Chapter 88: Weapon XI: Part 2
In the Null Void, Ben, Gwen, Rook, Paulina, Team Phantom, Rosie, and Argit (riding atop Zed) are escaping the Rooter Headquarters. The gang jumps from one floating piece of terrain to another, with Ben failing to make the jump. Luckily, he is rescued by a Mana bubble produced by Gwen and brought to safety. The bubble dissipates and Ben stands up.
Gwen: Kevin and (F/N) were supposed to destroy you?!
Ben: That's what they said.
Gwen: Where do they stand now?
Ben: *points to the headquarters* Back in the "hates Ben" camp.
Sam: Figures.
Danny: Sam!
Sam: What? If (F/N) and Kevin were supposed to destroy Ben then they're evil, again.
Paulina: They're not evil! They could be faking it.
Jazz: Paulina is right, we don't know that for sure.
Zed and Rosie jumps across several floating structures, looking back.
Argit: The Rooters have all the weapons and vehicles, and that Helen girl's the fastest Kineceleran I ever saw, so... you know, she'll be along any minute. We need a plan!
Gwen: I don't understand. That's not the Kevin I know- knew.
Paulina: And that's not the (F/N), the (F/N) I know is the nicest, sweetest girl in the universe and a great partner in bed.
Ben: We'll get them back. We always do.
Argit: *aside*Dude, the Rooters play for keeps.
Ben glares at Argit, Rosie and Zed.
Argit: Hey, don't get all squinty. They never turned me to the dark side of the... oh... whatever.
Suddenly, a pack of Vulpimancers approaches the gang. Just as quickly, the pack retreats, whimpering. A shadow begins to loom over the gang.
Gwen: What got into them?
Argit: Beats me. This place is crawling with crooks and monsters.
Tucker: Like what?
The heroes turn around and come face-to-face with a Way Bad, which lets out a roar.
Argit: Way Bad!
Ben: Give me some room, everybody!
Ben activates the Omnitrix and transforms.
Ben: *As Ball Weevil* Way Big's gonna knock this- *notices his mistransformation* I- oh.
His teammates, Paulina, and team Phantom briefly scream in horror as Ben whips up a Plasma Ball and rolls away as the Way Bad bites down on the ground.
Elsewhere in the Null Void, Kevin, (F/N),and the Amalgam Kids are flying in a Plumber Ship.
Kevin: Check every crevice carefully.
(F/N): Argit knows every hiding place in the Null Void- more than he ever told us about.
Alan: So, all that time we were his friends, did you know it was a lie? That Servantis was just keeping us close to the target in case he needed us?
Kevin: You got a problem with that, Agent Albright?
Helen: Now I know why I lost my brother. Ben is coming off the board.
Kevin: And when we settle this, it's gonna be in Pierce's name.
Proctor Servantis chimes in over the communicator.
Servantis: Well said, Agent Kevin Levin. Now send Agent Wheels ahead. She can cover more ground.
Proctor Servantis hangs up the communicator. Kevin looks back at Helen and she nods.
In the Rooter Headquarters, Swift, Leander and Phil stand amongst a pacing Servantis.
Servantis: He and his sister had a rude awakening when they remembered his true purpose. I never could read his thoughts, but I'd say Kevin and (F/N) are coming along nicely.
Swift: Let me get Tennyson.
Servantis: No need to expend the effort. The children are on it. Besides, they can't leave the Null Void.
Phil: Which is a lot less safe than it used to be.
Servantis: Very true. If Ben Tennyson doesn't perish, we'll find him eventually- and quite the worse for wear, hmm?
Meanwhile, the heroes are riding across purple strips resembling DNA coils- Ben on his plasma ball and the rest in one of Gwen's Mana bubbles. The Way Bad land on the strips, destroying them and forcing the gang to the ground below.
Rook: Argit! Discharge all your quills into that Way Bad at once!
Argit: Hey, it's not like I can just close my eyes and make it happen! I guess I'm not scared enough- which, BT-dubs, surprises me to no end.
Ben attempts to speed away from the Way Bad, but she appears to land on top of him, foot-first.
Rook and Paulina: Ben!
Gwen lands her Mana bubble, releasing the gang. The Way Bad looks at it's foot, which is covered in goo that promptly explodes in it's face. Gwen, Paulina, team Phantom, and Rook fall to their knees, devastated at the thought of losing Ben. Zed barks, as they notice Ben returning to them. Rook sighs of relief.
Later on, Argit is searching for something in the Null Void.
Argit: It's here somewheres.
Argit peeks around a small opening in the terrain, before sticking his arm in and pulling a lever, opening up a secret hiding spot.
Argit: We should be safe here. The Rooters never knew about this place.
The gang enters the hideout as the entrance closes behind them. Argit notices a bag on the floor.
Argit: Hey! My old provisions!
Ben: That's what- five-year-old food?
Tucker: Food is food.
Sam: No way am I eating that.
Jazz: Ditto.
Argit: Ugh! Yeah. But... wait.
Argit retrieves a sponge-like food from the bag, which quickly molds.
Argit: Ha! A fluffaloaf! Mmm! (eats the fluffaloaf) Ah. Tasty as ever. Here. Lunch is on me.
Argit throws a couple of fluffaloafs to Ben, Rook team Phantom, Paulina, and Gwen, saddening Zed.
Gwen: Kevin loves these. Or... at least that's what he said.
Paulina: And so does (F/N). Or… did like them.
Ben, team Phantom, and Rook struggle to eat the fluffaloafs, ultimately deciding not to.
Ben: We'll get them back girls. Take it from me. I'm "the coming storm"- whatever that is.
Ben tosses his fluffaloaf, which Zed catches as it's falling. She eats it and immediately feels sick and Rosie consoles her.
Argit: What that is, is that Servantis thinks you're too powerful to live. He always did.
Ben: Okay, Argit, what exactly do you know about all this?
Paulina: Yeah what does this have to do Ben? And (F/N)?
Argit: That is a "two fluffaloaf" question. *eats another fluffaloaf* Mmm.
5 years prior to Omniverse.
Argit (VO): Okay, so, like you already know, the Rooters grabbed up a few different species as DNA samples. And I was by far the cutest.
A young Argit is sitting in a cage within the Rooter Headquarters. He chews on a leaf. A 12-year-old Kevin and 11 year old (F/N) walks up to him.
Argit (VO): I know they were a couple of daxo nozzles to you back then, but me, (F/N),and Kevin- we got along.
Kevin looks around before dropping a small rat-like alien in front of Argit and (F/N) gave him a bag of chips. He picks it up and spits out his leaf.
Kevin: Extra rations, Hedgehog.
Argit: Thanks, man and girl.
Kevin: We're shippin' out- back to Earth. Gonna save the world.
(F/N): And between you, my brother, and me, this guy deserves what's coming.
Kevin shows a picture to Argit but the latter is distracted by his rations escaping his grasp.
Argit: Okay, guys. Well, hurry back.
Kevin drops the picture and walks off and (F/N) follows him, as Argit struggles to catch the alien.
Argit (VO): All the other missions these Amalgams went on were all just training for this moment. Benny-
Ben (VO): I get it. They were coming for me.
The Amalgams pack up a vehicle in the Headquarters. The picture dropped by Kevin is revealed to be a selfie taken by Ben.
In the present.
The gang is now sitting around a lantern in the hideout.
Ben: Why did Proctor Servantis think I was such a threat? I'm the good guy.
Jazz: A good guy with a device that can wipe out an entire universe.
Argit: Ha yeah she's right. That watch was a lot of power for one scuzzy little brat to have. Um, no offense.
Ben: I wasn't scuzzy!
Argit: Hey. My story. Scuzzy or not...
5 years prior to Omniverse.
Argit (VO): They were off to get you, and I saw the whole thing.
Argit's cage is opened and abandoned, with the picture of Ben drifting away.
Argit runs into the vehicle and hides in a crate, catching the attention of Manny, who shrugs it off.
Argit (VO): Servantis- he thought you were diabolical evil-spawn.
Servantis: *to Pierce and Alan* That weapon on his wrist can turn him into a To'kustar or perhaps even a Celestialsapien. This grimy child could one day just wish everything out of existence.
Ben (VO): "Grimy"?! Last time, you said "scuzzy."
Argit (VO): Let me finish.
Servantis: All of our subtle manipulations cannot be made a joke by a scuzzy little boy. So I have assembled you- a Ben 10 hit squad. Kevin, (F/N) with both your one-in-a-trillion Osmosian powers, you're both my secret weapons- my unsung heros.
Kevin and (F/N) devilishly smiles at Servantis' praise. Argit, peeking from the crate, is watching.
Argit (VO): He laid it on really thick. Kevin and (F/N) weren't just agents. They were the key to the Rooters' powers, the Amalgam's powers, and their best hope to punch Ben 10's ticket.
The Amalgam Kids leave through a portal to Earth in their tank, Argit in tow.
Gwen (VO): *sarcastically* He must've been a moving speaker.
Paulina (VO): *Sarcastically* Yeah a real good leader too.
Argit (VO): I was living in a cage, thanks to Servantis, so I wasn't exactly inspired. But, uh... Kevin ate it up.
The tank arrives on Earth, screeching to a halt. Decked in helmets (sans Kevin and (F/N) ), the Amalgams exit the vehicle. As Kevin and (F/N) are leaving, he notices a crate open and close. (F/N) opens it, only to find Argit.
Argit: *chittersz Hey, man.
Kevin: If you're running, you better start.
(F/N): Unless you wanna get involved in this.
Argit (VO): My Kevin and Kelly Levin experience was different.
Alan hears chitters and notices Argit sneaking away. Kevin and (F/N) motions Alan to stay put, allowing Argit to make his escape. Suddenly, the Rust Bucket 2 approaches, which Kevin steps in front of. It stops in front of him, and an 11-year-old Ben Tennyson exits the RV.
Ben: Kevin and Ally 11! I barely recognize you two since you both stopped copycatting me.
Kevin: Get over it, you little snot-rag.
Kevin and (F/N) whip out two blasters, which they fire at Ben and misses. Ben takes cover behind a tree stump as Kevin continues blasting. Gwen follows Ben out of the vehicle, preparing an attack. Pierce fires his quills from his arm, but Max gets her and himself to the ground before they connect.
Max: Down!
Max draws his own blaster, shooting Pierce down. He then starts shooting at Manny, causing Helen to run up and snatch his blaster from him.
Gwen (VO): I had no idea those were the Plumbers' Helpers.
Sam (VO): I can't believe (F/N) was evil even as a kid.
Argit (VO): Yeah- a bit of a different dress code back then.
Gwen creates a Mana construct that Helen trips over, leading to Manny and Alan (now in his Pyronite form) going on the offense. Meanwhile, Ben activates the Omnitrix and transforms into Eye Guy.
Ben: *As Eye Guy* Hey! What's the big eye-idea?
Kevin and (F/N) shoot the stump once again, and Ben starts walking out, eyes-closed.
Ben: *As Eye Guy* My eye!
Kevin and (F/N) confused at what Eye Guy is doing.
Ben: *As Eye Guy* Surpr-eyes!
Eye Guy reveals his hidden chest-eye, which shoots an optic beam at Kevin, knocking him down and his blaster out of his hand. Eye Guy then leaps onto Kevin and (F/N)
Ben: *As Eye Guy* Since when do you two use a blaster?
Kevin: It's not a good idea for us to get too close.
(F/N): Especially when we can do this!
Kevin and (F/N) grabs the Omnitrix on Ben's belt and begins to absorb it's DNA, causing feedback to release from the device.
Kevin, (F/N) & Eye Guy: Aaaaaaaah!
A white flash occurs, sending Ben flying into a tree. The smoke clears, revealing Kevin has mutated again and so has (F/N).
Kevin and (F/N): Good going, Tennyson.
Ben quickly recovers.
Ben: Huh?
Kevin and (F/N) unleashes a loud roar.
Kevin: This batch is even better than the last one!
Ben: Aaaand here comes the crazy.
Kevin: Crazy?!
Kevin and (F/N) use the Opticoid eyes on theie arms to fire lasers all around him, which everyone narrowly dodges, except Alan.
Kevin: We got friends in high places now, brat!
(F/N): We're the heroes! You're the problem! *laughs maniacally*
Argit is hiding behind a tree, frightened.
Argit (VO): I'd never seen them freak like that before- or since.
Kevin: *to Ben* And all this time, you letus think we were the problem.
(F/N): When it's... you!
Ben transforms into XLR8 and speeds off. Kevin and (F/N) slam their hands into the ground, causing vines to rupture from the Earth, trapping him. More vines erupt, ensnaring everyone but Argit.
Kevin: All of you- you're the problem! And were the solution.
(F/N): *laughs manically* I wonder if we can get you all with one blast!
Kevin: Let's find out!
Gwen creates a Mana shield and hits Kevin and (F/N) with it on the side of the head. He shrugs it off.
Kevin and (F/N): Lame!
Gwen: Snap out of it! You need to focus, you two! *echoing* Corona!
A disk of Mana forms over Kevin's and (F/N)’s head and smashes onto them
Kevin and (F/N): Unh! Lame! La-
Quills are suddenly injected into the side of Kevin's head and (F/N)’s head top.
Kevin and (F/N): Ugh! Ohhhhh...
Kevin and (F/N) drops to the ground, with Argit having been the attacker.
Argit (VO): I figured I could calm them down enough to listen to reason. I sort of overdid it, though.
The vines loosen on everyone, with Alan falling down from exhaustion.
Helen: Oh, geez! Alan!
Gwen walks up to Kevin and (F/N), who revert back to their normal forms. She picks the two quills out of them.
Gwen: Hey, Creepy, and (F/N), you okay?
Kevin: *weakly* Hey.
(F/N): *weakly* Hi.
Smoke from smoke grenades suddenly fills the road, courtesy of Alan (supported by Helen). He throws one at Argit.
Argit: W-w-wait! Kevin and (F/N) said it was cool!
Argit is nabbed by Manny as the Amalgams retreat to the tank. A portal to the Null Void opens, as the tank rams past the Rust Bucket 2. Team Tennyson make their way out of the smoke, as Max angrily notices the Rust Bucket 2 has been tipped over.
In the Null Void, the tank is thrown against one of the walls, and it explodes. He furiously looks at the Amalgams.
Argit (VO): The Proctor wasn't too impressed. He called the whole project a failure, wiped everyone's memories, and set them all loose in the Null Void.
In the present.
Argit: Me too, even though I was an innocent bystandard.
Ben: So, why didn't Servantis try again with the other Rooters or a new Ben hit squad?
Rook: The threat passed.
Ben: Huh? Oh, right- when I stopped wearing the Omnitrix.
Rook: But Servantis would have heard recently about your re-creating the universe.
Gwen: Or maybe he sensed it or measured it- big brain and all- and he went looking for Kevin to re-form the hit squad.
Paulina: So, here's the question- if Kevin and (F/N) are some kind of sleeper agents, were they really... you know...
Ben: With us?
Sam saw how sad Paulina looked, when (F/N) actually went rogue, a part of her wanted to rub it in her face that she was right about (F/N) being bad, but another part of her knew better.
Sam: *To Paulina* Look, you said it yourself (F/N) is a nice person and a good girlfriend and wife to you, she always knows what she's doing.
Paulina: Yeah… thanks Sam.
Sam: Anytime.
Argit: And look, just don't give up on them. We all owe them that much. Did I give up on you guys when the Incurseans invaded?
Ben, Gwen & Rook: Yes!
Argit: Yeah. T-t-t-that's a totally different situation.
Rook: We have to get Ben away from the Rooters, but their Null Void Projector is the only way out, and it is heavily defended.
Ben: We'll settle the Kevin and (F/N) thing on our way. So, just as soon as it's quiet outside-
An explosion occurs outside, as a Way Bad cracks open the hideout.
Ben: Or now. Now is good, too.
Zed, Rosie, and Argit fall out of the hideout, causing Gwen to create a slide out of Mana for them. Argit lands on Zed and she starts running with Rosie by her side as Buglizard.
Argit: Woah! Go, dog!
Gwen transforms into Lucky Girl as another Way Bad tries to smash the hideout's remains with another piece of terrain.
Luckily, the group escaped in time. Gwen creates a flying carpet out of Mana, catching Ben, team Phantom,and Rook.
The Way Bad starts to chase them down as Argit and Zed join the others on the carpet. Ben then transforms into Gutrot.
Ben: *As Gutrot* Now, let's see...
Rook: Ben, whatever Gutrot is mixing...
Ben: *As Gutrot* It's a pheromone that attracts your Way Bads.
Paulina & Rook: Attracts?
Ben: *As Gutrot* Yeah, I know it sounds wrong. Please- bear with me. Gwen... Floor it!
Ben releases the pheromones as Gwen flies back to the headquarters, causing the Way Bads to trail them. The Way Bads land on the base, shaking the entire building.
Inside, Kevin, (F/N), and the other Rooters are feeling the effects of the Way Bads on the base. Debris begins to fall from the ceiling.
Kevin: Look out!
Kevin and (F/N) push Servantis out of harms' way.
In another room, Phil accesses the weapons aboard the headquarters and begins to blast away at the Way Bads.
Back in the hallway, Kevin recovers from the debris that landed on him, now coated in metal. He notices a weakened Servantis.
Kevin: Helen, get him and the other kids to the control room.
Servantis: They're trying to reach the Null Void Projector.
Kevin and (F/N): On it!
Kevin and (F/N) starts running to confront the heroes.
Elsewhere, team Phantom, Gwen, Rook, Zed and Argit burst into the Null Void Projector's room. They are met by Leander and Swift. As they engage in combat, Argit crawls into a vent.
As Kevin dashes through another hallway, he runs past Gutrot, hiding in an entranceway. Gutrot emerges from it, behind Kevin and (F/N).
Ben: *As Gutrot* So, you two coming with or what?
Kevin and (F/N) turn around to face Gutrot.
Kevin: "What."
He bounds towards Gutrot, jumping onto the wall and kicking Gutrot in the face. Gutrot is sent back and falls to the ground.
Kevin: We're not ready to leave, Ben.
(F/N): We've got something left to do.
Kevin and (F/N) once again absorb DNA from the Omnitrix, quickly mutating themselves into another monstrous form.
Kevin and (F/N): *laughs maniacally*
Ben reverts back to normal.
Ben: Aw, man.
Outside, the Way Bads are destroying the base. Phil fires stronger lasers at parts of the headquarters, forcing the Way Bads off the structure and causing them to fall into the Null Void.
Phil: Yeah, get lost, you overgrown-
Argit enters the room through a vent, interrupting Phil.
Phil: *whistles* Hey!
Argit: Aaah!
Phil: Lab rat! I was just wondering where you went. Want to see something scary?!
Phil shifts into his Terroranchula form.
Argit: Aaaaaaaaaaah!
Meanwhile, Ben is fidgeting with the Omnitrix, which refuses to time back in.
Ben groans
Kevin: *laughs* First thing you're gonna have to do is... RELAX!
Kevin and (F/N) sprint towards Ben, who finally gets to transform, turning him into Ben. Kevin and (F/N) barges into Ben, who are able to hold him back before succumbing to Kevin's gravakinesis.
(F/N) and Kevin spit plasma balls at Ben, who jumps back into the fray, cutting through one of the balls with thorny whips. He lands a blow on Kevin and (F/N) as well, causing an explosion. Ben makes a run for it.
Ben *As Swampfire* Maybe you're both too crazy to get out of here, but I've got Gwen, Paulina Team Phantom, and Rook waiting for me.
Kevin and (F/N) activate their gravakinetic abilities, suspending Ben into the air. Kevin looks up, revealing an X-shaped scar on his chin brought on by Swampfire.
Kevin and (F/N): That hurt!
He and (F/N) send Ben behind themselves and slams him against a wall.
Kevin: The others are gonna have to wait!
(F/N) unleashes a whip at Ben, which he rolls away from just in time. Ben tries to run away again, but is electrocuted and falls down again. He and (F/N) trail Ben and kick him, holding him up to the wall.
Kevin: You, (F/N), and I have unfinished business!
(F/N): And we've never been saner.
Back in the Null Void Projector room, Swift is dodging Gwen's Mana disks, while Rook, Paulina (As NRG), Sam, Tucker, Jazz, and Danny have a shootout with Leander. Swift fires a neuroshock blast at Gwen, who shields it and fights back. Swift gets a neuroshock blast in, however, indirectly causing damage to the Null Void Projector.
Rook: Lucky Girl!
Rook grabs Gwen and jumps behind the jolting Null Void Projector along with team Phantom and Paulina. Leander and Swift chase after them, but are caught in the Projector's explosion. Rook, Paulina, team Phantom, and Gwen meanwhile, hang over the edge of the floor.
They recover from their predicament and find both Swift and Leander defeated.
Swift: *groans*
Rook, Team Phantom, Paulina, and Gwen look at the remains of the Null Void Projector, then at each other.
Gwen: Now how do we get out?
In the hallway, Kevin and (F/N) are using their gravakinesis to throws Ben into the walls until he finally reverts back to Ben.
Ben: A timeout?! *to Omnitrix* Come on! They got aliens!
Kevinv Out of range! Finally!
(F/N): He can't our thoughts, but he can hear yours.
Ben takes note of Kevin's legs and kicks the film, launching Kevin backwards, into (F/N) and into the wall.
Ben: And that's how those legs work.
Ben is quickly apprehended by Helen.
Ben: *grunts*
Helen: Kevin, (F/N) we're all waiting in the control room. Proctor, too.
Kevin: Then it's payback time. *laughs maniacally* Let's do this fast.
Ben: Or not fast! Like, maybe not at all?!
Kevin laughs as he reaches out for Ben.
In the control room, Ben (held by Kevin) is awoken by one of his Conductoid tendrils and a blast of energy from (F/N).
Ben: UH-UH-AAAAAAH!
Ben notices the Amalgam Kids and Servantis in front of him, as well as a machine.
Kevin: No need to be scared, Ben.
(F/N): Won't change anything!
Ben: What's that?
Alan: A non-baryonic disruptor chamber. It destroys you and the Omnitrix at the sub-quantum level.
Manny: You'll be securely deleted.
Servantis: My idea. Nothing in this universe- or any other- must ever bring Ben Tennyson back to plague us.
Ben starts straining but is unable to escape.
Kevin: Dude, save your strength.
(F/N): There's nothing you can do, “Hero”.
Servantis: Thank you for proving me right, young man. For a little while, it seemed that you weren't nearly the threat I had made you out to be.
Manny activates the non-baryonic disruptor chamber.
Servantis: Put him inside.
Kevin and (F/N) starts walking towards the chamber, but suddenly Kevin drops Ben on the floor.
Ben: Daah!
Kevin then grabs Servantis and hoists him into the air and he then starts to spin around rapidly.
Servantis: *gasps* W-w-why- of all the traitorous-
Helen: Kevin!
Alan and Helen prepare to attack but (F/N) blocks them. Kevin then bashes his forehead against Servantis', disabling his brain-washing, and plugs his Conductoid tendrils into the Amalgam Kids, electrocuting them and severing their psychic link to himself.
Kevin: Surprised, old man?
Kevin lets go of the Amalgam Kids, and he and (F/N) yell in pain themselves as Kevin lets go of Servantis. He and (F/N) promptly fall over and Ben runs up to him.
Ben: That was awesome! If... it means what I think it means.
Kevin: *to Servantis* You just destroyed your own loyalty neuro-matrix.
(F/N): You're locked out of their heads- for good. Just like me and Kevin.
Manny: Now we get to pick a side for ourselves.
Alan: And between you and me and the gatepost, this is not gonna go well for you.
Servantis: *sputters*
Kevin and (F/N) revert back to normal.
Ben: So, you two are really not crazy?
Kevin: Not totally-
(F/N): Thanks to that first little brain zap we got from Servantis.
Servantis: I might have known!
Kevin and (F/N): DO YOU MIND?!
(F/N): *to Ben* We'd have freed the Plumbers' Helpers sooner, but me and Kevin needed Servantis and the Amalgams all in one spot to do it.
Kevin: We didn't figure on you showing up and complicating things- as usual.
Kevin amd (F/N) suddenly get a headache and Ben supports him and (F/N)
Ben: Sorry.
The door to the control room opens up to reveal team Phantom, Paulina, Gwen, Rook, Rosie, Zed, as well as the defeated Leander and Swift.
Gwen, Paulina, Team Phantom, and Rook see Kevin and (F/N), and prepare to fight, but he and (F/N) wave to them, informing them the situation has been resolved. Argit then appears through another vent, now bald.
Argit: *points to Servantis* What'd I miss?
Servantis: You two think this omnipotent monster is the good guy?!
Kevin: We know it.
(F/N): Ben's the greatest friend we ever had.
Argit and Danny: Hello?!
Kevin: *to Ben* Though, ever since we became friends, we keep getting this residual urge to waste you.
Ben: Sometimes I can tell.
Kevin: But if we had gone through with it, the universe would be gone a few times over,
(F/N): And then wouldn't we look like jerks?
Gwen hugs Kevin and Zed starts licking his face and Paulina hugs (F/N), and Rosie licks her face.
Ben: No more than usual.
Kevin: See, Ben's like a brother to me and (F/N), even when we don't deserve it.
Helen:.Kevin, you and (F/N) promised me revenge for my brother.
Kevin and (F/N) nod at Servantis, who Helen then proceeds to whack in the stomach with her tail. Servantis quickly doubles over, teary-eyed.
Helen: Thanks.
Outside the Rooter Headquarters, Servantis' head is bandaged, Swift and Leander are handcuffed, and Phil is snoring, covered in quills.
Ben: You sure they're going to show?
Rook: Standard procedure.
Paulina: When the Rooters disabled their Null Void Projector, they also cut off its daily neutrino burst to Plumber Command.
Servantis: *groans* And when the Plumbers arrive, you're all in a heap of trouble.
(F/N) walks over to Servantis and punches him in the gut, making him double over and then hits him in the head.
(F/N): That was ruining my childhood dad! And you call yourself a plumber, plumbers are supposed to help people save lives, your just monster, both inside and out.
Behind the group, a portal opens up, from where Max and Magister Patelliday emerge.
Patelliday: Well, well, well. Would you look at this.
Max: Proctor, I think you know the Magistrata.
An alien Plumber hovering on a platform also comes from the portal.
Servantis: M-M-Magistrata?
Magistrata: Proctor Servantis. You are aware of the Plumber mission?
Rook, (F/N), Paulina: "To safeguard and promote the public well-being throughout the galaxy."
Magistrata: Thank you. When Earth joined with us, we allowed this secret band of your first Plumbers to continue as an experiment in cultural sensitivity. But the experiment has ended. You stand in violation of our noble mission. And now you must answer for your terrible acts.
Servantis: What? You don't seriously believe you can arrest me?!
Magistrata: Of course not. No one must ever learn of this. You remain above the law. However...
Patelliday: Thank you, Maggie. *pulls out a tablet-like device*.Now, then, Proctor Servantis, Magister Leander, Agents Swift and, uh, Billings, your Plumbers' commissions have been revoked. A Null Void recall order has been issued for all Plumber property.
Magistrata: Goodbye.
The Magistrata leaves but then comes back.
Magistrata: Oh I almost forgot, effective immediately, (F/N) Kelly Evelyn Levin, you hear by promoting to Proctor.
Servantis: What?!
(F/N): Wow, uh thanks Maggie, but why?
Magistrata: You showed a prime example of what it means to be a plumber *sees Paulina* And it seems you did train someone very well and I think another ranking is in order, Magister Sanchez.
Paulina: Awesome! Uh, I mean thank you Magistrata we won't fail you.
Magistrata: I know you two won't. Goodbye.
The Magistrata leaves
Danny: Well, Magister Sanchez and Proctor Levin.
Sam: Congratulations you two.
Rosie: *Meows*
(F/N) and Paulina: Thanks.
Ben:.I hope Burger Shack is ready for the "coming storm."
Rook: I see what you did there.
Argit: *to Zed* Go, dog.
Everyone starts to leave as Servantis looks at his subordinates.
Kevin: Why'd you go showing Ben my goodbye letter? I mean... my coded message?
(F/N): *to Paulina* And mine to Danny.
Gwen: So, that was the weak link-?
Paulina: Not you two faking a nutty?
Kevin: Which you both totally bought.
Gwen and Kevin enter the portal, followed by (F/N), Paulina, Argit, Zed, and the Amalgam Kids.
Alan: *to Manny* I feel like my real life just began.
Max: Ready, partner?
Patelliday: *laughs* I got your six.
Max and Patelliday take their leave, as Swift and Leander's handcuffs fall off. Behind them, their headquarters is engulfed in a bright light before teleporting away. In the distance, they hear roaring. Ben sticks his head out of the portal.
Ben: Good luck with the Way Bads.
He re-enters the portal, which finally closes. The Rooters hear another roar, revealed to in fact, be from a Way Bad.
Next: Chapter 89: Epilogue.
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