Highbreeds are attacking Earth once again and due to the plumber deficiency, civilians are helping as much as they could including the other members of the tennyson family.
" These guys are tough. We've been fighting them for hours.", Ken tells his parents who are fighting alongside him.
" Tell me about it. I don't know how your sister, grandfather, and your cousin can handle them.", his father agrees.
" I'm suddenly envious of Gwen's powers and karate skills. Grandpa has his weapons, Ben has the omnitrix but the only thing we have are laser guns.", he says shooting another highbreed.
" Speaking of Gwen, where is she?", Frank asks his son.
" She's probably inside with Grandpa fighting these guys off.", he replies.
As if on cue, the plumbers exits the building apparently they defeated the highbreeds already.
" How are you holding up?", Gwen asks as she throws a mana beam at one of the highbreeds while the others finish off the rest.
" Just fine before you show up.", Ken answers.
" Yeah right, you can barely fight these guys.", Kevin says.
" I don't see you doing better in knocking these guys down earlier.", Ken comments.
" Ohhhh... burn.", Ben says and they all turn to glare at him.
They were all too focused in glaring at Ben to even notice that one of the highbreeds are still alive. It aimed its weapon at Gwen, hitting her on her shoulder.
" Ahhhhh...", Gwen cries out and Kevin immediately transforms his arm into a lance and stabs it killing it instantly.
" Gwen...", Kevin whispers and holds her in his arms.
" We should get her to the plumber's hospital. The bullet has a substance that weakens an anodite until they can't use their powers anymore.", Max says.
" I already called the ambulance. They're on their way.", Helen says.
They arrive in the hospital but Gwen's already weakened to an extent that she can barely move anymore.
" Will she be alright?", Max asks the doctor anxiously.
" The effects are already wearing off, she'll be able to use her powers again after a few hours bed rest. You can take a nap in the couches in the next room , it's been a long day, you need to sleep.", the doctor tells them.
" Thank you doctor.", Frank says and the doctor just nods before leaving the room.
" I hate being useless.", Gwen protests.
Kevin comes over and lifts her head a bit, being careful with her injured shoulder, and fluffs her pillow. He lays her head back again and kiss her forehead.
" I know but you don't have much of a choice.", Kevin tells her before kissing her forehead.
" It doesn't change the fact that I'm useless.", Gwen protests.
" Don't worry. Just spike your energy when something happens, you already know that I can feel your energy. I'll be with your family in the next room okay.", Kevin says.
" Fine.", she says finally giving in and they all leave the room.
The door opens and a nurse comes in. It's strange because she looks like charmcaster.
" How're you feeling?", she asks.
" Useless.", Gwen simply replies and the nurse just chuckles.
Gwen's POV
She's a lot like Charmcaster. No one has seen her ever since what happened in Ledgerdomain, she drained our life forces to revive her father who released the souls back to their bodies after telling her that he's disappointed that she turned out like Adwaita.
" Penny for your thoughts?", she asks me.
" Just thinking.", I reply.
" About who?", she asks.
" Someone I know. We haven't heard from her for a while.", I answer.
" Care to tell why?", she asks again.
" You wouldn't understand.", I reply.
" I would.", she says and she reveals herself to be Charmcaster.
Before I could say anything, she uses her magic to put a gag on my mouth. She injects something into my IV drip and I start to feel woozy.
" You're so lucky, you're pretty, smart, black belt in karate, powers, cousin with the strongest weapon in the universe, perfect family and a caring boyfriend. You're a complete package with your boyfriend and cousin as a bonus. Everyone wants to be like you even me. I have my staff, magic bag, whole library of spell books but I work my butt off for my magic but you, you're born with it. Shame you wouldn't live any longer, all your powers will be mine and I'll be invincible. I'll rule the universe and everything I want will be mine, everything you have should be mine. Too bad, you wouldn't be able to watch as I do that. After all, once this serum takes effect, you'll be dead.", she tells me.
I refuse to die like this. I try to get out of the bed but she put a restraining spell on me. I use my powers to disconnect the wires and spike my mana.
Kevin's POV
I feel Gwen's mana spiking. I silently walk out the door, not wanting to wake her folks up. I enter her room to see Charmcaster there with Gwen gagged on the bed. The IV drip hanging in its hook but the wire not connected and by the looks of it, it's contaminated with something.
" What are you doing here?", I ask her.
" Levin. How nice to see you again.", she says sarcastically.
" Drop the act. What are you doing here?", I ask her again and she just smirks before she snaps her fingers and with a flash they're gone.
The door opens and they all come in the room.
" What happened? Where's Gwen?", Ben asks looking around the room.
" Charmcaster took her.", I answer.
" Where's her plumber's badge?", Max asks and we found it on the table.
" We can't track her, not with this here.", Alan says grimly.
" Ben, do you think you can turn into Wildmutt to track them?", I ask Ben.
" I can try.", he replies and turns into Wildmutt and sniffs around.
He starts growling and I turn on the translation setting on my badge.
" They're in the gym and I smell blood. A lot of it, it smells like Gwen's blood. We need Grandma to help us.", the translation says and I turn my gaze to Max and pulls out his flare.
It looks like a normal flare but it looks different. He lit the flare and Verdona is here in a matter of seconds.
" What happened?", she asks.
" Charmcaster took her. Ben knows where they are but he smells her blood, a lot of it. She may be seriously injured right now. We'll need you to teleport us to her and heal her wounds.", I inform her, worried about Gwen.
" Alright, where are they?", Verdona asks worried as well.
" They're in the gym a couple of blocks from here.", I inform her.
" Let's go then.", she says and snaps her fingers.
I should've known that Charmcaster will take advantage of her "condition". What if I stayed in her room to protect her? What if I made sure that plumbers are at her door? What if I've been there sooner? What if she's now dying? What if...
End chapter.
A/N: Lame title for the chapter I know. I can't tell how many chapters this will have but we'll just know...