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Maternal Instinct: Spotlight
Chapter 7: Shin Possible-What the Future Holds, Part 2
"Thanks for the ride Mr. Samson," Shin said politely as she stepped out of the vintage car.
"Ah don't mention it, after the way your mothers looked after Doc and the boys while I was away it was the least I could do," the buff blonde bodyguard replied. "Just make sure you take care of yourself."
"I will. See ya."
Mr. Samson gave a gruff nod in reply then started to drive away. As she waved him goodbye, Shin tried to understand why he reminded her a bit of Principal Barkin. She shrugged it off as just being tired and blaming him for her current troubles, then turned around to face the building next to her. She held a hand in front of her face to block out the late day sun as she stared up at the old, slightly battered four story building. It was hard to believe it once housed the expanded version of Team Possible before they went their own ways and her two mothers became full time Global Justice agents.
What was even harder to believe was what was in there now. After the team had spread out, her "Uncle" Wade bought the building from them and basically turned it into one huge lab. From looking at the faded and cracked red and grey bricks making up the outside of the building, hardly anyone would believe that inside was some of the most scientifically advanced equipment on the planet. Of course, that was the idea. The old "hiding in plan sight" idea. Besides, it's not anyone could get into the building unless Wade wanted them to.
Sincerely hoping that he monitored her arrival, Shin looked carefully from side-to-side before walking up to the front doors of the building and carefully sliding one of the grey bricks to the side to reveal a hand reader console underneath. She carefully placed her hand in the larger hand print provided and a second later a flashed up and down it.
"Hand print confirmed: Shin Possible. Please lean forward for retinal scan," a computerized voice chirped.
Shin rolled her eyes at the second stage of security but nevertheless leaned forward so that a small blue light could be shined directly into her right eye for a second.
"Retinal scan confirmed: Shin Possible. Welcome."
"Yeah thanks," she muttered as she rubbed her eye.
She stepped over to the door, which slid open automatically for her, then stepped into what use to be the main lobby. For the most part it had been left unchanged from what she could remember. The semi circular main desk still stood in the middle of the room, but it was now mainly there for display, a collection of pictures from the old team sitting along it's surface. She walked over to it and picked up the photo in the middle, which displayed her mothers, both years younger, standing in front of the building for the grand opening of the new Team Possible Inc. building. A smile spread across her face as she looked into her mothers' eyes, so youthful and full of promise for the future. She really wished she could remember more about that day but she was still just a toddler. But she still had plenty of other great memories of this building.
She gently put the photo back down and slid her fingers along the desk's smooth and still clean surface as she made her way over to the one still functioning elevator. Since it was basically just Wade living in this building now, he really only needed the one to get up and down between the various floors and so had turned off the other two long ago. From what she heard though, he barely used the thing, preferring to keep the stairs mostly as part of his exercise regiment. But just because he loved running up and down the stairs all day didn't mean she was about to do it. She pressed the button to bring it down and thankfully her wait wasn't long as the doors opened with the standard "ding" almost immediately.
Advantage of a super genius maintaining this thing, she thought as she stepped inside.
She pressed the button for the top floor and after the door closed, the elevator started up with a gentle hum. The ride was so smooth Shin wasn't sure it was moving at all. Especially when the doors seemed to open almost as soon they closed. The only way she knew she had gone anywhere was because her surroundings had changed from the reception area to a huge, cavernous room that seemed to stretch out forever. Obviously that wasn't true, but the sudden change was definitely disorientating.
The confusion came from the fact that Wade had claimed the entire top floor of the building as his own personal room and long ago knocked down the walls and gutted all the apartments, leaving only one massive room. There was still some divisions, though, but mostly they were made up from cubicle like walls sectioning off smaller works stations. Scattered throughout where desks and shelves of various sizes filled with old projects, new projects, on going projects and much more than she could even begin to understand. No matter how many times she came up her, it was still overwhelming and intimidating.
"Uncle Wade?" she called out tentatively. "It's Shin. I'm here."
Not getting an answer, she decided to venture forth into the labyrinth like room in search for of her host. Thankfully the place was well lit, but it did little to make it less confusing. She wondered around for what felt like hours before she finally heard something other than the soft hum of machinery. It was a voice. A very familiar voice. She turned to the direction she thought it was coming from and was soon rewarded for her efforts when she found Wade sitting at table with the translucent holographic projection of a woman in a business suit hover above it.
"Well it looks like we've got everything over on this end Wade," the woman said as she checked something off screen.
"Good to know Allison. Just hope the guys over there at GD don't have any problems figuring out my calculations," Wade responded.
"They wouldn't have to if you finally decided to take me up on my offer," Allison remarked with a small smirk.
Wade chuckled a bit at her persistence. "Look, we've been over this a million times. I'm happy working out of Middleton."
"If you're worried about not being able to help Kim anymore I can put in a request for them to alter the special clearance you already have."
"It's not just that, Middleton's my home. It's where I grew up and were I feel the most comfortable working. Sorry."
Allison's face fell for a second, but quickly perked back up. "You know you can bring Joss along if you think that would help you adjust."
Wade balked a bit at that remark and his naturally dark face drew a bit darker as he blushed in embarrassment.
"Look my personal life doesn't enter into this," he retorted. "Besides, if we're going that route then I'd ask how things are going between you and Jack."
The woman on the other end of the line blushed as well but did a better job at hiding it.
"Alright, alright I get the message," she said in defeat. "And just so you know everything's going fine here."
"Same here."
"Good. Then I guess I'll have my people look over the specs and if we need you to clarify anything I'll give you a call."
"Sounds good to me."
"Henry's going to be disappointed though."
"I knew it!" Wade shouted triumphantly. "I knew this whole 'get me to move to Eureka' bit was just so we could challenge me to another game of chess!"
"It's not all about that. We really could use your keen intellect over her to help us out. That part's as true as it was the first time I came to visit you. But I'll make sure not to mention anything to Henry about you figuring out his ulterior motive."
Wade chuckled. "Hey, I can beat him over the net just as easily as I could in real life."
"I'm sure he'd see it differently," Allison smirked. "Anyway I should probably get going. There are about a dozen other projects I need to oversee."
"Right. And I've got a guest of my own I need to see to."
Shin let out a small gasp of surprised as he looked over his shoulder at her.
"Then I won't keep you any longer. Talk to you later Wade."
"Talk to you later Allison," he said politely before clicking off the hologram and turning his chair around to face Shin. "It's not polite to eavesdrop you know."
"I know," Shin admitted sheepishly as she walked over to him. "I didn't mean to I was just trying to find you and I didn't want to interrupt."
"It's okay," he said with a dismissive wave. "Wasn't anything too important anyway. Now come here and give us a hug."
Shin's spirits picked up as Wade stood and opened his arms wide. She took him up on his offer and practically leapt at him to give him a tight, familial hug. When he regained his balance from the sudden tackle he returned the embrace for a few seconds before he let her go.
"Alright you're gonna have to knock out that tackle hug stuff, you're getting a little too big for that," he said jokingly.
"Oh yeah, speak for yourself," she quipped, punching his well toned arm.
She giggled a bit at his rather embarrassed reaction and was amazed at how modest he was. Most of the guys she had seen around school with his body type where all arrogant jerks who thought they were God's gift to everything. It probably had to do with the fact that he didn't always look like that. She could barely remember it but she had been told that when Wade was younger he was a rather heavy set kid who barely went out of his room. The latter part hasn't changed much over the years, but he definitely couldn't be considered heavy set now. In fact, thanks to a strict regiment of exercise, weight lifting, and a good diet he had almost no body fat on him at all and was starting to develop a few muscles as well. The main inspiration for this drastic change, or at least everyone assumes so, was the relationship he started with Joss a few years ago. While she didn't mind his...fluffiness, he still wanted to look good for her and stay healthy enough to help her direct her own version of Team Possible out in Montana. Whatever the case may be, Shin was just happy to have him as a prodigal uncle.
"Well I haven't grown that much," he said modestly, rubbing the back of his neck. "Just filled out a few more muscles is all."
"That's cool. Just make sure you don't over do it. I mean those huge, muscle bound freaks in those Strongman contests?" she remarked with a disgusted shudder. "They're just sickening!"
"Trust me you don't have to worry about that. I think Joss would take all my weights away before I got that far."
"Good. So now what did you want to show me?!" she asked, her eyes sparkling like a kid's on Christmas morning.
Wade couldn't help but chuckle at her enthusiasm. "Walk right this way and find out."
She eagerly followed behind him as she lead her to a section of the lab that resembled a changing room in a department store complete with privacy both and full length mirror as well as a few chairs for waiting persons to sit in.
"Why would you...?" she let the question drift as she wave her arm around the area.
"You know how you momma has a new mission suit?" he asked back while walking over to a nearby closet.
She nodded.
"Well as you know she's a bit...picky with things like and she stated in no uncertain terms that she wouldn't be running in and out of my bathroom while she tried different outfits until she found 'the right one'. So I had this place built."
"Oh. Well...I guess that makes sense."
"Uh huh," Wade muttered as he dug through the closet. "Ah, here it is!"
With that, he pulled back from the closet and produced a clothes hanger with something wrapped up in a zip up plastic bag hanging from it. He handed it over to Shin with a prideful look on his face, but the pale teenage just glanced her eyes over it dubiously.
"Uh..." she started to protest.
"Just go try it on," he encouraged, gesturing to the changing room.
Shin continued to look at the "gift" and him suspiciously for a moment then shrugged and made her way over to changing room. After the door closed the sound of a zipper being pulled down filled the small room followed quickly by an excited squeal. It was soon followed by the sound of another zipper being undone and the ruffling of clothes then some slight struggling before finishing off with another zipper being done. The whole process only took a minute or so and when it was over, Shin stepped out of the stall and quickly stood in front of the full length mirror. She smiled broadly as she looked over her new outfit.
It was a one piece suit that was, not surprisingly, mostly dark green with a few black patches to add more color. The most obvious were the two that start just below her collarbones and wrapped around her underarms before coming to a stop just before her wrists. The other parts were two black strips on either leg that started...well they started around her butt then slanted down diagonally to upper thighs. The last bits of black were on the soles of her shoes and wrapped around a little bit around her toes. Aside from black, there were also a few red highlights to break up the two tone pattern even more. They mainly consisted of the brim of the collar as well two large buttons on each of the bracelet like objects connected to the gloves.
While she had no problem with the color's obviously being inspired by her momma's outfit, with a hint of her mom's taste for red as well, her enthusiasm was dialed down a bit when she noticed how...baggy it looked.
"Uh...I hate to sound ungrateful, but it doesn't really fit that well," she said, fidgeting with some of the extra fabric.
"Push the top button on the left glove and then tell me if it doesn't fit," Wade replied with a smug look.
Shin cocked an eyebrow at his expression before looking down at the button skeptically. Deciding to trust his judgement, she pressed the button with her right thumb then let out a surprised squeak when the suit suddenly began skin tight. When she readjusted to the new fit, she looked in the mirror again with a new appreciation for the gift.
"Wow," she breathed.
"Yep, it's something, isn't it?" Wade asked, his voice full of pride. "Took the basics of your mom's old battle suit and incorporated some of the latest technology into it. It can still produce a force field to protect you from the serious stuff, but the kevlar mesh knitted throughout the suit is designed to absorb the impact of little things like, small falls or hitting someone."
"And it's suppose to be this tight?" she asked, pulling at the collar a bit.
"It's designed to be like a second skin. That way it assures maximum maneuverability. Besides, weren't you just complaining that it was too loose?"
"Well...yeah but...it's just..." she stammered as she picked at something around her shoulders and then around her backside. "Hold on."
With that, she disappeared back into the changing room, leaving Wade a bit confused. He heard the suit's zipper being undone followed by a small clasping sound and some soft movement before he heard the zipper again. Shin then stepped back out, looking less agitated than before. She stopped in front of the mirror again to admire the suit some more.
"There, that's better," she sighed, smoothing out a few wrinkles.
"What did you...?" Wade asked, not entirely sure he wanted to know.
"Just figured since this thing is suppose to be skin tight it'd work a lot better without any underwear underneath."
"Okay, I didn't need to know that."
She ignored him as she spun around and looked over her shoulder at her backside.
"I gotta say, it does make my butt look good," she mused.
"Again I'm not saying anything," Wade remarked.
"So what else can this thing do?" Shin asked, turning her full attention to him.
"Well, the gloves are specifically designed to vent plasma so you can still use your natural powers while wearing it. But like Shego's gloves, you'll have to file them every now and then to keep the excess from building up around the tips."
"Guess I'll have to invest in my own set of nail files then," she muttered, looking down at her fingers.
"There's also a stealth mode that can be activated by pressing the top button on the right hand glove," Wade pointed out.
"So I can turn invisible?"
"Basically."
"Sweet! Anything else I-"
Shin's question was cut off by when a small alarm sounded from one of the nearby consoles. While she was a little surprised and confused by it, Wade snapped into his own personal "mission mode" and briskly walked over to the flashing computer. Curiosity getting the better of her, Shin followed him to see what was going on.
"What is it?" she asked as she stopped to look over his shoulder at the computer screen.
"Something's going on in one of the old warehouses down by the wharf," he answered instinctually.
"You mean like a crime? In the city?" Shin asked again, excitement growing in her voice.
Wade froze in place for a second before he slowly turned to look at the black and red haired teenager. Just as he feared, he could see an unmistakable glint in her eyes. It was one he had seen many times before over the years when he was telling her mom the details of a mission.
"Oooh no," he said, hoping to cut off the idea before it fully formed.
"Why not? I mean what better way to test this suit than in the field, right?" she remarked.
Too late.
"Shin, letting you try on the suit and actually having you use it are two very different things," he stated calmly, trying to diffuse the situation. "Besides, I'd be in enough trouble if your mothers knew I not only made it for you but helped you get out of the house to try it on when you're suppose to be grounded."
"But there's no one else nearby, right?"
"Well..."
"And you know it's probably something the police can't handle."
"Then you couldn't-"
"And it'd be irresponsible and unheroic just to let criminals go, right?"
"Shin," he warned in as strict a voice as he could muster.
"Please Uncle Wade? I'll be really careful and make sure no one seems so my moms won't ever know."
"But-"
"Pleeeeaaaasseee?!"
Wade was about to offer another protest when he stopped and finally noticed the pose she had taken. Hands cupped in front of her, head tilted down slightly, lower lip stuck out and quivering and those big, round, sad eyes. This too was something he had seen over the years in many forms. It was the most dangerous weapon in any female Possible's arsenal; the dreaded Puppy Dog Pout. He tried to look away in time, but it was too late, it had gotten him.
"I'm not accepting any responsibility for this," he warned with a sigh.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!" Shin cheered as she leaped forward and hugged him around the neck. Once she pulled back she looked at the computer again. "So what's the sitch?"
He couldn't help but smirk at hearing her say the familiar catchphrase.
"Well like I said, there's some kind activity going on in one of the abandoned warehouses at the wharf," he explained, pointing to the blinking red light. "It's only a few blocks from here."
"So getting a ride shouldn't be a problem then," she remarked.
"Actually..."
She looked over at him. "'Actually' what?"
"Well...it was suppose to be your birthday present..."
"What was?"
"Follow me," he waved as he stood up.
Feeling a slight sense of deja vu, Shin followed him through the lab to the elevator at the other end. When she saw he pressed the button for the garage she wondered what exactly he was going to show her.
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Shin stood in the middle of the large garage and stared at the object in front of her in shocked silence. There, among the many various cars and other vehicles, sat a two door sports car that just happened to be the exact same emerald green color as her battle suit. The thin black line and tinted windows just seemed to solidify that theory. Of course it also helped that Wade had told her that this car was...
"Mine?!" she screamed in disbelief again.
"Yes, yours. Well technically it's not really yours for another few months but for now you can borrow it," Wade explained.
"Really?! You mean that?!"
"Of course."
"Yes! Yes! This is so cool!" she exclaimed as she held her hands in front of her face and jumped up and down like...well like an excited school girl. "You are seriously the best uncle I've ever had!"
"Well...I'm not sure about that," he said humbly as he scratched the back of his head. "Just don't get too attached yet since you'll have to give it back after this mission of yours."
Unfortunately, Shin didn't hear a word he said. She was too busy focusing on the second gift she had received in the last ten minutes that had changed this day from starting out to be one of the worst ever to one of the best ever. She ran her hands along the smooth, well polished surface of the hood and roof as she walked around the car. When she got around to the trunk she noticed what she assumed was a second engine built over top of it as well as four exhaust pipes under the bumper. She cocked an eyebrow at the device and looked over to Wade.
"Okay so I admit I don't know much about cars, but is there a reason for this?" she asked, pointing to engine. "Is it suppose to really fast or something?"
"The fastest thing on wheels," a new voice answered.
Shin let out a terrified shriek and jumped back a few feet when she realized the voice has come from the car itself.
"It talks!" she shouted, jabbing a finger in the car's direction.
"Oh honey I can do so much more than just talk," it responded playfully.
"Most of which are still in development or classified right not," Wade chimed in, hoping the car wouldn't give too much away. "Plus a few things you're just not ready to deal with yet."
"Like the fact that the freaking car talks?!" Shin declared.
"Yes, I can talk. Why is this such a big deal?" the car asked.
"Because cars ain't suppose to talk!"
"Not according to Dr. Freeman."
"Dr. Who?"
"That's someone else," Wade said off handedly, earning himself another questioning look from the teenager. "Anyway, Dr. Freeman was a scientist your mother helped out a long time ago who pioneered a lot of the foundations for modern day A.I. One of his first successes was S.A.D.I.E. a self driving, talking car."
"So...then you used that design and put it in my car?" Shin asked, relaxing a bit and taking a step forward.
"Uh...a little bit. Mostly though the tech comes from...another source. Again it's classified so I can't really tell you much more than that yet."
"Okay...so...does it have a name?"
"You mean does she have a name?" the car asked in an irritated female voice. "And yes I do. I go by the name Emerald."
"Gee, wonder how you came up with that?" Shin scoffed.
"Fine so it's not the most original name, but it fits my paint scheme. Besides it's a pretty name for a pretty car."
"Well...can't argue with you there."
"No you can't," Emerald replied then popped open the driver's side door. "Hop in."
Shin cast a doubtful glance over to Wade who merely smiled at her reassuringly as he gestured for her to get inside the car. Still feeling a little doubtful, she nevertheless to both their suggestions and carefully slid into the driver's seat of the living vehicle. Much like the outside, the inside looked surprisingly like that of a normal car. Steering wheel, dash board, gauges, various controls all that good stuff was in there. There was even a small LCD screen for a G.P.S. map or a DVD player, she wasn't quite sure which. Still everything seemed in order and...ordinary. It wasn't a complaint, just kind of disorientating.
"So?" Wade asked.
"It's good. Though the seat needs to be adjusted a bit," she remarked as she looked at her out stretched hands holding into the steering wheel.
"Allow me," Emerald said. "Just hold still for a second."
Before Shin could ask what she was doing, the seat beneath her began to move forwards and upwards slightly. Within just a few seconds, it was perfectly adjusted for her.
"Better?" Emerald asked.
"Yeah a lot. Feels good. Feels right," Shin mused, as she gripped the wheel tighter.
"So I suppose now that that's out of the way..." Wade remarked, not sure if he could finish the sentence.
"Oh it's mission time baby!" the raven haired girl shouted excitedly.
"Sounds good to me. So where are we going?" Emerald asked.
"I'll send you the address while you're on your way," Wade said as he stepped back. "It's just a few blocks from here so it shouldn't take you long."
"A few blocks, that's all? Darn and here I was hoping for a chance to really cut loose. Oh well," Emerald sighed.
"Eh, maybe next time," Shin tried to cheer her up.
"If there is a next time," Wade muttered.
"What was that?"
"I said good luck and be careful."
"Hey, aren't I always?"
Shin flashed him a quick smirk and before Wade could answer, the door quickly closed and the car started. After a bit of revering up, Emerald's tired screeched along the cement floor of the garage as she took off at a nearly breakneck speed. Twin shouts of fun and excitement mixed with the engine's roar as the car soon faded from view.
"I hope I'm doing the right thing," Wade muttered doubtfully.
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Once Wade sent the two the address for the wharehouse, they reached it in only a matter of minutes. Shin was certainly impressed by the swift and smooth drive and was definitely happy to have Emerald as her car/partner. That part would take some getting use to, but if she could get to all her missions this quickly she'd get use to it real fast. Of course this was all provided didn't find out about her first mission here and ground her for the rest of her life.
She pushed that thought down for the moment and focused on sneaking her way into the building. Thankfully, whoever was inside seemed to have forgotten to lock the backdoor which gave her the perfect chance to slip inside undetected. Though once she did get inside the building's twisting and half lit corridors sent her on a wild goose chase for several minutes as she ended up running into dead ends and rooms that seemed to loop in on themselves. It was only but a stroke of luck that she overheard someone talking and followed it to the main shipping/storage area of the place.
She stuck to the shadows as her momma had taught her and silently made her way up to the catwalk to get a better look at what was going on. From high above the large room she could see that several men in purple and black uniforms where lugging around wooden crates with the words "Hench Co." slapped across them. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but there was something familiar about that name. She was sure she had heard one of her mothers mention it at some point or another. Whatever it was, the feel of the place was definitely bad so she decided just to go on that.
She started to move forward in an effort to get a better view, but suddenly stopped when she noticed she wasn't alone on the catwalk. A few feet in front of her a boy around her own age with obvious bleach blonde hair sat crouched down and watched the uniformed men just as intently as her. She wasn't really sure what to make of him though because he seemed rather...ordinary. His hair, aside from the painfully clear dye job, was gelled up into spikes like a hundred other different guys in her school. He had on a pair of faded blue jeans and some hiking boots and she thought she saw a bit of a light green T-shirt but it was mostly concealed by the dark brown aviator jacket he had on...for some reason. The only thing that really stood out to her was that the jacket, aside from being completely gaudy, was missing the right sleeve, probably because he thought it made him look "cool". She thought he just looked like an idiot.
Despite his ordinary appearance, she decided to play it safe and crept over to him, careful not to make a sound. When she was a few inches right behind him, her left arm lashed out to grabbed his mouth to keep him from screaming then pulled him back towards her where she held her plasma cover right hand uncomfortably close to this face.
"Make one wrong move and you'll be fried creep," she warned.
Despite her warning the boy mumbled something against her hand. She gave him a look of suspicion and annoyance as she tried to figure out what he had said, but to no avail.
"If I move my hand will you promise not to call out to your buddies there?" she asked in a threatening tone.
He nodded enthusiastically.
"Good," she replied then moved her hand back. "Now what did you say?"
"I said, 'I'm not one of the bad guys'. And you're lucky I'm not cause I could have been lying, you know?" he quipped.
"Well smart guy if you're not one of the bad guys then what were you doing skulking around up here?"
"I could as you the same question."
Shin was obviously taken aback by the retort.
"Well I...I...asked you first!" she shot back.
"Man you really aren't prepared for this."
"Shut up!"
The boy chuckled a bit at seeing her so flustered.
"Well to answer your question, I'm here scoping these guys out. Same thing I imagine you're doing."
"Kinda..."
"Good. So can you let me go now?"
When she realized she was still holding him, Shin quickly let him go and turned away as her cheeks turned dark green in embarrassment. He gave her a quick smirk before straightening out this jacket and move back over to the railing of the catwalk to see what was going on. After recovering her wits, Shin moved to stand beside him, placing her hands on the railing and leaning over a bit to get a better look.
"So what's going on here, anyway?" she asked, narrowing her eyes a little.
"Couple goons from Hench Co. have been moving a lot of stuff from out of this warehouse for awhile now," he explained. "And by the way, the name's Kaden."
"Oh right, sorry. My name's Shin."
"'Shin'? What kind of name is 'Shin'?"
"A good one! Besides what kind of name is 'Kaden'?"
"A real one," he re-plied with a smirk.
"Mine's a real one too! And it's unique so nyah!" she scoffed, sticking her tongue out at him.
As she turned her head back to the activity below, she glanced down and happened to notice an object on his right wrist. It was a silver colored band with a bright red jewel display prominently in the center. She snorted a bit before she was able to fight back her laughter.
"What?" Kaden asked, annoyed.
"Nothing," she squeaked, still trying to hold back her laughter.
"It's about this, isn't it?" he asked, pointing to the object.
"No, of course not. I think that's a lovely bracelet. For a girl!"
She then slapped her hands over her mouth to keep from laughing and giving away their position. Kaden just sighed and glared at her until it finally looked like she was calming down.
"Ya done?" he asked in a deadpan voice.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," she breathed. "Sorry about that."
"Nah, I've actually gotten use to that."
"So what is that thing anyway?"
"It's...complicated. And it's not important right now."
"Right, right," Shin reminded herself, focusing on the group again and resuming her previous position. "So what's Hench Co. again? That name sounds so familiar."
"Basically making all sorts of weird gizmos for villains to use and provide them with all those troops they always seem to have."
"Hence the name 'henchmen' I'm guessing."
"You got it."
Shin just rolled her eyes and shook her head. "So how long they been doing this?"
"Well we don't know how long they've been using this warehouse but they've been doing this sorta thing all over town for a few weeks now. These guys have just been here for a few hours."
"A few weeks?!" Shin nearly shouted in amazement. "And no one's notice this?!"
"Yeah they've been getting pretty good at hiding their tracks. But we finally found 'em."
"Alright so who's 'we'? You're not some kind wacko, are you?"
"Well...some kinda wacko but not like that," he smirked. "Gotta partner that listens in on an earpiece," he pointed to his right ear to emphasize his point.
"K, what's going on over there?" a voice chimed in on the earpiece.
"Speak of the devil," he muttered as he pressed the button to talk back. "Everything's fine here Z just ran into an unexpected guest."
"What kind of guest? You okay?"
Kaden looked back over to Shin, his eyes running up and down her body.
"Seems fine to me," he remarked.
"Hey watch it buster!" she warned.
"It's a girl?!" the voice, which Shin could now till was female, screamed into the earpiece, causing Kaden to flinch a bit.
"Yeah it is, but it's fine trust me. Just calm down," he pleaded.
"Fine, whatever," Z huffed. "Just make sure she doesn't give you away for anything."
"Well where would the fun be in that?"
"K, I'm serious."
"I know, I know. Look it'll all be fine. Now I'll get back to you in a bit."
There was a bit of silence before he heard a small sigh. "Alright."
He nodded and clicked the com device off then noticed Shin leaning against the railing and giving him an almost predatory smile.
"Your girlfriend the jealous type, is she?" she grinned.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Kaden spat back. "We just work together!"
"Riiiight," she remarked then once again turned her attention back to the uniformed men. "So how are we supposed to get down there without getting noticed?"
Kaden glanced back and fourth between the busy henchmen and the way Shin was leaning against the railing. A grin started to spread across his face as he plan slowly started to form in his mind. He had promised Z not to let Shin give away his position, but he never said anything about using her a distraction so he could jump right into the middle of the fight. And her current position was giving him an opportunity he just couldn't pass up. With the smirk growing wider, he cocked his right hand back and then brought it forward quickly to give her a hard smack on the butt.
The sudden action, and pain, caused Shin to let out a surprised shriek and jump at least two feet into the air. Unfortunately, since she was still holding onto the railing, it also caused her to spin over the top of it. Her hand lost it's grip as soon as she completed her rotation but thankfully her training and natural skills kicked in and she was able to right herself so that she could bounce off the stack of crates beneath her and land harmlessly on the metal floor below. She didn't even pay any attention to the sounds of crates falling or the fact that all the henchmen's eyes where now on her. Instead she whipped her head upwards to glare at where Kaden stood on the catwalk with a amused look on his face.
"Whatcha do that for ya big jerk?!" she screamed, shaking a fist at him.
"Look out," he said casually as he pointed behind her.
It was only then that Shin spun back around to see that all the men's guns where now trained right on her.
"Oh crap," she muttered.
As she stared down the barrel of a dozen laser rifles, one thought when through Shin's head.
"I really hope this thing works," she whispered as she jabbed the button that was suppose to activate her battle suit's force field.
Luck was one her side for once as a shimmering green bubbled formed around her just as the henchmen began to shoot. She tensed up on reflex but quickly relaxed when she saw the blasts bounce harmlessly off the field. Unfortunately, she really didn't know if she could move and still maintain the shield and while there weapons were obviously have no effect, the creeps just kept firing at her!
"Hmmm, not bad," Kaden mused from his perch on the catwalk. "Guess I better go help her though."
With that, he placed a hand on the railing for support then swiftly leapt over it. As he was falling he stuck his left foot out to take on a flying kick form and with pinpoint accuracy struck the first henchmen of the group right on the chin with the soul of his boot. Once he reached he floor he crouched down then quickly sprung up again to uppercut the closest man next to him, sending him to the floor next to his buddy. Next, Kaden spun his leg in a wide arch to take down yet another henchmen with his foot. By the time the third uniformed man fell, though his friends had recovered enough from their shock to point their weapons at the teenage boy. He was saved from the most immediate threat by a green and black plasma blast that sent the man flying back a few feet.
"Hey, thanks!" Kaden remarked when he saw it was Shin who had knocked the guy out.
"Get behind me you idiot!" Shin cried out as she grabbed the collar of his jacket and pulled him behind her just as the eight remaining men began to fire again.
"Some nice tricks you got there," Kaden complimented. "I take they come from this fancy suit you got on, right?"
"The force field yes, but the plasma's all me baby," Shin replied with a grin as she ignited her fists again.
"Cool. So you got any plan to get out of here?"
"I'm...still working on that."
"Alright, alright just stop already!" one of the henchmen shouted. "Obviously those things aren't doing any good. Lets see if this thing can hold up to an old fashioned gun."
The man smiled sadistically at the two teen heroes as he cocked an assault rifle and aimed it directly at them.
"That's a good question," Kaden whispered to Shin. "Can this thing stop real bullets?"
"I don't know," she whispered back nervously.
"Then let's not find out."
He then grabbed her by the shoulder and quickly yanked her behind him, forcing her to drop the shield. Any protest she was going to offer was lost when she saw the bracelet on his right wrist starting to glow a bright red from the jewel in the center. As he walked past her she could swear the glow was starting to spread across his arm.
She didn't get too much time to really think about it though as the henchmen let open with a round of bullets from his rifle, laughing manically as he did so. Despite his seemingly well tried mark on the two, the bullets went flying everywhere around them, including the old, worn out floor which sent up a cloud of dust and debris that obscured them from view. After nearly a minute of firing the men stopped and looked at the cloud with a satisfied grin. There was no way either of them could have survived that, all he and the others had to do was wait for the smoke to clear to find...
Both of the heroes standing completely unharmed. Jaws on both sides dropped as Kaden could in front of Shin, his previously exposed right arm now covered in a silver, segment armor plating going from his hand right up to his shoulder. Small layered spikes stuck out from the elbow of the armor as did three slightly longer ones from out of his shoulder. The red jewel that was on the bracelet was now centered on the back of his hand. It was what his hand was holding that shocked everyone. Sticking out between each of his fingers were every bullet the man had fired at them.
"But...but...that's impossible!" the henchman shouted in shock and confusion.
Kaden just returned the men's earlier grin before he swung his arm to the right and threw the bullets into the nearby wall, each one impacting as if they had been fired from the gun itself.
"My turn," he smirked as he held up his armored fist.
The troop of villains stood frozen by fear as the boy clenched his fist then punched the floor directly in front of him with all his might. A shockwave traveled out from the point of impact and headed right for them. By the time they remembered how to run, it was already too late. The force of the shockwave caused the floor to explode from underneath them, sending almost all of them flying into the air and hitting the ground hard. When it was all over there were only two henchmen left standing.
"W-what do we do?" one of them asked.
"I'm getting the heck out of here! They don't pay me enough to fight freaks!" the other screamed just before he started running towards the nearest truck.
"I hear ya man!" the first one agreed, following close behind his co-worker.
"Hey they're getting away!" Shin shouted as the truck sped off.
"Oh no they're not," Kaden remarked and ready another punch.
He stopped when he saw Shin run out in front of him in hot pursuit of the truck. He blinked at the fact that she was trying to chase down a truck on foot, but then smiled and shrugged.
"Guess we do this the fun way then," he said to himself.
Shin stopped for a brief second after she ran out of the locking dock doors and found herself in an alley behind the building. She looked from side to side to see where the truck could have gone and upon hearing screeching tires to her left, decided to go that away. Just before she did though, she heard a slight rumbling behind her, then jumped in surprise as a section of the wall next to her exploded outwards to leave a big enough whole for Kaden to walk casually through.
"Was that really necessary?" she scoffed.
"No, but it's so much fun," he quipped.
"Whatever," she muttered before jumping of the dock and taking off in the direction she had heard the tires.
Kaden jumped from the dock as well and followed, quickly catching up to her much to Shin's surprise and chagrin.
"And just what do you think you're doing?!" she demanded.
"Following up on my case," he replied casually.
"This isn't your case, it's mine!"
"Says you?"
"Says me!"
"Exactly some girl who just stumbled into this. Z and me have been stacking these guys out for weeks!"
"Yeah well...my family's been doing this since before you were born so that gives me the right to be here!"
"Well there's some big leaps in logic for you."
"Whatever! The point is I'm here now and I'm going to catch them cause I'm gonna get to them first!"
"Really? Well let me ask you something, in all those cool powers of yours, does that include flying?"
"No."
"Too bad."
He grinned as Shin's confused look then stopped just long enough to raise his armored fist into the air and slam it down onto the pavement below. Unlike before, however, the shockwave was directly under him and sent him sailing into the air. He gave he a quick wave goodbye as he quickly faded from sight, leaving a stunned Shin to just stare at him.
"That's not fair!" she screamed, shaking her fist as his vanishing form. She then sighed and hung her head. "So now what?"
The answer to her question came in the form of a familiar green and black sports car pulling up next to her.
"Need a lift?" Emerald asked as she opened the driver's side door.
"Yes!" Shin shouted excitedly as she slipped inside. "After 'em!"
"Right!"
Once Shin was safely secured, Emerald closed the door and revved her engine before taking off at a breakneck pace. She raced down the streets of Middleton, deftly dodging in and out of traffic as she followed Shin's directions. Thankfully a large truck with the name "Hench Co." on the side of it was easy enough to find, especially when a teenage boy with a super powered arm was leaving small craters in the ground as he chased after them. They followed the trail into another small alley that had only one narrow exit between two buildings. As crazy as it was the truck swerved into the side alley, nearly tipping over as it did so. As it was, sparks flew off the sides as they scraped along the brick walls. Emerald had caught up to them and was just about to make the turn into the alley when a bright green and black flash hit the walls to one of the buildings and sent a large pile of rumble down to close off the alleyway. She skidded to a halt just in the nick of time to avoid hitting it head on.
Shin jumped out of the car and stared at the newly created rubble pile and stared intently at the still smoldering pieces, particularly the green smoke raising up from them. She whipped her head in the direction the blast had come from just barely caught a glimpse of someone on top of one of her roofs adjacent to the building. It wasn't much but she could have sworn she saw a hint of red hair and a uniform that almost looked like her momma's old one.
"What the...?" she whispered.
"Uh...Shin? I hate to say it, but I think we lost 'em," Emerald reported.
"Great. Just great," Shin growled and hung her head. "My first mission and it's a bust."
"We could try to find them again if you want?"
"No that's OK. At this point I just want to go home."
"Right."
Shin climbed back inside Emerald and as the intelligent car turned around and started to pull out of the alley, she turned back to stare at the building again, wondering just what exactly what, or who, that might have been.
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After a quick stop by Wade's to drop off her battle suit as well as pick up her clothes, Shin had Emerald drive her back to her house
"You sure you can get back alright on your own?" she asked the driverless car.
"I'll be fine. I got here easily enough, right?" Emerald replied.
"Yeah I guess so. Still just be careful and with any luck I'll get to see you again soon."
"Alright. Take care yourself, don't want my partner getting hurt or grounded already."
"Yeah, me neither."
She waved Emerald goodbye one last time as she pulled out of the driveway then quickly made her way into the house before any of the neighbors could see her. She left her shoes by the door then made a beeline right for the bathroom for a shower. As tired as she was she knew she wouldn't be able to get to sleep with all the dirt and grime on her. Plus she didn't want there to be any evidence left whenever her mothers came home. It seemed her timing was perfect, because right as she got out of the shower, she heard the front door open and one of them announcing that they were back. She quickly grabbed a towel to wrap around her body then another for her hair before she picked up her clothes and walked out to greet.
"Shin!" Kim admonished her right away.
"What?!" she asked back in an annoyed, and slight frightful, tone.
"How many times have I told you not to walk through the house when you just got out of the shower."
"Oh," she sighed in relief. "Sorry I just heard you come in and wanted to greet you."
"Yeah cut her some slack Princess, it's not that big a deal," Shego defended her daughter. "It's not like she snuck out of the house while we're away, right?"
"No of course not," Shin remarked, trying to keep herself from seeming guilty. "So how'd the mission go?"
"Same old, same old," Kim said off handedly as she picked up the remote and switched on the TV. "Villain invents weapon to take over the world, we find their hideout, they capture us and put us in an overly elaborate deathtrap, we escape and foiled their plan then come home after their put dragged away by the cops. Pretty standard really."
"And what did you do all day? Hopefully nothing too exciting," Shego said in an authoritative tone.
"Me? Exciting? No! I just sat around and thought about what I had done," Shin said innocently.
Her mothers looked towards each other before casting a suspicious look towards her. She smile widely back at them and just prayed they would buy her story. After a moment of tense silence, Kim looked like she was about to say something else when the news reporter on the TV interrupted her.
"And in breaking news tonight we just received an amateur home video of what appears to be Shin Possible, the daughter of world famous heroes Kim and Shego Possible, taking up the family business," the female reporter explained.
The screen then cut to a grainy video of Shin in her battle suit running down the street next to Kaden just moments before the boy launched himself into the air and apparently knocking down the person holding the camera. A moment of static later it cut back to the professionally dressed African-American woman.
"So is it true? Has little Shin taken up the business her mother started all those years ago? We'll try to get an exclusive with the Possible family to find out," the reporter concluded.
"SHIIIIIINNN!!!" both Kim and Shego growled, staring at their disobedient daughter.
"Busted," she said softly.
"Oh you better believe you're busted!" Shego growled. "After all I did to defend you, this is how you repay me!"
"Look I can explain!"
"How about your start by explain how you got out of here in first place. Or more importantly where you got that suit from?!" Kim demanded, folding her arms over her chest. "Did your Uncle Wade have anything to do with that?"
"Well..." Shin stalled, grinding her bare foot into the carpet.
"I knew it! I knew it! I told this would happen!" Shego remarked to Kim.
"Just as I told you that giving her any kind of training would make her want to go out on missions," the redhead shot back.
"Well it's not like I tech geek friend who can hook her up with a battle suit and cool gadgets."
"Technically you do."
"That's not the point! The point is...wait, what was the point?"
"That Shin disobeyed us and went out of the house. On a mission no less," Kim reminded her wife as she looked back to her daughter.
"Oh yeah," Shego mused, looking at the girl as well.
"And now they're back to working together again," the pale teenager retorted.
"Don't start young lady," Kim warned. "You're already in enough trouble as it is. In fact, I think adding another month onto your grounding will give you plenty of time to think about what you did."
"A month?!"
"Want to make it two?"
"But..." Shin tried to plead, looking over at Shego.
"Don't look at me kiddo. I tried to help you and you just went behind my back. So I'm agreeing with your mom here."
"But I was-"
"Shin! Room. March!" Kim ordered, pointing her finger to the girl's room.
Shin just sighed at the return of her back luck and stumbled her way back into her room. Once there, she closed the door and threw her dirty clothes into her laundry basket before she collapsed onto the bed. She unwrapped her still damp hair and gave it a few pads to dry it out some more then tossed it onto the computer chair. As she laid her head back onto the pillow she caught a glimpse of something brown and furry sitting next to her face. With a soft smile she reached over and picked up the old teddy bear she had owed for as long as she could remember. She knew it was pretty stupid and lame for someone her age to still have one, let alone sleep with it, but she didn't care. He provided comfort and security when she really needed. He also provided the one thing she needed most of right now, a friendly ear.
"So for my first real mission I ran into some other hero who's kind of a jerk, did little more than stand around and got shot at and then when I finally did do something, two of the bad guys got away. Not a very good start to a crime fighting career, huh Pookie?" she asked.
Not surprisingly the stuff bear didn't give an answer.
"Yeah, figured you'd say that," she smirked. "Still, this whole thing's a lot harder that mom and momma made it look. Maybe they're right, I should try this. But I still think if they'd just work with me and try me a bit more I could be just as good as them. Maybe even better."
She sighed then drew the bear to her towel wrapped chest.
"Yeah maybe someday but not right now. I guess I really do need to learn the basics of this before I start. I can get it though. I know I can. I just need to study up on all the good guys and bad guys out there. And figure out what was up with that blast the knocked that wall down. I mean it was so much like..."
She left the sentence hang as she raised her right hand above her and ignited her first. She was the green and black flames dance harmlessly over her hand for a few seconds as she thought back on the incident earlier that day.
"But if it was like this then that would mean..." she tried to reason, not sure if wanted to believe the answer she came up with. "No!" she stated firmly, closing her fist and extinguishing the flame. "That just can't be. Maybe I was seeing things. Yeah that's probably it. Probably just too tired. Probably should get some sleep now. Yeah that sounds good, a nice, long nap."
She brought her hand back down to hold the teddy bar close again as her eye lids slowly closed. She turned over onto her left side and snuggled up against Pookie was she quickly drifted off to a nice, peaceful sleep.
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Near the outskirts of Middleton, down one of the city's rarely traveled alleyways sat a mid-sized, well used RV. It was rather outdated by the current standards, but it helped provide shelter and transportation for the two occupants that used it and that was the most important thing. One of those occupants sat behind her laptop sitting on what passed for the dining table and impatiently tapped two fingers on the right key to her mouse while she idly twirled some strands of her short, pink hair around the index finger on her other hand. The information on the screen in front of her reflected off her thin rimmed glasses as she absently combed through the latest crime reports to see where her partner should go next.
If he ever shows up that is, she thought a bit bitterly.
As if hearing her disapproving thought, the front door to the RV opened and a bleach blond body in an aviator's jacket walked in and flashed her a confident smile.
"Kaden!" she exclaimed as she jumped up from her seat.
"Hey Zeki, what's up?" he replied in a friendly tone as he shook off his boots and laid down on the couch behind the driver's seat.
"I don't know, you tell me," she demanded, placing her hands on her hips. "How'd everything go out there?"
He shrugged as best he could. "Bout the same really."
"Really? And what's this about a girl?"
"Oh that. Eh, it's nothing to worry about. Just some pale chick with green suit and some glowing hands."
Zeki blinked as she took in this information.
"Wait. Pale, green outfit, glowing hands," she ticked off each one on a finger, a sense of dread slowly over coming her. "How old was this girl?"
"About my age I think," Kaden replied nonchalantly.
"Did you get a name?"
"Uh...yeah, said her name was Shin. Weird, huh?"
Now she knew she didn't like that answer. She stood completely frozen as she realized who exactly he had made.
"Shin?" she replied softly. "As in Shin Possible?!"
"Uh...I guess?" he asked, looking at her upside down. "What's the problem?"
"'What's the problem'? 'What's the problem"?! Just the fact that Shin Possible is the daughter of Kim Possible! You know, the original teen hero?! Also married to former super villain Shego!"
"Oooh yeah, I remember them," Kaden replied, a lot of realization crossing his face. "Guess that would explain the look and the powers. And the body," he said with a slight grin and looked at his right hand.
Zeki let out a low growl and crossed her arms over her admittedly less than impressive chest.
"Well I'm glad you're so happy about this considering it could be a big problem for us," she warned.
"Why's that?"
"Cause if she tells her parents what we're doing then they could have Wade running a scan to try and find us."
"So what? You'll just do your computer thing and throw him off our trail like you'd done with those other guys who's tried to find us."
"Are you insane?! This is Wade Load we're talking about here! I mean I'm good but I'm not that good! We should just cut take this victory and head out now."
"No way! From what you're saying it sounds like things are just about to get really fun. We should stick around and see what happens."
Zeki was about to offer up another protest but stopped when she saw the look on Kaden's face. It was the same one he got whenever he made his mind about something and she knew that nothing she said would ever change it. So instead she just sighed and let her head dip a little.
"I knew coming here was going to be a mistake," she muttered.
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Hench Co. is widely hailed as the leader in providing the latest technology as well as the best troops to super villains around the world. Under the guidance of the Hench family it grew into a cooperate empire that has helped many aspiring individuals to go from small time crook to world threatening mad scientist in no time at all. The last of the Hench line, Jack, made sure to promote the company in as many villain trade magazines as he could as well as put on various exhibition shows throughout the years. It was through his efforts that it became the powerhouse of villainy that is it today.
Or rather what it use to be a few months ago. That was when it was the victim of a hostile takeover in every sense of the word. A new owner had come out of nowhere to buy out Jack's stock in the company and take his place as its leader. No one really knows what happened to him, some say he was being kept in a dungeon and pried for information while others said he was just killed outright. In any case, he hadn't been seen since the take over much to the chagrin of most of the employees. While the company did have its foundations in evil, Jack was still a nice guy at heart and made sure everyone was treated well and had full benefits and the like.
Their new boss, however, was completely different. Where Jack gave the appearance of a businessman, he gave embraced the look and attitude of super villain to a T. He was covered from head to toe in a gun metal gray armor with the mostly featureless helmet having a chrome finish to stand out more. It was also to draw people to the two glowing red eyes of the mask that seemed to stare right into people's souls. As if his look wasn't bad enough, he was very antisocial and barely lift his office. On those rare occasions he did, it was usually for something very bad like punishing someone who failed him or personally overseeing the progress of the latest invention.
To say his presence made people uneasy was a huge understatement. At any given moment, no one knew wether they were going to be given a promotion or killed out right for whatever reason he could think up. It gave the company the atmosphere of a third world country being run by a ruthless dictator. They were unhappy but no one dared to speak out against him for fear of incurring his wrath.
So when news came in that the operation in Middleton has been stopped by some new teen heroes, no one wanted to tell him. Of course everyone knew that someone had to tell him sooner or later or they'd could all be punished for not telling him something so important. After much arguing, threatening and rounds of rock/paper/scissors it was finally decided this personally security would tell him as he would be least likely to kill her. Still, that didn't mean she wasn't afraid.
"M-M-Mr. Hades?" the young brunette asked as she stepped carefully into the darkened office.
"Ah, Liza come in," a deep, rumbling voice beckoned. "And as you should know by now I prefer just Hades, but if you most apply a title, please let it be Lord Hades."
"R-right, Lord Hades," she corrected as she slowly stepped over to his desk. "I have some news about our operation in Middleton."
"Can I assume from your nervous posture that it's bad news?" he asked, not even turning away from the window he was standing in front of.
"I-I'm afraid so sir. It seems it was shut down by a couple of...teenagers."
"Teenagers you say?"
She flinched a bit as his casual yet threatening tone and rubbed her free hand against her knee length grey skirt to wipe the sweat off of it.
"Yes sire," she said, trying to keep her wits. "I've got some pictures of them from the security footage here if you'd like to look at them," she explained, holding up a manilla folder.
"Place it on the desk and leave," he instructed.
She nodded and did as he ordered then turned and tried to get out of the room as quickly as she could while not seeming like she was scared half to death.
"Liza?" he called out.
"Y-yes, sir?" she asked, afraid to turn around.
"You don't have to be afraid of me. Despite what people say I'm not the 'kill the messenger' type."
"You're not?" she asked again, relaxing a little.
"Of course not. It's not your fault that things went bad in Middleton."
"No it's not."
"But it is someone's fault. Someone gave the go ahead to have that operation there while fully knowing the risks. Find that person and tell them I want to see them in my office," he stated calmly and then added, "And have a janitor follow close behind them."
Liza swallowed nervously as her fear returned, but never the less she was able to give him a slight nod before practically darting out of the room. When she was gone, Hades finally turned around to examine the folder she had left. He flipped it open and looked through the pictures he found there. The boy looked familiar to him but he couldn't quite place him, he thought he had seen him interfering with a few of his other operations as well. The girl, however, the girl was all too familiar. There was no mistaking the pale green shade of her skin or her two toned hair or the colors of her uniform.
"So the youngest Possible has decided to enter the game, eh?" he mused before he tossed the picture into the air.
As it hovered for a moment in the air, Hades unsheathed the two blades built into his right gauntlet. In one swift move he arched his arm upwards and effortlessly cut the picture into three pieces.
"Very well girl, let's see how well you play," he said ominously as the piece slowly fell to the floor.
The End. For Now.
Author's Notes: Alright I finally got this one done. Whoo! Sorry for the long wait but a couple of things came up. Once, of course, was writing the first chapter to the Non "MI" story "All I Really Want" and then I just got busy in RL and that kept me away from the comp for a bit. But I was finally able to find time to sit down and really pound this thing out. I hope it was worth the wait for you guys. As you can tell I left a few things ambiguous cause I do plan on coming back to this time line later on. Much later on. So really this whole thing was just a set up to get you all use to Shin's world for when she becomes the star of the serious. Of course like I said above that won't happen for a long, long time. Though that doesn't mean you all won't be seen the teenage Shin sooner than you, or her parents, expect. Muwhahahahahahha!
OK so I just gotta mention this before I go. Turns out there's actually some Shin fan art out there. TigerJade86 was kind enough to do a cute little pic of Shin at about age four. You can find it here:
http :// www. deviantart .com/ deviation /58573427/
Usual rule for link here applies, just fill in the gaps and you should be able to see it. It's a great pic and I just can't thank her enough. Course I'm hopeful this might get the ball rolling on some more Shin artwork. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge.
Oh there is a few more pics of her actually. Some photo manips W.C. Reaf from the KP Slash Haven was nice enough to do for me. You can check them out on my DA account here:
http :// blackbird2. deviantart. com/
And that's it for now. But as the amount of Shin artwork and my mindless rambling that follows my chapters. Hope to see you all again next time.
Later!