Chapter 10: Hunted

The Rustbucket pulls to a stop on the side of the dessert road.

Ben: " Why'd we stop grandpa?"

Max: " What do you three think about some training?"

" I'm up for it. What about you guys?"

Ben: " Do you even have to ask?"

Gwen: " I need to keep going over the spells in my grimoire."

Ben: " Then me and Alex can spar a bit."

Max: " Then that settles it, come on you two."

The three of us exit the RV and take a look around the area.

Max: " This seems like a good place to practice."

Ben: " Let's get started Alex."

Ben activates the Omnitrix and slams down on the face plate, he's engulfed in a green light, when the light dies down standing in his place is a humanoid being in some type of gray armor, there is also a grate on the helmet's face, the Omnitrix dial is positioned in the center of his chest.

NRG: " NRG!"

" The walking oven, huh?"

My arms grow blue and black fur, the blue fur takes the shape of gloves, the same fur sprouts from my legs, the blue fur taking the shape of boots.

NRG: " Fasttrack, huh? You won't even be able to scratch me."

" And you won't be able to catch me."

The grate on NRG's helmet glows orange, and he fires a beam of bright orange nuclear energy.

Using my Citrakayah speed, I easily avoid the attack, the nuclear energy hitting the ground where I once stood.

" Is that all you got!"

I run forward at supersonic speeds, it appears as if I vanish, I reappear behind NRG, and slam my leg into his back, the force behind the kick being enough to make NRG stumble forward.

NRG: " I didn't even feel that."

NRG turns around, bringing his fist down on me, but I easily avoid it.

" I think it's time to change things up."

My arms change from fur to tan skin, they become very muscular, my legs also change to the same tan skin, becoming muscular as well. The rest of my body turns tan and becomes more muscled, but my head stays unchanged.

NRG: " That's new."

" Whoah, I changed more than my arms and legs."

I charge forward and slam my fist into NRG's gut, causing him to clutch it in pain. I kick his legs out from under him, making him fall to the ground with a loud clang.

NRG: " Ow, alright I give."

" Maybe you should've picked a different alien."

NRG: " I didn't know you'd pick something fast."

Max: " Good job you two, you've both improved quite a bit."

" Thanks grandpa."

NRG is engulfed in a red light, returning Ben to his original form.

Ben: " NRG is a little slow."

" You think, he is a walking tin can."

Gwen: " Hey! I think there's something wrong with the Rustbucket!"

The three of us head back to the Rustbucket to check it out.

Gwen: " All the lights just suddenly went out."

Max: " I'll check it out."

Grandpa Max grabs a flash light and heads to the back of the RV.

Ben: " Uh, guys, what's that?"

Ben points out the window, me and Gwen look to where he's pointing and spot a humanoid figure wearing a suit of red armor, the helmet being mostly black.

" Grandpa!"

Grandpa Max comes running back into the room.

Max: " What's wrong?"

" I think we're being watched."

Grandpa Max looks out the window and his face shifts to one of worry.

Max: " We have to go, now!"

Grandpa jumps into the drivers seat and floors it, the Rustbucket taking off down the road at high speeds.

Ben: " What's going on grandpa, who is that guy?"

Max: " He's a bounty hunter, he must be here for the Omnitrix."

Ben: " What do you mean grandpa?"

Max: " There's a lot of aliens after the Omnitrix, Ben. I didn't say anything before, because I didn't think they would be able to find us."

Gwen: " How did they find us grandpa?"

Max: " They must be tracking the Omnitrix, but they can't track it when it's not activated. So for now, no using the Omnitrix Ben."

Ben: " But what about the guy chasing us?"

" Don't worry, I got this."

Max: " Alex, be careful."

My arms grow gray fur, claws sprout from my fingers, my legs become wolf-like, as does the rest of my body, minus my head.

" Don't worry grandpa, I got this."

I open the door and latch onto the side of the moving RV using my claws, I climb up and balance myself on the top of the RV.

" That wasn't too hard."

Using it's jetpack, the red armored being lands on the roof of the Rustbucket.

" So, you got a name?"

The being responds in a foreign language.

" Uh, sorry, I didn't get that. Can you repeat it?"

The being presses a button on its armor.

SixSix: " I am SixSix, the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy, and I am here for the Omnitrix."

" You'll have to go through me first."

SixSix: " Gladly."

A hand holding a blaster comes out of SixSix's shoulder, it fires off two shots, I jump over both shots, and land in front of SixSix. I roundhouse kick him off the moving vehicle, and he bounces down the road.

" Ha! Take that you Boba Fett wannabe!"

I carefully climb back in through the Rustbucket's door, closing it behind me.

" Well, that guy's taken care of."

Max: " I wouldn't be so sure, Alex."

" Huh, but I knocked him off the RV."

Max: " SixSix is one of the most dangerous bounty hunters in the galaxy, it's going to take a lot more than that to get rid of him."

Gwen: " As long as Ben doesn't activated the Omnitrix, he shouldn't be able to track us, right?"

Max: " It'll make it harder, yes. But, not impossible, he has other ways of tracking us."

Ben: " What are we gonna do?"

" We can't run forever."

Max: " We're not going to, we just need to make a plan."

I look out the side window and see a large semi truck heading straight for us.

" Grandpa, look out!"

The semi slams into the RV, sending it skidding of the road, and into the dessert sands.