(Jen and Gwen sat on the roof with a sigh as Jen brushed her Omnitrix.)
(Kevin and Allison were the first to arrive from the attic as Kevin jabbed Gwen's shoulder.)
Kevin: "You would go on the roof, girl. Some of us can't fly, you know."
Becky: "Be supportive, Kevin."
(Becky said as she sat next to her sister and Ben and Allison sat next to Jen.)
Gwen: "This is not how we wanted our day to go, guys."
(Gwen said as she brushed her tattooed arm.)
Ben: "Still, it must be pretty cool to learn about your powers, right?"
(Ben asked.)
Ben: "Grandma could teach you two to do all that stuff she could do."
Jen: "You know we'd be gone for a long time, right, bro?"
(Jen asked.)
Jen: "You know that the Earth is counting on us. All of us."
Kevin: "Maybe forever."
(Kevin sighed, looking up at the stars.)
Kevin: "Probably long after we're all gone."
Gwen: "I've always felt like I was an outsider."
(Gwen said.)
Gwen: "Like I was in the wrong place. But then, I think that that's what high school is all about."
Ben: "The four of us are going to miss you two if you go."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "Really?"
(Jen asked.)
Becky: "Yeah, but we've been recruiting more and more Plumber kids and heroes to our cause. We would still have a pretty powerful team even without you two."
(Becky said.)
Gwen: "Oh."
(Gwen said as Jen turned to her cousin.)
Jen: "Remember when me and Ben were trying to decide whether to use our powers and become the Omni-Twins again, you told us it was our choice."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "And Azmuth told us that the Omnitrixes are meant to work in tandem with each other. If I leave, I could potentially be dooming the human race to extinction."
Gwen: "So?"
Jen: "I think I'm staying."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "I can't stop you from doing this, Gwen. But Earth is where I belong. This is my home and it will always be that. I can't abandon it in its time of need. And I'm sure as hell not going to let some alien bloodline dictate who I am."
(Becky then turned to Gwen and sighed.)
Becky: "I'll miss you most of all if you go, Gwen. But who knows? Maybe you owe it to yourself to try turning into a cosmic mana master."
Gwen: "Maybe."
(Gwen said.)
Ben: "Girls, this opportunity comes along once in a lifetime."
(Ben asked.)
Jen: "What about you, Kevin?"
(Jen asked.)
Jen: "Do you feel the same way as Ben and Becky?"
Kevin: "No. Why would you girls even think about it? I want you girls around. This whole thing is lame."
(Gwen smiled and then gave Kevin a kiss on the cheek before she and Jen walked off the roof with mana platforms to the ground.)
Kevin: "Lame! Lame! Lame!"
Allison: "Shut up, bro."
(Allison said, jabbing her brother's shoulder.)
Allison: "I think you've convinced them."
Jen: "Earth is our home, Gwen."
(Jen said to her cousin.)
Jen: "But Ben's right. This is such a great opportunity."
Gwen: "Hmm..."
(Gwen said with a thought.)
Gwen: "I think I have an idea. I love my family and I want to master my powers as well. If I leave here, we get one... but if we can convince Grandma to stay, we could get both."
Jen: "Let's do it."
(Jen said as they entered the house.)
(A neon-colored disco ball appeared in the air above Verdona, Frank, Natalie and Ken as Verdona danced to familiar music.)
Verdona: "Shag Carpeting."
(Verdona said.)
Verdona: "They were Max's favorite. Why do the most backwards creatures make the best music?"
Natalie: "Don't you ever complain about my band choices again."
(Natalie whispered to her husband.)
Verdona: "Cheer up, Junior. You didn't have the spark. There was nothing I could teach you."
Frank: "You taught me a lot, Mom."
(Frank said.)
Frank: "You and Dad both. You taught Carl a lot too."
Verdona: "You know what I mean, kid. I came back when the grandkids were born just in case your babies had the spark. But Ken and Becky had nothing to it. Carl's boy, same thing. But his girl was just oozing with the spark and I could tell it from the day she was born."
Natalie: "Carl and Sandra had another kid five years ago, you know."
(Natalie said to her.)
Natalie: "You could check on her."
Verdona: "Then I shall in a few days. After I take the girls back home with me."
Frank: "Mom, if you can give Jen and Gwen an opportunity we can't, then we're not going to stand in your way. Carl and Sandra will say the same thing."
Gwen: "Thanks so much for the offer, Grandma."
(Gwen said as she walked down.)
Gwen: "But I think that Jen and I can settle for just being gifted humans."
Jen: "We want to stay here with our friends and family."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "Besides, as you can tell, I'm one of the Omni-Twins. The universe needs the Omnitrixes more than they need another Anodite."
(Verdona got a shocked look on her face and she snapped her fingers, causing the music to stop and the disco ball to vanish.)
Verdona: "But you two don't even know what you are. Kiddo, we belong on Anodyne among our kind. Allow me to show you two."
(Verdona's entire body let out a violet light and everyone shielded their eyes and saw her skin and cloak fall to the ground, revealing her true form underneath.)
(Her form was more witch-like with wild pink energy hair, pointed ears glowing pink eyes, and light lavender skin.)
(She is also dressed in a black dress with the area around her feet being a dark lavender along with the belt around her waist.)
(She also has a purple shroud over her shoulders with a black collar and a pink gem on her chest.)
Verdona: "See?"
(she said, her voice sounding much younger.)
Verdona: "Just a disguise. This is what it means to be an Anodite."
Ben: "Oh man."
(Ben whispered as he turned to Jen.)
Ben: "I would flip if I had those powers."
Jen: "We'll talk about it soon."
(Jen whispered back.)
Natalie: "So that's why she always looked so good."
(Natalie said as Verdona shot over to her with surprising speed.)
Verdona: "Mature Anodites are beings of pure energy. We draw life from the mana around us. It makes sense that we are immortal unless killed."
Becky: "You gotta admit, that's pretty cool."
(Becky whispered to Gwen and Jen.)
Verdona: "The pair of you are too young to make up your own minds. Let me help you girls. I'll destroy your physical bodies and free the Anodites inside! It'll be fun. And you'll be able to think. Much more clearly..."
Jen: "What?!"
(Jen shouted.)
Jen: "No way!"
Ben and Becky: "Destroy?!"
(Ben and Becky asked in unison.)
Kevin and Allison: "Their bodies?!"
(Kevin and Allison shouted.)
Gwen: "Destroy our bodies?!"
(Gwen shouted.)
Gwen: "You're not serious, Grandma!"
Verdona: "How do you two know that you'll like something if you don't try it?"
Ben: "Grandma Verdona, they said 'no.'"
(Ben said with a glare as he activated his Omni-Suit and Allison and Becky activated their superhero outfits and Kevin glared.)
Verdona: "Another dance, kids? Okay. But just this once."
(Verdona said, activating mana spheres around her fists as the others glared as she blasted them out of the wall, creating a massive hole in it as they landed out on the garden.)
(Jen and Gwen ran out towards the rest of the team as Verdona floated out with a smirk and a giggle.)
Verdona: "Now this is what I call a party!"
(She blasted out a mana beam from her hands that created a crater in the ground as the two Anodite hybrids created a forcefield to protect their friends as Lucky Girl blasted out two disks of mana that Verdona swatted away with her mana tendril hair and Omni-Pink adjusted her Omnitrix and slammed the core down to transform into...)
Rockette: "Rockette!"
(she shouted before she twirled her guitar and sent out a sound wave that blasted Verdona back as she stood up and glared.)
Verdona: "Ooh, a Zepplian. Those aliens know how to party."
(she said as she glared outwards.)
Rockette: "Nice try, Grandmother."
(Rockette said in her cheeky British accent, typical of most rock stars.)
Rockette: "But we won't get fooled again!"
(Gwen stood up and glared as she created two mana disks and started floating on a mana platform.)
Matter Girl: "Gwen, get back!"
(Matter Girl shouted.)
Gwen: "Hit the road, Ally!"
(Gwen glared.)
Matter Girl: "Huh?"
(Matter Girl asked as Huntress nodded to the road.)
Matter Girl: "Oh!"
(She and Kevin absorbed the stone from the pathway and started tossing rocks at Verdona, causing her to groan outwards as Omni-Green glared and slammed the core down transforming into.)
Spidermonkey: "Spidermonkey!"
(he hooted.)
(Spidermonkey had four arms, two pairs of green eyes, two legs, three fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot, blue fur over a dark blue center, and a tail with two stripes near the tip.)
(Spidermonkey wore the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.)
(Gwen created a shield of mana in front of her that Verdona struggled to break through with her hair tendrils and she smirked as Huntress flew in and gave her a drop kick to the ground before she pulled out her spear with a glare.)
Huntress: "Sorry, granny. But I'm not letting you take my sister away!"
(she shouted as Verdona created her own staff of mana and the two clashed with each other as Verdona smirked and tripped Huntress up with her hair as she smiled.)
Verdona: "Too bad you didn't have the spark, Rebecca. You truly have the gut instinct of a true warrior."
(She then flew over as Rockette blasted away with a flaming skull blast from her guitar that hit her full force as she shouted out and flew towards her as Spidermonkey shot out some webbing from his tail and blasted out at his sister, pulling her away from the crazy energy alien.)
Spidermonkey: "Check it out! Hands-free!"
(Verdona groaned outwards from the onslaught of rocks as Matter Girl ran in with her hammer hands and shouted out just as Verdona wrapped her prehensile hair around her entire body and tossed her into her brother with a groan.)
Rockette: "Why, Grandma!"
(Rockette said as said Anodite turned her head to see the twins with Gwen as Spidermonkey created a web net that Rockette pulled back with a large mana ball inside of it. )
Verdona: "What big trouble you have!"
[To Be Continued...]