(Later, as Gwen read her spellbook and Jen practiced her guitar again, they heard a flash and saw Ben as Ditto run over with a football as he played with himself, tossing the ball, which flew right over Gwen and Jen as they ducked for cover as it glared.)
Gwen: "The only thing more obnoxious than one Ben Tennyson alien is two of them!"
(Gwen shouted.)
Jen: "Ben, go play with yourself elsewhere!"
(Jen said.)
(She then created a pink forcefield that the ball collided against, sending it flying.)
(One of the Dittos gasped and ran across the beach to catch it but without watching where he was going as he looked up at the ball.)
(The next thing he knew, he collided with Max just as he was about to put mustard on his hot dog, causing him to spill the contents all over his shirt.)
Max: "Benjamin Tennysons!"
(he glared as Allison and Becky walked over and groaned in annoyance.)
Ditto 1: "Okay, Grandpa. You got us."
(one Ditto said.)
Ditto 2: "Yeah, we won't bother the girls anymore."
(the other said.)
(Jen and Gwen glared before Jen felt herself get hit with a water balloon.)
(She looked beside her to see a third Ditto casually toss another one in his hand.)
Ditto 3: "But we didn't say anything about him!"
(That Ditto then split himself again, creating four Dittos total.)
Ditto 4: "Or him!"
Ditto 1: "Are you guys up for some two-on-two?!"
(Ditto 1 said and they nodded and ran off towards the basketball court.)
(As they left, the others looked on in disbelief as Allison glared.)
Allison: "I don't think anything good can come of this."
Jen: "You mean for us or him?"
(Jen asked.)
Allison: "Both."
(The two teams of Ditto played each other on the basketball court and got serious looks on their faces.)
(Ditto 1 went for it and then tried to slam dunk the ball, only to miss and the ball landed in the hands of Ditto 3.)
(Ditto 3 then did the same and dunked the ball with a cheer.)
Ditto 1: "T!"
(Ditto 1 said.)
Ditto 1: "You fouled me!"
Ditto 3: "Did not!"
(Ditto 3 said.)
Ditto 4: "Liar!"
(Ditto 4 said.)
Ditto 4: "I felt it too!"
Ditto 3: "How can I foul you, nimrod? We're on the same team!"
Ditto 2: "No you're not! I'm on your team!"
(Ditto 2 said.)
Ditto 3: "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Then who's on my team?"
(Ditto 3 said.)
(Ditto 3 then felt himself get hit in the head with the ball and saw Ditto 4 glare at him.)
Ditto 4: "I am, dipstick!"
Ditto 3: "You get it!"
(The next thing the two clones knew, they saw themselves struggle and shove and got into a fighting match, kicking up sand everywhere.)
Ditto 2: "Hey, break it up!"
(Ditto 2 shouted as he ran over to them to try to stop the fight.)
Ditto 1: "Fine."
(Ditto 1 said.)
Ditto 1: "I'll go get the ball."
(He walked over to the ball and picked it up... only to see some bubbles surface in the water.)
(He then gasped as he saw Dr. Animo in some kind of aquatic suit with a spherical tank strapped to his back surface on a mutant octopus.)
Ditto 1: "Animo?"
(he asked fearfully.)
(He dropped the ball and tried to make a break for it, only to be caught by the octopus' long tentacles anyway.)
Animo: "Tennyson."
(Dr. Animo glared.)
Animo: "Hmm... it seems that watch of yours is just chock full of new alien DNA. And I'll enjoy extracting all of it from you as painfully as possible!"
(Ditto 1 could only watch as the tank opened and the octopus lowered him into it.)
Ditto 1: "No!"
(he protested as the octopus sank into the sea once again.)
(Only this time, he had a captive.)
Ditto 2: "Cheater!"
(Ditto 2 shouted.)
Ditto 3: "I know you are, but what am I?"
(Ditto 3 glared.)
(Ditto 4 then shouted out and kicked against a rock in anger.)
(Suddenly, all of the remaining Ditto clones shouted out in pain and held their feet, shouting out in pain from the impact.)
(Jen and Gwen smiled at the show as Becky and Allison shook their heads in humor.)
Gwen: "I could watch this for hours."
(Gwen said.)
Dittos: "It's not funny!"
(the Dittos all shouted.)
Jen: "You're right. It's three times funnier!"
(Jen chuckled as Max walked over and widen his eyes.)
Max: "Wait."
(he said.)
Max: "Weren't there four of you?"
(The Dittos all stopped and everyone looked around as Becky saw the tentacle drop into the sea.)
Becky: "We've got trouble."
(she said as she glared outwards.)
Becky: "With a capital 'A' for 'Animo.'"
Max: "And unless I miss my guess, he's the one who's got your missing Ditto in the cocoon."
(Max said, watching as they sank into the ocean.)
Dittos: "This is all your fault!"
(the remaining Dittos all yelled at each other just as the Omnitrix started beeping down.)
(But without warning, it just stopped beeping, leaving the Dittos still intact.)
Jen: "Um, shouldn't this be the point where you turn back to Ben, bro?"
(Jen asked.)
Max: "Something must be blocking the DNA transformation process."
(Max said.)
Allison: "Maybe all the Dittos have to be together before he can become Ben again."
(Allison suggested.)
Dittos: "We've got to get back the other me!"
(the Dittos shouted before running off in separate directions.)
Jen: "Oh, it's going to be one of those days isn't it?"
(Jen asked as she facepalmed and shook her head.)
(Meanwhile, Ditto looked out bored when he suddenly found himself and Dr. Animo advancing on what must have been some kind of secret laboratory inside of a shipwreck floating in the middle of the ocean.)
(The octopus swam down and entered through the bottom of the lab and took off his breathing apparatus and the octopus took the cocoon containing Ditto off of his back.)
Animo: "Careful, my pet."
(Dr. Animo said with the mutant seagull watching in the rafters.)
Animo: "We don't want to damage our prize."
(The octopus glared and then opened the sphere up, sending Ditto sprawling onto the floor.)
(The seagull squawked, recognizing Ditto, before flying down and staring at him threateningly.)
Ditto: "What's the matter, buzzard beak? Scared I'll pluck out some more of your feathers?"
Animo: "No!"
(Dr. Animo said, blocking the seagull's path.)
Animo: "We need the specimen alive for the experiment to work!"
(Ditto gulped and ran away from the mad scientist, only to have his path blocked by the octopus.)
Animo: "Scared, Benjamin?"
(Dr. Animo said.)
Animo: "Trust me, with your and your sister's DNA, the creatures that I'll create will make these ones look like single-cell amoebas!"
(Ditto only looked on pathetically.)
(Later, once Dr. Animo had the self-duplicating alien captive inside of some kind of experimental capsule filled with a liquid, he looked over his work bench and pulled out some kind of prod and electrified him, causing him to shout out in pain.)
Ditto: "Just wait, buster!"
(Ditto said.)
Ditto: "When my sister and cousins get here, you're going to wish that you were back in prison."
Animo: "I'm counting on it."
(Animo glared at him.)
[To Be Continued...]