IT STILL FELT WRONG, AS IF PARADOX WAS SILENTLY JUDGING HER for what they were about to do from wherever — or whenever — he was ; even if it wouldn’t stop her from doing it anyway. She had spent years having him lecture her about the dangers of this kind of thing.
WHAT PARADOX DIDN’T KNOW WON’T HURT HIM.
At least that’s what Gwen told herself the numerous times she didn’t listen to his warnings, anyway.
The portal appeared and Gwen, not phased in the slightest ( a common occurrence but this time nothing bad was coming through to kill her ) as she shot a glance over at Albedo, questioningly, the ends of her long hair swaying from the energy projected.
❝ I can’t even imagine Ben without the Omnitrix. ❞ it couldn’t have been good, could it ? Ben, as much of an idiot he could be at times, did do a lot to protect his home and gave it his everything. ❝ Is that where we’re going ? ❞ he bowed her in and Gwen, taking a deep breath, took a step forward into the dimensional rift and came out on the other side waiting for her companion, looking around.
IT WAS BELLWOOD. HER HOME. AND YET IT WASN’T.
She takes a minute, adjusting to the newness of another dimension. ❝ ——— the mana here feels weird. ❞ her tongue flicked over her sensitive teeth, the mana making them twinge just a little.
Albedo casually hops through the portal, reaching over to pick up the device and placing it back into his bag. It’s been some time since he was last in this dimension, and that time was not exactly a pleasant memory to recall. Even so he doubts much has changed since then. “I would assume so. In this dimension, Tennyson never came in contact with the Omnitrix, therefore much of what you recall happening that summer never came to fruition. Vilgax isn’t alive in this world and the Plumbers are still a secret organization. Things are very different here.”
Albedo motions for Gwen to follow him, peaking a bit out of the alleyway before simply starting to walk along the streets with confidence. He wouldn’t even toy with the idea of just waltzing out in broad daylight back in the Prime Dimension, but here? Here he was just some random person on the street enjoying a nice walk with his friend. He was nobody. And so was Gwen. “While you still exist here, you’re not famous. You won’t be recognized by just anyone unless they know you personally.”
The atmosphere around here was vastly more calm than that of the Bellwood they were used to. It was so calm here, like a normal city. Not one that was faced with destruction every other week. If he hadn’t made friends with Gwen, Albedo would have seriously considered just staying here in the No Watch Dimension. Less chance of getting arrested and no planetary destruction plots to worry about from every two bit low life who dared to try. “We’re free to do whatever we like here with very little chance of being recognized. Honestly the only person here who could recognize me is No Watch, the version of your cousin that actually lives here. He’s the only one who even knows who I am, though he’s never seen me in this form. Only the child form that I was stuck in when I was here.”