"How's that slut you have with you?" he asks, trying to get Ben mad.

Ben is fuming and needs to release his anger. The adrenaline is flowing as he moves closer to the thug. Ben is distracted and doesn't see the other thug sneak up behind him. The thug hits Ben hard in the head with his gun and Ben is knocked out.

By this time, Gwen realized what was happening and locked the doors. She remembers that her dad packed a gun in her bag and told her it was for self-defense. She finds her bag and pulls out the Colt .45. Her dad taught her how to use it because even though she has her powers, sometimes she can't use like when she's sick and weak, like she is now. She pulls the slide back and looks to see that one of the thugs has a crow bar.

"If you don't open the door, we'll kill you both!" the thug says.

Gwen smirks as she puts the gun in her coat pocket and gets out. The thugs are shocked as she says…

"You got me, now let Ben go!"

"Haha bitch, did you really believe you could save your boyfriend?" The thug says as he pulls the gun on Ben.

"Back the fuck off!" Gwen yells as she pulls her gun on the unsuspecting thugs.

The thug she is aiming at drops his gun and starts the whole… please give me the gun routine and … you don't have to do this routine. Gwen is sick and she is not in the mood for any of this. As the thug steps too close for comfort, Gwen fires and the man cringes and falls to the ground.

The sound of gunfire wakes Ben up and he turns to look at Gwen…

"Gwen, are you alri…" Ben hears another gunshot and looks at Gwen who collapses on the ground, being shot from behind by the other thug…

"GWEN!!!!" Ben yells at the top of his lungs as he wakes up from the nightmare in a cold sweat.

He sits up really quickly and sees that Gwen is awake and asks him…

"Ben, what's wrong!?" She sees that he is trembling.

Ben is so relieved it was a dream that he just puts his arms around Gwen in a warm embrace. He breaks down and starts to cry… something he never does…

They both remain in their embrace for a long time…

"Oh no." Ben thinks to himself as he sees a truck, the same truck in his dream. Then he remembers what happened…

"Gwen, give me your gun…"

"How did you know I had a…"

"There's no time for questions, these are the same thugs that we encountered at the Chinese restaurant." He tells her.

Gwen gets her purse and gives Ben her 1911 colt .45…

Ben sees that the man is getting out of his truck and walking over to them…

"Gwen, get in the back and cover up." They are still both naked. Ben puts his pants on and rolls the window down when the man knocks on it…

"Good morning, how are you doing?" Ben says as he points the gun at the thug's face…

The thug is shocked and Ben…

"Drop the gun." The thug doesn't listen and tries to pull his gun up to get a shot off but it's too late…

BAM, Ben fires a single shot and the thug falls to the ground… DEAD.

Gwen is shocked and tells Ben…

"What the hell Ben, what was that for…?"

"The thug had a gun; I was ready before he was."

Ben sees the thugs' truck start up and sees that the other thug is behind the wheel. Ben starts his truck and peels out of the gas station. The other truck soon follows. Ben can hardly see with all of the snow, its nighttime by the way and his lights reflect off of the snow making it almost impossible to see.

"Gwen, get a seat belt on!" he tells her as she hops over the back of the seat into the front seat, fully clothed. She does what he asked and puts her seat belt on, not a moment too soon. Ben takes a corner too fast because he has the thug on his tail and skids out of control …

To Be Continued…

*** I need to get some sleep***

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