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 bomb. 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 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, there's 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 case, 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, jumping 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 did 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 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. It all felt 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 and 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 throw it on the table, standing up to stretch my arms, and I walk to the window, and I pull open the curtains and 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..."