really. really. Overdue I'm sorry. I dunno. I just kind of hit this weird writers' block sensation. So sorry. Pretty sure most of you gave up on me. So I hope this is an actually decent chapter.

"Look, we can explain." Ben said his voice cracking. Gwen pulled him aside, "Why didn't you hide dipwit?"

"I forgot, okay," Ben retorted shrugging. "It's cool though. When I first met them I heard them talking about Plumbers. They might be Plumbers' kids."

"Yeah, well what if were not?" Gwen said crossing her skinny arms over her blue kitty shirt. "Then well we're hosed." Ben said smiling back at Kevin and Devlin as they watched their conversation.

"You said there'd be a explanation, Benny."

"Well it's a long stor-" Ben started but was cut off by Devlin's raised hand. "I'm a Plumbers' kid, Ben." He said stepping forward making a mature feat. "You-you are?" Ben and Gwen said together. "Yeah. You guys are related to the famous Max Tennyson, right?" He said making a convincing liar.

"Yeah, we are." Ben said craning his head slightly forward, paying more attention to the growing conversation then he did in most of his classes.

"My grandpa, Devin Le- Lenster...meyer...schmidt.. Yeah, Lenstermeyerschmidt. Worked with your Grandpa on a mission. He died on that mission..."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Gwen said putting one hand on her heart and one on Devlin's shoulder. Her emerald eyes glimmered with sympathy in the summer sun.

"...Max Tennyson.. that sounds really familar." Kevin said ruffling his hair as he thought intently. Devlin scooted a little closer to Ben and Gwen. "Speaking of Grandpa, did you leave him dweeb?"

"I had to find you!" She stomped her fiery hair raising and dropping with her defiant stunt. "Hahaa. That just means we take the fall together."

"I think I got it." Kevin snapped as his face was lightened with realization. "My mom used to tell me stories about my dad, Devin, he was a Plumber too. And he worked with your gramps."

"So... Grandpa worked with two Devins?" Ben said as he raised an eyebrow. As Ben wallowed in confusion Kevin turned to Devlin. "Devlin Lendermeyerscmidt? Dude, that's hilarious!" He said letting out a peekish laugh as he held his stomach with one hand the other on Devlin's shoulder. "Uh, yeah. Hilarious." Devlin said taking Ben's hand off his shoulder.

"Um, do you think we could like find your gramps?" Devlin asked his eyes darting side-to-side anxiously. "No need. He found us." Ben said pointing to a red mark in the distance coming closer.

Grandpa Max stopped in front of the kids his hands on his knees while he panted. "You okay, Gramps?" Kevin asked eyeying him with a raised eyebrow.

"Been..looking...for...you...kids...every...where."

"Sorry Grandpa but I had to go find dweebzolla here." Gwen said glaring at Ben. He glared back crossing his arms. Devlin noticed Kevin's eyes trailing their way to the huge clunk of watch on Ben's wrist. After glaring intensely for sometime the cousins exploded into a bicker.

"Will you quit looking at me like that?" Ben hollered. "How about you quit looking at me like that?"

Devlin took this time with Ben and Gwen arguing, and Kevin enjoying himself watching them to talk to Grandpa Max.

"Um, Mr. Tennyson?" Devlin asked in a hushed whisper leading Max closer to the large hedge where the bikers had emerged. "Um, yes? Say, you look familiar." Max goggled at him.

"My grandfather was Devin Levin." Devlin said praying that Gwen and Ben would keep at it. "Devin Levin... haven't heard that name in some time. Say now that I think about you do look a bit like ol' Devin... but grandkid? He was far too young. 'Sides he only had a kid. Pretty young when he died too..."

"Look, Mr. Tennyson, I'm from the future. You see Gwen and Kevin there," Devlin rushed pointing a hand to them without turning back, "I'm their kid. And I need to get back to where I came from before something changes in the space-time continueum."

Max gave him a look and Devlin couldn't make out if he was trying to decide if he was a loon or really from the future.

"Well, first I'll have to find out how you got here." He said smiling down at him. Devlin gave a relieved sigh and smiled, "Mom- um, Gwen. Is an Anodite. And initially Mom and Dad thought I only had Osmosian powers. But then a couple nights ago or weeks, I dunno, I made this portal out of mana and I landed in this time. But I don't know how to get back..."

"Well... we're going to have to talk about an Anodite about this." He said rubbing the back of his head with his hand.

"So two days and we've tried all we could to get Paradox here." Kevin said biting into a burger. "Well we never really called Paradox," Ben said using his straw to poke at the dregs in his smoothie cup, "He just sorta showed up."

"Wish he would show up now." Kevin said grumpily crumpling up the burger wrapper.

"Wish granted my dear Kevin." Paradox said teleporting out of nowhere with his hands behind his back and smile on his face.

Kevin and Ben both fell from their posts leaning on the railing of Mr. Smoothy's.