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Chapter 172 - Chapter 172: Divided We Stand

(In an island prison somewhere off the coast of California, our favorite insane scientist was busy monologuing to the seagulls that had visited the grounds.)

Animo: "The time has finally come. Soon, I, Dr. Aloysius James Animo will bring about a new world order. And they thought they could lock me up forever!"

(Soon, the guards had come and were laughing at how insane this guy really was in the head.)

guards: "You're not going anywhere, Dr. Freakimo."

(The guards just laughed and walked away, not even noticing as a seagull flew into the prison and perched on Dr. Animo's shoulder.)

Animo: "Ignore them, my pet. For you have been exceedingly loyal. Bringing me the components I need one at a time."

(The seagull dropped a computer chip from its beak into the scientist's hand and he unzipped his orange prison uniform to reveal a new transmodulator and placed a new helmet upon his head.)

Animo: "And now for your reward."

(He then activated his transmodulator which arced its red energy between the two antennae transceivers and blasted the energy at the seagull, mutating it into a vicious monster.)

(The guards and fellow prisoners all gasped at the monstrosity before them as it landed with Dr. Animo riding upon its back.)

(The mutant seagull then grabbed two of the guards with its talons and took off into the sky away from the island.)

guards: "Put us down, you freak!"

Animo: "With pleasure!"

(The seagull then dropped the guards screaming as they fell down in the ocean.)

(Once they resurfaced, the seagull flew away from the island with its master upon it, riding to freedom.)

Animo: "And the first thing I'm going to do is visit those snot-nosed brats that locked me up in that wretched prison: Ben and Jen Tennyson!"

(Our heroes were spending a nice relaxing day at the beach as Allison spent some time applying sunscreen to herself and Gwen read her spellbook while Max was working on some kind of new device at the center while Becky did some exercises a little bit off the shore as she smiled.)

Gwen: "Ah, so nice to finally get a little peace and quiet so I can catch up on my summer reading."

(Gwen said, her face buried in her spellbook.)

Max: "Although, I can't help but feel that it's a little too quiet."

(Max said, taking off his work goggles.)

Allison: "Yeah."

(Allison said as she sat up in her chair, testing out her new black swimsuit.)

Allison: "Nothing's quiet around us."

(That was when they all widened their eyes in realization.)

Everyone: "Where are the twins?"

(Suddenly, all the patrons on the beach started to scream as they ran away from the ocean shoreline as they saw two fins that resembled a shark coming in towards them.)

Becky: "Oh boy."

(Becky deadpanned as she stopped exercising.)

(She looked to see Ripjaws and Mermaid flying in on their surfboards as they rode the wave onto the beach.)

(Mermaid flipped onto her feet and smiled as she watched her brother faceplant right into a sand castle while she just sighed.)

Ripjaws: "Hey."

(Ripjaws said.)

Ripjaws: "Where's everybody going? Surf's up, dudes."

(The Omnitrixes timed out as they saw Max, Gwen, Becky and Allison walk up to them and glare.)

Ben: "What?"

(Ben asked.)

Jen: "Uh-oh."

(Jen said, shrugging.)

Ben: "Come on."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "We were just having some fun."

Max: "So were we."

(Max said.)

Becky: "Only difference is that we managed to have some fun without scaring half of the people on the beach half to death."

(Becky said.)

Jen: "For the record, I only wanted to see how well Mermaid could catch the waves."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "I didn't mean to frighten anybody. I'm sorry, guys."

Max: "You know what? If I wanted to read books and build science projects, I'd have signed up for summer school."

(He angrily walked off as Jen sighed.)

Jen: "I guess I'll just practice my powers a bit."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "Alone."

(Max had finally put the last screw into his project and smiled... just as a ball came flying out of the blue and knocked into him, causing him to drop the project, which broke once again.)

(Max groaned as Ben came over and picked up his ball.)

Ben: "Done fixing that thing, Grandpa?"

Max: "I was."

(Jen stood by with her guitar and played it with a thought in her head as she sighed.)

Jen: "You find your faith has been lost and shaken, you take back what's been taken, get on your knees and dig down deep, you can do what you think is impossible."

(she sang.)

(Suddenly, she found herself getting hit in the head with a ball and she fell over into the sand.)

Jen: "What the heck, Ben?!"

(Jen asked as she placed her guitar down.)

Jen: "What was that for?!"

Ben: "Come on."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "You know there's better things to do than your music."

Jen: "Maybe."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "But when I do them, I'd like to do them on my own time."

(She then sighed and gave Ben a slight push backwards with an energy pulse, causing him to fall backwards.)

Jen: "I think that Gwen is free. Go play with her."

(she said as she went off to put her guitar back in the Rust Bucket.)

Ben: "Even my own sister is against me having fun."

(Ben sighed.)

(Later, Ben made some funny faces at the seagulls walking on the beach with them having nary a reaction from him or even flying away.)

Ben: "Oh, man, even the stupid birds on this beach don't know how to have fun."

(That was when the seagulls suddenly took flight and flew away as Ben smiled.)

Ben: "Now that's more like it."

(Suddenly, he grew nervous as a giant shadow loomed over him.)

(He turned around and faced the giant seagull from earlier and he gasped in horror as it flew down towards him with a shriek.)

Ben: "Okay, bird brain!"

(Ben said.)

Ben: "You want a little air-to-air combat? I'm going Stinkfly!"

(He activated the Omnitrix and slammed down the core, transforming into... a new alien.)

(He was the height of an average human child.)

(He had white skin, a black and white head, white face, along with black shoulders.)

(His hands were large with 4 digits each and his feet were merely stubs.)

(He had three fin-like growths on his head and gem-like orbs on his arms and three button-like gems on his waist.)

(He wore black clothes with an overall-like design.)

(He had green eyes with light green pupils and bore the Omnitrix symbol on his forehead.)

???: "Another alien?!"

(he asked, cracking his knuckles.)

???: "Okay. Let's see what you can do!"

(Ben then shouted out and charged forward before he was suddenly knocked back by the mutant seagull and was sent sliding across the beach, groaning in pain.)

???: "Ugh. I guess you're not strong."

(He then dove out of the way of the seagull's beak and tried crawling away, but was quickly snatched on the rear by the gull's beak.)

???: "Or fast. Let. Go. Of."

(As the seagull pulled on the new alien harder and harder, he suddenly split himself into two and they looked at each other in shock.)

???: "...Us? Cool!"

(The gull then pulled onto the clone, letting go of the original Ben in the process as he dropped onto the ground.)

the clone: "Whoa!"

(the clone shouted as the original grabbed onto its tail feathers.)

???: "Not so fast, bird brain!"

(Not far from the battle, the others were doing their own things to relax when they heard both Bens screaming outwards in hysterics as Jen shook her head.)

Jen: "Now what's he up to?"

(she asked.)

(The civilians ran away screaming from the mutant seagull tossing around the two aliens like rag dolls as the others looked on in shock.)

Gwen: "Is that Ben?"

(Gwen asked.)

Allison: "And... Ben?"

(Allison asked.)

Becky: "What alien... or aliens has he turned into now?"

(Becky asked as she, her sister, cousin and friend all suited up.)

Becky: "I think he could use some help."

(The struggle with the Bens and the mutant seagull eventually caused them to bump into the lifeguard station, which then started to shake as two kids hid from the gull... right underneath the station.)

(Lucky Girl gasped and shot out her hands.)

Lucky Girl: "Saphirius Expectorium!"

(A miniature tornado flew out of her hands and kept the station in the air as Huntress ran in and saved the two kids as Gwen deactivated her spell, letting the station fall to the ground.)

(One of the Bens shouted out in pain as the seagull bit down on his leg as it tossed him around in its beak.)

???: "Ow! You're pinching my ankle!"

???: "Ow!"

(the original Ben shouted.)

???: "I felt that too. Well let's see if you feel this!"

(He then shouted out and pulled on one of the seagull's feathers, causing it to squawk out in pain, letting the two Bens go as they fell to the ground.)

(The seagull angrily glared at the pair of aliens and they ran away screaming as it flew after them.)

(Suddenly, it was blasted by pink energy blasts as Omni-Pink came running up and shouted out as she and her allies glared with their arms crossed.)

Matter Girl: "Flock off, feather face!"

(Matter Girl shouted as Omni Pink and Lucky Girl looked to each other and nodded.)

(Lucky Girl then focused, activating her Telekinesis Charm and Jen surrounded the nearby volleyball net in her pink aura and they lifted it up as the Ben's ran underneath it.)

Lucky Girl: "Try this on for size!"

(Lucky Girl shouted as she and Omni-Pink tossed the net out of the ground and wrapped it around the seagull, sending it sprawling to the ground as they looked at each other and high-fived as the Bens did the same to each other.)

???: "That's right, turkey!"

(one Ben said as he planted his foot on the seagull's beak and his duplicate sat on it.)

???: "Nobody messes with..."

(They looked at each other and then beamed with an idea for a name.)

Ditto: "Ditto!"

(Suddenly, the seagull shifted and struggled in the net's grip before it finally broke free, sending the two Dittos flying and crashing into the sand.)

Lucky Girl: "Nice gloating, doofuses."

(Lucky Girl glared as she and the others deactivated their super suits.)

Lucky Girl: "Now we'll never know where that thing came from."

Max: "Actually."

(Max said as he walked over.)

Max: "I have a good idea. Call it a hunch, but I think it's the work of our old nemesis: Dr. Animo."

Jen: "...Yeah, you're probably right."

(Jen said as she cracked her spine back into place.)

Becky: "I guess that's the end of our fun day at the beach."

(Becky said.)

Becky: "Now we've got to deal with that madman again."

Ditto 1: "Maybe it's the end of your fun."

(one of the Dittos said.)

Ditto 2: "But my fun is just starting!"

(the other Ditto said... right as the Omnitrix timed out.)

Ben: "...As soon as the watch recharges."

(Ben sighed.)

[To Be Continued...]

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