A/N: Fifth chapter! This one continues with the first storyline. I've decided to not use the format of 'Kevin telling a story', 'cause I've gotten sick of the excessive dialogue and writing Kevin and Ben's reactions. Instead, I'm just gonna write the story out as the main focus, in past tense with Kevin's first person POV, inserting Ben's significant reactions as a separate thingy. You'll see what I mean.

To the fabulous Humas and Peeta: Glad you like! When I got your review and favorite and follow, I bounced around in joy like an idiot for an hour. And thank you for being the first to favorite this… thingy. Have a claymore! *Hands you a suspiciously red-labeled giant sword before running like hell*

Warnings: Self-harming and mentions of drug use and suicide. Includes a few swear words, because Kevin is a potty-mouth.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10: anything. Please don't sue me, I have no money.

Addiction

Chapter Five

Previously in the first storyline:

"But the kid said no. Again. It was… baffling. I mean, you shook, you were partners! You felt betrayed. Suddenly, it was clear- this kid never wanted to be your friend! He made nice just so he could use you. Never mind that that's exactly what you thought you did with him…

"Now you really wanted to kill him."

~(-_-)~(0_0)~(x_x)~

After probably insulting me (I couldn't really understand his muttering), the kid stalked towards the track's controls. The damn brat tricked me, betrayed me, (probably) insulted me, then tried to stop me? No way I was gonna let that slide. When he tried to get past me, I grabbed him by the shoulders and swung him around, throwing him a good six feet into the side of the platform. When he picked himself off the ground, glaring at me, I was about halfway down a shortcut to 'pissed' and starting to see red.

I tried to scare the kid off, 'cause, seriously? I'd seen him in action and… I hated to admit it, even to myself, but… he was kinda powerful. I was confident I could take out the giant bug and pretty sure an electric field would be able to stop the speed dino, but he supposedly had eight other things he could turn into. I had no idea what those eight were, and thus no way of knowing if I could take them on. I was reasonably powered up and feeling pretty invincible, but I didn't wanna start a fight only to have him turn into some sort of insulated rubber monster.

I might've been pretty stupid and insane back then, but not that much.

I let the electricity in my body surge around my arm, and it the crackling sound it gave off was almost menacing.

"Oh, you do not wanna make me mad!" I forced a threatening grin to my face, hiding my apprehension.

"Me neither."

My stomach dropped, and the panic took its place. At that point in my life, it was always there, no matter how much energy I absorbed. I only ever managed to push it back, to bury it under something else, and it always showed up whenever I lost control of a situation. The only thing that could shove it to the back of my mind for more than a few minutes was the power, and even then it always came back. To make it worse, my failed attempt to scare the kid off had drained me down to less than half power.

I thought about running away, but the universe hated me back then.

"I'm switching the track back!" He started fiddling with his watch.

The shortcut skipped right over 'pissed' and stopped at 'I'm gonna rip your arms off and beat you with them before tearing off your nose and forcing you to eat it.' The kid had some nerve, defying me! He would pay for his gall; how dare he even think about challenging me!

Yeah, I was in 'God Mode'. Illusions of omnipotence and all that.

The kid slammed his hand onto his wrist, and rocks flowed over his body. He grew taller, his head caught on fire, and I could feel the heat from where I was standing. It was an impressive sight, and the panic started pushing its way forward.

"Aw, stupid watch."

He looked disappointed, like he meant to do something else. Maybe he turned into the wrong thing? If so, then maybe what he turned into wasn't a good match against me, which could only be a good thing. I supposed I had a chance after all, and the thought that I might win put a smirk on my face.

He thrust one arm towards me, hand glowing brighter.

"Move back!" His voice was different, deeper and somewhat gravelly.

"Or what, you're gonna burn my dinner?"

Lame, I know, but give me a break. I was eleven.

"Fight me, you're the one who's gonna be burned!"

Of course, I took that as a challenge. I ran back to the tracks' control box and started sucking up more energy than I think I ever had before. Don't know why he didn't fry me before I powered up. Didn't really care back then. The rush of electricity caused all the lights in the area to blow, and soon the only light came from the kid's head.

He didn't seem to know what to do. After looking around for a moment, he gave up and just stood there. Again, don't know why, and didn't really care. It just made it easier to sneak up on him, which I did. I tried to tackle him to the floor, but he was sturdier than he seemed. We struggled for a while, until I got the bright idea to try absorbing some of that 'special energy' he was talking about earlier. It didn't go too well.

First of all, it hurt. With electricity, the right amount would be able to fry any normal human from the inside out. Since I was able to absorb it, electricity didn't hurt me. What I felt, absorbing from the Omnitrix, was similar to what I imagined being electrocuted would feel like. It burned from within, and flowed into me everywhere at once and didn't stop until I was flung to the side, hitting the platform much like the kid had hit it earlier.

I think I blacked out for a moment, 'cause everything went dark. When I could see again, I saw the kid rushing towards me, and reacted instinctively, shooting a blast of electricity at him. 'Cept the color was all wrong, and an explosion sent him flying in a way electricity doesn't do.

'Cause it wasn't electricity. Half of me was a miniature version of the hothead, and the energy flowing through me felt different than anything I'd ever felt before. It felt… awesome. The rush I felt then was just as strong as when I first absorbed, and I couldn't sense the panic anymore. It was just… gone, and in its place was a feeling that I'd finally achieved a level of power I'd been searching for my entire life.

The urge to use this newfound power was stronger than ever, and I felt my mouth curve in a triumphant smile once I realized I had the perfect target standing right in front of me.

~(-_-)~(0_0)~(x_x)~

A/N: And that's it. Next chapter will continue where this left off, and will be posted within a week. I think I've found a style I'm comfortable with, so I'll probably stick with it. I'm not sure how long I'll be writing about this one episode (Ben 10; "Kevin 11"), but it will be finished either next chapter or the one after that. Once it's done, I'll write about the time between the end of that episode and his next appearance (Ben 10; "Framed"), then that episode, and so on until I reach the beginning of Ben 10: Alien Force.

Until then, I bid you farewell.