Homecoming: the sequel - After Homecoming 11
By Crystalquirt
The Forever King decides to finish the job that Albedo started while they were in California. The task is turned over to Forever Knights' Scientist and Director of Technology, Dr. Joseph Chadwick. Impressed with Ben's friends' skills, but sure they would be easier to capture than Ben, he sent Sir Morton and a team of twelve Knights to kidnap Kevin and Gwen so they can use them to defeat Ben and get the Omnitrix.
Warnings – violence, gore - descriptive surgery, mild language. Gwenvin and Benlie
General plot suggested by Wolfpelt13
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Jetray-Ben was so tired, he didn't even see the air-speeder flying right at him. At the last second he swerved sensing something coming at him. He looked back to find a Forever Knight on an air speeder turning to come back at him.
"Well, I've been looking for Knights, I got my wish. Maybe this one knows where Kevin is."
Jetray met the Knight in midair and used his eye beams to disable the air speeder's engine. Jetray grabbed the Knight with his hind legs to keep him in the air while the speeder crashed to a pile of scrap below. The Knight, with a very familiar voice, cursed Ben and used his hands to pry his feet off his shoulders.
"Kevin?" Ben was pretty sure this was his friend!
The Knight fell, but landed on his feet ready for a fight. Ben landed as Jetray and went Chromastone right away. "Wait, before we fight, who are you?"
"I am the Knight assigned with the task of ridding the world of you, Ben Tennyson."
Ben recognized him for sure! "Kevin? What's going on? Gwen said you had been hurt! Are you alright?"
"She would like to think she succeeded in hurting, or killing me – but it will never happen. I will finish you both."
"Kevin, you're scaring me, quit messing around." Chromastone's voice seemed to echo in the evening air.
Two more Knights, one with a passenger landed in the road nearby and stepped off their speeders. Dr. Chadwick had arrived to watch. He wanted to see how his subject would react in the field.
Kevin continued threatening Ben. "Your right, I will quit messing around you alien bucket of crap, prepare to defend yourself, if you can."
Kevin used both hands and shot powerful electrically charged beams at Chromastone-Ben. With no effort on Ben's part, the beams reflected off of Chromastone's body and hit Kevin. He just laughed and reabsorbed the power.
"Kevin! Since when can you use electricity again?"
"Since forever you moron! Aren't you paying attention?" Kevin absorbed the steel off of what was left of the speeder he had been flying and charged Ben.
"Look! I'm Ben, your friend, don't you recognize me?" Chromastone disappeared and Ben's green-eyed human form stood facing him. "See? Its me! Ben – we're friends!"
"I would never be friends with someone who tries to kill me every time I've seen him!"
Realizing changing back to human was a huge mistake, Ben was barely able to change back into Chromastone before Kevin started shooting at him again. Kevin kept firing and ran at Chromastone-Ben and he tackled him when he got close enough. The steel amplified Kevin's electrical power and now, in direct contact with Chromastone's surface, the strange electricity didn't reflect, but was absorbed into his super-dense silicone body. Ben had never felt pain before while he was Chromastone, and it was the most intense, scary kind of pain he had ever felt.
The Omnitrix picked that moment to malfunction. Chromastone's screams turned suddenly into Ben's screaming human voice. Now with no protection against 'Sir' Kevin's attacks, Ben thought he was finished for sure.
No longer any need to hold his enemy down, Kevin got off of Ben but stood over him continuing his electrical attack. Ben managed to look up at Kevin, and Kevin was laughing, the powerful light energy reflecting in his eyes.
Ben screamed and thrashed, trying to roll away, but he fell flat and rolled onto his side into a fetal position. Under the continued attack, soon he stopped trying to move, his limp body jerking from the power of Kevin's continued electrical attack, even after Ben stopped fighting back.
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Ship detected Alien and Forever Knight technology and got Julie to the scene as quickly as he could. Just in time to see Kevin electrocuting Ben unmercifully and her boyfriend go limp like he had passed out. Ship went in low, hovering just off the ground.
"Ship! I don't know what's wrong with Kevin, but he's hurting Ben - we have to stop him-but don't hurt him!"
Ship whistled and opened a hatch. Julie jumped out and landed on her feet. She ran toward Kevin and Ben. Ship flew ahead of her and rammed Kevin. He yelled and held onto the front of Ship until they both crashed into the trees across the road.
"Ben!" Julie dropped to her knees next to him.
"Julie, no! Get out of here! There's something wrong with Kevin!" he was very weak, shaking uncontrollably and gasping for air.
"No kidding Ben, Ship and I just saved you from him! We will get you out of here – how badly hurt are you?"
"I feel like a chili fry. Where's Kevin now?"
Julie helped Ben sit up and hugged him. "He landed in the trees with Ship. Why was he was trying to kill you! What's going on?"
"I don't know exactly, but I want you to take Ship and leave right now! You could get hurt!"
"Ben, you are so thick headed! If I hadn't got here when I did, he would have killed you! If that happened I couldn't stand it! I will stay and help you save Kevin. I love you."
"Julie." Ben pulled her back to him and hugged her tightly. "Thank you Julie, for saving me. I love you too." Julie kissed Ben's ear and he turned his head to meet her lips with his.
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Kevin climbed out from under Ship and found a power relay just off the side of the road. The powerlines were put underground in this area to preserve the natural beauty of the forest. Kevin crumpled the panel with his steel coated arms and threw it to the side. He grabbed the wires inside and moaned with joy and pleasure while he absorbed the electricity, fully recharging all of his power!
Ben and Julie's kiss was interrupted when Kevin came running out of the trees at them. Cursing and threatening Ben, he didn't seem to recognize Julie at all, but was completely focused on Ben. They jumped up and Ben got in front of her. He slapped the Omnitrix - with no luck! It was glowing blue and he whined, "Rebooting! Must have been the electrical attack! Julie-Run!"
He had to practically push her to make her go first and ran right behind her. Kevin followed and started shooting electrical pulses at them. The first shots hit the ground at Ben's feet and he jumped over the small explosions, but the next blast, got him in the leg and he fell. "Ahhg."
Julie stopped and looked back when she heard Ben cry out. "No Julie, keep running!" he saw her stop and yelled at her.
"Ship!" she called to her little pet for help, hoping he could respond as she ran back to Ben.
Kevin fired at Ben again hitting him in the chest and burning right through his shirt and bandage. He screamed in agony. Julie grabbed him by his shirt and tried to pull him away, but she got zapped and fell back after touching Ben. He groaned weakly and curled into a ball.
A pink barrier interrupted Kevin's stream of electricity and Gwen stepped out of the trees. She and Kevin faced each other. Julie tried to pick Ben up but wound up sitting on the ground with him in her lap. "Ben – please be okay- try to get up!"
"I can't." he moaned. "Just go!"
"I'm NOT leaving you!" She started pulling on Ben's shirt trying to drag him away while she called to Ship.
Kevin didn't try to attack Gwen right away, but stopped his attack on Ben and just stared at her. She was still barefooted and wearing Daisy's lab coat. Kevin seemed confused.
Julie fell again and dropped Ben. He moaned and rolled over on his side. Julie tried again, "Ben get up! Gwen's here!" Ben tried harder to move, but groaned and held his chest in agony still not able to get up for his chest hurting. Julie sat back down and pulled Ben up in her arms. Using one hand she called Joe and told him where she thought they were, but wasn't sure exactly how far Ship had flown.
Gwen tried to reason with Kevin. "Stop Kevin! Dr. Chadwick brainwashed you! Ben isn't your enemy!"
"No- you are trying to trick me!"
"Oh Kevin, Don't you remember me either?"
"You are all my enemies! I have to kill you before you kill me! The Organization must prevail!" He shot lightening at Gwen. She easily put up a barrier to protect herself, but he used the other hand and fired at Julie and Ben.
Ben was still down and Gwen knew they wouldn't have a chance. She extended her barrier to protect them too, but now it wasn't as strong. It cracked under Kevin's attack and she moaned trying to strengthen it. "Julie, get Ben out of here!"
Julie tried to get Ben to get up again, but he couldn't even answer her. So she started dragging him away, holding under his arms.
"Kevin-Stop! Talk to me!" Gwen strained and gritted her teeth trying to keep the barrier up.
"There is nothing to talk about, Spy!" Kevin intensified his attack toward Ben.
Gwen had to drop the barrier in front of her to keep it stronger to protect Ben and Julie. "I'm not a spy, I am your fiance! Chadwick and the Forever Knights brainwashed you!"
"No, he will die!"
"Kevin please stop, give yourself a chance to remember! You can't kill Ben and you have to come back to us – the planet needs you and Ben to save everyone from the Highbreed and . . . I need you! Kevin, I love you!"
"No! You are lying to me! You are trying to confuse me!" Kevin pressed his palms to his eyes from the sharp pain he was beginning to experience in his head.
"Gwen!" Kevin said softly.
"Kevin?" Gwen asked him.
Dr. Chadwick took out a remote and pushed buttons. Kevin groaned and doubled over holding his head. "Get her first!" Chadwick could tell, seeing Gwen was confusing Kevin and wanted her out of the way, even before Ben. He told the two Knights that were with him to get ready to take over, if his 'subject' didn't complete the job.
Kevin charged Gwen, concentrating two electrical streams of energy at her. She quickly brought the barrier in front of herself and threw a blast of her own mana past the barrier at him. Covered in steel, he ignored her attack and broke her Barrier!
His power burned holes through the lab coat she wore and she screamed when the burn got to her skin. Her abdomen and shoulder where he struck her felt like they were on fire! She tried to concentrate to get a barrier back up but couldn't focus through the pain.
Julie ran at Kevin with a branch off a tree, hoping to distract him long enough for Gwen or Ben to recover. She hit him in the back of the head and though he had no helmet, he still had his own steel covering and it didn't even seem to phase him. Kevin swung his arm and knocked her back with less effort than swatting a fly. Julie screamed as she flew through the air, and landed hard on the asphalt out in the road.
Gwen lie on her back, holding her stomach where the pain from Kevin's attack was the most intense and she already had injuries. He walked up to her with his hand held out, ready to deliver the final blast, but instead held his head and groaned.
When Chadwick saw Kevin hesitate he tried to activate his control chip again. Kevin held his hand out and electrical energy ran back and fourth between his fingers, but he still strained to not hurt her. Gwen looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Kevin could see Gwen's skin through the torn and burned lab coat. Her skin was red and charred. Her wounds from the 'biopsies' had started bleeding again.
Kevin was so confused, he really hated hurting this girl – even though his every thought was telling him to do it! She looked so sad, so injured he stopped he looked at her again with a hint of recognition in his eyes. "Gwen?"
'Kevin, please stop! You promised we'd be together forever!"
"GWEN!" Kevin's armor dissolved as he dropped to his knees next to her and pulled her up in a tight embrace. Gwen, with tears in her eyes smiled and hugged him back. "Kevin! I thought I'd lost you!"
"I guess you did for a while! Gwen I'm so sorry!" he hugged her close and kissed the top of her head.
"Well that experiment failed. Clean up the mess, men." Chadwick said quietly. The Knights leveled their weapons at Kevin's back and fired. He screamed and fell forward, but caught himself before he fell on Gwen. Kevin jumped up, spun around and ran at the Knights.
"Kevin! No!" She cried, but Kevin was screaming in anger. He realized he had almost killed Gwen. He had vowed to protect her with his life and would do it now no matter what. Kevin ran at Chadwick, but the two Knights got in front of the scientist. Their metal armor did nothing to protect them from Kevin's electrical attack and they fell, but they gave Chadwick enough time to get to the nearest air speeder and take off.
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To be continued . . .
