Chapter 19: The Crimson Mom

Jet was mega happy upon learning that he was Diane's son thus he gets to live with her forever. And Diane is very proud to be his sweet mother. Now let's see how these two play out.

The next day at the Foxington household

Diane was walking into her kitchen holding a spray bottle of cleaning substance in her right hand and a dusting brush in her left hand. She was gonna do some cleaning down in her secret lair because sometimes all of her fancy gadgets can collect dust. She punches the code onto the microwave keypad and the secret elevator opens up.

"IDENTITY VERIFIED. WELCOME DIANE."

Just as Diane was about to enter the elevator, she suddenly realizes something.

"Oh shoot I forgot the cotton rags." She said to herself

She sets her cleaning stuff down and goes all the way back to her bedroom where she kept the rags in her closet. Meanwhile Jet was in his room taking a mid-day nap on his bed when a growling of his stomach suddenly woke him up.

*GROWL!*

"*Yawn* I need a snack." Jet said tiredly as he woke up and slipped out of bed before making his way out to the kitchen to find something to munch on.

Once out in the kitchen, Jet was greeted by the brightly lit secret elevator left open. He right away became confused and curious because he's never seen it before.

"Huh? What is that? That wasn't there before." He said to himself

Curiously he walks into the elevator to examine it.

"Is this some kind of empty closet?" He asked himself

Suddenly without warning the elevator automatically descends down making him flinch. Once all the way down, Jet is greeted by a large room. The whole room suddenly lights up and the walls automatically open up revealing lots of weapons, suits, and gadgets all around.

"Woah!" Jet exclaimed in amazement as he stepped out of the elevator into Diane's lair

"What is this place? What is all this stuff?" Jet asked as he started to curiously explore around the highly interesting room for a few minutes. He looks over each of Diane's gadgets and weapons on the walls.

Swords, knifes, ninja stars, drones, night vision helmets, glasses, diving equipment, grappling guns, various outfits and suits, ect. You name it.

"All of this stuff looks so cool." Jet smiled in amazement as he was feeling like he was in a superhero's hideout

As Jet was exploring around the lair, suddenly...

"You're quite the little explorer aren't you." A calm voice said from behind

Jet jumps out of surprise and quickly turns around to find his adoptive mom standing behind him from out of nowhere.

"WAAH! M-Mommy! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to come in here! I-I just got curious!" Jet shrieked thinking he was in trouble

Diane gets down on one knee and puts on an assuring smile.

"It's okay sweetie. You're not in trouble. And before you ask, everything you see in here is not a toy so try not to touch anything please."

Upon seeing she wasn't mad, Jet breathes a sigh a relief before getting scooped up by his mom.

"I see you discovered my secret quarters. Serves me right for leaving the access door open." Diane smiled

"This is really your secret room? Howcome you never told me about it? It looks so awesome! Is this all part of your job as a governor?" Jet asked

"Now calm down sweetie calm down. The reason why I didn't tell you about this room is because I was waiting for a right time. But since you discovered it, I might as well tell you."

With that Diane carries Jet to the end of the room where the large wall screen was and with a snap of her finger, the large touch screen counter surface automatically ascends up out of the floor. Diane sits on the counter with her son on her lap.

"Now Jet before I start explaining, I'll have you know that everything about this room is not related to my job as a governor. There's another side of me that I left behind." Diane frowned

With that she tells Jet her long story of how she used to be a solo criminal lady thief known as the 'Crimson Paw' all the way up to becoming a governor and partnering up with the former bad guys for good causes.

"So you used to be...a bad guy?" Jet asked a bit surprised by his mom's story

"*sigh* Yes. And I felt bad for it so I decided to change myself and help people by becoming a governor." Diane said

"Ohhh...But why do you still have this room with all these cool gadgets when you're not a bad guy anymore?" Jet asked

"Well because they're all pretty handy and useful. So I keep them just in case. Like for important emergencies." Diane smiled

"I see."

"*deep breath* Now that you know everything about me, I want you to promise me one thing Jet." Diane said

"What is it?"

"As your mother I want you to promise me that you won't grow up doing what I used to do." Diane requested

"You mean become a bad guy?" Jet asked

"Yes that is exactly what I mean. Do not become a bad guy. You're way too good for that dear."

"Don't worry mommy. I promise. I love you so much and I do anything to make you happy." Jet smiled as he hugged Diane around her waist

"Oh thank you sweetheart thank you so much. I love you two. You will always be mommy's sweet little angel and you have a big bright future ahead of you." Diane smiled as she lovingly hugged her son while nuzzling him

"I really have a big bright future?" Jet asked

"Of course. I just know it my little pup-tart."

For the past few hours Diane gladly showed Jet around her lair showing him every little gadget and gizmo. She also showed him the large highly technological tracking computer at the end of the room.

Finally Diane brings Jet out of the lair and back up into the house.

"Thank you so much for showing me all your cool stuff mommy. You're really awesome!" Jet smiled

"*giggles* Of course dear. Now you can go play while mommy does some cleaning." Diane smiled

"Okay!"

With that Jet runs back to his bedroom to play with some of his toys Diane got for him.

"Alright now what was I going to clean?...Oh right! I was gonna clean my lair." Diane said as she whipped out her spray bottle before proceeding back down into her lair

Later that night

Diane was sitting on a comfy chair reading a bedtime story to Jet on her lap. She was reading an interesting and funny story about a racoon named Cody and his quest for dumpster food.

"And so Cody the racoon finally got his well deserved meal out of the trash and was able to sleep happy that night. The End." Diane finished as she closed the book

"That was a funny story but it's kinda gross that he ate out of the trash." Jet said

"I know sweetie but it made him happy at the end. Now let's get you to bed." Diane smiled as she picked up her pup and carried him to his bed

After nicely tucking him in, Diane gives Jet a sweet kiss on his forehead.

"Goodnight sweetheart. I'll see you in the morning. You have a big day tomorrow."

"A big day? What is it?" Jet asked

"Wait and see. Now get plenty of sleep." Diane smiled before turning off the bedroom lights

End of chapter 19