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Chapter 25 - Chapter 25: The Trouble In Subway Station

(After they escaped, Ben and Kevin ran into an alleyway as they stopped to catch their breath

Kevin: "So that watch lets you turn into that dragonfly thing whenever you want?"

(Kevin asked as Ben nodded.)

Ben: "And not just that one. It sends out this special energy that lets me turn into 10 different aliens."

Kevin: "10? So the speed guy at the arcade was you."

(Kevin asked as Ben nodded.)

Kevin: "I spotted your sister had another watch like yours. So she can do the same thing?"

(Ben nodded.)

Ben: "But some of her aliens are different than mine."

Kevin: "You two are the bomb! Show me whatever aliens you can morph into."

Ben: "It's not that simple. It has a mind of its own."

Kevin: "Give me it. Maybe I can make it work?"

(Kevin suggested as he reached for the Omnitrix as Ben held him off.)

Ben: "I can't. It's stuck on my wrist."

(Ben said as Kevin got an idea as a mischievous look went to his face.)

Kevin: "We should be partners."

(Kevin said.)

Kevin: "And between the two of us with our powers, we could do whatever we want whenever we want. We'd totally cash in. What do you say? Friends?"

(He stuck his hand out to Ben and he hesitated.)

Ben: "My sister, grandfather and cousin think I should only use my powers for good. Jen rarely ever uses her powers for her own personal gain."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "Maybe they're right."

Jen: "We are right, Ben."

(Jen said as she and Alison walked up with a glare at their brothers as Alison shook her head.)

Kevin: "Alison."

(Kevin said as his sister crossed her arms with a glare.)

Alison: "Hello, little brother. I go out shopping with whatever money I can get at my two-bit job as a waitress and here I find you sneaking out and hobnobbing with some kid who you just met."

(Alison scolded.)

Ben: "How did you find us anyway?"

(Ben asked as Jen showed her now purple Omnitrix up with a glare.)

Jen: "You're not as smart as you think you are, Benjamin."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "When you morphed into Stinkfly, your Omnitrix sent out a signal to mine showing me where you were. Now we caught you red-handed."

Kevin: "You have your way of getting what you want, sis. I have mine. I was doing just fine back there."

(Kevin said

Alison: "Oh, and this qualifies as 'just fine?!' Almost getting yourself arrested?! Endangering the safety of our family?"

(Alison shouted as Kevin glared.)

Jen: "Ben, please don't tell me that you're seriously thinking about teaming up with this twerp."

(Jen said as Kevin glared.)

Kevin: "Who are you calling twerp, Miss Rulebook?"

(Kevin asked as Jen rose her eyebrows in shock.)

Jen: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! I follow the rules because not following them would cause me to end up like you."

(Jen glared as Ben stared.)

Alison: "Come home with us."

(Alison said.)

Alison: "Our way is the right way and it keeps you out of trouble."

Kevin: "But it's no fun."

(Kevin said to Ben as he hesitated before he shook his hand.)

Ben: "Friends."

(Ben said as Jen and Alison looked like they were going to blow a fuse at that.)

Jen: "I can't believe this! We only want what's best for you!"

(Jen said as Kevin glared.)

Kevin: "Sorry. Not sorry."

(Kevin said as he then grabbed a garbage can and threw it at them before Alison handled the emerald in her pocket in her hand and fingered it before closing her eyes and suddenly, the emerald material started taking over her hand as she glared and took her hand out of her pocket and punched the garbage can and it ripped right in two before her as Jen gasped as the two halves fell over and Alison's hand returned back to normal.)

(When Jen looked up, their brothers were gone.)

Jen: "How did you do that?"

(Jen asked as Alison smiled to her.)

Alison: "You know how Kevin can absorb energy? Well so can I, but I can also absorb any kind of material and use it as a kind of armor."

(Alison said as she smiled to her.)

Alison: "I think it has something to do with my age. I'm two years older than he is and thus I have better control over my powers than he does."

Jen: "Cool!"

(Jen said as Alison smiled.)

Alison: "I told you that I needed that stuff from my desk."

(she said.)

Alison: "I can also morph my limbs into various forms when I absorb materials."

Jen: "So awesome!"

(Jen said admiringly as she got her game face back on.)

Jen: "Let's go get 'em. They couldn't have gotten far from us."

(Back in the Rust Bucket, it was racing all across the streets of New York City as Max glared at the road as Gwen looked concerned.)

Max: "Of all the stunts Ben's pulled, this is the worst."

(Max stated angrily.)

Max: "When I find him..."

Gwen: "I should really be enjoying this. So why aren't I?"

(Gwen stated as her phone started ringing and she answered it.)

Gwen: "Hello?"

Jen: "Gwen, it's Jen. We've got Ben and Kevin and we're hot on their tail. Meet us at the subway station near the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway."

(Jen said over the phone as Gwen sighed.)

Gwen: "We're on it."

(Gwen said.)

(Meanwhile in the underground subway station, Ben and Kevin ran to the tracks as Kevin smiled.)

Kevin: "Check it out."

(Kevin said as he spotted a green light.)

Kevin: "Give me a boost. I need to recharge."

(Ben then cupped his hands and Kevin got on them as Ben lifted him up and Kevin absorbed the energy from the light as it went dark.)

(Kevin then got onto the tracks and ran to the lever as he then used the energy he absorbed to switch the subway tracks.)

Ben: "What are we doing?"

(Ben asked as Kevin turned to him.)

Kevin: "A money train loaded with cash comes running down these tracks."

(Kevin said.)

Kevin: "So when it crashes into this oncoming passenger train, BOOM! Instant jackpot! You turn into that XLR8 guy and we're out of here."

(Ben then looked horrified at that explanation.)

Ben: "But hundreds of innocent people will be killed!"

Kevin: "Hey, no pain no gain."

Ben: "You can't do this!"

Kevin: "Sure I can."

(Kevin said.)

Kevin: "I just switched the tracks."

Ben: "No. I mean I'm not going to let you do this!"

Kevin: "We shook. We're partners."

(Kevin said.)

Ben: "Not anymore. This is going way too far!"

Kevin: "Then try and stop me, Watch Boy!"

Ben: "'You don't care about anyone else but yourself.'"

(Ben realized, remembering what Jen and Gwen said and realizing they were right.)

Kevin: "You talking about me?!"

Ben: "No, I'm talking about me!"

(Ben shouted as he stomped towards Kevin, but his motives were futile as Kevin grabbed him and tossed him towards the barrier of the tracks as Ben groaned as Jen and Alison ran down the steps as Jen ran to her brother and Alison grabbed him.)

Jen: "So not okay to do that, Kevin!"

(Jen shouted as Kevin glared.)

(Alison stared at the tracks and gasped at that.)

Alison: "Innocent civilians?! Are you kidding me?"

(Alison shouted as the three of them glared at him.)

Kevin: "Oh come on, sis. You're not really thinking about fighting your own brother would you?"

(Kevin asked.)

Alison: "If it's the right thing to do, yes."

(Alison said as Kevin's hand sparked with energy as he chuckled.)

Kevin: "Oh, you do not want to make me mad."

Jen: "You hurt my brother. You don't know the meaning of the word 'mad!'"

(Jen said as Ben glared.)

Ben: "We're switching the tracks back!"

(Ben said as the Omnitrixes finally recharged.)

Ben: "Time to go Four Arms!"

(He dialed the Omnitrix to the strength alien and slammed the core.)

(The watch sunk down into his arm and from where it sinked, brown-orange rocks erupted from his skin and worked their way down his body until they reached his eye.)

(Then, cracks appeared in the outline of his now rocky skin and the watch symbol appeared on his chest.)

(His head erupted into flames with a face outline inside and he struck a pose, transforming into Heatblast.)

(Jen dialed her Omnitrix and slammed the core as the watch sank into her wrist and her hand was enveloped in green crystal, which then followed suit with her entire body before it closed in around her head and her eyes turned yellow.)

(Four crystal spikes grew from her back and her outfit morphed into a pink jumpsuit with the watch symbol on her left breast area.)

(She then struck a pose as she transformed into Diamondhead.)

(Kevin glared as the three got ready as Heatblast looked himself over, not happy.)

Heatblast: "Stupid watch."

(Heatblast said as Kevin grinned.)

Alison: "Don't do this, Kevin."

(Alison said one last time as Kevin glared at her.)

Kevin: "I'm done following your word."

(Kevin said as Diamondhead stuck her hands out and Heatblast set his hand on fire.)

Heatblast: "Get back."

Kevin: "Or what? You're gonna burn my dinner?"

Heatblast: "If you fight me, you're the one who's going to be burned."

(Kevin then smirked and ran to the transformer by the lever and discharged his energy into it as they all looked around shocked as all the lights in the area of the station blew up from the overcharge and they could only see because of Heatblast's flames.)

Diamondhead: "Where'd he go?"

(Diamondhead asked as they all looked around.)

(Kevin then stepped out from the darkness and grabbed Heatblast from the back as he stumbled around and his hand wandered close to the Omnitrix symbol and he started absorbing energy and he flew back from an explosion as Diamondhead looked to Alison and the lever.)

Diamondhead: "Alison, switch the tracks back!"

(Alison nodded and ran for the lever, only to be met with a blast of flame as she looked back at the burn on her arm as she looked and gasped when she saw her as he.)

(His right arm and head had transformed into a near replica of Heatblast while the rest of his body was still human.)

Kevin: "Psych! I absorb energy, remember?"

Heatblast: "You don't have to do this."

(Heatblast said as he started to run towards him only for Kevin to dodge and he blasted him with a fire blast as he crouched on the ground.)

Kevin: "It's time I got what's coming to me."

(Kevin said.)

Kevin: "Nobody's calling freak anymore!"

Alison: "You're only a freak if you believe you are, Kevin!"

(Alison shouted.)

(They then heard a train whistle blowing and they looked to see the headlights of the train coming and looked to the other side to see the other train as Kevin smirked.)

Kevin: "Pay day."

(Kevin said as the screen split into three as they got horrified looks on their faces.)

Diamondhead: "What do we do?"

(Diamondhead shouted as Heatblast fired a heat ray at the lever and melted it, switching the tracks back as one of the trains switched tracks and traveled on its way with no trouble as Alison sighed before she glanced at the train by her as she pocketed the bullet in her pocket and absorbed the lead as she saw the train approaching them as she braced herself and Heatblast grabbed both of them and went on top of the train in a flaming tornado as the driver shielded his eyes from the light as they vanished.)

(Kevin ran by them and glared.)

Kevin: "Forget the money. Time to get some priceless revenge!"

(Heatblast, Diamondhead and Alison were hanging onto the edge of the train for dear life as Heatblast's grip began to give as he groaned.)

Alison: "Incoming!"

(Alison shouted as Diamondhead raised her arm and grew a giant crystal from the top of the train behind them.)

(When Heatblast let go and crashed into the girls, they all stopped on the crystal as they groaned in slight pain.)

Heatblast: "Thanks, sis."

(Heatblast said as Diamondhead sighed.)

Diamondhead: "Don't mention it."

!Diamondhead said as the train continued on it's path.)

the radio: "...and expect delays on the subway line near 34th street." the radio announcer said over the Rust Bucket's radio as Max and Gwen drove on looking for the twins.)

the radio: "...there have been reports of fires all throughout the tunnels."

Gwen: "Grandpa?"

(Gwen asked, concerned.)

Max: "I know."

(Max said as he made a U-Turn towards the subway line.)

(The Omnitrixes started beeping as the twins gulped.)

Heatblast: "Oh man! I hate that sound!"

(Heatblast shouted as they trnasformed back into their human forms and were hanging onto the train for dear life as Jen groaned.)

Jen: "Come on! Hang on!"

(she shouted as Alison gulped.)

Jen: "I'm too young to die!"

(Then, they heard a familiar honking noise and saw the Rust Bucket pull up beside the train's bridge and avoiding the other cars as Max saw the kids holding onto the train for dear life as he gasped and flipped a switch, rolling out the awning for the Rust Bucket before he saw a train supporter on top, which the kids were about to crash into.)

(He then went under the bridge to the other side and honked the horn, catching the kids' attention.)

(They saw Gwen waving to them and they gasped as they saw the supporter.)

Jen: "That's gonna hurt!"

(Jen shouted as they stood up.)

Ben: "Jump!"

(Ben shouted as they all leapt off of the train and landed safely on the awning.)

Gwen: "Nice catch, Grandpa."

(Gwen said as he smiled.)

Max: "Are you ever planning on listening to me?"

(Max scolded Ben after Max parked the Rust Bucket and the three kids stood there with sheepish looks on their faces.)

Jen: "Grandpa Max, I know you're upset, but this is just as much my fault as it is his. I was a bad sister and I let him run away from me. I tried to get him back and I just feel like I'm equally guilty of what he did."

Alison: "Can I introduce myself?"

(Alison asked as Gwen nodded.)

Gwen: "Go ahead."

(Gwen said.)

Alison: "I'm Alison Levin, Kevin's sister. I feel like this is partly my fault because I let him get like this because I was a bad sister and guardian. No matter how hard I tried to control him, he always ended up as a loose cannon."

(Alison said as Max glanced at her.)

Max: "Maybe I was a bad grandfather too."

(he said.)

Max: "I should have been more firm to you and instead, I let you become as irresponsible as you've become, Benjamin. None of this would've happened if you'd just listened to me in the first place. It's all about trust."

Ben: "Then trust me when I say that Kevin's probably misusing Heatblast's power right now."

(Ben said.)

Gwen: "Grandpa, Ben's right."

(Gwen said.)

Gwen: "There's no telling what he could do now."

Max: "Okay, so where is he?"

(Max asked as Alison sighed.)

Ben: "I think I have a good idea."

[To Be Continued...]

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