Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Simulation gone wrong
"Shit...this isn't good"
"How am I going to explain this" Ben muttered as it now was the next day after the whole Metal Sonic prototype incident, and he was currently standing in the bathroom in front of the mirror checking out his newly acquired scar.
The scar goes from his left shoulder down to where his right kidney is located and the worst part about it?
It was extremely noticeable, so much so that he knew the girls would question it the moment they spot it. As he then proceeds to trace his scar using one of his fingers only for him to flinch as he hears the bathroom door opening as he turns with his eyes landing on….Musa
Though thankfully Musa doesn't immediately see his scar as she just stands there shocked for a few seconds not expecting someone to be in the bathroom
"Oh! Morning Ben" Musa says a hint of happiness in her voice as she walks up looking up at her boyfriend with a smile on her face
"O-Oh Good morning, Musa" Ben said a bit nervous but trying to act normal, he leans down and gently places a kiss on her lips making Musa's eyes widen for a few brief moments before she lets out a happy hum as she closes her eyes beginning to enjoy the kiss
The two continue making out for a brief few seconds before Musa places her hands on his chest and that's when she feels it…..course, rough and maybe slightly indented as she partly opens her eyes with them landing on Ben's new scar
Her eyes widen like saucers as she pulls away from the kiss with a small string of saliva briefly connecting them before she wipes it away in a hurry with her taking a step back to get a better look
"Ben, what the hell happened to you?!" Musa worriedly asks as she looks up at him noticing the way his eyes look away from her trying to think of a proper excuse
"I uhh…..got into a little fight last night nothing to worry about" Ben says casually trying to dismiss her worry only for Musa to look him straight into his eyes looking serious
"Ben what happened last night, tell me NOW" Musa demanded raising her voice, not believing the words that came out of his mouth
Ben took a step back kind of intimidated by her raising her voice as he then raises his hands "I-I'm telling the truth last night I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk and while I was running through Gloomy Wood Forest, I got attacked by some weird robotic hedgehog" Ben says before continuing to explain while leaving out Aisha's involvement as he doesn't want her to get into any trouble
Musa stays there listening to Ben's explanation before letting out a quiet sigh as she shakes her head "So that explains it" Musa says before putting a hand on his over the scar
"You know for however strong you are….you worry us sometimes" Musa says looking up at him which makes Ben's eyes soften as he gently grabs her hand holding it in order to comfort her
"You girls don't have to worry about me, I got the omnitrix remember" Ben says looking down at the device on her wrist before putting up his arm to present it to her though this does little to ease her worry
"I know but….." She begins to say only to be interrupted by Ben pulling her into a tight comforting hug
"Relax...I'm not going anywhere anytime soon" Ben said softly as he began to rub her back which makes Musa let out a soft sigh
Musa doesn't say anything for a few seconds before returning the hug "Alright....I love you" she says happily before putting her head against his chest
A small smile slowly appears on Ben's before he responds "I love you too"
"Ugh I fucking hate them!" Icy could be heard yelling back at Cloud Tower as she slammed her hand on her desk as the apartment could be physically felt lowering in temperature
"Shut up, it's 6 in the morning" Eon groaned as he sat up from his hammock while he rubs his eyes tiredly not liking being woken up especially not after only having slept 3 hours since he was up until 3 am getting another prototype Metal Sonic, which was currently encased in a large crystal in the corner of the room to stop it from randomly attacking
"Plus, it's been days since Tennyson beat us why are you even throwing a tantrum" Eon added before tilting his head to the side to avoid an icicle sent by Icy towards him
"We need to get our hands on the dragon flame, and we keep failing every time, I just don't get it" Icy says frustrated as Eon just gives her this look that says 'No shit captain obvious'
"Don't get what? That we're constantly outnumbered, outgunned, overpowered, and Tennyson seems to be growing stronger with each encounter...….the only way we would be able to defeat him is somehow getting a spell that can banish him out of existence" Eon says casually and that's the moment Icy's eyes light up as she snaps her fingers realizing that yes, if they couldn't kill Ben then they would simply banish him
"Yes, that's it!" Icy says suddenly standing up as she went over to the small bookshelf they had in their apartment and began rummaging through it trying to find the spell 'Plus if Eon gets even thinks of betraying us…..I'll do the exact same thing to him' She thinks as a sinister smile slowly makes its way across her face, as all they needed to do know was bide their time and soon….Tennyson would be no more
Many hours pass with it becoming nighttime as Ben and Bloom could be seen walking down a small, isolated path at Red Fountain since Ben had gone there to visit Kevin earlier in the day with Bloom having decided to tag along
"You know...we haven't gotten many moments like this" Bloom said smiling as she and Ben walked hand in hand, though it does leave Ben a bit confused
"Moments like what?" Ben questioned turning his head to look at his orange haired girlfriend who just leans her head against his arm
"You know...just you and me alone…..like how it used to be" Bloom replied looking up at him with what the most adorable expression he had ever seen
Which caused Ben to blush ever so slightly as he leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on her forehead before saying "You know I don't know how I got so lucky with you girls"
Bloom just lets out a small giggle as the two continue walking for a bit before she gets uncharacteristically quiet for a minute before speaking up "You know Ben...me and the other girls have been talking and we…..wanted to take things further" Bloom said though it only confused Ben not knowing what she's talking about
"Take things further how?" Ben asked sounding a bit confused though the question only helps in making Bloom blush as she let's go off Ben's hand in order to fidget with her fingers
"Well, it was mostly Stella's idea, but we were all wondering if you'd like to spice things up….in bed" Bloom says which makes Ben stop walking in order to try and process the words that came out of her mouth
It takes a moment but eventually Ben's eyes widen once he's able to register her words "W-wait, you three really want to have sex…...with m-me.....are you sure?" Ben manages to stutter out as he takes a step back with an expression of sheer shock
"Ben, of course we're sure" Bloom says in a reassuring tone as he takes a step forward taking his hands into hers and intertwining their fingers "We wouldn't have it any other way" she says smiling as she looks up at him
This manages to calm Ben down somewhat as he lets out a soft exhale with him looking into her eyes "Alright if that's what you girls want, then who am I to deny it" Ben says with a small smirk managing to keep out how nervous he's feeling out of his tone of voice
The two stay quiet for a while afterwards before they can then be heard talking about tomorrow's simulator test as what sounds like a growl can be heard as Riven can be seen up in a tree looking at them walk away
'A test tomorrow, Darcy will want to know about this' Riven thinks as he clenches his fist since he doesn't exactly want to date her as his original plan was to make Musa jealous and for her to break things off with Ben but that backfired completely, he then shifts his gaze slightly spotting Brandon in his peripheral vision hiding behind a tree
He then fully turns his body in shock towards Brandon as he now has a clear view of the blonde who's staring at the couple with jealousy in his eyes…..and he knows that Brandon has a whole fiancé who's name he had completely forgotten
'Huh…..I'd never thought Brandon would be the jealous type, especially for a girl that he's not even dating' Riven said before shaking and carefully jumping down from the tree and walking away as he puts his hands to his head in order to telepathically communicate with Darcy as she'd want to know about the simulator test
Night soon becomes day as Ben could be seen yawning as he's gathering his things "By the way have we decided who we're going to partner up with?" Ben asked as the simulator test would be done in partners
"Well Bloom and I were thinking of doing the test together so….what about you Musa?" Stella says as she looks towards Musa who just rubs the back of her head awkwardly
"Actually, Flora asked me last night to be her partner, so we're doing the test together" Musa says which leaves Ben with only one possible choice for partner
"I guess that leaves the two of us" Tecna says while carrying Ben's backpack as she lifts it up with Ben taking it from her
"Looks like it" Ben says with a small smile as he looks at her before opening his backpack ever so slightly before dropping in a small bag of seeds Flora had given him for the simulator….which unfortunately hits Ship who had snuck into it a bit earlier as then they head out the front door with the only thing being heard after they close the door is the activation of Ben's omnitrix and then the sound of him transforming
Around an hour or so later it was time for the simulator with Professor Palladium being seen working on the computer getting it ready for the first for the first two students who would take the test
Ben who was now in his fairy form let out a small hum as she waited for professor Palladium to finish getting things ready when she suddenly heard a whisper from the simulator's entrance
"Psst....Ben, good luck" A familiar voice whispered as she turned to see Sapphire waving at her with a smile on her face before giving her a thumbs up
Sapphire appeared a bit different than she did a couple of days ago during the Eon incident in Magix, She had shorter hair and looked older with her now looking her real age of 12 instead of looking like a 9 year old due to the fact that the witch's spell had slowed down her aging but Ben was able to fix that with the help of Clockwork fast forwarding her body till she looked her actual age
"Thanks, see you later" Ben replied waving back as she returned the smile before turning back as Professor Palladium stood up from his chair
"Alright, which group wants to go first?" Palladium asked as Ben side eyed Tecna before whispering
"Want to get this over with and go first?" Ben whispered as he leaned towards Tecna who turns towards her
"Don't see why not, it would be better" Tecna replied as the two walked forward not noticing Stella let out a sigh of relief at the fact that she and Bloom don't have to go first as she watches Ben and Tecna walk into the simulator
"Are you two ready to go?" Palladium could be heard saying from the outside as Ben and Tecna were inside
"Ready!" Ben yelled as she cracked her knuckles as this should be a pretty easy assignment as they had chosen to repair a broken environment which meant she'd only have to use Wildvine's DNA which would take all of 2 seconds for a low effort A+
A few seconds later the room around them changes as they're now standing on what looks a canyon of some sort
"Alright Tecna step back, this won't take long" Ben says placing a hand on the ground, but something felt odd before she could see the light of a fairy transformation in his peripheral vision
"Ben watch out!" Tecna could be heard yelling as she turned just in time to see her create a shield in order to block a lightning bolt from…..Stormy?!
"What in the fuck?!" Ben yelled quickly standing up as alarms could be heard coming from the control room as professor Palladium tried to regain control
"I've lost control of the computer!" Palladium could be heard yelling as Ben turned to look at Tecna
"Try and regain control" Ben said turning to look at her knowing that Tecna probably could do something to try and regain control of it
"And what about you?" Tecna asks as Ben just gains this grin as she slams her fists together making her hair slightly spiked up while her Magic Winx outfit manifested himself
"I'm about to teach a witch" Ben said before flying up faster than the Trix were expecting as Icy's eyes widen as she extended out her hand only for Ben to suddenly teleport making her stop and look around
"Above you~" Ben suddenly said in a sing song tone as Icy looked up just in time to see Ben with her leg fully reeled back before she then kicked on the side of her head sending her flying into a nearby boulder
With Darcy and Stormy then trying to attack Ben but she's just way too fast even standing still and still dodging their attacks by turning intangible
"Is that all you got? I doubt your even the same trio of witches I fought the first time I went into town" Ben teased before teleporting away grabbing Stormy's leg with her then being thrown down into the ground below them forcing it to crack, as she then stands there before turning to look at Darcy with a dangerous look in her eyes as all the witch can do is take a step back before Ben suddenly flies forward towards her
"Ship?" Ship barked as he managed to force the zipper open as he poked his head out of the bag before looking up seeing Ben still in the process of teaching the witches not to underestimate fairies or omnitrix users
With his attention soon turning to Tecna that's in the corner behind a boulder trying to shut off the simulation to no avail as she began making her way towards her
"Crap…..shit…..fuck" Tecna muttered underneath her breath growing increasingly frustrated as all her best attempts where thwarted by whatever was causing the computer to glitch
"Ship?" Ship barked as he stared up at the fairy but before she could say anything he suddenly jumped onto her and began to integrate himself into Magic Winx outfit as she stood up in a hurry as her entire outfit gained the exact same patterns and color scheme of Ship before she also gained an XLR8-like visor
"What in the?!" She said shocked as information soon began to show up in the form of a heads up display in her visor which told her that there was no way of shutting it down from the control room due to Galvanic Mechamorph interference but if a strong enough power signature was to occur inside the simulation it would forcefully crash the computer
"That's it, Ben!' Tecna called out as Ben looked over while slamming down both Darcy and Stormy into the ground by their faces
"Yeah?" She called out casually while looking back as she held the two down still by their faces no matter how much they kicked, scream, or tried to bite her
"Power up to the max, and if you can use your saiyan DNA and power up even further!" Tecna said loudly as Ben got this giddy look on her face as she threw the two aside towards Icy as the two crash into her
"Finally! I get a chance not to hold back" Ben said before powering up into Charmix as she began to power up as much as she could though it had the unintended side effect of making Alfea tremble as if it was experiencing a 4.0 magnitude earthquake
"Even further!" Tecna yelled as she could see the simulation starting to glitch out
"What the hell is happening?!" A random fairy within the control room yelled not knowing what was happening as they had lost visual of the simulation with things been seen nearly falling off of shelves with Flora saving a potted plant that fell of off Palladium's desk
Meanwhile the Trix stood there in shock back at Cloud Tower as Ben had long since surpassed the power designated to the Dragon's Flame and she only seemed to be getting stronger and stronger
"RRRRAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Ben yelled at the top off her lungs as the entire simulator began shaking violently with Tecna having to fly up to not be knocked off her feet as Ben's hair could be seen spiking up even further as it flickered turning golden before returning to it's normal brown
"How....how much power does Tennyson even have?!" Icy yelled in astonishment as Ben's body began to be covered in some type of flame and with one final roar letting out the same fiery explosion Bloom did the first time she unlocked her magic as then the entire simulation crashed forcing the Trix's puppets to burst into flame leaving them alone as the realization dawns upon them that Ben…..also has a piece of the Dragon's Flame
"Holy shit!" Meanwhile back at the simulator Ben let out a pained laugh as she collapsed onto one knee before turning to Tecna giving her a thumbs up with the biggest most tired grin on her face
"Holy...are you ok?" Tecna asked as the doors to the simulator could be seen forced open as the rest of the Winx and Palladium rushed in
"Are you two, ok?!" They yelled simultaneously as Ben's seen struggling to get up as Flora rushed to her side and helps Ben by supporting her left arm
"I'm alright but way too exhausting for me...and by the way" Ben said as she turned to look at Tecna "what happened to your outfit?" Ben asked only to see Ship slowly separate from Tecna before barking as they ran up to Ben
"Of course, you did this" Ben said not sounding even surprised but what she didn't expect is Ship to take a few steps back and begin the process of reconfiguring themselves into something else
"What….is he doing?" Palladiumasks only for everyone's eyes to widen in shock as the thing Ship had reconfigured into...was 2 year old Tecna as everyone just blinks and the last thing anyone hears before the lights shut off due to the extensive damage that the simulator's electrical systems is Ben suddenly yelling
"WHAT THE FUCK?!"