Jezrianna:I would be very grateful for an explanation of the term, Mary Sue, I've heard it before. In any case, he's this realities version of himself, but he doesn't have access to the other powers. It has a to do with a difference in point. It's complicated. Suffice to say, he won't be alone in his powers. I don't want to give away a lot of the story. If the attraction seems a bit contrived, remember she reacted the same way to Hirotaka. It's also part of Adam's charm, that he can do that to people. Not a lot of people are immune to it, male or female. I'm not going to pretend he and Kim... But... Sorry, it's part of the plot, it does take a back seat, you'll just have to wait and see. It's rated R mainly for language, particularly Genny, she get's really foul mouthed at some points.
It was a factory, I'll change that. He did break his left leg. I lost this the first time through, and while parts of it were worse, some were better, and some of it I forgot. Originally Kim's mother mentioned that he'd broken his leg, but I forgot to add it in. I'll change that. Put yourself in Ron's shoes. If you were helping someone do something like Kim does, would you quit, so long as she wanted to continue? I wouldn't.
Ditching Bonnie opens up something later on in chapter... twenty-one. When she comes back. It's actually an exchange, that later becomes permanent. You'll see.
Where does Wade get funds for the stuff he builds? The mysterious benefactors are actually his employers. Later on, they become... Well, you'll have to wait and see. Genny is a bit of a foul mouth at times. So is Kim for that matter, though it would seem a bit OOC.
The magic is something that isn't going to be limited to him, and he's less important from this point on. He does show off, but it's intended to be part of his charm. As for speed, their flying in a relatively straight line. Consider that Drakken stands in the hovercraft all the time. In any case they're flying at fairly low speed, just under a hundred miles an hour. That was originally only a fifty foot drop, but I forgot to change the wording when I added the extra hundred feet. As for the crash, it wouldn't have let the story continue, if they had simply floated there while Drakken went down. The shockwaves from the exploding engine, were also close enough to an electro magnetic pulse to trip Genny's internal safety protocols. Something else I forgot to mention this time.
1)I explained why he didn't free himself. It would have caused the rubble to shift, and crush Kim. 2)Having been poisoned, he's having trouble moving really well. 3)Once again, being in protected mode. 4)Good point. 5)Correct about the story line. As well, Shego was on board and Adam... Not to mention that Kim would have ripped his head off and beat him with it.
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"I hate this job." Kim muttered, muffled by the shirt that had fallen in her face.
"Glad you agree." Adam said, sort of cheerfully. She pulled her shirt, down, which, because she was hanging upside down, apparently by her belt, was up, and glared at him. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" She asked.
"Kissing you, waking up this morning, not killing Ron." He said with a shrug.
"What's Ron got to do with anything?" Kim asked.
"It was his idea that I become your temporary partner." Adam responded. Kim stared at him. He was in a less embarrassing, although probably more painful. He was straddling a rock projection, and appeared to have landed there.
"I agree, we should kill him." Kim sighed. "Apology accepted. Now, let's get out of here." She reached behind her back, and pulled her grappling gun. She lifted it to fire, and then stopped. "Damn."
"What?" Adam asked.
"Grappling gun, no hook." She replied. "Guess I'll have to climb the cliff."
"Hang on, I've got one. Don't know if it'll fit your gun though." Adam offered.
"Can't hurt to try." Kim said. "Question?"
"Sure." He said as he shook out his arm, a long sliver rod dropped. She gasped and then grinned. It had stopped about twenty feet down.
"You make me nervous." She laughed, and then posed the question. "Do you really?"
"Really what?" He said, swinging the long rod on it's wire at her.
"Think I'm attractive." She asked, catching it. She slid off the catch on the end, and watched the wire recede into his sleeve.
"Who wouldn't? I know Ron does." He replied, absolutely calm.
"He what?" She asked, examining the rod.
"Thinks you're cute. That's Ron for attractive." He grinned. "I can understand what he sees in you."
"Great, how do I open this thing up?" She asked, as she hooked it to the rope.
"Hold it away, and press the silver stud on the bottom." She did so, and four long spikes snapped out. The inner edges were jagged. She raised the gun, and fired, the hook raced up, over the edge of the chasm, and vanished. There was a thunk, and then a sound, like steel grating on steel. Another thunk followed.
"Express elevator." Kim grinned, as she reeled up, and stopped, reaching out with her bad arm. Adam shook his head.
"I'll grab your leg. I don't want to injure your arm." He chuckled, seemingly at a private joke, but Kim just sighed. As she wound up, she felt the weight on her leg. It wasn't as much as Ron, which surprised her, considering the difference in builds. She reached the top of the cliff, and continued to wind pulling them both up. Then she whirled around, and kicked Adam, rolling him behind a huge rock, as a bullet pinged off of the ground.
"Idiot, you missed!" Drakken yelled at the henchman, the one that had been driving the hovercraft. Adam sighed. Kim glanced at him.
"Does this happen all the time?" He asked. She nodded. "I'm going to kill him." She knew he meant Ron.
"Can you run?" She asked. He nodded. "When I say run left, I'll take down the henchman, can you handle Drakken?"
"In my sleep." Adam grinned. "Might I suggest a better plan however?"
"I'm game." Kim said, trying to remain calm.
"We let him run out of ammo, before trying your plan." Adam chuckled.
"Good idea, but he's got too much ammo for us to wait." Kim said.
"I never saw it, so I didn't know." Adam shrugged. Kim pulled her compact, and passed it over. He flipped the mirror up, using it to peer over the rocks. "Great, he's got an AK-forty seven. That's just beautiful." He handed it back. "Use this." He handed her a small round ball, with a split in the middle.
"This isn't a grenade, is it?" Kim asked suspiciously. He shook his head.
"It's called a transorb. It'll send them to China. Literally. Just squeeze, and throw." He grinned. She stared, at him then at the orb. She shrugged, squeezed, and then threw it. There was a flash of light, and when she looked over the rocks, Drakken and the henchman were gone.
"Nice. Hey, do you have another one?" Kim asked. He shook his head.
"Why?" He asked, quizzically.
"We could have used that to get out of here." She said.
"No, it knocks out anyone that gets hit with it, and they don't wake for 24 hours or so. I'd be dead before we woke. Can you smell that?"
"Smells like rotten eggs." Kim said. Adam smiled widely.
"Perfect, just what I need." He grinned, and started to push to his feet. He collapsed, groaning.
"What's the matter?" She asked, concerned.
"The poison is advancing. I'm loosing strength. I need help." She nodded, and dropped to her knees, grabbing hold, and pulling him to his feet. She grimaced, as they walked, heading towards the smell. He was heavier now than he was last time. Much heavier than Ron. She asked about that.
"I was, aiding you last time, by lifting myself. I'll explain in a minute." There ahead lay a number of springs. He let go of her and stepped away, shedding his jacket, and she whirled around as he shed the rest of his clothes. Something was nagging at the back of her mind though. As he stumbled forwards, she remembered what it was. The smell of rotten eggs, was associated with sulfur. And sulfur was deadly. She spun, just in time to see him splash into the water. It wasn't a graceful dive, he seemed to have simply fallen over. The water glowed green and then Adam crested the surface of the water. She stared at him. It was as if he was a different person. The hair on his head, was now silver, and his skin glowed slightly. As he stepped out of the water, and shook, it faded. Kim found herself staring. Not just at his figure, but also his leg. The bandages were gone, apparently eaten away by the sulfur, but the wound was gone. She couldn't bring herself to tear her eyes away, until he finished dressing. "Hello, mission control to space shuttle Possible, do you read?" He asked, waving his hand infront of her face.
"What?" She said, and shook her head. He was staring at her. "What's the matter?"
"Nothing, just thinking." He said, with an impish grin. "So, shall we continue on towards this town of yours?" He asked.
"Yeah, let's go. You've got some explaining to do though mister." Kim said, glaring at him. He sighed, and followed along. "You should be dead by all rights." She said after a moment.
"That, is something that I agree with you about." Adam sighed as they walked. "The reason I'm not? Shego's powers, are... alive, sort of. The poisoning is a function of them. It can actually be used to heal. They react to sulfur, the same way that vinegar, and baking soda react to each other. Alone, they do little, although ingesting vinegar without a buffer is not fun. Neither is baking soda. Together, they react in a manner that would not occur otherwise. Sulfur is deadly, but Shego's powers protect me by reacting to the sulfur. As long as I had stayed in there, they would have. Now that I'm out, and dry, it's deadly again."
"Interesting, what about Shego?" Kim asked.
"Shego, can envelop herself in her powers, like her brothers, but it's painful. She can swim in sulfur though, and it takes away the pain. I've seen her use that to retrieve a medallion from the bottom of a pool of radioactive waste. They dumped sulfur in, and it protected her from the waste while she retrieved the medallion." Adam replied.
"Then what was that about you lifting yourself?" Kim asked. He sighed again.
"Are you prepared to accept a few things that aren't considered ordinary?" He asked. She laughed at him. "Not the reaction I expected."
"My arch-enemy, has blue skin, and his side kick has glowing hands, that I've seen blow a very large tree, into very small pieces. I think I can handle a few odd things." Kim replied, sarcastically.
"Alright. First off, I can fly." She glanced over, and saw only his feet. He was walking along, about eye level, in mid-air. He dropped back down. "I can heal, minor injuries." He took hold of her arm, and unwrapped the bandage. She stared, as his hand burst into flame, and she winced as it approached. His grip was gentle though, so she waited, knowing she could step back. The flame touched her skin, and she felt only a cool sensation, and watched in awe as the wounds healed over. "And finally, I can change my own features." She watched, amazed as his face shifted into Ron's, then into Shegos, and finally, into her's. Then it changed back.
"Your eyes didn't change." She pointed out. They had shifted color, but retained the ageless look.
"It's the only flaw. I can change the color, but that's it." He sighed. "I don't use them often, because it takes a lot of energy to use them."
"I'm amazed." Kim said. "How?" He shook his head.
"Another time." She shrugged, and took the lead again. When they crested a small hill, she stopped. He didn't, and slammed into her back. "What's the matter?" He asked.
"It's a ghost town." She said, disappointed. She slumped to the ground. Adam dropped beside her, and leaned back. :How could I have missed it?: Kim asked, her mind barreling along. :I should have seen the collapsed roofs, and that there were no cars. I can't believe I was that stupid.:
"Relax." Adam said. He was stretched out, jacket open, letting the sun dry him off.
"What are you talking about, relax? We're stranded in the middle of nowhere, and they won't come looking for days." She yelled. "If a bear doesn't get us, then we'll starve to death, or die of thirst. How can you say relax?" She screamed.
"It could be worse, for example, Shego could be sneaking up on us." Adam said.
"Why would you say that?" Kim asked. She got her answer a second later, as she and Shego tumbled forwards, when the other attacked her.