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Chapter 19 - Chapter 19: Tourist Trap

(On the road outside of a city, Ben was making funny faces at a kid inside of another car moving right alongside the Rust Bucket as Jen sighed with her hand on her chin and strumming her guitar to herself as she tried to come up with something.)

Gwen: "I'd warn you that your face might freeze if you keep doing that, but in your case, it would be an improvement."

(Gwen mocked as Jen gently strummed her guitar and mumbled to herself.)

Jen: "Come on, Jen, think! You know you've got in in you, just do something already!"

(she said as she crumpled up another piece of paper and tossed it into the trash can with tons of other papers around it and only a few actually landed in the can.)

Gwen: "Writer's block?"

Jen: "Like you couldn't believe."

(Jen said as she put her guitar down and banged her head on the table.)

Jen: "I want to write this really great song about a heartbreak somebody had but it's just not coming to me."

(The kid in the other car then ate some of his burger he got from a drive-thru restaurant, chewed it and then stuck his tongue out as Ben as the three recoiled in disgust at that.)

Ben: "Oh, man. The see-food special!"

(Ben exclaimed.)

Ben: "Time to pull out the secret weapon."

(He then held a finger up to him as he ducked under the seat, out of view of the window as he dialed his Omnitrix and slammed down the core, transforming into Stinkfly in a flash of green light and then stuck his face back at the kid, growling and green slimy drool foaming from his mouth.)

(The kid then screamed before his father noticed the alien and he then screamed as well before he floored the gas and drove away from the Rust Bucket as Stinkfly collapsed on his back laughing, his sides hurting in hysterics.)

Gwen: "You know, there is such a thing as taking a joke too far."

(Gwen stated.)

(Stinkfly didn't stop laughing before he blasted a stream of slime from one of his eyestalks onto Gwen's seat as she sat down, instantly feeling the moistness and she glared at her cousin.)

Stinkfly: "Impossible."

(Stinkfly said.)

Stinkfly: "Funny is funny."

Max: "Ben, better get up here."

(Max said from the driver's seat before he slammed the brakes and Stinkfly came soaring to the front of the car as Gwen and Jen walked up.)

Max "Oh, good. You're all ready to go. We've got trouble ahead."

(They looked out the windshield to see a massive truck accident as a fuel truck was crashed into another truck with a fire going down on the floor as the fuel truck driver banged on his door, which was stuck due to the truck's position.)

truck driver: "Help!"

(he shouted.)

civilian: "The door's stuck! He can't get out!"

(a civilian exclaimed.)

(Suddenly, the flames reached the leaking fuel from the truck and blazed brighter, much to the driver's fear.)

Max: "If that propane he's hauling catches fire, that truck will become a rocket to the moon!"

(Max exclaimed as Jen nodded and dialed her Omnitrix as she transformed into Battlefly in a flash of pink light.)

Jen: "It's hero time!"

(she said as she and her brother flew out of the door and into the scene before they saw the fire burning bright as they both had trouble breathing from the smoke.)

Max: "Come on people."

(Max said, guarding the civilians who had pulled over to watch the scene unfold.)

Max: "Let the bugs do some work."

Stinkfly: "The fire's too intense!"

(Stinkfly said as his sister glared.)

Battlefly: "If you weren't trying to show off to that kid in the car, you could be Heatblast right now and this would be no problem!"

Stinkfly: "Hey, that gives me the idea."

(Stinkfly said as he whispered into Battlefly's ear as she then nodded.)

Battlefly: "That could work."

(she then started twisting her hands together in a circle as a small cyclone appeared as she flew skywards and let the cyclone go downwards as it hit the flames, instantly evaporating them as the driver looked confused.)

Gwen: "The vortex sucks away the oxygen. No oxygen, no flame."

(Gwen explained to Max as Battlefly stopped to give Stinkfly a chance to breath.)

(He then flew onto the car and used his tail to slice the top of the truck down and open it and grabbed the driver out of the car and flew him outwards and set him down on the scene.)

(The kid from before then gasped at Stinkfly.)

The kid:"That's the monster that ate that kid!"

Battlefly: "We're not monsters!"

(Battlefly shouted from above.)

Battlefly: "We're aliens!"

Stinkfly: "We've gotta fly."

(Stinkfly said as he and his sister flew away.)

(A little bit later, the Tennysons were back on the road before they stood there bored as Gwen started reading the roadside signs that were showing up.)

Gwen: "You'll have a ball with it! Next exit."

(she read.)

Ben: "Come on, Grandpa!"

(Ben said.)

Ben: "At least give us a hint of what "it" is."

Max: "Uh-uh, no hints."

(Max said.)

Max: "I've been planning this stop all summer."

(When they arrived at the destination, Max opened the door to let the kids out.)

Max: "Now, the three of you close your eyes."

(The kids exited the Rust Bucket with their eyes closed.)

Max: "Okay, open 'em up."

(The kids did so before looking up at the sign before them.)

Max: "Ta-da! Welcome to Sparksville!"

(The kids then looked down at the town to see the old-fashioned culture.)

(There was a hotel next to a giant jackalope, a gift shop and a hot dog restaurant among other things.)

Max: "Is this place great or what?"

Jen: "Let's go with 'or what."

(Jen said, disappointedly.)

Max: "Come on! What's more exciting than the world's biggest fish bowl?"

(Max asked.)

Ben: "Um, everything."

(Ben said.)

(Then, a man in a suit walked over to them.)

the mayor: "As the mayor of Sparksville, I welcome you as seekers of wonder."

(he said in a monotone voice.)

Max: "I know you guys are probably excited to see 'it,' so I'll check us in."

(Max said as he handed the three their tickets as the kids just shrugged.)

(Later, at the Sparksville Museum, the kids were at the welcoming desk as Ben rang the service bell.)

(The man from before then showed up at the desk, much to their shock.)

the mayor: "Tickets please."

Jen: "I thought you were the mayor."

(Jen asked.)

(The mayor then took their tickets and took his half before handing theirs back to them.)

the mayor: "He who wears the crown is bound by many hats, little lady."

(The kids then entered the museum through the gate as the man turned back to them.)

the mayor: "Mind the signs."

(he warned them.)

(We then cut to a montage of pictures of the kids looking at a jackalope and then Gwen mocking it with the twins laughing, Ben messing around near the jackalope, Ben and Gwen taking a photo inside of a standee that looked like the American Gothic, the kids at a planetarium, the kids looking at the World's Largest House of Cards, the kids admiring the aroma of hot dogs, followed by Gwen spraying Ben with ketchup and mustard, Ben tossing a hot dog at his cousin in retaliation, the kids sporting some souveniers from the gift shop, the kids acting like fish next to the World's Largest Fish Bowl, them looking bored on a bench with Jen sipping a soda, and finally, the kids by a sign saying "'It' is this way.")

(At the warehouse containing 'It", the kids were standing with the mayor with admittedly interested stares.)

the mayor: "Through these doors lies the weirdest, wildest thing ever to make its way to Sparksville."

(he explained before opening the door and the kids walked through into the darkness with slightly worried stares.)

Ben: "Please tell me this is 'It'."

(Ben said as tons of neon signs that read.)

Ben: "This way to 'It' lit up around them. Because I can't stand 'It' anymore. 'Do not touch It."

(he read.)

Jen: "Do not photograph It."

(Jen read.)

Gwen: "Do not use batteries or electrical equipment anywhere near It."

(they all read.)

(They finally reached some light and saw a neon sign that read "This is It.")

Jen: "Please don't tell me it's the world's biggest Michael Jackson collection."

(Jen sighed to herself.)

(The sign then raised up into the sky to reveal drumroll... the World's Largest Rubber Band Ball.)

(cue wah-wah trumpet....)

Ben: "This is It?"

(Ben asked in disappointment as the mayor walked up.)

Gwen: "It's a big ball of rubber bands."

(Gwen said.)

the mayor: "And who knows what secrets lie within?"

(the mayor said.)

Jen: "Um, more rubber bands."

(Jen said.)

the mayor: "Stay as long as you like. But mind the signs."

(he said before walking away, leaving the kids to the rubber band ball.)

Ben: "Look at this place!"

(Ben shouted.)

Ben: "These guys are full of 'It.'"

Jen: "We've been totally punked."

(Jen said.)

Gwen: "It is pretty lame."

(Gwen admitted.)

Gwen: "I can't believe Grandpa was so excited about this place."

(Ben then got a smirk on his face before he walked a bit away.)

Jen: "I know that look, Ben."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "What are you thinking?"

(Ben then got behind the ball and in a flash of green light, Four Arms appeared in his place and he lifted up the ball with a smile.)

Four Arms: "One good prank deserves another."

(The girls then got a mischeivous look on their faces and they smiled.)

Gwen: "For once, I agree with you."

(Gwen smirked.)

Jen: "What do you have in mind?"

(Jen asked.)

Four Arms: "Maybe the World's Biggest Booger?"

(he asked as the girls laughed before Four Arms tossed the ball in between his top two hands.)

Jen: "Careful, Ben! You'll drop it!"

Four Arms: "Not a chance. I can hold this thing with three hands tied behind my back."

(Four Arms then put three of his hands down, leaving the ball on one hand.)

(Unfortunately, it started to rumble and his grip gave out as the ball fell out of his hand and bounced towards the girls before Jen tackled Gwen out of the way of its path as it bounced and broke through the warehouse as Jen groaned.)

Four Arms: "Oops."

(Four Arms said as Jen activated her Omnitrix and glared.)

Jen: "I'm on it!"

(she then slammed down the core in a flash of pink light.)

(Her hands then lost two fingers and morphed into black scissor-like claws before her entire structure started to take on a more velociraptor-like state and her skin grew blue with black-armor like plating with pink on the center as well as her feet morphing into a ball-like structure, she grew a long blue and black striped tail and her head into a more triangular shape before her face was covered with a black visor with pink lighting as she struck a pose before XLR8 zoomed after the ball as it bounced, wreaking havoc through the town.)

(It destroyed a hot dog stand before it bounced off of a hay jackalope before it bounced back to Gwen and she dived out of the way before it went back and struck Four Arms right in the chest before it bounced back before XLR8 gripped the ball in her claws and ran backwards in an attempt to stop it in its path as she shouted out in effort before she was struck back into the World's Largest House of Cards, causing it to topple before the ball rolled on top of her before stopping.)

(Four Arms then walked up to his sister as she lifted her face visor as she struggled under the ball.)

XLR8: "Hey, bro. I could use some help under here."

(Gwen then walked up to Four Arms before she glanced at all of the damage that was done by the ball and slapped Four Arms no the shoulder.)

Four Arms: "Ow! What was that for!?"

Gwen: "For turning me into a criminal! Do you have any idea how much money this is going to cost to repair?"

(Gwen asked.)

XLR8: "Certainly more than either of our families have in our accounts!"

(XLR8 shouted as Four Arms slightly rolled the ball off of her.)

Four Arms: "Don't get your panties in a twist."

(Four Arms said.)

Four Arms: "I'll just put everything back to where it was. No problem."

(That was when the Omnitrixes started beeping and the twins transformed back into their human forms as they looked at each other and Jen glared.)

Ben: "Okay, maybe a little problem."

(Ben said, resting his arm on the rubber band ball, unaware that the Omnitrix on his arm and caused some red sparks to shoot off inside of the ball.)

(Back at the Motel Sideways, the twins conversed over what happened.)

Jen: "What are we going to tell Grandpa?"

(Jen asked, worried and pulling her hair out.)

Ben: "Nothing. We just play dumb."

(Ben said.)

Gwen: "Easy for you. You're a lot better at it than we are."

(Gwen said.)

(The three of them then pushed open the door to the hotel room, which, true to the name, was entirely on it's side to see their grandfather waiting for them inside.)

Max: "Hey, there you are."

(Max said.)

Max: "Isn't this place a riot?"

Gwen: "Why? What'd you see?"

(Gwen asked, worried.)

Jen: "We don't know anything about it!"

(Jen said, also worried before her brother laid a hand on her shoulder.)

Ben: "They mean, 'It's great, Grandpa. Can't wait to check out the bathroom."

(Ben said with a nervous twitch.)

[To Be Continued...]

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