K, I'm keeping the AU short. I'm short on time, I'm supposed to be studying right now, but I love you guys too much.

Vilgax growled. Where was Tennyson? Here, he had Tennyson's sidekicks getting tortured, and that human hadn't showed up! He had broadcasted a message to all the plumbers, so he knew that Tennyson knew that those two were here. Except he didn't know where "here" was. Vilgax had set up a special meeting place, and set a few conditions. One, Tennyson could not bring any plumbers, and two, he couldn't be known. In other words, the plumbers would be clueless, and Tennyson would be alone.

But now he was in some deep shit. Why wasn't Ben Tennyson showing up? Levin and the cousin Tennyson weren't coughing up where Ben was, so Vilgax had no idea. Gah, what would Albedo say. Vilgax had met Albedo when Albedo was searching for revenge. They both had the same intentions. Defeat Ben Tennyson. Well, the Galvin had the impression that Vilgax was only wanting to kill Ben, while Albedo got the Omnitrix. Oh, how wrong he was. Vilgax had an army prepared against Albedo, and while Albedo was distracted, Vilgax would wear the Omnitrix.

So in other words, he would double cross Albedo. But no worries, he did that all the time. But, first of all, where was Ben Tennyson?

Meanwhile...

Albedo glared at his clothes. Oh, why did he have to get stuck in this body? Why not some other species? Why the low, miserable, inferior human race? But he kept his bigger goal in mind, He had been working in conjunction with Vilgax to defeat the boy. Oh, Vilgax was so clueless. As soon as Ben's Omnitrix was removed, Albedo would stage an attack to take it before Vilgax. He knew Vilgax was lying, and that he wanted the Omnitrix for himself. Albedo knew. Others might regard his actions as a double cross; he was working with Vilgax after all; but Albedo knew it was necessary to do this, to win, to take control, and to rule the universe.

But the shitty thing was the boy. According to Vilgax, Tennyson should have showed up a few days ago. Levin and the girl weren't coughing up anything other than blood, so they had no idea of Ben's whereabouts. Where was that human? If Ben Tennyson didn't show up soon, Albedo didn;t know what he was going to do.

Back at the torture station

Alec James slammed the wall. They were supposed to have given in and revealed Tennyson's whereabouts by now! Levin had too much willpower. He needed better techniques. Hm....what about castration? Levin couldn't fight that! Nah, that wouldn't work. How about, dunking...yes, yes. That would be perfect. Now, how to torture the girl? Jane had reported that she was quite uneasy with blood. What about forcing her to drink Levin's blood? No, too annoying for Jane. She would kill Alec. How about...watching. Oh yes. But wait, that would work better for Levin. Yes. Girl would dunk, and Levin would watch. Better tell Laurent.

"Laurent!" Alec barked. Laurent appeared in front of him. "Yes master?" he replied, shining his crooked yellow teeth. Alec shielded his eyes from the teeth.

"Okay, I want dunking for the girl, and watch prep for Levin," he rattled off. Laurent nodded, and ran to the torture room

Kevin groaned, and tried to get up. With a yell, he fell back down. "Gwe-n-n?" he rasped softly. Gwen stared at him with excruciating (sp) pain in her eyes. Tears fell, and crusted on her smooth cheeks. "I love you," she whimpered. They both moved in shock as the door flew open. Well, Gwen jolted, and Kevin jolted too, but winced afterward. Laurent walked up to Kevin. "Don't hurt him," she shrieked, before Laurent touched KEvin. Laurent laughed. "Not him today, Ill leave him alone. It's your turn today. Gwen nodded softly, and Kevin yelled in panic.

"N-n-no, my turn," he stammered, then winced. "Shut up,' muttered Laurent. He lifted Kevin off the floor and tied him to the wall roughly, leaving Kevin screaming in pain. Kevin breathed deeply, trying to calm himself. Laurent walked over to Gwen.

"One sign that you want to escape, and you and your boyfriend are dead. Got it?" Gwen nodded. He ripped the bindings off her and she fell to the floor, landing with a loud crash. Kevin growled. Gwen massaged some feeling in to her sore limbs, and attempted to stand up. "Get down, bitch," Laurent yelled, before striking her. She fell to the ground with a grunt. "No resistance," Laurent said out loud. "Or else,"

He began to repeatedly strike her, and eventually she was bruised and bleeding all over. Every strike sent shocks up her body, and she screamed every time. Finally, after a while, she lay there, barely breathing. Her breath came out in little puffs. "Gwen," Kevin moaned. "Hey. You. Big dude. Listen, I'll do anythin', just don't hurt her," Kevin rasped.

Laurent smirked. "Anything?" he mimicked, his voice coming out in a drawl. Kevin nodded.

"Okay. Tell me the location of Ben Tennyson, and I let you go," Kevin gritted his teeth. Ben had been a good friend to him, so this was betrayal, revealing his place. Well, Ben would hate him forever, but he had to save Gwen.

"Wait, before you decide, remember this. Only the girl leaves. You stay, until we have mined the diamond shit you're gonna absorb outta you," Kevin internally groaned. Great. Just like Vulkanus.

"Don-n't do it K-k-kevin," Gwen softly and slowly breathed. Tears formed in her eyes. "Please, for me." Laurent frowned, and kicked her back, making her yelp in pain. "NO!" Kevin roared. Gwen bit her lip, and frantically shook her head no, despite her pain. "Please, Kevin, don't do this. I don't want to lose you."

Kevin stared in shock. She was concerned about him? He thought she wanted her cousin saved....Ah, well...hmmm....that changed things. Kevin contemplated deeply.

"Oh for the sake of....Okay, girl, Levin, I got a little surprise for you. Since Levin is not coughing up, I think he needs to get down on the floor. Kevin shrugged. So?

The ropes immediately unfastened, and Kevin collapsed with a groan. His legs were very weak, so he attempted to get up, but went crashing down in pain. Laurent snickered. Glaring, Kevin propped his hand against the wall and helped himself up. "What do you want," Kevin replied, tired. Laurent motioned to Alec James. He came over where they were, and stood near where Gwen was lying. "Get on your knees,"

Kevin growled. No way! This was gonna ruin his rep. He didn't care if he died, but he was not gonna be on his knees to this bastard.

Laurent sighed, and motioned to Alec. Alec grabbed a knife, and held Gwen to his chest, the knife to her throat. She whimpered, closing her eyes. Kevin, snarling, slowly backed down. He Got on his knees, glaring at Laurent. He smiled. "Now kiss my boots,"

"No way in fucking hell--" Kevin stopped when Alec pressed the blade harder to Gwen's throat. Small beads of blood appeared. Kevin slowly made his face down to Laurents feet, every inch of his body screaming in protest. Suddenly, Laurent grinned, and full out kicked Kevin's face.

"You fucking fag! Just go and screw your whore of a mother in a--" Kevin inhaled a deep breath as he was kicked in his man area. "Fucking bastard," he muttered, massaging his sore area. He stopped when he saw Gwen was staring with wide eyes. Oh shit, I forgot about her. Hehe...wait, hell, I must have looked like I was masturburating just now...okay..uh...awkward much?

He looked sheepishly at Gwen. Gwen frowned, and mouthed language reprimandingly. Thank god, she's just pissed about my language. Not the looked-like-jacking-off scene. Sometimes luck does like me, Kevin thought. He put on a slightly ashamed look, and Gwen seemed satisfied. Hell, he didn't care about language. In fact, his father used to call him a "fucking bastard" or worse everyday. And beat him...and torture...that dick. Kevin did pick up a lot of language though. Like that time...Kevin internally slapped himself. Why was he having flashbacks? He was in some deep shit here.

"That didn't hurt?" Laurent asked, surprised. Kevin wondered for a second, and then remembered. Oh, he'd had worse to his man area than a kick from some midget dude. "I've had worse to my dick than a wimpy kick from a tiny fag," Kevin said smugly. Laurent's eyes flashed dangerously, then his eyes glowed. "Fine. I'll show you worse," he said. He grabbed a metal bat. Oh shit, Kevin thought. Why did I have to open my big mouth, Kevin scolded himself. Laurent started swinging the bat down and hitting Kevin. Kevin winced at each blow, but he didn't feel too pained. As he said to Laurent, he'd had worse.

Laurent didn't seem satisfied. So, he went over and grabbed a knife. Whoa, Kevin thought. Okay, cutting me up is a little out of line there. Laurent brought the knife down and made shallow slashes in Kevin's skin. Kevin bit his lip so hard, that it started bleeding. Laurent eventually stopped, smirking at the cut up bloody teenager, waiting for Levin to start whimpering.

"That's your best shot? My mom could hurt me better," That's right. She did hurt me, not physically, but very deeply and emotionally. She hurt me the most. Kevin thought angrily. Laurent put on a sickly sweet smile. 'Well, we don't want your cuts to get infected, so I think I should clean up with rubbing alchohol,"

He grabbed a big vat of rubbing alchohal and walked up to Kevin. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, Kevin chanted in his head. This was gonna hurt like shit. Laurent poured the rubbing alchohal on Kevin and Kevin let out a yell of pain. He twiched and convulsed, trying to get away from Laurent. WAIT, why am I still on the ground? Lemme grab Gwen and bolt, Kevin thought, looking around for Gwen. She was lying there tied up to the pole flinching her tear-streaked face away from the scene. Kevin mentally counted to three in his head

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