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7 A Question Of Morals

Jen was in a bit of a fix, she had been fighting Vilgax for years, literally since the first week she'd put the Omnitrix on. Sure, most of the time she won, though sometimes she needed help from people like Grandpa Max or Rook. But now a sort of opportunity had presented itself, Attea was hunting for Vilgax. If she and her assassins got their hands on him they would be chopping off his head and leaving the Plumbers with one hell of a cleanup job. But she wouldn't have to worry about facing him again, worry about him getting his hands on her friends or family.

"Tempting isn't it? Knowing you have someone's life in your hands. But you know temptation. We held the same power for a moment. The power of gods. And you gave it up." Vilgax sounded equal parts confused and disgusted.

"And I'm gonna tell you exactly what Kevin told you that day. Shut the fuck up." Of course neither of them were aware of Rook watching the video surveillance. He frowned down at the screen in front of him. What had Vilgax meant 'the power of gods'? Rook shook his head, refocusing. He had to get to the communications room and shut off the blackout field. Switching the video feed he nodded to the other Plumbers, their way appeared to be clear. He disconnected his scanner from the wall and nodded to the others.

Jen really didn't appreciate being used as a cannonball, when she wasn't transformed or ready for it. So maybe shocking Vilgax when she reactivated his cuffs was a bit petty, no one else was around to see it. He glared at her.

"So, what will you do? Hand me over to the arrogant Incursion?" Silence fell between them and she knew that he could tell that she had considered that as a viable option. But she shook her head after a moment.

"Like you said tempting, but no. I'm gonna get you off this rat trap, alive, and make sure you wind up behind bars somewhere else." That seemed to surprise him a bit. But it didn't take them much time to reach the ship bay they were looking for. Unfortunately Attea and her assassins had beaten them there and laid an ambush. Rook pulled through though with the other Plumbers Attea had claimed were dead. The Incursion Princess glared at SevenSeven.

"You said you saw them fry!" Jen snorted.

"Yeah my partner's smarter than your lackeys Attea." Rook smiled slightly, the Prototool still aimed at Attea.

"I appreciate your confidence."

"You've earned it." But Attea wasn't one to go out easily. She pulled a small unassuming looking blaster from her belt and leveled it at Jen.

"I hate you so much." Attea bit out. Rook's eyes widened, his hold on his Prototool tightening as Hobble yelped.

"Technadon Dissipater." He identified the weapon mostly for Jen's benefit, though she'd run up against Technadon robots before she had little knowledge of the smaller tech, that had been Kevin's area of expertise.

"Dangerous?" Jen asked her hand inching to the Omnitrix.

"Only if it goes off." As if to prove Rook's point Attea pressed the trigger. Several things happened all at once. SixSix, SevenSeven, and their female companion EightEight dove away from Attea who was knocked off her feet by the force of the blast. Rook seized Jen by the hood of her jacket and pulled her off her feet out of the way of the blast, dropping the Prototool in the process. This was, as it turned out, unnecessary as Vilgax had also moved at that moment, stepping between the blast and the spot Jen had been standing the moment before. He crumpled to the floor as everyone in the room stilled, stunned by this turn of events.

"What the fuck?" Was all Jen could think to say blinking at her fallen enemy. Vilgax though gave no answer as he was on the floor, his armor smoking. Jen's eyes narrowed as Attea mocked both Rook and Vilgax.

"Two acts of Heroism, one a bit smarter than the other." The froglike princess commented flippantly before laughing. "Mutilate them!" Her assassins squared up against the Plumbers as Jen leapt from Rooks arms slapping down the dial on the Omnitrix. The floor shook as Gravattack landed.

"Now you pissed me off." She rumbled and all four villains went flying into the air. They spun round for a moment before SevenSeven caught hold of a pipe and tried to fire back at the living asteroid. His mistake as she merely redirected the gravity field sending their own shots back at them. She increased the gravity on the four of them, though it took bringing down a very heavy vent cover on top of EightEight to stop her. Once they stopped moving Jen let up and nodded to Rook and the two Plumbers with him. "Now can you please find the communications room and call for backup?" Rook nodded glancing over at the prone, still smoking, form of Jen's oldest enemy.

"We will see to it." He ushered the others out of the room, confident that Jen could handle the rest. She would likely need a moment, there had been confusion in her eyes when Vilgax took the shot meant for her. Of course none of them had expected that.

Jen stepped forward as she transformed back into herself, the Omnitrix beeped, the face going yellow. She spun the dial twice to the left and halfway back to the right, activating the scanner and running the yellow beam of light over EightEight. She just really hoped that this transformation would come with the armor too, she wasn't entirely sure what this species looked like under that. She shook her head.

"Never thought it would end like this Squidface." She commented to the silent room. She was not expecting an answer. After all, Attea and her assassins were unconscious. So she really wasn't expecting the burning sting of laser fire straight to her back. She screamed, the gun had been set to stun which was lucky, if it hadn't been she might well have been done for. She crumpled her head smacking into the fallen vent cover as her limbs spasmed. She managed to land on her back, which she regretted as another jolt of pain shot through her through the place where the laser had made contact with her. Vilgax was standing over her, the shock manacles falling from around his wrists, destroyed by the blast he'd stepped in front of.

"Oh this is far from over child." He leveled the blaster at her again and she screamed as another jolt passed through her and her world went black.