Chapter 14: Chapter 14: A fairy, a hedgehog, and a bunch of pixies
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Were the only sounds coming from the half open door what used to be Amy and Sapphire's room as Ben or rather grey matter can be seen working on what appears to be an omnitrix core
"Ah working in the middle of the night…..nothing better or would it be evening since it's only 10 pm" Grey says to himself as he goes to grab a nearby tool to continue working on the core but he finds it missing as he blinks a few times sure he left it there as he stays still for a few moments before looking around frantically expecting one of the winx there but no…..no one was there except the tool was on his other side he had just forgotten he put it there
"Huh...this is…odd" Grey says as he gets up from his spot before walking over to the door and poking his head out expecting one of the girls but still…..no one everyone was sleep
"Hello?" He asks but still no response. Everyone was truly asleep and that bothered Grey more than it should "it's been a few days since that little incident with Eon in Magix and they're all still that exhausted?" Grey asks himself as he goes from room to room checking up on them and yeah.....they were all sleeping….and it's almost like he finds himself just itching for the late-night conversations he'd gotten used to
"Maybe Sapphire is awake…..I am working on her little present after all" He suggests to himself as he slips underneath the front door before beginning the long walk to Sapphire's apartment only to find the thing, he dreads the most...…she's also asleep
Now Grey Matter is just standing there feeling like some sort of addict trying to find the substance he craves so much but instead of some like coke, he craves conversation
"This is impossible everyone's asleep…." Grey says as he just slips right back under the door standing on the hallway with an empty look in his eyes before he realizes he still has one last small ray of hope...Aisha
Grey knows visiting what he believes to be the princess of a whole kingdom he's only visited once at near midnight is a bad idea but, in all honesty, fuck it…..he needs someone to talk to
He himself doesn't quite understand inexplicable need to talk to someone, he's not sad, angry, concerned, he's just not sure why but he's grown to love late night conversations so much he craves them like a drug
It's not long before Ben makes it outside before reverting back to human as he takes a deep breath before activating the omnitrix "Andros here I come" Ben says before taking a running start and transforming into Jetray and taking off without a second's hesitation quickly breaking through the atmosphere and reaching space
"Maybe I should visit Amy and her siblings one day…..but then again the day she left I did tell her that she and her siblings could come by anytime" Jetray said to himself
"Also….maybe I should add the ultimate function to Sapphire's omnitrix....well I can't really call it an omnitrix so maybe a…..Saphitrix?" Jetray mumbles distracted only to crash right through the sign that's orbiting around Andros knocking him clean out since Jetray's species isn't meant to take such blows at lightspeed especially to the head
BEEP
BWeep
bwoop
Are the three beeps the omnitrix lets out before Ben's forcefully reverted back to human as he's left floating in the vacuum of space for a few seconds before Andros's gravity begins pulling him in
And before long it's not he begins falling through Andros's atmosphere with the heat from re-entry forcing him awake as his eyes snap open as he instinctively activates the omnitrix and slams down on it as the sky is filled with green light
Meanwhile down in surface kingdom of Andros, Aisha let's out a small sigh as she's standing on her balcony with her elbows on the railing "I wish he came back" She mumbles to herself as he looks up before squinting as she sees what appears to be shooting star in the distance
"Wow….a shooting star" she says with slight amazement in her eyes before it then suddenly sharply changes direction seeming to head right for her causing her eyes to widen in shock
"Holy shi-" She begins yelling only to stop as she dives to the ground with the supposed shooting star passing above her before crashing inside of her room as she stays in the ground for a few seconds before opening one of her eyes and looking at the smoke that's currently coming out of her room
"What the hell was that?" Aisha wonders out loud as she gets up before she hears what appears to be footsteps coming from the smoke as this anthropomorphic jet-black hedgehog with what appear to be green stripes on some of his head quills along with it having green eyes
"Phew….thought I'd crash into the ocean" The hedgehog says as he wipes away some space dust he'd collected while falling through the upper atmosphere only to stop as soon as he sees Aisha in a defensive stance as little bit of pink magic begins to gather in her hands causing him to start panicking
"Wait Aisha it's me!" He yells frantically as he turns to the side and points to the arm with had a small armband on his left arm which has the omnitrix symbol on it as she squints before stopping while letting out a soft sigh
"Wait a second….Ben?!" Aisha says shocked as her eyes widen as the magic coming from her hand dissipates as she gets a better look at him
"Who else would have something like this attached to themselves" Ben jokes as he points to the omnitrix symbol while walking over, having to look up as his hedgehog form is shorter compared to Aisha
"Been a while also sorry about that" he says while pointing to the cloud of smoke that had nearly completely dissipated
"Speaking of that, what happened that caused you to….you know crash" Aisha asks genuinely confused as to why he didn't just appear as Ghostfreak like he did the first time they met.
The question causes Ben to look away embarrassed as the faintest of blushes appears on his face "Well….. I might've crashed….into the sign in outer space that orbits your planet" he mumbles embarrassed as Aisha just stares and blinks at him before what sounds like her stifling her laughter is heard
"B-Ben you can't be serious, how?!" Aisha nearly cackles only barely managing to say it somewhat normally as she has to do her absolute best not to burst into laughter at that very moment
"I got distracted" Ben says still embarrassed as Aisha no longer able to hold her laughter begins giggling
"You're an idiot" she says while giggling as Ben just rolls his eyes and taps the omnitrix symbol on his arm only to stop once he realizes nothing happened as he just blinks before his taps turn to smacks as he continuously does so snapping Aisha out of her giggling as she just looks at him her looks getting more and more concerned
"No no, fuck!" Ben yells frustrated as he just kicks a pebble to the side as that's the only thing he can do at this current moment in time
"Ben?" Aisha asks concern evident in her voice as Ben just crosses his arms before hopping up onto the railing while crossing his arms
"I'm alright just stuck" He mumbles angrily since this hasn't happened since Ben was stuck as Rath when he had to escort an alien baby with the help of Kevin and Charmcaster back in his old universe
"Stuck?" Aisha asks confused before Ben begins to explain his current predicament
"Every once in a while, the omnitrix glitches out and I get stuck as an Alien for...who knows how long it's always different every time" Ben says as he just lays down on the railing before putting his hands behind his head
Aisha now knowing this gets to thinking before she gets an idea "Digit!" She exclaimed as Ben just sits up looking confused
"Who?" Ben asks tilting his head to the side with his head quills drooping down slightly from the confusion
"She's a pixie that specializes in tech maybe she can help you" Aisha says and though Ben is a bit skeptical, he can't deny the fact that this so called Digit might help him then who is he to deny any help
"Well….then what are we waiting for, let's go and find this pixie" Ben says getting up before cracking his knuckles just ready to be able to return to normal…..unfortunately at that point in time Ben didn't know that at least 38% of his human DNA had been corrupted into that of a fairy after his encounter with Eon in Cloud Tower
"Alright let's go, but a little warning it's a bit far away" Aisha says as her magic winx outfit slowly manifested itself as she climbed up onto the railing
Ben can only let out a small chuckle as he also climbs onto the railing and getting into a running stance "Please I doubt it's that far away" he says with a tiny smirk before the two take off....or at least Aisha does flying into the sky while Ben takes one leap...and begins falling over 400 feet to the ocean below
"Ben!" Aisha calls out as she goes into a headfirst dive after him meanwhile Ben just facepalms as he feels rushing air coming up through his quills
"I've gotten way too used to being able to fly" Ben mumbles as he looks up at Aisha and then yells "Think fast!" before he suddenly curls up before beginning to rapidly spin as a sharp 'WEEEEENNNN' is heard before as Ben then shoots up towards her defying the laws of physics
Aisha's eyes widen as she sees this but somehow, she can tell what Ben's trying to do as she spreads her arms out and just as Ben nears her, he uncurls with his arms outstretched as the two end up hugging as she slows down until the two are floating in the air
With Ben letting out a long whistle as he turns to look down at the dark ocean which he would've fallen into if not for Aisha
"Nice catch" Ben said letting out a nervous laugh as he turned to look at Aisha's face with it taking a second to register in Aisha's head just how close the two are as she leans a bit back blushing as she had always been a bit…..boy shy
"Y-yeah anytime" she said before beginning to fly as fast as her wings would carry them towards Pixie Village which was unfortunately a bit far away like she had mentioned earlier though she forgot to mention the fact that it was all the way in Magix
The two stay quiet for a bit as the two begin to get a bit….uncomfortable as the two are nearing the magical link they need to get to in order for them to essentially teleport to Magix where Pixie Village is located
"How…did you do that?" She asks as Ben turns his head to look at her confused
"Do what?" He asks his confusion evident in his voice as he tilts his head slightly to the side
"That spinning ball….move you did when you were falling" She asks as they reach the two finally reach the magical link, meanwhile Ben just looks a but confused but he answers
"It's called a homing attack….and I don't really know the best way to explain it as Sonic just showed me how to do it and didn't really bother explaining" Ben says as he looks down at the dark ocean below them as he then hears Aisha take a deep breath before suddenly going into a dive "Wait Aisha!" He yells though his protests fall on deaf ears as the last words that Ben can be heard saying before the splash down into the ocean is "FUCK!"
Pixie Village…..a small little settlement in Gloomy Wood Forests and as the name indicates that's where the Pixies live
And once such resident called Digit is one of the few awake at this hour as she can be seen walking outside of her home before she hears what sound like….footsteps
"What is that?" Digit wonders out loud as the footsteps sound too heavy to have been made by a fairy or the like as she squints to the ever-expanding darkness of the forest the footsteps seem to get even louder and louder as they speed up in the distance before it then becomes a 'VEWEEEEE' that can be heard getting closer
"Digit look out!" A voice familiar to the pixie can be heard saying as she's then tackled to the side barely avoiding this silver buzzsaw comes through and slices Digit's house clean in half
"Dyna!?" Digit asks looking at this red and blue haired pixie who helps Digit up as the two look at this Buzzsaw which turns around and uncurls revealing itself to be this silver mechanical hedgehog with multiple missing pieces and loose wires visible
"What in the name of DNA is that?" Dyna asks as her heterochromatic eyes widening as she sees this mechanical creature twitch as it looks straight at them
"It's some kind of mechanical hedgehog" Digit says as the robot begins to run towards them before curling up again forcing the two to fly up in order to avoid it
"Digit go wake everybody up, I've got this" Dyna says with a confident smirk as she cracks her knuckles knowing damn well, she can't take it on by herself but she's sure as hell going to try
"Affirmative, I'll come back with help as soon as I can" Digit says flying off to wake up the other pixies leaving Dyna alone to fight the mechanical hedgehog
"Oh, c'mon Ben it wasn't that bad" Aisha can be heard saying while trying to hold back a laugh as she and Ben were walking through Gloomy Wood's
Meanwhile Ben who know looked like a sad, wet cat due to Aisha not making a bubble until they hit the water, turns to look at her with a displeased look "It IS bad" He mumbles before looking away from her still upset
The two are quiet for a bit afterwards before Aisha speaks up "Well we should be near Pixie village now...wait what's that noise?" Aisha stops herself when she hears what sounds like distant yelling and something mechanical moving
"Sounds like trouble c'mon!" Ben states loudly before taking off with Aisha flying after him in order to keep up with him due to how fast he ran
"Dyna!" One of the pixies could be heard yelling as Dyna was kneeling on the ground bleeding and panting heavily as she then began to slowly get up still willing to fight
"I'm alright….not out of this fight yet!" Dyna says loudly as she gains this weak defiant grin as she looked at the mechanical hedgehog that was now a bit more damaged due to some of Dyna's and the other pixies attacks
The mechanical hedgehog looked emotionlessly right at her and just as it began to reach out, he stopped as a distant "WEEEEENNN" is heard and just as it turns its head to look as then this spiky black and green ball rams right into its side sending the mechanical hedgehog and itself flying through multiple nearby trees
"Huh?" Is all a shocked Dyna can say before someone she recognizes lands near her and rushes over
"Dyna, what happened?!" Aisha asks kneeling down only to briefly look away as she sees Ben and the robo-hedgehog fighting though it's unclear who's going to win as she returns to looking at Dyna
"That…thing came out of nowhere and started attacking us, we've been trying to fight it for the last few minutes but none of our magic seems to be able to put much of a dent in it" Dyna explains as then Ninfea flies down landing next to her as she uses her magic to begin healing Dyna
"Well it was quite fortunate that you and that friend of yours arrived just in the nick of time" Ninfea says as she looks in the distance to see the occasional spark coming from the two as then in the next instance Ben is sent flying back forcing him to do a flip midair before he skidded to a stop but now he's bleeding heavily from a large gash in his chest caused by the robot hedgehog curling up and ramming in to him with its chainsaw like ball form
"Ben!" Aisha yells as Ben falls to his knees with her running over and preventing him from even attempting to get up worried, he might injure himself more
"I'm alright, it's just a flesh wound" Ben pants wishing at that moment he could turn into Upgrade or Goop so he would be able to destroy that robot from the inside out
"A flesh wound?!" Aisha exclaims as Ninfea rushes over and begins healing him, meanwhile as Aisha looks at Ben's injury which is slowly beginning to close, she can only feel one thing…..anger…anger that her only friend at the moment was hurt and she was going to let that robot know it fucked up….badly "Listen you stay back, I'll deal with the robot" She says her voice taken on a serious tone as she turns around and doesn't let Ben even protest as she pulls water from the ground and uses it to pick up and launch the robot far away as she flies after it
"Why does everyone do this, just because we're injured doesn't mean we're out of the fight" Dyna can be heard saying angrily as she had also been told to stay back and let others deal with it
"That's what I'm saying" Ben says turning to look at Dyna and soon as their eyes meet it's almost like the two immediately bonded and they understood each other on a deeper basis
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Ben asks as he gains a sinister smirk on his face as he outstretches his fist for a fist bump
"You read my mind" Dyna says with a grin as she flies up fist bumping him as she manipulates her own DNA as quills begin to appear around her body
Ninfea tries speaks up in a….poor attempt to stop them but it doesn't work as the two take a few steps forward before curling up and spin dashing after the robot hedgehog and Aisha
Ninfea lets out a sigh as she rubs her temple "The two bond and almost immediately act like they've known each other their whole lives…..I don't know whether to be proud or upset" She murmurs to herself
Meanwhile Dyna and Ben catch up expecting Aisha to be getting manhandled by the Robot but she's actually doing extremely well, in fact she's doing so well that the robot is now nearly completely destroyed while she remains uninjured
She raises her hand ready to deliver the finishing blow only for two blurs one black and green, the other blue and red come through and tear it apart before she can do it herself leaving her stunned
"HAHA SUCK ON THAT!" Dyna celebrates as she uncurls before sticking her tongue out at the robot's decapitated head meanwhile Ben rushes over to Aisha to make sure she's alright
"Aisha, are you alright?" He asks concern clear in his voice as he checks her up and down for any injuries
"I'm alright don't worry but what about you?" Aisha asks her eyes locked on his newly scarred injury on his chest causing Ben to look down and just wave it off
"Nothing major, it'll disappear once we manage to get me unstuck and revert back to my regular self" Ben says though he sounds unsure of it himself as he knows he regenerates but what happens when it's already fully healed and there's nothing to regenerate
"And I'm taking you with me as a trophy" Dyna can be heard in the background as they both turn to look and see her beginning to drag the head back towards Pixie Village with surprising strength
"Umm….Dyna you do know that's not even going to fit through your front door…..right?" Aisha questions which makes Dyna pause before shrugging and continuing to drag the head
"Well….even if it doesn't fit, it's not like we can just leave it out in the forest" Dyna says as she continues to drag it as Aisha and Ben look at each other before deciding to just walk beside her and only then does Ben start to question things
"I don't get it" Ben says randomly as Aisha turns to look at him before he then speak up again
"What I don't get is how this Metal Sonic prototype got here....hmm….I wonder if HE has anything to do with this" Ben says quietly as his voice then can be heard getting further and further away as he begins to explain to Aisha why he recognized the robot
Meanwhile at Cloud Tower, Eon can be seen looking around looking confused as he checked closet after closet trying seemingly trying to find something
"Will you stop looking in our closets, what are you even looking for?" Icy can be heard asking as she looks over at Eon who shuts the closet, he was looking in closed
"I'm looking for the metal hedgehog I used as a training dummy" Eon said as he walked over to Icy who was just laying on her bed before they then hear Stormy speak up
"Oh, that piece of scrap?" Stormy questions before she looks at Darcy who then points at their open balcony door
"It tried to attack us, so we threw it out of the balcony" Darcy says as Eon just stands there his eyes displaying clear annoyance as he sighs
"Of course you did....why am I not surprised; you do know how difficult it was to get my hands on it" Eon says annoyed as he taps a couple of buttons on his ultimatrix activating it's omniversal travel capability as he needs it to travel to different universes ever since he lost access to Alien X
"So what? You can always get another one" Darcy says as she watches Eon walk over to a wall before placing his hand on it forcing a portal to open on it revealing some green hills on the other end
"Well fuck you too" Eon says not wanting to continue the conversation as he proceeds to walk through the portal as it closes after he's walked through
"It fit?" Meanwhile back in pixie village Ben who had been reverted back to normal can be heard asking bewildered as he's kneeling down looking into Dyna's home as she proudly shows that yes….someway, somehow the prototype metal's head fit in her living room
"And don't you ever doubt me again" she says sounding very proud of herself as she walks out closing the door behind herself
"Hey, Ben are you ready to leave?" Aisha can be heard asking as she walks up behind him while he's standing up as the two need to get back before any of the servants back in the palace find out Aisha's gone missing
"Wait, you're leaving already?" Dyna asks suddenly while walking up to him as she looks sad that her bonded fairy is leaving
"Yeah, but don't worry I promise to come visit often" Ben says kneeling down while outstretching his fist for a fist bump as she lets out a small smile before fist bumping him
Ben smiles back at her as he stands up before powering up into his magic winx outfit as he and Aisha fly up into the air before waving goodbye
The pixies all yell their goodbye's and thank you's for their help and only then does all the yelling wake up a certain pixie up had been sleeping in a nearby tree
Piff let's out a tiny yawn as she sits up while rubbing her eyes as she lets out some baby talk that sounds oddly like "Did I miss something?"