101. Fishing

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- Ben, are you sure you're okay? - Grandpa Max asked Ben.

- Yes, Grandpa. Which time I say, everything is fine with me. I haven't felt this good in a long time. It was as if a veil had been removed from my eyes that clouded my consciousness. I am finally free from all my worries and can breathe easy. - said Ben, who was sitting next to me, with a tired smile.

Several hours have passed since Zs'Skayr was sealed. At first, there was a real mess with a lot of tears, as all of Ben's relatives felt guilty about his condition and worried that they could not notice that something was wrong.

In some miraculous way, Ben managed to calm everyone down and convince that there was no one to blame for this, it was just that the circumstances were unfortunate. Then, Ben managed to turn his attention to Kevin, who also came to his senses.

With that, another round of tears began, mostly from Gwendolyn. My special therapy worked and Kevin was cured. He was back to the way I remember him at 17, just a little more dark and anti-social. Well, hidden fear in the eyes, in my direction. He may need another therapy to cure the side effects of the past, but from a real psychotherapist.

And although Ben had previously said that Kevin would have to regain his lost trust, this did not stop the entire Tennyson family, plus Kai, from forgiving him for past mistakes and words spoken under the influence of a mutation.

Of course, a little wariness remained, but I think it will pass with time. This time, Gwendolyn promised to keep her lover in a tight rein and not let him indulge. To be honest, I even felt a little sorry for the guy, but he himself is to blame and this is a well-deserved punishment.

In the end, when everyone had talked and calmed down enough, we had another party in honor of the return of Kevin and the 'cure' of Ben.

Ashley was even able to talk to Kevin and received quite a lot of advice and precautions, of course, from another possessor of the same abilities. I'm sure it will be helpful for her.

After a few hours of promises and gobbling up various goodies, we decided to split up to digest the flow of today's events. Gwendolyn, as promised, gave Ashley a girl party, and went shopping with her, in the company of Kai. The entire male part of our team went fishing on grandfather's flying RV. In fact, right now, we were sitting in front of a very familiar lake and fishing.

- Grandpa, it's time for you to calm down. Just be glad it's over. - I advised. To be honest, I'm already tired of Max asking the same question every ten minutes.

- Grandpa, Lex is right. Let's change the subject already. - Ben said, hooking a fish.

- OK OK. So, Lex, how are you and Ashley doing? - Max asked with a grin.

My eye twitched involuntarily at this question, but I still said: - Fine. We have moved to a new level of relations.

- Ha ha ha… Yes, we know. Kai has already told us everything. - with the same smirk, Ben said, laughing from the bottom of his heart.

- Pf. - like a true Uchiha, Kevin said, holding back a laugh.

- I knew that she understood everything. - Massaging the bridge of my nose, I said displeasedly. At the same time, my cheeks treacherously reddened. This conversation is very awkward.

- Lex, I understand that you are at such an age, hormones are acting up and so on, I myself was the same, but please do not forget about protect. - Grandfather said seriously, although one could see from his eyes that he was now very cheerful.

- Please don't talk about it. - I asked, covering my face in shame.

- Ha ha ha ha ... - but I was met only by the friendly laughter of the whole trinity. Traitors.

- Ha ha, okay, let's not torture you. - Max said, wiping tears from laughter.

- Yes, I think that's enough. - Ben said calming down, and then added with a smile: - I have good news. Yesterday I proposed to Kai. She said she would think about it, but I think she would still agree.

- Wow, congratulations. - I said sincerely, patting Ben on the shoulder.

- I'm happy for you. - Quietly, Kevin said.

- Thanks, although it's still early. - Ben said with a goofy smile.

- In any case, I'm waiting for an invitation. You can pull me out of my world again, I don't mind. - I said, while successfully catching a fish.

- Necessarily. - Ben said, and then turned to Kevin: - Well, what are your plans for my cousin?

After hearing the question, grandfather and I looked at Kevin carefully, waiting for his answer.

- I will make an marriage proposal when I have completely redeemed myself and regained your trust. - Kevin said seriously, in a clear voice.

- Correct answer. - said Ben and smiled broadly, in general, like Max and me.

- How is your relationship with Gwen? - Kevin suddenly asked me, apparently taking revenge for this check.

- Are you aware of this as well? - I asked in surprise. In response, I received only three nods, while not noticing any condemnation towards our relationship. Suddenly.

- Right now, we are not doing well. - I said honestly.

- Screwed up, so. Let me guess, Charmcaster? - Ben asked.

- Yes. - I admitted, and then said displeasedly: - You know, it's unpleasant when you know more about me than you should. Fu****ng time travel.

- This is our little revenge. Usually it's the other way around. - Ben said with a pleased smile.

Ignoring this prick in my direction, I said: - Let's change the subject again.

- Okey. Let's talk about something else. You used your Osmosian to defeat Kevin, didn't you? - Ben asked curiously.

Ignoring the startled Kevin, I said: - Not exactly, but I took his powers with the help of the Osmosian. As I said, in order to defeat the Osmosian, you need ...

- Another Osmosian. Yes I remember. - Ben said after finishing for me, and then he said something very interesting: - The problem is, it won't work for me.

- What do you mean? - I asked, looking at Ben.

- Osmosians are not a race of aliens, but a species of people with different mutations. - instead of Ben, Kevin replied.

- It can't be. I've been testing Ashley's DNA and my own Osmosian's DNA. It's definitely an alien race. - I said.

And it is true. I remember that in the original, Devin Levin didn't exist, and behind everything was Servantis, who manipulated the memories of many people to get to Kevin, for his unusual powers, which were indeed a mutation.

But, in the end, in my world there is no Kevin, but there is Ashley, so I did not know where the truth was, where the lie was, especially since I did not notice any interference in Grandpa's mind.

To get to the bottom of the truth, I ran two Osmosian DNAs that I could get, and as a result, I found out that Ashley is half-alien, and my Osmosian is a pure-blooded representative of this race. It's definitely not a mutation. I even found the planet Osmos V, which is supposed to be the home of this race. In the end, I just got confused.

Unfortunately, I will only know the truth when I meet Servantis.

- In your world, yes, but not in ours. - Grandfather answered my last words.

- So, you want to say that in your universe there is no alien Osmosian race, but there is a kind of special people who are called that. And in my universe, this race exists. - I guessed.

- Right. Do you know how the Omnitrix actually works? - Ben asked.

- Yes. The Omnitrix itself is just a wireless receiver for the Codon Stream. The clock is connected to the planet Primus, on which the stream is located, which is a database in the form of a river containing DNA samples from all over the Galaxy in its library. The Omnitrix is ​​only a selective panel, sending a signal to Primus and receiving DNA data, which helps to transform. - Instantly, I said.

Unfortunately, that's the way it is. I used to think that the watch itself contained all these DNA samples, and just need to open access to them, but I was in for a bummer when I figured out the watch a little.

And that's why my aliens had standard power in the beginning. Many of my plans were based on the fact that the watch itself is an independent mechanism that does not require any other base, but now everything had to be reworked.

- Surprisingly, you are completely right. That's the reason why you were able to scan the Aggregor's DNA and get your Osmosian form when I couldn't. In your world, the Osmosian is an alien race, so his DNA is in the Codon Stream. But, in my world, it's just a human mutation and can't be added to the Stream, which means I can't access it through my Omnitrix. Despite the fact that we, in fact, were then far beyond the limits of the universes, our watches received a signal, but each from its own world.

- But I scanned the Aggressor from your world, which means he was a mutant.

- That's true, but apparently your watch was still able to find something in common between the Osmosian alien and the Osmosian mutant. - Ben said with a shrug.

- It's all very strange. - I said sincerely, digesting the new information. It looks like my world has a few more differences that I didn't know about.

- Honestly, your universe is the most unique of all that I know. Starting with what we just talked about, ending with your Diamondhead, which is completely Taydenite, and also the fact that you are Anodite. - Ben said, sharing extremely interesting information with me.

- What's wrong with that? - I asked.

- Petrosapiens are not made of Taydenite. Their crystals are similar in appearance, but they are different materials. - Kevin replied.

- On the other hand, male Anodite doesn't exist at all. This race is made up of women only. - Grandpa added.

- But for me, it's the other way around. - Nodding my head, I said.

- Right. Like I said, unique universe. - Ben said.

- Since you're open, can you tell me why I can't scan the Cryptids' DNA? - I asked.

- The answer, again, is in the Codon Stream. The DNA of earthly cryptids is not in the stream, so you cannot turn into them. - Ben said.

: But that's what the scanning function is for. To scan the DNA of an unknown alien and be able to turn into him. - I said with a frown.

- True, but it's all about the signature. Each inhabitant of the universe has its own special signature, the frequency of which depends on the place of origin of this species. When you tried to scan an Earth cryptid, the Omnitrix's sensors thought it was a normal human. Azmuth simply did not know that there were other intelligent races on Earth, not counting people. As a result, it turns out that due to the fact that cryptids and humans have a very similar signature, almost identical, the sensors do not notice this difference, because the sensors are not configured to notice it. - Ben explained in detail.

- That's how. This explains a lot. And only Azmuth himself can fix this. - I thought thoughtfully, considering the new information.

- Okay, that's enough. I've already told you too much, let's talk about something else. - Ben said, changing the subject again.

- Okey. So, Kevin, what did you tell Ashley about her powers? - I said and looked at Kevin.

- Only the truth. All the possibilities of our forces and how to manage them. And also that she needs to be more careful and so on. - Kevin said calmly.

- It's good. Maybe you could give me a little lecture then? - I asked.

- Certainly. It's not difficult for me. - Kevin said with a shrug and began to tell everything that she knows about her powers.

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*Ten hours later*

The rest of our fishing we continued to communicate on various topics and had a good time in a purely male company. I spend too much time with girls, so this kind of pastime was not superfluous. In the end, Ben opened up again and told me some interesting facts about my aliens.

As soon as we got off the grandfather's bus, the girls were already waiting for us. Ashley came up to me with a smile and hugged me, said:

- I missed. How was your day?

- I missed you too. We talked a lot, I learned a lot of new information, so the day was not in vain. We even caught fish. And how are you? - I said.

- That was great. We flew into space, to the orbital mall. It was so cool and fun. So many different shops and restaurants. We ended up spending several thousand dollars on clothes. Too bad Gwen wasn't with us. - Ashley said with a smile.

- Really, it's a pity. But, I'm glad you had a good time. - I said with a smile.

- I will never forget this trip. - Ashley said happily.

- It's good. - I said sincerely.

- Guys, it's getting late. It's time for you to sleep. - Grandfather said as he approached us. By this point, Ben and Kevin have already been picked up by their girlfriends.

- Okay, grandpa. Good night. - Ashley said and went to her room first.

- You're coming back tomorrow. - Max said, looking at the night city.

- Yes. I'm glad we got here. - I said honestly.

- I also. Thanks for everything you've done for us. - Grandfather said emotionally, and hugged me.

- It was not difficult for me and I am glad that I did what I was called here for. - I said sincerely.

- Ha ha ha, you have no idea how happy I am. - Grandpa laughed, releasing me from his arms.

- All right, go to your girlfriend. She must have been waiting. Till tomorrow. - Max said with a grin and went to his bus.

- Yes, see you tommorow. - I said as I watched Max leave.

Now, it's time to mind my own business.