Chapter 2: Cosmic Clash

Alien X hovered above the battlefield, his black, star-filled form radiating an aura of cosmic power. His eyes glowed with the light of galaxies, and the three voices of his celestial consciousness, Bellicus, Serena, and Ben, spoke in perfect harmony.

"I am Alien X. The universe itself bends to my will."

Sage Blank, still calm and unreadable, observed the transformation with curiosity. The energy around them seemed to shift as if the universe itself was holding its breath in anticipation of what was about to happen.

"Interesting," Sage said softly, the question mark on his face glowing slightly brighter. "You've chosen omnipotence. But power alone will not save you."

Alien X's voices echoed across the landscape, filled with authority. "You underestimate what I am capable of."

Without a moment's hesitation, Alien X raised his hand, and the very fabric of reality around them began to warp. The sky twisted, stars blinking out of existence only to reappear moments later in different constellations. The ground beneath them rumbled as Alien X bent the laws of the universe, rewriting reality with a mere thought.

Entire galaxies shifted, rearranged like pieces on a cosmic chessboard. The universe flickered and morphed into different versions of itself, ancient, futuristic, dystopian. The flow of time, space, and matter was at Alien X's command.

But Sage Blank didn't flinch. His quill remained poised as the reality around them twisted and changed. With a simple flick of his wrist, Sage undid Alien X's changes. The stars snapped back into place, the ground stabilized, and the timeline reverted to normal.

"You bend reality, but you are not the one who rules over it," Sage said, his voice calm and even.

Alien X's eyes narrowed, the combined consciousness of Ben, Bellicus, and Serena watching Sage intently. They knew Sage was unlike any enemy Ben had faced before. Even Vilgax, Albedo, and the Highbreed paled in comparison to the sheer control Sage displayed over the multiverse.

Alien X raised his hand again, this time intending to escalate the battle. With a thought, entire universes blinked out of existence, only to reappear moments later in different forms. Alien X shattered stars and collapsed galaxies, creating and destroying with impunity. The sky filled with the light of countless supernovas as the universe crumbled and was remade in the blink of an eye.

Sage, however, responded in kind. His quill danced through the air, and with every stroke, he unraveled Alien X's work. Entire universes were stitched back together as if they had never been broken. Stars reignited, and time flowed seamlessly once more. The destruction Alien X wrought was effortlessly undone by Sage Blank's control.

Their battle spanned across dimensions and realities, each one more bizarre and chaotic than the last. One moment, they were fighting on a distant alien planet surrounded by purple skies and towering mountains; the next, they were in a universe made entirely of liquid light, where the laws of physics were incomprehensible. Alien X and Sage Blank clashed in the very heart of creation, where the fabric of reality itself was woven.

Alien X launched a devastating attack, his voice echoing through the cosmos as he summoned the full force of a collapsing star. "Feel the weight of infinity!"

The collapsing star imploded, its energy focused into a single, devastating point aimed directly at Sage Blank. The explosion was so immense that it threatened to tear apart the fabric of the multiverse itself, distorting time and space for light-years around.

But Sage did not move. He simply raised his quill, and with a flick, the explosion was absorbed, the energy dissipating harmlessly into the void.

Alien X's three voices rang out, filled with frustration. "Impossible!"

Sage Blank, his calm demeanor never faltering, finally made his move. In a split second, he was directly in front of Alien X, his quill raised high. For the first time in the battle, Sage chose to engage in direct combat. It was a silent acknowledgment of Ben's power, though Alien X had failed to land a meaningful blow, Sage had decided to test him further.

With lightning speed, Sage struck. His quill clashed against Alien X's celestial form, each strike releasing bursts of cosmic energy that rippled across the universe. Alien X retaliated, his fists glowing with the power of stars as he swung at Sage with incredible force. Reality shattered around them as their blows sent shockwaves rippling across dimensions.

Each time Alien X tried to bend reality in his favor, Sage countered effortlessly, bending space around himself to dodge or deflect attacks. Alien X summoned planets and hurled them at Sage, only for Sage to dissolve them into dust with a single stroke of his quill. The sheer scale of their battle was incomprehensible, universes rose and fell with every clash, entire realities created and destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Despite Alien X's power, it became increasingly clear that Sage Blank was holding back. Even in the face of omnipotence, Sage was toying with him, deflecting his attacks with ease while testing the limits of Ben's ultimate transformation.

Alien X lashed out with one final, desperate attack. "Reality itself will bow before me!"

The fabric of the universe buckled under Alien X's will. Time unraveled, space collapsed in on itself, and entire dimensions were torn asunder. It was a power unmatched by anything Ben had ever wielded before.

But Sage Blank remained calm. With a simple stroke of his quill, he rewrote the very essence of the multiverse. Alien X's reality-warping powers were undone, the universe restored to its original state as if nothing had happened.

And then, with a single motion, Sage tapped Alien X on the chest with his quill. The effect was immediate. Alien X's form flickered, his cosmic energy dimming as the power of the Omnitrix was sealed.

"No!" Alien X's voices cried out, but it was too late. Sage's quill glowed with an ethereal light as he sealed the power of the Omnitrix, preventing Ben from accessing the full might of Alien X.

Sage Blank hovered above Alien X's dimming form, his voice as calm as ever. "You are powerful, Ben Tennyson. But your power is too great to allow unchecked. I will return it to you... slowly."

With a flick of his wrist, Sage summoned the Omnitrix from Ben's wrist. The watch hovered in midair, its green glow dimming as Sage encased it in a shimmering sphere. The prison formed in the shape of the Omnitrix, with every inch of its surface covered in intricate patterns resembling the symbols of Ben's various alien transformations.

Ben, now back in his human form, collapsed to the ground, exhausted and powerless. He looked up at Sage Blank, his body heavy with fatigue. "You… you can't do this…"

Sage Blank looked down at him, his quill glowing faintly. "I already have."

With another wave of his quill, the shimmering prison encased Ben, sealing him inside the sphere. The Omnitrix-shaped prison glowed with a faint light as it lifted into the air, suspended in the void.

"You will regain your power," Sage said, his voice echoing through the emptiness. "But only when I decide. For now, you will wait... as my game begins."

With a final flick of his quill, Sage sent Ben's prison into the endless void.

Sage Blank watched as the prison disappeared into the void, his gaze turning to the next target. The game had only just begun.