Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible.
Okay, last chapter ended on a bit of an odd note, not quite a cliffhanger, but at the same time, not quite normal. Who is this person Nate is going to going to for answers? How do they know how to kill Chaos? Why do they know? Why do we have to wait so long for The Matrix: Revolutions? All these questions, and maybe some others might be answered in this chapter. As well as some well-placed plot devices, you know, just to spice things up. No to mention understatements galore.
*~* flashback
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The Assassin: Nemesis
Chapter 4
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Nate walked back in through the door, suddenly remembering that his hair was completely unkempt, and that he needed to take Sarah with him. She would be safe at Aki's. He was also going to place Bonnie in his bed and take his trench coat. After putting Bonnie in his room he walked into Sarah's room, and found her asleep.
"Sarah, time to wake up," he said softly. "Come on, we're gonna go visit Aki."
"Really?" she asked practically leaping out of bed.
He chuckled as he lifted her out of bed, setting her on the floor.
"Yes, really, now go pack your stuff."
"Is Bonnie coming?"
"Nope, just you and me."
Upon hearing that she practically flew to pack her stuff. Nate had found out not too long ago that Sarah didn't like to be around Bonnie too much. He didn't bother to ask, since she would just say because. The answer to almost any question possible, so it would do him no good to ask. While he was thinking back, Sarah jumped on him from behind.
"Piggyback, piggyback, piggyback!" she chanted over and over.
"Okay, now let's go," he grasped the bag she had packed and went down the stairs.
When he went through the kitchen to get to the backyard, he saw Shego on the phone, obviously having fun (guess what kind of fun that is).
"I'm taking Sarah with me, take care of Bonnie," he said and went out the door.
"Right, yeah, got it," she said not really paying attention. "Now, where were we?"
Once outside, Nate checked over either fence to make sure no one was looking.
"How we gonna get there?" Sarah asked with a look of pure innocence.
"You'll see."
The black wings spread from his back and encircled the two of them. Sarah gazed at the feathered limbs with the expression of curiosity. She wanted to reach out and touch them, but held her hand back because she thought Nate might get mad. Her eyes remained forward, concentrating as hard as she could on Nate, and not on his wings. The wings glowed momentarily; blinding the child and making her shield her eyes.
*****
When the glow faded, the wings unwrapped and they were standing in the middle of a large snowfield. Taking a look around them Sarah saw mountains surrounding them on all sides. She knew where Aki and Lin lived, in an old monastery high in the Himalayas. Lin is pretty much Aki's...um...significant other, yeah, that's what she is (I gotta stop listening to my girlfriend, or else this whole fic will be full of lesbians).
"There it is," he pointed across the vast space between where they were and the large temple built into the adjacent mountain.
There was an old rope bridge that spanned the vast crevasse, which looked much too raggedy to hold them. Aki and Lin were both much lighter than he was, so to go across this thing once a week was really nothing to them. He placed one foot on the bridge and heard it creak in that unnerving way things like that creaked.
"What the hell, you only live once," he said and, after picking up Sarah, proceeded across the bridge.
Every step he took made the bridge creak more and more. At least there were no sounds of snapping ropes, for that he was grateful. If that happened then the two women would be stuck out at the monastery with no way out. He was not worried if he and Sarah dropped, it would be easy to catch her and fly. Each step they took would have to be just as careful as the last, if not more so.
At last they reached the other side, and were at the door of the dwelling. Opening it, they found the air inside to be quite warm. The cold outside hadn't bothered Nate, but he could tell that Sarah was shivering, and this warmth was a very welcome change for her.
"Nate, why didn't you call first?" a tall, Asian woman asked as she stepped through the door to the kitchen.
"Sorry Lin, Sam was on the phone," he said walking over and giving her a quick hug.
"Linny!' Sarah squealed and ran over to hug her leg tightly.
"Well, hey there," she said lifting Sarah up. "My aren't you getting heavy, where are your parents, are they here too?"
"No, they left her with me."
"They're not supposed to, and they know it."
"I know, I figure it's best to let Jinei handle 'em."
"You're probably right, Grandpa'll straighten them out."
"Where's Aki, I need to ask her something."
"She's in the training room, I'll watch Sarah for you."
"Thanks," he nodded and walked down the hall that was to his left.
He heard Sarah laughing behind, it distracted him, giving the sword wielding blonde enough time to jump out of the room to his left. His eyes were always trained on her, though, and it made her seem to be in slow motion. As fast as he could, which is very fast, he pulled out the pike handle and stopped her blade with his.
"Hello," he said with a smile.
"Hello yourself," Aki pulled her sword away and sheathed it.
"Do you always have to greet me with a sword?"
"How would you have me greet you?"
"Good question, but I have one for you."
"What is it?" she asked with a hint of curiosity.
"How do you kill an assassin that cannot die?"
"You mean Chaos?"
"Yes."
"Follow me."
He walked into the room and sat on the mat she pointed to. She sat on a mat about five feet to the left of him. In front of them was a large holoplatform (a round platform from which a 3-D image is projected between that and on above it), projecting an image of Chaos. Nate's face was indifferent, but Aki could sense the inner turmoil, his utter hatred of this person.
"Chaos...is an anomalous signature in the grand scheme of the universe. He, instead of being brought to evil by gradual manipulation, was thrown into it in a blind fury that cost him his very soul. This is why he gives the appearance to be immortal," she explained as though she had known Chaos from day one. "To know how to stop him, is to know what drives him. Despite his being to incarnation of evil, there is still a shred of hope for him. To repent for what he has done, and to destroy the ones who had caused him to do it. Then there is this, right here."
Aki stood and walked over to the projection, pointing at a small blinking dot, somewhere in Chaos's chest, in the right side. The projection disappeared to be replaced with a close up of his left pectoral area (left side of the chest). Nate could see an over-excessive amount of bone and muscle covering that side, front and back.
"What is it?"
"That I cannot tell you, because I do not know."
"Well, Aki, thank you for this information, I need to be getting back now," he stood and bowed, she bowed back.
"Going back to her, Kul?"
"What?" he hissed as he whipped around.
"She's in danger, you should be leaving right now, Kul," she said looking him straight in the eye. She saw his muscles tense, his wings twitch, his brow furrow, and even heard his teeth clench. "Well, what are you waiting for?"
His wings circled around his body, constantly overlapping in a crisscross pattern. He stayed like that for a second, which was just long enough for him to say:
"Take care of Sarah, I'll be back for her."
With that he was gone, a flash of light engulfing the room. When it faded, she was left alone, with the sound of a child's laughter filtering in from the hall. Lin came in with Sarah on her shoulders, they were both laughing as the former spun around and around. They continued this till Aki decided to join in.
*****
Nate reappeared in the air above his street, there he saw the front of his house blown open, Shego unconscious on the asphalt, Chaos standing over her, and Aeris, with Bonnie in her arms, next to him. He cut off the energy beneath his wings and dropped, hitting the ground, hard. The tar cracked and split under him as he bent his legs and smashed the ground with his fist. His head bowed and his wings looked to have lost all bones that held them up, flowing around him like liquid. The pole was clenched in his other hand, half of it sticking up over his back, and other half, along with the blade, was under his wing.
Slowly he stood, a look of pure malice upon his face, his eyes were completely black, the pupils having expanded to completely cover them. He looked at Chaos and saw, instead of a blazing blue aura, and thinning white one, while Aeris' looked completely refreshed, like she'd just eaten. His braid was hanging over his shoulder, and with a simple flick of his head, it was sent back over. The tips of his black feathers began to turn a very, very deep blood red. Two elongated canines overlapped his lip, and his grip on the pike tightened a little.
"Well, we were wondering when you would show up," Chaos said with an air of superiority lacing his voice, as he kicked Shego.
"Yeah, how unfortunate," he retorted. "I guess Shego gave you a run for your money for bit, seeing as how your energy is so low."
"Actually, it's always like that," Aeris said, earning her a death glare from Chaos, and she turned away from them. "Now, if you boys will excuse me, I have a package to deliver."
"I really doubt that you'll get two feet," Nate took a step forward, the road beneath him rippled and cracked.
"In that case," she took one step, and promptly disappeared.
"Well, that just leaves you and me," he turned his feral eyes on Chaos, who was looking a little worried, but still managed to put up a good front.
"You're not worth my time," he said in a matter-of-factly tone of voice.
"Is that so?" Nate asked as he moved instantly from his spot to directly in front of the dark assassin. "I would have to say it was the other way around. You should get out of this Chaos, there are forces at work here that are far above your human comprehension. Don't you think it would have been what Lisa would have wanted?"
Chaos' eyes opened wide and he jumped back, grasping his sword. His eyes adopted the same feral glow that Nate's had, minus the whole massive pupil dilation. Nate finally saw the flaring aura he had wanted to, though, it still paled in comparison to his.
"Don't you dare talk about her," Chaos hissed through gritted teeth.
"Why, have you shut her out of your thoughts, sealed away her memory for all time?" Nate asked standing at ease now. "Because that is how long you have to live with her memory, all of eternity. You've barely made it through three years, how can you possibly hope to handle all that time?"
"Stop, I don't want to hear ANYMORE!" Chaos yelled and charged at Nate, sword drawn and rage flaring in his eyes.
Nate stepped to the side and stuck out the end of the pike, which Chaos tripped over, falling on his face. Within moments he was up, and charging again.
"You have no right to talk about her!"
"You have no right to even remember her!" Nate yelled and tripped his rival again.
"How dare you!"
"Chaos, it's time to come back," a hoarse voice whipped through the street as if upon a violent wind itself.
"But..."
"No 'buts', no retreat."
"Fine," he sheathed his sword, but still his muscles were tensed, and the rage still flared. "You were lucky today Sindel, next time, you die."
With that he was taken in much the same way as Aeris, a prompt disappearance that pretty much looked like he dropped off the face of the earth. Nate then ran over to Shego, and threw one of her arms over his shoulder, and hefted her to her feet. She coughed a little, and some blood came up, splattering on the ground, trickling down her chin. Her head turned and she looked up at him, his dilated pupils, the green aura surrounding them, the massive wings, which covered her partially exposed body where her clothes had ripped, the horns which were now growing from his head.
"I'm sorry," she said as more blood came up. "I couldn't stop them."
"It's okay, come on, you need to get to bed. We'll get her back, but not until you're healed. Family comes first," he said sounding like it was forced.
"No, I can handle this myself, you follow them."
"Would you just shut up and stop trying to be noble, what happened to the Shego I used to know. Besides, they won't harm her, she's too important, and killing her would get them no where."
"I suppose."
"Now, you need to get in the shower and wash this blood off, I take care of the house."
Nate, still supporting Shego, brought her up the walkway and into the massive hole that used to be the front of the house, and up the stairs to the bathroom. After making sure she would be okay, he stepped outside and transformed his forearms and hands to their dragon form. Waving his hand over the debris, it began to rebuild everything the way it had been not too long ago. He then turned around and waved his hand over the street, erasing the minds of anyone who might have seen what just transpired.
*****
"In you go," Aeris said gleefully as she literally threw the Bonnie into a cell.
As soon as she was around the next corner Quetzalcoatl decided to drop in. He stood outside the cell, looking down at the unconscious girl on the floor. His eyes slowly roamed up from her feet to her face, taking her in.
"Now I understand what he sees in her," he said looking at her face more intently, searching her thoughts. "Her name may be crude, but for all essential purposes, she's quite beautiful."
Stepping forward he slipped through the bars, and walked up to her. He knelt down and ran his hand through her, stopping when she stirred, continuing when she stopped. Finally he found what he was looking for, her memories of his brother. But when he was about to peer into them, the memories changed, to that of her father, of her childhood.
"So, that is why she despised others for so long," he removed his hand, a smug, knowing smile on his face. "This is something she hasn't even told him about. Looks like I don't have to take her innocence, since it's already gone, this information is much better than that."
He left much the same way he came, phasing through the bars then moving back down the hall. When he was gone Bonnie began to shiver with the memories that had resurfaced. Tears flowed freely down her cheeks as a torrent of emotions spilled over her, threatening to throw her over the edge.
*****
Nate slumped onto the couch, wishing he had gone to see Aki earlier, like the day before perhaps. That's what he was wishing, not thinking. He was thinking of how Chaos' mind seemed to open when he mentioned Lisa, like her very memory was important to him. It had happened as Aki had said it would, when Nate found out the cause of Chaos that he would find how to kill him, and now he knew. His search would start with that girl, the girl used as a pawn in their sick game.
"He deserves to know," he said looking at the ceiling fan as it lazily turned round and round, "that his own comrades have been leading him on since that day."
"Tell him, he deserves to be tortured that his little girlfriend was just a piece of meat," Shego said in complete disgust for the person in question. "He deserves to suffer."
"He's suffered enough Sam."
"No, he hasn't suffered nearly enough," she hissed as threads spread from her bracelets, forming her gloves.
"There's the revenge-driven Shego I used to know," Nate smirked as he got up and walked over to his shotels. "Take these, they're made from dragon tusks, cut through anything."
He tossed the massive swords over to her, which she grabbed and whipped around like an expert. The smirk he wore broadened when he saw that she had sliced a rather large hole in her favorite bathrobe. Finally he broke down and laughed his head off, as she pout at what she did.
"I think I'll go get dressed now," she said and then turned, heading for the stairs.
"You do that."
*****
Erica's footing faltered, having stepped on a rock, but to her it wasn't an accident.
"Something isn't right, I can feel it," she said looking around the small Chinese village she was in. She spotted a small shrine to her right and walked towards it. There was definitely something amiss, she could tell, and it involved her children somehow.
"What is it?" Matt asked her. Matt Sindel, he looks like a male Shego, what with the height, and the black hair and the deep, deep green eyes, but that was where their similarities ended. The broad shoulders and short- cropped hair were a dead giveaway to his gender. He wore a black tank top, and green baggy pants, pretty much the opposite of Nate (which was not only limited to their attire, they also had different opinions on other subjects).
"There's something wrong back home," she answered looking up at the archway at the shrine entrance. "I'm not sure what it is, but they might need our help."
"We're on vacation, I'm sure they can handle it," he protested.
"You may be right, but I really don't want to take that chance," she turned around to glare at him. "You can stay here if you want, I'm going back."
"Stubborn as a mule as usual," he sighed and shook his head.
"Yup, that's why ya love me," she came back from the arch to stand next to him. "You know, we -are- on vacation, let's make the most of it. I've always wanted to see The Three Gorges Dam."
"You haven't yet, it's really quite a sight," Matt looked happier that she had finally agreed with him, usually she stands on an issue and usually wins. "Let's go, it's getting dark, we can get there tomorrow."
"Alright."
And with that said they went back to the house they had rented for the summer.
*****
"Think Kim's okay?" Nate asked as Shego came back down the stairs.
"Shit, I never thought of that," she said and raced to the phone, hit the speed dial, and waited for her to pick up.
"Hello?" Kim asked.
"Oh thank the gods, you're still alive," she said with a sigh of relief.
"Well, yeah, why wouldn't I be?" the teenager asked with a bit of confusion woven into her voice.
"They attacked here, and took Bonnie while Nate was gone."
"Oh my God," Kim gasped.
"I'll be heading up your way to pick you up, okay?"
"Sure thing, get here quick."
"Right, I'll see you in five."
"I'll be waiting."
They hung up at the same moment and Shego walked into the living room too see Nate standing and looking over the weaponry he had brought back with him in Chapter 1. There were so many types of swords and axes and pikes and polearms that she couldn't figure out what he was doing with them.
"Nate?"
"Yes?"
"You are going to save her, aren't you?"
"If I can, but if it comes to a point where he decides to use her as a shield, then she will have to die," he replied coldly, as if Bonnie meant nothing to him at all. "There are ways to bring back the dead, Sam."
He picked up one sword out of the bunch and held it up to the light. It's much too hard to describe this sword, though I honestly wish it were possible. I can tell you where you can find it, go to www.bladeclub.com, look up Molotoch, that is what this sword looks like (for legal reasons I must state that both the name Molotoch and sword design are © Kit Rae).
"Does it involve a sacrifice?" she asked looking for her keys.
"No, thankfully," he sheathed the pulsing sword and placed it back on the stand. "Your keys should be on the bookcase by the door."
"Thanks."
She grabbed the keys and slipped out the door.
'Don't know why she didn't just ask me to get her,' he though and sat back down. The problem with not knowing where Quetzalcoatl was meant that he would have to wait to see what his brother would do, that is why he hasn't done anything.
TBC
There, it's finally done. This story's going to be shorter than the first one, only a couple more chapters, mainly because I'm running out of ideas for Kim Possible fics. After this one is done I might write another, probably a K/B, but until then I'll be working on my neglected stories. I'm sure you're all wondering how Aki knew how to kill Chaos, well she's the most psychically advanced member of the family, and lives where she does because to live in a crowded area would overload her mind and possibly kill her, too many thoughts to sort through. I put in the little scene with Nate's parents because I just realized that I never had Matt Sindel in the first story, so he's in this one. That's all for me, expect the next chapter sooner than this one, though, it might be a bit short, maybe only six pages on Microsoft word instead of my usual eight. Byebye, and don't forget to review.
Okay, last chapter ended on a bit of an odd note, not quite a cliffhanger, but at the same time, not quite normal. Who is this person Nate is going to going to for answers? How do they know how to kill Chaos? Why do they know? Why do we have to wait so long for The Matrix: Revolutions? All these questions, and maybe some others might be answered in this chapter. As well as some well-placed plot devices, you know, just to spice things up. No to mention understatements galore.
*~* flashback
*~*~* dreamscape
The Assassin: Nemesis
Chapter 4
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Nate walked back in through the door, suddenly remembering that his hair was completely unkempt, and that he needed to take Sarah with him. She would be safe at Aki's. He was also going to place Bonnie in his bed and take his trench coat. After putting Bonnie in his room he walked into Sarah's room, and found her asleep.
"Sarah, time to wake up," he said softly. "Come on, we're gonna go visit Aki."
"Really?" she asked practically leaping out of bed.
He chuckled as he lifted her out of bed, setting her on the floor.
"Yes, really, now go pack your stuff."
"Is Bonnie coming?"
"Nope, just you and me."
Upon hearing that she practically flew to pack her stuff. Nate had found out not too long ago that Sarah didn't like to be around Bonnie too much. He didn't bother to ask, since she would just say because. The answer to almost any question possible, so it would do him no good to ask. While he was thinking back, Sarah jumped on him from behind.
"Piggyback, piggyback, piggyback!" she chanted over and over.
"Okay, now let's go," he grasped the bag she had packed and went down the stairs.
When he went through the kitchen to get to the backyard, he saw Shego on the phone, obviously having fun (guess what kind of fun that is).
"I'm taking Sarah with me, take care of Bonnie," he said and went out the door.
"Right, yeah, got it," she said not really paying attention. "Now, where were we?"
Once outside, Nate checked over either fence to make sure no one was looking.
"How we gonna get there?" Sarah asked with a look of pure innocence.
"You'll see."
The black wings spread from his back and encircled the two of them. Sarah gazed at the feathered limbs with the expression of curiosity. She wanted to reach out and touch them, but held her hand back because she thought Nate might get mad. Her eyes remained forward, concentrating as hard as she could on Nate, and not on his wings. The wings glowed momentarily; blinding the child and making her shield her eyes.
*****
When the glow faded, the wings unwrapped and they were standing in the middle of a large snowfield. Taking a look around them Sarah saw mountains surrounding them on all sides. She knew where Aki and Lin lived, in an old monastery high in the Himalayas. Lin is pretty much Aki's...um...significant other, yeah, that's what she is (I gotta stop listening to my girlfriend, or else this whole fic will be full of lesbians).
"There it is," he pointed across the vast space between where they were and the large temple built into the adjacent mountain.
There was an old rope bridge that spanned the vast crevasse, which looked much too raggedy to hold them. Aki and Lin were both much lighter than he was, so to go across this thing once a week was really nothing to them. He placed one foot on the bridge and heard it creak in that unnerving way things like that creaked.
"What the hell, you only live once," he said and, after picking up Sarah, proceeded across the bridge.
Every step he took made the bridge creak more and more. At least there were no sounds of snapping ropes, for that he was grateful. If that happened then the two women would be stuck out at the monastery with no way out. He was not worried if he and Sarah dropped, it would be easy to catch her and fly. Each step they took would have to be just as careful as the last, if not more so.
At last they reached the other side, and were at the door of the dwelling. Opening it, they found the air inside to be quite warm. The cold outside hadn't bothered Nate, but he could tell that Sarah was shivering, and this warmth was a very welcome change for her.
"Nate, why didn't you call first?" a tall, Asian woman asked as she stepped through the door to the kitchen.
"Sorry Lin, Sam was on the phone," he said walking over and giving her a quick hug.
"Linny!' Sarah squealed and ran over to hug her leg tightly.
"Well, hey there," she said lifting Sarah up. "My aren't you getting heavy, where are your parents, are they here too?"
"No, they left her with me."
"They're not supposed to, and they know it."
"I know, I figure it's best to let Jinei handle 'em."
"You're probably right, Grandpa'll straighten them out."
"Where's Aki, I need to ask her something."
"She's in the training room, I'll watch Sarah for you."
"Thanks," he nodded and walked down the hall that was to his left.
He heard Sarah laughing behind, it distracted him, giving the sword wielding blonde enough time to jump out of the room to his left. His eyes were always trained on her, though, and it made her seem to be in slow motion. As fast as he could, which is very fast, he pulled out the pike handle and stopped her blade with his.
"Hello," he said with a smile.
"Hello yourself," Aki pulled her sword away and sheathed it.
"Do you always have to greet me with a sword?"
"How would you have me greet you?"
"Good question, but I have one for you."
"What is it?" she asked with a hint of curiosity.
"How do you kill an assassin that cannot die?"
"You mean Chaos?"
"Yes."
"Follow me."
He walked into the room and sat on the mat she pointed to. She sat on a mat about five feet to the left of him. In front of them was a large holoplatform (a round platform from which a 3-D image is projected between that and on above it), projecting an image of Chaos. Nate's face was indifferent, but Aki could sense the inner turmoil, his utter hatred of this person.
"Chaos...is an anomalous signature in the grand scheme of the universe. He, instead of being brought to evil by gradual manipulation, was thrown into it in a blind fury that cost him his very soul. This is why he gives the appearance to be immortal," she explained as though she had known Chaos from day one. "To know how to stop him, is to know what drives him. Despite his being to incarnation of evil, there is still a shred of hope for him. To repent for what he has done, and to destroy the ones who had caused him to do it. Then there is this, right here."
Aki stood and walked over to the projection, pointing at a small blinking dot, somewhere in Chaos's chest, in the right side. The projection disappeared to be replaced with a close up of his left pectoral area (left side of the chest). Nate could see an over-excessive amount of bone and muscle covering that side, front and back.
"What is it?"
"That I cannot tell you, because I do not know."
"Well, Aki, thank you for this information, I need to be getting back now," he stood and bowed, she bowed back.
"Going back to her, Kul?"
"What?" he hissed as he whipped around.
"She's in danger, you should be leaving right now, Kul," she said looking him straight in the eye. She saw his muscles tense, his wings twitch, his brow furrow, and even heard his teeth clench. "Well, what are you waiting for?"
His wings circled around his body, constantly overlapping in a crisscross pattern. He stayed like that for a second, which was just long enough for him to say:
"Take care of Sarah, I'll be back for her."
With that he was gone, a flash of light engulfing the room. When it faded, she was left alone, with the sound of a child's laughter filtering in from the hall. Lin came in with Sarah on her shoulders, they were both laughing as the former spun around and around. They continued this till Aki decided to join in.
*****
Nate reappeared in the air above his street, there he saw the front of his house blown open, Shego unconscious on the asphalt, Chaos standing over her, and Aeris, with Bonnie in her arms, next to him. He cut off the energy beneath his wings and dropped, hitting the ground, hard. The tar cracked and split under him as he bent his legs and smashed the ground with his fist. His head bowed and his wings looked to have lost all bones that held them up, flowing around him like liquid. The pole was clenched in his other hand, half of it sticking up over his back, and other half, along with the blade, was under his wing.
Slowly he stood, a look of pure malice upon his face, his eyes were completely black, the pupils having expanded to completely cover them. He looked at Chaos and saw, instead of a blazing blue aura, and thinning white one, while Aeris' looked completely refreshed, like she'd just eaten. His braid was hanging over his shoulder, and with a simple flick of his head, it was sent back over. The tips of his black feathers began to turn a very, very deep blood red. Two elongated canines overlapped his lip, and his grip on the pike tightened a little.
"Well, we were wondering when you would show up," Chaos said with an air of superiority lacing his voice, as he kicked Shego.
"Yeah, how unfortunate," he retorted. "I guess Shego gave you a run for your money for bit, seeing as how your energy is so low."
"Actually, it's always like that," Aeris said, earning her a death glare from Chaos, and she turned away from them. "Now, if you boys will excuse me, I have a package to deliver."
"I really doubt that you'll get two feet," Nate took a step forward, the road beneath him rippled and cracked.
"In that case," she took one step, and promptly disappeared.
"Well, that just leaves you and me," he turned his feral eyes on Chaos, who was looking a little worried, but still managed to put up a good front.
"You're not worth my time," he said in a matter-of-factly tone of voice.
"Is that so?" Nate asked as he moved instantly from his spot to directly in front of the dark assassin. "I would have to say it was the other way around. You should get out of this Chaos, there are forces at work here that are far above your human comprehension. Don't you think it would have been what Lisa would have wanted?"
Chaos' eyes opened wide and he jumped back, grasping his sword. His eyes adopted the same feral glow that Nate's had, minus the whole massive pupil dilation. Nate finally saw the flaring aura he had wanted to, though, it still paled in comparison to his.
"Don't you dare talk about her," Chaos hissed through gritted teeth.
"Why, have you shut her out of your thoughts, sealed away her memory for all time?" Nate asked standing at ease now. "Because that is how long you have to live with her memory, all of eternity. You've barely made it through three years, how can you possibly hope to handle all that time?"
"Stop, I don't want to hear ANYMORE!" Chaos yelled and charged at Nate, sword drawn and rage flaring in his eyes.
Nate stepped to the side and stuck out the end of the pike, which Chaos tripped over, falling on his face. Within moments he was up, and charging again.
"You have no right to talk about her!"
"You have no right to even remember her!" Nate yelled and tripped his rival again.
"How dare you!"
"Chaos, it's time to come back," a hoarse voice whipped through the street as if upon a violent wind itself.
"But..."
"No 'buts', no retreat."
"Fine," he sheathed his sword, but still his muscles were tensed, and the rage still flared. "You were lucky today Sindel, next time, you die."
With that he was taken in much the same way as Aeris, a prompt disappearance that pretty much looked like he dropped off the face of the earth. Nate then ran over to Shego, and threw one of her arms over his shoulder, and hefted her to her feet. She coughed a little, and some blood came up, splattering on the ground, trickling down her chin. Her head turned and she looked up at him, his dilated pupils, the green aura surrounding them, the massive wings, which covered her partially exposed body where her clothes had ripped, the horns which were now growing from his head.
"I'm sorry," she said as more blood came up. "I couldn't stop them."
"It's okay, come on, you need to get to bed. We'll get her back, but not until you're healed. Family comes first," he said sounding like it was forced.
"No, I can handle this myself, you follow them."
"Would you just shut up and stop trying to be noble, what happened to the Shego I used to know. Besides, they won't harm her, she's too important, and killing her would get them no where."
"I suppose."
"Now, you need to get in the shower and wash this blood off, I take care of the house."
Nate, still supporting Shego, brought her up the walkway and into the massive hole that used to be the front of the house, and up the stairs to the bathroom. After making sure she would be okay, he stepped outside and transformed his forearms and hands to their dragon form. Waving his hand over the debris, it began to rebuild everything the way it had been not too long ago. He then turned around and waved his hand over the street, erasing the minds of anyone who might have seen what just transpired.
*****
"In you go," Aeris said gleefully as she literally threw the Bonnie into a cell.
As soon as she was around the next corner Quetzalcoatl decided to drop in. He stood outside the cell, looking down at the unconscious girl on the floor. His eyes slowly roamed up from her feet to her face, taking her in.
"Now I understand what he sees in her," he said looking at her face more intently, searching her thoughts. "Her name may be crude, but for all essential purposes, she's quite beautiful."
Stepping forward he slipped through the bars, and walked up to her. He knelt down and ran his hand through her, stopping when she stirred, continuing when she stopped. Finally he found what he was looking for, her memories of his brother. But when he was about to peer into them, the memories changed, to that of her father, of her childhood.
"So, that is why she despised others for so long," he removed his hand, a smug, knowing smile on his face. "This is something she hasn't even told him about. Looks like I don't have to take her innocence, since it's already gone, this information is much better than that."
He left much the same way he came, phasing through the bars then moving back down the hall. When he was gone Bonnie began to shiver with the memories that had resurfaced. Tears flowed freely down her cheeks as a torrent of emotions spilled over her, threatening to throw her over the edge.
*****
Nate slumped onto the couch, wishing he had gone to see Aki earlier, like the day before perhaps. That's what he was wishing, not thinking. He was thinking of how Chaos' mind seemed to open when he mentioned Lisa, like her very memory was important to him. It had happened as Aki had said it would, when Nate found out the cause of Chaos that he would find how to kill him, and now he knew. His search would start with that girl, the girl used as a pawn in their sick game.
"He deserves to know," he said looking at the ceiling fan as it lazily turned round and round, "that his own comrades have been leading him on since that day."
"Tell him, he deserves to be tortured that his little girlfriend was just a piece of meat," Shego said in complete disgust for the person in question. "He deserves to suffer."
"He's suffered enough Sam."
"No, he hasn't suffered nearly enough," she hissed as threads spread from her bracelets, forming her gloves.
"There's the revenge-driven Shego I used to know," Nate smirked as he got up and walked over to his shotels. "Take these, they're made from dragon tusks, cut through anything."
He tossed the massive swords over to her, which she grabbed and whipped around like an expert. The smirk he wore broadened when he saw that she had sliced a rather large hole in her favorite bathrobe. Finally he broke down and laughed his head off, as she pout at what she did.
"I think I'll go get dressed now," she said and then turned, heading for the stairs.
"You do that."
*****
Erica's footing faltered, having stepped on a rock, but to her it wasn't an accident.
"Something isn't right, I can feel it," she said looking around the small Chinese village she was in. She spotted a small shrine to her right and walked towards it. There was definitely something amiss, she could tell, and it involved her children somehow.
"What is it?" Matt asked her. Matt Sindel, he looks like a male Shego, what with the height, and the black hair and the deep, deep green eyes, but that was where their similarities ended. The broad shoulders and short- cropped hair were a dead giveaway to his gender. He wore a black tank top, and green baggy pants, pretty much the opposite of Nate (which was not only limited to their attire, they also had different opinions on other subjects).
"There's something wrong back home," she answered looking up at the archway at the shrine entrance. "I'm not sure what it is, but they might need our help."
"We're on vacation, I'm sure they can handle it," he protested.
"You may be right, but I really don't want to take that chance," she turned around to glare at him. "You can stay here if you want, I'm going back."
"Stubborn as a mule as usual," he sighed and shook his head.
"Yup, that's why ya love me," she came back from the arch to stand next to him. "You know, we -are- on vacation, let's make the most of it. I've always wanted to see The Three Gorges Dam."
"You haven't yet, it's really quite a sight," Matt looked happier that she had finally agreed with him, usually she stands on an issue and usually wins. "Let's go, it's getting dark, we can get there tomorrow."
"Alright."
And with that said they went back to the house they had rented for the summer.
*****
"Think Kim's okay?" Nate asked as Shego came back down the stairs.
"Shit, I never thought of that," she said and raced to the phone, hit the speed dial, and waited for her to pick up.
"Hello?" Kim asked.
"Oh thank the gods, you're still alive," she said with a sigh of relief.
"Well, yeah, why wouldn't I be?" the teenager asked with a bit of confusion woven into her voice.
"They attacked here, and took Bonnie while Nate was gone."
"Oh my God," Kim gasped.
"I'll be heading up your way to pick you up, okay?"
"Sure thing, get here quick."
"Right, I'll see you in five."
"I'll be waiting."
They hung up at the same moment and Shego walked into the living room too see Nate standing and looking over the weaponry he had brought back with him in Chapter 1. There were so many types of swords and axes and pikes and polearms that she couldn't figure out what he was doing with them.
"Nate?"
"Yes?"
"You are going to save her, aren't you?"
"If I can, but if it comes to a point where he decides to use her as a shield, then she will have to die," he replied coldly, as if Bonnie meant nothing to him at all. "There are ways to bring back the dead, Sam."
He picked up one sword out of the bunch and held it up to the light. It's much too hard to describe this sword, though I honestly wish it were possible. I can tell you where you can find it, go to www.bladeclub.com, look up Molotoch, that is what this sword looks like (for legal reasons I must state that both the name Molotoch and sword design are © Kit Rae).
"Does it involve a sacrifice?" she asked looking for her keys.
"No, thankfully," he sheathed the pulsing sword and placed it back on the stand. "Your keys should be on the bookcase by the door."
"Thanks."
She grabbed the keys and slipped out the door.
'Don't know why she didn't just ask me to get her,' he though and sat back down. The problem with not knowing where Quetzalcoatl was meant that he would have to wait to see what his brother would do, that is why he hasn't done anything.
TBC
There, it's finally done. This story's going to be shorter than the first one, only a couple more chapters, mainly because I'm running out of ideas for Kim Possible fics. After this one is done I might write another, probably a K/B, but until then I'll be working on my neglected stories. I'm sure you're all wondering how Aki knew how to kill Chaos, well she's the most psychically advanced member of the family, and lives where she does because to live in a crowded area would overload her mind and possibly kill her, too many thoughts to sort through. I put in the little scene with Nate's parents because I just realized that I never had Matt Sindel in the first story, so he's in this one. That's all for me, expect the next chapter sooner than this one, though, it might be a bit short, maybe only six pages on Microsoft word instead of my usual eight. Byebye, and don't forget to review.