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Okay, I have to thank all the people who reviewed on the note, except for the obvious. I really hated ending the last chapter like that, but it was getting long, and would have been longer if I was going to add this chapter, in its entirety, to it. But enough about that, this will be the last chapter, then an epilogue. Sequel is in the works, look for that later on. And I might be posting another little note, to respond to more of the infidels reviews. I just can't ignore annoying people, never have, I can't figure out why.

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The Assassin

Chapter 13

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The courtyard lit up as the two appeared there. The wings unwrapped and slipped back under his shoulder blades as he stepped away from her. Looking up he saw that the clouds and snow were gone, revealing a bright, afternoon sun.

"Come on, they're inside," he said turning to the door.

As soon as he opened it, Sashna tackled him. Erica was stunned slightly at seeing the girl's ears and tail. She was also surprised to hear her son laughing at this. The girl lifted her face to smile up at her, and she could feel herself warming up to this girl.

"Hello," Erica said not realizing that she was still staring.

"Mom, this is Sashna," Nate standing up and brushing himself off, though it didn't help much, Sashna stood up next to him and bowed. Seeing the look on his mother's face he quickly added, "Ask Shego."

"I'm going to do that right now," she said moving past them and through the door.

"Took you long enough," Sashna said.

"You know what took so long, so don't even bother."

"Kay."

Together they entered and made their way to the dining room, where Nate saw Kim sitting next to Shego. It made him smile to know that what he told Shego not so long ago had come to pass. If you don't remember what he said then read chapter 11, you'll find it. He looked through the table to see that the two were holding hands. It was so sweet he almost wanted to cry, almost.

"Nate, welcome back," Shego said not getting up.

"I've only been gone for six hours," he said looking at the spot where there should have been a watch on his scaly wrist. "Where did Mom go?"

"Sahid is showing her around, I guess he put in some new rooms."

"That's good to know."

"I'll be right back," Kim said standing up to leave, she reluctant to let go of her hand. "Come on Shego, let go."

"Alright," she said with a pout, this look sent slight shivers down Nate's spine.

As soon as Kim was out of the room Nate said, "So, you rushed."

"Well, you know I was never really good at that kind of thing," she said putting her chin in her hand, her elbow on the table. "And to think, she actually felt the same way."

"Didn't I tell you she would come around."

"Yeah, you did."

"When I had erased her memory, I had seen that she was well on her way to admitting it herself, it was only a matter of time," he shrugged, taking a seat across from her.

It was much later than noon at that time, and the table was clear of food, though it had a fruit bowl. Through the windows, the setting sun cast long shadows across the floor, giving the room an eerie sense. The lights, high in the ceiling, flicked on automatically, sensing the dying light. The shadows disappeared, and the rooms feel returned to normal.

"So you really did it, no lie?"

"I left the sphere for GJ to take care of, but other than that, all loose ends have been tied up."

He leaned back on the cushions, muscles in his back rippling under the tank top, hands behind his head. Being surrounded by death his entire life had had no effect on his mental state whatsoever. Unlike most people, who would have gone insane long before, he was seen as a natural, totally apathetic to those he killed. A ruthless, and relentless, mercenary; willing to take any job for the right price. But all this was to mask his true objective, to keep the balance in this world.

"It must have worked," he said placing the even balanced scales on the table, "see?"

"Now you can come home," Sashna said looping her arms around one of his and leaning against him.

"I have a better idea, how about you visit my home for a little bit?"

"Really, I would be honored."

He laughed a little at her excitement mixed with reverence. The thought of telling her to not be so proper had crossed his mind, but knew that telling Midora that would do no good. He knew that her mental balance was slightly more unstable than his, and the two minds inside her would switch off without any sort of signal. But he just dealt with it.

"Midora, what does Sashna think?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"She feels the same way."

"How about letting her talk."

"I'm afraid her excitement is too great to allow her to express it herself. She agrees with me."

"Good, so long as she agrees, then I have no problem with it," he said then turned to Shego. "So, Sam, I guess we should leave you alone with Kim."

"Who's Sam?" they all heard Kim ask from across the room.

"I am," Shego said, "and I'm not exactly proud of it."

"Aww, I think Samantha is a really pretty name," Kim said sitting down next to Shego and hugging her.

Shego's blush was extremely noticeable on her cheeks and the way it spread to her entire face. She looked over at Nate, who, she was happy to see, was doing a very good job at keeping himself from dying of laughter. She could hear it in her mind, though, long and loud.

'Thanks a lot Nate, you knew she was there,' she thought with contempt.

'Exactly why I said it, she had to find out sooner or later, and I doubted you would tell her,' he thought back, then said, "We'll leave you two alone."

"Would you?"

He just laughed and walked through the door with Sashna behind him. They walked through the halls looking for something to do in this place, but there didn't seem to be anything. Nate tried to remember what it was he had been doing last time he had visited, but it had been over a year ago.

"Shego, would it be okay if I called you Sam?" Kim asked not really sure just how to address her now.

"Shego is fine," she said looking down at the table. "It's been my name for as long as I can remember."

"Dammit, there's nothing to do," Nate said walking back in.

"How many rooms are there, exactly?" Kim asked, she had been walking around here all day, but never bothered counting.

"Last time I checked there were two-hundred-twenty," he said ticking off his fingers. "Counting closets and bathrooms."

"Why don't we play hide-and-seek?" Sashna asked appearing from nowhere next to Nate.

"Not It!" he announced.

"Not It," came Shego less than a second later.

"Not It!" Sashna practically yelled, at the same time as Shego.

They all looked at Kim who had been eating an apple at the moment. I realize that hide-and-seek seems a little childish, but it is still a phat game, specially in the dark. Admit it, hide-and-seek kicks every other games ass, hell, I'm 17 and I still play it.

"Looks like you're It Kimmy," Shego said laughing.

"Oh well, that's the way it goes."

'She's taking it rather well,' Nate thought.

'She has other things on her mind,' Shego smiles as her own thoughts mingle with Kim's.

"The rules are, no hiding in plain sight, no hiding in the bathroom, or in the basement," Sashna said purposely saying the 'plain sight' thing to rule out her advantage, to change into an ocelot and hide with Sahid's many cats. "And the table here is goal."

"Agreed," the others said in unison.

Kim placed her head on the table and started counting, to 100 (standard procedure), listening to the three of them making their exits. Three doors slammed, but only two of them left the room. Nate had leapt up and grabbed one of the lights, and went about making himself comfortable. As he watched, Kim finished counting, got up, and left through the door Sashna had used. Had she only turned around, he would have been in clear view. Once he was sure she wasn't coming back, he dropped easily down to sit on the table.

"Hehe, so naïve," he mused. "Not trusting her ears enough. But, then again, I am supposed to move without being heard."

He knew that Sashna would be found first, seeing as how Shego was just as well trained as he was in the art of being covert. Indeed, not ten minutes after she left, she came back with Sashna. The young cat-girl wasn't looking too happy about it either. Looking up, he smiled at her.

"Back so soon?" he asked with a sly smile. "Now all you have to do is find Shego."

"Where did you go?" she asked while gently guiding the pouting priestess to one of the cushions surrounding the table.

He just raised his hand and pointed up to the lights. There was no need for an explanation, the simple gesture was all she needed.

"Shego went through the door to the right, which one is up to you."

"Easy for you to say, there are four doors," she said looking at the far wall.

"Better get to searching then," he said smiling wide at this.

She picked a door, the wrong door, and left. But it was technically the right door, seeing as how every corridor seemed to lead to every other corridor one way or another. Shego would eventually be found, but it wouldn't be anytime soon.

"You tried to hide in a suit of armor, didn't you?" Nate asked her.

Sashna didn't speak, she just nodded in confirmation. The pout was still on her face, and didn't seem to give any signs to letting up.

"GOAL!" Shego announced loudly as she busted through the door and planted her hand firmly on the table top. She then looked up at the startled faces of Nate and Sashna. "Did I miss something?"

"No, not really," Nate said, his mind had slipped and he had stopped keeping tabs on his sister's whereabouts, that's why she startled him. "Sashna's It next."

"Oh, okay," she said sitting next to him. "Where I hid, she wouldn't have found me in a million years."

"Then don't tell Sashna," he joked.

*****

They continued the game for the rest of the day; Nate only being found once, by Shego. Kim had been found the most, since she was the least experienced in the field of concealment. Shego had been found only the one time by Nate, and a few times by Sashna, who had used her nose. When she found Shego, she and Kim were in a slightly compromising position (once again, no, not that kind of position).

Anyway, that evening they were all standing outside in the courtyard, waiting to go home. Ron and Tara were there, they had joined in the game during the very last searching. Both were found fairly quickly (please, don't ask where they were, or what they were doing before or during the game, I left it out for what should be obvious reasons). The door opened and Nate walked through, wings sweeping behind him, with a small bundle in his arms. No one was going to ask what it was, feeling that its contents were better off not known.

"It's just a piece of meat, don't look so tweaked," Nate said handing the package to Erica.

"Can we go home now, there's a test tomorrow," Ron said.

"That's the first time I've ever heard you actually sound eager to go to school," Tara's voice floated in from behind.

"I gotta warn you, it's highly unlikely you're going to have school on Monday," Nate said retrieving the pike handle from where he had placed it on his belt. "Everybody ready?"

They all nodded in unison as he raised the pike over his head and struck the ground. The ground beneath them began to swirl round and round, creating a large spiral directly beneath them. It stretched till it covered the area beneath their feet. Once it was wide enough, all six of them began to sink into it, like quicksand. Ron, surprisingly, wasn't freaking out, mainly because he had his eyes screwed shut and every muscle in his body tensed.

The spiral disappeared as soon as they were all through it completely. And the ground returned to its normal state, as if nothing had happened.

*****

The asphalt in the middle of a street on the outskirts Middleton began to bubble. Up through the broiling tar came six figured, seemingly untouched by the burning liquid. Once they were all finally through, the street returned to the way it was. The sphere that had been there was now gone, having been towed away by several large helicopters.

A minute later came a piercing horn, like an air-raid siren. Along with the horn came a message, in the voice of Dr. Director, Deputy Director of GJ.

"All citizens still inside the city limits, please make your way to the designated safety zones."

The voice boomed across the empty city, as buildings in front the group began to crumble. But the message continued to give instructions.

"This cities all-purpose contingency plan is now in effect."

Almost immediately people began filing out of the city, some coming towards the group.

"Kim!" came the voice of Kim's mother as she ran through the crowd to them. "Where have you been?"

"Uh..." was Kim's response.

"She's been with us," Ron said. "We were stuck over in Saudi Arabia."

"How did you get back so fast?"

"It's better you not know that, Ann," Erica said with a wry smile.

"When did you get back?" Mrs. Possible asked.

"Yesterday, sorry I haven't been over yet."

"I'm confused," Nate said, "how do you two know each other."

"College," the two women said at once.

'Right, medical school,' he thought. His mother had been the one who taught him in that field.

At that moment Mr. Possible decided to show up. He came through the crowd, which had turned to watch what was going to happen to the town.

"Hey, everybody, you gotta see this," he said pointing towards the now rubble filled city.

The entire area began to lift up, rolling over on giant gears and sprockets. Like a massive coin being flipped, did the entire town just flip over to reveal a perfectly restored Middleton. The new city locked into place, as sounds of falling rocks could be heard beneath it.

I had seen this being done in several places, the first being that commercial for I think it was Goodyear tire, it was probably something else though. The second was the second episode of Evangelion, where the buildings were hidden under the ground and were raised up. So I took a shot at it and I hope you don't think it's stupid, though I get the feeling some people will.

"What the hell just happened?" Kim asked cocking her head to the side.

"Kim, language," her mother scolded.

"Sorry."

"Well, you see, Global Justice had contacted us years ago saying that, because Kim is so important, that this city should have a double of it made so we don't have to go through the whole process of rebuilding," Mr. Possible explained.

'I guess that's a good idea,' Nate thought.

"I should go," Shego said and started to turn, but Kim grabbed her.

"No, there's no reason for you to leave."

"Yeah, come on Sam," Nate laughed receiving a glare from Shego. "You gotta lighten up a bit on that."

"Shut up, I'm stayin'."

"I'm glad to hear that," Kim said kissing Shego lightly on the cheek.

Confused looks crossed the two doctors as they watched Shego hold Kim almost lovingly. Then it dawned on them what had happened to their daughter over the years. They almost blamed themselves for being overprotective of her; perhaps if they had just let her grow, this wouldn't have happened.

"What, you said no boys, didn't you Dad?" Kim asked with a smile.

"I, uh, I guess I did," he said rubbing the back of his head.

"Attention citizens, you may now return to the city," Dr. Directors voice sounded over the newly replaced town.

*****

A week later life in Middleton had returned to normal, well, as normal as it gets. Bonnie was still acting the way she usually did, but sometimes was actually a nice Bonnie. Ron hadn't been beat up all week in D-hall, mainly because he now liked to walk with Nate to class; since no one but bonie had seen him, it was deemed safe for him to return to school. At the end of the week Sashna went back to tend to the temple and wait for Nate's arrival. He had told her, "Keep watch, for you do not know the day nor the hour," it's from somewhere in the Bible. Tara had missed a few days of school because her parent's felt she had been traumatized by the experience. Shego had stayed, though offers for her services were still coming in.

It was Sunday, and Nate was sitting on the couch in his living room. His parents were both gone, again, having jobs to do. The house was, once again, all his, unless you counted Shego, who was barely home anyway, always out with Kim.

"I'm so bored," he said throwing his head back against the cushions. "This is the most boring day of my life. Well, one of the most boring days of my life."

"You know, you don't have to be so bored," Shego said leaning against the side of the arch into the room, Kim was next to her.

"That was quiet," he leaned his head all the way over the couch's back to see them. "I almost didn't hear you enter. What were you saying, though?"

"Why don't you go on a date, you know, as someone from school out," Kim suggested.

"Oh, you mean to the dance on Friday, no thanks."

"Why, we're going."

"Yeah, well, it's easier for you, seeing as how it's a Sady Hawkins dance, one of you was bound to ask the other."

"Come on Nate, live a little," Shego said jumping over the back of the couch to land next to him. "I did, and look at me."

He was silent, merely crossing his arms.

"Geez Nate, you're going to be leaving anyway, just act like you're enjoying yourself. It worked before," Kim said walking around the couch and sitting next to Shego. "Besides, there are plenty of girls who would do anything to go out with you."

"That reminds me, when are you leaving?" Shego asked.

"I'm not sure, a week, maybe two," he said standing up. "Who knows, maybe longer."

"But what about Sashna?" Kim asked.

"Do you know how long it takes for her to tend the temple?" he asked them, and they shook their heads. "No time, because it's protected by spells to keep it that way, and hidden, for eternity."

He left the room after that, needing to be left alone, without any chance of interruption. So he left the house and started down the street with his hands in his pockets.

*****

He walked to the park at the other end of the town, and sat on a bench. He let his arms fall off the back of the bench, and hang there, dangling above the grass. His head lolled back and he closed his eyes to the bright sun.

"I have been called so many names, god, Kukulkan, manslayer, Shinigami, master, Terok Nor, the list goes on," he said to himself. "I have killed the young and the old, the beautiful and the ugly, men, woman, and children. And all this in the name of balance, and my own amusement. But sometimes it just seems so pointless, kill one and another takes its place."

"What are you babbling about?" he heard Bonnie asked as the bench creaked when she sat down.

"Better question," he said as his eyebrow twitched with the sudden annoyance, "what do you want?"

"I thought I'd better ask you before someone else did," she started then paused momentarily. "Usually I don't hesitate this much."

"Just ask the question, I already know what it is."

"If you know what it is, then why should I ask?"

"Because if you don't you'll end up hating yourself. Besides, they need to hear it," he nodded to a bush across the small lake that concealed Kim and Shego.

"Fine, instead of asking, I'm gonna make you a deal. Either you take me to the dance, or I'll tell."

Nate held his breath, probing his mind through her thoughts. He found that she was telling the truth, she would tell the authorities that he killed those people.

"Blackmail? I like your style kid," he said dragging his dangling arms up over the back of the bench. "Sure, I'll go with you, might even be fun."

"Really? I didn't think you would say yes," she stood up in surprise.

"You thought I would say no and kill you, then dispose of your body in the lake," he said as he stood and opened his eyes to look down on her, being about four inches taller than her, his head didn't have to tilt much. "I only kill those deserving of death, and you have done nothing wrong but be an obnoxious bitch for some of your life. That is hardly cause for death."

"Its true, I was a conceited bitch, but I've changed."

"Indeed you have," he turned away, but looked over his shoulder. "See ya later."

TBC

Yes, that's right, Bonnie. If you don't like it, tough, its my story. But on a more serious note, this chapter is one of the shortest, and lesser of all of them. But, oh well, what are you, or me, gonna do about it; it could have been worse, much worse. I've seen waaaaay crappier stories than mine. If you think I'm kidding, well, you couldn't possibly be more wrong. I understand that some of you are tweaked because my PEN NAME is used in the fic, but you must realize, it is my PEN NAME. I cannot stress this enough, it is my PEN NAME; I'll explain more after the end of the epilogue. That's all for now, so hey, you don't have to go to your homepage, but you can't stay here.