A Hero's Origins
By TheAlienBrony22

The Unlikeliest Alliance

High above the Earth, Reinrassic's ship floats through space. Its hangar opens up and two genodromes are ejected and sent to earth. A basic DNAlien drone monitors them and speaks to Reinrassic, who is recovering in his healing tank. "General, the drones have launched. Equipped with the improved internal tracking system, they should be able to find and retrieve the Omnitrix." the DNAlien reported.

Reinrassic nodded, glaring at the Earth. "They may find it, but retrieving it will not be easy. Whoever possesses the Omnitrix continues to be an opponent of extreme danger, and inspiring brilliance!" The large alien struggled as it attempted to stand up straight inside the tank. "It would have to take a calculated tactician to catch the wielder of the Omnitrix off-guard, something we've been struggling with for the past couple weeks." Reinrassic stated through labored breaths.

Meanwhile, at a gas station on Earth, Chance walks through the aisles, trying to find something to snack on as his stomach rumbles. "Man, I'm starved! I really need to eat something. My stomach is rumbling, demanding for food like a weekly-starved stoner!" Chance remarked.

Chance soon notices a stacked pyramid of cookie boxes. Chance smiles, licking his lips as he carefully takes one, only to go wide-eyed as the pyramid starts to shake. Chance tries to back away from it, but the rest of the pyramid loses balance and falls over on him. Sunset walks over as Chance pokes his head out from the pile of packaged confectionary sweets. "Smooth move, pal." Sunset remarked.

Chance smirked and rolled his eyes as he climbed out of the pile. "Laugh all you want, I try my best like everyone else." Chance commented.

As the two teens exit the store, they walk towards Luna, who was giving the RV a much needed cleaning, washing the back window of the RV. Someone had written 'Wash me! :(' in the window's dust with their finger. "Huh... Nice artwork, mister Marsten!" Luna remarked.

Chance looked at the message on the window and seemed confused. "I didn't write that, would've been much more crass if it were me." Chance stated.

Soon enough, a cacophony of laughter exited the gas station. Sunset turned around and went wide-eyed, seeing Flash talking with a couple of his buddies. She turned back around and immediately tried to hide her face, unaware that they were walking in her direction. 'Oh god no, why!?' Sunset thought.

Flash chuckled. "Yeah, that's always gonna be a bummer, Sandalwood always brought his best to each show," Flash looked and noticed Sunset, and decided to head on over. "Excuse me, fellas, but an opportunity has presented itself. I'll see you at the party!" Flash remarked, waving the other two boys off, and made his way towards Sunset.

Chance looked over, noticing Flash coming over, and rolled his eyes, bothered. "Oh great, the prodigal dipshit wants to grace us with his presence... woohoo." Chance sarcastically stated.

Luna looked over and smiled. "Ahh, mister Sentry! Good to see you, what brings you so far out of Canterlot City?" Luna inquired.

Flash smiled. "Hello, miss Luna. I was actually getting ready to stock up for a party my band's playing at tonight, but then I saw Sunset over here, figured I'd ask if she wanted to come with. It's gonna be off the hook!" Flash remarked.

Chance scoffed, which got Flash's attention. "Look, as hilarious as it is for me to see you have less game than a neutered bull, we really need to get going," Chance put a hand on Sunset's shoulder. "Hey, relax, we're heading out. Hop on in, I'll close the door behind me." Chance advised.

Flash raised his eyebrow and looked at Chance strangely. "Hey, you seem different... new haircut? Update your fit?" Flash asked.

Chance rolled his eyes. "You could say it's something like that, but it's for me to know, and for you to never find out," Flash leered at the alien hero. "Now, if you don't excuse me, I'm trying to be a good friend, which means keeping bottom feeders out of arms length." Chance remarked, getting between Sunset and Flash.

Flash raised an eyebrow and looked at Sunset. "Does he speak for you, or do you actually have something to say? I wanted to talk with you, not some random dude you're paling around with, unless-" Flash feigns a gasp. "Don't tell me that you're dating this doofus!" Flash remarked.

Chance shoved Flash back, glaring down at him. "Back off her, man, or you're not gonna like what happens next." Chance warned.

Flash glared back at the alien hero. "Or what?" Flash questioned.

Chance raised his hand over the Omnitrix, but then Sunset stepped in front of him. "Chance, relax! If he just wants to talk, I'll let him talk. If anything goes wrong, you can step in and give him hell, but don't hurt him bad, alright?" Sunset requested.

Chance sighed and walked to the RV's door. "He better not lay a finger on you, or I'm gonna tear that finger off and jam it right up his a-" An explosion rings out. On the street, a heavy-looking truck just got hit by a laser, blowing it open and letting it catch fire. "Oh motherfucker, WHY?!" Chance exclaimed, gritting his teeth.

The blast that shot the truck came from a gang, comprised of three vigilantes, all wearing full biker outfits and wielding laser rifles. They advance on the scene and notice the four individuals. "What are you looking at?" the leader questions, looking at Luna.

Luna is stunned, but once the leader aims their rifle at them, Luna pulls Chance towards the back of the RV. "You three, get back!" Luna exclaimed.

The leader fires the rifle and Luna pushes the three teens out of the way, all while Luna ducks down behind the RV, pinned down. "Shit, this just got dangerous! C'mon Sunset, we need to leave, and I guess your friend can come, too!" Flash stated urgently, trying to pull Sunset away.

Sunset pulled her arm out of Flash's grasp and gave Chance a knowing look. Chance nodded and made a break for it, the gang leader fired the rifle at him, but managed to get behind the building before he could be hit. "I have to get them out of there! I'm gonna need to tank those blasts and dish 'em right back. Please give me Armethyst, this is real important! I need to absorb those hits and put those psychos down!" Chance remarked, activating the Omnitrix.

The gang members grab bags of money from the hole in the truck, but a rumbling soon catches their attention: Riptile hops onto the scene and pounds the ground, sending a shockwave that knocks the gang over. "I see nothin' but a bunch of little bitches, thinkin' they're all froggy. If you're still feeling froggy, then jump. If you're smart, you'll hop away!" Riptile looked over at Luna, Sunset and Flash. "Go, now!" Riptile exclaimed.

Sunset helps Luna up, as does Flash, and the two teens carry Luna over to cover. Eventually, the driver of the blasted truck gets out, holding his head. "You alright, sir?" The driver sees Riptile, and is very terrified. The driver runs away, yelling out in terror, fearing for his life. "I really hope that was a "Yes"." Riptile wondered.

Distracted, Riptile gets blasted back into the gas station by the gang leader. The leader fires a second time, and while Riptile manages to dodge under it, the attack instead hits a gas tank, exploding in a big fire. Luna and Sunset looked over in terror, all while Flash rolled his eyes. "Well, it died a hero, big whoop. Now would be a good time for you two to get out of here." Flash stated.

Sunset glared at him, and he backed off. The gang trains their guns on the fire. Unexpectedly, Riptile leaps out of the pillar of smoke unscathed, surprising the three as he knocked the ground and sent them flying. The gang leader lands on the ground and their helmet visor cracks, whereas the other two are knocked into the truck. Riptile picks up the two and removes their helmets, to find that their faces are feminine and they're wearing lipstick, earrings, etc. Riptile raised an eyebrow, then casually smacked the two chicks heads together, knocking them out as he tossed them aside, only to turn around and barely have time to block another shot from the leader's rifle.

Riptile glared at the woman, only for her to smirk. The woman had pale caucasian skin, maroon hair, black lipstick and brown eyes. She wore brown jeans as well as a gothic black jacket, belt, and choker necklace, along with a grey shirt and gloves. She had three piercings on one of her ears, and only one piercing on the other. Her gang insignia was a skull, which she wore on each of the shoulders on her jacket. "Not bad, big brute, but that's not gonna stop me from makin' a new pair of boots out of your hide with the money I'm stealing!" The woman remarked.

Sunset moved from the cover. "Clobber her, man!" Sunset exclaimed.

As Riptile raises his head and the woman points her gun at it, he unfortunately notices something familiar in the sky. Through the pillar of smoke, two of Reinrassic's genodromes suddenly come flying in and start shooting. The gang and Riptile dodge, and the robots' shots hit the truck and blow it up even further. Bills of stolen money float through the air. Rojo grabbed a few fistfuls of the bills that weren't damaged, watching in anger as burning bills rained down. "Hey, this is my heist! Get your own!" the woman exclaims, firing at the drones with her rifle, her shots were missing.

The woman's associates got up and fled the scene. "You can have this heist, Rojo! This isn't worth it anymore!" The blue-haired woman exclaimed, carrying her blonde friend away from the battle.

Rojo walks towards Riptile, ready to shoot him while he's busy fending off the Genodromes. Though, before she can, Flash throws a tire at her back, knocking her down. "How's that for your heist, you crazy lady?!" Flash remarked.

Riptile whipped around, shocked by what Flash just did, but was distracted by the drones blasting away at him, and it was starting to piss him off. "Riptile, those drones must be after the watch! Get out of there!" Luna exclaimed.

Rojo got back up and readied her rifle, aiming right towards Flash. "You'll get yours, you little bastard!" Rojo exclaimed angrily.

Rojo fires the rifle and Flash ducks down to the ground, causing the above gas station roof to break in pieces and fall on top of Luna, incapacitating her. "Miss Luna!!" Sunset cried out.

Flash looked behind him, shocked. Riptile was finally at his limit. "NOOO!!" Riptile shot his tongue out and grabbed one of the drones, and then snatched the other out of the sky with his hand. "Nice try!" Riptile smashed the drones together into discs and throws them square at Rojo, knocking her back and knocking her out. Riptile glares and snarls at Flash, which actually scares him a bit before the alien rushes over to Luna, throwing the rubble off of her. "No... No, this is not gonna happen!" Riptile gritted.

Sunset pulled out her phone. "She needs to get to a hospital, I'm calling 9-1-" Sunset was then picked up by Riptile, as was Luna. "Woah!!" Sunset exclaimed.

"She ain't got time for that! Hospital's up the street anyway!" Riptile remarked.

Before Flash could react, Riptile takes giant leaps up the street, trying to get to the nearest hospital. As they leave, Flash looks at the crushed Genodromes beside the unconscious Rojo. Flash picked one of the drones up, noticing a strange tendril poking out inside of it. The tendril eventually wriggles out, revealing an exhausted and dazed Xenocyte. Flash panics, dropping the drone as he locks eyes with the strange creature. "What are these things?" Flash asked.

Flash grabbed the other drone, examining it closely. Flash turned his head back to the odd creature, and was too late to dodge its attempt to latch onto its face. As it did, however, the drone then jammed a plug into Flash's neck, force-transferring its innards into his body. As the Xenocyte rapidly took over Flash's body, the mechanical mutation caused Flash to undergo the most painful transformation ever. His jeans rip apart, his jacket sleeves get shredded by arm spikes. His eyes glow the same robotic yellow, his arms and legs develop strange purple-ish red veins. After a couple of seconds the robot stops and falls to the ground, dead. Parts of Flash was unaffected by the drone's mutation, but the Xenocyte had partially mutated him into a DNAlien. The other parts of Flash had been cybernetically mutated into that of the drone that housed the parasite inside, rendering his skin changing to a deep blue hue.

Soon thereafter his unexpected mutation, police cars immediately pull up behind her and officers get out with guns. "Freeze, freak!" The cops exclaimed.

Flash turned around, unveiling his new mutated form, causing the cops to grimace in horror. Flash sneered and his shoulders popped up, causing little laser bulbs to ready themselves. "Fat chance, any time trouble comes by, you're always late! I think it's time to sing a new tune!" Flash's new shoulder bulbs shoot the cars, blowing them up as the cops scattered. He walks past the flames and takes the bag of money that was in Rojo's unconscious hand. Flash smirked, looking himself over. "Hahahaaaa...this is gonna be a BLAST! Just wait till Sunset sees the new me, she'll want nothing to do with that doofus!" Flash remarked, chuckling in a sinister tone.

At the hospital, Chance and Sunset look down at Luna's unconscious body when a doctor walks in. "Your vice principal has suffered a severe concussion, she'll be out for several more hours. She also has several lacerations and a broken leg, but otherwise, she'll be fine. A bit of rest in her room for a few days, maybe a week or so, some physical therapy and she'll be back on her feet in no time." The doctor explained.

Chance groaned. "Cut the bullshit with the medical jargen and give it to us straight, damn it! Is she gonna be okay?!" Chance asked worriedly.

The doctor adjusted his glasses. "Well, young man, for a woman her age, she's incredibly strong. She'll be fine after some rest," The man pulls out a clipboard and looks at a couple of pages. "Now, it says on her admittance form she was 'hit by a car bumper'. Did somebody back into them?" The doctor asked.

Chance sighed. "Do you want me to just say yes, or do you want the truth, no matter how insane it sounds?" Chance asked.

The doctor seemed confused and looked over at Sunset. She shrugged, "It's been a very traumatic afternoon." Sunset stated.

The doctor cleared his throat and looked back at the teenage boy. "Well, what did happen?" The doctor asked.

"The bumper flew through the air, after this robot drone blew up the car!" Chance explained.

The doctor blinked a few times and looked over at Sunset. "...Vivid imaginations are good coping mechanisms in situations like these, even for teenagers." The doctor remarked.

Chance gritted his teeth, rolling up his sleeve. "'Vivid Imaginations', how about you vividly imagine my fist going right up your-MhphmhRhmm!!"

Sunset quickly covered her friend's mouth with a nervous smile. "You'll have to forgive him, our vice principal is very close and dear to him. He doesn't take this kind of stuff lightly." Sunset stated, trying to come up with a believable excuse.

Chance groaned and removed Sunset's hand as he stared the doctor down, gritting his teeth as Sunset tried to calm him down. "Easy buddy, they're trying to help her." Sunset said, trying to reassure her friend.

The doctor composes himself and puts a hand on Chance's shoulder. "She must mean a lot to you. I always heard of how children tend to imprint onto their teachers, because it's safe to be around them, but while this is a first I'm hearing of a student imprinting on their principal, it's not too different of a scenario," Chance groaned. "Relax, young man, she's in good hands. Whatever she means to you, I promise, we won't let her die. You have my word as a licensed doctor." The doctor reassured.

Chance slapped the doctor's hand off his shoulder. "The last doctor I ever went to, later lost his medical license because of medical malpractice, specifically, for stealing someone's entire skeleton. I wish I was making that up, but it was on the news back in 2014, look it up." Chance remarked.

The doctor shrugged and left the room, all while the teen hero looked back at Luna, falling to his knees as a large wave of guilt crashed unto him.

Back on Reinrassic's ship, the DNAlien drone approaches the still healing alien monster. "Speak, half-breed vermin." Reinrassic commanded.

The DNAlien brought up a data pad and typed at it. "Well, the drones were destroyed, that's the bad news." The DNAlien reported.

Reinrassic growled. "Then send out more! I want the Omnitrix, not constant failures!" Reinrassic demanded.

The DNAlien typed away at the pad and brought up a map. "We may not need to, General," The DNAlien typed at the pad, showing Flash's augmented and mutated state. "It seems the drones have somehow - merged. I'm receiving one combined signal, and that signal is on the move. It also seems that this individual has also been infected by the Xenocyte within it, but still retains its free will. This could be an opportunity knocking, your sinisterness." The DNAlien reported.

Reinrassic was about to go against this plan, but suddenly, he realized that the DNAlien subservient may have a point. "Hmmm... Perhaps one head is better than two..." Reinrassic pondered.

Flash was currently at a jewelry store, trying to look for accessories, all while the woman behind the desk just stared at him in abject fear and horror. Flash points at one ring and grabs it with his hand. However, as he held the ring high in his grip, he notices the gold shavings slipping out, shocking and frustrating Flash. "What?! No!! That's the fourth time this has happened today!!" Flash swats a table and knocks it over, scattering numerous priceless accessories to the ground out of frustration. "Why does this keep happening!?" Flash roared out.

Flash turns around and glares at the woman behind the counter, who is beyond terrified. Flash starts walking over to her in anger, until he's stopped by an ear-piercing tone. He stumbles back and falls to the ground in pain, yelling out in agony. A voice breaks through the tone. "Listen to me, whoever you are..." The voice spoke out.

Flash slowly got back up to his feet, all while a thick viscous orange drool started to drip from his mouth. "Where are you...Who are you...and why are you in my head?" Flash asked, breathing heavily.

"NO QUESTIONS! You are here to serve me now, vermin!" the voice roared out.

Flash gritted his teeth and tried to fight the loud tone, all while clutching his head. "Guess again, whatever you are. I work for me and my band, no one else! I need to get to my ex, make things right, show her the new me! I have to!" Flash remarked, trying to get out the front door.

The pain flares up again, now worse than it was a moment ago; Flash is sent floating down into a yellow and blue vein-filled vision. "You now possess power you could have never imagined, but unless you find a way to use it, it will be worthless!" Flash suddenly sees a gigantic version of Reinrassic appear before him. It was now Flash's turn to be terrified. "Fulfill my demand, and I will aide you in your pathetic waste of time you call 'love'. Fail me, and I will grind you into DUST! Understand, vermin?" Reinrassic offered.

Flash thought about it for a moment, and after weighing his options, he went along with it. "Alright, fine... it's a deal... so, what do you want?" Flash asked.

Reinrassic laughed sinisterly. "Only one thing. A piece of valuable alien technology that's missing from my possession. The Omnitrix, to be more specific. And luckily for the both of us, you are already programmed to find it! Do not fail me, or you will face the consequences!" Reinrassic commanded.

Flash held his head in pain once more, now finding himself back at the jewelry store. He gets back up on his feet and glares, flying through the roof.

Back in the hospital, Chance looked at Luna through the door, constant feelings of regret, remorse and guilt were bouncing around in his brain for the past few hours, and all Chance has been able to feel, is ashamed. "Chance?" The teen looked at Sunset, noticing that knowing look in her eyes as she smiled. "Chance, you heard the doctor, she's gonna be fine. It's Luna, she's not gonna go down that easy!" Sunset reassured.

Chance sat down in a chair and twiddled his thumbs. "I'm worried about her, I'm not gonna hide it." Chance confessed.

Sunset sat down next to him and patted him on the back. "I'd be more afraid that Riptile nearly got beat by a girl!" Sunset remarked.

Chance rolled his eyes. "Heroes aren't supposed to hit girls, but let's face the facts, I'm not a regular hero, and I'm okay with that," Chance looked at Luna, sighing as his gaze fell to the floor. "Seeing someone I care about in a hospital bed for my shortcomings, or someone else's is something I'm not okay with." Chance explained.

Sunset tries to help her friend relax, but she can't seem to get through to him. Chance is downtrodden, he feels his lip quivering as the tears start to whell up, and he quickly gets up, walking out of the room, into the hospital hallway. Sunset follows him, all while Chance tries to hide his face. His body is shaking, trembling is more like it, and Sunset can't help but stand by him, putting her hand on his shoulder. "Chance, why are you freaking out so bad about this? Usually when you get hurt, you brush it off, or sit still as we patch you up. But when me and Luna are in danger, it's like you can't help but want to be a shield, a tank meant for taking hits and providing defense. But this time is so much more... well, difficult from your perspective, it's clearly different for you, this feels personal to you... Is there something you wanna talk about?" Sunset asked, concerned for her friend.

Sunset looked at her friend, genuinely surprised at the look of melancholy and guilt on his face. The shame, the anguish, the sadness behind his tears. Sunset rubbed Chance's back, all while Chance gritted his teeth and let it all slowly come out. "Chance... what does Luna mean to you, anyway? You seem a bit closer with her after what happened with Zombozo, and for me, that was a very strange and very unexplained adventure," Chance flinched, but let a sob escape his lips. Sunset activated her geode and looked to her friend for permission. Chance couldn't even look her in the eye, but he nodded his head, allowing Sunset permission to look into his head again. "Okay, I won't go too far, but is there anything I should avoid?" Sunset asked.

Chance simply sighed, wiping the tears from his face. "Go to the point where Luna and I discussed the most important issue in my life, during the long drive to stop Zombozo... my relationship with Jean, the woman who used to be my mother. No further back, no closer forward." Chance advised.

Sunset took a deep breath and put her hand to Chance's head, and started to look back as her eyes glowed.

Out in the sky, Flash is flying around, trying his best to find the Omnitrix, but so far, he hasn't been able to pick up on anything. "Damn it, where is this thing! It has to be around here somewhere." Flash remarked.

Flash looks around and flies off to the west, hoping to pick up on the Omnitrix over there.

Chance stood at the window and let Sunset go around in his mind. Chance hugged his friend close, trying to alleviate some of the emotional pain that he was experiencing, but despite his efforts, he still felt responsible for Luna's current condition, and that hurt him more than anything. Chance watched as patients and doctors passed them by, and couldn't help but look away, feeling as if he was being judged for showing his emotions. 'Sunset better get done in there soon, I want all of this to be over... I wish I could go back and prevent this.' Chance thought, a sigh escaped his lips as fresh tears started to fall from his eyes.

Chance looked back at Luna, and he couldn't bring himself to keep a straight face. All he felt was sadness, worry, stress coursing through his veins like a poison that preyed on his emotions. Out of desperation, Chance looked down at the Omnitrix and started to scroll through his aliens. "Maybe if I use Crime Detector's higher brain power and interface with the machines, I could... I... I- N-No... No, no that wouldn't work! She's not a machine, he'd probably just pull her plug anyway!" Chance gritted his teeth and hesitantly looked at Zombrex's icon. "Maybe... Maybe I could temporarily turn her into a zombie... no pain, she'd be technically alive, she'd get to leave!... By the very will of god himself, what the fuck am I thinking!? Turn her into a zombie, like that's any better!?!" Chance exclaimed.

Chance yelled out and kicked a nearby trash can all the way down to the other end out of frustration. Chance covered his eyes as held his head low, sobbing hysterically. "Why can't I fix this... Why can't this be the one thing in my life, one of the rare few people I actually care about, that I can actually FIX!?" Chance exclaimed, his voice began to break as he fell to his knees, sobbing as his friend's hand stayed clasped onto his head.

Sunset snapped back to reality, letting Chance's head go as a couple tears fell down her face. Outside, there was a sunset on the horizon, its warm, comforting glow would've been enough to put anyone at ease. She grabbed a tissue from her pocket and wiped her tears away, all while she looked down at her friend, who was sitting against the wall in the fetal position, not sobbing, but silently letting the tears stream down his face, all while he tried to hide his face, to keep it from being seen.

Sunset knelt down and hugged her friend. "You've been through a fair bit, haven't you? What happened?" Sunset asked.

Chance gritted his teeth as he looked up at Sunset. "Doesn't it bother you?" Sunset was confused, but Chance kept talking. "Specifically, doesn't it bother you that neither of us can fix this? Because it bothers me, more than I'd like to admit," Sunset felt like she knew where this was gonna go, so she prepared herself for whatever was about to be said. "As a guy with so many other problems on his plate already, there's now suddenly so much more I need to worry about, in regards to my powers, and what happens to the people around me when I use them," Sunset listened closely, all while her friend just let everything out. "I was a scared little kid who lost his dad and disowned his mother. Now look at me, fifteen and strapped with a powerful alien device to his person, and my life is in more danger than ever before!" Chance confessed, the terror on his face was all too clear to see.

Sunset was unsure as to what she could say, but then saw Chance staring at the Omnitrix. "Chance, you know that's not gonna work, right?" Chance gave her a knowing look, and Sunset simply lead Chance down the hall. "Come on, let's get a bite to eat and gather our bearings, alright? It won't do Luna any good if we're just feeling sad and hopeless." Sunset suggested.

Chance fiddled around with the Omnitrix one last time, pressing the button and watched as the core popped up as it activated.

From the other side of the city, Flash feels something in the air and turns around, flying towards the sensation as it grew stronger. Flash stops above a hospital and zooms in with his eyes, spotting the Omnitrix through the windows. "There you are," Much to his surprise, however, the Omnitrix was attached to Chance. Flash smirked and chuckled. "Well, guess I can kill two birds with one stone!" Flash remarked.

Chance and Sunset sit down at a couple lunch tables, eating a couple bagged snacks from the vending machine. Sunset took a drink from her water bottle, all while Chance had managed to completely scarf down the entire bag of chips he got. Sunset looked at him and he looked away, embarrassed. "I'm a stress eater, don't you judge me!" Chance remarked defensively.

Sunset smiled and put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, no need to get defensive, I bet Pinkie's probably the same way, I wouldn't put it past her," Chance crumpled his bag and shot it towards the trash can. It didn't go in, but it landed squarely on the lid. "Just relax, everything's gonna be okay." Sunset reassured.

In that moment, there is a noise, almost like a jet, getting louder and louder. Flash comes crashing through the hospital window and advances on the teens. Sunset gasps, going wide-eyed with shock and terror as Flash floated his way over. "Flash!? What the- how did- w-what happened to you?!" Sunset exclaimed, barely able to find the words.

Chance got up and stared at Flash. Even the alien hero didn't know what to make of her friend's ex's new look. It was strange, he recognized parts of his new form from the DNAliens he fought back in Jaxton, but the drones were the exact same as the ones that attacked with when he found the Omnitrix. They were the same drones that tried to ambush him and Gilda back in the warehouse. Chance was finally starting to put the pieces together, and soon felt as if this was gonna get particularly gruesome in a moment.

Flash smirked. "Hey, Sunset! Like the new me? What do you think, pretty rad, huh? My band's still playing tonight, so we can head on over, go backstage and talk, if that's what you want," Sunset was speechless, but Chance stood in-between them, like he did back at the gas station. Flash sneered. "You are a serious cockblock, ya know that? I'm getting real tired of you getting in-between me and her, in the literal sense, I mean. So, let's work out a compromise. You hand over that Omnitrix-thing to me, and I won't personally maim you beyond recognition! How's that sound?" Flash offered, flashing a pair of his sharp metal claws.

Chance gritted his teeth and sprayed the water bottle's contents in Flash's face, momentarily distracting him. "Come and pry it from my cold, dead hands, you second-rate limp-dicked bassist!" Chance exclaimed.

Chance and Sunset run away as fast as they can, all while Flash goes after them, blasting them with his shoulder bulbs. As the pair run down a hallway, they notice a nurse working a cart is about to get hit. Chance, without thinking, jumps to the wall, then jumps at the nurse, tackling her down as Flash flew over. Chance got up as the nurse held her head. "Now would be a good time to make sure the patients are moved to safer and more secure rooms!" Chance advised.

Chance looked back at Flash, seeing him coming his way. Chance runs at him, but slides underneath and keeps running down the hall, eventually catching up with Sunset. Flash groans out and blitzes towards the two, only for Chance grab a bedpan and smack the mutated teen over the head. Chance and Sunset look towards a door, noticing that it leads to the stairway. They open the door and close it behind them, descending the stairs fast.

The two teens stopped at one of the floors to catch their breath. "Chance, that thing's Flash! How did this happen? He looks like one of those robot drones-"

"-Mixed with those freaky DNAlien things! I can clearly see where their fucked up gene pool went!" Chance remarked.

Before the two could come up with a proper plan of attack, the door they went through exploded above them. Flash looks to the bottom floor and leaps all the way down, just as Chance pulls Sunset through another door. The pair run down another hallway, all while Flash was gaining on them, closing the distance with every passing minute. Flash swipes his claws at the teens, but is stopped when a pair of doors slams in his face, staggering him for long enough to lose track of the Omnitrix.

The two teens exit out into the parking lot, hiding behind a bunch of ambulances. "Chance, here's an idea, maybe now is a good time for you to go hero?!" Sunset suggested in a panic.

Chance twisted the dial, but much to his dismay, nothing was happening. Immediately, Flash blasts the doors down and flies into the air, clearly angry as more viscous orange drool oozes from his mouth. "Stop running away and comply, you bastard!!" Flash looked around, slowly walking through the lot, then spots a look at the mountainous peek. Flash smirks as he readies his shoulder bulb, "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Think fast, zero!" Flash exclaimed, firing at the peek, causing chunks of rock to come tumbling down towards the hospital. The pair gasp in shock, all while Flash flies away, smiling with satisfaction.

The chunks of rock roll down towards the teens, and Chance finally gets the Omnitrix to work, selecting Riptile's icon. "Okay, Omnitrix! You gave me Riptile last time, feelin' generous?" Chance asked, pushing the Omnitrix's core down as he transformed.

Sunset panicked, feeling a chill in the air. In Chance's place was not Riptile, but Nitrofrost instead, who was very unamused. "Oh great, I need muscle and I get the alien ice cream maker instead," Nitrofrost looks up as the rocks get closer, then looks to Sunset. "Hey, if Scissors can cut paper, then Ice and Snow can cushion the Rock's impact, right?" Nitrofrost asked.

Sunset shrugged and simply backed away very fast. Nitrofrost turns toward the ambulances and starts shooting them instead, encasing them in ice and burying them in snow. Nitrofrost then creates an icy barrier to the side, in case the rocks try to roll near town. The icy alien hero quickly hovers over the mass just as the rocks arrive. Luckily, the mass is strong enough to stop the rocks in their tracks completely.

Nitrofrost sighs in relief, but is then put back on the offensive when Flash pins him to the ground. Nitrofrost makes the wispy mist on his head brighter, trapping the entire left portion of Flash's body in ice, causing his flying to not work properly, which causes him to fly backwards. Nitrofrost fires several dense ice cube chunks at Flash, who counteracts with spewing the same orange goo the DNAliens did, which stopped the chunks' momentum, letting them fall into the river below.

Nitrofrost and Flash grab each other's hands, trying to push one another back and gain an advantage. "Man, I've heard of getting the 'cold' shoulder, but this is getting to be a bit asinine! Just stop fighting me and piss off, you oblivious dipshit!" Nitrofrost remarked.

Flash fired his shoulder bulb at Nitrofrost, which then led to the alien hero crashing into an oil truck. Nitrofrost quickly gets himself away from the stuff, but then suddenly gets an idea. Nitrofrost smirked and motioned Flash to come at him. Flash ends up taking the bait, and just as Flash lands a punch on the hero, he disappears, trapping Flash's legs in ice, leaving him frozen stuck on top of the leaking oil truck. Flash looks around, then notices Nitrofrost hovering over the leaking oil, bowing as he flipped the bird towards his mutated adversary. "You want me so bad, Flash? I'm right here." Nitrofrost taunted.

Angered, Flash doesn't hesitate to fire his shoulder bulb at Nitrofrost. Unfortunately, that was what the icy hero was hoping for. Nitrofrost dodged the attack and watched the oil light up like a bonfire. The spilled oil acted as a trail for the flames to follow, and before Flash could realize what he had done, the truck explodes in a fiery inferno, sending Flash blasting off for the moment. Nitrofrost sighed, his smirk forming into a frown as he quickly makes his way back to the hospital.

Back at the hospital, Sunset and Chance were sitting with Luna, who had managed to wake up, which was a good start, but Chance still felt horrible, much more than he did previously when Luna was resting. "When I activated the watch, I must've led that sorry bastard right to you! Luna, I-I'm so sorry!" Chance apologized, hanging his head in shame.

Luna smiled. "Chance, calm down, it's okay. Since they moved me to a new room, and you haven't gone alien since then, we're safe." Luna tried to reassure him.

Chance scoffed, unconvinced. "Yeah, for now! But what about tomorrow, or the days after, when the summer ends, dare I even ask about years later?! I thought it'd be dangerous to be around someone with magical powers, with how many crazy things happen to Sunset and her friends all the time, but the more I think about my situation, I'm starting to realize that it might even be too dangerous for anyone, especially you two, to be around me! All it takes is one fuck up, one wrong decision, no matter how morally correct or logically sound, and for a handful of lives I save, I could've inadvertently killed hundreds of thousands. It's like the old saying goes, 'No good deed goes unpunished'," Luna and Sunset looked at the hero, seeing the anger, frustration and confusion on his face as he stares at the Omnitrix with contempt. "This is all your fault, you space-bound hunk of junk! If I didn't have you, none of this would be happening! How about you make yourself useful and actually work with me, instead of trying to fuck me and numerous innocent lives over, like a cheap whore in Las Vegas!!" Chance reprimanded.

Chance stormed out of the room, closing the door as he went to cool down. Sunset gulped and looked at Luna, who was taken aback by the hero's outrage. "He's been like this for a few hours. Ever since you got hospitalized, he has done nothing but blame himself. I've tried to snap him out of it, but he's really in deep, this time. I don't know what to do, other than let him have some time alone... but even then, I don't think being alone is gonna help him." Sunset briefly explained.

Over in the city street, Flash gets up out of a crashed car and terrifies onlooking civilians. His head starts hurting again, and he finds himself back in the vision, with Reinrassic staring down at him. "The Omnitrix, where is it, halfbreed vermin?" Reinrassic asked.

Flash scratched the back of his head and sighed. "I couldn't get it, How nice, you didn't tell me I would be fighting a wannabe superhero! No wonder I underestimated Marsten, he managed to kick my ass. Not even to mention Sunset, she was terrified of me... Fuck this, I'm through! Get someone else to find your Omnitrix!" Flash remarked.

Before Flash could react, The gigantic Reinrassic swallows him whole and sends him tumbling down a dark violet pit. "You have a lot of gall to talk to me like that, but it won't be enough! You will get me the Omnitrix, and if you fail again, your meaningless lesser life on this backwater dirtball of a planet will be over!" Flash snapped back to reality, all while Reinrassic relayed a few last words. "Now this time, make him come to you!" Reinrassic instructed.

Flash flew into the air, and smirked as he flew down towards a building, readying his shoulder bulbs.

Back at the hospital, night time has fallen onto the town, with only one of its temporary residents just now getting ready to leave. Chance leaves a folded up note that's a bit stained with tears on Luna's bed, and looks over at the sleeping Sunset. "I'm doing this for you both... No matter how much it hurts." Chance muttered quietly, walking out of the room.

Chance runs out of the hospital as his emotions boil past the limit. Chance runs into town and ducks into an alleyway, wiping his tears as he tried to hide himself from sight. It hurt the alien hero to have to do any of this, but to him, it was the morally and logically correct choice, no matter how much it hurt him to go through with it.

The next day, Chance finds himself at the park in the morning, sitting on a bench all by his lonesome. Across the way, a young boy was playing basketball with an older woman, most likely his mother, and then a girl around his age snatches the ball and makes a half-court shot.

The woman smiled and cheered. "Well done, honey! See, son? You can be that good if you put in the work! Your cousin can do it, and I know you can too!" The woman stated.

The kid smiled. "Yeah, you might be right, but that doesn't mean we can't play for fun, right mom?" The kid asked.

The girl laughed and held the ball in her arms. "Of course, I'm always down to spend some time with my family, never know when those times'll be too far in-between." the girl remarked.

Chance smiles, only to feel a saddened ache in his heart, but soon enough, his attention is caught by a breaking news bulletin blaring from the radio beside him. "Reports say the armored assailant has incredible firepower, and has blown up several police barricades before arriving at the Police Academy Training Center, just outside of Albuquerque." The announcer reported.

Chance's eyes widened, then he stood up. Chance's mind flashes back to when Luna was incapacitated, seeing that Flash dodged the blast of the rifle. Chance gritted his teeth and stared at the Omnitrix. Chance knew what he had to do, no matter how much it was gonna hurt him.

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Sunset starts to slowly wake up, yawning as she notices that Chance isn't in the room. "Chance?" no response. Sunset shook her head and slapped her face as she tried to wake herself up faster, but Chance wasn't in the room. "Chance?" Sunset called out, looking around the room.

Sunset's eyes eventually fall onto a note, and grabs it, unfolding it as she sees a a whole letter written out. 'He wrote out a letter? This was unexpected.' Sunset thought.

"To whom it will concern;

I hope you don't mind me writing this letter... chances are you might, but that's why I'm doing this while you're asleep. Forgive some of the tears on the paper, I could barely handle the thought of leaving you both behind without some form of notice, so hopefully this will suffice. Trust me when I say that it's better this way, better to stay distant and not risk getting you killed. I already lost one person I cared about and blamed myself for years when it wasn't my fault, but if I lost you two as well, then hell will know not of the fury of a man who has nothing left to lose, except the one reason he keeps fighting...

I didn't want to leave, you know, but this was the morally and logically correct choice. I cherish you and Luna too much to let you get involved in this mess I'm in. So please, before either of you two do something reckless and stupid, let me say my peace. Sunset, from one friend to another, do me a solid and cherish the ones you love and care about, regardless of how much they fucked up, because you never know when they might disappear forever...

...

Mom Luna, words can't express how genuinely appreciative I am of your help. For the past five years, since I moved to Canterlot City as a child, a very damaged, terrified, and hard to understand child, who was shown the harsh reality of the world too soon... You did all you could, within your power and position, to help me feel safe in an unfamiliar place, and despite having your secrets to hide, I'm sure we'll meet again someday, and you can tell me all about it, once I know I've done all I can on my own... I still don't have the right words to say about what happened back in NYC, or with my loss of control as Zombrex back at the big top, but I am genuinely sorry... I'll find a way to control it and reign in those moments of impulsiveness somehow, I owe you that, and so much more...

On the off-chance that Jean is actually worried about me, tell her that she can kiss the whitest, most divine part of my ass, if she thinks I'll believe that for even a second. Also, tell her to choke on the bottle the next time she wants to drink her problems away.

Thank you, to the both of you."

So long and Farewell,

-Chance B. Marsten

...

P.S: I love you guys. I may not be vocal about it, or as much as I would like to be, but you two are the closest thing I've had to a stable and happy family. I haven't had a proper supportive family in eight years... thanks for the memories.

Sunset carefully laid the letter down on the bed and sat down, a feeling of devastation and warmth pulses throughout her body, all while she bites her lip, trying to hold back the urge to scream. Luna stirs in her bed and slowly starts to wake up. "Sunset? What's wrong?" Luna tiredly asked, letting a yawn escape her.

Sunset handed Luna the letter, all while she turned on the TV, being met with a news report. "-The siege at the Police Training Center continues..." Sunset turns up the volume, all while Luna starts to panic at the letter. Luna puts the paper down, and looks at the report on TV. "Early reports say several officers have been injured- Wait... I-I'm being told that a teenage boy has run onto the scene and got the attacker's attention. This might not result in a happy ending, folks." The reporter stated.

Sunset and Luna stared at the mini TV, wide-eyed. "Chance ran off to take the heat off of us, but I think we both know where he went off to," Sunset walked to the door and turned to Luna, who was still in a panic over the letter. "I gotta go, Miss Luna. He needs help." Sunset announced.

Luna immediately tried to get up and out of bed. "I... I'm coming, too!" Luna proclaimed through labored breaths.

Sunset gave Luna a deadpanned expression. "You are still healing, how do you think he's gonna react if he sees you on the street?! You'd be proving him right!" Sunset argued.

Luna groaned. "You can't go alone, it's too dangerous!" Luna yelled out.

Sunset, by this point, has given up on trying to talk Luna out of her decision. Instead, Sunset grabs the hospital bed's remote, and reclines her vice principal's bed flat, rendering her incapable of getting up. "Argh!! Now I can't get up!" Luna remarked aggravatedly.

Sunset smirked. "That's the idea, you need to rest and recover," Sunset walks to the door and opens it, but before she leaves, she turns back to Luna with a reassuring smile. "Besides, I won't be alone. Chance is there right now, I'm merely doing what a friend would do, give their friend some help, even if they didn't want it. We'll be back in a few!" Sunset announced, running out of the room.

Luna struggled to get out of bed, but it was clear she wasn't going anywhere. "Sunset, get back here!... Sunset Shimmer!!" Luna exclaimed.

In the parking lot, one paramedic runs to another standing by at an ambulance. "Haul ass, man! They need us down at the Police Academy, ASAP!" The second paramedic remarked.

The paramedics quickly get into the ambulance, unaware that Sunset managed to stow herself away in the back, ready to provide Chance some backup. 'Hang on tight, pal, help is on the way.' Sunset thought, closing the door as the Ambulance speeds off.

At the police academy, Flash is on a rampage, tossing cars left and right and shooting streams of laser into the side of the building. Suddenly, a rock or two hits him in the face, and is then met by Chance, yelling out and throwing punches at the mutated teen. Chance kicks Flash back, which didn't do much, but it did give him some distance. "Looks like you started the party without me, Sentry! Let a real metalhead show you how to rock and roll!" Chance remarked, getting into a boxer's stance.

Flash rushed forward and Chance weaved out of the way, but was then met by Flash's claws cutting into his side, causing the alien hero to wince and groan, but he didn't go down yet. Chance landed a haymaker to the bottom of Flash's jaw, which staggered him a bit and hurt Chance's hand in tandem, but Chance resumed his stance, dodging Flash's attempts to claw or strike him again, and as Chance connected his fist with Flash's face, Flash retaliated by kicking Chance into a police car. Chance groaned and slowly got up, trying to ignore the glass shards in his back as he got up and stared his foe down.

Flash was surprised for a moment, then smirked. "Ya know, for getting back up after that, maybe you aren't just a quiet guy after all. Not like it matters," Flash readied his shoulder bulbs, sneering at the persistent alien hero. "If that freak nasty monster wants his "Omnitrix", he can have it! This is starting to get fun!" Flash remarked with a wicked grin.

Chance raised his eyebrow in confusion, but soon remembered the drones and the DNAliens. "Who's "he"? The same guy who tried to turn an entire town into a parasite breeding ground, or the guy sending robots after defenseless teenagers?" Chance quipped, though he was now put on the defensive.

Flash's shoulder bulbs fire their lasers, and while Chance was barely able to roll out of the line of fire, the police car he crashed into exploded into an inferno, which knocked Chance back, pushing the glass shards deeper into his back, causing him to gasp and grit his teeth, trying to stifle a yell. Chance quickly clung to a wall and pulled himself up, all while barely managing to dodge a kick from Flash. Chance growled and propped himself up against the wall. "One good kick... deserves another, dipshit! Nut check!" Chance exclaimed, slamming the heels of both his shoes between Flash's legs, which caused Flash to reel back and collapse to his knees, all while glaring and oozing goo from his open mouth.

Chance quickly hobbles across the road to the police academy, taking cover behind a large blue mail box as the sound of something heavy started moving onto the road. Both Flash and Chance looked over in surprise and shock. An armored tank rolls up in front of them and adjusts its barrel, aimed straight at Flash.

Flash scoffs. "Nice try, but the doofus is all mine! You want some of this, come and get it!" Flash exclaimed.

Chance limps away, trying to hop out of the tank's range. Before either of them knew what happened, the tank fired and hit Flash square in the chest. Chance ducks behind a station wagon and looks back at the pillar of smoke. Through it, the tank rolls up to investigate. Flash was not where he stood, but underneath the Tank, playing possum and all without a scratch on him. Chance's jaw dropped and his blood ran cold as Flash picked up the tank and hoisted it above his head effortlessly. The tank's driver immediately bails and runs away screaming.

Flash smirks and tosses the tank in the direction Chance was hobbling away to, watching as it and several nearby cars explode in flames. Chance sneaks around and stands up straight, despite the pain that was everywhere in his body. Flash laughs and smiles at his carnage, until a finger taps his shoulder. "You graduated from second-rate limp-dicked bassist, to a grade-A mutated psychopath! Can't say I'm proud of what you've become, and neither would Sunset, but hey, you do you, dipshit!" Chance quipped.

Flash whipped around and tries to attack Chance, managing to land a few solid hits, but Chance grabs Flash's head and slams his head against his several times, then punches him away, causing the mutated teen to actually start losing ground. The two teenagers were, surprisingly even with each other. Chance rushed forward, going for an uppercut, but then slams his knee into Flash's side, catching him off guard. The teenage hero punches Flash several times in the face, all while trying to keep himself upright. Chance tries to land one more haymaker, but Flash quickly flies away and lands a fair few feet away, hoping to get some distance.

Soon enough, The ambulance finally arrives on the scene and the paramedics emerge, while Chance and Flash try to figure out what their next plan of attack is. "We came as soon as we got the call, who needs help?" The first paramedic asked.

When the dust of their fighting clears, Flash holds Chance by the throat, then drops him on the ground, walking towards the paramedics. They start running and he powers up a laser blast. Just then, Sunset opens up the back door of the ambulance and peeks out. Chance looks up and notices Sunset on the scene, Chance grits his teeth and forces himself back up, yelling as he tackles Flash from behind, slamming the mutated teen's face into the road several times. Flash goes limp for a moment, and glares at Sunset.

Chance quickly rushes over to her side and picks her up with what strength he can muster, then runs down the street and into an alleyway. Chance puts her down and leans against the wall, rubbing his cold arms. "Is it cold out here... or is it just me?" Sunset looked at Chance with concern and helped him up. "Sunset, why the hell did you follow me?" Chance asked, clearly distressed and displeased.

Sunset gave him a playful scowl. "'Hell will know not of the fury of a man who has nothing left to lose, except the one reason he keeps fighting.' Sound familiar?" Sunset reminded.

An explosion rings out nearby, and Chance winces. "We need to get out of here!" The pair flees down the alley, just as Flash catches up to them and starts shooting erratically. As he passes by a large plaque of the town map on the ground, the teens peek out from having hid behind it, waiting for the bass player to fly out of earshot. Chance looked at Sunset, seeing a concerned and very angry expression on her face. "I know what you're gonna say! 'You can't just run away from us! Meh meh meh!', Well, excuse me for caring about your safety! You might've been a hero longer than I have, but you never had to worry about people dying, or the villain of the week trying to KILL you, just to take your powers away!" Sunset was surprised, but had to admit that her friend had a point. "This is MY problem, MY fight, MY weird watch! I don't want people to die on my watch, not when I could've done something!" Chance protested.

Sunset smiles and pulls him into a hug. "Yeah, but you're my friend, despite what weird powers or crazy history you may have. Besides, who's gonna get you out of trouble if you're on your own?" Sunset remarked.

Flash roars out and fires at something nearby, and the two teens take that as their cue to get out of the open. Nearby, the teens see a door and quickly get it opened, and make their way inside, all while Flash is distracted.

The other side of the door revealed a dark room. After finding a light switch, it's revealed to be a large empty gym, treadmills and pull-down machines all lined up. "Well, we're dead." Chance remarked, sitting down on one of the pull-down machines.

Sunset looks around, until her phone starts to ring. Sunset pulls her phone and answers it. "Hello?" Sunset looks at Chance and hands the phone to him. "It's for you. We both know who it is." Sunset stated.

Chance sighed and put the phone to his ear. "Hi?" Chance listens as the other voice talks. "...Luna, can we talk about this later? I've got an indestructible robot-parasite-cyborg-thing that none of my aliens can take out!" Chance remarked.

Luna sits up in her bed, smiling at the letter as she held the phone to her ear. "Chance, if you can't destroy it from the outside, take it down from the inside." Luna advised.

Chance's eyes widened, and he glanced down at the Omnitrix. "That's it! Thanks M-" Before Chance could finish what he had to say, the building shook as Flash was starting to get very aggressive. "Sorrygottagobye!" Chance remarked, rapidly hanging up the phone.

Chance handed Sunset her phone back, and she gave him a knowing look. "Guess you're not better off without us, after all, huh?" Sunset inquired with a smile.

Chance rolled his eyes and put his thumb on the Omnitrix's button. "Go find a place to take cover, I need total concentration for this to work." Chance cautioned.

Sunset nodded her head and ran over to a nearby supply closet, hiding in there. As Chance pressed the button and activated the Omnitrix, Flash came crashing through the roof, alerted by the sound. Chance quickly cycles to the one alien he needs for his plan, and hesitantly pushes the core down.

Chance felt his body stiffen and toughen up as his skin started to rapidly decompose and turn gray. His muscles tensed up and started to expand, and his bones started to grow out. Parts of Chance's body started to rip, tear and completely re-arrange themselves. Chance's hair changed from brown to a very dark gray, almost black in color. His shirt changed and started to tear up, as did his body. The portion of Chance's body between his torso and his pelvis was now completely gone, leaving only his spine to be seen.

Chance's feet tore through his shoes as his toes turned sharp, like talons. His pants became more uniform, a pair of ripped black pants with white stripes and detailing. Chance's left arm suddenly tore apart, exposing the bone, but flexed it like it wasn't an issue. Chance felt his mouth grow shut as his eyes beamed red. The Omnitrix barely re-shaped itself, yet never left Chance's wrist.

The alien stood tall and then roared out as it lunged forward with a hungry look in its eyes.

Flash lands into the gym and walks around, searching. He walks right underneath Zombrex, who's white eyes glow in the darkness as he hangs on the ceiling. The alien zombie drops down on her and bites into his technological body. Flash cries out and struggles to shake him off. Suddenly, electricity shoots out of his body, which actually manages to cause pain to the zombified hero, causing it to scream out in pain and agony like never before.

Zombrex finds himself in Flash's vision world, floating before a giant Reinrassic. "You, who wields the Omnitrix. Listen to my every word: Be afraid. You cannot run, you cannot hide from me, whether on your planet, or anywhere in the known universe. I will find you, and when I do, I will retrieve the Omnitrix, convert your entire race into subservient soldiers, and destroy you, once and for all!" Reinrassic warned, swallowing the zombified alien hero whole.

Zombrex and Flash both cry out as the alien zombie is then sent flying through a few pillars before collapsing on the ground, twitching and convulsing as he tries to stand up. "Uuurrghh... that was not a good sign." Zombrex groaned.

Flash shoots at Zombrex, only for the lasers to rip holes in his body, with Zombrex not feeling a thing. Zombrex lurches forward, clawing and tearing away at the metal and scrap sticking out of Flash, and even started to pull away huge chunks of the Xenocyte, causing it to screech in a mortified and agonizing manner as the Zombie hero chowed down on the parasite, and stripped Flash free of the mechanical manipulation that had been affecting his mind.

Zombrex stood up, both he and Flash's unconscious body were underneath a flickering light. Sunset cautiously opened the door, only to be met by the Omnitrix timing out, changing Chance back into his normal human self. Chance's body twitched, all while images of the vision world replayed and burned into Chance's subconscious.

Chance shook his head and picked up Flash's unconscious body, hoisting the unconscious boy over his shoulder as he walked to the back door, with Sunset right behind him. "Chance, did it work?" Sunset asked.

Chance nodded his head, opening the door for Sunset. As the pair walked out of the building, they stayed in the alleyways, concealing themselves under the cover of darkness and shadows, all while trying to get Flash back to the hospital.

The next morning, Luna is discharged from the hospital with crutches, ready to get back on the road, while Flash was admitted last night. Luna takes a long sniff of the air outside. "Ah, it's good to finally get outta here, and back on the road!" Luna looks over at the two teenagers, who were waving towards her and walking in her general direction. "Heh, kids these days." Luna remarked, opening the door.

As Chance and Sunset walk to the RV, Sunset can't help but wonder about her friend. "Hey, you got a moment?" Chance stopped and looked down at Sunset quizzically. "what happened back there in the gym? It sounded like the souls of the damned escaped from hell itself out there, and you looked like you were possessed or something when you transformed back!" Sunset asked.

Chance gulped and sighed. "I-I don't know how to describe it, but here's what I can say about it, best I can. It was like...when I went Zombrex and bit into metal flesh, I saw this other alien. We were both floating through space and it was talking to me. It even referred to me as the one who wears the Omnitrix," Luna froze, and while she didn't turn around, she kept listening to Chance's description. "He looked kinda like if a DNAlien, a bug and a banana had a weird and very fugly three-way baby, but bleached white, had small black thorn horn-things sticking out of the side of his head, two red eyes on its chest, four red eyes on some sort of blue-violet mass of fleshy plasma stuff, it also had a tattered robe on its body. I wasn't weirded out, but then it said...I should be afraid." Chance explained.

The two teens looked towards Luna, and saw her frowning, as if out of fear. "Luna, you look afraid! Are you alright?" Chance asked.

Luna shook her head and averted her gaze. "I'm...fine, just a bit anxious to head back on the road," Luna looked back at the two teens and smiled. "And you'll be fine too. As long as we stay together." Luna reassured in a more uplifting tone.

Chance and Sunset hug Luna tightly, then pile into the RV, while Luna lagged behind. Her smile drops soon after as she looks to the sky, pondering something.

High above the Earth, Reinrassic's ship flies through space. A pair of menacing red eyes glow, leering through the window of a healing tank, and a large black three-digit claw presses against the glass.

Author's Note

And that was my version of 'The Alliance'. I could re-iterate everything I said last about Trixie and Flash, wanting to do more with their characters, and for now, they got their moments in the spotlight. Sure, they were assisting their respective villains and had a bit of brainwashing, but that comes with the territory for very few villains.

I'll most likely do more with each character in the next season, revisit characters that deserve a bit more time in the spotlight, just to flesh them out proper, but that's for later, or maybe in the S1 finale. I'll figure it out.

I hope you enjoyed this episode, I know I did.

PS: To those who may/may not point this out, I know I didn't do 'Side Effects' or 'A Small Problem', there's mainly two reasons for that.

1) Side Effects, next to Kevin 11, is my favorite Classic episode, but I couldn't do it justice. Maybe I'll try to remedy that next season.

2) A Small Problem is my least favorite episode, with, in my opinion, the least interesting villain team I've ever seen. Over time I grew to love them, but in classic, I just didn't feel like they lived up to the hype. I wanted to do the episode justice and make it better, but I just didn't have any ideas or good/decent concepts. Maybe next season.