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Chapter 7 - Ben: Something Went Very Wrong

[Scene: Rustbucket, smoking slightly. Everything is suspiciously quiet.]

Ben: …Okay. Nobody move.

Gwen: That's usually a bad sign.

Grandpa Max: Why does it smell like melted cheese and regret?

Ben (slowly turning): Because… something went very wrong.

[Behind them: a giant, half-transformed alien creature… wearing Ben's jacket… and eating the Rustbucket's tire.]

Gwen: …Ben.

Ben: Yeah?

Gwen: Why is there a four-armed Heatblast with fur chewing our wheel?

Ben: In my defense—

I definitely didn't pick that.

Omnitrix (beeping innocently): ERROR: "Surprise Me" mode activated.

Ben: THERE'S A WHAT MODE?!

Grandpa Max: You pressed random, didn't you?

Ben: It said "mystery transformation." I thought it'd be cool!

Gwen: It's eating rubber, Ben.

Ben: Okay, yeah, that part's new.

[The creature suddenly breathes fire… but it comes out as bubbles.]

Gwen: …Did it just—

Ben: —blow bubbles? Yeah. Yeah, it did.

Grandpa Max (calmly pulling out a sandwich): I'm gonna let you handle this one.

Ben (panicking): HOW DO I HANDLE A BUBBLE-FIRE MONSTER WITH FOUR ARMS AND A SNACK ADDICTION?!

[The creature happily waves at Ben… then tries to eat his sleeve.]

Ben: HEY! That's MY jacket!

Gwen: Technically, that's also you.

Ben (freezes): …

…How did that happen?!

Omnitrix: WORKING AS INTENDED.

Ben: NO IT IS NOT.**

[The creature burps… releasing a massive bubble that floats upward… carrying the Rustbucket keys inside it.]

Gwen: …

Ben: …

Grandpa Max: …We are not telling anyone about this.

Ben (defeated): Agreed.

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