MENTIONS OF SUICIDE!
"where'd the kid come from?" Gwen ask.
"my thoughts exactly. maybe he's planning on luring his brother in with the kid." Ben muttered. he looked down when someone tapped his leg. Leo stood there looking at him.
"are you Ben?" Leo ask. Ben nodded. Leo held up a note. "this is for you." Leo said. Ben took the note.
"this was just a scheme to get Leo to you. this should keep you busy while I take care of my brother, P.S. his name is Leo, he's four, I can't take him 'cause I'll end up in jail when I'm done with my brother. he has no family and will go back to living on the street if you don't take him." Ben read out loud. he looked down at the boy, who waited to see if he would be tossed aside.
"Ben, no." Kevin warned.
"as much as I hate to say it, Kevin's right Ben, you can't take the kid, he could be a victim of kidnapping." Gwen said. Ben pouted at both of them. Kevin turned his head away.
"awe, c'mon Kev, what if I had left you?" Ben ask.
"I was eleven and I didn't require parental supervision." Kevin replied, crossing his arms over his chest. Ben pulled the puppy eye's.
"pwease Kevy?" Ben ask, giving his boyfriend the most pitiful look he could muster. Kevin sighed and nodded.
"okay." Kevin muttered softly. Ben looked over at Gwen, who had closed her eye's to ignore her cousin.
"come on Gwen, you wouldn't leave a four year old by himself all alone, would you?" Ben ask. Gwen didn't answer.
"grab the kid Ben." Kevin mutted. Ben grinned and picked up Leo. Gwen glared at Kevin.
"is there anything you wouldn't do for him?" Gwen hissed. Kevin paused a moment to think.
"I wouldn't kill you for him, but other then that, probably not, his puppy eye's are adorable. even you can't resist them." Kevin replied.
"I can resist them better then you can." Gwen huffed. Kevin shrugs.
"soo, he loves me, he's not supposed to be able to resist me." Ben grined.
"you know he does that on perpose." Gwen muttered. Kevin nods.
"I know." Kevin shrugged. he smiled slightly.
"hey wait, so... what are we actually going to do with the kid?" Gwen ask.
"keep him. he's safer with us, especially since he's like me." Kevin replied.
"if the government gets their hands on him, they'll cut him open. they tried to do that to Kevin once." Ben said. Leo cuddled to Ben, staring at Kevin.
"are you the one like me?" Leo ask, watching Kevin. Kevin turned his head as they walked back to his car.
"yeah, thats me." Kevin replied.
"they didn't kill you?" Leo ask. everyone froze a moment.
"who Leo?" Ben ask. Leo looked at Ben.
"the men in black, they came and got my mommy and daddy when I was younger cause they can do what I do." Leo said. Kevin frowned and looked around.
"no, come on, Gwen can stay with you at the apartment while me and Ben go after Mike." Kevin said.
"what!? no! he's your kid! you adopted him! he's your problem not mine!" Gwen glared.
"yeah, but your a girl and it's a little child." Kevin replied.
"whats that supposed to mean?" Gwen glared.
"hey! stop it!" Ben glared. "we'll take the kid with us. geez! come on guys! we need to go!" Ben glared at them heading to the car. he put Leo in the back seat an buckled him in. Kevin shrugged and followed Ben. Gwen huffed and followed.
"fine but I get the front seat." Gwen glared.
"my seat." Kevin replied. Ben climbed in the back seat.
*with Mike*
a man groaned softly.
"wakey wakey Joey." Mike smirked. the man opened his eye's.
"Mi-Mike?" Joey muttered.
"good you remember me." Mike hissed. "remember when you ruined my life?" Mike ask. Joey blinked confusedly.
"ruined your life?" Joey ask. Mike glared throwing his cloak off.
"yes! ruined my life! I spent twelve years in hospital after hospital! surgery after fucking surgery! I was fucking parlyzed because of you!" Mike growled. Ben ran in, Kevin and Gwen following behind.
"Mike! don't do this!" Ben shouted. Mike glared at them snapping his fingers. the three hero's were trapped in a box and Joey was grabbed by Bonnie and Freddy.
"sit back relax. I'll let you go when I'm done. I don't mind going to jail." Mike replied. "as long as I get my revenge. there's even an ambulance on the way." Mike shrugged. he turned back to Joey. "so Joey, twelve years in jail isn't justice you deserve the same treatment I got." Mike laughed snapping his fingers again. Bonnie and Freddy carried Joey over to his animated Fred bear head. no body attached just the head. Joey shook his head frantically.
"Mi-Mike! no please! I'm sorry! please Mike! n-no!" Joey cried. Mike glared with an evil grin. Ben beat on the box, behind him Kevin and Gwen tried to break free.
"Mike! no! if you do this you're no better then him!" Ben shouted. Mike paused. he looked over to Ben.
"nothing you say will change my mind Tennyson." Mike replied.
"think back Mike! think back to you when you were six! would you really wish that on anyone in the world, let alone your only brother? to go through the exact same thing?" Ben ask. he stared beggingly at Mike. "don't do this Mike. no one should have to go through what you went through." Ben added. Mike sighed.
"wait stop." Mike sighed, looking at Bonnie and Freddy. they stopped right as they were lifting Joey and looked at Mike. Mike snapped his fingers and the box went away. "you're right Ben... no one should have to go through what I did." Mike sighed. he turned to Ben with an evil grin and laughed. "go fuck yourself! grow up!" Mike laughed. he turned back. "do it!" Mike laughed. Kevin grabbed both Ben and Gwen. he covered Gwens eye's, pulling Ben to his chest and covering his eye's so neither would see the horror happening before them. Joey plea's were instantly silenced at the loud sickening crack. Kevin stared in horror. Gwen broke free quickly and ran to help Joey. Ben pushed away from Kevin's chest. he wanted to stop Gwen, but all he got was blood spattered all over him when Mike suddenly pulled a gun out and shot himself in the head. Ben froze, covered in blood and bits of skull and brain. Gwen turned to Ben, wanting to go to her officially tramatized cousin, but knowing Joey needed medical help more and went to him. a second shot, signaling Foxy had also shot himself rang out. Ben grunted stumbling backwards, looking down when he realized, the bullet when through Foxy and into him, or maybe it went through Mike and he hadn't noticed before.
"Ben!" Kevin shouted running over to him. he hadn't seen the bullet hit Ben, but he knew something was wrong. he pulled Ben to him and looked him over, then noticed the blood spewing from his shoulder. he quickly absorbed the closest material and pressed his hand to the wound. Ben grunted slightly as Kevin pushed him to sit on a nearby table. Ben simply stared a head of him, not saying anything at the moment. "hey Gwen, when your done there, Ben could use a little help." Kevin called.
"I don't have anything to help him that I know of." Gwen replied.
"not that kind of help, he got shot in the shoulder." Kevin said. Ben tried to wiggle out of Kevins grasp.
"I'm fine let go." Ben muttered.
"Ben sit still, I can't tell how much this is your blood and how much of it's Mike's blood." Kevin replied, trying to look at Ben's wound.
"I'm fine Kevin." Ben argued. he managed to push Kevins hands back and peel his shirt off. "look see?" Ben ask.
"no all I see is a through and through bullet hole in your shoulder." Kevin replied, taking Bens shirt and tying it around his shoulder to hopefully stop the bleeding.
"Kevin! go stop the kid! he wants to know what the loud pops were and is heading for the building!" Gwen shouted. Kevin paused looking at Ben, who nodded him towards the doors. Kevin nodded in response and ran over to stop Leo, he caught him quickly as he came through the doors.
"Kevin? what happened? where's Mike?" Leo ask trying to see around the Osmosian.
"go back to the car Leo." Kevin replied.
"but what about-" Leo tried.
"car. now." Kevin ordered. Leo deflated and headed for the car. once he was inside, Kevin held up his remote and locked the car, hoping to keep the child from witnessing what he, Gwen, and Ben had witnessed. he turned hearing sirens. he popped his head back in the door. "ambulance is here, looks like he called two, expecting someone else to get hurt.." Kevin said.
"maybe he was hoping to save Foxy." Ben muttered. the paramedics followed Kevin in. one went to Ben while the others went to Joey and the dead couple on the floor. Gwen eventually joined Kevin beside Ben, watching the paramedics work on his shoulder.
"well, we're gonna have to take you to the hospital, jusst so we can make sure the bullet didn't crack or break any bones." the medic said.
"fantastic." Ben muttered sarcastically. "Kev, if she tries to call my parents crush her phone." Ben said. Kevin nodded but Gwen seemed shocked. Ben let the paramedics load him into the ambulance. Gwen waited until it drove away to turn to Kevin.
"what happened with his parents?" Gwen ask. Kevin clenched his jaw and narrowed his eye's, before heading towards his car.
"thats between Ben and his mother." Kevin replied. Gwen raised an eye brow. Kevin wasn't going to tell her?
"well you obviously know what happened." Gwen said, watching the second ambulance leave with Joey in it.
"I do." Kevin replied.
"are you going to tell me?" Gwen ask.
"no." Kevin replied simply as he got into the drivers seat of his car. Leo looked at them.
"where's Ben?" Leo ask worriedly. Kevin looked up in the rear view mirror, having forgotten about the little boy for a moment.
"Ben got hurt, we're going to go to the hospital." Kevin replied. "put your seat belt on." Kevin added. Leo nodded putting the seat belt on, though it didn't really restrain him properly.
"if you're going to keep him, you should invest in a carseat." Gwen said.
"I'm not putting one of those in my car. they leave nasty marks on the seats." Kevin replied.
"forget about your seats. what about Leo's safety?" Gwen ask.
"my car is perfectly safe." Kevin said
"not your driving." Gwen replied. Kevin scold at her.
"if you hate my driving so much, get out." Kevin said stopping his car. Gwen was shocked for a moment he would even stop the car. "are you going to get out?" Kevin ask.
"no." Gwen replied as though it were obvious.
"then shut up." Kevin stated and started driving once more.
*hospital*
Ben sighed sitting on the gurney waiting. he looked up when he heard a snicker.
"well well, so come to visit me?" Cash ask smirking at Ben. he'd always had a crush on the hero, but he bullied him instead of telling him. Cash was also forced into being a medical student. Ben glared at him.
"no. I got shot." Ben replied. Cash dropped his guard.
"oh, are you okay?" Cash ask, mentally cursing himself for ask.
"do I look okay? why don't you piss off okay? it's been a long day and I really don't feel like being bullied." Ben glared. Cash raised an eye brow.
"oh yeah, well whose gonna make me go away?" Cash smirked. there was a tap on his shoulder and he turned. Kevin glared at him, his arms crossed over his chest.
"how about his boyfriend?" Kevin hissed. Cash turned and left quickly. "what are you waiting for?" Kevin ask looking at Ben.
"results from my xray. where Gwen and Leo?" Ben ask.
"Gwen pissed be off so I dropped her off at her house, she can walk here. as for the kid, I dropped him off with Max." Kevin replied, sitting beside Ben on the gurney. Ben nodded and looked over sighing. "I see they cleaned you up." Kevin said, noticing the lack of bloody clothes or bits of brain. Ben shrugged slightly.
"cleaned me up, took my clothes and threw a hospital gown at me, whats the difference?" Ben muttered.
"I can get you some clothes before we leave." Kevin said. Ben nodded slightly. it was quiet between them for a moment. "are you going to be okay after seeing that?" Kevin ask. Ben shrugged a shoulder.
"I should be, not the first time someone's killed themself in front of me." Ben replied. "thats why I don't like gore." Ben added. Kevin carefully pulled Ben close to his side. Ben leaned against his shoulder.
"I'm here for you." Kevin murmured. Ben smiled slightly, that was about as comforting as Kevin was going to get with all these other people here.
"thanks Kevy." Ben muttered. Kevin simply smiled.
