Together by force (stopped)

Part 2: Fall and wait - the truce

"COME HERE AND MAKE YOUR DAMN APPLIANCE WORK" he angrily ordered the human who was still laughing on the ground, Ben of course took a moment to calm down and walk towards his great enemy who again looked at him with contempt.

"I told you, you can't, but I do! You need me" said the human child triumphantly, unfortunately it was true ... painfully true, Vilgax would have to endure to the human annoyance the time it would take them to escape from that flower trap.

"Don't think you can use this against me, you are weak and clueless, you alone will not survive here, unfortunately ... that's the situation" Vilgax growled with contempt while taking a seat on the floor, Vilgax is very durable, but is limited to the amount of damage he can suffer and this fight had been one of the strongest, he wouldn't admit it publicly .. but he missed those fights ... since he got his title of conqueror and destroyer nobody dared to disobey his orders, not even wanted to work for him! , The human was the only one so stupid to go against him ...he supposed he will miss the arrogance of the child when he finishes his life ..

"Then .. we have to ... work together" the tone was now annoying, Ben had returned to his human form and also sat on the other wall of the place, sighing to finally be able to take a break

"And I'm not weak! I managed to kick your ass!" mocked with a little anger

"Really? I wonder who swept the floor of my ship with his disgusting face" he growled mockingly, knowing full well that this time he had won, despite everything, even for him it was strange to hear him fall to the child's level. mocking in such a way, but it was not bad to give a spoonful of his own medicine to the arrogant earthling.

"tsk" was the only response of the human child, then he laid his back on the rocks

uncomfortable silence, now the rain is heard distant, both enemies look at each other with annoyance, displeasure .. nobody knows what else to do .. Vilgax had to break the silence for a good reason

"Since we are forced to be together, the wisest thing to avoid more discord between the two is to establish some regulations-" his talk was interrupted by Ben's moans

"Stop talking like my history teacher! I don't understand anything" he complained louder raising his arms, then crossing them

Vilgax growled and sighed deeply .. this will be difficult "if you don't me want to break every one of your bones, we have to put rules!"

"OK, whic one is it?" the child responded quickly, as if waiting for the pond to end quickly, both wanted the same thing, but the warlord knows better than anyone that in such unpleasant situations it is best to establish strict and direct rules, easy to obey and try to benefit to both parties.

"Don't ever interrupt me again" was clearly his first order, it was expected the snort of the young hero

"always listen to what I say, of the two I know more about survival abroad" before Ben complained again, "I don't care if you have the map, I will guide!" he growled fiercely, then continued, "you will become what I order when I order it!"

Ben can't stand anymore "of course you can't control me like that! I choose what I want when I want!" and to prove it he change again to Stinkfly "once! you don't give me orders "

The new lack of respect infuriated the face of squid more "CLEAR THAT I WILL DO IT, REMEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE!"

"ME, I HAVE THE OMNITRIX, I CONTROVE IT" he replied with the same rudeness as the destroyer of worlds, both were ready to fight

"Boy, you better lower your head, we both know that you can't resist another blow" he didn't shouted, but the hatred was visible in his tone, on another occasion he would have removed his jaw with a blow, but in those moments he needs the Human alive Even if he had managed to manipulate the device, nothing assures him that the fauna could finish it, he has visited planets with much larger and more dangerous creatures, very difficult to kill even for him, and since the planet was never of his interest, he didn't worry about investigating what inhabits it.

Ben sighed, doesn't want to admit it but really is very weak, his whole body hurts, but still is willing to continue, The alien squid had to take a firm and hard step to push back the omnitrix carrier. Ben fell to the ground returning to his human form, looking again at the eyes of his enemy with anger and concern.

"You will listen to me, and you will obey, if you want to survive" was his last rule before sitting down again, he can't think of anything better thanks to hatred and stress

"If we are going to work together, those rules are vital that we must fulfill"

"I don't like them" he complained with frustration "I want to put mines too!"

Vilgax grimaced, then thought a moment, really doesn't want to hear more complaints, the best thing to deal with infants is to give what they want, if it really is not so difficult to give them, that as long as they don't go the line of what is allowed.

"Well, talk, be coherent"

Ben snorted and before going back to tempt his luck he started

"I will choose when to transform, that you can't control, I also want to lead!"

"Not at all," he interrupted cheekily "you can not" he spoke with more seriousness than anger.

"of course I can!" if he could,he would stand but his legs are very tired

"NO" his eyes seemed to shine more, the cave had become darker in the course of his talk "you are insubordinate, erratic, and I doubt you have the necessary knowledge of how to act in these situations" spoke with a little more calm but still with anger and seriousness in his voice.

Ben didn't answer and just snorted "... just because I forgot my book, it's not fair" he speak in a low tone, but Vilgax managed to listen, his grandfather had bought him a survival book a few days ago, they had planned to return to camp after the discovery that changed their lives .. unfortunately that didn't happen ... to have such a happy book could have responded to the face of squid, but since he didn't have it, the best thing was just to shut up.

Instead of mocking again he decided to just keep quiet for a moment, then continue "I have this knowledge,this is why its essential that I have the leadership, some other request?" He really doesn't want to know .. but better to have everything set up from the start.

Ben shook his head looking away, nothing seemed to appear in his mind at that moment ..

both agreed to the truce, they forced themselves not to fight again unless somebody was going over the line. Ben promised to try to be less ... annoying, and vilgax to be more patient ... a torture for both.

After the pact they both had an uncomfortable silence again, it wasn't until they noticed that it was already night that Vilgax spoke again seriously but less furiously.

"Rest, I'll make sure we stay safe"

Ben thought for a moment before nodding his head, distrustfully tried to get comfortable on the rocks, felt that at any moment Vilgax would attack him by surprise, so he couldn't sleep calmly, but to the extreme tiredness of his body at the end He fell exhausted in the arms of morpheus.

Vilgax really wanted to end the boy's life, after all the complications he had caused .. but he is loyal to his word, he took care that no animal approached, he had to shoot carnivorous mammals, he was surprised that Ben hadn't even looked, he was sure it had caused enough noise to do it ... he began to think .. that perhaps the boy's wounds had left him unconscious .. and then he would be dead .. Humans are known to be weak, perhaps determined and fighters .. but weak above all, even more when they are young and inexperienced .. as his enemy ... perhaps he had been too tough? Did he really break something inside the human? when he attacked he made sure that Ben was in some alien way but ... with his strength he could still hurt him a lot ..

The thoughts worried him ... worried? Yes, the more he thought about how to escape without help, more notice that would fail if he didn't have the human with him ... maybe he trusted too much to think that Ben would know the fauna of the place .. but he doesn't have that knowledge, he doesn't know anything about the human, he never cared ... but now he's frustrated that he doesn't know it. He hates not having data ... and the human's condition being a mystery bothers him more ..

He decided to notice if he was still breathing .. if he does ... he seems deeply asleep ... too much ... the clock is ornate, bright ... taking into account that the clock is so glued and mixed with the human .. it was a relief to notice the color green alive, means that the user is not in danger, with this Vilgax was calmer .. he returned to his place and remained vigilant .. waiting for the new day.