Double Negative

Double Negative is a chapter book created and published by Scholastic and based on Ben 10: Alien Force.
==Synopsis==
Ben's been acting a little funny lately. Suddenly, he's acing all his math and physics tests, and he's a little too into his chili-cheese fries. Gwen and Kevin don't think much of it - teenagers are just weird sometimes, especially teenage boys - until they catch him sneaking around Plumbers' headquarters at night.
Turns out an imposter has taken Ben's place, and it's none other than Albedo, Ben's evil alter ego. Albedo has tried to steal the Omnitrix before - and failed. But this time is different. Someone powerful is backing him. And if Albedo knows what happened to the real Ben - and the real Omnitrix - he's not telling...
==Plot==
==Major Events==
===Character Debuts===
*Clithe
==Characters==
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Kevin Levin
**Kevin's Alien Force Mutation
*Julie Yamamoto
*Ship
*Clithe (first appearance)
*Imprisoned Vulpimancer
*Imprisoned Tetramand
*Other Prisoners
*Azmuth
===Villains===
*Techadon Robots
*Albedo
*Vilgax
*Psyphon
==Aliens Used==
*Rath (selected alien was Big Chill)
*Echo Echo (selected alien was Humungousaur)
*Cannonbolt
*Lodestar
==Continuity==
*The book takes place sometime after Con of Rath, as Ben has access to Rath.
*The narrator mentions several events from previous episodes:
**Albedo created a duplicate Omnitrix and was turned into a negative version of Ben at the end of Good Copy, Bad Copy.
**Ben's visit to Incarcecon, which occurred in Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix.
**Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1, where Ben and Kevin hacked the Omnitrix.
**Goop, Chromastone, Spidermonkey and Way Big's escape from the Omnitrix, Chromastone's destruction and Azmuth's loss of trust in Ben from Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2.
==Errors==
*Wildmutt's name is misspelled as "WildMutt".
*The Vulpimancer prisoner is described as an amphibious creature with webbed feet and bulbous eyeballs on top of its arched head, entirely contradicting the canon depiction of the species. This is likely due to the author intending to refer to Ripjaws instead.
*The Vulpimancer language is translated by the Omnitrix even though the language was previously stated to be untranslatable.
*During Rath's rant to the other inmates, he says "Rath doesn't know the meaning of the word quit" when "quiet" makes sense in context, as Clithe later says in reference to Rath.
*Kevin's legs are stated to be made of an unknown alien substance, although they are actually made of wood.
*The Techadon robots are capable of intelligent speech in the book despite being silent in the series.
*Vilgax is said to be unaware of the Omnitrix's dependence on Primus despite the book taking place sometime after Con of Rath (as evidenced by Ben having access to Rath) and by extension, after Ghost Town, where Vilgax learned about Primus from Zs'Skayr off-screen.
*The Volaticus biopsis are referred to as Apis Metalifera.
==Trivia==
*This book is non-canon.
*The book contains a preview of The Dark of Knight.
==References==
===Merchandise===
===Charlotte Fullerton===
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