! I am!" Multiply Dittos said at once.

"I think we better fine some way to tell who one want team first. I think I have something we can use as armbands in the RV." Max said looking over the kids, which look to be a lot more then three at the moment.

Max enter the rv and came out with some old, clean, socks they could use as armbands for Gwen's team. While Ben's team didn't wear any, as way to tell the Dittos apart from one another, and the game begin. And even with the armbands it was bit hard to tell which Ditto was on which team, even the Dittos seem to have forgotten a few times. They also discover that if Dittos ran into each other faster enough they would refuse, making for a very chaotic game and hard to tell who was winning. But the kids seem to enjoy it, and they didn't seem to be bother by anyone just yet.

"Grandpa who is winning?" Gwen asked while the kids took a quick break to rest.

"I think Ben is, but it is hard to tell." Max said.

"In your face other me!" One Ditto said to another.

"You're on Gwen's team and I'm on Ben's team." the Other Ditto said pointing at the first Ditto's armband.

"At this rate no one will win the bet." Ben said clearly frustrated.

"What bet?" Max asked.

"Loser has to do the winner chores for a week." Gwen explained.

"Then what would Ditto get out of this?" Max asked the kids.

"The winner has to do something I want." One Ditto explain.

"If Gwen wins I'm going to make her make dinner for me and Ben." Another Ditto explain.

"And if Ben wins then next night it is my turn to sleep out of the watch he has to spend the night with a burrow I'll make." A different third Ditto answer.

And just like that a big red flag when off to Max. Ben and Ditto spending the night alone in a burrow, yeah that was something he wish to avoid. After all he knew first hand what splixsons did in burrows together.

"How about we decided the winner in the next half?" Max asked the kids, hoping Ben wouldn't mind that he was going to make sure that Gwen won this game.

"That is fine with me." Gwen answer

" Sure wh-Hey what is this?" Ben suddenly said as he kneed down to the grounded.

"What have found there Ben?" Max asked.

" Hey Ben what are you doing?" asked one of the Dittos as she came up to Ben.

Ben while still on his knees, or one knee as he slightly got up, put up from the grass a small round metal object. An object that as soon as Ditto saw Ben holding, in one hand up to her, she started shrieking in joy.

"YES! BEN YES! WAIT TILL MY SISTERS HERE ABOUT THIS! THEY ARE GOING TO BE SO JEALOUS!"The Ditto scream happiness as she grab the ring like object from Ben and started to run to the other Dittos.

"LOOK WHAT BEN GOT ME! I'M THE FIRST!" Ditto shout ran to he other selves.

"OH MY GOSH!" Another one shouted.

"WAIT TILL FOUR ARMS HEAR ABOUT THIS!" Yet another one shouted.

"HEATBLAST IS GOING TO BE SO JEALOUS SHE WASN'T THE FIRST!" A different one scream in joy.

"What is going on?" Gwen asked, very confuse about what was happening.

"Ben what was that?" Max asked as he look down at Ben who was still on his knee and his bewilder face slowly turning red in embarrassment.

"Uh, it was a gold painted key-holder ring." Ben said clearly shock and embarrassment by how the Dittos were acting. Who were still giggling, and shirking in joy as they tried to put on the ring.

"Oh, ohhh, I guess we better explain this to them before they get too excited." Max said, not really sure how he was going to calm Ditto down.

Gwen just started to laugh, and said,"Asking two girls to married you in one day? And sisters at that! My what will Uncle Carl and Aunt Sandra say. But hey dweeb, just name one of the kids after me."

After spending time trying calm Ditto down and explaining to her it wasn't a ring and that Ben wasn't trying to proposal married. The watch time out and left the Tennysons confused if they did or didn't get through to her.

Anyway, Max decided it was time for Ben and Gwen foraging training in the nearby woods, one of the many kinds of trainings he been doing with them to get them ready for plumber academy. Also given that he was still missing some ingredients for dinner tonight this may help with that as well.

"Okay here are quick lists of things I want each of you to see if you can forage." Max said as he handed each of his grandkids a list.

"Why are we doing this?" Gwen asked while looking at her list, and clearly not happy with what was on it.

"Because I still need a few ingredients for the galvan's dinner, and you two need to work on your foraging skills." Max added.

"Is foraging really necessarily to be a plumber?" Ben ask his grandfather.

"Of course, learning to survive on alien planets is an important skill. Especially if you can't eat what the locals can. I remember my time on Polyominus, I spent my whole time in a city yet still had to forage for all my meals because I couldn't eat plastic. Also, because segmentaspiens hide whenever they see an alien they don't know, until they make sure you aren't an invader." Max answer, while recalling his time on the plastic planet.

"What kind of alien is a segmentaspien?"Ben ask.

"Oh, you'll meet one someday, trust me." Max said while remembering the kind of fun he had with some of the friendlier and more open minded segmentaspien women.

“Anyway, why don't we make a game of this. Whoever finds the most ingredients get to pick what we have for dessert tonight."

"Time for some smoothies." Ben said happily.

"You always pick smoothies, I'm winning, and we are getting cheesecake." Gwen added as the two ran off to foraged.

"Worked on their fathers, and works just as well on them." Max said happily as he started to go back into the Rustbucket to start dinner.

“Now let’s see the mealworms could use a bit more red pepper. I do hope they find enough grubs for the-“suddenly Max heard familiar, and strangely happy, howling coming from the woods.

“Blitzwolfer? Hmm, I guess Ben summon her to help him forage but why is she howling like that?”

Normally Max would have probably assumed she was just happy to be spending time with Ben, but given how this day had turned out so far. Combine with the fact that loboans and indeed most species of the Anur System were not beings Max had has any personal 'contact' with he decided to check something real quick.

So, stopping his cooking he walked over to a secret panel on the other wall that hid a computer with an extranet connection on it.

“Just a quick search on loboan’s culture and foraging, and…That isn’t a good sign.” Max thought to himself as the search results told him they were being block by the partial controls.

Max nervously entered the password, then did the retinal scan, and fingerprint scan he put in place to keep Greymatter out, to see the results.

“Let’s see in loboan’s culture foraging is traditionally done between young couples as a form of intimate courtship?! No, no, no that can’t possibly mean what I thi-“ and it was on that thought that Max accidentally checked on the image search. Which results told him that it indeed meant what he thought it meant.

Quickly closing the computer, and even quicker making a mental note to do…'research' on this subject when he got some private time, he ran out of the Rustbucket as fast he could.

“I swear if I survive this summer I’m getting back in shape.” Max said as he started to run out of stream as he made his way to the woods looking for Ben. Lucky for him he didn’t have to go far as he quickly heard to the very familiar sounds of an argument happening.

“Also touching her like that is weird!” Gwen yelled from her unseen location.

And upon hearing that Max could swear he almost had a heart attack, but he didn’t have time for that. So, bursting though the bush he quickly found the three kids and shouted, “BEN! WHAT IS GOING ON HE-?!”

Max quickly stop himself from shouting as he took in the sight before him and as the kids turned to look at him in surprise. Gwen was carrying some of the things he had on list, a bit more then he thought either of the cousins would have gotten, and in front of her was a large pile everything on the list. But it was what was beyond that pile that got his attention because there was Blitzwolfer sitting like a wolf while Ben was scratching her both behind her ears with one hand and under her chin with another.

Now in terms of looks Blitzwolfer didn’t look to different from a normal loboans except she had four fingers instead of three, her middle section wasn’t as thin as a normal loboan and she was more in line with human proportions, her legs were a bit longer and more muscular, if she had bit standing she would have been a head taller then Ben and Gwen, and her fur was a bluish grey in color. She also had green eyes and wore a black and white one-piece clothing with her chaquetrix collar.  

“Is something the matter grandpa?” A confused Ben asked, while not taking his hands off Blitzwolfer.

“…I came to check on you and heard yelling. And thought something was wrong.” Max said as calmly as he could, which wasn’t too far off from the whole truth.

“Ben cheated! He had Blitzwolfer help him and now he is treating her like she is a big dog. Which is weird!” Gwen said as she turned to Max and then to the couple.

“Hey, you’re the one who started it by using magic to find your stuff, I just even the odds. Also, this isn’t weird this is what loboans do when they foraged together. Right?” Ben said as he turned to look at Blitzwolfer.

“Well yeah…I think. I mean this is what getting intimate means right?...Maybe with some belly rubs too?” Blitzwolfer said, cleanly not fully understanding what she was talking about.

As Max let out a sigh of relief, and thanking any gods that may exist for the naivete of children, Gwen started laughing.

“You’re making out with a wolf?! First Wildvine and then Ditto?! Why don’t you just marry all of them dweeb!” Gwen laughed out.

“Maybe I will!” Ben shouted back in respond, clearly not thinking before he spoke.

“Really?!” Blitzwolfer shouted in clear delight, causing both Ben and Gwen to turn bright red as they turn to look at her.

Clearing his throat to get the kids attention Max said.” Blitzwolfer sense it was you who gathered the most. You get to join us for dinner tomorrow and pick the dessert, and as far tonight I think I’ll make this termite cake recipe I have been meaning to try.”

“Nice going doofus.” Gwen said clearly annoyed.

“Can I have meat pie then? And belly rubs now?” Blitzwolfer asked.

“No belly rubs till after the wedding.” Max said partly joking to get back at Ben for everything he put him though today, and partly serous. As he quickly decided to look up what belly rubs were to loboans as well as more about their foraging rituals…for 'research'.

Ben couldn’t say anything as he face turn as red as Gwen's hair.

Finishing the last touches on dinner Max called out to the grandkids,” Dinner is ready, Ben go ahead and summon Grey Matter.”

“Okay grandpa.” Ben said in a tone that clearly showed that for once he was hesitating to summon one of the girls. But a quick flash told Max he had done so anyway, and turning around to make sure it was indeed Grey Matter he saw the young galvan.

One of the first and easily tells that Grey Matter wasn’t a pure galvan was the fact that she was a giantess, standing at whopping 32cm tall. So, by human standers she was basely the size of a cat, and according to Azmuth may growth to the size of a large cat or small dog. Her titaness stature wasn’t her only hybrid feature, she also had bright red hair that when to her shoulders, the same shade as Gwen, and the same shade Verdona use to have in her human disguise. Which after seeing Decagon earlier today made Max wonder if Azmuth agree with her when she told him that red heads were the most attractive human women. Beyond that she was normal for young galvan female her age, of course it seems that the galvan speed, reflexes, and strength scaled to her size which when combine with the pressure point galvan fighting style she been learning made her probably the strongest galvan fighter even. In terms of clothes, she wore a black and white full body jump suit and a chaquetrix collar. Max also noticed she seemed unusually happy today and was blushing for some reason.

“On that isn’t good sign, what did she discover or think she did this time.” Max thought to himself. He had learned to be on guard when Grey Matter was like this, last time she was like this it was because she learned that some people like to be tired up and what to try that. The time before it was because she heard people talking about harem anime and started to ask some questions involving how familiar it sounded. Max was still surprise that Ben didn’t pick up that one.

The kids sat down at the table with Grey Matter taking a seat beside Ben, after he put a booster seat down for her, while Gwen took a seat on the other side. While Max put their dinner in front of them much to Grey Matter delight, while Gwen and Ben tried to look happy at it for her.

“Tonight, we are having galvan grub pudding with fried meal worms, an grasshopper salad, and for dessert a termite cake.” Max said as he sat down.

Gwen just looked at the food, then looked at Grey Matter who was already eating and seem to be enjoying it, then looked at Ben who was trying to eat it. And clearly wanting to put off eating she turn to Grey Matter and ask,” So Grey Matter why do you seem so happy today?”

“Well, my sisters been telling me all the fun they had with Ben today, as well other things. And I was just wondering what fun we would be having.” Grey Matter said, trying to sound flirty, and even adding some croaking noises. Which is how galvans flirt but of course Max was the only human at table, well the only human at the table period so the only person at the table besides Grey Matter who knew why she was making that noise. Then the oven when off.

“Well better that cake out before it burns, now you kids better hurry and finish your dinner because you’re going to love this termite cake. Made from fresh termites at that.” Max said as he got up to get the cake.

“That sounds delicious Mr. Tennyson.” Grey Matter said with a real smile, while other kids fake some.

“At least someone here likes my cooking. Maybe I was worried about nothing, all she doing is some awkward childish flirting.” Max thought to himself as he got the cake from the oven.

Then Magister Maxwell Tennyson came closer to death then he had at any point in a lifetime of battle villains, warlords, and monsters.

This was because he heard Gwen yell something at Ben, something that was so very familiar to Max. Something that he had heard many times, something that had been yelled at him before, something that he had yelled twice before at his kids, something that had been yelled at every Tennyson man at least once except for Joel who broke the family tradition. And every Tennyson woman had yelled at least once.

Acting purely on muscle memory, which was good as he could not think now, Max put the cake down on the counter and looked over at the kids and saw a scene that was so very familiar to him. He saw that Gwen had had stood up from her seat and had slammed her hands down on table, while looking at Ben and Grey Matter with a mix of anger, confusion, worry, and embarrassment. A look that Max had seen before had worn twice before. Meanwhile Grey Matter looked at Gwen with face of confusion, embarrassment, and a bit of fear. While Ben had a different face that looked so very familiar to Max.

Max knew why this was all so familiar to him but didn’t want to believe why Ben was making the same face Max himself made when a heavy pregnant Verdona asked him about marriage in nearly this same scene, but with a lot more swearing, threats of violence, and magical explosions. It was the same face Gordon made when a heavy pregnant Betty asked him about marriage in nearly this same scene, but with a lot more swearing, threats of violence, and gunshots. It was the same face that Vera’s late husband made when she was heavily pregnant and asked him about marriage but with a lot more swearing, threats of violence, and arson. It was the same face that Carl made when a heavy pregnant Sandra asked him about marriage in nearly this same scene, but with a lot more swearing, threats of violence, and crying. And it was the face that Frank made when a heavy pregnant Natalie asked him about marriage in nearly this same scene, but with a lot more slurs, acts of violence, and stabbings which is what you should expected when you knocked up a former forever knight. Which told Max two things, one he really should prioritize getting Gwen and Ben check for the family’s latex allergy, and two Gwen ready did just yell at the top of her lungs to Ben,

 “YOU GOT HER PREGNANT?! WHEN DID YOU-HOW DID YOU,-WHY DID YOU- WHAT DID YOU DO!?”

“…I may as well just go up to Vilgax and kick him as hard as I can in the groin because if this didn’t kill me, I must be immortal or I’m already dead.” Was the first thing Max was able to think when he regained his ability to do so. His next thought was that he better go over to the kids and find out what in the name of all that is holy is going on.

“..P-umpkin for the shake of my blood pressure and sanity please explain why you just yelled that to Ben.” Max said calmly as could, which despite his plumber training wasn’t that calm because this wasn’t something they trained you in at the academy.

“Grey Matter was talking about marriage, engagement, and taking responsibility. And girls don’t talk to guys about that kind of stuff unless they are already pregnant, at least not in this family!” Gwen explain and given her lineage it is was clear why she would think that.

“That the one family tradition your parents told you about?! Not the plumbers, not your mother past, not your grandmother. But they told you about how Tennyson’s marriages happens when there already a baby on the way.” Max said before he could realize what he was saying and to who.

“Wait, what about mom and grandma?” Gwen said while for the first time sense nearly killing Max look at someone else instead of glaring at Ben.

Which cause Max to realize just who he was talking to and what he just said. Lucky he was soon save from explaining himself by Grey Matter asking, ‘Wait, so it is tradition to get pregnant before the wedding? I thought that was what the wedding night or the honeymoon was for? I may need to change the schedule a bit.”

Never mind, that made things so much worst, and now Max had to figure out how to see this schedule of hers before Ben continued the family tradition. But at least this got Gwen attention and stop her from asking Max anymore questions.

“Gwen, Grey Matter can you please explain to me right now just what you were talking about?” Max ask/demand as he really needed to know just what happened.

“…Well Mr. Tennyson I was talking about the events of the day how Ben brushed Wildmutt, grappled with Four Arms, Danced with Stinkfly, and well everything, but especially how he took Wildvine to that greenhouse show, then proposed to Ditto, and told Blitzwolfer he would marry all of us. So, I then told him be better take responsibility for all that, and then when Gwen yelled that I was pregnant.” Grey Matter explained while blushing heavily.

“SEE! She is totally pregnant! Oh god, did Ben get all of them pregnant?! Knew we shouldn’t have been letting stay the night with him! That what always happen in this family.” Gwen angrily shouted.

“…No Gwen she isn’t pregnant and frankly I can’t blame you for thinking that given our family history, but why out of all the things in our family history THAT is the part you know of?” Max said after figuring out one side of the problem and now trying figure out other half.

Gwen blushed deeply, glanced over Grey Matter then glanced over at Max, and said, “Remember that misunderstanding I had on our sixth birthday. Well mom explain to me her joke kind of and I guess just remembered that and just reacted.”

“Oh that, yeah that explains it.” Max thought to himself as remembered that experience.

Gwen and Ben fell asleep on Frank’s couch together, afterwards Gwen woke and heard her mother say something about friend of hers who just found out she was pregnant after spending a night with her boyfriend. This cause the young Gwen to make the childish mistake to assume that sense she had spend the night sleeping on the same couch with Ben she must have gotten pregnant. Forcing Frank and Natalie to explain to a very confused small child how that isn’t how it works.

“Okay this is make sense now, and while I can understand why that was your first reaction, please for my shake never yell that again. And don’t worry Joel broke that family tradition so I’m sure Ben can do.” Max calmly said, even if didn't really the last part for moment. Ben was way to much like him to break that tradition.

“I hope not.” Mutter Grey Matter under breath.

Max then quickly turn to face Grey Matter and said, “And for you Grey Matter whatever it is you are trying to 'schedule' and plan I’m going to have to ask you to wait till midnight of Ben’s eighteenth birthday. Once that happens I, and or anyone else, can truly stop him and you girls from doing what you want. But you will have to wait until then and not second sooner, but please for my shake at least wait until after his twenty-first birthday before marriage. Understood.” Max said firmly, hoping this would end this discussion he would not like to keep having.

“Okay, Mr. Tennyson, but what do you say Ben,..Ben? Ben are you okay?” Grey Matter as said she worriedly looked over at Ben.

It was then that two girl noticed that Ben wasn’t moving, he wasn’t blinking, he was barely breathing.

“Ben!” Gwen and Grey Matter shouted in worried and fear.

“Calm down girls, he fine, this is just Tennyson’s family defense mechanism that been keeping we Tennyson men alive for generations. I can tell you from first hand experience that he didn’t hear single thing we just said and won’t remember what happen before either.” Max explained

“..How do we get him out of it?” Grey Matter asked clearly confused by this.

“Well there are two ways, first Grey Matter you can ask him to do something, and I promise he will agree to whatever you ask. Or you could kiss him on the cheek and that get him out of it.” Max explained

Grey matter turned bright red as she started to clearly think what to do while looking back and forth to Gwen and to Ben.

Gwen looked over at Grey Matter then to Ben, clearly trying to calculating what was the best of two options before putting her hand on her face and saying, “Just kiss him on the cheek and get it over with.”

Grey Matter let out a squeal before jumping on the table and giving Ben a light chaste kiss one the cheek.

“I’ll do it, I’ll-hey what going on.” Ben said as he broke out of his trace and looked around the table. Noticing the giggling Grey Matter, the tried-looking Max, and annoyed looked Gwen. “What just happened, and why don’t I remember it?”

“Why is our family like this?” Gwen asked

It was after dinner and Max was outside getting a campfire fire ready while Gwen and Ben were setting up the chairs. Max looked up from trying to start the fire and couldn’t help but smile. Happy that despite this everything that at least one part of this trip was going as plan, that be getting Gwen and Ben do stop their feuding and start getting along again.

“Hey, watch it doofus.” Gwen yelled at Ben for hitting her shoe with the leg of one of the chairs.

…Well mostly getting along, or at least not arguing as much.

“Alright kids are we ready for some campfire stories.” Max said as he lit the fire.

“Hold just a minute.” Ben said as he started to active the chaquetrix.

Max couldn’t help but notice that Gwen rolled her eyes, looking a bit annoyed. He couldn’t really blame her given all that happen today, but neither of them said anything as Ben press down on the chaquetrix and in flash Cannonbolt was summon.

Now Cannonbolt was very different from a pure arburian pelarota, it was more like someone took a young human girl around Ben and Gwen aged and gave her features of an arburian pelarota. She was very board, and stocky, she had white rubbery skin like arurian pelarota with black lines meeting her yellow armor plates that cover back, including the back of her head and the sides will, framing her face a bit. As well covering parts of her arms, she also had sharp fangs and claws, and while her legs were short by human standers they were longer then a pure arburian plearota in proportions. She had solid green eyes, and wore a tank top, short pants, and the chaquetrix collar. And despite her young looks she was nearly as tall as Max.

When seeing her Max would often wonder how she was able to roll into her sphere form, given her more human like build. He also couldn’t help but remember that one vacation he and Verdona took to Arburia. The beaches, the 'friendly' locals, the food, taking a 'roll' with said friendly locals, good times, and it was how they got Frank. Made him a bit sad about what happened to their planet but at least their relocation and repopulation programs were going well.

“So, what are we doing tonight?” Cannonbolt ask with a smile as she sat down.

“Campfire stories.” Ben said taking the seat beside her.

Gwen took the other seat beside Cannonbolt and Max help but couldn’t notice how she looked at her. Gwen had always notice the girls advances for more than Ben did, even if she didn’t have the context to really understand them. But she never seem to push it to far other then making a few jokes and asking a few…awkward questions about what Ben and the girls were up too. But after the events of the day, especially after what happen with Grey Matter, Max begin to worry she may have figured a few things out.

“So, who going first?” Cannonbolt asked

“I’ll go first, I think I got a good one.” Ben said with a grin, as he started to tell the old classic hook story.

Gwen seemed bored at the story, which didn’t surprise Max as she both heard it before and the fact that frankly with everything they been through a hook handed killer seem normal. Cannonbolt on the other hand seemed visibly shaken, this also didn’t surprise Max. Despite their size, strength, claws, and fangs, arburian plearota was a peaceful people, and even after all she has been Cannonbolt through she had a low tolerance for horror like most of her people.

“And they found a hook on the door handle!” Ben said in his best scary voice.

“That spooky.” Cannombolt said in a fearful tone

“Hey grandpa, why don’t you tell the story of The Flying Dutchman?” Gwen asked with a glean in her eye and smirk that told Max she was up to something. But Max decided to play alone with it anyway and started telling the story.

As he told it in a surprisingly good attempted at a scary voice, he notice that Cannonbolt seem even more spook at this one then she was at Ben’s story and had even reached over grabbed his hand for comfort. This didn’t surprise Max at all, arburian plearota were actually semi-aquatic and their natural predator, arburian carcharodan, was ocean dwelling creature. So naturally, any scary story involving the sea only frighted them more. And given what Gwen was now doing Max believed he knew just what she was up to.

“BOO!” Gwen scream from behind Cannonbolt.

“AAAHHH!!!” Scream Cannonbolt as she quickly grabbed Ben rolled into her sphere form with Ben now inside her.

Gwen started to laugh, at the sight no matter how many times she seemed to see Cannonbolt get scared and rollup with Ben it always seem funny to her. Even Max couldn’t help but chuckle a bit, even if the sight lifted him weary. Not because he was worry about Ben safety, Max knew firsthand just how comfortable and soft arburian plearota were on the inside, in more ways than one. It was just that he also knew that sense arburian plearota rolled into spheres they ended up during nearly everything in their sphere forms, including each other.

“Ha Ha, Oh that is funny. Cannonbolt I don’t why you keep grabbing Ben like that, but so funny to watch as you pull..him…so…close to yyoouu…………Cannonbolt let Ben go right now!” Gwen said as stop laughing and started to try and pry open Cannonbolt with her bare hands.

“Unroll now, unroll now Cannonbolt!” Gwen shouted.

“Gwen what are you doing?” Max asked as got up to stop Gwen before she hurt self and scared Cannonbolt even more.

“I am trying to get her let him go before we have another Grey Matter issue.” Gwen said as Max stop up from trying to pry open Cannonbolt.

“What?” Max asked as Cannonbolt unrolled, but still holding Ben close to her.

“Ben, I don’t think you should be inside Cannonbolt anymore.” Gwen said which cause Max to immediately think of one word, phrasing.

“Why not? It is so soft and comfy inside of her.” Ben said, which cause Cannonbolt to blush deeply.

“Ben maybe trying phasing that a little differently.” Max said.

“I don’t care how soft and comfy it is in her, it seems inappropriate now.” Gwen said casting a glare at Ben and Cannonbolt.

“So, she is beginning to put things together. Well, I’m only surprise it took her this long.” Max thought to himself before speaking, “Gwen why think I understand why you think that. I assure you this is fine. What Cannonbolt is doing is not any different than a hug.”

“Yeah, I’m just taking Ben inside of me is all.” Cannonbolt added innocently.

“And you never had a problem with me riding inside Cannonbolt, why now?” Ben also added just as innocently 

“…Lets not it phrase like that, but what they are doing is perfectly fine and isn’t any different from pulling someone close to you because you’re scared. Now why don’t try to go back to telling our stories.” Max said.

“…Okay Grandpa, but after everything today I have some questions.” Gwen said as she sat down.

“And I will answer them if I can, now Cannonbolt how about you tell a story.” Max said while secretly worrying just what questions Gwen have.

“Alright kids, get ready for bed we have an early morning tomorrow.” Max called to his grandkids in his RV.

“I called dips on the bathroom first.” Ben said as ran to the restroom.

“Fine by me, I have to ask grandpa a few things anyway.” Gwen said as made her way upfront to her grandfather.

A surprise Ben stop for moment to look at his cousin before shrugging his shoulders and enter the restroom.

“Grandpa can we talk outside?” Gwen ask her grandfather.

Max wasn’t looking forward to this but knew he better find out what Gwen was wondering, and just what she had realized already. So, he walked outside with her as she requested.

“So sweety just what do you want to know?” Max asked

“Well a few things but right now what I want to know is why do all of the girls the chaquetrix summons have a crush on Ben?” Gwen ask, doing her best to put on a serious face.

“Oh, so you have finally notice. I am surprised it took this long, but then again this is the first day we didn’t have to deal with some kind of emergency since summer begin.” Max said not really surprised that Gwen was the first of the grandkids to realize that.

“Grandpa can you just answer the question, is the chaquetrix making the girls like Ben like that?” Gwen ask with a serous tone.

Max immediately thought of what Azmuth told him after he saw Ben interacting with the girls for the first time, “I never program love, I program them to feel loyalty and lust to wearer of the chaquetrix, and only that. Anything else they may feel isn’t because of me, it is because of him., it is because of them, and no one else."

“This may surprise you Gwen but no, it isn’t at least not way may you think.” Max answer honestly.

‘What do you mean by that?” Gwen asked.

“Well, you know how the girls have some memories from Ben and the other girls who were summoned before them when they were summoned for the first time. To put simply the first ten girls fell for the old Tennyson charm and it just started to spread faster because of that and frankly based on how Ben acts around them at times. It is clear his own feelings are helping in that manner.” Max explained the best he could, or least the best he understood himself.

“Wait, so the first ten actually fell for the dweeb for real and he fell for them, and because of that now they all like the doofus?” Gwen said clearly struggling with what she was hearing.

“Yes, and the more he cares for and likes all of them, and the more they care for and like him, the more they will care for and like each other.” Max explained.

It was clear to Max that Gwen was having a hard time accepting this, he guessed that to Gwen Ben was still just her goofy cousin. So, the idea of girls liking him and probably to a lesser extent the idea of him liking girls was hard for her to accepted.

“I know this is hard to understand and probably changes how you see the things the girls do with Ben. But we really do need to get ready for bed as well as see who will be spreading the night with us.” Max said as motion for his granddaughter to go inside.

“Grandpa, are you sure we should be letting the girls spend the night? Isn’t that something only adult couples do? I mean mom and dad gets really angry when Ken tries to spend the night with Penny.” Gwen asked.

“Oh wow, Ken really does take after his dad, doesn’t he?” Max said with chuckle while remembering those nights long ago when Frank would try to sneak out of the house to “spend some time” with a certain red head forever knight.

“What?” Gwen asked.

“Never mind, and while I get that now knowing how the girls feel about Ben you are probably a bit hesitate to allow them to do things like this, and trust me so am I. But they can and will show up anyway in the middle of the night so at least this way we can keep an eye on them. Besides we have a few years at least before we REALLY have to worry about what they get up to at night.” Max said.

“..What do you mean?” Gwen asked.

“Never mind, lets just go and see who it is tonight.” Max said as he and Gwen entered the Rustbucket.

And as they entered they immediately saw just who would be sleeping over tonight, it would be Ben’s transylian girl Frankenstrike. In terms of looks she was the most human-like of all Ben’s girls, which frankly and ironically made her even stranger looking to humans than the others. She was taller than Ben and Gwen, and more muscular which made her look like she was an early bloomer around their ages who work out, but it was the fact she looked like a cybernetic frankenstein's monster that got most people noticed. She looked like she was sewed, staple, and bolted from a bunch different greenish grey corpses with various machines used to fill in the gaps. Even her green eyes were a bit cloudy, almost like a corpse eyes yet they didn’t seem to give her any problems with her eyesight. She had short hair that was almost fully jet-black excerpt for two stripes in it, like the bride of Frankenstein excerpt her stripes were crimson red. She normally wore a thick sleeveless heavy shirt and long pants, with a metal belt, and boots. But she was now wearing some childish pajamas not too different than Gwen’s except they were black, where she got them from Max had no idea, and of course her there was her chaquetrix’s collar

However, what got Gwen and Max attention was the fact that Frankenstrike was sitting with her eye close while Ben was busy polishing her generators, something that she was clearly enjoying.

“…Ben what are you doing?” ask Max, who notice that as soon as she heard his voice Frankenstrike open eyes, with a look of panic and embarrassment.

“I’m just helping Frankenstrike polish her metal bits before bed.” Ben said, while still polishing her generators.

“Which is a perfectly normal thing to do. Just a completely normal thing.” Frankenstrike said trying to hide a panic tone in her voice. Which told Max who knew little about the Anur girls that whatever this was, it probably wasn’t innocent as it seems. But after the day he had and how late it was he didn’t feel like pressing the matter, and made a mental note to find out what this was about later.

“Grandpa, are you positive we should be letting her stay the night?” Gwen asked, not taking her eyes of her cousin and his 'friend'.

“Oh, come on, just because she has hard metal bits doesn’t mean she will be uncomfortable to sleep near.” Ben said, which caused Frankenstrike to blush deeply.

“Just get ready for bed kids, it has been a long day today.” Max said, with his voice being to show exhaustion.

Gwen got the hint started to get ready, while Ben simply said,” Long day? This the first day all summer where there has been no monsters, no super villains, no alien criminals, no regular criminals, or any kind of disaster at all. It wasn’t for the fact that I at least got to spend time with my friends it would be the most boring day ever.”

“Well, everyone else seem to like it and was going on and on about all day. Especially sense Grey Matter says she got permission for something big.” Frankenstrike said.

“Big? What do she permission for?” Ben asked.

“I don’t know, she didn’t say, but she did say it would happen at midnight on your eighteen birthday.” Frankenstrike answer, which got Max to take notice.

“Why wait that long? That is like forever away, and what would be so special about that birthday night?” Ben asked.

“First it isn’t nearly as long as I would like it to be, and second, lets just say it is going to be a loud night and leave it at that.” A clearly tried Max said, and getting the hint the kids dropped it.

"Well today was certainly a quiet one, it has been awhile sense we got one of those. And here is hoping it will be even longer before we have another as I don’t think I could survive another one.” Max thought to himself as he started to get ready for bed.

Max quietly exit the bathroom, it was late at night and he didn’t want to wake the kids. He took a quick moment to look to check if they were still asleep and couldn’t help but smile. Sleeping like a baby on the top bunk was Gwen, while on the bottom was Ben sound asleep with Frankenstrike who was sleeping on her back. With one arm wrapped around Ben, and while part of Max was worried about that, it did look innocent enough. Thou he was still curious on why it seem the girls time out slower when they were sleeping, did chaquetrix timer have something to do with how much energy the girls were spending? It was while wondering this question when he saw the flash. But this wasn’t the familiar chaquetrix flash, and Franenstrike was still asleep in bed, this flash came from outside.

Acting quickly yet quietly Max slide over to the window where he could make out several people, who seem small and odd looking in the dark. They didn’t seem to notice him and were busy talking to themselves, and Max who worried that whoever they were could be old 'friends' of their decided to see just who they were. So, grab a flashlight, and one of his smaller blasters, and quietly as he could exited the RV. Luckily whoever these people were, they were on the opposite side of the door side.

Max used all his plumber training and experience to sneak around the Rustbucket without making a sound. Slowly getting closer only to stop dead in tracks when recognized a very familiar sound, something had heard every single day sense this summer had begone, the sound of children arguing.

“This is all your fault Verdona!” A  clearly young female voice said.

“Don’t you start with me Natalie!” A different young female voice said.

“Rita make them stop!” An even younger female voice said.

“Girls please don’t argue, you’re upsetting Gwen.” A young male voice.

Hearing children arguing and using names from Max’s family made both his plumber sense and his grandfather sense go off. And told Max something very strange was going on and he needed to know what it was right now. So, stopping only to holster his blaster, and making sure the kids wouldn’t be able to tell he had one, he stepped around the RV’s corner and turn the flashlight on. Beginning Max face to face with ten children he had never seen before yet knew exactly who they were as soon as he saw them. Ten surprised looking children, nine of which clearly won’t human and one who was but Max didn’t believed he was fully human for a single moment.

Of those ten, one was a female(?) necrofriggian who look to about sixteen and was wearing a plumber cadet uniform. One was a female ectonurite who seem about ten, another was a blue female humanoid whose species Max had never seen before but remanded him of a sonorosian and also seem to be around ten, another one who looked younger than many of the others seem to be a green female kineceleran with armor plates and spikes, and another young female was a zaroffian. The biggest one, who still looked to around nine was a female detrovite, and another was a female fulmini who also looked around ten. Another was a female orthopterran who seem around a little older then the others minus the necrofriggian. And the last two was a very young looking, possibly five, girl who looked to Max almost like she was some kind of humanoid panucain but with more spikes and an armor head, and she was holding the hand of what Max knew had to be her older brother. The one human and male of the group, a young human was wearing a strange suit and looked enough like this group of children father that if he wasn’t his son than Max had another grandson he didn’t know about.

Max was stun for a moment, and so were kids, which cause an awkward silence that was soon broken by the green armor kineceleran who asked, “Great-grandpa how did get fat so fast?”

“..So I am still around when they are born, I guess shouldn’t be surprised sense my grandmother Rita is still around…Unless they came around earlier than I hope they would” Max thought to himself.

“Great going Lucy now he knows we are from the future!” the ectonurite yelled.

“Don’t yell at Lucy Verdona!” The blue humanoid yell which cause the young panucain to whimper.

“Shut up Natalie!” Verdona the ectonurite yell at her blue sister.

“Why don’t you all be quite for a moment before you wake up your ten-year-old father, aunt, and at least one of your mothers.” Max said to the children before pointing to the oldest one, “Now you, (“Rita” said the necrofriggian) Rita, why don’t you explain why I just met some of my future great-grandchildren a decade, I hope, too early.”

“Ken got a time-travel suit from Professor Paradox to do something important and we been traveling though time all day because of that.” Rita explained.

Max turned to look at his great-grandson, still holding his little sister’s hand, and while he knew he shouldn’t he had to ask. “So, why is he...So much like his father?"

“Our brothers can turn into all kinds of aliens and creatures, unlike us who can only turn into human, alien, and hybrid form.” Answer the fulmini.

“You aren’t supposed to tell past people things like that Betty.” Verdona angrily said.

“Yeah, what we don’t exist anymore because of that.” Natalie agreed.

“Would you all please stop arguing, you know how much it upsets Gwen.” Ken said as he started to pet his little sister’s head.

“I want daddy, and mommies.” Gwen whimper out.

“I could have gone out with Little Chill, Max, and Jr to fight the circus freaks but no, I had to agree to take them out to a movie. I couldn’t just let Frank, Sunny, or Mama Albedo do it.” Rita said, clearly annoyed.

“Albedo? As in Azmuth’s biological kid? How did-no, it is better I don’t know. Look, we can’t have you here all night, and the longer we keep talking the more likely your parents and aunt will wake up to find you. And I don’t think that is good idea, especially sense Ben hasn’t 'met' some of your mothers yet. So how do we get you guys to go home to your own time?” Max said to his great-grandchildren.

“I don’t know, the suit just seems to be teleporting us at complete random. Which means Professor Paradox probably wants at those moments for some reason to do something somehow.” Ken answered.

“So you're stuck here, until whatever it is you’re supposed to do is done, but you don’t know what it is and you just travel somewhere else once it is done, which may not be your home and time.” Max said, remembering his own dealings with time travel, and thinking that this Professor Paradox sounded familiar for some reason. But he couldn’t recall why, probably because of time travel, this stuff gets confusing fast.

“Yeah and who knows what we are supposed to do, maybe we’re just supposed to waste your time or something.” Rita said.

“Or maybe we are supposed to wake up dad, Aunt Gwen, and some of our moms.” The detrovite said.

“Well we could try it Vera but I don’t think it would work and either us or some of silblings may not exist anymore.” Rita said to her detrovite sister.

“Or maybe we are here so great-grandpa can tell us where babies come from.” Lucy the green armor kineceleran said.

“What now?” Max said a little surprise by that.

“Mama Walkatrout found out she was pregnant this morning, so she been asking about this all day. That why I was taking them to the movies in the first place, both because of new future siblings we are getting and so the parents can figure out just the right way to explain to some of the younger ones how we are getting them.” Rita explained.

Max remember back to when he given the talk to his sons, when he given them the advice that his father given him, and that he completely ignored. Which was the same advice his grandfather given to his father, and he completely ignored. The same advice that for countless generations Tennysons have been giving to other generations of Tennysons who completely ignored it. “Don't stick it in anything unless you are willing and able to deal with the consequences.”

“…I don’t think I am the best to give that talk.” Max said.

“You were thinking about the Tennyson’s advice, won’t you? The one that no one has ever followed.” Rita said while looking at her great-grandfather.

“So, neither of my grandsons followed that advice either?” Max said clearly not sure how to take that news.

“Neither did Aunt Gwen.” Rita added to Max horror.

“Wait, what day is this anyway? Did anything happen today that could help us figure out what we are supposed to do?” Ken asked

“Well it was the only quite day we have gotten this summer and Ben’s unlock Decagon today.” Max answer.

“Mama Decagon was just unlocked? I think I know what we are supposed to do then, make sure you buy an electric drill before leaving town.” Rita said.

“Okay but why?” Max asked.

“Lets just say you’re aren’t going to get another quite morning anytime soon.” Rita said right before a flash from Ken suit cause him and his siblings to disappear.

“That was it? I hate time travel, or well I guess I better get some sleep. Sense it seems we are going back to business as usual.” Max said he started to head back inside.