Things couldn't get anymore awkward then it already was. They only just started driving and there was already enough tension in here that it would make even Vilgax shudder. Neither Kevin nor Gwen knew what to say to each other at this point. It's strange how before they wanted to be alone so badly but now that they are, they couldn't think of anything to say.

They did try but the replies usually ended very quickly and it didn't help that they had a lot on their minds. After all they did just time travel into the past, a past most would like to forget.

Kevin's mind was going into overtime. Here he was, finally alone with the only girl who actually cares for him, and all he can think about is his messed up past. Why did he have to be taken back to this time period? Why? He's tried so hard to forget about that. That time when he was a monster on not only the inside but now the outside.

He hated how his life was always bittersweet. Whenever he think he's found something good in his like, it suddenly turns sour. Why couldn't he just enjoy life for once in his life? Why is it that Ben who always has the fate of the world on his shoulders, still gets to enjoy his life? Why only him? When will it ever be his turn?

"Kevin?" A warm hand and a soothing voice cleared all dark thoughts that were invading his mind.

"Huh?" He reacted slowly. He made a quick glance at Gwen before turning back to the road and onto the rust bucket.

"Are you ok? You got really quiet for a minute there?" Gwen said not moving her hand from his shoulder. "Is everything alright?" She was trying to tell him that he could trust her with whatever it was that was bothering her.

Kevin didn't know what to say. He knew he could never lie to her, not only because she could always tell when he did, but mostly because he didn't want to lose her trust. It was her trust in him that matter the most. "Yeah, more or less." He finally said. It wasn't a total lie but it also wasn't the truth.

Gwen knew why he was so distracted. Seeing his old self had to have brought on so many terrible memories. "If you want, we can pull over and maybe get a bite to eat? I remember where the RV is going, so we don't have to keep following grandpa." She told him

Kevin understood her hidden meaning in her offer to stop and eat. She was really asking if he wanted to stop and talk with her before they stopped with everyone. "Thanks, but I'm good." He turned her offer down with a smile. Besides I'm sure that everyone in that old bucket of bolts would flip out if we stopped following them." Even if he did turn down her offer he still appreciated it.

Gwen couldn't help but smile back and took back her hand. "Ok, if you say so. But let me know if you want to go out and get a burger or anything at all later." She added putting her hands in her lap.

"Nah, I think I'll be good." He told her really meaning it. He was pretty sure that he would be ok, and if he wasn't he could always just go for a little drive.

"You say that now but trust me; once dinner time comes you'll be practically running back to your car." She told him. If there was one thing that made the summer memorable other then the Omnitirx was grandpa Max's cooking.

Kevin raised one eye brow and wondered what she meant by that. "Just wait and see." She told him. She knew what he was thinking and knew that once dinner came they would so be sneaking away to get some real food.

They drove on for a few more minutes in silences before both Gwen and Kevin sneezed at the same time.

"Urgh." Kevin grunted inching his nose with one hand. "Wonder if I'm getting a cold?" He muttered out loud.

"Doubt it." Gwen replied having heard him. "I think someone is talking about us." She told him eyeing the rust bucket. She had a pretty good idea of who it was and what they were discussing.

"What do you mean? How does sneezing prove that someone is talking about you and me?" He asked her? He didn't understand what she meant by that? Does that mean that every time he sneezes someone is talking about him? Well he wouldn't doubt with his record, but it still didn't make sense.

Gwen turned her head a little so she could explain better. "Well they say that when you suddenly sneeze once and you don't even feel it coming, it means that someone is talking about you." She said. "I know it sounds a little weird but in some occasions it's true." She added remembering a few times when someone, namely Ben, was talking about her.

Kevin took in the information and processed it. In a way it sort of made sense but it still sounded fake to him. "If you say so." He shrugged his shoulders and looked in the back mirror of the rust bucket. For a second he caught a glance of Ben looking back at them. "So…who do you think is talking about us?"

Gwen was looking at the rust bucket too and also saw Ben looking at them. "I'll give you a clue." She was still looking.

"Ben." Both said.

They each casted a glance at the other and suddenly started laughing. Somehow talking about all of this made the tension that was around them disappear and brought on a calmer mood. For a while they started to talk about whatever popped into their heads. It was just some everyday conversation that you would hear at any place in the world, but to them it was something more.

"Hahaha!...Oh and remember that time when that weird baby alien came and started stealing all that weird stuff?" Kevin was really enjoying himself. The only time when he was really this calm and happy was when he was working on his car or when he was alone with Gwen.

"Yeah, I remember. She was so cute! And her parents were really nice too. I hope we get to see them again." She told him. She remembered that baby alien and wondered how much it must have grown. Since it was a lien it probably grew up a lot.

Kevin smiled at her. "You were really good with it. You knew how to take care of it and what it wanted." He couldn't stop himself from speaking his thought. "I guess it just shows what a good mother you'll be." He realized what he just said and almost slammed on the breaks. Why the heck did he just say that?

Gwen almost chocked on her breath. What did he just say? She felt her cheeks turn red and she turned to stare out the window. "O-oh…T-Thank you." She stuttered over her words.

"Kevin could feel his whole face turn crimson. "Yeah…sure. No problem." What else was he suppose to say after something like that? Man, he really could be an idiot sometimes.

After a few more minutes of driving they finally pulled into the RV parking spots. Since only RVs were allowed Kevin parked a little off away, towards the entrance of the woods. The car finally stopped and Kevin pulled out the keys but neither moved to get out.

"So…" Gwen played with a piece of her hair.

"So…" Kevin fiddled around with his keys.

Gwen didn't want to say at this point. She was really happy about what he said, but it was so awkward now. Also since he said that does that mean he had a hidden meaning to it? He didn't mean that…no. he wouldn't think about that. They were still too young to be parents and thinking about stuff lie that.

Looking out the window, Gwen looked out into the woods when a smile graced her face. "Hey." She turned her head to face him.

Kevin had to stop himself from jumping. "Yeah?" He gave a quick glance up. He was to embarrassed to look at her.

"Later, around midnight when everyone's asleep let's meet up back here at your car." She said.

Now he looked up. "Why? Is there someplace you want to go?" He wondered if there was a mall or something open around that time that she wanted to go too.

"You could say that. You'll see later." She told him finally getting out of the car.

Kevin watched her get out before finally stepping out himself. He locked his car, checking first that it was locked, and headed over to the Tennyson's. He didn't know what it would be like, hanging out with the Ben that he knew now was ok, but the ten year old Ben? That was whole another story. This Ben was the one that his old self always tried to kill, destroy, and hurt those around him.

He let a low sigh as he remembered his first time in the null void. Gwen was in there with him, and that was the first time he ever held her in his arms. Although he couldn't really count holding her hostage as really holding her in his arms, but in a way it kind of counted. But if he had kept her hostage then Gwen would have been trapped in the null void with him, she would have gone through all the pain and suffrage that he had to go through. As much as he now would have wanted her to be in there with him, to give him words of encouragement and show him that there really is a light at the end of the tunnel, he would never allow that to happen to her.

If he had to go back into the null void then he would do it alone. He wasn't going to put Gwen through any of that. He would protect her with everything he had. Even if it meant turning back and heading back into the dark, he would do it for her.

"Kevin! What are you doing over there? Come and join us!" it was Ben's loud and annoying voice that brought his mind back to Earth. He hadn't realized that he hadn't moved from the spot next to his car. He moved his feet and headed over to the picnic table that was now out; he scanned over the table and found an empty seat, next to the Gwen of the past. Well it was still Gwen so he really didn't have to complain, and besides, it's not like he was sitting next to Ben.

He sat down and looked at the food that was placed at the table. He had to stop himself from shuddering. "Uh…what is this?" He poked at his food.

Grandpa Max came out of the rust bucket with another bowl filled with what looked like a bowl of live worms. "Oh this is just some regular old camper's food. Goat stomach sandwiches some fried liver egg salad, and live worms." Everyone almost gagged. "Now I know this all sounds weird, but trust me, it's good for your heart and good for your digestive system." He said smiling he was about to take a seat when he gasped. "Oh, I almost forgot the pickled eggs." He ran back into the RV.

Everyone looked at each other and then the food.

"So…where do we dump it this time?" The past Gwen asked.

"I don't know. And I think grandpa found our last hiding place." The ten year old Ben said.

"Not a problem." The old Ben said. "Gwen. Kevin." He looked at them and the nodded. Gwen stood up and used her powers to locker and closed all exits of the rust bucket and made it impossible to see out of. "Good job. Ok, Kevin, you're up." Kevin nodded and absorbed a ground.

Using his powers he picked up the table and swung. "Batter up!" He shouted swinging the foods off the table and sent them flying off far into the woods.

"Whoa." Both ten year olds said.

"Yeah, I know." Ben said walking up to Kevin. "But you get use to him. Sort of."

"Ben." Gwen warned. "Be nice."

"Sorry." He said.

Kevin just shrugged. He was used to not paying attention to what Ben said. "Ok, now that the live bait is gone, can we get some real food?" He asked turning back to normal.

"I'm up for that." Gwen said still holding the door to the rust bucket shut.

"But how?" The younger Gwen asked. "I'm pretty sure Grandpa will find it weird that we suddenly got regular food instead of his gross stuff."

She had a point. It was going to be hard getting past Max. He wasn't one of the best plumbers around for nothing. They all thought about how they would get past him and get some real food in them.

"I got it!" Ben told them. "Gwen, let go of the door and just follow my lead." He told his cousin.

Gwen nodded releasing the door and allowed her grandfather to come out with two bowls of what he believed was food. He walked out over to the table and looked at everyone.

"Ok, now who was holding the door closed?" He put his hands on his hips and tried to look angry.

Ben nudged Gwen in the arm and motioned for her to speak. "Oh, that was me grandpa. I was…uh…showing everyone my powers." She tried to smile but couldn't. She could never lie to her grandpa.

He gave her a look and was ready to open his mouth when Ben stepped in. "Uh…grandpa. Kevin and Gwen said that they wanted to go and check out the spot where Vilgax and the other Kevin were at."

Max looked away from Gwen and stared at Ben. "What? Why would they want to do that? Its lunch time and you guys need to…eat?" He looked down at the table and saw that the food was gone. "Wow. You guys must have been hungry."

"Not as much as we are now." Kevin mumbled to himself but could still be heard. Gwen looked at him and jabbed him in the side. "Ow!" Max gave him a strange look. "I…uh…stomach ache. I ate to fast." He said.

Max just gave him another look before turning back to his future grandson. "Are you guys sure you want to do that? I mean, Ben, you of all people must know that Vilgax will stop at nothing to get the Omnitrix. There is a reason why he's on the plumber's most wanted list." He explained to all of them.

Gwen walked up next to Ben and smiled at her grandfather. "Relax grandpa, Kevin and I will be careful. Besides it's not the first time that we've been in dangerous situations."

"And it probably won't be our last." Kevin added coming up to stand next to Gwen. "Hey, you got nothing to worry about. We're going after me, and the only one that knows me better then me is me." He turned his head and looked down at Gwen and smiled. "Well sort of." Gwen smiled too.

Max caught this moment and looked at both teens, he turned to look at Ben who only shrugged and smiled back.

He looked back at Gwen and Kevin and sighed. "Alright, you can go. But be back in an hour, if not I'm coming to get you guys." He warned them.

Kevin and Gwen looked at one another and almost laughed. "Oh, trust me grandpa. I don't think we'll be gone that long." Gwen answered.

They didn't stay too long after that, they all had a feeling that Max knew that they were lying. Kevin ran to his car and drove back to where Gwen was waiting for him, with a bag of money hidden away from Max. After they got settled Kevin drove off to the nearest fast food place and ordered food that they could actually eat without gagging up. They say down and ate their own food first before they headed back to the camp. They didn't Max anymore suspicious then he already was.

The sun was just setting when Gwen told Kevin to take a different route before they headed back to the camp.

"What for?" He asked her turning down into a forest road. He tried not to yell and complain about how this road was going to ruin his paint job.

"Remember that place I said I wanted to go to when everyone was asleep? Well, I doubt that grandpa will let us out of his sights again tonight, so I figured we might as well go now." She told him looking up a headed at the road. "Ok, you have to make a right up here. It comes up on you pretty fast so you have to be ready." She warned him.

"No problem." He said looking ahead. He wondered what Gwen wanted to show him anyways. There was nothing out here in the woods, at least as far as he knew. Maybe there was…

"Stop!" He stopped short on his brakes and turned to Gwen. "What? Is there something in front of us? Behind us?" He looked around for anything but didn't see anything.

"No, you almost missed the turn." She pointed towards an opening that was hidden away in the dark. "I told you, it comes up on you pretty fast."

Kevin just grunted and turned his car to the right and headed down the darken trail. It wasn't dark enough that he needed his head lights on, but still dark enough for something to pop out at them.

"Ok, you can stop here." Gwen told him. He stopped his car and got out. Gwen, who was already out, took his hand and led him into an open meadow.

"Nice." He said. It was really peaceful here and there were all sorts of flowers around them, he could sort of see why she wanted to bring him here. Sort of.

"Yeah the bottom is nice looking, but it can't compare to the top." She pointed up towards the sky.

Kevin looked up and gasped.

All around them were bright stars that you could see so well. There was still light out and the sky gave off a purple orange color, but these stars were shining bright despite that. You could see some of the constellation and a lot more.

"Whoa." He said looking at as much of the stars that he could see.

"I know. I said the exact same thing when I first came here." Gwen said. "I came here one time before on a trip with grandpa about two years ago. I came out to practice my powers but I didn't get much done, since I spent most of the time looking at the stars." She told him looking up.

"This place is really cool and…"He turned his head to look at Gwen and had his breath caught in his throat. With the meadow in the background and the stars and lights around them, to him, Gwen looked like she was glowing. She looked so beautiful and angel like to him. "…really beautiful." He somehow managed to gasp out.

Gwen looked at him and saw him staring at her. She blushed and suddenly felt really embarrassed but couldn't look away. It was like his eyes held a magic spell over her.

"Kevin I…I…" She tried to speak but she couldn't. Both of them closed their eyes and moved their heads closer. It felt like time had stopped and it was just the two of them in the world.

They were just an inch apart when time moved again.

"Well it seems that we're interrupting a special moment here."

Kevin and Gwen opened their eyes and turned to see Vilgax and the mutated Kevin standing before them.

"Who cares!? I say we…Hey!" The mutated Kevin stopped and looked at his future self. "Hey! You're me!" He pointed at his future self. "But how…? And why aren't you a monster like me?! And why are you holding that girls hand?!?" He shouted out.

Both Kevin and Gwen looked down at their hands and saw that they were indeed still holding each other's hands. They quickly let go and got ready to fight.

Vilgax looked at them and pulled out a device that scanned them. "It seems that the boy really is your future self, as for the girl…she's giving off the same scans as the young girl who is always with Ben Tennyson." He said.

"Ew! So you're telling me that I'm holding hands with Ben's geeky cousin!? Gross man!." Kevin said disgusted with what his future self was doing.

"Hey! I am not a geek!" Gwen said hands glowing.

"Yeah, and she ain't gross." Kevin said pointing back at her. Gwen glared at him. "What? Not helping?"

"Not really." Gwen told him.

"Enough talk!" Vilgax took a step towards them. "I don't know how you both got here from the future but I can assure you that you won't be going back."

Vilgax threaten them and they both knew that they were gong to have a big fight on their hands.