Being Bonnie Rockewaller: Chapter Five

Kim pushed herself to the right while Dr. Lurkin rolled to the left. Mego however, reflexively shrank, and was covered in the gob of green goo that dropped like a hairball out of Bonnie's mouth. The horrified screams that came from Mego sent shivers through Kim's body, and instead of escaping, she bounced off of a support girder and came back at Bonnie with an axe kick that flipped the mutant forward onto her face where Mego had been. But as Kim took a moment to look, there was nothing but a pool of green goop with a pulsating purple blob in its center, like an egg yolk.

Kim cringed. "That's new." was all she could bite out without losing her stomach contents. "Dr. Lurkin! Where's the Stabilizer?!"

The geneticist rushed over to her, pointing to one of the large bay doors leading deeper into the complex. "But she has the key!"

Turning toward the monster, she noticed that Bonnie seemed to have been distracted by the gooey remains of Mego. "What is she doing?" she whispered to the Doctor, who only shook his head. In the renewed silence of the lab, it sounded like Ron slurping gravy. Stepping silently but quickly, Kim approached the large wet and scaled monster, and allowed her curiosity to get the better of her. "EW!" she shouted uncontrollably. The green and purple substance was now covering the monster's hands and lips, and Kim had to fight to retain her composure.

Bonnie stood and turned to face her, her wide lips stretching into a smile that flashed a sparkling green and purple ooze inside her throat. "Disgusted, squeeb?" came the wet, gurgled voice.


"Bonnie... You ATE Mego!"

"That's not all I did." she said, and she suddenly began to glow purple and shrink back down to a regular size. "Looks like I don't need Amy anymore." she said, then took a deep breath, ready to spray Kim with the same fluid.

"No! No way!" Shego shouted as Gill caused Bonnie's body to suck in the purple and green slurry. She ignited her hands, ready to tear apart the mutant psycho's personality, no matter what it might do, when the screaming, diminutive figure of her brother materialized in her way. "Mego? What are you... How... Wha?"

"Sis?!" Mego asked, trying to get his breathing under control as he surveyed his surroundings. "Where am I?"

"It's a long story." Shego replied, suddenly aware of this new development. "Now get out of my way! I am not getting stuck in here with my brothers!"

The comment made Gill suddenly stop and turn. "Brothers? You mean there's more of you?" he grinned.

"Just the twins." Mego said, uncharacteristically solemn.

Shego stopped. "What?" she asked, turning.

"An invitation came for you to save the world in some kind of tournament about a week ago. Hego went in your place, and he never came back. We only got word from the Possible girl yesterday."

Shego turned back to her brother and lifted him up by his uniform. "What do you mean, Hego's gone?!"

"Twins?" Gill asked. "What can the twins do?"

"I mean he died, Shego. Taking your place, trying to save the world."

"The twins can replicate into an army of copies." Aviarius added to the conversation. "A power very similar to our other two members of Team Go!"

Shego turned to glare at Gill, who was obviously plotting how to get Wego's power. There was green fire in her eyes, and she could feel her control over Bonnie's body suddenly erupt to challenge Gill's as her rage over her brother's death overcame her. She may not hold much love for her brothers, but they were her brothers to hurt and berate. They were certainly not allowed to die for her.


"The twins!" Bonnie suddenly shouted out a random. Her grotesque features bubbled and shriveled, reducing back to her relatively more normal human form. Her teeth were still needle-like fangs, her eyes were now a slit bright green, and her thick hair was now down to her thighs again, with only the hint of green scales running along her forearms, neck, and back.

Not eager for answers, Kim tore the key from around Bonnie's neck and backflipped away and toward Dr. Lurkin. "Go!" she shouted, waving him toward the door leading to the Stabilizer. Dr. Lurkin ran as fast as he could in his slacks and lab coat; Kim catching up to him easily and swiping the keycard through the reader. Bonnie seemed to still be arguing with herself, and as soon as Dr. Lurkin crawled beneath the door, Kim slapped the Emergency Lockdown control to close the door again and shouted at him. "Go destroy the Stabilizer! I'll try leading her away." she told him, sliding the keycard inside with him.

Turning, Kim spin kicked the external controls, shattering the plastic reader. "Hey, Bonnie!" she called, taking a deep breath. Bonnie turned, her eyes narrowing. "Let's go."


Monique and Tara continued to descend slowly, and the small crane was beginning to teeter, the small pins that were holding it to the cement egg shell starting to pull and twist. "You think Ron's coming back for us?" Tara asked.

The crane jerked again, earning a scream from both girls. Monique looked out over the metropolis of Go City and swallowed, seeing the smoking path of destruction that Ron and Junior were causing. "I don't think so." she admitted, her mind wandering back to Anthony and what he had said to Bonnie. She looked down at her swollen belly and began to cry, suddenly more unsure of anything in the world. Would he believe that it had been some kind of mutant posing as her over the last few months, only to have her show up pregnant on his door step? Another jerk of the crane and they suddenly began to descend into freefall, screaming as the machine started to topple.

"Gotchya!" called a red glowing young man dressed in black and red tights.

Monique looked up as the young man grabbed the ropes that bound her and Tara together. "Us? Who's got..." Before she finished her question, she followed the length of the teen's body to where an identical teen was holding him by the legs like an acrobat. In fact, there was a chain of identical teens leading up the face of the mountain, and another group of at least ten straining to pull the crane back onto its base.

As the crane was pulled back, Monique and Tara were pulled close to the cliff, and passed up from one identical teen to the next until they were safely back up into the nest-like lair. As the pair were untied and helped to their feet, the girls looked around for the crowd that had helped them. "Where's the rest of you?" Tara asked, when only two of the teens remained.

In unison, the pair of black and red dressed teens let out a chuckle, and put forth their hands in greeting. "I'm Wego. You two okay?"

"Wego?" Monique asked. "Oh! You're part of that super team that Kim was kind of a part of! But how..."

"Which one's Wego?" Tara whispered, and Monique just shrugged.


He wasn't doing it intentionally, but Ron seemed to be guiding Jackal Junior through the thickest part of Go City as was possible. Or perhaps that just happened to be the direction that Junior kept knocking him. The multitude of mystical martial artists that he had fought over the last few weeks were nothing compared to the power of the Jackal. He was conjuring storms, shooting beams from his glowing eyes, and was getting larger than even the sumo ninja had been, tossing cars aside and punching through steel girders.

The Jackal struck Ron with a massive backhand that sent him flying into a SWAT van, crushing the side and flipping it over. Ron continued to skip across the pavement after bouncing off of the van, until finally getting to his feet and sliding to a stop. Wiping a spot of blood from the corner of his mouth, he grinned and reached into his pocket. Then frowned.

"What are you searching for, little man?" Jackal Junior asked, tossing the wreckage of the SWAT van out of his way.

Ron checked his other pockets frantically. "My pocket knife, actually. I..." Jackal Junior grabbed Ron in one hand and wound up for a pitch, tossing him through a car dealership window, and smashing through a line up of high end sports cars. Groaning, he slowly lifted himself up to his feet. He couldn't remember where he would have last left the Lotus Blade before going to the Mystical Tournament, but he knew how to find it.

Crouching as the Jackal began wading through the wreckage, having to duck to fit into the showroom to get to him, Ron held out his hand and focused on the mystical blade. Jackal Junior drew closer, and Ron could feel the sword nearing as well, and he smiled.

"Hey! Who's going to pay for all of this?!" shouted the owner of the dealership, catching Ron's attention as the Lotus Blade came sailing in from out of nowhere. The blade sliced through his titanium belt and pinned his pants to the lobby desk.

"Aw! Come on! I don't have time for this!" Ron shouted, rolling out of the way of the Jackal's swat attack crushed the remainder of the sports car collection. Ron snatched the Lotus Blade, his pants, and pushed the owner out of the way as Jackal Junior swiped at him with a giant paw. Transforming the Lotus Blade into a small stick, Ron put it in his mouth to carry while he struggled to put his pants on while running; a skill he had mastered years ago. Finally having the clasp done up, he skidded to a stop and took the Lotus Blade in two hands, transforming it back to its normal sword form.

Jackal Junior squeezed out of the showroom, breaking concrete walls and minor supports without difficulty as he did. He glared at Ron, firing beams of gold from his glowing eyes that Ron deflected with his blade, making "Vrmmm, vwoom." sounds as he did.

Ron readied himself for a charge as Jackal Junior lowered his dog-like head. Bringing the Lotus Blade back, he leaped forward and swung upward, catching the Jackal across his broad chest and across the bottom of his chin, resulting in a howl of pain, and knocking him to the side. Ron rolled forward and spun, lifting the sword up to defend himself against a retaliatory attack. But there wasn't one.

"You dare strike a god?!" Jackal Junior shouted, struggling to his feet He was obviously in pain, and surprised by the very fact as well. A large scar had already formed, and Junior's over stretched yellow shirt was split in two up the front, revealing the gold Amulet of Anubis tattooed into his chest.

"As a Jewish man, I'm fairly certain you're not a god, dude. You're just some egyptian ghost, dog, thing with cool hair." Ron answered.

Jackal Junior growled at him as he stood. With a snap of his fingers, a colossal flaming scimitar formed in his hand, and he raised it over his head.

Ron looked at his normal sized, glowing Lotus Blade and his face fell. "That is one brobdingnagian sword."