Hunting Grounds (Gren)

Hunting Grounds is the third episode of Gren 10 (CYOA).

## Plot

[Gren, Kai, Lucy, and Rex were on a ship to a barren desert in the middle of Earth to do some training. Lucy and Kai being seconds years were meant to show Gren and Rex the proper way to work together on missions with a team ]

Lucy: This mission will be a piece of cake! Get it? Desert? Dessert?

[She had a big shit eating grin on her face.]

Gren: Hah. Not half bad, Lucy. You could say it was a sweet pun.

Kai: Please don't encourage her.

Pateilday: Drop-zone coming up.

[Kai, Lucy and Rex all line up to jump out.]

Rex: Wait before we jump I have the perfect song queued up.

[He started to play Caffeine (feat. Lamar Hall) be Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Willaims. The dropzone came up allowing the doors to open as Kai jumped out followed by Lucy and Rex hesistated before jumping. ]

Rex: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS WITHOUT A PARACHUTE?

[Lucy hit the ground with a splat and reformed her body. Meanwhile Kai used her sword to scrape into the side of a ruin as it slowed down her fall. Leaving Gren and Rex to think of a landing strategy. Gren frantically scrolled through the watch and settled on the muddy alien, after seeing what Lucy did. Gren turned into Tarpit and molded his body into a rather large pelican and caught Rex in his bill. This calmed Rex from his panicking.]

Rex: Thanks, Lucy. I owe you one.

[Meanwhile, Kai and Lucy met back up. Kai looked in the air trying to find Gren and Rex.]

Kai: They must have landed already. Lucy, take to the sky for recon?

Lucy: AYE AYE CAPTAIN

[Lucy shaped angel wings before taking off. Tarpit landed with Rex getting out relieved to be on the ground again.]

Rex: I guess we should try to find Kai and Gren.

[Tarpit shifted into Lucy and tried his best to imitate Lucy’s mannerisms.]

Tarpit: You got it, pal! If we don't make it outta these ruins quickly, we'll be ruined!

[Tarpit and Rex started walking but Tarpit’s nerves to not blow the secret caused him to start dripping a trail of mud as he walked.]

Rex: I wonder how Gren got down.

Tarpit: Y-yeah I'm sure he's fine. Kai probably helped him or something. Yay! Teamwork!

[Tarpit began to hear flapping and he looked up to see the real Lucy flying in the sky. Gren instinctively melted into a puddle and tried to slip under a larger structure to avoid being seen. He overheard Lucy land in front of Rex.]

Lucy: THERE YOU ARE, REX! Now where's the other one?

Rex: What? Weren't you?

[Rex looked around scared and confused. Gren while not changing into human directly, shifted his muddy body to appear human.]

Tarpit: Rex, Lucy! There you two are! How was your landings?

Rex: How? Wh-

Lucy: There you are! How did you two land? It's always a trial by fire with these things.

Gren: I, uh... improvised. Wasn't too hard.

Rex: LUCY YOU SAVED ME WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!

Lucy: (pause) Nope!

Tarpit: Well, nevermind that. Let's meet up with Kai already! And don't get stressed, Rex. What matters is that we made it safely...ish.

Rex: I AM GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT!

Lucy: Probably the desert heat frying ya brain!

[Lucy led the way to Kai who was sitting down waiting for them. As they arrive Tarpit started timing out and Kai's eyes widen ]

Kai: Can I speak to Gren real quick?

[She pulled Tarpit to the other side of the ruins so that there is a wall blocking Lucy and Rex's view of Gren as he changed back to normal.]

Gren: Thanks for that. Kind of a sticky situation if you know what I mean.

Kai: I hope they don't start piecing it together. The more time we spend together, the likely that'll happen. Stick with me for now.

[Gren nodded in agreement as the two walked to the other side regrouping with the team.]

Kai: Okay, Rex and Lucy take the right side. Gren and I will take left. Search the ruins for the placed marker for the marker for this course.

Gren: Shouldn't be too hard... right?

Rex: Why would you jinx it?

Lucy: RELAX

[Lucy wrapped her arm around Rex's neck and dragged him off to search the assigned area.]

Gren: So, what's the plan, Miss Green?Although I guess 'search the ruins' doesn't need much of a plan, come to think of it.

Kai: We are just looking for a marker that shouldn't belong here. Ran this course with my team before, so we shouldn't run into any problems

[They walked into what seemed to be a processing plant. Only it's more ancient than what would be in the United States during the 50s. Gren started to look around.]

Kai: This is where the people would process their minerals for building and refinement. Hasn't been used in nearly thousands of years.

Gren: That's pretty curious. You think the marker is around here?

Kai: Not sure. Even if it is here, it will be very well hidden to test tracking skills.

[Kai began to look around for the marker while Gren checked his watch to see if he could use it to help find the tracker.There was no real indicator for the watch other than the dark red color instead of the usual teal.]

Gren: Well, guess I'll have to keep doing this the human way. Any luck over there, Kai? I wonder how Lucy and Rex are doing, too.

[Kai’s communicator started to buzz in. It was staticy and kept cutting in and out.]

Rex: Kai! In, Kai! We are ck. Sot- showed up and star- ing Lucy! We need- up!

Gren: Looks like they need us, and it seems pretty intense!

[Gren checked the watch again, though aware Lucy and Rex aren't supposed to learn of it, as he rushed out of the plant. As he left, the ground shook and Kai's sword could be heard slashing against metal.]

???: Where's the watch!?

Kai: Go fuck yourself.

[Gren turned back to see what was going on with her. Kai was standing ready to fight a huge, mechanical, brown, crab. Gren tried to activate the watch, looking for the cat silhouette to face... whatever that was.Gren had transformed into Fasttrack and started running around the crab while delivering hits. While Fasttrack did have enhanced strength compared to a human, it hurt like a bitch to hit the metal at the speed he was going. The crab then moves his big claw in Fasttrack’s path as he slammed into it.]

Fasttrack:..Ouch. I should've thought a little longer about this.Do you have a name, Mr. Krabs

Kraab: It's Kraab not Krab. Now hand over the Omnitrix kid, and no one gets hurt.

Fasttrack: Of course it is Kraab.

[Fasttrack then proceeded to grab him by the claw and spin in place at high speeds, in an attempt to at least disorient him. Fasttrack tried with all his might to try and spin Kraab but he is much too beefy to be budged. Kai meanwhile started to look around for environmental hazards to use. Fasttrack changed strategy to spinning around him instead at a distance, attempting to create a tornado of sorts. Fasttrack was successful in creating a twister that began to lift Kraab up. As he was in the air he shot liquid out of the big claw which went all around the place. The floor soon turned into an icy surface causing Fasttrack to slip and land on his jaw hard.]

Kraab: You think I wasn't prepared for you?

[Kai saw a cart and threw it towards Kraab while he was distracted. It tripped him as he fell to the floor cracking the ice around himself and Fasttrack allowing better traction for
him. Fasttrack grabbed the cart back up and rammed Kraab with it again, except this time at, well, a much, much higher speed given the capabilities of his current form.]

Fasttrack: Thanks for the help. We could use my speed to get to Lucy and Rex now that this guy's dealt with.

Kai: Let's get going. We need to get to them before the fight is over and before you change back.

[Fasttrack nodded before taking off with Kai holding onto him as they attempted to find their teammates. As Fasttrack ran, the unfortunate timing of the watch caused him to time out, dropping Kai in the process.. Kai got up, lending her hand to Gren.]

Kai: Come one, at least they didn't see you change. Let's go.

Gren: Right. Sorry for the fall still.

Kai rushed to where the last ping of Lucy and Rex’s communicators were to find them gone and a robot man there instead.]

Kai: Gren, I don’t think we can take him. It might be in the best interest of both of us to retreat for now.

Gren: Definitely. Especially given I just timed out..

[Kai started booking it and so did Gren. SixSix activated his jet pack as he began the chase after them. The sand in front of them shook as Kraab popped out grabbing Kai with his big claw. ]

Kraab: The watch or the girl gets it.

SixSix: ←▶➫↗ ◢↕▶ ◀↑↓▽ ↓▽ ↘◢ →↓→

Kraab: Fuck you.

Gren:..looks like the metal weirdos need to DTR. Now, listen, the girl has nothing to do with this, so let her go and we can see what can be done about the watch, okay?

[Gren talked as he took off the glove concealing the watch to see if it was able to be used.]

Gren: Oh, yeah, maybe tell me what your buddy did to my other friends first, too.

Kraab: He’s not my Buddy. And I don’t care

[Kai jammed her sword into Kraab's eye causing him to drop her. SixSix dropped a smoke bomb covering the area on a thick layer of it. Gren quietly searched the smoky area for Kai and leave the area. Someone grabbed Gren and started leaving with him. The grip is heavy yet light so it couldn't be either enemy. Gren tried to see who is pulling him. It was someone in a white and blue suit, their face covered. Whoever it was took out a blue hoverboard and started driving away.]

Gren: Hey wait! Who are you? Why are you helping me?

Suited Man: Not helping you. I’m doing my job.

[He threw Gren to the ground to get some cover for the both of them.]

Gren: Ok, I can't deal with this now. I've got to save my teammates, so let me go deal with whatever those things were and then we can talk about your job, alright? Just, if you're not gonna help, don't stay in my way. It's my fault they're in danger.

Suited Man: No. I was hired to retrieve the Omnitrix and return it with whoever it is attached to.

Gren: Return it to who, the Plumbers? I didn't exactly want to take it, but they're helping me deal with that already.

[The man laughed at Gren’s comment.]

Suited Man: This is bigger than both you and the Plumbers. That watch is the key to an epic battle of good versus evil. Something a Terran cannot possibly begin to understand.

Gren: Yeah, yeah, 'key to universal peace', I've been told. And I've been trying to use it for that, too. This just sounds like you have a little more guile than the other two hunters, though. Why'd I believe you're not like them?

Suited Man: I am not a mere bounty hunter like those two scum. I am a Protector of the Galaxy. Have been for years.

Gren: My grandpa, Leonidas Grenfell, was too. So how about you let me follow in his steps and go stop those two from hurting my friends? Besides, "hired to retrieve" doesn't sound very heroic anyway.

Suited Man: Leonidas was nothing more than a puppet for the Plumbers. Much like you.

[A smoke bomb went off between the two of them. The man pushed Gren away.]

Suited Man: Damn it. We wasted too much time. Stay back, I will handle this.

Gren: More like you wasted too much of my time.

[Gren activated the Omnitrix transforming himself into Ball Weevil. Ball Weevil, too annoyed at his captor to quip, made a plasma ball and rolls away and toward the other two bounty hunters.SixSix saw Ball Weevil and took to the sky. Kraab thrashed about while the man fired crystals at SixSix.Ball Weevil let go of the ball as it rolled towards Kraab and tried to use a whip to catch SixSix up in the air. The ball headed toward Kraab and hits him. The whip attaches to SixSix who immediately cut it as Ball Weevil fell landing next to a tied up Kai.]

Ball Weevil: Kai! You're safe! Where are Lucy and Rex?

[He used his horns to cut through the rope restraining her.]

Kai: Not sure. But I'm going to kick ass.

[She took out her sword and charged into the battle.Ball Weevil followed forming another plasma ball. Using her sword, Kai fans the smoke away, clearing everyone's vision. Ball Weevil saw Kraab is still trapped in a plasma ball sticking to the ground. Meanwhile, SixSix was being slashed by a diamond blade. The insect then used his new ball to throw at SixSix who was distracted fighting the suited man. Ball Weevil detonated the one trapping Kraab as he was blown to bits. Metal went flying everywhere while Kraab’s flesh underneath the armor was bright pink and visible. SixSix flies up letting the ball hit the suited man, his suit is somehow detecting the hero. Ball Weevil changed strategy to firing slime balls at SixSix as projectiles instead of rolling them up, while deliberately not detonating the suited man - for now. Kai picked Ball Weevil up and winds herself up before throwing him at the pack on SixSix's back. Ball Weevil used his horns in an attempt to dent the jetpack while simultaneously covering it with a stream of plasma. SixSix freaked out as his jetpack goes flying and he crashed into the ground. Ball Weevil then detonated the plasma on SixSix. Boom, his face is revealed but before he could run off, Kai bashed his head in with her sword knocking him out.]

Ball Weevil: Well, looks like our job here's done. We need to find Lucy and Rex. I wonder if the other bounty hunter there knows anything about that. Think before you answer, I still can detonate you.

Suited Man: I haven't the slightest clue where your friends are.

[The man took down his visor revealing a crystalline alien face.]

Ball Weevil: ….Fine, I'll believe you. But you're still not putting your hands on the Omnitrix.

[Kai picked up SixSix's face to look him in the eyes.]

Kai: Where are they?

SixSix:.......

Suited Man: You knocked him out, remember?

Ball Weevil: Hit him again, maybe that'll bring him back.

Suited Man: Vreedles…

[Kai did this and it actually worked. Only for SixSix to start screaming foul words.]

Ball Weevil: Ask him again. Ah, wait, there is the language issue. Hm, you'd think this thing has a translator.Or at least one that works on whatever he is. Ah, whatever, I'll find them myself.

Suited Man: He says they are miniaturized in his belt, but the Lenopan Girl isn't faring too well.

Ball Weevil: ..miniaturized in his belt? How does that even work?

Suited Man:How do you change alien form and size?

Ball Weevil: I don't know, but I probably should think about it next time I use Grey Matter…

[Ball Weevil then leaped onto SixSix and started walking over his armor in an attempt to "release" his friends. When they were expelled from the belt, Lucy is extremely dehydrated and Rex was out cold. Ball Weevil then scuttled out of their view, leaving them for Kai to take care of while he doesn't revert. As soon as Ball Weevil was out of view, he reverted back to human, which in turn set off the goo still trapping the suited man as he combusted and fell over.]

Gren: Lucy! Rex! Are you two okay?

[Gren turned to look over at what had occurred to the suited man.]

Gren: Oh no, do you think he'll be alright, Kai?

Kai: He's a Petrosapien. He'll be relatively fine. Lucy on the other hand is drying out. Possibly from extreme heat from the Soto thing. We need to get back to Codon right away. I'm making the leader decision to call for emergency Evac.

[Gren nodded in agreement as they awaited pickup. When pickup arrived, Myaxx had accompanied the rescue team and locked eyes with the suited man.]

Myaxx: God Damn it. It's Tetrax…

Gren: You know the guy?

Myaxx: One of my old teammates... Get in the ship, we will take back at HQ.

[Back at Codon Academy, Lucy was taken to the medical wing while Myaxx had a conversation with Gren, Kai, and Tetrax.]

Myaxx: Tetrax, you can either be a teacher here or you can get out of my tentacles, quite honestly.

Gren: Look, I don't particularly care for him being around, but I guess he was kind of helpful when we were fighting the hunters. Save for the part he tried to kidnap me because he was hired to return the watch, that is. And the part where he tried to prevent me from actually helping my teammates. And the part where he got in the way of the plasma ball, and the part where he insulted the Plumbers and mankind... I'm not helping his case, am I?

Tetrax: You were the one with poor aim.

Myaxx: SHUT IT BOTH OF YOU! Tetrax, who hired you?

Tetrax: Azmuth

Myaxx: So you know where he is?

Tetrax: No

Myaxx: Tetrax, you work here get the fuck out of my office before I lose it.

Gren: Well, I guess that's dealt with. Are you gonna hire the iron bisque and Mr. Trapinabelt, too? Ah, whatever, I shouldn't be concerned about that. Are Lucy and Rex going to be alright?

Myaxx: Kraab and SixSix are wanted Criminals under Plumber Law. Rex is recovering fine, but Lucy will take a bit longer. She will ultimately be fine.

Gren: Okay, good to know. Thanks, headmistress. Anything else?

Myaxx: Be ready to discover your teams next week.

## Major Events

* Tarpit, Fasttrack, and Ball Weevil debut.
* Tetrax is hired into the Codon Academy.

## Characters

### Supporting Characters

* Rex
* Lucy
* Kai
* Tetrax Shard (debut)
* Myaxx

### Villains

* Kraab (debut)
* SixSix (debut)

## Aliens Used

* Tarpit (debut)
* Fasttrack (debut)
* Ball Weevil (debut)

## Trivia

* Gren turning into a giant pelican is a reference to an alien of similar appearance.