The Island
Ben shielded himself from the heat of the small explosion coming from inside of the cargo ship. He knew that the bomb Kevin and he set up had finally gone off without any worries. Only problem was the swarm of DNAliens attacking the them; occupying them instead of getting off the ship. And to make things more difficult... Kevin was knocked unconscious. They were somewhere out at sea when the bomb went off and Ben reacted on nothing but instinct and the adrenaline rushing through his veins. He morphed from Humongusaur to Big Chill and froze the DNAliens closest to the duo for he had no time to fight off the whole pack. Ben picked Kevin off and flew high above the ship. Ben looked around and saw nothing but the sea in every direction. 'This wasn't supposed to be that hard. Just a normal sabotage at the harbor.' Ben quickly started to panic as fatigue caught up with him rapidly. Without thinking, Ben sped off without a clue as to where he was going, how long it would take, or how much longer his Omnitrix would hold.
It was another two minutes until he spotted the small island, it was maybe 3 miles away and Ben started to worry. It would take at least five minutes to reach and he didn't know if he had it in himself to make it.
Slowly but surely, relief took over as he approached the island maybe half a mile away. 'We're gonna make it!' His relief vanished and was replaced with the sharp rise of worry with the familiar and dreaded beeping of the Omnitrix. Ben and an unconscious Kevin were falling rapidly to the sea. Ben grabbed Kevin and pulled him close as he braced himself for the sea. As he hit the water the breath was knocked out of him and he let go of Kevin. The cool night's air dropped the sea water's temperature and the water felt like thousands at daggers stabbing every nerve. He swam to the top and looked around the surface of the water for Kevin. He began to panic again when he realized the older teen had not risen to the surface. He took a deep breath and plunged into the freezing water. He opened his eyes under the water only to feel the rough stinging of the salt of the sea. He saw Kevin slowly drifting deeper and deeper into the depths. The younger teen lunged at the older male and grabbed him by the wrist slowly pulling them up to the surface. Ben gasped for air but it was not over yet, the island was his goal. Luckily he was closer to the island because of the current. Kevin's height and body structure made it difficult for Ben to grip the older teen, but he managed.
He pulled Kevin onto the sandy shore and let out a deep sigh of content and checked Kevin's heart rate. It was beating, a little more slowly than he expected but it seemed to Ben that Kevin had not inhaled the seawater.'I made it.' He smiled to himself and let out a dry, short chuckle. His throat was stinging lightly due to the salt water. He looked over at the sleeping teen and felt great self accomplishment, 'We made it.' Although Ben was exhausted, he knew the shore was an easy place to be spotted by any surviving DNAliens so he dragged Kevin into the denser part of the small island.
Once he was far enough in he settled Kevin against the trunk of a large tree. He knew he need to get out of the clothing he was in or risk the chance of being ill, but first he needed a fire. He gathered smaller branches and then larger ones into a pile but he still needed a fire. Then he realized Kevin still had the lighter that they had used to light the bomb's fuse with. Ben searched Kevin's pockets until he cane across the small, damp lighter. He stuck it several times, but it would not light, 'Come on! Please!' Ben pleaded to himself. 'Ah Ha!' A small flame sprang to life from the lighter and Ben wasted no time to take the opportunity while he still had it.
After a few minutes the fire was roaring with life and Ben had stripped down to nothing but his boxer briefs and did the same to Kevin as he leaned against the tree. The cool night's air had dropped a few degrees sending chills down his spine. Ben finished removing Kevin's clothes and laid it close to the fire as he did with his own. He stuck a few more branches into the fire, and he walked over to Kevin.
'It's so cold,' thought Ben to himself. He knew the situation he thinking in his head was awkward but drastic times call for… well drastic measures. He laid himself next to Kevin and draped his arm across his waist and shuddered at the warmth of the touch. He placed his arms on Kevin's warm chest and snuggled in closer. He intertwined their legs together hoping to get warmer fast. 'I bet Gwen would give anything… no she would give everything to be where I'm at now,' He snickered to himself at the thought.
After a little bit Ben quit shivering and warmth radiating from Kevin was like a blanket. Soon he let sleep take a hold of himself and he passed out once every drop of adrenaline had abandoned him.