Jennie, Beth and Rook walked into the cafeteria of the school.
Jennie: Whoa.
Beth: Yeah, we had a big fight in here last week.
Rook: That was when Eclipso and Zs'Skayr escaped if I recalled Nate's story of it correctly.
Jennie: I still have a lot to catch up on.
Beth scanned the room while they continued through.
Beth: There's no sign of The Shade. Your ring located dark energy at two places in Blue Valley: the theater in town and the school.
Jennie: Most of the time, I don't know what the ring's doing.
Rook: Lantern rings are notoriously mysterious.
Beth: Maybe we can check the classrooms again?
Beth's goggles began alerting her. They went to a strange piece of dark energy.
Beth: This is right where Cindy disappeared.
Jennie: What is that stuff?
Beth: It looks like some kind of residue.
Rook: It is similar to the properties of Corrodium.
Beth: That must of been what your ring was picking up.
The ring began to blast the residue on the floor.
Beth: Are- are you okay?
Jennie: I- I think so.
Rook: The residue seems to have been disintegrated from the blast.
Beth: That's probably a good thing. Right?
Her goggles began to receive an incoming message.
Beth: Courtney? She's home. She's home.
They all left the school.
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Ben was drinking a glass of water in the Whitmore's living room while Nate stood in the corner looking at him.
Ben: This is strange for me too, Nate.
Nate: I- I just... how is this possible?
Ben: I don't know. Some kind of omniversal glitch or something. Paradox would normally show up at a time like this and explain everything.
Nate: The same Paradox that gave me a bunch of unhelpful clues that led me nowhere?
Ben: Probably, knowing what the guy's like.
Nate stood quiet for a while. He then unlatched the Omnitrix and removed it. He extended it out to Ben.
Ben: Nate, what are you doing?
Nate: This belongs to you. I was never meant to have it.
Ben: You wanna know something, Nate?
Nate: What?
Ben: Neither was I. When the Omnitrix crashed on Earth, it was supposed to be for my Grandpa Max. But, I used it to help people, and later in life I proved to Azmuth my worthiness and he gave me the completed Omnitrix. And, from what I hear, you earned that Omnitrix. So keep it.
Nate smiled slightly and put it back on.
Nate: So, you remember everything?
Ben: Everything up to when Vilgax... when the original JSA were defeated.
Suddenly, the Omnitrix beeped.
Omnitrix: <Incoming Teleportion>
Azmuth appeared on the coffee table in front of them.
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Stargirl
FanfictionNate Tennyson is the son of the long deceased Ben Tennyson. After many years, Nate finds his father's Omnitrix and becomes the new user. He befriends other successors of the former JSA.
