Before arriving at the cave
Ben flew at supersonic speeds heading towards Brazil where Trixx had triangulated the mysterious groups location, ok..more like speculated using the facts she had but it was still a pretty good guess.
This Kryptonian form is so powerful Ben thought as his body absorbed the distant UV rays making him feel a tingle all over his body as he was still getting used to the Kryptonians physiology and its advantages. Trixx, give me a full analysis of this form, Ben mentally requested Trixx.
Specie is Kryptonian, possesses powers of vast superhuman strength and speed, near-invulnerability, flight, super breath, heat vision, X-ray vision, telescopic/microscopic vision, super hearing and voice synthesization. Weaknesses are being exposed to radiation from a red sun or an artificially made red sun radiation which was mostly found in the now extinct Kryptonian home world. Green Kryptonite is also a weakness of him and some magic too would cause some minor damage to the form according to the files I retrieved from the watchtower but it was yet to be proven came Trixx voice while she also displayed the information for Ben to see. If the normal form is this powerful,I wonder how powerful a kryptonians ultimate form could be. Ben's train of thought started from there.
I wonder if I'm faster than jetray he thought while increasing his speed with a BOOM soaring and cutting through the clouds in super sonic speeds slightly higher than jetray. Approaching destination Trixx voice cut off his thoughts.
Decelerating, he came to a stop floating up some meters above the dense forest cover. Looking at the vast green tree canopies extended for miles reminded him of the creature he had first encountered when he had landed in some part of the forest days ago. I wonder if he is still here,and if so then he would have taken notice of the group hiding in the forest Ben thought as he tuned his new super hearing to try and listen to any peculiar noise coming from the forest.
Indeed Swampthing had taken notice of the Avengers in the forest but since they mostly used renewable sources of energy and didn't seem to have any ill will against the environment he decided to leave them be in their hideout.
Floating above the zone calculated by Trixx on where they may have potentially set up their base of operations, he descended to the forest floor and proceeded to allow her to analyze the area looking for traces of human life, footpaths or man made objects in the forest. Ben's eyes roamed the forest floor while Trixx analyzed everything Ben set his eyes on. The tree species and their ages, the various animal and insect species since his brain which was technologically and mechanically advanced could allow him to zoom far off objects. Weak uplink and downlink signal detected, cannot triangulate exact location or the data being uploaded due to the heavy canopies above from the trees and the thick vegetation around us, I suggest using your Methanosian form to locate them Trixx mentally replied while the readings Ben was shown backed up all of Trixx findings.
The dense forest wasn't exactly helping their cause in terms of visibility…since his enhanced vision could only see so much and his superhearing wasn't much help either because of the many animal and insect species in the forest each communicating via their own signature sounds and frequencies which proved to be overwhelming for Ben who has only been using this form for a couple of hours now. "I bet superman could find them with ease," he mummured referring to how superman had vast experience using his powers while he relied on instincts and the occasional help from Trixx who was already adapting to the kryptonians features.
In a flash of bright green light Ben changed to Swampfire and started trudging along the forest floor with the forest creatures staring at him curiously. They probably think I'm the creature that protects them, Ben thought. He used his chlorokinesis to search the forest for the group which he realized was much faster because he found the group in a cave some miles away and by the feel of things they had set up a pretty efficient base with technology and all that. He could feel the minor effects of the solar panels on some of the tree canopies surrounding the cave. How did they set up a fully functional base in this short time period, He thought. Multiple sensors and triggers detected, caution is advisable while proceeding from this point, Trixx informed Ben while mapping out the area a few meters ahead of them and showing Ben the various traps and sensors. I know the perfect guy for the job. By thought,he changed to his Necrofriggian form, Big chill and went invisible / intangible then proceeded to fly through trees in their direction knowing that this form would be able to avoid all their sensors and traps.
In the cave after revealing himself
"WTF are you!?" Tony shouted after getting over his shock. "Ben 10" "Tony language" Cap chided at the same time that Ben replied. "Is that supposed to mean anything!?" Nat replied while reaching for the pistol taped under the chair she sat on. Wanda, Thor, Bruce and Hawkeye watched warily, each of them ready to fight and defend themselves incase he was a threat.
"How did you get past all the sensors and WHO are you!" Tony demanded his anger rising for not getting his way and the answers he needed in these past few days. "My name is Ben and I come in peace." Ben who had turned to his normal self replied while raising his hands up. "You better answer my question or in pieces is what you'll be kid" Tony said charging his repulsers.
"Runs on self sufficient and renewable energy,impressive." Voiced Ben slightly impressed. Trixx had scanned ironman and made that observation about the suit. His suit armor runs using a miniaturized arc reactor which generates three gigaojoules per second. According to the design and structure in his chest it keeps a piece of shrapnel from logging into his heart and also powers his suit, Trixx mentally explained to Ben all these while showing him graphic designs of Tony's suit and the arc reactor. All these information she got by hacking Jarvis in seconds since Tony's suit was lined with lead preventing any form of X-ray scans.. It seems the earths are more developed than I thought, Ben thought to himself.
Tony's shoulders tensed slightly when he heard his arc reactor being mentioned but recovered soon after. "That's not what we asked you" Tony pointed out already tired of talking to this kid.
"My name is Ben Tennyson and I'm also from an alternate earth as I'm sure you've already figured it out by now." Ben simply stated to them. "Yes we know that already but WHAT do you want? Better yet how did you find us?" Nat's annoyed voice was heard. She had taken time to study the stranger who was either extremely brave or really stupid to sneak into their temporary base with all of them there and was annoying at how he didn't exactly offer up any straight answers.
"I heard and saw what happened at the Gotham port and wanted to meet you. You clearly showed signs of being dimensional travelers so I figured we could help each other out…you are superheroes right?... coz I hate making deals with criminals" Ben couldn't help but add the last part lest he made a mistake in his deductions.
Ironman, who had been monitoring Ben's breathing and heart rate via Jarvis to confirm if he was speaking the truth visibly relaxed by depowering his gauntlets which had a domino effect to the others who were also calming down deciding not to view him as a threat…yet. Jarvis had also taken time to scan and analyze Ben which had very interesting results to Tony.
"Sir, I'm detecting a powerful, renewable and the most self sufficient source of energy signature coming from his watch. I am unable to compute or identify the technology used in developing it. I believe it doubles as some kind of computer since I'm detecting signals emanating from within it." Jarvis informed Tony from the confines of his suit and HUD. "Hack into it and retrieve any information you can get."came Tony's order. "Sir, I am unable to hack into it." Jarvis replied. "What do you mean you are unable to hack into it!?" Tony shouted frustratingly making his decision to have this conversation private very suitable. "It's programming language are beyond my technical abilities to fully understand it." Jarvis simply replied while showing him various codes in his HUD. "Damn it, we've not even bypassed the first firewall let alone even put a dent to it." Tony muttered to himself after observing all the data presented to him."
Unknowing to Tony and Jarvis, Trixx had detected the external attempt at hacking her and notified Ben. External intrusion detected. Flashed in front of Ben's eye. What's going on Trixx? Ben asked Trixx alarmed. I believe Jarvis is unsuccessfully attempting to hack me. Should I initiate counter measures? Trixx replied calmly. Is it dangerous? Asked Ben. No it is not. My systems are too advanced for any technology in this sector or universe to understand my functions and coding. Should I initiate counter measures? Asked Trixx again. No, let them frustrate and tire themselves out. Ben replied now knowing why Tony was so frustrated with him.
"How did you get past all the sensors and defenses?" "Teleportation?" Tony asked Ben knowing since he couldn't hack him he would get the information the old fashioned way,interrogation.
I might as well tell them Ben thought knowing that the armored guy won't give up on that particular line of questioning. "I flew past them…more like floated…" Ben explained while sliding his hand in air as if gesturing how he flew.
"That is impossible, no mortal can fly. SPEAK THE TRUTH!" Thor finally spoke up having heard enough of the strangers lies. "Uuhmm…I hate to disagree with you at a time like this..buut.. we did see mortals flying just a few days ago…" Hawkeye spoke up. "The cape wearing dude, the warrior goddess and the guy who has thunder too.." He shrugged while he listed the guys they fought against with his fingers. "Those are not mere mortals..I sense nothing special with him." Thor said pointing Miljonir in Ben's direction which he had summoned when Ben popped in unannounced.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Ben offended. "And how stupid do you think I am coming to lie to the very people who subdued most of the Justice league." Ben said now starting to get annoyed at the vague accusations.
This didn't go unnoticed by Nat, who was an expert at reading people due to the nature of her job before joining The Avengers. "He didn't mean it like that," she tried to clarify, "He means that…What do you mean?" Nat asked Thor failing to come up with a better version of Thor's words. It was a common occurrence to them how plain Thor can be with his words, however other people didn't get the chance to spend more time with him to get used to it. Before Thor could clarify himself he was beaten to the punch by Ben.
"I became intangible and flew past them, it was…" Ben started clarifying but was cut short when he noticed the glares directed at him. Okay..I too would think that I'm crazy if I were in their shoes right about now he thought knowing exactly how crazy he sounded. Tony having had enough was about to yell some very colorful words and drag the kid out of there when a bright green flash blinded everyone for a few seconds. Adjusting first due to Jarvis help and his HUD, he gawked at the sight that stood in front of him equally frightened and curious. There was a humanoid, moth like alien whose had a poncho, it had a black body with cyan patches on his arms, shoulders, legs and the back of his neck that resemble ice chunks. It's torso had three plates. His face had blue cheeks and underjaw. On top of its head sports a blue Y-shaped marking that extends over his scalp. On its chest was the hour glass symbol he previously saw on the kids wrist which confirmed his suspicion which it was indeed him.
Ben had decided to transform so that they could witness what he was talking about. "I call him Big chill." Big chill voiced out after everyone's vision was restored and they were all either too stunned to say anything or they were just staring at him. "I can turn.." No sooner had he started speaking in his chilly voice than Thor threw Miljonir at him which in turn forced Big chill to go intangible in the nick of time making Miljonir to pass through him safely. "You guys are crazy!"Big chill hissed choosing to remain intangible incase anyone else tried anything.
Inside the Iron man suit, Jarvis analyzed the massive energy that Ben's watch emitted which resulted in the blinding green light. Scanning the new creature in front of him, all Jarvis could display was an "Error" or "unknown specie" regarding to anything dealing with the creature. "The energy and radiation released by the watch while the subject transformed was contained and none leaked out." Jarvis informed Tony. "Great, so there's nothing you can tell me about the kid or this transformation of his." Tony sarcastically said to his A.I. "I believe not. My programming and database does not contain any useful data or information regarding the subject matter." Came Jarvis monotone voice. "Great,just what a genius needs, a kid who can code better than him." Muttered Tony already disliking the boy more.
Thor noticing the creature appear after the bright green flash, attacked thinking it was initiating an attack, being a centuries old warrior who was on edge could do that to you. Nat, Cap, Hawkeye and Wanda could only watch as they were still shocked by the sight of the floating creature. This was way above their pay grade. When did we start fighting tranforming aliens? Thought Hawkeye.
Banner on the other hand was already on alert ready to let his counter part The Hulk take over incase the situation turned violent since he felt the minute radiation from Ben's change. The scientist in him was curious as to how the transformation took place and what the binding agent was that helped him transform. Is he also a gamma experiment or victim? Banner couldn't help but think.
"I didn't come for a fight," although I would gladly kick all your annoying asses Ben finished with a train of thought. "What are you?" Wanda asked Ben since she couldn't read his mind. Not for lack of trying though, since Ben arrived Wanda has tried unsuccessfully to read his mind and that unsettled her. Was he a telepath too? Wanda thought. "Right now I'm a Necrofriggian." Ben said unfolding his wings.
"So you're an alien" Tony said as a matter of fact. "Well…not exactly..I can't turn into different aliens." "I also get their abilities when I transform into them." Ben added. "What do you mean turn into different aliens?" Banner asked becoming interested in studying the creature infront of him.
The next few hours consisted of Ben explaining to The Avengers how he could change into different aliens, the Omnitrix, his world and how he got to this earth. Banner and Tony were very intrigued and in awe of the Omnitrix but Ben turned down every request from them to analyze how the Omnitrix worked. It was one of the things Ben promised Azmuth never to let anyone do to the watch because if it's technology landed in the wrong hand it could very well mean the end of the multiverse as a whole. "Why can't I read your mind?" A question suddenly shot out by Wanda.
"Oh..well..the Omnitrix prevents telepaths from messing with my head and also protects me from possession by all whether spiritual or not." Wanda seemed satisfied by Ben's answer because she started talking to Cap who was infront of the monitor still viewing footages and typing away at something.
At the mention of protection from telepaths, Tony's face plate lifted up revealing his face. "Come on, name your price. You'll be richer than the freaking US govt. if you let me get a peak behind the hood. Just some minutes." Tony attempted the method that always got results for him and banner was also anticipating Ben's answer believing Tony to have finally persuaded him.
"I'm sorry but No. If it's about the money, I have aliens that are made up of extremely expensive and rare crystals that one shard could buy me everything on this earth." Ben replied nonchalantly. Feeling weird being the only one flying, Big chill changed back with another flash of green.
"Must the blinding light be there?" Nat questioned slightly annoyed by the flash. "Yes it has to be, they're a package deal." Ben smirked at her. "So that's how you bypassed all our defense systems, we didn't anticipate an intangible person coming through." Tony observed out loud already designing various ways to counter intangibility most of them using energy force fields which he had to test out if they could hold an intangible object. "Yeah" ben shrugged.
"You said you can turn into different aliens..how many?" Hawkeye who was mentally analyzing everything that happened asked Ben. "Over a million." Nat dropped her phone from shock at the number relayed to them. "Excuse me?" Nat spoke up.
"Well..before it was only slightly over a hundred aliens but since I fully unlocked the Omnitrix some months ago,it tallies up to over a million." Ben replied loving how shocked they all were. Even Thor who had remained stoic throughout this exchange was slightly shocked from the revelation. "Damn kid, you're full of surprises." Tony deadpaned while Thor moved to Ben to apologize for his rash behavior earlier. "I am Thor, son of Odin, god of Thunder, Prince of Asguard, apologies for my earlier behavior, I thought you had ill intentions towards us." He said while extending his hand to Ben. "It's cool, I've had worse than that," Ben shrugged while greeting him.
Thor was about to turn when he was stopped by a beeping sound coming from Ben's watch.
UNCATALOGUED ALIEN DNA DETECTED…preparing to scan…flashed infront of Ben's HUD eyes while Trixx voiced the same. "Shit" he cursed the moment the beep sounded and the familiar yellow beam of light proceeded to shoot out of the opened Omnitrix face plate and scan Thor from head to toe twice then retract back. SAMPLE ACQUIRED…PROCESSING… came Trixx voice.
"What did you do!" Demanded Thor while the rest of the avengers also moved forward. Throwing his hands up in a surrender position, "It does that sometimes, it just scanned Thor's DNA so it can be stored, I did tell you that the Omnitrix is a hub of sentient DNA which means that Thor here is a sentient life form" Came Ben's reply. "What will happen to that DNA?" Banner inquired curious about the watch's inner workings. "Once the DNA sample has been analyzed, I will be able to turn into the Omnitrix version of a prime Asguardian." Everyone just gawked at him, the silence increasing to minutes. He usually loved every minute of him explaining to people how the Omnitrix worked because their reactions were priceless. "What do you mean prime Asguardian?" Wanda asked him. "The Omnitrix aliens are usually the prime examples of what that race should be or should have been. It's like the perfect version of that race." Ben explained further. Most of them had stopped looking at Ben and we're looking at the bulky watch in his hand in awe.
"What else should we know? I'd hate any more surprises." Tony said in an annoyed tone. Tony was annoyed that not even Jarvis could scan the Omnitrix. Jarvis scanners couldn't even penetrate the first layer of the Omnitrix or analyse the components that made up the first layer successfully. Jarvis had noted it was made from an unknown metal alloy while also running on a more efficient and powerful clean renewable energy to be able to withstand or accommodate the energy needed for Ben's various transformations. Azmuth made sure that no scanner could ever scan the Omnitrix successfully and even developed protocols and contingencies should one succeed.
"Well now that you mention it, the heroes you encountered at the port requested a meeting with you…" Ben held his breath waiting for their reaction. This was the moment that would determine how they all proceeded in the future. Tony, pointing at Ben readying for his outburst..was cut short when Captain America took charge. "Okay, when do they want to meet?" Caps authoritative voice shut down anything anyone wanted to say. He heard enough and wanted to resolve this issue as fast as possible, him being the diplomatic one.
"Whenever you're ready, I'll just teleport us to the watchtower where they'll be waiting.." Ben replied still not sure if the others agreed with Cap. He knew everyone by name now, with Trixx displaying all the information she got when she discreetly hacked Tony's database. Looking to his team mates, "we need to deal with this mis-understanding, the faster it is resolved the faster we can figure out what is going on and can go back home." Reluctantly,they all nodded and went to get what they would need for the meeting leaving Thor, Tony, Cap and Ben alone in an awkward silence. "So..when you said you could turn into Thor, did you mean with his powers of being a god? Wait..will you also be the son of Odin?" Chuckled Tony moving towards Ben attempting to break the silence. "I guess the powers part could happen but being the son of Odin.. I doubt" Ben smirked back at him.
"How old are you? Shouldn't you be in school or something?" Wanda asked Ben coming back to the room with her small backpack the others trailing behind her. "I'm old enough," Ben sent a flirtatious smirk her way which caused her to blush a little at her question. "I was in the university before being brought here." "We're ready." Nat decided to help Wanda by taking the spotlight away from her which she in-turn sent a thankful look her way. "So how do you contact them?" "Earpiece, walkie talkie or phone?"asked banner.
"I hacked their system, I'll just teleport us." Ben shrugged and before anyone could question what he meant by that they disappeared.