[Ben 10 fic]World of Tomorrow Prologue
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raze_flynDisclaimer: The world and characters Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien all belong to Cartoon network. Just borrowing them for my own and possible the amusement of other fans.
Notes: This fic is set in the future and will reference past events. This fic will not intentionally directly contradict anything seen on screen over the course of the various series to that Unitrix episode. The stuff McDuffie has revealed on his blog though is another matter. I am doing my best not to ignore anything directly on screen but the supplementary stuff is fair game as I don’t read his blog and have no plans to ever start.
This fic is one of several fics I am writing concurrently that all deal with the fall out from the same event.
World of Tomorrow
Prologue
She stumbled backwards with her eyes tightly shut. Her head was killing her and she couldn’t remember where she was. The last thing she remembered was getting ready for Kevin to pick her up so they could meet Ben at the movies. “It worked,” A familiar voice said loudly. “Wake up Ken, the spell worked your little sister is here.”
She struggled to open her eyes the voice sounded like Charmcaster but she had been left behind in Ledgerdomain. She felt arms grasping her shoulder as she finally managed to open her eyes. She looked up into a face that looked a lot like her father’s but slightly different. “Gwen, what’s the last thing you remember?” His voice clicked something and she realized he was her brother.
“Ken, we need to go now, he’ll have sensed what you did and someone will be coming.” She focused on the voice and saw through her blurry vision an older Charmcaster. “Can you teleport us back to yet?”
“I can’t take three yet, I’ll need a few minutes.” Her older brother said as he began to pull her along. “We need to find cover until I can transport us back to base.” She really wanted to ask what was going on but she was mainly focused on not falling on her face.
“Can you just take the two of you,” Charmcaster asked as they rounded a corner. She stumbled and didn’t hear Ken’s response. “Look if you can take the two of you back to base do it now.” The older version of Charmcaster said seriously. “I can hide out until you or someone else can come and get me.”
“No,” Ken said darkly. “We stay together I’m getting stronger every second I can take all three of us back after just a few moments more.” Even through her dizziness and confusion hearing the confidence in her big brother’s voice made her feel better.
“Sorry, Ken but we just ran out of time,” Charmcaster said coming to a stop. Ken also stopped and she nearly ran into him. She looked past him and saw an older Kevin walking toward them smiling slightly. She felt a sense of dread for some reason there was something about his face that just didn’t look right. She started to ask but before she could Charmcaster had spun and kissed her brother. She heard a sharp bark of laughter from Kevin that drew her attention back to him. “Go,” Charmcaster said before running toward Kevin whose arm whipped out becoming a long tentacle that she dodged pulling out a gun and firing wildly at him. “Just go Ken, Gwen is the important one get her back to base.”
She felt herself being pulled against her brother and heard him gasp out what was clearly a spell and suddenly they were somewhere else and Ken released her. “Ken, you’re late... Gwen.” A voice she recognized said and she saw Ben looking much like he had that time they’d traveled into the future only he lacked the beard. She thought he was going to run up to her and hug her when suddenly his eyes filled with worry and he looked past her. “Ken,” He yelled and shot forward she turned to see Ken collapsing in Ben’s arms. She watched as he checked Ken’s pulse and then turned toward her. “Where’s Charmcaster?”
“She was fighting Kevin,” She managed to gasp out the worry and fear in his eyes helping her fight threw the confusion. “What is going on Ben?” She asked wondering how and why she was in the future and why she couldn’t remember anything.
Ben ignored her turning quickly. He yelled loudly, “Cooper, is the transporter fixed yet?” She was about to ask again when the older Cooper appeared. She could tell instantly by his face that whatever transporter Ben was referring to wasn’t fixed. She heard a moan and looked Ken was waking up. “Ken, can you pull Charmcaster out or send me to Earth?”
“It’s too late Ben,” Ken said darkly. “My wife is already dead; I felt it.” She realized he was talking about Charmcaster. He turned back toward her. “I need you to tell me what the last thing you remember is?” She was shocked that he was back asking her that again. “Gwen, it is very important you tell me the last thing you remember.”
“It was Friday night I was getting ready for Kevin to pick me up so we could meet Ben at the movies.” She said and saw them frown. “Were you trying to bring me to the future from another time?”
“Gwen, do you still have your powers,” Ben asked and she started to insist that yes she did but his look caused her to check. She hadn’t even noticed because of how bad she felt but her attempts to do anything weren’t working. “I’ll take that horrified look as a no,” Ben said tiredly and looked over at Ken. “She’s from the right time period why doesn’t she remember?”
“I had to pull her through a terribly complex mystical barrier to get her here, but the trauma might account for the short term memory loss.” Ken said tiredly. “Hopefully her memory will come back in time but until then you should fill her in.” He looked incredibly said as he continued. “I need to be alone for a while.”
“All right, Gwen, come with me,” Ben said and motioned for her to follow him. “Cooper, get the transporter working again we need to be able to come and go as needed again.” She walked after him feeling really insecure. She saw Julie working nearby. She waved at her as they walked past and she did her best to return it. She still felt confused and desperately wanted to know what had happened.
“Where are we Ben?” She asked as she looked around at what appeared to a series of caves. She did her best to focus and see if she recognized it but nothing looked familiar. “And what is wrong with Kevin?”
“Nothing is wrong with Kevin he made his choice,” Ben said darkly and she got the impression he wasn’t going to say anything more. “We are in the null void it is large enough to keep us hidden from Hex’s magic.” She didn’t like the sound of that. “Hex rules the world now; he has for the last ten years.”
“How did this happen?” She asked there were so many questions not the least of which was what had happened to her powers. “ She could guess that Kevin worked for Hex now but that didn’t make any sense.
“It all goes back to the night we took you from,” Ben said tiredly. “Kevin was late picking you up and when he got there you and your parents were gone; no sign of any of you.” He said darkly. “It was about two years before we learned anything about what happened.” He looked down. “That was when my parents disappeared just like you and your parents did.” He looked away darkly. “Hex made his move about six months later when Grandma finally answered our request for help.” He looked away. “She was over confident and cocky and it got her killed, but she did free our mothers.” He paused slightly for a moment looking sick. “That was when we learned from your mom that you vanished in a bright flash just before Hex was going to kill you after taking your powers.”
She struggled to remember anything besides the phone call to Ben but she couldn’t. “What about our fathers?” She asked after a moment and Ben’s face told her everything she needed to know except for why. “Why take our parents they don’t have any powers what could Hex have hoped to gain?”
“Look the rest of this can wait,” Ben said after a moment looking away. “You should rest, you look like your going to collapse.” He turned and led her down a different corridor. “You can rest here; it was Manny’s room.” She got the distinct impression by Ben’s face that Manny didn’t need the room anymore and she could guess why.
She looked at his back and really wanted to keep the conversation going but she could tell he was uncomfortable and she was tired. “All right, Ben, I’ll rest but I have to know one thing first how many years has it been since I vanished.”
“You disappeared fifteen years ago,” Ben said tiredly. “Ken and Charmcaster have spent the last ten trying once a year to pull you here with magic.” She watched as he turned and walked by her. “Get some rest, Ken, or I will explain everything later.”
She entered the large room where everything was packed in boxes confirming her earlier guess that Manny was gone. She settled down on the bed expecting to be kept awake by her swirling thoughts but as soon as her head hit the pillow she was out.
To be continued....
REVIEW HERE
Notes: This fic is set in the future and will reference past events. This fic will not intentionally directly contradict anything seen on screen over the course of the various series to that Unitrix episode. The stuff McDuffie has revealed on his blog though is another matter. I am doing my best not to ignore anything directly on screen but the supplementary stuff is fair game as I don’t read his blog and have no plans to ever start.
This fic is one of several fics I am writing concurrently that all deal with the fall out from the same event.
World of Tomorrow
Prologue
She stumbled backwards with her eyes tightly shut. Her head was killing her and she couldn’t remember where she was. The last thing she remembered was getting ready for Kevin to pick her up so they could meet Ben at the movies. “It worked,” A familiar voice said loudly. “Wake up Ken, the spell worked your little sister is here.”
She struggled to open her eyes the voice sounded like Charmcaster but she had been left behind in Ledgerdomain. She felt arms grasping her shoulder as she finally managed to open her eyes. She looked up into a face that looked a lot like her father’s but slightly different. “Gwen, what’s the last thing you remember?” His voice clicked something and she realized he was her brother.
“Ken, we need to go now, he’ll have sensed what you did and someone will be coming.” She focused on the voice and saw through her blurry vision an older Charmcaster. “Can you teleport us back to yet?”
“I can’t take three yet, I’ll need a few minutes.” Her older brother said as he began to pull her along. “We need to find cover until I can transport us back to base.” She really wanted to ask what was going on but she was mainly focused on not falling on her face.
“Can you just take the two of you,” Charmcaster asked as they rounded a corner. She stumbled and didn’t hear Ken’s response. “Look if you can take the two of you back to base do it now.” The older version of Charmcaster said seriously. “I can hide out until you or someone else can come and get me.”
“No,” Ken said darkly. “We stay together I’m getting stronger every second I can take all three of us back after just a few moments more.” Even through her dizziness and confusion hearing the confidence in her big brother’s voice made her feel better.
“Sorry, Ken but we just ran out of time,” Charmcaster said coming to a stop. Ken also stopped and she nearly ran into him. She looked past him and saw an older Kevin walking toward them smiling slightly. She felt a sense of dread for some reason there was something about his face that just didn’t look right. She started to ask but before she could Charmcaster had spun and kissed her brother. She heard a sharp bark of laughter from Kevin that drew her attention back to him. “Go,” Charmcaster said before running toward Kevin whose arm whipped out becoming a long tentacle that she dodged pulling out a gun and firing wildly at him. “Just go Ken, Gwen is the important one get her back to base.”
She felt herself being pulled against her brother and heard him gasp out what was clearly a spell and suddenly they were somewhere else and Ken released her. “Ken, you’re late... Gwen.” A voice she recognized said and she saw Ben looking much like he had that time they’d traveled into the future only he lacked the beard. She thought he was going to run up to her and hug her when suddenly his eyes filled with worry and he looked past her. “Ken,” He yelled and shot forward she turned to see Ken collapsing in Ben’s arms. She watched as he checked Ken’s pulse and then turned toward her. “Where’s Charmcaster?”
“She was fighting Kevin,” She managed to gasp out the worry and fear in his eyes helping her fight threw the confusion. “What is going on Ben?” She asked wondering how and why she was in the future and why she couldn’t remember anything.
Ben ignored her turning quickly. He yelled loudly, “Cooper, is the transporter fixed yet?” She was about to ask again when the older Cooper appeared. She could tell instantly by his face that whatever transporter Ben was referring to wasn’t fixed. She heard a moan and looked Ken was waking up. “Ken, can you pull Charmcaster out or send me to Earth?”
“It’s too late Ben,” Ken said darkly. “My wife is already dead; I felt it.” She realized he was talking about Charmcaster. He turned back toward her. “I need you to tell me what the last thing you remember is?” She was shocked that he was back asking her that again. “Gwen, it is very important you tell me the last thing you remember.”
“It was Friday night I was getting ready for Kevin to pick me up so we could meet Ben at the movies.” She said and saw them frown. “Were you trying to bring me to the future from another time?”
“Gwen, do you still have your powers,” Ben asked and she started to insist that yes she did but his look caused her to check. She hadn’t even noticed because of how bad she felt but her attempts to do anything weren’t working. “I’ll take that horrified look as a no,” Ben said tiredly and looked over at Ken. “She’s from the right time period why doesn’t she remember?”
“I had to pull her through a terribly complex mystical barrier to get her here, but the trauma might account for the short term memory loss.” Ken said tiredly. “Hopefully her memory will come back in time but until then you should fill her in.” He looked incredibly said as he continued. “I need to be alone for a while.”
“All right, Gwen, come with me,” Ben said and motioned for her to follow him. “Cooper, get the transporter working again we need to be able to come and go as needed again.” She walked after him feeling really insecure. She saw Julie working nearby. She waved at her as they walked past and she did her best to return it. She still felt confused and desperately wanted to know what had happened.
“Where are we Ben?” She asked as she looked around at what appeared to a series of caves. She did her best to focus and see if she recognized it but nothing looked familiar. “And what is wrong with Kevin?”
“Nothing is wrong with Kevin he made his choice,” Ben said darkly and she got the impression he wasn’t going to say anything more. “We are in the null void it is large enough to keep us hidden from Hex’s magic.” She didn’t like the sound of that. “Hex rules the world now; he has for the last ten years.”
“How did this happen?” She asked there were so many questions not the least of which was what had happened to her powers. “ She could guess that Kevin worked for Hex now but that didn’t make any sense.
“It all goes back to the night we took you from,” Ben said tiredly. “Kevin was late picking you up and when he got there you and your parents were gone; no sign of any of you.” He said darkly. “It was about two years before we learned anything about what happened.” He looked down. “That was when my parents disappeared just like you and your parents did.” He looked away darkly. “Hex made his move about six months later when Grandma finally answered our request for help.” He looked away. “She was over confident and cocky and it got her killed, but she did free our mothers.” He paused slightly for a moment looking sick. “That was when we learned from your mom that you vanished in a bright flash just before Hex was going to kill you after taking your powers.”
She struggled to remember anything besides the phone call to Ben but she couldn’t. “What about our fathers?” She asked after a moment and Ben’s face told her everything she needed to know except for why. “Why take our parents they don’t have any powers what could Hex have hoped to gain?”
“Look the rest of this can wait,” Ben said after a moment looking away. “You should rest, you look like your going to collapse.” He turned and led her down a different corridor. “You can rest here; it was Manny’s room.” She got the distinct impression by Ben’s face that Manny didn’t need the room anymore and she could guess why.
She looked at his back and really wanted to keep the conversation going but she could tell he was uncomfortable and she was tired. “All right, Ben, I’ll rest but I have to know one thing first how many years has it been since I vanished.”
“You disappeared fifteen years ago,” Ben said tiredly. “Ken and Charmcaster have spent the last ten trying once a year to pull you here with magic.” She watched as he turned and walked by her. “Get some rest, Ken, or I will explain everything later.”
She entered the large room where everything was packed in boxes confirming her earlier guess that Manny was gone. She settled down on the bed expecting to be kept awake by her swirling thoughts but as soon as her head hit the pillow she was out.
To be continued....
REVIEW HERE
