A dream is a wish the heart makes & The Voices

GWEN'S POV

I opened my eyes to find beautiful scenery. It was a paddock, not a creepy one though; a nice one, perfect in fact. I leaned against an oak tree with less than a care in the world.

It was perfect.

I shut my eyes and leaned back. I could hear the wind gushing against my ears, it sounded like breathing. I could feel the warm breath on my neck and the condensation running off it. 'Wet' I opened my eyes only to see a nightmare. Everything around me was hot. The paddock was on fire. I held my hand out trying to use my powers to put it out but nothing came out. I back up against the tree trying my hardest to get away from the flames. "AHH" I screamed as something grabbed me. I looked around to the tree and noticed a jack lantern face smiling at me with an evil intention plastered on it's face. I tried to brake free but nothing worked. I kicked and screamed until I could feel the fire burning my feet. "HELP" I screamed hoping it was my best chance of surviving but it was a hopeless struggle. The smoke from the fire was flooding my lungs choking me to death. "Help" I managed to gasp out wincing my eyes closed.

Everything went black.

'must've passed out' I thought to myself trying to open my eyes. I could feel something warm on my cheek. I grabbed it looked up see a brown eyed boy. "Ben" I whispered breathing out. He looked worried. "It's Kevin," He told me. I let my hand slide from his and tried to push myself up. "Woah, Woah, Woah" he tried to settle me back down onto my bed. I looked around noticing it was midnight. "Kevin what are you doing here?" I asked him. "you were in trouble" He told me as I laid back down. I turned my head and noticed a walkie-talkie like device to the side on my desk. "Is that a baby monitor?" I asked him not in the best of moods.

"I….Errr…."

I sighed not caring at the moment just glad someone woke me up. "How long have I been out for?" I asked him. He rubbed the back of his neck having no clue at all. "Dunno, just heard you screaming. Thought you were in trouble," He stated leaning back on the bed and looking over to my window. It took me a while but I finally let the words slide from my mouth.

"Thankyou…." I told him.

He turned back to me and gave me a quick smirk.

"I Should get going," He stated getting up and moving over to it….slowly. I could tell that he wanted me to tell him not to go, to stay with me. I sighed; I really didn't want to be alone right now. "Please…" He turned around when I spoke. "Stay, I don't want to be alone right now" I told him leaning against the wall. He smiled came back over and sat down next to me placing his hand on mine. He leaned over and neared my face bringing his lips down on mine. It didn't feel right though. It felt…. strange. I let him capture my lips and continue to kiss me again and again until I couldn't take it anymore. He placed his hands on my shoulders and all over. I pushed him away and moved as far back to the wall as I could. "What?" He gave me a pretty annoyed look. I didn't say anything to him. I turned towards my phone on the side and began flicking through the names. "What are you doing?" I came up on Ben's and stared down at it for a moment before looking back up at Kevin and shaking my head. In an instance, I threw the covers off and walked to my wardrobe. "Where do you think you're going?" He asked as I looked down at the clothing.

'Away from you,' I thought to myself smiling. Somewhere inside of me I just wanted to flick him off and jump right out that window. I smiled at the thought and began walking down the street.

Walk down the streets?

"Huh?" I gasped out. I turned round to my house and noticed Kevin giving me a clueless look. "What just happened?" I whispered to myself. I turned away from Kevin and began walking fast as he I saw him begin to rush to get down.

BEN'S HOUSE

NOBODIES POV

Ben slept soundly on his bed cuddling a sumo-slammers doll and smiling. "Ben"

"Ben"

"BEN"

"AHH, VILGAX" Ben's arm launched into the air smacking someone in the face. He opened his eyes to see the person collapsed onto the ground clutching their nose. They groaned in utter pain as Ben raced over to the light and switched it on.

"Gwen?" Ben gasped surprised out of his wits. "Ow" She cringed. Ben raced over and helped her up onto the bed. "I thought you were out cold" Ben told her keeping his hands on her shoulders and tilting her up a bit to check if she was okay. "I just woke up around 30minutes ago" She told him still keeping her hands covering her nose. He could see the blood begin to drop out of it. He gasped and pulled her hands away noticing the blood spewing from her nose.

"Gwen, I'm so sorry" He told her racing up to his draw and pulling out one of his black shirts. He came back and passed it to her but she refused instead made her eyes glow. He could feel himself feeling tired he shut his eyes for a second and leaned over. When he felt as though he couldn't stand any longer it stopped. Confused, he looked up to his cousin. Her nose was completely healed and her eyes weren't glowing anymore. "You're okay?" He looked up at her. She smiled and leaned back. "Yeah,"

"Whatcha doing here anyway, cuz?" Ben asked coming over to her and sitting on the bed beside her. Gwen gave him a pleading look and grabbed his hands. "I came to see you" She told him causing Ben to blush a little. "Your Dad still mad at me?" Ben asked gently. She didn't say anything she just nodded. She stared down at something. Ben touched his face trying to figure out what she was looking at. It caught Gwen's attention that shook her head and winced her eyes closed. "My Dad, He wont let me see you" Gwen told him. Gwen looked down at her hands and caressed them. "Gwen, I've gotta get you home," Ben stood up taking her at the same time. "But-"

"No butts" He pressed his index finger towards her lips. He couldn't describe how much he wanted to kiss her right now but he let it slide quickly turning back around whilst holding her soft delicate hand.

Ben pulled up right outside Gwen's house. There wasn't any movement. Good. Ben didn't really want her to leave. "You could probably sneak back in" Ben stated causing them to both look up to her window. The window was open and the light was on but there were no shadows. Gwen slowly opened the door and closed it behind her. "I missed you" Gwen pleaded. It escaped her.

She couldn't hold it in.

Gwen's eyes widened and grasped onto her mouth but she stopped when

Ben returned the saying.

"I missed you too" He smiled at her.

Gwen blushed and watched him drive off. She then turned back and built a few platforms to get to her window. Once she climbed in she turned off the light and collapsed onto her bed only to be indulged in nightmares.

"Wake Up"

A chill ran down Gwen's spine as she felt the cold sweat drip off her forehead. She turned her head to the side and began coughing. It came out in wheezes as her chest contracted so heavily. She felt all the pain from the last couple of days come back to haunt her. She didn't understand. Just yesterday she felt fine now she was freezing. She grabbed her covers and began to huddle herself under them.

She heard her door squeak open and a pair of footsteps coming towards her. "Gwenny?" Her mother called out to her but She didn't have the energy right now to answer back. "Frank, Grab the-"

"I know, I know" She felt herself being raised by the back of her collar and her head being brought back. Her mouth was forced open and tablets were poured into them. Gwen choked but relaxed into the man's arms. She instantly calmed down and clutched onto her Dad. "Someone's gotta watch her today" Frank told his wife as he ran his fingers through his daughter's hair trying to keep her calm. Gwen clutched tightly onto him and shook her head. "No," She told him sitting up straight and holding her head. "I wanna go to school," She told them. "Absolutely not, you're in no condition"

"It's not like I'm gonna get others sick besides if I feel like I'm gonna faint I'll go to the sick bay; it's not big deal"

Frank and Lilly looked each other in the eye and sighed. "Fine but if at any stage you feel like you're about to be sick or faint then you call us, understand?" Frank told her. She nodded and looked at her alarm clock. It was 10:45AM.

Gwen got up slowly (by the help of her parents of course) and took a step unfortunately it was amiss. She couldn't put her weight on her legs and almost fell on the ground. Frank instantly grabbed her as Lilly gasped. "Alright, no you're going back to bed,jj immediately" Frank told her but she didn't budge. "I wanna go to school"

"Gwen, you're not well" Frank forced her down onto the bed and held her shoulders. Gwen winced her eyes and looked away. "Frank you're hurting her" He released his grip on her and slided his hands off her. Gwen gulped and moved away. "…. I'll pick you up at 3" Frank told her and began walking out. Gwen gulped and watched him walk away.

The bell rang out loud for students to go to their next class and for the redhead; it was maths and she was late. She opened the door to her class and teacher. Emily smiled and waved to her. Gwen smiled and walked over to the teacher passing him a note. He was quiet a big man with a brown haired comb over and wore a brown suit similar to one her dad would wear in court. "Nice to have you back Miss. Tennyson" He placed the note on the side of his table and returned back to the chalkboard. Gwen walked over to Emily and sat in front of her. "Where have you been?" Emily asked taking Gwen's left shoulder. "Sick," Gwen told her gently as she took out a notebook and pencil. She began to write all the equations down one by one but not answer them. She couldn't think properly.

She could hear someone breathing down her neck. It was cold but moist. She shivered and clutched onto her neck. "Gwen you ok-"

"Miss Tennyson"

Gwen winced her eyes closed and opened them to see the teacher staring daggers at her. "Y-Yes, Sssir" Gwen answered him but could only make out a blur. "Could you please answer the third equation on the board," He told her. Gwen looked across from him and towards the chalkboard. She could see some white blotches but couldn't make out what they said. "Miss TENysson" He growled. "I…um…." She could feel the sweat running down her forehead. She winced her eyes closed and removed her glasses rubbing her eyes. "I…don't"

'BANG'

The redhead winced her eyes open to see the teacher leaning over her as well as the rest of the class. She felt something in her hand and looked down at it. A mysterious glowing letter was on shinning on the palm of her hand. She ignored it and looked over at her glasses. "Damn…" She mumbled when she saw the lenses on them had shattered. "Emily…" Gwen whispered. "Y-Yeah,"

"Can you please pass me my notebook?" She asked gently. Emily looked over to the left and picked it up then passed it to her. Gwen looked at it for a second before passing it to the teacher. The teacher grabbed it and looked down at it.

"Miss Bloom," Emily looked towards him. "Could you please escort Miss Tennyson to the sick bay?" Emily nodded and placed her hand out ready to grab it but a student behind her helped her up. "Thanks," She whispered hoarsely. It was the guy who usually asked to see her maths notes. "No prob" He told her.

Gwen walked down the halls with Emily. The blonde looked over to her friend and noticed that she was glowing. "…Gwen"

No answer.

"Gwen,"

"Yeah," She finally answered back. Emily just stared at her. "You sure you're okay, Gwen?" Emily asked looking scared to death. Her eyes turned back to a scared green. She held her mouth and immediately ran off. "GWEN!" Emily screamed down the halls but she was gone within seconds.

The redhead looked down at herself in the mirror of the nearest bathroom.

Her teeth yelled in pain and she felt like she had been punched and kicked in the face.

'Ow' Gwen whispered cringing. She could feel her hands shaking.

She reached down inside her pockets to retrieve the tablets but she dropped them.

They spread out all over the floor and within seconds Gwen dropped with them too.

She could hear someone laughing at her as the darkness began to take over her.

BEN'S POV

'BOOM'

"Huh, Oof" I face planted the floor following with a tonne of laughter from my classmates. All I wanted was a peaceful sleep in my maths class and instead I get…. Well… I looked up at everyone staring towards the window. My eyebrow arched and I looked over to the scene. There was smoke arising vastly out of the trees far off in the distance. That's where the main city is. "SIR, I…."

"Go, Go, Go" the teacher shooed me off. I opened the window and jumped out dialling up and transforming into JetRay as I fell. I flew towards the scene as fast as I could. It was the bank. 'Why am I not surprised'?

"ALRIGHT, WHO" There was nothing but civilians in there. "Huh?" I turned off the Ultimatrix and looked around. "There was a big bang?" I told them trying to get an explanation. Everyone looked at each other. "Big Bang?" One of the guards asked standing straight with his gun holstered and his right hand relaxing on it. "Yeah, like a big boom sounds. There was smoke too" I told them. He scratched his head and looked towards a door. Smoke was escaping from it. "What on earth?" He began walking towards it. "Is that where the safe is?" I asked. He nodded and placed his hand on the door opening it. "What the-" I came up behind him and noticed nothing but an empty room with a giant hole in it. The smoke came out in masses. I walked towards it as the guard held his head in shock. A vault with no money. He was destined to loose his job. I inspected the titanium and how thick it was. It was around 5cm thick. Nothing human could've gotten through this especially with any noise.

I walked home. It was night-time and the watch ran out of battery. I looked up and noticed the street. Gwen's street. I shrugged. 'it couldn't hurt to stop in and check on her' I figured walking down towards her house.

"Hello" I called out opening the door. Ken answered it. He smiled and let me in. "She's up stairs" Ken told me walking off. I walked up them with haste and stopped outside her door knocking. "Hey, Gwen you in there?" I called out and heard someone gasp. I could hear feet scattering about. "Gwen?" I called out one more time before coming in. I looked over to the bed and noticed she wasn't there. I looked over to the side and noticed the redhead huffing and puffing. "You okay, Gwen?" I asked her. She was holding her closet door shut. Her eyes were extremely scared.

"Gwen?" I called out coming over to her tensely. She gulped catching her breath. "Yeah, Ben?" She said beginning to collapse against the door. "You okay?" I asked her gently. I grabbed her by the arm as she fell down to the carpet. "Yeah, I'm just a little tired" I helped her back to the bed.

"Do you want me to get your dad?" I asked her. 'please don't say yes' I thought to myself.

"No." She quickly answered wincing her eyes and grabbing her mouth. I sat down next to her and help her other hand making her look at me. "I went to school today" She said looking at her hand. "And?" I asked her gently. A whimper escaped her lips as she winced her eyes closed and leaned her head on my shoulder. I brought her in for a tight hug and watched her get it out of her system. "Ben, I can't remember anything. I cant-" She cut herself off letting another whimper escaped her lips. She grabbed my jacket and roughly scrunched it up. It was obvious she was in pain. I decided to change the subject. "There was a robbery at the bank today" the redhead instantly lifted her head up but continued to hold onto me.

"Do you know who did it?" She asked me. I tensed my arm around her waist and pulled her closer to sit with me. "No but it definitely wasn't human, you've should've seen how much titanium it cut through and without a sound" Gwen stared at me in horror. I smirked; even she thought it was impressive. "Ben" She gulped and looked at the ground. "I-I think that was m-" "Gwen, Honney" Lily had bursted through the door with a chicken sandwich on a plate. "Oh, Ben, I didn't know you were round" She came up to us and placed a plate of food on Gwen's lap then kissed her on the cheek.

"Are you staying round for tea?" Lily asked. I looked over to Gwen who had begging eyes almost trying to convince me not to leave; to stay with her….forever. I shook my head. "Sorry aunt Natillie but I have to get to Jimmy, Try figure out who robbed the bank"

"I'll see you later, Gwen" I kissed her on the cheek. I saw the redness attack her skin. She shied away but watched me leave.

JIMMY'S- NOONES' POV

"So found anything?" Ben asked as he sat down on Jimmy's bed. "Not yet. Who ever it was they were pretty fast. Look at this" Ben stood up and walked over to the camera footage. It showed the bank holding bay filled with large amounts of cash and gold. The footage fizzed up in less than a second and there laid no money or gold only an empty room and a medium size hole bursting with smoke. Jimmy looked up to Ben and gave him a concerned look. "So who do we know that would be able to do that?" Ben asked bringing his hand up to his chin. "You'd need someone extremely powerful" Jimmy told him. "Charmcaster?" Ben suggested. "I thought she was in Ledgerdomain?" Jimmy asked. "Oh, Yeah….Hex?" Ben suggested. "Maybe…who else is there?" Jimmy asked causing Ben to sit back down. "There is nobody else. Gwen's pretty powerful but she's been so sick lately plus the fact that she's my cousin and a Plumber" Ben told him leaning his chin on his wrist. "Well then that only leaves Hex" Ben stood up beginning to walk out the door. "Thanks for your help, Jimmy" Ben smiled taking out his phone.

"Hello"

"Hey, Gwen, Guess what? I found out who took the money" Ben told her walking down the sidewalk towards his car.

"You did…."

"Yeah, it was Hex I'm on my way over right now" He placed his hand on the door.

"Ben, listen to me it wasn't Hex it was-" Ben placed the phone closer to his ear trying to figure out why Gwen stopped talking. He could hear someone choking. "Gwen?" Ben froze when he heard someone drop heavily. "GWEN!" He quickly got in his car and drove as fast as he could towards Gwen's house. He pulled to the curve and jumped out of the car dialing the ultimatrix to Bigchill and flying into Gwen's room. "Gwen are you-" He cut himself off when he saw Kevin lifting her up. He slammed down the symbol and turned back to his human form. "Kevin?" He stared in shock. "Tennyson, don't just stand there" Kevin growled attempting to lift her up but she continued to squirm and tried to wriggle away. Ben walked over to her and placed a hand around her waist pulling her in for a tight hug. She instantly relaxed and grabbed onto Ben's shirt. "Why are you here?" Ben asked towards Kevin. "What do you mean 'why am I here?'" Kevin crossed his arms. "I'm here helping, Gwen" Kevin stared daggers towards Ben. "No, I mean how did you know Gwen was in trouble?" Ben asked as Gwen huddled closer to Ben. "I….Well…" He scratched behind his neck. "I just knew" Kevin told him but he didn't believe. "You were spying on her weren't you" he picked Gwen up and backed away. "I wasn't spyi-"

"Just stay away from her" Ben backed away to the window with her in his arms. "No you stay away from her" Kevin began to walk forward causing Ben to back away more. "What's going on in here?" Frank opened the door to see the two bickering boys with his daughter whimpering and cowering in his nephews' arms. "What are you doing here?" Frank asked about to go insane.

"We were just-"

"Just what?"

"FRANK" Lily stepped into the room to see the scene. "Kevin, what are you doing here?" Lily asked as she nodded to Ben to go down stairs. He nodded and walked towards the door. He could hear Lily interrogating Kevin about being there as Frank tried to defend him saying that he was glad someone was looking out for her. Ben placed Gwen on the couch and watched her. she looked as though she was in a nightmare. She kept whispering to get out & leave. "Gwen?" He touched her forehead. She instantly grabbed his arm and shoved him away. "Nuh!" she groaned holding her head and wincing her eyes. Ben watched as she removed her hand and looked up at him. She looked scared, frightened and losing it. "Gwen, you ok-"

"Fine" Gwen told him getting up and looking over to the stairs where Frank, Lily and Kevin were coming down. Lilly smiled at her daughter happy to see her up and fine. The trio stared at the two for a second before Kevin placed his hand in his pocket and shuffled his keys. "Common, Tennyson. I'll give you a lift home" The dark haired boy forced a smile and walked over to him.

Ben stared daggers at him and nodded. Kevin smiled and walked over to the redhead kissing her tenderly on the lips as Ben watched about to go insane. He whispered sentimentally into her ear before looking over to the jealous Ben and smiling. "Lets go," He said walking out the door. Ben looked over to Gwen to find her still tense by the whole event. "Night, Gwen" Ben told her before walking out the door and watching Kevin near his car. Ben neared him as he pushed the button to open and closed it. "Mmmm…." Kevin smiled as he started the car. "Mmmm…." Ben eyed him as he placed his seatbelt on.

"Mmmmm…" He said again as he began driving. "All Right. What?" Ben turned to him. "Nothing, Tennyson" Kevin smiled licking his lips. "Just remembering how tasty your cousin's lips are" He smirked happily. Ben felt as though he were about to go insane. He gripped onto the chair and tensed trying to avoid going insane. "Bet you're pretty upset about Julie dumping you, huh?" He asked. Ben growled "She didn't break up with me" Ben retorted but Kevin ignored it. "You know what I think?" Kevin asked happily. "No, I don't know what 'you think'" the stitches on the leather seat were beginning to break. Kevin ignored him and continued on. "I think you're jealous" He stated. 'Jealous!' Ben thought. "Of what?"

"Of me and Gwen's relationship" Kevin looked over to him. "why would I be jealous of My Cousin's and your relationship?" Ben asked hissing through his teeth. "Because unlike you Tennyson Gwen and I can do whatever we want" Kevin's smirk grew. He couldn't hold it in anymore. "STAY AWAY FROM MY COUSIN" Ben launched at him causing the car to swerve and come to a holt. "I've seen the way you look at her" Kevin shoved him back into the door and pointing his index finger at him. "And it's sick. She's your cousin not your girlfriend" Kevin pointed out but Ben was still mad. "I'll look at her anyw-"

"Maybe you should be the one staying away from her" Kevin said accusingly. "You were the one to put her in this position: suffering, in pain, barely able to stay awake or stand without col-"

"SHUT IT" Ben roared reaching to his seatbelt, unclipping it then opening the door racing out into the night.

NEXT DAY

"So Gwen" Gwen lifted her head up off the Mr. Smoothies table and looked up at him. "How bout we go to the lake later, I know how much you like it" He placed his hand on hers. Gwen looked down at her smoothie, which she had barely drunken. "We should wait for Ben and Julie" Gwen told him. "Why?" Kevin asked sipping his smoothie. Gwen sighed and placed her head back down onto her hands. "I'll go get you another smoothie" Kevin got up and left. Gwen felt a hand come down on her back. "Kevin!" She complained lifting her head up and turned around only to find a smiling brunette. "Hey, Cuz" He kissed her on the cheek. "Hey, Ben" She said weakly. "Need a drink?"

"Kevin's getting me one"

"You feeling any better?"

"A little"

Ben looked down at her. She held her head and moved her shoulders up and down trying to shrug something off. "Something wrong?" Ben asked as she winced her eyes. "Its happening again" She whispered. "Here Gwen, apple and strawberry milkshake" Kevin smiled and came over to her. "You feeling okay, Babe?" Kevin wrapped an arm around her. She shook her head whilst holding her head and leaned on Kevin's chest. "Where's Julie. I thought you were picking her up?" Kevin asked. Ben shrugged. "She'll be here in 10 minutes just finishing up her tennis match" Ben stated none-caringly. "So," Ben scratched the back of his neck. "So what?" Kevin asked pulling the redhead more into his chest as she winced and fidgeted silently.

"Dude, she looks like she's suffocating" Ben pointed out as Kevin growled. "You startin' again, Tennyson?" Kevin got up and jabbed his index finger into Ben's chest. "Why you wanna go?" Ben hovered his hand over the Ulitimatrix about to slap it down"

'BOOM'

The brunette looked up to see Kevin with wide eyes. He turned round and looked over to the scene of Mr. Smoothies blown up and in flames as well as 2 cars near it catching on fire with smashed hoods. "Gwen, what the hell?" Kevin asked furious. She looked over to him with glowing eyes and a blank expression before alighting her right hand with manna and aiming towards him. "Kevin, watch out" Ben tackled him to the ground as the bright stream of manna created a path of mass destruction. Ben and Kevin looked back to see a few city blocks with giant holes in the centre leading on for miles that they swore they could see the dessert. "Gwen?" Ben tried to get her attention. She smiled with spark, venomous teeth before clicking her fingers and disappearing with a flash of manna. "Gwen?" Ben's eyebrow rose.

BEN'S CAR

"Jimmy!" Ben called out to his screen. "Ben, have you seen this. Bellwood looks like its been hit. Hard" Jimmy said as he fixed his green jacket. "Yeah, I saw" Ben looked over to Julie who fiddled quietly with her hands. "I cant put a trace on who did it though," Jimmy told him. "That's fine, Jimmy. We already know who did it"

"Who?" He asked curiously. Ben cringed. "Jimmy, can you get a fix on biggest power sources in America?" Ben asked. Jimmy stared at him questioningly before nodding and bringing up a map with several red dots and one moving. "Looks like She's at the lake" Ben said turning the engine on and driving. "Wait we're just gonna go straight to her. after what she did? She could still be dangerous" Julie tried to reason. "It's my cousin, Julie" Ben said. "GWEN'S DOING THIS?" Jimmy screamed through the speaker. "Why didn't you tell me?" Jimmy asked. Ben looked over to the screen. "Sorry Jimmy. Gonna have to cut you out of this one"

"no wait-"

Ben turned off the screen and continued to look at the road.

She felt as though she were floating. Floating without a care in the world. She felt calm, relaxed. So relaxed. She let the air slide out of her mouth and opened her eyes. The sunlight pierced the water making her wonder where she was. She looked around. She was in the lake. She looked up thinking as though she were around four-metres under water. She couldn't breathe; she instantly stared to swim to the top.

The redhead winced her eyes closed taking a massive breath and throwing her arms onto the rocks trying to catch her breath.

She felt a shadow cast over. She looked up to see a man with his hand out awaiting for her to grab it. She did and was pulled up and out of the water and laid down on the rocks catching her breath. "Be-…Be-…Ben" Gwen stared up at him. The brunette wrapped his jacket around her and brought her into a tight hug. "You're okay" Ben repeated several times and kissing her on the head. Julie walked over to the couple and watched the scene. Her eyes began to water as Ben picked her up holding her tightly against him as he walked over to her. "Julie start the-"

'SMACK'

"Ow, Julie" Ben complained as a red hand shaped image showed up slowly on Ben's face. "Kevin was right" She told him before walking off. "What?" Ben stared at her. "JULIE!" Ben watched her walk away then looked down at his unconscious cousin. "JULIE WAIT" Ben began to run after her.

BEN'S BEDROOM

"Nuh," Gwen groaned in agony. She had a headache and a big one. "Gwen. Gwen wake up" She was shoved roughly. She opened her eyes to see Ben staring down at her. he looked so upset. "Be-…" She gulped. "Ben" She whispered placing her hand up and caressing his cheek. He winced his eyes closed sobbing as he laid his head down onto her shoulder. Gwen pulled him into a hug. She lifted herself up and leaned against the wall. "Ben, what's wrong?" She asked sincerely. "Julie…" He breathed out. "Julie, broke up with me" He whispered looking away from her. Gwen's breathing stiffened. "Ben, I'm so sorry" she placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked over to her and gave her a sorrowful. "Gwen, What happened back there? You could've killed someone," Ben stated. Gwen backed away and hugged her knees. "I need to show you something" She looked down at the floor.

GWEN'S BEDROOM

The redhead walked up to her wardrobe as Ben sat on the bed preparing for what was to come. "You know when you said that Hex stole that money?" Gwen asked placing her hand on the knob. "Yeah," Ben replied confused. Gwen looked down.

"It wasn't, Hex" She opened the door. Ben gasped as he watched the amount of money rush out cascading the floor in a sea of green. Ben stood up and gulped. "Woah" He whispered staring at the ground shaking her head. "I Don't….I don't know what came over me. I couldn't control myself" She paced back on forth. "I-I lost control" She sighed breaking down onto the bed and placing her hands over her eyes. Ben continued to stare at the ground before coming over to her. "Gwen, you need to get some help" Ben walked over and sat down next to her.

"I'm not crazy" Gwen lifted her head up and stared at him. "I never said you were. Tomorrow we'll go return the money" He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Then we'll go to grandpa's. he'll know what to do" Ben smiled at her. Gwen smirked still upset. "yeah, okay" She was brought into a hug.

BEN'S POV- midday

I watched the bank in the distance of the rearview mirror. Gwen sat next to me fidgeting like mad. "We'll be there soon Gwen, just hold on" I told her putting my foot harder on the accelerator. "I feel sick" She whispered wincing her eyes closed and leaning her head into the seat. It brought her upper body forward and her chest out; it hurt to see her like this. I pulled next to the RustBucket and got out. I walked over to Gwen's side and opened the door to see her hyperventilating. "Gwen, lets go" I placed my hand out. I don't think she heard me. I reached over her and unclipped her seatbelt then pulled her out carrying her bridal style to the door. "GRANDPA?" I called out hoping someone would answer. "Ben?" Max opened the door and stared down at him. "Gwen's still sick, huh?" He asked moving out the way so I could get in.

"Yeah. I think she's getting worse too" I placed her down on the bed and tried to get her iron grip to let go of my shirt. "Common, Gwen" I tried to pull her off but it didn't work. I could hear Max laughing behind me.

"She really doesn't want to let go" Max came over to help me. "Nuh," She groaned as she was pulled off and laid down by the both of us. "So, what's been going on?" Max asked walking over to the kitchen and sitting down at the table. I came over and followed. "I think Gwen's losing control" I bursted out. Max raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Max asked looking over to Gwen. "She's not herself. Remember the bank incident?" I asked him. "Yes, and you said it was Hex"

"Well, turns out it was Gwen. And do you remember that incident yesterday where half the city got destroyed?" I asked causing Max to gulp. He stared over to Gwen then got up as she began to fidget. "Gwenny?" He called out trying to get her attention. "Gwenny?" He called again this time she winced her eyes open and stared up at him. "Grandpa?" She asked. Max smiled and sat her up as she groaned. "Ben told me you weren't feeling too well?" Max asked her. She nodded but kept her head down.

"I-I-I…." She shook her head. "Grandpa I keep hearing voices" She came out and said it. Something she hadn't told me. "What are they telling you to do?" He asked me. She held her head. "I don't know….just destroy things and hurt people. I don't want to do any of that" Her eyes began to water. "All right" He brought her into a hug. "Can you fix it grandpa?" I came up to him and asked. "No but I know someone who can" Max said releasing the antodyte. "Who?" I asked placing a hand on Gwen's back.

"The plumber technicians. They're Galvans and should be able to help" Gwen looked up at him. "W-What are they gonna do to me?" She asked. She seemed so scared. Max didn't answer he just caressed her cheek and turned to me. "Get some of Gwen's stuff and meet me and the plumbers base" He told me. I nodded and turned to Gwen. "Common, Gwen" I held my hand out ready to help her up but Grandpa stopped me. "Gwen's gonna stay with me for a while" his words made me gulp. Gwen tilted her head back to the ground and stared at her feet. I sighed and walked out.

PLUMBERS BASE

"I DON'T WANT TO BE IN HERE"

I walked down the halls to hear a girl scream.

"Gwen, its only for a short period of time"

"I'M A PRISONER"

"Keep your voice down and you're not a prisoner"

I stopped outside the door with a small suitcase in my hands. I saw Gwen sitting on a hard bed in the corner with a folded jumpsuit next to her and Max on the other side of the room sitting at a chair next to a desk. "Did I interrupt something?" I asked as I walked into the prison cell. "No," Max stated getting up and coming over to me. I took a quick glance at Gwen as I put the case down. Her eyes were wet. She looked so scared. Max opened the suitcase and started going through it. "Are these spell books?" He asked. I placed a hand on Gwen's shoulder. "Yeah, something to read you know" I smiled but he shook his head and removed them. "What's with the cell?" I asked sitting down next to Gwen. "Precaution" Max said. "Don't want the rest of the town destroyed" Max joked to try and lighten the mood. Gwen looked down at her hands and shook her head. "I don't want to be in here," She told him but he ignored her. Her eyes were beginning to swell. "It's just for a fortnight, Gwen. You'll be in and out in no time" He told her but avoided eye contact. "So she's just gonna stay in here? How's that suppose to help her?" I asked bringing Gwen into a hug.

"The plumber's are just going to keep her under observation with a bit of therapy to try and stop these little episodes" Max stated putting some clothing into the drawers and placing a book on the desk. "Common, Ben, Gwen needs to get some rest" She clenched her fist on my shirt trying to stop me from getting away. "I'm sorry, Gwen" I removed her hand. "Try get some sleep" I kissed he on the forehead. She shook her head and stood up. "I'm not staying in here" She tried to walk out but Max grabbed her gently by the shoulders.

"Gwen, if you leave here you'll be not only endangering yourself but others around you" She stopped in her tracks and looked up at him. "And Gwen" He sighed and bent down to be eye level. "I'll have to arrest you" Gwen gulped. "So I am a prisoner" She whispered. Max caressed her cheek. "Sorry, Pumpkin" He kissed her on the cheek then turned to me. "Say goodbye to your cousin, Ben" He looked over to me. She stared at me with wet eyes then closed them turning away and heading over to the bed. She collapsed down on it and brought herself into the foetal position facing the wall. I sighed and walked out as Max put up a blue translucent force field. "She'll be alright, Ben" He told me. I didn't believe him one bit.

Little bit of tension between Gwen and Ben at the end there.

sorry fans i have been on holiday for around 2months. made the chapter long so hopefully you'll forgive. hope you enjoyed it and please review.