As Ben went with the brothers for the celebration, he was overwhelmed! Everyone congratulated him on his bravery and all of what he did! It was a truly wonderful night! But he still did not have Vamps' approval to stay, which made him miserable.
"It appears that the young one has taken a liking to you Vamps," one council member said, now seeing Ben sitting next to him. Vamps glanced over and grinned at Ben.
"I suppose the young one is not all bad." He smiled.
"But surely you will not have him stay here will you?!" one of them said. "I mean…a worthless human?!"
"Exactly!" Another voiced.
"Listen. When all is done, he will be going back to this home on Earth." Vamps replied lowly. Ben pretended not to overhear this conversation. He was so frustrated that Vamps still did not believe he could take care of himself that he stood up and began to walk out.
"Ben?" Whampire asked, now noticing him leave. But Ben didn't answer and just kept walking. Now concerned, Whampire stood up and followed.
He gently eased past the guests and saw Ben heading towards an escape pod. Eyes widening, he caught up to him and flew in front of him quickly.
"Wait! Hold on a moment; where are you going?!" he said, now blocking his way.
"Back." Ben said, not even making eye contact.
"Back?" Whampire asked.
"Yes. Back to Earth." Ben said quietly. Whampire's face fell in concern.
"Ben. Now that is unnecessary. We do want you to at least finish the celebration." Whampire said.
"No thanks." Ben said quickly.
"Ben…come now." Whampire said, now walking forward to where they were almost eye to eye. "Look at me."
Ben still avoided eye contact and that made Whampire smirk. Within a second, he knelt down and threw Ben over his shoulder and began walking away with him.
"HEY! W-Whampire put me down!" Ben said, gently patting his back to tell him that.
"I do not think so young one. I will carry you like this around the entire throne room if you don't agree to come back inside and join us for the rest of the celebration." Whampire said in a half serious and half playful tone.
"Ok ok!" Ben said, not wanting to be truly embarrassed. Whampire nodded and then put him down.
"You will join us now and we will discuss this later. And just to ensure you don't go anywhere, you will sit by me," Whampire chuckled, now leading Ben back to the chairs and sitting him down. Vamps arched an amused eyebrow as he saw both of them return and Ben looked even more miserable.
"What is happening here? Are you both alright?" Vamps asked, now sipping on his wine.
"Yes. All is well," Whampire said, now looking at Ben, who remained silent.
"Ben?" Vamps asked. No response. "Ben what is going on?"
"Nothing." Ben muttered, now looking away. Vamps' eyes narrowed in frustration and Ben felt his telekinesis force him to the chair even more. "H-Hey!"
"You will remain in that chair for the rest of this night until you decide to speak," Vamps said sternly, now turning and speaking to the other guests. Ben grumbled and continued to squirm but Vamps' power was unmovable.
Later that night as all of the guests left, there were only those three left in the room. Vamps turned and finally let Ben go from the chair. Ben jumped up angrily.
"J-Just leave me alone ok!" Ben snapped. "First you want me to go now you want me to stay in a chair! Don't you realize how much I want you to be my brother! I risked my life because I couldn't see you all die! If you all died I would have wanted to die too!"
Ben then covered his mouth in shock for what he said. Vamps and Whampire's eyes opened slightly at the burst of emotion that just happened! But Ben was beyond embarrassed at this point and took off running from the throne room!
"BEN! BEN STOP!" Vamps called, now standing and following.
"Wait!" Whampire called. Within seconds, both brothers were chasing after the teen. The rain began to pour down and the road was wet and slippery as Ben ran outside and into the night. Now he made a complete fool of himself, he didn't care. At least he got it off his chest.
"I've got to get out of here!" Ben said to himself, now running and trying to find somewhere to hide.
"Ben! Ben where are you?!" Whampire called.
"This isn't humorous! Show yourself now!" Vamps said, now searching for his energy signature. Within a second, he picked it up. "Whampire, this way!"
And with that, both chased after the young teen. They followed his energy to a large tree that was in the castle garden. Ben was at the top and wiping his face in frustration. He just needed some time to think.
"I don't blame them. Who would want a dumb teen like me anyway? I'm practically begging them to accept me," Ben said.
"And what is wrong with wanting to be loved?" A voice said. Ben looked up and saw Whampire was climbing up beside him.
"Whampire?! Why did you follow me?! Wait?! If you're here then…oh no!" Ben gasped. And within a second, something large jumped on his same branch and balanced himself better than a cat. Ben gulped; it was the exact Vladat he was happy but terrified to see.
"Do you know the penalty for running from the king of this planet?" Vamps said lowly, his eyes now glowing red.
Ben began panting and breathing hard! "V-Vamps don't be mad! I was just trying to leave like you wanted!"
"That is not the point here. You left before we could speak! Don't you know why I don't want you here?!" Vamps said angrily. "Ben I don't want you to die! I had to bury children younger than you because of this war; did you really think I wanted you to be a part of that group?! I would never forgive myself if I failed to protect you!"
"You didn't fail! I'm still here!" Ben said, now touching himself. "Look at me!"
"That's not the point!" Vamps hissed.
"Yes it is! I can handle myself!" Ben said.
"You still almost got yourself obliterated back there!" Vamps growled, now coming forward.
"Because I would rather die than let that happen to my loved ones again!" Ben blurted out. Vamps paused and stared at Ben harder than ever.
"Is that your final decision Ben Tennyson. You would rather die defending us than go back to Earth?" Vamps asked, now close enough to where they were eye to eye.
"Yes!" Ben said without pausing. "That is my decision. If you force me to go back, I will only try to return because I care about you guys! I…HEY! HMMMMMMMMPH!"
At that moment, Ben felt a blindfold and muffle over his mouth as he was thrown over Whampire's shoulder again and carried down from the tree.
"Well Ben…if that is your decision…alright then…." Vamps smirked, now motioning for Whampire to carry him back to the castle. "Take him to my private quarters."
Whampire nodded and did as he was told. Ben had no idea what he was getting into.
guestsurprise: My oh my! Vamps has something planned for him but what?!