LIKE A BOSS!
In the other room Gwen sat with Kevin 11k, Paradox standing up while staring at his pocket watch expectantly.
"He- I'll be fine." Kevin 11k spoke up, answering Gwen's unspoken question, waiting for Ben to come out of the room.
"Yes, I believe that was covered when you remained alive." Paradox said with a wicked smirk, staring at the door as the brunet hero silently left the room, leaving the door cracked open.
He looked over at the older version of what his lover would become, the man smiling softly and opening his arms invitingly. Gwen rolled her eyes and hit him over the head.
"Down boy." She said. "So what should we do Paradox? I assume you have this situation figured out?"
"Sorry my dear, I haven't the slightest."
Ben moved away from the door and over to Kevin 11k, who pulled Ben gently into his lap. He could tell from how tense the younger was that he was angry, confused and upset.
"So then what do we do? Just sit here while Vilgax parades around ready to destroy the world in an instant?!" Ben grit his teeth and scowled at Paradox, though he knew that none of this was Paradox's fault at all. He just needed someone to yell at. Kevin hushed him softly, pressing the boys back closer to his chest.
"We'll figure this out, Benji." He said, sure that there would be some way to win this war. "Remember what you said? 'No sacrifices.' And that includes you too."
Ben gave a frustrated sigh and tried his best to relax against Kevin 11k, unsureness filling him.
What if they couldn't do this?
No, Kevin said they could, right?
What if Kevin was wrong?..
"Well, we need to figure something out rather soon. Preferably before we are followed. We have exactly twenty minutes to move some where else; they already know where we are." Paradox spoke up. Mike already knew where they would go, so they would have to leave or be ambushed.
"So where should we go to plan?" Gwen stood up, brushing her skirt off as she did.
"The mannequin factory."
Everyone looked at Ben after he'd said so.
"What? They don't know where it is and they've never been there. But we have to take Kevin with us. Not you Kevin, my Kevin." He clarified.
"You heard the leader," Kevin said, "let's go."
Ben stood up and went back into the bedroom with the older Kevin following closely behind. He instructed the elder man to be careful; he didn't want Kevin's wounds to be moved around too much.
Gwen looked over to Paradox.
"So why are they all after Ben suddenly? They can't all want to kill him so much that they'd team up under Vilgax's lead." She looked over at the sleeping injured Mechamorph, wondering if they should take her or not.
"You will soon find out the details, but for now I believe you should be picking up the girl to take her to safety, Gwendolyn." He smirked again. Oh how she hated that about him. He never just outright told them what they needed to know or needed to do. Everything was a puzzle with him.
"Are we all ready then?" Paradox asked as Ben and both Kevin's, one still sleeping uncomfortably, entered the room. "Good."
And with that, he sped up time to when they would be at the factory, ready to make their plans.
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Sorry, I know it's short but I'm trying to get us restarted at a point where we can easily figure this out without a remake of our last battle... <<;
Go team?