WWLAOS: You'll just have to wait and see. Genny is a bit conveinent. She's no more observant than a regular person, but she has the power of several supercomputers behind her. She can't do everything though so I use Wade still as well. She can get a signal through where nothing else can though.
"And this is the cafeteria." Ilene told them, as the tour ended. Most of the facility was living quarters, as well as a main cafeteria, and four small conference rooms. Since it was built into a mountain, and the only ways out seemed to be through the main hangar, and through a small locked exit that lead to a road for deliveries, such as food, and other supplies. Only the head cook, and the supply master had keys to the door. Kim made a mental note to have keys made for her and Shego. The Kimmunicator had a built in laser key duplicator, and she always carried key blocks, incase she needed them. The one thing they weren't shown, was the grand conference room, which had restricted access, and required a hand print, and retinal identification to enter. Shego memorized the names of the short list of people authorized to enter the room. Unsurprisingly, Sandra's name was tops on the list, and neither Ilene, or Gwen were on it.Shego made a mental note to see if Genny had Sandra's retinals on file. The hand print she could get with a vapor wand. "And that about does, it except for the weapon locker, but Gwen can show you that." She waved at the other woman, who had followed them boredly throughout the tour. She perked up at the mention of the locker.
"This way." It was located in a corridor off the main hall, not shown on the map, with a door hidden cleverly in plain sight. Coming from the entrance, no one could see it, but from the other direction, it was visible, but still hidden within the shadows created by the lights. The three watched in fascination as Gwen touched a small rock, and the entire panel swung away. She nodded, and they followed her through the door. It shut behind them, leaving the corridor dark for a moment, before the lights hummed to life, rising slowly to light. At the far end of the corridor, Gwen pulled an ID card, and swiped it through the small panel on the wall. There was a beep, and the door opened, revealing a rack that would have made Adam faint. Some of the weapons even they recognized were one of a kind. Though most of them were large caliber fire arms, there were a number of swords, of varying styles, and designs. "I'm the only one with an access card." She grinned, and winked at them.
"Very impressive. I take it the room is secure?" Shego smiled Gwen nodded.
"The only room in the facility that is." She chuckled. "I'm surprised she can still be seen and heard in here." She pointed to Genny.
"This is why." Genny reached into her abdomen and pulled a small silver device with several small black projections. "A levitational hologenerator. It has force field projection capabilities, which allows for me to become solid, somewhat. Flesh blocks the ability unfortunately." She grinned at Kim and Shego. "It also holds a copy of the AI core inside, so even if I'm cut off from the actual platform..."
"Excellent." Gwen nodded. "Alright, I'll assume you guessed we aren't who we pretend to be."
"GJ?" Kim asked. Gwen giggled, a funny expression from someone so large.
"I am. Ilene is CIA. We were inserted three months ago, which is why we don't have access to the main conference room. They don't trust us." Gwen replied.
"We were the ones that suggested calling you in, because we cannot get communications out, except through a monitored land line in Sandra's office." Ilene answered. "At the moment, we talked the cook into letting us use that exit, and sending homing pigeons back to GJ headquarters."
"Don't worry about that, I've still got an uninterrupted link to the sattelite network." Genny offered. Kim stared at her.
"How, I thought the mountains?" She asked, remembering the Kimmunicators loss of sattelite signal.
"The Kimmunicator only uses a dual band rotating signal. I rotate continually through thirty bands, within an eighty Mhz range." Kim stared. "I can get a signal through anything short of a full magnetic solar storm." Genny simplified.
"Oh. So what's the sitch?" Kim asked Gwen. Ilene was the one to speak.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I know for a fact this is not a women's rights conference." Ilene answered. "There are three 'delegates' already here, and seven more due to arrive in the next three days. The conference is supposed to take place on the same day as the full moon."
"Wait, isn't there a full lunar eclipse that's supposed to take place that night?" Shego asked. Gwen nodded.
"And with the inclusion of that passage about magic in the contract, now I'm worried." Kim confessed. "Genny? How fast can you research rituals that include full moon lunar eclipses?"
"Depends, anywhere from twelve hours to a month. There's an awful lot of religions, and some of it would have to be translated." Genny sighed. "I do have one idea though. I can issue a priority request to the Archive."
"The archive?" Gwen asked. Kim sighed.
"The Vadelaus Archive. It's an out of dimension library, that keeps track of everything. If it's ever been written in any world, in any language, or any dimension, they have a copy. It encompasses an entire planet." Kim sighed.
"That's amazing, how do they do it?" Ilene asked.
"The Bards of Vadelaus." Shego answered. "They move between dimensions, and through time and space, to gather the materials for the library. Ever played a video game, and wonder why the passers by know things your character has taken forever to learn?" Ilene nodded. "Those are the bards. The games are simply mirror images of things that have happened in other dimensions, leaking over to our world, and becoming games."
"And they can travel through time?" Gwen asked, with a look of disbelief.
"The dimensional interface isn't temporally static. When crossing the barrier between dimensions, you can enter at any point in the timeline. The bards are careful to watch for possible paradoxes, which would trap them. It's very embarrassing to have to be rescued from a paradox of your own creation." Genny shrugged. "Paradoxically though, it's impossible to wipe yourself out of the timeline."
"What?" All four asked.
"The act of wiping yourself out would be counteracted by itself. You can't wipe yourself out if you don't exist to wipe yourself out." There was silence. "Never mind."
"Sounds good." Kim shook her head. "Alright, these three people that are here, where are they from?"
"Nigeria, Greece, and Italy." Ilene answered. "Representatives from the Apache Nation from North America, and the Gypsies in Russia arrive tomorrow. Representatives from China and Japan come the day after. Someone from Egypt, the Amazon, and the Aboriginal people of Australia arrive after that." She added, eyes closed as if she was looking at a mental schedule.
"What have you got on the three that are already here?" Shego asked.
"Not much, still waiting for a response." Gwen answered, and glanced at Genny. "Don't suppose you can speed that up, do you?"
"I'll see what I can do." Genny nodded.
"So, how long have you two been together?" Shego asked. Kim choked, and Gwen and Ilene blushed.
"How did you know?" Ilene asked.
"The way you look at each other, and the way you act together. The first clue, was that comment about Gwen and being your personal body guard." Shego grinned, watching Gwen cough delicately.
"I guess we did sort of give it away. We've known each other since high school, but we got into different branches of the government, and lost touch for a while. We met up again about a year or so ago, during a joint op, and we've been together since roughly then." Gwen grinned. "Right?" Ilene nodded.
"Are you two?" Ilene asked.
"Yes and no. See, it was her boyfriend that introduced us to the idea. We had sort of a hate-hate relationship before that point." Kim grinned, elbowing Shego.
"He's got one of those personalities, that's, hard to resist." Shego grinned, at the puzzled expressions of the other two.
"Not to mention that he's a stubborn ass." Genny snorted.
"That too." Shego nodded.
"Sounds like fun." Gwen grinned, and looked at her watch. "We'd better go, before they suspect anything is wrong."
"Right." Kim agreed, and they stepped out. Kim and Shego returned to their room, and Gwen and Ilene went back to work. Genny vanished, heading back to relay the messages to their respective destinations.
"So, any ideas Kimmie-kins?" Shego asked, as the door shut. Kim checked the white noise generator, and sighed.
"Maybe. You heard the story about Monkey Fist and Ron and the mystical Monkey power?" Shego nodded. "It's possible these women are trying something like that, though what it might be, is beyond me."
"Maybe Genny will have something." Shego shrugged. "Did you notice the names on the list of people with access to the main conference room?"
"Yeah, Sandra was on it, but no one else I knew was there. And we sure aren't. They must be very confident of their security." Kim nodded.
"What would you like to bet, that the air vents connect to the main conference room?" Shego asked.
"A lot for. But more against. I know I wouldn't build something like that without it's own sealed ventilation system. That way it's proof against gas attacks on the rest of the facility." Kim replied. "What about that back door? Think you can pick the lock under duress?"
"Such as?" Shego asked.
"Gunfire pinging off the wall?" Kim asked.
"It'd be easier to simply blow it off it's hinges in a situation like that." Shego pointed out.
"Or have a key." Kim replied, with a confident smirk. "The cook has one, and I can have the Kimmunicator laser cut one for us."
"Beautiful. Think Genny got Sandra's retinal prints on file?" Shego retorted.
"Of course I did. Are you two nuts?" Genny asked, appearing through the door.
"How do you do that?" Kim asked.
"Show up like that? Or walk through the door?" Genny smiled. "The former is just luck, the latter is simply the opposing force field trick. Instead of solidifying the atoms of the air, the generator loosens it's own atoms, so it can pass through things."
"Cool. Now, about those retinal prints..." Shego asked.
"A holographic eye won't work. The scanner measures density, and composition as well as simple patterns. A fake eye might work though." Genny shrugged.
"Great." Kim swallowed. "I don't suppose you happen to have a body part synthesizer on board, do you?" She asked, feeling nasueated.
"Ummm, no, but I'll put you through to Wade." The Kimmunicator chirped.
"Go Kim." Wade answered the line.
"We need a fake eye." Wade choked on the soda he was drinking.
"Okay, who got hurt?" He asked, sounding not only concerned, but hoarse.
"No one, we need to fool a retinal scanner." Kim replied.
"Oh, then I sort of need an original eye." Wade replied.
"See if this is enough." Genny sighed. Wade's eyes widened.
"Yeah, that'll do." He answered. "It won't be transplant grade, but otherwise it should be a perfect match."
"You can grow an eye?" Kim asked. "Why didn't you tell me that?"
"You never asked. And it was research project for the government. They wanted to know if it was possible. Turns out it was." He shrugged. "It wasn't really a challenge."
"Thanks, that's all for the moment." Kim replied, sounding ill.
"Any time, I'll send it to your hotel room, alright?" Wade asked. She nodded. "Wade out."
"And I'll pick it up when it arrives." Genny offered. Kim nodded, and headed for the bathroom. Shego chuckled quietly.
"Genny? Can you settle a bet for us?" Shego asked.
"Sure, what is it?" Genny asked.
"Does the main conference room have it's own ventilation system?" Shego asked.
"No, actually, it doesn't have any ventilation. As far as I can tell, it's a complete vacuum." Genny answered.
"Are you serious? Why?" Kim asked from the doorway. She was wiping her mouth off with a towel.
"It's almost as if it's being kept as a clean room." Shego responded.
"Some rituals require absolute inviolability of the site, and this is the best one can get." Genny suggested.
"And now I'm really getting curious." Kim spoke, eyes narrow. "Anyway in besides that front door?"
"Not as far as I can tell. I'll go in later, after everything is shut down." Genny shrugged. "Here's a copy of those files you wanted. Should I give the ladies theirs?"
"Not yet. Did you confirm that they're GJ, and CIA?" Kim asked.
"Yes, they are. As far as I can tell everything checks out. Are you worried that they aren't trustworthy?" Genny wondered.
"She's not, but I am. Something doesn't quite fit." Shego answered, leaning back to look through the files Genny had given her. "Check this out, our lady from greece, is a formally inducted preistess of Artemis."
"And the lovely miss Kellare from Italy is a priestess of the old Roman gods. And Giaharoje is a tribal shamaness." Kim added.
"Genny, can you put a rush on that call to the archive?" Shego asked.
"Will do, good night." Genny vanished.
"Yeah, right." Kim snorted, even knowing the other couldn't hear.
