New York saved, people happy, there's nothing more to a good ending to this other than what's happened.
After the whole ordeal Animo was charged with assault, theft, desecration of the dead, etc. Ben on the other hand managed to remain somewhat obscure about the matter thanks to people believing Upgrade was some dude riding a sweet car.
Of course, the League eventually got involved with the cleanup, but Ben was long gone when that happened. It's been 2 days since and he's riding the Rustbucket on autopilot while he was studying.
Ben was studying the Transmodulator he just "borrowed" from Animo and with the help of Upgrade, he made it better.
The few kinks about the revitalization of the cells aren't as effective as it should, the dead cells are only being awakened by the energy from the modulator, making it that just breaking it can reverse the effect.
The energy is also a problem, for an army of dead fossils it can't do much when they power down in 24 hours. But now, Ben has a device that can bring back those from the dead, granted they'll be something akin to a puppet zombie but without the viruses, but it was better than nothing.
Why did he fix it?
Because he was a bit bored.
Truth to be told, Ben has so little issues in his life, he has a house, a transportation vehicle, and food. He doesn't need anything else, really. He could try unlocking master control but as stated earlier that's a big no due to unexpected factors.
Ben's a kid, sure, but he's at least above the legal age in terms of mentality.
After finishing his little side project, Ben decided to browse on the internet for some local news. Turns out, Bruce Wayne has made another grand donation to the Gotham Repair Center to clean up Chemo's radiation.
What surprised him more was to see Dick Grayson standing beside Bruce Wayne!
After some more digging, Ben found out that Dick's parents died in a circus "accident" and he was adopted by Bruce. Now, I know that anyone who knows DC to some minimum extent knows the dots that have connected in Ben's mind.
Richard "Dick" Grayson is (The first) Robin.
There was a moment of pause between the realization and the actual implications of this discovery.
For once, Ben can firmly say that the DC world is a fuck place of intertwined relations and coincidences, and the second is that he really needs to expand his knowledge of the heroes.
Opening the official Justice League wiki (fanbase of course), Ben spends the rest of the night learning as much as he could about the heroes of this world.
(22 Hours later)
Despite dedicating 2 hours to finding a new place out of the city to park, Ben stayed all night researching the heroes and at some point, even the villains of the world.
He doesn't believe that these are all but it's a start so, he can't really complain. The real problem though is about those who have yet to arrive and only Ben knows of, or at least presumably.
(Watchtower, 3 Days ago.)
The JL has been busy during these past few days as always, Red Tornado's upgrades have allowed him to be at least 90% more efficient, his words not anyone's.
But today's not about that, todays about a certain beast that lurks in the waters of a state park.
The Watchtower has received an incoming message from Aquaman, who's in Atlantis, urging them to meet. At said meeting, only Shazam, Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern were present, the rest were busy, and Batman was listening via message.
"What's the issue Arthur?" Green Lanter.
From the other side of the screen, Aquaman was looking at some sort of mural.
"Here's the situation: A few hours back I had a running with Black Manta, who destroyed some parts of the castle, however, in one of said places he destroyed I found a hidden mural about a prophecy." Aquaman spoke as he shared his image with the mural.
The mural showed a giant beast with blue eyes and large tentacle-like protuberances coming from its mouth destroying everything on its path.
"So… what are we seeing?" Shazam.
"This prophecy talks about a giant figure that emerged from the seas and it'll bring ruin to the lands of above." Aquaman.
"I thought the entire sea was your domain." Superman.
"It is, but no matter how much I try to search for it, I can't seem to find it. My people have translated it and said that the beast will awaken sometime soon." Aquaman.
"How soon?" Batman.
"I'm not sure, I'd like some help to try and find where the creature lives before it awakens so we can prevent it." Aquaman.
"That'll be difficult, two thirds of earth is water, ironically, and you're one of the only ones who can actually dwell into the deep." Green Lantern.
"Guys, aren't prophecies usually shams made by crazy dudes with too much free time?" Shazam.
"That may be, but in Themyscira there are records of different prophecies being right. I wouldn't discard this." Wonder Woman.
"Best case scenario we wasted our time, but if there is such creature threatening everyone's life's, we can't allow it." Superman.
"Agreed, causalities must be averted no matter what." Batman.
"Does this creature have a name?" Wonder Woman.
"The records call it: The Krakken." Aquaman.
(Back with Ben in the present.)
The kid was having a serious debate about whether he should help things through or let things play out. It was seriously stressing.
On one hand Ben isn't exactly a hero, an anti-hero at best since he's been taking money but not a hero, on the other hand he does have some sense of morality.
Bah, what are the odds of him even approaching the same lake?
It's been a long time since he's watched the original series, heck, even some Omniverse details are blurry. Still, he rode the camper through the road without trouble, if he could help, he'd help, after all, Azmuth could be watching through the Omnitrix, and he wouldn't risk a confiscation of the watch.
*BANG*
The tire popped.
Ben slowed down and pushed the brakes as he guided the van to the off side of the road. After a moment to recover from the adrenaline, Ben got off the Rustbucket and checked out that tire.
'Note to self, change tires for something else.' Ben noted as he saw the tire ripped from overuse.
Even after all the cool shit he used and did to upgrade the Rustbucket, Ben hasn't really changed the tires of the damned vehicle. And now it has come to bite him in the ass.
He could use Upgrade to force the vehicle into arriving in another city, but he can't risk the possibility of timing out of nowhere.
Setting on the cloaking on the vehicle, Ben dialed XLR8 and dashed through the road. He eventually, and conveniently, found a tire shop near a lake.
'No.....' Ben thought.
He entered the shop and saw the prices of the tires and immediately felt like a cheapskate as he left the store.
'200 fucking dollars for a freaking tire?! Fuck that! However, where can I get a tire with these prices?' Ben thought as he saw many cars stopping by the lake.
They had a logo FOP with a fish inside the O.
Since I'll eventually repeat some of this text, I won't write it now but anyone that remembers the episode knows what these dudes are about.
If it weren't clear, these guys would be the antagonists.
A tall man in a blue skintight suit came from a van, he has red wine hair and beard and genuinely looked like a chilled dude: Jonah Melville.
Ben felt the gears of his mind moving and he thought of something funny.
'Bad guys can't file a stolen report, right?' Ben thought with a mischievous smirk.
Ben went to the lake, bought a fishing rod and a hat before digging a little on the soil for some worms. Fishing kit complete.
Now, he only needs the prey to bite in, the only difference is that he won't be catching any fish today.
*GLUG*
The fishline was wobbling, Ben was taken aback and grabs the fishing rod firmly as he reels back the line. With a nice tug he reeled in the fish, it was a small Utah Chub.
'Huh.' Ben.
He gave the fish a nice tap on the forehead and then let him fall back on the water.
'Is this why people fish for fun? To decide which fish lives and which dies to get that moment of omnipotence? To feel like GOD?! Nah, I'm dramatizing too much.' Ben thought as he threw the line again.
As he kept fishing, and started to get good at it, Ben spotted Jonah speaking to an old man Ben recognized as Shaw. Now, he's only in this episode and never is of relevance again but Ben remembers him due to the lasting impression he had of him.
Sure, he was just a guy parodying the Moby Dick plot with the Krakken, but it was pretty ballsy of him not give two damns about the Kraken and whether it was an actual fish or an alien, or if it was a mommy, that last part was just mean but he was a fearless motherfucker, nonetheless.
Anyways, by the looks of it, the so-called friends of the fish weren't treated kindly by old man Shaw, not that he cares, and left him alone. In the meantime, Ben started to wonder how Krakken meat tastes like.
Noticing that Jonah seems to be recognized here means that he's been coming to this lake for a while, which could imply that he has already come into contact with the Krakken. Regardless of whether it's true or false, Ben decided to wait for the beast to appear, even if it meant running 500 miles each day as XLR8.
Unbeknownst to Ben, the JL has been looking throughout the whole planet trying to find the Krakken, and Ben learned how to de-bone a cutthroat trout. Overall, it's been a nice day for ben and not much for the Justice League.
(Atlantis, 1 Days ago.)
The king of Atlantis: Arthur Curry, is a simple person. All he ever wants is for his people to live happily, for his wife to be happy and for the earth to be well. But after the whole Krakken ordeal he feels that he hasn't done much for the earth.
(Shoutout to all Aquaman haters out there, leave my bro alone, guy was almost a hobo, got stacked, banged an exotic redhead, and became king of a mythological land, also he can swim for as long as he wants and his fingers won't get all rugged and annoying.)
Regardless of what his inner demons say, Aquaman still stood proudly.
As he kept thinking, the doors of the throne room opened, the person who entered is a dark-skinned young man with tattoos on his arms and handles on his back, he has a semi-shaved head and wears a red shirt with blue pants, he's also shoe-less.
"My king." Greeted the young one.
"Kaldur, what brings you here?" Aquaman asked.
"I desire to partake in the mission regarding the Krakken." Kaldur.
"I already have my friends in the Justice League on the case, don't trouble yourself with this." Aquaman.
"With all due respect, the planet is two thirds made out of water, I don't believe that my help would be unnecessary." Kaldur.
Aquaman pondered for a moment.
Kaldur, the son of one of his greatest nemeses and one born with talent in the mystic arts of the Atlanteans. A young man that understands the importance of balance unlike his father.
A pang of guilt struck Aquaman, lying to the kid about his father, Aquaman decided to take him in and raise him as a force of good, but was that good enough of a reason to lie to his pupil? He didn't know, what he did know was that Kaldur needed to learn more of the surface, so he decided to allow it.
"I'll allow it; however, you won't be working alone. Tula will join you." Aquaman.
"Understood." Kaldur.
"Whatever information you find inform me immediately." Aquaman.
Without another word, Kaldur nodded and left the throne room.
Kaldur immediately met with Tula at the training grounds and explained her the situation.
"Any leads on the Krakken?" Tula asked.
"Kind of, I surmised that if isn't being detected on the sea then perhaps is on some body of water in the surface." Kaldur.
"Bold assumption. Where to first?" Tula.
"Let's begin in the American Continent." Kaldur.
The two Atlanteans left their home in search of anything related to the creature.
(Back to the present.)
For convenience's sake, the two Atlanteans are now inspecting the lake that Ben's at. The forced plot baffles me as well, trust me. This'll be the only time I promised, it's just that I binge-watched both Aquaman movies and liked them so the spree is here.
Anyway, dressed in civilian clothes, Kaldur and Tula are walking across the pier examining the lake.
"Well, there's nothing here as well." Tula.
"Another spot off the list." Kaldur.
"Are you sure these populated areas fall in the list?" Tula.
"The prophecy dictates that the creature will destroy cities upon its awakening, anything populated even as this much must be inspected properly." Kaldur.
Before Tula could speak, a fish flew her way and Kaldur grabbed it.
"Sorry!"
The two of them saw Ben wearing his "fishing kit" with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Sorry, I may have pulled a bit too strong on that one." Ben apologized.
"No worries, nothing bad happened." Kaldur gave back the fish to Ben.
Ben takes the fish and puts it in his bucket.
"Where are your parents?" Kaldur asked.
"Around, I'm ten, that's pretty much safe enough to wander through a pier." Ben remarks as he places the fish in a bucket of water.
"Still, it's a bit irresponsible to leave a kid as young as yourself alone." Tula.
"You two how old are? Because you both look 14-ish or so." Ben remarks as he looks at them.
Tula was about to say something when suddenly, on the distance, Something emerged from the waters and roared with force.
A massive body with tentacle coming from the end of its mouth, sharp teeth and a head resembling the fin of a shark. It's the Krakken.
And newsflash, she's not happy.
"What is that?!" Ben "panicked."
"Get out of here kid!" Kaldur ordered Ben.
Not wanting to be on the eyeline of the situation, Ben left just as he was told.
"You don't think this is it?" Tula.
"Let's go!" Kaldur.
Both of them ran towards the forest so that they could change without revealing their identities. On the meantime, Ben also took off his hat and pulled out his mask.
'Time for an underwater beatdown.' Ben thought as he pressed the Omnitrix.
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So, long time no see, huh?
Let's cut to the chase instead of me either apologizing or promising new shit, here's the deal.
I've read some comments about some of you not liking Ben's hero name and it got me thinking: "I can't think of something better."
So, since I write this story to make myself happy (and you guys of course) I'd like you all to leave your names for the new DC transformations. The Kryptonian in specific has me burnout since I can't just call him Omni-man for obvious reasons…
Just give your name on the respective space and if you want even a transformation sequence or art. Go crazy it's your treat and my honor to add it, if I like it.
Kryptonian.
Atlantean.
Green Martians.
White Martians.
Themyscirans.
Coluans.
Rannians.
Tamaraneans.
Thanagarians.
Czarnian.