Chapter 9 Sea of green
Ron couldn't believe the benefits of embracing the power he was scared of for so long. The wind flowing through his hair as he experienced something man would never feel without help. He was infinitely glad his other half told him to just grab a simple black ninja suit with a matching mask instead of him going for some secret super villain. This feeling was worth not being dressed up cool because it was the most badass thing ever.
Ron Stoppable was flying through the air by his own power. Able to move freely and just have fun matching all the iconic flying superhero poses from his comics.
"Wait… hmm I think I just found a way for us to go faster".
"I like where your thoughts are going but we must be careful. It's annoying that theirs so much monitoring going on. I want to really test that method of yours".
Ron stopped in mid air standing there as if he had a place to stand and began his plan. Using his telekinesis he made the air around him compress only stopping when the air in that little area was almost thick enough for his MMP Boosted eyes to see it was reaching the limit. Creating a ball of water around him he allowed the air to uncompress only in his direction.
"Oww…. That… really fucking hurt".
The plan didn't work at all. Ron found himself in the middle of the ocean from the massive force that shredded his water bubble and hit him in the stomach knocking all the wind out of him.
"Ugh God that felt like motor Ed's truck rammed into me at 200 MPH".
" I think we need a little less air pressure and a lot more water softener… feels like your stomach had a rhino tap dance on it and I shouldn't be able to feel it this clearly".
"Well you wanted to fuse and were getting there welcome to a place where dumb actions have painful consequences… is that a dolphin"?
Ron watched in amazement as said dolphin swam on by swinging its tail.
"Wait, that's perfect ok let's try that again".
" Huh what's perfect? Wait I was admiring the dolphin go back".
Ronald was ignored as regular Ron shot up out of the ocean and started his plan over. He condensed the air again and prepared his water shield the same as before.
" This didn't go well for us. If you want pain we could ask Sheila to beat us up so we both get something out of it".
"You're obsessed with Sheila".
" Correction. We are crushing on Sheila and as the lover side it's only natural I think about someone so attractive and we've almost been intimate with… besides she's the only one you've allowed me to talk about. I'd love to get a taste of chocolate".
"No…"
"Yes I know no Monique hence why yes Sheila. Wait… oh I see this plan might work I can't believe I didn't notice".
Ron smiled to himself literally in his head before releasing the air pressure. Instead of shooting straight at him like before it swiped his water shield, a near perfect match for the dolphins tail swinging in the water. A loud pop spread out scaring all the nearby fish into swimming away.
Rob watched as the horizon zoomed by. Ocean water, islands, and the occasional ship zoomed past in blurs. Even on said boats no one knew that just a second ago a Kid was sailing right above them until after when a terrible sound followed. Before Ron knew it the ocean had vanished and it was just land below him.
"Uhhhh I think we overdid it a little… any idea where we are" With that question asked to his other half Ron stopped himself allowing himself to stand amongst the clouds so no one accidentally saw him.
"That was awesome. I think we went faster than sound when we first started so theirs no telling where we are. The people below us are speaking some foreign language. Should we try meeting them"?
"Past the speed of sound! How… We played with air".
" Well a whip can reach such speeds and we did whip ourselves".
"Don't you say it we're not going to ask her to whip us".
"Hehe I wasn't if anything we'd whip her but I like where your mind is going. Join me in the gutter young one the innuendos are fun and the activities are full of debauchery".
"I hate you".
" I love you too".
Choosing to ignore his other half that was more than happy to tease by making whipping sounds Ron peaked from above the clouds seeing a nice tribe. The tribe below was quite weird. The tribe was full of only men and with the advanced senses given by the MMP he could tell their was women but they dressed as men and escorted by others around. Despite the village being so primitive cameras were spread everywhere looking down upon them. Whenever the camera would point the villagers would avoid like the plague. The boys of the village who got caught by them would cry and scream in terror until the cameras pointed away or someone would pull them away.
Ron felt his blood go cold just watching. It was obvious how things looked. Women and even little girls here didn't have it good.
"Do you think it's sex slaves… I hope so".
"Woah what the fu...".
" Because I want practice before we get to Sheila's tormentor let me finish. I'm troubled, not sick. Well if torturing people is sick I guess I'm sick because that man must suffer".
"..."
"I… I. sigh Yeah I can't argue we're not going to torture him but he's gonna suffer… bad".
"Oh I love when we agree no one traumatizes our friends. When we're done we should go after the people from that camp".
"..."
"..."
"I'm not ready for that… Please don't bring it up again".
" I wish I knew what happened so I can help...those memories are locked up in our head even more than I was. Come on, give me a peek in there let me help".
"Stop"!!
" Come on. Stop bottling it in. We have to face it when we fuse since I don't know what happened. Help me help you help us. If not, things will be harder later".
"Please...shut up".
"Come on, tell me about Camp Wannaweep. I wouldn't even know about the name if it wasn't for Gill".
"Stop it stopstopstopSTOPSTOPSTOP"!!!!
" CALM DOWN "!!
The scream from other Ron fell on deaf ears even though it was in his head. Ron's freak out mixed with his powers was wreaking havoc creating a tornado that was slowly going towards the ground. Ronald screamed and screamed but Ron was too lost in his memories.
"Stop… me…. Stop it, calm down, you'll kill them you idiot the wind will kill them stop. What the fuck happened to us there… fuck it I have to save them… this is gonna hurt".
Ronald immediately acted. The tornado was close enough that the wind was ripping apart the buildings in the village scaring them all. Ron fell out the air landing hard on the ground. He lay there not moving besides small twitches that soon stopped. Ronald had shut off the access to the MMP making Ron lose access to the telekinesis making him float and controlling the wind. Ronald barely had time to push out as hard as possible after taking control, stopping the fall from killing them but not enough to knock them out. Before Ronald completely lost it he spread out a bit of power empowering the ninja suit.
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Ron opened his eyes and couldn't believe what he saw and what he felt. In front of him was a sea of green and black. Had he died and landed in his other self wet dreams. In front of him was a sea of women dressed in cheap knock offs of Sheilas jumpsuits and painted in different shades of green. It took seconds for Ron to realize something was horribly wrong. He was facing his hands, his head to the side. He'd be crucified but he couldn't feel his hands and he couldn't move. Ron couldn't even move his head.
"Other me… hello…. Are you there? Please be there, hello? Did I really die? I died… but why am I crucified if I died… am I really like that? I can't be that kinky can I"?
"Hello?Ronald…hurry...to...me...spot...spine".
"What happened to us? Spot spine? What's he saying. why is he skipping his words "?
'My spine? Is that what is broken? No, I can feel my spine...it hurts…. Wait, my spine hurts… I couldn't feel anything a second ago... my hands are killing me. Why can I feel….fuck everything hurts why's the pain and feeling back'.
"Because you focused the MMP it's healing the damage. We… I won't lie to you. Our trauma runs deep and we are powerful. I had to almost kill us so we wouldn't hurt anyone. We fell from orbit and paralyzed ourselves. We've both been out so I have no idea about these knock offs or why we're crucified. Good news we're being healed by the MMP".
"Ok too much to process at once… So good to hear this pain will stop and I can move again soon… Wouldn't you like to be surrounded by Sheilas"?
"Please don't. As if I'd be attracted to a bunch of knock offs of the real person. We don't just desire Sheila for her looks and you know that".
"Well… from you...just seems like you're into anything with a pulse and curves. I mean if you're so fixated on Sheila why have you been after every girl we've met. Like you've even thought of KPs mom...our mom".
" Not our mom and I stand by it when I say she's a more mature Kimberly. I will say this till we fuse I AM YOU. Besides Kimberly's mother, I will fight you to the end that she is Kimberky with boobs and the ability to cook. So just better".
"Stop it, it's sickening even if she isn't our mother she raised us".
"Okay okay haha. I'm attracted to who we are. The cheer squad, Monique, Sheila, hell Dr. Director I didn't care at the start because you didn't care you had no one in mind so I didn't as well and now we both desire Sheila to sleep with".
"In two different ways… it's nice not having nightmares".
"And it will be nicer when we have no wet dreams tormenting me because we have a beautiful green skinned women to be with".
"..."
"What? Why are you being quiet"?
"..."
"Hello"?
"What's wrong with you"?
"That was… wholesome… coming from you...it's disturbing. You're supposed to be lustful".
" Is it so wrong to desire knowing what it would feel like? Love I mean… while we fell out the air I was well admittedly I was thinking how stupid I am but also it would suck not seeing Sheila again. Then woke up to a room of fakes. Seriously, is this some type of cult or a freaky fan club THIS is distributing".
"I'm just waiting til our spine isn't feeling like it's on fire before I escape. I don't care what's going on. What's been two days without sleep? Don't think being knocked out counts as sleep definitely doesn't feel like it".
The woman running around couldn't believe their luck. They had been running around preparing. A god had just fallen from the heavens after commanding the win as it pleased. They felt it was a sign for them to be closer to the goddess. Many years ago to the villagers she came bringing her magic fire to their enemies and blessing the village with her spoils of war. The food had kept them alive and the fire she left on their enemies made other tribes run away. Others came to try and take the fire and they had killed them gaining their spoils over and over. From simple knives to high tech guns and knowledge of the world. The flame had only recently gone out and the goddess had sent out another defeated foe for the village. Everyone was running around prepping soup. They wanted to gain a bit of the gods powers for all the women in the village so they could go find their goddess.
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Sheila was shook. It felt like everything she ever believed in stopped at that moment. After knocking her target through a street she found herself surrounded by tourists which slowed her down. She had gotten past them and was gonna swipe on the knocked out fish mutant. Her brother had grabbed her, lifting her up and stepped on the head of Gill, squashing him and leaving cracks on the ground below him in front of all the cameras. Sheila didn't even register she was being dragged til the door closed to the Go tower.
The brother and sister duo just stood there one stunned to much to move and the other watching the shock on the other. After a few seconds Sheila calmed down and never one to just look at things from the surface she left not saying anything to her brother. The teleporter hidden in her suit had taken some damage but it had repaired itself. As soon as she was outside a quick two presses brought her back to Gill's body surrounded by tourists with the distant sounds of sirens coming.
Sheila lifted her arms and flared up sending everyone around the body running when everyone was a distance away Sheila let her plasma fly burning the body confirming their was nothing left of the fish mutant. Who knew what kind of powers his mutation gave to him. If a chicken could survive without its head whose to say Gill couldn't either or grow the part of his head stepped on back. Sheila thought she would have second thoughts about actually killing Gill but watching his body burn didn't make her feel anything. Pressing for the teleport again Sheila ended up back and the ship and just stood there. Her brother the goody two shoes who always went on about justice had just murdered someone right in front of media. She had to get answers from him their was no ignoring this. Pressing the teleporter again the villainess found herself in front of the door she'd just left from moments ago and reentered after scanning. Hego was standing there waiting for his sister to come back. Gone was the man's usual smile and confident demeanor. The look from her older brother was surreal to Sheila. He'd never not looked like that after gaining his powers even when she told him how she was assaulted.
"Sheila…"
"Don't you fucking call me that".
"Shut up… I'm… I… Why sis? What did he do to you? Why were you going to kill Gill? I've never seen you like that even after".
The growl of his younger sister quickly let Hego know he was about to cross a line and he sighed, seeming to age significantly. So much was going through the mans mind too much to have his little sister flip her lid again.
"Just let me speak. Okay? Do you know how tiring it is being the oldest? To suddenly go from a college football superstar with the entire NFL looking to recruit you to the oldest of a band of freaks the entire world wants to recruit or chop up and study. You, the twins, and Mego who might as well have been a child started out too young. I just wanted to be a good older brother and keep you guys safe. Best way I could think of… be heroes. Have the entire world see us as a force of good. Have us be unbiased protectors that only fought against people trying to use their gifts for their own personal gain. We'd be perfect in the eyes of the people and that would keep us safe from shadowy groups that want our powers. I tried to bring in Gill because he's like us. If he hadn't escaped they'd have cut him up. He came to me begging to help him. He was just a scared kid… I nearly broke down seeing him so scared.
Hego walked over to his sister and gave her a hug despite her protest and flare up. As shocked from how her brother was acting and the words he was saying she still hated him.
"I'm not stupid I know your a villian even though I'd give up my life so you can come back to us where it's safer I know that's not you. When I looked at Gill all I could see was you. Doing something far off and getting caught and people not caring about team Go anymore. Dragging you off to some lab and taking you apart. Sheila you might not think it but I love you and I'm sorry that my actions back then hurt you but what would you have me do"?
"Believe in your sister and not blow her off you asshole"!
"I've believed you from the very start and so did Mego. What would you have us do? Storm into a country and kill their leader? Scare the rest of the world and have them want us gone or in their pocket or worse as lab rats trying to recreate our powers. Look at our quote on quote villains, all people jealous of our gifts. You don't think GJ or any of the mad scientists you run around with wouldn't love to have our powers? So I'm sorry I didn't give the entire world another and better reason to go after us. If it was just me I'd happily go after the piece of shit. I'm not scared of anything, the only thing that's done damage to me is you. Maybe I could have told you then but I didn't think you was ready for that mindset. God knows Mego wasn't when I tried to teach him at first which is my mistake. I'm not trying to come at you saying I know everything and I'm right. Maybe we could have done that guy in and the world wouldn't freak out, they'd understand but I didn't know that. Me and you I'm not worried about. Despite you being young I know you have a good head on your shoulders and can take care of yourself. The Wegos and Mego… could you live with yourself if they got hurt? You hated me because I wouldn't let the Wegos have a childhood but what would you have me do? Out of all of us they have the biggest targets on their backs. Imagine just five soldiers had their gifts. Suddenly you have an infinite army full of perfect soldiers not afraid of dying and able to act independently with the best training that can be given. What military in the world wouldn't want that. What sick fuck wouldn't entice ten year olds over to them to get that".
Listening to her older brother pouring his heart out had calmed Sheila down and she found herself thinking. He was right. Her powers slowly deactivated and she found herself getting emotional thinking about it. Of course she knew where he was coming from even Dr. D, one of the least hungry for her powers, people she's worked for still had times when he asked for a sample. Luckily the entire family could melt their DNA if it was separated and Hego made a huge point to always do that.
I'm sorry I never let Mego go around fucking everything that moves, I'm sorry the Wegos don't get a childhood, and I'm sorry that when you needed me most I was too much of a coward to even try and get you to understand. I loved and hated seeing you on the news all the time. I hated that you was giving people a reason to fear you but loved that out of all of us you was the one to make it out from this restrictive box where in. After you left I… went into a dark place. Mego hated my guts and the twins had no idea what happened. Seeing you turn green and looking so defeated hurt and when I found out who you'd been hanging out with on the evil side I'd gone a long long time hating myself. I told you I didn't believe you and to stop making up stories so that you'd redirect your bitterness at me. I was hoping that even if it put a strain on our relationship you'd just leave and continue traveling the world not become a bitter villain. Having you hate me is better than randomly disappearing and having to tell the rest of our family why we don't even have a body to bury… I don't know what happened between you and Gill sis but please don't kill anyone. That is the bare minimum line I'm able to hold. The reason why they don't just start trying to cut you open as soon as you're arrested is largely in part because they know team Go is together even while separate. If you become a murderer that last line gonna shatter and they'll paint you as a dangerous psychopath. You're smart. I know you know what will happen next. I know you know that actions have consequences to yourself but just remember it has consequences on the rest of us. If you go down none of us would be able to live on without trying to avenge you. I'd rather be in jail for murder or have my reputation ruined than see you gone...besides I've got those people brain washed that I'm just some ultimate force for good I wouldn't be surprised if theirs some cult somewhere".
Hego kissed his baby sister on the forehead and let her go from his monster hug. Right in front of her eyes his happy go lucky hero complex filled presence was back and he walked past her and opened the door to the news hounds waiting outside. Or he would have if the door wasn't shut immediately by said sister. Hego turned around full of questions and almost had a heart attack at what he saw. In front of him stood his same sister, the one who just a second ago was green now back to her original skin color.
"I was debating on killing Gill until I saw him. He… He did horrendous things for months against someone that helped me see that the entire world wasn't against me and I snapped. I'll send you his file from GJ. It was worse than mine before he even became a mutant at middle school age… I wish you'd just talked to me Herald".
" Me too Sheila" as he said that the hero fiddled with something on his finger and he flickered for a second. He had removed a high tech looking ring. Hegos skin was blue and darker than Drakken's almost purple. In all his glory the huge man stood their proudly with tears in his eyes.
"..."
Sheila walked over to her brother and put a hand on his broad shoulder, no words needed to be said between them. Hegos skin slowly lost its color. Within seconds he was peach colored again and he finally felt at peace. Sheila pulled her older brother into a hug.
"Thanks for doing what we all weren't ready for Herald but you should have told us… it wouldn't have been perfect but we wouldn't have been such a pain and burden on you. You're our older brother but that doesn't mean responsibility fully falls on you. I'll… I'll be back and we can all sit down and talk. All of us Mel, Welmer, and Welker no more hiding things from us that can lead to us growing apart from misunderstandings and no more saying things trying to make our family strained".
"Yes mam… boy you sure get like mom when you make sense… before I go out and slip back into my role as superhero" Herald put his hand on his sister's shoulder and smiled at her. Ron's a good kid and while I don't approve of you dating a minor I'd be more than happy to call him my step brother. I approve of you tw…".
The big boy scout superhero was cut off when his sister's fist caught his peachy jaw and slumped him to the ground. "Like he'll I need your permission who do you think you are I'm leaving how the hell do you even know about that ik gonna skin the twins". Sheila teleported away after her rant trying to hide herself but her older brother's message a few minutes later revealed she was caught. It wasn't any words or any teasing, just a photo he'd pulled from the cameras. It was a perfect picture of his green sister blushing hard.
'Wait what? When did I? I only switch when I think about it… think about how Ron loves my green skin son of a bitch… ugh Ron you better be home by now I need you. Those idiots are gonna have those up all over exactly where I accidentally see it. Just like when my comb first melted in my hair'.