'Everlasting Flames'
Okay this is my first Ben 10 fanfic and this is a ReinrassicIII/OC and I am writing this because there are not a lot of fanfics with Reiny in them so I just decided to give Reiny some love and write about him and my OC Ever. All the fanfics I've seen with him in it, mostly have to do with him loving Ben. I don't have a problem with it I just want to have more fanfics with Reiny in it. Well hope you enjoy, this will probably have a lot of chapters, but I'm not promising anything. If I owned Ben 10 I would be rich, but I don't I only own the plotline and my character Ever. (Disclaimer)'Thoughts'
Chapter 1
(Meeting Ever)
"Just great ... wonderful"
It was now 6 o' clock, and Ben had just finished investigating a crime scene committed at the Cryonics lab, when he had seen the unconscious alien. The alien shifted slightly, producing a soft hissing sound. Ben noticed the neck region was bent awkwardly to the side and also a few deep purple bruises here and there. Ben started moving toward it… no it was a she, a female feline. Her tiger-like ears twitched, as if she could here him. She was what you would think a real cat- fish would look like. Silver patches of scales peppered her battered physic, fins jutting out from her arms and legs. He was a little more than a few feet away, but if he could just reach her maybe he could see what he could do about those scars. 'Just a little closer… and, there!' Her ears twitched again, this time more fervently. He stepped a little closer, being extremely cautious.
He needed to inform Gwen that they would be having a patient to attend to. He pulled out his phone and dialed her number "Yeah, hey Gwen, how's it going'. Yes, yes I am, but we will be having a guest coming back with me, Um. An anodite, I think?" He said, hoping that Gwen would consider this. "Okay, but we don't know her, yes, yes I know, but I found her here, and she looks hurt, and is unconscious, its not like she'd do any harm…Okay, thanks Gwen."
Ben turned the omnitrix dial to Humungasaur, slammed it down, and then carried the sleeping she- alien off to his house.
AT BEN"S HOUSE
"So what are we going to do with her?" asked a puzzled Gwen.
"Maybe we should wait until she wakes up and then ask her questions." Kevin said with an inquiring look on his face. "Ben? Where did you say you found her again?"
"I had found her near the Cryonics lab." Ben said, occasionally glancing over at the now bandaged up, sleeping feline. "But before we call the Plumbers, I think we should wait. She might not want us to call them, but we also need someplace to keep her if she doesn't want us to. We all know that she can't stay with any of us... 'Cause, we have parents! And they will freak out." He paused, to give hand motions. "If she were smaller, way smaller, this would have worked."
"Yeah, but if she was as small as you want her to be, it would be very easy to lose her."
"Hey, I have an idea!" said Gwen suddenly "If we can't give her to the Plumbers or keep her, maybe we can send her to somebody we can trust. The only problem is, 'who?'" Gwen had a point, but this person or alien had to be easy to access as well as trustworthy.
A stifled groan erupted from behind them.
"I feel awful," said the alien who was seated on the floor, her deep-sea blue eyes flickering open. "I feel like I was hit by a hover craft" Gwen, who was the closest, ran over to her with Ben and Kevin right behind her. She looked at Gwen from her place on the floor.
"Are you okay?" asked Gwen
Gwen looked at her, and offered a hand but she refused to take it. Instead she just... stared at it.
" . . .Um, Yes, but where am I?" she asked with a curios look on her face. She looked around and took in her surroundings. 'Well, it doesn't look hostile' she thought to herself, it looked somewhat like the inside of a type of house.
"You are inside of the home of the great Ben Tennyson" Ben said. "I am the wielder of the omnitrix, feel free to stare."
She looked at the omnitrix then up at him, but she didn't say anything. The blue anodite's ears twitched softly, but he kept staring back, she didn't know what he wanted or why he kept staring at her. Gwen took Ben over to one corner of the house and started scolding him about something around the boundaries of being 'boastful' or 'annoying' She could also care less so she tried standing up and then tried to stand up, also trying not to draw attention to herself. She regretted it immediately; her legs had made it half- way then buckled underneath her. "Dang it!" she hissed. Gwen turned from Ben to look sentimentally at Ever. "What are you doing?" Ever looked up at her.
"I…I was trying to get up." She said
"Here let us help you." Gwen and Kevin reached down to hoist her up; she was extremely light for her stature.
"Thank-you, she said timidly. Her bluish- black ears went down partly.
"Now that we have that covered. What's your name?"
She didn't answer. She tried again, this time trying to coax her into answering.
"Look, we don't want to hurt you we just wanted you to tell us your name." Gwen smiled softly, hoping that this time she would answer.
"My name is Ever," she paused "I come from a large planet called Ailanthus. I am the fourteen year old daughter of the king and queen." Kevin scoffed and Gwen cocked an eyebrow
"I didn't know you were so young, I thought you were twenty"
Ever smiled softly "It's a common mistake, don't worry about it."
"Ooo royalty." said Kevin was only teasing, but Ever's eyes flashed crimson red and barred two razor sharp fangs at him for mocking her. He held up his hands to get her to calm down, and then apologized. "Sorry, I was only joking" Gwen rolled her eyes.
She settled down, cleared her throat, and started again "After an argument with my Father, he had me ... " she hesitated "whipped and sent me to my chambers" Gwen was curious
"What did you argue about? It must be big in order for him to physically handle you." she walked towards Ben's bed.
"We had argued about when I must be wed. On my planet, if you are not of royal blood you can marry whomever you want, whenever you want... they are so lucky. Unlike them I am and I have to be tied down to one of the most sorry excuses for men I have ever met. I want to be free not bound by one man after the other… The worst thing was it was that the wedding was next week." she paused to catch her breath. "I concluded that I wasn't ready, and I wasn't going to marry anyone until I wanted to. He took it terribly, whipped me and sent me to room and locked me in until wedding day. I was fixed on the fact that I was not going to be married to some stuck up, selfish, and an utterly sorry excuse for a lover. I had left the comfort of my room, and had taken all that I had needed, and left. I had fixed a portal in my room, but they couldn't find me even if I set the co-ordinates the portal has been in there for ages, but for an extra measure I didn't put in any co- ordinates, so when I entered I was sent careening down from your atmosphere."
"Wow what else happened?" asked Ben, he was really interested now.
"I brought up one of my shields, and prayed to God that I would survive, I did of course, but I was unconscious after I hit the ground, but before that I felt my shield go out." She explained.
"Did you have a Plumber's badge on you?" asked Kevin
"No ... if I did, it would have burned when I was falling." she said while she was now grimacing about all the bruises she has now acquired. Gwen had gotten up and was now standing in the front of the living room.
"Well, should we call the Plumbers, Ever?"
Ever looked down in thought. She knew that they were police, but she also knew many of them were friends with her parents. They would be no help at all, she needed to hide from them, so they wouldn't, bring her back to a life that her parents wanted. She had also known about the Omnitrix, she had studied it herself, but she couldn't stay with the wielder either, the other plumbers would definitely check up with him and every single plumber in every galaxy as well. She looked up, and said a quiet "No" she then looked at Ben. "You can't call the plumbers, they'll send me back to my parents. My parents will punish me, I'll be grounded to the end of time, and I'll never get to see the light of day ever again. I'll have to stay in my dormitory, probably be forced to return to my boring training, they will also take away the rest of my privileges. I will never get to see the light of day ever again" she was close to being hysterical
"She's right, I wouldn't want to go through all that either." said Ben, "I know 'cause I suffered withdrawal of Sumo Slammers." Ben said, remembering what he went through. Kevin scoffed
"Well," said Gwen "Ben, see if you can find some one to take her in." Ever looked up and mouthed a silent thank- you. Gwen smiled and said "Your welcome"
"So, tell me more about yourself Ever." Gwen said sitting criss- crossed on Ben's bed.
"Like what" said Ever, positioned formally on the desk chair, staring grimly at the bandages placed on her.
"Maybe about, what type of powers you have?"
"I am a mixed alien, but my entire race are called Water Anodites or Ailanthians. We are part Anodite and part Siren. I have the same powers as an Anodite, but ten times stronger. My Siren side gives me durability, which is why I wasn't injured that badly when I landed, but it also gives me the ability to control anything liquid.
"Wow, I thought you were Anodite, just only blue. I'm an Anodite too. It's nice to meet another Anodite besides my cousin and grandmother. It is weird though, your entire planet is filled with your only kind?"
"Yes it is"
"Cool, so you're sort of like a mermaid."
"No, but we do have them on my planet too."
"Where you come from sounds beautiful sounds like the perfect summer vacation."
Ever sat up straight, pulling absent-mindedly at her bandages. "Yeah, I guess so"
"Since your part Anodite you should have a human form right?"
"Yeah, I will show you if you want me to."
Gwen smiled "Go ahead."
She bowed her head, the symbols in her snow hair started to glow an icy blue color, The outlines for said symbols were projected in mid-air then started to spin around her. The light engulfed her, Gwen had to shield her eyes from the close proximity of the light, and then it died down. Ever was ... gorgeous! Her hair was as black as raven's feathers; it fell around her young coffee colored face delicately. Her eyes were a beautiful honey color and her clothing was very unique as well as exquisite. She wore a cerulean blue and black velvet dress, it had looked as if the dress was an artist's canvass and they had painted the breathtaking picture on there. The dress had a very fancy design of a heart and some white roses. On her head was a tiara; it had a gold frame, with all types of green and blue gems on them.
Gwen looked at her. She was young but she had taste in clothes.
"WOW!" Gwen and Ever turned to look at the brunette male gaping in the doorway "You look amazing Ever!"
"Oh... thank-you Ben."
"Ben, don't you see that we are doing something." Gwen said annoyed
"Sorry, but I got Reinrassig III to take her in. He said that she has to come early because he has an important meeting to attend to.
"How early?" asked Ever, who had now taken off her tiara, and was twirling it around.
"He had said something about tomorrow morning if its possible, he told me that he was excited to meet you." he pointed to Ever "Julie is going to let us borrow SHIP. In the meantime, you guys can go shopping or, whatever girls do in their spare time."
"Thank- you Ben, and tell Kevin I said 'hi'," Ever said, really happy that she wouldn't be going home. "And, umm, Ben?"
"Yeah?"
"May I call you guys while I'm there? Just in case something goes wrong" she asked shyly. He came over and patted her on her back.
"Of course Ever." he said. She shook his hand.
"Thanks Ben." he nodded, and then left
"Gwen?"
"Yes?"
"Have you met this Reinrassic III? If you have, what is he like? Is he nice? What is his race called" Ever hoped he was nice; she didn't want to have a guardian that was mean or rude. 'Well if he were mean, they would know, and they also would not hand me over to him... right?' she told herself
"Well, I haven't known him for as long as Ben has, but he is a Highbreed..."a horrible shrieking cut her off.
"He's a Highbreed!" Ever trilled, Gwen jumped back some, that's the loudest she had heard her. "They hate my kind, I am the princess of the first race they hated Gwen. I am one of their sworn enemies; he's going to kill me! Don't send me to him, I beg of you." Ever pleaded her eyes turning a sunset yellow. "Don't let them take me"
"Hold on, hold on. Ever why do they hate only your race? They attacked every planet in this known galaxy." Gwen said a perplexed note in her voice. Ever closed her eyes, then looked to the ceiling.
"Gwen they have always hated us even before the recent war even started." She sighed, " We are their sworn enemies. Our races have always hated each other."
"Why?"
Ever's eyes momentarily flashed red. Gwen could see the loathing in her "...Gwen... my oldest brother was there, and they murdered him. You wouldn't believe how much grief they had caused my family; He was my best friend and they…they. Murdered. Him. But you know what, I wouldn't have learned as much as I did with him." Her face went dark; but her despair was so thick you could feel it. Gwen took this in, she wanted to comfort her but she also needed her space. " Hey! I know what will make you feel better." Her face was still dark but she looked back at her anyway. "What?"
Gwen smiled softly
"Shopping!" Ever immediately smiled
"Yea!"
"Let's ask Kevin if he can take us."
"Okay"
Gwen paused before she walked out "Do you have money, and, maybe something less... formal?"
Ever looked at her and smiled "Lots, and I'll find something in the mall"
"Good, and trust me if Ben trusts him I will too, but if he does try to harm you in any way, call us. I will try and see if Ben can find someone else. If not see if you can loosen up maybe even try and set up an alliance with them. Okay?"
"Okay Gwen, I will."
"This was so much fun, It reminds me of the time I stuffed my sister's bunny in the blender! " Ever said as she walked out of the mall with Gwen.
She had so much fun; she had literally gone through every store in the mall. Gwen had helped her pick out clothes for her trip. Ever picked out things to entertain her with. Apparently she could entertain herself with nothing for a very, very long time, music was an exception. She had picked out a sketchbook, art supplies, a laptop, and an iPod touch. Ever was also kind enough to buy Gwen a brand new evening gown and an iPod touch. She had refused at first, but then accepted the offered gifts. Ever had also gotten a fruit salad
"That's not very nice Ever" Gwen said scolding her
"I know, but she is evil" Ever said jokingly "All younger siblings are evil"
A sigh
"Still, your a princess, you should not be doing things like that, its rude." Ever pouted
"Okay . . . Hi Kevin!"
Kevin, who was cleaning one side of his car, looked up and saw Ever running towards him.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" he bellowed. Ever skidded to a halt, wondering why he said to stop, she decided to ask.
"What was that for?" she said, sounding irritated
"You were about to hit my car!"
"No I wasn't." she argued, Gwen nudged her.
"He is obsessed with his car."
"Oh . . . obsessions aren't good for you Kevin."
"Oh really," Kevin said, "Who are you to judge me?"
"I'm not judging you, I'm only telling you out of experience"
"Yeah, yeah, we'll talk about this in the car." Kevin said as he ushered his two passengers into the car.
"Hey Kevin guess what?" Gwen said
"What?"
"Ever got me a new dress and iPod touch!" She said excitedly "I've always wanted one of these"
"What? That's not fair."
"Yes it is" said Ever from the back seat. Kevin turned around and looked at her.
"Ha. Ha."
"Ha. Ha. Ha" Kevin ignored that
"I have one that I can give to you Kevin." Ever added hoping he would take it (she had too many, not that she needed them)
"Sure, but right now we need to pick up Ben and then, go to Los Soledad."
"Los Soledad . . . why do we have to go there?" asked Gwen
"To meet up with Paradox, he had called earlier saying that he wanted to see Ever."
Ever sniffed
"Why?"
"Ask him" Kevin's car had just skidded to a halt. A man in a white lab coat, with a watch in his hand, was now standing in front of the car. "Come on Paradox what was that for?" Kevin asked annoyed.
Ever gasped, recovering from the near car accident, but she couldn't help but to stare at this guy. Something was nagging her at the back of her mind about him but she put it away instantly.
"Kevin you are late, and frankly I decided to just meet up with you" Kevin was not impressed
"You could have messed up my car."
"Sorry Kevin, but I really do want to meet your passenger." he said obviously not caring for what Kevin had said.
"Come on out Ever, Paradox wants to meet you."
Ever hesitated before she had gotten out. She really, really, really felt irritable; his look was what was bothering her like she should have known him or something, but
"Ahh, Evelyn, do you remember me my dear?" she faltered
"Um... uh, no, I don't think so, and please don't call me that."
"Didn't think so, when you saw me you were a little baby girl. I am sorry if I've frightened you."
"It's okay" her hair flew around her face
"Your parents are looking for you." Ever winced
"Yes, and I do not care they couldn't track me down no matter how hard they tried." She turned away, her arms crossed and seething.
"Don't be upset Evelyn…" Ever hissed at hearing her real name. "You could still getaway if you leave now"
She turned back to look at him, but he was gone. Her brows furrowed in confusion, Gwen walked toward her.
"Are you ready to leave?" Ever or rather Evelyn looked down at the pavement. "Yes and my real name is Evelyn, but please do continue to call me Ever."
The trio had arrived close to twelve.
"Ben, are we going to leave for Los Soledad now?"
"Yeah, just let me get my stuff."
"Hey SHIP is here!" Gwen said, who was turned towards the door.
SHIP beeped happily, jumping up and down in pure happiness.
"SHIP, SHIP, SHIP!"
"Yeah we're happy to see you too."
Ever turned around from where she was seated on the couch, she cocked her head to the side when she saw SHIP, then she got up and walked over to where SHIP and Gwen were.
"Hi" she waved to SHIP "aren't you a cutie" SHIP bounced up and down flipping in the air every other jump. "Aww he is so... cute!" she squealed, "Can I pet him?" Ever asked shyly
"Of course, we're going to be riding in him anyway." Ever reached out to pet SHIP, she hesitated a little before her hand reached Ship's head. He leaned into the touch. "He feels warm for living metal"
"Yeah,"
Ever gathered her belongings out of Kevin's car and walked into Ship's passenger hold (A/N I don't know what its called), she placed herself next to Ben, Ever had downloaded a few and now she wanted one that was soft to listen to. She turned it to a song called 'Safe' by Britt Nicolle, set it on replay. She unfurled her tail from its hiding place and curled it around her body, and fell asleep. Ben, who was sitting next to her, mused on how she looked like a big fuzzy kitten.
"Aww isn't that cute." Kevin only looked at him
"Kevin how long is it till we get to Augstaka?" asked Gwen, who completely ignored her cousin.
"Well, were not actually going to Augstaka first, but when we will get there in about like two to three hours."
"Perfect might as well get some sleep... Good night Kevin."
"Good- night Gwen." said Kevin who was smiling affectionately at her sleeping form, and continued to steer SHIP through space.
A/N: I know the first chapter is very long and it hasn't even gotten to the exciting part yet. Next chap. includes very important characters… Well like two, so plz Review and no flames they will be used to cook my turkey. Wish me luck =)