Chapter 13: Kevin 11: Part 3

I Don't Own Ben 10 or Any of the Respective Characters, The Rights Belong to Man of Action Studios and Cartoon Network

Author's Note:

* Hello and welcome to Chapter Twelve of the reboot!

* The only thing I'll say is that this chapter will also not have a Director's Commentary segment at the end. Once again, there just weren't enough noteworthy changes to warrant having one here. Really all the changes are just grammatical changes or small changes to dialogue. Nothing noteworthy to talk about.

* I don't really have anything else to say in regards to this chapter, so let's get right into it!

Earth Prime

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

The Riptide Rapids Zone

Ben

I stopped outside the gates of The Riptide Rapids Zone, which had been shut down following Vilgax's attack last weekend. I surveyed the park, but I didn't see J.T. or Cash anywhere. I dialed up the alien watch, transformed into Fourarms and then broke through the yellow caution tape that was blocking the entrance. I looked around. Kevin's note had said that J.T. and Cash were attached to the top of the biggest water slide in the park.

I walked in a little farther and still didn't see them. Since Fourarms had the ability to leap great distances, I decided to leap around the park, to find them faster. Eventually I did find them, just where Kevin said they'd be. I jumped up to the top of the slide, to where they were. I could see now why Kevin said if the goo dissolved they would end up with broken legs. That was the best case scenario.

Sure, Kevin had put them at the top of the slide, but they weren't at the top. They were attached to the side of the slide, so if they fell, well, I think you get it. Once they saw me, they started to scream in fear.

"Be quiet, you two! I'm trying to save your asses!" I exclaimed. "If you really want to stay here, be my guest!"

J.T. and Cash went quiet.

"Wait, so you're not the guy that put us up here?" Cash asked.

"Of course, I'm not! Why do you think I'm putting myself on the line for you guys?"

J.T. and Cash just exchanged glances, but said nothing.

"Okay, let's get you down from here." I said as I put my fist through Stinkfly's goop.

"What is this stuff?" Cash asked as I pulled J.T. from the goop.

"It's Stinkfly's goop." I said as I jumped down with J.T. in one of my hands.

"What's a Stinkfly?"

"It's one of my alien forms!" I called back up, as I put J.T. on the ground.

I jumped back up to get Cash down.

"The guy who nabbed you guys somehow has found a way to transform into all ten of my forms." I said as I pulled Cash from the goop.

Once we were back on the ground, they thanked me.

"Thanks, dude. I thought we were going to be goners there for a while." Cash said.

"Yeah, man." J.T. chimed in.

"No problem, did you really think I was just going to sit here and do nothing to help? Come on. You don't believe everything about me that you see on the news, do you?"

J.T. and Cash exchanged glances once again.

"We, uh, we don't really watch the news."

"That's probably a good thing."

"Why?"

"The media depicts me as a menace."

"Well, are you a menace?" J.T. spoke up.

"Well, I saved you, didn't I? Whether or not I'm a menace is ultimately for you to decide."

"I guess you aren't." Cash replied.

"Yeah, I agree." J.T. said.

"Okay, look I don't have all day. They guy who nabbed you, did he leave any kind of message for me?"

Cash scratched his head in confusion for a second.

"Yeah." J.T. spoke up while Cash remained silent. "He said something about us telling you to go to the tallest building in Downtown Bellwood."

I placed my hand on my chin and thought about it for a second.

"The tallest building in Downtown Bellwood is the news building. That's where they are."

"Where who are?" Cash asked.

"His other two hostages. Gwen Tennyson and her brother."

"Holy shit! That's Ben Tennyson's cousin, our friend!"

I nodded.

"Well, look I'd offer to take you guys home, but I really need to go find them now."

"Don't worry about it. You have a lot on your plate." J.T. replied

"Yeah, we can find our way back." Cash chimed in.

I nodded and turned around and began to leap away.

Twenty Minutes Later

Downtown Bellwood

I landed on the satellite pole on the top of the news tower, just a few feet away from Kevin, who was in Fourarms form once again. He was holding both Ken and Gwen off of the roof, so that they were out in midair. The alien watch had timed out on the way there, but luckily, it had recharged and I transformed into Diamondhead to complete the journey.

"You made it!" Kevin said. "Let's talk!"

"We can talk about—" I began to speak, but Kevin cut me off.

"You had your chance to talk. Now it's time to listen." Kevin said.

Kevin allowed Gwen to slightly fall before he tightened his grip on her arm, to show me how serious he was.

"Alright, alright. You got me. It's time for me to listen."

"You're right. It's time to listen. And you will listen. Let's get started. Lot's to talk about."

I nodded.

"You see, every hero has to make a choice in their life."

He scratched his chin with one of his free hands, before he spoke again.

"Like for example, Spider-Man had to choose between a married life with Mary Jane Watson or a thrilling life with the Black Cat."

"You've certainly done your homework, haven't you?"

"You shut up!" Kevin angrily exclaimed as he moved Ken further off of the edge.

"I'm sorry. I interrupted you. I have a knack for that."

"Shut up or I'll drop them both! I'll do it, I swear!"

"I know you will. I know where this is going."

"Okay, mister wise guy. Where is this going?"

"You'll drop both of them after doing a monologue; leaving me to choose which one to save. Am I right?"

"Shut up. And let me finish."

"I gave you a choice. The choice was you let me in on the action or I make you say goodbye to your friends. And what did you say?"

You never said that, I thought. I might as well go along with what he's saying, lest he decides to drop them without warning.

"I told you that that deal wasn't going to work."

"Right. And since that didn't work, I came up with a new choice for you."

He lifted Gwen up a little higher.

"I can kill this young woman, right here and right now." Kevin said.

Next he lifted up Ken a little.

"Or she can lose her big brother who's just about to go off to college." he said.

"How did you know that—" Ken began to speak but Kevin beat him to it.

"Hey, shut up!" Kevin said as he bopped Ken on the top of his head.

"So?" he asked upon turning back to look at me.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Which one dies? The boy or the girl? Take your pick."

"What's your point in all of this? I have no connection to either of these people! You can't use them to hurt me!"

"You and I both know damn well that you have a connection to these two! Now, make your choice!"

"No, I won't. Let both of them down. If you really have an issue with me, then leave them out of this. Take out your anger on me."

This only seemed to make things worse.

"We all have to make choices in life! Now, choose!" Kevin said, before dropping both of them.

"No!" I exclaimed as I watched them fall from sight.

No matter what, I have to save both of them. If I saved only one of them, then they would wish that I had saved the other. I have to find a way to save them both!

Author's Note:

* And that's it for this chapter, I hope you all enjoyed!

* What did you guys think of this one when compared to the original version of Chapter Thirteen? Give me any comments or questions that you may have in either a review or a private message, please. I am very curious on what you all thought of this version of Chapter Thirteen.

* Anyway, that's going to do it for me. I'm going to go, so have a great day and bye.

Next Chapter: Ben and Kevin have their final confrontation. Kevin mutates into a hideous form.