Khyber's First Launch

**Khyber's First Launch** is the third episode of Ben 10: Battle of the Omnitricies. This episode was written by Benzarro85 on January 1, 2022.

## Plot

The episode begins with Khyber managing to escape the Plumber HQ by planning his way of escape. He successfully leaves the area, without being seen. The scene skips to Burger Shack. Ben was hanging outside the restaurant, ordering some chili fries to takeaway. Khyber stands on top of a nearby roof, watching him with his small machine to magnify his vision. He watches Ben make a departure.

"Interesting." Khyber whispered. "Very interesting."

Khyber stops spying on Ben as he finds him entering the Proto-TRUK. He departs from the scene, as Ben gets inside the vehicle, closing the door behind him.

"Alright." Ben spoke. "Let's move, we're gonna be late on our visit to Gwen and Kevin's college."

Rook sighed as he began to drive off to Friedkin University. "We need to be careful, we don't want a repeat performance of our first visit."

"We'll be fine." Ben replied, eating his chili fries. "I'm sure Xagliv could get them to calm down."

After about fifteen to twenty minutes of travelling by the Proto-TRUK, they arrive at Friedkin University. Gwen and Kevin were waiting for them outside as they got out of the vehicle. Ben and Rook walk over to Gwen and Kevin.

"Hello, Tennyson." Kevin spoke, giving Ben a fist bump. "How are things going?"

"Eh, could've been better." Ben responded. "Well, since we're here, how about we just hang about in class?"

Gwen nodded. "Sure. I have more schoolwork to catch up on, I'm sure Xagliv won't mind."

They head to the building as they entered through the doors. Sooner or later, Khyber arrived to Fridkin University in order to continue his mission by spying on Ben. Ben and the others arrive to the classroom, as Helena Xagliv was teaching the class. She didn't mind Gwen arriving late, since she was informed about Ben's visit. Ben and the other three sit down at their seats as Gwen began to work on her extra schoolwork, while Rook payed his attention to the screen, whereas Kevin and Ben relaxed themselves.

Upon relaxing, some more students arrive late to the classroom. One was Dante, the other was Margie, and the other two were Brad Chadlad and Gwen's brother Ken. Ken sits along with Ben, Rook, Gwen and Kevin.

"I'm so glad to see you." he said, giving Gwen a hug. "How's my favourite sister?"

Gwen turned to face him and chuckled. "I'm your only sister." She playfully nudges him, as they both laugh.

Rook leans over to Ben. "I am unfamiliar with this relative of yours. Could you tell me who he is?"

"He's my cousin, Ken." Ben replied. "He's Gwen's brother. We used to hang out a lot when we were kids."

"I see." Rook thought. "It's nice to meet you, sir."

"You must be Rook Blonko." Ken spoke. "Gwen told me so much about you. I've heard that you come from the planet Revonnah. That's pretty cool."

"Yes, I do indeed come from Revonnah. It is where I lived before I came to Earth to train to become a Plumber. But the Vreedle Brothers blew up the academy, and I had to do the rest of my courses in space."

Ken looked at Gwen. "Has he always been like this?"

Gwen chuckled. "He has been like that at times, but sometimes he can be quite smart with his words."

Helena clears her throat as she continued teaching the class. Gwen went back to her classwork, while the others just chilled, doing absolutely nothing. Strangely enough, Khyber manages to enter the courtyard, as he slowly makes his way to the building. After infultrating the building, he walks down the halls, hoping to not be seen, until the bells ring. How convenient. Ben and the gang leave the classroom, as Ben spots Khyber.

"I thought Khyber was arrested and taken to HQ prison." Ben thought.

"You're forgetting the main picture, Ben Tennyson." Khyber smirked. "I am a huntsman, I have my ways to escape, even if they take time."

Khyber makes a run for it, while Ben and Rook chase after him; Ben dials the Omnitrix, hoping to use an alien to catch up with him.

"Alright, Fasttrack. Let's see how Khyber can do against you."

Ben slams the faceplate as he transforms into Snare-Oh instead, still running. He looks at his hands, noticing how he's a Thep-Khufan instead of a Citrakayah. He sighs.

"Fine." Snare-Oh spoke, annoyed. "Guess I'll have to use Snare-Oh for this instead."

Snare-Oh watches as Khyber was further ahead, as he takes a shortcut. Rook proceeds to follow, as they manage to catch up with Khyber from there. As soon as Snare-Oh reaches to Khyber, he jumps at him, as they both fall onto the ground.

"What are you meant to be doing here anyway, Khyber?" Snare-Oh questioned. "Have you been stalking us this entire time?!"

"That has nothing to do with you, boy." Khyber snapped. "My mission was to adapt to your routine. I've seen what you're up to in Burger Shack."

"Eww. What a creep."

Snare-Oh and Khyber get up as he transforms back into Ben. "You, sir, are a creep. You've been watching us... well... mainly me... for what? Are you doing this to update Albedo and Eon on their mission?"

Speaking of mission, the scene switches to Albedo and Eon who come out of the portal generated from the previous episode. They entered what appeared to be Bellwood during the night. They had entered an alternate timeline, but they proceeded to travel, as the timeline they were in was not the one they needed to stay in. They arrive in another alternate timeline, as they proceed to look for a room for their mission to continue. They find a room underneath a building. It was fit for their later missions to collect evil Bens. As soon as they entered the room, Eon flicks the switch as the light turned on, making it easier for them to see.

"What was your world like to you?" Albedo asked.

"My world..." Eon tried to respond. "It... was something. My world was much like Ben Tennyson's before something horrible happened."

"What did happen?" Albedo asked again.

"I don't remember..." Eon replied. "It's been a while... but it was a scarring memory. I don't wish to look back."

Albedo and Eon set up their technology inside their secret base. Later, Albedo began to think, he wasn't sure if they should gather the other evil Bens or not. Suddenly, some explosion happens from the outside. Albedo and Eon head out to investigate. It looked like it was an alternate Ben, though it was hard to tell. As soon as Eon gets ready to draw out an energy blast, the figure turns around, revealing their face.

"Who... who are you?" Eon spoke.

"My name is Ben Tennyson, but you can call me Nega Ben. I believe we've met before."

"Yes. Indeed we have." Eon replied. "Back when Vilgax and I recruited you and the others."

Nega Ben let out a short, cold laugh. "Yeah, I remember that. Say, the others are still in their own timelines. But there's more alternate Bens we need to see."

"Who?" Eon spoke, slightly confused. "Who are they?"

Nega Ben cocked his head to the side. "I can't tell you. But you'll know once you get them."

Back in Friedkin University, Khyber manages to break free from the clutches of Ben and the team as Khyber makes a run for it. Ben finds out about this after hearing some students scream as they moved out of the way. It was like deja vu; Ben had already ran down the hall to catch up with Khyber, but he had a job to do. Ben dials the Omnitrix before getting blasted by a mysterious entity. It was revealed to be Charmcaster.

"Charmcaster? How did you manage to get yourself out of your own bag?"

Charmcaster laughed. "You're asking the most powerful sorceress how they managed to escape their own magic bag? The answer is literally right in front of you."

Ben sighed. "Oh right. Magic."

Charmcaster looks at Khyber who catches up to the fight. "And who are you supposed to be?" Charmcaster questioned.

"There's no time to introduce ourselves, we have Tennyson to defeat."

"Right. Like you're in charge."

Charmcaster throws a mana-like blast as it explodes on impact from the ground. As it sends Ben flying, Ben transforms into Upgrade as he began firing energy blasts back at Charmcaster as a type of retaliation. Getting the upper hand on Ben, Charmcaster trows a handful of small totems as they emerge into huge Rock Monsters; this only made Upgrade's job a whole lot harder.

"Aww man..." Upgrade spoke, as the scene ends.

The scene returns to Upgrade being surrounded by an army of Rock Monsters that had been summoned by Charmcaster. Upgrade had to think of something to fend off the Rock Monsters, but doing so would result on the escape of Charmcaster and even Khyber.

"Maybe Dreamcatcher can handle with something like this!" he said as he attempted to switch into Dreamcatcher. The camera shifted to Charmcaster, briefly.

"Dreamcatcher? Never heard of him."

Charmcaster and Khyber shield their eyes as Ben is engufed in a green light. However, Ben does not turn into Dreamcatcher, but rather a different alien, someone new, someone he hadn't used before. Out appeared Ben as a Basalt from the planet Andesite; Rocks appears, as he looked at his hands.

"Alrighty then." Rocks spoke with a sigh. "I may not be Dreamcather, but at least I get this new, cool alien."

Rocks began to take down the Rock Monsters, while Charmcaster and Khyber were later ambushed by Rook, Gwen and Kevin. They spot Ben as a new alien, as they shrugged, and got ready to fight. Charmcaster draws a gargantuan mana ball as she aims it towards Gwen's direction.

"You know. All that time being stuck in my own bag, I actually learnt a few new tricks." Charmcaster spoke, blasting Gwen who dodges by shielding herself. "Shame, I wonder if I can get my hands on that staff."

"You just came back, and now you're talking about that staff?!" Gwen shouted, a little frustrated. She draws out her spellbook, as she flicks through the pages, before lifting her hand at Hope's direction. "From what I've seen, Hex is very disappointed in you, from when you turned him, as well as me, Darkstar, Adwaita and Bezel into totums."

She blasts Charmcaster who dodges by leaping to her left. "You dare mention my traitorous uncle. If it weren't for the fact he wanted to become a teacher, we'd actually be here ruling this planet."

Rocks butts in after punching a hole into a Rock Monster. "Well, no. Since I'd still be here to kick your butt."

Charmcaster's eyes glow magenta as she casts a water spell which makes Rocks brittle and weak. This gave the Rock Monsters a chance to take him down. "Stay out of this, boy."

Rocks is smacked right into a building as he transforms back into Ben. He got up and realised he was inside a classroom. He watches the fight continue as he dials the Omnitrix, hoping to transform into a decent alien. With Rook and Kevin call for Ben's assistance, Ben jumps in as he transforms into Ninja Cat as he pounces at Khyber, knocking him off his feet.

"And who's this?" Kevin asked. "You look a lot like Rook."

"Ninja Cat." he responded. "This is Ninja Cat."

"Nice." Kevin smiled. "I'm surprised you have him inside that watch of yours."

Ninja Cat chuckled. "I'm surprised I have anyone inside the Omnitrix."

Suddenly, Charmcaster blasts Gwen to the point she smacks her back against the wall. Charmcaster casts another spell in which her magic ended up becoming red-toned more then magenta. She began firing at the team, with Ninja Cat and the others getting blasted straight into the classrooms on the oppisite side. Ninja Cat transforms back into Ben.

"All this power is mine!" Charmcaster cackled. "All mine!"

"Not before I take you down first." Ben spoke. "It's hero time."

Ben dials the Omnitrix, skimming through aliens like Chromastone, Bullfrag, XLR8, Fasttrack, Brainstorm, Wildmutt, Pesky Dust and Big Chill. "Come on, come on." Ben slams the Omnitrix core, which meant he transformed into an alien. With the green light blinding the villain and his teammates, Ben had transformed into Gravattack. Gravattack looks around as he smirked. "Finally. Someone great."

Gravattack uses his gravity powers which contains Charmcaster in a gravity field. Charmcaster tries to break free, to no avail. Gravattack started throwing her around, while Gwen, Rook and Kevin finish her off. Khyber makes his escape once again, knowing Ben's schedule completely. Since Ben and the gang was distracted, and Khyber had managed to escape, the scene switches to Albedo, Nega Ben and Eon.

Eon generates a portal. "Alright. Since we're reuniting the evil Bens together, we are heading to our next location."

"Alright. I hope to see you again soon." Nega Ben spoke.

As Eon and Albedo head into the portal, Nega Ben heads back home, ending the episode.

## Characters

* Ben Tennyson
* Rook Blonko
* Gwen Tennyson
* Kevin Levin
* Brynjar Ahlström (cameo)
* Ken Tennyson (first re-appearance)
* Helena Xagliv (first re-appearance)
* Dante (first re-appearance)
* Margie (first re-appearance)
* Brad Chadlad (first re-appearance)

## Villains

* Khyber
* Albedo
* Eon
* Nega Ben (first re-appearance)
* Charmcaster (first re-appearance)
* Stone Creatures (first re-appearance)

## Aliens Used

### By Ben

* Snare-Oh (first re-appearance; selected alien was Fasttrack)
* Upgrade (first re-appearance)
* Rocks (first appearance; selected alien was Dreamcatcher)
* Ninja Cat
* Gravattack (first re-appearance)

## Trivia

* It is revealed that Nega Ben used NRG to cause an explosion from the outside in order to get Eon and Albedo's attention.