"Move the handle to the left." Kevin instructed. His voice was slightly muffled from being under the car. "Like this?" I asked doing as he instructed. "Perfect Gwendolyn." he assured me. "I thought i told you not to call me that." I whined. "Come on Gwen. I was just using the name you were given at birth. What's so bad about that?" he asked innocently. I sighed and said nothing. "Hey guys. What you up to?" Ben asked, coming into the garage wielding three smoothies. "Thanking the best cousin in the world." I replied, grabbing one and immediately gulping it down. I was so thirsty lately. "You'd think that when the door was closed, you wouldn't come in Tennyson." Kevin complained from under the car. "Hey, I brought you and Gwen something to drink. The least you could do is thank me." Ben turned to look at me when he heard the noise of an empty cup."Gwen seems to be enjoying it. Maybe you shouldn't keep her cooped up in here all day while you work on the car, and let her get something to drink every now and then." Ben scolded. Kevin moved out from under the car to asses whether or not Ben was worth killing at the moment. I assumed not, as he just slid back under the car and continued working. The last thing I need was for those two to go at it again. "Gwen you want to tell your cousin to leave?" He asked. "Hey Gwen, you want to ask your boyfriend to can it?" Ben countered. "You know what Tennyson? It's go time." Kevin threatened, sliding back out from under the confines of the car and absorbing concrete from the floor. Ben started fooling with the Omnitrix. I sighed. "Look you two. I am not in the mood today. I am cold, tired, thirsty, and I think I'm going to..." I was starting to get tunnel vision, and I collapsed on the floor.

"Gwen? Gwen!" I heard my name and immediately opened my eyes. I was being held in Kevin's lap on the floor of the garage. "My head hurts." I complained. "Oh Gwen. Don't ever do that." Kevin warned me, but I could see fear in his eyes. His aura was also practically reeking of it. "Ugh." I groaned, trying to stand. "Not so fast there. Stay put." Ben warned. "What happened?" I asked warily. They looked at each other wonderingly, "You tell us. We started messing around, and you freaked out and then fainted." Kevin sounded pretty serious. That didn't explain anything I didn't know. I groaned again when a felt a sharp pain in my temple. "Are you okay?" Ben worried aloud. "Yeah." I lied. I struggled to my feet and immediately swayed, feeling very dizzy. "Whoa there. Easy." Kevin gripped my arm and tightened his hold on my waist. Suddenly, Ben's phone began to ring. he pulled it out and flipped it open quickly. "Hello?...what is it?...we're on our way-" he glanced quickly at me, "maybe...bye." He closed the phone and closed his eyes while pinching the bridge of his nose. "The Forever Knights are in town. We should go." he sighed. "Okay, let's go." I prompted them. "We have some knight butt to kick." I tried to make my voice light when in reality my head felt like it was going to explode. Kevin and Ben exchanged a long glance before Ben shrugged and climbed into the backseat of the car. I scooted into the passenger seat and Kevin drove in his usual reckless way.

We had just entered the main part of town when we saw them. Only, this time they had help. She was standing behind what was clearly the leader, long white hair blowing in the wind. Charmcaster. She glared right at me as I stepped quickly out of the car. Kevin put his hand on the hood of the car and absorbed it. Behind me I heard transform, "SwampFire." he growled. I knew that they knew what my target was. Their job was the knights, mine was Charmcaster. I let my mana flood into orbs at my hands. "Gwenny. How long has it been since we've seen each other?" She smirked. "Not long enough" I growled. "What a surprise." she scoffed. "Attack!" she screeched. Immediately the knights began to open fire on us. Kevin looked furious. Wait until there's a moment I pleaded with him in my head. Suddenly, there was another sharp pain, only this time it was in the base of my skull. I clamped my mouth shut and frowned against the pain. "Something wrong Gwenny?" Charmcaster snickered. I was just about to throw a mana ball at her, when I heard the sound of a large weapon warming up. I looked up just in time to find that Kevin was being targeted by one of the knights. Only this wasn't a normal laser, this one was much larger and more powerful. "Kevin!" I screamed. He turned around quickly, but he wasn't going to be fast enough. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Charmcaster about to strike. Without a second thought I focused all of my waning energy on Kevin, and created a small shield around him. He realized what I was doing a second before it happened, and a look of horror washed over his features. "Gwen!" he cried. I felt the laser hit my mana shield, and Charmcaster's attack knocked me to the ground. I focused as hard as I could on holding the shield. When I heard the laser being destroyed by Ben, only then did I allow my shield to fall. Kevin was at my side before I took another breath. "GWEN!" he pleaded. "I'm okay." I groaned, coughing and feeling blood on my lips. "Shh. Don't try to talk you'll just-" Behind him, I saw Charmcaster launch another attack, and with a groan I pushed a shield around us. But, with my quickly fading strength i just couldn't hold her back for long. "Kevin go!" I ordered. He looked at me in shock and surprise, "What are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere without you." he informed me menacingly. "I can't hold her much longer. You have to go. I love you." I quickly pressed my lips to his before putting him in a bubble of mana and transporting him as far away as I could. I think he reached the sate line about 100 miles away. I set him down gently. That was the last of my strength. I simply lay there and waited for the end. But that wasn't the case when you have Ben Tennyson as a cousin. Without the slightest bit of warning, he swooped down as JetRay and carried me far from the fight. "Stay here. Kevin'll be by in just a few minutes." he demanded. Not like I could move any part of my body anyways.