Chapter 114: Comatose: Part Two

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Author's Note:

* Hello and welcome back to the story. I can't really think of anything that I need to say, so let's just get into the chapter. Actually, I do want to say something. Since this arc, being a retelling of sorts of Volume One, is slated for about twenty parts, I can't implement every piece of story seen in Volume One. I'll only be implementing the story points that I consider to be the most important. So, don't be surprised if one of your favorite storylines gets cut in this reimagining.

*Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this one.

Earth-Prime

Late November, 2017

Ben's House

Ben

After obtaining the Omnitrix once again and having a weird conversation with Nathan (who had no business being in Bellwood in 2017), I headed back home. I already knew how to use the Omnitrix, no need to test it and transform into Heatblast. I walked back into the house through the back door, to see that my relatives were still sitting at the table. They were having pumpkin pie for dessert.

"Ben!" Mom spoke as she got up. "Sit down and have some pie!"

"No thanks." I said as I walked past the table. "I'm gonna go lie back down."

On the way to my room, I heard whispers from the kitchen and so, I stopped in my tracks to listen.

"Carl, he just refused to eat pumpkin pie! That is his favorite dessert! He is your son! You have to speak to him! I know he doesn't want to talk about what happened, but he is obviously not well!"

I didn't have to stand and listen to what Dad would say, but I did anyway.

"Sandra, no amount of talking will help him. This is something he has to accept on his own. He'll come around when he's ready."

I turned around and finished the walk to my room. I spent the rest of the night in my room after that. Grandpa Max came to say goodbye before he left and after that, I was pretty much left alone for the night. After that, I made a decision. At this point, my past (or at this point, was it my future?) was fresh in my mind. However, if this was permanent, then my memories of past (or future, in this case) events may become hazy.

So, I thought that it may be in my best interest to write down a record of these events from memory to the best of my ability. So, there I was, sitting at my desk in the corner of my room, writing down everything I could remember into a spare notebook. That's what I was doing when Mom walked in to kiss me good night. When she saw that I was writing in a notebook, she stopped.

"What are you working on?" she asked.

"Homework." I replied, trying to keep it simple.

"I thought you didn't have any homework over break?"

"I don't. There's this project thing for school that I want to get a head start on."

"Alright. Good for you, then."

I turned to look at her standing next to me.

"Look, I don't want to sound rude or anything, but can you clear out? I want to get this done so that I can go to bed."

She gave a kind of look that told me she wasn't pleased with what I said.

"Okay. Good night."

She began to walk off after that without another word.

"Good night." I said as I watched her walk away. "Love you!"

She didn't say another word to me as she left my room, closing the door behind her. I wasn't trying to be rude when I said it, but I suppose that I deserved the cold shoulder. I turned back to my notebook and continued writing. The last time I was here, I waited until she came in here to tell me good night, then I slipped out to test out the Omnitrix.

That obviously wasn't necessary this time around. I sat there, continuing to write down everything that I could from memory. I finally finished, so I decided turn and look at the digital alarm clock behind me. It was just past midnight. I sighed, before I stretched and let out a yawn.

"At least it's not past one in the morning." I replied.

I shut the notebook and got up from my desk. I grabbed the notebook and walked over to my bed. I pulled up my mattress for a second, sat the notebook under it and then sat the mattress back down over it. I didn't need anyone finding this. I think it's obvious that would be bad. I pulled my sheets and comforter back, before taking off my jeans and putting on a pair of pajama pants. I then shut off the light in my room and got into bed. I yawned once more as I put my hand underneath my pillow.

"Hopefully tomorrow is a better day." I replied.

It was then that another thought crossed my mind.

"Or better yet, hopefully this is all just one bad dream."

I didn't give in another thought as I began to drift off.

November 27th, 2017

Madison High School

Well, guess what? No matter how much I wanted it all to be a dream, I woke up the morning following Thanksgiving, still in the past. Shit. Well, now it seems that I really am stuck here. Once I fully embraced that fact, I decided to get used to what was going on, before I tried to do anything.

And here I was, back in school the Monday after Thanksgiving. I decided that I was going to focus on taking notes on anything that seemed out of place. And I had to do that while going to my classes and doing the daily work. Multitasking had somehow never seemed tougher. I made it through the first couple hours of the day and came to my Algebra-IIA class. As soon as I got into class and sat down at my table, he entered the room. It was Kevin!

"Holy shit, Kevin is still alive!" I whispered to myself. "Maybe I can fix this all at once!"

I froze up a bit as I began thinking.

Wait, I'm stupid! Of course, he's still alive! I referenced him a few times in my notes! I already knew he was alive! Maybe it's just the shock of seeing him again after so long. Yeah, that has to be it.

He sat down next to me at our table.

"So?" he asked. "How was Thanksgiving for you, bro?"

"Boring." I replied.

Yeah, boring, yet somehow interesting at the same time.

"Yeah." He said. "At least we're a little closer to the end of the year, though."

"That's true."

"Are you doing swim team at the beginning of 2018?" he asked.

"Yeah. You should, too! It'd be interesting to have a friend on the team!"

He shook his head.

"No way, dude. After school time is my time. I'm not wasting my time on after school activities."

"Fine. Whatever you say, man."

It felt good to be bickering with Kevin again. It was just like old times. It could always be like this. If I could just change things, I could make sure that Kevin would always be here!

Just then, he nudged me.

"Well, here comes the teacher. I guess we'll talk later, huh?"

I nodded, not even paying attention to what he was saying. I was currently deep in thought about how I was going to try and do this.

Sometime Later

It was lunchtime and I was sitting by myself, with my notebook open, continuing to take notes. I was writing a few notes in the first couple pages of the book, where I noted my school life after getting the Omnitrix.

Kevin still alive. The past can be changed, I just have to be careful.

I made sure to write this in black ink, just so that it stood out. Just then, something green and wet splattered all over the page, making it virtually impossible to read.

"What the hell?" I asked out loud.

I looked up, to see Kevin, J.T. and Cash, sitting a few tables away from me. Kevin was holding a slingshot and they were all laughing. I rolled my eyes and looked back down at my notebook.

"Thanks." I said as ripped out the page that I was writing on. "Now I have to write this page all over again."

I looked down at what had splattered all over the page. It looked like... green beans?

"Hold on, they flung a carrot across the room when this originally happened. So, what's with the green beans?" I silently asked myself. "Wait, no. They flung a carrot at me before Thanksgiving Break. This is after Thanksgiving and this definitely didn't happen before! What's going on here?"

Just then, someone sat down in the chair next to me.

"Hey, buddy." I said without looking at him. "There's a whole cafeteria's worth of seats that are empty. Can you do me a favor and go sit somewhere else?"

As I moved to grab my backpack, the person next to me spoke.

"You fuck with the past, it'll fuck with you."

I turned to my right, to see Nathan sitting there.

"What the fuck?" I asked. "Where did you come from?"

I then realized what I had been doing before he sat down and moved to shut my notebook so he couldn't see. However, he must have read my mind because he put his hand up.

"Don't bother, mate. You have nothing to worry about."

I didn't listen to him and continued to put my stuff away. I turned back to him as I was doing this.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "And what in God's name were you going on about on Thanksgiving?"

He chuckled, shaking his head slightly before cocking his head and looking at me.

"Oh please, that wouldn't be sporting of me at all, not to mention it would ruin the fun if I told you clearly what you had to do. You'll know what you need to do when the time comes, and I'll only clear things up when there's no other option."

Could Kevin and them see this right now? Did they see Nathan talking to me?

I turned to look in their direction, to see that they weren't even looking at me anymore. They were just talking and laughing their asses off. I let out a sigh.

"You obviously know something that I don't." I replied. "You don't get to do that. Tell me what's going on here."

He didn't answer me.

"No, seriously man." I said as I turned back to him. "Tell me every..."

He was gone. He was no longer in the chair; it was like he had evaporated. I let out a sigh of frustration.

"Nathan, how the hell do you do that?"

Later That Night

I replaced the page that I lost when I got home, so I was all good on that front. At lunch, I saw Kai walk past and I almost got up from my table to go insult her. But there would be no point in that. So, here I was back home, trying to figure out what I needed to do next. Or what I should do next, rather. I knew what I needed to do; I just couldn't think of how to do it. There was so much that I wanted to get done.

I wanted to keep myself from burning down a building, like I did early in my first summer with the Omnitrix. I also wanted to keep Kevin from gaining his powers, that unlike the first thing, should be easy. And if I keep him from gaining powers, then he can't die. But as I said, I had no idea how I should pull everything off.

I think that I might need help on this one. I don't think I could do this alone. I needed someone that I knew I could trust. Above all, I needed someone who could understand my problem and who could believe me. I needed...

Wait, that's it! I need Gwen! If I can find Gwen, I know that I convince her to believe me and help me! She'll believe me, she has to! She knows me!

I had made up my mind about it.

"Alright, Nathan." I whispered to myself. "I'm about to fuck with the past."

Author's Note:

* And that's it for this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed this one. Overall, what did you guys think? Do you think Ben is going about things the wrong way? Please, if you have any thoughts or comments whatsoever, do let me know.

* Well, I think that's going to do it for me. I'm going to go though, so have a Bwen-tastic day and bye.

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Thanks, Mike. Glad to know that you're enjoying the story. Thanks for the review, as always.

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Thanks, Jason. I'm glad that you're enjoying the story. Thanks for the good luck, Jason. And thanks for the review, as always.

Next Chapter: The following day, Ben seeks out Gwen at the private school in Bellwood that she attends. However, he isn't expecting to run into a strange figure that will stall his plans.