The guys were in the garage. Gwen entered the room. As usual, Kevin was under his car, working on it. "Hey, guys."
"Hi." Ben said. There was a sudden clang of metal.
"Ow!" Kevin slid out from under the car and rubbed his forehead. "Could you at least warn me when you come in? I'm getting sick of that."
"Sorry." Gwen said.
"That's the fifth time this week. I'm surprised I hadn't gotten a bruise yet."
"That'd probably be an improvement, along with your attitude." Ben said.
"You know what, Tennyson? You can feel free to get out or do I need to teach you a lesson?"
Gwen put her hand to her forehead. Oh, here we go again. She thought.
"Right, like you're really think that you're going to able to in front of your girlfriend?" Ben pointed out. "Who, by the way, just so happens to be my cousin."
"I'm standing right here, you know!" Gwen said.
"Look, like we're all not sick of you're attitude. Ever since this team started, you've always acted like the leader, always made decisions without thinking. A good leader wouldn't be so careless, especially with his teammates involved." Kevin pointed out.
"Coming from the guy that was in the Null Void for about five years, give or take a few, what would you know about leading a team? You're always running headfirst into trouble!" Ben said.
Having enough of this, Gwen snapped under the pressure. "Okay, enough!" They both looked at her. "You guys have been arguing about this for weeks. Sure, we've all got issues as a team, but at the same time, we're all still normal teens here."
"Yeah, since when is having powers normal?" Ben asked.
"Not the point!" Gwen said. "We are a team and we need to start acting like one. I think it's time you both saw how tough you really had it." She pulled out her spell book.
"When did you have that with you?" Kevin asked.
"I brought it with me." Gwen said. "I'm not sure if this'll work, but hopefully, you'll be able to work this out." She aimed at the guys and spoke an incantation. Suddenly, there was a flash and all three were out on the ground.
Kevin got up first. "Gwen, you okay?" He said, running over to the girl.
She opened her eyes and got up. "Uh, Kev? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Gwen?" Kevin asked. Then Ben got up, rubbing the back of his head.
"Uh, that hurt. What happened?" Then he looked at Gwen. "Wait, if I'm over there…"
"Hold on, what?" Kevin asked. He saw Gwen check her hair.
"I don't remember having red hair." The cousins looked at each other, then looked down at themselves.
"Oh, not again!" They both exclaimed at the same time.