LightReader

Chapter 329 - Chapter 329: Meeting With Magister Prior Gilhil And Takes Kevin And Becky's Plumbers Badge

(Kevin drove his car with Allison driving her bike along the rear as they moved in towards a warehouse before they parked alongside the road and looked forwards as Kevin looked on and folded his arms.)

Kevin: "Are you sure this is the place, Ben?"

(he asked.)

Ben: "That's what our tip said."

(Ben said.)

Kevin: "Yeah, that's what worries me."

(Kevin said.)

Kevin: "You don't get tips. I get tips. You don't have any connections."

Jen: "The L-Crew, the Plumbers kids, Scarlett and the Protectors, oh, and now the Miraculous Team."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "We have plenty of connections, Kevin."

Ben: "Oh, and Allison and our cousins."

Allison: "It's true. They do know us."

(Allison smiled as she crossed her arms and moved forwards with Gwen and Becky.)

Ben: "Real nice support there, Ally."

(Ben said with a groan.)

Gwen: "We could just go look and see."

(Gwen suggested.)

(The twins nodded as Gwen and Jen created mana platforms like a staircase and the team moved upwards to the rooftop before looking through the glass rafter to see the Forever Knights moving a bunch of wooden crates into trucks.)

Kevin: "Forever Knights."

(Kevin said, absorbing the concrete from the roof.)

Becky: "Up to no good as usual."

(Becky said as the team suited up.)

Ben: "Showtime."

(Ben said as he and Jen transformed into...)

Chromastone: "Chromastone!"

Discharge: "Discharge!"

(Chromastone leaped forward, breaking the glass rafter as Discharge dissolved her entire body into electricity, traveling through the power lines as Kevin, Matter Girl and Huntress leaped downwards, landing beside Chromastone as Discharge appeared and generated electricity from her hands with a glare as Lucky Girl levitated herself downwards and they all took a fighting stance.)

Chromastone: "Alright! Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt!"

(Chromastone shouted.)

(But, much to their astonishment, they saw the Forever Knights continuing with their business as usual as if the team had never arrived.)

Matter Girl: "Uh, hello?!"

(Matter Girl asked.)

Discharge: "Did you hear us?!"

(Discharge asked.)

Huntress: "I don't think so."

(Huntress said as she stuck her spear out passed it straight through a Forever Knight, passing through him like thin air.)

Lucky Girl: "Holograms."

(Lucky Girl realized.)

???: "Good guess."

(a gruff voice said.)

(The holograms shimmered sharply before disappearing entirely.)

(A fish-like alien in a Plumbers suit then pocketed the generator before walking up to our heroes.)

Gilhil: "Magister Gilhil of the Plumbers."

(he introduced.)

Gilhil: "Magister Prior Gilhil. I'm the commanding officer of this entire quadrant. You're all under arrest for impersonating officers of the law."

(He produced his badge and the team all gasped out in shock.)

(That was when the twins stepped forwards and then transformed back to human form as the others deactivated their suits.)

Ben: "Under arrest for what?!"

(Ben asked.)

Gilhil: "Impersonating Plumbers. We're the only law enforcement organization recognized by all signatories of the Milky Way Treaty. That makes what you've done an interstellar-class felony."

Kevin: "Sounds bad."

(Kevin said as Becky facepalmed.)

Gilhil: "If I were you, I'd keep my big mouth in check."

Kevin: "If I were you, I wouldn't threaten someone who could kick your can halfway up the street and back."

Gilhil: "You feeling froggy, son? Then jump."

(Kevin stepped forwards with a glare before Allison laid a hand on his shoulder.)

Allison: "And if you're feeling smart, don't."

(Kevin glanced to Gilhil, who only smirked at him with him returning the favor.)

Gilhil: "Ribbit."

(He then charged forwards with a punch, only for Gilhil to catch his fist and then moved it downwards, breaking it before he tossed Kevin across the way into a bunch of crates, sending him crashing into the wall.)

(Gilhil moved forwards and looked plainly.)

Gilhil: "Stand down, son."

(Kevin growled, pressing his hand against a beam and absorbing the steel from it, giving two strong uppercuts to Gilhil's jaw before he glanced and then looked on.)

Gilhil: "As much as I'd love to going a few more rounds with you, I don't have the time."

(He stuck a weapon out that shot an orange bola outwards that wrapped around Kevin's entire body and then levitated him in the air.)

(Ben and Jen went for their Omnitrixes as Gilhil aimed his weapon at them.)

Gilhil: "Don't."

Becky: "Do."

(Becky whispered.)

(Gilhil fired his blaster out as Becky loosed an arrow outwards that broke the bola as the twins slammed the cores down, transforming into...)

Goop: "Goop!"

Kung Fang: "Kung Fang!"

(Goop then used his levitation device to move forwards, oozing all around the Magister and knocking his weapon out of his hand as Kung Fang moved forwards and then sliced it to bits with her katanas before sheathing them gracefully as her brother constricted himself around Gilhil, knocking him to the ground before forming his head from the gelatinous mass.)

Goop: "You wanna talk? Then let's talk."

(On the rooftop they were just on, the twins had changed back to normal as Kevin paced around while the others stood patiently in front of Gilhil.)

Kevin: "I don't see why we have to talk to him."

(Kevin shrugged.)

Gilhil: "Because I'm the Plumber officer in charge of this whole section of space."

Ben: "Then you would know that we're the good guys."

(Ben said.)

Gilhil: "What I know is that over the last couple of months, I've had several reports of the six of you kids passing yourselves off as Plumbers."

Gwen: "Our grandfather was a Plumber."

(Gwen said.)

Gilhil: "Max Tennyson. He was a good man. But that doesn't make you Plumbers."

Jen: "Um, we're not. We're just superheroes. We're not the only ones on this planet."

(Jen said.)

Gilhil: "And you two."

(he said to Allison and Kevin.)

Gilhil: "You don't even have a claim by blood."

Kevin: "Yes we do."

(Kevin said.)

Kevin: "Our father, our real father was-"

(He then turned to Allison, who had her eyes as wide as dinner plates, finally having the truth confirmed for her.)

Gwen: "Kevin? Ally?"

(Gwen asked.)

Kevin: "Nothing."

(Kevin shrugged.)

Kevin: "Never mind."

Becky: "Remember what Xylene said five years ago?"

(Becky whispered.)

Becky: "Their father was a Plumber."

Gilhil: "The point is."

(Gilhil continued.)

Gilhil: "There's a reason we shut down Plumber's operations on Earth five years ago. After Vilgax was destroyed-"

Ben: "You mean after we destroyed him."

(Ben said, folding his arms.)

Gilhil: "Credit where credit is due."

(Gilhil admitted.)

Gilhil: "But Earth is a backwater Level 2 planet. Without an imminent threat, I can't allow Plumber's resources to be wasted here. I've got over 300 inhabited planets under my watch."

Jen: "Look, Magister."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "Can we call you Magister?"

Gwen: "The other Plumber we met was named Magister too."

(Gwen said.)

Becky: "Magister Labrid, may he rest in peace."

(Becky said.)

Gilhil: "Magister's a rank, not a name."

(Gilhil explained with a chuckle.)

Gilhil: "You pretend to be Plumbers, but you know nothing about the job."

Allison: "We've never pretended to be anything!"

(Allison shot.)

Ben: "Aliens are attacking our planet!"

(Ben said.)

Ben: "We're just superheroes fighting to keep it safe!"

Jen: "We can't just sit here and do nothing. That's not what heroes do."

(Jen said.)

Gilhil: "I've read a number of reports on your activities, Omni-Team. There is no evidence of significant alien activity here."

Ben: "We've seen them!"

(Ben shouted.)

Ben: "We wrecked one of their ships!"

Gilhil: "I've assigned a new Magister to this region. He'll check in on the Earth some time in the next few months. If you have proof, present it to him and let him take care of Plumber business."

Jen: "A few months?!"

(Jen shouted.)

Jen: "But by then, there won't be a world to take care of!"

Gilhil: "I'm inclined to give you kids a break. Ben, Jen, you wear the Omnitrixes so you already have special dispensation. The Galvan have requested that you two not be interfered with in minor matters. And the reports I've read indicate that as you say, you have never impersonated Plumbers. But you, Kevin-"

Kevin: "Yeah. What?"

Gilhil: "You've got a record. You've done time in the Null Void for a variety of crimes."

Allison: "He's changed."

(Allison insisted.)

Ben: "He's already done his time."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "He's been helping us."

Gilhil: "He's been impersonating a Plumber. Give me the badge you stole."

(he ordered as Becky sighed, reached into her pocket and produced the badge she took from Mike and placed it in his hand.)

Kevin: "Don't take my badge, man. Please."

Gilhil: "Now. Or you're going back to the Null Void."

Allison: "Just do it."

(Allison sighed, bowing her head.)

(Kevin reached into his pocket, produced his Plumber's badge and then dropped it into Gilhil's hand.)

Gilhil: "Thank you."

(Gilhil then pressed a button on the badge, shutting it down.)

Gilhil:: "You're free to go. But if you ever get involved in Plumber business again, I don't care what Azmuth says, you're all going to the Null Void. Even you, Ben and Jen."

(The team then bowed their heads as Gilhil pressed a button on his suit and teleported away in a flash of blue light.)

Ben: "Is this really it?"

(Ben asked.)

Jen: "Is this the end of the Omni-Team?"

[To Be Continued...]

More Chapters