Chapter 3:
The big announcement and enemies revealed
After a few minutes of talking about their new found relationship they decide it's time to head back to the rustbucket, As they head back Gwen looks over at Ben who is deep in thought "something on your mind Ben?" Ben lifts his head up "Hm? Oh I was just wondering how we should tell Grandpa Max about us, That's all" He smiles and gives Gwen a peck on the cheek Gwen blushes "I'm sure we'll think of something" Gwen smiles at Ben, He smiles back, back at the rustbucket Grandpa Max is just leaving the RV, "hmm those two should be getting back soon" He suddenly hears the rustling of leaves and sees Gwen and Ben heading towards the RV, "ha talk about great timing" he thinks to himself. "Hey you two come over here for a second" He calls the two 13 year olds over to him unaware of them letting go of each others hands. They run up to him "What's up Grandpa?" Ben asks before him or Gwen were fully stopped "I got a call from your parents and they were hoping we could swing by for a barbecue" Grandpa Max tells them as he sits on one of the steps that leads into the RV "I knows it's a ways from where we are but they said I could leave it up to you two" Ben lights up and so does Gwen's "Of course we want to go" Gwen states looking at Grandpa Max then Ben "yeah it's it'll be nice to eat some actual food for a change" Ben says jokingly, Grandpa Max just chuckles "and here I thought you liked my dung beetle stew" both Ben and Gwen shudder in disgust, Grandpa max stands up and heads into the RV "well let's hit the road you two we don't want to be late" The two cousins nod in agreement and head into the RV with their Grandfather.
They leave the campground unaware that they were being watched from the shadows.
"man why does Bellwood have to be so far from the campground" Ben says while laying down on the RV's table seat, Gwen sits across from him on her laptop "Ben it's only three hours from the campground, please quit with your whining" Ben sticks his tongue out at her, she just smiles and shakes her head. "cheer up Ben we're almost there" Grandpa Max declares as they pull into the city limits of Ben and Gwen's hometown Bellwood "Finally!" Ben says stand up and stretching a bit, Gwen gets up and walks over to Ben and whispers to him "this could be a good chance to tell grandpa and our parents about us dating" Ben nods in agreement "good idea, I suggest we do it after everyone eats, what do you think?" Ben whispers back to her "sounds like a plan to me" She smiles and sneaks him a kiss and smiles at him, Ben smiles back and goes and sits up front with grandpa max. After a few moments of extra driving the Rustbucket pulls up to Ben's house. "well here are you two everyone should be in the backyard already, I'll catch up" Grandpa makes says as Ben and Gwen get out of their seats "your not coming right away?" Gwen asks Grandpa Max "I promised I would go pick up some extra groceries for the barbecue" He says giving them a smile "alright we see you when you get back" Ben say as he hops out of the RV, Gwen following behind him, The head to the gate of the backyard and head inside "Hey Ben, Gwen over here!" a man waves to Ben and Gwen, Ben and Gwen rush over "Dad!" Ben says seeing his father for first time in months "Uncle Carl" Gwen says hugging her uncle, a blond woman walks over to them "hey you two no hugs for me?" the two turn around and hugs the woman "hey mom" Ben says with a smile on his face "Hi aunt Sandra" Sandra hugs the two "Gwen! when did you get here? two other adults walk out of the house "Mom! Dad!" Gwen runs over and hugs them "We missed you to Gwen" they smile at her, and hug her back Ben looks at Gwen and smiles "Ben" Ben's dad says "Grandpa Max told us about what happened to you, how are you feeling?" Ben looks at his parents and smiles at them and says "I'm doing good, I never felt better actually" He flexes his arms and laughs a little, His parents leans down and hug him "please be careful Ben" Ben's smile fades and he hugs them back "Don't worry I will"
Gwen looks over at Ben and his parents and smiles a little bit and thinks to herself "we should do this more often, that way we can unwind a bit" Grandpa max shows back up with the groceries "Alright everyone one I'm back with the food, let's get this barbecue under way" he announces and everyone starts to cheer.
About half an hour goes by and everyone ate their fill Ben and Gwen decided it was time to make their announcement, both prepared for the worse, "excuse me everyone!" Ben says getting everyone's attention, Gwen and I have something we wish to say, both him and Gwen stand up they both take a deep breath "We started dating" they both say at the same time, "pbbth" Ken, Gwen's older brother spits out the soda he was drinking "hack cough W-what!" Grandpa Max's stand up and walks over to the two and the both of them inch back a bit prepared for anything except what happens next, He leans in and hugs them and then looks at them "It's about time" he's says a smile on his face.
Ben and Gwen look at each other then at their parents who are also smiling "way to go Ben!" his father says giving him a thumbs up, Ben and Gwen's moms both look at each other and smile and joke around "well it was only a matter of time, right Natalie?" Gwen's mom chuckles "yeah I kinda saw this coming" Ben and Gwen fall back into their chairs and start blushing hard "y-you mean you aren't angry?" Gwen stammers out "Not at all" Gwen's father Frank Tennyson says, "I'll be right back" Ben's say suddenly looking a little green, "poor guy, probably stress" Carl says getting up and following Ben "if your checking up on him I'll come along, I need to have a chat with him" Gwen's dad says giving both Carl and Gwen a wink "you read my mind Frank"
Gwen sits there frozen from the unexpected turn of events, "Gwen? kiddo?" Natalie Gwen's mother waves her hand in front of Gwen "you alright?" Gwen comes out of her shock and tears fill her eyes "oh mom I'm soo happy that you aren't going to force us apart" Gwen hugs her mother and her aunt who was beside her. "there there Gwen don't worry no one here is going to separate you two" Sandra says help Natalie comfort Gwen "meanwhile back in the house Ben has stopped vomiting from the stress "feeling better there sport?" Ben's dad asks him "ugh yeah I'm good" he says after wiping his face clean and tossing a mint into his mouth "Good cause me and your uncle need to talk to you about something" Ben gulps down pretty much aware of what they want to talk to him about "I'm guessing you know what it is we want to talk about" Ben nods "good that should make things easier, Now we know you love Gwen and the two of you maybe dating now" Ben's father begins "But that doesn't mean you can start having sex yet" Ben's uncle says finishing Carl's statement "your going to have to wait a few more years before we can condone that, understand?" Ben nods and begins blushing a bright red both his dad and uncle smile "good now go back out there, it's not nice to make a girl wait" Carl says smiling, Ben gets up still blushing like crazy and heads to the patio door thinking to himself "I should have seen that coming...I wonder if mom and aunt Natalie are going to talk to Gwen about this also?" He sighs as he walks out to the backyard and he sees Gwen blushing up a storm also and smiles "I'm going to guess and say they did talk to her about it" Ben heads over to where Gwen is sitting "Hey hun" He says giving her a hug making Gwen blush "B-Ben not in front of our mothers" both Gwen and Ben's mothers let out a giggle "oh don't mind us but Gwen just remember what we talked about" Gwen's mom says giving Gwen a wink which in turn makes Gwen blush even more then before. "y-yeah I will" Gwen says embarrassed Ben sits down next to her "I'm going to guess and they talked to you about S-E-X" Ben says slyly, Gwen face have just calmed down went beet red "Ben!" she punches him in the arm playfully and slightly embarrassed "Ouch! don't be embarrassed Gwen" Ben says rubbing the spot Gwen punched "your dad and mine talked to me about it to" Gwen looks at Ben "really?" Ben smiles "yep, and they said we had to wait a few more years before the "condone" that sort of thing" Ben says trying to impersonate Gwen's dad, Gwen lets out a giggle "well that's sounds about what our moms were telling me" Ben puts his arms around Gwen and pulls her into a hug "I thought so -sigh- guess we should listen to them" Gwen looks into Ben's eyes "I love you Ben" she smiles and kisses him, their lips separate and Ben's stares back at Gwen and smiles " I love you too Gwen" After everyone settles after the announcement and ready it was time for dessert, "finally! time for some ice creme" Ben says waiting for his share "Ben you better not eat to much, you make yourself sick!" Gwen says to him with a small frown on her face "Don't worry sweetie I won't eat to much" Ben says looking at Gwen with a smile melting away Gwen's frown "I just can't stay mad at you can I?" she asks giving him a smile back "Nope" He says with a big grin, Gwen can help but kiss him which in turn makes Ben blush a little and their parents laugh at watching Ben blush. After everyone got their fill of dessert they all decide it's time for the barbecue to come to a close.
Ben and Gwen both decide to help clean up the table, "That was quite the eventful get together" Gwen mentions as she gathers up some plates, "That's so true, I can't believe we managed to tell everyone about us" Ben says as he cleans up the forks and knifes and the table cloth, they take everything in the kitchen "Well better to let them know now rather then later right" She says with a smile on her face, Ben smiles back and nods in agreement, Just then the both hear a loud crash in the back yard and Ben's mom screaming, "What the hell was that?" Ben says running for the patio door Gwen right behind him, They get outside to see a alien standing in the middle of the backyard, Gwen and Ben both take a quick look around and notice that everyone is knocked out "what did you do to them!" Ben says his voice slowly filling with rage the unknown alien takes a few steps forward and Ben prepares the Omnitrix "I simple let them take a rest that's all" The alien says with a grin on his face, "and I've been searching for you Ben Tennyson" The alien says now much closer then before, Ben quickly selects his new alien and changes "Pharaoh Vine!" Ben says after he transforms then looks at Gwen "Get everyone out of here Gwen, hurry" Gwen looks at Ben and just nods knowing it won't do any good arguing with him "Just don't get yourself killed Ben" Ben gives her a quick hug and she runs to get everyone out, Ben looks back at he alien "Who are you anyway and why have you been looking for me?"
the alien looks back at Ben after watching Gwen take everyone to safety "My name is Typhon" He says slowly walking up to Ben again "I come for the DNA samples with in the Omnitrix" Typhon then pulls a blade from the hole in his chest and slices at Ben, Ben manages to avoid the blade he then slices at Anu Ry with his own blades "Why do you want to the DNA samples?" Ben asks as their blades clash "That's none of your concern!" Typhon thrusts his blade at Ben hitting him in the left shoulder "Arg dammit that hurts!" Ben says as he forces the blade from his shoulder. once out the wound starts to heal instantly Ben looks at Typhon and smiles "Just kidding" He then raises his arms crossing the arm blades and releases a glowing slash towards Typhon knocking him to the ground, "haah haah okay note to self don't try that again" Ben says feeling drained and turning back into his human form, Gwen returns after getting everyone out of the backyard and sees Ben kneeling down out of breath "Ben!" she calls out to him and runs to his side "Are you alright?" she ask checking for injuries "ah ah I'm fine just a little winded that's all" he says with a weak smile, Gwen smiles back at him still worried but relieved that he's alright "I'm glad your okay" She turns and looks at Typhon "So what are we going to do with him?" Ben gets up and walks to where Typhon lays "we'll turn him over to the Plumbers maybe they can get answers out of him" Ben looks over Typhon and Thinks "He's like Thep, He posses Thep Khufan DNA" Ben looks up at the sky which is slowly turning red/orange with the setting sun "What does this all mean?" he mutters, Gwen walks to his side and asks "Is something wrong Ben?" Ben looks at Gwen who looks a little worried and gives her a smile "oh nothing really just thinking that things might be getting a little interesting" Then he leans in and hugs her tightly, neither of them will forget this day for a long time.
End of Chapter 3
Author notes: well this one took me a lot longer to write then the others, But I'm confident that it turned out alright ^_^ I plan on doing a better job with fight scenes in later chapters of course. and I hope you'll keep coming back for more ^_^
This chapter drained me so it'll take me about a week to come up with a new chapter plus a few days to look over for mistakes but there will be another chapter. P.s check out my DeviantART account if you wish to see wha t Typhon and Pharaoh Vine look like ^_^
