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Opposing Sides

Act 3

Chapter 32

"Where is he...that dweeb better be alright." Gwen said from the passenger seat of the Tennyson's RV.

When the young girl had regained consciousness the last thing she remembered was telling Ben not to let Ghostfreak win. However neither of the two seemed to be anywhere. After taking a look around she had limped over to where Max had fallen and shaken him awake, though he didn't seem to know anything either.

They had spent the last few hours driving around the city looking for Ben . Max even brought out some heavy duty scanners to check every pile of rubble for any trace of the boy, but for all there searching they had still come up empty handed. They had decided to call it a night at around three in the morning, so they drove back to where they had last seen Ben and parked there for the night. Max had told Gwen to get some sleep when he turned on the TV inside the RV and began to search the local news networks for any sign of Ghostfreak.

As Gwen changed into her pajamas, she felt a pang of loneliness. The boy that had been stuck to her side for the last few weeks...was suddenly gone. It was as if a part of her was missing. The only thing she could compare it to was the feeling you get when a noise that you hadn't even noticed suddenly stops. Even if you weren't aware of it...it was still making noise, and when this noise suddenly stops the ensuing silence is unnerving.

The young girl crawled into her bed and tried to sleep. However no matter what she tried, she just couldn't . Usually they would talk some before actually trying to sleep, and then she could hear him breathing...which admittedly, was annoying at first, but now that it wasn't there it was like she was in a different place. After tossing and turning for a while she suddenly rolled off of her bed and onto his mattress, anything to be closer to him.

As she lay in the dark curled into a ball in the bed of the one she loved, she began to cry.

The next morning when Gwen woke up she had nearly forgotten the events of the day before. However she became painfully aware when she noticed that she was still sleeping in Ben's bed. The young witch took a moment to compose herself before getting up and ready for the long day ahead. She had already done enough crying the night before, in fact she didn't remember stopping.

As she got ready she noticed that the RV was moving...very quickly. She threw the rest of her clothes on unceremoniously, and dashed out of the bedroom to see what was going on. As she entered the cabin area she noticed that they were on the highway.

"WHERE ARE WE" Gwen shouted as she ran up to the drivers seat. "WE CANT GO ANYWHERE UNTIL WE FIND BEN!! " the young witch yelled losing control of her self for a moment as the window next to her began to crack. Max however seemed un-phased by any of it as he turned to her...with a smile?

"I just got a call from Arkansas. It was from Ben." he said as his eyes began to water. "hes alright... hes alright." he said half to Gwen and half to reassure himself.

"WHAT, when did he call, why didn't you wake me up." she began to fire questions at him so fast he couldn't keep up.

"He said he didn't want to run up the phone bill of the woman who helped him. I got to talk to her for a second. She seemed like a nice lady." Max said as he turned his attention back to the road. " we should be there in no time." he said flipping a switch on the console of the RV. "i was waiting until you woke up to do this." as a large button came up out of the center of the console. Gwen sat down in the passengers seat, she was ecstatic as she buckled in. "Hold on tight." The older man yelled as he mashed down on the newly installed booster system.

Ben Felt awkward, as he sat across the table from Tammy and Lilly. He had no clue what the odds were of ending up in the same place randomly twice, and in different dimensions to boot. He had slept thought the entire day and woken up the next morning in a very familiar looking bed. And sitting at the end of it was Ms. Tammy and her daughter. He had started off by exclaiming how good it was to see them again, before remembering that they had never met him in this world.

After that he had explained his situation...to the best of his abilities. It seems that Lilly had been playing in the field the day before and found him lying in a large crevice in the ground. He figured it had been made when he stopped so suddenly as XLR8, and boy was he sore now. All of his muscles ached, he decided to make a mental note to never do that again.

After giving him some breakfast Tammy had let him use the phone to get In touch with his grandfather. Max had sounded so relived over the phone, Ben was sure that he had heard the older man crying. He absolutely understood his feelings. He had wanted to talk to Gwen but he had heard that they had stayed up half the night looking for him so he decided to let her sleep.

As he sat at the table and chatted with the two Hayfields he suddenly heard a familiar engine roar. He smiled from ear to ear as he dashed out of the small house, and down the steps to the street. There waiting for him was the RV he had come to know. The door swung open before it came to a complete stop, and out hopped a familiar face.

"GWEN!!" he yelled as he started toward her. At the same time she bolted over to him. Before he had even made it three steps she had tackled him to the ground. As his back impacted with the ground he noticed a strange sensation. Gwen was kissing him. His mind struggled for a moment, as he tried to comprehend what was going on...then it went completely blank as he kissed back. It seemed to last forever, but it was mere seconds. As she pulled away from him he could see the tears streaming down her face, and the mixture of emotions in her eyes.

She smiled at him for a moment before hitting him hard in the shoulder, which she followed up by diving back down and pulling him into a hug.

"I thought I told you not to do anything stupid." she said sobbing, as she squeezed him tightly. After his mind had time to reboot from all the stimuli that had been thrown its way, he hugged her back.

"When have I ever listened."