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Chapter 55 - Chapter 55: Destroying The Great One

(The Tennysons glared up at the Great One, noticing how much bigger it seemed than before.)

Max: "It's getting bigger as it feeds."

(Max realized.)

Ben: "Then it's about time it went on the Four Arms diet."

(Ben said as the twins each dialed their Omnitrixes and slammed the cores down in a flash of green and pink light.)

(The screen split with both transformations.)

(The watches sank into the twins wrists and their blood vessels expanded rapidly before spreading across their entire bodies, which eventually reached their eyes, which they clutched shut and when they shot them open again, they were fully golden.)

(A second pair of arms shot out just below their primary pair and their muscle masses grew exponentially.)

(Their feet morphed themselves to only have two toes and their skin turned red with a few black crests on their faces and they grew a second pair of eyes beneath the original ones.)

(He wore a green and black/pink and white one-piece bodysuit before they shot a pose.)

(They both then went up to the Great One and gave out several powerful punches to it, which eventually ended with the pair being slammed back even harder and being blasted by a red energy beam, forcing them out of their transformation as the twins were in a smoking crater, dazed.)

Ben: "Well, that didn't work."

(Ben said.)

Jen: "You think that he could use some fire power?"

(Jen asked.)

(When the Omnitrixes recharged, they both then stepped up again.)

Ben: "Okay, that's 2 down, 18 to go."

(Ben said as they each slammed their Omnitrixes again.)

(They then tried again by using Heatblast and Firefly's combined fire powers, which did absolutely nothing to deter it.)

(This continued as they tried everything in their arsenal to destroy the Great One.)

(Wildmutt and Wildcat's powerful claws, both XLR8's rapid strikes, both Diamondhead's assault of crystals, Ghostfreak's tendrils, Upgrade trying to merge with it and destroy it from the inside, Ripjaws and Mermaid's powerful jaws, Blossom Rose's solar beam and pesticide projection, Frostblight's ice blasts, Battlefly's tornadoes, Needle Mouse's quills, Jen's powerful energy blasts, and even a continued assault from the energy cannon.)

(But absolutely none of them even so much as scratched the Great One.)

(The situation seemed hopeless.)

Jen: "Okay, I give up."

(Jen said, sighing.)

Jen: "This thing's indestructible!"

(Just as they were recapturing their bearings, the worshippers returned.)

(The tall alien looked to the middle one.)

tall alien: "Reverse beam flow."

(he ordered.)

(The middle alien released a beam from his axe, which formed a forcefield around the Tennsyons, Max banged his fist against it, which only ended up shocking him.)

middle alien: "It's time for the final purification of your planet."

(the middle alien announced.)

middle alien: "And you four along with it."

Gwen: "Please tell me we have a Plan B."

(Gwen whimpered.)

Jen: "We had a Plan B."

(Jen scoffed.)

Jen: "And C, D, E, you name it. Nothing worked. Face it guys. We're doomed."

(Later, the mutant tree husks were shriveling up as the Tennysons were tossed at the Great One's feet and the tall alien placed a sponge into each of their hands.)

Jen: "I got a bad feeling about this."

(Jen said.)

Gwen: "What are we supposed to do with these?"

(Gwen asked.)

tall alien: "Before the Great One can cleanse your planet forever, he must be cleansed."

(the tall alien explained.)

(They looked to see the Great One secreting disgusting pus and goo from its pores as the twins recoiled in disgust.)

Ben: "No way! I am not scrubbing that thing's feet!"

(Ben said.)

(The middle alien responded by swiping another energy blast at their feet, which knocked them backwards and they stood up, dazed.)

Max: "Do as they say."

(Max encouraged.)

Max: "For now."

Jen: "Oh man."

(Jen whined as they picked up the sponges and proceeded to start cleaning the Great One.)

(A/N: You cannot imagine my utter disgust as I type this scene. Or maybe you can as you all watched the episode before reading this chapter anyway.)

(The small alien held his ear against the Great One as it oozed slime and smiled.)

small alien "He says he missed us. It was not our fault, o Great One. Please forgive us."

the worshippers: "Forgivenss. Forgiveness."

(the worshippers chorused.)

(The Tennysons scrubbed down the blue goop secreting from the Great One as Jen looked on with absolute disgust.)

Jen: "Oh man."

(she groaned.)

Jen: "Could this get any nastier?"

(As she said this, she tried to scrub the Great One down some more, only for some white tick-like creatures to crawl out, causing her to scream and throw the bugs off her.)

Jen: "Gross! Space lice!"

(They then noticed the trees in the background shrivel up and die into black husks as the ground turned into a more greyish landscape that was incapable of supporting any life.)

Max: "We're running out of time!"

(Max said.)

Ben: "And aliens."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "We tried everything."

Gwen: "Not exactly everything."

(Gwen reminded them.)

Gwen: "Not yet."

Ben: "No way!"

(Ben protested.)

Ben: "I am not turning into that ball thing again!"

Jen: "And there is no way I'm turning into that skunk!"

(Jen said.)

Jen: "Besides, I don't even know if we could."

Gwen: "Don't try and Earth turns into a giant cespool!"

(Gwen reminded them as they watched the dead branches fall off the trees.)

Ben: "I hate it when you're right!"

(Ben shouted.)

Jen: "Then again, she can't possibly be more gross than this."

(Jen said as she prepared her Omnitrix and turned the dial to her new alien.)

(Suddenly, several pockets burst from the Great One's shell as the scales fell to the floor, revealing blue pockets of flesh.)

Gwen: "It's shedding?"

(Gwen asked.)

Max: "More like transforming into something."

(Max said.)

tall alien: "His beauty."

(the tall alien admired.)

middle alien: "His power."

(the middle alien said.)

small alien: "His... pus."

(the small alien said, unable to think of another positive alternative.)

All aliens: "The end is upon us."

(the all chorused.)

(The twins then nodded as they activated their Omnitrixes.)

Ben: "Here goes nothing."

(Ben said.)

Jen: "Clear the room people, it's about to get stinky!"

(Jen shouted as they both slammed their Omnitirixes.)

(The screen split into two as the transformations engaged.)

(Ben's Omnitrix sank into his wrist and his entire body started to bloat into a more rounded shape as he clutched his eyes shut.)

(And when he opened them again, they were fully golden.)

(His body was covered in yellow armored plates with a white inner body with black markings on his eyes and the Omnitrix symbol appeared on his forehead.)

(He spun his body around like a ball before striking a pose as his transformation finished.)

(Jen's Omnitrix sank into her wrist and she grew pink fur with white patches from the wrist down as it snaked up to her body as her hands grew sharp claws and her muscle mass increased as she spun around.)

(She grew a long pink bushy tail with a white streak through the middle as her feet shifted to paws as the fur made its way up to her face as she clutched her eyes open again, revealing them to be pink with black sclera.)

(Her clothes morphed into a pink one-piece leotard with the Omnitrix symbol beneath her breastbones.)

(She whipped her tail to the screen and she struck a pose.)

Ben: "It worked!"

(Ben shouted as he suddenly lost his balance again and fell on his back.)

Ben: "Now what do I do?"

Jen: "Easy question."

(Jen said as she looked up to the worshippers.)

tall alien: "Destroy them all!"

(the tall alien ordered as he fired his energy beams at them.)

(Max and Gwen made a break for it as Jen glared at him.)

Jen: "Not before we destroy your Great One!"

(she shouted as she lifted her tail and let out a cloud of toxic fumes from as the beam made direct contact with the cloud.)

(Suddenly, as the beam collided with the cloud, it exploded in a burst of fire that knocked her and Ben back as Ben rolled backwards and Jen dug her claws into the ground to stabilize herself as she looked on in awe at the damage she caused as the worshippers tried to regroup.)

Jen: "Wow."

(she smiled as she wagged her tail, impressed.)

Stinkbomb: "This girl is a regular stinkbomb. Literally."

(As the worshippers regrouped and attacked Gwen and Max, they ducked and the beams bounced off some of the loose scales.)

Max: "The scales will deflect their beams."

(Max realized as they each grabbed a loose scale and made a break for it.)

(Stinkbomb then looked over and ran for her energy cannon as she picked it up with her tail and tossed it to Gwen.)

Stinkbomb: "Here, cuz! Use this!"

(she said as Gwen caught it.)

Gwen: "Thanks!"

(she said as she and her grandfather used the scales as shields to protect themselves against the worshippers beams while Gwen fired the energy cannon at them, to blast them off their hoverboards.)

(Soon afterwards, the Great One let loose a burst of slime from one of its pockets, which they shielded themselves from with its scales.)

(Good thing too as the ground was destroyed where it landed as they gasped.)

(Ben got back onto his feet as he and his sister looked over to see their grandfather and cousin in disarray as they ran on the various pillars of earth and deflected the beams and fired back onto them with the cannon.)

Ben: "Let's rock and roll!"

(Ben shouted as he stumbled on his feet and finally rolled up into a ball that rapidly picked up speed as it rolled towards his family as Stinkbomb followed him on all fours as she picked up speed and ran after him.)

(The tall alien finally destroyed the pillar Gwen was standing on, causing her to stumble before Max caught her.)

(He was just about to finish the job when Ben suddenly flew in and tackled him right off of his hoverboard.)

Ben: "Strike!"

(Stinkbomb then came in and tackled the small alien right off of his hoverboard with surprising strength as she scratched and clawed at him with her sharp claws, causing him to panic as she glared.)

Stinkbomb: "Get off our planet!"

small alien: "You're too late."

(he said as she glared before she lifted her tail.)

Stinkbomb: "It's never too late."

(she said as she unleashed another cloud of fumes from her rear at him, enveloping them both in the cloud before she leapt out with surprising agility as Ben came rolling in and picked her up in his ball and did the same to Gwen and Max as he picked them up and rolled them safely to a clearing.)

Gwen: "You're like a bowling ball!"

(Gwen commented.)

Ben: "More like a cannonball!"

(Ben said with a smile.)

(Suddenly, the worshippers came in again and started firing their beams at the twins as Stinkbomb ducked and covered.)

(Ben stuck his arms out, only for the beams to deflect off of his armored plates as they each deflected off onto the aliens again, sending them flying as Ben smirked.)

Cannonbolt: "Actually, make that a cannonbolt!"

(Suddenly, Cannonbolt got slimed as they all noticed the ground start to crumble beneath them as the Great One prepared to finish the job as Jen glared nervously and the worshippers summoned their hoverboards as they flew to safety as they glared.)

(Stinkbomb then whipped Cannonbolt with her tail as he recovered.)

Stinkbomb: "It's now or never."

(Stinkbomb said.)

Cannonbolt: "This thing's totally indestructible though!"

(Cannonbolt reminded her.)

Stinkbomb: "Ben, remember Rojo?"

(Stinkbomb smiled.)

Stinkbomb: "If the outside is solid..."

Cannonbolt: "Then you gotta take it out from the inside."

(Cannonbolt realized as Stinkbomb stuck out her paw to him.)

(He then rolled up into a ball with his sister inside as they avoided the slime bursts that came from the Great One.)

tall alien: "Let the digestion begin!"

(the tall alien rejoiced.)

Max: "Digest this!"

(Max shouted as he whacked him away with the butt of the cannon as he flew off on his hoverboard to attack the other worshippers.)

(Cannonbolt stopped as he and Stinkbomb glared at the Great One as it shed its scales to reveal a beige skin underneath it.)

Stinkbomb: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

(Stinkbomb said again as Cannonbolt rolled her up inside of him and shot off towards a ramp to shoot himself inside of the Great One's body, only to bounce off of its shell as they glared.)

Stinkbomb: "Okay, time for the nastiest jet propulsion ever!"

(Stinkbomb shouted as she let her toxic gas loose from the ground, shooting her up to the sky as Cannonbolt leapt up towards a loose pocket of skin in the Great One's shell.)

Cannonbolt: "Say 'Aah!"

(Cannonbolt shouted as they shot inside the Great One's shell.)

the worshippers: "NOOOOO!"

(the worshippers shouted.)

(Cannonbolt absolutely demolished the Great One's inner workings, blasting through its heart, bouncing off of its muscles, severing its ribcage and basically destroying everything in sight as Stinkbomb landed on its spine as the inside filled with its blood as she recoiled in disgust.)

Stinkbomb: "Ben is never going to let me live this down."

(she groaned as she got a look of pressure on her face and she focused as she felt like all the blood in her system was shifting to her rear end as her brow broke out in sweat as Cannonbolt gasped once he saw what she was doing.)

Cannonbolt: "She's gonna blow!"

(he shouted as Stinkbomb focused intensely as her tail started wagging uncontrollably as the camera shifted outwards to the Great One's body as Max and Gwen started to be sucked in as Gwn screamed.)

(Suddenly, the entirety of its shell broke off as its skin started shifting uncontrollably as the camera zoomed into the desolate landscape surrounding it.)

(It then completely exploded outwards in a burst of toxic gas and blue goop as Gwen and Max shielded themselves with the scales as it rained down on them.)

Gwen: "Ugh! The ultimate yuck! It's raining tick goop!"

(Gwen shouted as the twins emerged from the goop in the Great One's shattered remains as Stinkbomb shook it off of her fur with an absolutely disgusted expression.)

Cannonbolt: "Okay, now I need a shower."

(Cannonbolt said, brushing the goop off as he looked to Stinkbomb.)

Cannonbolt: "Uh, sis..."

Stinkbomb: "Don't. Say. A word."

(she warned, punctuating every single word.)

(The small alien pressed its ear to a scale only to hear dead silence.)

small alien: "Nothing."

(he said sadly.)

small alien: "The Great One has been silenced. Forever."

tall alien: "You destroyed him."

(the tall alien said in shock.)

(They then gave stern looks as they hovered in front of the twins before the tall alien bowed down to them.)

tall alien: "Hail to the new Great Ones!"

small alien: "Hail! Hail!"

(the small alien agreed.)

middle alien: "Whatever."

(the middle alien scoffed.)

Gwen: "Not too loyal, are they?"

(Gwen asked.)

Stinkbomb: "I could get used to this."

(Stinkbomb said with a smile before the Omnitrixes started beeping down, leaving the twins transformed back as the aliens immediately ceased bowing.)

tall alien: "That's right. I forgot. You're just two underdeveloped human specimens."

Ben: "Well, when you put it that way..."

(Ben said, still dripping tick goop.)

(The two worshippers left as they headed back to their spaceship, but the small alien stayed behind a few seconds as he waved to them.)

small alien: "Enjoy the rest of your day."

(he said as Jen nodded.)

Jen: "Right back to you."

(she said as he joined his companions as the ship left Earth's atmosphere.)

Max: "Actually, it looks like there'll be many days to come."

(Max smiled as the landscape shifted back to its normal lush green color, flourishing with life as they all stared in admiration.)

Gwen: "It looks like everything's going back to normal."

(Gwen said.)

Ben: "Hate to break it to you, Gwen."

(Ben said as he and his sister shook off the last of the tick goop.)

Ben: "But nothing we ever do is normal."

Jen: "You can say that again."

(Jen agreed.)

Max: "Nice job, you two."

(Max said, ruffling their hair as they smiled.)

Ben: "Yep, we're the twins who saved the Earth."

(Ben said as he and his sister laid back in the grass.)

Jen: "I think our work here is done for today."

(Jen said as she looked up to the sky as they smiled.)

(Later, the twins gained a look of absolute misery as they cleaned the tick goop off of the Rust Bucket as Max and Gwen relaxed.)

Ben: "Me and my big mouth."

(Ben said.)

Jen: "I save the entire planet by farting of all things and this is the thanks I get?!"

(Jen whined.)

Max: "Um, guys, you missed some tick goop over there."

(Max said as they looked up to see the entire RV covered in slime.)

Ben: "Oh man."

(Ben groaned.)

(The camera shifted up to the birds flying in the sky as Old Faithful erupted, completely clean of any kind of infection.)

(It was certainly looking like a bright future was ahead for our planet.)

[To Be Continued...]

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