Many happy returns of the Maximatrix-Part 1

(In Prime Ben's dimension, deep in space , Ben , Rook, Ben 23, Gwen 10 ,Ben 10,000 , Gwen and Kevin are fighting Khyber, Psychobos and Malware at the Faction's official hideout)

Ben: Looks like we gotta beat up the mutt!(Khyber's Pancurian transforms into Hypnotick.)Oy!

Ben 10,000:(transforming into Upjaws)Focus Ben! We need to get these guys!You must choose an appropriate alien and fight.

Ben: (rolling his eyes) Yeah, sure. You should be telling that to Skurd and the Omnitrix, seeing that except for very special situations, it never gives me the aliens I want.

Upjaws: Maybe, but you gotta tell it that Azmuth's gonna disable all our watches if this plan dosen't succeed.(links with the system and jumps at Khyber) He's been planning this for a month,you know.

Ben : A month!?? How come I never know he's been planning this for a month?

Rook: Because he didn't want to pressurize you more than you already are.

Gwen: But what's the plan?(fends off eels with mana)

Azmuth: It is simple.(everyone looks at Azmuth) Just catch the mutt!(points at Pancurian)

Ben: Azmuth! Why didn't you tell me about what we have to do ?

Azmuth:(ignoring Ben's question) Are you going to pick an alien, or should I tell your partner to take over full-time?

Ben:(sighs) I'm going. (to Omnitrix) Okay Omnitrix, just give me a good alien. Any one.And don't lecture me, Skurd. I'm hot enough as it is.

Skurd: Okay fine, fine

Ben: (transforms into Kickin Hawk) Okay, Drooly, it's about to get real hot in here.

(Kickin Hawk jumps at a roaring Crabdozer and skewers him in the eye with his claws)

(Crabdozer roars, transforms into Terroranchula)

Kickin Hawk: Huh! You think that is going to protect you? Bad blunder.(kicks Terroranchula,who delivers a strong jolt of electricty) Ow! That hurts.

Malware: Maybe it wasn't a blunder after all.(shoots a missile at Kickin Hawk,who dodges)

Kickin Hawk: (while fighting Terroranchula) Uh, guys? I could use some help.(Terroranchula throws Kickin Hawk to the wall and stomps on him with his needdled foot)YEOW!!You don't have to get so rough.

Malware: You will perish! Just let me load up this Tachyon Cannon and then you'll s-AAAARGH!

(Rook leaps at Malware and uses his Proto-Tool to release a neutralizing grenade which destabilizes the Tachyon Cannon. Malware throws Rook to the wall and tries to absorb the Proto-Tool)

(The Omnitrix times out and Ben is left sprawling on the floor with a gigantic Vicetopus looming over him)

Ben:HELLLLLP!

Ben 23: I'm coming! Okay, get ready to meet Build-A-Guy, Stinky!

Rath:WHAT?Okay lemme tell you something four armed slimy Krakken copy, I don't know who this guy is, but he'll settle  your hash anyway!

(Rath leaps at Vicetopus and combats with him,while Ben transforms into Feedback and helps him.Meanwhile,Malware combats Rook and Khyber combats Upjaws,while Gwens and Kevin battle Psychobos and his minions.)

Azmuth: FOCUS! Catch this, Ben!(throws a device into the air,which Feedback catches)

Feedback:Ooooh! What's this?(presses the red button.

Immeadiatly the Nemetrix times out and Rath is shown to hold a struggling Pancurian. Feedback knocks out Pancurian and removes the Nemetrix.)

Azmuth: Victory!

Malware,Khyber,Psychobos:NOOOOOOO!( knocks out opponents and rushes towards Feedback and Rath. Psychobos combats Feedback and Khyber combats Rath. Malware takes the Nemetrix and locks it in a pod)

Upjaws:No! You won't win! I'll make sure of that!Armabig!

(Due to the heavy weight of Armabig,the ship turns to one side. Malware drops the pod and Feedback times out,and falls towards the hole in the ship.Coming in contact with the Nemetrix the Omnitrix shoots a green pulse , while the pod shoots a red one.)

Ben:Whoaah!

(Kevin catches Ben and stops him from falling, but the pod falls towards outer space and gets lost.)

(The Bens,Gwens,Rook,Kevin and Azmuth teleport to Max's Plumber base.)

(In dimension 68, on a mildly hot Wednesday afternoon in Bellwood, with only an hour before sunset, on a baseball field two boys of thirteen are practicing. One of them is Ben "Ruby" Tennyson; 4'9, red eyes, blond hair with white roots and highly athletic.The other is Harry Rivers;4'6,blue eyes and blond hair;a little more smarter and less interested in sports.

Harry: Bet you can't handle the Style#55 ball! ( throws the ball, which Ruby hits a few metres away. By the time Harry has caught the ball, Ruby has already run 2 home runs.)

Harry: For in the name of Mickey Mouse,how to do you get so athletic?

Ruby: I guess it's because I spend most of my time in playground.

Harry:(playing while speaking) I just don't believe it, Ruby! You ace in soccer,tennis,cricket,fencing,baseball,wrestling,karate,judo,

basketball and a million other things! How come you've never been scolded or punished by your mom and dad for playing so much?

Ruby:Well, its really because of the trophies and rewards in the living room,if you'd like to check it out.

(As they play, a group of girls pass by among which Ruby instantly recognises Lucy-Ann Hope, a top notch in class.)

Harry: Finally! You're out! First point to me!

Ruby: Sorry about that. Just a little...er...distracted.

Harry: Well you can be distracted anyway, 'cause I had enough of practicing baseball.I'm going to sleep like a log tonight.A thunderstorm won't wake me up. Anyway, I'd better get going, we got that chemistry homework remember? And that History essay too.

Ruby: Yeah then, bye. And don't forget we got fencing and basketball tomorrow. Then meet me for that Chemistry project, my grandad's shop 6:30. Okay bye!

Harry:Bye!

(Ruby heads off in the diretion of his house, while Harry heads for his. Ruby decides to take the shorcut of the potato field. Once there he goes through some rose bushes.)

Ruby: Ow,Ow,Ow,Ow, Owww! Seriously,dude? Rose bushes?

(In the next potato field) Hey! Where's my phone? (rummages through pockets) Come on man! It must have been that stupid rose bush. Ripped my pant pocket and caused my phone to fall out.

(Ruby heads back. While hunting for his phone he sees a couple  of shooting stars in the sky.)

Ruby: Hmmm. Shooting stars. Looks pretty,though. I wonder where they crash?(finds his phone) Anyway, I found my phone, I'd better get home, Mom's gonna kill me if I'm late.

(Suddenly, a shooting star drops out of the sky vertically and speeds towards the potato field.)

Ruby:AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! HELPPP!

(The star crashes in the field and sends out a shockwave that throws Ruby a couple of meters away.)

Ruby:Ow.Yeow. Ouch.That hurts.(groans) What was that thing anyway?

(Ruby goes to the crash site and finds a few foot deep in the ground the strangest thing- a small black pod the size of a football.

Ruby: I wonder if meteorites shrink to the size of footballs when they fall.(Ruby bends on his knees and looks at the meteorite. Suddenly the ground crumbles under Ruby and he falls right beside the pod.)Ow again. Whoah, what is this?

(Suddenly the pod shoots out a scanning laser grid which scans Ruby. He is fascinated.

However, the pod splits into half  and shoots out a watch that attaches itself to the the back of Ruby's left hand.Ruby screams and tries to get it off, but it firmly stays there)

Ruby: Aha! I'll try my fencing sword and cut this watch off. Creepy, a small pod containing a weird alien watch that sticks to the back of my hand. I gotta tell somebody.

(However when Ruby tries to cut the watch off, he finds that half the blade of his sword is ash, while the other half is rusted and black)

Ruby: Cool. But not cool either.I'll have to ask Mom to buy me a new sword, otherwise I won't be able to practice tommorow.(Suddenly the faceplate of the watch slides off and a ring with a plate of the same symbol pops up.) Huh? I'll just ignore it, though.(He presses the dial back down.

Instantly a red explosion takes place. Ruby feels himself streching, his toes and fingers shrinking, his ankles jamming and his head swelling.He transforms into a weird 6 foot grasshopper with 4 hooks on each hand and foot instead of fingers. He also has a sleeveless red jacket with the watch symbol on it. He is bordered by a mint colour outline)

Solarbeam:AAAAARGH!Help! I'm a grasshopper! Help!(runs around frantically) Help!Help!Help! Aaaaaaargh!(pants) I'm (pants) a gra..(pants) a grasshopper! Hmmmmm...

But I don't feel weird. Except for the fact that I can't bend my ankles.(he tries, and winces painfully) And... Cool! I have spikes?(Ruby sees that his shoulders, elbows, wrists and ankles have sprouted spikes) I won't mind being stuck in this body. But Mom'll drive me out if I do. But what to do?

(As Ruby wonders this, a loud thump shakes the ground  and Ruby is startled. The tree rips apart and giant metal robots, 26 feet each apear. There are about 15 of them.)

Solarbeam: Oh,man! First a weird alien watch sticks itself to my hand and transforms me into a 6 foot grasshopper, and now more than a dozen enormous robots come after me. It's just too much! (The robots load up their weapons and point them at Solarbeam) Uh oh. Gotta run! (One of them shoots a missile at Solarbeam, who jumps and evades it.) Cool! Jumping skills? OK, l'll use them.( The others also run after Solarbeam and shoot at sorts of weapons at him but miss, as Solarbeam jumps out of their way.

Suddenly, Solarbeam feels a paralysing shock  and drops on the ground,groaning. Half the robots and their weapons loom over him .)

Solarbeam: HELPP! Bad way to die! (He links his hooks together and covers his eyes with them.To his surprise, one of the robots staggers and falls backwards. He realises that his hooks shoot laser beams that damage the robots)

Solarbeam: Energy absorption.Wow! Then I think...(He strains his muscles and is lifted into the sky, energy pulsing into his veins.) And energy absorbing from celestial objects.Hmmmm... looks like my descision to stay in this body forever isn't completly pointless.

(Solarbeam flies around at lightning speed, shooting energy balls and beams and destroys three robots. He charges up and builds energy weapons, thus destroying all the robots.)

Solarbeam: (happy) I'll name this guy Solarbeam.But I'm pretty sure I counted twelve robots.Where are the other two?

( A rev makes him look up. Two planes in the sky zoom over the fields. Hastily, Solarbeam retreats into thick long bushes, but in mid-air, the planes transform into two of the same robots he destroyed.)

Solarbeam:(amazed but scornful) Transforming robots? Huh, that's something I won't put up my nose at.

( The robots start absorbing energy. Solarbeam has an idea. He transforms himself into energy and is unknowningly absorbed by the two robots. The robots cackle evilly and wave about their weapons. Suddenly one of them fries, shuts down and explodes. The other one starts, but before he can do anything, the same happens to him.

Energy flows out of their now disentigrated bodies, and it morphs itself into Solarbeam)

Solarbeam:  How 'bout that ,boys?( Another red explosion takes place, similar to the first one, and Ruby is disappointed to see that he is himself again) Man, that was crazy. It must be a sort of time-out or something. But, I still think I'll keep the watch. I don't like calling it "watch" so I'll call it...Hmmmmmm... Let me think, lemme think... Maximatrix! That's it! Maximatrix is a good name .But I still better be getting home.

(Ruby reaches his house, and at the gate he decides to explore the Maximatrix further ,before telling his parents.)

Sandra: Where were you, Ruby?

Ruby: Just doing a little strechups, Mom. Just give me dinner plz.

( After dinner, Ruby starts to fiddle with the Maximatrix ,but falls asleep instantly.

He is woken up by a beeping noise in the middle of the night and sees the Maximatrix's dial has popped back up. Afraid to slam it back down in case he turns into a big monster, Ruby pushes it into its place cautiously. He waits for himself to transform, but sees that the Maximatrix has a holographic message from his grandfather, Max. He remembers that his grandpa went to Mount Rushmore for a trip over 2 years ago and never returned. Ruby jumps out of bed and is perplexed.)

Ruby: Grandpa! You, you, you're alive?!

Holographic Max: Sshh! Not so loud, Ruby. (Ruby starts to interrupt ,but is stopped by his grandfather) No,no,no. I'm hear to tell you something important. I suppose you found this in a meteorite that crashed on the ground, and it transforms you into aliens?

Ruby: Yeah, but only one alien so far.

Max:  You'll unlock others soon, but I suppose you've been attacked?

Ruby: Yup, by giant, 26 foot, metal, transforming robots.

Max: Good, that's all I needed to know. Now, listen carefully, Ruby. You have received an alien watch that is one of its kind, because it does not transform you into aliens, but their predators. This is a hybrid of a predator watch called the Nemetrix and of the Omnitrix. Both merged to form the Maximatrix, as you call it. I am not dead. I have been captured by The Menace, who wants your Maximatrix and thus sent those robots after you. He will continue to do so, and even with the power of your Maximatrix can you stop him. You need help. Call your cousin. I think she knows a few magic tricks.(smiles) There is also an alien called Rook who will assist you in defeating Menace. And the most important thing, tell nobody about your watch and what happened to you, nothing. Not even your parents or your friends, though you might be tempted often. Well, that's all. See you soon when you rescue me, Ben.

( The hologram message fades away and Ruby is left with millions of questions in his mind. However he picks up and very bad temperedly  searches for a contact. Scowling, he dials it.)

Gwen's phone: The number you have dialed is currently switched off. Plz leave a message and don't copy my jerkcreep cousin.

Ruby:(Furious) Well, that's too much! Calling me a jerkcreep, the geekfreak. I won't spare her when I see her next see her.(To Gwen's phone) Hey geek, look, I hate to call a freaky girl cousin, but could ya come to grandpa's shop tomorrow at 2? I have a feeling I know what happened to Grandpa.

(The episode ends)