The worst thing was the boredom. Second, he had not seen his car in more than three weeks.

Kevin Levin walked through the halls of Azmuth's medical wing, the hospital wing itself looked like another house, but what gave it away was the heaps of medical equipment and the fact that it was attached to the main building by at least five entrances.

During those ever so boring days of being on Azmuth's planet, Kevin had done a vast amount of exploring, the oxygen levels were the same as earth, so it was pretty easy to go outside and have a wander. What fascinated Kevin the most was that the small aliens on this planet barely had any defences, he'd asked a shopkeeper about this once and he's only answered that because nobody bothers them, they don't bother others, plus, Azmuth's people had great amounts of intelligence and because of this, they are respected and if they were under attack, a lot of new and current technology would not be shipped to its location. Hence, they were left to their own devices.

When they'd first arrived here, Kevin had no time at all to go out, Gwen had been in such a state of shock that he couldn't bare to leave her, even he wasn't that cruel. Ben was a little pest sometimes and beside the fact that he boasted and made jokes about him, he was an all around nice guy. Kevin had done all in his power to keep Gwen from cracking, when Ben was declared 'dead' Gwen had screamed her little head off, calling Azmuth and all the medical team lairs, finally she'd broken down into a fit of tears and sobbing. Kevin barely left her side, he'd cried himself, but he did not want to admit it, especially now that Ben had suddenly come back to life again.

Since Ben had been put into a bed and had woken up, Gwen had felt a lot better, she was eating again and began to sleep more soundly, so in those glorious moments, Kevin explored the world he was on. But that didn't hide the fact that the black-haired teenager missed his own planet, especially his car, he even missed those disgusting drinks at Mr Slushy what Ben so much adored.

Boredom was the one thing that Kevin hated so far, there was basically nothing to do on this planet and the tenants didn't seem able to understand the concept of a good joke or some fun, he dared not disturb Gwen who was gladly getting a great amount of rest of which she deserved and Max, Ben's grandpa, had gone on a mission with the plumbers for a short while. The only one left was Ben and because there was nothing else to do, Kevin headed towards his friend's room.

He'd not visited Ben as much as Gwen, it was all because he wasn't that much of a touchy feely person, besides, he had a reputation to uphold, despite the fact Ben had nearly died. Ben might be asleep when he got there, but that didn't matter, he'd had plenty of rest compared to himself and Gwen, so he's just wake the wimp up.

He approached Ben's door and rapped on it three times before nudging it gently and walking in.

"Look dweb I'm not here to visit you I just want to-" Kevin paused in mid-sentence and stared at the bed. It was empty.

For a moment Kevin remained silent until he called out "Ben? Ben you here? If you're planning to scare me its not gunna work!" Cautiously the teenager walked up to the bed, taking each step with care and pulled off the covers of the bed, again, empty. "Ben? Where are you, when Azmuth finds out you've been out of bed he's gunna-"

There was a stumble and a yelp behind him and Kevin whipped his body around to see Ben nearly on all fours, supporting himself on the wall. Had he been trying to get out?

"What are you doing?" the black haired boy asked.

"What does it look like? I've had enough of lying in a bed and wasting my life away, I want out!" Ben replied and tried to walk forward, instead, he stumbled and if it were not for the door handle, he would have collapsed to the floor. The young teen winced in pain and clutched his side.

Kevin sighed and walked over to his friend, grabbing an arm and pulling it over his own shoulder for support. "You're real stupid, you know that?" and walked Ben over to the bed, listening to the boy groan in pain.

"Kevin, don't..." Ben gasped.

"What is it now?"

"Just let me go, I want to walk myself."

Kevin stopped and turned to the boy "You sure Tennyson? Azmuth says you shouldn't be walking round for another week or so yet."

"Just...let me go Kevin, please," Ben did not look him in the eye, he looked down to the right, Kevin did not see him look down to his wrist.

"Okay then, just, take it easy okay?" And gently, Kevin let go of Ben.

For a moment Ben staggered a little, wincing at the sting in his side. He was a little shaky and felt like his legs were made of nothing but jelly. As he slowly made his way forward, Kevin hung close by in case he fell, but Ben was determined not to collapse and wobbled towards the bed. Even if he was barely even making a full step forward, it felt great to be on his feet again after all this time, he 's missed the touch of the cold floor beneath his feet, Ben had almost forgotten the way grass tickled between your toes and how warm sand was upon you feet. He sighed happily remembering his planet earth. Suddenly Ben felt himself fall towards his left and overbalanced, yelping as he fell downwards but only to be caught by the all waiting Kevin who lifted his friend back to his feet.

"Let go Kevin!" Ben gasped "Let me go!"

"What's the matter with you?" Kevin snapped "There's no hurry in getting on your feet again!"

Ben frowned, he knew what Kevin didn't but he quickly made up a lie to cover up that fact "Every day I spend in this dump another invasion might come down to earth realising I'm gone, Vilgax is still out there Kevin! He might go after earth while he thinks I'm dead!"

"The earth is fine Tennyson, we have the plumbers and alien friends down there keeping an eye out for any weird activity, if anything happens we're sure to know, but you need to just get back into that damned bed of yours!"

But Ben refused again and tried to head towards the doorway, but screamed in pain when he collapsed to the floor in his hurry, imidiantly Kevin was by his side and without another word, just simply lifted Ben up off his feet and put him back into his bed whilst he listened to the young teen's curses and threats, demanding to be let out.

"Seriously! Calm down you big baby!" Kevin yelled at him "There's no point in whining and moaning about it, all everyone wants to do is help!"

Ben's frown remained, but glared at Kevin with icy eyes.

"Look Tennyson, if you get out this bed now you'll be bleeding and dead again in time, when Azmuth says you can go, you can go, but what happens if you just go ahead and run away in your condition? Eh? You'll fall and die and how do you think that would make everyone feel? Max, Gwen, Jullie? If you ever do want to get outa here, you need to be patient!"

Ben paused for a moment, then his frown turned into a sad face and his eyes went away from Kevin's, remember the fact that his parents had still not contacted him, that he had not seen Jullie in all this time. Kevin was right of course, using his stupid brain for once in his life, but what about Vilgax? What about the pact? He stared down at his silver marking on his wrist and watched as it shimmered. How do I do this then?Ben thought, as if the marking would answer, or Angel would suddunly appear before him. What the hell do I do? And he turned back to Kevin whose eyes didn't leave him for a minite, waiting for an answer but all Ben could do was nod awkwardly and look away again.

"Sorry Kevin..." He muttered faintly.

"Don't worry about it..." And the teen waved it away with his hand, then, to Ben's astonishment, he went under the bed and scavanged around for a bit, then popped back up holding a piece of techonology. "Snuck this in here one night while you were alseep," he grinned "I'm trying to make it so it can make someone invisable, wanna help out?"

Ben stared at Kevin for a moment, then back to the tech and shook his head, he may be in a hospital and had nearly died, but some things never do change.