Benny

Benny is a zombie from CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations.

In a universe with no known Transformers, Benny the Smith is the zombie head of occult science research for Covert Vampiric Operations. He was originally human till turned during a previous mission. Thanks to the magical technology known as Artillica, Benny was able to retain his own mind.

Fiction

CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations

Hey, Benny. Screw you!

In response to a zombie outbreak at a complex in New Mexico, the CVO team, including Benny, was sent to contain the situation. However, despite Benny's Artillica, the zombie Undermind was able to overwhelm and take control of the zombie. The CVO team shook him out of it, but not before the other zombies took Benny's Artillica, along with his arm. In safety, Benny revealed that the zombies were under the control of a hive intelligence, which soon took over again. Benny, out of control, bit Britt, infecting her and transforming her into a zombie/vampire hybrid. Benny, lost to the zombies, led them to CVO headquarters, where he accessed the Artillica stockpiles, so they could be used to travel to other universes, spreading the infection. To this end, Benny kidnapped Britt, transforming her into a living conduit to open other universes with. Thanks to a sci-bot, the portal technology malfunctioned, freeing Benny, but leaving Britt comatose as her soul was split among universes. To cure Britt of her condition, Benny set up a protocol to search the universes the zombies travelled to for Britt's aspects. Infestation #1

To protect against the Undermind's effects, Benny wore an Artillica helmet. With Britt inert for the time being, Benny went to work at restoring Britt to her original self, but his efforts were cut short when Britt summoned her four avatars from the universes to reunite with herself. Transported to the Oval Office of the White House, Benny had his helmet removed by Cross so that the zombie would again fall under the Undermind's influence and bite Cross, turning him into a vampire/zombie hybrid capable of subduing Britt. With his newfound abilities, Cross destroyed the Undermind and disappeared. After an investigation into the final confrontation, Benny and CVO went back to their usual businesses. Infestation #2

Britt, in a universe with Transformers and in a fit of exposition, recalled the time when Benny bit her. The Transformers: Infestation #2

In his home reality, Benny helped coordinate the CVO Coffin Operations efforts against the many manifestations of the Elder Gods that popped up all around the globe. Infestation 2 #1 He alerted Britt to Overmars's plan to take out Cross via drone to stop the Elder Gods from using him as a conduit. Infestation 2 #2