Emotions

Disclaimer: I don't own Ben 10, and this story starts off in "Big Fat Alien Wedding."

Waking from his slumber, Ben looked around to see that both Camille and Gwen were still asleep. It seemed that their activities had lasted well into the afternoon and night; if Ben had to guess the time he would say it was about 9 in the morning.

Deciding to get freshened up, Ben headed to one of the many bathrooms in the mansion. While Ben was just getting ready to take a shower, he felt a pair of arms wrap around him.

"Good morning Ben." Gwen had snuck up on the youth, but it seemed that she had lots of energy compared to Ben. "Gwen, you're awake. I was just about to take a shower."

"Oh that sounds like an invitation."

Soon enough it seemed that Ben couldn't get out of any activities, the screaming and moaning had awakened Camille as well. She didn't want to miss any of the fun and soon it was getting really crowded in the shower stall.

A knock at the door of the bathroom caused the trio to pause in their activities, "Ben, Gwen are you all in there?"

Whispering softly, Ben exclaimed "its grandpa, come on we got to get ready." Straightening themselves out, the trio soon had everything on and looked somewhat ready to greet the day.

"I'm coming grandpa."

"Ben, is Gwen in there?"

"No, grandpa." Shooing Gwen to the shower, Ben opened the door and signaled for Camille to hide as well. Opening the door just a smidge, Ben blocked most of the view from the bedroom to the bathroom.

"I thought I heard her, have you seen her recently? We have to be on our way, we have a lot of road to cover."

"Nope, if I see her though I'll be sure to give her the message."

"What are you doing in there?"

"I was just taking a shower, why?"

"Well I heard some strange noises."

"Oh I didn't hear a thing. Might have been coming from outside."

"I guess you're right." Walking away shaking his head, Grandpa Max couldn't figure out what was going on around here. When his grandpa was out of the room, Ben motioned for the duo to get out of the bathroom.

"Whoa, that was close."

"You're telling me, well you heard Grandpa, and we got to go."

"I guess we should get going. Take care Camille." Camille smiled sadly at losing her savior, but waved the duo goodbye as they raced toward the Rust Bucket. Smiling softly at the duo, Camille wondered what she would do now. Fortunately she soon came up with a plan that would please everyone, or at least Ben and her. Whistling merrily Camille headed to the Rust Bucket as well, her plan twirling around in her head.

When the cousins had gotten to the Rust Bucket they saw Grandpa Max packing up their things getting ready to leave. "Oh there you are Gwen, you came back at just the right time. We'll be heading out soon. You all get on board before I leave without you guys."

Clambering onboard the RV, both cousins were glad to get out of this nook but for different reasons. Ben wanted to leave because of the bad memories, while Gwen wanted to get away from Camille as fast as she could. She didn't like the way she had to share Ben with that woman.

When they were just about to get started they heard a yell from outside the RV, "Wait, Uncle Max!"

"Who is that? Oh it's Camille, I guess she wanted to say good bye." Heading out of the RV, Max met up with the woman, they had a minute of conversation before Max pointed to the RV and nodded his head. When the duo had come onboard the RV, Max announced that Camille had decided to join their little trip through the country. Flabbergasted at the audacity of the woman, Gwen couldn't even speak at the announcement. Ben was acting much like a fish out of water, his mouth was opening and closing but no words were coming out.

"Well thanks for the welcome and I hope to enjoy this trip with you guys."

Max smiled good naturedly and headed to the front of the Rust Bucket to head out, while he was dealing with that, Camille snuggled up next to Ben. "I'm so glad that I caught you guys, I didn't want to race after you all."

"What are you doing here Camille?" Ben whispered. He wasn't about to yell loud enough to be heard by Grandpa Max.

"Well that wasn't exactly the reaction I was hoping for, but beggars can't be choosers. I came along because I would have missed you too much Ben, what would I do without you?"

"You would have gone on with your life, that's what you would have done."

"Don't be jealous Gwendolyn, I promise to share." Smiling wickedly Camille loved tormenting the young teen. "That's not what I meant and you know it." Huffing indignantly, Gwen scooted closer to Ben and grabbed his arm possessively.

The match soon got heated and Ben was getting pulled in two directions both figuratively and literally. Ben discreetly removed himself from the conflict and got as far away as he could from the women.

Well eventually Gwen and Camille settled their differences with a compromise, they would share Ben and leave it at that.

Though Gwen wasn't entirely happy, it was better then being out of his life entirely.

While the trip continued on the group couldn't seem to get a break, the problems kept piling up, the local authorities were having troubles with a villain that the group knew all too well. It seemed that Charmcaster had decided to go on a little shopping spree, unfortunately for those involved she didn't want to pay for any of it.

Destroying the local bank, Charmcaster was enjoying her time out and wondering what to spend her new money on. Unfortunately Ben and co. arrived to spoil her fun, "I couldn't just have a little fun, and you geeks had to ruin my fun."

"Well your fun involves the people's money, and that makes it our problem." Darting into action, Ben quickly turned into Four Arms and launched himself at Charmcaster. Gwen formed beams of light on her hands and fired them at the villain, while Camille just changed into her true form and fought against the woman.

Charmcaster wouldn't be so easily dispatched and launched her own barrage of attacks, which included calling forth golems to deal with their numbers. Unfortunately for her, Ben easily dealt with her golems and came at her. Grabbing her with his four monstrous arms he easily forced her to stop her rampage. The problem was Charmcaster wasn't done and launched one last magic spell, it was enough to launch both of them 20 feet into the air. Knocking out Charmcaster but leaving Ben with a mild headache, "Good work Ben, you okay?"

"I'm fine Grandpa, but what are we going to do with her?"

"We'll let the authorities take care of her, come on guys."

From the glares coming from the crowd that had gathered, Ben didn't think Charmcaster would be getting any fair treatment. And even though he didn't like her, Ben wouldn't want her to be tortured. "I think we should take her into custody Grandpa, just until the next town. It doesn't look too good from the glares coming from the townsfolk."

Looking around, Max could feel the animosity, deciding that Ben was right, Max retrieved a set of cuffs from the Rust Bucket and slapped it on the villain.

"Well now what Ben?"

"Well on to the next town I guess." Ben knew it wouldn't be getting easier anytime soon, but he didn't know how right he was.

Author's notes: So I read recently that Ben 10 Alien Force might not be the official future of the series, here's hoping. I can't stand Kevin.