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Chapter 148 - Chapter 148: Telling The Secrets

(Jen and the others looked around for the Louds and looked amongst the booths in wonder at just how many artists and genres were represented in this festival.)

Jen: "Wow."

(Jen said in wonder.)

Jen: "It's like they have everything here. Polka, punk, rap, rock, reggae, country. It's a total world beat."

Ben: "More like a total world bore."

(Ben said as Allison shot him a dirty look.)

Ben: "Hey."

(Ben said as he looked to see the Louds gathered in front of the area.)

Ben: "That's them. They're at the Mick Swagger autograph booth."

(Luna was going absolutely crazy when she stood in front as Max showed up by them to see the adjacent Shag Carpeting booth.)

Max: "Hey, the Shag Carpeting autograph booth. Who wants to go with me?"

Ben: "I'd rather brush Vilgax's teeth with my tongue than get those fossils' autographs."

(Ben said with a glare, crossing her arms.)

(Allison glared and pushed him out of the way.)

Allison: "We're going to go look around the festival some more. We'll meet you afterwards, Max."

Max: "Okay. Meet me back here at 3:00."

Gwen: "Could you be any ruder?"

(Gwen glared at Ben as he scoffed.)

Ben: "Hey, if Grandpa doesn't care what I want to do, why should I care about his dumb band?"

Jen: "Hush!"

(Jen said as they saw Luna geeking out and holding her guitar to her cheek as she had just gotten it autographed by her biggest idol.)

Luna: "I can't believe it! I actually got him to sign it!"

(she said as Lincoln smiled.)

Lynn: "You're lucky you kept it bottled up."

(Lynn said.)

Lynn: "He might've given you a restraining order if you got too close."

Luna: "True, true."

(Luna said, calming down as they heard the sound of a throat clearing as they saw the five kids they met earlier standing with a smile at the area between the booths.)

Lincoln: "Hey, guys, what's up?"

(Lincoln asked as Jen smiled.)

Jen: "Guys. We need to talk, in private."

Lynn: "Okay..."

(Lynn said as the sixteen kids walked into an open area with no one else in sight as Ben sighed.)

Ben: "Okay, I don't know how else we're going to say this so we'll just say it. We know you're the L-Crew."

(At that moment, all of the Louds jaws dropped open and they instantly started stammering and Lori stopped.)

Lori: "What are you talking about? We're not the-"

Allison: "Save the dramatics, Lori."

(Allison said.)

Allison: "We saw you enter from the stage after we defeated that water monster."

Jen: "Once I put you in my head next to the L-Crew, everything came together."

(Jen said as that one word stuck out in the Louds' minds.)

Lola: "...What do you mean 'we?'"

(Lola asked as the twins looked to each other and smirked.)

Jen: "I think we should probably mention that."

(Jen said as she and her brother adjusted their watches and immediately activated their Omni-Suits, leaving the Louds stunned at that as the Omni Twins nodded.)

Lana: "You-you- you're the Omni Twins?"

(Lana asked as they nodded.)

Ben: "In the flesh."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "We superheroes have to stick together."

(Lisa then looked to the visiting heroes and then back at her siblings and crossed her arms.)

Lisa: "Headquarters. Now."

Lincoln: "Yes, ma'am."

(Lincoln said as they gestured them to the van next to them.)

Lincoln: "I don't think there's room in there for all of us."

Lisa: "Good point."

(Lisa said.)

Lisa: "Lori will pick you up after driving the rest of us to it."

Becky: "Sounds like a plan."

(Becky smiled.)

(About an hour had passed and the group was now settled in the L-Crew headquarters.)

Lisa: "So."

(Lisa said back in the headquarters as the group sighed as she examined Ben and Jen's Omnitrixes with a fixated look on her face.)

Lisa: "The Omni Twins are no more than two kids like us."

Jen: "Yeah, pretty much."

(Jen said with crossed arms as Gwen, Becky and Allison examined the base around them with a whistle.)

Becky: "Nice place you got here."

(Becky said.)

Gwen: "I can't believe that a place this awesome was made by 11 kids."

(Gwen said with an eye roll as Allison sighed.)

Allison: "Tell me about it."

(Allison said.)

Allison: "Our headquarters is an RV."

Ben: "How did you guys make this place?"

(Ben asked.)

Lincoln: "That's a question that would best be answered by Lisa."

(Lincoln said with a smile.)

Lisa: "Simple, I found this place while I while collecting some soil samples until I found what was going to become our base."

(Lisa said.)

Lisa: "For some reason Royal Woods has forgotten this warehouse and train yard."

Jen: "This place also has a train yard?"

(Jen asked.)

Lincoln: "Yeah it's where we practice our powers and stuff."

(Lincoln said.)

Allison: "Not bad for a bunch of Osmosian kids."

(Allison smiled.)

Lincoln: "Os-whatians?"

Allison: "Osmosians."

(Allison replied.)

Allison: "They're a subspecies of human that have a unique genetic component in their DNA that gives them unique abilities. Every Osmosian has a different ability that few others share. For example..."

(She reached out her hand to one of the machines and then coated herself in the metal, much to the other's awe as she smiled.)

Allison: "Me and my brother Kevin's power is absorbtion. I can absorb and coat myself in any material to apply an armored force to me."

Lori: "We know a certain other... Osmosian... that can do that. His name is Armor."

(Lori said.)

Allison: "Yeah?"

(she asked.)

Allison: "But can he do this?"

(She then focused as she stuck out her hands and then morphed them into maces with a smile as the others all awed at that.)

Leni: "...Not that we know of."

(Leni nodded as Allison dissolved her armor.)

Lori: "Now it's your turn."

(Lori said to them.)

Lori: "Tell us how it started with you?"

Ben: "Well, it all started on the first day of summer vacation."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "Me and Jen were at a camping ground and then me and Gwen got into a huge argument and I ran off into the woods to get my frustrations out. Jen went after me to make sure I was okay."

Jen: "Then, when I catch up to him, this comet comes shooting down from the heavens right in front of us."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "Well, we thought it was a comet, but it was actually a pod from space that opened up in our presence."

Ben: "And before we know it."

(Ben said as he and his sister showed the Omnitrixes.)

Ben: "There we were. With these."

Lisa: "Fascinating subjects."

(Lisa said as she looked at them in awe.)

Lisa: "I must study them."

Jen: "Sorry, Lisa."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "Even if we wanted to, we couldn't let you have them. These things bind themselves to the wearer's genetic structure and they're effectively locked onto our wrists."

Lisa: "Bummer."

(Lisa sighed.)

Lola: "What about your energy powers?"

(Lola asked as Jen illuminated her hand in pink energy.)

Jen: "I honestly don't know."

(Jen said.)

Jen: "We were attacked one day by some high-tech biker thugs and they just suddenly activated completely involuntarily. I guess I was born with these powers and they just needed the right push to come out."

Lana: "Just like when we got our powers after the explosion."

(Lana realized.)

Luan: "Yeah I caused a prank on Lori and she had an 'I'll kill you' look."

(Luan said.)

Lori: "For me, when I got ready for my date with Bobby within a minute."

(Lori said.)

Lynn: "Heads up, it's really mushy."

(Lynn whispered to Allison, who nodded.)

Allison: "Tell me about it."

(she said.)

Gwen: "So how did this explosion happen?"

(Gwen asked.)

Lisa: "I created a device that can warn us anything that enters our planet's atmosphere. But my siblings wanted to turn it off, but it ended up exploding and the energy from the device gave us our powers, which are based on our personalities."

(Lisa explained.)

Ben: "Oh?"

(Ben asked.)

Ben: "Explain."

Lori: "I got super speed because I have a tendency to rush through everything, having a boyfriend, having to look over ten younger siblings, having a job at an arcade, etc."

(Lori said.)

Leni: "I have the power to split myself because I'm always split when it comes to my choices in fashion."

(Leni said.)

Luna: "I have powers over electricity because I have a rather electrifying personality, especially when it comes to my music."

(Luna said.)

Luan: "I have invisibility because when it comes to my jokes, you never see them coming."

(Luan said.)

Luan: "And I can't quite explain my force field powers."

Lynn: "I have super strength because I've always relied on my brute strength for everything."

(Lynn said.)

Lincoln: "I have powers over fire because I've always had a huge temper when it comes to the stress of everything in my life."

(Lincoln explained.)

Lucy::"Two words, cold shoulder."

(Lucy said with a sigh.)

Lana: "I've always had a great connection with animals, which explains the shape-shifting powers."

(Lana said.)

Lola: "I've always fancied myself a princess, so my powers involve the generation and shaping of crystals."

(Lola said, checking herself in the mirror.)

Lisa: "My extremely powerful mind has always gotten me through the worst of situations."

(Lisa said.)

Lisa: "Therefore, my powers involve telekinesis and telepathy."

Allison: "Oh, so you could tell that we knew your secret the minute you walked off that stage."

(Allison said.)

Lisa: "I knew you were the Omni Twins as well. There's no secret you can keep from me."

(she said.)

Gwen: "And Lily's plant powers?"

(Gwen asked.)

Lincoln: "We can only assume it's because her name is Lily and a lily is a type of flower."

(Lincoln said as Allison immediately cooed and picked up the baby as she giggled to them with a smile as Jen smiled and sat back in a chair.)

Allison: "I can get used to this place."

(she said with a smile.)

???: "Ah, new guests."

(a voice heard and they looked to see an old man with a brown robe, sandles and a short grey beard walked up and Ben and Jen nodded.)

Ben: "Yeah..."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "My name's Ben Tennyson and this is my sister Jen, our cousins Gwen and Becky and our good friend Allison Levin."

Soothsayer: "You may call me Soothsayer."

(he said with a bow to them.)

Gwen: "Wait, Soothsayer?"

(Gwen asked.)

Gwen: "As in the ancient sorcerer who used to be part of the Eleven Masters?"

Lana: "How do you know about that?"

(Lana asked.)

Gwen: "I didn't."

(Gwen said.)

Gwen: "I do a lot of research into magic. One of the biggest legends I've come across was that of the Eleven Masters. But there's never been any proof in the modern day that they even exist."

Lori: "Oh, they're real alright."

(Lori smiled.)

Lori: "In fact, we even trained with them."

Lincoln: "The training worked us to the bone, but it was worth it in the end."

(Lincoln said as he showed his arm to reveal the tattoo of a wolf while his sisters revealed their tattoos of a cheetah for Lori, a crane for Leni, an eagle for Luna, a hyena for Luan, a gorilla for Lynn, a raven for Lucy, a monkey for Lana, a peacock for Lola, an owl for Lisa and a badger for Lily.)

Lisa: "These tattoos are symbols of our training with the eleven masters and we can communicate with our spirit animals whenever we want."

(Lisa explained to the others.)

Lisa: "Luckily for us, only people who are aware of the temple's existence can see them."

Becky: "That is wicked."

(Becky said as she nudged her sister.)

Becky: "Show them your's sis?"

(Gwen nodded and rolled her sleeve up to show the tattoos of the Charms of Bezel on her sleeve.)

Soothsayer: "Are those... the Charms of Bezel?"

(Soothsayer asked and Gwen nodded.)

Gwen: "They sure are. The real charms were taken away by a friend of ours from another dimension and I was given these. They symbolize Fire, Luck, Levitation, Reincarnation and Telekinesis. And this last one is the Keystone of Bezel, which enhances my abilities by tenfold. They're very dangerous if they fall into the wrong hands, which is why these tattoos can't be removed."

(Gwen explained.)

Lynn: "Now those are tattoos."

(Lynn said as they admired Gwen's arm.)

Jen: "Yeah, yeah. I'm lucky that my illusion spell still holds up on this thing."

Ben: "Those Eleven Masters sound awesome."

(Ben said.)

Ben: "I sure would love to meet them someday."

Lori: "Who knows?"

(Lori asked.)

Lori: "Maybe you will one day."

[To Be Continued...]

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