(Deep within outer space, a battle was going on in the asteroid belt.)
(There was a small grey ship with twin fins and green spheres on the edges and it was blasted with red lasers.)
(The lasers came from a much larger ship that looked like a larger version of the Spartan Laser from Halo and with red spheres.)
(This was the ship known as the Chimera Wrath.)
(The green ship flew to the side and fired two green lasers back at it, causing some damage to the hull.)
(Inside the Chimera Wrath, two humanoid robots were at the controls.)
(They were orange with a black faceplate with four orange dots and spikes on the shoulders.)
robot: "Hull damage 20%, but the system's still operational."
(one of the robots reported.)
(The captain of the ship was a light green squid-like alien being with a red armored suit and gauntlets and tentacles for a beard and piercing red eyes.)
(This was the alien warlord known as Vilgax.)
Vilgax: "I have come too far to be denied!"
(The ships exited the asteroid belt as the smaller ship evaded the Chimera Wrath's lasers.)
Vilgax: "The Omnitrixes shall be mine and there is not a being in the galaxy that dare stand in my way!"
(On Planet Earth, a 10 year-old boy with brown hair and electric green eyes in his class was folding down a paper airplane.)
(He wore a green shirt with a black collar and went slightly down to the side and had a white '10' on it.)
(He also wore brown pants with extra pockets at the side and black sneakers.)
(This is one half of our unlikely duo, Benjamin Kirby "Ben" Tennyson.)
(Ben then smiled and tossed the paper airplane that hit the teacher on the back of the head.)
(The teacher, Mrs. Reolf put a glare on her face and he panicked and ducked under his book.)
(About 15 minutes later, Ben looked up at the clock, begging for the class to be over as the seconds ticked by.)
Ben: "Come on! Come on!"
Mrs. Reolf: "And I just want to remind you all that I'm teaching summer school this year and it's not too late to sign up."
(Mrs. Reolf said.)
Ben: "Yeah, right."
(Ben said as the bell rang once the clock struck 3:00 p.m.)
Ben: "Yes! Outta here!"
(The students then stood up from their desks and left the room.)
Mrs. Reolf: "Have a good vacation and I hope to see you all again in the fall."
(Mrs. Reolf said.)
Mrs. Reolf: "Benjamin."
(Ben halted where he stood and turned to face the teacher.)
Mrs. Reolf: "Could I have a word with you before you go?"
(She held up the paper airplane.)
(Ben groaned, embarrassed, before walking to the desk.)
(Meanwhile at the same time, a girl who looked basically like a female version of Ben was sitting at a desk.)
(She had the same hairstyle, only longer in the back and the same electric green eyes, tapping her foot on the ground.)
(She basically wore a pink version of Ben's shirt, complete with the 10, but on the left side of her shirt while Ben's was on the right side.)
(She also had blue pants instead of Ben's brown ones and white sneakers.)
(This was Ben's twin sister Jennifer Heather "Jen" Tennyson, the other half of our heroic duo.)
(She stared up at the clock with a nervous twitch in her head as she kicked her foot up and down as she looked like she was about to burst from the class at any moment.)
Jen: "Come on, clock. Ben's probably waiting for me at any moment now."
(she thought to herself as she glared.)
Jen: "I need this vacation."
the teacher: "Okay, class."
(the teacher said.)
the teacher: "I hope you have a good summer and I hope to see you again soon."
(That was when the bell rang and everyone shot up out of their seats, especially Jen who grabbed her backpack and practically bolted for the door as she rolled her fist in celebration.)
Jen: "Woo-hoo! Now to find Ben."
(Outside, a kid with black hair, a white shirt and blue jacket and glasses backed up against a tree as two bullies smiled mischeivously.)
(The first was a boy with tan skin, black hair, brown eyes, and a blue shirt with a cash register on it.)
(This was the leader of the two, Cash.)
(The second kid was another boy with fair skin, brown hair, glasses, and a yellow shirt with an army green jacket. This was Cash's lackey, JT.)
Cash: "Normally, we'd take your money and beat you up."
(Cash said, punching his fist into his hand.)
Cash: "But since it's the last day of school, we're gonna give you a break. Now fork over the cash so we can get out of here!"
Ben: "Leave him alone!"
(Ben said from behind them as he glared at the two.)
JT: "Back off, shrimp!"
(JT said.)
Ben: "I said leave him alone!"
Cash: "Oh, looks like we got ourselves a hero!"
(Cash mocked.)
Cash: "Suppose we don't want to back off."
(The two then walked over to him.)
Cash: "What are you going to do about it, Tennyson?"
(The three glared at each other before Ben charged them with a shout.)
(At the same moment, Jen had walked outside and took a breath of fresh air and exhaled invitingly.)
Jen: "Ah. So good."
(Soon enough, two girls walked out of the school and stood side by side to her.)
(The first was had raven-black hair that reaches her ears and curved upward, brown eyes and she wore a tan frilly dress and black shoes.)
(She was also starting to develop breasts on her chest.)
(The second was a young girl a few months younger than her with short blonde hair tied in pigtails and has chocolate brown eyes.)
(She was dressed in a safari-colored shirt and pants with shoes with different shades of green and Jen smiled to them.)
???: "So."
(the older girl said.)
???: "What are you doing this summer, Jen?"
Jen: "Ben and I are going on a road trip around the country with our grandpa."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "So basically, we're going to have so much fun all around."
???: "No way! That's awesome!"
(the black-haired girl said.)
???: "I'm going to see if I can get a job before school starts again. Not much you can't do when you come from a family as wealthy as mine."
???: "Of course, Simone."
(the younger girl said with a smile.)
???: "Your dad's Carl Nesmith. That's got to have some perks."
Simone: "At least I'm not a snob about it."
(Simone chuckled as she and Jen looked to her.)
Simone: "What about you, Casey?"
Casey: "I'm going to sign up for an animal care project in the city. We go on trips to places like Africa and Asia to study exotic species of animals. It's going to be awesome."
Simone: "Of course it is, wild girl."
(Simone smiled as the three girls sighed.)
Casey: "Well, gotta run."
(Casey said.)
Casey: "My mom wants me home early to get the chores done."
Simone: "Same here, I'm going to help my dad with some of his work back at the tower."
(Simone said.)
Jen: "Bye, Simone, bye Casey."
(Jen waved as her two friends left.)
(As she watched them leave, she saw a flash of green out of the corner of her eye and saw Ben and another kid getting bullied by Cash and J.T.)
Jen: "What?!"
(she said to herself.)
Jen: "How does Ben get himself into these situations? No matter. That's what big sisters are for."
(She then started walking over to them with an angry look on her face.)
(About a minute later, Ben was being shaken upside-down as his money fell out of his pockets.)
The kid: "Thanks a lot."
(The kid said, having his money already been taken.)
Ben: "I was just trying to help."
(Ben said.)
The kid: "Next time you try to be a hero, make sure you can back it up."
Cash: "Quiet!"
(Cash said as the last of Ben's money fell out and he dropped him to the ground.)
JT: "Look at the dough."
(JT said.)
Jen: "Ahem."
(The two bullies gasped as they heard a feminine voice behind them.)
(They turned around to see the last thing they ever wanted to see: Jen impatiently tapping her foot with her arms crossed and a glare in her eyes.)
JT: "Oh."
(JT said, rubbing his head in embarassment.)
JT: "Jen. How's it going?"
Jen: "Cash, JT. Am I hallucinating or do I see what i think I see: you bullying my only brother?"
(Jen asked with a stern look on her face.)
Cash: "What? No! We're just having a pleasant conversation."
(Cash said.)
Ben: "They were bullying a kid for his lunch money and I tried to help, but they then just laughed and proceeded to do the same thing to me."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "What?!"
(Jen said as the screen behind her burst into flames as did her eyes as she glared daggers at the two.)
Jen: "If I were you, I'd return the money to both of them right now!"
(Cash and JT shrank where they stood and, panicked, gave them both back their money and then ran away as if their lives depended on it.)
(Jen then smiled at the two of them running.)
Jen: "They were smart to run."
the kid: "Thanks Jen."
(the kid said as Jen smiled and he left.)
Ben: "Thanks, sis."
(Ben said as the two hugged.)
Jen: "Anything for you, bro."
(Jen said as they heard a honking and yellowish-grey RV called the Rust Bucket pulled up to the corner.)
(The driver was a man in his late 50's with white hair and a red Hawaiian shirt with blue pants and brown boots.)
(This was the twins grandfather, Maxwell "Max" Tennyson.)
Max: "Come on, kids. We're burning daylight! I want to get to the campsite by nightfall!"
Ben and Jen: "Grandpa Max!"
(both of them said in delight as they ran up to the car and entered the Rust Bucket, hugging their grandfather.)
Ben: "You have no idea how much Jen and I have been looking forward to this."
(Ben said.)
(But then they turned to see a girl sitting by the window seat.)
Ben: "Oh no!"
(Jen just smiled at the sight of her cousin.)
(She was a 10 year-old girl with red hair in a pixie cut and wore a long-sleeved blue shirt with lighter blue in the center and a cat icon at the chest and wore a blue hairpin.)
(She also wore white pants and white shoes.)
(This was our heroes' cousin, Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson.)
Ben: "What are you doing here?! What is she doing here?!"
(Ben asked in a shout.)
Gwen: "Take it easy, dweeb."
(Gwen sighed.)
Gwen: "This wasn't my idea. Someone convinced my mom that going camping for the summer would be a good experience for me."
Ben: "Grandpa, please. Tell me you didn't!"
(Ben begged.)
Max: "I thought it would be fun if your cousin came along with us for the summer."
(Max said.)
Max: "Is that a problem?"
Jen: "Not at all. Hey, Gwen."
(Jen smiled at her and gave her a nice hug.)
Gwen: "Well, I may have to go with the worst cousin ever, but at least I also get to spend it with the best cousin ever to balance it out."
(Gwen said.)
Ben: "How can you possibly respect this nerd?"
(Ben asked as Jen sighed and shook her head.)
Jen: "Because she's family."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "So, how was your school year?"
(Jen asked Gwen as the two girls talked.)
Gwen: "Same old, same old."
(Gwen said with a sigh.)
Jen: "Same here."
(Jen said.)
Ben: "I can't believe it."
(Ben groaned.)
Ben: "I wait all school year to go on this trip and now the Queen of Cooties is along for the ride. No offense, sis."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "None taken."
(Jen said.)
Gwen: "Hey! I had my own summer vacation planned out too, you know!"
(Gwen said, pulling out a schedule.)
Gwen: "Each activity is color-coated so I never did the same thing two days in a row. Now, I'm stuck going camping with my geekazoid cousin for three months. But at least I have Jen, too."
Ben: "Geek."
(Ben mocked.)
Gwen: "Jerk."
(Gwen shot back.)
Max: "Something tells me it's going to be a long summer."
(Max said as they went onto the highway.)
Jen: "Bro, could we talk, twin-to-twin?"
(Jen said, pulling Ben into the restroom.)
Jen: "Look, Ben. I know you don't like her, but she's our family like it or not. She doesn't want to be here either, but it's out of our control now. There's nothing I can do about it. You're gonna have to get used to it."
Ben: "I guess you're right, sis."
(Ben said with a sigh.)
Jen: "Just watch, she can be reasonable."
(Jen said as they walked out of the bathroom.)
Jen: "Hey, guys. Can I please have the top bunk?"
Gwen and Max: "Yes."
(Gwen and Max said simultaneously.)
Jen: "See, Ben?"
(That was when she thought more about it.)
Jen: "Am I going to fall out every time the RV makes a sharp turn?"
Ben: "Yes."
(Jen then sighed.)
Jen: "Okay, bad example."
(That night the campsite, the kids sat at the picnic table preparing for dinner as Jen strummed her guitar with a great smile as she sang to herself.)
Gwen: "One reason that I actually like visiting you sometimes, Jen's music."
(Gwen smiled as Jen nodded.)
Gwen: "She is so talented. I just know that I'm going to be a star when she grows up."
(Soon enough, Max came out carrying a bowl.)
Max: "Chow time!"
(Jen smiled and placed her guitar down.)
Jen: "Alright. I'm starving."
(As he placed the bowl down, the three recoiled in disgust as the bowl was squirming with worms that were still alive.)
(Jen threw up in her mouth a little bit.)
Ben: "Okay. I give up. What is that?"
(Ben asked.)
Max: "Marinated meal worms."
(Max said.)
Max: "Hard to find them fresh in the States. You know, they're considered a delicacy in some countries."
Gwen: "And totally gross in others."
(Gwen stated.)
(One of the worms squirmed out of the bowl and slithered away.)
(Jen gulped hard.)
Jen "Okay, I'm sure they're a delicacy in France, but let's face it. They'll eat anything in France."
Max: "If these don't sound good, I've got some smoked sheep's tongue in the fridge."
(Max said.)
Ben: "Ugh."
(Ben groaned.)
Ben: "Couldn't we just have a burger or something?"
Max: "Nonsense!"
(Max stated.)
Max: "This summer's gonna be an adventure for your taste buds. I'll grab the tongue."
(Gwen and the twins looked at each other.)
Jen: "Okay. I was looking forward to this trip. Had I known what the food was going to be like, I would've just ran back home and kissed the ground."
(Jen stated.)
Ben: "Okay. I've got a half-eaten bag of corn chips and a candy bar in my backpack."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "What have you got, Gwen?"
Gwen: "Some rice cakes and hard candy."
(Gwen said.)
Gwen: "And you, Jen?"
Jen: "A bag of beef jerky and a bottle of cola."
Ben: "Think we can make them last the whole summer?"
(Ben asked.)
(The kids groaned disappointedly.)
(Back in space, the battle was still going on as the Chimera Wrath blasted lasers at the smaller ship, and eventually hit the back of it, destroying the engine.)
The pilot: "They're propulsion systems have been destroyed."
(The pilot reported to Vilgax.)
The pilot: "Prepare to board!"
Vilgax: "I want the Omnitrixes now!"
(Vilgax stated.)
(However, in a last effort of defense, the smaller ship fired a green laser from the top fin and it blasted the upper area of the Chimera Wrath, which caused a huge explosion, which destroyed the pilot and severely injured Vilgax.)
(But not before the Chimera Wrath fired one last laser, which destroyed the ship and there was nothing left but the front.)
(The ship sent out a space capsule just before it was destroyed and it separated to sent out a pod that was hurtling down to Earth to find it's destination.)
(Back down at the campsite, Ben was playing on his gaming system while his sister played her guitar and shook her head rhythmically while Gwen was on her laptop.)
(Max came up to them holding a bag of marshmallows as they continued on their activities.)
Max: "Who wants to roast marshmallows?"
(The three of them just ignored him and continued.)
Max: "Okay. How about we tell scary stories?"
Ben: "Scarier than having to spend your summer with your reek of a cousin?"
(Ben laughed.)
Jen: "Ben! That was so uncalled for!"
(Jen scolded.)
(Gwen glared at him and turned back to her laptop.)
Gwen: "I'd like to, Grandpa, but I'm busy looking up cures for extreme doofusness!"
(Gwen mocked.)
Gwen: "Nothing yet, Ben, but let's not give up hope!"
Max: "Come on, you two. We're all in this together. Either you can mope around all summer or we can have some fun!"
(Max encouraged.)
Jen: "I vote for fun!"
(Jen said, hopefully.)
Gwen: "I vote for moping."
(Gwen frowned.)
Ben: "I'm going to take a walk. Smell you around, Gwen!"
(Ben said as he got up, left his game on the floor and walked into the woods.)
(Jen sighed and set down her guitar.)
Jen: "I'm going to go make sure he's okay."
Gwen: "Go for it."
(Gwen said.)
Jen: "Ben, wait!"
(Jen shouted as she ran to catch up with him.)
Max: "I think you're starting to grow on each other."
(Max said.)
Gwen: "Only in Jen's dreams."
(Gwen sighed and went back to her Internet.)
[To Be Continued...]