I don't own these characters, Disney does. I probably mentioned the characters I thought up in previous chapters, but it also applies.
I also don't own Godzilla.
9: Lying eyes
"What do you think that noise was?" Jim asked, looking up at the adults.
"Kim and Shego will have answers when they come back," Anne assured her son.
Then was there was a loud noise and the possible bigfoot in Tatsu's arms clutched her a little tighter. Tatsu grunted and almost fell over. Clearly, the ape was used to being in the arms of a much bigger creature or it did not know it weighed almost as much as Tatsu did. Trin noticed that the bigfoot was bleeding.
"I think the little guy is injured," Trin commented, going to inspect the animal that clung to her baby. She searched through its long, matted fur for the wound stained the wooden floor with blood.
The apelike animal whimpered, much like a frightened child would, and tried to hide even deeper in Tatsu's shoulder as Trin examined the animal. The ebony-haired mechanic made a noise in the back of her throat because the movement surprised her. Trin continued scanning for the wound despite the movement and noise. The little critter hissed as she came close to the injury and then she called her mother over to look at the gash that was on the creature's thigh.
"This looks like a claw mark from a cat," Anne commented as she inspected the thick laceration.
"That's a big cat then," Trin replied as she inspected the damage with her mother. It did look like a claw wound, but it would have had to come from a cat like a lion or a tiger. The closest thing to that in Montana was a puma and she had never heard of any ten-foot pumas. But, then again, she had to take into account that until just five minutes ago, she had not believed that bigfoot existed either, so now a lot of things were open for discussion.
"That's for sure," her mother agreed that a huge cat would have had to make that wound. She thought it might even be bigger than a lion or tiger because of how deep the injury was. But, the cause of the cut was not as important as the injury itself right now. "I suppose I should take care of this if it's going to cling to Tatsu as it is," she commented.
Trin and Tatsu concurred. The mechanic did not need to catch some unknown disease from having a wild animal latched onto her like a clamp. Anne left to retrieve the first-aid kit. While she was gone, Kim and Shego returned to report they had not seen anything outside that seemed out of order.
"There was seriously nothing out there from what we could tell," Kim said. As soon as she finished, they heard the noise again. It was a shriek of a roar and it seemed to vibrate through the house.
"Whatever that is, it's got to be big," Slim commented. The walls shook slightly from the sound, so he gathered that the thing causing the noise was monstrous.
"Let me go get dressed because whatever it is doesn't need to greet me in my pajamas," Shego remarked with a little laugh; she was still in her pajamas because she had been sleeping before all of the commotion stated. "I swear, you Possibles even make Montana exciting. You certainly are something else," she added with another laugh as she strolled out of the room to go put some proper clothing on. It was great that things would not be boring two days in a row.
"So, we don't know what's making that noise and we don't know what that is." Kim nodded toward the apelike creature. "This isn't looking good," she commented as she weighed what they had going on.
There was no information on their end of things, so they were at a real disadvantage since they had no information whatsoever. They did not even know if that creature Tatsu was holding was some weird sort of ape or a real bigfoot. They had nothing at all.
"What if something's hunting it?" Tim suggested with a grin.
"Like to eat it?" Jim wondered.
"Could you two try to sound a little less excited about something hunting a bigfoot and the bigfoot being in the house?" Kim snorted.
"Nope!" the twins answered with large grins.
"Let's go take another look around," Trin suggested because that noise sounded so close, so maybe it deserved another look. It had to be something that they could see as large as it sounded.
"Yeah," Kim agreed because she could feel it in her bones that she was not going to like what made that noise.
"Hey, you'd just get in Kim's way if something is out there," Joss informed the blonde in a matter-of-fact tone as soon as it was decided that the sisters would go together.
The farsighted woman ignored her little cousin because if she did not, she figured she would only hurt the girl's feelings. Joss believed that the outer shell of Trin, namely the blonde, lightly made-up, prime, well-dressed-in-pink nerd that was presented was the real Trin. She doubted the blonde could do anything worthwhile like Kim could. She truly believed Trin would only be a burden to the real hero, so she did not see why the older sister would go.
The sisters trotted off to see if they could spot whatever sounded suspiciously like a dinosaur from a movie. They were not ones to rule out that it was a dinosaur with the things that they often saw through out their days, especially since Kim had once actually seen a dinosaur; she had seen the creature rampage Middleton to be more exact. They scanned the whole area as thoroughly as they could with their eyes, but they did not see anything. The coast was clear and the countryside was calm, which did not make any sense to them.
"This isn't right," Kim said while staring around in disbelief. Something that made a noise that loud and sounded that close should be in their view, so why the hell could they not see it?
"Indeed. Did you bring any gadgets with you?" Trin asked.
"Of course," the redhead answered. She never left home without certain things. She had learned that from her big sister, Shin, and Shin's father. It was best to always be prepared for something to happen because something almost always happened.
"Something to see distances?" the blonde inquired. She figured there was something out there, even if they could not see it. If their eyes were not going to be of assistance, then they needed to give their eyes some assistance.
"I think so. Let's go take a look," Kim suggested.
The sisters returned to the house and Kim slid into her room while Trin went to check on her lover, mother, and whatever that ape-thing was. She went into her room to see her mother working on the creature's thigh. It was a bit difficult to treat the wound with all of that chocolate-colored fur in the way. The animal whined and cried into Tatsu's shoulder; it clutched her as if she was going to save its life. Thankfully, despite its distress, the animal had not harmed Tatsu or Anne. Trin was perplexed and she looked to Shego for a play-by-play on what she might have missed.
"Don't look now, but you might be a daddy," Shego taunted the blonde because of the way the little animal held on to Tatsu. The former thief was now dressed in regular clothes, an emerald-colored tank top and some black pants. She figured that was the best that she could do since they were probably going to get dirty sometime in the day. She believed that because of how peculiar the day had started out so far.
"Has it been hugging her throughout the whole thing?" Trin asked while trying not to be disturbed by the fact that some random animal had taken to her beloved.
"Yeah, crying on her, too," Shego added.
"This is just weird, even for our standards," the blonde remarked with a sigh. She hoped that thing did not think that it would stay with Tatsu because she would not to stand for that. She was not an animal lover.
"Yeah," the green-skinned female concurred because it was weird, even for them.
"Sis, I've got them," Kim reported as she came back into the room.
"What's going on?" Shego inquired since it seemed that the sisters had something planned. She wanted in on it because she figured that would be more interesting than watching a bigfoot get stitches.
"We're still looking for what's making that noise," Trin replied.
"I'll go. You're too blind to see anything," the moss-hued female teased.
"Shego, I'm farsighted," Trin stated.
The former villainess only waved the blonde girl off to dismiss her. To Shego, glasses equaled that the person could not see and she did not go any further than that. Now, it was true that the world four feet and closer was a bit of a blur to Trin, but she could see anything further than that. She was sick of Shego calling her blind.
Shego and Kim left the house again while Trin got to watch in bizarre curiosity as the apelike creature still clung to her baby. She continued to do her best to not look disturbed and she succeeded. Tatsu was not doing as well, though. She did not appear too comfortable with the little critter hanging on her, but she did not try to get him off her either. She did not know how the thing might react if she tried to put it down. She was not willing to risk getting her face ripped off or her chest caved in if she upset the creature.
Kim and Shego ran out to the front of the house and Kim threw on her goggles, which looked like trendy sunglasses. She searched the grounds and beyond for anything that could have roared. She did not see anything that had not been there earlier and nothing was animate. For a moment, they considered they had overreacted and then they heard the roar again. It was so loud that Shego ignited her hands on instinct as she looked around to attempt to spot the source of the noise. She did not see anything, but she did not power down her hands right away.
"Okay, really, what the hell is that?" the super-powered female demanded in a tense tone with her body on alert.
"I think I see something," Kim informed her girl as she stared off into the distance.
"What is it?" Shego inquired. She figured that depending on the answer, she would dispel her plasma.
"I'm not sure. It's really far away. It looks like a bird, but it's just too big to be any kind of bird that I can think of," the hero answered.
"Are you sure? I mean, you're not making any sense," the pale woman commented with a slightly wrinkled brow.
If it was in the sky, which was where Kim looked, it had to be a bird. Or a low flying plane and the former sidekick liked to believe that her very intelligent girlfriend knew the difference between a bird and a plane. So, what in the world did Kim see?
"No, this isn't making any sense. Shego, that thing is a griffin that's heading toward us," the redhead reported to her lover in a stunned tone. It sounded like she did not even believe her words and she was the one looking dead at the thing.
"A griffin? You mean a half-lion, half-eagle beast of mythology?" Shego asked to be sure. The day was just getting weirder and weirder. And to think, she expected Montana to be less exciting than watching paint dry.
"Yeah," Kim confirmed and then she saw that there was more than one. She then turned her attention to the ground to see if there were more than just the griffins to worry about. She saw that there was. "Oh, crap," she muttered.
"What?" the ex-sidekick inquired. She wondered what could make her girl sound surprised after seeing griffins. She thought Kim might have seen Godzilla to top the mythological monsters.
"The griffins have a lot of back up," the slim redhead reported in a less than encouraging voice. The day would definitely get worse before it got better.
"Like?" Shego inquired, even though she really did not want to know. What could be backing up griffins after all?
"Chimeras and minotaurs," the hero answered.
"Get the hell out," Shego scoffed. Okay, the day was going extremely weird, even for them. She wondered when they got trapped in a Greek myth and all she wanted now was to know how to get out of it. "Is Icarus with them by any chance?"
"No, and no Theseus or Bellerophon either."
Shego snickered. "I think we got the one hero we need around these parts anyway. Are you sure chimeras and minotaurs, though?"
"Check it out for yourself," Kim offered while handing over the goggles.
Shego had to see it to believe it, but even then, she was still incredulous to the sight. Hey, there was always a chance that her eyes were liars or she was dreaming, but there were mythological beasts heading toward them. The creatures were coming toward them, but they did not explain the noise because none of them ever screeching. And then the noise erupted and Shego got to see what exactly was making the noise.
"Kimmie, there's a dragon flying toward us," the pale woman stated in an even tone. She was in such disbelief that she could not even muster any emotions to make her report. It was just too amazing.
"A dragon?" It was Kim's turn to not believe it, but who would believe such a thing? Dragons were not real. But, then again, until about an hour ago, bigfoot was not real either.
"A dragon," Shego confirmed.
"They are not going to believe this," the valiant teen commented.
"I know. I barely believe it, but let's go tell them, anyway," Shego said.
Kim agreed and they trotted off back into the house. The family was still huddled into Trin's guest room and pondering the apelike animal that did not seem to plan on letting go of Tatsu. The animal was done with its medial attention, but now rested against Tatsu's shoulder like it belonged there, like she was a pillow. Everyone turned to the returning pair to see if they had any answers on the noise.
"You guys, I know this is going to sound downright bonkers and sick and wrong, but there's a group of mythological creatures headed straight for us," Kim informed her family members.
"Mythological?" Tatsu echoed in disbelief.
"Like what?" Trin asked.
"Well, we saw some griffins, minotaurs, and a few chimeras," Kim answered.
"Don't forget the dragon," Shego added.
Kim nodded. "Right, and a dragon."
"Seems like today is going to be real fun," Trin muttered sarcastically. She had not expected much action for the week. Lots of drama, but not action; she should have known better, she thought. It was always something no matter where she and her sister went.
"I should've packed my uniform," Shego commented with a smirk. She did not even care what was about to go on, as long as it was not boring.
"Do you really expect us to believe that?" Rocky asked the pair that just reported in.
Before either of them could answer, there was a loud noise, like something landed on the roof. They all looked up with curious or confused expressions on their faces as they continued to hear noises above them. Shego ignited her hands to be on the safe side while Trin began to inch her way toward the closet; she regretted putting her bag away.
The blonde did not make it to her bag and Shego did not get the chance to use her hands as the wall exploded and the ceiling came down. Three griffins could be seen now, tearing the roof open with their claws and beaks. The wall had been brought down by a pair of minotaurs. The family could not believe their eyes, but it seemed that Kim and Shego told the absolute truth.
"Cool!" the twins cheered.
"Boys," Anne scolded the twins for their attitudes. It certainly was not cool that they were being attacked.
Well, the griffins explained why the little probable bigfoot had been wounded, Trin thought. The apelike creature shivered in Tatsu's arms like a rabbit cornered by a pack of hounds. The mythological beasts were probably not there for a social call or to ask for directions from the little ape's reaction.
"Shouldn't we be running?" Larry suggested as the animals turned their attention to the family and they seemed to have a dangerous glint in their eyes.
"Sounds like the proper thing to do," Slim concurred because it was not like they could mount a good defense in the enclosed area that they were currently in.
"Go, we'll hold them off," Kim said. "We" consisted of her, Shego, Trin, and probably Tatsu since the mechanic was always up for a good fight. Of course, Tatsu would probably have to get rid of the bigfoot first.
"We will?" Shego asked in a skeptical tone. She was all for a good fight, but she was used to the battle being against people. Fugitives from a circus freak show was another matter altogether. She did not know how to go about fighting a minotaur or a griffin. But, it seemed she would have to improvise.
"Yes, we will. Go!" Kim ordered her family.
"Baby, go with them," Trin commanded her lover.
"But—" Tatsu tried to protest. She was not used to leaving her girlfriend when there was a fight and she did not like that idea either. She wanted to be with her beloved in case something happened.
"Go with them," Trin repeated in a firm tone to quell any argument that might come up. She knew her lover would not be able to do much with that animal hanging on to her and she did not want the mechanic to get injured because some weird monkey would not let go of her.
"Come on, Tatsu," James said, putting an arm around her to lead her away.
Tatsu did not argue, not only because of her girl's tone or the fact that James jumped in, but because the animal holding her clutched on tighter, as if in sheer, total terror. She fled with the apelike creature in her arms, following the Possible family out of the room. They did not make it very far in the house before another wall came down and another griffin charged in. A chimera followed that creature and the family was caught been both amalgamated animals. They were trapped.
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Next time: the battle begins. Find out if the Possible family make it passed the monsters that have them pinned down and learn who is behind this particular brand of madness.