The next morning was quiet Max made a coffee and as the phone rang quietly.

"Hey Frank" Max smiled into the phone.

"yeah she's Okay we're getting the tests on her today then taking her home" He said staring over to the girl who was still sleeping.

"Yeah we're just gonna drop her off at home, get the test results back and see if she's-" He cut himself off as a big grin emerged from his face.

"Yeah no problem Frank"

"Okay see you later son" He placed the phone down then walked over to her sitting down next to her head and stroking her hair lightly. She groaned a little but relaxed.

Max smiled at her pulling the blanket up to her shoulders.

He gave her a light kiss on the forehead then got up and walked towards the drivers seat and started the vehicle. Ben jumped down from the bed as Gwen began to get up. "Don't get up" Ben said as he crawled over to her.

She giggled as he leaned over and kiss her tenderly on the lips.

She moaned and pulled his at his collar.

"Excited to be getting home?" Ben asked as he sat next her. She just sighed and closed he eyes.

"So I got a plan when we get back to Bellwood" Max looked over to the two in the rear mirror listening to their conversation.

"what's Bellwood?" Gwen asked him. "it's a small town where I live" Ben told her cuddling her. "You could stay with me and my folks" Ben said pulling her chin up for her to look at him. "That's sounds great Ben but" She winced her eyes. "But what?" Ben asked.

"you'll see when we get there" Gwen got up and walked over to the passenger side. Ben watched as Gwen and his grandpa engaged in heard his grandpa say something about going to the hospital first and getting the stitches removed.

He sighed pulling out a small box from his pocket and opening it to see a silver necklace with a love heart in it.

He smiled at it then placed it back into his pocket and walked into the bathroom.

HOSPITAL

Gwen itched the back of her head feeling uncomfortable by her surroundings. Sick people everywhere.

She backed up into Ben as he just stared at her giving her a questioning look.

"James Hiltop" one of the nurses shouted out as a man walked by giving Gwen a questioning look. He was holding his hand, which looked a bit too purple. A blonde haired woman trailed his steps and eventually linked arms with him. "Know him Gwen?" Ben asked she just shrugged and looked back at max.

"K Kids lets go take a seat" Max pointed them over to the seats with heaps of sick people nearby.

"I think I'll just wait outside" Gwen began to turn and head towards the entrance but Max grabbed her shoulder.

"hold up a minute kiddo you have to fill this out" Max told her as he led her to go sit down.

"Now your full name" Max asked "Gwen Mathe-…." She gulped and looked down.

"I'll just write Gwen Tennyson" Max said scribbling down on the paper.

"Age… 16. Occupation… student. When was your last menstra…"

"yeah Ok I can handle removed the clipboard off him and began writing as Max looked over her shoulder as she wrote down the rest. She passed him back the clipboard and looked over it.

"Hey I don't look at your personal stuff" Gwen narrowed her eyes at him.

"Is that your real Birthday?" Max asked as Gwen picked up a catalogue and began reading it. She nodded at him as Ben raised his eyebrow.

"I thought you didn't know when your birthday was?" Ben asked as Gwen just remembered that she completely lied to them before.

"Or did you just make that date up?" Max questioned.

"That's my real Birthdate" Gwen told them.

"Huh… that's my birthday to" Ben said looking over to them. Max just gulped not knowing whether to be happy or worried. "that's… odd" Gwen raised her eyebrow but then shrugged off the thought.

Max gave Ben the clipboard as he walked up and handed in the form.

"You seemed a little upset last night kiddo. Don't want to go home?" Max asked her.

she shook her head and looked down.

"no" She whispered closing her eyes.

"I hate where I live" Gwen told him crossing her arms.

"Live in a bad neighbourhood?" Max chuckled a little but she didn't find it funny.

"something like that" She finally looked at him. He brushed her forehead. "Maybe we can get those stitches removed today huh" He smiled at her.

she placed her hat on covering the stitches and crossed her arms. He sighed. "you can stay with us if you want to.

At least for the rest of the summer holidays" Max told her.

"I'm sure Ben's parents wouldn't mind letting you stay for a while" Max said.

"Then what?" She asked him.

"I'm still on the streets again" Gwen said.

"I don't want to go back home" She begged him.

"How bout this we get some your stuff from home tomorrow then you can join us on the rest of our trip and we'll figure out things when they happen?" Max asked her placing a hand on her shoulder.

She smiled at him.

"yeah Ok" She looked up at him and smiled. "Gwen Tennyson" a nurse said as they got up and walked towards her.

they followed her into a white room with a bed and curtain in the room as well as a few shelves and a large window on the side. Ben and Gwen walked over to the window and look out. "Don't fall" Ben snickered looking down at the 10 story view. Gwen rolled her eyes and shoved him. "Miss Tennyson" Gwen looked over to the nurse as she held a hospital gown.

"please put this on" Gwen looked around the room for a bathroom.

"I'll give you a little privacy" Max said as he walked out.

She looked over at Ben who was staring at her.

"Do you mind?" Gwen said towards him. Ben just smiled "well you are technically my girlfriend sooo…." Ben leaned against the wall ready to watch her undress.

"Ben?" Max called out towards his grandson whilst Gwen snickered.

Ben walked out but not without nudging her a little first.

The nurse walked out as Max called out to her whilst Gwen got undressed placing on the gown.

"excuse me Miss" Max said as the nurse looked up at him. "you wouldn't mind giving her a DNA test would you" Max whispered into her ear so Ben wouldn't hear. "Sure" She smiled. "I'll tell the doctor" She walked off. Gwen sat down on the bed waiting for the nurse to return.

She came in with a taller man who was holding a clipboard.

"Miss Tennyson" The Doctor said as the nurse came over and wrapped a piece of paper with her name and ID on it.

She stared down at it.

"We're just gonna give you a simple blood test first" The doctor pulled out a large needle as the redhead backed away. "May I please have your arm for a second" The doctor asked as Gwen shook her head.

"Bit nauseating" He smiled placing the needle down and taking her arm whipping it down with antiseptic.

"Sweety look at the bunny" The nurse said at the antodyte turned her head to see the woman holding a stuffed bunny. "Wha- Ahh" She turned back to see a needle stabbed into her arm. "Ow" She looked up at him a little angry.

He just smiled at her as he took the needle out of her arm and took the needle off and stared at the blood. He then passed it to the nurse who walked out of the room towards the lab. "Here" He placed some tape on where he had stabbed her. "Better" He asked. "no" She whispered. He just laughed and pulled out a light flashing it in her eyes.

"your Grandpa said that you had a few injuries" "He's not my grandpa… he's just taking care of me for a while" Gwen told him. He lifted her hat up to see the stitches. "How long ago was this" He asked. "a fortnight ago maybe. I'm not to sure" Gwen answered thinking.

"it looks healed" The doctor said getting an instrument ready to undo the stitches. She winced her eyes closed as he undid them then pulled them out.

"all done" He smiled at her as she breathed out relieved.

He then took her arm and began to remove the stitches where Ben had cut her when they first met. She winced at the thought and looked away.

"Now I'm going to go get your guardian and you'll be able to leave Ok" He got up and walked away as she pulled her legs up onto the bed and hugged her knees. She looked up and noticed something peculiar by the window. She walked over to it to see a staff hovering in mid air. "huh" She stared at it unconvinced that was until the staff knocked on the glass. She turned back round as her eyes glowed weary of the situation.

"Now, now" she was thrown to the ground.

"No need to get stroppy" she felt a sharp pain in her neck as she attempted to get up. It was no use she couldn't. she was paralysed.

She watched the man's feet as he came up to her.

"its only a staff" He chuckled as the glass shattered and the staff sent forth into the man's hand. He kicked her in the stomach causing her to role on her back and face the man whilst gasping for air. She growled at him as he bent down and stared at her smiling. "you betrayed me" He stated more harshly as he kicked her in the mouth.

She groaned as her nose began to bleed as well as her lip. "for those…. Plumbers" He brought his boot down on her stomach again as all the air escaped her lungs. Her vision went funny as she began to cough up bleed. "and for that your going to pay" He grabbed her throat and lifted her up walking over to the window. "Lets hope you land on your feet" He chuckled as she winced.

"Goodbye" He said as his release the tension on her neck

"GWEN" Someone screamed but she didn't get a good glimpse of who they were except from a green blur.

She was doomed she thought as he let go. She fell through the air as she looked straight towards the ground where the ambulances were. 'It cant end like this' she thought as she winced her eyes closed nearing the ground. "AH" She groaned as she felt the wind not going past her ears. She pried her eyes open to see a blue moth like alien staring at her.

"Gwen?" He called her name as he just stared at her.

"this is the third time you decided to jump out of a window" Ben narrowed his eyes at her.

She tried to roll her eyes but struggled.

"I'm just glad your safe" He told her pulling her in and cuddling her.

"You too" She winced her left eye closed and breathed out.

"Did he do this to you?" He asked taking her cheek in his hand as she nodded. "yeah" She sighed. He placed her down on one of the benches and turned back into his normal self. "I'll be right Back" He growled as he toyed with the ultamatrix deciding which one he was gonna use to kill Hex with. "Ben" She looked up at him. "w-what are you going to do?" She winced her eye closed again feeling the sting of hex's kicks.

"stay here I'll be right back" he told her.

"Ben, I cant move" She rolled her right eye.

"Good" He said as he slammed the device down turning into JetRay and flying off as Gwen screamed his name.

She sighed when she couldn't see him anymore.

Ben flew into the room to see no sign of Hex. He looked round to find a clue but nothing. No such luck he sighed as his grandpa and a doctor came in. "what on Earth" The doctor said.

"umm…." Ben just stared at him.

"well nice meeting you" He told them as he flew towards the window.

"BEN" Max shouted out angrily causing him to fly back in.

"Ummm…. Hey grandpa" He pressed down the ultimatix to see his grandpa glaring at him.

"I can explain…. Hex came in and he beat up Gwen and threw her out the window and"

"WHAT?" Max screamed as he ran over towards the window looking for a body. "relax Grandpa I caught her…. She's on the seat over…. There" He pointed to a bench but from the distance was extremely difficult to make out.

"So she's safe then" Max asked as Ben nodded.

"just a little annoyed" Ben smiled.

A fake cough could be hear aloud as both turned around to see the doctor with an angry face and tapping his foot.

Max sighed pulling out his credit card.

"Here" He said unhappily.

"Your blood tests results will be given back to you in a fortnight until then try not to destroy any more public property" The doctor said walking out of the room but not before returning Max's card. They sighed as they headed towards the lobby.

OUTSIDE

Ben and max were laughing and giggling deep in discussion.

"you think he knew who I was grandpa" Ben asked.

"I'm Ben Ten it shouldn't be my job to care about public property. Its my job to make sure people are safe" Ben pointed to himself.

"you aren't going to be safe in a second Tennyson" Gwen launched at him but almost fell over. "When I get my hands on you" Gwen stared daggers towards him as Max grabbed her upper arms making sure she wouldn't strangle his grandson.

"alright time out you two" Max tried to stop them both which calmed then down a little.

"lets get back into the RV then you can figure out this whole mess" Max said as he passed Gwen her clothes. She rolled her eyes as she attempted to move only to be off balanced and fall over.

Ben just laughed at her whilst she tried to get back but just fell onto her stomach as she face planted the ground. She groaned as Max just stared at her. "maybe we should take you back to the hos-"

"no"

She attempted to get up again.

Max look towards his grandson and saw no help from him. He wrapped his arms around the girl and picked her up so she was in his arms as he glared at his grandson.

"Ben I want to hit the road and be near New York by at least sun down" Max told him as he stopped laughing. "Fine" Ben breathed out as he walked over to the RV and opened the door for his grandpa. Max walked in and sat the girl down on the lower bunk bed. "You paralysed?" Max asked brushing some of the locks out of her face. She tried nodding but it was difficult.

"It'll probably fully wear off in a couple of hours. Until then just try and relax" He told her as he pulled the blankets on her. "Thanks" She whispered as he walked away. Ben came over and sat next to her, smiling. She rolled her eyes at him as he leaned closer towards her. "I've never seen someone stack it so many times" Ben laughed.

"Give it a rest doofus I'm paralysed" Gwen tried to get up but failed making Ben laugh harder.

"That's what makes it funnier" Ben held his stomach still laughing. He looked over at Gwen who was pouting. "oh common Gwen don't pout" He stroked her cheek gently. "Wow he really did you some damage" He looked her over to where her nose had been bleeding as well as coughing up blood which was now at rest on the gown.

She winced as her hand neared her eye.

"I'll get something to put on that" Ben ran over to the fridge and pulled out some meat as Gwen tensed. "don't you dare touch me with that" She whimpered as he came closer. "Don't be such a baby" He placed it on her cheek as she screamed and squealed.

"What's going on back there" Max asked looking into the rear view mirror at the two. Ben placed the meat onto Gwen's cheek and covered her bruised and slightly bloodied eye. She groaned at him as he called out 'nothing' to Max. Gwen just winced her eyes closed as Ben placed the meat on her.

"Your not a vegetarian are you?" Ben asked as Gwen chuckled.

"Not rich enough for that" Gwen smiled at him.

A couple hours later and Max pulled over.

Ben finally released Gwen's eye as He held her chin and moved it back and forth inspecting her face.

"well its starting to look better" Ben said. Gwen struggled but was finally able to lift her hand up to her face. "I cant believe he kicked me in the face" Gwen touched her skin as Ben smiled and shook his head. "I cant believe you didn't kick his ass when you had the chance" Gwen rolled her eyes but stopped from a painful dull thud in the back of one of her eyes. She held it as Ben just stared at her worriedly. "You alright?" He leaned over.

"Yeah I'm fine" she cringed but it just worsened it. "Maybe you should get some sleep" Max came over and passed her some pj's to wear.

"Are you going to be alright getting those on" Max placed some of Ben's clothes down next to her.

she nodded as Ben took a step back and closed the curtain figuring she wouldn't of been able to make it to the bathroom anyway. He waited near crossing his arms and waiting for her to say 'Ben I need your help' But to Ben's dismay nothing not even a single yelp.

He sighed when she tugged at the curtains and pulled them opened.

Ben stared her up and down to find her just wearing one of his blacks tops.

He blushed slightly.

"sorry I couldn't get the shorts on" She told him as he passed them back to him. "That's fine" He said rather quickly as he just stared at her. she gave him a very unsure look as he continued to stare at her.

"Ummm… Ben your kind of scaring me" She looked up at him as his face was now completely red. "….Would you excuse me a second" He mumbled as he walked into the bathroom. Max came back inside the RV to see he smiling at him.

"You need a blanket kiddo?" He walked over to the cupboard and pulled out a blanket and placed it at the end of her feet and began to spread it over her.

"you know its not even dark outside right" Gwen asked as Max passed her a pillow. "The more sleep you get the better" She laid back down after hearing him.

"I suppose but still" She said getting comfy as Max pulled the blanket up to her shoulders.

"I'll get Ben to leave you alone for a while" Max chuckled.

"Thanks" she whispered about to dose off. "you really do look like my daughter in law" Max smiled at her. Gwen's eyes flashed open as much as she conjure at this time. "whose that?" She asked closing her eyes again. "Lily" Max replied sitting down near her stomach and facing her.

"Ben hasn't told you about her?" She shook her head.

"She lost her daughter around 14yrs ago" Max said about to stroke her cheek but stopped.

"That's so sad" Gwen replied. "did they find her?" She asked but Max just shook his head. "I'm sorry" She told him. He smiled at her. "I'd be more than happy to find her if you have something of hers" She yawned.

"actually" Max bent down about to pick up her black long sleeved shirt. He stared at it for a minute before looking back at her.

"Nevermind" He whispered. "you just really remind me of her" Max rustled her hair for a bit before standing up and leaving. "Night" He called out to her as she returned the favour still continuing to keep her eyes closed.

Tomorrow was going to be such a hectic day she cringed.

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