A/N: Just gonna get a little bit done today. Hopefully I'll get something up before the power goes out. Stupid blizzards…
Disclaimer: I don't own a single thing of Ben 10.
It was a short break. For the three Plumber kids, it was a relief to finally take a pause from the action of working non-stop for three days straight. Kevin hadn't needed much sleep with his usual sleepless habits just helping him keep awake. He had been ready the whole time for anything while the Tennysons had had to take periodic breaks.
This break was long. So far, they'd been at Mr. Smoothy for a whole half hour and not a single call had come in for another sight of alien activity. For once, their frayed nerves were calmed and they could at least close their eyes and feel at peace with the situation.
"This is chaos," commented Ben, sitting on one side of the metal table that was set outside of the Mr. Smoothy shack. "How many aliens can be attacking Earth at once?"
"A lot," huffed the red-haired girl that sat beside him. She sipped on a blueberry smoothie while eyeing her boyfriend who was across the table with his back turned to the car that was pulled neatly into a spot in the parking lot. "I'm just wondering how the heck they're coordinating this so that we're constantly busy."
"Or it's just sporadic," noted Ben, dutifully sucking honey, tangerine, and guava goop out of the smiling cup through the narrow red bendy straw that poked out of the lid. "Not all aliens are intelligent life forms, Gwen." A scheming smile tugged the corners of his lips upwards. "I mean, just look at Kevin."
The Osmosian's eyes narrowed, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he just tossed the smoothie cup over his shoulder. "You know what? I'm going to Burger Shack. This place sucks." He stood up and shoved the Plumber's badge that he had put on the table into his pocket. "Anyone with me?"
"I'll stay here to keep an eye on Ben," said Gwen, giving her beloved boyfriend a half smile. "You go."
"'kay," was Kevin response as he fished his keys out of his pocket. The dark teen's face twisted up as he couldn't find them.
It was ten seconds later after he remembered they were in his back pocket that a small explosion rocked the little area around the shack that was Mr. Smoothy.
Gwen and Ben's eyes widened, each staring with horrified expressions at the source of the explosion. Gwen's facial features were coated over with worry whereas Ben's eyes were twinkling with delight and the tiniest bit of humor.
Kevin could easily read their faces like open books. He had spent far too much time with the Tennyson cousins. "They blew up the car, didn't they?"
Gwen nodded.
Ben, instead of responding with actual words, spluttered out a sudden laugh and began banging a fist on the table, the giggling engulfing his entire body. He couldn't help but shake and shudder with the chuckling and snickering that possessed him to the point of falling off the bench that was pressed to one side of the table.
Behind the Osmosian teen, the car was being devoured by flames that licked and ate away at the beautiful green and black painted metal. The shattered glass glittered in the glow of the dying sunset. The whole thing was disturbingly beautiful, the flames lapping at the brilliant metal and the tires, eating away at the seats inside as the hood crumpled and bent beneath such high heats.
Kevin just sat back down calmly and put his chin in his hand. "Guess I'm not going to Burger Shack after all," he sighed, a low growl lingering on the edge of his voice.
Gwen wasn't sure whether to be solemn with the situation or to smile at his remark.
A/N: This was what was supposed to happen in the last chapter, but it morphed to fluff… so yeah. Anyways, please review!
~Sky