A/N: ta-da! Another chappy! Gunna put off most of my other stuff until I get a few of my one-shots up for other things. Like Scooby Doo and NCIS and maybe NCIS LA. But I will keep posting on my 'Moments' serieses, just not as much!
Disclaimer: Eli & Devie's car= mineeeeeeeeeeeee. Anyone elsseee aint mineee
They were so annoying. Between destroying things and bothering him, Kevin was about to bust 'em one. He was ready to pound their faces in. If it truly came to a fight, Kevin was bound to be slaughtered. He wouldn't stand a chance against a trained Omnitrix user, a mana wielding danger chick, or a guy who could morph into his worst nightmare on command.
So he restrained himself.
Taking them to his house was the biggest mistake ever. Eliza was already ready to plot world domination in the bathroom. She certainly had the piping to build enough weaponry to carry onward with the plans. Mana and extreme skills in the mechanical division helped out with weapons. He now questioned whether or not she should've taught her those things in the future.
Ken had seated himself on the couch, unmoving since he arrived. His feet were kicked up on the blue corduroy fabric and he had the exact same shirt on that Ben used to wear as a kid. The white with the long black stripe around the collar and sown the front. That alone played on Kevin's nerves, threatening to push him over the edge.
Gwen had sent Devlin to keep everyone in control. But he sat outside staring at the night sky. The dark teen kept running his fingers over that cool concrete of the porch.
Insanity. Kevin knew that this night would drive him over the edge. He was already pressing...
And what the heck was Eliza screaming about in the bathroom about Europe?!
"Okay," Kevin sighed as he crashed on the chair beside the couch that Kenny was laying on. "How can I calm Eli down?"
Ken's response was short and sweet. His eyes met Kevin's, a playful glimmer in them. "Candy."
An eyebrow raised.
"She loves candy. And as long as she's got candy, she's happy." He stared at the blank tv screen. "It's the way Eli is. Underneath it all, she's still a girl and girls always love candy. Especially chocolate. Every girl loves chocolate no matter what. Unless they're allergic or something."
Kevin had to blink, wondering why that kind of logic hadn't occurred to him a long time ago with Gwen. "And Devlin?"
"He's going to be much, much harder." Ken let out the smallest breath. "Dev's got a bunch of problems compared to what you had with the mutation."
Kevin stood again, heading for the kitchen to search for chocolate. Good thing his mom kept a lot on hand. He grabbed a Hershey bar and went to the bathroom door. His knuckles rapped against the wood. "Chocolate," he said and the girl flew out that door faster than a flash of lightning. The candy was gone from his hand and she was eagerly ripping at the package, sitting on Kenny's legs as he howled with laughter.
Task one: accomplished. Getting Devlin: an entirely different story.
Kevin headed out to the porch and dropped himself down beside his future son. The sun was long gone and the stars twinkled above, each another ball of fiery gas in the realm of space and time where nothing mattered except the night and the darkness. "You coming in some time tonight?" he asked, keeping his voice softer than usual. His naturally gruff tone was gone. The gentle sense that he was experiencing on the inside was even a surprise.
"Maybe." Devlin's dark blue eyes were closed. His concentration was on something within, not Kevin.
The burly teen grimaced. Ken was right. This was going to be harder than he thought. Much harder. "Kenny said you had some problems with the mutation and everything."
"I can't come out of it. I can't control my transforming all the time." Devlin's voice was low and serious. "It's not the same as yours. It wore off from the Omnitrix's energy feedback. But I was born with it and I can't control the monster within. And it's dangerous. More than you could ever believe."
This really got Kevin's attention. He knew that monster all too well. It was the face of evil and destruction. It was a killer, a force of mass destruction. "How?" he asked.
"It can take over. It can take my mind." Devlin seemed to be shaking from the cold, but it was truly from self-control failure. "It wants to destroy. It still wants to kill Ben."
How did that work? Kevin was left to ponder this. "How-"
"I can't keep controlling it much longer. Gwen needs to find the spell or you need to send us home. Fast." his breathing went back to being rhythmic again, lighter, less harsh. "And it's going to take her a while to find it." He paused to keep his mind clear before his dazzling dark blue eyes peered up at that sky again. "It took her three years after we figured it out the first time. I don't even know where she got it when she did find it."
There was a silence. Kevin really didn't know what to say to any of that. So he dropped the subject. "Come on inside." He touched his son's shoulder before rising to his feet. "We've got chocolate." A thin smile crossed his lips before he disappeared within the house once more.
Devlin stared after him. That had to be probably the nicest his father had been. Ever. He knew Kevin generally wasn't the best person to give support or advice, but he sounded generally honest and true when those words were emitted from his mouth. It was as if the invisible clouds from above had suddenly rained kindness. His life was never like that. Never.
So instead of brushing off his father's words, Devlin got up and headed into the house, ready to try again.
Ken's eyes lit up when he saw Devlin, but when Eliza shoved chocolate in his face, he was distracted once more like a chimp with a banana.
Kevin was sitting on the chair beside Eliza and Ken who were still on the couch, Ken's legs still being crushed by Eliza sitting on them. He didn't care. He had chocolate. What could possibly go wrong?
Kevin's obsidian gaze lightened when he saw his son coming inside from the cold. Yet he said nothing and focused on the two troublemakers that were still residing within the household.
Devlin snapped twice. "Come on. Get some class." He was back in control once again, feeling better than he had in a long time.
Both Eliza and Ken recognized the change right away. Whatever had happened outside had brought their Devlin back to reality. He was back to being demanding and strict, but still fun-loving enough to keep them entertained. And as soon as his control was back, he'd be fine. It would only take some time. Eliza stood and Ken swung his legs down to sit properly. It was a rare occurrence. Eliza sat back down, chocolate still in hand.
There was enough space between them for the oldest Levin sibling to squeeze in and sit comfortably. "So what'd I miss?"
"I was planning world domination in the bathroom," announced Eli as she punctured the air with her index finger. "My army was going to be the water spirits, but they wouldn't come forth today. I mean, they usually do, but I'm not sure anymore." One hand ran through her ebony hair. Her expression was one of confusion. "It might've been a dream the first time..."
All three boys laughed at that. Kevin was the softest whereas Ken had spit chocolate everywhere and was in absolute hysterics. Then he fell off the couch. Devlin was just sitting there, chuckling, a mirror of his father.
A/N: yeah, just had to have one of those moments for Devlin and Kevin… I thought it was pretty good-ish. Not my best XP so R&R!
~Sky
