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Small Surprises, Big Consequences
Chapter 6: Recreation
"I can't believe you want to eat at a sty like this."
Kim frowned and looked over at her diminutive companion. They were currently standing outside of her usual afternoon place of relaxation, the Bueno Nacho. She had made plans to meet Ron there in about a half hour, but came a half-hour early so that she might try to talk to Agni before hand, and possibly get to the root of the young girl's domestic-issues. On the way to the restaurant Agni had been remarkably tight-lipped whenever Kim attempted to prompt any sort of conversation, usually responding with monosyllabic grunts, shrugs, or more often than not simply ignoring the redhead. The pale girl's bitter assessment of their destination was the first full sentence she had said since Kim had insisted she take a shower.
Kim responded back with a similar dosage of vinegar. "I thought all little kids like fast food." She stressed the word "little" because she knew it would get a rise out of the twelve-year-old. Personally Kim hated when kids thought they knew so much better than their elders (the Tweebs especially). The verbal barb apparently struck home when Agni suddenly halted mid-step and flashed the teen a venomous emerald glare.
"I ain't little! And you'd hate this place too if your Uncle's idea of making dinner was this take-out junk every single night!"
Uncle? Oh yeah, I forgot that Hego would be Agni's uncle. Man have I been off my game. I guess I would get pretty sick of this stuff too if I had to eat it every day. Kim shrugged.
"I see your point but I'm meeting someone here later, and I don't trust the Tweebs to not bother us while we talk."
Agni raised her eyebrow at the unfamiliar term. "Tweebs? Oh, I get it, clever." She shoved her hands into the pockets of the sweatshirt Kim had lent her earlier and then proceeded inside without another word forcing Kim to chase after her.
When they entered the building, rather then walk up to the front counter to order anything, Agni just found a booth close to the window and sat. At the sight, Kim just sighed and shrugged. If she did not want to eat, it was not the redhead's responsibility to force her. Kim got herself a burrito and a large soda and then sat across from the pale twelve-year-old. Agni was currently sitting with her face resting on her right arm and staring with unfocussed eyes out the window. Kim was sure that something was bothering the girl; she had been acting standoffish and brooding ever since she got out of the shower. I guess that while she was alone with her thoughts, she didn't like what she saw. It does make sense though; she did come all this way for nothing.
"Are you sure you're not hungry?" Kim asked. "You really should eat something. You're diet hasn't been exactly normal for the last couple of days." The redhead had no idea how she managed to make that trip solely based on what snacks she could fit in her pockets. It was certainly mind blowing.
Agni looked up at Kim with and unreadable expression before lowering her head to look back out the window. "Why the hell do you care, anyway? I get that there's that whole "teen-hero" thing, but I'm your worst enemy's kid. Shouldn't that bug you? If I were you, I'd be trying to get rid of me right now. In fact if I were you, I'd have sent my tiny ass packing yesterday." Her tone had barely any inflection, spoken like a robot reading off a script.
Well we did come here to talk, Kim thought bitterly, might as well get it over with.
"Listen Agni," She spoke keeping her voice level, "if you really got the "teen-hero" thing, than you'd understand that it doesn't matter to me if your mom was my enemy, or Satan or whatever. That's just the way I am." She paused to take a sip of her soda before continuing. "And if I were to take you back to your Grandparents I get the feeling you'd just run away again and then nothing would be solved. I think it's better to take care of this now instead of the next inevitable time."
This got the young girls attention. She sat up and eyed Kim critically before narrowing her eyes. "What makes you think you can do anything to help me?"
Kim smiled. "You saw my site; it says it right there at the top of my homepage; "I can do anything."
Agni scoffed, but a slight tugging of the corner of her lips made it apparent that she was keeping herself from grinning. "Whatever, so what do you wanna ask me then?"
Kim shrugged, "Well the core of the problem as I see it is that you don't want to go home, so I think the best place to start would be for you to tell me why."
Agni's face suddenly contorted into a feral glare, but it wasn't directed at Kim. "Oh, that…"
I don't think I've ever even seen Shego look that mad. This girl has major anger issues.
Agni looked up at Kim, her expression forced neutrality. "Okay, but don't rush me."
Kim noticed she was looking at Kim as if she were expecting some confirmation. She nodded and smiled to try to calm the girl down. "Okay, I promise, just go at you own pace."
Seeing Kim acknowledge her request, Agni sighed and leaned back in her seat with her arms crossed and her eyes closed. Her expression was not one Kim ever expected to see on a twelve-year-old. "Um… okay, I think I figured where to start. Y'see I guess I could say my problems started before I was born."
Kim's eyes widened but remembered her promise and stopped herself from saying anything. It was hard enough to get the girl talking in the first place; she didn't want to jinx the situation by opening her mouth.
Agni continued, her eyes still closed, "My Mom and her parents never got along much; I think Mom and my Grandparents fought a lot, 'specially after I was born. When mom and my uncles were in that meteor accident, things got sort of complicated… The next two years were tough on them; at least I heard it was."
"Complicated like what?" Kim asked with rapt attention.
"Things like; Mom kept accidentally setting stuff on fire, Uncle Hego flipped a car into a building when he tried to open the door, Uncle Mego was almost eaten by the cat, that sort of stuff." Kim couldn't help but smile at the mental image that brought on.
Agni continued as thought she hadn't noticed, "Mom had this friend once, I don't know her name but she accidentally hurt her friend really badly just by bumping into her. A couple of third-degree burns and skin grafts later and they're not friends anymore."
Kim nearly choked on her soda when she heard that, it made sense though. The power Shego had been given was no laughing matter. Kim remembered how long it took her to get a handle on Hego's strength when she had it; she could only imagine what kind of damage that green energy could do if it was out of control.
"Uncle Hego and the others wanted to do things with their powers, y'know that hero stuff you do." She shrugged, "Mom and Grandma weren't very thrilled bout it but Grandpa and my Uncles kinda forced the issue. Eventually my Mom and Grandma gave in and started working at it." She smiled, "And that is when I come into the picture."
Kim forgot all about the meal untouched in front of her and listened intently at the story. This was the first time Kim could catch a glimpse of her rival's earlier life. To be honest, while Kim really did want to help Agni, the rest was sheer morbid curiosity.
Agni grinned humorlessly and looked up at Kim. "Things are kinda fuzzy in this part of the story."
Kim couldn't help but ask; "So who is-" She was cut off when she noticed the look the girl was giving her.
Agni looked Kim dead in the eyes and stated the next part very clearly. "I don't know who my dad is so do not even ask. No one will tell me, and I stopped caring about it some time ago."
Kim nearly screamed in frustration. She had been so close to hearing the answer and then hit a brick wall. Idly, she wondered if she could just ask Shego herself but quickly squelched that line of thinking. If the thief wouldn't tell her own daughter, than she certainly wouldn't tell her rival.
"There was a lot of fighting after that. I dunno why myself, but I get the feeling that Gram and Gramp wanted Mom to get rid of me early on. Mom refused no matter what, and even threatened to walk out on them. Eventually her parents caved. I was born after that."
Kim frowned deeply at what she just heard. Knowing that your grandparents who took care of you didn't want you in the first place was certainly enough to give any child a complex. I'm actually kind of surprised that Shego was so insistent; she just never seemed the type to even want kids.
"When I was born, most of my family was sort of forced to help out my mom since she was still in high school at the time. When I was around," she paused and looked thoughtful for a moment, "two years old I think, Mom finally started helping out Hego and the others with that stupid Team Go business. My Grandparents watched me a lot after that. Between her school and the hero stuff I never saw her much," Agni grinned wistfully, "but she always made time."
Sounds like a really complicated home life. Probably stressful as hell.
"Mom was a bit rough when it came to the hero stuff, she was sort of excessive. At least that's what Uncle Hego says. I honestly don't believe him, but that's just me. She would like, really mess up the bad people she was after. I personally think thrashing some dumb crooks is just part of the job. They got into a lot of fights over it."
This is starting to sound like another story I was told. I figured it would come to this eventually.
"When I was around four… something happened." Her tone all of a sudden became troubled and her words began to catch in her throat. "I don't really know what, but I remember..." Agni's expression hardened and she looked away, visibly biting her lower lip. She stopped when she felt a warm hand on her shoulder; she looked up and saw Kim looking down at her, her expression colored with concern.
"You don't need to talk about it if you don't want to. It's not the drama."
Agni looked at the hand, then up at the young woman who offered it with trepidation. She cleared her throat and shrugged off the arm.
"S'ok, I'm fine. I'll tell you the rest." She crossed her arms and gave Kim a steely look before leaning back into her seat. Kim looked down at the girl thoughtfully before sitting back down, still digesting what she just heard.
A lot seems to have happened eight years ago, I think I might look into this myself. If it was enough to get Shego to leave than there must be something to find. She resolved to ask Wade to look into it later. She was about to ask Agni to continue but a sudden and familiar voice from behind stopped her in her proverbial tracks.
"Hey KP, I'm sorry I'm late. It was new-comics-day at the Pulp & Ink, so I had to swing by while the pickings were still hot." Ron stated as he stepped up to Kim from behind holding a large tray full of all manner of nacos, nachos, chimmuritos, and the like. Rufus was sticking out of Ron's pocket eyeing the platter with growing anticipation.
Somewhat disappointed by how suddenly the young girl shut up, Kim managed to greet her friend sounding only slightly dejected. Agni however glared at the blond boy with open hostility, which was only to be expected considering.
Ron was about to take his usual seat across from Kim but his eyes fell to the small figure already taking up his usual spot. In Ron's opinion something about the small green girl set warning klaxons off in his head and made his blood run cold but he couldn't fathom what (mostly because his greater thought processes were being used to deal with his growing hunger). Eventually the blond simply rationalized that it was due to her glaring up at him indignantly.
"So KP…" Ron asked cautiously, turning towards his companion. "Who's your friend?"
"Friend?" Agni asked annoyed. She was about to correct the blond boy but Kim quickly cut her off.
"Ron, this is Agni, she's… um…" Kim looked around trying to think of a quick cover story. She was a lousy liar after all, the Centurian incident proved that. "I'm babysitting her for a… friend," Kim finally managed to say. The young girl suddenly blanched at the notion of being baby-sat by the woman she loathed, but chose to keep her objection to herself when Kim offered her an overly stern look.
"Ooooh, Ok I getcha," Ron said nodding knowingly. He looked over at the green twelve-year-old and grinned nervously. "Hey Aggy, I'm Ron," He said with his usual warm (and somewhat vapid) smirk.
A small pink and wrinkly creature popped out halfway from Ron's breast pocket and smirked. "Heya" said Rufus in his usual squeak of a voice.
Ron looked down at his bald companion. "Oh yeah, and this is Rufus." Agni's right eye twitched, both at the fact that he got her name wrong, but also the fact that his pet was (in her opinion) probably one of the creepier things that she'd ever seen in her short life.
The sidekick quickly shoved in next to Agni so that he could be across from his best friend. Agni sneered at the action and scooted over so that there was a good foot between them. The pale girl had limited experience dealing with the male sex outside of her interaction with her grandfather and uncles, but that didn't mean she couldn't tell a flake when she saw one. That and the small wrinkly thing crawling out of his pocket was creepy as hell, especially when it favored her with a look of curiosity.
Ron for his part wasted no time at all devouring two nacos almost simultaneously, his small furless companion joining in just as quickly. Between bites he began to detail to Kim trivia on the vintage comics he had managed to purchase, and how much of a crime it was for import issues to be so expensive lately. Kim however only showed she was paying attention by nodding occasionally while smiling, her mind on a vastly different subject.
I really got only half the story out of Agni, and it's going to be hell to manage to get her to tell me the rest. She favored the pale girl with a look. Currently Agni was backed up against the window looking a Rufus with morbid curiosity while apparently trying to keep her distance. Rufus ironically was doing the same, something about the girl made the rodent very uncomfortable. Kim kept from snickering at the sight.
I know one thing though; she certainly doesn't come from an overly friendly environment that's for sure. She's has a big chip on her shoulder. Why can't Shego just take care of her? She used to so what could have changed?
Ron having eaten a good majority of the greasy mess on his tray favored the small girl with another look. Part of him was sure he had met her before, but he couldn't remember where. Y'know, he thought, she looks sort of like… He shut off that train of thought instantly. Thinking about that green psycho within the sacred walls of the Bueno Nacho was bad karma that he certainly wouldn't indulge in. He gave Agni another look and finally noticed that she wasn't eating anything. Being a nice guy he decided to offer up the third naco on his tray.
The pale girl looked up at him with fierce emerald-green eyes like she was assessing him before speaking in a light and dismissive tone. "I'm not s'pposed to talk to strangers."
Mentally the twelve-year-old added; and you're about as strange as they come.
Hearing this, Kim began to choke on her soda. Ron much to the cheerleader's surprise nodded knowingly. "Yeah, my mom used to say that kind of stuff to me, "he thought for a moment and his brow furrowed, "actually, she still does… "
The meal went on like that for about ten more minutes; Ron would talk about the minor events of his day as per usual with his furless companion eating or occasionally chiming in after Ron made a statement. Kim however was mostly lost in her own head going over the sparse information that Agni had volunteered. Regarding Agni, the thief's daughter had long since abandoned the socializing going on around her and resumed looking out the window with her MP3 player blaring in her ears, and throwing the occasional nervous stare in Rufus' direction.
Eventually the blond stood up and looked over at his friend as he deposited his tray onto the shelf above the garbage can. "Hey KP, me and Rufus are gonna go see Splatter Mall 3: The Shoppening, later, you in? It's gonna be blood-soaked fun to be had by all." He added enticingly.
Kim had less than fond memories of that particular series' first two installments (letting Ron be in charge of what movies to rent was a mistake not likely to be repeated) so she was somewhat quick to decline. Had Agni been paying attention she might have actually pushed to join him, as horror and action movies were really all that she would watch.
The two old friends, and the surly girl, walked out to the front of the restaurant and prepared to part ways. Ron cast Kim a forlorn look. "Are you sure you don't wanna come? I'll spot for the popcorn if you do."
Kim smiled and shook her head. "No, I've still got Agni to take care of," She winced as a tiny elbow hit her in the side, "but I'm sure Monique would love to join you."
Ron looked thoughtful. "Monique… I guess I'll give her a ring, Ok KP. The movies at Eight if you decide to get on the bandwagon."
They exchanged farewells and parted soon after. Kim heading back in the direction of her home with Agni closely behind. Now in private she turned to give the girl a stern look. "What was with that "I don't talk to strangers" thing?" She asked with undisguised annoyance.
The young girl shrugged with indifference. "I just didn't want to deal with him. He's weird, and his pet looks like it was dipped in toxic waste, twice." She shuddered at the memory of the creature.
Kim sighed, "Rufus is a naked mole rat, their supposed to look that way." She favored the pale girl with a side glance. Agni was walking in her usual pose, her head angled towards the street and her hands in her pockets. Kim wondered if she ever walked in to anything since she was never watching where she was going. It reminded her of when the girl crashed into her when she was trying to run off. Kim smirked at the memory.
Agni looked up at the redhead in annoyance. "What's so funny?"
Kim smirked, "I'm just reflecting on earlier this morning when you tried to get away like that."
This caused the younger girl to deeply scowl. "You were lucky is all. That's the only reason you got me."
"Luck had nothing to do with it." Kim added smugly, but noticed that Agni was gritting her teeth and trying to hide her blush of shame. The teen did acknowledge that the young girl was very good for her age, probably all traits she adopted from her mother, including that power.
"Where did you learn to fight like that, anyways? Did your grandparents sign you up for some martial arts classes?" Anne had done just that for Kim when the girl was a couple years younger than Agni. Since then she mostly adopted skills during the heated battles her missions provided. Shego of course was a major participant in said battles.
Agni snickered humorlessly. "As if! They never let me do cool stuff like that, something about not letting me end up like; "That black stain on our family." She said that last part mimicking a deep monotone voice. Kim guessed she was parodying her Grandfather. She would have been surprised to learn it was actually the girl mocking her Grandmother.
I can't believe they call Shego that if front of her daughter! I can imagine having Shego for a child must be some parent's worst nightmare but still, there are certain lines.
"So, if not in classes then where?" Kim finally asked. Agni shrugged as she tended to do.
"Nowhere really, mostly junk I picked up from movies." She furrowed her brow, "And I get in plenty of fights at school."
Kim couldn't really imagine that many fights happened in a prestigious all-girls school like the go Academy, however the cheerleader's instincts told her Agni wasn't lying to her. Kim knew first hand that girls had the potential to be downright ruthless, Bonnie being her primary example, nevertheless not a single one of them ever thought to attack the redhead or try to intimidate her. However, that could likely be attributed to the fact that her reputation guaranteed anyone foolish enough to try would be put down in half a maneuver.
"Fights with who, bullies?"
Agni scoffed. "Yeah, I guess you could call em that." She walked ahead so that she was in front of Kim instead of the other way around. "Although, because their in the majority, technically I'm the bully."
Kim frowned, "What do you mean; "You're the bully?"
She cast Kim a glance like she was a simpleton. "Think about it, they're a bunch of rich pampered debbies, while I'm just some brat who happens to go their 'cause my mom paid for me. It's like throwing bacon to a pack of Dobermans. Who do you think the teachers are gonna believe when it comes down to it, Cassandra whose daddy donated a new teacher's lounge, or me, the pasty city girl?" She laughed humorlessly. "Like I said, I'm the bully."
Wow, a whole school full of Bonnie Rockwallers. Kim shuddered down to her very core. I still have nightmares about that! It reminded her of way back when Drakken went clone-happy and made a small army of rabid Bonnie-clones. There are just some things worth forgetting. The redhead almost missed the next words to leave Agni's mouth.
"The really funny part is that those girls have absolutely no idea how close I've come to char-broiling them in their own egos." Her left hand moved from her pocket and lit up with swirling green light as she made a fist. If Kim was closer she would have seen the girl smiling grimly.
At hearing the pale girl's declaration, Kim bit her lip as she thought of something troubling that had never occurred to her until just then. Shego and Agni both had the same frightening power but between them there was one particular difference that demanded Kim's immediate attention. Despite the fact that the green thief had the strength and power to rip a person in half and burn them into a carbon stain, she also had the martial discipline and maturity to know when to hold back. However, Agni lacked both of these things. If Kim was right, the girl was mostly ignored back home, and was under a lot of stress, enough to make her run off across two states.
Considering that, and adding in the fact that the girl was an altered-human with green star power, it was like a kid going to school with a loaded gun. If it ever finally got to the young girl to the point that she could no longer hold herself back, then there was a decent chance that Agni could end up doing something she'd regret for the rest of her life.
Kim thought all this as she eyed Agni warily. If Shego could actually take care of her I'd have nothing to worry about, but I can't ignore the possibility.
"What is it?"
The young voice shook Kim from her internal monologue. She looked up only to see Agni favor her with a look of concern. "You were looking at me kind of… funny. You also got real quite, what's up?"
Kim was about to come up with some random excuse but noticed that her home was only ten feet away. Suddenly a somewhat crazy idea struck the redhead. Maybe… no it's stupid… but… Despite her mental debate, her mouth began to form words almost against her commands.
"Hey, Agni… You said you thought martial arts lessons would be cool right?" Kim chose her words carefully.
Agni looked over at Kim confused. "What are you going on about now? What about it?"
"Well…," Kim looked around for a moment uncomfortably before continuing. I may as well take the plunge. How do I get my self into things like this? "How would you like it if I taught you some moves?"
Agni's face lit up briefly but she quickly suppressed it. She then regarded the redhead skeptically. "Seriously? …Why?"
Because I'm worried you might hurt someone and learning a discipline or two might help with that. But Kim was sure not to say it. "Well for one; because we have plenty of time to waste right now and on top of that you seem interested, so why not?"
Agni looked on for a moment and then shrugged to keep up her mask of general indifference. "Sure. I mean, if you want to." Internally the girl was holding a celebration. Finally something good comes out of being drilled by this ditz for over two hours! I'll learn to beat down on her just like Mom.
Shego's image popped into her head suddenly causing the girl's mood to sink. This would be so great if it were Mom and not Kim. I mean, what's the deal? Does she just not want me, is that it? Even as she thought that, Agni quickly shook her head. No, listen to your self whine like that, she does want us, it's just that there's crap in the way. She wouldn't write me if she didn't care. Agni quickly shrugged off those self-sabotaging feeling and looked over at the redhead in front of her with determination.
"So, now right?"
"Yeah, follow me." Kim led Agni to the backyard. The space was wide, and the grass would provide a soft area for them to tumble around in. When they got there the Kim bent over and stretched for a minute before looking up. She was shocked to see Agni imitating her actions in deep concentration. Kim barely suppressed a snicker.
"Aright, here's how we'll do this. You come at me like you did this morning and then we'll go from th-"she was cut off in mid-sentence when a glowing clawed hand came at her face with surprising speed. Grabbing the wrist Kim instinctively flipped the small body over her head and twisted the offending limb behind the pale girl's back, all the while being careful not to hurt her. Slightly flustered by the surprise Kim looked down at the struggling girl pinned to the grass and smirked. "Okay, some ground rules. First; don't start until I say "Go"."
Agni then let out a feral growl. "You said to come at you like before, right? I didn't give you a warning back then either!"
Kim laughed despite herself. "I guess not, but lets be a bit more civil next time, kay?" She let go and stood up. Agni quickly righted herself and looked up at the redhead with her eyes full of challenge. There's more than just green fire in this girl.
Agni crossed her arms and tapped her foot trying to look as impatient as possible. "Well…?"
Hyper little brat, isn't she. Kim grinned, "Ok then, Go!" Suddenly twin glowing blast rushed past her head forcing the redhead to duck, and suddenly roll as similar blasts (this time accompanied by claws) struck after her relentlessly. However, rather than subdue the girl, Kim simply moved between and around the fierce strikes with an almost unnatural ease, ducking and weaving with the grace of a dancer (or in this case a cheerleader). She somersaulted left to avoid a kick directed at her temple, before back flipping to keep from being stabbed by the girls burning right hand.
"Try not to swing so wide, it leaves you totally open." She sidestepped a kick, "Never kick from your knee, it slows you down, and throws you off balance."
"Grr, Know-it-all!"
This went on for well over an hour, Kim would out maneuver the smaller girl, and at the same time drop helpful advice along the way. This seemed to frustrate Agni even further, mostly due to the fact that she hadn't landed a single hit on the smiling hero once. This was making it extremely hard to keep up with the illusion that Kim was a vapid ditz. That didn't however mean that she wasn't taking Kim's advice while she heard it.
The olive-eyed cheerleader was actually amazed that the girl was doing as well as she had been. Agni seemed to be improving in mid-combat. She only needed to be told something once before she never repeated the same mistake. To make matters worse, Agni had (obviously) super-human endurance on her side and just all around tenacity, making her attacks quick and relentless.
One thing's for sure, she certainly takes this really seriously. I wonder why? It seems a bit intense for a girl just looking for a hobby. Kim was about to dodge backwards as a burning hand rushed towards her but her movements were suddenly halted by something hard behind her. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw it was the oak tree growing along the perimeter of her backyard.
Agni grinned when she saw her target was pinned and wasted no time rushing forward, her right hand's fingers pointed straight out in a piercing position. However the girl's mental victory proved to be a fantasy when Kim completely disappeared from view, having jumped well over the pale green girl and landing right behind her. Grr, Dammit! Much to the twelve-year-old's chagrin momentum carried her forward and straight into the tree, sinking her glowing hand wrist deep into the oak, and bumping her forehead hard against it.
"Owww….." Agni groaned.
Kim covered her mouth to keep from laughing, but soon the internal pressure brought about by her building mirth was simply too much to bear. The hero let out a deep belly laugh, until she was red in the face. This was only made worse when she noticed Agni was having some trouble pulling her hand free of its wooden prison.
"Yeah, laugh it up, dummy!" The girl growled propping both of her feet against the thick tree and pulling. She let out a strained growl as she pulled and lit up her trapped hand to burn it free. The result sent her flying backwards and hard onto the ground. Agni did her best to look like Kim's laughter didn't reach her, but her deep blush made that difficult. She was surprised when she felt a warm hand land on her shoulder.
"You've got a lot of spirit, Agni," Kim said brightly. "And you're really good, too. But, here's a piece of advice for you," Kim's tone became serious, "You need to lay off all the aggressive strikes and put more thought into the way you move. If you don't it leaves you open to attack and you might hurt someone pretty badly."
Agni frowned. "Isn't that the point?"
Kim sighed and crossed her arms. "No, the point is to defend yourself, and on top of that even if hurting the other person was "the point" even your mom never kills anyone. She knows better." Kim stated matter-of-factly.
Agni scoffed and shook her head. "You don't know much bout my Mom, do you." It was more a statement than a question.
Kim furrowed her brow and spoke out more annoyed than she intended. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"You know how my Mom used to do the hero thing, right? Why do you think she left?"
Kim frowned and recalled the story Hego told her. "Your uncle told me she liked being evil more than fighting evil." Her voice sounded somewhat uncertain however. That tale was much easier to swallow back when Agni wasn't in the picture.
The green girl "tsked" and said in annoyance, "Uncle Hego is an idiot who thinks up a lot of junk. Yeah, she likes being a thief more, to be sure, but that aint the reason."
Kim blinked in confusion. "Then… why?"
Agni smirked humorlessly. "'Cause she finally up and killed someone."
Chapter 6: End