The Lifesaver-One Shot

"I don't get it." Ben sighed, staring at the colorful arrays of candy that sat snugly in his right hand. The team had been on patrol for most of the evening, and it basically came down to nothing short of being absolutely boring for the young hero who was sitting comfortably in the back seat of Kevin's beloved car, staring thoughtfully at his candy filled hand. It was pretty clear that at that moment, nothing was going to go down that night…

"Get what?" Gwen heavily sighed, turning herself slightly so that she could see what her cousin was making such a big fuss about. As she twirled herself around, the red head suddenly got a good look at to what Ben had been so curios about, and let out light agitated groan. "It's candy, Ben. What is there to know?"

"No. I mean." He pauses for a moment, chewing another piece of the hard sweetness in question, then putting his free hand up to his chin in thought. "I mean. Why do they even call them "life savers?" Did they actually save a life or something?" He finally smiles in amusement at such a thought. "Because that would be so cool if they did! Like, miniature aliens from some off charted planet that used them as life preser-"

"There stupid candy, Benji. Seriously, get over it." Kevin interrupted, his eyes glaring at the young hero sitting in the back. "Why do you always have to make simple, unimportant things so complicated all the time?"

"Why not?" Asked Ben, raising his brow. "They have to be called life savers for a reason, Kevin."

"It doesn't need a reason." Gwen butted in, as she leaned her head against the passenger side window, her cousin was being overly stupid about this. "I agree with Kevin, Ben. You're over analyzing things again…. It's… Just.. Candy. Simple as that."

"I wonder if these little guys could really save a life?" Ben said to himself, ignoring his teammate's rational thoughts on the subject. He thought that the life saver itself had to have been made for something other than just eating, and he was bound and determined to figure it out, one way or another.

"Okay." Kevin said, smiling into the rearview mirror at his comrade, disrupting the boy's inner thoughts on the delectable fruity substance. "Wanna test this whole "logical life savin' candy theory" of yours for real, Tennyson?"

Ben's face lit up with satisfaction, as he leaned in closer between the two passengers sitting up in front. "Heck yeah! What did you have in mind?"

"Alright." Kevin chuckled, while looking out towards the dark burning road, it passing with speed effortlessly underneath the tires of his precious green challenger. The facial features he was sporting however, earned him a heated stare from the red headed passenger that sat beside him, and as usual, Kevin just shrugged it off, continuing with his plan by giving Ben the detailed instructions on testing this flawless "life savers theory". "Sit back in your seat, and buckle up." The raven haired teen grinned, as his right thumb casually flicked open a cover that had hid a certain bright red button, going unnoticed of course by the hero sitting in the back seat.

The sound of the buckles colliding together with a "snap" signaled Kevin to move on further with his instructions. "Now pop two of those bad boys' inside of your mouth."

"Why two?" Ben raised a brow in curiosity, still holding the role of food in his right hand.

"Just in case." Was Kevin's simple, and short reply, as Ben shrugged his shoulders carelessly, and did what he was told to do. "Okay…" Kevin looks up into the mirror located just above his head. "You ready?"

"More than ever!" Ben grinned with excitement. Still unsure as to what his friend was really up to on proving the life saving part of the rainbow tainted candy.

"On the count of three." Kevin began, slowly pushing the button that lingered below the pad of his thumb. "One…" Ben's eyes gleamed with happiness. "Two." The hero started to jump up in his seat out of pure joy, and impatience. "THREE!" Kevin proclaimed as the sound of puffed forced air filled up the emptiness that lied inside of the vehicle, and Ben quickly flew through the top of Kevin's car, without little chance of getting a single word out edgewise in his own defense..

Gwen could only sit there at first with a shocked look upon her pretty little face. "Kevin!" She screamed out, finally finding her voice, her eyes following the trail of the now, flying human Ben Tennyson. "That was totally uncalled for! What if he gets seriously hurt?"

"What?" Kevin turned to his beautiful girlfriend while still holding the biggest grin upon his handsome, broad features. To him, the whole idea of watching Ben soar through the air while still strapped to his seat was pretty hilarious, regardless if Gwen didn't approve. It was worth it in his opinion.

"He's got the power of the rainbow, doesn't he?" The older teen raised a hand into the air, making his point. "He said so himself that they were life saving!" He defended, while Gwen continued to stare at him, her expression of anger never changing.

"Fine… I'll call him." Kevin sighed rolling his eyes, and took the phone off the dashboard, dialing up Ben's number. It rang a few times before Ben actually answered causing the red head to worry even more for her cousin. But finally, Kevin had received some signs of life from the hero.

"So, Benji… Hows it goin'?" The raven haired teen asked, almost in a sarcastic, casual like tone.

"DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!" Ben yelled excitedly into the phone, his breath wavering heavily over the line due to the adrenaline he was receiving by being jolted up high into the air only a few moments ago. "IT REALLY WORKED OUT FOR ME THIS TIME! I'M SO TOTALLY NOT DEAD RIGHT NOW!"

"This time?" Gwen gasped, while she heard Kevin laugh darkly into the phone, his eyes never leaving the windshield of his car. Apparently, this hadn't been the first time the guys' tried doing such a stupid an moronic thing.

Well, duh... Obviously...