Disclaimer: Never owned the Ben 10 and crew.

A/N: So here ya go. Enjoy Chapter Three.

Chapter Three

Silence.

Darkness.

Nothing.

This is what surrounds me.

I don't know where I am or how I got here, but what I do know is that I think I'm bleeding, I've got a splitting headache, and I really need to use the bathroom.

"Hello?" I mean to call out, but I can only muster a whisper. It hurts to speak. I realize that I'm lying down and try to sit up. No such luck.

What seems like hours pass by. I lay. I wait.

Nothing.

I try to sit up again. It seems like my strength is back. I pull myself to my knees, then my feet. Woozy and disoriented I make my way around, trying to make sense of my surroundings. I walk straight into a wall.

Genius.

I take a few deep breaths and look around. My eyes are becoming somewhat used to the darkness. I notice I'm in what seems to be a cell or something. I see the outlines of what must be a door. There seems to be someone outside, guarding the entranceway.

Then I remember.

I remember the tip. Kevin was told that there were some strange happenings occuring outside of Bellwood. We of course knew it was alien activity. Kevin, Ben, and I drove to the outskirts of the town. That was were we were first attacked.

DNAliens on the rampage.

We fought for a while. I'm not sure of the actual time span, but I think it was around twenty minutes or so before something hit me from behind.

I heard Kevin yell something,

And I was out cold.

I creep slowly towards the door, being careful not to make any sudden movements. I'm not sure how keen my bodyguard's senses are.

Slowly...tip-toe...slowly.

Then quickly so the creature would not be able to fight back, I gather the mana around me and with it knock the door in front of me the into the alien.

He didn't even know what hit him.

I carefully step out into the corridor outside my cell. Nothing looks familiar. My instincts tell me to head to my left, so I let them lead me towards a spiraling stairway. I limp up each step. My headache increases in synch with the climb.

I eventually tire. My head hurts to much to keep moving. I must've gotten hit hard. I think that's where I'm bleeding.

I let my forehead rest against the cool metal of the staircase. I could fall aseep here. That might not be such a bad idea.

Yeah. Sleep sounds nice.

Then I hear it.

His voice.

"GWEN! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU."

I don't think I've ever enjoyed hearing that voice as much as I do now.

"I'm hear!" I still can't yell. I have to find him.

But it hurts so bad to move.

"COME ON, GWEN! PLEASE ANSWER ME!"

He can't be too far. I really need to get up.

Get up.

Get up, Gwen.

GWEN!

I stand up and painfully make my way to the uppermost step. What I see when I reach the top horrifies me.

It looks like hundreds of DNAliens, but I could be exaggerating, attacking Ben and Kevin. The sound of weapons firing and Humungasor roaring don't do any favors for my head. I stagger and fall to the stone floor.

"GWEN!" Kevin sees me. His voice reverberates in my ears. It sounds desperate and scared. I can't even try to call back before I feel his strong arms wrap around me, holding me for dear life.

I start to cry. I can't feel the pain anymore. Only Kevin.

"You scared the hell out of me," he murmured, kissing me on the forehead.

He kissed me.

It felt like fire against my icy skin.

He kissed me.

My body becomes a live wire. I feel every nerve ending of which his lips touched.

I know my mind will over analyse this and give me a panic attack tomorrow, but for now...I just want Kevin to hold me, to love me.

I think he loves me.

It feels like he does.

The noises cease, and I feel Ben's hand on my shoulder, "So you beat the bad guys?" I mutter and then fall asleep in Kevin's arms.

A/N: I just can't seem to have a chapter be much more than a thousand words if that. This one wasn't even a thousand. I'm sorry for lack of words. Well, tell me what you think. Flames are welcome if you think they're needed.