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Chapter 3 - Episode 3: Null Void Nexus

Ultimate Alien X floated in the air, his presence radiating raw, untamed power. Eon Codex recoiled, sensing the shift in the balance of power. "Impossible," it hissed. "You cannot control such power!" Ultimate Alien X remained silent, his thoughts fractured, his memories fading. Ben's consciousness was adrift, struggling to maintain control against the overwhelming power of the Celestialsapiens. He felt like he was forgetting who he was. His childhood, his friends, his family… slipping away like sand through his fingers. He tried to focus, to latch onto something, anything, to anchor himself to reality. He remembered Gwen's smile, Kevin's sarcastic wit, Grandpa Max's corny jokes. He had to save them. He had to stop Eon Codex. But how?

The armor on his body shifted, responding to his fractured thoughts. He was locked in a never ending struggle between Serena and Bellicus for his own consciousness. He tried to freeze time, to gain an advantage, but the temporal energies surrounding Eon Codex were too strong, too chaotic. Time was already warped, distorted, unstable. He needed a new strategy. He reached out with his cosmic awareness, scanning the timelines, searching for a weakness, a flaw in Eon Codex's plan. He saw it. A nexus point, a convergence of timelines, a place where the fabric of reality was thin: The Null Void Nexus.

It was a prison dimension created by his Grandpa Max and the plumbers. He was unsure of what was in the Null Void, but he had to take the chance. He could use it to disrupt Eon Codex's control over time and space. Ultimate Alien X opened a portal, a swirling vortex of cosmic energy that tore a hole in reality. He grabbed Eon Codex, ignoring its struggles, and dragged it with him into the void. The portal slammed shut behind them, leaving Gwen and Kevin alone in the ravaged remains of Bellwood. "Ben!" Gwen screamed, her voice filled with despair. "What have you done?" Kevin stared at the empty space where the portal had been, his face grim. "He did what he had to do," he said quietly. "Now, we have to figure out how to get him back."

Inside the Null Void Nexus, chaos reigned. Fragments of broken timelines floated in the void, remnants of destroyed realities. Alternate versions of familiar places flickered in and out of existence. The air crackled with raw, untamed energy. Ultimate Alien X and Eon Codex clashed, their powers creating shockwaves that tore through the fabric of the dimension. Time had no meaning here. Past, present, and future blurred together. Ben's consciousness struggled to maintain control, but the Celestialsapiens were growing stronger, their will overwhelming his. He felt his memories fading faster now. He was becoming a passenger in his own body, a puppet controlled by forces beyond his comprehension. "You cannot win," Eon Codex boomed, its voice echoing through the void. "The Final Singularity is inevitable. All timelines will be consumed!"

Ultimate Alien X unleashed a wave of cosmic energy, attempting to erase Eon Codex from existence. But the entity was protected by temporal armor, a shield that deflected the attack. The energy ricocheted, striking a nearby fragment of timeline. The fragment shattered, revealing…a familiar figure. Ben Tennyson. Older, wearier, but undeniably Ben. But he was different. He wasn't wearing the Ultimatrix. He was…human. "What the…?" Ben muttered, staring at the two cosmic entities battling before him. "Alien X? What's going on?"

Another figure emerged from the shadows. Another Ben. This one younger, more reckless, wearing the original Omnitrix. "Who are you guys?" he demanded, summoning Heatblast. Soon multiple Ben's started to appear, all from different points in time. Each one was different from the last, some had no watches, some had the original, and some had the Ultimatrix. Some of the Ben's began to clash, unable to figure out who was the real Ben. Ultimate Alien X paused, his fractured mind struggling to process the information. Alternate versions of himself? Here? In the Null Void? It was too much. The Celestialsapiens were seizing control, their will eclipsing his own. He was losing himself, becoming nothing more than a vessel for their power. The Ben who was once Ultimate Alien X was lost.

Eon Codex seized the opportunity, unleashing a devastating attack that struck Ultimate Alien X, sending him crashing into a floating fragment of timeline. The fragment shattered, revealing another version of Bellwood. But this Bellwood was…empty. Silent. Destroyed. A single figure stood amidst the rubble. An older Ben, his face etched with grief and despair. He looked up at Ultimate Alien X, his eyes filled with a cold, burning hatred. "You," he said, his voice barely a whisper. "You did this. You unleashed this power. And you destroyed everything." He lunged forward, his hands outstretched, his eyes glowing with a power that matched that of Ultimate Alien X. "I'm going to make you pay." The other Ben's stopped fighting and started staring, wondering what would happen next. They watched the two face off, unsure who would win.

That Ben grabbed the older Ben and started absorbing his powers. This Ben seemed to be taking the powers that Kevin would usually take. Ultimate Alien X saw this, and in his last moment of control he warned, "He is going to destroy us all." After hearing this, the other Ben's slowly began to question him. "What do you mean?" Ben asked. But as soon as he asked that he was transported to a different time. A place of darkness. He was surrounded. And a voice spoke, "The Final Singularity has begun!"

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