Ben 10 Legacy Novels & Stories

A legacy. A beginning. The End.

"He was my mentor early in my career before I joined Thompson Enterprises." "William Chen from Chen Global Investments?" Lily pulled up his profile. "He manages like five billion in assets." "Six billion now." I showed her his recent fund performance. "William specializes in protecting legacy companies from private equity raiders. He'd understand exactly what we're dealing with." "Do you trust him?" Lily looked at me directly. "Not just professionally but actually trust him with Thompson Enterprises?" I thought about William who'd taught me corporate strategy when I was fresh out of business school.

Dad always took me and Camille there when he was still alive and well. At some point my phone buzzed and I flicked while hurriedly bringing it out of my pocket. My hopes rose, thinking it might be Sebastian- foolishly- but it was just a notification from a news app: SEBASTIAN CARVERS ABOUT TO FINALIZE ACQUISITION OF BENNETT HOLDINGS. What sounded like a half sob, half laugh left me, but there was no denying how much seeing that news hurt me. If Helena or Camille was here, they’d remind me how terribly my father must be rolling in his grave over what I had lost.

"There, it's where my dad is. This is it." The older summoner looked confused. "What is that?" Hunter glanced at the screen. "The front of the arboretum?" "No, the whole thing." Benji gestured to the phone itself. "A cell phone?" "No, cellular phones are giant, like the size of your head." I let out a small laugh and grinned at Benji. "You've been gone too long. A lot has changed since you've been in the Half World."

She is a complete package. Rana Pratap kept himself away from most of the matters since Arthur came to take Myra with him. He officially transferred the crown to Arjun to take care of Legacy later on. That Legacy which he had protected and for which he abandoned Myra and Minerva once. He betrayed his own blood Myra. And now she became the protector of Legacy itself. Rana Pratap didn't dare to look at Takht. He remembered his meeting with Myra. Nobody knows that he had met her secretly after her arrival in India hearing about Ranvijay's situation.

He didn't look at me, but I could feel the cold radiating from him. ​"I have a Legacy to maintain," he whispered, so low it was almost a threat. "That Legacy doesn't include ghost stories from an island that doesn't exist on my map. If you want to keep your job on the 12th floor, I suggest you stop listening to Mateo and start focusing on your deadlines."

"Failed experiments." CLICK. A sound echoed from the floor beneath their feet. It sounded like a massive tumbler locking into place. "Did anyone touch anything?" Jack froze. "I didn't!" Ben raised his hands. "I was just... leaning!" "Ben, what were you leaning on?" Jack aimed the flare at Ben’s position. Ben was standing next to a stone pedestal that looked like a control console. His armored elbow was pressing down on a glowing glyph that depicted a mouth swallowing a sun.

He looked over his shoulder. "Someone has been maintaining Genesis all this time." --- Dani stared at Victor. "You said Legacy ended." "It did." "You said Richard destroyed it." "He destroyed Legacy." Victor's voice remained calm. "He never found the people who inherited Genesis." --- The distinction chilled the room. Legacy had been an organization. Genesis... Was an idea. One that had survived. --- Sarah's recording crackled back to life. "If you're still listening..." "...then you've discovered the hardest truth." "Organizations can be dismantled."

Last life, mutual death seemed to break cycle, but now reborn, pattern threatened repeat. Tears streamed my face, horror sinking deep. "That's us. Me and Sebastian." Eldric nodded grave. "The legend warns the white wolf's return restarts the wheel."

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Scene: An Island Compound (Unknown Location) Mason sat alone in a vast room of marble and glass. Lucien entered, smiling. “Do you know who you are, Mason?” The boy turned, eyes unreadable. “Yes. I’m the future.” Lucien nodded. “Good. Then it’s time to say goodbye to the past.” Outside, storm clouds gathered. And the final war for legacy began to stir.