Chapter 75: Blood Brothers: Part Four

I Don't Own Ben 10 Or Any Of The Characters

Author's Note:

* Hello and welcome to the final chapter! Yes, this is it! Once this chapter is done, Volume One is over! Also, the outcome of the story will impact Ben's character tone for the first arc of Volume Two.

* So this chapter will begin with the last flashback of Sunny and Albedo. I won't really say anything more about that.

* So it's going to be a while before Volume Two starts. Maybe a week or two to be precise. So that's why I'm excited to announce that to keep you guys tided over until Volume Two starts, I will be releasing the first chapter of the Gwen 10 spin-off story tomorrow! So I hope you guys enjoy that!

* So, without anything else to be said, here's the final chapter!

Albedo

A Couple Days Ago

I woke up the next morning, feeling something pressed up against me. It was only when I lifted my head up a little that I saw what it was and I remembered the events of the night before. Sunny was snuggled up against me, resting her head on my bare chest. Oh and she was completely naked, as was I.

I remembered everything that happened last night. After making out for quite a while, we went at it for at least a couple hours. I heard her let out a sigh, as she moved up closer to me, scaring me in the process. I noticed that her eyes were open, as she pulled me into a kiss.

I wrapped my arms around her and flipped us over. Her eyes widened, before she quickly closed them and began to kiss me back passionately. We kissed for at least half a minute, before I parted from her and looked down at her, she giving me a lovely gaze.

"I take it you enjoyed last night?" she asked, as she gently put her hand on my cheek.

I nodded, as I lowered myself onto her so that our chests touched.

"I want to go again." I said, as I kissed her once more.

She put her hands on my neck and kissed me back, before slipping her tongue through my lips. Eventually she pulled away, giving me a sad look.

"Not right now." She said. "Ben and Gwen are going to be getting up soon and they might hear us."

"What's the point?" I asked. "Ben knows that I liked Gwen when I came into existence, but I got over that and now here you are. And you're single…"

She just smiled up at me, as her hand trailed down my face and towards my neck. Her hand then went to my chest and continuing trailing down my stomach, until…

"Eep!" I let out a gasp of shock, as I felt her hand around my… how you say…

She laughed, as she began to rub me without a second thought. I bit my lip to keep from moaning. It was to no avail. A little towards the end, I did let out a low moan. Eventually, I couldn't take it anymore.

"Sunny, I-I'm going to-"

A devilish smile appeared on her face, as she interrupted me.

"No you're not." she said, as she let go of me.

I looked at her in shock, before she kicked me off of her. I fell off of the pull out mattress and onto the floor, as I looked at her with anger. She just smiled back at me.

"Why did you do that?!" I asked with surprise. "What was the point of jerking me off, all of that build up and then you don't let me, you know?"

She got up from the pull out mattress, exposing her completely naked body to me. She walked over to me, grabbed my chin and forced me to stand up. She pulled me deep into a kiss and I wasted no time in kissing her back.

Once she pulled away from me, she just winked at me.

"Sneak peek for later." She said, as she hugged herself against me.

"Albedo! Breakfast is ready!" I heard Ben call down the stairs.

I began to freak out, as Sunny and I parted. I was visibly freaked by the sound of Ben's voice, while Sunny was fine.

"What?" she whispered to me.

"Put your clothes on!" I whispered back. "What if one of them comes down here and sees us like this?"

"Don't worry, they won't." she said, not even making an attempt at getting dressed. "You go on ahead of me. I'll be up soon."

I quickly grabbed my torn pants and tried to put them on, falling over in the process. Sunny began laughing at my attempts to quickly get dressed. I looked up at her with anger once again, as I stood up. That's when a thought crossed my mind.

"Was this a one night stand, Sunny?" I asked. "Please tell me it was more than that! I don't want to be the third wheel anymore!"

Sunny surprised me by grabbing me and pressing herself up against me, as she pulled me into a kiss. She wrapped her arms around me and once again slipped her tongue through my lips. Eventually, she pulled away and left me with a smile on her face.

"You are not a third wheel, Albedo. Far from it, actually." She said. "You are a beautiful creature, Albedo."

I smiled.

"Not as beautiful as you." I said to her.

A light pink blush appeared on her cheeks for a few seconds.

"Go!" she said, pointing towards the stairs.

I turned around and walked towards the stairs, as I reached to button my jeans, before realizing that the button was gone after last night.

Perfect, I thought as I rolled my eyes.

I began to walk up the stairs, as I called up the stairs.

"Hey Ben, I only have the torn jeans from last night!" I called up. "Can I borrow some clothes from you?"

"Albedo I swear to God, if I have to give you anymore clothes, I'm going to…"

Present Day

I stared up at the rooftop with shock. Kevin had mutated again. But he was nothing like his previous form. This time, he was nothing short of a monster! His entire body was composed of the colors and body parts of aliens, many of which I had never seen before!

"What did he do to himself?" Sunny asked, running over to me.

"Something he shouldn't have." I said. "Jesus, this is bad."

Lucky Girl suddenly ran forward and grappled up to the rooftop.

"Where are you going?!" I called after her, getting no answer.

"We're all in this together." Sunny said, as she ran forward and threw her grapple line up to the roof.

"Oh, great! Thanks for telling me!" I said as I ran forward, activating the Dark Omnitrix.

Ben

I watched as Kevin, in his new mutated form, began to engage Savage Animo. I couldn't believe it. He had disobeyed my orders.

After everything I had promised him, he still disobeyed me!

I eventually got over my trance and realized that I had to help him fight Savage Animo. I ran forward and began to pummel him in a spot that Kevin didn't have covered.

"You disobeyed me!" I yelled at him.

"Fight now, talk later!" Kevin exclaimed, as Animo swatted me away with ease.

"Right!" I said, as I got back up.

Kevin wasted no time in testing his new abilities. He didn't even try to mess with aliens that he had already used. All of a sudden, he grew a second head out of nowhere, which was pale skinned and had spikes on the top and bottom of his head.

This head began to expand and his lips puffed up, until he opened his mouth and released some kind of pale green colored slime all over Savage Animo. I hadn't realized that the stuff was acidic, because it began to burn through his skin.

Savage Animo began to scream with rage and agony, as some of the liquid dripped down onto the concrete floor of the rooftop. Of course, the liquid began to burn through the concrete.

"Kevin, be more careful!" I scolded. "That'll burn right through the roof if you keep doing it!"

He ignored my complaint. Once all of the liquid was gone, it didn't surprise me that Savage Animo just regenerated all of the skin that had been burnt off.

"Can nothing stop this dude?" I asked myself.

"Hold that thought." Kevin said.

Next, Kevin grew an extra set of arms, so that he had had six of them. The lowest set of arms were black and had dark orange spots running down the tops of his arms. He lifted up his hands and I kid you not, electricity was generated, electrocuting Savage Animo!

"Cool! I want to do that!" I exclaimed.

"I thought you were mad at me?" Kevin asked.

"Oh I am, don't get me wrong!" I exclaimed. "I am going to chew the fuck out of you once this is over!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep on yammering." Kevin said.

The electricity didn't even faze Savage Animo. If anything, it just pissed him off even more.

"Anymore bright ideas?" I asked Kevin.

Once again, he ignored me. Kevin's second head began to change, losing it's size, getting a bit longer and gained a pair of ears, until he looked like he had a wolf's head. The wolf's mouth opened, which surprised me. It's not that it opened that surprised me, it's how it opened.

The wolf's mouth split apart and opened in four directions. Then, the wolf let out an ear-splitting howl. Even in my Fourarms form, it hurt my ears. I had noticed a while ago that Lucky Girl, Albedo and Sunny were now up on the roof with us and they were holding their ears. The howl however, did not affect Savage Animo.

The wolf's mouth closed after that. Sunny ran up to Savage Animo from behind, took out her Twin Sais and stabbed them into his ankles. He let out a roar of fury from that, as Sunny took one Sai out and stabbed it higher up his leg. She kept alternating between both Sais, until she was up behind his neck.

She lifted up her Sais, letting them hover just above either sides of his head. It didn't take long for me to realize what she was doing.

"No killing!" I exclaimed.

"Watch me!" she shouted back.

She stabbed her Sais into either sides of Savage Animo's head and he let out a roar of agony. He kept roaring, before he fell over onto the floor of the roof, bringing Sunny down with him.

"Was all of that really necessary?" I asked her, as she stood up and pulled both of her Sais out of Savage Animo's head.

"Oh, shut up. He's down isn't he?" she asked me, walking towards me.

Coming as not much of a surprise at this point, I saw Savage Animo begin to move behind Sunny.

"Sure he's down, but he's not dead!" I exclaimed.

Before Sunny could turn around, Savage Animo had his hand around her ankle. He brought her down quickly, smashing her head into the concrete.

"Ow!" she exclaimed with pain.

Then, Savage Animo stood back up and threw her up into the sky. It was really an impressive throw to say the least, being at least twenty five or thirty feet in the air.

"Sunny!" Albedo exclaimed with worry. "No!"

He immediately dialed up the Dark Omnitrix and turned into Dark Fourarms. He then leapt up into the air after her, in an effort to catch her. I turned back to Kevin and snorted.

"Just friends, my ass." I said. "Only a worried boyfriend would react to that in that way."

"They are teammates, so maybe it's that." He said.

"Shut up." I said. "What else can that thing dish out?"

"Let's find out." Kevin said.

The wolf head changed, losing the snout and until it was smaller. This head was plum and green. The head turned, opened it's mouth and a few tongues flew out, snatched up a brick and pulled it in.

"How's that supposed to help?!" I asked with confusion.

Kevin ignored me and a few seconds later, the green head's mouth opened once again, but this time a green ball of energy flew out, which exploded upon impacting Animo.

"Can we not use burning and exploding aliens?!" I asked.

"Sorry!" Kevin said with anger.

Just then, Albedo came back down in his Dark Fourarms form, with Sunny in his arms, who had her arms wrapped around his neck.

"See? They're so lovey-dovey!" I said.

"You're overlooking it." Lucky Girl said, as she charged into battle next.

"Lucky Girl! Don't!" I exclaimed.

She ignored me as Kevin did.

God, does no one follow my orders on this team?

Lucky Girl ran up to Savage Animo's head level, by way of the Mana platforms that she could create. She was about to start hitting him, when she was swatted away. I leapt up and caught her in a heartbeat. Once we reached the rooftop floor again, I began to leap away towards another rooftop, at least a few rooftops away.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, where are you taking me?" she asked me. "I need to help!"

"No! You're done!" I said. "I'm getting you to safety! If you keep trying to do what you do, you'll get hurt or worse! And I wouldn't be able to forgive myself!"

Once we landed on the target rooftop, I put her down.

"There, now stay-"

Before I could finish my sentence, she got up and ran off.

"Put." I said, as she leapt off of the roof and began to grapple back towards the roof where Savage Animo was at. "Hey, get back here! What did I just get done telling you?!"

"I need to help, Alien Guy!" she said, using my super hero name. "That's how teams work! You have to build trust and you have to help each other out!"

"Go back to the other rooftop!" I said. "Go be safe! Besides, what can you do that we-"

Once we landed back where Savage Animo was at, I noticed that her eyes began to glow. Next, her hands began to glow. After that, she lifted up her hands and literally started to throw beams of hot pink light at Savage Animo, which exploded upon impact.

"Can't?" I finished my sentence.

Huh, kind of like Starbolts.

That actually fazed Savage Animo quite a bit; it was as it blinded him!

"Nice idea, Gwen!" Kevin said. "Keep doing that!"

"Don't say her name!" I exclaimed, as I landed back by his side. "We use our superhero names!"

"Well, why don't Sunny and Albedo have superhero names?" he asked.

"Well that's because Albedo and Sunny don't really exist."

"Hey!" they both said in unison, with anger.

"Well, you don't!" I exclaimed. "There's no record that you guys exist!"

"Oh, I thought you meant that we weren't real." Albedo said.

"Idiot." Sunny said to him.

As Lucky Girl continued throwing Gwen Bolts at him, Kevin tried to see what else his new form could dish out.

Yes, I'm seriously thinking about calling her "Starbolt" like energy fire Gwen Bolts. Jeez, next you're going to tell me that she can fly like Starfire, too.

I witnessed one of Kevin's heads change again, until it was just an eye. No, a literal fucking eyeball. I'm being serious here! And I kid you not when I say that he fired a beam of fire at Savage Animo from his eye!

Lucky Girl stopped throwing Gwen Bolts at Savage Animo. He quickly recovered from his blindness and began attacking us again. Sunny and Albedo held off his attacks, while Kevin tried something else. Kevin grew a new set of arms, these ones being light brown and highly muscular.

He ran over to Savage Animo and along with his other arms, used his new arms to pick Savage Animo and lift him up over his head! He then jumped up into the air and it looked like he was going to try to throw Animo.

"Don't throw him into the street!" I exclaimed.

"I'm not going to!" Kevin said, as he threw Animo down towards an abandoned building.

Savage Animo crashed through the roof and landed into the floor below. All of us followed, as Kevin began duking it out with Savage Animo once more. I was the first to drop down into the wreckage, holding Gwen in my arms.

"Dude, you need to look before you throw!" I said, as I put Gwen down.

"Um, duh! Why do you think I picked an abandoned theater?" he asked. "I knew that it'd be safe to fight Animo because there's no one around!"

I thought about it.

He has a point. But still, I'm unhappy about this whole thing.

Kevin began to once again, attempt to dish out whatever he could throw at Savage Animo with is new mutated form. He grew a third head this time, which was dark blue and black. His mouth opened and it let out a jet stream of cold, winter air, which froze one of Savage Animo's legs.

Albedo ran over to Savage Animo and wasted no time in beginning to smash his frozen leg, until it shattered. Keep in mind that when I say shattered, that I mean his leg completely shattered! Savage Animo was now missing a whole leg!

Savage Animo began to roar with fury, as well as agony, as he fell over. He continued to roar, as we all looked at each other.

"Um, mission accomplished?" Albedo asked.

"Uh, guys?" Kevin asked. "Heads up!"

We all looked back at Savage Animo lying on the ground and noticed that slowly but surely, that his leg was growing back. I turned and looked at Albedo with anger.

"Mission accomplished?!" I asked with anger in my voice. "Did your mother ever teach you to shut your fucking mouth?!"

"Well, considering that fact that my-"

"Everyone shut up and fight!" Kevin exclaimed, interrupting us both.

We all took fighting stances as Savage Animo got back up. I looked at Kevin.

"Well, what else do you got?" I asked.

"Hold on." He said.

One set of his arms changed into a skinny black set of arms, with pink hands. I was about to question what that one did, when Kevin beat me to it. He began to form and throw sharp, pink crystals at Savage Animo, which embedded themselves into the skin of his chest.

"Say hello to my little friend!" Kevin exclaimed, as he kept throwing.

Huh, that kind of reminds me of Diamondhead.

"Nice Scarface reference, dude." Albedo said to Kevin.

"Thanks." Kevin said.

After he spoke, he began to change again. This time, a set of his arms changed into skinny, blue, hairy arms. He lifted up his arms and pointed his hands at Savage Animo, and literally began spraying him with webbing.

But of course, even with him tied up now, that didn't stop Savage Animo. Kevin changed again. This time, one set of his arms changed into skinny, red arms. He pointed these hands at Savage Animo and sprayed him with water.

"What good does that do?!" I exclaimed.

He just shrugged.

"I don't know." He said. "Damn it! This guy takes everything that I keep dishing out!"

"It's like that we need to put him to sleep for him to be defeated!" Lucky Girl chimed in.

"Yeah, but we don't have a way to put him to sleep!" I said.

That's when Kevin perked up.

"Yes we do!" he said in an excited tone.

He turned to look at me and I returned his gaze with confusion. Before I could speak, he interrupted me.

"Gwen, Albedo, Sunny, follow me!" he said, as he turned around. "Get his attention Ben and then follow us. Make sure he follows you!"

"Use the superhero names!" I said to him with irritation.

Kevin leapt out of the ruins of the abandoned theater and they all followed him, Lucky Girl shrugging at me before she grappled after them. For some reason once they were gone, Savage Animo didn't attack me right away. He just began looking around, as he growled with rage, no doubt looking for something to smash.

"Hey, stupid!" I yelled at him, wanting to get his attention.

To my surprise, Savage Animo didn't even react to me yelling at him. So I turned to a ruined row of wooden chairs and picked it up with all four of my hands. I threw it at him and smashed into several pieces upon impact.

"Tag you're it!" I exclaimed at him, as I blew raspberry at him.

He looked at me, as his growls of anger grew louder. He backed up, probably getting ready to charge towards me.

"Look, I'd really love to stay and chat, but I gotta go!" I exclaimed, as I turned around and leapt out of the ruined theater.

I landed down on another rooftop and looked around for Kevin and the rest of the team. I looked around for a few seconds, before I spotted them in the distance. After I saw where they were at, I leapt in that direction. Once I had leaped to the next building, I looked behind me to see if Savage Animo was following.

He was in the middle of leaping across to another building, just a building or two behind me. He was pretty close, so I picked up my pace. I leapt to another rooftop, with Savage Animo still on my tail. Eventually, Kevin and the rest of my team ahead of me dropped down to street level, so I did the same, landing right behind them.

"Why are we stopping here?" I asked Kevin, as I ran to catch up with him.

"Because this is where we can do it!" he said, as I noticed that we were approaching a park.

"Where we can do what?!" I asked with confusion, as I heard Savage Animo land a few feet behind us.

"Where we can put him to sleep!" Kevin said, as we ran into the park.

"But I thought Lucky Girl was joking when she suggested that?" I asked.

"I was!" Lucky Girl exclaimed.

"Then why are you being serious about this Kevin?" I asked. "We can't put him to sleep!"

"Yes, we can!" Kevin said. "I know how to do it!"

"But how can we-"

"Everyone just shut up!" Albedo exclaimed.

Everyone shut their mouths after that. A few seconds later, we came to a pond, which was several feet deep, at least ten now that I think about it. Just then, the hourglass symbol began to flash red and I reverted back to my human form.

Worse. Timing. Ever!

Next, Savage Animo landed only a few feet away from us, just radiating anger. He stalked closer to us, growling with rage.

"Okay, so what's the plan?" I asked with worry, as I backed up away from him.

"I need you to get him into the pond." Was all that Kevin said.

"Why?! How is that going to help?!" I asked with worry.

"Just do it, Tennyson!" Kevin exclaimed.

"Fine!" I said, as the Omnitrix turned green, much to my surprise. "Albedo, you want to help me?"

"Sure thing, dude!" he said, as he moved towards Savage Animo as Dark Fourarms.

I dialed up the Omnitrix and was going to transform into Fourarms myself, when something surprising happened. When I pushed down the ring onto Fourarms' silhouette, all I got was the time out sequence. That confused the crap out of me.

"Um, go mighty Omnitrix power?" I asked with confusion, as I slammed down on the ring again.

I got the same results. Nothing changed.

"Come on, you stupid!" I exclaimed, as I slammed down on the ring again, getting the same response.

"Just pick another alien, come on!" Kevin said. "We don't have all day!"

I let out a growl of anger as I move the ring clockwise until I found Diamondhead's silhouette. I slammed down on the ring and this time I actually transformed.

What was that all about?

I ran over to Albedo to assist him with getting Savage Animo into the water. I began to hit Savage Animo like Albedo was doing.

"Get behind him!" Albedo exclaimed. "We'll get this done faster that way!"

I complied and ran around Savage Animo, until I was facing his back. I unleashed a barrage of diamond shards into his back, causing him to scream with rage. He turned around and started to swipe at me, while Albedo wrapped all four of his arms around Savage Animo's waist.

"What do I do now?" I asked.

"Hit him!" Albedo yelled with impatience. "Fuck!"

I did what I was told and started hitting Savage Animo in the chest with all of the force I could muster. As surprising as it may sound, me hitting Savage Animo was actually sending him backwards! Sure, I was sending Albedo sliding backwards on his feet as well, but I guess we were getting work done?

As I kept hitting Savage Animo, Albedo began to slide into the pond, feet first.

"Okay, we're getting there!" he exclaimed. "We're getting there!"

"Can you try to flip him over and submerge him under the water?" Kevin asked.

"I guess we'll find out!" Albedo exclaimed.

I backed up, as slowly but surely, Albedo picked up Savage Animo and flipped him over his shoulders. Savage Animo fell front first into the water and that's when Kevin's plan became apparent to me. One of Kevin's heads changed colors, until it was light blue. Next, the head began taking shape, until it resembled the head of an iguana.

The iguana's mouth opened and a jet stream of freezing cold winter air came out and it slowly began to freeze the water that was lapping at the pond's banks. My eyes widened.

"Oh, I see what you're doing now." I said.

Unfortunately, that's as far as Kevin's plan went. Animo burst from the pond's depths, opened his mouth and attempted to spray Kevin with his fire breath. However, Kevin was able to counteract the fire breath, so that the two beams of fire and ice met in the middle and began fighting for control, like you see in certain movies.

Like in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where Harry and Voldemort dual, where their wands' energy tries to overcome the other's energy? That's what it looked like to me.

"Albedo, when I say so, get ready to submerge him again!" Kevin's normal head yelled.

"You got it!" Albedo exclaimed.

A minute or so later and Savage Animo's fire breath was fairing very well. Kevin's icy breath was getting closer to Savage Animo's mouth, and the amount of fire breath that Savage Animo was letting out was getting less and less.

"Now!" Kevin exclaimed.

Albedo jumped up into the air and seconds later came back down and impacted Savage Animo in the upper torso, sending him back underwater.

"Get out of the way!" Kevin commanded.

Albedo jumped out of the way, as I saw Kevin grow an extra head, which matched the iguana's head. And after that, his normal head changed to match both of the alien heads. Kevin then leapt to the edge of the pond and I saw all three heads open. And from all three mouths came beams of icy winter air.

Kevin began to freeze the pond water, until a minute later; the entire pond was completely frozen over. Savage Animo was frozen in a block of ice; put to sleep. We had done it, we had defeated one of the foes that I thought couldn't be defeated.

"We did it! Hell yeah, brother!" Albedo exclaimed, as he slapped me on the back.

"Ow! Hey, come on man!" I said, as I shrugged my shoulders. "Hit me lighter than that next time, will ya?"

"Sorry." He said, as I transformed back to my human form, as he did the same.

"Now wait a second, that won't hold Savage Animo for long, will it?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" Sunny asked.

"Well, think about it. It's the middle of summer. It's a billion freaking degrees outside." I said. "Won't he just thaw out soon?"

"No he won't!" Kevin said. "S.E.C.T. has their eyes on everything! They'll be here and have Animo contained before he can even think about busting out!"

Lucky Girl looked at me.

"He has a point." She said.

"Does he?" I asked.

"Hey, I think we made a pretty good team!" Albedo said out of nowhere.

"So did I!" Lucky Girl exclaimed, as she smiled.

Sunny nodded next to Lucky Girl.

"I agree." She said. "And even as a former bloodthirsty, merciless assassin, I could definitely get used to this!"

"So, are we a team then?" Lucky Girl asked.

Sunny put out her hand.

"It certainly looks that way, doesn't it?" she asked. "I'll be your teammate, sister."

"There's that word again! "Sister"." I said. "I don't like it!"

"Get used it, Tennyson! I'm here to stay!" Sunny said. "We're going to live together. I'm not asking you to be nice to me, because if you want to me sour towards me still, that's fine. I'll be just as mean to you! But if you want to be friendly with me, then I'll return the favor. That's how a team should work."

She looked back at Lucky Girl, as she placed her hand on Sunny's hand. They both looked at Albedo and I.

"Are you going to join the team, Albedo?" Lucky Girl asked.

"How about you, Ben?" she asked.

Jesus, someone tell these people not to say the real names!

Albedo shrugged.

"That's something I could get behind!" he exclaimed, as he moved forward and placed his hand on theirs.

They all looked at me. Lucky Girl looked at me with pleading eyes.

"There's a spot here for you on the team." Sunny said. "That is, if you want it."

I looked at all of them.

"How about it, partner?" Lucky Girl asked.

That word made me stop what I was doing. I just stopped completely. All of my thoughts ceased. Eventually, I recovered over the shock that the word left me with.

Partners. Huh. I remember when Gwen fist proposed the idea to me, of being partners and this was way before she knew who Alien Guy was under the mask. I remember saying something like: "A partnership? You're joking." But now that I think about it, I think that I would love a partnership.

There are going to be foes that I won't be able to take down by myself. And a partnership with these people, these extraordinary, normal, everyday people, may be just what I need. Partners. Huh.

Slowly but surely, a small smile began to form on my face. I mean no one saw it, since I was wearing my mask, but it was there. I let out a quick breath of uncertainty. I walked up to them and put my hand on their hands.

"Partners." I said in a sure tone.

Lucky Girl smiled at me.

"That's my boy." She said.

"Actually, it's my girl." I said, teasing her. "You're my girl. I'm not your boy."

"You wish." She said.

"So, what's our team name?" Albedo asked.

We all looked at each other.

"How about the Fantastic Four?" Lucky Girl asked.

"Um, that's a Marvel Comics Superhero Team Name?" I said. "I won't have it."

"I agree." Sunny said. "Besides, I prefer the Fearsome Four."

Albedo sighed.

"It's too aggressive." He said.

"I agree. Who says we need a team name, anyway?" I asked. "Why can't we not have a team name? Why can't we just be "the team"?"

They all looked at each other.

"I can live with that." Lucky Girl said.

"What's with all this "Four" stuff?" Albedo asked. "Why can't it be "Five"? I mean, isn't Kevin part of the team?"

He brought up a good point. Although to me, I was just interested in Kevin, not the whole Four Vs Five stuff. I took my hand off of their hands and turned to Kevin.

"Speaking of Kevin." I said, as I walked towards him.

"Well, it looks like my work here is done!" Kevin said, as he turned and leapt away from us.

"Yeah, you're work is done! But I'm not through with you yet!" I exclaimed. "Get back here!"

Just then, the Omnitrix turned green. I dialed it up and switched it to Stinkfly's silhouette, as Gwen ran up to me. I pressed down on the ring and transformed.

"Hop on! We're going after him!" I said, as I turned to look at her.

She nodded and quickly climbed onto my back. Before I took off, I heard her speak to Sunny and Albedo.

"You guys catch up with us as soon as you can!" she said.

"Yes, mom!" Albedo exclaimed.

I took off and began to pursue Kevin. We flew for several minutes, before Kevin stopped on the roof of a tall building.

"There! Set us down there!" Lucky Girl exclaimed.

"No duh!" I said, as I began to fly down towards the roof.

Once we were on the roof, Lucky Girl got off of my back and took off her belt and mask, setting them down on the roof. I began to wobble over to Kevin.

"Kevin!" I exclaimed with annoyance.

He turned around to face me.

"Ben, fancy meeting you here!" he exclaimed.

Just then, the hourglass symbol began to flash. A few seconds later, I reverted back to my human form.

Huh. I guess since I've been transforming so much, it's battery doesn't last very long.

"Don't give me any of that "fancy meeting you here" bullshit!" I exclaimed. "Do you even know how much trouble you're in?!"

"What did I do?" Kevin asked with uncertainty.

"You transformed! When I specifically told you not to!" I exclaimed.

"Oh, come on Ben!" he said. "We wouldn't have won if I hadn't transformed!"

"Okay, maybe you're right! But I think we could have survived without you doing that!" I exclaimed. "I think that we could have survived long enough for S.E.C.T. to arrive and take over the situation! You're not supposed to transform, Kevin! You are addicted to the Omnitrix's energy, as well as the transformations! We have to get you off of that addiction and we can't do that if you disobey us!"

"All I hear is blah, blah, blah, I disobeyed you, blah, blah, blah." He said.

"Well, you did disobey me!" I exclaimed.

"That's just you." Kevin said.

"No it's not! It's… God Damn it!" I exclaimed. "I can't talk to you like this, transform back to your human self so we can talk like normal people!"

"Okay, okay! Whatever!" he said, as he closed his eyes, beginning to concentrate.

Eventually, he began to shrink and lose his many different alien body parts, until he was human again. And as soon as he was human, he fell over.

"Oh, Jesus!" he exclaimed as he went down.

Gwen and I looked at each other. He wasn't fooling me with is dramatic routine.

"Come on, Kevin." I said. "Get up."

"I can't." he said.

"Get up!" I shouted.

"No seriously, I can't!" he said in a hoarse voice.

"Ben, look!" Gwen said, as she pointed at Kevin.

I looked at where she was pointing and I saw it. Kevin's skin was a sickly pale color. Not only that, he looked a little thinner. He looked like he had terminal cancer or something. He looked like he was dying!

Wait, dying? Oh, shit.

I ran over to him, as I pulled off my mask and threw it to the rooftop floor. I grabbed one of his hands.

"Gwen, come help me!" I exclaimed.

She ran over to me and grabbed his other hand.

"Come on, Kevin." I said. "We're getting you to a hospital!"

We did manage to pick him up, but as soon as he tried to walk, even with us holding him he fell back over, bringing us down with him. Once we were down, I noticed how labored his breathing was. It was as if his lung were struggling just to get him to breathe!

"Oh shit. I don't feel so good." Kevin said.

"You don't look so good." Gwen said.

"Come on," I said, as I tried to pick him back up. "Let's try this again."

"No, give me just a minute." Kevin said. "Give me just a minute or two to breathe."

"No, I won't lose like this!" I said, as I tried to pick him up still.

"Just a minute or two." He repeated.

Gwen tapped my shoulder. I looked at her and she shook her head at me. Her eyes sent me a message:

Don't even try.

"Okay. Okay. We'll give you a minute or two." I said.

"Thank you." Kevin said. "Thank you."

A few minutes passed and we were still sitting there, while Kevin laid on his back.

"I don't know how long I can go, man." Kevin said, as he continued laying there, with Gwen and I holding both of his hands.

"Kevin, don't say that." I said. "You'll make it out of this. I swear. I've been a terrible friend Kevin. I just hope we can be friends again after this."

"Ben, you're my best friend. My best." he said, as he laid there, looking up at me. "I love you like a brother, man."

"So do I." I said, as I held his hand tighter. "We'll get you out of this."

"Ben, Ben-" Kevin began to speak, but he never finished.

His hand went slack in mine.

No. No, no, no. No!

"Kevin." I said, as I slapped his hand.

No response.

"Kevin!" I exclaimed, as I began to shake him by the shoulders. "Kevin! Kevin!"

I was wailing his name now, as tears began to stream down my cheeks. Gwen grabbed hold of me and pulled me back.

"It's okay, Ben! We won't let it end here! We'll get Grandpa Max!" she exclaimed. "Kevin'll be okay, I promise! We'll bring him back!"

It didn't matter. As Gwen tried to pull me away from Kevin, I would cry more that day than I have ever cried in my entire life.

At the beginning of this thing, when I was just a teenager sitting on my couch waiting for Mom to give me the news that they were going to Vegas without me, I told you that this was a story about… and then I cut myself off.

I said that you'd just have to listen or read to find out what this story was about. Well, now you know. Now you know what this story was about. This story was about how my best friend died.

Author's Note:

* And that's it for the end of this Volume! I hope you guys enjoyed the entirety of the last chapter, as well as Volume One as a whole. It may take me a bit to be ready to start releasing Volume Two, but it'll come eventually.

* And now the main question: Do you think that Kevin is actually dead? Or am I pulling all of your legs? It's up to you. He's either dead or he's not. What do you think the answer is?

* Speaking of Kevin, a few of the alien forms and abilities of aliens he used were: Spitter, Buzzshock, Arctiguana, Blitzwolfer and Upchuck, just to name a few. What did you think of how Kevin uses his final form?

* Also, about the beginning of the chapter... Yes, Sunny and Albedo are in that kind of relationship. And about what Sunny did to Albedo, well, she's a darker, slightly more twisted version of Gwen, so it shouldn't surprise you that she did that. I hope that you guys enjoyed their interactions at the beginning of the chapter.

* Here's an idea that I came up with: When Ben uses the Omnitrix, it won't let him transform into an alien he just used. What do you guys think? Is that a good system for the Omnitrix?

* What did you think of how they defeated Savage Animo? Or how they trapped him rather? Did you like how they froze him underneath the water of a pond?

* Well, that's going to do it for me. I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter, as well as the Volume. Be on the lookout for Volume Two, it'll be here before you know it! And don't forget, tomorrow I'll release the first chapter of the Gwen 10 spin-off story! Anyway, I'm going to go though so have a great day and bye!

Review Responses

Daniel6: Nice to know that Ken got his processor out of his aft. A little bit. And was this Kevin's plan all along? To gain even more power?

I'm not sure what you mean by "processor". And what's "aft"? Could that stand for "alien family tree"? And no, it wasn't Kevin's plan all along. He never had a plan. He was being honest when he said he wanted to right his wrongs. So no, he doesn't want more power. Thanks for the feedback!

Sishen123: I saw the Ben vs. Ken part coming. But the part that shocked me was that ken knew about their grandmother before ben and gwen. But i have to ask are you going the way of watch boy and lucky girl about their grandmother?

Thanks for the feedback Sishen/Justin. Do you want me to call you Sishen or Justin when I reply to your review in these responses? Do you have a preference or is it whatever for you? Why does he know about Verdona but they don't? Ken is the oldest sibling out of the three. Not to say that they're all siblings, but you know what I mean.

Why does he know about Verdona but they don't? Well, that will be explained in Volume Two. I promise that it will. Am I taking the Watch Boy and Lucky Girl route? Like, is Verdona in this story going to be living in a mansion and eventually be helping Gwen with her powers? No.

In fact, Verdona may or may not ever show up in the story, except for a few rare occasions. I already said that I'm not sure if I wanted to create a backstory for Verdona and the Anodites and that hasn't changed. Thanks for the feedback!

jasongd: And another great chapter congrats BWEN Forever

Thanks jasongd, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you're excited for Gwen 10, as well as Volume Two!

Coming In Volume Two: Ben must overcome his greatest loss yet. As Ben and Gwen's family get used to Sunny and Albedo living with Ben, they prepare for a new arrival to the family. And in the wake of all of this, Ben must face an enemy that is now rising in power: The Forever Knights.