A/N: Thanks Rygel-n for your amazing art! I love them! I imagined Dana Lyn's tribal markings a little more jagged and more contrasted, but besides that, they are all exactly how I imagined them! Anyway, half way marker here probably. Well, here's chapter 7!

Oh and sorry, I'm trying to follow the 'rules' of Ben 10 series (though if you watched Ghost Town, they don't even do that. I mean, wasn't Ghostfreak's main goal to possess Ben so he could rule the galaxy? Then why would Ben willingly allow Ghostfreak to possess him? It doesn't make sense! But I digress…) Yeah, so I couldn't remember what planet Anodites come from, and I couldn't find it online, so I'm going by memory, if its wrong, I'm sorry.


CHAPTER SEVEN: OWEN

Gwen slowly rose to her feet. She looked around as a thick layer of ice surrounded them, freezing the walls solid, along with the Ectonurites. She slowly circled around with the ice, watching it glide easily along their metal imprisonment. She backed up and ran towards Kevin as he collapsed in her arms, the metal cover shattering once more. Gwen buried her head into his bloodied neck.

A shiver went down her spine. She slowly rose her head as something floated through the ice, something that looked like a ghost-butterfly. Gwen's heart raced and she felt a contradicting hopefulness pass through her body. She gasped, "Ben?"

The Necrofriggian barely looked at Gwen and Kevin as they lay below its feet. It looked around at the frozen Ectonurites and finally floated to the ground, becoming tangible once more. It turned towards her, and spoke in its ghostly voice, "This won't hold them long. Come…follow me."

"Can we more Kevin?" Gwen asked, looking down at the limp form in her arms.

The Necrofriggian bent down on the other side of Kevin as Gwen laid him down on the ground. It held its hand over the large man, ice sprayed from the palm of its hand, encasing his injuries in a solid chunk of ice. "That should freeze the bleeding for now."

"I hope that wasn't a bad pun." Gwen snapped.

If the Necrofriggian could smile, it looked as if it would. It bent down and picked up Kevin up bridal style and walked over to the door as Gwen used her powers to blast it open. The three stepped out into the darkness. The Necrofriggian seemed to know where it was going,

"What are you doing here?" Gwen asked. She was guessing that her first guess was wrong. This was not Ben. The Necrofriggian ignored her and just walked ahead, carrying Kevin silently. Gwen sighed and followed.

It led them to a cave and stepped inside it, placing Kevin gently on the ground. It waited for Gwen to step in before pushing a boulder in front of the entrance. "That will make it look like this is just part of the mountainside. It'll hide us for a bit."

It walked further in the cave and grabbed a bag, he opened it and pulled out an ID Mask and placed it on his face, turning into a human. Gwen smiled as she saw the form the Necrofriggian turned into. 'He' looked like a younger Ben, with blue hair and yellow eyes. The ID Mask generated a blue patchwork jacket, over a white and black shirt, and grey cargo pants, along with plenty of belts. He looked over at Gwen with a bright smile.

"Do I look better now?" He asked, his normal human voice sounding actually quite cute. Gwen barely nodded before looked down at Kevin. He was not moving. The Necrofriggian followed her gaze and frowned.

Gwen looked up at him, "He's pretty seriously hurt."

The other nodded and folded his arms, "At this rate, he won't survive."

Gwen shivered and rubbed her arms. She watched the steam float from her mouth…of course, a planet with no sun or light would be cold. Luckily this would keep the ice around Kevin's injuries from melting. She looked at his bare chest and frowned. She shouldn't have ripped up his shirt. He must be even colder then she was.

The Necrofriggian dropped to the ground, crossing his legs underneath him, "Your that carrot-top from earth right? What are you doing all the way out here?"

"Carrot-top?" Gwen snapped, "How do you know me?"

"Um?" There was a hurt expression on his face. He turned away and looked thoughtful for a few seconds, "Because you were there when I hatched."

Gwen's face froze, "Wait?" She almost burst out laughing, "Your one of Be-I mean Big Chill's kids right?"

He nodded, "I was that little one…I've always been a little one." He rolled his eyes and sighed, "Runts usually are."

Gwen smiled and ran over to him, throwing her arms around him. He gasped in shock, but made no movement to push her off of him. Gwen winced at how cold he was, but hugged him tighter, "Awe! I thought we'd never see any of you again."

"Well, usually no." He shook his head, "But I heard that Mom was in danger…"

"Can you please call him Dad?" Gwen replied, releasing the alien, "And how are you so old?"

"Ok, Dad was in danger, and I decided to help. I ran into two of my siblings and they said if we need it, they'll help Dad too." He straightened his shirt after Gwen attacked him and looked back at Kevin, "I was following Dad's scent when I smelt you guys. And Necrofriggian young age fast, our childhoods only last three years. Right now, I'd be about 15 in earth years. Oh, and by the way, what are you doing here anyway?"

"Same thing you were trying to do." Gwen stated, "Rescue Ben."

"Against Dana Lyn? Are you insane?" He snapped, "I would have ran."

"Yeah well, it wasn't our choice. Ana wanted to fight." Gwen sighed and folded her arms, "So, um…what's your name anyway?"

The Necrofriggian shrugged, "Don't have one."

"Really? Everyone must have a name." Gwen replied, she looked him up and down, "I should save this for your 'Dad', but would you mind if Aunt Gwen named you?"

"Go ahead." He nodded,

"I like Owen."

"Why?" Kevin groaned, trying to lean up, "Because it sorta rhymes with Ben and Gwen?" He coughed and collapsed back down on the ground. Gwen gasped and ran to his side, "No, because it has a nice ring to it. Now don't try to move."

The boy smiled, "I like Owen too. Sure, my name will be Owen."

He walked over to the entrance to their cave, "We'll wait till the Ectonurites leave, and then we'll try and do some patch work on that ruins you crashed here in. We might be able to make something that will be able to fly you to the nearest planet for a new spaceship."

"And where is that?" Gwen asked,

"I saw one not too far from here." Owen stated, "Stopped by to rest my wings." He turned back to Gwen and Kevin, "Gwen, there is a small pool in the back of the cave. Go there and get Kevin some water."

"Ok." Gwen nodded.

Owen waited until Gwen was out of sight before walking over to Kevin, he bent down and whispered into his ear, "Uncle Kevin."

"Hm?" He replied weakly.

"This is important." Owen continued, "Things do not look good for you."

"I noticed." Kevin moaned, blood leaking from his mouth as he spoke,

"As things go now, we could be here a long time." Owen said, "And you don't have a long time."

Kevin slowly opened his eyes and stared at Owen, though the younger boy could tell that Kevin's eyes were not focusing on him. Owen sighed, "It won't take the Ectonurites long to find us here, and if we want to stay alive, we're going to have to travel a lot, and you cannot move."

"W-what are you trying to say?" Kevin coughed,

Owen hesitated before saying, "How much do you love Gwen?"

"More then I can say. S-She's everything to me." Kevin whispered,

"You love her enough to die for her?" He asked,

"Yes." Kevin tried to nod, but couldn't manage to raise his head,

"There is no pool at the back of this cave. I knew if I asked while Gwen was here, she'd never allow this." Owen stated, "But, if you want to give Gwen a fighting chance of getting off of this planet, we may have to leave you behind."

"I'm…w-willing to do that." Kevin sighed,

"Then hear me out. I don't want to do this but," Owen paused, "Do you want me to mercy kill you?"

"Mercy kill…" Kevin repeated, "I…I just want the pain gone."

"If we do leave you here in this cave, the Ectonurites will find you and possess you." Owen explained,

"I'd never…want…that too…happen." Kevin coughed, "Kill me."

Owen nodded, "I'll make it swift and painless. You won't feel a thing."

"And you'll…p-promise me you'll get Gwen safely off this planet?" Kevin asked,

"She's an Anodite. The only thing keeping her here right now, is you." Owen replied, "We'll fly off to rescue Ben afterwards."

"Sounds good." Kevin whispered, closing his eyes again. "Hm…death…doesn't sound so…bad…no…m-more…pain."

Owen sat up as he heard Gwen calling his name.

Gwen ran over to them, panting, "Owen!"

He tilted his head, "Hm?"

"I couldn't find the water, but I came up with an idea!" Gwen smiled, "We have some friends out fighting Dana Lyn. They're on her ship…"

A look of relief washed over Owen's face, "Thank you." He looked down at Kevin, "Thank goodness."

Gwen looked confused, but continued, "And, they have a mechamorph that can turn into a Ship to get us out of here!"

Julie had no idea where the control room was. All she knew was that Ana had left her to an important mission. With their bridge out, they could no longer fire at Ana's ship, and that would protect Kevin, Gwen, and Griffon. Ana's ship was designed for speed, and was not a heavy artillery warship like Dana Lyn's. She had no idea about outer-space travel, and how much damage a spaceship could take…she had to move fast. She couldn't help but feel that Ana had brought her so she could fight Dana Lyn, and Julie could do the rest.

Ship led the way, stopping every now and again to make sure she was still behind it. It cooed and turned a corner. Right, the bridge should be at the front of the ship…so if she followed this path, it should lead her right too it.

"Good boy Ship." She whispered.

There was a door at the end of the hall with a sign in an alien language Julie could not understand. She grabbed the handle, and slowly opened the door. Bingo. It was the bridge. She slipped into the room with Ship and hid behind a corner, just as a large explosion sounded in the distance.

Julie gasped in spite of herself as she looked out the front window. Ana's ship exploded in a ball of flames and fell towards the planet below. Julie's eyes widened as she watched the fiery mass fall. No…it can't be.

"Ship." She whispered, her bottom lip trembling. The mechamorph looked at her as if it knew was she meant. It wrapped itself around her and turned into armor. Julie felt safe and secure within her impenetrable armor, and stepped out of her hiding place.

"Master…that was fast!" The driver said, turning around. His face froze. He stared at Julie thoughtfully before shouting, "You're not supposed to be in here!" He pulled out a gun from under the seat and aimed at Julie.

Ship raised her arm. Julie clenched her jaw. She was too upset to stop him from killing the man. She allowed her pet to fire a laser right into the alien's chest. He fell backwards, limp over the controls. Several other aliens who were piloting the ship turned and attacked Julie. Her mind clouded over with grief and she started crying. Her tears blinded her vision as Ship moved her body, taking out one alien after the other until all of them lay on the ground at her feet. Ship removed himself from around her and landed at her feet smugly. It nodded its head and looked back at Julie for praise.

Instead, she fell to her knees as large tears fell from her eyes and into her hands. Kevin…Gwen…they were on that ship, and now it was gone. Ship nuzzled her head, and she nodded. "I know. We're here to take out Dana Lyn's ship."

"Ship…" Julie whispered, grabbing a one of the alien's guns, "Show me a trick…"

Dana Lyn threw Ana easily aside with one hit. Ana slid across the platform and grabbed the edge to stop herself from falling into the garbage below. She was bloodied and bruised from her fight, but the fire in her eyes showed her resolve to continue. She gripped the edge tightly with one hand, pulling the other up to get a better grip on the edge. The workers had cleared out of the room, they had all ran for cover. All that remained in the room was the Pyrothanatos and the Gotosapian.

Dana Lyn flicked her tail, and the garbage below them erupted into flames. She walked over to the edge, right in front of where Ana hang, "Now look at this. Now this is how it should be Anastasia. I am more powerful then you, and therefore, I win."

Ana smiled and pulled herself up hard, flinging herself into the air and flipping behind the other, long claws extending from her fingers, slicing four long gouges down the Pyrothanatos's back. Dana Lyn screamed and whirled around, swiping at the Assassin. Ana ducked and slipped away, missing Dana Lyn's claws by inches. She pounced to the other side of the platform, smoke rose up from the flaming garbage, circling around the two.

"That's your problem." Ana hissed, "You think power is everything. Well your wrong." She charged at the other, moving faster then the Pyrothanatos, slamming into her stomach and sending her flying across the platform.

Dana Lyn slammed against the far wall and started sliding down towards the garbage. She swore and used the wall to brace herself, pouncing up and grabbing one of the chains supporting them. She pulled herself up onto it, and pounced at the other, her long tail slicing the chain as she went.

The platform rocked dangerously, the far end tilting downwards. Ana felt her feet sliding and dug her heels into the platform. Dana Lyn jumped at the girl, twirling around so her tail whipped Ana across the face, leaving three scratches across her cheek. Ana growled and grabbed her tail, pulling her down and throwing her. Dana Lyn flipped around so her feet hit the wall, she pressed off of it and charged once more at the assassin.

Ana was ready. When Dana Lyn reached her, she reached out and grabbed her throat, tightly constraining the alien's sarcophagus. But, it was her who started coughing, not Dana Lyn. Blood sprayed from her mouth as she looked down. Dana Lyn's fingers were shoved into Ana's stomach, causing crimson blood to spill out over Dana Lyn's fingers.

Dana Lyn smiled as she pried Ana's fingers off from around her neck. "I told you, I win."

The two heard an explosion somewhere in the spaceship, and a red light went off in a corner. Ana smiled and laughed. Dana Lyn scowled darkly. The entire ship vibrated with the explosion. It rocked the other chain on the left hand side off the wall, causing the platform to fall vertically. Ana quickly reached out and grabbed the right side of the platform with her free hand, Dana Lyn gasped as she fell, holding tightly onto Ana's other hand. Ana winced as Dana Lyn's claws dug deeply into her wrists. She kicked hard into the other's chest, and Dana Lyn gasped as the wind was knocked out of her.

Ana felt her hands slipping with the weight of the two. But instead of falling, she heard Dana Lyn scream, and the weight disappeared. She looked down just in time to see Dana Lyn fall into the flaming garbage, a huge hole in her chest. Ana looked over at the far exit of the room, Julie stood there holding a laser gun in her hand, Ship wrapped around her shoulders.

"You okay?" She called.

"Great now!" Ana laughed, she pulled herself up so she was standing on the top of the platform, "Nice shot."

"Years of tennis." Julie sighed.

The two walked towards the garbage shoot at the back of the hall silently. Julie was too preoccupied with thoughts of her friends to even focus. She was even vaguely aware of Ana limping next to her, holding her stomach as it bled.

Finally Ana spoke up, "I can't BELIEVE what just happened? We totally sent Dana Lyn into the trash!" She laughed and threw her arms in the air, spinning around in a circle, "That was awesome Julie!"

Julie smiled, "Yeah, but you are so brave! You took on Dana Lyn by yourself? Kevin wouldn't even mess with her."

Ana's smile disappeared, "Yeah, well that kid was always a coward."

"What?" Julie asked.

Ana laughed, a huge smile appearing on her face once more, "You know what Yamamoto? You're alright." She patted the girl on the back, "Nothing phases you does it?"

"Not much." Julie agreed.

Something came through the wall in front of them, leaving a patch of ice where it slipped through. Julie knew that, she had seen Ben to it multiple times. She blinked twice as a Necrofriggian appeared in front of them.

"Anastasia and Julie Yamamoto?" It asked, "Please come with me. Your friends need help."

Julie and Ana looked at each other, before Julie stepped out towards it, "Where are they?"

"On the planet below." It stated,

"Anur Phaetos?" Ana asked wearily,

"Yes." It nodded.

"Why? What's Anur Phaetos?" Julie asked,

"Its…a bad place." Ana explained, "We'd better hurry."

Julie nodded, "Come on Ship."

It did not take them long to get out of Dana Lyn's broken spaceship as it drifted away into space, and back into Ship, following the Necrofriggian down to the dark planet below. They landed, and immediately Julie felt afraid. It was like walking into a nightmare. The crash site still smoldered, but the cold and Owen's ice had put out all the fires.

Owen landed on the ground, his wings folding around him, like a cloak. Julie was shocked by how much it reminded her of Ben - maybe because she hadn't seen another Necrofriggian besides Ben? She shivered and hugged Ship tightly. The destruction was so terrible, there was no way they escaped unharmed…

Ana froze. Julie slowed to a stop, turning around to look at the assassin. Ana's face was a look of pure alarm and shock, genuine fear. It scared Julie that someone so, well so Ana, would be scared of anything. She slowly turned around, her eyes wide.

"Ana?" Julie asked. But the Assassin did not respond. She leapt over a large chunk of the wing, and over toward the bridge of the wreck. Julie broke into a run after her.

Ana slowed to a stop, and fell to her knees. Julie gasped and stopped dead in her tracks a few feet away from where the other kneeled. She covered her mouth with her hand, trying not to throw up, shaking her head in dismay.

Ana knelt before the crumpled body of Griffon. She slowly picked him up in her arms, his large head fell limply back, exposing the burns over his chest. Ana's hands were shaking so violently, Julie was afraid she was going to drop the Gorilla-Man. She lowered her head into his chest, whispering a prayer. Surprisingly, there was not a tear in her eye.

"We should move." Owen whispered, "This area is crawling with Ectonurites."

But Ana did not move, she sat there, looking down at Griffon, shaking violently. Julie was afraid she was actually going to cry. Instead, the assassin lowered the Aracnichimp to the ground, laying the stubs that were left of his arms beside his body, and straightening out his broken legs. She moved a few large pieces of metal over top of him like a small tomb, before finally heading back towards Owen and Julie.

Julie reached out a hand and touched Ana's shoulder, but the assassin made no sigh that she even felt it. She took a deep breath "He was a good soldier. May he rest in peace."

Julie felt bad. Owen had said that her friends were at least alive, but…was Griffon the only 'friend' the assassin had? It was known that he was the only one she truly trusted, left all her appointment bookings to him, messages, driving, everything. She couldn't help but worry about her. If her only friend died, she wouldn't know how to take it.

Owen turned around and started off towards where the others waited, Ana steps behind him. Julie stood there for a few seconds. She started after them, but stopped and turned around to look at the make-shift tomb. She bowed towards it, and muttered a quick prayer before running to catch up with the others. Ana did not turn around once.

They stopped in front of a mountain, and Owen pushed the boulder out of the way, revealing a cave. He stepped aside for the girls to step through, then closed the boulder after them.

"Kevin!" Julie gasped. She went running to Gwen and Kevin's side. Gwen had managed to start a small fire, and they were nestled next to it.

"Julie!" Gwen gasped. The two quickly hugged,

"Gwen! You're head's bleeding!" Julie stated, looking at her hand after it brushed against Gwen's hair, "And your hairs gone!"

"Its short, not gone." Gwen said, "And I didn't notice it was bleeding."

"Do you have a concussion?" Julie whispered,"No." Gwen shook her head.

Gwen looked up at Ana, "And what happened to you?"

Ana did not reply, she was staring into the fire, bleeding onto the floor.

"She fought Dana Lyn!" Julie explained, "And we beat her!"

"Seriously?" Gwen asked,

"Yes!" She nodded.

Ana closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Its not safe here." She pressed off the wall she was leaning against and walked over towards them. She was staggering as she walked, "We have Ship now. It would be wise before Dana Lyn comes after us, that we go somewhere where we can rest."

"Dana Lyn isn't dead?" Julie whined,

"Definitely not. If it was that easy to kill her, I would have long ago." Ana spat.

"Kevin needs medical attention." Gwen replied,

"We all do." Julie finished, looking from Gwen to Ana.

"There is a planet not to far from here." Owen restated, placing the ID Mask back on his face.

"Anadonia." Ana finished,

"Grandma is there." Gwen stated, "She'll help us."

"Are you sure you want to go there Gwen?" Julie asked, "They may not let you leave."

"They will." Gwen nodded, "And we don't have much of a choice now do we?"

"Come on." Owen sighed, reaching down to pick Kevin up, he easily kicked the boulder down, and stepped outside.

"Who is he?" Julie asked as she and Gwen straightened up,

"He's Ben's um, I'm just going to say son." Gwen replied,

"A Baby Chill?" Julie smiled,

"Well, not a baby anymore, but yes." She nodded,

"Why does he wear an ID Mask?" Julie asked,

"From what I've seen, he wants to look more like 'Dad'. I think he's got a bit of a Daddy Complex." Gwen smiled,

"Awe!" Julie giggled.

Owen smiled, overhearing their conversation. He sighed and looked up into the dark sky, "Yeah, and I would give ANYTHING to be human like him."

"Ship!" Julie called, "Let's get going."

"To Anadonia." Gwen finished.


Oh no! There is no Ben in this chapter…sorry Ben fans…this one is about the smaller guys who don't have a show named after them. Poor Ana…sorry for killing off your friend! …with this detour, its going to take them a lot longer then a week to rescue Ben… at least they have summer vacation so they don't have to worry about school… and Ben doesn't have to worry about…Mei's annoyances…for awhile…