Jez: Actually, it's sort of the other way around. I'm writing this stuff, and coming back and filling details later. Until I was asked, I didn't connect the Illuminati thing, with his last death. 1) That's not how it was supposed to come off. He only asked the question. He wouldn't have said anything, except Kim pushed him about it. Changing the timeline is painful for him, because he remembers the alternate timeline, while the others don't, since for them it didn't happen. He gave her all the information he had, including telling her how she would die. She had accepted it before she said yes. He wouldn't have reacted that way to Ace, the man was almost a brother to him. 2) Because it's one of those things that wouldn't stay gone. Too many Adam's have witnessed it for it to happen. Some of them dwell on that memory, a few to the point they do nothing but drink. They remember it almost daily. He could purge it temporarliy, but it would come back. 3) Fixed that. 4) When he finds out something about himself he doesn't like, he reacts strangely, sometimes bursts of anger, sometimes he bawls. It's just a trait of his. As for Ron, look at the way Adam was acting, when he tried the normal supportive method. Attacking him made him fight back, and release the feelings. If you read that again, you'll see Adam was actually trying to hurt Ron, but the Lotus Blade wouldn't let him. By the end he'd worked most of the emotions out of his system. I chop wood to achieve the same effect. It's really just burning off energy and the emotions with that energy. 5) Beginning of the first chapter of the first story? It's what started all this. When Ron was shot, Adam was brought in as a temp. If Ron had not been shot, he'd have taken down the final guard, and they'd have stopped the seniors. Adam would not have been needed, and Shego would still be an enemy. As for tempting Ron, he was just offering. It would have invalidated this entire story line, and might do so at some later point anyway. I'm not entirely sure. He doesn't see Ron as a rival. In point of fact, he doesn't believe his own opinion, or Ron's counts. Only Kim and Shego's. If either of them wanted him to leave, or not sleep with them, he'd do so without hesitation. He's not trying to force his opinion on anyone. 6)The only way I know of to contact you by E-mail is through 's secure mail thingy on your profile, and it doesn't work.
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"So, with lunch behind us, what..." Adam began, and was cut off by an explosion. The windows on the left side flashed back open from blast shield, and three Humvees could be seen parked there, on one hood a mand stood with a rocket launcher, aiming at the bus. "Return fire, aim for legs and tires!" Adam yelled. Tracer fire flashed from the miniguns as the three Humvees charged them. Two men hung out the sides and fired with AK-47's. Adam swore.
"Exo-Armor." Kim yelled. The armor dropped from the ceiling, and they slapped it on. "Adam, can you get the bus out of here?" He smiled and nodded. "Alright, we'll cover you." Kim, Shego, and Ron darted down the hall and out the door, while Adam dropped into the cockpit, and slammed the throttle forwards to fifty miles an hour, and flipped the magnetic rams on. Outside, the three lifted into the air as the Scramjets burst to life. They lifted up into the air as the bus accelerated. The Humvee's kept pace, swinging sideways as Adam tried to run them over, and then back as he swung to get the guns into firing range. Some were shooting, but they had to do so along the length of the bus, and were having problems hitting anything. Kim swept low over the lead vehicle, and grabbed the top. The armor whined quietly as she ripped the top off. Gunfire flashed in her face and she grunted as the rounds pinged on her armor. She kicked the gun from his hand and then kicked him in the face. The vehicle swung sideways, and off the road. It didn't roll, but one of them grabbed her leg. She kicked out with the other leg and there was a snap as the bone broke. "Sorry." She growlwed, and dropped into the driver's seat. With the cannon set on low, she fired a blast at the passenger, and he tumbled out of the car, as the one in the back swung his rifle at her. She grunted as it crashed into her head. The wheel whipped around as she fell sideways to avoid another blow. He flew out the door. She brought the car to a stop, and burst into the air. She aimed her cannon, and fired. The Humvee exploded.
Ron dropped along side the second vehicle, and kicked at the rear passenger, knocking him over Ron grabbed the gun from the man in the front seat and tossed it away. The engines of his jets flared as the Humvee attempted to slam him against the bus. They swung back as he lifted away, into the fire from the guns, and two tires blew, the vehicle rolling away. Ron dropped low, and flipped it, checking on the occupants, making sure they were alive. They were, but unconscious.
Shego? She raced overhead, and attacked with her powers, slicing the roof off the Humvee with an emeral blast and then rolling sideways as it flipped past her. Gunfire erupted into the air as she swung, back, and her armor faltered as she was hit, the .50 caliber machine guns punching through the armor like paper, and through her similarly. Ron touched down as she did, grabbing her arm, the Lotus Blade singing as it wrapped her and held her to life. Kim swept in low behind the final Humvee. Fire arced over head, as Adam's voice came over the line.
"How you guys doing?" He asked, sounding pretty worried.
"Shego's been shot, but we're down to one left. They've got some pretty heavy firepower. I'm going to try for the tire..." She rolled sideways, as fire swept through her prior position. A sonic discharge made the man duck. "I don't understand why they're after us."
"Then let's ask them." Came Shego's vehement reply.
"How?" Ron asked. With one on either side, they raced alongside Kim.
"Like this." Shego grinned, though it might have been the wind. "Adam, can you make a U without tipping that ugly hunk of tin on it's side?" A snort came in response.
"What are you thinking?" Kim asked.
"Simply, he turns Behemoth, and they slam into the side of it. A Humvee is tough, but not enough that two hundred and twenty tons of hard metal isn't going to stop it." Shego replied. "It's just tough enough, that they'll survive, but I doubt they'll be aware enough to shoot us."
"Let me go first incase they are." Ron volunteered. Kim glanced at him. "The Lotus Blade will save me if they shoot me, while I distract them for the two of you to knock out."
"I don't like it, but I don't see a choice." Kim replied.
"U-ing it like that willl put the fore and aft guns in firing position, we could make them aware of that." Adam suggested.
"They might run." Kim replied. A resounding slap echoed through the earpieces.
"Then you'll only need to chase them down." Adam replied, through clenched teeth. "Ready?"
"Ready." Came the unanimous response. Behemoth accelerated again, and they could tell he was using the rams from the speed, and then the entire bus rolled as he cut sideways across the road. The Humvee, accelerating to stay with him, didn't have time to swerve around and away. There was a massive crunch as it smashed into the side of the bus. Ron dropped beside the vehicle, arm up, cannon ready, but they were out cold. Shego swore.
"Now how do we find out who they work for?" She asked.
"Simple dahling, you just have to ask." The sultry southern voice came from behind them. In a deep blood red dress, that left the outsides of her legs bare, and hugged her form very closely. Dark brown hair, darker than Bonnies,but not as dark as Shego's cascaded down her shoulders. Each wrist had a bracelet with three stones set in it wrapped around them. She was standing the air, on what appeared to be a miniature version of Drakken's hovercraft, about ten feet in the air. It floated down to the ground. "Call me Andrea. It is I'm sure the last name you will ever hear." The three reached up, and disengaged the armor, allowing them to move free. The extra strength might throw them off, not good against a new opponent. Kim advanced, while Ron and Shego hung back. The other woman stepped towards Kim and then Moved. The motion was so fast, Kim almost didn't block in time. Almost. The lightning over hand chop stopped just short of her neck, and she drove a fist up into the other woman's stomach, before twisting away into a snap kick. The kick missed, and Kim ducked as a roundhouse intersected where her head had been a moment before. She came up with a blow towards her opponent's head, but missed as the woman danced back. "I can't believe it." She woman chuckled heartily, and even that had a southern accent. "I can't believe the infamous Shego, had any trouble at all with this child."
The accent seemed to amplify the distaste as she said the last word, and then slammed her elbow into Kim's back, driving her down. Shego charged, leaping Kim and slamming both legs into the chest of the other woman. Andrea leaned back over with the blow, planted her hands, and wrapped her legs around Shego's arms and chest, and slammed her to the ground. Shego's legs, and Kim's back found themselves trying to occupy the same space, and Kim's back had rights, so it hit the ground, of course her chest was in the way, so it was equally painful. She gasped as she hit, and Shego wasn't any better. Ron reached up, and slammed his armor back into place. The Lotus Blade flowed into his hand from under it, and he advanced. Andrea came to her feet, and watched him, smiling. A foot on Shego's back stopped her from trying to rise. Ron's eyes narrowed further, but he remained silent and continued to advance. So focused on each other, that neither noticed the miniguns swivel around on them. Ron focused on the Lotus Blade just long enough to form it into a billy club, and then attacked. Andrea brought her arm up to defend against the club, but Ron kicked out instead, catching her in the ribs. She wrapped her other arm around his leg, but he smashed the club into her leg. She swore and lashed out at his face with a punch. The attack glanced as he turned his head, and tipped him back. Since she had his right leg, he folded his left knee driving it into her leg and then smashed the Lotus Blade across her face. She let go and stumbled back. Ron dropped to his hand and left leg, then came to his feet.
"KP, a little help would be nice." Ron called behind him. Kim moaned, and rolled over onto her back. It wasn't pretty, the impact with the ground had scraped her face, and there was blood on her face. Shego pushed to her feet at the same time. She was in better shape, but not by much.
"Back off a bit Ron." Kim shook her head. "Why are you after us?"
"Same reason any merc is. Money. Specifically, lots of money." Andrea smiled. "But, now it doesn't matter. I'll kill you just because." She charged again, but Kim was ready despite the blood. A foot flashed up, and caught Andrea in the chin, while a second crashed into her right knee. Shego stepped around, powers active, and struck downwards. She missed as the woman vanished, only to reappear a moment later, back aboard the pad. "Hmmm, guess I under estimated you, next time, you all die." She and the pad vanished.
"That was weird." Ron commented. Kim stared at him insanely, and grabbed his hand. The Lotus Blade flickered into life. Shego followed her example when she was done, and they stepped around the front of the bus. "Adam? Where were you?"
"Trying to extricate myself from the safety belts." Came the response from the cockpit. It looked as if he had been attacked by mad spiders. He was securely attached to the chair, and entirely immobile. "Remind me to turn the crash protection, down to level four." He commented, as Ron began to slice him free.