(The Tennysons were visiting a water park as the kids gazed in awe and admiration of the sight of the super high waterslide known as Riptide Rapids that the park was known for as Jen clasped her hands together in happiness.)
(They were all wearing their swimsuits for fun at the park.)
(Ben was wearing dark blue swimming trunks, Gwen was wearing a purple and blue one-piece swimsuit and Jen was wearing a pink and red one-piece swimsuit.)
Ben: "Six stories of twists and turns..."
(Ben said.)
Gwen: "Hurtling down a hundred-foot plunge..."
(Gwen continued.)
Jen: "At speeds of over 25 miles per hour."
(Jen said.)
Gwen: "Then, splash down into a churning 300,000-gallon wavepool!"
(Gwen finished.)
(They then looked up at the sign before looking to each other.)
Everyone: "You've entered the Riptide Rapid Zone!"
(they all cheered before high-fiving each other and running in cheers and giggles.)
(They climbed up the slide as Jen and Gwen passed the zone with smiles before Ben was stopped by the lifeguard, whose name tag said his name was Brad, as he put his hand out in front of him.)
Brad: "You're too short."
(Brad said.)
Ben: "What are you talking about?!"
(Ben asked as the lifeguard pointed to the height limit sign that featured a narwhal whale.)
(Ben was unfortunately just a few inches shorter than its nose, whereas his sister and cousin were right on the edge of it, meaning they were tall enough.)
(A/N: Remember, Ben and Jen are fraternal twins, not identical twins. They have different growing rates than the other.)
Gwen: "Sorry, I heard the baby banana boats are fun for the smaller set."
(Gwen teased as she walked towards the slide.)
Jen: "Sorry, bro. My hands are tied."
(Jen sighed as she took her place in lne as well.)
(A very annoyed Ben walked away to a wooden support pillar and hid behind it before activating his Omnitrix with a glare.)
Ben: "They'll all feel small when Ripjaws shows up for a dip."
(He activated the core and slammed his hand against it as usual.)
(But for some reason, the core didn't press down.)
(He tried several times with no results as he groaned out frustratedly.)
Ben: "Come on! Work!"
(He whispered before finally slamming the watch against the pillar, splintering some of the wood before it sent out sparks of green electricity, before sending the DNA current through Ben's system, turning him into Grey Matter, which obviously didn't help much with the height limit rule.)
Grey Matter: "Huh?"
(Grey Matter asked, looking himself over.)
Grey Matter: "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Anything but being a micro-munchkin!"
(Little did he know that things weren't about to get much better for him as he felt the ground shake beneath him when several kids stampeded towards the water slide, completely unaware of the mini alien in front of them that they were about to crush.)
Grey Matter: "Uh-oh!"
(Grey Matter then dodged and ducked to avoid the feet of the kids, grunting all the while.)
Grey Matter: "Watch those flip flops!"
(He then hid behind a pole and saw a man with brown hair and white glasses speaking to Brad about something that none of the kids cared about.)
the man: "In 1951 when this water park was a cornfield, recently declassified documents state that an alien spacecraft crash-landed right here."
(he said as Grey Matter snuck past everyone, completely unseen due to his small stature and got to Brad's shoes before grabbing a lace from each shoe in each hand.)
Grey Matter: "Time to tie up some loose ends."
the man: "So."
(the man said.)
the man: "If you can get someone from upper management down here so I could get some soil samples."
(Brad groaned, annoyed.)
Brad: "Okay, hold on while I call someone who cares."
(He put his thumb and index finger to his ear in a position that indicated he was talking on a phone.)
Brad: "Ring ring ring. Guess what, no answer. Next in line!"
(The man looked down and spotted Grey Matter running away from the scene towards the slide.)
The man: "Did you see that?! An alien!"
(Grey Matter panted as he hid behind a pole before Jen her eyebrow at the man's exclamation.)
The man: "Probably a remnant of the crash."
Brad: "Dude, you've been out in the sun way too long."
(Brad said.)
(The man ran off towards Grey Matter, pushing past Brad.)
Brad: "Hey, no cuts!"
(he shouted before falling down due to Grey Matter tying his shoelaces together before he reached the pool as Gwen was about to go down.)
Grey Matter: "Race you to the bottom!"
(Grey Matter said to Gwen who noticed him.)
(He then went down the slide as he cheered and smiled as he went down the twists and turns as he was finally tossed into the drink.)
Grey Matter: "Now that rocked!"
(He then saw a shadow loom over him as he then shouted out before ducking under the water as Gwen landed in the drink right on top of him.)
(Gwen then spotted Grey Matter who peeked his head out of the water.)
Gwen: "Grandpa's not going to like you going alien just so you could sneak on a ride."
Grey Matter: "That's why I'm not going to tell him."
(Grey Matter said.)
Grey Matter: "In a few minutes, I'll turn back to normal and he'll never know, will he?"
Gwen: "We've gotta towel off, or, in your case, napkin off."
(Gwen deadpanned as she got out of the pool.)
(Grey Matter groaned before the man from the top of the slide surfaced out of the water as he smirked before raising his hand out of the water with Grey Matter in it before he gasped in shock as he was caught.)
the man: "There you are, my little alien ticket to fame."
(he said as Jen splashed down from the slide.)
Jen: "Whoo-hoo! Best water slide ever!"
(she cheered.)
Grey Matter: "Gwen! Gwen!"
(Grey Matter shouted in fear as Jen and Gwen perked up at that voice as Jen gasped at the man and realized he was holding her brother as Grey Matter.)
Jen: "Let him go!"
(Jen shouted as the man rushed out of the pool with the girls following him in a chase as he stored Grey Matter in a water cooler before rushing out of the Riptide Rapids, past Max who was holding four snow cones for himself and the kids as he heard a faint screaming from him as his grandkids ran up to his side.)
Gwen: "Grandpa! That kid's got Grey Matter!"
(Gwen said as Max gasped before trashing the snow cones and joining Gwen and Jen in the chase.)
Grey Matter: "Gwen! Jen!"
(Grey Matter shouted as he was tossed around from the rumbling soda cans inside the cooler as the man ran away.)
(He spotted the others chasing him to get the cooler as he rushed into the crowd before Max stopped to catch his breath from fatigue.)
Max: "I keep forgetting I'm not as young as I used to be. Go!"
(he told him as Jen and Gwen ran through the crowd before spotting the man putting the cooler in the trunk of his car.)
Grey Matter: "Let me out!"
(Grey Matter shouted as the man closed the trunk on him and driving away before the girls could catch him.)
(Jen looked absolutely devastated she watched the car fade away from view as Max joined her and her cousin.)
Max: "Don't worry. We'll find him. Somehow."
(Max said as Jen activated her Omnitrix.)
Jen: "I can track his Omnitrix signal with this."
(she said as she faced Max.)
Max: "To the Rust Bucket!"
(A security camera on the man's house spotted him driving up to the garage before parking and walking into the house to see a bunch of alarm beams shining through the hallway.)
the man: "Security system, off."
(he commanded as the beams turned off and he walked through the hallway, cooler in hand.)
(His wet flip flops left markings on the linoleum floor that some cleaning bots easily wiped off.)
(He entered his kitchen and placed the cooler on the counter.)
the man: "Lights on."
(he commanded as the lights turned on.)
the man: "Prepare dinner."
(The microwave turned on at that command as a white cat leaped onto the counter.)
(The cat smelled Grey Matter in the cooler and mewled as he played with the cooler before the man grabbed it.)
the man: "No no."
(he said.)
the man: "This one is all mine."
(The Rust Bucket drove through the streets as Jen's Omnitrix locked onto Ben's signal as she instructed Max on where to go to find him.)
Gwen: "Okay, so if he's Grey matter now, he'll just turn back into Ben and go Four Arms or something and escape."
(Gwen suggested.)
Max: "But if you said Ben went alien when he did, he should have turned back before he was taken."
(Max said.)
Jen: "Which means, maybe something's wrong with his Omnitri.,"
(Jen said before she activated her's.)
Jen: "I don't think it's a good idea for me to go alien right now. Our watches are connected after all. Maybe whatever's wrong with his Omnitrix is also wrong with mine?"
Gwen: "At least as Grey Matter, he's smart."
(Gwen said.)
(Grey Matter faceplanted into the side of a glass beaker as the man examined him.)
the man: "Incredible. Truly incredible."
(he said.)
the man: "A perfect miniature alien being."
Grey Matter: "Who are you calling miniature."
(Grey Matter challenged.)
the man: "So, which galaxy are you from?"
Grey Matter: "Actually, I don't know myself. And even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."
the man: "Oh, feisty little life form, aren't you?"
Grey Matter: "You want to see feisty? Just wait till I get big."
(The two stared for a moment as Grey Matter glared.)
Grey Matter: "Take a picture. It'll last longer."
the man: "My thoughts exactly."
(the man said before grabbing his phone and taking a picture of Grey Matter.)
[To Be Continued...]