"Hey grandpa can I drive?" Ben asked as he came and sat down next to the hawaiian t-shirted man. He chuckled looking over to Ben. It was just hitting 9am and he was more then surprised to see his grandson up and ready to start the day.

"Maybe in a year" Max responded causing Ben to pout. Max sighed giving in. "Maybe later but for now keep an eye out for a gas-stop" Max told him which made Ben cheer up. He stared out the window to see nothing but an empty highway with nothing but rain and dark dreary clouds in sight. There was something else out there though. Ben turned his attention towards an object coming straight towards them. "Hey, err grandpa. Mind speeding up" Ben asked continuing to stare outside. "Ben, I don't think we need to speed. We're not that far behind schedule" Max reasoned as the object came nearer and nearer.

Ben didn't wait to explain though. He lifted his knee out to the side and slammed his foot down on the accelerator. "BEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Max yelled as the object missed them by an inch. It turned round and headed back towards them. Ben and Max both stared at it. It wasn't another meteorite; it was a person in armour who was readying his gun ready to shoot the RV.

'PEW, PEW, PEW, PEW'

the shots hit the RV leaving small dents in the RustBucket.

"A friend of your's Ben?" Max asked as Ben dialed an alien.

"PULL OVER" The alien in armour shouted.

Max and both stared at each other before nodding. Ben raced over to the door and slammed down the omnitrix. "SWAMPFIRE" He shouted jumping out and landing straight onto the alien with fiery boots. It caused them both to crash into the sand as Max brought the RV to a screeching halt before jumping out with a very large gun. "Alright, I want answers. Now" Swampfire grabbed his collar shaking him as Max pointed a gun at him. "Who sent you?" Max asked looking down at the 66 type creature.

"I was sent to collect a valuable item" The alien told them getting up and wiping the dust off himself. "For the last time; the omnitrix is mine. You want to fight me for it; go ahead" Swampfire told the alien. "Not interested" The aliens breathing was shallow through the armour. The helmet gave his voice a more darth vader tone to it. He grabbed his gun and stared towards the RustBucket.

"What are you doing?" Swampfire asked getting up about to charge over to him.

"Come out. Nice and slowly" he told the RustBucket. Max and Ben just stared at him like he was crazy until something began to move. The bottom of the RV was glowing.

"GET OUT. YOU'RE ONLY MAKING THIS WORSE FOR YOURSELF" He shouted readying his gun. Right on cue the glowing removed itself from under the RV and crawled it's way towards the people. "Hey, It's you" SwampFire called out walking over to her. She still looked the same: still covered in cuffs and wires plus exhausted. She had one eye winced with a hand on her side. Max lowered his gun gasping before the alien made a move. He grabbed her arm ready to restrain her but she was still ready to put up a fight. She shoved him away as best she could.

She could barely use her powers anymore. "Guess the escape didn't wear you out as much as I anticipated" The alien said. He looked down on his watch and pressed a few buttons. In an instance large amounts of electricity overcame the purple alien.

She screamed in pain as shocks of hot water cascaded down her back making her collapse to the ground shivering in pain.

"STOP" Swampfire pushed him over allowing the shocks of pain to stop and the alien to huddle up into a foetal position. "You're hurting her" Swampfire pointed his index finger towards him.

"Don't worry, it's nothing that'll damage her energy levels. It's just to sedate her for the transport" the alien got up off the ground ready to grab the girl again but not before Max stood in the way.

"I'm not letting you take her" Max hissed towards him defending the alien. "you think you can stand between me and a large paycheck, I think not" The bounty hunter was about to go aggro on the old man if not for Swampfire grabbing him and throwing him away. "GRAB HER AND LET'S GO" Swampfire shouted. Max nodded grabbing the alien who huddled up close to his body and racing into the RV.

Swampfire through flame after flame at him but he ducked and rolled out the way. He raced up to Ben shooting him over and over but he got too close.

He could literally smell Swampfire.

He groaned before collapsing to the ground unconscious.

Max placed the alien down on the lower bunk bed. He inspected her body pulling at the wires wrapping her up. Her breathing was very shallow as she shivered in silence. He placed a gentle hand on her cheek feeling her cold skin. He couldn't tell whether she was awake or not. Antodytes can be very misleading. Hard to tell if their in pain, harder to tell what their thinking. Max wasn't going to risk it. He looked over to a draw grabbing out a bracellet and attaching it to her wrist before making his way over to the steering wheel starting the RV. "LETS GO" Swampfire called out slamming down the omnitrix symbol so he could return to normal.

He stared at the alien before him. "Is she okay?" Ben asked walking over to her. Max looked up at the rear-view mirror staring at the Antodyte. "I think so, Ben. Be careful" Max warned him. Ben just snickered. 'Dangerous' Ben thought grabbing a large blanket out the cupboard and gently throwing it over her. Ben sat down next to her watching as she grabbed the corner of the blanket and bringing it closer to her body. Ben just smirked at her. She was kinda cute...for an alien that is.

"Wakey, Wakey"

The Antodyte groaned as she was awaken by a pushful gesture. "Ben!" She heard someone complain as she was grabbed gently by the shoulder and turned feeling someone sliding an arm around her back.

"What? She's awake...I think" Ben replied as she felt yet another arm grab her hand and clutch her wrist.

"If she is asleep it's best not to wake her" the older man told him as she felt a cuff become removed from her wrist. "Now common. Help me with these wires" the man asked as she felt another pair of arms wrap themselves around her. She groaned not ready to move just yet. She felt someone left her up and cradle her in a lap. "Almost got it" The older man stated unraveling the rest of the wires before attending to her wrists and ankles. The Antodyte's eyes finally opened to see an old man leaning over her holding her ankles. His eyes were scared. 'Was he afraid of her?' He was just as scary.

She groaned trying to move away but she felt another presence. She turned her head to the side to see a green eyed boy staring at her. "Hey, You're awake" Ben chuckled letting her back relax against the wall as Ben took her leg off his grandpa who decided to walk away. "Can you speak English?" Ben asked struggling a little with the lock on her ankle.

She nodded weakly her eyes wider than the moon.

"What's your name?" Ben asked finally able to remove the cuff before attending to her other leg.

She didn't answer him.

"Do you talk?" Ben asked her snapping the cuff off. Joy soon returned to her face. He held his hand out awaiting for her arm. She lifted it up with such effort. He smiled and took her wrist. 'Bang'

A smile creeped towards her lips. She pushed herself away from him and got up about to run out the door if not for Max grabbing her. She squirmed in his grip trying use her powers. It failed. She was pushed back down into a strong pair of arms. "You're in no condition to be trying to escape let alone fight back" Max lectured her as she continued to struggle.

"Hey," He took her chin. "Look at me" He told her as she looked away but Max persisted until she finally decided to stop resisting him. "I know you're tired and hurt and very scared right now" Max bent down on one knee. "But I need you to relax for a little while just so we can get you fixed up" Max told her releasing his grip on her and letting her slid back down onto Ben's lap. Her breathing decided to lesson as her arms curled towards her sides holding herself. She was backing down. Max smiled before retaking her attention.

"Why don't we start with your name" Max asked as gently as he could.

It took her a while to answer she just continued to stare at the ground.

"W-Who are you people?" She asked looking him in the eyes. "My names Max Tennyson, this is my grandson Ben" He bent down closer to her. "And you're on Earth" Max told her gripping her shoulders as gently as he could without causing her discomfort. "Are y-you humans?" The Antodyte asked her orbs as wide as ever. Max nodded slowly careful not to scare her. She gulped looking down at her hands.

"My grandma said to look for you if I ever end up on Earth" She told him avoiding eye contact. "Smart girl" he smiled at her. She nodded wincing her left eye and looked up at him while raising her hand to her arm. Max smiled at her. "Were you kidnapped?" Max asked. She nodded. "H-He was gonna sell me as a slave to an Osmosian" She gulped glad she wasn't onboard that ship any longer.

"Don't worry; we'll get you back home" Max told her. "Safe and sound" He promised. The Antodyte forced a smile before looking back down at her wrists noticing a bracelet. "What's this?" She pointed to her wrist. "It's just to settle you down for a while" Max told her making her frown. "The good news is that no-one will be able to drain your manna" Max tried to cheer her up.

It did a little.

She smirked but it didn't last long.

"I can't use my powers to their full extent though" She told him. "Believe me right now, you should try avoid using your powers to their full extent" He took her hands. "You don't want to draw unwanted attention" Max reasoned. She sighed.

"If my powers are lowered then it'll be harder for him to track me right?" She asked pleadingly.

"Maybe" Max told her. "But we should get as much distance away from your restraints and us" He told her. The Antodyte shivered. Restraints; she hated that word.

"So, about a name for you?" Ben asked moving her to the side of him.

"G-Gwen"

so yeah new chapter hope you guys liked it and please review.