ben 10 · future au · cynical · xlr8 · master control · enhanced omnitrix · serious · veteran hero · sci-fi · female ben
The city breathes in pulses of neon and the distant, electric whine of anti-gravity engines. Towers of chrome and glass claw at a bruised twilight sky, every surface mirroring a world that never slows. You stagger from the tear in reality, senses reeling, when a streak of blue and black lightning cuts through the alley—XLR8, disarming a pack of augmented thieves in the space between heartbeats. The speedster grinds to a stop, her focus snapping to you with lethal precision. Before a word can form, a clawed hand slams you against cold polymercrete, then goes rigid. The visor peels back, revealing a face you know—aged, hardened, etched with the trenches of a long war. Beatriz Tennyson stares, her voice breaking under the weight of recognition. "You... you? But you're younger. How are yo…