Ben 10 : Unlimited

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DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEN 10, JUSTICE LEAGUE, OR ANY CHARACTERS THEREIN. IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF I DID, BUT BATMAN HAS INFORMED ME THAT NO MERE MORTAL CAN OWN BATMAN.

Ben 10: Unlimited

Chapter 1: Star-crossed

Ben Tennyson stared out at his hometown of Bellwood. He couldn't bring himself to even think. It was too painful. If he tried to think, the memories would come back. Memories of those he loved… and those he lost.

Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Gwen, Kevin, Julie, when Ben tried to picture their faces, all he could see were their broken, lifeless bodies. Why did you have to die? Why did you have to leave me? And why couldn't I save you?

Ben glanced down. He had been sitting on the roof of a building, he couldn't even remember where, five stories up. If he was in one of his alien forms, he would be able to survive a five-story fall without a problem. But now, he was a human. Humans were much more fragile. Ben slowly tipped himself forward. As his body lost its connection to the building, and began its swift descent to the street, Ben thought, Don't worry, everyone. I'll see you all soon. As the ground neared, Ben Tennyson saw a flash of blue light, and then saw nothing.

Metropolis

Ben knew he wasn't dead. The dead don't feel pain, so that meant that he'd once again cheated death. Why was it that he couldn't die, but everyone that he cared about died? As Ben pulled himself off the ground, he took in his surroundings. He could tell that this wasn't Bellwood anymore. He would have remembered a building with a huge golden planet statue that towered high enough to be seen even in the alley he was in.

"Great," Ben muttered, "instead of killing myself, I wound up in who-knows-where." He began to make his way out of the alley, but he stopped at the sound of footsteps. He turned around to see several muscular men with bird wings coming out of their backs, and spears in their hands.

"Halt, human!" one of them shouted. "Show us your identification, or you will face punishment!" Ben's anger, which had been simmering until now, boiled forth.

"You want to know who I am?" Ben asked, raising the Ultimatrix, "I am…" he slammed down the dial, and the bird-men shielded their eyes from a green flash. "HEATBLAST!" a new voice shouted. The aliens' eyes widened as they saw a humanoid creature that appeared to be made of magma. Its forearms and hands were oversized, and its head was literally on fire. Heatblast raised his hands. "I'm also in the mood for fried chicken!" from his hands came a tornado of fire that blasted all of the aliens out of the alley and across the street. They hit the ground, smoldering and unconscious, but alive. Heatblast looked up to see a ship hanging in the air. It clearly wasn't human, if the bird-men flying protectively around it were any indication. Feeling that he still needed to vent some anger, Heatblast lowered his hands toward the ground and shot a continuous stream of fire, launching himself into the air. He then focused flames out of his feet and rocketed towards the ship.

Thanagarian Prison Shuttle

Six members of the Justice League, some of Earth's greatest heroes, had been defeated. They had been betrayed by Hawkgirl, one of their own. Trapped in a sphere of red sun radiation lay Superman, the Man of Steel. In another cell, Wonder Woman, Princess of the Amazons, was bound to a pole by her own indestructible lasso. Near her cell was the Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, pinned to the ground by gravity generators. Across from him lay the Martian Manhunter, the last son of Mars, held by metals that he could not phase through. At the end of the hall were the cells of Batman, the World's Greatest Detective, and Green Lantern. The Lantern had been stripped of his power ring, and was thus helpless. Batman was simply not seen as a threat. A sense of defeat hung in the air, along with silence.