Chapter 9

Me and Viola went back to the plumber base. She said she'd rather explain there. I was super confused. We got back. We went down to the actual base. Viola went over to Lavender. She said something I didn't hear.

"So you're going to tell him?" Lavender said.

"Tell me what?!" I asked.

Viola went to say something but an explosion went off. A beat came in and grabbed Viola. Then it ran off taking Viola with it.

"No!" Lavender yelled.

Grandpa came in. "Max it took her!" Lavender said about to cry.

"Calm down Lavender. We'll get her back." Grandpa said.

"Are you talking about Viola?" I asked.

"No. They are talking about Melia." Rook said.

"But..." I went to say.

"Ben, Viola is Melia. She came back. But she didn't know if it was right to say anything. She didn't know if you'd feel the same way she feels about you." Lavender said.

"How does she feel about me?" I asked.

"Remember the summer we met Lavender and Melia?" Grandpa asked. "When you were 10."

"Yeah," I said.

"Well apparently when Melia left. She didn't just like you. She loved you. And she still does." Lavender said.

I didn't say anything. I loved Melia as well. And I knew we had to save her. "Come on Rook," I said.

"Where are we going?" Rook said.

"To get back Melia," I said.

"I'm coming too," Lavender said. "She's my sister."

We went to the truck and left. We were going to save her. "How are we going to find Melia? That beast could've taken her anywhere." Rook said.

There was a scream. "Follow the screams," Lavender said. Rook drove faster. We saw the beast still holding Melia. I got up and climbed onto the roof.

"Please Omnitrix. Give me something that can fly." I said as I hit the Omnitrix. I changed into Big Chill. "Thank you Omnitrix!"

I flew towards the beast and Melia. I grabbed Melia and pulled her out of the beast's grip. She grabbed on tightly. The beast changed into a flying one.

"Ben that is Big Chill's natural predator. We've got to get far away from it." Melia yelled.

I flew off and went through a building. I went into a closet and timed out. Melia had her arms around my neck and I had my hands on her waist. The beast passed by us. I looked at Melia. She was looking back.

"So Lavender told you the truth?" Melia asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was back. But I was sca-" Melia started saying.

I kissed her. She didn't pull back. We stood there. The door opened. Rook and Lavender were there.

"We interrupting something?" Lavender asked.

"Yes," Melia said.

"It's so nice to see you 2 back together again," Lavender said as we left the closet.

"Maybe we should focus on that beast that took Melia." Rook said.

"He's right. Whatever it is. It wanted me out of the picture because last time I saw it. It went for Ben." Melia said. "And I beat it."

"So what do we do?" Lavender asked.

"We let it come to us," I said smirking.