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Kitty's Return…somewhat

Kuro knew what he was becoming. He hated it, but he knew. As he looked towards the array of death a single frost blue tear ran down his cheek. Now he had to do only one thing.
"You have to go," Kuro whispered to Kitty. This was the first time he even acknowledged her before she emerged.
"What? No! If I leave you'll become completely evil!" she exclaimed.
"And if you stay eventually b destroyed. At least this way you can try to save me." For a moment Kitty didn't answer. She knew he was right.
"I will save you Kuro," she promised. "I owe you my life." With that she emerged. The last step had been finished. Lex had finally won…this time.
The spirit Kitty turned around and watched the evil mass of being take flight, to report o it's master.
Kitty had to be swift. She could only stay here so long without a body. To find one would take some time. Unlike most specters Kitty felt very uncomfortable stealing the body of something already living. After all, she knew how it felt to be the creature you very soul had been cast out of. Then again, she couldn't accompany anything dead either.
"Aren't we in a rut?" she mumbled to herself. One ting was for certain, she couldn't stay on this planet. Everything on it was destroyed.
Kitty closed her eyes. "Now how do I do this again?.. oh yeah." She began to chant. "Off this world of dead sight and sound.
Take me where help may be found."
FADE OUT---FADE IN: Planet Vegeta
Kitty glanced around. "I did it!" She appeared smack in the middle of some kind of court hearing. It looked like Trinity was judging.
She passed through the wall. A hallway. "Let's see…which room was it again?" She walked through a door. Two people were in there…WRONG ROOM! She gushed out embarrassed, then remembered no one could see her. "Actually, if I'm there at conception…nah that'll take too long." Kitty went on. "Door number two?" She went in. It was Mage's bunker. He was sitting sullenly on his bed making colorful swirls in the air with his finger. "Unless he dies of boredom, I'm not going to find any help here." She continued through the wall, then another, Sim's room.
The saiya-jin was asleep. Kitty chuckled. The last time she had seen her like this it was on top of her. She laughed a little harder and Sim woke-up. She rubbed her eyes a moment and looked in the spirit's direction.
"Hey Kitty," she mumbled then went back to sleep, only for a second. "Kitty?!"
"You can see me?" she was surprised.
"Y-yeah. I thought you couldn't take your natural form anymore?" Sim fully sat up now.
"Uh…I think there's something you should know," the spirit started.
Sim gaped at her as she finished her story.
"And if I don't find a body soon…I get to go to my own personal hell." Simoriah said nothing. "Well?"
"You're dead?" she eventually got out.
"So to speak."
"Guess this means you and Lucas aren't going to be getting together anytime soon, huh."
"Sim," Kitty got agitated.
"Well, you can't blame a girl for asking." Kitty giggled good heartedly, then began to fade.
"Uh, Kitty…are you supposed to do that?" Sim pointed out. She looked down at herself.
"Damn. It's starting already." She closed her eyes, suddenly remembering something. "As a creature takes its last breath," she chanted. "Take me to the nearest death." SHOOF
Her settings were fuzzy, rain poured onto her limp body. As Kitty's head cleared, she looked a around herself. Everything seemed a lot larger now than before. She tried to balance herself onto her pained paws…paws? She walked lamely to a puddle in the middle of the mud-dirt road. A slightly shocked furry face gazed back at her. "Ah hell." Kitty groaned. She was a cat. The immense pain overcame her. Black out.
Fin

Huh?

Kitty had no idea how far the palace actually was from Simoriah's little theme park. It couldn't be that far…right? By that time hours felt like days, anyway. Se was too close to Simtopia and too far from April's to go anywhere put forward.
"Damn mortal body," Kitty grumbled, her leg really beginning to ache. One thing was for sure, she definitely didn't miss pain when she was an android.

Kitty looked both ways before crossing the street. "Finally,"
she muttered stepping to the Simtopia gates. She collapsed.
After a few minutes, ok hours, Kitty slowly scampered through the bars. Luck was definitely on her side. "SIM!"

"It's a cat." Sim glared down at the creature. It rubbed affectionately against her leg. "A cat I don't know." She glanced around. No one was looking at her. "Good kitty." She cooed, picking the animal up. She glanced at the animal cautiously... "Do I know you?"
"Meow!" Kitty shouted yes. People began to stare.
"Yes, well, good, um…girl." The cat looked embarrassed. Sim put her down. "Now run along Kitty." She pushed the white cat aside with her foot.
"Oh no. You're not gonna get rid a me that easily." As Sim got into the approaching ride Kitty jumped in with her.
"You want to come with me then? Why not," she shrugged. "It'll give Niko someone to talk to."

"ANOTHER CAT?!!" Gohan screeched.
"It just followed me home!" Sim excused.
"He is kinda cute."
"She," Kitty hissed.
"She," Niko corrected walking in.
"I like this guy," the feline decided.
"Great," Sim stepped up to him. "Now you can ask it what it wants."
"Sim wants to know…"
"I heard her," Kitty hissed. She was still ticked at being called he.

"You understand her?" Niko was slightly confused. "That's amazing."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Tell her I'm Kitty."
"What's she saying?"
"She's Kitty."
"We know she's a kitty," Gohan replied.
"No, not a kitty. The Kitty…who's Kitty?"
"Kitty?" Both Sim and Gohan uttered.
"Tell them my spirit went into the body of a cat." Niko did without question.
"Oh, is that all?" Sim answered after a long pause.
"Hey guys!" Page announced. She bounded in as cheerily as usual, only there was one thing different. Her blond hair had been replaced with red. Mage came in shortly after. His hair had changed colours too. Only it was brown.
"Another cat?" he wondered.
"It's Kitty," Gohan told them as if just now believing it.
"Kitty?" Page stroked the white cat. "That was my grandmother's name."
"That's because I am your grandmother," Kitty accidentally mumbled aloud. Mage's eyes widened, his face paled, and he passed out. No one seemed to notice…then again they were probably all used to it by now.
Fin

The guys get together and change Kitty into a woman again...all though they went all out and made her like a sex goddess. Madison returns and asks for their help in saving Hatch. They agree.

Death, destruction, psychopaths, the usual…

Kitty walked into the night filled meadow. The moon reflected itself on the cool green earth. She took a deep breath and approached the two waiting for her. Madison carefully loaded the pod.
"Where's Mage?" she wondered aloud. Tapping her foot on the grass, Page scowled.
"We don't know," Madi told her. A few minutes later Mage emerged from the shadows.
"What took you so long?" Page exclaimed agitatedly.
"I had to say good-bye to someone." He shrugged readjusting the black pack on his shoulder.
"Brother, the point to us leaving in the middle of the night was so it would be a secret."
"I know. I just couldn't leave her without saying bye, that's all."
"Men," she rolled her eyes.
"Let's go." Madison declared opening the hatch. Everyone climbed in.

"So, what are we going to expect?" Kitty asked after they were well into the vastness of space.
"Death, destruction, psychopaths, the usual."
"Sounds like the story of my life." Madison smiled at what she thought was a joke, then slowly realized it wasn't.

"Are we gonna kill him? Y'know Uncle Hatchet?"
"I hope not." Madi answered after a brief pause. The grew closer to an almost desert like planet.
"That's it." Madison pointed out.
"Who would want that?" Page snorted.
"Earth didn't always look like that," Madi sighed.
"Earth?" Kitty swallowed. Her voiced jumped as she said it.
"You been here?" her daughter asked her. Kitty slowly nodded.
"This is where Hatch was born. I spent most of my lives here…"
"So that's why he wanted this planet." Madi tipped the pod for a landing. "I couldn't understand it at first. They had just finished a third world war. There wasn't much there. Just a few countries, some churches, and very limited technology. They were easy to take over." Gentle pressure squeezed them as the gushed into the Earth's atmosphere. "For a while everything worked wonderfully. Hatch made peace throughout the land. We presented our technology, and made everyone's lives much easier. Then Hatch began to act strangely. He tried to have me murdered. When he thought I was dead…he went insane. Took everything away from them and they slipped into the dark ages."
"Oh my God…" Kitty mumbled. "He's the anti-christ."
"The who?"
"Never mind," she shrugged off the dank suspicion. "It couldn't be."
The pod bumped to the ground. Page opened the door and everyone climbed out.

Madison motioned them closer towards the castle. Two guards stood at the large palace gates. They were saying something to each other in another language. Without the translator chip, Kitty couldn't understand what they were saying. She nudged Page.
"The emperor's waiting in the throne room," she whispered. "Or, there's moldy cheese down his pants." Kitty stifled a chuckle as one of the guards left. Madi took her chance. She leapt from her hiding place. The man looked less than stunned as she grabbed her collar and made out with him.
"Where've you been?" he asked her when she finished.
"Getting reinforcements. Did you do it?"
"Yes."
"Good," she smiled, then snapped his neck. Kitty jumped up. "They don't call me the mantis for nothing." she shrugged. "Besides, he couldn't be trusted."
"Can't argue with logic." Mage stated before anyone could object.
"Mage? Can you conjure an illusion spell?"
"Yeah, but I've never done it on four people before."
"Not four, just two. He should be expecting three men, and one concubine." They all looked at Kitty.
"Oh, hell no."

"Now, let me do all the talking," Madison told them, in her new male voice, as they walked in. "Hola, senior Luminary!" She bowed. The others fallowed suit. Kitty had her face to the floor as Madi had told her to so before Mage made her and his sister look like male Spaniards.
"Hola," she heard Hatch's voice. He sounded sane.
"I have brought a gift for you, I understand it to be costume in your world to bring fertile offerings."
"It is."
"Shambai! Arise!" she commanded. Kitty stood up but stared at the ground. "Shambai?" she thought.
"Very lovely." He lifted his hand and Kitty felt her head jolt upward. "Yes, very lovely." he hissed. "Your gift is excepted." he curled his finger and Kitty involuntarily walked to him. "Sit." She did. Madison had a look of disbelief in her face. Kitty swallowed. Since when could Hatch do that? Any minute now she expected him to burst out laughing, or do something silly. Anything to break the dramatic tension that consumed the air. He did nothing.
For a while Kitty watched. It's all she could do. Madi was good. Not only smooth, but very convincing. She was right, they really didn't call her the mantis for nothing. She was proud of the twins too. Page carried herself just like a guard, and Mage just like a slave. The plan was working out perfectly…except…
"If that is al I must leave. A pod shall arrive in the morning to complete our deal." Madison replied. She snapped and, almost reluctantly, the twins fallowed. They only made it to the door when Madi's hair slowly turned blonde, and Page's male figure melded into her own.
"Wait!" Hatch called out. Madison turned around to face him, unaware that her disguise had depleted. Mage threw his hand over his mouth.
Everything went deadly silent as Hatch's face grew horrified. Madi figured it out. "I had you killed…" he began.
"It takes a lot more than twenty-five trained assassins to murder me. And sending father as the last one wasn't funny." she growled. Hatch began to laugh hysterically. It droned on for at least two full minutes…that is until Page interrupted.
"I don't see the damn humor in all this!" she shouted. Mage paled from behind her. "What's wrong with you anyway, you sick freakin' weirdo! Sending grandfather off to kill mother, when you know he doesn't remember us!.." Mage threw his hand over her mouth before she could say anything else.
"Uh…don't mind her Mr. Psycho…I mean…Luminary, sir. She uh…well…uh…she…" His eyes rolled back as he passed out, pulling Page down with him. She peeled his hand off her mouth and got up. Hatch cocked his head.
"Do I know you?" he wondered.
"You should. There my children." Madison glared at him.
"Mage and Page? I thought they were dead too? I sent one of my best out after them…" Kitty's eyes widened.
"You BASTARD!" she shrieked leaping up. Her free will mysteriously returned. "You killed Lucas!" She leapt for his neck.
"Kitty!" Madi grabbed her off him. "Don't!" She shook her raving mother.
"Mom?" Hatch replied stunned. "Well isn't this a reunion to remember." He smirked. "Now I can have you all killed at once." Hatchet sounded ecstatic as he said this. Kitty confirmed at that moment he was defiantly not the anti-christ. No, even it would be saner than this. "Guards." He got no reply. "Guards!"
"They wont obey you anymore." Madi told him. "Your people have lost all faith in you." She withdrew her sword.
"No. GUARDS!" Still nothing.
"Let's end this." Hatch smiled at her, and pulled out his own blade.
"Lets." As they fought Mage started to come to. Page and Kitty silently helped him to his feet.
"What're they doing?" he asked when he saw the spectacle.
"They're ending it." Page answered.
"What? No! I just got mom back! They can't!"
"Mage," Kitty began, about to hug him. He pushed her off.
"I can't let them…" He broke off and mumbled a few words. He rose his arms into the air. "Tatamne tackh tatamne beckh. Dedeese dedomne terah!" Coloured sparks surrounded him, then flowed to Hatch. He stopped fighting and watched them as they circled his body. "HEAL!" The shimmers shot into each other to form one white orb, which plunged into the mad man's chest. He flew backwards into his own throne, and was out cold.
"Damn…" Kitty muttered looking at the boy along with Page and Madi. He swallowed and stared, astounded, at his own two hands. Hatch moaned. Everyone's glances turned to him. He smiled wickedly.
"That was nuts! Do it again!" He snickered.
"Hatch?" Madison stammered.
"Yeah Madi?"
"Oh my God!" She rushed up and hugged him. "I don't believe it! You're ok!"
"Does this mean I'll have to put universal domination on hold?" He asked her. She laughed through her tears. Hatch screamed. Madi jumped up in shock.
"What?!"
"You're crying!"
"Yeah."
"You don't cry!"
"Says who?"
"I... uh, no, wait, that wasn't me…" Hatch answered. "Ok, who put the cloud in my brain!"
"Uh, Mage…" Page whispered. "I don't think the spell fully worked."
"Hey, I'm a sorcerer, not a psyciatrist."
Fin

After saving Hatch Madison takes over the planet and they all live there. Mage decides to go back to planet Vegita and takes the pod.

What once t'was lost

"Mom!" Hatch burst into Kitty's house…actually, it was an old temple. Hatch had built it in her honor when he was sane…or so she was told. She was living in it now.
"What!" she jumped, pulling the covers closer to her neck. She calmed. "What is it?"
"The ice has hardened!" he yelped. Kitty groaned and flopped back on the bed. "That and these guys dressed in black high-tech armor just broke into the palace and kidnapped Madi and Page! They're ransoming you for them!"
"What!?"
"I know! Now we can have ice water!"
"They're ransoming me?!" Kitty ignored his last remark.
"They are? Well that's not very nice." Hatch put his fists on his sides.
"For what?" Now that she was fully awake, she wrapped the blanket around her, and got some clothes. She walked behind a large screen.
"How should I know? Do I look like an ice cube?" he retorted.
"What are you talking about?…never mind. I don't wanna know." She stepped from behind the screen dressed and ready…well maybe not the ready part, but she was dressed. "What do the men in black armor want?"
"What men?"
"The ones ransoming me."
"They're ransoming you too? Damn, mom, what did you do?"
"I don't know! Take me to the palace and we'll find out!" Kitty grabbed Hatch's arm. Though they didn't have to go far, dozens of men were just outside the door. He stood defensively behind his mother. Once she saw them, she knew what was going on.
"Let me guess," Kitty folded her arms. "Lex sent you." No response. "And you still can't talk. What did the bitch do? Forget to make you smart enough to learn English?"
"I resent that," came a familiar voice from one of the suits. She just couldn't place it.
"So you do talk. And I thought hatch was just hearing voices again."
"Hey! I do not here voices! It's more like animal noises only echoed." hatch murmured.
"Lex the controller gives her deepest gratitude," the man growled, ignoring Hatch. Kitty's eyes widened. This wasn't exactly an abnormally large shock, but she had do give some kind of reaction. He took off his helmet to reveal…
"Whoa! There's something you don't see every day." Hatchet rubbed his eyes. "Why're you all purple?" That's why the voice sounded so familiar.
"Kuroneko." she squeaked.
"At your service…well not really, and it's Mashin now."
"Machine?" Hatch cocked his head. He may have been insane, but he still knew his Japanese.
"It also means devil or evil spirit. It's very fitting." Kitty told him, Mashin smiled. "So what does Lex want now?"
"You." came the simple answer. Kitty looked at the guards, that definitely outnumbered them.
"Figures," she raised her arms into the air and let them shackle her.
"Cool! Cop's and Robbers! I love that game!" Hatch jumped up and down, clapping his hands. They grabbed him and did the same they did to Kitty. "Ooh, and I get to be the robber!"
"Something like that." she told him as they were lead into the conveniently near-by pod. The door was closed, and, despite everything, Kitty couldn't help but miss Lucas again. She tried to shake the loneliness off, this was not the time for self-pity.

on a transport pod headed for Lex's ship…
"I don't think these guys are playin' fair." Hatch whined from the cell beside Kitty's. She heard him pull at the zytanium braces.
"They're just taking the game seriously." Kitty half lied. the last thing she needed, was a panicked lunatic in he cell next to her. She got no response.
Looking over to the guards Kitty wondered if there was actually something in those motionless suits. She laid herself on the floor. It was hard and cold, but she didn't care. She was too tired to care. She needed sleep. Kitty closed her eyes and allowed herself to drift away.
~Kitty walked down the twisted hulls. The only thing she could hear was the sound of her own feet gently slapping on the metal floor, and her heart in rapid flutter. Turning, she carefully opened a door. She had a sudden urge to run away, but she pressed forward. The room was filed with sapphire tubes. Each contained a chryo-freezed body. Then, she saw it again. Trapped in suspended animation was Lucas. The last time she saw him he was an old man, but, with the help of Lex's advanced technology, he seemed as young and handsome as ever. She only hoped that this Lucas wouldn't betray her as easily as the android version did, and that he was still alive. She gasped, jumping back at the sight of his finger slightly shivering. She squeezed her eyes closed, then looked again…only this time, she was looking through the frost blue. Completely aware of everything, but unable to move.~
Her eyes jerked open, and she was about to sit up, when she found herself tied down to a medical table. She was in the ship's chryo-lab. It took every ounce of will in her not to scream. She heard foots steps and closed her eyes again.
"So many people to torture, so little lives." a male voice sighed. She heard the snap of rubber gloves. "Let's just see how this one fairs."
"You do and you die!" Kitty shouted, her eyes popped open. They molded into cat eyes for a brief moment as she glared at the quack doctor, then returned to normal. He looked stunned.
"You…your not supposed to wake up." He backed up.
"Surprise. Now untie me!" she violently wiggled in her bindings.
"Yeah, right." he answered in an almost amused tone.
"Pereo!" The man's features softened and dulled. He did as commanded. Kitty sat up and rubbed her sore appendages. The doctor awaited further instructions. "I didn't really expect you to do it." she muttered. He only stared blankly ahead. Then it clicked in. "Raise your left arm…" He did. "Cool! You think you're a chicken!" He flapped his arms and crouched to the ground. Kitty got a good laugh. He looked at her wide-eyed. "PYCUCK!" he skittered under the next table. "I'm going to enjoy this."
"Doctor!" a woman called. She entered with another male doctor. They gawked at the man under the table pecking at the ground. Then they saw Kitty. "Call security." The other doctor backed slowly to a red button.
"No wait!" They halted in mid-motion. "Uh…you!" Kitty pointed to the man. "You're madly in love with…what's her name. Chicken boy! You're not a chicken anymore, and you're madly in love with her too. You guys fight over her while I slink away un-noticed. Carry on." The doctor under the table whacked his head as he stood.
"You can't have her!" the other screamed. The woman just stared frozen.
"Oh and you're in love with the next person you see of the opposite sex except those two guys…no…scratch that. You're madly in love with yourself." Saying that Kitty snuck out as promised. They didn't see her.
Kitty was more than relieved to see the hallways cleared. She stepped down its hushed halls. "Why does this seem so familiar?" she wondered, then she remembered the dream. "Lucas." The name barely merged from her throat when she stepped in front of the door. She opened it once more. Two guards and five scientists looked in her direction. This was not in the dream.
"Uh…no one in this room can see me!" They ignored her.
"So, Jessica. Did you think about tonight?" one of the scientist asked another brunette scientist. She had her hair wrapped tightly in a bun.
"To you, my name is Dr. Anuran, and yes, I have thought about it."
"Well?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"To tell you the truth, you're not my type."
"And just was is your type Jessica?"
"Humanoid. And it's Dr. Anuran." She scowled at him and went back to typing on one of the consoles.
"What have we here?" Kitty wondered aloud.
"Did you hear something?" The scientist who just tried to pick up Jessica asked.
"No, Dr. Withier." The one in the cream coat next to him answered. Kitty threw her hand over her mouth.
"I would have sworn…""Dave, you're probably just upset about getting nuked."
"I was not nuked…she probably had other plans."
"Uh huh." That was when the fifth, red head, scientist butted in.
"I told you my sis was cold. But did you listen?" she told Dave, writing something on her e-board. As interesting as all this was, Kitty couldn't stray from her prime directive. She stepped up to Jessica.
"Only you can hear me. Go up to Lucas Walenczak's chryo-freeze." Kitty whispered. She numbly did. "Set it so he will slowly return to normal." She made a few sliding gestures on the console. "Oh and one more thing…" She added before leaving. "Don't be so cold." Now to find the others. "I'll be back for you." She kissed the tips of her fingers and gently touched the glass. She then gushed out.
"Hey, Dave," Jessica called out. "About tonight…"

Kitty explored the small carrier ship. By now she had everyone on board not seeing her, or doing something she told them. She didn't know how long this ability was going to last, but she hoped it would stick until she could rescue the rest and get Lucas back.
"Room number five hundred and sixty-eight." she muttered opening the door. Bingo! If Kitty was that type of person she would have swooned. Chained on the wall was Madison. "Damn it Lex!" Madi opened her blood-shot eyes.
"Katherin," she sounded hoarse.
"What the hell did they do to you?!" Kitty shrieked rushing up to her only daughter. She started to unshackle her bruised limbs.
"Nothing I couldn't handle," she smiled. Kitty helped her down. "They have Mage."
"How?"
"Intercepted his ship. They had finished torturing him when they tossed me in here." Kitty didn't say anything, but she didn't have to. Her face screamed vengeance.
Some guards, Kitty had already hexed, popped in. Seeing Madi free they lifted their pulse-rifles. Even though there was no hope in her fighting them off before they shot her she took a fighting stance.
"Drop 'em!" Kitty shouted. They guns fell.
"What the hell…'
"I'll explain later. Let's find the others."

"So, you're telling me, that you have some sort of mind control thing going on?" Madi mustered through her burst lip.
"Yeah, isn't it cool?"
"Sure, I guess…but how come it isn't effecting me?"
"Well, I haven't exactly commanded you to do anything yet." She opened the door to another room. It was all white, and hatchet was wearing a matching straight jacket. He sat huddled in the corner.
"Brother!"
"Hatch!" Kitty and Madi shouted at the same time. He didn't respond. "Hatchet!"
"The wicker chair is on the patio." he mumbled.
"What?" Madison questioned as Kitty stepped up to him. She put her hand on his shoulder. His back stiffened and he rolled back onto the floor. His glazed eyes rolled up and he stared insanely at his sister.
"And the roses are in bloom," he added. Then he laughed hysterically.
"They must have drugged him…" Kitty deducted.
"At least when he was nuts he made since." Madi complained as she helped her mother get the man to his feet.
"Mage didn't get to come outside…" he babbled on, as Kitty was getting the jacket off.
"Wait a minute," the Mantis looked Hatch in the eye. "You saw Mage? Did you see where they took him?"
"The clouds are fluffy today." he answered looking up to the ceiling.
"Forget the clouds, what about Mage?!"
"That cloud looks like a ducky." He pointed after Kitty got his arms free.
"I don't think you're going to get much out of him." She interrupted. "He's pretty far gone." Madison ignored her.
"Can you take us to Mage?" Hatch looked at his sister and smiled. He ran his finger down her face and, still smiling, half skipped out the door. "C'mon." Madi gestured. Kitty just shook her head and fallowed.

After going through most of the ship, Hatch suddenly stopped. he twirled to a door and opened it.
"Inside the house." he whispered. They went in. Beat-up and bruised Mage was laying unconscious on the hard floor.
"Mage!" Madi exclaimed rushing up to him. She flew backwards into the wall. The boy had put in invisible shield on himself.
"Zap." Hatch popped.
"Smart kid…" Kitty muttered. Madi smiled at the compliment as she shakily got up.
"I'll wake him." Kitty told Madi. She walked up to Mage. "Time to go!" Mage's eyes shot open. After sliding, that's one phrase you never sleep through.
"Grandma," he got out, his eyes flooded with tears. He gently lifted his hand to summon the force-field down. He looked over to the others.
"Mom." Madison ran up to her son and hugged him.
"You're ok!" she almost cried.
"He was napping." Hatch whispered to Kitty. This was he clearest thing he'd said in a while. She smiled.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY BROTHER!" someone shouted as a laser shot over their heads.
"Page! What're you doing?!" Kitty reprimanded.
"This isn't our family Mage," she told him. "I watched them all die."
"What?" everyone, except Hatch, said at once.
"Page, are you sure? Because, we're all standing right here…" Kitty stepped up to her. "Put the gun down." Page's face blanked and it dropped to the floor. "Shit! Uh…I mean…SHIT!"
"Grandma?" Mage sounded almost frightened.
"Damn it! How the hell do I turn this off!" At the words "off" Page snapped back to reality…unfortunately so did the guards outside. They marched in. "Cover your ears!" she told them. "Pereo!" They stopped. "Take us to the chryo-freeze room." She told them. they left. Kitty motioned for everyone to put there hands down.
"Why chryo-freeze?" Hatch cocked his head like a puppy. He must have heard her…and he wasn't effected. Of course.
"You'll see." Kitty smiled.

CRASH When they got there, Lucas was on a pile of ice and broken glass from his tube. He was soaked and shivering.
"DAD!" Madi shrieked. His blue eyes gazed up at them.
"Wha…" was all he could get out of his chattering mouth.
"Let's get outta here." Page remarked, excepting the fact that they were who they claimed to be. They helped Lucas up, and went to the port.

Once they were well into space, and away from the transport, Kitty finally said something.
"Off. Oh Lucas I missed you!" she exclaimed, kissing the soaked man's wet lips. He merely looked around utterly confused.
Fin

Lucas loses him memory...again...because Lex wiped it when she revivied him.

Life's Little Flaws

"Who's Lex again?" Lucas asked Kitty. She seemed to be full information.
"My doppelganger." she answered him.
"Huh?"
"She's my evil double, my insane duplicate, ME only overly chaotic." she sounded aggravated.
"But that's impossible. It goes against the laws of physics. The only way someone could meet themselves and still live, is if they weren't a being of this plain. A creature beyond all logic and understanding." Lucas argued.
"That's Grandma." Mage answered him.
"But...but it's not logical. It goes against everything scientific and mathematical. It's so flawed it's not realistic."
"Look around you Lucas. Look at our lives. It's been over one-hundred years. I'm alive, you're alive. We both still look the same as we did 10 decades ago. Our grandson, though he and Page are twins, is a sorcerer who can't do magic that well. His sister is a genius, even though it only effects the male chromosome, who can remember every spell, can speak fifty-six languages fluently, and knows twenty very well. Our other grandson Hatchet, whom we adopted, is a genius too, only he went insane trying to kill our daughter Madison. Our home planet has been blown up two times and by some great cosmic force, and some dragonballs, it still exists. Every time we get rid of one bad guy another one shows up, bigger and better, or they come back themselves. Reality IS a flaw."
Lucas shut up as Madison started to land the pod.
Just then something fell off.
"Umm..." Lucas began. "Did we need that?"
"That was the landing gear." Mage squeaked, getting paler.

Trinity glanced out the palace window just in time to see a streak of...something....before it landed...
"WHAT IS THAT?" she demanded, running outside and grabbing her cousin Simoriah and dragging her along behind. "AND WHY DID IT LAND IN OUR POOL?!?!?!?!"
"OI!!!" the Little Oni complained as she was drug threw her home. "I WAS WATCHING BERARD'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! THE BLUE GOO THAT MAKES YOU LIVE FOREVER AND THE GUY WHO SURVIVED BEING SUCKED THROUGH AN AIRPLANE ENGINE WERE ABOUT TO COME ON!!!!"
At that moment a badly shaken Mage climbed out of the crashed pod door.
"Thank God Page installed those seat cushions that become a flotation device."
He swaggered out of the pool and greeted his gawking audience.
"What in hell..." Morpheus wandered out with Ebony. They then proceeded to laugh their asses off while the rest of the occupants of the castle came out to see what the commotion was. This is about the equivalent of half the population of the known universe wandering out into your backyard.
"I don't know if it concerns you much," Mage announced "but there are unconscious people in that pod right now." he calmly looked over his shoulder at the sinking mecha.
"Oh. Okay." Sim shrugged and went back to finish her show. Trinity however panicked and organized a party of saiya-jin who actually gave a flying rat's ass to get the bonked ones from their watery doom. Mage started into the castle to change and find Oniko so that he could wait on her hand and foot when he remembered something.
"Oh yeah." he paused and snapped his fingers. The pod floated in the air.
"Um...Thanks..." Trinity pondered. "I think."

"So, How are my little victims...I mean patients now?" Sim greeted perkily, coming into the med room. She froze when she spotted Lucas Walenczak toweling off his hair in the corner.
Sim sauntered over to him, pulling out a pistol, and pressed it against his Adam's apple.
"Well if it isn't my old buddy Lucas." she smiled, taking off the safety "I think I'll kill you now." she started to pull the trigger.
"WAIT!" Kitty shouted, just now coming to and still soaking wet. "THAT'S THE REAL LUCAS!"
Sim glared at him as she slowly put her gun away. Then.....
"LUCAS!!!!!" was her exuberant yelp as she latched herself onto him.
Lucas looked around nervously at Kitty's smiling face. He slowly put his arm around Sim who was laughing and trying to squeeze every last cubic inch of air from his lungs.
"Who is this and why is she hanging on me?" he asked.
"Lucas meet Simoriah. Sim....you already know Lucas..." Kitty introduced.
"She does?" Lucas was still confused.
"I MISSED YOU!" Sim crooned. "You're not going to kiss me again...are you?" she added as an afterthought.
"I kissed her a first time?!" Lucas was horrified "Kitty! Is there something you didn't tell me about her?"
"No, Lucas, you didn't have sex with her."
"Oh, THANK GOD!!!!" he was relieved.
"HEY!" Sim was offended.
"I didn't mean that the way it sounded! It's not that you're not pretty or anything..."he bumbled remembering that she had a gun. "You're not going to kill me are you?"
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...This is gonna to be fun!" Hatch held up Simoriah's pistol and began firing it randomly around the room.
"GRAB HIM!" Madison screamed, bursting into the room and tackling her brother and taking the gun from him as he laughed psychotically at the new "game". He stood slowly, still giggling.
"Hatch?" Sim stared at him, wondering.
"Simbunny!" he exclaimed, dipping her back and kissing her.
Madison promptly pulled him off and slammed him back onto his bed. He continued to laugh meanwhile and calling to Sim to join him.
"I don't understand. He's been so good lately." Madi quirped.
"Do I know you?" Sim narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"It seems to me that you know a lot of people." the shaven blonde retorted raising an eyebrow and looking at Hatch.
"Give me a break." she tried not to get angry "I'm a married woman!...Who are you?"
"She's my daughter." Kitty put in.
"No way!" Sim disagreed. "Madi is only four years old!"
"Yeah, a few decades ago."
"Oh..."
"Awkward moment! Awkward moment!" Hatch called jumping up and kissing Simoriah again.
"What the hell is going on?!" Sim shouted, pushing him off " You used to be shy!"
"Well, times change!" he continued to kiss her.
"YOU SLUT!!!" Gohan raged, walking in.
"Not again..." Sim groaned.
"All right!" Hatchet exclaimed " Orgy!"
"Wait a minute!" Gohan yelled " Who the hell are you?"
"I'm Simoriah's lover!~ Who are you?"
"I'm her husband!"
"Damn. Now I'm gonna have ta kill ya."
"~Hatchet..." Kitty was weary.
"This should be cool." Lucas muttered. She smacked his arm. "OW!...Wait...this seems familiar."
"I was abusive," Kitty quickly explained.
"And she's not ashamed to admit it," Sim quipped.
"Excuse me!" Gohan croaked from Hatch's chocking grasp. "Can I get some help here?" Madi was still trying to pull the lunatic off him. Kitty chipped in, Lucas watched, Sim laughed. Kitty shot her an evil glare as Madi successfully pinched his neck. He slumped to the floor. Gohan rubbed his neck.
"He's a...little funny during a full moon." Madi pointed out.
"It's day time." Kitty corrected dragging his limp body to the bed.
"Not in China...if you have that here..." she answered.
"I see swirlies," Hatch cooed in a high (as in the condition) tone.
"Damn it! He was supposed to stay out cold!"
"You probably didn't pinch him hard enough," Lucas retorted.
"Gee, my timing in impeccable." Mage stated as he waltzed in. "Oniko wants me to make her a rainbow and I need the spell...Page isn't in here is she?"
"No..." Sim droned.
"Damn...time to check the cat's room." He walked out nonchalantly.
Lucas didn't respond, though everyone was waiting for it.
"Did you become mute all of the sudden?" Kitty jabbed.
"Shut-up. I'm having bad thoughts."
"Ew ew ew ew..." Sim chanted.
"Who the hell was he!" Gohan shouted still not straying from the fact a psycho tried to kill him only moments ago.
"My son," Kitty answered defensively her eyes flashed. "Problem?"
"Nope! None at all! Sim can I see you alone for a minute?"
"Don't knock her up or anything." Kitty shot as they were leaving.

"Honey...who the hell was that?" he growled.
"It was Hatch."
"Who is Hatch?"
"Kitty's son."
"More information."
"I knew him on the Endurance. He had a slight crush on me, and now he's insane."
"Oh, ok." Sim went back in.
"No. I do not want to get into the discussion of my brothers love muscle!" Madi burst to Lucas.
"Ew ew ew ew..." she chanted again. They looked at her.
"Hey Sim," Madi the mantis blushed. Lucas began to laugh.
"You would enjoy this wouldn't you." Kitty sneered from behind.
"Not part of this conversation. NOT part of this conversation!" Sim shook her head.
"Well, we didn't put you in it did we?" Lucas snapped. Kitty smacked him again. "OW! What was that for?"
"I just felt like it." Kitty shrugged.
"Nice to see your relationship hasn't changed." Sim put in.
"Relationship? What relationship?" Lucas looked from the two women nervously.
"You and Kitty."
"We have a relationship? Why wasn't I informed of this?"
"I told you..." Kitty began.
"NO you told me I had a wife and kids. You didn't tell me YOU were my wife!...or are you? DAMN IT NOW I'M ALL CONFUSED!" bewildered, he raced from the room.
Kitty turned and slapped Sim upside the head.
"See what you did?!"
"You like to hit people don't you?"
"It makes me feel superior." she smiled.
"Superior this!"
"CAT FIGHT!" Hatch hooted as the Little Oni hit Kitty back. Kitty fell backwards into the wall behind her. She fell to the ground unconscious.
"Holy SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! I killed her!!!!!!!"
"CHIP CHOP WIPPIE WIPPIE WOO!" Hatch added with good cheer.
"What the..." Madi came in with the cold rag she had went to get for her brother.
"I DIDN'T DO IT!" he yelled throwing his hands in the air. Some how Madi had a hard time believing that. Kitty began to groan.
"Damn...atomic punch." she sat up stiffly. "What the hell do you eat for breakfast?"
"Depends...they have to tick me off first..."
"Don't wanna know..." Kitty muttered shaking her head. "Damn flies." They looked at her curiously.
"A hell. This is familiar." Sim whined.
"What?..." Madi didn't get to finish.
"Mommy's one of us now..." Hatch growled. "DO NOT DEFY THE OMNIPOTENT BEINGS!"
"Shit?"
"No." Madi answered. "She's always like that."
"Hasn't changed much..."
"HEY! I may have a concussion, but I can still hear!"
"Your point being?"
"Shut-up."
"NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! THE FELLOW SEX GODDESS' HEAD HURTS!!!" Hatch burst.
"I'm NOT a sex goddess...I don't think..." Kitty babbled. "Lord knows what they did to me..."
"Now, I don't wanna know..." Sim broke off. Just then Lucas wandered back in.
"Uh..." he began. Kitty's eyes rolled up to him. "Uh..."
"Speechless?" Sim quipped.
"Shut up."
"Lucas, I thought you were more creative. Can't you think of a better come-back?"
"Shut-up. bitch?"
"Much better."
"Uh huh..."
"Gee...I don't know whether we should leave the room, or let Lucas carry Kitty out..." Madi stated.
"Touch me and you all die..." Kitty hissed.
"Whoa, flash-back!" Sim realized.
"Could you scream that a little louder? My head hasn't exploded yet..."
"WHOA, FLASH-BACK!!!!!!!!!!" Kitty groaned.
"Um..."
"He changed words!" Sim cheered.
"Will you...go somewhere else? I mean don't you have, like, a guy to hump or something?" Lucas quipped.
"I love you!" Sim cried.
"BACK OFF SLUTT!" Kitty yelled.
"HEY ONLY MY HUSBAND CAN CALL ME THAT!"
"Please do not yell," Trin walked in. "We are not an after school special."
"Trin...long time not wanna see." Kitty growled.
"Damn, you're hot." Hatch stated calmly. "ORGY!"
"Well, there go the bad thoughts again." Lucas rubbed his forehead.
"Do you think..." Kitty tried to stand. "We could go somewhere without people in it?" She had to sit again. "DAMN IT!"

"This is just like the old days!" Simoriah chirped as Lucas watched her set the table. The herd would be coming in soon to feed.
"Is it?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah. Kitty goes nuts and I bitch about it. The only part missing is you sitting in the back fixing the timer or working on some other quirky invention...or wearing a frilly pink prom dress..."
"Aw hell, I was a cross dresser?"
"Naw. That was only once, besides, it was cute on you."
"What's a timer?"
"Never mind."
"How's Kitty?" Trin asked, coming in.
"I dunno." Sim answered seriously. She looked at Lucas thoughtfully and started fixing a dinner tray. "Why don't you take this on up to her? She's a little whacked out tonight." Sim handed the tray to him.
"Why me?" he whined.
"Look little man, she's your wife and now you know it. You two need to talk. Trust me it helps."
"This is scarring me." Lucas said nervously.
"why?"
"You're giving me marital advice."
"Hell, I've been through enough screwed up marriages, I'm a frikin expert!"

"Uh, hey." Lucas almost dropped the tray on Kitty.
"Yo."
"We need to talk..."
"Yeah."
"Can't you say more than one word?"
"No."
"Oh....well...it doesn't matter...I just...uh....need to tell you something....and since you're semi-conscious this seems like the best time."
"Go."
"I'm not in love with you..."
"Ok."
"DAMN!!!" came a voice from the other side of the door.
"SIMORIAH!" Lucas exclaimed.
"What!...Uh I'M NOT HERE!!!" Lucas shook his head.
"Who..."
"Never mind."
"What..."
"Just go to sleep."
"Ok."
Fin/OWARI

Lucas gets his memory back, and now he and Kitty are back together! Whoopie! Sim's dream has come true! She just never told anyone it was a nightmare.

Any last regrets?

"Oh yeah! Well if it weren't for me, you'd still be frozen on that ship!"
"I'd rather be frozen on that ship than be here with you!" The sound of breaking objects could be heard throughout the palace. It was mid-night and no one could sleep, so half of the castle royalty were all in the kitchen.
"And whose idea was it to get those two back together again?" Gohan wondered. Everyone looked at Sim.
"So I forgot they had some marital problems, big deal." She shrugged. CRASH
"HEY BITCH! THAT ALMOST HIT MY HEAD!"
"THAT WAS THE POINT!"
"Sounds like me and my third husband." Sim muttered. Trin merely shook her head.
"Why Simoriah? Why do you always have to meddle in peoples lives?"
"Hey, they're a lot happier now that they're together again." Sim argued.
"I HATE YOU, YOU…" SMASH
"The majority of the time."
"Admit it Sim. You pushed things too far." Gohan reprimanded. She glared at him and he sank into his seat.
"No. Lucas and Kitty belong together! They've always belonged together! If they were to break up the universe would cease to exist!"
"According to Kitty, they've been apart for…" Niko started.
"Oh, shut-up!" Just then there was total silence.
"They finally killed each other." Morpheus stated.
"I don't think we're that lucky." Jagga answered him. They waited.
"Maybe they made up?" Gohan suggested.
"Trust me. They're just as loud after they make up as they are when they're fighting." Sim informed them…as if anyone really wanted to hear that.

"AHHHHH!" SPLASH. Everyone went outside.
In the illuminated pool was Lucas. In the balcony above it Kitty smiled triumphantly and went back inside. Everyone was surprised steam wasn't coming off of him as he swam to the edge and pulled himself out.
"Dude, I think it's time you two got some counseling." Gohan replied. He was the only one dumb enough to speak at the time. Lucas glared at the audience, then Gohan. You could hear some people getting ready to hold their breath, but much to their surprise Lucas' features softened.
"Yeah." He grunted then, salvaging what pride he had left, went back inside.
Fin

Odd

"Yo Gelf!" Kitty saluted flopping into the chair. Lucas closed the door and sat in the one beside her.
"Gelf HB please."
"Of course. I'm Lucas." he acknowledged and shook Gelf's hand.
"Greetings."
"So, let's get this over with." Kitty was getting itchy to leave.
"Soon. I would like to start with a few questions."
"Yes?" Lucas leaned back.
"Why do you think you're here?"
"Because Gohan recommended it, and I thought it was a good idea." he answered.
"Don't look at me, I was dragged in here." Kitty told him.
"I never said you had to come here."
"Well it's not marriage therapy if only one person shows up."
"It's not marriage therapy, it's couple's counseling."
"What ever. We're still seeing a freakin shrink. No offence." she added.
"None taken." Gelf answered.
"You know I wouldn't suggest a damn shrink…no offence…"
"None taken."
"…if I didn't think we needed it."
"We don't. We've always managed to get through our differences before with out the help of a stupid shrink! No offence."
"None taken."
"You threw me from a window!"
"YOU SAID I WAS FAT!"
"I SAID YOU WERE PUTTING ON A LITTLE WIEGHT! I NEVER SAID YOU WERE OBESE!"
"YOU ASKED ME IF I WAS PREGNANT!"
"Ok, I think what we're experiencing here is difficulty to communicate." Gelf interrupted.
"THAT'S WHY I'M GETTING LOUDER!…*ahem*Maybe after the fifth time I day it it'll get through that THICK SKULL of his."
"I'm not the one who misunderstands here. Kitty just doesn't listen." Lucas put in.
"Is that true?"
"NO!…YES…wait…I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND HAVE MY FAULTS THROWN AT ME!"
"But, honey, the quickest way to recovery is admitting you have a problem." Lucas smirked.
"You seem to be taking great pleasure in Kitty's uncomfortableness."
"I do not…well maybe sometimes…"
"SEE! See there. He likes to watch me sweat."
"Is that true?"
"HELL YES! This chick is a fox when she's all drenched in bodily fluids."
"VERY FUNNY!" She jumped from here chair.
"I'm sensing a little hostility here…" Gelf intervened.
"A little?" Lucas raised an eyebrow.
"DON'T LOOK AT HIM ALL CALM AND….ALL CALM! FIGHT WITH ME GOD DAMNIT!" Lucas slowly stood up into her face. He grabbed her and kissed her. Totally surprised Kitty fell back into her chair. Lucas sat down.
"Now maybe we can have a less noisy session." he added. Gelf got up and went outside.
"Well?" Gohan wondered. He and Sim had been waiting outside. Gelf didn't answer.
"I'll get the straight jackets." Sim mumbled.
Fin

The problem isn't me, it's you…

"I'm not the one trying to kill me here!" Lucas argued.
"Hey! You killed me once!" Kitty raged back.
"I WAS DRUGGED!"
"OH AND SO YOU'RE GONNA BLAME THAT ON ME NOW?!"
"NO! KITTY! I'M NOT BLAMING ANYTHING ON YOU!"
"THEN WHY ARE WE FIGHTING?!"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
"WE HAVE PROBLEMS!"
"YES WE DO!" They stopped. Lucas sat on the edge of the bed and put his face in his hands.
"Since when did we get like this, Lucas? Why do we fight all the time now?"
"We've changed." he answered not lifting his head. A long awkward pause filled the tense air.
"Maybe we should end this, before it gets out of hand…" Lucas broke it.
"Maybe…" her eyes widened. "What are we saying?! We can't just break what we have off! We've been together too long! We've fought too hard! We can't just quit!"
"Kitty," Lucas pulled his hands from his face, though he still never looked up. "Face it. What we had, what we fought for, is gone. It's been too long…"
"NO! I refuse to believe that! Love is eternal! It can't just fade away!"
"Only in fairy tales Kitty, only in fairy tales…" he muttered still never looking into her crestfallen eyes. He'd never be able to go through with this if he did.
The silence overcame them again, Lucas walked to the door. For a moment he waited for Kitty to stop him like she had done all those times before…nothing. The exit creaked as he opened it, he waited one last second and went through, never to look back…for now.

Lucas knocked heavily on the room's entrance for the fifth time. Finally it cracked revealing a half dressed Gohan. He hair was messed and he didn't look pleased at the moment.
"I just broke it off," he told him.
"WHAT!?" Sim screamed from inside.
"Uh…can we talk about this later? The wife and I were in the middle of something…"
"Like HELL we were!" Simoriah screeched as she blazed past them to Kitty and Lucas' room.
"Amazing how easily they can turn off," Gohan shook his head as Sim turned the corner. "C'mon, I think we may have some sake in the kitchen."

Sim waltzed into the room to see Kitty on the bed with a pillow over her face.
"Um…are you alive over there?" She clutched her house coat tighter around her body.
"So far. Go away." Kitty muffled.
"No. Lucas broke up with you, and I'm here to comfort you damn it!"
"You can comfort my corpse in the morning." she groaned.
"You know what you need?"
"A rope and a really big tree?"
"No, you need to work your emotions out. Tell you what, I'll put on some clothes, and we'll go kill something."
"ya mean that Sim?" Kitty took the pillow from her airway and sat up.
"Sure, c'mon before the full moon sets."

Lucas twirled the shot glass in his hand a while.
"The thing is, she didn't even stop me."
"Well, did you expect her to?"
"Yeah. She always does…" Lucas answered after tossing the drink down his throat. He braced himself as the liquid burned its way o his stomach.
"Ok, dude, just one question before I solve all of your problems." Gohan sounded like he had a few himself.
"What?"
"Why the hell did you come to me?"
"I dunno. I guess 'cause you're the only one here who'll talk to me first." Gohan smiled.
"That's deep man, that's really deep."
"So what's the big advice you're gonna give out?"
"I dunno man, this may just be the half bottle of sake talkin' bu' you're prob'ly better off without 'er."
"Yeah, but I'm miserabler? is that a word?…any way, I'm miserabler without 'er."
"Damn man, you're screwed.
"I know."
"But, hey, the answer's right there. Would you rather be miserable or miserabler…y'know I really don't think that's a word…"
"Miserable. 'Cause if you're miserabler you're more miserable than if you're just miserable."
"A revelation, man."
"Yeah, so that's it! I'm gonna…I'm gonna…"
"You're gonna what, dude?"
"I'm gonna have another shot, 'cause I can not remember what the hell we were talking about."
"The miracles of alcohol." Gohan filled his glass for the second time.

"So you remembered to bury the kill, right?" Kitty asked Sim.
"I just threw it in the pool. Someone'll find it."
"Simoriah!" Kitty objected. "I have to swim in that pool!"
"Not anymore." They went into the kitchen to find Gohan passed out on the table, and Lucas chugging sake from the bottle. "What the hell?"
"Lucas? Are you getting drunk?"
"Do I look like I'm getting drunk?" He sarcastically asked her standing from the chair, but failing miserably.
"No, you look like you are drunk." Sim walked up to Gohan and smacked him upside the head…hard.
"Ow!" he woke up.
"You gave him the good sake?!" she wrathed.
"Dude," Lucas looked at Kitty for a while. "I suddenly remember what we were talking about…wait…no…I lont it…"
"Lucas," Kitty groaned.
"Y'know…I think I'm plastered." Lucas stated.
"How deductive of you," she growled trying to pick him up. "Sim," she requested. Simoriah helped her bring him to their room. They tossed him onto the bed.
"Kitty I'm surprised." Sim told her as they closed the door. "I thought you'd be a lot tougher on Lucas than that."
"What do you take me for? I'm going to do it in the morning…"
"During the hangover," they said together.
Fin

After the big fight Kitty leaves before she can yell at him in the morning. This is ok becuase Sim does it for her.

Shit?

"Ahh!" Lucas shot up sweat pouring from his face and chest. His ever-blue eyes darted around the room as he caught his breath. He was in the castles science lab. He had been working on an experiment and must have fallen asleep again. "I have got to stop living off grapefruit juice, beef jerky, and gummy bears." He muttered to himself as he got, stiffly, off the wooden bench. "What time is it?" He lifted his arm to check. "Where's my watch?…oh yeah." He had been working on it to see if he could get the thing to translate more than just five languages. He went up to the work table and pinched two of the defragmented watch's wires together. "Wow. 1:25AM, I should probably go to bed. I can finish this later. Besides…" he sniffed at his now wet shirt. "I need a shower and change of clothes." He went up the lab stairs.

After the shower he felt refreshed and was on his way back to his quarters when he saw someone, sitting on the couch in the main room, staring at the fire in the hearth.
"Dude, are you ok? I figured everyone'd be asleep by now…dude?" He stepped closer to the still figure. Suddenly it's head whipped to face him. Empty eyes glared as Lucas backed up. "Oh shit…" It pounced.

Dazed, Lucas opened his eyes, glanced around the pitch black room, and carefully lifted himself up with his elbows. For a moment he just stayed there, he felt...different. "What happened to the fire?" Shivering he crept up to the fire place and flipped the switch to set it aflame. He backed onto the couch and warmed himself.
"What the hell are you doing?" someone asked. The sun had come up and he hadn't even noticed. Jaga walked over and flipped the fire off.
"I'm cold," Lucas shrugged.
"Then go outside, it's 108 degrees out there, anyway you looks like you could use the sun," Jaga quipped. Lucas looked down at his pale hand.
"Funny, it was a lot darker yesterday…" he mumbled to himself ignoring the stares he was getting from the small audience that had now gathered. He stood up and headed for his room. He still hadn't slept.

His bed looked like it hadn't been used in days.
"How long was I in the lab?" he asked grateful to be in the darkness of his room. The window had cardboard taped on it from where he accidentally blew it out with a flare gun. Pieces of other experiments littered the place. Lucas yawned and, rubbing his neck, walked towards the bed. "Ow!" His hand stopped over what felt like a wound. "What the…" he dashed in front of a mirror that hung lopsided on his wall. He slowly lifted his fingers up to reveal…two fang marks. Lucas swallowed as he sped out.

"Guys!" he burst into the dining hall. Everyone was having breakfast. They ignored him. "I've been bitten by some evil creature!" That grabbed their attention, at first they only stared blankly, and then they all laughed.
"Lucas, have you been sniffing the chemicals to see if they're still good, again?" Sim smirked.
"I'm serious! I've got two bite marks on my neck! See!"
"Uh, Luke, there's nothing there…" Morpheus informed.
"Don't call me Luke." he growled, feeling where the wound had been. It was healed.
"Why? What's wrong with Luke?" Lucas glared at him, the ocean blue in his eyes froze.
"I said…" he snarled walking up to him. "Don't," he yanked the chair Morpheus was in from the table. "Call," he grabbed the guy's shirt. "Me," with shear brute force he lifted the man into his face. The light glinted off his brand new pair of fangs. "Luke."
"Ok, ok," Morpheus replied a bit rattled. "I won't call you.." Lucas growled deeply. "That…" he changed. The blonde vampire let go and he fell back into his seat. The audience abruptly believed him.
"I'm going to take a nap…" Lucas grumbled and left the room.
"Uh, I know the guy isn't very social," Gohan began. "But that was…"
"Scary?" Trin completed wide-eyed.
"Hell yes." Hatch agreed, and he was tied down to his chair.
Fin

Changes

"Greetings guys!" Kitty popped in cheerily. Her white hair had been cut, and she was dressed in black leather top and lace bottom. A few jaws dropped. "Well, fine then, don't say hi."
"Hey," Sim replied with disgust. Not so much at the way she was dressed, but the fact that Kitty could make the look work. The men in the room continued to stare.
"Where have you been?" Trin asked. It didn't seem to bother her much.
"I went to find a place of my own. I got tired of having to depend on you guys." Kitty answered.
"A place of your own? How are you going to pay for it?"
"Oh, I've…uh…I've got a job now too." She answered slightly embarrassed.
"As what? Xena?" Sim snorted.
"Ha. Ha." Kitty sarcastically answered. "Where's Lucas? I wanna talk to him."
"Asleep in his coffin probably…" Gohan retorted. Sim elbowed him in the ribs.
"He's in his room." Sim smiled.
Kitty gave her a strange look, an unsure thanks, and was on her way.

The room was dark as she opened his door. Lucas was on his bed, his arms folded across his chest, snoozing.
"Lucas? You dead?" she asked walking up to him. He opened his eyes, they were an icier shade of blue than usual.
"What do you want?" he snapped, closing them.
"To talk."
"Too bad, leave."
"No way! don't try and blow me off! I've already been through a lot more than you have!" Lucas turned his head and looked at her coldly. He curled up his lips revealing a pair of fangs. "I stand corrected."
"Now," Lucas hissed. "What's your excuse this time?"
"Excuse me?"
"What's your excuse this time? It's a simple question. Or are you just avoiding it like you do everything else?"
"What are yo talking about?"
"You leaving whenever things get rough."
"It never bothered you before."
"Yes it did. I just was afraid to say something, you might leave again. So, what was it this time, hm? Things between us get a little too staticy for you? Or is it, you decided you didn't love me anymore, then after being alone decided you still did?…but you know what. Never mind. Don't answer me. I don't even care anymore."
"If you don't care then why are you telling me all this?"
"Because I'm hoping you'll leave this time. It took me the two months you vanished to get over us. I want you out of my life for good this time."
"What?"
"You heard me. The entire time we've been together you've done nothing but hurt me. We had a couple of good times, but that was I, a couple. It's not worth it." The entire time Lucas was saying all this he never looked at her, and showed absolutely no expression.
"You forget, Lucas. You were the one who said. 'I love you' first."
"I'm also the one who said it last. Good bye, Kitty. You can't hurt me anymore."
Totally stunned she left the room. Once outside the closed door she was dazed by what happened for a moment. The utter confusion burned into anger; she stormed down the hallway.
"The oban wants me to leave?" Kitty ranted to herself. "I'll leave. If he can forget love, so can I."

The day rolled in. Kitty was still pissed and decided to have another talk with Lucas. BAM The door slammed open.
"All right, bastard, I…" she didn't get to finish. He was looking at himself in the mirror.
"Hey Kitty." he turned to face her. "Where've ya been?" He greeted her as if last night never happened. Kitty's angered face went blank, she blinked. "I missed you, where did you go? Did you cut your hair?" He sat on his bed.
"Have you lost your mind?"
"Of course not, I know exactly where it is."
"Underneath the wheel of a matchbox car?"
"Yep, right next to yours."
"Oh yeah, well…I remember when you were a lot slower witted!" Kitty argued.
"So do I," Lucas replied, more to himself than to Kitty. As he said that she noticed something.
"What's up with your teeth? They aren't there." Lucas ran his tongue across them.
"I still have my teeth…" he was confused.
"No, your fangs. Your fangs are gone."
"I had fangs?"
"Yeah, the last time I saw you, you were a vampire." Lucas cast a strange gaze, then laughed. "Really!"
"Is this a joke?"
"No! Would I joke about something like this?"
"Yes."
"Well, I'm not joking now! You really were a vampire!"
"Kitty," Lucas reasoned. "Do I look like a vampire?"
"You are kinda pale."
"I've been in the lab. there isn't much sun down there."
"But yesterday, I saw them. You actually showed them to me!"
"You kinda have to have fangs to show them off."
"You don't believe me?" Kitty realized.
"Of course not. I mean, look at it from my perspective. You are telling me that I am a vampire."
"Because you are!"
"No, I'm not. I have no urge to drink blood, ok." He was greatly amused by all of this.
"Don't you remember last night?"
"Yeah. I finished my watch," he showed it to her. "And I went to bed."
"After that!"
"I went to sleep?"
"Oh!" She grabbed Lucas' arm and dragged him out to the main room. Sim, Gohan, Page, and Trin were in the middle of a discussion.
"I still think," Trin stated. "That the most famous last words would have to be 'Let's split up, gang'" When they saw Lucas and Kitty they all shut-up.
"Guy's tell Kitty I'm not nor ever will be a vampire," Lucas requested. He got no response. "Guys?"
"Uh, Lucas…you are a vampire. We all saw you." Sim told him.
"What?" Bewildered he sat on the couch between Page and Trin. They both moved farther away from him. "I don't believe this…" He smiled. "All right, when did you guys set this up? This is some sort of joke right…" Everyone's faces were dead serious. "Ah hell."
Fin



Blood

"What the hell am I gonna do?" Lucas whined to himself. The sun was beginning to set, and he could already feel himself on the verge of change. A knock came at his locked door. "Not now!" he yelled.
"But sir," came a new voice. It must have been one of the servants.
"I said NOT NOW!" he snapped at her as his canines began to sharpen. He glanced at his fading reflection in the mirror. His blue eyes were growing lighter with each moment. He went to the door.
"Sir, it's about time to…" the door swung open. It was one of the servants.
"Die?" Lucas completed. The woman screamed when he bared his fangs.

"Hey guys!" Lucas greeted walking into the dinning hall. Everyone stared at him. "So," he pulled a chair out, whipped it around, and put his chin and arms on it's back when he sat. "What's for dinner?" No one said a word. Finally Sim gestured for him to wipe his mouth. He did and blood stained his sleeve. "Oops," he half laughed. "Guess I just ate." He stood up and a slab of beef hurtled into his chest.
"Damn!" Hatch exclaimed. "It didn't work!"
"Wrong kind of stake," Madi whispered to him. Lucas looked pissed.
"You stained my shirt," he replied in an insane/surprised tone. He traveled toward the smiling lunatic.
"Lucas," Sim objected. "Don't do something you'll regret in the morning…" She seemed to be the only one even trying to reason with him.
"Oh," Lucas glanced at her a moment. "But I already have."
"trust me. You're gonna hate yourself of you kill your own son."
"He's not my son."
"Grandson then." she stood up from her spot and walked towards him.
"The human part of me is weak," he spat and walked toward Hatch.
"The human part of you is what keeps you from becoming evil." She grabbed his arm to prevent him from moving closer. Hatch had his index fingers crossed now and was reciting incantations. Lucas glared at him, then Sim.
"He'll suffer a lot more alive anyway." He grumbled, jerking his arm from her firm grasp. The breaths everyone had been holding came out in sighs of relief. He shot mean looks to everyone at the table, then left.
"We've got to do something about that guy." Jaga stated. "he's getting out of control."

Hatch leapt onto the terrace where Lucas was watching the moon.
"DIE VAMPIRE!" he yelled. Lucas turned around and looked at him a long while. The mad man never moved from his position, a chair leg held firmly in the air. Lucas laughed. "Fear my mighty armor of garlic!" Lucas walked up to him and plucked off a piece mighty armor.
"Oh no, I'm touching it. The pain." he said sarcastically.
"YAH!" he smacked Lucas upside the head with the leg like you would flip a pencil. "YAH YAH YAH!"
"What are you doing, man?" He snatched the stick from Hatch who jumped back as if he were going to be struck with it. Lucas snapped the stick in half with his leg and tossed it over the railing.
"Curses!" Hatch exclaimed. "The vampire has destroyed my staff of death!" Even though he was saying this loudly, it was obvious the he didn't think Lucas could hear him. "I'll have to use!" He snapped a chain from his neck. "My secret weapon!" He looked at Lucas and smiled. "Here, vampire, catch this." He said it in the friendliest way possible, then tossed it. Lucas instinctively caught it.
"OW!" steam arose from his palm as the necklace and charm fell to the floor. He held his wrist and looked at the cross shaped burn.
"Hatch!" Madison cried rushing outside. She stomped over and popped the man upside the head. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Killing the vampire, duh." He gestured towards Lucas who was scowling at them both.
"Hatch," she reasoned. "We don't kill family members. Now C'MON" She grabbed his ear and drug him along behind her. Lucas just refrained from jumping them both. Not so much that he shouldn't, but because if he did someone else may decide to kill him. What fun.
Fin

When Nature Calls

Kitty stepped towards the massive palace's gates. It had been a while since she had come back here. Weeks had passed. She walked by it every night after work hoping someone would see her. They never did, so this time she decided to pay them a visit. Everyone was probably asleep, but she wasn't going to see them anyway. She waved at Burt the guard.
"Ello Lady Kitty," the joyful fat guard said with an Irish accent and tipped his hat. Kitty swore he looked just like Santa Claus.
"Hello Burt."
"So when are ya gonna let the vampire go an' run away with me?" he asked buzzing the gate to let her in.
"The same time you lay off all those doughnuts and loose a few pounds." she answered him wryly.
"Oh, what a choice." He put the back of his hand dramatically to his forehead. "Me lady or me doughnuts."
"Well, you've probably got an answer picked out already."
"Tis true, tis true. I could never love you as much as they. Shall I let 'em know yer comin'?" He wondered already knowing her answer.
"Nah, no sense scaring them. Good night Burt."
"Goo' night Lady Kitty." He tipped his hat again. She went towards the palace with a broad smile.
She was walking through the grand garden to that palaces back door when she saw an image in the credenza. She went to get a closer look. It was Lucas. He was leaning against the railing staring at the moon. The most peaceful look covered his face. At first he didn't notice her, then she took a step forward. CRACK

He heard the sound of a wig snap. Looking behind himself he saw Kitty staring.
"What do you want?" he asked her disgusted. She climbed up the steps and stood beside him.
"It is beautiful." she replied as if just realizing it. The silver orb hung against the black sky. He glanced over at her, the beams highlighted her face and she gave him a smile that, even in the new body, could only be Kitty's. He found himself falling for her…again.
Lucas whipped his head trying to shake it off, then turned around, with his back to the railing, and watched a bug crawl across the floor.
"Eh, it's only so much." he grumbled.
"It's a nice night. Look, you can see all the stars."
"We had more on earth."
"And the view of the rest of the garden all coated in moon light is magnificent."
"I've seen painting that look nicer." Kitty faced him with a stern look.
"You just can' appreciate anything can you?" She almost snapped. He didn't look at her.
"Not with you blocking the scenery." He answered trying to make it sound like an insult.
"There was a time when you'd rather look at me anyway." She sighed. Not the reaction Lucas was expecting, actually hoping, from her.
"Yeah, well, that was before…"
"Before what Lucas? Before Shinigami possessed you? Before you were frozen? Or before five minutes ago?" The grabbed his full attention. He looked at her again. The same moon light, the same smile, the same feeling… He gazed into er eyes, the mirror into the soul.
"No," he snapped looking away once more. "I will not go through this again!" Kitty said nothing. He glimpsed up to see her looking back at the moon. She seemed to be arguing with herself inwardly like he was. "This is some sort of trick," he thought to himself. "It has to be." But he knew it wasn't. He was falling back in love with her, and he couldn't stop it. "Well," he reasoned. "If this is going to happen, may as well make it worth my while." He inched closer to her and wrapped his arms around her body. She put her hands on his, still smiling, but now looking at the tip of the sunrise. As dawn grew closer so did his mouth to her neck. She never faltered, so trusting, ha almost felt bad about doing this to her. "Almost" being the operative word.
"OW!" Kitty jerked away. A tiny prick of blood oozed down her neck. She threw her hand onto it and looked at Lucas startled out of her mind. His evil smile melded into a look of horror as the ice in his eyes melted away. His hand shot onto his mouth when he saw the droplet of blood smear when she took her hand away. No one said a word.
Fin