Aliens and Fairies are real?!

Finally, back at Alfea the winx could rest after their battle against the Trix though while they can finally get some relaxation, meanwhile Eon's currently going through the exact opposite of relaxation...he was in pain

"Aghh!" Eon yells in pain as he crashes into the ground reverting back to human from Jetray as his Ultimatrix crackles with magic caused by Stella's charmix powered up spell that hit the Ultimatrix symbol just a few moments ago as his Ultimatrix symbol repeatedly changes from yellow to purple as Eon continues yelling in pain before he ends up panting once the pain subsides as he then looks at the Ultimatrix symbol which remains yellow for a few moments before returning to being ...green?

Suddenly It's almost as if his clouded thoughts had cleared and he could actually think clearly for once as he just puts his hand over his eyes breathing heavily 'What have I been doing with my life....was I really going along with killing that blonde what was her name....Stella or something like that?' Eon thinks as he sits up looking at the Ultimatrix as it had gone back to fully being green like how it originally was but then he noticed this tiny bit of it still being purple before it then begins to rapidly spread

"No no no not again!" He says as he begins trying to take the Ultimatrix off to no avail as for some reason the button doesn't work no matter how hard he pressed it as he panics even more and more as the purple eventually reached the Ultimatrix's core as he then let out another pain filled yell as purple...mana? Crackled around him as his eyes which had returned to being their natural green go back to being their corrupted purple as his thoughts that had been cleared for once in so long go back to their previous twisted and violent ways

"Gwen...that bitch is gonna pay one day for what she did to me" Eon says as he stands up activating the Ultimatrix turning the dial a few times before slamming down on it's corrupted core transforming into XLR8 and running away towards cloud tower leaving behind a trail of dust and crackling mana

"Ben! C'mon we're waiting" Musa can be heard yelling from the Winx's living room as Ben comes out of his and Stella's shared room while digging through his backpack looking for some bandages for Stella not noticing Ship sleeping in the middle of the floor tripping over him falling straight to the ground but then once he does his backpack opens all the way as three things fall out of his bag one that appears to be a gauntlet, a broken watch...…..and the bandages he was looking for as Ben just stares the the three items before looking at Ship

"Really?" is the only thing he can ask as Ship looks down a bit ashamed as Ben just sighs before getting up and picking Ship up with one hand not noticing Tecna pick up both the gauntlet and the watch as she sees how similar one is to the one Eon was wearing and the watch looks like Ben's omnitrix only it appears to be broken

"Here's the bandages" Ben is heard saying behind her as Tecna turns to see Ben next to Stella, Musa, and Flora who thanks him before beginning to apply some alcohol to her wounds despite Stella's protests that it's painful

"Hey Ben, can I ask you a question?" Tecna asks walking over as Ben turns while adjusting his hold on Ship

"Oh sure what is...wait how did you get those?" Ben asks sounding surprised as his eyes land on the prototype recalibrated omnitrix and his Ultimatrix

"They fell out of your backpack when you tripped" Tecna says before Ben grabs the recalibrated omnitrix and just looks at it before mumbling something along the lines off "I really need to fix it later if I'm going to give it to Amy when she's 10"

"Amy?" Tecna asks but Ben just ignores her question since he doesn't know how the rest will react if they find out about his kids

"Nevermind that but feel free to test out the Ultimatrix if you want to while I'm gone....just don't turn into Waybig or Alien X" he says before turning and walking over to Stella and Flora while activating his omnitrix and scrolling through until he finds his fairy transformation as he then looks at the two

"If you two are ok I'll head on and join Bloom in the library, she did say she wanted to check out what the witches wanted with your ring" he says not waiting for their replies before walking out the door and into the hallway while turning into his fairy form and just as she takes a few steps her phone begins to ring

"Huh?" she says while getting out his phone seeing it's an unknown contact as he just shrugs and answers it before putting the phone to her ear "Hello?" she asks while walking down the hallway only to be surprised at who's on the other end

"Hey Ben, It's Timmy I need your help with something" Timmy can be heard saying on the other end of the phone

"Timmy? How did you even get my number?" Ben asks sounding surprised since the only people who have her number is the rest of the winx and Faragonda since she was the one who gifted her the phone in the first place as her original one wasn't the best to contact people on other planets

"Umm....Headmistress Faragonda gave it to me since what I'm about to ask might have to deal with your...evil twin" Timmy says on the other end which makes Ben's face pale ever so slightly since she doesn't quite know how to explain what happened with Stella

"Listen Timmy I don't have time for that I have to help, I have something important I need to do with Bloom" Ben says before just hanging up which she slightly regrets since it was rude but she thinks it was best just to avoid the conversation for now as she gets to the library as he spots Bloom flipping through pages in a book while mumbling to herself

"Hey Bloom, find anything?" Ben asks as she sits across from her as she looks up from her book before sighing

"No maybe if we found a book about Solaria than we might find something" Bloom says and almost immediately after she said that a book comes flying in smacking Ben in the back of the head before landing in front of Bloom

"Ah here we go" Bloom says grabbing the book and looking at the cover as Ben's just rubbing the back of her head wondering where that book even came from but that's when Bloom remembers something else

"Oh, by the way it's funny how both you and Stella unlocked new fairy forms one after the other huh?" Bloom says trying to make a joke though in all honesty she doesn't find it funny in the slightest as the two of them and is more so worried about Ben since even though Ben told her more about his past last night, she's still worried that there might be more Ben hasn't told her

"Hey Ben..." Bloom says but before Ben can respond a book comes in out of nowhere and clotheslines her as she then falls back taking the chair with her "Ben!" Bloom yells quickly going around to the other side finding Ben dazed but mostly fine with the book that hit her in her hand

"I'm fine" Ben says while shaking her head while standing up before looking at the book in her hand as she reads the title "Every cataloged fairy transformation" she reads out loud as he then stands up

"Great I can finally find what the requirements for Charmix were" Ben says before putting the chair back up and sitting down as she flips through the pages trying to find the one for Charmix

All the while Bloom just looks at Ben not really knowing what to say before she just sighs 'Ben one of these days I'll get you to tell me everything…..there just has to be more you're not telling me' Bloom thinks as she walks back to her spot and sits down flipping through different pages until she finds what she was looking for 'the ring of Solaria' but as she reads the page words begin to almost appear though they are glowing

"What the?" She says quietly as she briefly looks up at Ben who seems focused on what he's reading as she then looks back at the page and reads the glowing words out loud "The ring when activated takes the shape of a scepter for most wielders....but those who have at the minimum a small part of the dragon's flame within them can turn the scepter into THE sword of Solaria a powerful sword forged from the dragon's flame" Bloom says before closing the book and getting up looking quite happy now that she knows what the Trix are after

"Ben, I think I know why the Trix wanted Stella's ring c'mon let's go tell the others" Bloom says as Ben looks up looking surprised, she found what she was looking for as she quickly gets up leaving the book open on a page all about the fairy form called.........Enchantix

"So, what did you find out?" Ben asks as she and Bloom begin walking out of the library into the hallway

"They were after Stella's ring because they think it has a piece dragon's flame" Bloom says while looking at the cover of the book she's carrying

"The dragon's flame?" Ben asks as she looks up in thought she never really thought about it until know but it makes sense as from what he's read it's supposedly one of the most powerful things in magic dimension

"Guess that would make sense but I seriously doubt that a small ring like Stella's can hold that kind of power" Ben continues as Bloom opens the book and shows her the page as the both of them stop walking and just like it happened to Bloom glowing words seem to start appearing on the page as she then points her finger at the words

"Exactly they want it because they think it contains the dragon's flame but in actuality the ring needs to be powered by it" Bloom says as Ben looks at the page for a second reading the words

"So, in their confusion they kidnapped, hurt, and were willing to kill Stella…...of a misunderstanding?" Ben asks starting to get seriously angry now as her hair begins to spike up ever so slightly as her magic Winx outfit seems to flicker in and out of existence as his thoughts turn to wanting to find the Trix and straight up just kill them and Eon

Bloom takes a step back as this is the angriest she's ever seen him as she's honestly getting worried, he might do something stupid "Ben!" Bloom yells grabbing her hands as Ben then looks down at Bloom before she sighs calming down as her hair returns to normal

"Yeah, yeah don't worry....I'm calm" Ben says though it really isn't the truth as she's still quite pissed off at everything that's happened with Stella "Let's just go and tell the others what we found out" Ben says as he looks away before beginning to walk away followed shortly by Bloom who can't help but instinctively know that Ben isn't exactly calm

"So, they kidnapped Stella just for that?!" Musa says outraged as she slams her hands against the coffee table back at their apartment

"That's what I said!" Ben who has reverted back to human says happy that at least someone else agrees with his reaction before the two of them are shut down by Tecna clearing her throat as they turn to look at her before she then starts speaking

"Listen you two need to calm down this isn't helping our situation" Tecna says before looking around at everyone gathered at the living room

"But Tecna we have a right to get angry I mean look what they did to Stella" Ben says while pointing to Stella as he then feels something rub against his leg looking to see Ship looking at him worriedly

"Not now Ship" Ben says kneeling down to pet the canine-like galvanic mechamorph

"Also, we still haven't figured out a way to get Stella's ring back" Flora says worriedly as she looks at the rest of them all the while Bloom leans forward in thought

Bloom thinks for a second before she stands up from the couch getting everyone's attention "I've got it since they came to Alfea last time…..how about we return the favor" Bloom says as then Stella stands up smirking

"Right into the lion's den huh? I like it" Stella says as Ben also steps forward in order to speak

"Same here, the Trix must've somehow snuck in through through a secret passage or something similar the day of the party, I'll start looking for it" Ben says as he activates the omnitrix quickly turning into Ghostfreak

"Be careful" Bloom says as Ghostfreak just nods and sinks into the ground as they all stay silent for a bit before Tecna suddenly speaks up

"Hey Bloom, you've known Ben the longest right?" Tecna asks which is a question that confuses everyone since they thought that was pretty much obvious

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Bloom asks sounding confused before Tecna shows them what she's had on her left arm the entire time, Ben's Ultimatrix but before anyone can ask question she clicks a button on the side making the core pop up and a hologram of Amphibian to be shown as she then turns the dial once to the left but instead of another one of Ben's alien is displayed it instead shows some text in place of the alien hologram

"Has he ever told you about any...trauma or PTSD?" Tecna asks as everyone focuses on the words that are displayed on the holographic text

'Loboan DNA disabled due to the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) it has caused to the owner of the Ultimatrix/Omnitrix' The text said as as everyone else's eyes widen

"P-PTSD?" Bloom says as she reads the text over and over and over again while she tries to think back to every single interaction, she's ever had with Ben ever since they met but nothing aside from Ben's scars from the abuse, he told her about last night....she can't ever remember Ben even displaying a single sign of it

"Ben never showed it....I knew he was hiding something but" Bloom said only for everyone to flinch as Ghostfreak reappears looking quite proud of himself

"Good news everyone, I found the secret...passage…..that the Trix......Is everyone alright?" Ghostfreak says slowly growing more and more concerned after each word before he reverts back to human

"Uhhhh nothing!" Musa says before she steps in front of Ultimatrix in a poor attempt to hide it as Tecna quickly slips off the Ultimatrix with it shutting down

"Nothing...uh huh" Ben says suspicious of them he just narrows his eyes at them before shrugging and walking over and showing them a piece of paper he had hastily drawn a map on

"Ok so the path that the Trix took is actually an emergency evacuation tunnel route used in case of emergency located at the basement of the school, if we use those we'll get to Cloud Tower in no time" Ben says while showing them the map he drew as Stella takes it from his hand though she's still too distracted by what she just learned to really comprehend any of the words that he let out

"Stella?" Ben asks as he waves his hand in front of her face as she snaps out of it taking a step back as she tries to play it off

"Trauma, got it" Stella says in a way too happy tone as she then freezes along with every other fairy in the room meanwhile Ben just facepalms and sighs

"Nevermind, once it becomes night that's when we strike" Ben says with a sudden burst of confidence on the last part which quickly disappears once he notices that the girls are still giving him weird looks

"Ok...…something's up, what happened?" He asks looking around at them as they all look at each other not knowing what to say exactly before Ben just rolls his eyes walking over and grabbing the Ultimatrix out of Tecna's hand and stuffing it into his backpack

"Fine keep your secrets but I'll find out one day" Ben says jokingly as he just throws his backpack onto the couch before activating the omnitrix "anyways I'm going to go on a walk I'll be back by nighttime" Ben says before slamming on the omnitrix turning into Big Chill before turning invisible and intangible

The Winx stay silent for a while before Tecna speaks up "Let's just put this on the back burner for a while and let Ben decide when he thinks it's time to tell us" Tecna says as the rest just agree though Bloom and Stella aren't exactly sure if that's what they should be doing but with no other choice they go along with it for now

Eventually night arrives and the Winx and Ben head down the empty hallways of Alfea trying to find the entrance to the basement

"Are you sure of what you saw?" Musa asks as she and the other followed Ben who nods while putting his hand up to his lips telling her to be quiet as they get to the door that leads to the basement, and he opens it having unlocked earlier using Juryrigg from the other side

"Ok now be careful some steps are slippery" Ben whispers as he begins to head down the steps but as he does, he slips, and he falls down into the darkness of the basement

"Ben!" Bloom whisper yells as she doesn't get a response for a few seconds before they see a distant green flash in the distance and then what looks like flames, so it appears Ben had turned into Heatblast

"I'm ok...…hey is that lig- " they hear Ben begin saying only for him to be suddenly pulled away by some extremely fast creature

"Ben!" the Winx yell simultaneously as they all rush down the stairs nearly slipping multiple times and once, they get down there they get this uneasy feeling

"Ben, where are you!" Flora yells as she then sees a long tunnel on one of the walls that has the sign reading 'Cloud Tower' on the side with them seeing what looks like a flame getting farther and farther the way

"He's that way c'mon girls" Stella yells quickly transforming into her magic Winx as the rest do as well with them flying as fast as they can down the tunnel as they get there barely in time to see both Ben and Eon forced out of there alien transformations as they revert back to normal and just as they go to throw another punch at each other, but Eon does a wrong movement which ends up with both of the omnitrix's and ultimatrix's core making contact with one another as they then connect forming a feedback loop causing green and purple energy to start crackling around the two

"Get back!" Is the only word Ben is able to get out to the Winx before the feedback loop between devices overloads completely sending the two flying to opposite sides as they crash into opposite walls knocking the two unconscious

"Ben!" The Winx yell simultaneous as they rush over as Ben forces himself out of the wall collapsing to his feet but what was odd was that for the briefest of seconds what look like a.....fairy outfit replaced his own with the fairy outfit being more masculine in form like one would expect from a male fairy in the same colors as his normal fairy form

"I'm…..ok" Ben says though he was gasping for air meanwhile Eon was just fully knocked out on the ground as the Ultimatrix crackled with energy

"All safety protocols malfunctioned.....safety protocols off...…DNA pod for alien species designated 'fairy' is cracked probability of said DNA corrupting the wearer's DNA.....100%.......previously unknown glitch detected in DNA pod designated 'fairy'.......wearer will be opposite gender if transformation is chosen" The omnitrix warning system said only to go back on the first warning before stating that all safety features were restored....all but one

"Loboan DNA locking mechanism failed…..failed….failed....I-.....m...so.....rry….Loboan DNA is once again available for transformation" The omnitrix's AI stated but was all but ignored or not noticed by the Winx and Ben

"But damn I haven't experienced something like that since Albedo" Ben says as he shakes his head before looking at Eon "Let's just leave him there he won't be getting up for a while" Ben says before everyone just follows him with only Tecna giving Eon's unconscious body a cautious glance before following the rest

And as the Winx and Ben left up the nearby stairs they just barely missed the Ultimatrix's AI speaking up "Omnitrix and Ultimatrix playlist synchronization complete...new aliens are now available for selection."

"Where the hell could it be?" Musa can be heard saying as the Winx are all searching through the Trix's apartment which Ben had identified using Wildmutt moments ago

"It has to be here somewhere" Bloom says looking under one of the beds with Tecna doing the same except underneath a couch

"Ah ha I got it!" Ben says as he digs the ring out of a small pile of trash before Stella runs over grabbing

"Oh how I missed you I'm never taking you off again" Stella says as she slips her ring back on

"Great now that we have it back let's get out of here" Tecna says as they all sneak back out to the hallway but then they hear footsteps coming their direction

"Crap what are we going to do?" Ben asks before Tecna's eyes just so happen to land on an door that has a similar design to the one they have leading to the library

"This way!" She whispers yells and as they enter the room, they see books upon books but as they close the door behind themselves, they hear what sounds like voices speaking

"Shhhh" Ben is barely able to get out as everyone goes quiet trying to listen to what the voices are saying

"You know if dad catches us, we're toast right?" A voice that sounds like that of a girl probably around their age if not a bit younger says

"Yeah, right dad will never know" another girl's voice says

"Yeah, c'mon sis don't be like that we're just.....removing spoilers is all" another girl's voice says as they then hear what sounds like scribbling before they then see a bright green flash appear

"Dad?!" they hear what sounds like six voices as the Winx all look at each other trying to figure out what it is they're hearing

"Da…da" they then hear what sounds like a baby say as Ben then tries to peek around the corner only for the winx to pull him back to prevent him from peeking and probably getting spotted

"Do you know how much trouble you're in?" what sounds like a man's voice says though there's something only familiar about this as they then hear a gasp from him "And you brought your baby brother what the hell were you thinking?!" the man says before he lets out a deep sigh

"C'mon I'm taking you six back home...…you do know I'll be telling your mothers and older siblings about this right?" the man says but before the 6 other voices can protest, they're all teleported away with a green flash

"What the hell was that?" Ben asks now peeking around the corner seeing a green book in a pedestal where they all presumably where

"Ben wait what if they're still around" Bloom asks only for Ben to ignore her warning going around the corner walking up to the book where his eyes then widen

"What....this book has my name" Ben says as he hears the rest of the winx walk up but he ignores it for the most part as he flips the first page only to see...….everything being covered up by what seems to be black...…..sharpie?

With each page turn Ben just gets more and more upset at whoever did it because every single page was basically black except for a few taunting messages like 'no way' 'nope' 'nuh uh' but when they turn to the final page there's a message that intrigues him 'ok dad you've reached the end none of my other sisters wanted to spoil your future…..but I guess I can give you the tiniest of hints, my mother has dark skin, long curly brown hair, and cerulean eyes.........can't wait to see you in a few years or so, bye dad love you' the note says and Ben can't help but read over the last part of the note over and over again as he then stops before smiling

'Dad, loves you too' he thinks as if almost by instinct that he can tell that this was written by his daughter....well one from the future but his daughter nonetheless as he then grabs the book

"You're taking it?" Bloom asks as she was unable to read anything but when she sees the look on Ben's face and the sudden fondness he has for the book she doesn't ask any more questions

"Ok but you have to let us read it later" Musa says as Ben just laughs it off before walking to another door which he's about to open until he spots another book this time with Bloom's name

"Hey, this one has my name on it" Bloom says but just as she goes to touch it it changes shape suddenly gaining a mouth and attempts to bite her only for Bloom to be pulled back by Flora as the book then falls to the ground

Ben's eyes dart all over the room until they land on a small orb in the corner "we've been spotted!" he yells as he reaches for the omnitrix as he then just slams down on it not bothering to choose an alien

Immediately after dark and light fur spreads across his body as he gains claws and a wolflike head and as soon as the light dissipates Ben hat turned into the only transformation, he feared turning into...…Benwolf

The winx all turn to Ben with Musa with her mouth opened ready to tell him to just blast the door down after it had disappeared, but she stops as she looks at Ben

Ben was frozen in place the environment around him seem to change suddenly he wasn't in the archive room at cloud tower...…he was back in arizona in the native reservation, the dry air, the full moon in the night sky, the hard rock beneath his feet...…..it was all the same as that night 'No....no no please no...' he begged in his mind as he shakily looked down spotting the normal green omnitrix symbol had been replaced by the prototype's white one but that wasn't the thing that scared him the most...….it was the blood that was tainted his claws....the blood he could taste on his lips and the worst part...…..the trail of blood that was leading behind him as he refused to turn around for a moment but when he did he saw his worst fear come to life......Kai Green's mauled corpse and the trail of blood...led back to him.

"Ben Ben!" Stella yelled as outside of Ben's mind he was standing there with the most horrified expression known to man as Bloom tried to get him to snap out of it

"Tecna do something!" Bloom yelled as she alongside Stella tried everything to get Ben to snap out of it but no matter what she did he wouldn't move

Tecna did the one thing she could think of and the think she saw Ben do most of the time when he wanted to de-transform as she ran over and slammed on the omnitrix symbol on his chest trying to get him to revert back to him or even just quick change into something like Swampfire or Wildmutt but no nothing it didn't work "I-it didn't work?!" Tecna says shocked as she thought it would work as it did for him most of the time

"Maybe we should tr-" Flora begins to suggest only for a bunch of giant spiders to bust in from a nearby as they then all get into fighting stances preparing their spells in order to protect Ben at least until the omnitrix times out

"Ben...…..Ben" a voice calls out to Ben as he looks up from where he was cowering out of fear of the corpse of Kai that was a few moments ago talking to him as his eyes than land on this golden glowing woman as his eyes widen as he then hesitantly stands up as the blood that was on his claws and mouth slowly disappear

"Who...are you and how do you know my name?" Ben asks as he hesitantly takes a step forward his eyes never leaving the women's who just gives Ben a look of sadness

"My name is Daphne and unfortunately that's as much as I can tell you for now Ben.....you need to help Bloom fight off those creatures and get out of cloud tower...….unfortunately you're stuck in your current form for now" Daphne says as she then flies down to Ben's level and puts her hands on his cheeks as he then feels a sudden wave of calm wash over him

"I'll be here calming down your mind using a spell until you get out of cloud tower....please protect her...….protect Bloom" Those are the last words Ben hears from the Daphne as he's suddenly brought back to reality with a mask made from Daphne's flame that's a replica of hers as a signifier that she's using her magic on him

He then rushes past the Winx with a sudden burst of speed catching them by surprise as he reels back his claws and then slams them down onto a spider before his mouth splits open into 4 sections letting out his sonic howl eradicating the rest of them

"Ben?!" The Winx say surprised since mere moments ago he was a statue and a prisoner of his own mind before Benwolf turns to the girls not wasting a moment before he points down the hallway

"There's no time to talk, follow me!" He yells before he runs down the hallway and the winx look at each other before flying after him if they were to run they'd lose him in no time

"Ben, what happened and what's with the mask?" Stella asks as she flies next to Benwolf who doesn't say anything more focused on running and getting out of Cloud Tower as Daphne would occasionally whisper advice to him whenever they came across a reflective surface

"Turn right.....there's an escape slide in the storage room at the end of the hall" Daphne says as she appears within a mirror at the end of the hallway they're running down as Ben then digs his claws into the ground making a sharp right turn down the hallway as he sees the door for the storage room only for more spiders to come out of the air vents

"Oh no wha-" Bloom goes to say only for Ben to obliterate the spiders with another sonic howl before busting down the door and letting out another sonic howl destroying all the furniture in the room revealing the escape hatch which he runs over and begins prying open

"Ben?" Flora asks extremely worried for Ben but not expecting a response only for Ben to turn around panting as he can already feel Daphne's magic starting to lessen in strength ever so slightly as the fire replica of Daphne's mask flickers in and out of existence

"No....time follow me down the slide" Ben says as he sees the terrain around him begin changing before he shakes his head and puts his claws on the wall as he forces himself down the slide

"Ben...my...magic...is...weakening....revert...back....to…..normal" Daphne says to Ben as the slide is reflective enough for her to appear even for the briefest of instances as then Ben looks down at the omnitrix symbol and slams down on it as he's briefly consumed by a green flash of light and once he goes out the end of the slide he's reverted back to normal and Daphne's mask is completely gone

"Finally…..I'm back" he says as he looks at his hands as he takes a deep sigh of relief before the winx one by one came out of the slide

"You alright?" Tecna asks as she puts her hand on Ben's shoulder as he just nods before leaning against the wall to catch his breath as then Bloom walks up to him looking serious

"Ben…..promise me…..no us something" Bloom says as Ben looks at her still breathing heavily before he then looks around noticing that the rest are giving him concerned looks as well especially Stella before Bloom then speaks up again "promise us that you'll tell us everything" Bloom says looking into Ben's eyes as he sighs

It takes a moment, but Ben eventually speaks up looking defeated as he then looks at each and every one of the girls before saying "Fine....once we get back home…..I'll tell you girls....everything"