ONE MONTH EARLIER
Ben sat alone on a wooden, green bench not to far from the dramatic scene. His right hand clung to the bench as his left hand supported his chin.
He watched his redheaded, preppy cousin lean over so her back was at a slight angle and her shoulder slightly hunched over creating the makeshift of an I told you so.
She was mad.
More than mad probably awaiting for the boy to start talking.
She knew it wouldn't happen.
The dark haired man crossed his arms his gaze landing straight towards the annoyed redheads blazing green eyes.
"I said I was sorry," Kevin told her with not much sympathy.
"That's it" She hissed her face going slightly red. Ben picked up his cup and relaxed back into the arm of the chair. The gaze of the afternoon sun was lit up shrouding the Earth with bliss lighting and large amounts of shadows. He watched Gwen's nearly pounce at Kevin's when he told her it wasn't a big deal. Her eyes began to alight with raw power as she took a step back into a defensive stance ready to blast the brunette off the face of the Earth. Ben rolled his eyes.
It was time for him to jump in prolong the inevitable.
She was going to snap some day he just knew it. Ben jumped up and latched onto his cousin's shoulder with his other hand pushing against Kevin's chest. "alright enough" Ben stated. Gwen's eyes stopped glowing and soon returned to their natural jade colour. Ben turned towards her stating that there was nothing they could do about it now.
It causes Gwen to get more then mad slapping his arm off of her shoulder then walking away attempting to blow off some steam. "She'll get over it" Kevin said looking directly at the back of the redhead cascading away at an increasing rate.
"This was important to her," Ben prompted readdressing his arm, which his cousin had literally bashed. "It was one measly test" Kevin argued looking at Ben for an answer. "It's an exam, an end of year exam" Ben's eyes lit up with slight annoyance. "well it's not my fault she's the one that been hell cranky lately" Kevin began to walk forward trailing the redheads footsteps. Ben looked over to his cousin who was around 100m away. "She's been a little stressed out lately… I'm gonna see if she wants a lift home" Ben ran towards his cousin as Kevin cursed under his breath.
"Hey cuz" Ben smiled at her but she didn't seem to return the favour or even acknowledge that she was there. Ben took a pace in front of her and waved his hand to the direction where she was looking.
"Earth to Gwen" Ben called out to her in hopes of getting her attention.
She flinched and winced her eyes closed bringing her hand up towards the bridge of her nose.
Ben nodded the tired, ringed gaze of hers lately. "want me to drive you home?" Ben rubbed her back. Gwen didn't look up instead nodded at his question.
Ben placed the air conditioner on and placed his hand back onto the steering wheel. "Wanna talk about it?" He asked his cousin. She turned her gaze from the window to him. "Not really" the words slit out of her mouth. A silence drifted on the two for a few minutes before Ben began to start up another conversation.
"You look tired?" He more or less asked.
"exhausted" She added thumbing her hand on the switch for the electric window. "Been sleeping much lately?" Ben asked concerned for her well-being.
Gwen looked over towards him as both their eyes met. An obis of green on green. Both pairs of eyes had the exact characteristics. That was until Gwen's eyes switched to horror when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye.
"BEN STOP!" She screamed in distraught. Ben looked to the front window and immediately slammed on the breaks unfortunately it was to late. Both cars subsided into each other. Ben winced his eyes closed and attempted to pull the steering wheel back as both cars hit.
Gwen winced her eyes as she felt liquid sliding down her head. She felt sickness beginning to swirl up in her stomach as she twitched her fingers and toes.
"nuh…." She breathed out as she attempted to pull herself up. She winced her eyes open and looked up to the fire blazing on the engine of the car. She winced her eyes closed again and reopened them towards her cousin who was unconscious and leaning adrift on the steering wheel arm sprung over the clutch. Gwen's eyes half closed attempting to keep awake from the gas filing the air.
"Ben?" She called out weakly.
No answer.
"Ben?" She called again giving him a shove. No answer. Gwen clicked off her seatbelt and leaned over her cousin unclipping his then forcing the car door open and allowing both of them to fall onto the concreted road. The redhead pulled her cousin up to her chest then with enough force began to push away from the wreckage and onto the sidewalk. She noticed a lot of people watching who were less than eager to help them. 'why?' was the first question that invaded her mind.
Gwen looked over to her cousin who was cradled in her arms securely. She noticed a large cut on the left hand side of his face as well as a bleeding forehead. She pulled her hand up towards his head and applying pressure attempting to stop the bleeding. A bystander walked up to them causing Gwen to look up. "help!" She weakly called out as she began to collapse onto the ground. The bystander just backed away from her as she hit the floor slipped into unconsciousness.
Ben woke up aside Gwen near a flaming wreckage. Everyone stared in shock and horror whilst Ben picked his cousin up in his arms and held her tightly against his wrecked t-shirt.
He walked over to the crowd to see someone being pulled out the wreckage. A man covered in blood. He had never seen the man before but he was covered in gashes and cuts like a bear had mauled him.
"who could do this?" a short stubby woman gasped at the wreckage. Gwen twitched lightly. "He did it" A teenaged boy maybe a year or two pointed towards Ben. "oh my gosh he's holding that poor, defenceless girl hostage!" The stubby blondy took a couple steps back from him.
"Wait, no you got this all wrong. I'm Ben 10" Ben retorted taking steps away from the large group of people as they neared him. "The same Ben 10 that took down my whole office building by trying to attack an alien?" A redheaded man questioned.
"The same Ben 10 that left me atop a 50 story building when I had a phobia of heights" A middle aged woman called out. "Hey I saved your life" Ben argued continuing to back away.
"GET HIM!" a man shouted at the back of the mob. "Uh, oh" Ben began to run for it. He sprinted down an alleyway throwing his cousin over his right shoulder and began fiddling with the ultimatrix. He pressed down on a moth like figure and flew up into the air with his cousin securely in his arms and began heading for safety.
MAX'S RV
"Thanks for letting us drop-by Grandpa" Ben thanked his confused grandpa as he laid Gwen down onto the sofa. "What happened to you two?" Max asked gently as he pulled a glass out and stuck into the sink. "Car crash" Ben stated as Max filled the glass with some tap water.
"Was anyone hurt?" Max passed the glass over to him and sat down next to the passed out redhead inspecting her. "well der" Ben stated dumbly causing Max to give him an annoyed look. Ben sighed and looked down at the condensation running off the glass.
"There was another person" Ben kept his attention on the glass. "Was he alright?" Max asked concerned. Ben shifted in his seat then turned to him.
"I don't know" Ben's voice quietened. Max gave him a steered look but stopped when he felt someone grab his arm. He looked over to see the red head wincing her eyes and attempting to sit up.
He helped her by taking her forearms and lifting her up as Ben grabbed an icepack out of the fridge and placed it on his forehead.
"Hey cuz" Ben smiled at her and came to sit by her. "W-What happened?" She breathed out and closed her eyes. "Car crash" Max passed her a glass of water. "Thanks Grandpa" She whispered gently and took a sip of the liquid.
"I'll go tell your parents that your staying round tonight" Max got up gently and picked up the phone dialling in the numbers for both parents. Ben smiled getting up and saw something out of the corner of his eye. He looked over to a news cast where a picture of him was being displayed. 'murderer' it read under his picture. He carefully picked up the remote and turned the volume up. "Wanted for the murder of local school teacher Mr. Wright" The news announcer said. "That's my Maths teacher" Gwen sat up and looked over to the t-v.
"Ben 10 had smashed his car only hours ago leaving the man to die in cold blood" Gwen's breathing stiffened.
"There's a $10,000 reward for the capture of Ben 10" Ben turned the t-v off and sat down next to Gwen. Gwen placed a hand on Ben's back caressing him softly and attempting to lessen the pain. "What exactly happened?" Max asked concerned. "Me and Gwen were talking and next thing you know it, both cars collide" Ben scratched the back of his neck. Max stroked his chin deciphering what to do. "Maybe you need to lay low for a while.
We can go camping just like we used too" Max smiled and placed a hand on Ben's shoulder. Ben nodded in agreement hoping it would be for the best.
Finally after so long the first actual chapter, hope you guys like and review it :3