War of the Worlds

***War of the Worlds*** is the thirteenth *Alien Force* chapter of *Clock 10: Choose Your Own Adventure*.

## Plot

During a monologue rehearsal for an upcoming stageplay, Clock is interrupted by the sudden presence of Professor Paradox and Azmuth. The two inform him they need ot have a talk regarding the Highbreed before transporting him to Taryn and Kevin outside McRonald's. There, Paradox proceeds to take Taryn and Kevin to make a team for the Highbreed's final assault on Earth.

While they're gone, Azmuth has a talk with Clock. Initially hesitant to allow Clock, and thusly the Omnitrix, into the final battle, Azmuth changes his mind and decies to give Clock the Master Control, unlocking all transformations and giving him unlimited energy for transformations. However, he specifies that there is a restriction through using other Omnitrix features, such as the repair feature.

After their talk, Taryn and Kevin return with a team comprised of Alan Albright, Helen and Pierce Wheels, Manny Armstrong, Cooper Daniels, Darkstar, Julie Yamamoto, and Ship. Paradox informs Clock that this is where he must part ways, but in his absence brings in Clock 10,000 (an alternate version from the one Clock previously met, as this one wields the Biomnitrix), and Clock 23. On Clock 10,000's shoulder is Skurd the Slimebiote, taken from some point in Clock's future. Skurd proceeds to attach to Clock's Omnitrix, and temporarily gives him a Chromastone arm to display his powers.

Arriving at Los Soledad, Clock splits up the group into three teams. Kevin, Darkstar, Pierce, Alan, Helen, and Clock 23 go to the west, Cooper, Ship, Azmuth, and Clock 10,000 take to the skies, while Taryn, Manny, Julie (armed with a weapon Kevin picked up from a previous battle), Skurd, and Clock himself go to the east. Following the orders, Clock 23 takes on the form of Speedyquick while Clock 10,000 takes on the form of Heatblastrodactyl.

Entering the battlefield, Taryn and Manny proceed to go after a weather tower, while Julie fires at some DNAliens. Clock changes into Slapback, and Skurd gives him the wings of Big Chill. Flying up then crashing back down, Slapback duplicates, then his clones go to the top of two weather towers and duplicate more, using their weight to take down the towers. Meeting up, the clones find themselves surrounded by DNAliens. Slapback activates the Omnitrix's DNA repair feature, curing all the nearby DNAliens of their Xenocytes, though transforming himself back to human as well. Skurd proceeds to give him armor made of Diamondhead's crystals before running into the battlefield again.

Going further into the battle, Clock reconnects with his alternate selves, 10,000 still as Heatblastrodactyl, while 23 had become Rollaway. When the Omnitrix recharges, Skurd retracts the Diamondhead armor and Clock becomes Spidermonkey, using his webbing to take out some DNAliens firing at them from the weather towers.

Hearing the Highbreed warpgate arc charging up, Spidermonkey attempts to use Alien X, but is stopped by his alternate selves to keep their secret weapon for later. Spidermonkey instead becomes Humungousaur, Rollaway becomes Giant-Manster, and Heatblastrodactyl becomes Waymungousaur. Despite the collective strength of the three, not much damage if any is done to the arc, and it activates anyway, blasting the three heroes back and changing them back to their human forms.

Clock 10,000 sees the communications tower and recommends they go there to shut off the arc before changing into Gravadactyl. Clock then joins in and becomes Brainstorm to levitate up to it, with Skurd giving him the jetpack of Astrodactyl, and Clock 23 swings up with them using Mr. Mummy.

Breaking into the communications tower, the three find the Highbreed commander, the same one which apparently survived the explosion which killed Clock's grandfather, Geralt. Brainstorm changes into Shocksquatch and takes out the DNAliens while Gravadactyl weighs down the Highbreed commander, further bound by Mr. Mummy's bandages. The commander reveals that, even if he wanted to, the arc can only be shut off from Augstaka, the homeworld of the Highbreed. After getting this information, Shocksquatch proceeds to electrocute the commander to the point of unconsciousness, with help of Skurd giving him Wildvine tendrils.

Gravadactyl instructs Shocksquatch to go to Augstaka on Ship and with backup, while he and Mr. Mummy remain on Earth. Shocksquatch, changing back to human, leaves the tower, and finds Taryn, Kevin, and Azmuth already with Ship. The lot of them take off through the warpgate to Augstaka, where they're immediately attacked by the planet's defenses, causing Ship to crash and knocking Clock unconscious.

Waking up, Clock finds himself trapped in the Highbreed prison along with the others (aside from Ship who managed to find a place to hide.) Azmuth instructs him to use the Omnitrix's voice command mode, which Clock does, resulting in him transforming into Atomix to break himself and the others out. Free of the prison, they run into a Highbreed who they force to take them to the leaders: the Highbreed council.

Standing before the council, Azmuth reveals the Highbreed's plan has nothing to do with them being "superior" or the "original" race, but rather, it has to do with them dying out. Skurd determines this would be the best time for the secret weapon, and Atomix agrees, changing into Alien X.

Inside Alien X's consciousness, Clock convenes with the voices. Bellicus suggests that the best course of action would be to remove the source of the problem altogether by wiping out the Highbreed. Serena, however, suggests using the Omnitrix's DNA repair feature across all the Highbreed, despite how costly the energy reserves would be. Clock agress with Serena, causing Bellicus to grumble some unhappily.

After a bright blue flash of light, Clock finds himself in his human form with the Omnitrix drained of energy. Looking around, he sees the Highbreed have become a large array of different colors from being spliced with aliens from the Omnitrix's database. The Highbreed Supreme determines this to be a worse fate than death, and decides the Highbreed will perish alongside the rest of the universe.

However, the Highbreed Supreme's actions are stopped by none other than the return of Wayne Brady. Wayne Brady convinces the Highbreed council that the additional DNA is not an infection or curse, but a cure, using his Methanosian arm as an example. The Highbreed council then determine Wayne Brady to be a much more fit leader, and Brady thanks Clock before leaving to call the Highbreed attack off.

Arriving back on Earth, Paradox returns to take Clock 23, Clock 10,000, and Skurd back to their respective points in time. Azmuth then resets the Omnitrix, removing the Master Control. He then explains that Clock's most recent set of ten remains unlocked, as well as the aliens both he and Skurd used, and one additional alien.

In a credit scene, Clock changes into Alien X again to thank Bellicus and Serena for their help. Showing his gratitude, he proceeds to join in their delegations, notably bringing the dinosaurs back for them to inhabit Mars.

## Major Events

* The Highbreed's war ends after Clock repairs their DNA.
* Cooper Daniels, Clock 10,000 (Fusion), and Skurd debut.
* Clock reunlocks Diamondhead and Wildvine, and unlocks Slapback, Shocksquatch, Atomix, Astrodactyl, and Lodestar.

### Omnitrix Debuts

* Slapback
* Astrodactyl *(Skurd only)*

### Hero Watch Debuts

* Speedyquick
* Rollaway
* Giant-Manster
* Mr. Mummy

### Biomnitrix Debuts

* Heatblastrodactyl
* Waymungousaur
* Gravadactyl

## Characters

* Clockwork Firefly
* Taryn Firefly
* Kevin Levin
* Alan Albright
* Helen Wheels
* Pierce Wheels
* Manny Armstrong
* Cooper Daniels *(debut)*
* Darkstar
* Julie Yamamoto
* Ship
* Clock 10,000  *(debut, Fusion 10K)*
* Clock 23
* Professor Paradox
* Azmuth
* Wayne Brady

### Villains

* Highbreed Supreme
* Highbreed Council
* Highbreed Commander
* DNAliens

## Aliens Used

### Clockwork Firefly

* Slapback *(debut)*
* Spidermonkey
* Humungousaur
* Brainstorm
* Shocksquatch
* Atomix
* Alien X *(2x, second time credit scene)*

### Clock 23

* Speedyquick *(debut)*
* Rollaway *(debut)*
* Giant-Manster *(debut)*
* Mr. Mummy *(debut)*

### Clock 10,000

* Heatblastrodactyl *(debut)*
* Waymungousaur *(debut)*
* Gravadactyl *(debut)*

### Skurd

* Chromastone
* Big Chill
* Diamondhead
* Astrodactyl
* Wildvine

## Trivia

* Although not explored in this chapter, Darkstar's powers and personality are slightly altered from having absorbed some of Alien X in *Darkstar Rising*.
* Mr. Mummy mentions Electricyeti when seeing Clock use Shocksquatch.