Chapter 7: Kevin 11

I'm back again. Now, Max was going to check us all into a hotel in New York. I was very excited, because I never went to New York, the only other states I went to were Oklahoma and Louisiana. And had always wanted to go there. Gwen and Ben agreed with me. We were now in it to check in for a room. Ben noticed a new Sumo Slammer video game in the corner. He tugged my shirt sleeve.

Dustin: "What is it, Ben?" He pointed to the new game exhibition.

Dustin: "That's nice. And… what do you want me to do about this?"

Ben: "Become Ghostfreak, and sneak us both in there so I can try it out."

Dustin: "Sorry Ben. But I prefer to stay on Max's good side ."

Ben: "Come on!"

Dustin: "I'm not going to do it. We could get kicked out of the hotel if we get spotted."

Ben: "Fine! I'll go in there myself." He stormed towards the door, but was stopped by the guard.

Guard: "You have a pass?"

Ben: "I'm one of the game testers."

Guard: "No pass, no entry."

Ben: "Oh man!" He stormed towards me again. Ben got an idea and went for his Omnitrix. Luckily I pulled out a small handheld remote out and pressed the but on.

Ben's Omnitrix: "Omnitrix in Shut Down Mode!" Ben was surprised by that.

Dustin: "Nice try Benny boy." I said as I held the remote.

Ben: "Stop calling me that. And what did you do?"

Dustin: "I shut that it down using this. Omnitrix remote control! A little something I came up with. And I used Grey Matter to make this bad boy."

Ben: "Not cool dude!"

Dustin: "I expected this would happen again. Just wait for the game to come out."

Ben: "But it'll be Christmas by then!"

Dustin: "Get used to it! And until you learn to use that thing more responsibly, that watch is gonna remain off."

Ben: "What! Oh come on. Give me that." Ben snatched the remote and pressed the button, only it didn't work.

Ben: "Is this thing broken or something?"

Dustin: "Nope! Its working fine. Its just a DNA lock I installed in it. Only I can use that remote."

Ben: "Come on Dustin, turn the Omnitrix back on."

Dustin: "Tell you what. If you behave I'll turn the Omnitrix back on. Deal?"

Ben: "Fine!" He turned away from me, and crossed his arms.

Dustin: "It's for your own good, Ben." I then walked towards Gwen and Max. Ben followed, but didn't say a single word to me or look at me.

Max: "What's wrong, Ben?" Ben stayed quiet, with the same angry look.

Max: "Dustin?"

Dustin: "He wants to go Ghostfreak to sneak in to try out the new Sumo Slammer game. Luckily I built this Omnitrix remote control in case he pulls something like that."

Max: "I thought you had enough after you got the gold card from him."

Ben: "But this is different, Grandpa."

Max: "No it's not. Dustin was right to build that remote."

Dustin: "I told Ben I can turn the Omnitrix back on if he can learn the meaning of responsibility."

Gwen: "It's a good thing Dustin made that remote Ben! We could have gotten kicked out!"

Ben: "Whatever." He walked in to the elevator with us, and we had a room that was shaped just like a living room. It had a TV, a table, a sofa, a kitchen, and a separate hallway for the bathroom and the bedrooms. We checked out the bedrooms, and they had a room with a bed for two, and the other bedroom had a bed for two. We were completely set! The bathroom even looked amazing. It even had a balcony above a pool down below.

Gwen: "This is so… amazing, Grandpa!"

Dustin: "Sweet pad alright.."

Ben: "It's cool."

Max: "Now for sleeping arrangements later on tonight…"

Dustin: " I can sleep on the couch." Max looked at me.

Max: "I guess you'll be sleeping with Gwen then, Ben."

Ben: "I'd rather sleep with you Gwen." He gave me a 'death' stare. I didn't pay attention to it as I set up my sleeping pace on the couch.

Dustin: "Nice place I'll admit."

Gwen: "Sweet!"

Max: "Now, let's get settled in to the rooms." Gwen called the room to the right, and she set her bags down while I helped her. Ben and Max set their bags down in the other room. Gwen was later looking out on the balcony with me, while Ben watched TV, and Max was making lunch.

Gwen: "Dustin, this is an awesome view, huh?"

Dustin: "Yep. Sure is Gwen. Sure is." I was looking out at the city, which looked pretty nice. Although they blocked some other things, it was definitely a good view to the road and pool below. I took a quick picture with my camera as I was gonna upload it to a laptop I recently bought.

Gwen: "Yeah. This is just… awesome."

Dustin: "Oh yeah. If only my family back home were here to see this."

Gwen: "You still have them on your mind?"

Dustin: "Yeah. I still wonder how their doing without me."

Gwen: "I'm sure they're worried about you."

Dustin: "Yeah. I lived in Texas in my world. The only others states I've been to are Oklahoma and Louisiana. The pool looks cool… The roads are full as always… the works of New York City, I guess." Gwen sighed, and looked on happily ahead, with her head in her arms on the balcony. I stood up, leaning on one arm looking around.

Ben: "I'm going out."

Max: "Where?"

Ben: "Out. On the streets."

Max: "Get your room key first, Ben." From what we heard through the curtain, Ben grabbed something, and headed out. We headed back in.

Max: "How was watching the city?"

Gwen: "Cool."

Dustin: "The view is just nice man."

Max: "Ben just went out. Can you both keep track of him?"

Dustin: "No problem. Someone's gotta make sure he doesn't do something dumb."

Gwen: "No problem." We both grabbed our room keys, and went after Ben. After a little bit of searching, we found him in an arcade, playing a baseball game. We both walked in.

Ben: "Hey! This game is rigged!"

Guy: "Play at your own risk, kid."

Ben: "Darn it."

Dustin: "There you are!"

Ben: "Hey." He sounded irritated.

Dustin: "Is it me or the game your irritated about?"

Ben: "This stupid game. Said game over as soon as I started it."

Dustin: "That's a rip off. They should at least fix it."

A voice: "Yeah. The people here are like that." Ben, Gwen, and I looked up at a kid with black hair, a black shirt that looked like its sleeves were torn, and a necklace of some sort. I looked at this kid and I had a bad feeling about him. I know exactly who this kid is. It was Kevin Levin, aka Kevin 11.

Dustin: "What happened to customer service?"

Kid: "Don't exist here. That's for sure."

Ben: "Oh yeah."

Gwen: "I think we should be taking you back now, Ben. Lunch is going to be done soon."

Kyle: "Yeah, man." I said looking at the kid.

Kevin: "Well, you might as well play a bit before you head back." He touched one of the arcade games, and pushed an electrical surge through it, forcing out coins. Ben and I immediately picked up as many as we could. But I still couldn't rust him

Kevin: "Name's Kevin. You guys?"

Ben: "I'm Ben. They're Dustin, and my cousin Gwen."

Dustn: "Charmed I'm sure." I said feeling a little uneasy around him. Gwen noticed but decided to talk to him.

Gwen: "How can we repay you?"

Kevin: "Nothin'. Just helping out people." Some other punks started to come up from behind Ben.

Ben: "Wanna go on a 2-player together?"

Kevin: "Nah. Maybe later. I gotta go." He started heading off, when those punks caught him.

White punk: "Hey, Kevin."

Kevin: "Hey, guys. How's it been since I trashed your last hideout?"

Black punk: "You'll pay for that, Kevin!" He punched Kevin.

Ben: "Hey! Leave him alone!"

Blue-haired one: "Oh. What you gonna do 'bout it?" I charged at them, and Ben went to assist me, but we were both easily tossed back. Gwen also tried to help after I was tossed, but she was easily thrown back, as well.

Green haired one: "Pick on someone your own strength, and remember to stay out of this, kid."

Black punk: "And you need to work out more four eyes."

Dustin: "Dammit! That's it you sons of bitches." I pulled out the remote and pressed the button.

Ben's Omnitrix: "Onnitrix now available!" Ben looked at me.

Dustin: "Let's whip their asses!" I rushed in again, but had similar results.

White one: "Oh what are you two gonna do pal."

Dustin: "You're about to find out little bastard!" We flipped the watch on, and I transformed into Ghostfreak while Ben transformed into XLR8. Ben quickly quickly whooped each one of their butts while I opened my skin to reveal black and white tentacles, scaring them Shirtless. They ran off screaming in fear, while Kevin was unharmed.

Kevin: "Cool! How'd you do guys that?"

XLR8: "It's an alien shapeshifting device."

Kevin: "Awesome! What else can you turn into?"

Ghostfreak: "None of your business." I said as we both reverted to normal.

Gwen: "Ben, We have to go."

Ben: " Come on guys, I'll be fine." He was thrown against an arcade game.

Gwen: "You sure?"

Ben: "Yes."

Dustin: "Ben, I don't rust this kid. We need to go. Now." I said feeling worried for Ben's safety.

Gwen: "Okay Dustin. Let's just go before you blow a gasket." She left with Ben back for the hotel.

Ben: "Youre not my dad Dustin."

Dustin: "Okay Tennyson! Fine! But if he gets you into any trouble, don't come crying to me!" I said as I stormed off. Gwen followed me.

Ben's POV

Kevin: "Jeez. What's up with him?"

Ben: "Don't know. Don't care. So where do you live?"

Kevin: "I'll tell you on the way." I reverted to normal, and we were walking towards Kevin's place.

Ben: "So, how'd you get your power?"

Kevin: "Born with it. I'm an energy sponge. I can absorb electricity and send it back out when I want."

Ben: "Like Buzzshock! Cool!"

Kevin: "Buzzshock?"

Ben: "My newest alien form."

Kevin: "Nice. I'm gonna like you." We got to an abandoned subway sector with the place being decorated like a bedroom with a TV and everything.

Ben: "This is your place?"

Kevin: "Yeah. My parents kicked me out after I discovered my powers. I'm a freak."

Ben: "Well, Dustin, Gwen and my grandpa still accepts me."

Kevin: "You're lucky. That's for sure."

Ben: "I guess so…" I couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

Ben: "You want me to stay with you so you can have some company?"

Kevin: "Nah. I'm okay. But thanks. You're cool."

Ben: "Thanks, man."

Kevin: "I'm gonna go out tonight. Wanna come?"

Ben: "You got anything to eat?"

Kevin: "Of course." He brought out a pizza box, and I immediately smacked my lips together.

Ben: "Oh, I'm in, Kevin." I started chowing down, and so did Kevin.

Dustin's POV

Back at the hotel room…

Max: "Where's Ben?"

Gwen: "He's taking a walk, Grandpa."

Dustin: "Yeah. He'll be back."

Max: "I hope so. I made flodderworms especially tonight if anyone's hungry."

Dustin: 'Ben, please come back soon.'

Gwen: "Hey Dustin, what is it with Kevin that makes you so worked up?" Gwen whispered to me. I took a deep breath and decided to tell her.

Dustin: "Kevin is basically an energy absorber. He's half human and half of an alien called Osmosian. Osmosians can absorb energy and matter. Kevin can even absorb the powers of othets. He eventually becomes a mutant amalgamate of many Omnitrix aliens.

Gwen: "But if he is a bad as you say, why did you and Ben save him?" I just looked a her with a smirk.

Dustin: "No spoilers Gwen. You'll no why in the next five years or so."

Gwen: "Why that long?" I just didn't answer other than "no spoilers".

Gwen: "Well should we go help him out?"

Dustin: "No Gwen. Hell figure that out soon."

Ben's POV

they went to a barge.

Ben: "What's here?"

Kevin: "The new Sumo Slammer game."

Ben: "I kept begging to sneak in and get it back at the hotel."

Kevin: "Then let's get a copy."

Ben: "I'm in." I went Ghostfreak.

Kevin: "Awesome!"

Ghostfreak: "Hold on." I turned him and myself intangible, and we phased through the wall to the inside. I then went Wildmutt.

Kevin: "Alright! But how is this gonna help?"

Wildmutt: "Roar!" I pointed to my back, and Kevin got on. I sniffed around, and started walking near boxes, looking for video game packages on top of boxes. I stopped on a box that looked like it said Sumo Slammer right under it, then roared again. Kevin got off, and I went Diamondhead, and cut the box open.

Kevin: "This keeps getting cooler and cooler."

Diamondhead: "I know." I grabbed two packages, and handed one to Kevin.

Kevin: "Now, let's get outta here. We could get spotted." I went Ghostfreak again.

Ghostfreak: "No we won't. Not as long as I'm like this." I became intangible and invisible, then grabbed Kevin, and went through the wall again. I went Stinkfly, and grabbed him, and got him on my back.

Kevin: "You're awesome, man!"

Stinkfly: "I know."

Kevin: "But you wreak!"

Stinkfly: "Sorry…"

Kevin: "Whatever. At least I got this thing now." I then heard gunfire. I dodged the shots.

Kevin: "What was that?"

Stinkfly: "Bullets. We have to get movin'!"

Kevin: "Hurry man! You're the one flying!" I dodged the fire repeatedly, and swerving all kinds of ways, and Kevin held on to me as tight as he could. Helicopters were still chasing us. I then tried flying lower to the ground to get them off our tails through a road, but they still fired at us. I went XLR8, and zoomed all the way back to Kevin's pad.

Kevin: "Successful mission. Nice job changing forms around for infiltration and escaping, dude."

XLR8: "Now, I'm gotta get back. Its been fun."

Kevin: "Alright, but be back soon."

XLR8: "Why?"

Kevin: "We have one more plan to pull tonight."

XLR8: "'Kay." I zoomed off to the hotel, reverted back to normal, and used my room key to get in when I was at the hotel.

Dustin's POV

Max: "Awfully long walk, Ben. What's up?"

Ben: "Oh nothing much."

Dustin: "What do you have Ben?" He pulled out the Sumo Slammer game from behind his back.

Dustin: "How'd you get that?" He walked up to him with a glare.

Ben: "I went special shopping. Don't worry."

Dustin: "Well at least you won't top pestering me anyomore." 'More like Kevin stole it for ya!'

Max: "We're eating flodderworms tonight."

Dustin: "Okay." We ate the flodderworms, which were my favorite thing that Max cooks. Ben and Gwen started to get used to it, and ate some.

Max: "Alright. It's time to turn in."

Ben: "I'll be out again."

Dustin: "Doing what?"

Ben: "A night stroll. I'll be back for at the most breakfast tomorrow. Don't worry."

Max: "Okay, but be back by midnight at the latest."

Ben: "Understood." He went Ghostfreak, and phased out the window.

Ben's POV

Some 15 minutes later, I zoomed in as XLR8 into Kevin's pad.

Kevin: "'Bout time." I reverted back to normal.

Ben: "Sorry, Kevin."

Kevin: "Ah, whatever. Let's go." We went to another part of the subway system.

Kevin: "Give me a boost, Ben." I lifted him up to a lamp, and he absorbed its power, then changed the rails direction.

Ben: "What's gonna happen? What's the plan?"

Kevin: "Two trains are gonna come by here. One with money, and one with passengers. They'll collide, and then we get tons of cash. We'll grab it with you as XLR8 to grab everything quicker."

Ben: "Wait a sec, Kev. People will get killed."

Kevin: "No pain, no gain, Ben. That's just how it is sometimes."

Ben: "Wait! No! I refuse to do this!" I ran towards the rail changer, but Kevin shocked me off of it.

Kevin: "Look, we're partners now. If someone gets hurt because of one of our plans, don't worry about it. It's not our problem."

Ben: "I can't let innocent people get hurt regardless of your plans."

Kevin: "We're doing it."

Ben: "I'm stopping it." I slammed the face down, and transformed into Heatblast.

Kevin: "No you're not!" I threw a fireball at him, but he grabbed me, and started sucking something out of me. After he was done sucking energy, he flew off, and I went to see if he was okay, but a fireball was thrown at me, and there was Kevin, with a Heatblast head and right arm. Half his body was literally Heatblast, even with a rock on his left arm.

Heatblast: "Kevin! How did you…?"

Heatblast Kevin: "Sorry, Ben, but this will go according to plan." He shot a fire stream from his one hand at me. I jumped over it, and kept tossing fireballs at him, but he took each shot like it was nothing, and attacked again. I was blown into the wall.

Heatblast Kevin: "I'll make sure you pay for going traitor!"

Heatblast: "I just wanted to keep people from getting hurt!"

Heatblast Kevin: "Sorry, Ben. That doesn't matter right now!" He socked me with his Heatblast arm, and I fell through the wall. He then hopped on top of me.

Heatblast Kevin: "Any last words, traitor?"

Heatblast: "Nope." I went Amoeblob, and slithered under him. He shot fireballs at me, but I was unaffected, as Limax aliens love heat, but he was too stupid to notice it. I went Diamondhead, and tried sealing him in the hole, but he jumped out, and socked me with his Heatblast arm again. I fell over, and got up.

Heatblast Kevin: "Come on, man. This is way too easy for me." I shot Diamond shards, but he melted each one with fire breath.

Diamondhead: "No way!"

Heatblast Kevin: "Oh yeah! I'm so awesome, and much better than you or your friend Dustin!" I went Stinkfly.

Stinkfly: "Oh yeah?" I shot slime at him, and his flames seemed to go out, but he re-ignited almost instantly.

Stinkfly: "No way!"

Heatblast Kevin: "Yes way, idiot!" He launched a fire stream again, and I went Four Arms to absorb the fire. I charged through it, and slammed him into the ceiling. He fell back down, and I heard the train come. I ran over to the switch, and changed it, setting the trains free, but Kevin was nowhere to be seen after that. I went Ghostfreak, and went invisible and intangible again to warn them of Kevin's attack.

Dustin's POV

At the hotel,…

Max: "Where is Ben? He's been gone too long."

Gwen: "I'm sure he'll show up any minute now."

Dustin: "Yes. He will. Count on it."

Creepy voice: "I'm here now, guys!" I rematerialized as Ghostfreak in front of them.

Max: "Ben, why were you out so late?"

Ghostfreak: "Well, I made a new friend named Kevin. He was a cool guy, but made me try to steal money from two colliding trains. I tried to stop him, but I really couldn't, and he is on the loose now."

Dustin: "Now you understand why I felt uneasy around him."

Max: "You knew about this?"

Dustin: "Yeah. Kevin can absorb energy, solid matter, even the powers of others. No doubt he absorbed the powers of one of Ben's aliens. And I suspect he's planning on using them for mayhem. I wanted Ben to figure that out on his own."

Ghostfreak: "Yeah. I'm sorry I didn't believe you Dustin." He said as his one showed a sad expression. I couldn't stay mad at my friend and partner.

Dustin: "You're forgiven Ben." I placed a hand oh his shoulder.

Max: "Now that we got that taken care, we have to stop Kevin. Who knows what he's doing now."

Dustin: "You and Gwen take the RV. Ben, you and I are gonna go searching for him." I said a so turned into Ghostfreak.

Ghostfreak Ben: "You got it." We both vanished through the wall, and Gwen and Max went out to the RV. After a while, we saw the punks from the video arcade running from something on fire.

White one: "Calm down, Kevin. Please?"

Heatblast Kevin: "I will not be calmed." He changed back.

Kevin: "My Heatblast power! No!"

Ghostfreak Ben: "There you are." He turned to see me, then Ben went Diamondhead and I went Four Arms.

Kevin: "There you are, Ben. Back to settle the score I see. And looks like your babysitter is here as well."

Four Arms: "Just leave them out of it."

Kevin: "Fine by me. I wanted to kill Ben first anyway!" He ran up to Ben, but I got in front of him. I tried smacking him, but he turned into a hideous mix of himself and Four Arms.

Four Arms: "Crap!" I ran for him, but he grew a giant arm, and socked me with it, then grew another large arm, so he has 6.

Fourarms Kevin: "You both are in so much trouble, freaks!"

Diamondhead: "We'll beat you so bad, you'll have to go back home to your parents."

Fourarms Kevin: "Really?" We ran towards each other, and banged our fists together.

Fourarms Kevin: "I'll take all of your alien powers, dweeb!"

Four Arms: "Over our dead bodies you will!" I pushed him away, and started rushing for him again. I socked him, and he flew into a wall. Diamondhead sealed him down, then he broke out, and punched him across the face. I went Wildmutt, rolled up into a ball, and spun back around, firing the quills on my back as I rolled. He was stunned a bit by the attack, the I jumped up, and slammed his face down. Ben went Four Arms, and slammed him into the pole. He came out, and punched him in the gut, then slammed me with his four smaller arms over and over again. I went Anoeblob, slithered under him, and then I went Stinkfly, and tried a full body tackle, and he fell for it, and was sent back a few inches. Then Ben went Heatblast, and shot fire at him. He jumped over it, and he went XLR8 to dodge, then come back to barrage him with kicks. Although he flung Ben off, he went Wildmutt, and jumped back towards him. He was hit dead on in the face. Ben and I both went Foura Ams, and completely overwhelmed him with punches. Four Arms Kevin was on the ground panting.

Fourarms Kevin: "I give, okay? I'm sorry."

Four Arms Ben: "You want me to lighten up on you?"

Four Arms Kevin: "Yes. A bit." Ben and I transformed back to normal.

Ben: "How about you come with us? We'd squeeze you in."

Fourarms Kevin: "I was wild with power. I'm sorry. It's too late to change back."

Ben: "No. You can still be good." I held out my hand, but he then grabbed it.

Dustin: "Dammit!"

Four Arms Kevin: "You are so gullible! I can't believe you fell for that act! Now gimme that watch!"

Dustin: "It's stuck to his wrist! It doesn't come off!" It emitted an energy pulse at him, sending him away. I ran to Ben and luckily he was okay. Kevin turned back to normal.

Kevin: "No! Impossible!" He ran off in fear.

Dustin: "That's right! You'd better run, boy!" I looked at Ben and he looked down.

Ben: "I just wanted to help Kevin out. I thought he could change." I placed a hand on his shoulder and he looked up at me. I had a smile on his face.

Dustin: "Don't worry Ben. Hell come around eventually. I know he will. And I'm really proud of you Ben! You really have showed me you can use your Omnitrix for non-selfish reasons."

Ben smiled and bro hugged me. I bro hugged him back with a smile.

Max: "We're here, guys! Where's Kevin!?"

Ben: "We beat him, and he ran off."

Max: "Nice job."

Gwen ran over and hugged both me and Ben.

Gwen: "I was worried about you…"

Dustin: "Oh please, Gwen. What could happen?"

Ben: "No need to get mushy Gwen."

We checked out of the hotel the next day, and drove off.