THE MORE THINGS CHANGE: PART 2

Ben got into his car and drove towards Max Plumbing to meet his grandpa, none other than the legendary plumber, Max Tennyson, aka The GOAT.

Upon reaching Max Plumbing, Ben entered the store and made his way to the restroom with the secret tunnel, granting him access to the Plumber Headquarters.

Once inside the Plumber HQ, Ben first greeted Magister Patelliday, the Piscciss Volann Plumber who served as the second-in-command of the Plumbers of Earth.

"Hello, Magister Patelliday. What are you up to?" Ben inquired.

"Oh, hi Ben. Nothing much, just the usual plumber work," Magister Patelliday replied.

"Okay, see you later," Ben said before rushing off.

Max was in the midst of cooking up a storm when Ben approached him. "Grandpa, what are you cooking?"

Max brightened up upon seeing Ben. "Ben, just in time! I'm making Zadoorian Zula (A.N: just some tentacle sh*t) ," he exclaimed as tentacles burst out of the cooking pot. Max blasted them with a gun and said, "It's still fresh. Have some."

Disgusted by the sight of tentacle sh*t, Ben declined, saying, "No thanks, Grandpa. Instead, I'll go out on patrol."

Max, aware of Gwen and Kevin's departure, said to Ben, "Ben, I have something for you that might cheer you up. Your new pat... {alarm beeps}."

They rushed off to see the commotion, witnessing an explosion in a certain area. Ben declared, "I'll look into this," and headed for the elevator.

Max cautioned, "Ben, wait for the alpha team for backup."

With a smirk, Ben replied, "Grandpa, I'll go ahead and scout while the backup arrives."

Max then got surprised that its not actually a bad idea and he agrees. Then Ben drives off to the destination.

While driving, Ben attempted to activate his technopathy powers, feeling a blue circuit power flowing within him, allowing him to connect with other machinery. He concentrated and successfully controlled his car mentally.

Curious, Ben attempted to control the Omnitrix but was met with a strong headache and shock to his body, causing him to stop and focus on his upcoming fight with Khyber and his pet, Zed.

Arriving at his destination, Ben inspected the surroundings, noticing a huge crater next to a crushed building. He muttered, "Bye-bye, building," before informing the Plumber HQ about the situation via the Omnitrix comms.

Descending into the crater, Ben slid off a huge pipe and landed on the ground heroically.

[Ben's thought: Okay, Khyber, I'm out in the open. Bring out your dog, and let's get on with it.]

Meanwhile, Khyber observed Ben like a stalker, preparing his partner, Zed, by attaching the Nemetrix to her collar. He fuc*ing whistled, and Zed transformed into Crabdozer, the natural predator of a Pyronite (Heatblast).

As Crabdozer leaped to crush Ben, he skillfully dodged the attack and created distance between them. Ben then activated the Omnitrix interface and transformed into Amphibian, knowing Crabdozer's weakness to lightning attacks. Levitating above Crabdozer, Ben unleashed a barrage of lightning blasts, causing the creature to roar in pain.

Seeing his plan failing, Khyber whistled again, and Zed transformed into Slamworm. The Slamworm attempted to swallow Ben, but he phased through it and continued zapping it with lightning.

Realizing his defeat, Khyber ordered the Slamworm to retreat underground. He muttered to himself that Ben Tennyson is a Great warrior and a worthy prey to hunt.

As Khyber and his dog made a strategic retreat, Ben 10 discovered Pakmar and inquired about the accident. Pakmar provided information about some low-life thugs who extort money from merchants in exchange for protection. If the merchants don't pay, these thugs threaten to destroy their lives.

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After sending the information to the Plumber HQ, Ben headed to Mr. Bowman's store for investigation.

Ben startled Mr. Bowman and questioned him about the thugs who are extorting Taydenite from merchants. Initially hesitant, Mr. Bowman refused to divulge any information to Ben. However, Ben already knew everything about the situation and managed to convince Mr. Bowman that he meant no harm and wouldn't cause any trouble.

With Mr. Bowman reluctantly agreeing to cooperate, Ben decided to blend in with the aliens. He activated his Omnitrix and transformed into Gutrot, the chemical-based alien.

Making his way to the food court, Ben noticed a hooded man sitting there, whom he recognized as his soon to be partner, Rook Blonko.

As he waited for the thugs to arrive, Ben observed the scene unfold. When the thugs approached Mr. Bowman to extort money, Ben knew it was his cue to intervene.

Despite Mr. Bowman's pleas for him not to interfere, Ben stepped forward and expelled sleeping gas on the thugs, instantly knocking them out.

Mr. Bowman was astonished, unable to believe what he had just witnessed. In all his 13 years of experience with Ben Tennyson, he had never seen anything like it. He even pinched his cheek to check if he was dreaming, only to realize that it was all too real. Now, he had mixed feelings towards Ben(NO HOMO).

Then Ben ties all the thugs and notified plumbers, and the omnitrix timed out as he changed back to normal. Now he changes into juryrigg and dismantles the bomb that the thugs brought to explode the store.

juryrigg then assembles the bomb parts into 5 hand grenades which ben stores into his inventory discreetly.

Then Rook reveals his figure and introduces him to ben as his new official partner.

"Hello Sir Ben , i am Rook Blonko sent here by Magister Tennyson to be your new Partner. It is an Honor to work with you sir."

Okay Rook, nice to meet you. I can take of myself, but if grandpa wants me to have a partner then, so be it. Alright rook i accept you as my partner, but you need to learn a lot of stuff.

sir, yes sir.

lose the sir tag, just call me ben.

okay Ben. What's our next course of action.

There is a Kraven wannabe hunter, hunting after me. we need to lure him out and Take him down. So Let's go Hunting rook.

It Would be my Pleasure Ben.