Jez: 1) Needed motivation for her to get truly angry, and she was trying not to kill them. If the knives were sheathed, she would have had to blast awfully close to them to get the blades, and I don't think Kim would have been very impressed.
2) It was not so much location, as other things. It simply can't take care of the swelling it's got to go down on it's own. As for the scars, there was simply too much old scar tissue on her stomach for the blade to stop the scars from appearing.
3) Since it's hiding it's presence from other people the best way, is to make itself simply not something consciously noticed. It's altering perception of itself, so it's even affecting Adam.
4) Kim and Shego weren't wearing the armor. And it takes a second or two of still motion to deploy, and MF wasn't going to give him that.
5) It is, after all, what's speed and strength, without some sort of durability enhancement.
6) Non-lethal? Not really. Remember, she works with Adam, and he doesn't usually deal with anything less than deadly.
7) That's not how that was supposed to come off. Genny was teasing Kim. I'd like to find and seriously injure the person that originated the term 'putting out'. Were that all that mattered, he wouldn't have begun to teach her magic, or told her about the energy field. He'd have kept both a secret, and not have asked in the lake. The personality change was... silly, but it's quirk in his personality. He really doesn't like to lose and, he was seeing it as a loss. He really doesn't like to lose. As for Ron, that was my fault. I hit the wrong key, since my mind was ahead a few chapters. My brain sort of filled in the blanks accordingly.
8) Boring garbage like that does usually come off like that when I try and write it.
9) I'll consider that.
What about the next chapter of Moods 2? I'm not that much of a review lover, that I want to delay you from chapter seven.
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"Yes David, I know we should have been there yesterday. We got delayed." I commented to the hologram floating in the middle of the room.
"Don't tell me, Fox is the one you have to apologize to." He grinned.
"Don't worry, I'll convince her that she should forgive me. I can be very convincing." I grinned. Xanatos leveled a stare at him.
"That's my wife you're talking about." He grunted.
"Not my fault if you can't do your job." I laughed back. Xanato laughed.
"Spying on me again?" Xanatos asked with a grin.
"No, he hasn't, he's just pulling your chain." Shego commented, stepping out of the connection to the third car, hair still dripping through the towel wrapped around it. She had a light blue t-shirt, and blue jeans on, as well as an irritated expression. "Adam, what happened to the hot water?" She asked.
"I don't know, I'll go check." I climbed to my feet, and headed away to check on that. I was willing to bet it was just an excuse, but who am I to argue. Shego rolled her eyes.
"Sorry, he tends to do that." She apologized. "Don't worry, we'll be there tonight, I guarantee it, I'm not letting anything stop me." She grinned nastily.
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"So, tell me what happened?" Darkwolf asked, steepling his fingers. "There's got to be a reason that you lost. I sent three of you in."
"Well, Stoppable had the Lotus Blade, so I couldn't hurt him. And he's more confident that he used to be. I don't know what happened to him." Monkey Fist complained.
"And I got attacked by tha' ugly flying tin can." Duff commented. "Me golf balls did naught against it."
"And I got the shit kicked out of me. They hit me together, and I couldn't split off just one long enough to put either down. Then that little rat bastard smashed into me and nearly killed me." Andrea replied, from underneath a mass of bandages. "I make no excuses, they laid me flat on my ass. But now I know what to do. Catch them away from each other. Shego and Stoppable together, or Possible and Stoppable. Even Shego and Marcae." She shrugged, very carefully.
"But not Possible and Marcae?" Darkwolf asked.
"No, he's an unknown, and I don't know how to fight him just yet. Until I can learn, I don't want to take the chance of being hurt. I don't care how much my attacks are magnified. If Possible is around, I'll have to focus hard on her, and I can't do that if I'm worrying about him." Andrea replied. "Shego's good, but she's far more agressive in her attacks, and they can be turned against her. I'd be able to keep an eye on him, while attacking her. As for Stoppable, Monkey Fist would be with me, if I went after him and either of the women." She shrugged again, just as carefully. "But not until I recover." She muttered, pain penetrating her voice.
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"What is it with you and these massive things? Compensating for something are we?" Xanatos asked.
"Says the man with the biggest building in the city." Adam grinned in return. "Kinda puts my RV in perspective, doesn't it."
"Hey, you know me, I say if you've got it, flaunt it." Xanatos grinned, as he shook hands with Adam. Ron yelped as he tripped on the curb, since he wasn't watching where he was going. Shego laughed, and Kim helped him to his feet. Xanatos shook Ron's hand, and kissed the back of Kim, and Shego's. "Please, if you'll all follow me." He turned and walked forwards, but Adam stopped in the door way, and dropped to one knee. He muttered something and then rose, following. Kim raised an eyebrow.
"Mage's creed. Never enter another's place of power, without speaking friend." He shrugged. "You don't need to worry about it. I'm the most powerful of the group, so I speak for us all." He shrugged again. "Just being polite."
"Polite to who?" Xanatos asked, as they crossed the floor.
"Puk, your wife, and son." Adam replied. "The three magician's that live here." He finished, for the benefit of the other three.
"Ah. How long do you think you'll need to get ready? Dinner is about an hour after sunset." Xanatos asked as they entered the elevator.
"Well, it's four now, so they should have just enough time." Ron grinned. Shego slapped him in the back of the head. He laughed, and rubbed at it.
"Very funny Ron." Kim commented. She turned back to Xanatos. "About an hour." She replied. She glance at Adam, who was making faces. "What?"
"Nothing."
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High above the city, three beings floated over head. Coldstone, and Coldfire watched the city quietly, smiling at the ground below them, and at the castle, as they waited for dark. With Coldsteel destroyed, they were about to return to the clan. The third being, sat above them yet, invisible to their eyes and senses. Tendrils of smoke wrapped his form, doubtless from the blue-grey fire surrounding his body. A half-human, half-gargoyle, half something else hybrid, the creature's face was obscured by massive horns. Two powerful arms, and long, graceful wings wrapped it's body. Long, hooved legs completed it, making it look similar to a minotaur. Beneath the horns, it smiled, as the two cybernetic gargoyles descended towards the castle, as the sun crossed the horizon. Goliath roared, as the stone skin shattered, and he rose to full height. Xanatos grinned, as he stepped off the wall, wings folding low around him.
"Good evening Xanatos." He greeted calmly.
"And you Goliath. A good sleep?" He asked. Goliath nodded. "Good. The guests I was telling you about arrived earlier. Something about an unavoidable delay. We're having dinner in about an hour, will you be ready?"
"Yes, of course. Tell me, have you told them about us?" Goliath asked, as they descended the stairs.
"Yes, but I don't think they believe just yet. It's going to take some convincing I think." Xanatos replied. They stepped onto the lower battlement, and the others gathered around them. The five original clan members, Angela, and Eva, her daughter. It had happened before she joined Goliath's clan, and the young gargoyle had come to live with them, since she was to restless on Avalon. Then came to rest beyond them, two of the three beings.
"Coldstone? My brother?" Goliath called, the entire clan turning, as he pushed through them. "And Coldfire?" He wrapped them both in a hug that would have crushed anyone else. The two laughed.
"Please brother, you'll scratch my finish." Coldstone laughed, returning the hug. Coldfire laughed as he backed off, a hand on one of each's shoulders. "It's good to see you again."
"So you destroyed Coldsteel then?" Hudson asked.
"Oh yes, melted him into a scrap heap." Coldfire replied, a smile playing across her lips. An odd effect, and Goliath noticed it.
"What happened to you?" He asked.
"Something, magical. We assisted a human, while he assisted us in destroying Coldsteel, and for our assistance, he rewarded us. Our bodies now have movement as normal, and and feeling, in those parts that are not flesh." She smiled blithely. Coldstone grinned sheepishly. Xanatos choked on his laughter. Elisa landed on the wall at that exact moment. The shift to human form took just a moment. She wrapped the trenchcoat around her shoulders.
"Man is it chilly up here." She commented. She'd been gifted with the ability to turn into a gargoyle, during a fated race, and Oberon had left it to her. She could only do so at night though, and had to remain human during the day. "Coldstone? Coldfire? Alive?" She asked, as she saw them.
"Yes, and finally free of our less than pleasant brother, I might add." Coldfire smiled.
"Since you are all here, I'm going to invite you to dine with our guests. Please, it would be my honor." Xanatos commented. The two cybernetic gargoyles shared a glance and nodded.
"Yes, that sounds excellent." Coldstone smiled.