Authors note: OH MY GOSH I AM SO HAPPY IF YOU ARE READING THIS I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU AND I'M SORRY IT TOOK ME SO long!. I also realized I have not done a disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10 or any of the characters besides Damon.

Ha-ha oh and I'm going to let you all in on a secret… I've only seen Ben 10 once or twice XD I don't even know anything about the aliens or plot at all. Boo me! If you have a website that doesn't have downloading or cost with all the episodes of Ben 10, alien force, or the other one, send it to me :D

Anyways, sorry for the long update... urgh... I've kinda of really started to hate this story, but I'm going to finish it, I have too much pride not too!

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Chapter 6 – Forever Changing

An eerie voice hung through Kevin's head as he headed towards his car. The wind seemed to whisper "You'll find out soon that I'm right."

Kevin shook off the idea as he hopped into his green car and revved the engine, preparing to speed down the highway to the Tennyson's house. His neck ached painfully and he found it difficult to look to the side. His thoughts were buzzing and all he could hear was a sharp echo of Damon's voice, ringing through his ears.

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*While Kevin was talking with Damon, this was happening*

"Hurry up Gwen!" Ben shouted over his shoulder as he saw his cousin slacking behind. Gwen tensed up immediately after being rudely interrupted from her thoughts centered on Kevin.

The duo passed several small buildings until they reached a large warehouse with burnt edges and tire tracks around the edges. It was centered out in the middle of nowhere and Ben asked "Is this the place?"

Gwen nodded as she checked the location on her report. This place was definitely it. Yet she wondered what happened to cause it to be put in such a state. She carefully held a small manna shield over her head as debris began to light drop on her. The dirt flaked everywhere and pieces of metal were falling about and rocks lay tumbled, torn from their foundation. The pair wandered into the destroyed building, trying to be careful of where they walked.

Despite the horrifying scenery, the pair was shocked by something else. Amongst the floor there were several caved in and charred bodies. They lay thrown across the ground, without even a care of respect. Gwen leaned down to check ones pulse and her jaw tensed immediately. The lifeless body lay still and the only source of heat that Gwen could feel seemed to be coming from the charred exterior.

"Who? Who could do such a horrible thing..." Her hands glowed a fierce pink and a hint of purple began to sink into her eyes. "I'm going to kill whoever did this."

Ben nodded in agreement as he wandered around the caved in facility.

"He-he-l-pp"

A small voice whimpered out to the dazed Ben. "This one is alive!" Ben shrieked to his cousin, who immediately rushed over with a worried expression spread across her face.

"Tell me, are you alright?" She asked carefully as she tried to conjure up a form of manna that could heal him. Her hands grew pink and her eyes reflected the shade. She gently tried to place her hands on what was showing of the man. Only his human for of his chest and head were visible.

Her response was nothing but a feeble cough and sharp glare. Upon a closer examination, Gwen saw that the man was squished under a severe pile of rocks and blood in the form of purple ooze leaked out from underneath the wreckage. Gwen let out a small gasp when she felt her knee sink into one of the puddles.

"I'm… so sorry" She murmured. Reality had faced her and she had found a person who was on deaths door. "Is there anything I can do for you?" Her eyes pleaded and filled with tears and compassion for the man that she did not know. A dark green cloud misted around the man and his humanoid eyes shifted rapidly into several pairs.

"Heal- Me." The man spoke angrily, his eyes furrowed into his forehead and the words became slurred.

Gwen held her hands closer to the chest of the creature, but all she could feel was the slowing heart beat and hers waned in turn. "I – It's too late. I'm sorry." She felt a tear fall and she knew that there was no hope for this man and that she had failed.

The creature coughed out and responded with an angry hiss. "If you no not here to heal me then why you here!" Ooze dribbled out of his mouth and fell lightly to the ground with a heavy hiss.

"We are plumbers, we try to save-" Ben answered, a little shaken as well.

"PLUMBAS?" The alien interjected, roaring with the as much strength as it could muster. He coughed a little ooze over Bens face.

"Yes…plumbers." Ben remarked, making a sickly face as he tried to wipe the slime off of his face with his jacket.

"Den you shoo! I want nodding to do with yews monsters!" The beast suddenly had developed more energy and was drawing from his rage to shout at the cousins. Blood rushed out of his nose and his words became clogged and harder to understand.

"We just want to help you!" Gwen spoke softly, layering her voice with compassion and sympathy. She was internally thrown off by the poor grammar, but she pushed that thought aside as the man was on his death bed.

"I do not wand you hee-e-elp. You plumba arhe scaum! You not deserve nuttin'! I hope ye all die and—"The alien did not have enough time to finish his sentence before a large cracking sound filled the room. The leverage of the wreckage had sunk down into his fleshy body, which did not have enough energy to revert to its original alien form. A rock caved deep into his stomach and the splurching sound could be heard from miles away.

"What do you have against plumbers?" Ben asked angrily, ignoring the whimpering that emerged from the alien's throat.

Gwen nudged Ben, "Get the thing off of him!"

"Not until he tells me what he has against plumbers!" Ben shouted angrily. He felt his temper boiling and glared at the alien that they were coming to help, who instead had rejected everything Ben had come to stand for.

"Ben! Honestly! Pick up the damn rock!" Gwen stared harshly at her insolent cousin, who was letting his emotions interfere with their job.

A hissing and gasping sound drew the cousin's attention back to under the crushed rock. "I tell you. You plumbas all da same. You only want to hur-ur-urt me! First the man who did dis" he gestured vaguely around with his eyes, "and then you two who dangle your lives in fww-r-ww-on-ont of me like some toy!"

Ben bit his lip, searing in rage of how their good deeds where being perceived as cruel intentions. Gwen interjected his thought and said "Wait! So the man… who did this to you… He was a plumber?"

Weakness began to shift over the aliens eyes and a misty look was thrown across his face. "Indee-hee-heed" He replied dejectingly.

"Who? What was his name!" Gwen and Ben asked rapidly.

The alien gave one whimper as he felt the ooze leak away from his insides and spread across the floor. One by one his slimy eyes closed until they were all shut. He could no longer hold onto life and it slipped through his grasp. With his last breath he whispered "Ke-a-vi-ee-n. Kevin Levin."

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*2 hours later*

"He must have been wrong." Gwen said as tears rolled down her cheeks. Ben gave his most sympathetic look, but also was dwelling on the events. The two traveled down a dusty road after sending the alien back his home planet where he could rest in peace.

"We'll ask him when we get back to town." Ben chocked out, shaking his head lightly, as if to throw the thoughts away.

"He's changed! He's a good person. That alien…he was just spiteful and cruel. Playing with us like that. Kevin is not like that he. He isn't. Right? Gwen mumbled under a breaking voice.

"Definitely. That's not the hot headed Kevin we know. He wouldn't hurt a fly… unless it pissed him off. And then he would really hurt it…" Ben let his mouth wander and looked over to see Gwen holding her head in her hands as tears rolled freely down to her shirt.

"We'll ask." Ben said quietly, biting his tongue.

Gwen closed her eyes and tried to maintain control of her manna. She couldn't understand why she was crying. Was it the pure shock? No, she thought that she was stronger than this. It was just a stupid little accusation from a rogue alien. It shouldn't impact her opinion of Kevin. It shouldn't be hurting her this much. But inside, she knew that something was wrong. Deep down, her brain was telling her the alien was right and that her heart was wrong.

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"Kevin. We need to talk. Come over. Now." Ben paged over the plumbers badge. It flickered weakly as a confused Kevin replied slowly "Ok-ay."

Kevin pulled over off the side of the road and shifted his car into drive. He gritted his teeth and rubbed them against to each other. The grinding noise began to drown out the insistent thoughts that Kevin had so rarely heard from. But as he drew closer to the Tennyson's house he began to slip his grip on the steering wheel and Damons words repeated louder and louder. The small man in Kevin's head had found a megaphone and was shouting them into Kevin's ear. He didn't want to listen anymore, he didn't want to think, and his escape came soon and he reared closer to the driveway of the house.

Gwen and Ben stood in the drive way, Ben had his arms crossed and Gwen's eyes were raw and red. Kevin blew out a large sigh and mumbled "Pms… Damn hormones." He got out of the car, and quietly closed the door behind and instantly he felt a sharp change in the mood. The air became tense and the air drew thick moisture to it that Kevin hadn't been aware of before.

"Yeah, what's up?" Kevin asked nonchalantly, leaning his back up against his car and Ben and Gwen approached.

"Well. You see… Today we, Ben and I, well we went down to this factory, it was out in the middle of nowhere so I doubt you'd know what we would be talking about." Gwen said nervously and threw in a few awkward chuckles while Kevin just stared at her. "Anyway, um, we met this alien, not a very attractive guy, not that you need to worry, and his factory had been experiencing some difficulties with technical terms and stuff—"

"Cut to the chase Gwen." Kevin replied bluntly.

"There were a bunch of dead aliens and the last living one told us that YOU killed them all." Ben blurted out, throwing away all sense of plan that him and Gwen had developed.

"What? You mean, you think I killed them? What the hell Tennyson?" Kevin shot back angrily. He bit his tongue, cursing himself for not hiding his tracks better.

Gwen let out a sigh of relief and Ben drew a slight grin while Kevin just stood there looking pissed. There was something about his anger that seemed off to the pair, but Gwen and Ben seemed to accept his it none the less.

'So, you're okay with lying to them?' a voice said loudly inside of Kevin's head. Kevin stood rooted to the ground for a few seconds, watching Ben and Gwen's lips to try to figure out where the sound was coming from. However, he soon recognized it as Damon's voice and tried to push it out of his head. 'You did kill them. And you enjoyed it. Don't LIE to yourself!'

Kevin's head began to feverishly burn and a sharp panging sensation shook his body. A dark ring around his neck had begun to burn and build up on the surface of his skin. Imaginary flames rippled over his skin and through his blood, shaking him to the core.

Kevin grasped his neck tightly with one hand and pressed down, trying to stop the agony. However it soon overwhelmed him and he sunk to the ground on his knees.

"Kevin? What's wrong?" Gwen asked as she saw Kevin with his face shrunken and wrinkled with creases of pain. His body slumped in a painful position on the ground when she rushed over to him. "What are you holding?" She questioned, referring to his hand that was clasped around his neck.

"Probably hiding a hickey!" Ben snickered as he was unaware of Kevin's predicament.

"You think you can just lie to them? They won't let this go. It's a serious accusation and eventually they'll find out it was true. You did kill that alien. Face it, Kevin, you are a lying murderer. At least come clean with one thing, but that still won't change who you are." Damon's voice rang thoroughly through Kevin's head. It pulsed with his pain.

Soon Kevin had crumpled to the ground with his other hand, trying to support the weight of the thoughts in his head.

"Nothing. Shu-

'Liar'

"-ut up Tenn-

'Pretender'

"-yson." Kevin chocked out.

At this point, even Ben found himself looking at Kevin with concern. Gwen lay kneeled by the pained Kevin's side. "What's wrong Kevin? Talk to me…"

A strong surge shook through Kevin's body, causing him to shake and he felt the hair on his arms stand up. He fought down the urge to vomit while his body felt like it was dissolving. He crushed his eyes closed and tried to fight the pain. But a thousand needles seemed to pierce his brain and the agony had begun to grow and expand.

"Nothi-

"Still Lying?'

"-n-

"You are who you are Kevin.'

"-g is wro-

'They won't accept you. You are what plumbers fight.'

"-n-

"What they destroy.

"-g. I'm fine." Kevin murmured.

"What they hate.' Damon's voice hissed the last word with emphasis.

"You're lying" Gwen said, trying to be comforting. She stroked his arm and looked him in the eyes, but all she could see was the unbearable pain he was in.

Ben walked over and was a slightly disturbed at seeing Kevin act weak like he was. The young raven haired teen had both of his hands tightly to his head and was grunting, holding back a scream.

'Tell them'

'Tell them'

'Tell them'

'Tell them.'

Kevin heard the words, Damons voice ring through his head and shook him to the core.

'It'll stop. The pain, if you just tell them.'

'Tell them!'

"Tell them the truth Kevin!"

Finally, Kevin couldn't hold it back anymore and he shouted angrily, "Shit! It was me! Just stop! Freaking stop."

"What… was you?" Gwen asked carefully.

"I killed them. The alien wasn't lying. It was me." Kevin said slowly as the pain began to fade away.

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AUTHORS NOTE:

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Me: You're here to help me narate how sucky the story is...

Evil twin: Well obbbvvvioiiuusussllly it sucks. I mean look, you can't even spell obviously! And it takes you 5 damn months to update? What were you doing over Summer break?

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