Next week, Gwen was still dealing with the new feelings for Lincoln, and she didn't know how to deal with them. She had previous crushes, but this one on Lincoln was unique and complicated. It's not like she texts her mom that she had a crush on a runaway boy with a watch that turns him into different alien forms. She can't tell her grandpa because that would be embarrassing, and Lincoln might walk into their conversation. For now, Gwen just has to keep it all to herself forever long she can hold her feelings for Lincoln.
Right now, Gwen, her grandpa, and Lincoln were in a small town in Canton, Oklahoma, that was holding the largest flea market. With people selling everything from old fancy dresses to retro devices, Of the three, Gwen's grandpa was the most excited to find the most interesting things in the flea market. The three stopped near a table where an older woman in a sundress was selling jars of honey.
"How good is this, honey, miss?" said Max.
"Great, my bees make the best honey ever," said the woman.
"Hm, then I'll take two jars."
Gwen thought I hope he doesn't make anything strange out of those jars of honey.
Lincoln saw a man in his mid-30s next to a minivan wearing glasses, a white collar shirt, khaki pants, black shoes, and a pocket protector. The man was selling retro video games and consoles. Lincoln walked up to the man's table and asked.
"So what type of games and consoles are you selling?"
"From good to crappy things on the table, see what you like, kid," said the man.
Lincoln looked around and found an old PSP and a game called Death Jr. He picked them up and asked, "How much for these?"
"Thirty bucks."
"Thirty bucks, cool." Lincoln went and pulled out exactly thirty bucks. It's a good thing I still got some money from helping that guy with his car earlier this summer. Lincoln thought
Lincoln handed the man the crash, grabbed the PSP and the game, and walked to Tennyson with his new device. Gwen saw everyone else getting something, so why not get something for herself? When the three walked around for a bit, Gwen saw one table that caught her eye. It was selling flowers and all kinds of plants, and the flower that Gwen was interested in was a purple coneflower.
Woah, this flower is pretty, Gwen thought.
"Want a flower, little girl?" said a man wearing a dusty old cowboy
"Yes, sir," said Gwen.
"It'll be five bucks."
Before Gwen could buy the flower, she heard screams. She turned and saw a large and burly biker taking some jewelry from a couple. On cue, she saw Lincoln go after the biker in his Dimaondhead form.
As Gwen watched Lincoln handing the biker, she thought Lincoln had gotten pretty good at fighting and being all heroic. Gwen blushed and quickly bought the flower, trying to avoid the crush going into her head.
But she wasn't the only one watching Diamondhead fight the biker as two nerds filmed it on a video camera. One was a skinny nerd with curly blonde hair and wore a UFO shirt. His fellow nerd holding the camera was chubbier and had short black hair; he wore a purple upside-down triangle with a skull in the middle.
"Jim, you're getting this," said the skinny nerd.
"Yeah, I can't believe one of them is here, Wade," said the chubby nerd.
"Yeah, this is our chance to get into that group and now we have to capture it."
Forty minutes later, in an old Volkswagen van, Jim and Wade were looking at photos and information about Lincoln's alien adventures around the country. Jim put the camera in the back seat and asked Wade.
"So how are we going to capture one of them?"
"It's easy. We just have to cause some kind of trouble, and once one of the aliens comes, we capture it by using this," said Wade, who went to the backseat and pulled out a strange ray gun.
"Do you think that could work?"
"Of course, I tried it on a dog and that thing couldn't move for about an hour."
"And after we capture it?"
"Then we will call you to know who."
"Got it."
Back to Gwen, who was putting the flower on the window, giving it enough sunlight; Lincoln came by and looked at the flower.
"That's a pretty flower, Gwen," said Lincoln.
"Thanks. How was that game treating you?" said Gwen.
"It's pretty good. I have no idea why the guy would sell it."
"Maybe he didn't like it."
Then Max came to the two with a bowl of soup, "Lunch is ready."
"So what are we having, Mr. Tennyson?" said Lincoln.
"Honey Chicken Soup."
"That sounds delicious, grandpa," said Gwen.
As three were about to eat soup, they heard fire trucks passing by the Rustbucket. Max looked out the window and saw a large smoke in the distance, and Lincoln as well, and sighed.
"I'll take care of it," said Lincoln, then went to his Omnitrix. He transformed into WaterHazard, stepped out of the RV, and headed to the smoke.
WaterHazard arrives at a burning factory, and it seems the firefighters are taking care of the fire. He decided that he should probably get back to Rust Bucket, but when he walked through an alley, Jim and Wade jumped out of a dumpster wearing crappy purple ski masks.
What in the world is this? WaterHazard thought
"You're going nowhere, alien," said Jim.
"And you guys are going to stop me?"
"Yes, we are." Wade quickly pulled out the raygun and said, "Now prepare to meet some friends of ours."
Water Hazard quickly blasted the two nerds with one burst of water, knocking them over the ground, and the ray gun then sparked. WaterHarzard walked past them, and he headed back to Tennyson.
"That could have gotten better," said Wade.
"No crap, can we just call the knights and let them handle this?" said Jim.
Looking at the now-destroyed ray gun, Wade says, "Fine; hopefully, they won't laugh at us."
At night in the Rustbucket, everyone was preparing to go to sleep and ready to hit the road tomorrow. However, Lincoln thought about something for a long time: his family. He wondered if they still cared about him or were even trying to find him. It has been about two months since he ran away.
Maybe I'm just being hopeful, Lincoln thought.
Then a bunch of police cars passed by the Rusket Bucket, waking everyone up.
"Seriously, how much trouble can happen in one town?" said Gwen, rubbing her tired eyes.
"Well, let's see what's going on," said Max.
One quick drive, the three, at what seemed like a bank robber, turned into a stalemate situation at a local bank. Lincoln changed into Big Chill. He turned invisible and went to the bank. Once inside the bank, Big Chill looked around and saw no robbers.
What's going on? Big Chill thought.
Then a laser was shot from the bank manager's office, and Big Chill dodged the laser. Two men dressed as knights and wearing gray emotionless masks came out of the bank manager.
"Who are you creeps?" said Big Chill.
"We're the Forever Knights, and you're coming with us," said one of the knights.
"Yeah, no."
Then, Big Chill used his ice breath to freeze the whole upper body of the knights. But then the knights break out of the ice using laser swords and try to go on the offense. The two try to slash Big Chill with their swords. Using his invisibility power, Big Chill goes through the sword and then grabs both of them. He phases them into the bank vault and phases them out.
That takes care of them. Big Chill thought, and he flew off.
When Lincoln returned to the Rustbucket, he told the Tennysons what went down at the bank, and Max was shocked.
"The Forever Knights?" said Max.
"You know them, grandpa?" said Gwen.
"Yes, they are an organization that hunts for alien tech to use against aliens or rivals."
"How do you know this, Mr. Tennyson?" asked Lincoln.
"Um, I just read about them in an old article a long time ago."
Lincoln thought Mr. Tennyson was a strange person.
Later, at a secret location, a Forever Knight with a golden mask looks at the photos of Lincoln aliens and thinks.
There is a connection between these aliens, and I will find it, the knight thought.