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It was a cool autumn day. At least the forecast said it was supposed to be. Standing on the edge of a chasm, bracing against a pair of large rocks, holding ropes running around a pair of trees, and over the edge, the two would violently disagree. Covered in sweat, the blond young man and his darker haired partner strained to hold the ropes.

Four hundred feet down, almost to the bottom, hung the payload the boys were struggling to hold. On one rope, in a black and green jumpsuit, a black haired woman held the medical bag for her partner. The red head, in a black crop top, and tan cargo pants, was bandaging the leg of a fallen rock climber. The only way in was over the side of the cliff. The bottom was littered with skeletons, both of animals and humans that had fallen in, and been unable to escape.

The sides of the canyon made it impossible to conduct a rescue by chopper, or even using the winches on the Genesis hover platform. So the aircraft had dropped them off, and set down just outside the mouth of the gap. The wireless headsets crackled as Ron spoke.

"How's it going KP?" He asked Kim.

"Just fine." Kim answered. Adam's voice followed.

"Look as much as we enjoy keeping you ladies in suspense, it's really hot up here, and we're getting tired. Ron is just too polite to say anything. I am under no such restriction." There was an amused note in his voice.

"She's just finishing up, and you can haul us up in a minute." Shego chuckled back, over the com.

"Grab his arms." Kim ordered Shego. Shego nodded, and closed the pack, slinging it on. While Kim held the climbers legs, Shego took hold of his arms, and they slid him onto the back board. Positioned, they strapped him in. "Pull us up. Evenly." Kim ordered.

"Right Kim." Ron replied.

"Yeah, yeah." Adam grunted.

There was a matched pair of grunts, and the three started to rise between the walls of the canyon. Reaching the top, Kim and Shego slid the board over the edge, and climbed after it. As the pressure came off the ropes, Ron and Adam collapsed.

"Tired?" Kim asked with a slight grin. Adam looked at her in stupified amazement, while Ron simply nodded. She half-grinned, as she and Shego carried the injured climber to Genny. As the lifted off, the boys were starting to pick up the equipment.

"What has she been eating?" Adam asked Ron.

"What do you mean?" Ron asked.

"Kim, she seems to have gained an extra dose of humor lately." :Mostly at my expense.: He added sourly in the back of his mind.

"Oh. Must have been Shego's cooking." Ron chuckled. "Seriously though, I haven't got the slightest idea.

"Ah well, guess..." Genny reappeared, engine wash cutting him off.

"Got a call. Dementor is at it again." Kim called from the top of the platform. Ron and Adam hit the edge with a precisely matched stride. Genny accelereated almost before they'd landed fully. "He's attempting to disrupt the tidal flows." Kim filled them in.

"How?" Ron wanted to know.

"Some sort of high gravity cannon." Shego replied. "Wade's reading some odd stuff. Birds and things dropping in altitude suddenly."

"How do we know it's Dementor?" Adam asked.

"Because I checked the shipping records, genius." Wade snorted. Even considering all that had happened in Everlot, the two could still barely hold a civil conversation.

"Everything is going to one D. Mentor." Genny cut in smoothly. "If it's not him, someone has some explaining to do." She chuckled dryly.


Sliding through the air vents, the four did their best to remain quiet. Kim was in the lead, followed by Ron, then Shego, with Adam bringing up the rear. Of course the entrance wasn't as smooth as it could have been. Kim hit, and rolled, coming up wet. Ron started to drop, and then got tangled in her line. Shego snapped the line, and he dropped onto the floor, splashing slightly as he rolled out of the way, in the dimly lit room. Shego dropped with a smooth grace that would make a ballet dancer jealous. Adam made no attempt at grace, and simply absorbed the entire force of the impact with his legs, coming up with a knife in his hand, ready to fly.

"Velcome." Dementors voice came over the loud speakers. "I do hope you like the room. I'd hate for you to die in a room you don't like." As he spoke, the airvent disappeared, and the water began to rise.

"Don't worry, we won't." Kim assured him. "Shego? An exit?"

"Sure." Hands glowing, she fired. Energy crackled as the plasma bolt smashed into the wall, and bounced away, slamming into Adam's back.

"Not good." Ron observed nervously. Three withering stares answered him.

"An idea's Kimmie?" Shego asked. The water rapidly rising, almost to their waists.

"Try the vent." Kim pointed. Shego fired. The attack reflected, and caught Adam on the leg.

"Will you please try something else? The walls are obviously magnetically protected." Adam snorted indignantly.

"Which means there have to be emitters." Ron reasoned. "Shego, blast the wall again." He ordered. Shego glared.

"You owe me one." She grunted and fired. The blast bounced once, not heading for Adam, who sighed in relief. It reflected off another wall, and caught him in the ass. Ron cried out in success, as Adam was swearing with marked vehemence.

"KP, the entire wall runs off one emitter. The lens is really tiny, but I think the watch laser will break it." Ron explained. Kim nodded, and passed the watch over. The lens shattered, and the emitter shut down. Shego cut an escape route, as the water neared the ceiling. The water flushed out, and they slid to a stop gently against the opposite hall wall.

Ron's rather ingenius plan earned him a kiss from the girls, and a kick in the ass from Adam. He grinned at the kisses, and glared at Adam.

"I got shot in the ass, and it's your fault. I'm simply returning the favor." Adam explained. Ron rolled his eyes, and the pair followed Kim and Shego who had gone on ahead.

They entered the room as the girls were polishing off the last of Dementors guards. With a grin, Ron went left, as Adam went right, catching Dementor in a false corner, as the girls closed in from the center of the room.

"Vell, I must say, it took you longer than usual to get away from my trap." Dementor noted idly.

"The magnetic shielding was a nice touch." Kim complimented.

"Really?" Dementor asked. "You don't think it was too much over the top?" He queried.

"Nope, just right." Shego replied. Adam started to say something, but Dementor touched a key on the pad he was holding, and the gravity cannon in the center of the room roared to life.

"Too bad you'll never stop my plan." The floor below him rose into the air, and a bubble encased him. He flew out the roof as it opened, giving the cannon a clear shot at the moon.

Ron ran for the control panel, only to find it delivered a massive shock when he tried to use it. Shego blew a panel off the side, and Kim stuck her head into the hold. Sparks flashed inside, as she disabled the shock protection from the panel. With Ron out after the impact, Adam was first to the panel.

"Not good." He half-yelped. "Kim, this thing has got one hell of a failsafe. If it's not allowed to fire, it's programmed to implode, and take a sphere of roughly seven miles in diameter with it."

"So?" Kim asked. "Jam it and let's go." Adam shook his head.

"No can do. There's a village on the backside of the mountain, and there's not enought time to save them." He explained.

"Ron?" Kim called. Shego was already there. She kicked him just hard enough to wake him, but not hurt him.

"What?" Ron asked. Kim gave him the short version of it. "Maybe Wade can retarget it?" He suggested. Kim nodded, wondering why she hadn't thought of it herself.

"Wade, can you retarget this thing?" She asked the genius on the other end of the Kimmunicator.

"I don't know, plug me in." He ordered. She did so without hesitation, and they waited. Five minutes later, and two minutes from firing, Wade answered. "Sorry Kim, space is too cluttered to retarget it. Anywhere I aim, I'm going to hit something vital." Wade apologized.

"Wait." Ron called, suddenly struck by an idea. "Adam, you can exchange most energy into magical power, can't you?" Adam nodded. "Can you do it with the energy from the cannon?"

"I don't know. Theoretically I should, but we're talking joules of energy here." Adam sighed. "I don't see another choice though. I'll try it."

"Right, you've got about a minute to get in position." Kim pointed out.

"Adam?" Shego spoke up in a dangerous tone. "What happens if you can't do it?"

"The moon shifts into a perfect circular orbit, and fishing is a brand new challenge?" He smiled.

"I mean to you." She snapped, gritting her teeth at the same time she looked about to cry.

"Supergravity fail-safe." He answered. "I turn into a six inch cube, and Genny takes you to have me reinflated. One of the advantages of an unstable genetic code. Then I get scolded, we kiss and make up. If I succeed, can we skip to kissing and making up?"


"That was without a doubt, the stupidest idea I've ever been involved in." Adam snorted from the deck plating of Genny. "And the slickest." He complimented Ron. The sandy haired individual grinned.

"Thank you." Ron replied smoothly. Since the blast from the cannon, Adam hadn't been able to stand. They'd had to carry him onto Genny. He explained that he just had to burn off extra energy before he'd return to normal. Shego had offered to help him. He'd winked and said yes.

She informed him the basement needed cleaning. The look he'd answered with had sent her to the deck laughing. He'd muttered something along the lines of 'not that kind of energy'. Genny had laughingly explained that he had to discharge the excess magical potential energy, which was what he'd converted the energy from the gravity cannon in to. If he didn't in time, certain powers otherwise inactive in this dimension for certain reasons, would activate, and be out of control. Most of them were very dangerous. Genny set down int the backyard of the house. Adam had recovered by that point enough to walk off on his own.

"This might not be pleasant." He commented as he dropped to one knee, seeming to prepare himself. His right hand stretched upwards, pointing towards the sky, palm facing up, fingers spread. A faint white glow wrapped it, then it exploded upwards. Adam screamed in pain, as the energy flowed skyward. He continued for almost seven minutes, before the flow ebbed, and then died altogether. As the hand lowered, they could see blood running from it, down his arm. "Told you." He smiled thinly. "Normally I have internal healing to take care of the damage caused by discharging energy that way. Here, I don't. Ron, would you mind terribly?"

Ron chuckled and shook his head, walking closer. The Lotus Blade flared to life as Ron touched his arm, and new skin formed over the bleeding tissue of Adam's damaged hand. Ron stepped back, half expecting Adam to rise instantly. He didn't, knowing something was wrong. "Get back! NOW!" Adam bellowed in shock and pain, pushing Ron away. The air around Adam stilled, even though the engine backwash from Genny's engines cooling was still blowing in his direction.

"What's going on?" Shego demanded.

"I don't, ahhh..." Adam was cut off as he clutched his stomach in pain. Behind him a swirling silver portal began to form, reflecting the scene before it, even though it was greatly distorted.

"Look out!" Ron cried urgently. Adam seemed not to notice though, and Kim decided to act, as she saw things start to be drawn into the portal, including slowly, Adam. Lunging forwards, she fired her grappling gun into the house. It hooked, and she started to reel herself back to him. As she reached down and grabbed hold of his arm, the pull of the portal amplified several times, and the grappling gun gave as they were pulled in. With the end of the gun, came both her back pack, and the silver shoulder piece of his nano armor. Ron lunged for the end of the line as the portal closed, but missed, and ended up with a face full of grass. Shego had leaped at the same time, and she landed across his back.

"Not good." Ron choked. "So not good."

"No, duh." Shego snorted.