A/N: I'm struggling these days. There's more fights around the house than there is humor… it kinda hurts… but I'm living. No panic. But don't be surprised if my stuff takes an angsty twist. I'm working to keep it the way it is for now, okay?
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Kevin crept along the back wall, Gwen standing close beside him. He could feel her breath on the back of his neck and he liked it, sighing with content until Gwen shushed him fiercely. He smiled, knowing he deserved it. "The window should be right along here."
She flipped open her phone. He could see a little light cast upon her face. "Ben says the Plumber ships are on the way."
"Good," he breathed before reaching up to find the lock on the window. He jimmied it open without another thought and slid it up before watching Gwen slide through the window frame. Quickly, he followed her, crashing to the ground just inside the window frame.
He watched as she fired off a text to Ben to say that they were inside. Then he looked around. The crates were still open around the window. He remembered well how he and Britania had stacked people inside them to save their lives. "Alright, Argit is somewhere on the upper level. Think you can get him down here while I get people down off the walls? I need to give him a piece of my mind."
Gwen nodded shortly before disappearing into the darkness, the color of violet and pink mana following her as she vanished.
Kevin rose to his feet and brushed off his jeans, watching the drop-dead gorgeous redhead disappear into the black shadows. Then he turned his attention back to the work at hand: saving these people.
Britania dropped in through the window. "Hey," she said softly to him, keeping her voice low. "Need some help?"
"Course." He absorbed the matter from one of the crystals from the crates before grabbing another and tossing it to her. "Gwen's already upstairs working on finding our favorite rat-face as we speak." Kevin headed over to the wall. This time, there was no noise from the people. He reached for the shackles and quickly broke them, crushing the metal in his hands effortlessly. The man he'd just freed dropped to the ground with a moan, which only led Kevin to sigh with relief. He wasn't too late yet.
The silvery blonde haired girl took the piece of heavy stone and let it cover her body with a sleek, almost black colored armor. She began on the other side of the window, cracking the bonds that held her people to the wall and catching them with the other arm.
Kevin had a bit less grace with it.
There was a thud in the middle of the room and a pink orb lit the entire space in a deep violet light. Gwen came down on her mana platform, floating down with her hair splaying out behind her. "Argit, you really ought to think about a better hiding place that Kevin can't track." She rolled her eyes. "Rat-faced dweeb."
With a smirk, Kevin remembered once again why he had fallen for Gwen. The redheaded, attitude-loaded Gwen Tennyson. He rolled his eyes in the darkness.
Ben pushed open the front doors with his grand entrance. "Gwen, that's totally my name."
The emerald-eyed girl stared at him. "No, you're just 'The Dweeb'."
The brunette Tennyson glared at her before shaking off her mean words and focusing on Argit. "Okay, down to business-"
"You're ruining my business!" hollered Argit, staring up at Ben and Gwen, yellow eyes wide and filled with pure fear of the two. "I'm trying to be a good law abiding citizen here! Can't you hero people respect tha-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Kevin was already hanging over him like a dark cloud in the nearly black room illuminated only by violet light. "You can't hurt people for money. This isn't a business and these aren't your workers. This is a freaking slaughter house, Argit."
The con's eyes narrowed. "It's my business," he growled, voice low.
Less than a second later, Kevin's fist made impact with the rat's face. Over and over and over again. He wasn't going to let Argit get away easy this time. Too many times had Argit left him hanging. Too many times had Argit left him hurting. Too many times. Kevin wasn't going to be the one taking the beatings anymore for these mistakes. He wasn't letting Argit get away this time. Not again.
After about five or six more vicious hits, Ben and Gwen were finally able to pull him off of Argit and let the criminal get a few feet away before Ben released Kevin. Then Gwen held his arm to keep him from going any further. He didn't struggle against her but she could tell that her touch was the only thing that kept him from charging at Argit again and trying to pummel his brains out once more. The redhead leaned in close to him and made sure he knew she was there beside him.
Kevin fought his urge to charge at Argit again. His fists clenched until his nails dug into his palms, drawing blood. He felt it run over his fingers.
"I'm paying you back," hissed Argit, rising to his full height again, yellow eyes narrowed in Kevin's direction as he dusted off his jacket.
"You're killing people," snarled Kevin, trying to take a step towards Argit, only to be held back by Gwen's gentle grip. "You could've just been fair and let it go or actually done something that's legal, but killing is just wrong." He started straining against Gwen, who just tightened her grip on him, emerald eyes becoming more worried.
"Look who's talking," growled Argit. "I heard about Ragnarok."
Kevin pulled against Gwen's restraining grip more, face twisted into a snarl. His obsidian eyes blazed with unbridled fury and his palms were stained red. "Shut. Up."
The redhead wasn't going to watch this any longer. "Ben, can you take Argit to his Plumber escort to the Null Void?" Honestly, she was just losing control over Kevin. She wasn't sure how long she could hold him back. She wasn't sure if she wanted to hold him back anymore. She stared at some of the sick and dying people that Britania was releasing that were almost crawling through the doors to escape. Argit definitely deserved whatever Kevin was going to do to him. And he deserved all that Kevin was going to give him.
Grabbing Argit, the bearer of the Ultimatrix pulled up the criminal and hauled him out the doors, Osmosians still crawling to safety. Ben dragged Argit to the ship that had the Null Void projector on board. He tossed the rat into the mouth of the ship and watched it close before heading back to see how things were going with helping everyone inside.
Kevin was wiping his hands off on his shirt, leaving stains of scarlet on the dark black cloth. He let out a low guttural snarl before taking a few breaths and focusing on the people he had to help. Argit was getting what was coming to him, no worries about that. It still didn't stop Kevin from wanting to destroy the rat with his bare fists, pounding him until he couldn't breathe, until he couldn't see, until he couldn't live.
"Come on," murmured Gwen to her boyfriend, carefully wrapping her arm around him. "It's fine." She steered him in the direction of the other people. She caught Brit looking back at them, eyes sparkling a bit with the worry. Gwen sighed and let Kevin head over towards the wall to recuperate. She could see in his eyes that he desperately needed it. "You're good, Kevin."
The corner of his lips turned up and he looked at her. "I love you, Gwen." Kevin stared at her, dark eyes glittering softly. "I mean it. I do." He grinned at her, almost sadly.
The redhead sighed and closed her eyes. She leaned against him for a moment and smiled. "Love you too, Kev." She hugged him for a long moment before heading in the direction of the other Osmosians, going to help them, knowing that Kevin had done all he could before he needed to rest for a little bit. It'd all be better in time.
A/N: I struggled. This is the last chappie. I'm not going any further because you all get the point that they were all saved and so on so forth. I know this was probably a downer from every other chapter, but I do the best I can. I didn't know what else to do without it being horrible. I can't do fights and I didn't wanna write like a bajillion ppl going to a ship and then flying off because you'd be bored reading it and I'd be bored writing it. Sorry. Hope you enjoyed it tho! Thx for reading! Review!
~Sky