A/N: Hello again web-heads, The Reaper here and now we begin the next arc in my interpretation of Kim as Spider-Girl. I hope you enjoy, and please... REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!
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Sheine sighed as she walked down the halls of Go Tower, her fingers dialing out Kim's number on her phone as she made her way to the genetics lab. Her brother was holed up in the office again, fighting for a contract and that meant her life was becoming irksome.
"Hello?" Kim's voice came in over the receiver.
"Hello Princess, looks like I'm gonna be late, big bro's holed up again and it means letting him know things requires finding him and bypassing several security checks." Sheine sighed.
"You couldn't just call him?" Kim asked.
"No, when he gets like this that phone that he can't live without tends to die and he doesn't notice it till he has to call someone. Which, since he's already in the labs and office when it does, means he doesn't have to call anyone till he leaves them." Sheine sighed.
"Any idea what he's so fixated on?" Kim asked.
"Something to do with the genetics labs… but I'm not a gene-freak like you are… so don't ask me what. The GenAmp formula I believe… I think I heard one of the scientist mention something about a… retrovirus? Does that sound right?"
"Yes, from what I understand of the formula if they turned it into a retrovirus instead of just an augmentation serum, instead of chemically enhancing the genes, it would cause your body to rewrite them… and you don't care… yes, correct term." Kim laughed.
"Gee thanks…" Sheine laughed as she opened the door to the genetics lab in time to see her brother stepping into a test chamber. "Huh? What's going on?" Sheine let the phone slip down beside her as she looked around, her eyes falling on Amy Hall.
"GenAmp Version 2.1 test. The initial serum is in the subject's system, so now we'll add the second stage serum with the retrovirus…." Amy pressed a few keys and the chamber started to fill with green smoke just as his eyes locked on Sheine.
"SHEINE!" His yell alerted the scientists to the girl's presence just as the gas started to work its way through his system.
For Harry Norman Go, the world began to fade into a green haze as several scientist attempted to usher Sheine out of the room.
"Let me go you morons, tell me what the hell is going on here!" Sheine watched as her brother started to convulse inside the testing chamber.
"It's working… the serum is working…" Amy's voice cackled over the rest.
"What are you talking about?" Sheine's
eyes widened as her brother's skin started to turn a hideous shade
of green and blue flames ignited around his hands. "OH
GODDDDDD!"
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"OH GOODDDDD!"
"SHEGO! SHEGO!" Kim yelled into the phone as she heard her friend scream, then a shattering explosion before the line went dead. "Bro, something just happened at Go Tower." Kim turned to Wade in the lab as she started to pull her clothes off, revealing the skintight costume underneath.
"On it…" Wade's finger's started flying over the keys of the elaborate computer set up he'd put together since Kim became Spider-Girl. "Looks like an explosion in the labs, at least that's what the police and emergency scanners are saying. They're sending a full response. Police, fire, medical…"
Kim pulled on her goggles and mask as she leapt out of the hidden exit they'd built as she started to talk, letting the transceiver relay her reply. "Whatever happened, Sheine was at the center of it. I won't lose someone else."
Kim's resolve was set as she let her webs carry her through the city, moving faster than she'd ever dared before. She leapt over whole roofs as she exited the suburbs. Her spider-sense guided her as she changed direction in mid air, her webbing working like a bungee chord to send her sailing through the air.
"Alright, you're in sight of the tower… can you tell where the smoke is coming from?" Wade's voice came in over the communication set up.
"I see it… there's something there…. It's… blue…" Kim's spider-sense alerted her a split second before the flaming blue ball shot at her and she released her web-line to avoid it. "What was that?" Kim grabbed a wall and looked toward the flaming tower as a mass of green leapt from the hole in the building and disappeared into the city.
"I'll tell you later, I recorded it. Chase him or find Sheine?" Wade asked.
"You have to ask?" Spider-Girl shot a web-line at the tower and launched herself into the hole that the beast had just escaped from.
She looked around the smoky room as she tried to find out what happened, her goggles letting her keep clear vision in the haze. Her eyes fell on the shattered chamber and the overturned lab equipment. An arm protruding from beneath one of the consoles caught her attention as she searched the room. She lifted it easily.
"Sheine!" Kim checked the girl's pulse as she tried to find anything wrong with her friend. "She's unconscious… looks like she's inhaled a lot of this smoke to…"
"There's an ambulance and medical teams downstairs, they're starting a search for survivors… get her down there fast…"
"Possible…." The weak voice caught Kim's attention as she turned to see Amy bleeding from a wound in her chest. "I did it… I broke the barrier… even if it was by accident… you were a success Kim…"
"You knew?" Kim asked, picking Sheine up and walking over to Amy.
"Yes… you gave me the idea… the venom from the spider… retro-virus…. He was amazing…." Amy's eyes closed as she passed out and Kim kneeled, checking her pulse.
"Wade… she's dead." Kim said.
"Not your fault Kim, get Sheine out of there and keep searching for survivors… save whoever you can. You know that." Wade said.
"Right." Spider-Girl leapt out of the hole in the building and used a web-line halfway down to break her speed and come to a gentle stop on the street below. "She smirked under the mask as three handguns leveled on her.
"It looks like the explosion emanated from the genetics lab and spread, I saw a green creature, perhaps an experiment gone wrong, leave through that hole." She gestured up, "as I arrived. It looks like there are several wounded and at least one dead. I was able to get this girl out." Kim said, careful not to put too much emotion in her tone.
She carefully handed Shego over to one of the medics, as a team came out of the building main doors carrying what appeared to be Vivian Porter, attached to a metal harness. Another team came out with several techs sporting burns and gashes.
"You guys can use my help." Spider-Girl said as she leapt back to the building and started climbing toward the hole that was the genetics lab.
"Think they'll let me do my thing?" Kim asked as she leapt into the smoking room again.
"Don't know, but now that Sheine's safe, I'll wager you can think on it more… Amy knew the GenAmp spider did something to you… She knew you were Spider-Girl… that means someone else could to." Wade sounded worried.
"I'll worry about that later…" Kim lifted another panel and freed an unconscious technician from beneath the weight, "He's out cold, but he seems to be ok… I'll keep looking. What can you tell me about that thing that left…"
"It was big, it was green, it threw blue fire, and there are reports of it leaping over buildings in the city before it just vanished." Wade said.
"Well, that's weird…" Kim grunted as she lifted the last of the debris, "Three more up here unconscious…" Kim turned as she heard the doors open and a team of medics come in, "There, there, and there, and the lead scientist Amy Hall is…" Kim turned to where she'd last seen Amy's body. "Missing…"
"Thanks for the help Spider-Girl," One of the medics smiled, "My sister works in that bank you saved the other week. I don't care what the bugle says, you're one of the good guys."
"Thanks, now I have to try and find the beast that did this." Kim grinned as she jumped out of the building again and headed in the direction the beast had taken.
"Going after it now? Trail's cold." Wade's suggested.
"I know, but I have to give Sheine time to
get to the hospital. If I'm there waiting on her when they show up,
it'll look suspicious." Kim said, "Besides, this guy is hopped
up on the same thing I am… can you think of anyone else who could
handle him?"
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They were everywhere. Everywhere. Ghosts and demons screaming at him. Yelling at him. But he could see what he wanted. He could see the large glowing light in the distance. If that light went out, the demons couldn't find him. If that light went out. He'd be safe. That's all that mattered now! He had to be safe. He had to make sure it didn't hurt him. Make sure he destroyed it.
As he got closer, he started to hear them. The voices. Egging him forward. Telling him to destroy the light.
"They'll hurt you… they'll destroy your family… they'll make you fail… you have to kill them!"
He laughed as he threw fireballs at the light, his cackles getting louder as pieces of it started to flicker and fade. The ghosts were running now and screaming. Afraid of him. He laughed as they burnt up from his flames.
"That's right! They're weak! Pathetic! Burn them! Destroy them!"
He kept firing, running through the maze of light now as he destroyed it. Bringing the light crashing into darkness. The demons that attacked with clubs and shocking claws were nothing to his flaming hands!
"HEY UGLY!"
The cry came from behind him and he turned as
he saw the greatest demon yet fly at him. A giant spider crashed into
him, knocking him
backwards.
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The kick knocked the creature backwards as Spider-Girl back flipped off it's chest. She landed carefully and finally got her first good look at it. For the most part it seemed to be a large muscular human. The green scaled skin, fangs, and blue flaming hands however, negated that theory. It's head was ridged with a set of blue horns and it's eyes glowed blue as they settled on her.
"RAAAAAWWWWWRRRRRR" The beast charged at her and she deftly flipped over it's head, using her webbing to tangle it's legs together, sending it rolling into a wall.
"Articulate, ain't ya there sport?" Kim quipped as she landed. Oh god! I'm cracking jokes! Why am I cracking jokes? I'm going to die!
"Nice one Kim, but that doesn't seem to be slowing him down…" Wade said.
"You're telling me…" Kim said as she fired a web-line a at a pile of debris and flung it at the creature, "If I die, make sure you collect my camera and sell the pics… Barkin'll pay big bucks for this."
"You actually set up the camera…" She could tell Wade was shaking his head over the communicator.
"Oh boy… he's coming back…" Spider-Girl sighed as the creature got up again and charged her, hands flaming.
The first blow missed by a hair as she ducked under it. The next took out a pillar as she slipped between the creature's legs, spinning a web around its ankles and tying its legs together as she leapt up and kicked it in the back with as much force as possible.
"Ugh!" Kim groaned as the kick launched her backwards even as the creature fell again, "Its hide is as thick as marble."
She caught herself on one of the still standing pillars as the beast struggled to get up, watching as its muscles undulated beneath the scaled hide. It turned and struggled with the webs a moment before finally slicing them apart with a searing claw.
"Ssssssppppiiidddderrrrrr….. Sppppiddderrrr…." It threw a fireball at her.
"Jeez!" Spider-girl jumped toward another wall as the heat from the blue fireball singed her heels. "This guy is playing for keeps!"
"But at least his vocabulary is increasing…" Wade quipped in her ear.
"True." Spider-Girl laughed as she web swung another piece of rubble at the large creature, groaning as it slammed a flaming fist into the flying stone and shattering it. "I've got to end this…"
"The pillars Kim… the building is clear, it's just you and him… have him bring the place down on his head then use your agility to get out of there…" Wade's advice came in and made the super-teen smile under her mask.
"Easier said than done…" Kim groaned as the beast charged again.
Kim jumped, sailing over the creature as it slammed into the wall only to turn and grab at her. Her spider sense's warning only just letting her escape the flaming grip. She landed in front of a pillar and smiled as she noticed the weakened ceiling over her.
"Come on big boy… come to Spidey…" She waited as he turned and eyed her. "He's not buying it…"
The creature launched a fireball at the ceiling as the hero leapt aside, a piece of debris catching her side and knocking the wind from her. The next fireball flew straight at her as she fired a web-line, barely avoiding it.
"So the big bad beast isn't so stupid after all…" Spider-Girl smiled as she got her breath back, "Time to go for broke…"
The red-headed hero ran at him, avoiding fireballs as she leapt into the air, two web-lines attaching to the creatures shoulders as she yanked herself forward to increase her speed, landing a double kick straight to his chest before back flipping off. She landed and launched herself forward into and uppercut, thankful for the kevlar in her gloves as it connected with the creature's jaw. As the fist passed his chin, she fired a web-line and yanked herself straight up so that her knee made the same connection as the creature came forward again. In the air she flipped again, kicking off the remaining ceiling and slamming her fist into the monster's jaw again. As she landed she swept her leg backwards to knock him off his feet.
"NOOOOOOO! NOOOOOO!" The creature cried before leaping to his feet and leaping through the hole in the buildings ceiling before creating another to escape into the city.
"GYAH!, He's ran to fast. I lost him again…" Kim punched a pillar and knocked a piece of the stone away.
"Police inbound. Get your camera and get out of there." Wade's voice came onto the communicator.
"Right… I'm going to the hospital." Kim
leapt to the corner of the building, grabbing her camera from where
she'd webbed it into place before confronting the
creature.
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Sheine groaned as she tried to clear her head, the throbbing causing her to close her eyes again as the light stung them. A slow hand reached up to finger the knot on her forehead. The slight chuckle as she winced told her someone else was in the room.
"Whoever is laughing at me better have a good reason or damn good insurance." Sheine groaned as she finally got her eyes open, her eyes falling on a red head in a baggy hoodie and cargo pants. "Kimmie?"
"Hey there… your phone went dead, by the time I found out what happened you were already here, so I came straight over." The redhead smiled at her friend.
"What happened now? I don't remember… come to think of it, I don't remember anything today. I remember going to bed, then waking up here." Sheine groaned.
"There was an explosion in the lab at Go Tower, they haven't figured out what caused it yet…" Kim smiled at her, "And I was laughing at the expression on your face when you woke up.
"Yea, I'd already forgotten. Where's Harry? I'd think he'd be here by now." Shego looked around.
"The Tower is in chaos, no one knows where Harry is, and you said yourself, if he isn't using his cell phone, he won't know it's dead. Give them time. I'm sure he's just fine." Kim grinned at her.
"Who's worried? I just think it's out of character." Shego smiled as she lay back, "What'd the doc say?"
"You're suffering from minor contusions. A medical way of saying bruises and a nasty bump on the head that may contribute to your short term memory loss. Other than that, you're fine. Because you were in the genetics lab, they took a blood sample just to be sure nothing contaminated your system, the doctor hasn't come back with the results yet, and even if they did, they wouldn't tell me. I only know the first part because I checked your chart." Kim pointed at the foot of the hospital bed.
"Well, at least I know something now, ya gonna go tell the doctor I'm up?" Sheine looked at the red-head's subtle smile. "You're not family…"
"And therefore am not allowed into the hospital room of an emergency patient…" Kim grinned, "I snuck in when they were busy with one of the other patients."
"Sneaky little red head…" Shego laughed.
"Not really… I just waited till the nurses were busy, and walked down the hall till I saw your name on the door." Kim shrugged.
"Yea well, you could get in trouble?" Sheine pointed out.
"Doubt it, I figure my mom will understand, and any doctor who says anything now that you're awake will quell under the power of Go money." Kim grinned.
"Oh, so you think I'm willing to throw money at people just to get you outta trouble?" Sheine eyed her.
"Sure, I'm the one who keeps you from failing biology…" Kim pointed out.
"That's blackmail Possible. I've taught you well…" Sheine laughed.
"So, you don't remember anything about today?" Kim asked.
"Nope." Sheine closes her eyes and seems to concentrate for a minute, "we were suppose to do something today, but I remember that from yesterday… apparently we never got to go hang out."
"Nope, but you can make it up to me…" Kim grins.
"Oh? I get injured and have to make up missing out on our plans? That's fair…" Shego's sarcastic tone could have been heard by a deaf man.
"Glad you agree, you can therefore treat me to the prom, since it's the only way I'll get to go, and have no desire to go with any of the morons we go to high school with." Kim smirked.
"And you just assume I don't have a date already?" Sheine said.
"The only people at our school whom you can stand for more than a few minutes, are myself, Wade, and for some inexplicable reason, Josh Mankey, whom we all know will be going with Tara Strong." Kim reasoned.
"Not true, Zita Flores doesn't piss me off at all. As for Mankey, it's because he's an artist, and doesn't care about money, or trying to get into my pants." Shego pointed out.
"I've never seen you hang out with Zita…" Kim questioned.
"That's because we don't. I said she doesn't piss me off, which is true, we've just never had any reason to talk long enough to actually become friends." The brunette shrugged.
"Ah, going to ask her to the prom?" Kim smirked.
"Ok, so your logic was sound, I was merely pointing out that there were more than three people I could stand. And truthfully, if Tara weren't such a follower and would make her own decisions rather than just going along with whoever the most powerful presence in the room was, I'd like her just fine." Shego seemed to think for a minute, "Alright, Prom's on me… who knows, could be a laugh watching all those jokes trying to impress each other."
"Ah, Miss Go, you're awake, and… you have a guest. Hmm, I don't remember letting anyone in here…" The Dr. Looked sternly at Kim.
"Doc, this is Kim Possible, my best friend, and as close as you can be and not be family. You will ignore the rules and merely tell me what's wrong with me." Shego said.
"A few bumps and bruises that we can tell, the knot on your head appears to be a little more serious than the rest…" The doctor offered.
"It has caused her some short term memory loss; she can't remember anything that happened today." Kim said.
"Hmm… that could simply pass, and if it's just this day and not any major details, even if it doesn't pass it's not too troubling. We will keep you here for the night just for observation along with the rest of the injured involved, but your blood work showed nothing out of the ordinary so you should be able to go home tomorrow. I'll leave you two to finish your conversation." The doctor turned to leave.
"Have you heard from my brother yet?" Shego asked.
"No, but we're still trying to contact
him." The doctor smiled, "Don't worry, one of the other techs
said he wasn't in the lab when the accident
occurred."
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"Time to wake up Harry…"
Harry Norman Go shot up and looked around, shocked to see himself in his room at home, the curtains pulled and door, judging from the pounding and yelling from the other side, locked. He stood, looking down at himself and saw that his pants were ripped along the seams and singed at the cuffs.
"The robe Harry."
He didn't even question the voice in his head for now, just grabbed the robe from the bedside and threw it on before opening the door.
"Mr. Go, there's been an accident at the tower. Several employees were injured, as well as your sister." Fukushima said.
"Let me get dressed and I'll join you at the car…" Harry shook his head. "I guess I must have come home to sleep. I've been working so hard lately. Are any of the injuries serious?"
"A few, but nothing life threatening and your sister is only bruised at best. Amy Hall however, has disappeared and Dr. Porter has not regained consciousness yet. The troubling issue there is that while she is unconscious, the arms of her harness can not be removed because of the unique control system she has installed." Fukushima noted. "As for the disappearance of Dr. Hall, I've no idea. She has vanished without a trace."
"At least everyone is being taken care of, what about the lab itself. What is the extent of the damages?" Harry asked.
"The robotics lab is in partial disarray. A few minor damages to the computer core there. Several of the other departments are in the same condition. However, the brunt of the damage seems to be the genetics lab. It's completely destroyed." Fukushima reported.
"How far will that set us back?" Harry's eyes darkened.
"At the best, weeks. We have most of the data that Dr. Hall acquired backed up but rebuilding the lab and finding either Dr. Hall or another Geneticist to take her place could be difficult." Fukushima sighed. "Most troublesome Mr. Go."
"Very well, make any calls you can to get things underway. I'll be down shortly." Harry turned and closed the door.
"Good Harry… tell them nothing… see to
your family… we will protect them… we will protect your family's
name…"
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Kim laughed as Sheine took a bite of the hospital food, watching her friend's face contort with disgust. She just as quickly tried to stifle that laugh when her friend's glare turned to her, the emerald green eyes flashing with rage.
"Hey now, I was the one in the hospital not too long ago, I've tasted hospital food too…" Kim pointed out, lying sweetly through her teeth.
"Fair enough, but enjoying my suffering is just plain cruel." Sheine growled, "Besides, shouldn't you be getting home?"
"Nope, called the folks, let them know where I was, and why. I can stay till your brother gets here." Kim grinned.
"Every base covered and every "I" dotted." Sheine shook her head, "At least you have understandable priorities. Friends and family before the business. Wish my brother felt that way…"
"I'm sure he does…" Kim smirked, "Besides, the longer he stays the longer I get to put off going and working on something annoying in my basement, or worse yet… Homework." Kim shuddered.
"Oh bull, you know you love gene splicing those plants and blood samples you keep in that lab of yours. I opened the refrigerator in that basement once. It was full of green slimes, algae, and jars of blood. What kind of person keeps that stuff next to the soda?" Sheine looked at her.
"Me." Kim smiled, then it turned to a frown as her spider-sense started buzzing in the back of her mind.
"What's wrong?" Sheine's voice partially broke the spell.
"It's…" She concentrated on the now second nature sensation, "Just a feeling." The sensation wasn't danger, more like… potential danger… like she was close to something that could hurt her.
"Well, glad to see you aren't wanting for company." Harry smiled as he entered the room.
"Mr. Go." Kim said, still bothered that her spider-sense was going off without an explainable reason, the only thing that had changed was Shego's brother coming into the room.
"Please, call me Harry, and I believe you're Kim?" Harry said, sounding unsure.
"Yes sir." Kim smiled.
"What took you so long bro?" Shego finally acknowledged her brother.
"I was at home, trying to sleep off the stress from a few all niters and regain a little of my sense from the issues we'd been facing at the office. It took Fukushima a while after the accident to locate me. I was told that you were alright as soon as they found me, so I had to see to the families of the employees first. Make sure that they were taken care of and that no one was seriously injured. Right now the only two troubling occurrences are Amy Hall's disappearance and Vivian Porter's apparent coma. With her unconscious they cannot remove her harness." Harry shook his head.
"I didn't know things were that serious…" Sheine shook her head.
Kim bit her lip, wishing she could say something about Dr. Hall but knowing there was no way she should know about it, instead she asked something she figured would be safe and might help her, "Do they know what caused the accident?"
"I don't know…" Harry shook his head, "I have a team investigating that right now and assessing the damages to our research and facilities…"
Kim's spider-sense blared at Harry's statement for some reason, and she furrowed her brow because of it.
"Oh, but I did get an interesting piece of info from the EMTs that brought you in…" Harry smiled at Sheine, "It seems that you were saved, Sheine, by none other than Spider-Girl herself. And according to them, she swung into the burning building and carried you out personally."
"What?!?" Shego's eyes shot open as she looked at Harry, then Kim. Harry was smirking and Kim's eyes had a small smile on her face.
"No big deal, I've been taking her picture for weeks…" Kim smiled as she teased her friend.
"Did you get a photo of her saving me?" Sheine asked.
"No, but I did get shots of her fighting a giant green monster!" Kim smiled, "It was on my way here…"
"What's this about a green monster?" Harry asked, suddenly rapt with attention.
"It was at some office building; he was green with blue horns and threw blue fireballs." Kim shrugged, carefully leaving out that he had escaped from their genetics lab, but hoping for a reaction from Harry, disappointed when all he seemed to show was confusion.
"Oh, bro… I'm gonna need the limo in two weeks. The stretch. Kimmie and I are going to the prom so we'll wanna arrive in style." Shego smirked as her friend turned red.
"Shego, don't put it like that…" Kim laughed.
"No date's and just wanting to prove you're the best catches of all? Fine, enjoy the evening… I'll be sure to have it ready." Harry smiled. "And Kim, you must stay around my sister more often, you seem to have a calming effect on her. She hasn't insulted me once this whole visit."
"That's because you hadn't done anything to annoy me yet doof!" Shego rolled her eyes.
"Ah, and there's the snide, sarcastic young sister I know and lament." Harry teased. "I have to see to the office, and it is getting late. Kim, can I give you a ride home?"
"Thank you, but no. I have a bus pass, besides, I don't want to keep you from something." Kim smiled.
"Very well, but consider it a standing offer if you're ever in need. I'm sure you have Sheine's number and she can always reach one of the drivers if needed." Harry turned to Sheine. "I'll be here first thing in the morning to pick you up, and I'm glad you're ok."
"Thanks bro." Shego smiled in spite of herself, "But don't get used to it. I won't always be on painkillers and in a good mood from my friends."
Harry laughed as he left and Kim looked at the door as her spider-sense finally faded, then she looked at Shego, "None of your painkillers are narcotic…"
"Yea, but he doesn't need to know that."
Shego
smiled.
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A/End Note: And there you have it ladies and gentlemen. The debut of my Green Goblin. What do you think? I really want to know... so click on that review button like it was your morphine fix, ok?
