As they fall, Malware’s voice booms: “Then I will simply destroy everything around you first.”
“What would you say if you saw me now?” Ben mutters to the empty room.
Ben tries again: . Malware catches him mid-flight, absorbs his neuroshock blasts, and fires them back. Cannonbolt —Malware flattens him into a disc. Big Chill —Malware freezes him solid using his own intangibility against him.
He slams the dial. emerges—larger, armored, spiked. He roars and slams Malware through three walls. For a moment, it works. Ultimate Humungousaur rips Malware’s arm off. Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Episode 1 35
A hologram flickers on. Azmuth is chained in a sub-lab, but he’s smiling. “You wanted the Ultimatrix? Look closer. It was never the weapon. He was.”
Ben looks up at Malware, who is now the size of a skyscraper. “Then I won’t.”
Azmuth nods. “The self-destruct. Touch it again, Malware, and every piece of technology you’ve ever absorbed—including yourself—becomes inert. Forever.” As they fall, Malware’s voice booms: “Then I
The episode ends with Ben, Gwen, and Kevin crashing into the Galvan Prime core—a massive, pulsating sphere of pure energy. Malware has begun absorbing it. The planet begins to crack apart.
“Malware… stop.”
Kevin hardens his skin into metal and charges, but Malware phases through him like a ghost. Gwen throws a mana shield, but Malware’s touch corrupts it, turning her pink energy into black, sparking code. He’s not just strong—he’s an antithesis to all their tech. Cannonbolt —Malware flattens him into a disc
The episode opens on a quiet, rainy night in Bellwood. Ben Tennyson, now 16, is enjoying a rare night off from being a hero. He’s in his room, flipping through an old photo album. A picture falls out: him, Gwen, and Kevin, all smiling after defeating the Highbreed. But his eyes linger on a different face—a small, frog-like alien with a kind expression. Azmuth.
Ben, Gwen, and Kevin are teleported directly into the heart of Galvan Prime—Azmuth’s laboratory. The room is dark. Azmuth is not there. Instead, a floating drone projects the face of a scarred, furious Galvanic Mechamorph named .
Ben, bruised and barely standing, looks at the Ultimatrix. Its face is shattered. But the core still glows.
Ben refuses to hand over the Ultimatrix. He slams the dial. “It’s hero time!” He transforms into —but Malware simply stretches a single arm, wraps it around the giant alien, and begins draining the transformation. Ben screams as green energy is siphoned away. Humungousaur shrinks, withers, and reverts to Ben in seconds.