I look at the small glowing green box and take a few steps back, and I mutter, "What the hell? Is that? Some new type of drug? or kryptonite????" Then a few seconds later, I grabbed the nearest thing near me, an empty Pringles box, and then I threw the Pringles box on the small glowing box, and then I covered my head like something was going to blow! And well, nothing happens; I just look a little crazy...
A few minutes later
Ok, great. I have tried everything, and from the looks of it, the small box seems to be made out of cardboard, and I noticed that the box does not have any brands or anything like that, just a taped-up cardboard box with a few lines "For Leo Jackson," and there was no shipping address. Weirdly, another address said "NYC Downtown Brooklyn."
Huh, I am in New York? I don't know if I am happy or annoyed because, well, I did want to go to New York, but not like this! Also, this small box is weird, like super weird; it only glows when I am at arm's length, and when it is with my sister, the box does not glow, so it is something that only happens when I am around. It? Ugh, I don't like this at all! It's like playing hide and seek with a clown because no matter what I try, I just feel like a clown!
And well after a few seconds, I mutter, "Ok, stop being a scared cat, but wait a second. If this box does not glow when my bratty sis opens it, does that mean it will be fine if she opens it? Even if it's a boom or something like that, I won't be the one who gets hurt anyway...." After a few seconds of thinking about this messed-up plan, I stopped thinking and took a deep breath, and I realized I was overthinking just now, assuming that in this small box was a boom. Like, who sent me a boom anyway? It might just be party lights or something. Yeah!
Then I pulled the scissors out of my sleeves, and casually I started to cut open the top of the box, and I was really careful doing this. I even wrapped my hands with my towel just to make sure whatever was in that box did not hurt me, and well, after opening the box, I was stunned. There was nothing other than what seemed like an old watch case and a letter.
And the green light seems to be coming out of the box case. I sit down on my bed, and I think about anything like this in the MCU. I even grab my notebook, and I go through my notes, and yeah, nothing about watch cases that glow green and nothing about letters... I grab the letter, and I sit back a little away from the box, and then I read the letter. It says, "This letter is for Leo Jackson," and that's it. There is nothing else written in the letter. What the fuck?...
And at this point, I am thinking this might just be a prank or something; the whole letter just has 6 words! Nothing else, no address, no sign, no nothing! This is not even a letter, goddammit! After I grunt, I look at the old-looking watch cases, and I grab it, and I open it. I was much calmer now because I thought that this was some stupid prank. It had to be! And well, what I saw in the box left me stunned.
There was a watch, and I muttered in awe, "Is that the bloody Omnitrix? What?" And for a second I was too shocked to move, but just then the watch jumped up on my left hand like an animal! And it sticks to my hand!!! And I was too shocked to speak. I just sat there on my bed, and then I almost let out a very weird sound from my voice, a mix of pleasure, happiness, and a lot of I don't know what's happening! I felt like a kid who knew he was a bad kid but still got a gift on Christmas! and for a second I just looked at the watch on my left wrist.
"Reconfigured Omnitrix? No way, this has to be a dream, right? Oh, if this is a dream, I don't want to wake up. Oh, this is my lifeline! Yes! This is what I was waiting for—my golden finger! My boon! My cheat...." But as I saw the watch on my hand, I, after a few seconds, was not happy anymore; in fact, I was quiet. This seems too much like one of those bad novels I used to read... a guy wakes up in a different world with a cheat... I take a deep breath. I admit I was trying to be arrogant about how everything seemed. I was hoping so badly that I was not transmigrated... ugh, but from the looks of it, that's what it looks like. Uh, but I am in a different body, so it's a little different than transmigration.
Now I look at the watch on my wrist again, and I slowly touch it; it feels cold, and another reason tells me this is real... "Whatever, it does not matter if I am in a dream or some coma; I have a weapon and knowledge, everything I could ever want... ugh, this is so stupid, but I guess I am dumb like that, huh?" I laugh a little to myself, and I twist the watch head, and a watch head pops up. I smile as a green hologram pops up of what looks like a man on fire, and I smile and mutter "Heatblast," and then I twist the watch head, and after a few times, I frown, and weirdly, even though the watch looks like the reconfigured Omnitrix, I only have the OG 11 aliens, and also...
Stinkfly , XLR8 , Wildmutt , Ripjaws , Four Arms, Ghostfreak, Heatblast, Diamondhead, Upgrade, Grey Matter, Cannonbolt & Way Big...
"Well, better than nothing. The OG 11 aliens are strong anyway but way big... holy mother of... yeah, right now I don't think anyone on the earth can fight and win against Way Big. Well, maybe the sorcerer supreme, but even then, could she block the cosmic ray? #$% What am I thinking about, huh?? No, I don't want to fight!"
I shake my head fast and stop thinking my thoughts, and I gently twist the watch head till I stop on the green hologram of one of the smartest aliens in the world of Ben 10. I gently push the watch head down, and then a green light fills my eyes, and then seconds later I am small, like 4 inches tall! And my hands seem so weird; hell, even the world around me looks a little different, and the most noticeable thing that feels different is, well, my thoughts. My mind seems so clear, and was it just me, or was I thinking faster now? Well, yes, that's what I need now. I need to think a lot...
And after 3 minutes, I jumped up from my bed, and I was stunned at how far I could jump. I was like a frog, and I jumped to my notebook, and I opened it, and then I flipped through the papers fast.
"Fucking hell, what is this crap? Who wrote this? Nonsense! Should I have written in coding language, which I know, but I did not do that because it would be too much work? Lazy idiot." I insult myself as I rub everything in the notebook fast with the rubber, which is half my size. I was pretty fast, and then I wrote everything and more back in a mix of Python and C++ and also a little bit of drawing. Now my notebook looks like weird codes and drawings! But also, I was sure no one would be able to know what I was writing...
I sit on my bed, and I think, 'Hmm, well, my mind feels weird for sure. I know I am smart; no, I feel it. I am smarter. No matter what I think about it, I feel like I could do it, or at least in theory, I could do it. So I think about everything from my past life to this life, everything. I don't miss a single second of the time of my life, and I also notice how I seem to remember everything like it was the back of my hand. I had a much better memory.
And I breathe out, and I slap the watch head, which was on my back, and then a green light fills me once again, and I am now a human. I am big again. I feel weird. I don't feel dumber now, but I do feel like I had something, but I lost it. I don't have it anymore. Weird... but this test was a success! I only turned it into gray matter because I wanted to test if this watch works, and it does work; from what I felt, I do have a time limit of 10 minutes, but that does not matter. The OG Ben 10 did not know how to use the Omnitrix; even with just 10 minutes, I could do so much more than that 10-year-old brat could do.
And also as grey matter, I also thought about all the info I could remember on the Omnitrix, and I should be able to unlock more aliens, but that needs more testing. I won't mess with gifts so early; no way. What I need now is to get a grip on my life, know who this 'Leo Jackson' is, and then I could go from that. I have no limits. I felt it as gray matter, thinking I knew I had no limits; I could do so much...
And then I open up the notebook, and I smile a bitter smile, great; even though I insulted myself, I can barely now read this. It does look like random crap... and I close the notebook, and I throw it on the table, and I stand up, and I stretch my arms, and I walk to the window, and I pull open the curtains, and I smile... looking at the sun and the bright city...
Leo himself did not realize how scared he was, how many times he was close to having a panic attack... but after getting his gift, Leo felt much safer and also calmer; he did not overthink; he just, for a second, enjoyed the view...
"What a view...."