I don't own these characters. Well, I do own Trin, Tatsu, Shin, Tashawna, and Shinichiro. But, Disney owns the rest.
8: Unwanted Shocks
Global Justice agents arrived on the scene minutes after Kim disabled the mind-controlling wristbands. They were called in by Doctor Director and Tashawna Toriyama, who needed help for her son. Shin had lost a lot of blood in his tangle with his mom and she held him, begged his unconscious form to hang on.
"Help is on the way, little man. I just need you to stay with me, okay? You better stay with me," Tashawna sniffled and held back tears.
Shinichiro found Tashawna, clutching their son. He picked up their unconscious son, carried him out with Tashawna by his side, until he was safe in an ambulance. Tashawna then broke down crying on her husband as if it was the end of the world. For her, that was not out of the question until she knew her son's status.
"Oh, god, what if I killed him?" she lamented through her heavy sobs while holding onto her husband as if he was a life raft and she was in the middle of rough seas.
"He'll be fine. First off, he's too annoying to die. Yes, you brought him into the world, but neither of us would be able to take him out. He's been through more than this and come away laughing," Shinichiro assured his distraught spouse. He had no doubt their silly son would pull through. There was no way Shinichi would die if it was going to be because of his mother, after all. He was way too much of a momma's boy to do that.
Tatsu was found, still unconscious thanks to Trin's drug-coated weapon. She was carefully loaded into in an ambulance. Doctor Director recognized the weapon as the same one used against her, so she knew Trin was the one who had rendered Tatsu unconscious. She also knew Tatsu would be fine sooner or later.
Before the chaos was thoroughly contained, Trin was carried down to the crowd by her parents with the twins trailing behind them. The Possible family all looked like they had seen the bowels of Hell, but Trin was the only one who appeared to have taken a visit there. Kim wanted to run over to her family and make sure everyone was fine. She wanted to find out what happened to them, but she got the idea it was not the time for that. She was very right on that front. She went to them, but she did not say anything.
Trin would have gone quietly into an ambulance, requiring some serious medical attention and needing the rest, but then something caught her eye. She looked up to see Big Daddy Brotherson, Drakken, and their partner being restrained. Lightning seemed to strike Trin as she shot up straight and bolted over to him as if her ass was on fire and wringing his neck was the only way to put it out.
"You son of bitch!" Trin screamed in a hoarse tone as she plowed through the GJ agents cuffing Bane with strength no one would have imagined she possessed. She grabbed Bane by the collar and slammed him into the back of an unmarked black van, severely denting the paneling. She acted so quickly that no one even realized she moved until she held Bane and she had a needle to his throat. "You're behind this?" she demanded to know in a tense snarl.
"Trin!" her parents called in shock as they realized they were no longer supporting her weight.
"I'll fucking kill you for this, you son of a bitch!" Trin promised and she was about to put one of her iron spikes right through his neck, but some agents started pulling her off of him. "Let me go! I'm going to fucking destroy that son of a bitch!" It was not a threat. Now, it would never be a threat. It was a promise. She would end him, whether it took the next few seconds or the rest of her life. He had signed his death warrant with this action.
"Trin, calm down!" her parents and siblings implored her as they came to her side, hoping to keep her from slaughtering the stranger. Well, that was what he was as far as they were concerned anyway.
"I will not! I spared your life before and you threw your life away when you did this! I'm taking you down!" Trin growled, her face twisted into unimaginable hatred as she pointed a menacing finger at Bane. "You think you can just get away with mentally messing with my family like this? You think you can emotionally screw with any of us? You're going to regret it," she promised him and then she threw the spike in her grip, planning to hit Bane in the forehead with it if the aim meant anything.
Shinichiro acted quickly, cutting the needle in half with his katana and deflecting it before it hit its target. "Girl, what is your problem? You know you don't kill people," he said to her in a calm tone that was rare for him.
"He's definitely going to be my first! This was unforgivable!" Trin snarled, still trying to pull away from those holding her. As soon as she could, she planned on to be on Bane and tearing his throat out with her bare hands. She wanted to clutch his cold, lifeless body in her grip to make sure he would never hurt her or those she cared about again.
"Why just him?" Shego wondered aloud with a puzzled face. To her, it seemed quite odd that Trin would target one villain when they were all probably equally responsible for whatever hell it was she went through. Why was this guy so special to Trin?
Trin shook her head, not wanting anyone to know that that fool provided her with half of her DNA. She was sort of glad Shin was unconscious, fearing he might spill the beans. She looked at Bane, her gaze trying to burn holes in his soul, if he even had a soul.
"This isn't over, you can bet on that. Unless GJ buries you in their deepest, dampest, closest-to-the-ninth-level-of-Hell cell, I'm going to reach out and touch you in the most unpleasant way I can think of. And I'm sure people will let you know, I can think of some really freaky shit," Trin snarled, making sure her gaze stayed fixed on him, so he knew just how serious she was. This offense would not go unpunished.
Bane had the decency to look frightened, turning a pale white. His breathing sped up along with his heart while his blood ran cold through his veins for a few seconds. There was something in Trin's blue gaze that told him he had definitely made the wrong move in trying to move against her first. His breathing increased even more as she glared at him and it felt like she was twisting his guts into knots with her mind, but he went back to normal as Trin suddenly fainted. She had used too much energy in going after him considering all of her injuries. Kim caught her.
"Who are you?" Shinichiro inquired, speaking to Bane and asking a question that all the Possibles wanted to know the answer to. They never saw Trin so openly hostility to someone, which said a lot of a girl who used to live a town where everyone hated her and whose extended family disliked her. Besides, Trin had gone right to him instead going after Brotherson or Drakken. He was someone special and not in a good way.
"None of your business," Bane replied, trying his best to sound like a bad boy. It was a bit difficult to pull off considering the fact that he had come very close to dying twice in under five minutes, leaving a tremble just under his words, and his complexion had not recovered from Trin's words.
"It's okay. We'll find out sooner or later. You just better hope she doesn't remember that promise when she wakes up," Anne said to Bane. She would hate to see her daughter kill someone, but it would seem Trin was very intent on ending that man. She hoped it was just the fatigue and emotional trauma talking. They could work on those things.
"Not much of a chance she'll forget, though," Shinichiro commented, shaking his head. He looked over at the Possibles and figured they were going to have to do something before Trin decided to cross a line they knew she would regret. She was not as heartless and emotionless as she believed herself to be, so they would need to save her from herself.
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Everyone went to a private hospital for GJ operatives. It was sort of hidden in plain sight, but not too many people were aware it was hospital. It was located in Middleton on a back street that was not too busy. The building did not attract any attention because it looked like any other building.
They were all worked on, mending small wounds and going through bio scans to make sure the whole mind-control process was out of their systems. Everything appeared fine for most people. Doctor Director found out she would have been in far worse shape if all of her laser burns had not been covered with some unidentified balm. She shook her head to that information.
"Trin…" the one-eyed woman muttered to herself. She could not figure that girl out. Well, she could not figure out Trin or Shin really.
Doctor Director then met up with the Possibles, the Toriyamas, Tatsu, and Shego for a debriefing on the whole situation. They were all seated in a waiting room. They all looked just as worn out as she did when she entered the waiting area. Everyone's shoulders were dropped, eyes looked everywhere but at someone else, even if they were leaning on someone. Everyone was a general mess. They all waited for word on Shin's and Trin's conditions since they were the ones wounded so badly.
"Is one of them awake?" Anne inquired with concern and hope in her eyes when she saw Betty enter the room.
"No, they're still out. They're going to be fine, I've been told. Most of their wounds needed stitches or bandages, nothing too deep," Betty answered.
Tashawna looked up. "Are you sure? There were so many stab wounds."
"Your boy is going to be fine." Betty held off on saying Shin had cracked ribs and deep bruising. Tashawna did not need to know the details of the damage she inflicted on her son, her world. The important thing was he would be fine and live to be crazy for another day.
"He's too annoying to be anything else," Shinichiro said. No one could call him a liar there.
"So, this is been one hell of a day," Betty replied with a tired sigh. She did not bother to sit down, despite the fact that she wanted to. She figured if she sat down then she would not be able to get back up.
"That doesn't even begin to cover this mess," Tashawna muttered while shaking her head.
"I know," Doctor Director agreed.
Betty was not too happy to learn the damage she had inflicted on Trin, even if the girl was a pain in the ass. Trin had cracked ribs, more than Shin did. Her nose was broken and there was deep bruising all over her body. Doctor Director was surprised she had not come out of the fight so much worse for what she did to Trin, as almost all of her injuries were from the lasers. It would seem the graduate student showed her compassion and mercy, taking into account she was not herself. She did not think Trin had those things in her. I've misjudged her. That weighed on her as much as hurting Trin did.
"Well, to take one load off of everyone's minds, I've found out who this Bane character is and I think the information explains exactly why Trin was ready to tear his head off of his shoulders," Betty informed them, earning some interested looks from everyone.
"Wait," Kim said before Doctor Director went any further. She had a pretty good idea who the guy was since she knew that name. "Are you sure it's your place to tell? That's really personal," she pointed out. She was not sure it was right to say if Trin did not want anyone to know.
"Well, I could leave it a secret and we'll all just have to watch Trin for the rest of her life to make sure she doesn't kill him," Betty countered in a dry tone. That option did not sit well with any of them, as they knew they could not watch Trin every moment for the rest of her life.
"Kimmie, you know who that man was?" her father asked, turning to face the young redhead.
"Well, I think I know," Kim answered with a small shrug.
"I think it would better for us to know. We're just going to worry about Trin even more if we don't," Shinichiro commented and everyone nodded with that. They respected Trin's right to privacy and everything, but right now they needed something to ease their nerves on why she was so incredibly angry with him and not other villains.
"From the information we were able to dig up in a little bit of time, it turns out that Mister Bane's real name is Roy Bane. Age: 40. Marital status: married," Doctor Director read from a file she had in her hand. She could see they were already getting impatient, but she was at the part that would interest them. "Children: one daughter." They were silent for a few seconds.
"Wait," Tatsu said, considering she might have things wrong. She hoped she had things wrong. She did not even voice what she was thinking because she did not want it to be true. It would just be too horrible if it was true, she thought.
"Are you telling us that that man who made us do those horrible things to Trin… he's her biological father?" James inquired, his face scrunched up and he shook his head. He sounded like he could not even fathom that because he really could not. He would never, ever be able to harm any one of his children like that man wanted to do to Trin.
"It gets better," Doctor Director assured them with a wry expression.
"How so?" Anne asked, fearing the answer.
"Looking back into his past, he's got a long rap sheet including domestic violence and child abuse."
"Child abuse?" Kim echoed with a flinch. She did not notice it, but her girlfriend had the same reaction. Shego was glad people missed her reaction, as she did not want anyone to think she might actually give a damn about Trin because she was certain she did not. But, she did not wish abuse on the irksome blond.
"So, if Trin's going to kill anybody, I think he's going to be high on the list. If you give us a little bit of time, we'll find out some more and see just how serious Trin might be about this one, but I have to assume the child abuse was extensive from the number of reports," Betty informed them.
Everyone nodded in agreement to that one. Betty walked off while the families were left waiting. After almost an hour, they found out the two were awake. They were also in the same room.
"How do we go about this one?" Anne asked as they all crowded outside of the room. They all probably needed some time alone, but that was going to be impossible if the evil twins were in the same room.
"Hey, they're practically the same kid, so it shouldn't really matter," Shinichiro replied with a chuckle. He could laugh now because he knew the duo was all right. Sure, he knew there were some things that needed to be cleared up and all, but they were healthy and that was enough for him. Everything else would come with time, he figured.
"But, maybe there are some things we'd rather not say with everyone else in the room," Tashawna pointed out to her husband.
Shinichiro conceded that point. It was agreed the Toriyamas could go in first since there were two of them and really Tashawna was the only one who needed to talk. They both took deep breaths and then went into the room. They started out casually, expressing concern for both Trin and Shin since they were worried about the two. They explained why it was just them in the room. Shinichiro then decided to give his wife space to talk to their son. He instead went to talk to Trin, trying to make her get the idea out of her head of killing Bane.
Tashawna pulled up a chair next to Shin's bed. She smiled a sorrowful smile at him. He grinned, looking to lift her spirits. He took her hand in his, too, trying to silently assure he was fine. She looked down at their hands, hers slightly darker than his, but his much larger than hers. Tears slid down her face.
"Hey, Mommy, it's okay," Shin said. It would be better if she was not crying, but he was happy she was there, happy she wanted to touch him, to console him.
"Shin… little man, you know I didn't mean any of that crap. They were just making me feel some kind of extreme hatred toward you, but we both know I don't hate you," Tashawna said in a sincere, strong voice. She could never hate him. She reached out, caressed his bruised cheek, and gave him a tearful smile. "I never knew I could love someone like I love you."
"I know, Mommy. They were mind-controlling you and messing with your emotions. I don't blame you for this. I mean, kinda hard to believe you have such hard feelings toward me considering how great a home you made for me," Shin pointed out, still smiling. Without having to block the words out, he could easily concede the words were lies.
"But… you were crying…" She had to swallow around a lump in her throat. Her voice cracked and she looked away in shame. Despite all of that screwing with her mind and emotions, she knew what was going on and she could not stop herself. She died on the inside when she saw her son's tears. Her soul withered when she became the cause of her "little man's" tears and his scars. She was only starting to recover now that she saw he was fine and that he forgave her.
"I was just overwhelmed. After thinking it over, I know you didn't mean that stuff. I mean, if you didn't want me, you could've given me to Poppa at any time and just walked away without ever looking back. You didn't have to honor the stupid bet you lost. But, you stayed, you kept me in two different ways, and you showed me so much love, so you don't need to apologize to me. I know how you feel, Mommy. I really do," he promised her.
Shin forced himself up, feeling a dull ache spread through his system as he did so. He bit back a wince from his agony and wrapped his arms around her in a hug that let her know that everything was all right. She held him tightly, unknowingly hurting his ribs, but he did not care. She just wanted to cry on his shoulder, but his strength made her strong, just like she made him strong.
"I love you, Mommy, and I'd never doubt how you feel about me. Yeah, hearing bad stuff come out of your mouth sucks, but that wasn't you. It couldn't be you. I could've done without knowing your birth control failed, though," he said with a chuckle, trying to bring some much needed lightheartedness to the heavy situation.
"I'm sorry you had to learn that, but you know you're the best bet I ever lost and the greatest accident to ever happen to me." Tashawna kissed the side of his head.
"Damn straight I am." He grinned proudly.
After being able to stop and give it some thought, Shin knew those words back at the warehouse did not belong to his mother. They did not fit who she was or how she acted toward him. If she really did not want him, it was like he said, she could have given him to his father and walked out of their lives forever. She showed him way too much love and support throughout his life for him to ever be able to believe she hated him once he got out of the heat of the moment.
Trin was not as easily swayed as her companion. She listened to Shinichiro and respected his opinion, but her nerves were way too raw for her to take anything he said to heart. He could tell she was listening, but he knew she needed time before anything he said sank in. He did not keep her and left the room when Tashawna was ready to go.
The Possibles came in next, including Kim. They spoke to both Trin and Shin at first, expressing happiness they were both all right and thanks for the rescue. They then went to Trin's side of the room. The twins threw themselves on her and started crying. She coughed in a bit of pain and was pretty pleased to be drugged up or that would have been pure agony.
"Boys, be careful," Anne cautioned them, reaching up a motherly hand when she heard the hurt noise that escaped her eldest. James seemed ready to move, too, but they saw Trin had not made any move to remove her brothers.
"We didn't mean any of that!" Tim swore with tears rolling down his cheeks. He held Trin in a tight embrace, pressing right on one of her burns, but she could not care less about the wound.
"We don't hate you!" Jim chimed in, a snot bubble in his nose. His tears poured out of his eyes with the same intensity as his twin and held their eldest sister just as tight.
"We don't care what the world thinks of you!"
"You're still our big sister!"
"You always will be!"
"We love you!" they both shouted.
Trin was surprised, not that they loved her, but that they admitted it aloud. It was not something she expected from the boys. They did not know it, but those were the exact right words she needed to hear. She had not expected it to be so easy, but those three words began stitching what their other words, words she knew were not theirs opened. It felt like a weight was lifted off of her and she could start to believe they were not telling the truth back in the warehouse.
"Thanks, guys. I needed that," Trin said in a low voice and then she did something that surprised her family. She hugged her little brothers, full, tight, loving embrace. "I love you, too." It needed to be said. She loved these little troublemakers so much.
"Trin…" James started to say. He had a planned speech in his head, but he was not even going to get passed saying her name. Maybe it was better that way. He could barely remember the speech now that he looked at her, small, bruised. It reminded him of when they first came across her, back when she had been abandoned in a mall. Back when that Bane man probably abandoned her in a mall. James could not even consider Bane a man. Men took care of their children, loved them, and nurtured them. No, Bane was an animal, a monster.
"It's all right, Dad. Jim and Tim have pretty much said it all," the blond replied in a soft tone with a similar look in her eyes.
"We do love you, Trin Possible, oh so much," her parents assured her. They used her preferred full name to show that when they called her "Trinket" it was due to the mind-control. They would never call her that hated name if they were in their right minds. She was so much more than a Trinket. She was their family, daughter, sister.
"We're happy and proud of you," her mother added.
"And you're right where you belong, regardless of what anyone ever says. Never doubt that," her father said.
Trin smiled a bit and motioned for them with a wave of her hand. The doctors Possible and Kim came in for a big family hug. It was good to know Trin trusted them enough to know those were not their thoughts they spewed earlier. Trin was happy to find out she trusted her family completely. She was a Possible and they were her family. Still, she had one more person she needed to speak with.
"Mini-me, could you tell Tatsu to come in here?" Trin requested.
Kim nodded and the Possibles knew they needed to leave for that conversation. Tatsu came in slowly, walking with her head down. She looked thoroughly ashamed of herself, ice blue eyes misted over as if she was going to cry. She walked over to Trin, keeping her head down. She rubbed the top of her head, mussing her hair.
"Baby," Trin said in a gentle tone, reaching out and taking Tatsu's hand in hers. "It's okay, baby. You weren't the only one who got used today."
"I shoulda known it was a trick, though," Tatsu mumbled heatedly, pulling on her hair a bit with her free hand. How could she be so stupid as to fall for this whole mess?
"Don't beat yourself up over it. You're not the only one who ended up in this predicament. It's not your fault. Baby, let's just be sure on one thing."
"I didn't mean anything I said!" Tatsu promised vehemently, now looking Trin in the eyes. She wanted her blond bombshell to see she only held love for the farsighted woman.
"That's good to know. I just want to make sure you don't think I think poorly of you," Trin said. That could have been something Tatsu hid from her and she would spend as much time as necessary showing Tatsu she thought the world of the mechanic. She loved Tatsu with everything she could and she needed Tatsu to know that, to see that, to feel that.
Tatsu shook her head, seeming almost shy as her eyes fell back to the floor. "Can't really think that when you got my mark tattooed on your back."
Trin smiled a bit. She knew a tattoo would be better than a ring. "Just to make certain, I feel nothing but love for you, baby."
"Same here. I'll even get a tattoo to prove it," the mechanic vowed with conviction.
"That won't be necessary. I would like you to look at me, though," Trin requested and she got what she wanted. "Sorry I stabbed you in the side with that needle, too," Trin apologized. Yes, it was necessary, but she hated having to harm her love in any way.
"It's all right. It wasn't even deep. They put a Band-Aid on it. It's pink," Tatsu reported with a bit of a laugh. She then looked up and noticed the bruising around Trin's pale neck. Her gaze dropped to the floor again. "Sorry… about… your neck," she said in a worse mumble than usual.
"It's okay, baby. My neck'll heal. I just want to make sure we're okay," Trin replied with concern.
Tatsu nodded a bit, even though she still felt quite bad about everything she said and did. But, to prove they were all right, she crawled into the hospital bed next to Trin and embraced the graduate student. Trin smiled and snuggled into her lover, both feeling better already.
"Gross, you two! I'm in here, too, ya know!" Shin complained loudly.
Shin's outburst let everyone know things were all right and they all went into the room. No one said anything about Tatsu being curled up in the bed with Trin, even though they doubted the doctors would approve of the patient possibly getting overexcited, which was a relative term anyway. Anne could not resist the urge to check both Trin's and Shin's charts. When she did not express any concern, everyone loosened up a little more.
The families hung out in there for a while, trying to get back to normal. Doctor Director ventured in and requested a moment alone with Trin. She knew Trin and Shin were practically the same person, so she did not mind him being in there. The room was emptied for a moment and attention was turned to the woman who was to blame for that.
"Trin," Betty said in a clipped tone.
"Doctor Director," Trin replied in her usual, unfeeling monotone.
"I'm only going to say this once and then deny I ever said it, but thank you," Betty said sincerely.
"Thanking me for not kicking your ass? A wise thing to do," Trin remarked with a little nod. She knew why she being thanked, though. Shin was curious about it, figuring that never in a million years would the leader of GJ be thanking one of them.
"One other thing that I will only say once. You two are pretty remarkable in these balms, drugs, and medicines you create, what would you say to GJ giving you a contract for some of your creations?" Betty proposed. After all, the balms had saved her critical injuries and the drug-tipped needle had stopped her from almost killing herself and Trin. They were some remarkable, crazy kids. Also, she figured if they worked for GJ, they would be less inclined to annoy the hell out of her by "borrowing" their satellites and hacking their computer systems.
"GJ contract?" the two echoed in disbelief. They glanced at each other. It was something to consider.
"Think about it for a while. Get back to me when you're no longer on pain medication," Betty replied. They nodded to that. All three of them thought somewhere in Hell the devil was ice-skating from the things that just transpired.
Betty turned to leave with that said and done. She made it to the door and then ran into something even stranger than what just happened. Her eyebrow shot up as she nearly ran someone over.
"Booker, what're you doing here?" Betty inquired as she stared down at the short male, who held a balloon and a card.
"Aunt Betty!" Booker yelped as he stopped dead in his tracks.
"Aunt?" Shego echoed from her space a few feet away from the room. "I didn't see that one coming."
"Shin sure knows how to pick 'em," Kim muttered with a bit of a laugh. She stood with Shego and the others.
"Well, Booker, what're you doing here? You've got classes in the morning," Betty pointed out.
"Um… I'm here to see my friend," Booker answered a bit hesitantly, looking away as he responded.
"That would be me!" Shin called from inside of the room with a huge, stupid grin on his face.
"Oh, god, you're here to see that guy? Booker, you don't want to get in with this crowd," Betty tried to assure her nephew, a pleading look on her face.
"He's already running with the cool kids. He was with us all of Spring Break," Shego reported, smirking wickedly. She and Shin were going to have a field day knowing Booker was related to the leader of GJ.
"Booker…" Betty did not even finish. She sighed and shook her head. "I need an aspirin."
Betty walked off and everyone went back into the hospital room. Booker went to Shin, handing him the card and balloon. Shin accepted with a grin, apparently liking the attention.
"How'd you know I was here? You stalking me?" Shin asked in a teasing tone.
Booker blushed a bit. "No, I called your phone and you didn't answer. I called your house, no answer. I called you a bunch of times and I even called Trin, but no answer. I got a little worried. So, I kinda tracked your phone and saw you were here. I kinda know about this place and called to ask if you were here. I found out you got hurt. I was really worried about you," he explained shyly. He felt such relief to see Shin was fine for the most part that it was like a physical weight was lifted off of his shoulders.
"Speaking of knowing about this place, what's with you and the good Director?" Shin inquired with a wicked smile on his face. He knew he heard the word "aunt," but he wanted that confirmed. There would so many "auntie" jokes after this.
"That's my aunt. She's my dad's sister. We're close, even though my parents got divorced a long time ago and I stayed mostly with my mom. My aunt lets me do intern work for her and stuff sometimes," Booker informed him quite easily.
"No kidding," Shin remarked with an impressed look on his face, which was mostly brought on by the fact that Booker was so open with him. To think, all those times he and his harpy got stuck doing stuff for GJ and he did not meet Booker until they were in another country on Spring Break. Weird, but that was life.
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There will be an epilogue.