Have you seen my Ben 10... oh thats right I don't own it. How silly of me.

Also recent research indicates that 90% of this story is made up on the spot. So even I don't know where its going..

Opposing sides

chapter 12

Gwen paced back and forth in front of the bed. She wasn't sure what to do. He had been unconscious for nearly two hours now, and it was going to continue to get worse and worse with each attack. She had to let him know what was going on before she left. If she didn't, even if he got better he might not trust her anymore. Thought she felt bad because he was going to have to put up with it for a little longer. Once the ritual was completed, either of them could put an end to this.

"hurry and wake up" Gwen said half to herself as she continued to pace. "stop being such a selfish brat and wake up."

Suddenly Ben started to toss and turn. She was beginning to wonder what was going on inside that head of his. If her deductions were correct it wasn't anything good. He continued to thrash for a few moments before falling still.

He looked rather warm so she decided to try and find the air conditioning or at least a cool damp cloth. As she looked around for either she actually took the time to inspect the place. It was a little messy, though with two men in it she wasn't surprised in the least. There were clothes crumpled in some of the corners and a few empty cans of soda stroomed about the room. On top of one of the small piles of clothes she saw a pair of sumo slammer boxers. The young girl couldn't help but be amused and disgusted at the same time. Boys.

When she couldn't find the thermostat inside the bedroom portion of the RV she headed out into the main cabin. Scanning the walls for the small box that would cool the vehicle she once again saw the curtains that "she " had picked out. Gwen couldn't deny that she would have most likely picked those out of a lineup if given the chance.

"there we go." the young witch moved purposefully across the room when she found what she was looking for. When she turned on the AC something made her jump. It was the door to the RV.

"Ben. Saw your handiwork, downtown. You need to be more careful, there was a lot of property damage done." Max said as he walked up the steps carrying several grocery bags. "oh. While I was out I picked up some things so I can make my world famous cricket stew. I also grabbed...." The older gentlemen stopped in the middle of his sentence when he noticed Gwen standing on the other side of the room. She was frozen in the exact pose she had taken the moment he opened the door.

" and who might you be." Ben's grandfather said suspiciously. Which relived the young girl somewhat. He really didn't recognize her.

She wasn't however relived enough to speak. Gaping at him like a fish out of water Gwen tried to come up with something off the top of her head. But nothing would come to her. The gears twisting and turning in her head seemed to have something stuck in them. She tried to speak a couple of times but only parts of words escaped her. Max was beginning to get a little impatient he went to set down his bags when something caught both of there attentions.

"Thats Lynn. I met her today after I was done "Looking" around town." Ben said from the doorway to the bedroom. He still looked terrible. "We got to talking about something or other and I mentioned I had that new sumo slammer game. She wanted to see it so we came back here to play for a bit, when I had another attack, but I'm fine" he said looking apologetically at both of them. "don't worry grandpa, she stayed the whole time and was watching out for me." he said explaining the situation.

"its good that your alright Ben, and thank you Lynn, I owe you one." Grandpa Max said sincerely. "in fact why don't you stay for dinner. Just give your parents a call so they don't get worried." he said with a jolly ring to his voice.

"No I couldn't... I really ought to go." Gwen said trying to get out of this situation as soon as possible.

"I insist" the lovable old man said "moving his bags to the kitchen

"Actually grandpa, she was supposed to be home like two hours ago... ill walk her partway home." the young hero said as he wobbled into the room. "its the least I could do." he said as he approached Gwen and began to lead her to the door.

"Well, if your sure... it is best that she doesn't get in trouble." Max said as he began putting all of his groceries away. "well maybe tomorrow then." he said looking at the two. "Ben you sure your ok." the old man said in his most grandfatherly tone.

"yeah Im fine grandpa, in fact a little walk will do me good." Ben said as he and Gwen exited the RV.

"goodbye mister Tennyson." Gwen called out as the door closed behind them.

"That was too close for comfort." Ben said as he let out a huge breath. " why didn't you say something, you could have made up anything and he might have believed it." he said looking at her incredulously.

"i froze. I didnt know what to tell him. A million thoughts were on my mind and I didn't know what to do. I felt guilty for being apart of the destruction of his old RV, and kicking you and..." she suddenly realized she hadn't explained things to him properly. Gwen stopped and turned to him.

"i figured out what happened with that spell." she said turning from flustered to serious.

Ben suddenly became very attentive. "ok so what happened. Some kinda Vulcan mind meld." he said subconsciously giving the Vulcan salute.

"What...no it was the MIRROR." she stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Which now that she had seen the video it was. "I used the amulet of Bizel to supercharge that sleep spell but it resonated with the mirror of Bizel. I wasn't even aware they could do that." she said sounding somewhere between excited and apologetic. " when I cast the spell the resonance of the two must have caused a duplicate or mirror of my consciousness to be transferred to you. The only problem is that they continue to resonate, and with each burst of energy my consciousness becomes stronger and starts to drown yours out.

" Thats not good....so how do we stop it." Ben said sounding worried. "cuz no offense but I really don't want to turn into you." he said trying to hide his growing concern behind a joke.

"the only surefire way I know of is to destroy one of the objects causing the resonance." the sorceress said sounding a little more nervous than warranted.

"ok so I just have to smash that mirror right." he said eying her behavior slightly. "Right?"

"Yes....but...could you wait just two days... maybe...please" Gwen said hoping to convince him, to leave it alone until then. "i would really appreciate it if ...you could." her voice started to waiver.

"WHAT!... I could barely think straight before now I sometimes think like a twelve year old girl, why would I wait two more days. I might be you by then." the young boy shouted as he started to continue on the path back to the city. "what conceivable reason could..there...be" he said the last slowly as he noticed that Gwen was not following him. She held her head down so he couldn't see her face.

"you have to know why." she said sounding next to tears. "i know that you have to."

He did... not that he liked any aspect of it. He knew that somehow whatever she was doing might enable her to see her parents again. However he also knew that whatever the ritual was it was bad Mojo. When his grandfather had looked up whatever Bizel was. The only thing that ever came up was stuff on the dark arts, sacrifices, ghosts, demons. The whole nine yards.

"I do." he said flatly. "But I also know that the kind of stuff your dealing with isn't good. Ive seen the movies. People coming back never turns out the way you want it." he said sounding more mature than he ever had before. "you'll just end up being more hurt than you are now." the young boy said with the eyes of of someone much older.

"But I have to try." Gwen almost yelled. She continued as she tried to reign herself in. "i just have to." she had broken down into tears. "I ...miss them..(sob). so much...I" the cracks in her armor gave way and she just couldn't control it. Since her mother passed she had held everything inside. He needed to understand, he had to. Ben was practically her sometimes... so he just had to understand. "I..(sob) … I just...I..." the devastated girl suddenly stopped crying completely, aside from a few uncontrollable sobs.

Ben had pulled her into a gentle embrace. He couldn't tell you why, other than that it seemed the right thing to do. She didn't know what to do. So she continued to cry. For hours it seemed she cried until her armor began to reforge itself, and she slowly began to stop. When her eyes finally dried she pulled away from him. But before she could say anything he spoke.

"alright... two days. Till the night of the ritual, of the full moon." Gwen felt the impact of those words hit her hard. "But after that its gloves off. I know what your doing but I have to stop Charmcaster."

He had known... well of course he had. He knew what she did and that was that the ritual was going to take place here on the full moon. But the heavier side for him was that even thought he knew that she and by proxy Charmcaster and Hex, would be doing this ritual to unlock dark magics he was going to let them do it. So she could see her parents again. She didn't know what to say. So she said the first thing that came to her mind.

"Thank you" The emotional young girl said as she gave him one more quick hug, before she backed away and wiped her eyes. "look at me I barely know you and here I am crying my eyes out in front of you." she said as she began to back away. "i guess ill see you in two days Then." she still sounded terrible.

"ill definitely be there." he said, before he saw her walk away toward the city.

When he re-entered the RV his grandfather was in the little kitchen preparing something that smelled so terrible it could only be described as normal for the old man.

"She seemed like a nice girl." he said trying to cajole his grandson into admitting so. But when he got a good look at the young boy he could see something was on his mind.

"Yeah she is... and I think I'm going to have to save her from herself, and she'll hate me forever." he said the last sentence almost silently.

"you alright Ben. Not having another attack are you." his grandfather said sounding very concerned.

"fine, grandpa, I'm fine." he said trying to assuage his guardians worries.

"I'm fine."