BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE
Episode 1: "Ben 10 Returns"
Chapter 6: Highbreed And Changes

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Gwen was floating in the air and trying to locate something. Ben and Kevin waited impatiently in Kevin's car with Amber in the back seat, who was pouting bitterly. She was still mourning her once mud-green eyes and didn't plan on getting use to the new violet that took her away from seeming normal to the human eye.

She sighed, wanting them to get a move on. An attitude was settling in.

Amber: "How long is this going to take?"

Kevin: "We don't know."

Silence filled the vehicle and so, Amber sighed again.

Amber: "What is she doing anyway?"

Kevin: "We already told you; Gwen is using her powers to locate the origin of the gun."

No one spoke for a long while.

Amber: "Stupid gun…," she muttered under her breath. She brought her legs up on the seat and hugged them close to her. Through the rear view mirror, Ben and Kevin could see the disdain crossing Amber's face. Her curly hair lay over her face, and a dark look was apparent.

She really didn't like her new look. At all.

Amber: "What's the point in all of this?"

Ben: "Amber, could you stop acting like a brat for like—one minute and just go along with it?" he snapped. "We all know your eyes are different and you feel a little funny, but that has to wait. I doubt we could turn them back, anyway. Maybe when we're done, we can stop by a Flomart or something and get you some colored contacts. But until then, we would like some peace and quiet."

She knew she was being bratty, but her eyes! They used to be so beautiful! She scoffed and looked out the window into the stars. She felt a connection coming from something up there that she never felt before. After a few minutes, Ben was starting to doubt the whole thing.

Ben: "Are you sure this is going to work?" he yelled out of his window.

Gwen: "No; I've never done this before!"

She concentrated harder and closed her eyes.

Ben: "I thought I destroyed all those things…," said suspiciously.

Kevin: "I kept one as a souvenir…," he casually shrugged his shoulders.

Ben glared.

Kevin: "Lucky, huh?"

Then, the gun started spiraling uncontrollably before stopping at a point in a direction. It moved.

Gwen: "Hey, it's working…Follow me!" she called out while floating behind the gun.

Kevin put the car into drive and slowly drove behind with a dazed look.

Kevin: "I'll follow you anywhere…" But no one heard. She started leading them into a rocky ditch and Kevin didn't like that. "Except there—Come on, Gwen! Paint job…!"

Ben noticed the fact that Amber didn't laugh at the scene; in fact, she hadn't even said a word after he blew up at her. Usually, she was the one who saw the best of every situation. It worried him. He looked at her through the side-view mirror and saw her simply looking out the window, not even interested in what she was looking at. She looked close to tears, and it tore apart Ben's heart.

Ben: "Hey, Amber…?"

She ignored him and he sighed, unhappy. At this rate, she wouldn't even look at him.

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They ended up somewhere in the middle of the desert by a power plant. The boys jumped out of the car, ready to follow Gwen. But Ben stopped when he heard Kevin call his name. He turned around to find a worried Kevin pointing to Amber. She was still in the car.

Sighing, Ben walked over and put his face on the window.

Ben: "Amber…?"

She remained looking at her lap.

Ben: "Amber," he commanded.

She hugged her legs and looked the other way.

Ben sighed.

Ben: "I have your number on speed dial if we need you…Be sure they don't see you…"

She was still silent.

He gave up. He and Kevin ran after Gwen.

Amber turned her head and watched them leave, tears threatening to come. She didn't like her look, and she didn't like the way she was acting, but she was too stubborn, and she was upset. Why couldn't Ben see that? And why was she being so emotional all of a sudden?

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Ten minutes have passed and Amber was getting restless. What was taking them so long? When she thought about it, they were probably throwing down the enemy in battle. Of course, it would take a while, or at least, longer than ten minutes. If only she could've joined in the fight.

She solemnly sighed.

A placid light began to radiate off of the ring on Amber's right hand. She tilted her head and questioned it. Why would her ring be glowing?

Soon, the glow grew in size and her hand began to glow too, the same shade of color as her eyes, but blue.

Eyes widening, Amber let out a blood-curdling scream, just as a few DNAliens started toward the car, finding her hiding spot thanks to the new light inside the car.

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Gwen was just thrown into the far wall but she quickly recovered. Kevin ran to her side.

Kevin: "Did he hurt you?" Cold breath came out of their mouths as they breathed.

Gwen: "No…"

Kevin: "Well, I'm gonna hurt him!" he put up his cupped fists.

Humongousaur: "He's too strong," he expressed stopping them, "I'll ward him off. You guys stay outside!"

They didn't move.

Gwen: "I'm not leaving you to fight that thing all by yourself."

Humongousaur: "…Kevin, get her out of here!"

Kevin: "You heard the man!" he directed to Gwen while forcing her onto his shoulder.

Gwen: "Let me go!"

Kevin: "Not until I get you off this ship!" He never stopped running.

The superior alien broke apart his bindings and made its way over to Humongousaur. As the two fight, a large screen on the other side of the big room chirps, and an image takes place. Humongousaur hears screaming and looks up in the middle of punching Highbreed to see the camera on Kevin's car, which was lighting up on the inside but he couldn't really see what was occurring on the inside. Just that many DNAliens crowded around the vehicle, but not getting too close since it was too bright. Then a thought hit Ben.

Humongousaur: "Amber…"

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Amber felt her whole body splitting into a million different strands. Her screams could be heard from a mile away, she knew, but she didn't care. She was in pain!

Kevin came running out of the ship's mouth with Gwen still on his shoulder. He set her down and the two race over to the car. They strike a few DNAliens out of the way to get to the front of the cirlce. The enemies were too distracted and a lot of them were busy watching while screeching out into the darkness that surrounded them. The two teens had to shield their eyes once they reached the windows. Gwen formed a shield in front of their faces while Kevin hesitantly broke the back window of the car to try to reach Amber. And what they saw nearly beat anything thing else they could've seen in their travels.

Amber had her head back and a lavender light beamed out of her eyes, same with her limbs and mouth, but it was green. She was screaming and tears were falling down her face. Her body wasn't completely there, it was in sparkles, like the stars in the black sky.

Kevin absorbed his car and dove into the back seat while squinting his eyes.

Kevin: "Amber!"

She wasn't screaming anymore. But panting.

Amber: "Kevin!…It hurts!" She had stopped screaming because she knew she wasn't alone.

Kevin: "I know!…Can you move?"

Amber painfully crawled over to the other end of the seat and waited as Kevin met her at the back door. He put his arms out and she crawled into his arms and Kevin completely covered her in his arms so her light wouldn't destroy the wildlife around them.

Kevin: "Gwen!"

She ran over to the two and moved her power around the girl until she was completely concealed inside a giant pink sphere.

Amber had stopped screaming by now and her hair plus clothes had disappeared (Side not; Her body is in another form: her "skin" is violet and her arms and legs are vaporized on her [like Genie in Aladdin]). Gwen and Kevin stood next to each other, confused. But neither said a thing.

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Gwen and Kevin ran over to the large dent in the earth that Ben created with Amber (in a ball) trailed behind. The trio had a cute little moment about Ben needing Kevin and yata-yata-yata. Amber felt left out.

Amber: "Hello…!"

The three turned to her in shock. They did forget her!

Ben: "Um…Kevin, Gwen…are you guys forgetting to tell me something?"

Gwen nervously laughed while turning to Ben.

Gwen: "We have a small problem…"

Kevin was standing next to Amber and smiled encouragingly at her.

Kevin: "Um…You alright in there?"

She gave him a deadpan look before arching her eyes to glare broadly.

Amber: "What does it look like?"

Ben clapped Kevin on the shoulder and sighed.

Ben: "That's her way of saying thanks for caring…"