Little Chill(s)

Chapter 13

Unfortunately for Ben, his leisurely days were over, because he had a job to do as a Plumber. Stupid monetary needs. Thankfully Gwen was free again, and she even dragged Kevin into it. Ben can only wonder, and slightly worry about what he'll find when he gets back from patrol.

"You seem worried."
Ben turns to Rook. "Huh? What do I have to be worried about?"
Rook gives him an unimpressed look. "Ben, as your partner, I hope to be someone you feel you can confide in." He checks his watch, an item he purchased on his most recent leisure day. "We have ten minutes until our scheduled lunch break. Perhaps we could do something to take your mind off things?" Ben hums while he strokes his chin in thought, but is interrupted by a report brought you by the communication function in his Ultimatrix. It seemed pretty standard, an alien ship flying around shooting things, but then it mentioned the address it came from and Ben's eyes widened.

Following the reports, they soon find Kevin and Gwen, along with his children either battling with or hiding from the ship. "Oh hell no!" Jumping out of the vehicle, Ben is already pissed off.
Kevin runs up to him. "Tennyson, great timing, as you can see, we need your help."
"I left you alone with my kids for five minutes, Kevin! Do NOT talk to me!" He quickly twists the dial of the Ultimatrix and transforms in a green flash. "NRG!" He fires off a quick nuclear blast that takes out the ship's engine, and it crashes.
"My car!" Ben turns to Kevin, his visor glowing dangerously. "There are more important things right now, I can see that. Anyway, with that ship down, let's get out of here."
Ben marches forward. "Nuh uh, they come near my kids with weapons hot, and they're gonna feel the burn." Despite Kevin's protests, Ben starts beating on the ship with his metallic fists. "Oi! Get out here!"
The top of the ship opens up, and Ben is suddenly knocked back by a red fist. Getting up, he rubs his helmeted head and looks at the ship to find a female Tetramand looking mad. "I am princess Looma Red Wind, and I am here to claim my husband, Kevin E. Levin."

All eyes turn to Kevin. "Husband!"
"This crazy biiiiiii-" he looks at his kids fluttering curiously nearby "... this crazy woman attacked you while you were babysitting my kids because you're married!? That doesn't sound like something I should have known was a possibility?!"
Kevin stutters nervously. "You, uh, we're not actually married, just engaged." He looks at Gwen. "I was gonna tell you."
The red head crosses her arms. "I'm listening."
Kevin's starts running from the charging tetramand. "Kinda busy right now." He absorbs a brick wall while Looma interrogates him, with Kevin lying at every turn.
Rook looks on, prototool in hand. "Should we assist him?"
Ben and Gwen watch Kevin get beat with matching looks of disdain and satisfaction. "In a minute."

After it seemed like Kevin had enough, Gwen stopped the next red fist heading for his face with a barrier. "Excuse me." Looma pauses her attempts at breaking Kevin's face to look at Ben. "Can you not do this in front of my kids?"
Her gaze turns to the quivering necrofriggians and she drops Kevin. "I'm sorry. If I knew such young ones were here I would have taken this... elsewhere."
Ben shrugs. "No hard feelings." He fixes Kevin with a glare. "Now you wanna explain what's going on?"
Kevin laughs nervously. "Yeah, that's a long story."
"Hit him again."
"No, wait wait wait! I'll talk!"

After hearing the full story, everyone present was moderately disgusted. "You got married for a car piece!? My kids could have died!" Ben sighs. "Look Looma, I'm sorry, but we can't let Kevin go through with this. You see, he's a moron."
"Hey, I resent that."
"You want me to dig you out of this hole or not?"
"Proceed."
Ben turns back to Looma. "Look, this whole thing sucks for Kevin, and to be fully honest, I really want to see you slam him over your knee like Bane-"
"Who's side are you on Tennyson!?"
"But is there any way to cancel the wedding?"
Looma seems to think. "The only way I know of is for another male to issue a challenge in order to receive my hand in marriage."

Ben turns to Kevin with a "look". "You mean to tell me you beat up a tetramand and got engaged for an engine block?"
"Oh, no." Bent turns back to Looma. "Female tetramand are stronger than males, so any male that defeats me in combat is indebted to my hand." After a moment of tense silence, Ben sighs. "Kids, look away." When all his children cover their eyes with their wing cloaks, Ben turns to Kelvin. And then he delivers a full force kick to his groin.

With Kevin curled up on the floor nursing his injury, that left the three responsible people to try and figure out what to do. During that time, Gar, Looma's father showed up with a fleet ready to destroy earth, but thankfully she explained the series of events and he was allowing them time to discuss. "Ok, does anyone know anybody that can take on Looma and wants to get married?"
Rook sadly shakes his head. "Unless a Highbreed diplomat or Vilgax comes to earth in the next five minutes, no, I do not. Looma is the tetramand's strongest warrior, with a winning streak that rivals Ben's."
Ben groans. "I'll do it."