Chapter 10: Side Effects

The gangs minus Ben is chasing down a robber in a sport car. The knew the Rv couldn't keep up with the car, so the only thing they can do is not to lose sight of him. Upgrade in a motorcycle suddenly appeared, speeding past the Rv.

Y/n whistled. "Sweet ride, Ben."

The robber passed through a traffic jam. Seeing he has no road left, Upgrade took the pavement to continue the chase. He returned back to the road and noticed the gap between him and the robber.

Upgrade positioned himself behind a car carrier truck and used it slide to jump, closing his distance with the robber. Noticing Upgrade is closing in, the robber increased his speed, passing a red light.

A truck is crossing the road, blocking Upgrade's path. He quickly went under the crossing vehicle by sliding through it.

Recalling his experiment with Y/n, Upgrade shot a green energy beam at the robber's trunk, resulting the money he robbed flying away. A green spike appeared next to his wheel and Upgrade went to side of the robber's car and cut the wheel, resulting the robber to crash.

Hearing that the law enforcement are approaching, Upgrade left the scene.

After awhile, the rest of the gangs abled to catch up. They found the robber is being taken away by the police but no sign of Ben until Y/n noticed a motorcycle is being parked near an ice cream truck.

"Long chase, hot day and a motorcycle near an ice cream truck..." Y/n grinned. "Typical Ben."

The three went to the vehicle and opened the hatch to find Ben freezing to dead.

"You okay?" Max asked in concern before Ben sneezed. "I'll, uh, take that as a no."

They returned to the Rv and Max checked Ben's temperature to find it at 101 degree celsius.

"Sorry Ben. It's official. You have a summer cold." Max informed.

"Maybe, from now on, you'll think twice before having snack time inside an ice cream truck." Gwen teased.

Ben responded her teasing by wiping his runny nose with Gwen's new blouse, much to the owner's displease.

"So, have any secret magical potion in your time to heal Ben's sickness, Mr. Tennyson?" Y/n asked in curiosity.

"As a matter of fact, I do." Max answered. "I'll have my famous San Ju Yen Pien cold remedy for him."

"Where can we find them?"

"Chinatown."

And so, the gangs followed Max to their destination. Then, they walked out from a Chinese's pharmacy with Max holding the remedy he mentioned.

"Where did you learn how make these stuff, Mr. Tennyson?" Y/n asked.

"I picked it up from a monk in Quang Dong, China." Max answered.

"Huh, can I have the ingredient? I'm very interested."

Before Max could hand Y/n the ingredient, a nearby commotion caught the group's attention. A swarm of wasps appeared in the crowd, controlled by what seems to be a homeless man. The crowd ran away in panic as the man is trying to take a council woman who was giving a speech.

"This looks like a job for-"

"Someone who isn't sick." Max stopped Ben. "Y/n, can you do it?"

"Take care of Ben." Y/n activated the Nemetrix and transformed into Terroranchula.

He shot web in the air before he coated himself with it, turning the web into an armor. He rushed at the commotion and faced off against the bug master.

"What's this? Never see you around here before." The man glared.

Terroranchula hissed in response before his body began to emitting electric. Once it got intense, Terroranchula growled and generated a huge red electric discharge that electrocuted the swarm.

"No, NO!" The man growled. "What have you done?!"

Terroranchula shot a web at the man's face and yanked at the nearest lamp post, knocking him out. Once the job is done, the spider alien made his escape.

After that, the local authorities arrested the man while the gangs backed to the road.

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