A/N: Ben!

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Ben 10.

A sword slashed at Kevin's arm and he retaliated with a slicing motion from his own arm shaped somewhat like a sword. But to him, it kind of looked like a straighter version of a boomerang.

The sword swept through the air and cut into Kevin's steel armor, breaking it so that his skin was revealed beneath the metal protecting him.

"Oh crap." He looked at his arm. Blood seeped out, soaking the steel that covered him in a deep scarlet. "Not cool, man!"

"Kevin!" cried Gwen, seeing her boyfriend hurt badly. She whacked a couple of Forever Knights out of the way so she could take a few steps closer to him before being ambushed by yet another group of the metal knuckleheads. She knocked most of them out of the way, still working to get closer to Kevin so that she could make sure he wasn't wounded too terribly.

He kept up his sword-like arm and kept hitting the metal clad knight with it. The other hung limp at his side as pain surged down through his muscles that had been cut through. Kevin tried to hit a little harder to cut through the enemy's armor, but it was no good.

Another Forever Knight jumped at him, a sword stabbing right through his back and cutting through the armor easily.

The form of a red bat-like thing swooped down from the rafters and assaulted both Forever Knights attacking the Osmosian. They were both knocked away like flies with a fly swatter.

Kevin was able to drop to the floor, face twisted up in pain as he realized the damage that was really done. He'd been stabbed in the back before, but that was when it was metaphorical. Now it was literal and it hurt worse than being thrown into a pit of fire. He would know.

Gwen's fury wrapped her up like a present. She unleashed her pure rage upon them.

The Forever Knights were blasted all over the walls before slumping down them and passing out.

Ben looked at his dark friend. "Kev, you gonna live?"

His redheaded cousin joined them as fast as she could wearing heels. "What happened?" Gwen asked, referring to the fact that his armor had weakened so easily compared to normal fights where it could withstand anything that was thrown at him.

Instead of replying, the Levin teen let his armor fade away. "Dunno, but it hurts real friggin' bad…" His dark eyes fell to the cut on his arm. He winced at the sight of crimson blood that was painting his pale skin.

"See, Kev?" said Ben, taking off his jacket so he could help his friend. "I'm giving things up for you. You should respect me more."

There was a long pause when no one said anything.

Ben's face twisted up in confusion. "Did I just sneeze?"

Both Gwen and Kevin shook their heads, very confused now.

A/N: another one from my beloved *cough* sister. Review please!

~Sky