Here's chapter four. Enjoy! :)

Chapter Four

Ben's POV

Aww man, this was turning into the worst summer vacation ever. I might as well have gone to summer school. That way, I wouldn't have to see my dweeb of a cousin. Suddenly, I saw something fly across the sky. " Awesome, a shooting star!" I said in excitement. Suddenly, the thing came flying in my direction. I managed to dive out of the way as it hit the ground, leaving a huge crater in the dirt. I definitely knew that was no shooting star, it looked to be some kind of satellite. Suddenly, the thing opened up and I saw what looked to be some kind of watch. " A watch? what's a watch doing in outer space?" I thought to myself. As I reached into grab it, the thing leapt out of the capsule and clamped itself onto my left wrist. " Auggh! Get off me, get off, get off!" I cried as I ran back to the campsite screaming for Grandpa.

End POV

" Hmm... Ben has been gone for a while, but I guess he can't get into too much trouble out there." Max said. " Unless he wound up bear food." Gwen said looking up from her computer as the others glared at her. " Hey, I can dream, can't I?" she said. " Kevin and I will go look for him Max. You two stay here in case Ben does make it back to the campsite. Devin said as he took out a flashlight and handed Max a walkie-talkie. " Radio us if Ben comes back before we do." he said before heading out into the woods with Kevin.

Meanwhile, Ben was trying to get the weird watch off of his wrist, but no such luck. Being the idiot he was, Ben pushed a button on the watch. The faceplate popped up, the X on the faceplate folded into a diamond shape and Ben saw the silhouette of a flame headed creature with big hands appear. Pushing down on the faceplate, Ben was transformed into a fiery creature called a Pyronite. " Aaahhhh! I'm on fire! I'm on fire! he screamed until he realized that he wasn't in pain. " Hey, I'm on fire. And I'm ok. Check it out, I'm totally hot!" Ben said to himself before shooting a few fireballs which resulted in him starting a huge forest fire. " Wait! Stop!" he cried as the forest burned around him.

Back at the campsite, Max and Gwen saw the smoke billowing up from the trees. " What's that?!" Gwen asked. " Looks like the start of a forest fire. We should let the ranger station know. Probably some darned fool out there messing with something he shouldn't." Then they realized that not only was Ben out there, But Devin and Kevin too. " Devin, do you copy?!" Max said into the walkie-talkie. " I read you loud and clear Max. Kevin and I are heading back before the fire reaches us." Max opened up a case, pulled out two fire extinguishers, and handed one to Gwen. As they were heading out towards the fire, they ran into Devin and Kevin.

" What's the plan Max?" Devin asked as he pulled out two extra fire extinguishers from his backpack and handed one to Kevin. " You and I will take the right side while Gwen and Kevin take the left side." Max said as they split up. As Gwen and Kevin were putting out the fire on their side, they bumped into Ben who was still in his Pyronite form and accidentally put out the fire on his head. Gwen was scared and screamed. " Look, I know I look weird, but there's no reason to be scared." Ben said before Gwen slugged him with the fire extinguisher and blasted him with it, causing him to cough up foam. " I don't what you are, but you'll stay down there if you know what's good for you." Ben concentrated and summoned a small flame on her shoe.

"Ow!" Gwen cried as she put the flame out. Ben laughed at her reaction. " Hey, nobody does that to the girl I like. Eat foam fireball! " Don't even think about it, lover boy." Kevin recoiled in shock. The only person who called him that was Ben. " Ben? Is that you? What happened?" Gwen asked in shock. " Well this meteor fell from the sky and almost smudged me except it wasn't a meteor or a satellite but this cool watch jumped up onto my wrist when I tried to get it off, I was suddenly on fire! Only it didn't hurt and i was suddenly starting this mega forest fire." Ben said.

" Gwen, Kevin, are you al- What in blazes?" Max asked as he and Devin approached them, shocked to see a Pyronite next to the two kids. " Hey Grandpa, guess who?" Gwen deadpanned. " It's me Grandpa, Ben." " Ben? What happened?" Max asked in shock. " Well, when I was walking, this meteor-" " Excuse me? Major fire burning out of control, remember?" Gwen said. " What do we do Max?" Devin asked. Max thought for a moment. " Backfire. Start a new fire and let it burn into the old one, they'll snuff each other out. Think you can do that Ben?" " Shooting flames, I can definitely do." Ben said as he started a new fire. Later, the park ranger pulled up, only to be stunned that the fire was already out.

Back at the campsite, Ben was explaining his story to everyone. " And you're saying this watch thing just clamped up onto you're wrist?" Max asked. " Hey, this time it wasn't my fault. I swear!" " I believe you Ben." Max said. " Think he's gonna stay a monster forever?" Gwen asked her Grandpa. " He's not a monster, he's an alien." Ben and Gwen looked at him curiously. " I mean, look at him? What else could he be?" I don't want to be fire guy forever. How am I gonna play little league this fall if I charcoal the ball every time I catch a pop fly?" " Don't worry Ben, we'll think of something." Max said in a reassuring tone.

Suddenly, the watch symbol on Ben's chest began to beep red, and in a flash of red light, Ben was suddenly back to normal. " Hey, I'm me again!" He said happily. " Aww, too bad. I liked better when you were a briquette." Gwen said in a disappointed tone. Ben then started to struggle with the watch again. " I still can't get this thing off." He said. " Better not fool with it until we know exactly what we're dealing with. I'm gonna go check out that crash site. Devin, you stay here with the kids." Max said as he headed towards the crash site. Little did everyone know, this was only the beginning.

And that's the end of chapter four. Review and I will get chapter five posted.

-Jedi Master 325