Once upon a Ben

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Once they could tell no one was around to listen in on them they began" Alright let's go over what happened" with shocking serious composure. Rook signaled with his body language that he agreed. "

what do you recall?" Rook asks curiously, to which Ben sighs, courting his eyes for a moment "I don't know, that last thing I remember is waking up in that forest with that portal closing" he said with a strained face" "You sure there isn't anything from before, from before the portal" as Rook said this Ben thought hard for a few moments.

"No, nothing, I just recall stopping some bad guys like Zombozo with you the other day, but nothing that would lead us to wherever here is," he said cautiously "Yes, this is most concerning" was all Rook could say." and whys that" ben standard curiously "...because I don't remember anything since that time either, which means"

" which means someone or something stole our memories, right" Ben finished speaking as they both grimaced.  "Well what's the plan," Ben said looking towards his older and intelligent partner for advice "How should I know, I'm as uncertain as you in this situation" was the response given back. "Great," Ben said weighing Room's thoughts for a moment about what to do. "Let's rest for the knight and.

Continue or investigate this matter early morning?" been brightens at this "Yeah! Now your thinking partner!" Room design as they head off to get their room ready, they head over to the old lady, running the dinner restaurant.

" two rooms please Ben says with a smile "One is enough" Rook chuckles to which Ben looks at him suspiciously "Only moment please," he says to the last as he takes Rook and him aside "umm, dude I like you and all but I don't wanna sleep with you" he says quietly to his friend, he sighs at this

"Ben we don't have enough money for two rooms" he pauses letting this sink in "What? don't the plumber head courtesy give us credit cards to use for our investigations," he says the last part sarcastically earning an annoyed look from his friend.

"Yes, however, but we are not investigating and if we aren't it would need to be put aside for emergencies only" Ben signed at this understanding, being a plumber did have some non-negotiable responsibilities, he didn't even know if the account from head courters will be valid for very long. "Alright, alright fine, I get it but can you at least get a two-bedroom room?" he says with resignation, Room smiles at the victory.

The old lady handed Rook the keys as he signed some paperwork, she looked at them curiously with a smile, and they smiled back before heading into the room" Enjoy your stay here!" she called out "Thanks we will" Ben Days eyeing the key number in Rooks's hand "room number 10 huh?" he says out loud, they head inside without any more questions preparing for head after a precarious knight. Meanwhile, Emma was listening to them and gathered some info about their conversation, not a lot but enough to get her curious about their real identity and motives. " so these two are going to investigate? that's odd" she internally thinks as Henry's eyes her worried. He grabs hold of their hand as they both smile at each other, they finish their plates and head out the dining door.

The next morning is filled with chirping birds, a shining sky, and a sleeping Ben. Rook tries his best to shake him awake, but he shakes awake disgruntled and attempts to go back before a hand is placed between his face and the pillow. "Oh no you don't," Rook says still attempting to get him up "It's 6:30 right now giving you all the 8 hours needed for a human rest cycle" Ben roles his at this "Ugh, fine I'm up,"

he says finally getting up, trying to shake the tired away. " couldn't you have given me five more minutes?" "I apologize, but we need to continue our investigation at the first chance we can" Ben looks on at Rook curiously "Why's that, are we in a time crunch" Room nods rather seriously giving Ben the cur to do so as well "the sooner we get off this world the sooner we get our memories back, we still don't know who or why, lit us here,"

Rook says insinuating something else "The earth might be endangered then, right," Ben says with seriousness, getting to the point. They finally got ready for more investigating of this strange and mysterious world. "but first things first I'm starving" Ben said as he clenched his stomach, he looked at Rook " Think this town get chilly cheese fries?" he said with a smile "for breakfast?". The two head down staring back at the dinner, chuckling along their way. They see a couple more faces in the dinner one a tall woman with black hair and pale skin, with the blonde woman and the little boy they saw the other day "It's you guys," the boy says with familiarity getting the attention of the older woman accompanying him.

"Who are they," she thinks to herself with worry and fear, "so," she says with a smile as she confidently walks to them how are you liking it here, " the blond woman says cautiously Ben takes notice of her as he registers the question "oh it's great, the food rocks!!"

he says loudly making the grandma smile. Rook quickly gets their breakfast as the black hair woman approaches the dinner ss well " are you planning on staying long" a voice boomed with confidence, this voice belonged to Regina the mayor of the town