The Vengers (Team)

**The Vengers** were a group of five villains in *Clock 10: Choose Your Own Adventure*. They are each from alternate futures who came to the present to kill Clockwork Firefly before he could scorn them in the first place.

## Members

* **Namron:** The leader and creator of the Vengers. Namron experimented his sanity manipulation powers on himself, which caused him to turn completely insane. He rapidly became an enemy to his version of Clock. Determining he had been defeated one too many times by a Clock stronger than him, he searched for a way to one up him instead. Namron would eventually learn how to traverse the multiverse to other universes, where he began recruiting the other members of the group.
* **Lado:** Described as a genius (and intentionally made to look like the leader of the group before Namron's true intentions come to light), Lado was the strategist. The entire plan to con Clock with Namron was fabricated by Lado, with Namron's leadership executing it. Lado had found an infinite energy source that would have sacrificed an entire planet, and due to that cost, his version of Clock stopped him. Lado expressed confusion in such an action, as he believed the cost of one planet to power a whole galaxy would be a worthy endeavor.
* **Xillon:** Xillon is a somewhat mutilated Conductoid. His tail plug had been torn off, as well as the metal band once on his left ankle, with both being left in red scarring. Both of these are due to a fight with his version of Clock.
* **Rocnoc:** Rocnoc was originally a human, a scientist who attempted to become the next Dr. Animo, but more successful, particularly in way of not being defeated by Clock. This proved unsuccessful. In a fit of rage for Rocnoc mutating his universe's Hope, Clock used Snakepit to mutate him into a Baitasapien permanently. Rocnoc's name was originally Connor, like Clock's, but after his DNA was corrupted, he corrupted his own name as well.
* **Krint:** In a fight with his version of Clock, Krint became scorched by one of Clock's heat or fire-based aliens. The attack turned a significant amount of Krint's sand into glass, hindering his shapeshifting. Krint typically keeps this a secret by using what sand remains to cover up the glass, but can use the glass to fight as well. This is, however, discomforting at best, and outright painful at worst.

## History

In a credit scene for *Clock 10 vs. The Negative 10: Part 2*, Lado's claw was seen as he spied on Clock's team.

In *The Vengers*, Lado kept an eye on Clock during the auction, at least until a piece of the former Plumber HQ Satellite impacted New Earth, and he disappeared until he attacked the ship carrying Clock and Terry back to Hatleford. However, he was defeated when VirUs assimilated his Xerge Nanites with his mechanical limbs. At this point, Namron appeared and introduced himself as someone who had been hunting Lado and the other Vengers.

When Lado was incarcerated at Plumber HQ, Namron elaborated on the other three Vengers. Clock, Hope, and Terry then went to investigate for them, with Namron staying behind to rest up from all his time travel.

The three found themselves investigating Gazilbil, the capital of Malonia, where they had a run in with both Xillon and Krint. It wouldn't take too long for Clock to eventually subdue the both of them with the use of Somnambulizard and then return them to HQ. From there, Clock was ordered by Magister Revned to take Rook, given the latter's absense, to find Rocnoc.

While Rook and Clock were away, Namron had a conversation in private with Hope. It was here that Hope managed to determine something suspicious about Namron's sudden appearance at the same time as the other Vengers, and his knowledge on them. Despite Namron attempting to convince her otherwise, she managed to figure out he was lying, and he became annoyed, only to become humored by the idea of her curiosity and tried to satiate it by manipulating her mind into going through a psychadelic vision of horrific proportions. Putting his facade back on, he rushed Hope to the medical wing.

Rocnoc eventually made himself known to Clock and Rook. While the Omnitrix made Clock immune to Rocnoc's lycanthropic toxin, he did attempt to mutate Rook, which constantly proved ineffective, especially as Ammouflage injured him badly. One of the Radio Chatter clones arrived after his defeat, with Revned on the other side demanding Clock and Rook return as soon as possible.

Having returned and been told about Hope's state, Clock demanded a word with Namron, and was joined by Molly. The two demanded he recount what happened, and in his words, Hope had been drinking some water when she collapsed, posing the idea that it could have been some form of contaminant. Upon further questioning, Namron eventually revealed his true colors to Clock as well, by using teleportation technology to leave the room and leave an explosive in his place that immediately detonated. The room blew up, and though Clock was mostly unharmed, a piece of shrapnel was lodged in Molly's right eye. Namron then freed the other Vengers and led them away from the HQ.

Terry had been able to deduce where they had gone, as he had paid attention to all the audience members during the auction, and remembered Lado. Terry, Rook, and Clock arrived at the impact zone of the Plumber HQ Satellite piece that had crashed, finding a slaughter of Plumbers outside. Inside, Namron taunted the heroes, primarily with the backstories of each Venger.

With the use of Wedlock, Clock was able to make swift work of three of the Vengers:

* Disintegrating the claws, fangs, and tongue of Rocnoc.
* Disintegrating the eye and tail of Xillon, then burying him underground.
* Condensing all of Krint's sand particles into a solid sandstone statue.

Clock also made swift work of Lado by cutting off his mechanical limbs with the tail of Whyvern. And then, upon returning to his human form, Clock was able to put his focus on Namron, who constantly dodged all the hits Clock tried to throw in a teasing manner. Clock temporarily became Chokehold to drive Namron's head into the ground. Through the vice grip and hits, Namron managed to elaborate that the satellite crash was his idea, solely for the enjoyment of watching people die. Assuming his human form again, Clock stomped on Namron's neck over and over, before gounging one of his eyes out with just a finger.

However, Clock refused to kill Namron, which resulted in a slight mental break, even for someone who was already broken. Realizing Clock kept himself on a moral pedastal, Namron grabbed hold of a spare piece of Krint's glass, and sliced his own throat open, committing suicide purely out of spite. His dying words to Clock warned of a day when Clock's eyes would be "filled with the ignorance of bliss."

The sight of Namron's suicide forced Clock to remove the Omnitrix to distance himself from the craziness caused by such a thing. The other Vengers were properly incarcerated.

## Appearances

* *Clock 10 vs. The Negative 10: Part 2* (Lado only; credit scene)
* *The Vengers* (proper debut)

## Trivia

* Like the Negative 10, the Vengers are comprised of entirely different characters than the *Ben 10* canon version. It is the first group in the series to be entirely comprised of original characters.
* The Vengers are based on the villains used in *Spider-Man: No Way Home'*
	+ Namron is based on Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin. His name is reverse of Norman's, and he has a green and purple color scheme. Being a Mnimyalosofos, Namron is a goblin-esque creature, and has mental abilities, such as insanity inducement, similar to the insane mental state that is the Green Goblin. He also was given a role similar to Norman's in *No Way Home*, with him being presented as a helpful figure at first, only to betray Clock eventually.
	+ Lado is based on Otto Octavus/Doctor Octopus. "Lado" is a near rhyme to "Otto," and his color scheme is based on an iconic comic version of Doctor Octopus. Lado is a Potennelida, a species which have four tentacle-like legs with multiple three claws on each end. His planet name is also a nod to Doc Ock. Lado had created an infinite energy source, similar to Otto's fusion reactor.
	+ Xillon is based on Max Dillon/Electro. His chest pattern is a nod to Electro's mask, and he is given green oxidized copper as a nod to the character's typical green coloration, and his name takes the X from Max and has it replace the D from Dillon. As a Conductoid, Xillon has the ability to absorb and redirect energy as electricity, similar to Electro's powers. Xillon being a Conductoid was suggested by WTB.
	+ Rocnoc is based on Curt Connors/the Lizard. Rocnoc's name is a corruption of "Connor," coincidentally Clock's actual name. Rocnoc's color scheme resembles the comic colors of the character. Rocnoc is a Baitasapien after having been turned into one permanently by his version of Clock using his Baitasapien DNA sample, Snakepit. The species has a lycanthropic venom which turns others into their kind, similar to Lizard's want to turn people into lizards.
	+ Krint is based on Flint Marko/the Sandman. His name takes the K and R from Marko and has them replace the F and L from Flint. He wears a small cap with green stripes that resembles Sandman's iconic shirt. Shakaralramals like Krint are sand beings, able to shapeshift and change their density.