It was late night at the Barrymore Theatrical Supplies. Kevin made his way to the door and knocked it down as he jumped into the building.
"Darkstar! Just the creep I've been looking for." said Kevin ready for battle with one hand morphed in a Morningstar and the other in the shape of a mallet.
"And now that you've found me?" asked Darkstar
"I'm going to put you out of my misery once and for all. You're going back to the Null Void, where you belong." Kevin started to attack. But Darkstar dodged all the attacks.
"I'd almost forgotten how tedious you can be." Darkstar fired a blast sending Kevin flying back.
"Pretty careless of you to let me track you down!" Kevin said still be blasted by Darkstar
"Hardly careless. Otherwise, I'd never have left a trail so obvious, even an imbecile could follow it. I wanted you to me, Kevin. Both our lives depend on it."
"If this is one of your tricks..."
"I assure you I am entirely sincere. If I release you, will you at least hear me out?"
"You got one minute. Go!"
Darkstar stopped blasting Kevin. "My question is a simple one - do you like being trapped in your current hideous form?"
"About as much as you like being a butt-ugly, energy-sucking vampire. No offense."
"None taken. For that is precisely my point. What would you say if I told you there was a way for both of us to become normal again?"
"How?" Kevin said a little aggravated
"I'll show you." Darkstar walked to a book with Kevin right behind him. He opened the book to a certain page. "This is the Dominus Librium - an ancient instrument of extraordinary power and decidedly alien origin."
"Looks like an oversized wishbone." Kevin said see it in the book.
"Legend has it that the Librium was actually a sophisticated power conduit, capable of transferring extraordinary energies from one vessel to the another."
"Thanks for the history lesson." Kevin started to walkaway.
"But it's history no longer. After a great deal of effort and expense, I have managed to track the artifact to an isolated island recently risen in the South Pacific."
Kevin stopped walking. "Losing interest." Kevin said in an aggravated tone.
"You shouldn't, because I believe this relic can restore the two of us to normal."
This got Kevin's attention. "Not that I don't trust you, which I don't, but why are you telling me all this?"
"Because, quite frankly, I can't get to the artifact alone. I require your unique abilities to retrieve the Librium, and I am willing to trade you the cure for your help."
"Selfish motive. At least that makes sense."
"So, what do you say? Are you willing to momentarily put aside our differences in order to be cured?
"Got a feeling I'm going to regret this, but... okay. I'm in."
"Excellent. And your friends, Star and the Tennyson's?"
"Don't worry! They'll just have to get along without me for a while.
The next day early in the morning. Star just got up from bed. She went into the bathroom and took a shower. Then got dressed and headed down stairs. She took a seat next to Ben to have breakfast.
"So Ben, you know what day it is?" asked Star with her eyes wide and a huge smile.
"It's Wednesday." said Ben
"Yeah, but I mean anything special about today." Star hoped Ben would get the hint this time.
"I don't think so." Star started to feel down. "Oh now I remember." Then Star the cheer up. We have a science test today. Thanks for reminding me, Star." Star started to feel down again.
They went to school. While they were in school Star noticed Ben talking to Julie. Star had noticed Ben has been hanging out with Julie quite a bit lately. At first she didn't think anything of it much with them only being friends. But now she was starting to get concerned. Once school was over Star saw that Ben was not going in the direction of home. "Ben where are you heading?" asked Star
"Oh, I'm just meeting up with Gwen." said Ben
"I will come with you then." Star turned to follow Ben
Ben then started to get nervous. "Oh, it's nothing just family business. Nothing for you to worry about." Ben said in a nervous tone. As Ben walked away Star started to follow him. Ben noticed this and went down an alley. Ben used the omnitrix and turned into Goop. When Star looked down the alley and saw that Ben disappeared. Star got angry an headed back to Ben's house. Once she got to Ben's house she picked up her spell book and opened a portal with her dimensional scissors. She soon found herself in the desert. Star open the book and Glossaryck came out. As Glossaryck came out of the book he noticed Star was looking a little angry.
"What's wrong, Star?" asked Glossaryck
"Nothing is wrong. Now make some targets."
Glossarck did what Star said and started to make targets. Star then started to blast the targets let out some of the anger she had.
With Ben.
Ben soon meet up with Gwen and Julie at Gwen's house.
"Gwen do you know where Kevin is?" asked Ben
"I have tried but Kevin's Plumber badge isn't responding." said Gwen
"Well Kevin should be here."
"Well, I'm not his babysitter. If he wants to ignore us, that's his choice. After all the three of use can handle this."
"I guess he will just have to miss all the fun."
"Well just set up the party for Star without his help." said Julie
With Star.
Star continued to blast the targets letting out more of her rage.
"Are you sure, your not mad?" asked Glossaryck
"Of course I'm not mad." said Star. Then something came to here mind "It's been 6 months since I came to earth."
"Well it's not like it your 6 month anniversary."
"I guess you're right." Star started to calm down as she pulled out her phone and tried to call Ben. But it soon went to his voice mall. Then she kept on trying but she kept getting Ben's voice mail.
With Ben, Gwen and Julie.
They were too busy working on the decorations to noticed that Ben's phone was ringing.
"I think Star is going to love this." said Gwen
"You think so?" asked Ben
"I think so. Even though its a small get together with only a few people. I know Star will enjoy it."
Julie was put up something on a ladder. The ladder started to wobble. Ben saw this and ran over. Julie started to fall and Ben caught her. Julie then wrapped her arms around Ben. "Oh, my hero." said Julie in a joking tone. Then she started to lean in on him.
"Julie, you know I have a girlfriend." said Ben moving his head back.
"I know that. I'm only teasing you." said Julie as she got out of Ben's arms as she laughed.
Meanwhile with Star.
Star kept on trying to call Ben but she still kept getting his voice mail. Star was starting to get aggravated. "Why aren't you picking up?" asked Star in an angry tone. She walked over to her spell book. Star noticed that Glossaryck was tacking a nap. "Glossaryck! What is the name of that spying spell?"
Glossaryck woke up but was still half asleep. "Oh, the all seeing eye. That's what you are talking about."
"Where is it again?"
"That would be... in Eclipsa's chapter."
"Thanks." Star was about to turn the page to get to the spell. When Glossaryck held up his hand.
"Wait, wait, wait! You don't want to go there." Then turned the page on him. Glossaryck showed back up after a few pages. "Eclipsa... dark magic. It's not nice to spy on people."
Star let out a chuckle. "Don't be silly, Glossaryck. I'm not going to use it to spy on anyone."
"Well remember spying leads to crying."
Star then turned into the page into the book. "Well I'm not spying." She soon got to the page with the spell. "Here it is! I summon the all seeing eye. To tear a hole into the sky. Reveal to me that which is hidden. Unveil to me what is forbidden." The Star's wand started to glow. Then a magical window. It showed that Julie in Ben's arms. Star started to get upset as Julie started to put her arms around Ben. Star heard what Julie said. Julie started to move towards Ben. Star started to get angry. He wand started to glow a green color. Then Julie said she was only joking with Ben. Star's anger disappeared as she let out a breath of relief. Star stopped the spell and the magical window disappeared. "Okay, Glossaryck is right I shouldn't spy on people." Then a swarm of rats started to surround her. "Get away you giant rats." Star swung her wand scaring the rats away. Star then saw Ludo, the eagle and the spider in the direction that rats were running. "Ludo!"
"Did you miss me princess?" asked Ludo. He then pulled out his wand and fired a blast at Star.
At Gwen's house.
"Done." said Ben as they got everything ready for the party. Ben looked at his phone and saw that Star called him 57 times.
"Wow." said Gwen seeing how many times Star called.
Ben then called Star, but she didn't answer. "Something is wrong." Ben started to get a worried.
"I couldn't get a hold of Kevin. Put I do have a location of Star's badge." said Gwen as both Ben and Gwen got outside.
"We'll just have to improvise." Ben activated the omnitrix and hit it. "Jetray!" Ben grabbed Gwen and started to fly off towards Star.
With Star.
Star dodged the blast from Ludo. Star then fired a few blasts of her own. Ludo fell off the eagle. Then the spider and eagle charged at Star. Star dodged the spiders attacks. She fired a blast at the ground sending her up into the air. "Shimmering Crystal Seesaw!" said Star as a crystal seesaw appeared. Star landed on the other side and launched the spider in the air.
"That's not getting her!" shouted Ludo. Then fired a blast at Star.
Star dodged the blast. "Rainbow Fist Punch!" Star fired and hit Ludo sending him flying back. Soon after that the eagle charged at Star. Star jumped over the eagle and blasted it. The rats swarm started to charged at Star. "Mega Starfish Tsunami!" Star summoned a wave that washed away all the rats. Ludo fired a few more blasts and Star dodged them. Star made a vortex like the one Gwen made before.
"No! Not again!" Ludo was started to be pulled into the vortex. Star then noticed Ben and Gwen. As Ben dropped Gwen down and landed himself and reverted back to normal, the vortex started to turn green and exploded. Star's wand was sent flying out of her hand. Then the vortex started to pull Star into it. Star grabbed the ground to herself from entering the vortex. The spider was about attack Gwen. She put up a shield to block the spider's attack.
Ben activated the omnitrix and hit it. "Cannonbolt!" Ben started to roll into the spider sending it flying. The rats started to attack Ben and Gwen worked together to fight them off. As Ben and Gwen were dealing with the rats. Ludo walked up to Star.
"Aw! It looks like you need a hand princess." Ludo fired at one of Star's hands. This made Star lose her grip with that hand.
"What do you want with me?" asked Star
Ludo laughed. "You think I'm here for you. Ah, so selfish." said Ludo. Then he snapped his fingers. The eagle flew up and grabbed Star's spell book.
"My spell book?!"
"Yes. I figured it'd be okay if I took it, seeing how you probable not going to need it where you're going! Haha! Just like humans say, destroying you will be easy as pie. After all you won't be able to hold on much longer. Fetch spider. We have what we want." Ludo got on the eagle. Then the eagle picked up spider. The rats started runaway. Ben noticed Star was in trouble. Ben rolled as fast a he could and grabbed Star and taking her out of the vortex pull. Star walked over to her wand and picked up her wand still in shock that Ludo took the spell book and Glossaryck.
"Ludo took my spell book. It's got everything in it. That's my whole family history! All the spells... everything! It's lost!" Star said as she cried.
"We'll get it back." said Ben as he hugged Star.
"I've even lost Glossaryck!"
"W-we'll get him back, too. I promise." Ben and Gwen let Star cry till she was feeling better. Once Star was feeling better she opened a portal with her dimensional scissors to Gwen's house. Once they open the door Star noticed that the place was decorated. The decorations weren't that stunning. There were leftover balloons from there party they did for stopping the invasion. Star mouth let out a gasp. Star grabbed Ben and pulled him in. The two of them shared a kiss.
"Awww." said Gwen and Julie
"Too be honest, I thought you forgot, that it's been six months since I came to Earth." said Star a little embarrassed
"I just wanted to surprise you." said Ben
"I will say, I did enjoy it. I just wished I didn't lose the spell book."
After sometime Julie left.
"What the matter Gwen?" asked Star noticing Gwen was looking a little down.
"I'm just worried about Kevin. We tried calling him but we still haven't heard from him." said Gwen
"About me?" said Kevin. Ben, Star and Gwen looked at the door a saw that Kevin just walked in. "I'm touched."
"Kevin! Where have you been? We could have used your help. And what's with the black eye?" asked Ben mad that Kevin wasn't there when they needed him.
"Yeah, is that supposed to make you look tougher?" asked Star
Gwen touched Kevin's face as her eyes glowed purple. "Oh. I can feel your skin. You're not wearing your I.D. mask." said Gwen
"Nope. I'm back to human." said Kevin
"How'd you do it? Gwen and Star been working on a cure." said Ben
"And we're no closer than when I started." said Gwen
"Hey, what can I say? I' uh, wished upon a star last night and woke up this morning my old gorgeous self. See? No transformation, no powers - no nothing." said Kevin as touched a wall.
"At lest something went right for someone." said Star starting to feel down again.
"What do you mean?" Kevin asked not knowing what happened.
"Ludo attacked and took Star's spell book." said Gwen
"Fine. Okay. I guess I should have been there." said Kevin
The next day.
Kevin picked up Ben and Star as they were making there way home. They got into the car and noticed Gwen was already picked up. Kevin drove them to a warehouse. "The Forever Knights are at it again. I tracked them to this warehouse." said Kevin as they left the car
Gwen stopped Kevin from heading inside. "Not so fast. Without any powers, you could get hurt in there. You better wait here." said Gwen
"What?! But I -"
"I mean it."
"Great. So now I'm just a chauffeur? What happens when you three finally get your licenses?"
Ben, Star and Gwen entered the warehouse as the Forever Knights were loading creates into the back of a truck. They took a hiding place. "They're almost finished loading." said Gwen
"We'll if we're gonna do something, it better be now." said Star
"Then it's time for..." Ben said as he activated the omnitrix. The Forever Knight saw the light and got ready for battle. "Big Chill? I sometimes ever get what I ask for." The Forever Knights started to attack by firing there blasters. Ben flew above the Forever Knights as Star and Gwen fired at them. Gwen then put up a dome shield to protect her and Star. Ben started to freeze the Knights that were in the back. "I hate a cold reception."
Star and Gwen spit up in order to spit the rest of the Knight attention. Both Star and Gwen were doing well against the Knights. Soon two Knight sneaked up behind her. "Hey, tin men!" shouted Kevin as he tossed a steel pipe hitting one of the Knights. Kevin ran up and hit the other Knight with another steel pipe. "That wasn't very chivalrous."
"I thought I told you to wait by the car!" said Gwen angry that Kevin didn't listen.
"Yeah, like that was gonna happen."
"Run away! Run away!" said one of the Knights as he ran to the truck and entered it.
"Time to put you creeps on ice." said Ben. Then he froze a few more Knights. The Knight in the truck tried to start the truck but the truck wouldn't start. Then Ben froze the Knight in the driver seat. Ben returned to where Star, Kevin and Gwen are and turned back to normal.
"It was a good thing their engine wouldn't start." said Gwen
"Trust me - they weren't going anywhere without their distributor cap." Kevin said as he held the item he was talking about.
"Powered or not, Kevin, you're still an important part of this team." said Ben
"Yeah, we need you." said Star
Ben, Star, Kevin and Gwen started to leave warehouse. Soon Kevin dropped Gwen off at her house.
"Hey, Gwen. What do you say, uh, to maybe a movie or something later?" asked Kevin
Gwen touched Kevin's hand and felt a strange and let go quickly. "I can't. After I did my studying, I've got an... errand to run." said Gwen
"Okay. Your loss. You noticed that I'm really good-looking again, right?" Kevin then started to drive away.
"I'll see you later, Kevin." Gwen said as Kevin left. "After I make sure you can live with whatever it is you've done." Gwen eyes started to glow purple. She soon found herself at Barrymore Theatrical Supplies. "Michael's manna led me to him like a beacon. He's inside. I can feel it." Gwen soon found a way inside and saw that Michael was back to his old self and was wearing a brown coat. Gwen was ready for a fight as her hand glowed purple.
"Ah. Lovely Gwen. I've been expecting you." said Michael
"I'll just bet you have. Kevin's aura stinks of you. Tell me what you did to him, and maybe I'll go easy on you." Gwen hands started to glow brighter.
"Tell you? I'll be more than happy to show you." Michael took of the coat and showed he had the Dominus Librium was on his chest. "Kevin has the Dominus Librium to thank for his current condition. It absorbed his power and transferred it to me." Michael tapped the Dominus Librium and it started to glow. "I can no longer absorb energy on my own, but the artifact can still do the job for me." The Dominus Librium fired a beam. Gwen put up a shield but the shield was destroyed. Gwen but up a few more shields and all of them were quickly destroyed as well. "Finally, sweet Gwen. Finally, all your power is going to be mine."
With Ben, Star and Kevin. They were at Ben's house.
"Still no answer?" asked Kevin as Ben was on the phone
"Nothing. My calls go straight to voicemail." said Ben
"And she has her Plumber's badge turned off, so we can't track her that way." said Star as Ben tried to call Gwen again.
"This is all my fault." said Kevin feeling down.
"That Gwen had to run an errand?" asked Ben
"That she's gone to do something stupid." Both Ben and Star just stared at Kevin. "Okay, stop staring at me like that. You two are creeping me out."
"So tell us." said Star
"Fine. I made a deal with Michael Morningstar, okay? Gwen must have figured it out somehow, and now she's gone off to find him."
"You what?!" said both Ben and Star angry at Kevin
"Then we'd better find her." said Ben
"Yeah, and fast!" added Star
They left Ben's house and walked to Kevin's car.
"Fastest way to track her down is as Jetray, so..." Ben activated the omnitrix an hit it. "Echo Echo?!"
"That's getting old, Ben - seriously." said Kevin
"Tell me about it." said Ben. Then Ben duplicated himself. "I'll split up, check all over town for Gwen, then -" said all the copies of Bens.
Kevin got into his car. "No time. Hop in. I think I know where she's going." Then all the Ben hopped into Kevin's car.
"Ben, where was I supposed to sit." said Star who didn't got into Kevin's car and saw that there was no room for here.
Ben the hit the omnitrix and reverted back to normal. "Sorry, Star!" said Ben. Star then got into Kevin's car.
"You know, you could have done that before you got in my ride." said Kevin as he started to drive out of the drive way.
At Barrymore Theatrical Supplies.
Gwen was fighting with Michael. Until she was hit by the Dominus Librium. "N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!" said Gwen as she was pulled towards Michael.
"I knew you'd come looking for me, lovely Gwen. Kevin is too stupid not to have let something slip." said Michael
Ben, Star and Kevin entered the building just as they heard what Michael said. "Hey! I resent that!" said Kevin
Ben, Star and Kevin started to run towards Michael. "You may look human again, but deep down, you're still the same miserable creep." said Ben
"Sticks and stones, little man."
"Haven't got any handy, so you'll just have to settle for..." Ben activated his omnitrix and hit it. "Swampfire! Hey, the omnitrix got it right this time."
"Pat yourself on the back later." said Kevin
"First we have too save Gwen." said Star
"Of course." said Ben as he fired a fireball at Michael and Star fired a few blast at him at the same time. Michael put up a shield to block their attacks.
"Thank you for giving me your power, lovely Gwen. It tastes... delicious. And while we're at it, Benjamin, suppose I take yours as well." said Michael as he used the Dominus Librium and fired a beam at Ben. Star pushed Ben out of the way. But Star go hit by the blast from the Dominus Librium. Star was pulled closer to Michael. Both Star and Gwen's powers were starting to get absorbed.
"What do I do? What can I do? Without my powers I'm useless." asked Kevin
"Just because, you don't have powers doesn't mean cant do anything." said Ben as he started to get up.
Kevin started to move towards Gwen. "Hang on, Gwen! I'm coming!" said Kevin. Then Michael put up a shield to block him.
"I wouldn't advise that, Kevin. The balance of energy through the Dominus Librium is delicate. If you interrupt the flow in any way, the consequences can be catastrophic." said Michael
"I don't care. Nothing matters as long as Gwen is safe."
"Yeah, as long is Star and Gwen are safe." said Ben. Then he shot a stream of fire at Michael from his side. Michael made a second shield to block the attack.
Kevin lifted himself over the shield that was in front. "Kevin... don't." Gwen said weakly
"Stop! You'll ruin everything!" said Michael
"Like you said, "our association is hereby concluded."" said Kevin. Then Kevin got in front of the beam that was hitting Gwen. He jumped up and grabbed the Dominus Librium. Kevin started to pull it. The Dominus Librium started to shine bright as it stated to bend.
"N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!" shouted Michael as Kevin broke the Dominus Librium. There was an explosion. It wasn't like a normal explosion it just released the energy of the Dominus Librium. But it did send everyone to the ground. Soon Gwen got up. She went over to Kevin.
"Kevin, are you all -" said Gwen. She gasped once she saw him.
"What? What's -" asked Kevin then he saw his hands. "Oh. Figured that might happen."
"I'm so sorry. If it wasn't for me -"
"No. Don't. I did what I had to do. And I'd do it again in a second."
"No!" shouted Darkstar once he saw himself. "Look! Look what you've done to me! You'll pay for this." Darkstar picked up his helmet and put it on. "Someday, you will all pay!" Darkstar ran away.
"Think we should go after him?" asked Gwen
"Nah. He won't be a threat to anyone for a long time." said Kevin
Ben and Star started to come too. Kevin and Gwen saw that Ben was back to normal. They helped the two up.
"Kevin. What happened to you?" asked Ben
"Yeah, it looks like you went through the accident again." said Star
"Call it karma, and leave it at that. Come on. Let's go to Mr. Smoothy's. First round's on me." said Kevin
Author note:
Benalien100: yes I'm doing the episode Baby. Ben wouldn't be evaluated remember right now Moon and River don't know that Ben and Star are dating. I already have an idea for when and how Moon sees Ben transformed.
Dragon Storm: I glade you check my other story. I don't have any plans for those two story to crossover. I might split the story. Also I already know where I'm setting the Battle of Mewni