Narrator: Meanwhile...
In the large library area, Lori (Fourarms) and Swampfire entered carrying the motionless body of Techadon Sid with Lisa, Ronnie Anne and the Ghostfreak Goths following behind them, Sid was carefully placed on a large table as Lisa quickly goes to work to help Sid.
Lori and Ben revert back to their human forms as Lisa told them to leave the library so she focus on resuscitating Sid without any distractions.
Lori, Ben and the Ghostfreak Goths followed orders, Ronnie Anne didn't wanna leave her friend but Sid is in a struggle of life and death, she didn't want to interrupt Lisa's means to save her so the Santiago tomboy leaves the loud prodigy in her medical work.
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In the living room, Ronnie Anne was seen sitting on the couch with her head down while Bobby was comforting her. Ben, Lincoln and Lori were sitting beside them while the others were upstairs to give them some space as Ronnie Anne wasn't in a happy mood. Lucy was seen sitting by the fireplace with Ghostfreak Haiku, both in silence.
Bobby: (patting his sister's back) There, there. I'm sure Sid will be okay, Ronnie Anne.
Ronnie Anne: I wanna believe it... I really do Bobby. She was possessed by a machine and took an electric wire to the back of her neck... her spinal cord... what if she-
Lori: Shhhh... don't say that. I'm sure Lisa will be able to resuscitate and patch Sid up. Even get the Techadon suit off of her too.
Ronnie Anne sighs. Lincoln felt sorry for Ronnie Anne that her best friend was in a state between life and death, he just hopes Sid doesn't end up on death's door. He then turns to Lucy and Ghostfreak Haiku.
Lincoln: Haiku?
Ghostfreak Haiku turns to the white haired boy.
Lincoln: Are you still... you?
Ghostfreak Haiku: Yes... while my form has suddenly changed, I'm still myself...
Lincoln: Okay... how-
Ben: She's a plumber's kid.
Lincoln, Bobby, Lori, Lucy and Ghostfreak Haiku turn to Ben.
Ben: I mean, the curse in this mansion is quite a thriller and people leaving & disappearing through signs of a ghost. Her grandmother isn't a vengeful spirit, she is a vengeful ectonurite.
Ghostfreak Haiku: Ectonurite?
Ben: They're a species of ghost/phantom aliens from Anur Phaetos.
Lucy: Whoa.
Ghostfreak Haiku: I see... so I'm an alien ghost hybrid........... wicked.
Lucy: I second that. But how did Haiku awaken this power and today of all times?
Ben: (smirks) I have a theory and we should ask Willow that.
The five except Ronnie Anne looked at Ben in confusion.
Ben: Ahem... we should ask Willow that!
Then the lights flickered on and off, the objects begin to shake while various wails and moans were heard throughout the living room as lightning flashed outside with roaring thunder and drizzling rain.
Ghostfreak Haiku: She's... She's coming...
Soon, out of the basement appeared... the floating portrait of Willow as the portrait's eyes were glowing purple.
Bobby: Ahhhhh!! A floating portrait!
Lori reaches for her omnitrix but Ben stops her.
Ben: Wait. Just watch.
The portrait begins to contort and twist, taking form into something before everyone's very eyes. The portrait completes the sudden change into a slightly tall female like ghost with pale skin, a humanoid skull face with slight sharp fangs, short black hair, reflective violet blue eyeshadow, black & purple eyes and had a slim yet graceful figure. She was wearing a black dress with white lines running all over her, elongated bone claws and a black & white striped, ghostly tail.
Ben: Nice of you to show yourself, Willow.
The Ectonurite now revealed as Willow stared at Ben with an eerie glance for a moment before turning to Bobby, Lori, Ronnie Anne and Lincoln, glancing at them as well. Then she turns to Lucy and Ghostfreak Haiku, floating towards them, looking directly at the 13 year old goth turned ectonurite.
Ghostfreak Haiku: ....?
Willow: ........ (spoke in a ghostly, calm female voice) Granddaughter.....
Willow hugged the 13 year old goth turned ectonurite, who slowly hugs her back.
Ghostfreak Haiku: I thought you died upon cursing the man who betrayed you...
Willow: Yes and No. The curse indeed worked as I was at death's door but instead I was put in a dormant state as my essence merged with the mansion to keep intruders out & you safe. I noticed that you've become what I am.
Ghostfreak Haiku: Yes... so you're an alien phantom?
Willow: Yes. It seems your inner ectonurite awakened due to my aura radiating upon sensing the threat of the Techadon and the ectonurite DNA within that device (points to Lucy's omnitrix).
Ghostfreak Haiku & Lucy: Gasp/Gasp.
Willow: Yes, I guess my alien gene passed down to your family, to your mother and to you.
Ghostfreak Haiku: I see...
Willow: (Turns to Ben) And yes, I'm aware of who you are, Ben Tennyson... (pulls something from her sleeve, revealing a plumber's badge) I used to be a plumber.
Ben: Alright. Good to meet you. And we could use the extra help of what's happening.
Willow: Yes... The DNA rupture wave caused by the dreaded Corruptrarom, a dreaded race thought to be dead but last of it's kind survived...
Ben: Yes... He even took out my cousin, my friend and even my grandpa... two of them are corrupted and grandpa is fighting for his life in a healing chamber after.... what he went through with the alien...
Willow: Max Tennyson... I see. I assure you that Max will be okay, this isn't the first time he's been in critical condition and he's quite stubborn to let his injuries do him in.
Ben: Yeah.
Willow: I shall lend you and your friends my aid in this fight.
Ben: Thanks.
Lincoln: We appreciate it and ummm... sorry for the damages to parts of your mansion.
Willow: No worries, I can fix it in an instant. I may be an ectonurite but I do know magic.
Ghostfreak Haiku: I'll help.
Lucy: Same. I want to learn some dark magic as well.
Willow floats away with Ghostfreak Haiku and Lucy following.
Lori: Certain things with Lucy just doesn't change.
Soon, Lisa barged into the living room.
Lisa: Come to the library, immediately!
Ben, Lincoln, Lori, Bobby and Ronnie Anne got up and immediately rushed after Lisa to the library to check up on Sid's condition.
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Within the library, Ben, Ronnie Anne, Lincoln, Bobby and Lori were staring at the unconscious body of Sid Chang, who's body was back to her normal form but... the Techadon gauntlet remained on Sid's right arm but something was different, the platinum blue gauntlet seems to have shrunken to the size of Sid's normal arm, Ronnie Anne went to try to remove it but it shocked her hand on contact.
Ronnie Anne: Ouch!
Lisa: Not a wise decision to do that.
Ronnie Anne hissed while rubbing her left hand.
Lori: I see Sid is back to normal but why that gauntlet still on her?
Lisa: To put it simple, it's stuck.
Ronnie Anne: Whatta you mean stuck?!
Lisa sighs.
Lisa: Allow me to explain, when Sid was struggling to remove the Techadon suit, she was caught in electric wires and took a large one to the back of her neck, exposing her to a tremendous amount of volts.
Bobby: Will Sid be alright?
Lisa: Save questions until the end. If Sid weren't wearing the armor, the shot to the back of the neck would've fatally killed her but the Techadon's nanomachines kept it from happening.
Lincoln: So you're saying... The Techadon saved Sid...?
Lisa: I wouldn't say that. It was more of Sid & the Techadon trying to struggle for control over the other, when the electric shock hit the back of Sid's neck, the Techadon acted on it with its defense & reconstruction circuitry kicking in and this is when I discovered the news upon treating Sid's wound & getting a blood sample.
Ben: What have you discovered?
Lisa: The Electric volts that struck Sid's neck as well as the reconstruction circuitry of the Techadon traveled within the neck of Sid, entering her body with immense shocks and nanomachines flooding into Sid's bloodstream & so on, fusing with her cells & merged with her DNA.
Ronnie Anne: What are you saying...?
Lisa: Sid has become an altered hybrid between Human & Techadon.
Bobby: No way! S-So Sid is half robot?! Will she ever eat again?! Will she ever swim, bath or drink water?! Will she short circuit upon going in the rain or rust?! Will she have to drink oil or get batteries whenever she runs out of power?!?!
Lisa: No Bobby. Sid's not that kind of robotic hybrid. The Nanomachines of the Techadon did not change her human structure or replace her human organs with machinery, she's completely healthy and can still eat, drink, swim, bath, etc.
Bobby: Oh... phew.
Ronnie Anne: So she's fine.
Lisa: Yes, Sid just needs to rest for awhile.
Ronnie Anne: But what if Sid gets controlled by the Techadon again?
Lisa: I assure you that won't happen on my watch.
Ben: I hope you're right about that.
Lori: And you're saying that the glove is permanently stuck on Sid?
Lisa: That is correct. I tried removing it several times but...
Lisa points to the piles of broken, severed and melted tools & gadgets.
Lori: Yikes.
Lisa: I will stay here to keep an eye on Sid while she rests.
Ben: Got it.
Lincoln noticed the green Techadon on the table with lisa's computer wires connected to it's egg shaped head. Luckily, it won't respond and attack, maybe. Ben, Lincoln, Lori and Bobby heeded lisa's word as they left the library except for Ronnie Anne, who decided to stay and keep Sid company until she wakes up.
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Ben, Lincoln, Bobby and Lori told the news to the others, who had mixed reactions but wish Sid a speedy recovery. They were also shocked, especially Carol that Haiku is also a plumber's kid with alien powers & her times 3 great grandmother Willow alive and an ectonurite.
Speaking of whom, Willow managed to fix the damage done to her home in Sid's rampage as if it never happened, she even helped Lynn up, who regained consciousness and was spooked by Willow as Lucy explained everything to her after the fight.
Willow decided to train Haiku in handling her ectonurite form & power as well as changing back to her human form.
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Meanwhile, we cut to Ben, Lincoln, Lynn and Clyde who were watching the news with Katherine Mulligan in a helicopter, clothes tattered and hair messy.
Katherine Mulligan: This is Katherine Mulligan reporting to you in the sky, we managed to get away from the chaotic wave that's turning residents of royal woods into strange creatures but the threat continues to spread immensely with no signs of stopping! Royal woods finest scientists are still looking into this matter but how long will it be I'm not sure, those who haven't been infected, get of royal woods as fast as you can! Evacuation is in order-
Crash!!
Katherine Mulligan: Ngh! (To the pilot) What's going on?! We've been hit?! By what-AAAAAH!!
The camera was spiraling, followed by the sound of a huge explosion.
Clyde: What happened?!
Lincoln: They were shot out of the sky!
Lynn: By what?!
Soon on the television, the camera was picked up by.... Dr. Amino, who was engulfed in black & white aura and menacing, glowing white eyes as he grins sadistically while holding Katherine Mulligan by the neck, both on the back of a flying, mutant Jetray-like bat creature.
Dr. Animo: Well, well, well... look what we have here...?
Lynn: Who is that creep?
Ben: Dr. Animo. A crazed scientist and criminal obsessed with genetic experimentation, I've fought him a couple of times.
Lincoln: Look, He's sporting the same ominous aura as that Vulkanus guy.
Dr. Animo: Greetings everyone throughout the entire globe, I, Dr. Aloysius Animo, have returned... even more greater & powerful than before! As you can see... royal woods itself has fallen under the corruption wave by my master!
Lincoln: Master?
Ben: He's working with the Corruptrarom.
Dr. Animo: But royal woods is only the beginning of the end! Corruption shall spread throughout the entire world, erasing the inferior humans & given creation to a glorious new age of species!
Dr. Animo smirks as his grip on Katherine Mulligan's neck tightens, engulfing her in the same corrupted aura. Katherine screams in agony, her eyes bugged out wide and her face & body contorted and changed. Clyde, Lynn and Lincoln were shocked and grossed out as Katherine Mulligan was turned into a grotesque hybrid of wildmutt and stinkfly, who let out a guttural roar.
Clyde: Oh god... (tries not to vomit)
Lynn: He just...
Lincoln: .... turned Katherine Mulligan into that...
Ben narrows his eyes.
Dr. Animo: Soon, everyone shall meet the same fate as the earth and soon the entire universe shall fall to corruption.... (looks deep into the camera with an evil grin) And Ben Tennyson... I know you and your little helpers are watching this somewhere, you have two options; Either surrender or try to stop us, by all means.... try and this time the heroes will fall!
Dr. Animo crushed the camera, causing the tv to show nothing but static.
To be continued...
(Chapter 19 is finished! Please let me know what you think of it! Sid Chang has completely merged with the Techadon, will she awake from her slumber? Will the Techadon control her again? Willow (my oc) has made her debut & allied herself with Ben & the others. And finally Dr. Animo has appeared with new power from the Corruptrarom and with a threatening message to Ben and the group. What's gonna happen next? Find out next chapter, this is omegacrow-nexus fading to black.)