A/N: okay, has anyone ever noticed that Kevin has a cell phone in the 'Grounded' episode, but not in any of the others? Yah, I did too. Inspired while watching Ziva on NCIS because she was on the phone with McProbicus(as I like to call him. Either that or McGoogle).So here's this moment of Ben. Just a side thought to the world…

Gwen yelled at her phone as Kevin wouldn't pick up after the millionth time she'd called him. She debated throwing it on the ground before it hit her that could always call Ben. Usually when Kevin wasn't with her, he was with Ben. And if he wasn't with Ben, he was in the garage. If he wasn't there, he was out on an illegal trade and that was what the redhead was worried about. "Kevin, I swear I will kill you if you don't pick up," she hissed, calling the garage phone once more.

It rang. Again. And again. And again. Finally, the answering machine picked up with Kevin's voice. Of course, the owner of the garage doesn't even care what a sixteen year old delinquent does with the place.

How many times had it been destroyed again? Highbreed, Kevin throwing hissy fits, and then multiple bounty hunters out for the Omnitrix.

That was it. He was ignoring her. Time to call in Ben.

It rang.

Gwen shifted impatiently on her feet, leaning against the doorframe of her room.

Why was she calling him? Just to hear his voice. Why not?

It rang.

Again.

And again.

"Y'ello?" Ben answered, his voice clear through her cell phone. "This is Benji speaking, how may I help you? Would you like to buy some of my Girl Scout cookies? The Friendship Circles are on sale, buy a box get a box free!" Someone sounded cheerful today…

"Kevin's with you, right?" Gwen asked, jumping right to the point.

Ben's tone twisted to fake anger and annoyance. "What? Why can't you greet me like, 'How's my favorite cousin?' Or, 'Sure, I'll buy your cookies.' I'd even accept you calling them stupid cookies!"

"You're not a Girl Scout."

Her cousin huffed through the phone.

"Can I talk to Kevin?" She was getting frustrated with Ben.

"Maaayyybee." Ben had a grin on his face that Gwen couldn't see, but she could hear.

"Ben?"

"Yup?"

"Did you really introduce yourself as Benji when you picked up the phone?"

He grumbled and dropped the phone to land in Kevin's hands.

"Hello?" the dark teen asked, but found the line dead. "Did she hang up on you?" he yelled to Ben.

"Nope. Signal's bad down there though," Ben stated. He watched the sky, his feet hanging over the side.

Kevin tossed the phone back up as hard as he could, hoping the younger boy would catch it.

Ben's fingers clasped around it to find it ringing as it soared through the air to him.

"Y'ello?"

"Hey, give the phone to Kevin." Gwen pushed the strands of red out of her eyes. "Don't hang up this time."

The younger boy rolled his eyes and looked down. "It's for you! Bombs away!" he called to Kevin before letting the phone fall to his friend's hands again.

The teen at the bottom looked at the screen to find that the call had been dropped. "Bad service," he said, throwing it to Ben.

"I noticed." The phone hit Ben's hand and it was ringing. "Gwen's calling and she wants to talk to you, but I can't let you answer it down there so you'll have to come up here."

"Comin'." Kevin started to climb.

"Y'ello?"

"DID YOU HANG UP ON ME?!" Gwen snarled as soon as her cousin picked up. He hadn't even gotten a word out. "I SWEAR IF YOU DID, I WILL TAKE ALL YOUR SUMO SLAMMER CRAP AND BURN IT THEN HAVE KEVIN HELP ME THROW IT IN THE FREAKING NULL VOID SO YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT EVER AGAIN!"

"Harsh, much?"

"Yeah. I get that way when you hang up on me more than once." She was furious now as if that weren't already apparent. "So give the phone to Kevin this time."

"Hold on. He's coming."

"You said he was with you…" Gwen was officially lost in this conversation.

"Oh, he is." Ben watched his friend find another handhold. "Give him a second."

His cousin had given up. "Alright, where are you guys?" she asked, putting a hand to her forehead and expecting the worst answer in the world.

"Up a tree."

Gwen thought it over. "Huh?"

"We're up a tree."

"Why are you confused?"

"What the heck are you talking about? Kevin and I are up a tree. How hard is that to understand?"

"I don't know!"

Ben looked over to his friend who had finally gotten to the top. "Okay, here's Kevin."

The dark teen took the phone from his brunette friend. "Hello, Gwen. How are you today?"

Ben felt complied to take the phone from him again. "See! That is how to greet people!" he yelled, nearly blowing out Gwen's eardrum on the other end of the line. He handed the phone back to Kevin.

Gwen pressed the phone back to her ear. "Kevin?"

"Yes?"

"Why are you and Ben confused?"

"About what?"

"I don't know."

"Why are we confused?" Kevin asked Ben who only responded with a shrug. "Why are you confused, Gwen?"

"Because you guys are up a tree!"

"Oh! That!" he said, finally getting it. "He meant literally."

Gwen stood there for a second, just thinking it over. "OOOOOOHHHHH!!!"

"Mhm," was Kevin's cool reply.

She had another thought. "So why are you guys in a tree?"

"For the heck of it."

"Really?"

"Yup."

Gwen shook her head. "Who suggested this?"

"Well, originally, I bet Ben that he couldn't hang upside down in the tree for an hour," Kevin said softly.

"And?"

"And I lost."

"Is he still hanging in the tree?"

"Yeah."

"All the blood is going to rush to his head and he's going to fall out of the tree and hurt himself."

"So far, he hasn't." Kevin looked at his friend. "He's actually fine. I just brought him up some food."

Gwen's mouth dropped in shock. "How long has he been up there?" she asked, worried.

"Almost five hours."

The blood drained from her face. Then it hit her. "There's a catch, right?"

"He totally tricked me…" the dark teen whined. He glared at Ben.

"He's Spidermonkey, right?"

Kevin shook his head and struggled to keep his balance, which was off pretty much all the time whether he was on land or anywhere else. "Why didn't I think of that?" He wanted to slap himself, but knew if he did, he'd fall.

The furry blue creature did it for him, and Kevin's balance shifted until he found himself hurtling towards the ground. He caught the phone as his friend dropped it and shot a web out to keep him safe. "Gwen," Ben said.

"Is Kev okay?" she asked, wondering why he disappeared.

"NYAAEEEHHH!!!" Ben dropped the phone and it landed on Kevin in the spider web who was screaming all the words he could think of to show his relentless rage.

A/N: like Phantom Rottweiler said, I created a monster with the NYEAH. It will come back to haunt everyone… *ominous music* yeah. So review because you know you loved it.

~Sky