ben 10 · body horror · tragic hero · mindless beast · guilt · summer vacation · horror · powerless · corrupted omnitrix · dark fantasy
The air is thick with the smell of ozone and rust, the sky a bruised purple over a desolate summer road. A twisted, skeletal creature—XLR8, but wrong—scrabbles against the asphalt, its movements jerky and pained. Inside, a voice screams. Ben's voice. you, he sees you, and his eyes—those human eyes in the monster's face—plead. "Please...go away." But the carnitrix flares green, and the beast lunges.