Ben, Rook, Kevin and Gwen were staking out the warehouse where the deal was going on. The shipment had made it, but the intergalactic police officers wanted to catch everyone in the act. The number and sizes of the crates did make them nervous. Over electronic earbuds, they communicated with each other.
"Who knew Charmcaster had interplanetary mystical contacts? But why would she want some alien hocus pocus?" asked Kevin, in his hiding spot, as close to hard metal and stone where he could power up.
"Well, technically both the Alpha Rune and Ascalon could be consider alien magic. Or alien tech which looks like magic. We know how powerful they are. So looking for an alien magical upgrade isn't too stupid. The problems is what's in the crates, right Gwen?" answered Ben, pointing out the issue.
"The items and spellbooks are random, chaotic. Some are religious, some arcane. Some for love, some for war... fertility, agriculture, animal husbandry, elemental, weather, and so on. Some are charms and beneficial and some are dangerous curses. Each one capable of blowing up in our faces if mishandled... here she comes." Gwen finished up as Charmcaster teleported in, with her new look which resembled her original look when she and the Tennysons first met.
"Welcome. You have the payment?" asked the small alien who was a member of the same race as Ben's alien Jury Rigg.
"Yes, but I want a look at the merchandise first. Make sure I am paying for real mystical artifacts and spellbooks." Charmcaster chanted a spell to open the boxes and levitated the objects inside. She looked them over and then snapped her fingers as Taydenite appeared in the alien's hands.
Ben and his friends moved out from the boxes and cried, "Freeze, Plumbers. You're under arrest."
Charmcaster matched them as they moved into combat mode.
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