She ran as far as she could as she bent down so her hands were resting on her knees. She looked around not knowing where she was.

A misted forest with creepy looking trees. She backed away into one when of the trees and bent down hiding herself as a light shone in the darkness.

"It's so nice to finally have a chance to talk" a voice said as she looked around the area. A dark figure jumped out of the tree and landed 5m away from her.

"What do you want" She stood up trying to intimidate him. "I heard what happened" He came closer to her and stroked her cheek. She growled and pushed him away. "I wanted to make you an offer" He whispered into the girls ear.

"No" Was all she said.

"you haven't even heard what I'm offering yet" Hex said calmly as he walked around her. "I said no" Her eyes glowed in anger.

"now, now" He calmly said taking her hand and placing it gently in his.

Her eyes stopped glowing as she just stared at him. "I'm offering you a chance to get revenge on the Tennyson's" He came closer to her. "Think about it" He brought her closer as she tried to back away. "You get your precious little diamonds back plus the book" He whispered into her ear. "I thought you wanted that book" She questioned.

"well you can have it after I'm done with it" He said to her. "Well I'm still saying no" she told him as she began to walk away. "Now, now" He brought her back using his powers and wrapping a trendily round her waist and pulling her over slightly raised off the ground. "I'm not done yet" He stroked her cheek. "They'll use Charmcaster to lead us to where we want them and when that happens I'll have my dear niece back plus my I mean our revenge on the Tennysons and of course your diamonds and well even a nice little RV to stay in for a while" He smiled at her.

"what do you say?"

"Grandpa I cant find her anywhere" Ben bent down catching her breath. "It's alright Ben" Max placed a hand on his grandsons back comforting him. "we've got to go after her" Ben said. "I know Ben but we've got to find Hex first then we'll worry about-"

"No" Ben interrupted. "we have to find Gwen" Ben backed away from him. "Ben we will" Max bent down onto his knee. "but Gwen's probably on her way home right now. She'll be fine" Max comforted him. "But I lov-" Ben went silent. "I miss her" Ben whispered. Max sighed. "Ok we'll get her back I promise" He held Ben's chin. "thanks grandpa" Ben smiled at him.

THE NEXT DAY

Max walked into the prison as Ben trailed his steps. They walked down several corridors until stumbling upon a ruff grey room. He opened the door to find charmcaster sitting down wearing an orange jumpsuit with her arms and legs crossed. She stared daggers at them. "Comfy" Ben snickered. "Let me guess you want my uncle"

"that's right" Max sat down and pulled out a file. "We can take 6 and a half years off your sentence" Max said. "so I'll only be in prison for 6 weeks" Charmcaster stared at him. "and my Uncle?" She narrowed her eyes. "A couple of years" Max said as Charmcaster smiled. "You've got deal. I'm sick of having to follow my uncle around on everyone of his stupid schemes" She got up. Max unlocked her shackles. "alright lets get going" Max said. "Wait?" Ben holted him. "we still have to find Gwen" Ben told him. "right?" Max turned to him. "after we get out of here" Ben sighed "fine" he said.

RUSTBUCKET

"My Uncle's at the shopping centre" Charmcaster sat down on the couch.

"As well as your girlfriend" She said picking up the paper.

"She's not my girlfriend" Ben blushed. "Sure" Charmcaster rolled her eyes sarcastically. "cause that's why your always staring at her" Charmcaster snickered. "I mean it" Ben pointed his index finger towards her.

"Alright break it up you two" Max told them. "What's Gwen doing with Hex anyway?" Max asked causing Charmcaster to shrug. "Holding her against her will, using her to get that book I don't know" She said casually. "wait so what did you and your uncle want with the book then?" Max scratched the top of his head. "my uncle wanted it for a power spell or something like that where you can gain the powers of someone else.

I only wanted it because it had a 'convert anything into gold spell" Her eyes glistened at her words. "Oh what I could do with that spell. I'd be so rich" she stared off into space having a small daydream.

"Charmcaster?" Ben called out to her. "Huh… Oh we should get going" Charmcaster said. "Hex we'll probably use that spell on your girlfriend" Charmcaster said. "oh no" Ben ran towards the steering wheel starting up the RV and sending it into hyper speed.

MALL

In less than 10 minutes they were there. Ben grabbed Gwen's duffle bag searching for the book then threw duffle bag over his shoulder.

"Ben lets go" Max called out as he walked out with a gun hoisted behind his back. Ben ran out and walked slowly threw the doors of the mall searching the large room for the red headed girl which he couldn't see. He walked passed what felt like hundreds of stands until he found a magic one which reminded him of the girl. He breathed out upset until he saw a redheaded figure under a cloak. He smiled as he ran up on stage grabbing the girl and pulling her hood down whilst hugging her.

"Gwen I missed you so-" He stopped mid sentence noticing it was a different red head. "Oh sorry I thought you were someone else" Ben apologised walking away. "Wait your Ben Ten" The girl pointed towards him as many people started to gather round him.

"Ben Ten" He heard his name get shouted across the room many times.

'BOOM' part of the Mall lit up in flames.

"what the hell was that" He looked round to see Hex float down with his staff in his left hand. "Nice to see you for the last time Tennyson" Hex laughed as Ben stared daggers towards him. "where's Gwen" Ben said. Hex just laughed. "why do you care she obviously doesn't" Hex aimed his staff towards him ready to fire. Ben pressed down the omnitrix turning into fourarms and dodging out of the way as the blast just missed him. He then ran towards Hex and punched him in the mouth sending him flying and falling to the ground. He lifted his head up and placed his hand near his lips whistling.

In an instance a girl with glowing purple eyes out of nowhere and smacked him down to the ground. "Gwen?" Ben looked up at her. He changed back into his human self and watched her come closer with an angry expression on her face and a hand glowing ready to fire at him. "Gwen its me Ben" Ben backed away from her. She pressed her boot to his shoulder and pushed him back down. "Gwen?" He looked up scared that she wasn't there anymore. Hey eyes glowed with anger.

A smiled creaked on her face which she could no longer keep hidden. "Sike" She threw her hand back and blasted Hex right in the chest. Ben got up off the ground and stared at her. "y-you tricked me" Ben stuttered as Gwen smiled "Aww is Benny upset" She stroked her fingers threw his hair. She giggled as he just gave her a goofy smile. He grabbed her and brought her in for a hug. "I thought Hex hurt you" Ben said keeping his hands on her hips.

"Ben there's something I wanted to tell you" Gwen said shyly. "wait me first" Ben stopped her causing her to nod.

"Gwen I really like you and I was wondering if" She launched at him bringing him in for a small make-out session. Charmcaster looked down at them and snickered as Max ran up and just stared wide eyed at the couple making out. "alright you two enough" He clapped his hands and pulled them off of each other.

Ben grabbed Gwen and pulled her in placing a hand on her waist as Gwen leaned on him. "Gwen why'd you run away" Max bent down a little looking down at her. "you were gonna through me in jail" She stared daggers at him.

"Gwen I'd never do that to you"

"you said it after you said something about running some tests on me" Gwen said.

"I just wanted to check if you were Ok. You did get badly beaten up" He told her. She smiled at him relived she wasn't going to jail. "Gwen I got something for you" Ben removed the black bag from his shoulder and passed it to the girl. "OMG Thanks Ben" She hugged him then grabbed the duffle bag and swang it round her form.

"Lets grab Charmcaster and Hex then" Max said as he turned around in time to see Charmcaster and Hex making a break for it. Ben was about to go after them when Gwen grabbed him.

"Wait" She told him.

"yeah?"

"I… just don't want you to go" She said shyly. He smiled and pulled her in for a kiss. "so are you two-" Making trailed his fingers across to both od them as they nodded happily. "Yep" Gwen smiled. "Ok then" Max scratched the back of his head then walked off. "So um Gwen I was wondering if you…. I don't know wanted to stay with me and grandpa Max for a while?" Ben clasped her hands. "Ben that sounds great but there's something I've been meaning to tell you" Gwen's eyes softened as Ben felt let down. "oh no you have a boyfriend don't you?" Ben said upset and about to walk away but Gwen grabbed his jacket and pulled him back. "its not that" Gwen shook her head. "it's…"

"Ben, Gwen common lets hit the road" Gwen sighed from hearing Max's voice and walked off.

NIGHT TIME

The RV drove into a national park and began to sett up camp. It was very quiet as the trio sat down to eat. Ben and Gwen both played with their meals with they're forks. "whats up you two you haven't said a word since you got in the RV" Max took a bite of one of the insects in the lasagne that he had made. "Gwen's got a secret and she wont tell me what she's hiding" Ben said. "You'll see when we get there" Gwen said as she poked one of the insects and saw it move slightly. She held her mouth about to gag as she pushed the plate away. "When we get where?" Ben asked confused. "Ben we're taking Gwen home"

"What?" Ben stared at them both confused out of his wits. Why?" Ben questioned her. "Gwen needs to go home Ben" Max said as Gwen looked down at her plate looking sad. She then stood up taking her plate up and into the RV as the crickets began to chirp. "So and Gwen are dating now huh?" Max asked as Ben nodded.

"Yeah I've been meaning to ask her for a while now and… isn't it just great" Ben smiled at his slightly discomforted Grandpa. "I think it's a bad Idea" Max said. "Gwen said she would stay with us until we're off of the summer holidays and then she can come stay with me or stay with Uncle Frank and Aunt Lily. They wont mind right?" Ben asked trying to figure out a plan. "They can sent her to school and everything. It'll be great" Ben placed his hand up to his chin smiling at the idea.

"Ben just think this all the way threw first Ok. Your aunt and Uncle may not want to take in a thief and I don't think your parents will be to keen on the idea as well" Max said trying to convince Ben.

"well we don't tell them that and if we do she can just stay with you right Grandpa" Ben asked as Max sighed.

"You should ask Gwen what she wants first before you go into anymore ideas Ok Ben" Max said grabbing his plate and walking inside to find Gwen washing up her plate.

"Hey" She smiled grabbing Max's plate and placing it in the sink then scrubbing it. "How you feeling" Max came up to her and leaned against the cupboard crossing his arms.

"fine" Gwen said calmly.

"why?" She looked up at him.

"I think I might take you to the hospital tomorrow get you checked out" Max said grabbing one of the plates and drying it. "Ok but I feel fine" Gwen informed him passing him another plate. "you look a bit pale" She felt her skin then narrowed her eyes. "that's because I am pale" she told him draining the sink and walking over to the beds.

"tired?" Max asked her as she sat down on the lower bunk and took off her shoes. She nodded at his comment. "Really long day" She said as she removed her belt and dropped it where her shoes were. She yawned as she stretched back into a comfy position.

"night" She told him as she grabbed one of the blankets and snuggled up. Ben came in at that time placing his bowl in the sink careful not to make to much noise as he crept over to her giving her a kiss on the cheek then jumping up into his bed.

"Night grandpa" Ben said as he collapsed onto the bed. "night Ben" Max smiled then looked down at the two teenagers asleep all tuckered out from a day of hard work. He smiled at them and snickered a little shaking his head as he turned off the light and going to his bed.

sorry it took so long for it to come out and i also hope you enjoyed it too. :)