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Chapter 3
Damani was surprised when she went to visit Adam at the start of the fourth month, he had done the work of a six man team working three months by himself in the same amount of time. Since his job was done she hired him as a bodyguard and trainer, Knowing he needed arms and armor to be a bodyguard she decided to have another shopping date.
SHOPPING DATE 2
Their first stop was a weapons shop, despite Adam saying he could just use the ax she gave him. They walked in and Damani picked up a fancy sword with gold plating and jeweled pommel, Adam told her it was fancy but not useful in combat. He went over to the sword bin and pulled out a very plane looking double edged sword it was six inches across edge to edge and the end was another edge, it was shaped like a board with a handle. Adam said "This will work, it's nice broad, thick, and heavy."
Damani says "You sure it looks funny?"
Adam nods and explains it will hold up to even the fiercest of attacks and has enough power to cleave bear in two. Damani gets it for him and a whip-dagger for her. Then they head to the armor shop, where Damani decides to buy him a regal suit of armor. Adam however stops her saying the weight would slow him down and the bulk would impede his mobility, so she watched as he got a simple mail shirt and studded leather fingerless gauntlets and greaves with a palderons that went all the way down his arms. (For those who don't know pauldrons typically go from around the base of the neck covering the shoulder area and part of the chest and arms) Adam also got studded black leather pants with metal plates on his outer thighs, Damani made note of this to plan his He-man costume. Damani picked up a mid sized round shield for him and got herself a mail bustier to wear under her dresses.
As they were leaving Triclops had a group of his robots attack the town, Adam made Damani hide under a couple large shield then he went to stop the villain. Adam charged in cleaving one robot in two then smashed another. A third robot shot at him but Adam deflected the blast with his sword, the beam hit the fourth robot blowing it up. It was at this point Triclops noticed him and sent the three remaining robots after him. Adam waited until they got close then picked up and thew a water trough at them, the water shorted them out and all that was left was the villain himself. Adam charged in as Triclops fired blasts at him, but Adam dodged them and clotheslined him. Once down Adam jumped on Triclops and started pounding on him until Triclops was knocked out. Adam then tied him up for the law officials to hand him over to the palace guards.
As the young blond couple began to leave King Randor showed up with the guards, He saw Adam and for a second thought it was He-man. Realizing it was Adam confused him, that confusion wasn't helped by the reports of what happen. Adam's actions were what he expected in a report involving He-man not his worthless son. Teela was back from her northern outpost duty Marlena gave her, so he showed the report to her omitting Adam's name. When she saw it she said "Sounds like He-man has finally showed up, I wonder where he has been."
A Week Later
Adam and Damani started to go on dates, Adam really hated her paying him to protect her when he would do it for free. Damani had to remind him he was no longer Prince of Eternia, and her family wouldn't let him near her if he wasn't hired help. That was why they had to keep it a secret, if they found out they would stop at nothing to keep them apart. Their first date was to go to the beach, Adam packed a nice picnic and a large quilt. The couple swam and Adam got Damani good when he snuck up on her under water and came up between her legs so she sat on his shoulders, she squealed at the shock. She got him back by pantsing him in the water, though the sight of what she saw nearly made her drown when she gasp under water. after coughing up half the sea she said "By the ancients, are all your muscles the biggest in the universe? You want to straighten out Evil-Lyn just threaten her with that behemoth, she'll be terrified."
As Adam blushed he saw a metal fin coming at them, he grabbed her tossing her over his shoulder and ran pulling his shorts back up. Once back st their spoit he sat her down and drew his sword. Damani watched as Mereman drove a Landshark out of the water, he was followed by several of the sea folk. Adam charged forth and smashed the Landshark, then flipped it with one hand. Adam struck Clawful cutting off his large claw, then he kicked him back into the water. Damani started throwing fire balls and lightening bolts at the villains, this scared most of them as they were unprepared for this. Mere-man charged Adam and it cost him half an ear-fin, as Adam cut off the other half. This was enough to have them retreat, the couple would have captured a couple of them but that could have got somebody hurt so they let them go.
After that Damani had Adam teach her to fight using her whip-dagger, this was wise to do. It soon seemed every time they went out they got attacked, It got so bad that she had him help find a battle attire for her. Damani got a studded black leather busier to wear over her mail bustier, a set of small metal plated pauldrons and a knee length scale mail skirt. They added a set of handless gauntlets and greaves made of leather with metal inlay. (Different skirt but still very Xena-esk or Movie Wonder Womanish) In all the outfit highlighted her amazing figure, the only thing Adam couldn't get was she added a black and golden corset.
A week later
Damani met with the Queen and the Sorceress at Grayskull, They decided Adam needed a little help so Damani suggested crafting a one arm pauldron that had a Corradite crystal crest in it like He-man's harness. The two women agreed that would be good but not enough, then Marlena said "Make it scale-mail that covers the left side and connects just below the right ribs. "
They agreed so Marlena gave Damani her royal seal and Damani purchased the corradite from the Widgets, then gave it and the seal to the in turn gave the corradite to the Sorceress, it took her three days to make it. On the fourth day the three women presented it to Adam, he tried it on and gave each one a hug and kiss on the cheek The Sorceress blushed nearly as bad as Damani who said "Sorceress he is mine but I might share him with you sometime."
That got everyone to blush except Marlena who laughed, knowing it would take a couple women to handle her baby boy and his not so little friend. After she met Fisto she often thought she should have named Adam Dicko, it would fit him as well as Fisto's name fit him. All coherent thought stopped when Adam said "Now Damani that is no way for a future Queen to speak."
That one sentence and the full weight of what it meant hit like a ton of bricks, Damani trembled as her knees grew weak. Both Marlena and Teela-Na gasped, then Adam pulled his own surprise as he knelt and presented Damani with a gold ring. He looked up and said "well Damani will you marry me?"
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