Jezrianna: 1) I define them as different. Stamina is short bursts of energy, so a sprinter needs good stamina, while endurance is long term staying power, which a marathon runner would need. 2)Me too. 3) To Kim, was for disappearing without saying anything. To Shego was for the same thing, because he knew Kim would push her. 4)Sorry, wrote parts of this along with another KP story, and there it's Kim and Ron. Adam's there, but he's an older, military version, and he makes this one look like a candidate for sainthood. It's part of my coming Excalibur Saga. 5) I'm just going to rewrite it. Later revisions sort of decimated it. 6)When you got it, flaunt it. Like I said, I'm going to rewrite it, I have civilian model I can use. 7) grins 8) If nothing else, search through for quotations. The chatter is the important, although I'd appreciate reviews on the rest of it as well. If you'd rather not, I understand. It doesn't want to let me send an Email to you. If you want to post for chapter nineteen as an after thought to this one, I don't mind.
CC:This is the last chapter. Yeah, there is a sequel in progress, and several in the back of my mind. It didn't originally pan out that way, but the lemons did the same as all the rest of my stories do, and went off in a direction that I never intended. Thus the change in wording in chapter nine, from virginity to innocence.
This is odd, but it sets up some of the stuff in the next story.
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"Is all that really needed?" Kim asked.
"What's that, the defensive weapons?" Adam asked, sitting on the couch across from her.
"Yeah." She responded.
"Depending on what's going on, yes. Sometimes they're the only way out." He replied. "What was with the faint? It doesn't seem like you."
"It just seemed the thing to do." She shrugged. Adam laughed.
"Been there, done that." He commented.
"You alright KP?" Ron asked. Kim nodded.
"You caught me, I saw that much." He smiled.
"Couldn't let you fall, you'd have killed me." He smiled.
"Kimmie, have you ever gone shooting?" Shego asked.
"I don't believe in guns, or killing." Kim replied.
"I don't believe in killing either, but guns? Those I do." Adam replied. "I won't say I'm innocent of killing though." He shrugged. Kim sat up stiffly.
"So, you're a murderer?" She asked. He sighed.
"No, I've killed before. There's a difference." He explained.
"No, there isn't. If you've killed, you're a murderer." Kim snapped. Adam sighed again. She was going to be difficult.
"There's a benefit to firearms training though." He commented. "With it you can avoid killing."
"Right..." Kim replied, enough sarcasm dripping from her voice, to chill the air.
"I'll show you. Computer? Display instructional holo-vid, Alley Knee." An illusion flickered to life in the center of the room. Kim noted idly that Genny wasn't around, and neither was Shego. A dirty part of her mind tried to catch her attention, but she was focused on the illusion. Three men burst out of the door in the alley displayed, and ran. Adam appeared a moment later. Gun fire cut across the alley at mid thigh, from a thug swinging a Mac 10. Adam dropped to his knees, and fired several times in succession. All three dropped, clutching knees. "Training, allowed me to not kill them. You're going to encounter villians that have to be stopped permanently."
"There's no reason for that." She snapped stubbornly. He lifted his shirt, showing off several impressive scars. He pointed to one, a needle scar.
"This guy tried to inject me with a lethal nanobot poison. I put a round in his head, to stop him from unleashing it." He tapped each one, seeming to trigger memories with each. Some ellicited a smile, others a scowl. "This one." He pointed to a long razor fine scar running the entire surface of his stomach, just above the belly button. "Was a guy with a Katana, attempting to slice me open like a roast pig. I shot him to save my life. As well as the hostages that would have followed."
"So?" She asked. Shego re-entered, and Kim turned to her. "What do you think?"
"That I don't need this ice anymore?" Shego replied.
"About the need to use guns." Kim clarified.
"Never have had to." Shego lifted her hand, and set it alight. She tossed the ice cube into the air, and caught it in her teeth. She snapped down on it, and caught the other half, popping it into her mouth. She walked across the room and grabbed a controller. All three felt her use power to turn on the selected game system, and mute the sound. Kim sighed, and turned to Ron.
"What about you?" Kim grunted. Ron swallowed.
"I..." Caught between Kim and Adam, he passed out.
"Fat lot of help they are." Kim snorted.
"If you're going to deal with guns, you should at least know how to handle them. The only way to do that, really do it, is to shoot them." He sighed. "Can I at least get you to agree to that? Please?" He was begging, literally on his knees. Kim sighed.
"Alright, I see your point. I don't like it, but, I see your point." Shego stared at her, and Ron sat bolt upright. He eyed her a moment and darted down the hall. "What?" She asked, as he returned and doused her with soda. Now, a very wet, and very angry Kim stood. Ron winced, and bolted. She went after him. Shego and Adam watched from the door of Behemoth as they vanished around the corner. Ron leading, but Kim gaining fast. Adam glanced sideways at Shego.
"Do you really feel bad for him? At all?" Adam asked.
"No, not really." Shego replied, grinning expansively.
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An hour later, after Ron and Kim returned, with him remarkably unbruised, though, they were both breathing hard. The bus was gone, but Genny still sat over the lawn. Kim raised an eyebrow.
"Where did?" She waved at where the bus was parked.
"Backed it into the lot a few doors this side of Ron's." Adam replied, then laughed. "Annoyed the neighbors."
"That loud?" She asked. He shook his head.
"No, really quiet, but if something that big pulled in next door, wouldn't it annoy you?" He grinned.
"So, tell me, when are you going to get ready for your date?" Ron asked. Adam blinked. "With Bonnie?"
"Oh. That. I'm ready to go. What time is it?" He asked curiously.
"Eight in the morning." Came the reply.
"Ah, a little early then. How about a little sparing session?" He offered. Shego grinned, as did Kim. Ron moaned. Retiring to Kim's backyard, which included a sand sparing arena. Confidentially, it was originally a sandbox, but no one mentioned that. Instead of timbers to hold in the sand, it was sunk an inch and a half into the ground, so the sand could not spill over. "Who goes first?" Adam asked.
"Shego, and I." Kim smiled. Shego raised an eyebrow. Kim grinned nastily. "Got to keep in shape." This time it was Adam and Ron that grinned.
"Looks like you're both in perfect shape to us." They replied, continuing to grin. The return looks made them laugh. After a moment, Kim and Shego joined in then stepped into the ring. Once they charged, it was difficult to follow the moves. Shego opened with a series of chops, alternating high-low, in random order, with Kim blocking wide. A counter attack ending the attack, came in the form of a sweep kick, forcing Shego to leap to avoid loosing her footing, but Kim stopped the kick just past, and shifted her weigh all the way across her legs, and kicked out at Shego, well short of hitting, but the move caused Shego to take a step back, which gave Kim enough time to coil her leg back under her, and leap into the air. She caught Shego in the stomach, and both toppled to the ground. Neither stayed long, since Shego brought her knee up under Kim and flipped her into the air, then rolled to her feet. Kim was already up and running, though neither towards or away, in relation to Shego. Instead, she'd begun circling her opponent, using the outside edges of the ring as she moved. Shego stared as she watched her go, not trying to follow her around. She watched the pattern, and prepared to strike. That was the moment Kim didn't come around. Whether it was a shadow on the ground, or a movement over head, or even a guess, neither Ron nor Adam could tell. Rufus, watching from Ron's pocket, claimed it was instinct, but he wasn't entirely sure. Shego wasn't telling. In any case, she shifted left, sweeping her foot through the sand, creating a hill. The validity of her sanity, was questioned for a moment, considering that move. When Kim landed on one foot, with the other up, clearly intending to kick out, the reality of the move was demonstrated. Under her foot, the sand shifted, and she lost her balance and fell, as Shego stepped clear the kick, which Kim delivered as she fell. Shego flipped back, and landed, on one foot, then crouched, still on that leg, and lunged forwards. Kim rolled clear or thought she did. Shego hit, and instantly rolled, over extending a leg, and slamming into Kim's stomach. Kim folded up, and groaned Shego rolled back and then stood, extending a hand to Kim.
"Are you alright?" She asked, real concern in her voice. Kim nodded.
"Yeah, just didn't expect that last move." She said, grasping the hand and pulling herself up. A thought in Adam's mind made lightning flash behind his eyes.
"Speaking of which, there's a spell I wanted to teach you guys. I got a little distracted." He grinned. The two women smiled at each other. They were still wearing the jump suits after all. As they walked closer, it was easy to see him breathing deep with each step. Ron was not even hiding the fact he was watching interestedly. The girls laughed, as they approached the picnic table. Kim flashed a disapproving glare at Adam, who had sat on the table top, feet on the bench. It slid right past him, without negative impact on his mood.
"So, what is this wonder spell?" Kim asked. Shego dropped to the bench.
"The name of the spell, is Golden Silence. It's fairly useful, and for more than just it's base use." Adam smiled. "Anyone wearing the collar, can only be heard by whomever they're speaking to." He turned to Ron. "For instance, I'm talking to you, wearing the collar only you would be able to hear me." Adam grinned. Rufus stared in disbelief. "Now, everyone, visualize yourself wearing a pure gold collar, see the molecular structure of the collar, and change it to iron, but only the inner core." They all knew how, he'd shown them in one of the earlier lessons. It was a simple trick to change the composition of matter. It was literally possible to turn lead, into gold. It was very energy consuming though.
"Got it." Ron announced first.
"Me too." Kim nodded. Shego muttered something, unintelligible.
"There it is." She said at last.
"Can you feel the silence? Now, make it real, but not too tight." Adam instructed. They did so, and there the collars were. The only problem? They were wearing C-collars, like paramedics used. Adam sighed. "Separate them into their component molecules." It wasn't difficult, the collars vanished, into a puff of fine gold dust.
"What was the problem?" Shego asked.
"Think along the lines of a dog collar." Adam replied. They focused again. This time, the results were encouraging. They were much better. "Now, add a few strips of heavy, flexible material to them, so you don't cut off your air supply." The collars changed. The material each used, looked like it really had come off of dog collars. Used ones. Adam rolled his eyes, but didn't say a word. After a moment, the material was restored to normal condition. Ron's was blue, Kim's red, and Shego's? Green, with black stripes, naturally.
"We look good." Kim laughed. Three faces stared back at her. "Can't you hear me?"
"You have to concentrate on who you want to hear you. I can read lips, but they can't." Adam informed her politely, even though Shego, and Ron could hear him as well.
"Oh, how 'bout now?" Kim asked.
"How 'bout what?" Adam asked, carefully keeping his face neutral. Shego and Ron could feel the joke coming on.
"Can you hear me now?" She asked.
"Yes." Adam answered, still schooling his face.
"Good." Kim replied. The other three broke down into laughter at that point. Silent on Shego, and Ron's parts, but Kim recognized the reference, and her face colored. After a moment, she joined in the laughter.
"Adam." Ron spoke up, after most of the laughter had died off. "What's the use behind these things?" Adam flashed a glance at Shego.
"Since some people, have problems staying silent at times." Shego grinned at him. "These solve that problem. Plus wearing one while sneaking in somewhere, means you can talk amongst yourselves, without being heard."
"How do we get these off?" Kim asked. Adam blinked.
"Remember what I said about dog collars?" Three nods. "You were supposed to include a latch." Mutters met this bit of information, even though he couldn't hear them. After a moment Kim reached behind her head, and unlatched hers. Shego and Ron followed suit a moment later. Rufus laughed, then suddenly silenced. The three turned to look and saw he was wearing one of the collars. Rufus glared at Adam as he slipped the collar off.
"That was interesting. Your turn Adam." Kim grinned. Adam moaned.
"So, who goes against him?" Shego asked. She and Kim shared a look. "Ron."
"Why me?" He asked. Adam broke down into laughter. No one queried him.
"Because we're still tired. Besides, we'll go next." Ron sighed, and rose to his feet. Adam did as well, after a moment. They took corners, opposite where Kim and Shego had started. Both crouched, and leapt up.
To be continued...