so I am really sorry and I know I am a horrid person but I got really busy and ... here is chapter two updates will be unpredictable but I don't abandon stories.

After a twenty minute lecture on rules and expectations the schedules were handed out and the students of Bellwood middle school headed in to lunch.

At cabin 10's table the boys were comparing schedules. Dick had all the papers in front of him as he compared and announced. After a moment the blue eyed boy flipped one of the papers and started scrawling his own schedule on the back

"Okay guys so here's what we've got" as he said this dick showed the others the paper.

"So we all have breakfast and morning meeting together. Then we split with ben and jace going to leadership class while me and wally go to ant-bullying , after that we switch then we all have lunch and cabin conversation then we split again with me and ben in the low ropes course while Jace and wally go to nature class then we have free time until dinner.

Week schedule

8:00 – breakfast/announcements

8:40-cabin clean up

9:20- leadership (ben/Jace) anti-bullying (dick/wally)

10:30- anti-bullying (ben/Jace) leadership (dick/wally)

11:30-lunch

12:00-low ropes (Jace/wally) nature (dick/ben)

1:30- nature (Jace/wally) low ropes (dick/ben)

2:40-outdoor game

3:40-guest speaker

5:00-group conversation

6:00-dinner

7:00-night game

9:00-bed

10:00-lights out

"Oh man…" ben said out of the blue.

Just as one of his cabin mates were about to ask what was wrong a plastic cup flew past the shortest of their group missing him by inches. Even though the other three were stunned ben simply scooted back his chair bent down and calmly walked the cup back to cabin 7's table.

"I believe you dropped this?"

He said with a completely blank face. after years of dealing with both Gwen and later insane aliens and villains the young hero had learned that nothing gets people madder than a lack of reaction because really that's all they were after anyway.

"Actually crutch me thought you looked a bit thirsty in fact…" cash said standing

"You still do!" with a swift movement the bully grabbed a soda from the table and poured it over the shorter boys head.

The group of children sat stunned before the entire mess hall burst into laughter. Silently ben turned and walked into the large bathroom connected to the mess hall followed shortly by cabin 10. As the last one to enter Wally walked in to find ben washing his face in the small sink as dick ranted about getting even with cabin 7.

"What the heck is wrong with that guy? I mean seriously that was totally uncalled for." He said

"Dude chill, you're gonna blow a gasket." Jace said trying to calm the boy down.

"Seriously why would he call you crutch that doesn't even make sense?"

"Wow dick way to be one…" Wally mumbled but dick heard him and the harshness of the taunt made sense.

"Oh."

"Look guys. I need to get clean, and we have like twenty minutes so I'm going to the cabin." And without even a look behind him ben walked head high out of the mess hall through the jeers and laughs.

Ten minutes later.

The three boys walked towards their cabin. even though they had only just met something about ben made you instantly like him and his small stature and other 'issues' made you want to protect him.

Almost hesitantly Jace opened the door only to find a clean ben sitting on his bed as he shook a towel through his hair.

"Hey guys." he said nonchalantly.

"He sure moves fast for a cripple..." Wally muttered earning a glare from Jace.

"What was cash all about? Why does he have a bone to pick with you?" wally said just slow enough to understand as he hopped onto his bed and sat crisscross looking very much like a young girl at a sleepover .

"It's no big deal me and cash… just aren't friends that's all." Ben said as if it made perfect sense.

"No dude, not gonna work. Explanation is needed." Jace said grabbing a bag of Doritos' from his bag and sitting on Wally's bed alongside the energetic ginger.

"Fine but I'm warning you it's not some awesome super interesting story."

At least not the parts I can tell you.

Ben waited but the other boys just watched expectantly. Their collective silence was only broken by the munching of chips. "Sigh .Back in Elementary School cash was even more of a bully than he is now and I had a hero complex, I wanted to help everyone but I didn't have anything to back it up, No friends and no muscles. So I got my butt whooped and became cash's main target."

Flashback:

Cash held a short pudgy boy with glasses by the collar with one hand and held the other in a fist near the boy's face.

"Hand over the dough fatty or ill punches you to next Sunday." The bully said inching his fist forward.

"Leave him alone Cash!" ben said running up from behind the violent boy.

Moments later the two victims were hanging by their underwear from the tree in front of the school.

"In fifth grade my cousin Gwen came to our school because her parents wanted to be closer to the family. And cash laid off a little. Mostly because Gwen's not afraid to tell…"

Flashback:

" hey JT how many kicks does it take to knock a loser out?" cash asked as he planted his foot into the silent bens side, after ben's team beat them in dodge ball the bully's decided to take it out on the shorter of the Tennyson cousins. To ben it felt like hours before they stopped.

"Hey! This is the boy's locker room!" J.T. shouted before he was sent to the ground. A moment of silent passed before the bullies scattered, leaving the now black and blue boy on the ground.

"Are you okay ben? Ben!"

But last summer I was in an accident and I spent a month in the hospital even after a heck of a lot of physical therapy I can't walk without crutches."

Flashback

Ben stood in a gym like room with a physical therapist.

"Alright Benjamin, just a few more steps you're doing wonderfully."

"You know I hate being called that call me ben." The hero said with a tired smile.

Silence

"So Gwen worrying about me like always told me to wait a year and home school or go to some special needs school or something, but being the thick headed guy I am I wanted to come to outdoors school and thought it would be fine because she would help if cash tried anything, The plan worked pretty well for a while too. Gwen helped me in class and cash stayed away until a few weeks ago when Gwen got offered a spot at this really prestigious school she wanted to go to for years. She almost didn't go because she was worried about me."

Rightfully so apparently, man I wish I had some magic backup right about now…

"I finally convinced her to go after threatening to try something stupid like rollerblading if she stayed…" the group chuckled at the mental image

"Only downside is cash decided to make up for lost time and has been brutal since. So there's my boring cash story. Is everybody good now?"

The boys sat in thoughtful silence as the toxic eyed boy shifted uncomfortably.

"That sucks man." Was dick's blunt response.

"Well, you've got us watching your back now dude." Wally said offering ben the half empty bag.

"Right! I'm not gonna be all girly and sentimental or anything but you seem like a pretty nice guy and cash and the rest of cabin seven are just jerks. Besides we all have issues yours are just more visible." Jace added

"Yah I have A.D.D. you know attention deficit disorder. And my parents just split up so me and my mom live with my grandparents." Wally said as he spun a ring on his finger that ben hadn't noticed before.

How is he so happy then? I would probably be seriously depressed if my folks split.

"I left my last school because of bullying and swore I wouldn't let anyone else know what that's like." Dick announced which surprised ben.

He seems so confident and in charge like he would be Mr. Popular. Well go ben! Way to judge, because that's not exactly what you hate people doing.

"I just found out I'm adopted." Jace told them.

"Really?" ben asked

Of course really wow smart one.

"Yea apparently my parents are actually my aunt and uncle and my actual parents live in some hippy colony in Oregon. They wanted to explore themselves and left me with them and just never came back. But I don't really mind. I love my parents and can't imagine having my little sister Maddie as a cousin."

Reaching under his bed Jace grabbed a picture out of his wallet and showed it to the group, the image showed Jace in what looked to be a pumpkin patch with a little girl no older than four or five with grey eyes and blond hair sitting on his lap, they both looked really happy.

"Wow guys that's-"

BENJAMIN TENNYSON PLEASE COMES TO THE REGESTRASTION DESK IMMEDIATELY.

With a loud sigh ben grabbed his crutches and headed for the door.

"Honestly don't these adults understand the difficulty's cripples deal with? Rude."

That earned some laughs from the cabins occupants.

"Hey ben want me to join you? Don't want you getting eaten before you get there." Jace asked.

The be-crutched boy stopped as if thinking before responding.

" no it's fine probably about my medical form or something .I'll be back in like five minutes… when I get back I'll show you my massive junk food pile I brought."

In cabin eleven:

"Looks like crutch made some new friends. We'll just have to change that, by the time we head back to Bellwood that loser is gonna wish he was home schooled." Cash said as they made plans to ruin the week for the other boy.

BENJAMIN TENNYSON PLEASE COMES TO THE REGESTRASTION DESK IMMEDIATELY.

"This is perfect! Come on let's go!" In a rush the boys of cabin eleven left on the hunt for a certain cripple.