Ben 10: Hero and Predator

Chapter 27: Benwolf

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After the storm and flood stopped, Wes, Kai and the rest of the group visited a history museum where they are looking at a tapestry with a large wolf on it that resembling the previous one.

"I never though I'd ever see one." Wes said in disbelief.

"The wolf?" Ciel asked.

"A Yenaldooshi, Navajo werewolf." Wes explained. "I though they only existed in folklore. Their presence is a sign of pure evil."

Y/n gave a skeptical looks at the tapestry and Wes' tale.

"I must find it." Wes armed his hunting rifle. "I'll tranquilize it, and then bag it."

"I'll go with you." Max volunteered.

"Count me in." Ben added.

"Me too, grandpa." Kai insisted.

"You know only Braves can be trackers, Kai." Wes reminded her.

"Who made up that rule?" Gwen asked.

"It's been that way for centuries. Times change, but traditions don't." Wes explained. "Kai and the girls will remain behind."

Kai looked down in defeat before walking away. Gwen was about to protest, but Max held her.

"Their lands, their rules, Gwen." Max said before joining with Wes.

The kids remained behind, looking at the sulking Kai from a distance.

"Is there anything we can do for her?" Ciel asked.

"This is why my family never had a tradition. It restrain them from their freedom." Y/n pointed out.

"Maybe I can cheer her up." Ben suggested.

"Yeah, you do that." Y/n pushed his back in joking manner before handing the sleeping Groot from his pocket to Ciel. "Can you and Gwen do me a favor?"

"What is it?" Ciel asked.

"Put a good word for Ben with Kai."

"So, you basically want us to lie?" Gwen frowned.

"Kinda." Y/n shrugged. "Welp, it's time for us to go."

He then dragged Ben out of the museum and joined up with the elders. And after what seems to be an hour of tracking the wolf, Wes found a trail of its fur.

"You know, this reminds me of when we went after the Yeti up in the Himalayas that time." Max recalled.

"You're a Plumber?" Ben asked Wes.

"Yeti is actually an alien?" Y/n gasped.

"Was." Wes clarified to Ben. "It appears the prints lead this way."

The retired Plumber pointed towards a large chasm in front of them. As they navigated the area, Y/n is pondering about the werewolf's true identity.

He compared his experience encountering the Mayan god with the Navajo werewolf folktale and Wes being a former Plumber.

Conclusion: The werewolf is actually an alien.

Back in the village, the girls are sitting on a balcony while enjoying the cool night air.

"So, I guess my cousin saved you." Gwen said to Kai.

"Yeah, he seems okay." Kai replied.

"By 'okay', do you mean like on a dork meter he'll be like 9 out of 10?"

A howl from a far caught their attention, and Ciel subconsciously held her plushie closer to her chest, as if she wanted to protect it from harm.

Max and the others has found the wolf in a scrapyard in a mountainous. The said beast is scavenging through metals and from its behavior, Y/n assumed that the wolf is a sentient alien.