Chapter Ten

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Ben wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, gagging at the taste of bile on his tongue. Ignoring the equally-disgusted faces of Danny and Gwen, he scanned the gas station for two things: people and anything to drink. Quickly coming to the same conclusion that Danny had, he started walking down the partially destroyed aisles. He came back about thirty seconds later with three dusty bottles of water, offering the other two to them. 

"Um.. no," Danny said cautiously, which was joined in by a 'Nah-ah'  from Gwen. Ben shrugged, opening his bottle and taking a swig of it. He swished the liquid in his mouth a few times before spitting it out, then repeating the process a couple more times until he was satisfied. 

"You okay now?" Danny asked, watching Ben screw the cap back on and set it on a vacant shelf near him. 

He nodded, feeling some of the color return back to his skin, "yeah, I just got a bit motion sick."

Gwen rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest, "don't be a baby, Ben. We obviously have bigger stuff to worry about right now."

Danny nodded in agreement, the gears in his brain turning. He knew right away that pulling such a stunt like this was meant to draw attention- however, he wasn't sure why. He knows that Skulker is constantly looking for his next trophy, but why would he have been spotted with another villain? He's not usually the type of ghost that is a team player. There has to be something that he is missing, and he feels like its so obvious, yet he just can't see what it is.

"Okay guys, we need a plan. Skulker and your Animo guy have clearly done this to draw us out into the open. What we have to figure out is why they would want us," Danny winced when there was the sound of grinding metal and more terrified screams of people, "and we have to figure it out fast."

Ben nodded, shaking off the last of the gross feeling, "Animo has always mutated animals into these grotesque pets of his. One of the last fights we had, he was able to use the DNA stored in my Omnitrix to make mutated alien mutants. But we were able to stop him and delete all of his work."

"It was our grandfather who did that," Gwen added.

"So Animo is here for Ben's watch, and by many past experiences, I could say the same that Skulker is here for me."

The Tennysons looked at Danny with equally perplexed faces, silently questioning him why. 

"Skulker has always wanted me because I'm such an oddity in the ghost world. I'm half ghost-half human. It's the biggest trophy he can ever have."

Gwen folded her arms over her chest, a stern stubbornness glowing in her eyes, "well neither of them will have what they want. What we need to do is stop them from destroying the town any more than it already is."

The other two nodded, agreeing. Just then, Gwen had a wicked smile on her face.

"And I know how we are going to do it."

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