NOTE: I am still working on the next chapter for the main story and having to deal with school. So, enjoy this short log with the Tennysons.

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Log 7: Stuck

Cover Image: Yukiko stared in confusion as her hand was stuck to the cabinets in the kitchen. Ben was behind her, trying to stifle his own laughter. Gwen sat next to him, disapproving his actions but made no move to help her older cousin, since it was preventing her from cooking.

"Hmmgh! Urgggh! Oaahg!"

"Gwen, stop."

"No…I-I can get out of this!"

"We're stuck, just get over it," Ben said. The hero's eyes were tired, bags evident underneath his eyes. Gwen's eyes were exactly the same as she struggled to break out of her captivity.

Currently, the two children were held in place by two feminine, yet surprisingly strong arms. They glanced behind them to see Yukiko sleeping soundly as she held them in place as if they were teddy bears. Her grip was incredibly strong enough to prevent them from breaking out of it.

Gwen refused to accept the reality. "I'm going to get us out of this! She can't just keep us here all night!" Gwen exclaimed, whispering.

"You're just upset that you can't sleep with your own teddy bear," Ben grinned, teasingly.

"Shut it!" She hissed. The cat-themed girl tried to carefully pry Yukiko's arm away from her midsection. Only for the heiress to increase her grip in response, crushing Gwen even more.

Ben chuckled at Gwen's pained expression. "Look, dweeb, just deal with it. This isn't that bad. See?" Ben reached into his pajamas pocket and took out a black marker. After popping off the cap, Ben reached over and started drawing on Yukiko's face.

Gwen tried to pry the marker out of his grasp, it was difficult without accidently hitting Yukiko in the face. "Stop that, doofus! Stop taking advantage of the situation!"

"What? She'll find it funny," Ben pulled away from her before she could take the marker.

"Yes, but I'd rather not give her any ideas!" Gwen hissed. She didn't want to risk giving Yukiko the idea to draw on her face, because the heiress loved making herself laugh.

"Fine, I'll stop drawing on her face," Ben relented.

"Good-"

He started drawing on her yukata.

"Are you insane!?" Gwen yanked the marker out of his hand. However, due to the suddenness there was a large black line that traveled from her stomach to her chest. Both kids stared at the mess they made for a few moments.

"Well, Gwen, this is your fault."

"How!?" Gwen glared at him.

"If you hadn't ripped the marker away from me then this wouldn't have happened," Ben forced the blame on her.

Which Gwen was quick to shove back at him. "Oh no! If you hadn't gotten the bright idea to draw on her then this wouldn't have happened!"

"How are you going to explain this to her, Gwen?" Ben crossed his arms.

"By telling her you did this, you idiotic doofus!" Gwen yelled.

"SHHH!" Ben pressed his fingers against her lips. "Do you want to wake up Yukiko and Grandpa?"

Gwen gripped his finger and started squeezing it with extreme force, causing Ben to cry out in pain.

"Ow! What's your deal!?" He hissed, holding his finger.

"First, don't you ever put your disgusting germ-ridden finger anywhere near my mouth again. Secondly, my deal is that I'm stuck here in Yukiko's grasp having to deal with you all night," Gwen ranted.

"Okay, how about we play a game?" Ben suggested.

Sighing with zero other options, Gwen agreed. "Fine, what do you want to play?"

"How about, Eye Spy?"

"Fine, you are first."

"I spy with my little eye…something that begins with 'D'," Ben started his turn.

"D for doofus. You," Gwen pointed at him. He gave her a deadpan stare in response.

"Your turn," He said.

"I spy with my little eye…something that begins with 'G'."

"G for geek. You," Ben smirked.

"No, I meant Grandpa, you nitwit!" Gwen huffed.

Ben looked around for something to spy. "Uh? I spy with my little eye…something that begins with 'R'."

"The Rustbucket?"

"Yeah! How did you guess it that fast?"

"Because you're more obvious than Yukiko trying to lie," Gwen said.

"Tch, then you do one better," Ben huffed.

"I will! Let's see…" Gwen gazed around the Rustbucket. "I spy with my little eye…something that begins with 'O'."

"Omnitrix?"

"How-"

"I watched your eyes."

"You're not supposed to watch my eyes, doofus! That's cheating!"

"And you're not supposed to be too obvious, dweeb! But it seems that you're no better than me," Ben said.

Gwen just shook in contained anger at Ben's ability to be annoying. "Ugh! I just want her to release us! This stupid game isn't helping!"

"Okay, I have an idea," Ben said.

Going against her better judgment she decided to trust him. "What's this idea of yours?"

Ben reached into his pocket once more and pulled out a feather, much to her ever growing confusion.

"W-Why do you have a feather?" Gwen asked.

"Eh, I was gonna prank Grandpa with this, but this seems like a better use for it," Ben answered. He took the feather up to Yukiko's nose and started tickling her with it.

The heiress' face twitched repeatedly at the waving of the feather under her nostrils. Her arms started to move, slowly unwrapping themselves from the duo. Gwen gasped lightly, surprised that Ben's plan was working.

Ben turned to his cousin. "Alright, start getting out of her grasp," He told her. She nodded her head and tried to carefully remove herself from Yukiko. Just as soon as Gwen managed to unravel herself from Yukiko, the heiress had her arm raised into the air.

"Uh, what-" Ben was cut off by Yukiko's raised arm clamping down on his body. She was hugging him tightly as if he was her favorite teddy bear. The suddenness of it all made him drop the feather, his body trapped by Yukiko's tight embrace. The heiress in question was sleeping soundly once more, a content smile on her face. "Um…Gwen? A little help?" Ben asked.

Gwen raised an eyebrow, contemplating helping him out of this situation. Then she realized that helping could result in herself getting trapped by Yukiko once again. Gwen picked up the feather and moved it towards Yukiko's nose.

"Yeah, just hold it to her nose-"

Gwen quickly pulled back the feather before tossing it away from the bunks, drawing Ben's anger.

"What the heck!?" He hissed.

"You've been an annoyance all night, so I'll enjoy having the top bunk all to myself tonight. Night, doofus," Gwen climbed onto the top bunk leaving Ben in the hands of Yukiko.

"Gwen! Gwen, c'mon!" Ben called out to her, but the girl just ignored him. Huffing in acceptance, Ben tried to make himself comfortable. "I'll just get her back in the morning," Ben planned his pay back.

On top of the bunk Gwen settled into the blankets, ready to finally get some sleep. "Oh! Can't forget about you," She reached over and grabbed her teddy bear. "Ah…that's better…" With that Gwen fell into a peaceful slumber.

A few hours later she would be rudely awakened by Ben spraying her in the face with a water gun and Yukiko's hyena-like laughter.

Log End

NOTE: Yukiko enjoys hugging them a lot, mostly due to the fact that she wasn't able to hug or hold them when they were younger. And she won't be able to do this when they're both teenagers, so she's taking every chance she can get to hold Ben and Gwen close.

Imagine a younger Yukiko holding toddler versions of Ben and Gwen. Which is something that will happen to Ben when we get to the Fountain of Youth in season 4.

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