[Freud] Benjamin Tennyson {Champions}

The Champions

Freestyle Hand-to-Hand Combatant:
Ben is a crafty, intelligent fighter, having trained in hand-to-hand combat by black belt Gwen and Grandpa Max. Max himself has hinted that Ben is a highly-skilled fighter, even as a human. He is also quite agile and acrobatic as a human, and has a knack for turning weaknesses into strengths, which aids in his hand-to-hand proficiency.

Above-Average Intelligence:
It is evident that Ben is smart in some respects, possessing an above-average to high intelligence. Gwen even stated that he really is not working up to his potential at school. He also has surprisingly substantial grades, maintaining a B+ average in his toughest subjects Physics and Chemistry.

Enhanced Eidetic Memory:
Ben has an extraordinarily sharp memory, as he was perfectly capable of remembering and writing down things with just one glance from a distance. (especially if the subject interests him!)

Benjamin is a rather average 15-year old young man, standing on an average of 5'6 in height and weighing about 120 lbs even. He has short, well-kempt brown hair and green eyes.

Initially cocky, childish, and selfish, Ben's immaturity and attention-seeking behavior often led him to joke around, regardless of the situation. When he was 10 years old, he used the Omnitrix improperly in order to benefit himself instead of actually helping others. His allies often criticized his attitude, unaware of the fact that he used humor to mask his fears. Despite some childish attitude, he was heroic, caring and generally good-natured, always willing to save others at any time even at the risk of himself.

As he's grown up though, he has shown that he's begun to grow out of that childish behavior of his, even if some parts of it still remain. He is somewhat more responsible and sensible now, with a rather good code of morals to boot, with even Max and other relatives describing him as "always doing the right thing", even if the methods might not always be right or acceptable.

Deep down he still harbors his childhood fears, however; those being fears of not being able to save those he cares for, or people getting hurt because of him. He has once confessed to Max that he feels guilty for letting fame get to his head as a kid, and that he is honestly trying to be more mature for once. Despite this, some old vices of his childhood - such as being rather stubborn to do things his way - still haunt him to this day.

Benjamin Tennyson was born and raised just like any other child, having a rather uneventful, but positive and well-off childhood. At a very young age, he began to show incredible interest in the interstellar and unknown, being a huge fan of anything space and alien-themed, something that his parents jokingly blamed his Grandpa Max for, knowing what kind of background he came from. But Max would always shrug things off and say that if the day came where Ben would get involved in any of his past affairs, he'd be there to fully take responsibility for the consequences it'd lead to. And so it was, that when Ben, Grandpa Max, and his cousin Gwen went on a camping trip one day, that responsibility would kick in.

As they were prepping up their campsite for the evening, a brilliant green streak shot across the evening sky before seemingly entering atmosphere and crashing down to Earth, only a few miles away from their camping site. Ben, being a ten-year-old at the time, and quite unruly and inquisitive, naturally went to investigate what had happened, and discovered a capsule that had crashed into the ground. Upon approaching it, it'd open up automatically, revealing an odd piece of alien technology within. When trying to reach for it to inspect it, the device almost came 'alive' and latched onto Ben's left wrist, and was impossible to remove once fully connected. After getting yelled at by Gwen for going against Max's wishes, and later leaving to snitch on Ben, he decided to have fun with the new device, and accidentally triggered his first ever transformation, turning into the alien he'd later come to name as 'Heatblast', and almost burned down the forest around him.

He was able to put out the fire, but was still heavily scolded by Grandpa Max after the fact for not being more careful with his newly-acquired alien device. But even after that, Ben kept on using the device and messing about with the various alien forms that came with it. It started off with using it for mere selfish and childish reasons, but eventually, he began to see another use for his new device; he could use it to be a superhero! And so, dubbing himself as "Ben 10", he would go on to use his device, the "Omnitrix", to perform day-to-day heroics and acts of vigilantism alike. Especially after he would begin to have many malicious, and power-hungry eyes set upon him and the Omnitrix. Realizing that Bellwood would no longer be safe from threats if Ben kept living there, and due to Ben not wishing his family to get caught up in his troubles, the decision was made that he, Grandpa Max, and Gwen would move out of state, and live elsewhere.

They'd manage to drive all the way over to New York City, where they settled down for the time being, with Ben and Gwen being applied to a local high school, and Grandpa Max setting up his own freelance mechanic business. But Ben's taste for his childhood heroics had not left him yet, and so whenever he felt the time and place called for it, he'd once more wield the Omnitrix's powers in the name of justice. One day, he'd run into an engagement with some gang goons that quickly turned south due to underestimating his opponents, but he was soon joined by another hero calling himself "Invincible", and together they'd mop the floor with the crime gang. Invincible stated that he was mighty impressed with Ben's powers, and invited him to a group of young superheroes known as the Champions. Naturally, Ben's immediate, spontaneous response was 'yes', and while he was of course given a stern talking to later by Grandpa Max, he stated that regardless, he was happy to hear that Ben wished to lend his talents to a heroic group. And so he would start a new, heroic life, once more donning the title of "Ben 10".