Disclaimer- Don't own Ben 10: Alien Force.
This is based on the first episode of Alien Force, and more specifically the scene where Gwen puts her hand on Kevin's shoulder and they just share that look. I hope I didn't get his thoughts a little too deep.
Also, title reminds me of Wall-E. :3
Title: It Only Takes a Moment
Genre: General
Rating: K+
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Kevin had had another successful day.
He entered the house with a smug grin on his face, slamming the door shut behind him with his foot. He strode into the kitchen and obtained a soda from the fridge before popping it open and sitting at the table. He took a long swig, set it down and pulled something out of his pocket.
It was a big stack of money.
The smirk widening, he leaned back in the chair and leafed through it. Yet another tech deal sealed, and it would take place tomorrow, where he would also collect the rest of his money.
He couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he drank more soda, thinking how he'd had nothing but luck since his departure from the Null Void. An unsuspected shiver ran through him at the thought of that place.
Nothing was worth going back there, not even money...well, maybe.
Memories of that desolate pocket dimension came pouring into his mind, and a powerful hatred boiled and frothed in his stomach as he thought of the arrogant, cocky little kid who'd gotten him thrown into that place.
Tennyson.
He'd vowed revenge if he ever saw Ben again, but so far he hadn't caught wind of the boy. It was either unlucky for Kevin, or lucky for Ben.
Kevin drained the last of his drink and crushed the can, tossing it into the bin on the way out of the kitchen. He pushed the bitter memories out of his mind and instead thought about how sweet that deal was gonna be.
Smiling again, he tramped up the stairs to his room,
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It was late.
The door opened more slowly this time, and the young man that walked through it was completely different from the one that had entered the day before. He closed the door slowly behind him, and instead of heading for the kitchen, he went for the living room and flopped down in one of the recliners. He pulled out the Plumber's badge he'd stolen from Fish Face and absently fiddled with it.
No longer was he swaggering, smirking and plotting his next tech deal. Now his face was expressionless and his brows were furrowed in confusion.
The days events had not gone as planned.
In one, swift moment, he'd been swindled, and in another, he'd suddenly found himself on the "good guys" side...and he didn't mind.
It wasn't the fact that he was now on something of a friendly term with his enemy, Ben Tennyson, that disturbed him. It wasn't the fact that he'd been cheated out of money by those filthy DNAliens, nor was it that he was no longer a "bad guy".
No. What irked him most of all was Gwen Tennyson.
She didn't even really know him at all. Even back when he'd been a giant, mutant freak, back when he'd till been a sociopath, they'd had very minimum contact. And yet today she'd reached out to him. Literally. She'd actually touched him.
She hadn't cringed away or spoke to him harshly or proceeded to beat the living daylights out of him. No, she'd bent down next to him and actually touched his shoulder, put her soft hand on his broad shoulder, and spoke calm words of truth.
"People could get hurt."
Those words had penetrated him. It shocked him beyond all measure.
He couldn't remember anyone ever reaching out to him in any way, laying a gentle hand on his shoulder or looking him in the eye as they spoke. Not even his mother.
And he couldn't quite explain why, but he suddenly felt bound to her. He felt like he should please her, keep her happy...he'd follow her anywhere, do anything for her.
Even join the "good guys".
Being a "bad guy" was no longer an option, for if he was not with her, he was against her, and that was simply unacceptable.
No. From now on, wherever she went, he went...and he couldn't see his future any other way.
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I'm so very sorry for the totally abrupt ending, but I honestly couldn't think of anything else to add or another way to end it! DX Please RxR.
