Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 1

**Same Watch, New Aliens: Part 1** is the first episode of Ben 10: Battle of the Omnitricies. This episode was written by Benzarro85 on December 4, 2021.

## Plot

The start of the episode begins at the late evening hours on a Saturday. Ben and Rook were chilling in Mr. Smoothy with Jimmy Jones, a massive Ben 10 fan who accidentally exposed Ben's true identity to the whole world. They had been at Mr. Smoothy all day, since it was mundane; no villains had decided to fight after Ben had defeated Maltruant and created a universe.

Ben slurped away at his smoothy. "I wish Bellwood wasn't so... boring." Jimmy spoke, wafting his smoothy cup around. "There hasn't been a single attack since you've beaten Maltruant."

Ben rested his head on his hand as he placed his smooty cup on the table. "Well, Gwen is at college still. She did mention something about staying to attend some afterschool club or something."

"She goes to afterschool clubs now?" Jimmy asked.

Ben nodded. "She's been doing this for at least three days. She also attends college on a Saturday for some reason. Maybe it's to get a better education."

After five more minutes of hanging out in Mr. Smoothy, Ben, Rook and Jimmy Jones head their separate ways in order to get home. Gwen had finished early as she messages Ben, with Ben receiving her message. He replied to her message that he'd arrive shortly. Ben thought he could use his Omnitrix to get there, but he thought otherwise. He then thought about using his Omnitrix to get to the college, as he transforms into XLR8. XLR8 manoeuvers to Friedkin University as he finds Gwen waiting for him, as well as Kevin.

"There he is." Kevin joked. "How've you been, Tennyson?"

XLR8 slows down as he transforms back into Ben. "I've been well. Just chilling. How's college going so far?"

"Well..." Kevin responded. "It's not too bad. We have had some instances where we've had Professor Aniceto cause a scene."

"Didn't you have that repeat performance from the last time he did that, Gwen?" Ben asked.

She nodded. "Though his recent charade was a whole lot worse."

Ben was happy that he could spend time with his cousin and her boyfriend once again. He never really got that chance to hang out with them again after he had beaten Maltruant, though he realised that he could do whatever he wanted, now that Maltruant was not under his radar. It was getting really late for Ben and the other two, so they headed home, to get some rest, ready for whatever was going to happen on the next day.

Cut to a mysterious, abandoned warehouse. A bright red, flashing light engulfed the warehouse as someone teleported inside; their identity was hidden by a mask, and a long, black robe. He looked like a new entity, who Ben had not faced before, but in reality, it was none other than an escapee, with glowing red eyes, and grey-ish hair.

"Finally. After countless attempts to escape my prison. I am free." he spoke. He removes his cloak and mask to reveal himself as Albedo, who changed his appearance to his 15/16 year old form. "My Ultimatrix still needs to be worked on, after Azmuth disabled it, but that doesn't mean I can't use it for a while."

The scene fades to black, showing nothing but Albedo's glowing eyes, as they soon fade.

The next scene opens with Ben driving in his car, the DX Mark 10. He notices some strange holes in the ground, almost like tunnels. He dared not to investigate, but he called the Plumbers in order for them to check it out. The Plumbers arrive a few moments later, followed by Ben's grandfather, Max Tennyson. They all rush over to Ben, while Max follows behind, in a normal pace.

"I heard your message, Ben." Max spoke, as he stopped walking and placed his hand on Ben's shoulder. "It's weird how these showed up out of nowhere."

"I wouldn't be surprised if somebody managed to rebuild Maltruant." Ben scoffed, a little annoyed. "Bet they couldn't get enough of him, so they rebuilt him."

"I'm not sure, kiddo." Max spoke, facing the holes on the ground. "They look like Talpaedan holes, like Armodrillo."

"Weird..." Ben thought. "I thought that nobody would have decided to attack since I stopped Maltruant?"

"But this couldn't have been Maltruant's plan of a distraction if these markings were done by a Talpaedan." Max replied.

"But we don't know if these were at all made by Armodrillo, Grandpa." Ben snapped. "We still have to investigate. If you're right, then we've got something bad coming our way."

Everything stayed the same as yesterday. It was boring, when suddenly, a pack of Violet Offenders cause a scene by blowing up a bank they just robbed. They left the scene with the money, while Ben chases after them, dialing the Omnitrix, hoping to get a decent alien.

"Come on, gimme something good." he spoke as he transforms into an alien. The scene switches to the Violet Offenders who race past in their car with the money. Out appears Ben as Arctiguana, who uses his ice breath as a slide to catch up with the criminals. Artiguana leaps over as he crashes onto the car, managing to cause it to tumble over; the criminals exploded out of the car as they tumbled onto the ground, the car getting destroyed, with the money spilling out everywhere. Some tried to escape from Ben, but Ben catches them in an ice casing, trapping them in the process. The rest surrendered, while Arctiguana transforms back into Ben.

"Alright, nimrods. It's jail time." Ben spoke, before getting interrupted by an incoming message from Rook.

"Ben! Come meet me at Undertown. There's been a recent ambush by something." Rook spoke, through the communicator from his Plumber Badge.

"I'm on my way." Ben replied, speaking through the Omnitrix. Ben heads over to Undertown, leaving the Plumbers to deal with the Violet Offenders' arrest. The camera shifts to Ben running over to Undertown, finding Rook, as well as Jimmy Jones. As soon as Ben stopped running, he finds himself in contact with what looked like a massive fire. Out appeared Argit as he scurried over to Ben, Rook and Jimmy.

"Ben! It's so good to see you!" he spoke. "Something bad has happened, you gotta help me."

"Help you?" Ben questioned. "I don't just help you, Argit. I help everyone else by saving the world from getting blasted to bits."

A massive explosion occurs, startling Ben, Rook, Argit and Jimmy, as Inspector 13 arrives with the dehydrated Techadon machine as they activate. Inspector 13 commands them to fight, as they charge at the team, with Jimmy and Argit fleeing the scene in a panic.

"I thought Argit had all of these guys under control." Ben thought.

"Maybe not." Rook responded as he fended a few off.

Ben dials the Omnitrix, scimming past some aliens as he transforms into a new alien. He was like Rook, but his black fur on his head was slicked back, and he was wearing a black, green and white suit, the Omnitrix was located on his chest, as the transformation finalised.

"Woah. That's new." he spoke. "Hey Rook, check it out! I'm a Revonnahgander, just like you."

Rook looked as he got distracted. "That's remarkable, Ben. What will you name him?"

"How about. Ninja Cat!" he spoke as he struck a pose, menacingly. "Yeah, I like that name. I like it a lot."

"Then it's settled." Rook said, changing his Proto-TOOL into a staff. "I can't wait for you to use Ninja Cat in extra battles."

Ninja Cat and Rook began to battle against the Techadon robots while Inspector 13 used this as an opportunity to make a run for it. Argit shoots out his quils as they land on the Inspector, as he fell asleep. With Ninja Cat slowly getting the hang of his feline capabilities, he manages to take down the robots with Rook as the small battle comes to a close. Ninja Cat and Rook take a deep breath and give each other a high five.

"Now that the Techadon robots have been destroyed, we can finally rest for a bit." Rook spoke.

"But we've still got the fire to put out." Ninja Cat chuckled. "I'll deal with it, no biggie."

Ninja Cat quick changes into Water Hazard as he puts out the fire with his hydrokinetic ability. As soon as the fire was put out, Water Hazard transforms back into Ben. It was strange how a fire had miraculously spawned out of nowhere before Ben and his team showed up. Something wasn't right, and Ben knew about it. He wasn't sure about it at first, but then came to the conclusion that somebody had been going around, leaving distractions around for Ben and the gang to solve.

"Hey, why don't we all just chill in the Black Hole?" Argit asked. "That way we can get our minds out of what's been happening today."

"I suppose we could have a few drinks of whatever's available." Rook responded. "Then that way we don't get all heated in the moment."

Ben, Rook, Jimmy and Argit head inside the Black Hole, which was somewhat busy. Genghis Ken was cleaning a few glasses near the bar. There were several recognisable faces in the facility, such as Bahrvad, Rad Dudesman and Gilford Bromley. They head over to a seat as they sit at the far right corner. Within two minutes, they had become bored.

"Right." Ben spoke, starting a conversation. "Since we're here, what should we discuss?"

"Perhaps we should talk about the strange instances that have been occurring recently. Like the fires in Undertown, or the strange holes on the ground." Jimmy thought. This made Ben annoyed as he got up from his seat.

"Maybe we don't talk about these types of things, got it?" Ben said. Strangely enough, Attea barges in with her small squad of Incursean soldiers as they prepared their blasters so they could shoot.

"Alright, listen up." she shouted, getting their attention. "I have decided that I will follow my daddy's legacy and plan to blow up this planet."

"Really outta the blue, huh?" Ben snickered. "First it was holes in the ground, next it was a fire, and now this??"

"Can it, Tennyson. If it weren't for you, this planet wouldn't have to be blown up." She spoke, after grabbing her blaster. "Mutilate them!"

The soldiers started firing while all the customers and the owner left the building, Jimmy and Argit had to leave, while Ben and Rook ducked under some tables. Ben dials the Omnitrix and transforms into Bloxx as he shields both him and Rook by constructing walls as a defence. Rook began firing back at Attea while Bloxx was firing at the soldiers who were also firing their ammo at the two heroes.

"We can't stay like this forever, Rook." Bloxx spoke before firing back some more. "We need to think of a new strategy, I'm thinking we take this outside."

He nodded. "Good idea, Ben."

Bloxx switches into Terraspin as he blows Attea and her squad outside, switching once again into another new alien Ben had never transformed into before. After the huge green flash fades, out appeared one of Ben's newest aliens: Dreamcatcher. Dreamcatcher was startled at his own appearance, looking purple-pink, with small pin pricks, known as stars. He looked like a pretty gas cloud, since purple, pink and lavender made him look more like a feminine alien, rather than a masculine.

"Woah. Who's this?" he asked, questioning his newest alien form. "Wh- what can I do?"

"There's no time for that Ben." Rook spoke, getting his attention. "We need to stop Attea."

He looked up. "Right, gotcha."

Attea fires another blast at Dreamcatcher who dodges by teleporting out of, and into existence, mildly irritating Attea. He tries to figure out what else he could do by attempting to shopot flames from his hands, to no avail. He gets ambushed by a bunch of Incursean soldiers, while Dreamcatcher manages to combat them by sending them to sleep.

"Oh. My powers are similar to Pesky Dust. How odd." he said.

"Look out!" Rook shouted, as Dreamcatcher gets blasted by Attea's laser cannon. Again, Dreamcatcher manages to teleport out of the cannon's laser attack as he casts an illusion that made it look like he got defeated by Attea's attack, as the fake Ben transforms back.

"It's too late. I got him!" Attea laughted hysterically. "Now... I can get the chance to finish you off once and for all."

Attea blasts the fake Ben as it soon disappears like a cloud of smoke. Confused, and later shocked, Attea looks up to find Dreamcatcher throwing stardust at her direction, as she is struck, sending her down into a deep sleep. After the fight was over, Dreamcatcher transforms back into Ben.

"Well done." Rook congratulated him. "I'm glad you managed to figure out his abilities."

"I quickly leant his abilities after I found out they were similar to Pesky Dust's." Ben replied.

It weren't until a Kineceleran ambushes back as Ben faceplants the ground, tumbling and turning. The XLR8 figure zooms up to him, holding him with his claw hands, retracting his visor to reveal his red, evil eyes.

"Hey Tennyson. Did you miss me?" XLR8 spoke, with the scene fading to black; the To Be Continued... written in white shows up on screen, as the episode ends.

## Characters

* Ben Tennyson (first re-appearance)
* Rook Blonko (first re-appearance)
* Max Tennyson (first re-appearance)
* Gwen Tennyson (first re-appearance)
* Kevin Levin (first re-appearance)
* The Plumbers
	+ Bryk (first re-appearance; cameo)
	+ Morty (first re-appearance; cameo)
	+ Leadfoot (first re-appearance; cameo)
	+ Bromeba (first re-appearance; cameo)
	+ Fistina (first re-appearance; cameo)
* Jimmy Jones (first re-appearance)
* Argit (first re-appearance)
* Genghis Ken (first re-appearance; cameo)
* Bahrvad (first re-appearance; cameo)
* Rad Dudesman (first re-appearance; cameo)
* Gilford Bromley (first re-appearance; cameo)

## Villains

* Albedo (first re-appearance)
* Violet Offenders (first re-appearance)
* Attea (first re-appearance)

## Aliens Used

### By Ben

* XLR8 (first re-appearance)
* Arctiguana (first re-appearance)
* Ninja Cat (first appearance)
* Water Hazard (first re-appearance; cameo)
* Bloxx (first re-appearance)
* Terraspin (first re-appearance; cameo)
* Dreamcatcher (first appearance)

### By Albedo

* Armodrillo (off-screen)
* XLR8 (cameo; off-screen transformation)