A/N: Wow, so this is what this site looks like... Yeah, I haven't been here in a while, really sorry about that but look, I updated... And I have the next and final chapter mostly written, just need to type up the ending.

Oh, and MissLevinLover, if you're there, I didn't forget you. Chazz got her fic, this is yours. I love you girls, you're my best friends... This is for you. x

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"Gwen! Get outta here!"

"I'm not leaving you!"

"Guys, noble sentiments are great and all but if we don't get out of here in the next five minutes we're all toast either way!"

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"Great plan, genius! Now how do we get out?"

"I think that's where I come in."

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"Hmm, a feisty one, aren't you? Oh, the things I would do..."

"Let. Her. Go!"

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It had been almost three weeks since the incident on the way station. No one was quite sure what happened in the end, though after getting back to Earth the gang didn't seem to mind much. The only issue now was the eldest teen in the trio and the slight issue of him being stuck in a hospital bed.

After a rather bumpy landing the cousins managed to drag Kevin to help before noticing the rather large gash on Gwen's head and the cracked ribs Ben had 'failed' to notice. However, once the adrenaline wore off they were more than aware of their injuries.

Sunlight was filtering into the small hospital room, dust weaving through the room, looping around in the air providing one teen hero by the name of Benjamin Kirby Tennyson a much needed distraction from the scene in front of him. His best friend practically on his death bed and his cousin was looking so lost he wondered if Gwen was even really there.

Watching the dust swirling around, Ben barely realised how much of it he'd been breathing in until he was coughing it up again, ribs protesting against the action. The bruises were fading slowly but at least he was healing. At the time, Ben thought he'd never breathe again.

"You! How did you get here?" Hissed Ragnorok at the cousins, unsure of where they had come from. No matter, he thought, I'll deal with them.

Seeing the injured form of the elder teen on the floor, Gwen tried to run over to him before narrowly avoiding a large beam of energy, "Kevin!"

A surge of protectiveness for his cousin overwhelmed him, using his abilities in his changed form as Lodestar to bring a large metal beam down over the villain. "How'd you like that?"

Turning to help Gwen and Kevin, Ben didn't notice the same beam he'd just used slamming into him until it was too late, crushing the wind from him and pinning him against the wall.

Looking over to where Gwen sat by Kevin Ben felt fear grip his heart once more, he knew that what happened had shaken them but he was worried that Gwen had been affected more than he realised. Since escaping she had barely spoken, hardly eaten and to his knowledge, hadn't willingly slept, preferring to keep a silent vigil by Kevin's bedside. The elder teen had yet to wake, after the first week he had been taken off of the ventilator and it had looked promising for a speedy recovery but now, no one was quite sure what to make of the situation. Physically he was as good as could be expected and almost back to full health, doctors had no explaination as to why he hadn't awoken yet, only that 'he would when he was ready'.

Ben Tennyson didn't believe in doctors. Sure, they could patch you up but when they couldn't tell you what was wrong after test after test after test, well, that's when he started to lose faith. Ben never really believed in any faith, after all, the idea that some great and all powerful deity controlled him was something he couldn't believe. A man created his own destiny... But maybe sometimes it was worth a shot; religious beliefs of prayer and intervention. Seeing his best friend lying comatose while his cousin sat there, almost catatonic, for the first time Ben prayed to anyone and any thing, to a God, a Buddha, to an almighty deity, heck, at one point he prayed to the makers of Sumo Slammers, for someone, anyone, to help save his friends.

Pink tendrils of manna flew around the room, shooting through consoles and walls like paper, destroying everything it touched. Blazing like an inferno, like a terrible train wreck, the sheer destructive power of a simple teenager was insane and impossible to look away. Then again, Gwen Tennyson was not a simple teenager.

"You come here, hurt my friends and try to destroy my planet. When will you understand, we just want you to go away!" The young girls voice resonated around the room, booming with an ancient power as the anger consumed her. Shedding her human form, freeing the Anodite within and the full potential of her power, Gwen turned to face Ragnorok, ready to give him hell for all the trouble he had caused.

Seeing the transformation set the alien on edge but no tout of fear. No, in this form he could practically feel the energy rolling off of her in wave sending his senses into overload. Standing to face the young hybrid, ready for the surge of power feeding from her would bring, Ragnorok began to smile. He could definitely see why the young Levin kept her around, power like this was limitless. Forgetting all about draining the sun, he began formulating a new plan, one to drain the Anodite.

The sky outside was beginning to darken and before long Ben knew the orderlies would begin ushering visitors out meaning Ben would have to go home and leave Gwen to go back upstairs where she was being kept for 'observation' on the psych ward. She hadn't been the same since they'd gotten back, it was like a part of her had been left up on the ship.

Tightening his grip around the energy being Ragnorok sneered at the child in front of him. She was strong, so much power, more than he was used to. He'd bet she didn't even know how strong she was, 'No wonder why lover boy's infatuated with her,' he thought knowing the energy was like a siren's call. Attempting to escape the villain's grip, streaks of light shot through the air at the will of the Anodite only to be absorbed by the Osmosian in front of her. Gwen was in big trouble now. She felt weak, like somehow her power were being contain, being... Absorbed! Struggling to break free, to save herself, Gwen pulled on her arm with all she had left, every spell she could remember and a few that she was making up but it seemed like the more energy she put into trying to escape the death grip around her forearm the weaker she got. And the stronger Ragnorok became.

"Hmm, a feisty one, aren't you? Oh, the things I would do..."

Neither alien seemed to notice the younger Osmosian standing against the wall, fighting the waves of nausea threatening to overwhelm him. Watching Ragnorok hurt the... Well if they were going to die here, he may as well be honest with himself, the girl he loved left Kevin seeing red, how dare he touch her! This bastard was going to pay, first his Dad, now Gwen, everything good in his life was destroyed by this monster! 'Better to focus on that,' he thought trying to avoid the fact Gwen had taken her Anodite form which probably scared him just as much as the thought of loosing her. Hearing Ragnorok's comment was all Kevin needed to throw himself at the alien and protect Gwen. Grabbing the elder Osmosians arm, wrenching it away from Gwen, Kevin could swear that for a moment he saw fear reflected in the eyes in front of him, "Let. Her. Go!"

The hallways were silent this late at night and, barring some emergency, no one would notice one patient wandering the halls if only for a moment. Two flights of stairs and one close call later Gwen was standing in the door of Kevin's room, only the monitors breaking the silence. Rubbing the large bruise covering most of her arm Gwen made her way to the chair that hadn't been moved from the side of the bed and walked straight past it, instead stopping next to the bed. Pausing for a moment Gwen stepped out of the fuzzy slippers her mother insisted she wear and sat on the bed, waiting for someone to stop her or something to happen before she moved closer to the motionless figure in the bed, lying down as close as she could.

Throwing Ragnorok across the room had been easy, smashing him into the wall repeatedly had been a cinch, hearing Gwen cry out was heart breaking. Turning around he saw her, cradling her human shell starring at him. If Anodite's could cry he'd swear she was, tilting her head to the side looking up at him.

"Is this what you want? To kill him?"

Tightening his grip around the villain's neck he turned away, "He needs to pay for what he's done."

"Kevin! We don't kill, what give us that right? That's not what Plumbers do, not what your dad would want."

"You don't know a thing about him!" He yelled, throwing Ragnorok into another wall, hearing a sickening crunch as he fell to the floor. Turning around, Kevin faced the young Anodite once more seeing her sway as she tried to stand. Surging forward he managed to catch her before she hit the ground only to pull her close as he sank to the floor. She was weak from Ragnorok's attack and the strain was making it difficult for her to return to her human form, Kevin knew they were in dangerous territory now, if she couldn't change back she'd go mad from the power coursing through her veins.

Looking down at her hand lying on his shoulder, Gwen shuddered at the memory. She was weaker, Kevin was the strong one. Even the side of her that wanted to protest that women were equal to men acknowledged that Kevin was the exception to the rule. After everything he'd been through, the fact that he was still here, still fighting, was a testament to his strength. Now if only he'd wake up.

Looking up, Gwen tried to raise a hand to gain Kevin's attention. She could see his lips moving but couldn't make out the words, everything was muffled, like she was hearing everything underwater. She didn't notice him looking down at her or the panicked expression he wore as she slowly closed her eyes and wondering if he could hear her whisper, "But I know you."

"Oh no you don't! Come on, Gwen, open your eyes. Come on." He called to her, shaking her lightly at first but quickly becoming more desperate as he vaguely recognised Ben waking and calling out about his cousin. Picking her up he turned to the younger teen, neither spoke for they both knew what the other was thinking. Gwen was in trouble. She was the main priority now. She had to be saved.

Running out of the room and back toward the shuttle bay Gwen began to stir in Kevin's arms. Slowing down the duo glanced around, seeing the coast was clear, Kevin began to set down the young girl, propping her up against the wall as Ben tried to rouse her further.

All around her was dark, she could hear voices but couldn't connect who was saying what in her mind, she could barely even make out what they were saying. Wracking her brain for something, anything, to hold on to she came up empty handed. Without any idea of who she was or even where she was she felt weak and wanted nothing more than to fall back into the comforting darkness but something wouldn't let her. There was something she had to do, it was urgent but she wasn't quite sure what. Taking a deep breath she felt a tingling sensation all across her body, not exactly unpleasant but definitely not anything she like to repeat anytime soon. Opening her eyes slowly she found herself looking into the darkest eyes she had ever seen and suddenly everything fell into place, who she was, where she was, what was happening. Smiling up at the boy in front of her, everything made sense; this was why she had to wake up. Because Kevin was here...

A/N2: Yeah, it's a cliffhanger, shoot me... Actually please don't. It's my birthday in a few hours and I'm kinda proud I made it to 18. That said, a review would be a great birthday gift *Hint Hint*