CC: He strikes me as the kind of guy who would take it all instride, so that's how I play him.
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It was after school the next day, before they returned to Kim's house. Her mother insisted on checking over her daughters wounds.
"Back in Middleton." Shego muttered.
"What are you complaining about?" Adam asked with a grin.
"I'm not complaining, but this place is boring." Shego replied. Kim rolled her eyes.
"Mom, please, I'm fine." She said, for the seventh time. Adam knew, he was counting.
"I don't care, I want to check." Her mother was feeling her ribs carefully. "How could you let this happen to her." She snapped at Adam.
"I didn't have a chance to prevent it. I was pinned to the wall." He shrugged, and then winced again. He was still shirtless, but he'd replaced his jacket, and had it buttoned closed over the injuries.
"I was helping him." Shego said. Shego was the only one to escape with only minor cuts. Both Kim and Adam had a number of acid comments to make about that.
"I see. Well, maybe you should take a few days off." Jean suggested.
"Mom, I whole-heartedly agree." Kim said, then winced.
"Well, you only seem to be a bit tender, but I think you should take a break from cheerleading as well." Her mother suggested. Kim sighed.
"You're right, but there's one little problem with that." Kim grinned sheepishly. "Bonnie's gone, and without her and me, there's not enough people. Unless..." She looked at Adam, the puppy dog pout appearing without remorse.
"I should have gone hand to hand with that stupid robot." He muttered. "Fine, but don't expect me to be happy about it."
"I think we should talk, while your father, and brothers are not here." Kim's mother cut in.
"Better tell her." Shego said to Kim. Adam nodded. Kim sighed.
"I can guess." Her mother said. "They're both sleeping with you?" She pointed at Adam. He nodded. "And which do you choose?" She asked. Kim and Shego nodded.
"Both of them." He replied. The stare she gave him in return, would have been enough to make most men cower in terror. He remained standing before it though. She turned to Kim.
"What about you? What do you say?" The tone was one that would not take any smart mouthed replies.
"I love them both." Kim replied. Her mother stared a moment, then turned to Shego.
"And you?" She asked, in the exact same tone.
"My answer is the same as Kim's." Kim's mother paused a moment, staring at all three of them. Then she smiled.
"You have no idea how glad I am to hear that." She replied with a heavy sigh. All three of them stared. "I'd probably have had to kill you two had you said anything else." That last was directed at Adam and Shego. "So tell me, are you taking proper precautions?"
"Something more effective. First off, pregnancy is not a concern, because I'm sterile, unless I choose not to be, and it takes a while to achieve the required conditions. Shego can't be, unless she wants to be, and then she has to focus entirely on that thought for a while. As for Kimmie, that depends on how open of a mind you have." Adam smiled. Jean smiled back, and it was NOT, a warm smile.
"I'm listening." She replied, in a dangerous tone. He raised his right hand. Palm up, fingers spread. About three inches above it, a flame appeared. Kim's mother passed her hand between his hand, and the flame. It vanished, only to be replaced by a flickering water droplet. Then the water froze. Then it turned into a tear shaped rock. After a moment, there was a crack along the center of the rock, and it shattered, leaving a perfect diamond in the center. Then, it seemed to blur, and then three of them hung in the air. He picked them out of the air, with his free hand, and then lowered his arm. He dropped to the bench of the kitchen table.
"Magic. It can do things that science can't, but without science, you can't have magic. Science and magic are very closely related. The smartest scientist in the world would be the most dangerous mage. The more one knows about science, the more you can do with magic. By bending the laws of physics, I can leap from here, to Tokyo, as if it was no more than across the room. I'd be unconscious when I arrived, because of the amount of power required, but I could do it, because I know how it works. The why escapes me, but it does." He smiled, a wan smile, but the way he was breathing, Kim thought they were lucky to get that.
"Are you alright?" Her mother asked. He nodded, slowly.
"It just takes a lot of energy to do magic. In this dimension that is. There's none of the magical energy gathered that I can use to supplement my own. That means that when I eat, I have to eat a lot. I do have a sweet tooth though, which is a helpful way to keep up my energy. Shego's powers have the same effect. She has to eat a lot to use them. I'm teaching them both magic though. Don't worry, she won't have to eat as much as I do. I'm not teaching them such powerful spells as I use. Useful stuff, like the sleep, and thunder spells. Utility spells, such as the anti-pregnancy spell, and those to protect against diseases. I'll stay clear of the combat spells, such as flesh dissolving, and black lightning." Adam lifted his left hand, as he stood again. He handed each of them one of the tear shaped diamonds. Jean examined the one she held.
"I can't accept this." She said. "It's way too valuable." He shook his head when she offered it to him. "But, it's flawless." She complained.
"So are the other two. I can create them at will, so it's no big deal. I'd personally, have it made into a necklace. I can recommend a jeweler who won't try and steal it, if you'd like." Adam smiled. He collapsed back to the bench.
"This magic, can anyone learn?" Kim's mother asked. He nodded.
"The talent for it helps, but yes, even those without any can learn. You have it, and so does Kim. She's stronger than Shego, but they're both adept potential. I'd say you could make master. The levels run from Apprentice, to Journeyman, to Master, to Adept. Where I learned magic, there is also a talent called healing. In it's strongest form, it's very rare, but there's nothing magical, or scientific that can match it. There are things, though, that a mage can do, that a healer can't. If I were to break my collar bone, what would you have to do?" He asked.
"Use screws, and pins to immobilize it until it healed." She responded from memory. She was brain surgeon, but that didn't mean she forgot the rest of her training.
"Magic can achieve the same effect. Granted, it's usually performed by a master, but an apprentice can set the spell." She stared at him.
"I think I'll have to explore this later. I'm getting lost in the conversation. Back to the three of you." She said, with a snap in her tone. "How are you going to explain this to your father?" She asked Kim.
"I have no earthly idea." She said. "It occurred in the back of my mind, but everytime I ran it over in my head, Adam ended up on a rocket to mars, to keep Dr. Porter's robot company." Kim admitted. Adam stared at her, with a look of partial blank incomprehension, and partial shock. The rest was utter disbelief. "Doctor Porter works with my father, as an AI specialist. She's building one for the mars mission, so that it can do the jobs a human would." He swallowed. "Thought you might feel that way."
"I don't think he'd go quite that far dear." Her mother said. "He might have some choice words about it, but I don't think he'd do anything quite so drastic." Three stares met her words. "Why don't we wait a couple of days, I'll see what I can do." She smiled. All three sighed. "Adam why don't you and Ron come over tonight, you can meet him now, and that way, you'll be able to meet him, before we drop this on him." She smiled. Adam nodded, and rose.
"Just don't let him clap me on the shoulder." He smiled. He walked out the door. Kim turned to her mother.
"Thank you mom." She said, carefully giving her mother a hug.
"Of course. My mother did the same for me." She replied with a smile, and squeezed Kim's shoulder, the only part not injured. "So, tell me all about it."
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"What happened to you dude?" Ron asked, as Adam walked in the door.
"Your girlfriend." Adam replied. Ron stared. "Kim."
"KP, is not my girlfriend." Ron replied, with a blush.
"Keep saying that, and you might just convince yourself." Adam said with a grin. "You care for her. Even Rufus can see it." The naked mole rat nodded. "You are in love, with Kimberly Anne Possible." Ron stared as if he was insane.
"No way." He replied.
"Way. I can see it in your eyes. Guess what?" Ron shrugged. "So am I." Adam finished.
"With Kim? I thought you and Shego..." Ron let it hang.
"I know. Answer me a question." Adam said as he sat down.
"What?" Ron asked, carefully.
"What you do you think, of women sleeping together?" Adam asked. Ron took a deep breath.
"You mean?" Adam nodded. "I guess I'm okay with it. It doesn't really bother me, I guess." Ron stared. "Why are you asking?"
"Just hold that thought. Did you know, Kim was in love with you as well?" Adam asked. Ron shook his head. "You're denser than I thought."
"Dude, what are you talking about?" Ron asked.
"Look at the evidence. She's done things for you, that no one else would. How many times, has she saved your life?" Ron blinked. "You don't know. Why? Because you can't count. How many times have you saved her? You can't count those either."
"Most of those were my fault." He pointed out.
"I don't care. That's not the point anyway. I know that I for one, would have left you several times. That could mean two things though. One, that Kim's really and truly in love with you. Or two, that she's a far better person than I am. Truth be told? It's both of them. Look at this." He raised his left, arm, and squeezed the sides of his watch. A hologram appeared above it. Kim was crying. The image shifted through a number of sad events, then came back to that first. It rewound, playing back the events when Ron was lost with Drakken, and why Kim was crying.
"For me, but what does that mean?" Ron asked, confused. Adam let go of his watch, and the image vanished.
"You are what it means. You are the only person she's ever shed a tear for." He said, poking Ron in the chest. "If that doesn't mean she's in love with you, I'll eat my shirt." Adam wasn't wearing a shirt, but Ron didn't need to know that.
"I... you're right." Ron said. "So what do I do?"
"Get ready." Adam replied cryptically. Ron stared. "We've been invited to dinner, and I'm not about to take you looking like that. I'm going to meet Kim's father, and I want to make a good impression. Showing up with you looking like that, isn't going to do it." He started towards Ron's room.
"Wait. You told me to hold that thought earlier. What about it?" Ron asked. Adam smiled.
"Keep holding it." Then vanished down the hall.