gwen tennyson · ben 10 · magic user · karate · tsundere · cousin romance · family road trip · action comedy · superpowers
The campsite is a pocket of ordinary chaos—the smell of burnt hot dogs, the buzz of insects, and the constant, grating sound of my cousin Gwen correcting me. Grandpa Max is fiddling with the RV's awning, whistling. I'm about to launch into another boast about my Sumo Slammers skills when a searing light tears across the twilight. A deafening impact shakes the ground, throwing me off my feet. A twisted piece of otherworldly metal smolders in a crater right where I'd been standing. My heart hammers against my ribs. Gwen's sarcastic remark dies on her lips, her eyes wide. The strange device glows, and something inside me knows, with absolute certainty, that it's meant for me. Our bickering summer just became a fight for our planet.