And Then There Were Ten (John Smith 10)

And Then There Were 10 is the first episode of John Smith 10.


 * 1) Plot:

It was Friday afternoon in Bellwood, on the tennis courts. The boys had the court, for the limited amount of time they had it. It was the beginning of the school year, in September, which meant it was girl's tennis season and the boys had to fight to get court time, to stay in shape for their season in the spring. One of the guys was John Smith: 5'4, blond hair and blue eyes and really athletic. He was playing with Daniel, a big, jock type of guy, who was getting warmed up for the football game that night. That being said, John was destroying Daniel, as John was third best on the boys team freshman year. He planned to be the best this year, sophomore year.

The girls start to arrive, and one of them catches John's eyes, Julie Yamamoto, the number one of the girls. This distracts John, and Daniel returns the ball. John regains focus, and goes for the ball. However, he hits it over the fence, going into the woods. Daniel laughs, telling John to stay focused. John says that Daniel was one to talk. They continue, Daniel adding flair for the girls, but John still creams him anyway.

John and Daniel are leaving, and Daniel offers John a ride home, as he knew John didn't like going to the football games. John says that it was alright, and he'd walk. Daniel says whatever, and drives off. John heads into the woods, looking for that tennis ball he sent flying. He finds it, and continues through the forest, as he didn't care about getting home early. He then stumbles across what seemed to be a crash site, with a pod of some sort in the crater. John puts his tennis bag down, and goes into the crater. He investigates, and the pod opens, revealing a watch of some sort. John gets a closer look, when the watch jumps at him, attaching itself to John’s left wrist. John tries to pull it off, but it was stuck on him. John then starts messing with it, trying to figure out what it was. An image appears on the watch, and it shoots up. John was confused, and presses it down. He then turns into “Mummy Dusk,” a creature made entirely of bandages (In Ben 10, it’s known as Benmummy, but this isn’t Ben).

Mummy Dusk was initially freaked out, but once he figured out it didn’t hurt him, he experiments, extending his bandage fingers, stretching and grabbing a tree branch. Mummy Dusk reels himself in, and shouts with excitement. He extends bandages again, and starts swinging through the woods. Mummy Dusk finds the biggest tree in the area, and climbs it, his finger tips sticking to the wood. Mummy Dusk climbs to the top, standing. He shouts out “I’m a superhero!” The watch times out, and John reverts to his human form. Losing his balance, John falls, hitting branches on his way down. Sore, John gets up, and heads back to the crater, to get his tennis bag.

John walks past the tree he climbed, tennis bag in hand. John was messing with the watch, and discovers a feature allowing him to turn it, revealing that it had multiple monster forms. Then, two UFO-shaped robots come at John, firing lasers at him. John runs, hides his tennis bag, and slaps down the watch. He goes “Upgrade,” surprised by his blob form. He’s hit by a laser, but his body regenerates, which surprises Upgrade even more. He decides to try stretching his arm, and it works, grabbing a robot. His hand morphed around the robot, and Upgrade shouts when he was sucked in, completely enveloping the robot. Upgrade was in complete control of the robot, while the other robot attacked him. Upgrade activates the laser of the robot, and destroys the other robot. Upgrade comes off the robot, having messed with the circuits which causes it to explode. John reverts, and realizes that he was near the edge of the woods, overlooking the school and the football field. John sees a giant robot with three legs and two arms walking towards the stadium. Realizing that he was the only one who could stop it, he runs down the hill he was on towards the stadium.

The robot is in the stadium, down on the field. People were running out of the arena, and John finds a hiding spot. He looks through his monster forms, and picks the one that looked the strongest. He then slaps down the watch, going hero.

The robot is firing lasers from the palms of its hands, destroying everything. A laser hits the announcer’s tower, and it falls, going to crash into Julie. She screams, and goes into a fetal position. She hears a crash, and looks up. A yeti, with white fur on his upper body and grey fur on his lower body, was holding up the tower, standing above her. She stares, and the yeti says “You should go.” Julie nods, and runs off. The yeti was John, as “Shocksquatch,” and he jumps down onto the field.

The impact of Shocksquatch’s landing gains the robot’s attention, and it turns. It scans John, and spots the watch symbol. The robot raises its hand, and fires a laser at John. John dodges, and starts running towards the robot. John punches it, sending it back. But, the robot catches itself, and swings its arm at Shocksquatch. Shocksquatch raises his arms to block it, with static electricity forming on his arms, causing the robot to pull back. Shocksquatch realizes that he did that, and starts charging lightning by his mouth. He fires a powerful lightning bolt at the robot, destroying it upon impact. Shocksquatch cheers for his victory, then notices that people were watching. Shocksquatch jumps out of the arena, with people watching as he goes.


 * 1) Characters

John Smith

Daniel

Julie Yamamoto


 * 1) Villains

Vilgax's Drones


 * 1) Aliens

Mummy Dusk (first appearance)

Upgrade (first appearance)

Shocksquatch (first appearance)


 * 1) Trivia
 * Benmummy is renamed Mummy Dusk, due to John's name not being Ben.
 * The alien forms used are considered to be monsters by John, not knowing they are aliens.