Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Sapphire, Princess of Dyamond
The sun had finally risen above the horizon and the first few rays had started to peek in through the window curtains and unfortunately...they unfortunately hit Ben right in the face
"Ugh you've got to be kidding me" Ben mumbles out as he sits up while rubbing his eyes tiredly as he looks around seeing Stella still asleep and it's about an hour or so before breakfast starts so he should probably wake her up is what he thinks as he gets off the bed
Stella shifts slightly in her sleep not noticing Ben crawl onto the bed as he grabs her shoulder and shakes her a bit "Stella c'mon wake up" Ben says as Stella let's out a groan before turning her body away from him
"Five more minutes" Stella mutters tiredly but Ben just lets out what can only be a mix of a sigh and a laugh as he then leans in and gives her a kiss on her cheek
"Fine but once I brush my teeth I'm coming back and waking you up" Ben says as Stella only smiles tiredly as Ben crawls off the bed before making his way to the door and opening it finding Sapphire just standing by the large window in the living room just looking out as the first few people were walking around going about their morning before breakfast
"Oh Sapphire, you're up" Ben says walking up to her as Sapphire doesn't answer at least that is until Ben puts a hand on her shoulder making her flinch as she turns around to look at Ben with wide eyes as a gasp escaped her lips
But thankfully once her eyes land on Ben she relaxes once more though she still looks a bit down "Oh it's you…..morning" Sapphire says as her eyes flicker down to the ground
"Are you alright….you seem down" Ben says with a hint of worry in his tone of voice as he puts a hand on her shoulder
"As well as someone who just found out their sister is a witch after spending a couple of years alone on a frozen planet" Sapphire says as she pushes his hand away and goes back to looking out the window
"You know not all witches are bad" Ben starts as he walks next to her before looking out the window and looking at Cloud Tower which was just barely visible in the distance "It's just people like your sister give other witches0 a bad name" Ben says as Sapphire just scoffs at him refusing to accept the fact that all witches aren't bad
"Yeah right….." Sapphire says looking away from Cloud Tower and instead looking at Ben as she goes to say something, but the words don't seem to come out as she instead decides to just look away
"Listen I have a witch friend her name's Hope, I'll introduce you to her one day" Ben says knowing that Charmcaster could be a great help in making Sapphire realize not all witches are bad
"Yeah....sure…..whatever you say" Sapphire says looking away as she still felt down after everything that's happened with Ben just sighing wishing he was able to do more for her
"Listen I'm going to go brush my teeth but once the others wake up, I'm taking you to Headmistress Faragonda and we'll take things from there, ok?" Ben asks with Sapphire only responding with a small sigh and a tiny 'ok'
Ben expression saddens ever so slightly but it's not noticeable as he turns and walks over to the bathroom as he enters and closes the door letting out a sigh "I wish I could do more for you Sapphire" Ben says as quietly as he puts his hands on the sink
But before he can even reach for his toothbrush, he notices one thing...…the room was becoming almost unbearably cold as he looks confused for a second before something phases right through the mirror and nearly knocking him off of his feet from how much it surprised him and that thing that tackled him...was Amy
"Morning daddy" Amy says happily while hugging him as she had reverted back to her regular necrofriggian self a few moments prior to tackling him
"Jesus Amy you're going to give me a heart attack" Ben says as he brings his hand up and gently pats her head as she looks up smiling so brightly at him it's almost blinding
"But what do I always say about you whenever you're in a room with humans?" Ben asks as Amy stops and looks up thinking before she lets out a tiny gasp and looks at the monotrix on her wrist
"Transform!" she says before smacking it as a bright flash of light briefly fills the room and once it dissipates Amy's on the ground giving him this goofy smile as she had now turned into her fairy form
Looking at her smile Ben can't help but laugh a little before kneeling down and giving her a small kiss on her forehead causing her to giggle before Ben spoke up
"Listen, why don't you go wake up mommy Bloom can you do that?" Ben asks as Amy nods quickly before running to the door and jumping up before grabbing the door handle and opening it, as she then runs as fast as her little legs will carry her only stopping at the door as her eyes land on Sapphire as the two just stand there for a moment looking at each other before Amy spoke up with the same goofy smile she had given her dad moments prior
"Hi!" She said giving Sapphire a little wave before jumping up to reach the doorknob before turning it and running into the room and launching herself onto the bed landing on her knees but when that somehow doesn't wake up neither Bloom nor Kiko she decides to improvise as she gets up and takes a deep breath before yelling
"Wake up mom, wake up!" She yells as she begins jumping up and down as Bloom lets out a loud groan before sitting up rubbing her eyes tiredly
"Amy?" Bloom asks as she squints her eyes still not fully aware of her surroundings as she moves a couple strands of her messy bed hair aside
"Morning mommy" Amy said as she went over and hugged Bloom with the biggest smile on her face making Bloom's eyes widen a bit in shock, but it quickly subsides as she returns the hug
"Good morning, Amy, where's your dad?" Bloom asks before Amy just points to the doorway as she looks over and sees Ben just leaning against doorway
"Hey Bloom, did you sleep well?" Ben asks with a soft smile as he pushed himself off of the doorway before walking over before scooping up Amy holding her in his arms
"Yeah, did you?" Bloom asks as she hops off the bed and taking a step forward before getting on her tiptoes and giving Ben a quick peck on the lips as a small smile appears on her face
"Sort of had a weird nightmare but I'm alright" Ben says and as much as he doesn't like it he's going to lie to Bloom at least for now since Amy was there and he didn't want his daughter to know he had killed someone
"Are you alright?" Bloom asks sounding concerned since with everything she knows Ben has gone through she's worry of whatever the nightmare might've consisted off
"Yeah yeah, nothing to worry about" Ben says with a soft smile before his eye take a glance at open door way…..before deciding to go with another plan than his original one of waiting for everyone to wake up "Anyways I'm going to go on a small walk with Amy I'll be back in a few minutes" Ben says giving her a quick kiss on her forehead before beginning to walk out of the bed room
"Don't take too long" Bloom says as she waves him goodbye and before noticing a bouquet of roses in a vase next to Flora's bed that weren't there before 'I wonder where Flora got those roses from?'
"C'mon Sapphire we're going to see headmistress Faragonda" Ben says as he kneels down placing Amy on the ground as Sapphire turns to look at him a bit confused
"But I thought we were going when your roommates got up" Sapphire says the confusion evident in her voice as she watches Ben walk over to his backpack and fetch out this weird green gauntlet before walking over to her
"This Sapphire is the Ultimatrix it's like the omnitrix only slightly more...outdated or you could say a better word for it would be inferior" Ben states as he grabs Sapphire's left arm and slips it on with it shrinking to comfortably fit her wrist which only leaves Sapphire even more confused why would he be giving something like that to her
"But then why are you giving it to me?" Sapphire asks confused as she turns her wrist over as she looks at the Ultimatrix as it seems to let off an almost soft green glow from its core
"Just in case we need to go into the city plus it's useful in case we need to leave quickly if you encounter your…..sister" Ben says as with his words becoming more and more quiet once it neared the topic of her sister
With Sapphire just looking down as she clenched her fist in a mix of anger and regret maybe if she ha-
Her thought process was interrupted as Ben kneels down in front of her as he grabs the core and twists it slightly causing it to pop up and display Rath's hologram
She blinks confused as she just stares at Ben with his words seeming worlds away and he seems he's trying to explain how to use it as he then twists the dial a few times switching aliens to show her passing XLR8, Cannonbolt, Ampfibian, Frankenstrike, before finally landing on Big Chill
"You got all that?" Ben asks looking up at her as she blinks finally snapping out of her trance before she looks up at him
"U-Uh yeah….yeah I got it" Sapphire lied not wanting to embarrass herself as she had only picked up on how to activate the device
Ben gains a small smile before gently patting her head "Great now c'mon I'm sure Headmistress Faragonda is already in her office" Ben says as he activates his omnitrix before slamming down turning into XLR8 before he looks at her expectantly as she then looks down at the Ultimatrix before activating it
And thankfully the first alien to pop up is the one she needs or rather one similar enough that being Fasttrack as she then hesitantly puts her hand over the core before taking a deep breath before pushing down the core as the room is filled with green light
Once it dissipates a feminine looking Fasttrack as she looks down at herself flexing her arms "This feels so….weird" She states twisting around so she can stare into a nearby mirror
"And that's just with a humanoid transformation" XLR8 states as he seems to disappear for a brief second before appearing next to the mirror having ran so fast, he was invisible to the naked eye with even Sapphire currently as fasttrack having trouble keeping
"But relax you'll get used to it, now follow me" XLR8 states as scooping up Amy before running over and opening the door leading to the hallway outside before bringing down his visor
Sapphire takes a deep breath takes a few steps and almost immediately runs straight into the wall outside as she was unprepared for just how fast Fasttrack is even if the transformation is slower than XLR8 with Amy in the background trying to stifle a laugh but failing miserably
"Ha! Reminds me when I first turned into XLR8" XLR8 laughs as the visor lifts up with him kneeling down to check on her as she just lets out a quiet groan from the pain before standing up
"Ugh is it supposed to hurt this much?" The female Citrakayah asks shaking her head once she's fully on her feet before placing a hand on the wall to support herself
"Yeah, since our species need perceive things faster due to our speeds, we feel the pains more intense, but it fades quickly afterwards" XLR8 says and sure enough the pain faded quickly after
"This body is weird….how do you even manage will all your different aliens?" Sapphire asks with Ben just shrugging as someone who had been able to turn into different aliens since he was 10 it just became natural for him
"Practice and a lot of near-death experiences with the prototype" Ben says before bringing up his clawed hands and giving a quick tap to the omnitrix symbol on her chest forcing the Ultimatrix to quick change into a Kineceleran as she stands there blinking confused
"Wait what?" She asks confused, utterly confused as to how he did that as she looked down at her own legs noticing how they seemed to have….wheels? She couldn't really tell as they looked more like spheres than wheels
"It's called quick change and it should be self-explanatory" Ben says before he gets into a running stance as she does the same though it's a little awkward as Ben's the first to take off running shortly followed by Sapphire as the two ran down the hall reaching the speed of sound and for the first time in a long time…..she was having fun
The wind rushing past them as they raced down the hall…..and this feeling slowly began to make itself known something she hadn't felt in a long time....competitiveness
"Bet I can make it to Faragonda's office first" she says with her small smirk being covered up by her visor
Ben can only scoff as he flips around and begins running backwards so the wind going by wouldn't bother his eyes before bringing up his visor "Yeah right, you don't even know where her office is" Ben begins before a smug smile covers his face "but you're on" Ben says bringing back down his visor and turning to run properly
Sapphire can't help but do one thing she hadn't done in quite a bit...smile, she just couldn't stop smiling and soon she began to laugh but unfortunately the moment she began to laugh it was the moment they had reached the door to Faragonda's office with her crashing right into the door at nearly 1,000 mph sending the door right off its hinges as she and the door slide all the way to Faragonda's desk
"My goodness are people forgetting to knock?" Faragonda says like her door wasn't just sent off its hinges by a kineceleran running at well over the speed of sound all the while Ben just stands there with his hands on his head looking like he just saw death even Amy who was standing next to him had her hands on her head mimicking her father's expression even though she didn't feel the same way
"I-I....I'm so sorry headmistress" Ben says quickly slamming down of the omnitrix symbol on his chest turning into Clockwork but before he can even do anything Faragonda just points, and the door fixes itself
"Oh that's quite alright….now how about you introduce me to this new friend of yours" Faragonda says looking down to where the female kineceleran still laying on the ground before a short sound is heard as the ultimatrix seems to timeout which honestly bothers Ben way more than it should as there was no way the Ultimatrix ran out of energy THAT fast, after all she had only quick changed once and exhaustion wasn't a factor either so why did it timeout?
"I-I'm Sapphire" she said quietly as she got up not noticing Ben who was now back to human slip the ultimatrix off of her arm and begin messing around with it in the background
"Sapphire….well Sapphire if Ben brought you here than there must be a reason for your visit" Faragonda says her tone almost motherly as she looked at the supposed 9-year-old
Sapphire's eyes immediately darken she remembers the many years that she spent on her planet trying to avoid the shaman witch, Ben sees this and decides to take over switching to holding the ultimatrix with his off hand
"It's a long story but Sapphire here….is…or rather was the princess of the planet Dyamond" Ben says as Faragonda gains a confused look on her face as she tries to process what he just said as far as she knew the entire royal family of Dyamond had been slaughtered
"Dyamond?" Faragonda states trying to see if she heard him correctly as the two can only nod
"Yeah and well here's as much as I know" Ben begins as he proceeds to tell her the entire story of how Amy found her, him breaking the curse but he decides to leave out the part where he hunted down and killed the shaman witch
Once Ben's done telling the story Faragonda stays quiet for a few seconds with her eyes closed trying to process everything as the two just stand there awkwardly but this silence does give Ben a moment to realize…..where is his daughter?
He looks frantically only to stop as he sees her hiding under a chair with the only thing, he's able to do is facepalm as...he can see her quite clearly
"Well Sapphire we have some single bedroom apartments that haven't been used since I, myself was attending Alfea myself that could fit your tastes" Faragonda begins which leaves Sapphire pretty confused until she realizes what she means
"Wait, you mean?" Sapphire begins to ask only for Faragonda to nod as she gains this motherly smile on her face
"Alfea can be your new home…..if you wish for it to be of course" Faragonda says as Sapphire just stands there unsure what to say
"Well, I...." Sapphire says unsure as she looks at Ben the person who she's only recently began to think of almost as a big brother, as he only gives her a kind smile as she takes a deep breath to calm her nerves before nodding "Y-yes I'd like that" Sapphire says
"Great then I'll get things ready for you, and Ben you and the rest of the Winx are excused from your classes for the day" Faragonda says as Ben stands there stupefied since he knows he's got a test with professor Wizgiz on that day
"What...why?" Ben asks in utter confusion as then Faragonda begins to explain
"Well, someone needs to help Sapphire pick out her furniture and also get things ready for her" Faragonda says before getting up from her chair "The three of you may go now" she says before glancing at the small girl hiding beneath a nearby chair with Amy just awkwardly smiles
"Oh, ok then…..where did the ultimatrix go?" Sapphire says just now noticing that the ultimatrix was no longer on her wrist before Ben taps her shoulder with her moving her head to get a better look at him and he has the Ultimatrix outstretched to give it back to her which she takes but doesn't put it on
"For some reason the timeout function is glitched and there's only one way I know how to fix it…..or rather remove the problem temporarily come on I'll explain in the hallway" Ben says making a small head motion towards the door which they begin to walk to with Ben making a small hand motion which causes Amy to run out of her bad hiding spot and over to him taking his hand
'Cute...Paradox was right, his daughter really is one of the cutest things on the planet' Faragonda says with a small smile on her face before reaching over for a nearby phone in order to call Griselda so she can get the rest of the Winx
"So, the timeout function is….glitched?" Sapphire says trying to understand as she looks at the ultimatrix which is currently on her lap as the three are on the bus headed for Magix
"Pretty much but I don't understand why so…..I'm gonna give you access to something I wish I had" Ben says before clearing his throat before taking a deep breath "access Master Control" Ben says as the Ultimatrix almost seems to glow for a second before letting out a quick high-pitched beep to indicate that master control had been activated
"Woah…." Is all Sapphire can say as she slips it but doesn't activate it as she doesn't want to draw any attention towards them
"Now you have no cooldown and access to every single DNA sample that's in the ultimatrix but remember this is only temporarily at least until I can get back home and try and fix it....must be something with the core" Ben mumbles as he begins to try and find a reason as to why not noticing Amy who was sitting on his left side reach over before putting her hand on the omnitrix activating since it believes she's Ben since there's only very minor differences in there DNA
"Hmm? Wait Amy!" Ben says but it's too late as Amy slams down on the core as a green flash of light briefly fills the bus with it going unnoticed by the driver
Ben keeps his eyes closed before slowly opening them as he then lets out a sigh of relief happy the omnitrix didn't turn him into Bloxx or Gravattack....or rather he would've preferred that as he just looks at himself….and notices not even the slightest difference but just to be sure he looks down and yeah, no boobs or anything but he does see that the omnitrix became a bracelet like it does when he becomes a fairy so…..what could be the difference
"Huh....well I don't feel" Ben stops himself mid sentence as he feels something odd from his back before scooting forward what's on his lower back reveals itself to be…..a brown monkey like tail with him attempting to find the words for a few seconds before just saying "Interesting"
"It...gave you a tail?" Sapphire says as the tail just flicks back and forth
"Looks like it…..Amy what did you even choose?" Ben says looking at his daughter who's just looking down a bit embarrassed
"I saw tail and I pressed it" Amy says shyly as Ben just sighs knowing that no matter what she does he can't bring himself to be mad at her
"You're lucky you're so cute" Ben says with a soft smile as he just puts a hand on her head and ruffles her hair before he then remembers something "Oh sh- shoot Sapphire look at me for a second" Ben says turning to her as he out stretches a hand to her as she just stays still as even though she does think its weird, she's not gonna say anything as she trusts him
Ben waves his hand in front of her face using a bit of magic to turn her hair brown and her eyes turning green like his "And ta da! We now look like siblings" Ben says taking out his phone and clicking on the camera app before handing it to her so she can see herself
"This…..actually isn't too bad" Sapphire says as she looks at herself in the phone camera and she might ask him to just change her hair and eye color to that permanently but for now she's just happy that she likely won't be recognized by her sister if the two were to cross paths
But that thought process is interrupted as the bus finally arrives at their destination as they all walk out of the bus and look around Magix with Sapphire letting out a loud 'wow' taking in the sight of so many people more than she had seen in years
"Ok girls we've got a long day ahead of us…..let's get to it"
"Kill me" Ben says exhausted as he slumps forward setting his head down on the outdoor table, they were all sitting around outside of a cafe, they've been at it searching for suitable furniture for Sapphire's apartment and Ben had finally gotten the chance to sit down after spending more than half the day walking around
Sapphire just giggles at Ben's reaction before reaching over and grabbing the iced coffee Ben had ordered for her and taking a sip but then her eyes wander landing on a club/bar across the street seeing that some witches seem to be having a party
"Stupid…fu" She goes to say only to stop herself as Amy seems to be staring at her intently, her gaze almost looking straight into her soul "Fudge..." she says quietly not wanting to curse in front of the little girl
Suddenly they hear someone calling out to them "Ben!" a voice calls out as Ben lifts up his head slightly to see Musa walking over to them as he then smiles weakly before just putting his head back down as his saiyan tail does the same drooping down and spilling over the side of the chair
"There you are! We've been looking everywhere for you all over Magix" Musa says while walking around the table sitting across from him next to Amy as Ben just responds with a groan as he sits up looking exhausted
"Did you check all the furniture stores, or did you even try to call me?" Ben asks as he rubs his eyes tiredly not noticing that a certain jealous person was watching them from across the street
"Yes~ You have so much talent yet you....Riven?" Darcy asks as Riven seems to be too focused on whatever is across the street with him clutching his glass cup as cracks slowly begin to form from how much pressure he's putting on it
Riven doesn't respond to Darcy as she then follows his gaze seeing Musa talking with Ben the two sitting across each other and to them it looks like they're on a date since Amy and Sapphire are too short to be seen at their distance
"Tennyson….." Riven almost growls angrily as the glass he's holding seems to be reaching the point that if any more pressure is applied it could shatter
Darcy, seeing this, decides to grab his hand trying to calm him down while also sending a text to the rest of the trix with her other hand "Oh ignore them Riven, you don't have to worry about her.....when you have me" she says and as soon as their eyes meet Riven was placed under Darcy's spell
"So, you don't understand why the core's not working right?" Musa asks taking a bite out of a muffin that was originally meant for Ben, but he just gave it to her since he was feeling more tired than hungry
"Nope, no matter how much I....shit" Ben begins saying as his eyes land on a particular pair of witches that are heading in their directions with the others following his gaze as their eyes land on Stormy and more importantly Icy
"What are those two doing here?" Musa said quietly not wanting them to hear her but her
"Icy..." Sapphire almost whispers at the sight of her big sister before Ben suddenly stands up all traces of his exhaustion seemingly gone
"Sapphire grab Amy and get her out of here...now" Ben orders in serious tone as his hair seems to spike up but only ever so slightly as Sapphire just doing what he said as she almost immediately grabs Amy and in the next instance there's a green flash of light as she runs away as XLR8 and a few moments later those two reach them
"Ah…..the ice bitch comes to grace us with her presence" Ben states almost as he just looks bored while leaning back in his seat
"Haha very funny but unfortunately I'm going to need you too to leave, you're bothering our sister" Icy says with Ben just giving him this blank look as he then looks at Musa
"You know you're talking a lot of shit for someone who's little monster got beaten in 2 seconds flat" Musa says with a small smirk on her face despite the face she knows she didn't have anything to do with defeating the waybad
Musa's comment only serves to piss off Stormy enough for her as she lifts up her hand to fire a lightning bolt at the pigtailed girl but Ben in one swift motion kicks the table up before reeling back his fist and punching it towards the two witches as the two can only look shocked for a brief second before the two are knocked back by the table sending them sliding back several feet
"That son of a b-" Icy begins to say as she froze then shattered it she saw Ben carrying Musa over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes with the girl flipping them off as they ran away
"Damn you really let them get away?" A voice that seemed to come from behind them as the two turned around to see Eon with his helmet slightly cracked with the crack going up to the left eye side of his helmet "Ha! Couldn't be me" Eon said as he activated his ultimatrix and turned the dial passing a few transformations until he lands on this weird anthropomorphic hedgehog
"What the fuck happened to your helmet?" Stormy asks noticing the crack as she sees many of the witches run out the bar attempting to chase after the two
"Self inflicted" Is all Eon answers before he slams down on the dial turning him into a perfect copy of the one who had donated the DNA…..a blue hedgehog with white gloves and red sneakers "Try and catch up if you can" Eon says gaining this grin before he then runs turning into a blue blur as he chases after the two
It doesn't take long before the blue hedgehog gained on the two just as they turn into a alleyway tackling the Ben forcing him to drop Musa as the two crashed into a wall with Eon soon after delivering a flurry of punches faster than the speed of sound
"Ben!" Musa calls out as she without hesitation transforms into her magic winx rushing over to help him
"Sonic-" She begins to says ready to cast a spell only for Eon to switch his attention to her as he leaves Ben bloodied up against the wall as he then curls up into a ball and with surprising speed rolls over to her hitting her right in the stomach stopping her from casting the spell as she spat up blood as her body flies away crashing into a wall before she crumbles down to the ground
"Musa….." Ben says weakly as his vision begins to fade in and out but for some reason…..the omnitrix doesn't time him out as he gets a front row seat to the rest of the Winx arriving only for them to receive the treatment as they all get beaten even when with Stella's charmix
Now the winx are on the ground….bloody…..beaten as the Trix and the rest of their little witch group arrive "Amazing job Eon" Icy says as she claps her hand while walking over to Stella who looks up defyingly as she just spits at Ice witch
"Fuck…..you….bitch" Stella pants as she begins to try and get up only to realize she's too weak as Darcy strolls over as she begins to reach down
"I believe this ring belongs t-" She begins to say only for this yellow energy blast to come out of nowhere and send her flying into a nearby wall as everyone turns surprised seeing that Ben had forced himself out of the wall and he was standing there breathing heavily with blood completely covering his eyes
"That should be easy enough to deal with" Eon said still cocky from just how easy he beat the winx as he does the same roll move he did against the Winx but just the moment he's about to make contact with Ben
He suddenly grabs his foot forcing him to stop as Eon's eyes just stare at him wide from the sheer shock "W-what?!" He yells as Ben suddenly looks up as a sudden wave of pure anger washes over everyone as Ben's hair spikes up gaining a reddish tint and all the blood suddenly seems to evaporate as Ben opens his eyes revealing pure white voids staring daggers at Eon as this yellow aura seems to be coming from him
"Die" And that's all Eon heard before he's punched with the force of an atomic bomb right in his stomach sending the blue rat flying through a nearby building before Ben then disappears from sight before reappearing right next to Bloom and Tecna as he kneels down putting hands on both of them
"Kaifuku" he says quietly before the two then find themselves fully healed as the two blink surprise but before they can ask Ben anything he disappears before performing the same technique on them
And soon not only are the Winx fully healed as if nothing ever happened now the trix and their little witch fans have to deal with 5 angry fairies but now they also have to deal with a pissed off saiyan who wants to put them all in the ground
"Eon get up!" Icy yells turning to the hole in the nearby building, but she gets no response as Eon had actually been sent a lot further away then it seemed meaning the Trix would have to take on the Winx by themselves
"Uh oh" one random witch says as she sees Bloom just stare at Icy with pure hatred in her eyes as fire seems to be bubbling out of her so much so that even Ben who was not quite himself at the moment stares his eyes which are still completely white widen ever so slightly
"Icy you…..are…..going to….pay!" Bloom yells as a blast of pure fire comes out of lighting up the entire alleyway blinding everyone except Ben who just stares unblinkingly but a small expression of shock remains on his face
"Wait a second that girl...that girl's got the dragon's flame" Icy as her weird little bottle spell Ben can't quite identify lights up but not as bright as Bloom so he decides to the next thing that comes to mind and that's beat as many witches as physically possible until the light stops shining
Once the light from Bloom dissipates, she looks around and sees most of the witches are knocked out as Ben stands there breathing heavily as he looks around for the next one only to realize that he's knocked out every single witch there except the Trix which had somehow managed to escape
"I…..I think…..I got most of them" Ben pants as his hair returns to normal and his pupils come back before he begins to teeter back and forth before passing out falling right into Flora's arms
"I got you Ben" she says softly before hearing a sound that had only started to become familiar which was the running of a Kineceleran as they turn to see Sapphire still as XLR8 carrying Amy
"Are you guys…..holy….shi…." Sapphire says barely stopping herself from cursing as she just sees the large number of unconscious witches with Amy speaking up immediately after
"Is daddy going to be, ok?" Amy asks looking up at Bloom who looks tired after using up all that energy for what was essentially a lightshow
"He's going to be fine but girls we should really get back to Alfea….faragonda will want to know that we got attacked by Eon
Meanwhile with Eon he lets out a groan as he slowly gets up trying to make heads or tails of his surroundings as he seems to have found himself in some kind of alleyway after being knocked out
"Ugh my....everything" Eon mumbles reaching up for his helmet only to realize it's not there as he looks to his side seeing it shattered on the ground as he curses underneath his breath as his eyes than land on this strange black cat that seems to be staring at him with eyes wide as saucers
Eon can't help but gain a tiny smile as he walks over, kneeling down before reaching and gently scratching the cat's chin as he then notices a weird crescent moon…..bald spot? On its head
"Good kitty" Eon says quietly as the cat just looks at him concerned it opens its mouth
"Are you ok….Ben?" It says in a female voice startling Eon for a second before he looks around noticing that nobody else could've said that before he talks
"A talking cat that somehow knows my real name....eh I've seen weirder" Eon says while shrugging but he does sense…..something odd about the cat almost like it doesn't belong here
"I'm being serious Ben...wait a moment….I get it now this is somehow in the past" The cat says realization just now dawning on her but the fact that this cat is from the future does bring something up in Eon's mind
"Wait talking cat from the future….if you know me then does that mean I finally get rid of the corruption?" Eon asks hopeful as the cat takes a moment to think before hesitantly responding
"Yes?...and also my name's not talking cat, it's Luna" The cat responds unsure before Eon suddenly gains a grin on his face as he picks up the cat hugging it close to his chest
"Yes! Fuck yeah!" Eon celebrates before putting Luna down who just stands there unsure of what to say with the only thing on her mind is trying to figure out how she's going to get back to her timeline and also how the Ben she knows went from that in front of her to the one she knows
"Wait Ben...could you help me return to my timeline" Luna says as Eon not hesitating for a moment activates his Ultimatrix and slams down on the core becoming Clockwork
"Goodbye talking cat and good luck…..I'm going become uncorrupted" Eon says but before Luna can respond she's shot with a time beam returning her to her timeline before he reverts back to human
As Eon stands there already feeling triumphant "Yes….this mean my plan will work...all I need to do…..is bide my time" Eon says to himself before gaining a sinister smirk on his face
Luna blinks as the blinding green light has dissipated, she blinks before looking around, finding herself on a familiar street she knows 'wait this is near the game center!' She thinks as she runs down the street turning a few corners until she finds it making sure to sneak in and not be noticed as cats aren't allowed in the arcade
It takes a bit, but she eventually finds who she had been looking as she sees two people turned away one a familiar head of brown hair and the other person next to him appears to be a girl in a light blue school uniform with long blonde pigtails, with the girl playing some sort of arcade game with the name 'Sailor V' on the top
"Usagi….are you sure that strategy is going to work" Eon or rather now uncorrupted having become Ben once again says with a bit of uncertainty in his voice
"Relax, I've got things under control!" This Usagi girl could be heard saying with overwhelming confidence only to be immediately met with a game over screen as Ben can only just laughing which is quickly replaced with panic as he notices her tear up
Luna just sighs happily to herself as Ben tries to think of an idea to cheer her up 'It's good to be back' she thinks to herself as he then gains a small