(Somewhere in Texas, a construction crew were working at an oil mine.)
(Some of the construction workers were drilling in a certain section when the drill suddenly stalled.)
the manager: "Something's wrong."
(the manager said.)
(The drill immediately seized up and the ground around immediately cracked and shifted around it.)
the manager: "Run!"
(The construction workers immediately ran away from the site as the tower caved in under them along with a huge section of the ground.)
(Luckily, they were able to escape in time.)
(The workers looked back and gazed at the crater that had formed.)
(From the crater, a plume of fire shot up from the ground under them before forming the face of a demon as they died out.)
(From the flames a grey rocky mask with yellow sides and green gem eyes appeared and fell to the ground in front of them, the eyes glowing for a second as they looked at it in curiosity.)
(The Rust Bucket was parked somewhere in the desert as the Tennysons sat at the table eating soup while Allison was in the kitchen section cooking something else up.)
Max: "Well, what do you think?"
(Max asked.)
Max: "Bet you never tasted anything like that before."
(Ben, Jen and Gwen were eating when they detected something crunchy in the soup, which caught their attention.)
Jen: "What's the crunchy stuff?"
(Jen asked.)
Max: "Dung beetles."
(That immediately caught their disgust as they immediately spat the soup out and Jen used her telekinesis to levitate their soup out of the window as Allison sighed from the kitchen.)
Max: "What? Too spicy?"
(Max asked.)
Max: "You'll get used to it."
Allison: "You're lucky I went along for the ride."
(she said as she whipped up the custard for the French toast she was making.)
Allison: "I am not eating anything of Max's. No offense."
Gwen: "Yeah."
(Gwen agreed.)
Gwen: "You're a really good cook, Allison."
Allison: "Thanks, Gwen. I've had to provide for myself and Kevin ever since we ran away from home. You pick up some stuff from working in restaurants to get money."
(She then dipped the bread in her custard as she heated up a pan on the stove with a smile.)
(Suddenly, an alarm sounded in the RV and from one of the cabinets, a moniter came down that showed the mask from before on it as the twins ducked out of the way.)
(Max gained a shocked look on his face.)
Max: "No."
Ben: "Grandpa? What is it?"
(Ben asked
Max: "The Mask of Ah Puch."
(Max said, turning the monitor to them.)
Max: "It's the key to the most powerful and destructive weapon ever created."
(Later, the Rust Bucket drove along the road with Ben in the front seat and Jen, Gwen and Allison eating their breakfast that Allison cooked up: French toast with bacon and eggs.)
Gwen: "Finally, I can actually eat something in this RV."
(Gwen said as Allison smiled as they ate.)
Jen: "Awesome!"
(Jen cheered as she ate her bacon.)
Jen: "It's nice to have someone along for the ride who can actually cook."
Allison: "You'll never go hungry as long as I'm here."
(Allison promised with a smile as she listened to her music on her phone and sighed.)
Max: "The Mask of Ah Puch is the guide to the Sword of Ek Chuaj."
(Max explained to Ben.)
Max: "The Plumbers searched for it for decades without any luck."
Ben: "Ek Chuaj?"
(Ben asked.)
Ben: "What kind of alien is that?"
Max: "Not alien. Mayan. Ek Chuaj was the Mayan god of war. His sword was rumored to have leveled cities with just one swipe."
Ben: "Ha!"
(Ben said.)
Ben: "Sounds like just the kind of thing the world's most powerful 10-year-old boy should have."
Max: "This is no toy, Benjamin."
(Max said, a serious look on his face.)
Max: "Whoever controls the sword controls the destiny of mankind. And I will not let it fall into the wrong hands."
(The kids looked at each other, concerned.)
(They had never seen their grandfather this serious over anything before.)
(Not even when they faced Vilgax.)
(After about an hour, they arrived at the oil mine where the mask was discovered.)
Max: "I'll bet they're keeping it in the basement."
(Max said.)
Max: "Ben, Jen, you two go alien and sneak in and open the side door for us."
Ben: "Sneak in?"
(Ben asked.)
Ben: "Don't you mean break in?"
Max: "Ben."
(Max said.)
Max: "I haven't how time to explain to you how important it is for us to get the mask."
Allison: "He's right."
(Allison said.)
Allison: "If what Max says is true, then it's kind of important for us to do all we can to not attract attention."
Max: "Now can we count on you?"
(Max asked as the twins nodded.)
Jen: "You know you can, Grandpa."
(Jen said with a nervous look on her face.)
(Max nodded and got out of the driver's seat and went to the back of the Rust Bucket.)
Ben: "What's up with Grandpa?"
(Ben asked the others.)
Ben: "He's so... intense."
Gwen: "Cut him some slack, will you?"
(Gwen asked.)
Gwen: "He's trying to save the world."
Allison: "I know that I would be that intense if the world was on my shoulders."
(Allison said.)
Allison: "And you know you would too."
(The twins shrugged as they activated their Omnitrixes with a nod as they highlighted Grey Matter and Frostblight with a nod.)
Jen: "It's showtime, bro."
(Jen said as they slammed the cores down together.)
(The Omnitrix sank into Ben's wrist as his hands and feet grew grey-blue and slimy as they secreted mucus from his pores and only had four fingers and three toes.)
(The Omnitrix symbol grew on his back and the blue spread to the rest of his skin as his eyes grew huge and buggy, taking up the entire upper half of his face as the pupils turned sideways and rectangular and his mouth was filled with sharp teeth.)
(His hair and nose vanished as he shrunk to three inches tall.)
(His attire shifted to a green one-piece bodysuit that fit his body with wraps around his feet.)
(He struck a pose as the transformation finished.)
(The Omnitrix sank into Jen's wrist as her skin turned an icy blue and started radiating cold air and she shut her eyes closed and when they opened, they revealed bright glowing pink eyes with no pupils and her hair shifted into blue spiky hair like ice.)
(Her clothes then shifted to a pink ballerina-like outfit complete with the skirt and flat pink shoes.)
(Her body then shrank to 3 inches high and a pair of insect wings like a pixie grew out of her back.)
(The watch symbol appeared on the belt of her skirt.)
(She pirouetted on one foot before striking a pose like a ballerina as the transformation finished.)
(Grey Matter and Frostblight then flew/hopped out of the RV with a glare as they snuck past the guards as they saw the pipe leading to the guard station's gutter.)
Grey Matter: "Ladies first."
(Grey Matter said with a polite bow.)
Frostblight: "Oh, Ben, how thoughtful of you."
(Frostblight said with a fake posh accent as she flew up the gutter followed by her brother as he climbed up.)
(The others examined this from the Rust Bucket as Gwen looked on, concerned.)
Gwen: "I know that Ben can be a major doofus, but don't you think you were a little..."
Max: "You're just kids."
(Max said.)
Max: "I don't expect you to understand."
Allison: "Max, I'm 13 years old."
(Allison said.)
Allison: "I understand plenty."
(The twins got into the station through the drain pipe as Grey Matter removed the drain and Frostblight flew out as she sighed once she saw some chewed gum on her brother's head.)
Grey Matter: "Oh man!"
(he groaned as he removed the gum.)
Grey Matter: "I should've just gone Cannonbolt and busted my way in."
Frostblight: "As much as I know we need to be sneaky in this situation, do I look like I would want to go into a drain pipe with this dress on?"
(Frostblight groaned.)
(She then gained a stunned look of fear as she pointed behind her brother with a silent "Meep.")
(Grey Matter looked behind him to see a German Shepard with a spiked collar snarling and growling at them, slobber drooling from the mouth.)
(They looked behind to see another guard dog and they gasped.)
Grey Matter: "Ah!"
(he shouted.)
(Frostblight grabbed her brother and flew him up as the dogs bonked their heads together as they flew out of the room, not looking back.)
(Once they were out of the door, Grey Matter grabbed a janitor's bucket and closed the door with it, barricading it.)
Frostblight: "Just in case."
(Frostblight said as she flew up to the doorknob and touched it, freezing it solid.)
Frostblight: "Who are the big dogs now?"
(They then ran off for the basement.)
(Speaking of which, the others were standing outside of the cellar door waiting patiently.)
Allison: "Why don't I just absorb the metal and bust us in?"
(Allison asked
Max: "And draw attention to us? I don't think so."
(Max said as the knob turned and the twins swung out.)
Max: "It's about time."
(Max entered as Gwen picked up Grey Matter and Allison picked up Frostblight before they gave a sniff to them.)
Gwen: "Why do you two smell like dog slobber?"
(They then entered the cellar and closed the door behind them as a familiar black limousine pulled up behind them.)
[To Be Continued...]