Hidden inheritance

Chapter 10: Back with an apology

"Hey."

Sixsix turned to his partner.

"Remember the bounty someone put on Vilgax's head recently when they found out he was still alive?"

The Sotoraggian grunted in response, shaking his head.

"Yeah. Even if we could do it, I don't feel like breaking the kid's heart either."

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"Great." Ben scowled, looking at the several holes in the ship's walls. "He got away."

"For a human weakling, he's fast."

"Didn't you know? On Earth, kids are the fastest creatures alive." joked Ben while his father was inspecting the damage.

"I wouldn't know. On Vilgaxia, young Chimerans are peaceful and docile, only getting more active during water activities."

"Was I different compared to other kids?"

Vilgax turned to him. "Well, as a baby, you certainly were full of energy both in water and on land, I can't say I've ever seen that much liveliness coming from others."

Ben snickered. He wondered how things were back when he lived with his dad, before he was taken away. They probably lived in one of those fancy castles with gold toilets and butlers all looking the same (though considering this was aliens he was thinking of, clones of the same guy weren't that out of the question).

"Ben, you better come take a look at this." he beckoned, observing a drone's destroyed remains.

"Hm?" Ben approached the machine, kneeling down to inspect the circuits' leftovers. "Wow, he went hard on this one. Poor little guy... hey, why is that claw all weird?"

The drone's metal claw was all twisted, probably Kevin's doing. But there was something unusual on it. There were colored spots that looked a lot similar to the Chimerian Hammer's walls, possessing the same texture and color. The drone was badly beaten up, but this was different from the usual damage.

Upon closer inspection, it wasn't rubble over the robot. And if it was, it was stuck to it like glue. As if the walls' bits had merged with the drone...

"Did Kevin give your robots a paint job? I'm not sure the eyes are supposed to be covered, it's like he took the thing next to him and punched your drone to death with it."

Vilgax hummed, taking a closer look. The iron looked like it melted into the material over it, both pieces had merged, and it almost looked like there was a hand print. The way the iron was crumbled, it was as if someone had clutched it before turning it into an amalgamated mess of matter.

Amalgamated...

"That youngling doesn't just absorb energy."

"Huh?" Ben looked up.

"He was able to absorb your powers and some of my enhancements' raw power, but it seems he can also absorb matter and replicate it, much like how he did with some of your less... organic forms."

"Wait, Kevin can use other stuff? Oh man! Does that mean we got an alien slash mutant slash robot hybrid freak loose?" Ben sighed.

"No. Like I said, he must've run out of energy to use." Vilgax explained. "He would've used the Ectonurite's powers to escape discreetly instead, rather than simply causing havoc and think he'd get away with it. Though I must admit, I'm surprised he lasted this long if all it took was my ship to drain him."

"Kevin doesn't really do sneaky or silent, he's more of the 'smash everything because I'm mad' type. If he ever thought of using Ectonurite powers to escape while he was a freak, he wouldn't-"