Jezrianna:Actually, I've got all thirty chapters of it written already. I'm doing this, because I hit a road block on the sequel to Birdhunting. It's going well now.

1)I'll let Wade be suspicsious of him. None of the other's would fit, but since Wade doesn't have the close contact that would trigger it...

2)Thank you, I thought so too.

3)I did get a little over-excited. I was trying to build towards Shego attacking. Not sure how to correct that.

4)You're right, it's hilarious. I do understand the points illustrated. I'll try and steer away from that.

Can't believe that happened. Corrected it.

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"Because I am!" Shego yelled, as she flipped Kim into the air. Kim twisted, and landed on her feet. Shego rolled over to her feet, and then leapt again, kicking out, to catch Kim in the chest. Kim slammed into the ground. She brought her legs up, and wrapped them around Shego's waist. Halting her forwards motion, and bringing her crashing to the ground. Shego brought her legs down, slamming one on each of Kim's shoulders. There was a pair of pops as her shoulders dislocated. Kim screamed, and then returned the favor. She whipped her legs around, and Shego's shoulders popped as well. After a few moments, they both calmed down, and separated. The regained their feet, and charged again. Watching from the top of the hill, Adam couldn't believe them. Even injured they were fighting. Kim blocked another of Shego's kicks with her knee, and whipped her other foot up, as she dropped the knee, catching the other on the chin. Shego flipped into the air, landed on one foot, and whipped around, catching Kim in the jaw, grazing her as she spun to get clear. Kim whipped around with a kick of her own, catching Shego as she spun around to hit Kim again. The villain stumbled back, and Kim pressed the attack. Shego blocked the vicious attacks, and countered with an up strike of her own, blocking Kim's return when she missed. The battle raged for a while, with Kim and Shego unable to make any progress. Finally Adam stood, and decided to intervene.

"Somnus." The energy raged about his hands for a moment, then lanced out across the intervening space, and they stopped, and then dropped to the ground. He dropped to his knees as well. "Damn. I hate that." He wrestled himself to his feet, and then walked down to where they lay. They had fallen only a few feet apart, a good thing for him. He checked Shego over first, and saw that her arms were dislocated straight back. He sighed, and carefully stood on her rib cage. The balancing act was more difficult than one would have expected. He gripped her arms, and pulled. There was a pair of pops, and then he let go. They would be sore, but for now, it was alright. He repeated the process with Kim, and then lifted them over his shoulders. With a sigh, he turned, and headed back towards the Genesis. He managed to cross the chasm they'd fallen into earlier, and reached the cave. The Genesis hologram waited for him.

"Do I want to know?" He shook his head, and set them down, in opposite corners. This was going to be a challenge. "Might I suggest a rope, or ropes?" Genny grinned. Adam flashed a sour look.

"Just give me the rope."

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Time lapse, one hour... seven o' clock pm.

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"What happened?" Kim asked, looking around. She saw three other people in the room. Adam, Genny, and Shego. Shego was tied up, oddly, Kim thought. Then she realized she was tied up as well.

Across the room, Shego awoke an had similar thoughts. "What in hell?"

"I rescued you." Adam replied, sitting out of reach of both of them. "You were going to do permanent damage, and I decided you'd forgive me the 'methods' if I prevented that.

"What did you do to us?" Kim snarled.

"A little bit of magic, to put you both to sleep. Neither one of you could win, so it was counter-productive to let you continue."

"That's not what she was asking." Shego growled.

"That's to prevent you doing any of the aforementioned, permanent damage, to me." He grinned. Shego just glared at him. Kim said nothing. "I have a few rules, before I let you out. You two will play nice, until we've been rescued. I won't take no for an answer. That means no fighting and no name calling. Any attempt to injure me, will also cause problems. I know where we are, and it gets fairly cold up here at night. Genny's going to be kind enough to project heat in here. Outside, it's going to get very, very cold. Make trouble, and out you go. The only other thing, is there's a limited amount of food, so you'll have to share. Can I trust you?" He glared at both of them. Kim nodded. Shego stared a moment, then nodded. Adam sliced open the ropes.

"What do you mean, magic?" Kim snapped. Adam sighed.

"Those three tricks? I can do more than just that, but the rest are very difficult, and require spoken words, along with the expenditure of energy. The sleep spell is the simplest of these. Now, are you hungry?" He crossed the floor of the cave, and opened a compartment on the side of the Genesis. He pulled a trio of silver pouches. He read the labels and sighed. "Hope you like beef. It's all jerky." He threw them each a package. He sat down, and ripped his open. Shego's package came flying back.

"You know I can't eat beef." She grunted. He tossed it over his shoulder, into the compartment. Kim ripped hers open, being ravenous. "That's unkind of you."

"What?" Kim asked, still chewing.

"Eating in front of me." Shego said.

"He offered, and you didn't have to turn him down." Kim said with a shrug.

"I told you, I can't eat beef." Shego snapped.

"She doesn't know." Adam muttered quietly.

"I figured you have told her." Shego said, her expression softening perceptibly.

"It's private, and not my place to drag out." Adam shrugged.

"What's private?" Kim asked. Shego turned, and stared out the door a moment.

"Our history." She said finally. "Would you believe I'm twenty-five?" Kim shook her head. "Would you believe he's six-hundred thousand, and sixty-eight years old?" A wide-eyed stare and a head shake. "It's true. I was fifteen when the comet hit our tree house. I knew Adam then. He was already older than I was, thirty?" Adam nodded. "I had a crush on him, because he was older, and stronger. The comet didn't give me powers right away. The others got instant use, I couldn't manage so much as a spark. It would be three years, during which I learned to fight along with them, despite not having powers, before I was able to bring them to the surface. I had a rival, at school, and she was a real pain."

"I know the feeling." Kim said. Shego glanced at her, and saw in her eyes she meant someone else. She continued.

"She hated me, with everything she had. I knew, that I had to show her up. She had a crush on Adam as well. I decided to take him from her, and win. Forever. So I made my plans. I fought her constantly, battling to keep the prize, which was Adam, though he seemed oblivious to it." She glanced at him.

"I wasn't, and was really rooting for you to win, but I had to play neutral." He shrugged. She smiled.

"Anyway, my plans came to fruition on the night of my eighteenth birthday. I finally convinced him to take me." Shego grinned. So did Adam. Kim stared a moment, trying to get the idea's to mesh in her mind, then it came together. She gasped. Shego continued. "That was when my powers decided show up. That very night, right in the middle of..."

"I get the idea." Kim said, blushing. Shego laughed.

"Unfortunately, due to proximity, I got caught in the back blast of her powers. It gave me a set of my own. I can absorb knowledge from any source. Books, people, computers. I can only envelope my hands though, but like Shego, I have to maintain control over them." He raised his hands, and they glowed, white, in the same manner as Shego's glowed green. "On those occasions, when I have no control of myself..." He coughed delicately. Kim nodded, blushing. "Means that my, lovers, have no secrets from me. What so ever." Shego stared then simply shook her head.

"It was useful, though. I could freely enter, and leave the tower, and so could he. No more sneaking out my window." Shego grinned.

"Which was, incidentally, on the top floor, and required I catch her when she jumped. I was happy." Adam muttered.

"Catch her, I thought?" Kim said.

"We'd been sneaking out at night for months before hand." She chuckled. "Now, he could sneak in. I got bored eventually, and changed sides." Shego sighed. "At first, it was little stuff, stealing money, and jewels, and giving it to the little people, to make life happier. Adam stood by me, since Hego had learned of him having powers by then. Hego tried to insist Adam join the team, but I broke away from them. Adam walked away with me, though I'd have gone anyway. He stuck with me for a while, then I began to get greedy. He walked away. One day I returned, and he wasn't there." She reached up, and dried a tear. "No note, no explanation. Nothing. He'd not even taken his things." She turned to face him. He said nothing. "I don't know why I just told you two that." Shego said, and turned away.

"I'm going for a swim." Adam announced, rising to his feet. He turned, and walked to the door. He glanced over his shoulder. "You're both welcome to join me." He grinned, and walked out the door.