Chapter Fifteen: Bwen vs Gwevin

Author's Note: Gwendolyn and Kevin are their UA selves. Kevin's mutation is the one from the OS.

Darkness draped itself over a young woman's room as she slept. This woman's orange-red hair lay like a burning fire between the woman's pillow and her head. She dreamed peacefully until a massive rush of…something woke her. This girl looked around her darkened room in surprise. She swore she could feel her cousin's energy and more strangely her own vanish. There was a bright flash, and a man in a lab coat and goggles appeared. "Paradox!" She yelled, identifying the man. "Couldn't you wait until I am decent?!" Paradox opened his pocket watch and responded. "I'm afraid we haven't the time, Gwendolyn." Then, there was the mild flash of a temporal flux, and Gwendolyn found herself dressed and also found her recent boyfriend Kevin That hurts to type! in her room. It was clear the mutant was formerly elbow deep in grease according to the stains on the bottom of his black short sleeves. "I'm sure you felt it, Gwendolyn, a drop in the cosmic Manna field?" Gwendolyn nodded at Paradox's question to which Paradox smiled. "We need to go to that alternate world and reset it." He told her. Kevin glared at the man. "She's not going anywhere without me!" Gwendolyn gave him a piercing glare which brought a small smile to his face. "This actually involves you also, Kevin." Then, the three vanished into the time stream.

Meanwhile, Ben and Gwen were just waking up. They both looked at each other with longing until the crashing of a stone block brought the duo to alert. "We need to get out of here!" Ben told Gwen. "The battle destabilized the fortress." Gwen nodded, spread her wings. As they flew away back to Max, Gwen suddenly shrieked in pain and hit the dirt. "Gwen!" Ben yelled in fear as he got off of her back and looked her over worriedly. "What's wrong?" Ben asked as he helped Gwen to her feet. Gwen looked down at her feet. "Ben, I have no idea what that was, but I know what it felt like." She said as she walked closer to him. Ben was afraid to ask but knew it would be better for Gwen to talk her feelings out. "What did it feel like?" Ben asked as he put a hand on Gwen's shoulder. She looked into his eyes and drank in his eyes with a hunger that surprised Ben. "It felt like I was back in the Florauna pit about to die." Ben nodded. "Let's get back to the Rustbucket and talk to Grandpa about it." Ben said with a comforting smile.

Paradox dropped Gwendolyn and Kevin off at the Rustbucket when Danny and Ember were enjoying a meal Grandpa Max cooked. As Gwendolyn knocked on the door, Danny looked up and shook his head in confusion. "Who knows we are here?" Ember asked with a look at Danny. Danny's brow furrowed. "No one outside the Tennysons." He said with a glare as he opened the door and glared out into a surprise. "Gwen, where's Ben, and who's the greaser?" Ashley asked with a worried look. Gwendolyn looked at the Ghost Girl with a sigh. "How do you know Ben?" She asked the pair. "Where's Max?!" Kevin growled "That's not important." Danny said with a glare."Where's-" Danny was cut off as he heard Ben. "Grandpa, we have a major problem." Max looked over Gwen in fear. "Damn it." Max growled in frustration. "Her bond is being strained." Max said with worry in his voice. "Another has come on the scene." Ben looked at Gwen in shock and hurt. Then, his ears twitched at a familiar voice. "Kevin!" The Loboan hybrid growled.

Ben went to all fours and tackled Kevin to the ground at a full sprint. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you apart and leave you for the vultures!" Ben was stunned when magenta clamps slammed him against the Rustbucket. Ben looked up once he regained his bearings to receive a shock. "Who's the Star Sapphire wannabe?" Ben growled. The girl sighed and glared at Ben's wolf form. "It's me, Ben!" Ben couldn't believe what he heard. "I call bullshit." Ben said calmly. "Danny, overshadow Kevin and bring what's hidden to the surface." Danny nodded with a smirk and flew into Kevin's body. After fighting Danny for a little while, Kevin's body mutated into its natural monstrous form before Danny was thrown out. Ashley glared at Kevin and shot him with a sonic blast from her guitar. Ben looked back at Danny and Ember. "Go!" Ben said with a deadly look in his eyes. "Ben, don't!" Gwendolyn growled before she restrained him yet again. I'm getting nowhere with this! Gwen! Ben called over their Bond. Said Dragonborn jumped over the Rustbucket and landed with her wings outstretched in front of Ben. "How stupid are you?" Gwen asked as she kicked Gwendolyn in the gut causing her to release Ben. "*roar!* Look at the monster you're dating!" Gwen demanded. Even now, Kevin was eying Gwendolyn as if she was nothing more than a meal. As Kevin went to drain his supposed girlfriend, Ben tackled Kevin. "Don't." Ben yelled as Kevin and Ben rolled. "Just like old times, Benji." Ben went Four Arms. "Too much like old times." Ben growled before he hammered Kevin into submission.

Ben and Gwen turned to a strange sound and bright flash. Gwendolyn looked at Paradox in pain. She glared at him and wrapped the man in magenta bindings. "What's the meaning of this, Paradox?!" Paradox looked at her with a sigh. "I had to wake you up somehow, Gwendolyn. I've watched you and Benjamin. I've seen your fear, especially of him. You would not listen to Benjamin in your hormone and fear-fueled desires, so I decided to show you the moster you forgot and the hero you left behind."

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