The Substitute Soul Reaper and The Shape-Shifting Hero

Meeting The Protectors

Ben's Theme: Alien Force Main Theme Orchestral Cover by D.Senji.

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"My name is Ben Tennyson." Began Ben with a smirk.

"Once your average 10 year old kid going on summer vacation with his grandpa and cousin,until he got an alien watch, the Omnitrix,that granted him super powers. The power to turn into all types of aliens across the universe. With it,I became a superhero of sorts, and fought a lot of bad guys along the way."

"From petty criminals,to mad scientists,to mutants,to even alien bounty hunters, alien criminals and alien warlords,I fought them all in the space of one summer, but I never did it alone. My Grandpa Max and my Cousin Gwen always helped me out. With them by my side and with the power of the Omnitrix,I felt invincible. This only became more obvious after a year had passed since I got the watch and I was 11 years old."

"I could get so carried away when fighting bad guys sometimes due to feeling so confident, that I'd always end up nearly doing more harm than good to myself."

"And no moment better captured this like when I got so carried away while fighting one of the baddies I fought from the summer,Clancy, that I didn't even notice that my parents were nearby. To make matters worse,they saw me time out just as I beat him. You can imagine they gave me quite an earful about how I hid such a big secret from them, and needlessly risking my life for others with the watch. It got so bad that they demanded that I removed the Omnitrix altogether and live a normal life."

"I didn't want that. Pride aside, I knew it was my responsibility to use the Omnitrix to make the lives of other people better, and stop those who would cause harm to the innocent. Grandpa Max, who had been keeping his double life as a space cop a secret (They're called the Plumbers, sounds dumb on the surface, but when you take a deeper look into it, it kinda makes sense,but that's a story for another day.) got involved, and had to come clean."

"Though he was able to convince them to let me keep the Omnitrix, you can imagine that his relationship with my parents, mainly my dad, got pretty strained as a result. They even went as far as to warn me that if I were to continue down this path, I'd only get scarred in the end."

"I hate to admit it, but they were right. Not up to a month after this happened,I fought one of my greatest foes yet. His name was Malware;an evil Upgrade created the guy who made the Omnitrix, Azmuth,a Grey Matter. He wanted to make himself whole and just like every psycho bad guy I ever fought, he wanted to use the watch to achieve his goals."

"I fought him a few times when I was 11, and beat him during three of our fights. The first as Diamondhead, and the second as my favorite alien, Feedback. The third time, however, felt more like a loss than anything else. Malware managed to destroy Feedback right in front of my eyes."

"Heartbroken but enraged,I plunged the watch which was on the fritz into his stomach, and seemingly destroyed him with the unstable energy. But that day,it felt like a part of me had died. I saw all my transformations as extensions of myself, Feedback more than the others, because out of all my aliens, he's the one who felt the most like...me."

"Despite all the support I got from my Grandpa,Cousin, Parents and even Azmuth to keep on going,I just couldn't find the strength to keep being a hero. So after two months since I lost Feedback,I removed the Omnitrix and chose to live a normal life. It took me a lot of time, and was probably one of the most difficult phases in my life, but i was able to adjust."

"All alien crimes died down, the world didn't need any saving,and more importantly,my relationships with my friends and family only got stronger. It was a great four years. But even when I felt a level of contentment with my new life,i could never really accept it fully."