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The platform elevator in the center of the room activated, rising up to the main level from a lower floor. Standing on the elevator was a young man with a stereotypical greaser look wearing a smug grin on his face.

[Pyros]: “Yo, ‘sup?”

Me.

[Theo]: “Gee, I don’t know, maybe it was you burning down houses and flipping out on us when we fought you!”

[Pyros]: “Hey, for the record, I was drunk at the time, so I don’t even remember half of what happened.”

[Theo]: “That doesn’t make it better!”

[Alpha]: “No, but it does mean that he should be more stable while you’re working together.”

[Theo]: “Should be?!”

[Pyros]: “Hey, give me some credit here, kid.”

[Theo]: “Why the hell should I do that?!”

[Pyros]: “...Eh, you got me there.”

Also me.

Ben 10 Fan Fiction Wiki On the Wiki Wiki Activity Random Page Videos New Files Planet Chaturn Forums Wiki Content Community Resources Help Us Contribute Fire and the Flames 32,028PAGES ON THIS WIKI Add New Page Edit    Comments4 	Share Tech 10: Star Spirit Season 1, Episode 6 DragonForce - Through The Fire And Flames (Video)05:01 DragonForce - Through The Fire And Flames (Video) Air date	2/5/16 Written by	CaT Episode Guide Previous Mad World	Next Darkness, My Old Friend Fire and the Flames is the sixth episode of Tech 10: Star Spirit. Contents[hide] Episode Major Events Characters Protagonists Neutral Antagonists Aliens Used Episode Edit [Cut to the inside of an old warehouse. A somewhat short, lean Caucasian man in a business suit wearing small glasses is examining a shipment of crates and taking down notes. A tall, pale woman wearing reflective metal armor is using a crowbar made of the same metal to open one of the crates.]

[Businessman]: “The number of crates seems to be in order. What about the contents?”

[Armored Woman]: *Lifts a high-tech gun out of a crate* “It’ll take a bit to check all of them, but the ones I have checked are good to go.”

[Businessman]: “Good. Once you finish checking the shipment, we can bring these to HQ.”

[Armored Woman]: *Moves to the next crate* “You know, Taurus, you could stand to help out with this.”

[Taurus]: “Yes, but it’s not my assigned task, and I’d like to keep things running according to plan, as it were.”

[Armored Woman]: *Raises an eyebrow* “Really? And what exactly are you going to be doing the whole time?”

[Taurus]: “Keeping an eye out for intruders.”

[Armored Woman]: “What intruders? We’re in the middle of an abandoned industrial zone!”

[Taurus]: “Virgo, you never know what might-”

Taurus was suddenly cut off by a spark drifting through an open window and landing on his hand. As soon as the spark made contact, it suddenly exploded into flames that enveloped Taurus’s body. Thinking quickly, he summoned what appeared to be horns of some kind from various points on his arms and legs. The horns swiftly began to spin at high speeds, creating an air funnel the blew out the flames.

[Virgo]: “What the hell was that?!”

Instead of replying, Taurus ran over to the window the spark had flown in from, catching sight of a car barreling away down the street and turning a corner.

[Taurus]: “I don’t know.” *Brushes himself off* “But whatever it was, the one responsible is going to be paying for a new suit.”

[Cut to the main area of Plumber Base UT1. Alpha is speaking with Theo and Nova.]

[Theo]: “Spontaneous Combustion? Isn’t that just some old wives tale?”

[Alpha]: “While naturally-occurring instances of the phenomena are still subject to debate, the issue at hand appears to be a series of direct attacks.”

Alpha turned to the nearby monitor console and brought up a map with red dots in a series of random locations.

[Alpha]: “These are reported cases of the phenomena in the last week alone. Every victim of the attack was burned to ashes, but only left behind a relatively small amount of charring on their surroundings, despite often being surrounded by flammable objects.”

[Theo]: “How do you know these are attacks, and not just a string of coincidences?”

[Alpha]: “Because we managed to capture footage of one of the incidents.”

Alpha pressed a button on the console, bringing up a recording of a video feed. The footage began playing, with Alpha pausing it after a few seconds.

[Alpha]: “If you look near the bottom right of the screen, you can see a small spark approaching a man’s exposed hand.”

[Nova]: “Yeah, I see it.”

[Alpha]: “Carefully watch what happens next.”

Alpha began playing the footage again. The spark hit the man’s hand, instantly exploding into flames that covered the man’s body. People in the area screamed and began running away, prompting Alpha to turn off the footage.

[Alpha]: “I’m not going to show you what happened next, but I believe you can work it out for yourselves.”

[Nova]: “Yeesh. Not a good way to go.”

[Theo]: “Do you have any idea who the culprit is or how to find them?”

[Alpha]: “Fortunately, while there does not appear to be a pattern to these attacks, I have been able to determine the most likely culprit from the records of Xr. Nullamor’s hybridization service.”

[Theo]: “I thought you said there were too many fire users to sort through.”

[Alpha]: “Generally speaking, yes. However, the ability on display here is very specific, narrowing down the potential suspects to a very small pool. I looked into the medical and criminal records of each suspect, and found that only one had any real criminal issues.”

Alpha pushed a few buttons on the console, bringing up a mugshot of a sleazy-looking man with unkempt hair and a malicious grin on his face.

[Alpha]: “Malincious Crow. 32 years old, 6-foot 1-inch, and a diagnosed sociopath. Was serving a life sentence for attempted murder and arson, but somehow escaped a few months back and has been living under the radar.”

[Nova]: *Sarcastically* “Sounds like a charming guy.”

[Theo]: “Do you have any way to track him? We need to take this guy down.”

[Alpha]: “I am perfectly aware of that, Theodore. Fortunately, we do have a DNA Tracker in storage you could use.”

[Nova]: “Well then, what are we waiting for? Let’s go take this guy down!”

[Alpha]: “Slow down a moment. This man is incredibly dangerous, and seeing as how the StarTrix does not have a transformation capable of manipulating fire, your methods of countering him are unreliable at best.”

[Theo]: “What are you talking about? Over The Rainbow should have no problem extinguishing this joker.”

[Alpha]: “Your Superiris transformation is fine in a one-on-one fight, but if he were to lure you into a public space and target civilians, you wouldn’t be able to move fast enough to protect them. The species he shares his ability with is able to create entire showers of these sparks, and the only reason I suspect Crow to be using one at a time is to avoid creating a scene. If you put him into a corner, he could become incredibly dangerous.”

[Nova]: “But-”

[Alpha]: “No ‘buts’. You two have no experience with a target as malicious as this, and I am not going to send two teenagers out to fight him alone. Perhaps in the past this conversation would have gone differently, but as it is, I’d like to keep my operatives alive, if you don’t mind.”

[Theo]: “Hang on a second, you said you wouldn’t send us to fight him ‘alone’. Did you have something in mind?”

[Alpha]: “As a matter of fact, I do, though I doubt you’re going to like it.”

The platform elevator in the center of the room activated, rising up to the main level from a lower floor. Standing on the elevator was a young man with a stereotypical greaser look wearing a smug grin on his face.

[Pyros]: “Yo, ‘sup?”

[Theo]: “You can’t be serious.”

[Alpha]: “Unfortunately, I am. This was hardly the first option I considered, believe me.”

[Nova]: “How are we supposed to trust this guy? He tried to flash-fry us last time we met!”

[Alpha]: “I don’t need you to trust him, I need you to work with him. The deal is that if he helps with this, his sentence is reduced. I believe that to be a reasonable compromise.”

[Pyros]: “Yeah, what’s your problem?”

[Theo]: “Gee, I don’t know, maybe it was you burning down houses and flipping out on us when we fought you!”

[Pyros]: “Hey, for the record, I was drunk at the time, so I don’t even remember half of what happened.”

[Theo]: “That doesn’t make it better!”

[Alpha]: “No, but it does mean that he should be more stable while you’re working together.”

[Theo]: “Should be?!”

[Pyros]: “Hey, give me some credit here, kid.”

[Theo]: “Why the hell should I do that?!”

[Pyros]: “...Eh, you got me there.”

[Nova]: “What if he tries making a break for it or something?”

[Alpha]: “One, he’s fitted with a tracker, and two, now that Theodore has control over his Superiris form, keeping him under control should be easy enough.”

[Nova]: “Seems reasonable.”

[Theo]: “I’d disagree on that point, but if this is how things have to be, then I guess I’ll deal with it.”

[Alpha]: “Good. I’ll be monitoring you the whole time, so don’t think I won’t know if something happens.”

[Pyros]: “You talkin’ to me or the grumpy kid?”

[Alpha]: “Both.”

[Theo]: “At any rate, we should get moving. Where’s this DNA Tracker you mentioned?”

[Cut to Nova driving the Battle Moped down the streets of an industrial district. Pyros is sitting on the back seat, and Theo is following next to them as Move Along. A map-like holographic device is mounted on the moped’s steering shaft, directing them towards their target.]

[Nova]: *Yelling to Move Along over the wind* “We’re getting pretty close to this Crow guy! You think you’ll have enough juice left in the StarTrix when we get there?!”

[Move Along]: *Yelling back* “I should have about three minutes left by then! If we play our cards right, that should be more than enough time!”

[Pyros]: “Man, the time on that thing kinda sucks from the sound of it!”

[Move Along]: “Yeah, I know!”

They continued racing towards the point located on the DNA Tracker. After about a minute, they turned a corner and spotted Malincious Crow exiting a car near the end of the road. He noticed the approaching group and quickly scrambled back inside his car, trying to start it as fast as possible.

[Nova]: “Oh no you don’t!”

Nova summoned an exoskeleton around her arms and grabbed Pyros, tossing him towards Move Along.

[Nova]: “Hold this!”

[Pyros]: “What the hell?!”

Move Along Flash Stepped to the side and caught him, placing him on his back. Nova quickly stood up and jumped off the front of the moped, which was still traveling at about seventy-five miles an hour. Before hitting the ground, she summoned her leg boosters, slamming them into the road and crunching through the asphalt. As the moped approached, she swiftly grabbed onto its handle bars and used its momentum to toss it over her shoulders, sending it into a frisbee-like spin that flew forward and smashed into the front of Malincious Crow’s car, destroying the engine block.

[Nova]: “That’s how we do it in my town!”

Move Along pulled up to where she had stopped in the road, setting down Pyros and detransforming.

[Pyros]: “And you called me unstable?!”

[Nova]: “Oh, hush. The Battle Moped was built for ramming attacks.”

[Theo]: “Tossing it at your opponent does not constitute a ramming attack, last time I checked.”

[Pyros]: “See, even grump-face over here agrees with me!”

[Theo]: *Snappily* “I am not grumpy!”

[Nova]: “You are kind of a grump, man.”

Before Theo could reply, the driver’s door of Crow’s car was suddenly kicked off, allowing him to exit the smashed vehicle. He wore the kind of face that sends the clear message of ‘run while you still have your legs’.

[Malincious Crow]: “Alright kiddies, if that’s how you want to play things...” *Summons a group of sparks in his palms* “Let’s play.”

[Pyros]: “Uh, I think you pissed him off.”

[Theo]: “Gee, you think?!”

Malincious Crow approached at a steady pace, prepping a fistful of sparks as he walked.

[Nova]: “You gonna transform or what?”

[Theo]: “Yeah, yeah, just give me a second!”

Theo pulled up the StarTrix and transformed into Rolling Stone, beginning to walk towards Crow.

[Malincious Crow]: “You think turning into some stone abomination is going to keep you alive, kiddo?”

[Theo/Rolling Stone]: “I think the better question is whether or not those sparks of yours would have any effect on something like me.”

Crow tossed a spark at Rolling Stone, hitting his skin and setting him alight. The flames quickly died out, leaving him unscathed.

[Rolling Stone]: “Problems?”

[Malincious Crow]: *Shrugs* “Not really. Just checking.”

Crowsuddenly lunged forward, launching a shower of sparks in Rolling Stone’s direction. Though Rolling Stone remained unaffected, most of the sparks shot past him, heading straight towards Nova and Pyros. Nova summoned her shield construct, blocking most of the sparks, but was unable to stop them from hitting the ground, where the exploded into flames and created a huge ring of fire around her and Pyros.

[Nova]: “Hey, this is what we brought you along for! Do something!”

[Pyros]: *Defensively* “Hold on a sec, kid! I’m on it!”

Pyros raised his arms and swept them outwards, extinguishing the fire around them. Rolling Stone glanced at the situation and smirked at Crow.

[Rolling Stone]: “Man, you really aren’t as dangerous as you were made out to be.”

[Malincious Crow]: “And you aren’t quite as smart as you think you are.”

Crow lunged forward and threw a handful of sparks in Rolling Stone’s eyes, taking advantage of the distraction to punch the StarTrix symbol, reverting him to human. Before Theo could react, Crow threw another shower of sparks at him, setting him ablaze. Theo yelled in pain and quickly fumbled at the StarTrix, transforming into Over The Rainbow and splitting into the Droplets.

[Droplet Orange]: “Oh, so you like burning things, do you, tough guy? Two can play at that game!”

Droplet Orange shot a stream of scalding water at Crow, who quickly dodged to the side, only to instantly be tripped up by Droplet Green’s vines. Droplet Blue quickly shot dual streams of water at Crow’s hands, freezing them in blocks of ice. Crow grunted in pain and scrambled to his feet, moving to smash the ice.

[Droplet Red]: “I wouldn’t recommend that, Crow. You can’t exactly feel it right now, but your hands are thoroughly flash-frozen. Smashing that ice means smashing apart your hands, and trust me when I say that would be messy.”

[Droplet Orange]: “Aw, why’d you have to tell him? I think seeing his fingers flying through the air would’ve been incredibly cathartic.”

[Droplet Red]: *Turns to Droplet Orange* “You’re gross.” *Turns back to Crow* “Look, if you surrender now, we can just heal your hands when we get you in a cell. If you don’t, I don’t think your hands will ever work again. We’re giving you an easy out.”

[Malincious Crow]: *Starts chuckling under his breath, which slowly turns into full-blown maniacal laughter*

[Droplet Orange]: “Oh, you think we’re funny now, do you?!”

[Malincious Crow]: “Incredibly so.”

Crow suddenly smashed his frozen hands together, shattering the ice, and with it, his hands. The OTR Droplets, Nova, and Pyros looked on in horror as chunks of frozen flesh flew everywhere, blood beginning to spurt from the stumps on his wrists.

[Pyros]: “Yo, what the hell?!”

[Malincious Crow]: *Laughing* “I ain’t going back to the slammer, no matter what it takes!”

He threw his wrist stumps together, producing a flurry of sparks. Small flames spurted from each spark and cauterized the wounds, charring the ends of his skin and stopping the flow of blood. Controlled streams of sparks continued flowing from his wrists, creating fiery hands that shot out the occasional spark.

[Malincious Crow]: “I’m really on fire tonight!” *Chuckles maniacally* “Oh, but don’t be jealous. You will be too!”

Crow approached the stunned group, creating a massive trail of sparks in his wake.

[Droplet Red]: “We need to take this guy down now!”

[Droplet Orange]: “Right there with you on that one!”

The OTR Droplets fused back together into Over The Rainbow, who quickly shot dual stream of water at Crow’s hands, extinguishing them. Before Crow could react, he followed this up by turning into an amorphous ball of water and lunging at Crow’s head, completely cutting off his air supply.

[Over The Rainbow]: “I have neither the time or patience for you right now!”

[Nova]: “Uh, should we be doing something?”

[Over The Rainbow]: “Just stand back in case he does something drastic!”

[Pyros]: *Backing away* “That’s fine by me.”

Crow flailed wildly, trying to escape Over The Rainbow’s grasp, but was unable to grab his liquid form. As he was about to pass out, the StarTrix suddenly started beeping and flashing.

[StarTrix]: “Warning: Overheating detected. This device will now deactivate to prevent critical damage.”

[Over The Rainbow]: “Oh, you gotta be kidding me!”

Over The Rainbow suddenly reverted back to human, the sudden shift in weight throwing Crow to the ground. Theo swiftly scrambled away, running back to Nova and Pyros.

[Theo]: “We should probably start running.”

[Pyros]: “I am one hundred percent down with that plan!”

[Nova]: “What about the Battle Moped?”

[Theo]: “We can get back to that when it’s not on the other side of a crazy arsonist sociopath that wants to burn us to death, okay?”

Crow started to get up, catching Theo’s attention.

[Theo]: “Come on, let’s move!”

The three started running as quickly as possible, making their way through the long-abandoned streets of the industrial district. As they were running, Pyros noticed that a warehouse they were approaching had its windows shattered out.

[Pyros]: *Pointing* “Hey, we can hide in that warehouse!”

[Nova]: “And make ourselves sitting ducks?!”

[Pyros]: “And what’s your great idea, kid? Running forever?!”

[Theo]: “As much as I hate to admit it, he’s got a point. Let’s go.”

They ran to the warehouse, Nova giving the other two a boost through the shattered window before using her leg boosters to jump in herself. They quickly made their way as far off from the window as they could, taking shelter behind some empty crates. After staying silent and listening for a few tense moments, they each breathed a sigh of relief.

[Pyros]: “See, what’d I tell ya? No way he’ll find us in here.”

[Theo]: “Don’t push our luck.”

There was a brief pause.

[Pyros]: “Yo, does your transforming thing always time out at exactly the wrong moments, or was it just this once?”

[Theo]: “It ‘times out’ when it overheats. Considering our opponent, this unfortunately was not a surprise.”

[Nova]: “Speaking of that guy, what do you think his deal is, anyway? If he doesn’t want to go back to prison, why does he keep going out and burning people?”

[Pyros]: “Some sort of obsession, most likely. Either that or he just really hates people.”

[Theo]: “And exactly which one of those are you?”

[Pyros]: *Sighs* “The first one, actually. I’ve sort of accepted it as my calling in life.”

[Nova]: “Why? You could probably do something less destructive while burning things.”

[Pyros]: *Raises an eyebrow*

[Nova]: “Well, something less illegal, at any rate.”

[Pyros]: *Scoffs* “Doubt it. I’m only nineteen and already I’ve wasted my life.”

[Nova]: “Hold on a second, you’re nineteen?!”

[Pyros]: “I know, always looked more mid-twenties. Makes passing off the fake IDs a lot easier when I’m buying alcohol.”

[Theo]: “I assume there’s some sort of story as to why a nineteen-year-old is getting drunk and burning down houses?”

[Pyros]: “Not much of a story to me, really. Pops wasn’t around most of the time, and when he was, he was drunk. Ma was a chain smoker, never gave too much thought to me. Let me mess around with her lighter a lot when I was younger. Didn’t really have much else in the way of distractions, and it sorta spiraled out of control.”

Started strong then you had to give him the most cliche'd backstory in the book. His therapist line is pretty funny tho.

[Taurus]: “I have to say, that device looks rather familiar...do you happen to be related to Ben Tennyson?”

[Theo]: *Groans in frustration* “No, I’m not! Do I have to explain this to everyone?!”

Gee, I don't know. Maybe because you have a freaking OMNITRIX!!!!!!

This is some good shit right here. My favorite episode thus far. My only real complaint is Pyros having that shitty ass backstory but other than that, everything's done pretty well.