Jez: Thank you. 1)You'll just have to wait and see. 2) Don't worry about that. Actually, I've only seen clones once, and they were simply cranky, rather than martial artists. 3) Same as Adam, she's showing off. 4) So not the drama. 5) I'll say thanks for the compliment, but could I get the rest again? I'm not sure what you mean. 6) Different realities, though it's possible for more than one to exist. The births of the next generation of Adam, is timed so that the next one is ready to take over when the prior one becomes unable, whether through serious injury, death, or old age. They aren't all equal either, some of it has to do with raising, some with genetic variance, and some with mind set, since they won't be able to control all the powers available to them. 7) No, the prior one got blown up, Shego would be able to tell the difference. Like all the Adam's, this one takes full responsibility for all actions perpetrated by prior incarnations. It's part of having the memories. 8) Thought I forgot something. 9) She was demonstrating her skills, and trying to kill them. When she couldn't put them down from the outside in, she ordered them to close, and draw out anyone they could. Behemoth could have taken them down instantly with it's defensive minguns, but Kim's aversion to killing, made Adam make it fire around them. And as you said, she's fairly new at this.
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"So, when do we get to Manhattan?" Kim asked curiously. The morning after had left her and Shego in command. Ron was still asleep, and Adam was in no condition to drive anything but the toliet. Shego had warned him about having a hangover, but he never listened.
"About seven tonight." Shego replied, as they cruised along. "Hopefully the boys will still be alive that long." Shego called back. Adam started a spirited responce, but was interrupted. A flush echoed a bit later down the hall. Shego laughed.
"You really enjoy his misery, don't you?" Kim asked grinning.
"As much of a jerk as he is sometimes, he deserves it. Besides, I don't think he really minds." She grinned. "He enjoys getting to play a martyr." She laughed.
"Feeling better after last night?" Kim asked.
"Yes, actually. Thank you for the offer." Shego smiled. "I've decided to take you up on your offer. When we get back that is." Shego grinned. Kim waved dismissively.
"No big." She laughed. "Tell me what decided you?" Shego grinned.
"Last night I think. I was convinced that I'm not alone. Between the three of you, I was throughly convinced." She laughed when Kim blushed again. "Weren't you?" She asked with a massive laugh. Kim yelped, and grabbed wheel, keeping them on the road, as Shego laughed hysterically. After a moment, she managed to quell it and took the steering wheel back. Kim sighed in relief. Ron appeared in the doorway, scratching his neck. Kim coughed, and Shego laughed, since he was wearing only his usual goofy grin. Ron seemed to blink and notice that.
"'Scuse me." He grinned, and vanished. He reappeared a moment later, wearing pants this time. "Sorry." He grinned nervously.
"Don't worry, we know what you're packing, we don't mind seeing it." Shego laughed. He blushed.
"I do." Adam commented, laughing slightly. "I don't mind Kimmie and Shego walking around in the buff, but I'd rather not think about another guy that way, if you don't mind." Kim glanced at Shego, who shrugged.
"Did you get hit on the head?" Kim asked. "You're... pleasant."
"I don't know. I'd call it inspired." He grinned widely. "Something Ron said. I'm going aspire to be a nicer person. So, who's hungry?"
"No one, if you're cooking." Shego replied with a grin. He laughed. Didn't stare, didn't scowl, just laughed. "I think you did hit your head." She commented. He just continued to laugh. Kim glanced at Shego again, and the raven haired woman just rolled her eyes.
"How about you Ron?" He asked. "Pancakes?"
"Yeah, but I'll make them. I've seen you cook." Ron replied, grinning. "Sick and Wrong, do not begin to describe it Kim."
"How bad can it be?" Kim asked.
"I've managed to burn water." Adam replied, wincing. Kim stared in disbelief.
"He's serious. I stood there, and watched him do it." Ron commented. She blinked.
"Well if you're cooking, we'll eat as well." Kim replied. Shego nodded.
"If your pancakes are like that dinner, I'm game." She grinned. Adam shrugged, and wandered away. Kim shook her head, and turned back to the dashboard. Wade appeared on the screen infront of her, startling her.
"Oh, hey Wade, what's the sitch?" She asked.
"Some information on that woman, Andrea. She's not a public school student, but there's no tutors, alive or dead that seem to have had anything to do with her." Wade sighed. "I did a records search, for her drivers license, and came up with this one." A driver's license appeared on the screen. The woman was identified, as Andrea Anari, age seventeen, from upstate New York.
"Interesting, got an address?" Kim asked, since the one on the license was blanked.
"No, the one on the license is an old one. She had it invalidated just the other day. As if she's leaving, and not coming back. There's no one living at the address either, military thermal sats confirmed it." Wade sighed. "I don't know where she is, or what she's planning. Be careful, she could attack at anytime."
"We'll be on guard Wade." Kim replied.
"Warn Adam as well. I don't like him, but I don't want to see him hurt." He commented quietly.
"Alright, thanks Wade." Kim smiled as the screen flicked off. "I just hope we can stop her, whoever she is."
"Me too Kimmie. Me too." Shego replied quietly.
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"They'll never stop you now!" Drakken laughed. Dementor nodded in agreement.
"Yes, with our armor enhancing your speed and strength, and Monkey Fist to distract stoppable, you'll have full freedom to kill Kim Possible, and Shego." Dementor added, his accent almost nonexistant.
"What about this other man, this so called Mr. Marcae? What if he interferes?" She asked. Her outfit did not appear much changed from what it was, but now a fine mesh of wire wrapped her arms and legs, enchaning the responce time, and powers of her muscles. How it worked, she wasn't sure, even after the explanation, but it did, so she wasn't really concerned.
"Then you have a distinct advantage over him. Any blow with a woman behind it, has it's effects amplified several times. Land a few key shots, and he will be out of the action, while you deal with the other two. Do not kill him." Darkwolf commented from the door way.
"Why not? As long as I'm there?" She asked, a hint of irritation in her voice.
"Because then they will kill you, and not all the technology on earth can save your life then. When the other three are dead, then you may kill him." Darkwolf replied soothingly. Andrea smiled, very dangerously. To the point that even Darkwolf cringed.
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It has been said there are more things in heaven and on earth, than are dreamt of by mortal men. At the moment? We seemed to be fighting them all at once. Kim, and Shego were to the south of Ron and I, battling the drug runners we'd encountered, while Ron and I hit the guards around the convoy. We'd only suspected that they were running drugs, and only when we'd been alerted by Wade. The hit on the site was from government, since we were closest, we didn't even need a ride. We'd come in using the armor, until we closed within a few hundred yards. The armor was gone, except for the chest areas, since we didn't need it else where. Gunfire from the south didn't seem to catch the attention of the guards, so one of us had to.
"Let me, I'm the sidekick, distraction is my job." Ron grinned at me.
"Not quite Ronnie old boy. Since your name is in the team and mine isn't I'm the side kick. Besides, Kim'd kill me if I let something happen to you." I told him, grinning back. I slid around to his left. "Be ready to move, you're only going to get on chance to stop that convoy." IT consisted of seven semi's a big haul. Wade had confirmed they were loaded, though he hadn't said with what. The armor's thermal scanners hadn't given any clues. I slipped to the edge of the thicket of brush, and then leapt out. Guns came up, and so did my right arm. Ron charged through them, armor still only partially active, but scram jets going full burst as he crashed into them. They clicked off as he smashed them to the ground, and attacked them. Hammer-like punches crashed down on them, knocking heads against the ground, and breaking arms, as they reached for pistols. Ron came to his feet, panting and glaring at me.
"Why didn't you help?" He asked.
"Not the part of the side kick to jump into the fray when the hero has it under control." I replied, with a slight smile. He looked ready to kill me when the lead truck roared to life. Growling he turned, and fired a shot from the sonic cannon, blowing the front right tire out. Six rapid fire shots followed, blowing out tires on the others as well. He spun around, and for a few seconds, I thought he was going to shoot me. A discharge smashed over my shoulder, and snapped a tree limb, which fell, and knocked out a guy coming up behind us.
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Kim and Shego slipped through the brush close the encampment of drinking armed drug runners, and the comparitively small number of women with them. Kim and Shego were both willing to bet exactly what was going to occur. Neither felt the urge to wait, and so they charged into the clearing. As they came to their feet, Shego unleashed a blast of her powers, melting the barrels of the guns, so they didn't have to worry about them. Kim wondered idly if Shego'd always had that much control over her powers, and had been just toying with her before. A knife flashing for her face disrupted her line of thought, as she snapped her arms around to hit the man's forearm, and then smash her foot into his chest. He stumbled back, and she whipped around, kicking him in the face. He slammed into the ground.
Shego was having worse problems. Those unarmed were after Kim, while the knife wielders attacked her. Blades flashed, slicing through her jump suit, and her skin with equal ease, leaving her with yet more scars. Some along her arms this time. That really irritated her. She'd always liked her arms, and strived to keep them unscarred. It didn't occur to her that the Lotus Blades power could heal them without scars, and she charged in. Hands and arms flaming she lashed out, with kicks, punches, and energy blasts. As it had when she fought Kim, anger replaced the energy she would have used. The flames burnt through blades and clothes with equal disdain, burning skin and flesh as she landed blows, and crashed them into each other. In just a few moments, she'd taken them all out. She noted with curiousity that her powers had sealed over the wounds, though imperfectly along her stomach. Her arms were still bloody, but she ignored it. She turned to see where Kim was.
After the knife wielder, she faced a rapid flood of street fighters. Not good unless one knew exactly what one was doing. Fortunately, Kim did. Punches lashed out at her, but she blocked them one after another, retaliating with kicks, throws, and punches. A lashing punch caught her across the jaw and she spun, bringing her left foot around, and crashing it into the man's face. He ducked, and came up with his right knee, catching her in the stomach. She hit the ground, but didn't stop moving. A foot whipped around, and caught his legs, bringing him to the ground. She rolled over and extended her leg, crashing into his pelvis. He sprang up, and so did she, a punch cocked back, and thrown as she stopped moving. It collided with his face, breaking his nose, and sending him back to the ground. He thumped, and stayed down. Kim rolled to her feet, and kicked out at a charging woman, catching her in the ribs, flipping her to the ground. She crashed across the man, and Kim stood, brushing off her hands. Shego sighed, and then her eyes widened. Kim kicked out twice behind her, in rapid succession, once hitting the man in the gut, once in the face. A step, spin, kick combo dropped the man to the ground. He fell with a thud, and started to rise. A follow-up kick smashed him in the forehead, and put him down for good.
"Kim? You've gotten more vicious lately.Why?" Shego asked, crossing the intervening space.
"What do you mean?" Kim asked, rubbing her stomach, where he'd smashed her. Shego grinned.
"I could kiss that and make it feel better if you want?" Shego grinned. "I mean, this, and the fighting with the Seniors, before we left." She shrugged. "You're crankier than usual."
"I don't know about the Seniors, guess I was still angry over Ron getting hurt. As for this, I'm angry over losing to that woman. It made me mad." Kim shrugged, then smiled. "Maybe you should kiss it an make it feel better."
"How about I make it feel worse." Duff offered, stepping out of the shadows.
"And I'll make you not feel a thing, dahling." Andrea appeared from behind a tree. "I guarantee it."