Thunder struck through the sky, lighting up the dark clouds before disappearing.
"I think we can safely say that this day sucks," Kevin commented, looking through tinted glass. Rain pattered on the glass, forming puddles and turning dry dirt to mud. Gwen nodded, fiddling with the Omnitrix as Ben nodded.
"Where are we going to put... that?" Gwen asked, motioning towards the bin of ashes.
EightEight looked up from the device she held and replied, "When it clears up a bit, we'll toss that down the river. We don't want the Ectonurite to pop up in the town again, stop that mess before it begins."
The Omnitrix suddenly made a noise that sounded like a phone alarm, causing them to look at the device. The Omnitrix didn't seem to change, but Gwen took her hand off of it to observe the device. The only thing of note that seemed to change was that the green hourglass was a brighter green, almost a toxic green.
"What just happened?" Kevin questioned.
"No clue," Gwen replied, shaking her head and shrugging. She looked down at the device, holding it level.
"Maybe it's some kind of message thing?" Ben speculated, motioning towards the watch.
"I don't think so," Gwen replied. "I feel like it would be more obvious if it was."
"When that Styx copy came out-" Kevin started.
"Zs'Skayr," Gwen corrected.
"Yea that, when he got out, do you think the watch the damaged somehow?" Kevin threw in.
"I switched to Athena dur-" Gwen started, before a green flash suddenly surrounded her and she was Athena. The Galvan paused as Ben stared wide eyed, Kevin(.exe) 'crashed', and EightEight slowly looked down at the Galvan.
A beat.
"What the fuck," Athena chirped.
"I would say 'language' but in this case, that's warranted," EightEight commented.
"Wait, you don't need to touch the watch to transform!" Ben squawked, standing up.
Athena was quiet before saying, "Alke!" In a flash, she was now the Tetramand.
Kevin recovered, then said, "Do you need to say their names?" Alke looked at Kevin, then transformed into Selket in a flash.
"Geez, I forgot how disgusting Selket smells," Ben recoiled. Selket hummed before transforming into Pele.
"What was unlocked..." Pele muttered.
The Omnitrix suddenly chirped, "Master Control unlocked via code. Near all functions are available, no transformation limit."
"Master Control..." Pele whispered. She then chirped, "Wait, when we encountered Vilgax, the Omnitrix said something called Sub-Master Control. Is this connected to that?" The device beeped.
"It said almost all functions, right? What are those functions?" Ben questioned.
In reply, the Omnitrix chirped, "Translator copying, codex search, genetic repair, AI, and voice command are all active."
"Wait, so I can copy the Sotoraggian translator from the Predatrix?" Pele said.
"Affirmative," the Omnitrix hummed. "Do you wish to do so?"
EightEight blinked as Pele detransformed into Gwen and said, "Yea!"
A green spark went from the Omnitrix to the Predatrix. Barely a second later, a red spark was sent from the Predatrix to the Omnitrix. The green watch chirped, "Sotoraggian translator copied and activated."
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Of Sentience and Predator
Science FictionThe Omnitrix, created by Azmuth to document every sapient species in the universe. The Nemetrix, created by Dr Psychobos as revenge against Azmuth, though often many who have heard of the device called it the Predatrix. Both are wanted by Vilgax, a...
