I'm back again. Now, Max was going to check us all into a hotel in New York. I was very excited, because I never went to New York before, and had always wanted to go there. Gwen and Ben agreed with me. We were now in it to check in for a room. Ben noticed a new Sumo Slammer video game in the corner. He tugged my shirt sleeve.
Kyle: "What is it, Ben?" He pointed to the new game exhibition.
Kyle: "That's nice. And… what do you want me to do about this?"
Ben: "Become Ghostfreak, and sneak us both in there so I can try it out."
Kyle: "Not this again. I'm not going to get us both in trouble with your grandpa again."
Ben: "Come on!"
Kyle: "No, Benji. Not happenin' this time."
Ben: "Stop using that name, Kyle!"
Kyle: "I'm not going to do it. We could get kicked out of the hotel if we get spotted."
Ben: "Pwease?" He got his bambi eyes on.
Kyle: "I'm immune to such immature methods, Master Tennyson."
Ben: "Fine! I'll go in there myself." He stormed towards the door, but was stopped by the guard.
Guard: "You have a pass?"
Ben: "I'm one of the game testers."
Guard: "No pass, no entry."
Ben: "Oh man!" He stormed towards me again. But, I saw it coming, and put the Omnitrix out of his reach while pushing back at his head, and his arms flailing around.
Kyle: "No! I won't do it Ben!"
Ben: "Come on!!! Just this once!!"
Kyle: "I already did a 'just this once' offer from you, and I expected this would happen again. That is only favor I'll do for you. Just wait for the game to come out."
Ben: "But it'll be Christmas by then!"
Kyle: "Get used to it! I have to wait for Pikmin 3. And SSB4! Just sit back, and wait!"
Ben: "Fine!" He turned away from me, and crossed his arms.
Kyle: "It's for your own good, Tennyson." I then walked towards Gwen and Max. Ben followed, but didn't say a single word to me or look at me.
Max: "What's wrong, Ben?" Ben stayed quiet, with the same angry look.
Max: "Kyle?"
Kyle: "He wants me to use Ghostfreak to sneak him in to try out the new Sumo Slammer game."
Max: "I thought you had enough after you got the gold card from him."
Ben: "But this is different, Grandpa."
Max: "No it's not. Kyle was right to deny help from him."
Kyle: "We'd just get the wrong end of Max's hook again, Ben."
Gwen: "And worse! We could have gotten kicked out!"
Ben: "Whatever." He walked in to the elevator with us, and we had a room that was shaped just like a living room. It had a TV, an N64 controller, a table, a kitchen, and a separate hallway for the bathroom and the bedrooms. We checked out the bedrooms, and they had a room with a bed for two, and the other bedroom had a bed for two. We were completely set! The bathroom even looked amazing. It even had a balcony above a pool down below.
Gwen: "This is so… amazing, Grandpa!"
Kyle: "Sweet pad alright. We should move in."
Ben: "It's cool."
Max: "Now for sleeping arrangements later on tonight…"
Gwen: "Kyle and I will share one, and Ben and Grandpa can have the other." Max looked at me, and I just shrugged.
Max: "As long as we can all agree to that."
Ben: "I'd rather sleep with you Grandpa." He gave me a 'death' stare. I didn't pay attention to it.
Kyle: "I didn't care either way."
Gwen: "Sweet!"
Max: "Now, let's get settled in to the rooms." Gwen called the room to the right, and she set her bags down while I helped her. Ben and Max set their bags down in the other room. Gwen was later looking out on the balcony with me, while Ben watched TV, and Max was making lunch.
Gwen: "Kyle, this is an awesome view, huh?"
Kyle: "Yep. Sure is Gwen. Sure is." I was looking out at the city, which looked pretty nice. Although they blocked some other things, it was definitely a good view to the road and pool below.
Gwen: "Yeah. This is just… awesome."
Kyle: "Oh yeah. The pool looks cool… The roads are full as always… the works of New York City, I guess." Gwen sighed, and looked on happily ahead, with her head in her arms on the balcony. I stood up, leaning on one arm looking around.
Gwen: "Um, Kyle…"
Kyle: "Yes?" When she looked at me, I saw a sparkle in her eyes.
Gwen: "Can we um… y'know…" She was rubbing her back.
Kyle: "We um, what?" I was getting a little nervous, especially since I had a girlfriend already, who might be watching me as I tell this story.
Gwen: "You know how in movies, the hero has a kiss with his girlfriend?"
Kyle: "Yes. Why bring it up?"
Gwen: "Can we do one?"
Kyle: "Um…" The thought kept going through my head, as in, what would my girlfriend think, what if she was watching on the TV screen, and saw what I was doing the entire time? Would she kill me, or would she understand the circumstances if I went through with it, and saw her and my parents again?
Gwen: "Well?" She looked worried.
Kyle: "Sure?" I decided what the heck? It shouldn't be horribly bad, right? And if I do end up here forever, I can just have Gwen as a girlfriend, and possibly wife with kids, although I doubted I'd be there forever. Gwen smiled, and pulled the shades closed. We had touched lips together, and it felt pretty nice to me, but Gwen was definitely having the time of her life there. We hugged while doing it, too. After a few seconds, we both let go.
Gwen: "That felt cool."
Kyle: "I'm happy you don't believe in cooties."
Gwen: "Never did. It's just illogical."
Kyle: "I never did, either."
Gwen: "Cool."
Ben: "I'm going out."
Max: "Where?"
Ben: "Out. On the streets."
Max: "Get your room key first, Ben." From what we heard through the curtain, Ben grabbed something, and headed out. We headed back in.
Max: "How was watching the city?"
Gwen: "Cool."
Kyle: "Nice."
Max: "Ben just went out. Can you both keep track of him?"
Kyle: "Sure."
Gwen: "No problem." We both grabbed our room keys, and went after Ben. After a little bit of searching, we found him in an arcade, playing a baseball game. We both walked in.
Ben: "Hey! This game is rigged!!"
Guy: "Play at your own risk, kid."
Ben: "Darn it."
Kyle: "There you are!"
Ben: "Hey." He sounded irritated.
Kyle: "Is it me or the game your irritated about?"
Ben: "This stupid game. Said game over as soon as I started it."
Kyle: "That's a friggin' rip off. They should at least fix it."
A voice: "Yeah. The people here are like that." Ben, Gwen, and I looked up at a kid with black hair, a black shirt that looked like its sleeves were torn, and a necklace of some sort.
Kyle: "What happened to customer service?"
Kid: "Don't exist here. That's for sure."
Ben: "Oh yeah."
Gwen: "I think we should be taking you back now, Ben. Lunch is going to be done soon."
Kyle: "Yeah, man."
Kid: "Well, you might as well play a bit before you head back." He touched one of the arcade games, and pushed an electrical surge through it, forcing out coins. Ben and I immediately picked up as many as we could.
Kid: "Name's Kevin. You guys?"
Ben: "I'm Ben. They're Kyle, and my cousin Gwen."
Kyle: "What can we do to repay you?"
Kevin: "Nothin'. Just helping out people." Some other punks started to come up from behind Ben.
Ben: "Wanna go on a 2-player together?"
Kevin: "Nah. Maybe later. I gotta go." He started heading off, when those punks caught him.
White punk: "Hey, Kevin."
Kevin: "Hey, guys. How's it been since I trashed your last hideout?"
Black punk: "You'll pay for that, Kevin!" He punched Kevin.
Kyle: "Hey! Leave him alone!"
Blue-haired one: "Oh. What you gonna do 'bout it?" I charged at them, and Ben went to assist me, but we were both easily tossed back. Gwen also tried to help after I was tossed, but she was easily thrown back, as well.
Green haired one: "Pick on someone your own strength, and remember to stay out of this, kid."
Kyle: "Oh… I'll show you kid!" I rushed in again, but had similar results.
White one: "Quit while you're behind, kid."
Kyle: "That's it!" I flipped the watch on, and transformed into XLR8. I quickly whooped each one of their butts, and they ran off screaming in fear, while Kevin was unharmed.
Kevin: "Cool! How'd you do that?"
XLR8: "It's an alien shapeshifting device."
Kevin: "Awesome! What else can you turn into?"
Gwen: "Kyle! We have to go."
Ben: "Yeah. I'm a little bruised up." He was thrown against an arcade game.
XLR8: "Gwen, get Ben back. I'll be fine."
Gwen: "You sure?"
XLR8: "Yes." She left with Ben back for the hotel.
Kevin: "That would be a good idea for them. Ben is kinda banged up."
XLR8: "So, where do you live?"
Kevin: "I'll tell you on the way." I reverted to normal, and we were walking towards Kevin's place.
Kyle: "So, how'd you get your power?"
Kevin: "Born with it. I'm an energy sponge. I can absorb electricity and send it back out when I want."
Kyle: "Like Buzzshock! Cool!"
Kevin: "Buzzshock?"
Kyle: "My newest alien form."
Kevin: "Nice. I'm gonna like you." We got to an abandoned subway sector with the place being decorated like a bedroom with a TV and everything.
Kyle: "This is your place?"
Kevin: "Yeah. My parents kicked me out after I discovered my powers. I'm a freak."
Kyle: "Well, Ben and Gwen's Grandpa still accepts me."
Kevin: "You're lucky. That's for sure."
Kyle: "I guess so…" I couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
Kyle: "You want me to stay with you so you can have some company?"
Kevin: "Nah. I'm okay. But thanks. You're cool."
Kyle: "Thanks, man."
Kevin: "I'm gonna go out tonight. Wanna come?"
Kyle: "You got anything to eat?"
Kevin: "Of course." He brought out a pizza box, and I immediately smacked my lips together.
Kyle: "Oh, I'm in, Kevin." I started chowing down, and so did Kevin.
Back at the hotel room…
Max: "Where's Kyle?"
Gwen: "He's taking a walk, Grandpa."
Ben: "Yeah. He'll be back."
Max: "I hope so. I made flodderworms especially for him tonight."
Gwen (thinking): "Kyle, please come back soon."
Back with me and Kevin… We went to a barge.
Kyle: "What's here?"
Kevin: "The new Sumo Slammer game."
Kyle: "Ben kept begging me to sneak in and get it for him back at the hotel."
Kevin: "Then let's get a copy for him."
Kyle: "As long as he'll stop nagging me about it." I went Ghostfreak.
Kevin: "Awesome!"
Ghostfreak: "Hold on." I turned him and myself intangible, and we phased through the wall to the inside. I then went Wildmutt.
Kevin: "Alright! But how is this gonna help?"
Wildmutt: "Roar!" I pointed to my back, and Kevin got on. I sniffed around, and started walking near boxes, looking for video game packages on top of boxes. I stopped on a box that looked like it said Sumo Slammer right under it, then roared again. Kevin got off, and I went Diamondhead, and cut the box open.
Kevin: "This keeps getting cooler and cooler."
Diamondhead: "I know." I grabbed two packages, and handed one to Kevin.
Kevin: "Now, let's get outta here. We could get spotted." I went Ghostfreak again.
Ghostfreak: "No we won't. Not as long as I'm like this." I became intangible and invisible, then grabbed Kevin, and went through the wall again. I went Stinkfly, and grabbed him, and got him on my back.
Kevin: "You're awesome, man!"
Stinkfly: "I know."
Kevin: "But you wreak! Man."
Stinkfly: "Sorry…"
Kevin: "Whatever. At least I got this thing now." I then heard gunfire. I dodged the shots.
Kevin: "What was that?"
Stinkfly: "Bullets. We have to get movin'!"
Kevin: "Hurry man! You're the one flying!" I dodged the fire repeatedly, and swerving all kinds of ways, and Kevin held on to me as tight as he could. Helicopters were still chasing us. I then tried flying lower to the ground to get them off our tails through a road, but they still fired at us. I went XLR8, and zoomed all the way back to Kevin's pad.
Kevin: "Successful mission. Nice job changing forms around for infiltration and escaping, dude."
XLR8: "Now, I'm gonna get this to Ben, so he doesn't nag me about it anymore."
Kevin: "Alright, but be back soon."
XLR8: "Why?"
Kevin: "We have one more plan to pull tonight."
XLR8: "'Kay." I zoomed off to the hotel, reverted back to normal, and used my room key to get in when I was at the hotel.
Max: "Awfully long walk, Kyle. What's up?"
Kyle: "I have something for Ben."
Ben: "What is it?" I pulled out the Sumo Slammer game from behind my back.
Ben: "How'd you get this?" He ran up, grabbed it, and started kissing it.
Kyle: "I went special shopping. Don't worry."
Max: "We're eating flodderworms tonight."
Kyle: "Okay." We ate the flodderworms, which were my favorite thing that Max cooks. Ben and Gwen started to get used to it, and ate some.
Max: "Alright. It's time to turn in."
Kyle: "I'll be out again."
Ben: "Doing what?"
Kyle: "A night stroll. I'll be back for at the most breakfast tomorrow. Don't worry."
Max: "Okay, but be back by midnight at the latest."
Kyle: "Understood." I went Ghostfreak, and phased out the window.
Some 15 minutes later, I zoomed in as XLR8 into Kevin's pad.
Kevin: "'Bout time." I reverted back to normal.
Kyle: "Sorry, Kevin."
Kevin: "Ah, whatever. Let's go." We went to another part of the subway system.
Kevin: "Give me a boost, Kyle." I lifted him up to a lamp, and he absorbed its power, then changed the rails direction.
Kyle: "What's gonna happen? What's the plan?"
Kevin: "Two trains are gonna come by here. One with money, and one with passengers. They'll collide, and then we get tons of cash. We'll grab it with you as XLR8 to grab everything quicker."
Kyle: "Wait a sec, Kev. People will get killed."
Kevin: "No pain, no gain, Kyle. That's just how it is sometimes."
Kyle: "Wait! No! I refuse to do this!" I ran towards the rail changer, but Kevin shocked me off of it.
Kevin: "Look, we're partners now. If someone gets hurt because of one of our plans, don't worry about it. It's not our problem."
Kyle: "I can't let innocent people get hurt regardless of the plans."
Kevin: "We're doing it."
Kyle: "I'm stopping it." I slammed the face down, and transformed into Heatblast.
Kevin: "No you're not!" I threw a fireball at him, but he grabbed me, and started sucking something out of me. After he was done sucking energy, he flew off, and I went to see if he was okay, but a fireball was thrown at me, and there was Kevin, with a Heatblast head and right arm. Half his body was literally Heatblast, even with a rock on his left arm.
Heatblast: "Kevin! How did you…?"
Heatblast Kevin: "Sorry, Kyle, but this will go according to plan. He shot a fire stream from his one hand at me. I jumped over it, and kept tossing fireballs at him, but he took each shot like it was nothing, and attacked again. I was blown into the wall.
Heatblast Kevin: "I'll make sure you pay for going traitor!"
Heatblast: "I just wanted to keep the people from getting hurt!"
Heatblast Kevin: "Sorry, Kyle. That doesn't matter right now!" He socked me with his Heatblast arm, and I fell through the wall. He then hopped on top of me.
Heatblast Kevin: "Any last words, traitor?"
Heatblast: "Nope." I went Paraslime, and slithered under him. He shot fireballs at me, but I was unaffected, as Limax aliens love heat, but he was too stupid to notice it. I went Diamondhead, and tried sealing him in the hole, but he jumped out, and socked me with his Heatblast arm again. I fell over, and got up.
Heatblast Kevin: "Come on, man. This is way too easy for me." I shot Diamond shards, but he melted each one with fire breath.
Diamondhead: "No way!"
Heatblast Kevin: "Oh yeah! I'm so awesome, and much better than you!" I went Stinkfly.
Stinkfly: "Oh yeah?" I shot slime at him, and his flames seemed to go out, but he re-ignited almost instantly.
Stinkfly: "No way!"
Heatblast Kevin: "Yes way, idiot!" He launched a fire stream again, and I went Fourarms to absorb the fire. I charged through it, and slammed him into the ceiling. He fell back down, and I heard the train come. I ran over to the switch, and changed it, setting the trains free, but Kevin was nowhere to be seen after that. I went Ghostfreak, and went invisible and intangible again to warn them of Kevin's attack.
At the hotel,…
Max: "Where is Kyle? He's been gone too long."
Ben: "I'm sure he'll show up any minute now."
Gwen: "Yes. He will. Count on it."
Creepy voice: "I'm here now, guys!" I rematerialized as Ghostfreak in front of them.
Max: "Kyle, why were you out so late?"
Ghostfreak: "Well, I made a new friend named Kevin. He was a cool guy, but made me try to steal money from two colliding trains. I tried to stop him, but I really couldn't, and he is on the loose now."
Max: "We have to stop Kevin. Who knows what he's doing now."
Ben: "We'll take the RV. Kyle, keep searching as Ghostfreak."
Ghostfreak: "I will." I vanished through the wall, and Ben, Gwen, and Max went out to the RV. After a while, I saw the punks from the video arcade running from something on fire.
White one: "Calm down, Kevin. Please?"
Heatblast Kevin: "I will not be calmed." He changed back.
Kevin: "My Heatblast power! No!!!"
Ghostfreak: "There you are." He turned to see me, then I went Fourarms.
Kevin: "There you are, Kyle. Back to settle the score I see."
Fourarms: "Just leave them out of it."
Kevin: "Fine by me. I wanted to kill you first anyway!" He ran up to me, and I tried smacking him, but he turned into a hideous mix of himself and Fourarms.
Fourarms: "No!" I ran for him, but he grew a giant arm, and socked me with it, then grew another large arm, so he has 6.
Fourarms Kevin: "You are in so much trouble, freak!"
Fourarms: "I'll beat you so bad, you'll have to go back home to your parents."
Fourarms Kevin: "Really?" We ran towards each other, and banged our fists together.
Fourarms Kevin: "I'll take all of your alien powers, dweeb!"
Fourarms: "Over my dead body you will!" I pushed him away, and started rushing for him again. I socked him, and he flew into a wall. I went Diamondhead to seal him down, then he broke out, and punched me across the face. I went Wildmutt, rolled up into a ball, and spun back around, firing the quills on my back as I rolled. He was stunned a bit by the attack, the I jumped up, and slammed his face down. Then I went Fourarms again, and slammed him into the pole. He came out, and punched me in the gut, the slammed me with his four smaller arms over and over again. I went Paraslime, slithered under him, and then I went Stinkfly, and tried a full body tackle, and he fell for it, and was sent back a few inches. Then I went Heatblast, and shot fire at him. He jumped over it, and I went XLR8 to dodge, then come back to barrage him with kicks. Although he flung me off, I went Wildmutt, and jumped back towards him. He was hit dead on in the face. I landed, then went Fourarms, and completely overwhelmed him with punches. Fourarms Kevin was on the ground panting.
Fourarms Kevin: "I give, okay? I'm sorry."
Fourarms: "You want me to lighten up on you?"
Fourarms Kevin: "Yes. A bit." I transformed back to normal.
Kyle: "How about you come with us? We'd squeeze you in."
Fourarms Kevin: "I was wild with power. I'm sorry. It's too late to change back."
Kyle: "No. You can still be good." I held out my hand, but he then grabbed it.
Kyle: "No!"
Fourarms Kevin: "You are so gullible! I can't believe you! No gimme that watch!"
Kyle: "It's stuck to my wrist! It doesn't come off!" It emitted an energy pulse at him, sending him away, and my Omnitrix surprisingly turned yellow at the thing, and absorbed all of the energy it had from Kevin, and a completely weird silhouette showed up of a big guy with wings and a tail with 4 arms. Kevin turned back to normal.
Kevin: "No!!!!! Impossible!!" He ran off in fear.
Kyle: "That's right! You'd better run, Kev!" I looked down at my watch, and saw the silhouette in it.
Max: "We're here, Kyle! Where's Kevin!?"
Kyle: "I beat him, and he ran off."
Ben: "Nice job."
Gwen ran over, and smooched me.
Ben: "Eww…"
Gwen: "I was worried about you…"
Kyle: "Oh please, Gwen. What could happen?"
We checked out of the hotel the next day, and drove off.
The end. The Omnitrix has absorbed… Something strange from Kevin. What is it? Hope to find out later.