Chapter 1: First Step
Kevin's car pulled up to an empty airfield when they arrived at the air field Kevin pulled up to a large spaceship that was hidden behind a large hanger. "Well here we are we should get going we have a long way to go." Kevin said parking the car in the hanger.
Gwen climbed out of the car and grabbed her bag out of trunk and held onto it "Kevin where are you taking us?" she asked turning around and coming face to face with Argit. Gwen would have jumped out of her skin if she had never met him before.
"Kevin, what have you planned?" she asked warily wondering what her boyfriend had planned for their double date.
Kevin chuckled "That is a surprise all you should know is that we're going to have the most fun ever." He said grabbing the rest of the bags. "Besides Argit owes me a favor and he's letting us use a ship he got in a trade. We're going to be using his ship for our trip, we better hurry we have a long trip." He said leading the three others onto the ship.
Ben looked around the ship as he held Julie's hand. "Kevin you just remember your still on probation so let's not go anywhere that will cause you to get tossed into the void." Ben said taking his seat behind the pilot's chair. Kevin chuckled and took his seat "We're not going anywhere dangerous, I know where to go that is safe." He said as he began to turn the ship's controls on.
Gwen took her seat and looked out the front window. "You've been planning this for the last two months haven't you?" she asked smiling at the teen.
Chuckling lightly Kevin turned one last dial and the engines roared to life and the ship started to rise from the ground and float in mid air. Kevin hit the cloaking shield and took off into the sky.
"Trust me there is going to be no alien fighting like I promised but you never said anything about going to an alien planet." He said smirking as he dodged a few pieces of space junk. He grumbled under his breath about the junk floating around them. He yawned a bit and hit the auto pilot button before leaning back in his seat.
Ben got out of his seat and started to walk around "Hey Kevin what do you have to eat on this trip and why don't you have any of those stewardesses they have on planes walking around handing out snacks. You have a lot of money from you illegal trades you could afford them couldn't you?" Ben asked laughing softly.
Julie looked over at her boyfriend before looking away. Gwen rolled her eyes "Ben could you be any more of a jerk. We'll be there soon, besides you had three orders of chili fries before we left remember you made us stop special for them. You don't need to eat any more, but if you really are hungry then we can fly to the drive thru at the nearest planet." Gwen said looking over at Ben before turning to look at Kevin. "Are you going to tell us where you plan on taking us or is it going to stay a secret this whole trip? She asked as Kevin glanced over at her. "I told you it's a surprise. You guys know there is more to the ship than this area, you can go walk around and check it out." As soon as the words were out of his mouth both Ben and Julie got up from their seats and went off to explore.
Gwen pulled her legs up into the seat and reclined the seat back. "You're not one to be so secretive so it must be a pretty big secret for you to be keeping it from us." Gwen said smiling. Kevin chuckled "Since you and I were both grounded for so long I was surprised you father even allowed you to come on this trip." Kevin said remembering the day when Gwen had saved him from the Null Void. When they had gone back to Bellwood her parents were on the warpath that she had taken her brother's car and had driven with just a permit. "I thought your father was going to break something he looked so mad, and when you told them it was to save me from a court ruling in space I don't think I ever ran so fast in my life I actually thought I was a goner." Kevin said keeping an eye out for any problems with the auto pilot.
"Oh yes, big strong Kevin Ethan Levin ran off like a scared little girl just because my dad turned toward you. I've see you take on aliens three times your size and a man that is a foot taller than you scared you half to death?" she asked with a smirk. Kevin reached over and put his hand over Gwen's mouth "You said you weren't going to repeat my middle name ever" he whispered looking behind them to make sure Ben didn't hear. "For your information it wasn't your father that scared me half to death it was your mother, that look she was giving me, I thought she was going to murder me." He added with a smirk. Gwen laughed softly and looked back out the window as the stars in the distance seemed to dance.
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Ben yawned as he walked around the ship with Julie there wasn't too much to see other than the living quarters. "Not much here so how much did Kevin get for this ship from his friend… must have been pretty cheap. Then again Kevin is quite cheap when it comes to things. Let's just hope this ship doesn't break down on us." Ben said laughing as they made their way back up to where Kevin and Gwen were.
Julie smiled softly at Ben "Don't give Kevin a hard time on this trip you know he didn't have to bring us along. Gwen told me that he didn't want to bring us at first but she talked him into it. So be nice Ben or he might just leave you on whatever planet we're going to." Julie said laughing softly as they re-entered the control room.
"I hope we get there soon, I'm getting bored and this ship doesn't really have a decent bathroom at all. Your friend stiffed you." Ben said taking his seat again next to Julie. "Don't listen to Ben he's just upset that I wouldn't let him TP the ship." She said looking at her boyfriend with a glare. The both looked away from each other and looked out the windows.
"You two shouldn't fight at all, I have a feeling we're going to be there very soon and you two wouldn't want to start a vacation mad at each other." Kevin said laughing as he turned off the auto pilot and headed for a lime green planet. When the ship finally touched down Kevin got up from his seat. "We're not actually there yet but we've got a warning light and I need to check it out so we don't drift in space forever. So why don't you guys wait here for me I'll be back in five minutes." He said grabbing a small tool box before heading out of the ship.
I want to get off this planet as soon as possible, I don't know too much about it so it could be really bad here. Kevin thought as he opened up the panel on the port side engine. He began to do a diagnostic check when he felt that someone or something was watching him. Turning around Kevin looked though the trees. When he felt safe he went back to work on the engine.
He wanted to get off the planet as soon as humanly possible. There was something about the planet that made him feel uneasy. Kevin continued the check and watched for any problems. When he finally found one he began to re-solder a wire back into place when something hit him hard in the back of the head. Everything went black as Kevin hit the ground hard; he was grabbed by the legs and dragged off into the woods.
"Guys, Kevin has been good for more than five minutes. I'm going to go make sure he's all right. I'll be right back." Gwen said getting up from her seat and heading outside to where Kevin was supposed to be." Kevin… are you almost done out here?" Gwen asked coming around the corner and finding the panel on engine open and a tool box but no Kevin. Gwen looked in a circle franticly for her boyfriend. She couldn't see anything but trees. "Kevin! Kevin this isn't funny." Gwen yelled looking around again trying to find a clue. When she couldn't see anything she went back onto the ship and into the control room.
Ben turned around and looked at his cousin "Gwen? What's wrong?' he asked getting up from his seat and walking over to Gwen. " It's Kevin he's not out there, he just vanished I'm going to track his mana but you two should stay here I can take care of myself Ben and someone has to make sure that the ship stays safe and who better than the great Ben Tennyson." Gwen said smiling. Turning in a circle Ben thought for a moment and sighed. "Even if I tell you not to go alone you will still go so just hurry up." Ben said as his cousin took off again to find her missing boyfriend.
Julie looked at her boyfriend "I know Gwen said for us to wait I just can't help but worry I mean we're on an unknown planet." Julie said staying in her seat. She put her arms around herself. She looked out the window at the trees across the clearing.
Gwen looked around once more and started to concentrate on Kevin's mana, when she finally had a lock on him she smiled. "Found you, if this some kind of joke Kevin I swear I'm going to kill you" Gwen mumbled as she started to head into the trees and started to follow the trail deep into the woods. After walking for what seemed like forever Gwen found a small city, it reminded her of an ancient Mayan city that they were studying in history class. She could see humanoid like creatures walking around the city.
Checking the mana trail once more she could sense that Kevin was very close. Sneaking down the rocky path Gwen made her way into the city. She kept to the shadows as much as possible. When she found that the shadows and the buildings ended. Moving from her hiding spot she was surrounded by guards. Not what I planned, but maybe I can find Kevin this way. Gwen thought as she was lead toward the large temple looking building. When she ascended the stairs she felt her stomach tighten into knots.
The young Anodite looked across the open hall at the large throne with a young man who looked very handsome perched on it. He was watching as she was forced to walk closer. Gwen felt a lump grown in her throat as she finally was stopped just before the throne. It was then that Gwen noticed a form lying on the floor. It took her a moment to realize that the form was Kevin. "Kevin…" Gwen said softly as she moved quickly to his side and started to shake him.
"Wake up Kevin, please…hey get off me" Gwen yelled as she struggled against the hands that were grabbing at her. Both guards let go and moved back and kneeled on the ground. She moved right back to Kevin's side and rolled him over so his head was resting in her lap. "I really wish you were awake right now." Gwen whispered as she began to shake with fear. It was then she realized that someone was standing over her again. She slowly looked up and locked eyes with the man who had just been sitting on the throne.
Right away Gwen knew he had to be royalty, everything about him just screamed royalty, the way he held himself and just how he looked. Gwen lowered her gaze back to Kevin. "What's wrong with him?" she asked, she knew that her plumber's badge had a translator in it so alien races that didn't speak English could understand her.
Grabbing onto Kevin's arm and shook him again Kevin groaned softly and sat up. He began to rub the back of his head.
"You two look like you could use some care" the young man said to the couple. "My name is Prince Xalexy Ka, the eldest son of the royal family on the planet of Vamperi." He said bowing slightly. "You two are humans aren't you? I've never actually had the chance to study your kind. I'm inviting you to be my guests at dinner. It has been such a long time since we had visitors to our planet." Xalexy said as a couple servants came into the room. He looked at the couple in front of him. "My servants will bring you to a guest room where you can rest until dinner starts." He added as Gwen and Kevin were led away from him.
Kevin put his arm around Gwen's waist and kept her close until they were finally alone in a lavish room. "I don't like this; we should get out of here as soon as possible. Without proper knowledge about this place I don't feel right being here." Kevin said looking around the room before walking over to Gwen and pulled her into his arms.
"Now that you mention it I'm starting to get a strange vibe from this place. We should get out of here while we have a chance." She said moving away from Kevin and over to the door. Gwen grabbed the handle of the door and pulled on it, she found that the door was locked. "Kevin… they locked the door… now we officially have to get out of here." she said walking away from the door.
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Ben sighed and walked around the ship, he was bored out of his mind, Gwen had been gone for quite a long time and there was nothing to do. "Julie there is nothing to do and I'm getting bored of waiting for them to get back. Maybe I should go look for them. But I don't want to leave you alone especially on this strange planet." Ben said taking a seat on a couch in the living quarters.
Julie sighed and sat down next to Ben "Well look at it this way Ben, this is the first time we've actually had a chance to be alone together without you having to run off to fight aliens all the time. We haven't had a real date in a long time" she said leaning up against Ben and resting her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sure that Kevin and Gwen are fine, they can take care of themselves." Julie said reaching over and taking Ben's hand in hers "When we get home from our trip do you want to come over to my house for dinner my parents really want you to come over." She added.
Ben looked away a bit " That sounds like a lot of fun, I would love to have dinner with your family, and I promise even if there is an alien attack I'll try and let Kevin and Gwen take care of it." Ben said laughing softly, in the back of his mind he wondered if he would be able to go a whole night without fighting aliens. He worried that a dinner with Julie's parents would turn into a complete nightmare.
Kevin paced around the room and put his hands into his hair and tightened his fingers around his hair. "This is just great; I had such a great trip planned out for you" he said taking a seat on the bed. Gwen walked over and pulled Kevin's hands off his head. "Just getting to be with you is a wonderful trip; please don't beat yourself up for something you couldn't control." Gwen said smiling softly.
"Gwen your perfect and I wanted to impress you, I mean I know we're together already but I wanted our first date to be special." Kevin said sighing softly. "Kevin, you impress me every day by just being yourself" Gwen said going over to Kevin and putting her arms around Kevin. Standing up slowly Kevin kept his girlfriend close he loved the smell of her shampoo it was comforting to him. "There is something I've kind of been holding in for a while, ever since we ran into each other again I've been head over heels in love with you. There are some nights when I can't even sleep because I'm thinking about you. What I'm trying to say is that I love you and I never want to leave your side even for a second. This may be too sudden but I've been dancing around the subject of us dating for way too long and I know if I keep this in any longer I will never get the courage to do this. Gwen Tennyson I want to marry you so will you say yes?" Kevin asked closing his eyes and turning his head a bit, one part of him wanted to hear the answer and the other wanted to run away and never hear the answer.
Gwen smiled softly "Of course I'll marry you Kevin" she answered smiling. Kevin opened his eyes and sighed "I understand, I know it was too early to ask… wait you said yes" he said going over the answer in his head. Reaching into his pocket Kevin pulled out a small heart shaped ring box and opened it, inside was a white gold ring with nine round cut diamonds graced the band of the ring. Kevin took the ring out of the box and put it on Gwen's finger, the ring was a perfect fit. "Now that we have that settled how about we get out of here, we're in need of some stairs to get out of here." Kevin said as he led his fiancée to the balcony. Gwen created her stairs quickly and walked down past the garden wall and into the woods.
As they walked toward the ship using Gwen as a tracker, she was following Ben's mana to find where the ship was. The sky above them was turning a royal purple-blue color. "Kevin, we really shouldn't walk at night, and judging by how fast the sun is going down we should find shelter soon while we have some light." Gwen said as she walked close to Kevin.