A/N: Get ready for a fun chapter! We still don't own Phineas and Ferb *huffs*
Chapter 8
Felicity woke up the next morning, since we're to lazy to make up all those presents for everyone, hoping it was all just a crazy dream. She looked down at her finger nails they were blank, non-glowing, and dare I say normal. Just like the rest of her. She sighed, she forcing herself up being careful not to wake Adam. It was too early but she had a training session to get ready for. "This is gonna be a long day." She breathed as she headed over to the bathroom to take her shower.
Adam woke up the second the bathroom door closed. "Poor Feliss." he breathed sitting up and waiting for her
Felicity came back out showered and dressed twenty minutes later with her hair still wet. She's not use to doing ANYTHING without her powers so at least she had given herself an hour to get ready just incase. She sighed when she saw who was waiting for her. "Adam, it's three o'clock in the morning." She whisper walking up and taking a seat next to him. "I told you not to wake up with me since you need your sleep."
"You need your sleep, too, Feliss and you looked like you could use someone to talk to." Adam smiled.
Felicity gave a weak and almost forced smile, "No arguement there but Candace told me to be ready for training at four in the morning and I had no idea how long it would take me to get ready without my powers so I left myself plenty of time."
"I know it'll take getting used to." Adam said pulling her close.
"Will probably take even more time then getting use to having them did. I mean, I literally used them for everything… but now…" Felicity's voice trailed as she grabbed onto his hand. "I don't know what to do."
Adam gently kissed her forehead. "You endure, don't give up. You're strong, Feliss. I know you will be alright."
"Hopefully the training will help." Felicity commented though she was looking at the wall instead of Adam. "Then I can stop feeling so useless."
"You're not now nor will you ever be. I think Candace's training will help." Adam said confidently.
"I'm hungry." Felicity stated abruptly changing the subject.
"Alright come on I'll make breakfast." Adam said. The two of them stood up and walked over to the nearest kitchen obviously at human speed.
Felicity sat down at the table while Adam went over and pulled out eggs and bacon and set to work. "Fore warning, Candace will pull no punches."
"I know," Felicity said simply watching him cook. "but even though the powers themselves are gone it doesn't at all change the fact that I was tortured for a really long time so I still have an EXTREMELY high pain tolerance."
"True, maybe you'll be better than Candace with time." Adams said.
Felicity smirked humorously and asked, "What's this 'maybe' you speak of?"
"What I meant was, you'll kick her butt!" Adam said.
"That's better but keep it down, you don't wanna wake up the entire mansion so early in the morning." Felicity reminded. "Some people here actually like sleep."
"I like sleep, but I wanted to make sure you got to training." Adam said
"Are they all gonna be this early?" Felicity asked with a small yawn. "More importantly, are there gonna be any even earlier?"
"At around lesson four, some of them will be at midnight." Adam said
"And run till…?" Felicity asked in an open ended question.
"Three to four am." Adam said.
Felicity shrugged, "At least I know I'll be ready for a nighttime attack, like the one that got me into this."
"I guess that's one way to look at it."
"Isn't that one of the things you said you love about me? My 'never ending ability to see the bright side in everything'?" Felicity quoted.
"It is, and I'm glad that's not gone." Adam said bringing the eggs and bacon over to her.
"Thanks. So do you though," Felicity commented as she begun eatting. "and with lives like ours it certainly is a difficult task."
"True, but it's a good talent." Adam said eating his own eggs.
"Except that statistically pessimists are generally happier with the way most situations turn out than optimists." Felicity said as she took a bite of bacon.
"I did not know that, but you'd best hurry. Candace will come looking for you if you don't show up." Adam said.
Felicity finished her food and looked and the clock. "It's 3:30, she said four."
"Oh, I know but I'm warning you out of precaution."
"I assume her coming to look for me would end horribily, correct?" Felicity asked putting her empty plate in the sink.
"No, just painfully." Adam shrugged.
Felicity chuckled. "That's more what I was referring to. Anything else I should know?"
"Not really..." Adam said evasively.
"What would she think if I was already there when she got there?" Felicity asked going back over to him.
"She would be impressed with your willingness to push yourself." Adam said smiling at her.
Felicity smirked. "Think she's there now?"
"It's a pretty safe bet as she tends to get to everything early." Adam said returning her smirk.
"Oh… would she still be impressed if I went over there now?" Felicity asked disappointed but making a mental note of that for next time.
"Probably, if it helps I'll stay up until she demises you." Adam said honestly.
"It's fine, you should go back to sleep." Felicity told him givin him a quick kiss before heading off. As she realized that that was the first time they kissed with her being normal… and she had kissed him instead of the otherway around… now that she thought about it, that's really suspicious.
She arrived in the training room and sure enough Candace was waiting for her. "Well, well someone's early." She smirked.
"Well, I was up and ready so I figured, why waste the time that I could be training during. Knowing that you're probably there already." Felicity answered confidently.
"Good attitude to have. So, we start with warm ups. I want you to run eight laps around the room which should be about two miles." Candace said
"Yes sir!" Felicity said then started the laps like she was told though she was uncertian how well her stamina will hold up without her powers.
Candace stood in the middle of the room and watched as Feliss began running by the fourth lap she was getting tired but just sucked it up and kept running knowing that she can do this. She just has to try hard enough.
WHen she stopped Candace nodded approvingly. "Now, if you want to learn a weapon I can teach a sword, a staff, or nun-chucks."
Felicity weighed the choices in her head as she caught her breath. She immediately ruled out sword but a staff being Candace's primary weapon of choice she'd probably be best at teaching that but while in an actual emergency, even though a staff's easily transferable to a pipe or a stick or something like that it's still risky where a pair of nun-chucks would be easy enough to simply keep on her person. "Nun-chucks." She decided.
Candace smirked. "Alright then. I must say I expected you to go with the sword like Adam." She said throwing a pair of black wooden nun-chucks to her.
Felicity caught the nun-chucks smirking back, "What? Just 'cause I'm in love with Adam means I don't have a mind of my own?"
"You can, but you two think so similar it's weird." Candace shrugged.
"Should we get started?" Felicity asked dropping one side of the nun-chucks so that she was holding them correctly.
Candace pulled out her staff and charged swinging for Felicity's exposed side.
Felicity however reacted quickly by pivoting to the side grabbing the staff with her free hand immediately stopping it, pulling her foward with it, and connecting the nun-chuck hard to the bare skin of Candace's back but she understood the point that Candace was trying to get at with that attack.
"Good, always keep on gaurd." Candace said pulling the staff away spinning it quickly so it would hit Felicity in the back of the head.
Felicity immediately hit the ground so that it went over her and knocked Candace off her feet on her way down and got back up right away knowing that the ground is the most vulnerable place you could be during a fight. She held the leader down with her foot from her center of gravity making it impossible for her to get back up her other foot held down to wrist that had her staff not only preventing her from striking with the weapon but all causing a LOT of pain taking the majority of the weight. She was surprisingly well balanced like that though.
Candace smiled. "You seem to already be very able with hand to hand combat." Candace said.
Felicity smiled certainly feeling a lot better about herself. She was right. "I guess it's mostly instincts… and a genius level knowedge of physics and the human body certainly helps." She told her trainer keeping her pinned down the same way.
"Impressive, and unexpected." Candace said using her free hand to push Felicity off.
However, instead of falling or steping off to keep her balance, Felicity dragged Candace's wrist closer so that her center of balance was stronger. "Problem?" She asked confidently.
"You truly are good. I may not have to teach you anything."
"Certainly starting to look like it." Felicity said with a smirk. "Looks like Adam was right, it just came earlier than he thoght it would."
"What did Adam say?" Candace asked.
"That in time, I'll kick your butt." Felicity answered simply keeping her pinned down sense she hasn't been dismissed yet.
"We, he did, granted it took him a few tries, but he did it. Also, get off your dismissed unless you have anything I can teach you."
Felicity got off, "Not that I could think of but thanks for trying. It really means a lot to me right now." she held up the nun-chucks. "Are these mine to keep or do I have to return them?"
"Return them these ones are yours to keep." Candace said pulling out a gleaming set of metal nun-chucks.
Felicity smiled as she handed her the wood pair and took the metal pair concealing them on her person. "Keep practicing, maybe one day you'll be able to beat me." She started walking out but right before she exited she turned back and said, "or at least land ONE hit." with that she was gone and off to find Adam.
Felicity looked around in absolute surprise as she found herself right outside their shared bedroom. A HUGE smile crept up on her face. She didn't care how it happened. Felicity's back… and this time… she's got nun-chucks.
She burst into their shared room and found Adam sitting reading a book. She tackled him landing on top of him. "I'm all better!" She said happily.
"What do you mean?" Adam asked
"After Candace dismissed me I left the room and the next thing I knew I was right outside THIS room." Felicity explained in pure felicity. "My powers are back!"
"Felicity that's great!" Adam said smiling up at her as she was still laying on top of him.
"And before I knew I had my powers to help, I kicked Candace's butt! Hence her dismissing me so early!" Felicity explain then looked down at her hands, they were still normal. "Adam, are my eyes still green or are they colorless again?"
"Nope, still bright green." Adam said hoping she would be happy.
Felicity's grin went to a smirk. "So, the powers now come equipped with the element of surprise?"
"What do you mean?" Adam asked his arms wrapping around her waist.
"Any bad guys wouldn't that know I have the powers until it's too late." Felicity clarified.
"That is great, you're a genius, Feliss."
Felicity tilted her head. "You didn't know that?"
"No, I did, but I never say it." Adam said tilting his head up to kiss her.
Felicity leaned down to make it easier as there lips met. As they hadn't done in a while they stayed that way till oxygen became a necessity.
"We have got to do that more often." Adam said.
"Yes, we should, but I think there's even more fun things we could be doing." Felicity said suggestively.
"Oh, you think so?" Adam asked sarcastically as he began to kiss her neck.
"I know so." Felicity answered with a seductive smile.
About the time everybody was waking up Adam and Feliss left their room smiling like loons and hair a mess.
"Yep, still just keep getting better everytime." Felicity commented fixing her hair. At least this time if her dad sees it she'll have the excuse that it got messed up in training.
"And tonight I have a surprise for you." Adam said his smile widening.
"Aw, do I have to wait till tonight?" Felicity asked in joke disappiontment.
"Yes, but trust me it's more than worth it. Now all I have to do is find Ferb." Adam said.
"I trust you, besides, if it's not," Felicity pulled out her new nun-chucks. "I have nun-chucks now."
"I should have known Candace would give you a dangerous weapon." Adam sighed smiling.
Felicity put the nun-chucks away, "She was surprised that I didn't choose the sword like you did sense we apperently think so much alike."
"I'm actually a bit glad you didn't. Then I would not be the best swordsman or woman here." Adam said smirking.
"I beg to differ, you still would have been." Felicity pointed out in a matter-of-factory tone.
"No, you're faster than me. In swords speed is a big part of it." Adam shrugged.
Felicity shrugged, "Either way, if you and I even had a sword battle it would be the most epic sword battle in the history of BOTH dimensions."
"Maybe, but you were not around to see the one Isa and I had." Adam said.
"No, I was not," Felicity admited though still curious about that battle. "but neither one of you had super stregnth and/or speed yet so I still say ours would be cooler."
"Well, that may true, that was a really close fight." Adam said thinking about the last fight they had.
"Would it be wrong for me to ask how it started?" Felicity asked honestly curious.
"Well, that is tale worth telling. I guess it starts when we first joined Firestorm and OWCA." Adam said figuring he might as well tell the whole story.
"Yeah, that's where a lot of problems start." Felicity admited honestly but she meant with people joining them in general not them specifically.
"Well, at one point the two organizations went to war." Felicity chose to just stay silent for the rest of the story.
So Adam told her about Doofenshmertz escaping and Monogram declearing war, the fights in the Firestorm base, his eyes the near deaths of Phineas and himself, the fight with Heinz and his ultimate death.
Felicity surprised Adam by finishing the story including that lie that Doofenshmirtz told about him now being no better than him.
"How did you know about that?" He asked. He had told no one about what Doofenshmertz had said.
"I was actually standing right in the doorway," Felicity told him. "and since I was literally in escape mode all my senses were at there absolute peak so I'd know to hide if I saw a guard coming."
"I did not see you there." Adam said honestly.
Felicity thought about it for a second then said, "It was probably for the best since I was a butt naked stranger and you apperently had a girlfriend. Plus, as an escaping prisoner, I was kind of trying NOT to be spotted."
"Oh yeah, that may have been awkward." Adam said smiling.
Felicity rolled her eyes and for once Adam could actually tell. "Might have been even more awkward then what actually DID happen… or at least have tied with it."
"What do you mean?" Adam asked.
Felicity proceeded to tell him HER story: her desperate escape, when she first discovered her powers, seeing herself for the first time, seeing the big moment, Vanessa spotting and recognizing her, the way Vanessa actually let her OUT, and finally her promise to capture him for her. "One of which I obviously had NO intention of keeping but with a plea to insanity that ideot actually bought it."
"Wow! She was stupid! On the bright side look what came out of it." Adam said holding her close.
Felicity smiled snuggling next to him. "Yeah, and to think, you were originally just to help me kill Vanessa. Who would have guessed we'd make it this far?"
"I know right? I need to go find Ferb though." Adam said honestly.
"Right. I'm guessing I can't come with?" Felicity asked disappionted but knowing that it's probably about the surprise.
"Nope, it's a big part of the surprise and don't you have to train Isa?" Adam asked.
"Figures." Felicity said before giving him a quick kiss and heading off to find the other Garcia-Shapiro.
Felicity ran down to the end of the hall and knocked at Isa' door. "Who's there?" Isabella's voice asked from the other side of the door.
"Felicity." She answered. "Ready for your training?"
The door flew open and Isabella appeared looking excited. "Yes, please, but how will you teach me without powers?" She asked.
"Well, it was gonna be hard with verbal tips and critiques from what I already knew but then right after I finished my training session with Candace I found myself right outside of Adam and I's room." Felicity shrugged in fake thought. "I guess that'll make it a little bit easier, huh?"
"Wait, so your powers are back!?" She asked.
"Yeah!" Felicity answered excited. Looking into Isabella's currently yellow eyes and concluded that yellow means she's happy. Then a thought hit her. "Isa, did Adam ever get around to telling you what we think the situation with your eyes is?"
"There's a situation with my eyes?" she asked.
"I just meant what causes them to change color." Felicity clarrified.
"Oh. No, I did not even know you two had figured it out."
Felicity sighed, "He said he was going to tell you. Anyways, we might be wrong but we think the colors repressent different emotions that you're feeling… kind of like a mood ring."
"So, everyone will always know what I'm feeling?" Isabella asked.
"Well, they'd have to know the key. By the way," she pulled out a pulled out a peice of paper scribbling down the newest one on it then handing it to Isabella. "This is what I have figured out on it so far."
"So, could there be more colors?" Isabella asked. The list only had the blue means sad, red means angry, black means stressed, and yellow means happy.
Felicity shrugged, "More than likely, those are just the one's I've figured out so far."
"Interesting. I can't believe Adam did not tell me."
"I can't either, he said he would tell you right after I had told him." Felicity contemplated. "We should probably head over to the training room though." Felicity said before blurring off to said location verifying that she did indead have her powers back… or at least her super speed.
"Right, I'll follow you, I guess." Isabella said before blurring after her.
They stopped in the training room. "So, you wanna learn super speed or super strength first?" Felicity asked once they got there.
"Speed!" Isabella said instantly.
"Ok, to give me a quick idea give me a few laps around the room with your superspeed. I'll tell you when to stop."
Isabella did as she was told but quickly found herself running right into a heavily padded wall. Felicity was immediately by her side and helping her up. "Don't tell Adam I made you do that but I knew that was gonna happen. The problem is that super speed is an extremely mental based power, it needs a focused goal and destination to work. Since you had a goal but no set destination, I just told you to stop when I said to stop so there was no way to control it."
"So, if I have no set goal or destination I'll just keep hitting walls literally?"
"Unfortunately, though you don't just have to have them set but you need to keep you're mind focused on them or the same thing will happen the second you get distracted." Felicity explained. "By the way, are you ok?"
"Yeah, the walls are padded so it did not hurt so bad."
"Yeah, it hurts like a bitch and pretty much always winds you up in the hospitol when you hit a real wall at fifteen thousand miles per hour." Felicity commented thinking about when she had learned that one the REALLY hard way. "Also, and I can not stress this enough, when you're thinking about with you need to do ONLY think about what needs to be done not what needs to NOT be done or you're powers might get confused. For example, if you're running and think 'don't hit the wall' there's a high chance they'll just here 'hit the wall' and do that."
"Did you learn that the hard way? Also if you have to focus on one goal specifically how is it that you and Adam can doge people and objects while moving?" Isabella asked she had seen Adam move literally seconds before being stabbed.
"I had to learn ALL of these the hard way. And you don't have to just focus on one thing but when you add in the details always return to the main goal. When it comes to dodging flying or otherwise moving objects you literally just have to think fast so you want to keep it short, which obviously takes a lot of skill and practice to get to that point which is why you see me and Adam using our superspeed for pretty much everything because it randomly fits it great practice, and avoid negatives which not only includes 'don't' but also 'avoid' I've found that 'dodge' is a very effective alternative so instead of thinking 'don't get stabbed by that knife' or 'aviod getting stabbed by that knife' think 'dodge that knife'." Felicity specified. "… Does that even make any sense? I feel like it doesn't."
"No, it makes perfect sense. I'm just nervous this sounds like a lot of strategics. I know your good at them and Adaqm always likes to think a few moves a head, but I usually make plans on the fly."
"Actually, as long as the destinations set, the goal details can be set on the fly. It's just really difficult that way because you have about a milisecond to think of it but I do the details on the fly ALL THE TIME." Felicity clarified.
"Oh! So how long does it take to master?"
Felicity shrugged, "It differs depending on the person and their commitment to mastering it really. It could differ anywhere from a day to years."
"That sounds promising, I need to beat Adam's time it took him to master it." Isabella said determinedly.
Felicity smirked, "That's two weeks. You can probably do it… you're eyes are green now by the way."
"Green means determined then." Isabella said setting to work again.
"Makes sense. Now, give me one lap around the room stopping right next to me." Felicity order pointing at the exact spot.
"Right, I'm on it." She said taking off at a run.
Felicity turned to the spot she said which Isabella was now at. "Good, now, right over there are some traffic cones." She pointed to said cones. "Use each of them to make an obstacle course. It doesn't matter what it looks like but keep in mind that you'll be running it later." Feliss ordered since she wants to specifically master the 'on the fly' aspect. "You have one second, go!"
Isabella ran forwards but over shot it and almost hit the wall again.
"Stay focused, Isabella!" Felicity reminded thinking. 'I was right, this is gonna be a long day.'
A/N: End of Chapter! See you all next chapter! Read and Review