Chapter 4 never had a nightmare come true

"What just happened here?" asked Max Tennyson in an upset tone
Ben and Gwen were at a loss of words
"uh... We... We were just..." stammered Gwen
"Yes?" urged their grandfather
"Look Grandpa the truth is me and Gwen fell in love with each other. That's what happened..." said Ben bracing himself for the worst
There was a short silence and Max asked
"Does this have anything to do with you two sneaking out?"
"Well sort of..." said Ben as he and Gwen explained to their grandfather about the whole dare thing and then being stuck in the shack and how it made them fall in love. Max listened and when the kids were done he said
"Alright. Let's go" he turned to leave and Gwen asked him
"Where are we going?"
"I'm taking you kids home" replied Max
"What? No! Grandpa, don't you understand me and Gwen love each other? You can't just separate us!" said Ben in protest
"I plan to. Now come on"
Ben and Gwen exchanged concerned and sad looks with each other and got into their grandfather's RV

"You may sit next to each other but no fooling around. Remember, I still have this mirror" said Grandpa and pointed at the mirror above his head as they buckled in and hit the road
There was eerie silence which Gwen has broken first
"What's gonna happen to us?"
"I don't know..." admitted Ben
Gwen's eyes felt like they were being flooded with tears. Eventually her ego which she set as a dam for her eyes has broken and she found herself crying onto his shoulder. Ben hugged her while trying to comfort and kept whispering to her
"Its okay... It's okay..." Ben saw Max's reflection in the mirror in the corner of his eye. He was giving him the 'evil eye' as a warning but Ben ignored it and continued to hug Gwen in an attempt of making her feel better.

Two weeks later
It was still the summer vacation but Ben and Gwen were back home because of what happened at the wooden shack two weeks ago. They were forbidden to see each other under the threat of military school if they do. It made them very, very sad and upset. Gwen being an obedient girl tried her best to avoid Ben despite the pain while Ben kept trying to see her without any good success.
It was a cold and moonless night and Gwen's parents have asked her to get something from hardware store. She put on her coat and went out. It was freezing cold outside so she was glad she took it with her and that the hardware store was just a few minute from her house. Once she got there she was relived to be swept by a wave of heat from the building's heating system. After a few minutes of searching she found what she was looking for and went to stand in line for the cashier. She looked to her left and saw Ben standing in the line next to her. She could feel her cheeks turning red and saw the same thing happening to Ben and knew it wasn't from the heat. They both wanted to hug each other so badly they could barely stop themselves. But they did because they knew they could get screwed if they did. Gwen left the store first and Ben saw her walk out through door and followed her with his eyes by looking at the huge windows at the entrance. He then saw her being followed by a bunch of thugs and she walked into a dark alley to avoid them. He knew Gwen was afraid of the dark and she might be in danger. He threw the hammer he was about to buy into a nearby empty basket and ran after her...

Gwen was walking faster, trying to avoid the thugs following her
"Come in little girl we just want to talk to you" said one of them
"Yeah we won't hurt you" said another
They were gaining on her and she started to run as they did the same. One of them was about to grab Gwen but stopped when he heard someone yell at him
"Hey! Leave my cousin alone you jerks!"
"Ben?" asked Gwen surprisingly
"So you think your tough huh? we'll just see about that!" said one of the thugs as they charged at Ben except for the one who was holding Gwen by grabbing her hands thus preventing for to use her magic. She tried as hard as she could to break free but she couldn't. Now she will have to see them beat up on Ben and there's nothing she could do about it and she hated that. The reason she was so concerned in the first place was because he didn't go hero. His love for her has made him foolish because he's putting himself in danger in order to save her. So far he didn't seem to be doing very well because the thugs were beating him up viscously and he wasn't an alien. Suddenly a loud thunder like sound has pierced the air near them and Ben fell to the ground as the attackers fled including the one holding Gwen
"They shot him! Those bastards shot him! No!" she thought
"Ben!" she yelled towards her injured cousin with tears pouring out of her eyes as she ran towards him...
To be continued...
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