Chapter 12

I was waiting for Ben. I haven't told him everything about me yet. There are new things about me he doesn't know about yet. Stuff I'm not sure I want him to know about.

"Here you go," Ben said giving me a smoothie and sitting down.

"Thanks Ben," I said.

Rook and 2 others sat down. I instantly recognized one. "Gwen?" I asked.

"Hey Melia. Been a long time." Gwen said. "How are things?"

"Good," I said looking at the other one. I quickly realized it was Kevin. "Hi....Kevin."

"Oh hey, Melia. You look good." He said a little nervous.

"Its okay Melia. Kevin's on our side now." Ben said.

"Alright," I said taking a sip of my smoothie.

"Look I'm sorry about our first meeting. Wasn't right in the head then. But if you're willing to try. I wanna earn your trust." Kevin said. I smiled and nodded.

"Anyway. How did your training go?" Gwen asked.

"Fine. Asmuth helped me control my Omnitrix. I also got a bunch of new aliens." I said.

"I got new ones too. Thanks to my new Omnitrix." Ben said.

"And let me guess, you can't get the ones you want?" I asked.

"How did you know?" Ben asked super confused.

"Asmuth," I said smiling.

We continued talking. It was fun catching up with Gwen. I learned more about Rook and Kevin. Kevin was pretty sweet.

"Hey can you still use alien DNA even if you arent in that form?" Ben asked.

My hand turned to Diamondheads. Rook and Kevin were shocked to see that. "That answer your question?" I asked as my hand changed back.

"You can use alien powers even when you aren't changed?" Kevin asked.

"Its a side effect. I was born with alien abilities. But I wouldn't be able to stay in one form long if it weren't for the Omnitrix." I said.

"Of course it's always the Omnitrix." A voice said.

We turned and saw an XLR8 like alien. He was looking at me. I went wide-eyed and got up. "Vic. I told you to leave me alone." I said. "I'm not interested in you."

"Of course. You're interested in this stupid human boy." Vic said pointing at Ben.

"Leave Ben out of this," I said. "What are you doing here?"

"That's a private conversation." He said running and grabbed me. I heard Ben yell my name.

I hit my Omnitrix and changed into XLR8. That threw Vic off and he tripped. I got up and backed away. "That Omnitrix is very annoying, Melia." He said getting up.

I ran away and straight into Ben. "Ow!" He said as I knocked him to the ground.

"Sorry Ben," I said as I timed out.

We stared at each other before I realized I was on top of him. We both blushed and smiled a bit. Before I heard running. I got off of Ben. Gwen, Rook, Kevin ran over.

"Are you okay?" Ben asked sitting up.

"Yeah," I said.

"Who was that?" Gwen asked.

"When I was training with Asmuth. We went to XLR8's home planet. I met that boy. His name is Vic. He kind of developed a crush on me. But I told him there was someone else in my life and he wasn't happy with that answer." I said.

Vic came over. "And now I'm gonna end that boys life." He said.

"Vic you are being ridiculous," I said.

"I don't care!" He yelled running at Ben.