Another Enemy of a Better Man (B10:R)

A former-warlord arrives on Earth and attacks Ben. While fighting, Ben finds out that this mysterious attacker seems to know a bit too much about him. Leading to Ben discovering that an old enemy has returned from the universe's highest security prison.

Plot
SMACK! Dr Animo is thrown through a wall. He stands up in his bulky, grey armour. “How dare you touch me you foul being! I am Dr Aloysius Animo! You will…”

“Be quiet!” A chunk of concrete hits Animo in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Fourarms leaps out of the building, “You’re getting annoying!” He smacks his hands into the pedestrian walkway and pulls out a slab. He spins around and hits the villain with it. “Five years of the same act over and over…” KCHINK! The armour clicks and falls off, leaving Animo defenceless, “..is getting annoying.” Fourarms grabs the doctor’s head and cracks the silver helmet, “No. More. Ants!”

Police cars come zooming around the corner. They skid to a halt and officers emerge, “Hands up Animo!”

“Noo! I should have one! How could my dastardly scheme be defeated once more by a 15 year old child?” He thrusts his hands forward, letting the police cuff him. He gets pushed into one of the cars. As it pulls away from the scene, the uniforms of the two officers flicker and disappear, a hologram. They wear white, form-fitting suits with a number of high-tech accessories. “Curse you Ben Tennyson!”

BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP BLOOP! The Omnitrix times out, and Ben looks at the watch’s time function, “Gwen!” He starts to run down the road! “Come on, Omnitrix! I’ve got to get there!” He messes around with it, unable to get past the recharge. He stops focusing on the Omnitrix and more on his running. “Come on, Ben! You can do it!” VWEEP! The Omnitrix flashes up green.

“Recharge complete.”

“Yes!” VEEOW! XLR8 shoots forward, becoming a blue, white and black blur. “XLR8 to the rescue!” He shoots into the airport terminal, through the crowds of people, and into a toilet. Inside the cubicle, he reverts back to Human, then rushes out and over to Gate 34, “Gwen!”

He sees his cousins red hair up ahead. She turns to see him, “Ben!”

“I made it!” He takes a deep breath, “I promised I’d say goodbye.” More heavy breathing.

“Glad you could make it.” She hugs Ben, “See ya dweeb!”

“Bye nerd!”

“Thanks for coming, despite our…many differences.” She pulls away, “See ya Ben. I’ll email you while I’m in studying in France.”

Ben salutes her, then watches as she disappears into the crowd.



“Cheer up, Ben!” Grandpa Max pats him on the shoulder as they walk through the Plumber Base. “She’ll visit in the holidays!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Huh? Oh, I don’t care about that.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Confused, Max asks, “But I thought…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Laughing, Ben explains, “I don’t care about her leaving! I care about not having any back up!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“So you don’t want Gwen, you want a partner?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yeah!” He looks through the glass wall parting the corridor and the Plumber training room, “Someone with skills, but who’ll at the same time not be too experienced, cause they need to learn from me.” He sees a boy about his age in the training room, hitting a punching bag. He slips and hits the ground. “Someone like him.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Looking at his iPad-like device, Max says, “Stryker Noble. Plumber in training. He’s passed all his tests, but occasionally fumbles. Looking for a partner who’s experienced but not that skilled.” Max looks at Ben, “I’ll introduce you.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Ben frowns, “Thanks grandpa.” His tone is slightly sarcastic. “Greatly appreciated…not.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Max presses a button next to the door and it slides open. “Stryker, I’d like you to meet Ben.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I know mr Tennyson.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“You know me?” Ben looks shocked, then tries to remember, “Oh yeah!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“We haven’t met in person.” He pulls up his blaster and aims it at a target, “I read your files.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Files!?” Ben stares at Max, who ignores him.

<p class="MsoNormal">Looking at his screen, Max says, “Ben needs a partner, and so do you. You’re both what the other is looking for, so shake hands and get going. I hate the smell of chilli fries.” He turns and walks away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“See ya Grandpa!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Mr Tennyson, I advise that we undergo training together to learn eachother’s…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Ben grabs Stryker’s arm and pulls him away, running down the corridor. “Hero time!”

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<p class="MsoNormal">Sat on top of a building, Ben watches the streets below with binoculars. “The trick is to not use any aliens until I need to fight someone.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“That wasn’t my ques…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Interrupting his new partner, Ben spots something, “Lets go!” He jumps to his feet and pulls out his hoverboard. “Last one there smells like Lepidopterran!” He shoots towards the site of what he believes to be an attack. Behind him, Stryker jumps onto his hoverboard, and chases after Ben.

<p class="MsoNormal">“What is the plan of action?” He pulls out his standard blaster.

<p class="MsoNormal">Laughing, Ben replies, “There isn’t one. We just run in and improvise.” Reaching the scene, Ben looks around. “I saw something…what was it…?”

<p class="MsoNormal">BOOM! Ben is thrown across the street. “Ow!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, wielder of the Omnitrix. Threat analysis, minimal.” A man in white, slightly grey, armour stands mere metres away. His eyes are covered with a visor, that slides back into his helmet, revealing his piercing red eyes. “Reanalysis, threat level medium.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Stryker lands on the ground, “Hands up! You are under arrest by Plumber jurisdiction!”

<p class="MsoNormal">The figure turns around, “Unknown male Human, Plumber officer. Threat analysis, above-medium.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Standing up, Ben yells, “How is he more dangerous than me?” He hits the Omnitrix, “Hero time!” With a flash of green light, Ben becomes a bulky, crystal humanoid. “Rocking it with Ampethyst!”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Threat reanalysis, above medium to high. Choice of action, repeated gravitational disruption.” He points his weapon at Ben and fires. BOOM! Ben is knocked upwards, along with chunks of the sidewalk.

<p class="MsoNormal">Stryker fires at the attacker, “Stryker Noble requesting reinforcements. Stryker Noble re…”

<p class="MsoNormal">Ben fires a barrage of crystal shards that distract Stryker. One of the shards hits the man’s armour, and they all emit a sonic squeal. “Threat reanalysis, high.” He throws his gun-like weapon across the road, and pulls a new one out of his belt, “Choice of action, standard laser.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“State your name.” Stryker demands the attackers name.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I am Dracus Zyltrax, former war lord of the Darcorian Empire.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Stopping his fire, Stryker asks, “Former? Why are you no longer a war lord?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I decided my skills were required in other areas. Which led me to Earth, where the fabled Ben Tennyson lives.” Raising his weapon at Ben, who is still floating overhead, Dracus continues, “I was confronted by someone who hates you enough to call armies to his side. But unfortunately, your name gets ahead of you, and I was all that was left.” Laughing, Stryker takes advantage of the two heroes thinking about what he’d just said, and fires at both.

<p class="MsoNormal">With a swift movement, Stryker dodges the blast, spins around and knocks Dracus to the ground. However, the other blast hits Ben, knocking him out of the gravitational field and onto the ground. “Ow!” He stands up and fires more crystals, which begins to emit sonic pitches as soon as they hit something. Still on the ground, Dracus presses a button on his wrist, and his helmet changes shape slightly, blocking off the sound. With another press of a button, a shockwave destroys the shards and his helmet changes shape back to normal.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Threat reanalysis, maximum. Choice of action, containment field, followed by maximum strength shockwave.” As he speaks, a domed force field appears. He punches the ground, which ripples, sending chunks into the air, hitting Stryker and Ben.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Gah!” Stryker fires blind, managing to hit Dracus’ shoulder. Seeing the point of impact, he yells, “Got him! Ben, can you get a clear aim?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Better aim? Nup. Stronger alien? Yep.” He hits the Omnitrix and smiles as he becomes Fourarms, “I could do with a few extra hands.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Ben, I don’t mean to be offensive or anything, but you seem incapable of choosing the correct alien forms.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hey, who’s the expert here?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“It would seem I am more skilled in this. As an alien such as Feedback could…” He dodges a blast from Dracus, “…absorb the energy barrier, and use it against Dracus.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“How do you know about Feedback?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Read your file.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Whatever.” Ben grabs Dracus, and holds him with one set of arms, and punching him with the other. “Who. Sent. You?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Ha! I won’t tell.” He spins around and kicks Stryker across the face. “Threat reanalysis, medium.”

<p class="MsoNormal">VEEOW! Ben steps forward as Gravattack, “Enough!” He thrusts his hands out, sending Dracus crashing into a wall. “Cuff ‘im.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I see.” He smiles, “It seems we aren’t getting anywhere with this. I’ll be meeting you again, Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, except next time you won’t get off so easy. His plans are just beginning.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Angry, Ben yells, “Who!?”

<p class="MsoNormal">He presses a button on his wrist, and says, “Vilgax.” With a blue flash, he disappears.

<p class="MsoNormal">BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP BLOOP! Ben falls to his knees, “Vilgax!?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“I do not understand, who is this Vilgax? I haven’t read any records of anyone titled Vilgax.”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Vilgax was around a long time ago. If he’s back, then we’re screwed.” He looks up, “Oh well! I’ll be here to stop him!”

<p class="MsoNormal">Stryker puts his hand over his mouth and coughs as if to say “What about me?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Fine, We’ll be here to stop him!”

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Aliens Used

 * Fourarms
 * XLR8
 * Ampethyst
 * Gravattack

Characters

 * Ben Tennyson
 * Stryker Noble
 * Gwen Tennyson

Villains

 * Dracus Zyltrax
 * Vilgax (Mentioned, behind the scenes)

Trivia

 * This is the first episode of Ben 10: Revolutionary.
 * This is the first appearance of Stryker Noble.
 * This episode (and the entire series) is set in an alternate universe that has the 'Original Series' continuity, but disregards establishments in 'Alien Force' and 'Ultimate Alien', and incorporates elements of Omniverse.