A/N; First update of the month! Here we go!

"Kevin," Gwen called, keeping her voice soft and gentle, so that she didn't disturb her cousin, "can you please turn on the light a little so that I can see?"

Kevin, from his place by the door, felt along the wall until he found the switch. He slowly pushed the switch up until the light until the room was light lit. Gwen gave him a smile of thanks and turned back to her cousin. In response to the light being turned on, Ben had drawn the covers more tightly around his body and hid his head underneath his pillows. Gwen rolled her eyes slightly at this but became worried once more when her cousin started having attack. Even Kevin looked worried for his best friend.

Once the coughing had receded, Gwen gently pulled the pillows off of her cousin's head. When she did, Ben slowly sat up and revealed his whole face. His green eyes that were usually full of energy and excitement were tired and sleepy and had bags under them. The color in his cheeks were abnormally red even for a fever and his hair was completely messy.

"What do you want, Gwen?" he asked in a hoarse voice, swaying slightly while he sat. Gwen raised her eyebrows at her sick cousin.

"First of all, lay back down," she said, giving him his pillows. When he had lie down again, she continued, " Second of all, what's wrong?"

"Believe me cuz, if I knew what was going on with me, I'd tell you," Ben said, his eyes closed tight to protect them from the light. "It's so weird too! I usually get colds not fevers."

"Yeah, I'm the one who gets the fevers between the two of us," Gwen said, playing with her red hair. "And your mana level is really high too."

"Yeah I just don't-" Ben froze in mid-sentence, shooting up into a sitting position, clutching the left side of his chest and doubled over in pain. Gwen jumped from her place on his bed and Kevin ran towards the bed. Both of them were in panic, not knowing what to do and asking him question the knew he couldn't answer in his condition.

"What's wrong Ben? Is it a heart attack or something?" Kevin asked wildly, checking Ben's pulse on his left wrist. Ben shook his head vigorously, panting heavily.

"An asthma attack? You haven't had one since you were six!" Gwen said, jumping to conclusions immediately, searching for his old inhaler. Ben shook his head again. Then his chest gave a jolting jerk upward and Ben screamed in pain as his body contorted. Sandra came running into the room and when she saw her son in such pain, she fainted.

Ben continued to howl in pain, his back arching inward He rolled over on the bed, his intense pain forcing him into a fetal position and he continued to breathe heavily. Now all Gwen and Kevin could do was watch in horror at what was happening to the hero. It was about five minutes before the pain subsided and after the pain was done with him, Ben was too weak to even talk. His eyes just stared, wide and fearful at what had just happened to him.

Gwen moved toward her beloved cousin, picked up the blanket that he had kicked off his bed in his pain, and covered him with it. She then took up her meditative position. Kevin and Ben looked at her quizzically.

"Uhm, Babe?" Kevin said cautiously. "What are you doing?"

"Sending a message through the mana field to one of the few people that I know can help," she answered, her eyes closed tight.

"And who, besides Azmuth, would that be?" Kevin asked skeptically, folding his arms across his chest.

"My Grandma Verdona," she responded knowingly.

A/N; There we are! Please leave a review!

~Ellie~