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Part 2 of the 'Sun' Chapters.


Sunset

Ben ran. He didn't look back for what chased him through the dark corridors were more frightening and terrifying than any alien he ever faced. He could feel the dark entities that were chasing him growing closer. Adrenaline poured into his system, his run broke into a sprint when the living room came into view. His spine tingled; he sensed the two dark shadows pulling closer to him with every step he took. He began sweating bullets. He had to get out of there quick. He hopped over the red couch and slid under the high table only to ram into the white stone wall. He ignored the searing pain, groggily got to his feet and dashed for the front door. His freedom was only inches from his grasp. Six, five, four, three…just then.

"Hold it right there Benjamin Tennyson!" Gwen's voice echoed through the room waving around her hand encircled by a small blue magical sphere.

"Noooo!" Ben howled struggling to escape the red sphere Gwen trapped him in "Let me go! I don't wanna choose!"

"Come on Ben, you know you want to play Sumo Slammers with me," Cherry said in a sing-song tone "You know you can't hide anything from me." She giggled poking the sphere. Gwen feeling slightly enraged pulled the sphere next to her and released Ben on the couch.

"Now, Ben. I want you to seriously think about who you rather spend time with." Gwen wore a smile, but Ben could easily see through it. He couldn't believe how angry she was. He just wanted to crawl into a hole at that moment.

"Hey! Leave his stomach out of this!" Cherry pushed Gwen aside "Don't punch him in the gut just because he didn't choose you! If he wants to pick me he wants to pick me!"

"Stop reading my mind!" Gwen hissed through her teeth.

"If I don't you might actually hurt him!" Cheer wrapped her arms around Ben defensively.

"Get. Away. From. Him." Ben's eyes widened. He felt like something in Gwen's mind crack when Cherry did that.

"You may be his girlfriend but you don't own him! Ben can hang out with anyone he wants! Right Ben?"

"Oh god," Ben tried to struggle out of her grasp. He didn't want to die! He only struggled in vain because all he could remember was a pink bolt flash of light. Ben woke up seconds later, only to be under a heavy load of rubble. He could hear small explosions and could feel tiny rumblings on the floor. The girl's are fighting! He thought, but if I go out there I'll make it worse…or die. He sighed and wondered for a split moment how he got into this mess.

Earlier.

"Wait a minute. You have psychic powers?"

"Yep," Cherry said it like it was the most natural thing in the world "What? Scared of me or something?"

"Scared? No, but I feel like I have no more privacy." Gwen's eyebrow twitched. Now this girl knew everything about them and she probably knew more about Ben than she did.

"Yes, yes I do." Cherry happily responded.

"This is exactly what I was talking about!" Gwen fumed "Could you like, stop listening to what other people are thinking?"

"And miss out on all the fun of poking through your brain? No thank you." Cherry ignored the glare Gwen gave her and looked over to Ben who was trying his best not to get involved "Now come on Ben let's play. I know you've been itching to try the other games."

"Uh…well yeah but…" He looked over to Gwen's angered face. Ben wasn't ready to die just yet.

"Don't worry she won't hurt you, as much as she threatens she really doesn't want to." Ben scratched his head. He didn't like where this was going "Oh, and if you ever think about kissing me, I think you should run."

"Could you not tell him what I'm thinking please?" Gwen sighed and clutched onto Ben's arm pulling him towards the door "No, Ben you're coming with me to interrogate Grandpa. He has a lot of explaining to do."

"No, he is playing Sumo Slammers with me!" Cherry grabbed Ben's arm and pulled him in the opposite direction. She wasn't going to let Gwen have Ben all to herself.

"No he is not!" The girls just continued to play tug of war with Ben, while he grew more and more infuriated. Ben could feel the vein on his forehead getting ready to explode. He couldn't take this anymore.

"Will the both of you just let go of me!" Ben cried out frustrated. They both let go of him instinctively "I am not a toy! I don't mind playing with Cherry and I have to ask Grandpa some questions myself but I can't be in two places at once!"

"Then choose!" Ben rubbed his temples. He calmed down slightly, looking back and forth between the girls noticing they weren't even really looking at him. They were staring at each other with…pink and white lightning between them? They must have been letting their powers loose. Ben could only think of one thing to do in a situation like this.

"Oh no you don't!" Cherry shouted but it was too late Ben slipped between their fingers and rushed through the door into the hallway. Ben wasn't running because he didn't know who to choose. He ran because he feared for his life if he picked one, the other would hurt him.

Present.

"Just what is going on in here!" Max's voice boomed through the living room. He and Jessica rushed to the living room when they heard the large explosion. The living room was in disarray. The furniture was turned over, potted plants destroyed, vases and other glass objects that weren't recognizable at this point were scattered across the floor. Gwen whose clothes were ruffled and dirty, let her bolts of magical energy fade into the air just as Cherry whose eyes were glowing white dissipated her psychic shield. "Gwen what are you doing?" Gwen didn't respond, she only looked away disappointed by her own actions.

"Sabrina Cherry Arthur just what do you think you're doing to our guests?" Jessica's voice roared making Max's voice sound like a mouse compared to her own. Seconds passed by, both remained silent. Jessica's face turned grim and Cherry cringed.

"Gwen and I…had a large disagreement," Cherry, or Sabrina composed herself, dusting her long white dress and wiping the dirt off her face "It was entirely my fault, I angered and taunted Gwen and I apologize to everyone about my rash behavior especially you, Gwen." Gwen was taken aback, Cherry's anger dissipated. She composed herself to that of a responsible young woman in a matter of seconds. Cherry's mother gave her one last glare before she disappeared into the kitchen, leaving Max and the children.

Gwen wondered if her mother was psychic as well. Cherry seemed to be a totally different person when her mother was around. Was she afraid of her? Gwen saw the sad look Cherry gave her before she ran to the kitchen and came back with several cleaning utensils floating behind her.

"….Women are crazy." Ben finally dug himself free from the pile, when he heard all the noises quiet down. In doing so, he only dug himself into a bigger problem for Grandpa Max was not pleased to see him or Gwen.

"I don't know what's going on but young lady you're coming with me." Max grabbed onto Gwen's hand and dragged her out of the room.

"Wait Grandpa Gwen didn't-!" Ben suddenly shouted.

"Ben I don't want to hear it, if the two of them are going to fight it's best just to separate them."

"What? But Grandpa! Wait! I don't want to…" Gwen trailed off when Max glared daggers at her. She turned back to a saddened Ben and a neutral looking Cherry "Ben don't you dare do anything while I'm gone!" Ben scratched his head and watched silently as Max pulled Gwen outside. A chill went up his spine, he turned around slowly to notice that Cherry had been staring at him.

"I…um…"

"Sorry Ben, it looks like I can't play with you anymore." Cherry smiled bitterly and turned back to her cleaning. She lifted the glass and threw it all into a dustbin.

"Wait what?" Ben was surprised. He honestly thought she would have jumped him by now.

"Mom forbad me from even talking to you. If she caught me, I'd be in big trouble." She flipped over the couch and used a broom the sweep the rest of the broken glass.

"I didn't hear her say anything like that." Ben tried to help picking up the couch cushions and threw them onto the couch.

"She didn't' need to say anything. I'm psychic remember?" Cherry sighed "I read her mind. It's how me and my mom communicate in this house." She sounded sad and distance. Ben figured that there must have been something bothering her but he rather not get too close to her before the girls fight again.

"Why doesn't she want you talking to me?"

"She is overprotective, go figure." Cherry shrugged and continued her cleaning.

"Why do I feel like that isn't everything?"

"I'm so stupid. How could I even think she would let me have a boyfriend?" She didn't talk to Ben but herself "Especially a glory hog, block headed, and overzealous boyfriend like you." She smacked her palm against her forehead.

"Hey!"

"Sorry," Cherry patted Ben's head "Listen Ben, let's just forget everything. After this weekend you won't even remember I exist."Cherry began to tear up. She wiped her face with the sleeve of her shirt and returned to her cleaning.

"Cherry what's going on?" Ben was now genuinely worried about her. He couldn't stand when a girl cried.

"Tell me Ben, how many friends do you think I have?"

"I dunno. A lot" Ben shrugged.

"Have you seen where we are?" Cherry raised an eyebrow and placed her hands to her hips.

"No, I was asleep on the way here." Cherry walked over to the nearest window and slid the curtains. Nothing but the color green filled Ben's eyes. They were surrounded by a thick forest with trees as far as the eye could see. Upon closer inspection Ben could see the rust bucket in all its rusty glory. Grandpa max was giving Gwen an earful while she just stood there and took it all. Ben couldn't let her take all the blame. After all they were technically fighting over him. Before he could leave Cherry grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the couch. Oh right, he thought she can read my mind.

"We're in the middle of nowhere Ben, miles away from the nearest town." Cherry held his hand refusing to let go. Ben gave up and just listened to what she had to say. "I've…never had a friend in my life." Ben's eyes momentarily widened.

"What? How could you not have friends? You love sumo slammers! All the guys in your class gotta like that about you at least!"

"As much as I would love to go to school, I don't." Cherry's eyes flashed white for a moment and a picture frame appeared "My mom has home taught me like forever." Ben held the floating picture and in it he saw a picture of Cherry scribbling down some notes in a sea of books.

"Your mom must have really been bored to take a picture of you studying…." Ben put the picture away and Cherry giggled.

"I took that, and it gets horribly dull when all you do is study all day. So yes, I was bored."

"I think I would go crazy if my parents ever made me do that. I need constant excitement like kicking the butts of random villains!" Cherry could feel Ben relax around her and that's all she needed.

"Too much excitement can drain a person you know."

"Not me," Ben flashed a grin "I've been going hero all summer and I can still go for some more."

"Oh really?"

"Ya really!" Ben grew excited "I can take on any bad guy! I'm the legendary Ben 10!" Ben stood up and made a heroic pose. Cherry giggled, she knew he would get excited.

"Hey Ben…" Cherry looked down and fiddled with Ben's hand. For the strangest reason, Ben didn't feel like pulling his hand away. The awkwardness just seemed to melt away as his excitement grew.

"Yeah?"

"I know I've been kinda pushy…but I just wanted someone to hang out with. I mean how often do you find a guy whose into the same things you are? It must be the same for you right? Not even Gwen likes sumo slammers."

"What else do you like?"

"Instead of telling you why don't I show you," Cherry squeezed Ben's hand tighter. One of her abilities as a psychic was to 'show' someone what she was thinking just by touching them.

"Huh?"

"Just close your eyes silly." Ben obeyed and shut his eyes and a rush of images flashed in his head. He was amazed at what he saw. This girl had so many hobbies despite being locked up in a house like this. The images of her just whizzed by. She loved playing Sumo slammers because they were strong, she read comics despite her mother telling her to burn them. She even played baseball, even if she was her only opponent. She was like one of the guys, even though she looked really pretty. She liked cooking which was normal for a girl; she had her dolls and tea sets and other girlie stuff that Ben couldn't see himself touching rather than play with them. However, the thing she liked most of all scared Ben a little. He saw an image of himself flash by. He ignored it and opened his eyes.

"Wow, I didn't know powers worked like that."

"That's not all they can do…" Cherry yawned widely stretching both her arms before she leaned onto him, snuggling up against his shoulder.

"Hey…"

"I'm not going to do anything," She yawned again "My powers just made me a bit sleepy…" Ben smiled, she is pretty cute when she is like this, he thought as he began to stroke Cherry's hair. She wasn't a bad person, she was just lonely. She just wanted a friend to play with. Unfortunately for Ben, she wanted a friend and instead fell in love with him. She couldn't exactly say that he loved her, but he could feel his heart growing warmer for her the longer she was around him. A smile crept up Cherry's face as she snuggled up closer to Ben. He didn't mind, after all that he couldn't just turn her down.

"Ben, do you want to know what I'm thinking of right now?" Cherry said in a sleepy voice.

"What is it?" Cherry touched Ben's forehead with her finger tips and Ben was sent back into her mind. He looked up and saw something he didn't expect. Right in front of his eyes, Cherry was deeply kissing him. "Whoa!" Ben flashed his eyes open and soon realized that her thoughts weren't only in her mind. Ben didn't move, he was too shocked to move. He knew she was bold and he should have expected it, but he never imagined that he would freeze up when she actually did it. Suddenly, Ben heard someone gasp and broke away from Cherry rather quickly and noticed that she was looking something. Fear spread through Ben when he recognized the short red hair and shocked green eyes.

"Gwen! Wait! It's not what you think!" Gwen with tears streaming down her face, roughly shut her eyes close before dashing off. Ben feeling more guilt than he ever had in his life, got up immediately and rushed after her only to be held back by Cherry grabbing onto his shirt.

"I'm…sorry Ben but please don't go."


Sorry for the long wait. As you know School (Hell) has began so I can't post as often as before but I will try!

Words of Advice: Guys, when two girls fight over you. Run. Run to the hills! Because somehow, you'll be the one getting hurt in the long run.