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ARC TWO OF CODON


 * A Battle of Two Bens (Part One) – After discovering the existence of other B.E.N.’s, Ben faces against an evil version of himself sent by The Creators. Bad Ben nearly kills Ben but is saved by Max, and Bad Ben sends Max a warning that “Primus Day is coming, and Bellwood will burn in the flames that you started all those years ago”. We learn that the imposter Max was in fact Shapeshifter Ben, working for The Creators.
 * A Tale of Tennysons (Part Two) – After nearly not surviving Bad Ben’s attack, Max reveals the truth about Project Codon, the origin of the B.E.N.’s, and his connection to The Creators. In the finale, Bad Ben suggests to The Creators that the other Bens be used in a war against Ben 10 and Max Tennyson.
 * The Writing on the Wall – Ben follows a lead on a long-held mystery regarding the origin of Bellwood involving strange symbols. It’s ultimately revealed that the town was created by an extraterrestrial known as Azmuth, and that Bellwood is actually not on Earth, but rather on a planet known as Primus. The Creators are revealed to have known this for many years. The Plumbers are revealed to have been secretly keeping this a secret from the population as well, but only a select few know the full nature of the planet. Ben discovers the coordinates to a hidden facility in Bellwood: Providence, which is revealed to be the location of the person who gave Ben the Omnitrix, “Prometheus”.
 * Prometheus – Ben encounters the enigmatic Azmuth, creator of the planet Primus, creator of the Omnitrix, and also known as “Prometheus”. The truth about The Creators and Primus are revealed. Primus Day is revealed to be the day The Creators overthrow the Galvan government and destroy Primus, but to do that, they need the Ascalon Key to begin the destruction of Bellwood. Bad Ben acquires it from Azmuth after killing him.
 * In the year 2006, during research on the Moon, a hidden substance underneath the rocky surface was revealed and brought back to Earth for study. The substance, known as Codon, although there was initial hope that it could be used as an alternative energy source, combined with a new strain of influenza, created a dangerous virus known as the Codon virus. The new strain of influenza had been introduced after being released from an icecap in the artic which melted due to global warming. The break-out started in 2009, and continued to spread across the globe until 2014, when an epidemic arose. In Bellwood, Ben Tennyson was revealed to be one of the few who was immune to the Codon virus, however a battle for resources between Ben, who was with his grandfather Max Tennyson, and raiders from another city, caused Ben to be wounded. In the original timeline, humanity was brought to its knees by the year 2037 but a small portion was able to escape the planet, which by then had become so inhospitable due to the Codon virus, damage from war, global warming, and crop blight. Escaping to a distant region of the galaxy, they found a new planet in the year 2109. Humanity survived, but the conditions of the new planet altered humanity until they became known as the Galvans, and their planet Galvan Prime.
 * Several millennia later, Galvan Prime was beginning to face the same problems Earth had. A group of leaders and scientists came together to suggest ideas. A radical scientist by the name of Azmuth proposed that they were bound to make the same mistakes repeatedly in this timeline, but if they were rewrite history, they could potentially change the future. Azmuth, a researcher who had been spending hours in the archives studying the old humanity and Earth learned about Bellwood and the rumor of an immune who had been killed. Azmuth suggested that they bring Bellwood to their time, along with all of the people in it, and clone the original Ben for a series of tests to determine how he had his immunity, and to possibly use his immune DNA to bring about the creation of an immune human species, before placing them back in 2014, and create a new timeline in which an immune human race would be able to survive, and potentially not be forced to leave Earth. Although this would mean that the Galvan race would never exist, the committee agreed to promote this new experiment as they looked for other alternatives.
 * Azmuth began preparing for his experiment with the creation of a site for the experiment: an artificial planet by the name of Primus. Once his experiment was ready, the Galvans tore a hole in space-time and plucked Bellwood from its location on Earth to Primus. The Creators mindswiped the entire population, and saved Ben Zero from death. Each experiment or B.E.N. was an attempt to recreate the genetic settings that Ben Zero had, while the environment was recreated through Bellwood. When the first three Bens were created, and the third one died, Azmuth began to lose hope. Azmuth was convinced by The Creators to create a fourth Ben, who would become the Shapeshifting Ben. When this Ben appeared to be fine, Azmuth regained hope. However, he eventually learned that through genetic tampering, The Creators had secretly given Ben an ability to shapeshift, and that his true form was just as mutated.
 * Azmuth realized that The Creators had secretly been planning to betray Azmuth and take over Project Codon. Their intentions were to take control of the Galvan race, considering the current leaders inadequate due to making the same mistakes as their predecessors on Earth. To do this, they were using Project Codon to create a perfect human being who would serve as the genetic template for a one-man army, or rather an army of clones that would quickly defeat the Galvans, and take control of Galvan Prime. Azmuth was forced to hide inside a secret facility inside Bellwood known as Prometheus, as The Creators took over Project Codon.
 * Azmuth eventually took a risk and decided to inject a formula into what eventually became Ben 10, which is why he’s the first success.
 * Return to the Beginning – Ben returns to the Codon Facility to bring back the original Ben Tennyson, and discover the secret to his immunity to Codon. The Creators are revealed to have Codon, and are planning to use it to destroy Bellwood. Maxwell begins preparing for the war, meanwhile Bad Ben secretly plans for his own rebellion against The Creators. Original Ben reveals that he isn’t an immune, he’s Patient Zero for the Codon virus. He was first inflicted thanks to Max’s research on the Codon. The only reason he hasn’t been so inflicted is that the virus originated with him, and uses him as a host. Because he was the one who had the flu when in contact with the Codon, his body has grown used to the Codon virus, and has adapted to it. But because the Codon virus is in other people who don’t share the same blood or DNA, they die. Original Ben says that somehow, Ben 10 is an actual immune, meaning Ben is the key to solving the Codon virus. Original Ben tells Ben 10 that he needs to travel back and save the human race from the Codon virus, before Original Ben kills himself.
 * Primus Day – The truth about Bellwood is revealed to its citizens by Max and Ben, as The Creators launch an attack inside The Plumbers, and all hell breaks loose in Bellwood as Max and Ben are forced to unite when Codon is unleashed. Ben tells Max that he’s the true immune, Bellwood is destroyed.
 * Ground Zero – With Bellwood destroyed, Max and Ben must find allies against the Plumbers, completely controlled now by The Creators and Bad Ben. We learn that Bens 6, 8, and 9 have defected from the side of the Creators. Old Man Ben reveals that Bad Ben is secretly planning to kill The Creators, and that Bad Ben is also an immune. It is revealed that Ben 10 is immune thanks to the formula injected into him by Azmuth that contained synthetic DNA which managed to counteract Codon through altering of macromolecules with the chemicals that reside in Amber oegia. Old Man Ben is killed by Benzarro. The Tennysons find a group of rebel Plumbers known as the Rooters who plan to take down The Creators.
 * Those Who Have Lost Their Way – Planning to take down The Creators and reopen the rift that allowed the transport of Bellwood into the future in order to save the past of humanity, Ben joins with Max and the Rooters against The Creators, who have become corrupted. When they reach the site of where the Rift was opened, the Creators confront them in a heated discussion, but are killed by a strain of Codon created by Bad Ben, who takes control of The Plumbers. The Rooters are revealed to be led by the Shapeshifting Ben, as it was revealed that Bad Ben purposefully used the rebel Plumbers and Ben to take down The Creators, manipulating them all to obtain control.
 * The End – In the final battle, Bad Ben and Shapeshifter Ben fight against Max and Ben to decide the fate of past and present mankind.