"Are you sure there aren't any bad guys who need their butts kicked by us?" Kevin said in an annoyed tone, leaning back casually as he placed his arm on the couch behind Gwen, his expression board, black locks falling down in front of his face. The young red head turned her green eyes to look at him beside her, a slight smirk on her face as she did. Across from them, sitting in a chair with his feet on the coffee table sat Ben, his green coat hung on the back of the chair behind him.

"Positive. There hasn't been any activity lately. Well, not that we know of at least. I know that Grandpa Max hasn't sent us anything." Ben responded, sighing as his head dipped back, letting it rest on the soft cushion of the pillow as he closed his eyes, not sure what to do either.

"Here. We can double check with the news, alright?" Gwen said, leaning forward away from Kevin as she reached out towards the small coffee table, gripping the T.V. remote in her hand as she leaned back again, her long hair tickling Kevin's face slight as she came to rest her head on his shoulder. With a click, the machine sprang to life, an instantly a story came on the T.V. From what they could see, there was what appeared to be some sort of monster attacking people. Another of Dr. Animo's creations.

"Finally!" Kevin said with a grin, springing up from the couch without a second thought, rushing for the door without even bothering to look back and see if the others were following him or not. With a slight smile, Gwen was soon following close behind, Ben running out the door to jump into the car along with the rest. There was a screech of tires and they were off, speeding down the street, Kevin not throwing one glance back at all. Of course, Gwen and Ben braced themselves for a moment, trying not to get thrown out of their seats from the force.

.ooOOoo.

"Okay Tennyson, it's your move." Kevin said leaning against the frame of the car as the three watched the giant dog like creature before them. It gave a loud roar, turning to the flipped car beside it and taking it into its massive jaws, then lifting it with ease. What once might have been a harmless dog was now a large monster, its fur gone in some places and replaced by either muscle or bone, giving it the appearance of one like a monster out of a horror story.

Ben smirked, and without another word, quickly spun the dial of the Omnitrix, then slamming his palm against it with a wide grin. As the flash of green light filled the area, Kevin and Gwen turned away, shielding their eyes as Ben began his transformation once more.

"Spider Monkey!" The high pitched voice of the alien screeched as the flash died down, leaving the alien monkey being in Ben's place. With a swift movement, Ben was up in the air, his tail swinging under him to shoot a large amount of webbing down at the mutant dog, whom by now had realized that something was amiss as it jumped in the air at Ben, jaws snapping together only to be met with the web.

As the creature fell back down to the pavement, the spider web covering it's muzzle, it growled, wriggling on the ground as it tried to get it's huge paws up to scratch it off. But Kevin was on it by then, running his fingers along the surface of the asphalt as he rushed the creature, instantly taking on the substance beneath him.

Hand forming into a large hammer made of the asphalt; Kevin brought it down atop the creatures head, than quickly dodged the incoming claws as the creature struck back. Gwen was right there behind him though, forming her mana into the slices as she threw them at the mutant animal. It cried out from pain, its jaws finally ripping the webbing away as its mouth flew open.

"Okay, so that didn't work…hit it till it falls?" Ben suggested as he landed in between Kevin and Gwen.

"I like your thinking Tennyson." Kevin grinned as he formed a mace with his other hand, rushing forward now with both that and the hammer. Gwen threw Ben a look but only followed behind her boyfriend as they rushed at the creature once more. Ben was dashing across the asphalt with great speed, his many legs making it easy.

Once again Gwen formed her mana as Kevin aimed a throw at the dog like creature, a glad cry escaping his lips as the hammer hit the leg of the creature, the mace hitting its underside. Once again there was a cry from the creature, and it turned on the small group, aiming to kill as it snapped it's fangs at them, trying to a grip at one of them as it charged back.

The three dodged, backing away as quickly as they could as the thing came at them still, speed increasing by the minute. Kevin decided he wasn't going to retreat as he once again charged, only to be met with a large swinging paw that threw him across the lot and into his car. There was a crack of metal, and as he slid down he came to rest against his car, head falling to the side as his body state returned to normal, unconscious.

"Kevin!" Gwen called out, though she knew she wouldn't get a response. With a quick movement, she was once again swing out mana left and right as she let out her anger upon the creature, letting her intent become clear as it yelped slightly and began to back away. While it was distracted, Ben rushed forward and leaped onto the mutant dog, gripping its fur, or what he could grab.

The dog then tried to twist around and grab at Ben, but he was fighting back, letting one of his small fists pound into the creatures head over and over again, and refusing to give up. The creature began to sway, both from the pounding of Ben and the attacks of Gwen. But in one last protest and attack, it flipped over, crushing Ben between its body and the pavement before falling unconscious.

Gwen quickly lifted the dog like thing from Ben and placed if farther away, rushing over to him. A flash and he was back in his human form, though still laying there, not moving. She knelt down and began to slap at his face gently, trying to wake him. He groaned, and after a moment more, his eyes slowly fluttered open, sitting up as he rubbed his head.

"Did we win?" He muttered, looking up to his cousin beside him. She smiled then leaned forward, wrapping him in a warm hug. At first, Ben tried to pull away, but then ended up hugging her back.

"What about Kevin?" He asked, and instantly Gwen let her eyes travel back to where Kevin had fallen. He was now rubbing his head as well, already looking over to the cousins where they were. Ben felt Gwen's posture lose its tension and relax once more, and knew that she felt things were okay.

"I have one question: Where's Animo?" Kevin stated after he had gotten up and come over to the pair, standing beside Gwen as she helped Ben to his feet, letting him brush off the grit from his jacket as he faced his friends. He had a point, for if one of the mad man's creations showed, the man himself usually wasn't far behind.

"Right here!"

The scratched voice came from above, but by the time the trio turned around, Ben found himself on the ground pinned by two pairs of large talons while Gwen and Kevin were thrown to the side by an enormous, white wing. As Ben struggled, a loud, maniacal round of laughter echoed through the parking lot, and near the mutant bird's head appeared Animo.

"Your alien DNA is going to be mine this time!" Anime said with a broken grin and another cackle of laughter as he watched Ben struggling still. Gwen and Kevin slowly rose to their feet, and upon seeing Ben, began to rush forward.

"Uh, uh, uh! Come closer and little Benny here gets a shave." Animo said darkly, narrowing his eyes at the pair as they tried to come closer. As if to emphasize this point, the large bird shifted for only a moment, it's talon running along Ben's neck to leave a small scratch mark, not breaking the skin, but coming close.

Kevin and Gwen instantly stopped where they were at the moment, knew what their limits were in a situation like this. Animo smiled, knowing that he had the advantage at the moment, and wanting to keep it that way.

But what happened next surprised every single person there.

Out of nowhere leapt a large cougar, its coat the color of amber, its eyes a dark shade of brown. Beneath its pelt rippled muscle, limbs stretching out before it as it came to land on the bird's back behind animal, a low growl escaping its throat as its eyes flashed.

Animo whipped around, instantly facing the creature with shock and horror at first, but it soon turned to glee. He wanted to use this animal for his own purposes, wanted to change it into another of his creations. But apparently, the cougar didn't have any such plans. With another growl, it leapt forward, claws now exposed as it came at the man, sinking the claws into his shoulders and pushing him back towards the ground with ease.

As they collided, Animo felt the air being pushed from his lungs, the cougar still on top of him as it looked down at him, growling with teeth bared in a snarl. It was threatening, and both Animo and the other three knew that this animal was much smarter than what its species normally was. But the intent was understood. With a simple gesture, the bird mutant was gone, spiraling in the sky above as Ben was helped to his feet by Gwen and Kevin, throwing glances as the animal every now and then.

"Umm, here kitty-kitty?" Kevin said quietly, slowly coming towards the cougar with a hand outstretched. He normally wouldn't be worried but a creature like it, and would have beaten it away by now, but due to the animal's strange behavior, he just wasn't sure. The cougar turned its head to him, eyes flashing, but retracted its claws and slowly backed off the criminal, coming to stand a little ways off, though still watching the group. Kevin threw one more glance at the animal before he came up and restrained Animo, coming to drag him and drop him to the ground near his car.

As Kevin turned back around, he noticed that both Gwen and Ben were watching the cougar with surprise. As Kevin let his own gaze turn back around, he realized why they were starring like that at all.

The cougar was change, fur slowly disappearing as the animal appeared to stand up on its own, the figure thinning out to become that of a human. From the amber fur came long, wavy black hair, falling down past broad shoulders, and pooling in some places as well. Claws disappeared, replaced with silver colored finger nails. Dark brown eyes slowly switched to a dark blue hue, the pupils shrinking to become smaller and less cat like. Fur became tanned skin all along the figure, giving it an appealing appearance. A small t-shirt covered the upper half of the frame, a shirt with swirling patterns across its front that gradually faded near the back of the shirt. The lower half of the frame was covered with jeans, as well as a pair of dark red high top converse.

The dangerous animal from moments before was now gone, replaced now with a young girl, probably easily reaching sixteen years old.

"Who are you?" Ben said quietly, taking a step towards her, obviously being cautious as he faced her, unsure of what to make of this sudden change of events. The two behind him had similar reactions and were slowly following behind him as they came closer to the girl.

"Heaven. Heaven Levin."

Well there ya go guys! Hope ya enjoyed chapter two and the appearance of this new character. :D Sorry it took so long for me to post, but I've got in trouble last week and haven't been able to get on. XD But, now I'm back! Chapter three will be up as soon as possible, and I hope that you all look forward to it as much as I do! Thank Sky for it once it's up by the way! XD R&R! Please and thank you!

~ Selena