10 x Infinity | Ben Tennyson x Reader | Book 2

Episode 5: All That Glitters

A/N: IS GOLD, AND ONLY SHOOTING STARS-

"-I'm just saying, I'm really good at it."
"Nutjob, for the last time. H*ll no, you're not touching my hair."
"You f*cking suck."
"You f*cking suck-and since when are you such a potty mouth?"
"Did you ever actually listen to me when we were kids?"

Kevin smirks, leaning on his car "No. Not really." He says, I glare at him lightly while he grins. "I'm gonna cut your hair while you sleep." I say "Try and die." Kevin says firmly. I sip my smoothie, plotting when's the best time to destroy Kevin's hair.

"-You can't go it alone. By now you're probably meeting some of the other Plumbers' kids, but you have to find more. You need to put together a team."

I glance at Ben worriedly as he plays Max's message again. Gwen walks up to us, she frowns deeply "Think we should be worried about him?" Kevin asks, smiling lazily. I watch Ben, "He's been watching that thing for hours." Kevin says, he sips his smoothie. "I'm gonna go check on him." I say, I teleport to Ben's side, he doesn't react, "Hey, Benji." I greet, I gently shake his arm "Hi, N/N." Ben mutters, watching the recording closely.

"Are you ok?" I ask, Ben nods slowly, still staring blankly at the recording. I glance at Gwen and Kevin for a second when Gwen storms off. Kevin sighs and sips his smoothie, "Ben." He says, Ben doesn't respond. Ben stares intently at Max's message, I frown at him worriedly "You know, my dog used to gnaw at a spot on his butt over and over. The vet made us put a cone around his neck." Kevin says seriously.

Ben sighs and stops the recording, "Easy does it. I'm not the one you're mad at." Ben says, he stands up, I stand up too. "Cut me a break here. You wanna go fight some aliens or something?" Kevin asks, grinning as we walk up to him.

"Or something. Let me see your Plumber's badge." Ben says, Kevin hands Ben the badge. The map lights up, "Each of these blips shows the location of another badge." Ben states. "Yep." "Yeah." Kevin and I say at the same time. "And where there's a Plumber's badge, we'll find a Plumber—or at least a Plumber's kid. Come on. You're driving." Ben says, taking my hand and guiding me to Kevin car. I get in the back while Ben gets in the front, I glance at Ben. "Who else was gonna drive? Kevin's the only one that has a license." I snort. Ben shrugs, "I'm sure I could've winged it." He jokes lightly, I snicker as Gwen gets in the back with me, we smile at each other.

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"Plumber. Plumber, Plumber, Plumber. You ever notice that if you say a word enough times, it loses its meaning?" Gwen asks, no one responds. Ben was too focused on watching the map, Kevin was brooding, and I...was too busy making my hand "run" across power lines. Gwen keeps talking anyway, "-Like a chance to ask someone out. Every time that chance comes along, it has less and less meaning, until you don't have the chance anymore at all." She says, her words were definitely aimed more towards Kevin.

Kevin sighs, "Oh, for crying out loud." He groans. Ben looks away from the map, "Are you guys having a fight?" He asks with a grin before there was a loud crash, "What was that?" I ask "Uh...a loud crash?" Kevin says, I roll my eyes. The ground was crumbling below us, we come to a stop and quickly get out the car. I teleport to the edge of the bridge while the others walk.

A tractor-trailer had crashed into the support beam of the bridge, the bridge was already starting to crumble. I look at truck driver worriedly, he pants slowly, keeping his eyes shut. I teleport down to help him, "Gwen!" I hear Ben shout. I glance back to see a car falling, I flinch when the tractor trailer bursts into flames "Oh sh*t!" I shout, Kevin runs up, he absorbs the metal and rips the roof off the truck. Kevin grunts, holding the truck up so it wouldn't cave on the driver.