Jez: 1) It's just the way I do it. I'm trying to make you see what I'm seeing, and describing the moves in that kind of detail, is the simplest way I know how to do it. 2) She's good at that. 3) Also makes it dangerous to try and blow open. 4) There were more than that I just described that one. I'll change that a bit. 5) She was already there, when he dropped down the manhole cover. 6) Sorry, it wasn't supposed to be that big, guess I got carried away. He also doesn't have the fine tuned control that Adam does. I fixed it as best I could I'll probably re-write that sometime. 7) No, there's more to that knife than it seems. I'll get to that a little later on.
I lost several chapters due to a computer malfunction. I was one short of the end of the story, and it lost them all. I had to revert to a back up. Which is alright, since some of them were pretty bad. Jez'll show up in a few chapters, I'll have to finish rewriting it then send it to you.
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"My head." Kim complained, rubbing it with her hand. "What happened?" She asked, looking around.
"You got blown up. Sort of." The MP from earlier commented, chuckling lightly. "See when the cannon blew, you were thrown away."
"I feel like I was hit by a truck." She commented. He winced.
"You were, sort of. Actually, the truck was still, and you hit it." He grinned, sheepishly. She noted mentally how cute he was, and turned to the medic.
"Can I get up, or..." He nodded.
"Just take it easy, you might have a concussion, so I don't fall asleep. Beyond that, I think you might have cracked a rib or two, but that's nothing a little time won't fix." He shrugged. She sat up, taking the hand the MP offered to help.
"What happened to Drakken?" She asked the MP, as she slipped carefully off the stretcher.
"He vanished in a flash of blue-white light. The other woman said that meant he escaped." He replied.
"Other woman?" Came the confused reply.
"Me." Genny answered. "I managed to lure away, and level the last of the robots with a hellfire. Ripped a hell of a chunk out of the road." She grinned. Kim grinned back, and slipped the Kimmunicator out.
"Alright Wade, we're finished, who else is?" She asked.
"Adam and Shego. Adam moved on to Darkwolf, and I haven't heard a thing since. Shego moved on, and reported that he isn't there." He sighed. "I haven't heard anything from Ron."
"Can you get a Kimmunicator to Shego?" He nodded. "Do it, I'm heading for Ron in Moscow. Have her call me." She turned, and ran for Genesis, floating just off the side of the mountain. She hit the guard rail, pushed off, and landed, jarring her ribs a bit. She winced, and strapped in. "Head for Moscow, maximum throttle." There was a sonic boom, as Genny went from dead stop, to Mach seven instantly. The MP fell to the ground, blinking.
"What a woman." He grinned maniacally.
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"Ow!" Shego rubbed her head, catching the Kimmunicator before it hit the ground. She tapped it on, and found not Wade, but Kim on the other end. "Hey."
"Are you alright?" Kim asked.
"Better than I could be. Worse than I should be. Anything on Ron?" She asked.
"No, I'm heading to Moscow now. What about Adam?" Kim asked. Personal feelings for each other and the opposing boyfriend aside, they each had one that they were concerned about. They enjoyed each other's company, but Kim loved Ron, and Shego loved Adam. There was no doubt about that.
"Blood Kim, lots of it. Some Darkwolf's, some Adam's. None of it good looking. There's energy here as well. Magical, and something else, probably from Darkwolf teleporting out. I'm going to follow the magical trail. It's possible Adam is at the end of it." Shego replied, shuddering.
"Don't worry, he's a lot harder to kill than he looks like he should be." Kim reassured her. "He'll be alright."
"I hope so. Out." She clicked the Kimmunicator off, and tripped her armor. The scramjets roared as she leapt from the roof, following the trail out over the open ocean. It lead over the atlantic, south, and then up from the surface, into a cloud bank. She followed it up, and into the clouds. The armor's sensors warned her of something ahead, and she cranked up and around it then landed on top, since that was where the trail went. She landed in the middle of an air field, and found herself surrounded by soldiers. A memory flared up in her mind.
"Alpha access: One-nine-seven-five, alpha omega omicron." She repeated. The arms dropped, except for three men. One of them had two pistols instead of the single one everyone else carried.
"So, you're a friend of the Commander?" She nodded. It was Adam's rank with these people, whoever they were. "Follow me." She did so, letting the armor retract from her arms and legs. Something told her it wouldn't protect her, but if need be she could slam the jets to full and escape, even if not intact. He led her to a large building on the edge of what was clearly an air field, and kicked the wall. She could see the outline of a door start to swing then jam. He swore. "Sorry ma'am. Door's stuck." She blasted it off it's hinges. "Never mind." He winced, and led her and the two guards inside. At the end of a short hallway, was an elevator. He led them in, and pushed a button, marked seventy two. The elevator raced upwards, reaching the floor in short order. Everyone inside waited a moment while their organs caught up, then stepped out, into a hospital.
"Might I ask why the hospital is on the seventy-second floor?" Shego inquired, as he led the way through a maze of hallways. He shrugged.
"Wish I knew ma'am. You might ask the Commander, I believe he knows." The doors along the hall were mostly open, but the few that were closed, were made of reinforced blast steel. He led her to one guarded by two men. She noted that they were actually aware of her. Most people were, but only as an ass, or legs, or a pair of breasts. These she could tell knew she was there, and code or not, saw her as a potentially lethal threat. She was, but except for direct opponent's, no one ever considered her that. The commander knocked on the doors and they opened. He spoke quietly to the nurse, though not so quietly that Shego couldn't hear. "How is he?"
"Resting comfortably. The damage isn't as bad as it could have been. He should be out in a few hours." She shrugged.
"He's got a visitor, is she alright?" He asked. The nurse nodded.
"He's awake and playing those damn games of his. She can go right in." She waved.
"Alright ma'am, if you'll follow me." He led the way in, the two soldiers taking positions opposing the guards. Adam was lying on a bed, gameboy in hand, swearing violently. He snapped something, and angrily shut the game off, slapping it down on the table. The officer coughed.
"Yes? Oh, hey Shego, how are you?" He asked cheerfully. She cleared her throat. He blinked, and laughed, pulling the blanket across his waist. He was wearing nothing beyond a liquid filled steel and glass contraption over his chest. She walked to the side of the bed, sitting on the stool, and stared at him.
"I'm fine. What the hell happened to you?" She asked, waving at the jacket, and his face.
"I got a little stabbed." He half-shrugged, and winced. "Punctured a lung. They laser cauterized it, and now I've got Nano-bots healing it. The fluid provides power, and nutrients allowing them to totally repair the damage. Give them about an hour, and I'll be good as new."
"The nurse said a few hours." Shego replied. "Oh, you're talking about Ron." She guessed. He nodded.
"Have him use his magical swiss army knife on me." He grinned.
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Ron woke, and looked around. Magic still danced in the air around him, but he could see it had already vanished, farther away, in the direction of the hospital. Something in his mind told him, that the farther away from him, the shorter the sleep would have been. The hospitals were far enough away, that they would only have gone down for a few moments, probably less, depending on the persons will power. There were several accidents closer, but nothing seemed to serious. His arm was throbbing dully and he could see the Lotus Blade glowing softly. He let it flow back into it's natural shape, and it stopped glowing. The blade vanished under his jacket. He approached the woman, where she lay, legs pinned under the man. He nudged her with his foot, and she struck out at him, but he'd already jumped back.
"What the hell?" She asked, trying to get up, then she noticed the man pinning her to the ground.
"I saved your life." Ron replied, with a smile. "As well as you from a fate far worse than death."
"After what I did, why?" He shrugged.
"Morals, if I help you are you going to attack me again?" She shook her head, and he pulled the guys arm up rolling him over so she could get free. She stood, and rubbed her legs where he'd hit them. "Sorry about that. I was trying get him to drop you. Didn't..." He kicked the man in the face, putting him back out. "mean to drop him on you."
"Thank you. I'm special agent Alexeia Orova. On assignment to hunt down a man calling himself Frugal Lucre." She offered her hand and he took it cautiously.
"Ron Stoppable, sorry I startled you." He offered. "I'm after Lucre too. How did you get down in the sewers?"
"My partner, who probably has him already, and I were chasing him through some under ground tunnels, and we got separated. I sort of lost both of them, and then got lost in the sewers." She winced. "Are you working alone?"
"No, I..." He trailed off, as Genny dropped the ground not far away. "was wondering when she'd get here."
"Ron, you're alright." Kim snapped, more than just a bit angrily.
"You sound disappointed." He replied, grinning. She cracked a punch across his jaw, spinning him to the ground.
"That's for making me worry." She grabbed his arm, and drug him to his feet, then kissed him. "That's for being alright." While she was doing this, Alexeia was on her phone, speaking in rapid russian, listening occasionally.
"I was right, my partner got Lucre." She grinned. "Sorry for your trouble, and thanks for the save."
"No big." Ron grinned, and shook her hand again. "I er... hope I didn't get anyone killed with that little outburst."
"I'll let you know." She replied. "Don't worry, I'll find you." She grinned again, and walked away. Ron turned to Kim.
"So, everything go alright?" He asked.
"As far as I know. Let's go back to Behemoth, and wait for them. Hopefully, they'll take their time." She whispered, a twinkle in her eye.
"Hopefully." Ron replied smiling.