Jezrianna: It will be K/R, but it really won't make sense until the very end. If you figure out the change in chapter nine, you just might guess ahead of time. I doubt it though, I'm really good at this kind of thing. Keeping a reader in suspense that is.
1) All armed, with no way to close with becoming swiss cheese. 2) Something else that got lost in translation, she was supposed to mention her powers were being dampened. It wasn't supposed to come across like that, instead she's only supposed to have to eat right away. I'll try and fix that. 3) I thought you'd enjoy that, I've seen people dislocate thumbs but I figured a hand would be more fun. 4) I hate them too, but I thought it was a very Kim weapon. She doesn't like to kill, but if she knows sixteen styles of martial arts, she should be able to use it without killing. Broadswords, such as Adam and other characters I use prefer, are harder not to kill with.
CC: It sort of bores me, I prefer a comedy of errors to torment them.
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They advanced down the halls, Shego bringing up the rear, with Adam in the middle, lugging the huge gun by it's carry strap, and Kim in the lead, hand on her sword. There didn't seem to be much trouble, as they slunk deeper in to the lair. Shego was hopelessly lost by now, and even Adam was worried. Kim seemed confident though, so they said nothing. Finally, after an hour of searching, they found what they wanted. The door was labeled Main reactor control. It was locked.
"Of course." Adam muttered, turned, and dropped to one knee. He raised his gun, and looked through the scope. The doors were the end of the hallway, so he only had to worry about attack from one direction. Kim and Shego simply sighed, and turned to the lock.
"Retina scanner, 32 button keypad, and finger print scanner." Shego chuckled. "He seems insecure." Kim elbowed her, and Shego laughed.
"Let's try this." Kim pulled her hair brush, and stuck it in the door. The entire thing unfolded, and began to work.
"Why are you such a prude?" Shego asked as they waited.
"What do you mean, prude?" Kim snapped back.
"I mean, you are uptight. Everytime I so much as mention sex. You blush, just like that." Shego said, a little irritated.
"I guess it's just the way I was raised. We didn't talk much about it. Over-protective parents I guess. I'm not entirely comfortable discussing it I guess." She shrugged.
"You shouldn't be. Not as much fun as it is." Shego grinned. Kim sighed, and stretched. Something Shego watched with interest. Kim noted that.
"Something caught your eye?" She asked with a grin. Shego nodded. She leaned forward to give Kim a kiss, when the hair brush beeped.
PICK FAILED. Was what the screen read.
"I didn't realize that this hero gig required such excellent thieving skills. We usually had Hego to do this kind of thing. I'll get the door." Shego grinned, and turned to the door. Kim watched her go to work, then turned, and walked forwards, kneeling next to Adam. He didn't even look up.
"Anything yet?" She asked quietly.
"No." He replied.
"How is it, that you can be so utterly calm?" Kim asked. He shrugged.
"I've seen, and done it all before, nothing here is new." He shrugged.
"And us?" She asked.
"Which us?" He asked, with a half grin.
"All three of us." Kim replied.
"That one is a bit new I'll admit. Most of this stuff, I've seen dozens of times. I've only seen this twice." He chuckled. "Last time was a bit more complicated, but I won't go into that. Ever." He sighed.
"I'll leave that alone then. Are you comfortable with the way things are?" Kim asked. Adam raised an eyebrow.
"Of course, but you aren't." He replied with only the barest hints of mirth.
"No, as a matter of fact, I'm not." She replied huffily. "I guess it has to do with the way I was raised. I was raised more traditionally." She cut off as Adam burst into a fit of nearly silent laughter. "What?"
"Nothing, never mind, go ahead." He said through the laughter. Kim waited a few moments until he calmed down before continuing.
"I mean, with the definition of sex, being between just two people." She said. "Three seems to offend me for some reason, though only the thought of it."
"Then we'll just have to fix that. Since you and Shego are living together..." He suggested, without the usual implications most would have made. Kim smiled. Shego'd proposed the same thing, but Kim didn't want her family to find out, and neither was particularly quiet.
"That's great, but aren't we just a bit to noisy?" She voiced the thought. Adam tilted his head back from the scope, and rotated it, looking at her, with a grin, and mischief in his eyes.
"I know of two solutions to that, but now is NOT, the time or place to discuss them." He returned to the scope. There was an electrical buzz, and Shego swore nastily. Kim flashed a glance back at Shego, but she didn't seem injured. More annoyed than anything. Adam didn't flinch.
"You never answered my question." Kim accused.
"Which one?" Adam asked. He knew which one, and she knew he knew, but neither would admit it.
"How can you be so calm?" She repeated the question.
"You and Shego both have nasty tempers, so I have to remain calm, to balance you out." He grinned. "Once you know the secret it's simple."
"So what's the secret?" Kim asked.
"Don't let anything get to you." He grinned. :As if it's that easy.: Kim thought to herself. "I love you."
"Thank... what?" Kim stopped herself. He was smiling, a warm smile. "What triggered that?"
"Just wanted to see if you were listening." He shook his head, and turned back to the scope. Kim started to say something else, but another electrical buzz disrupted her. Shego swore again, and more vehemently this time.
"I love you too." She finished her thought.
"I know." He kissed her. "What about you Shego?"
"What about me what?" She snapped.
"Do you love us too?" Kim asked, at Adam's urging.
"Not at the moment." Shego replied. Adam laughed quietly, and Kim joined him.
"Ever heard the term monogamy, Kim?" Adam asked. She nodded. "Throw it out the window."
"What are you talking about?" Kim asked.
"Something we decided a long time ago." Shego cut in. "Someone probably should have mentioned it earlier, but we don't feel the need to be faithful." She glared pointedly at Adam, as she said 'someone'.
"The time didn't seem right." Adam shrugged. "What we mean, is if you are walking down the street, and decide you want to sleep with someone, that's your business. We won't hold it against you, as long as you hold nothing against us."
"Such as?" Kim asked. Adam and Shego grinned.
"Ron." Shego replied.
"Tara, Monique, need I really go on?" Adam shrugged with a smile.
"Ah. Aren't the two of you concerned about accidents?" Kim asked.
"That's what Shego does." Adam grinned.
"I can't get pregnant, unless I choose to. The glow prevents it. It also is capable of destroying any disease, excepting the common cold, or the flu. The former disrupts my control too much, and the latter is so closely associated with my intestines, I don't want a fried stomach." Shego smiled. "The rest is simply annihilated because the power enhances my immune system. When I lose control, it affects what, or who ever I'm touching." She grinned.
"So, that's what that buzz was?" Kim asked. Adam nodded, and spoke up.
"I'm selectively sterile, and magic protects me. Shego deals with the rest. I'll teach you the spells to block, so called, accidents, and the diseases. They aren't complicated, and they're very useful." Adam grinned. "Got the door yet?" Shego shook her head, and turned back to it. There was another buzz a moment later, and Shego's hands lit.
"Warning, intruders in the main reactor corridor, all guards report." The voice blared from a loudspeaker in the ceiling.
"Guess I can't get it." Shego shrugged. Adam muttered something and stood.
"Then it's time for plan Chivalry." He said, and stalked past her, lugging the massive gun. Shego stood with her staff at the ready. Kim laid a hand on the hilt of her sword. She noted, in the back of her mind, that she had sworn not to kill anyone, but she was ready to draw a deadly weapon. A rising, electric whine interrupted her thoughts.
"He wouldn't? Would he?" She asked Shego. Shego grabbed her, and pulled her to the floor.