Back with a Vengeance

Back With a Vengeance is the twenty-sixth episode of Ben 10, it's also the last episode of the second season.

Plot
A space ship flies by a asteroid belt, and a large block of ice is being taken into the vessel. Inside, aliens speculate the massive rock, and Kevin jumps down and recaps his previous battles. He’s been told of Vilgax, over and over again. He places his hand onto the giant ice, and it melts to reveal Vilgax’s frozen state. The aliens step back after seeing Vilgax, knowing that he is the most feared in the galaxy. Kevin says that they were both after for the same thing. The boy who wields the Omnitrix, and the one who has defeated them both in battle.

The Tennysons speculate the amazing sights of the Niagara Falls, hoping they would find another great summer day. Unfortunately, Gwen finds Ben tweaking around again with the Omnitrix. Ben claims that there might be some way to gain better control of it. As he continues to play around with it, the Omnitrix reacts and starts rotating through different alien silhouettes, making Ben think that he must have gone and busted the Omnitrix again. Ben says Upgrade, and he transforms into Upgrade. With amazement, he tries other commands, and he figures out that the Omnitrix also reacts to thoughts. He has found the master control of the Omnitrix, and he has gained the advantage to use it.

Ben, as Wildmutt, looks down into the river, and he looks back at one of the tourists, asking if they could take a picture of him and his wife (the tourists). He falls overboard, and Ben changes into Ripjaws to come to the rescue. After picking him up from the water, he immediately transitions into Stinkfly to fly them back into the ship, safe and sound. Gwen and Grandpa Max are amazed by the sight they just saw. Back at the ship where Kevin is, he looks at Vilgax, saying that he looks like any other alien he’s fought. Vilgax immediately reacts and fights back, giving him a specific message telling him that he should have never said that. Vilgax throws a pillar straight at Kevin, and pushes him out the window, bringing both of them down into the old Megacruiser battle arena. Kevin says that Vilgax should be grateful for saving his life, but Vilgax gives no allegiance to no one. After closer inspection Vilgax realizes that Kevin is a "Mishappen chaotic amalgam of aliens from the Omnitrix" discovering the connection between Kevin and Ben they decide to team up against him.

Gwen and Max relax to a nice afternoon snack, Stinkfly is up in the trees, and with Ben’s personality, expect him to create more of his crazy jokes unto Gwen. He spits slime into her pudding, and laughs. Ben is happy that he is able to stay alien for as long as he likes. He throws the profit money he’s gained for giving the tourists a ride. Gwen and Max both are very aware of the new feature of what the Omnitrix can do, but they both claim that it might have its consequences. Grandpa Max tells Ben to come to him for a small chat. Stinkfly transforms to XLR8, and instead of listening to what he has to say, Ben runs off with his pudding.

Vilgax analyzes Kevin’s DNA makeup, and he explains that his pattern is the same as Ben’s using this in tandem with Vilgax's already vast knoledge of the Omnitrix he can devise a machine capable of removing the Omnitrix from Ben. Kevin’s impatience lets him talk back. They both admit that they lost to a little boy, but Vilgax says that with his knowledge, and Kevin’s connection with Ben, will give them the victory they need. Kevin immediately wants to get the situation over with, but they can only find Ben if the Omnitrix is active. They find the signal shortly after.

The Tennysons continue to enjoy their day, and Grandpa Max decides to take some pictures. Wildvine comes out of nowhere, and decides to dive into the water and bungee himself back up. In a series of photo shoots, Ben continues to play around with the alien forms, and in the lift, he decides to be embarrass himself in front of a few tourists. In a few moments, Vilgax and Kevin arrive, only to go after one thing. The Omnitrix.

Ben, Gwen, and Max were surprised that Vilgax and Kevin were still alive and well, especially after the major incidents that occurred upon them. Ben attempts to escape as Grey Matter, but Vilgax was able to grab him. Little did Vilgax know that Ben knew how to use the Omnitrix more to his advantage. He transforms to Diamondhead to escape Vilgax’s clutches. With double the problem, and double the enemies, Ben knows that he’s up for a challenge. Vilgax and Kevin both fall down the waterfall while Ben flies Gwen and Max into safety.

Vilgax and Kevin survived the long fall, and Vilgax attempts to track Ben’s whereabouts. He comes down as Cannonbolt. At the RV, Max opens up yet another hidden stash in the RV, and it reveals the device they’ve seen before: The Null Void Projector. Max says that it’s the only way to stop Vilgax and Kevin from coming back to bother them.

Kevin tries his way of luring Ben out of hiding, but Vilgax insists that they do it his way. He says that they should be able to get Ben out by using Grandpa Max and Gwen as bait. Their plan as using them worked, though Max was able to defend by using the Null Void Projector to open up the portal to the null-void. Unfortunately, Diamond Head was dragged in as well, and there is no way to get back, unless the one who holds the projector gun.

Kevin is unfamiliar of the place. Vilgax explains that the null-void is an alternate dimension of the galaxy, where the evil are banished forever a long brawl ensues between Vilgax, Kevin and the residents of the void against Ben. Outside, Max attempts to enter the realm himself to get Ben, but Gwen insists that he doesn’t as he's the only one who knows how to operate the projector. Instead, she decides to head in herself.

Inside the Null Void, Heatblast is being carried by one of the aliens controlled by Vilgax. Ben uses strategy to survive the attacks ordered by Vilgax. Outside, Gwen prepares herself. She wears the Plumber suit as armor and arms herself with a large array of plumber weapons. Inside, she encounters danger, but luckily, Gwen has things to prepare herself.

Kevin and Vilgax continue their search for Ben, while Max continues to hold up the portal. He says that Gwen needs to hurry as the projector only has limited power and is begining to falfunction. In an instant, Ben and Gwen find each other, and realize that they need to get out of there. Kevin was able to grab a hold of Gwen before they reached the portal that leads them out of the area, and to make it worse, they're surrounded. Ben had no other choice but to give up and save his cousin’s life by giving up the Omnitrix to Vilgax and Kevin, but resets the watch to make things difficult for Vilgax to use. Ben thinks that it would be a simple trade, but Kevin in an instant tossed away his cousin and used a giant device that was used to painfully tear off the Omnitrix from his wrist. The device was held in a spherical container, and Kevin grabs it for himself, saying that he should be able to use it instead of Vilgax. With a large fight amongst themselves in who would get the Omnitrix, Ben and Gwen were just about able to get out of the null-void. Vilgax and Kevin manage to catch up to them and block their way out before they could get there. They use the 'Omnitrix' to distract Vilgax, and Ben decides to face off against Kevin so Gwen can escape. Ben is able to trick Kevin and get out of the Null Void before the portal finally closes, leaving the two villians still trapped inside.

When Ben and Gwen emerge from the portal, they are embraced by Max. Gwen says that she has a present for Ben. At first he thought it was something that they would argue about, but it was something more valuable than that. It was the ball that held the Omnitrix. Gwen said that Ben may be dumb enough to throw it away, but she's not. In the Null Void, Vilgax and Kevin were going after a decoy, which eventually exploded followed by getting attacked by a large worm alien.

In an instant, Ben feels the aliens flow back into his body, and he becomes once more as the boy who was given the power to change into the alien heroes. Grandpa Max tells Ben that he owes Gwen a big-time thanks, but Ben had something else in mind. He transforms into Grey Matter and realizes that he zeroed out the master control. The episode ends with Gwen and Grandpa Max laughing.

Major events

 * Ben unlocks the Omnitrix's master control, but resets back to normal.
 * Vilgax claims the Omnitrix for a short time.
 * Vilgax and Kevin are trapped in the Null Void.

Characters

 * Ben Tennyson
 * Gwen Tennyson
 * Max Tennyson
 * Null Guardians

Villains

 * Vilgax
 * Kevin Levin

Aliens used

 * Upgrade
 * Grey Matter (8x and last transformation; selected alien was Wildvine or Stinkfly)
 * Diamondhead 4x
 * XLR8 6x
 * Heatblast 5x
 * Wildvine 3x
 * Wildmutt 4x
 * Ripjaws
 * Stinkfly 6x
 * Fourarms 3x
 * Cannonbolt 2x

Trivia

 * Kevin was stuck in the Null void for 5 years after this episode.
 * Cannonbolt is used two times in the episode, but has no lines.
 * Ben turns into alien 43 times in the episode.
 * First time we see inside the Null Void.
 * From the beginning, Ben unlock the Master Control, but at the end he zeroes it out on purpose so Vilgax wouldn't have it.
 * All the icons on the Omnitrix is shown three times in the episode.
 * Diamondhead and Fourarms both overpowered Vilgax in this episode.
 * The Plumber's Null Void radar design looks like the Omnitrix.
 * First & last time all 11 aliens in the watch at the time were used.
 * This is the first time we see the Wildvine and Cannonbolt icon on the Omnitrix.


 * The large worm alien that attacked Vilgax and Kevin at the end was probably of the same species as the Dravek, the worms that Ben and Reinrassic encountered on Turrawaste.