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33 Bad Deal

Jen shook her head as she tossed her phone onto the couch and checked the clock on the wall. It was nearing seven.

"Look Gwen I'm sorry but we need to go now or we're gonna miss the Knights again. With or without Kevin." Gwen drummed her fingers on the arm of her chair.

"This isn't like him, he normally keeps his badge on. I'm starting to get worried." A chuckle came from the doorway.

"Worried about little old me?" They turned to the doorway and found Kevin standing there, just like he had been, except for the black eye. Jen stepped up to him and punched him in the shoulder.

"Jackass we've been worried about you!" Then she blinked. Her hand didn't hurt like it normally did after punching Kevin. Gwen stepped forwards.

"What happened to your ID mask?" She reached up and touched his face, her eyes went wide. "I… I can feel your skin! Kevin what happened!" Kevin paused and grinned.

"No idea, I went to bed last night and woke up like this." Jen frowned.

"When did you go to bed last night?" Kevin raised an eyebrow.

"Don't know, early for me I guess." Gwen frowned.

"Is that why you didn't answer your phone?"

"Why does it matter?" He asked as he stepped further into the room. "I'm better!"

"Yeah and Jen collapsed in pain last night. The doctor's have no idea what happened or why." Ethan said standing from his spot on the couch. "And we're gonna be late to meet Pierce to catch the Knights." Jen swore.

"We can talk about this later, let's go!" They raced out. On their way to the warehouse Kevin explained that he'd woken up without his powers completely back to normal, and in his excitement walked into a door, resulting in his black eye. Jen wasn't so sure she believed him though. They reached the warehouse just as Pierce pulled up. He hopped out and pulled a bag out of the cab of his truck.

"As ordered! One concussive cannon, should be fun against the Knights." He opened the bag and handed the gun to Ethan who nodded.

"Thanks." Kevin made to step towards the warehouse.

"Nope, you and Ethan bring up the rear. Without powers it might be too dangerous for you." Jen stated fiddling with the Omnitrix. Pierce frowned.

"When did he lose his powers?"

"Last night apparently." Jen said still fiddling with the device around her wrist.

"Like the same time you fainted?" Jen rolled her eyes at the word fainted.

"I didn't faint, I never lost consciousness. I collapsed. There is a difference." Ethan frowned.

"Not a big one." Kevin frowned.

"You passed out?"

"No! Look we'll talk about this after! Kevin stay back, or better yet stay by the car, we may need to make a quick getaway." Kevin frowned as the others made their way towards the warehouse.

"So I'm just the chauffeur now? What happens when you two get your licenses?" Ethan shrugged.

"I mean I already have mine. I'd share the gun but Pierce only brought one."

"Yeah man, I'd have brought another if I knew you wouldn't have your powers anymore! Next time call me." They headed inside. It only took Kevin a few minutes to decide that this sucked. He was still a Plumber, with or without the powers. He was gonna do his job. So he went inside anyway, and saved Gwen from a Knight sneaking up behind her. Jen was swinging through the room as Spidermonkey. Between all of them they took down the Forever Knights with ease. A few unmarked Plumber vehicles picked up their captives as they headed back out, saluting them on the way.

"Still wish they wouldn't do that. Anyway, drop me home please Kev." He checked the clock.

"Why? It's only nine." She shrugged.

"Doc told me to take it easy. Ethan and I are gonna hang out at my place and watch bad alien horror movies. My mom's on a late shift and dad's out of town again." Kevin bounced his eyebrows at them in the rearview mirror.

"Ah, so the two of you want to be alone? Fair, gives me more time with your gorgeous cousin." He winked at Gwen and held out a hand. She barely laid her hand in his when she jerked it back.

"Actually I have some school stuff I have to finish." Kevin frowned.

"You sure? I thought maybe we could go see a movie or something, now that I can be seen in public again." Gwen frowned at him.

"Kevin I was never ashamed to be seen with you ID mask or not." He frowned but remained silent as he dropped them off, all at Jen's place at Gwen's insistence. Jen frowned as Kevin drove off.

"Everything ok cuz?" Gwen frowned.

"I need to go make sure Kevin didn't do something stupid. If you don't hear from me in an hour track my badge." Ethan frowned.

"You sure you don't just want us to come with you?" Gwen shook her head at him.

"No. I don't want him to see me coming." Jen nodded.

"Want who to see you coming?"

"Not sure, but wait one hour before tracking me down ok?" Jen rolled her eyes but agreed. Gwen left, racing off on her pink energy platforms. Jen pulled her necklace free of her shirt and tapped the side of it. A map popped up and a red dot appeared.

"Thought you agreed to wait an hour." Ethan teased already pulling out the key fob for his bike.

"Yeah well when Gwen's stressed rules need not apply. Something spooked her. And that's not easy to do. It also pissed her off, which is easy to do." Ethan laughed, retrieving their helmets from the newly arrived bike.

"You coming?"

"You're not disappointed about the movie marathon are you?" Jen asked looking up from the map in her hand. Ethan shrugged.

"Life with you is never that simple." He pulled on his helmet. Jen straddled the bike behind him, frowning as she pulled on her own helmet. That hadn't really been an answer. But she didn't have much time to think about it as they sped off after her cousin.

Kevin was worried. From what Jen had described on the way back from the fight with the Knights she'd gone through the same thing he'd gone through when Micheal had used the Dominus Librium on him to balance their power. The pain had been exceedingly bad and Jen had gone through it at the same moment. He shook his head as he turned his car around and headed back to the warehouse.

As it turned out he was just in time. Ethan's bike was parked outside the fence. He scaled it fast as he spotted lights flaring and flashing in the warehouse, by their standards a clear fight. A very one sided fight too, with Micheal using the Dominus Librium to drain the powers from both girls. Ethan was unconscious on the ground, nearly buried under a few prop pillars.

"Gwen!" He didn't even think as he leapt forward knocking Gwen out of the way of the beam from the Dominus Librium. Three screams filled the room as the gold light flared and the green light being drained from Jen spiked.