CHAPTER TWO. :D Enjoy!

GWEN

"We have to find him."

"No we don't. Give him some time." Ben replied.

I glared at Ben. "I have, it's been over a week. We have to find him."

"Gwen you've tried tracing him with your mana right?"

I nodded. "I don't know how, but I couldn't find him. That's what worries me." I said softly.

Ben sighed. "Kevin didn't want you to know, but-"

"Know what?" I interrupted.

Ben frowned. "Kevin had a watch, but no ordinary watch."

"You lost me Ben. Who cares what kind of watch Kevin has? He could be in trouble!" I said loudly.

Ben rolled his eyes. "He's not in any trouble. The watch was originally suppose to keep you from turning into an Anodite, but it didn't work. Instead it counteracted your powers so you wouldn't be able to sense the wearer of the watch. As far as I know he's never worn it."

I shook my head. I couldn't believe Kevin had a watch like that, and if he did why didn't he tell me about it? "Where'd he get it? Why does he have it? And why doesn't he want me to be an Anodite? Why didn't he want me to know? And why do you know about it? Plus why won't he let me find him?" I shot the questions off one after another without giving Ben time to answer.

Ben held up his hand. "Hold on!" He exclaimed. He took a deep breath. "Ok, he made it. He's told you why he doesn't want you to become an Anodite. He didn't want you to know cause you'd be mad at him-"

"You bet I'm mad, and I have every right to be mad at him!" I exclaimed.

"Can I finish?"

I crossed my arms and frowned. "Yeah," I mumbled.

"I knew about it cause I saw him working on it. After I annoyed him awhile he told me what it was. The watch was suppose to be for you, but since it didn't turn out how he wanted it to he just turned it into a watch for himself."

"Well why doesn't he want me to find him?"

Ben shrugged. "Maybe because you'll try to get him to come back? He doesn't want to come back Gwen, you can't force him to." Ben glanced at his phone. "I gotta go pick Julie up, want me to take you home?" He asked.

I shook my head. "No, I'll walk." I said absently.

Ben shrugged. He jumped off the hood of his car. "Alright, see ya later cuz."

"Yeah, see ya." I mumbled. I watched him drive off, then went and threw away the rest of my smoothie. Slowly I began to make my way home, lost in deep thought. Nothing Ben had said made sense. Was he talking about the time Kevin said he couldn't lose me? Was that what he meant when he said Kevin had already told me why he didn't want me to become an Anodite? If that was right, and he really couldn't lose me, then why did he leave? Why? "This makes no sense." I muttered angrily.

"What doesn't?"

I jumped, startled.

"Hey, easy Gwen. I'm sorry; I didn't mean to startle you."

I glanced back and saw a tall, well built, blonde kid. "It's ok Cooper."

"But are you ok?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah, things are just different." I said slowly.

"With Kevin?"

I nodded. I started walking faster, anxious to get home so I could be alone.

Cooper kept up with me. "Are you headed home?"

I nodded.

"Can I walk you home?"

I glanced up at Cooper, his cheeks were crimson red. I sighed. "Sure." We walked in silence until we were almost at my house, then I stopped cold. Pink orbs of mana appeared around my fists. "What are you doing here?" I said in a low tone.

"Aren't you happy to see me, Lovely Gwen?"

I opened my mouth to reply, but I never got the chance. Something hit my neck from behind and I fell, hard. The last thing I heard before I blacked out was someone yelling my name. I could've sworn it was Kevin.

Oooo. The plot thickens. So everyone knows who the first person was, but who was the other? What will happen to Gwen? And where is Kevin? Find out the answers to two of the questions in the next chapter! And one more thing, why the heck did they change Cooper? So wrong. :D Read and Review please. :)