“Yeah, hello. I’d like to report a theft? … No. Not a car. A body.”

“A what?”

“A body… Yes, I’ll hold.”

A low calming melody weaved through the holes in the ear piece. Shin hadn’t realized police stations even had music for when they put people on hold. Then again, he hadn’t realized a lot of things, like how nice it was to be a bit shorter than the average Ghost, able to pick up heavy things in more than a single bound. How he often avoided the need to duck through doorways, or how much phones shattered when a little impatience brought him to tapping the end of the receiver against the ground. How the pieces arranged geometrically in such a pattern that—

Inspiration strikes in the oddest of places. Here Shin was, looming over the shattered remains of a communication device, baboon-ass red with a monkey’s tail, and he was musing over the size and shape of the various chunks and pieces of a receiver. It hadn’t been the first time inspiration had been spurred on by the spurious. A desktop screen saver brought about shifting the size and shape of shards into various forms. And now a broken phone was bringing him to contemplate geometry itself.

Johannes Kepler once used geometry in his crucial refinement of Copernican position. He rearranged the path of the heavenly bodies themselves, and shifted the notion from cyclical to elliptical. He looked upon the many elements of geometry and noted that regular solids were formed of polygons meeting at equal sides from equal angles. The four-sided tetrahedron’s face is composed of equilateral triangles, the six-sided cube is made up of squares, eight-sided octahedron, equilateral triangles yet again. All the way up to the twenty-sided icosahedrons, whose faces were composed of yet MORE equilaterals! Somehow, in the fastidious observations of this repeating geometric formation, Kepler realized the bountiful nature of God. Shin’s realization was far less fantastic.

“Wh-wh-wh-whoa! All the chunks are broken like little triangles!!” He squealed. Shin picked up a piece shaped like a pentagon, and pressed it against another and another like a child with blocks. Each piece had shattered with startling regularity, and yet… “These all started as round things…” His mouth gaped in wonder. “Round things can be made up of jagged things? Then maybe…” He brought up his massive right hand like a claw, then blinked as nothing happened. “Oh right… the body snatcher…” His face fell. Things just hadn’t been the same since earlier that morning, had they?

~*~

He woke up feeling the same tugging feeling as usual. He smacked his lips as he rose from the covers to glance blearily upon the world. A television, blasé wallpaper, DVD collection… he scratched his wide chest, and walked, naked, across the cold floor. A seven foot long monkey tail swung along sleepily in his wake. The door swung open. No Thor. His eyes drooped as he stood in front of the “toilet”. Hips swung as the morning business was accomplished. He turned away from the oversized racks of mafia suits, baggy jeans, and thuggish tanks. That’s when he realized something was up. His tail tip felt moist.

Wait. Tail? He glanced back over his shoulder, twitching his eyelids up another notch. Closet… Had he always dressed for success in the morning within the confines of his bathroom? He pulled up the lashing extension of himself and regarded it with mild interest and a yawn. “I have a tail…” His yawn echoed in the back of his ears. The tail flopped back down into the wetness. It hit him like the steering wheel hits a crash test dummy during exams. Tail. Closet. Bathroom. Red. He connected all the dots. Something wasn’t right here. Another glance over his shoulder. The tail twitched nervously, as if it had just realized it existed as well. “THE HELL!! I’VE BEEN ROBBED!!!!!” The ceiling rattled as the red NeoSapien boomed.

He tore a pair of dry baggy jeans off the rack, and ripped a white tank top down over his head. At the front desk of the sanctuary, Lisa frowned. Was there supposed to be an earthquake today? Shin slammed the door to his room behind him, and stomped towards the bathroom to wash his goddamn tail.

Kasumi laying in bed still thinking she hears the voice Abyss? No he will not be screaming like this. She blinks as she runs to a desk she finds the name that she needs Jaxon she reds it over and over in her head. She gets the name down. Soon she gets off the tank top and shorts she soon finds a tight tank top to were with a pair of dark wash blue jeans.

Kasumi sits on the bed as she puts on a pair of socks as she puts on a pair of sneakers soon she brushes her hair. Kasumi pulls her hair up in a bun as she walks out of the room she has been here a few times. With the feelings she soon finds her way to Abyss room she knocks on the door. She knows Abyss is her friend and she can talk to him.

Kasumi is not sure what is going on but she does not like this. She deeply wish's to be in her own body to be with her own powers. Yet she is not Kasumi closes her eyes and sighs she is Jaxon now yet she has not been to bad to anyone that is here. She knows Abyss will not wrong her and he will keep her safe. Kasumi stands there as she bites her bottom lip standing there blinking a few times havening no idea who to turn to right now.

Broken phone, lost body, powers gone: gained tail. It was almost a fair trade-off. Almost. Shin flicked one of the receiver pieces with a sigh. It flew across the room and embedded itself in the wall. “…” Note to self: no hugging babies. Wit his right hand, he scooped up tangram tangents of the phone and dumped them into a red wastebasket. What a waste. All that positive energy and possibility shoved aside for the moment while he dealt with the hands he’d been cast.

What could possibly have caused him to switch bodies, though? And whose was his? Red skin seemed familiar. Where had he…? Shinbyss’s brow crinkled, trying to tie the memories together, tug them into some type of body. All he got was static. Maybe it was sitting around somewhere in the room.

He pushed off the floor with his massive hands. The room rotated around him, still as basic as could be. His attention drew to the collection of DVDs. Maybe if he went through them, he’d get some idea of the man’s personality. He picked up a copy of Pulp Fiction, and turned it over to read the back. “So he likes Tarantino… and what’s this? Scarface?” He picked up another DVD in his free hand. Judging from the rating, the content, and the topic, Shin took it the guy liked his action. He slipped the DVDs back into the rack, and picked up a random comedy that stood out next to them. “Ferris Beuller’s Day… off.” He cut himself short. There was a knock at the door. The DVD slipped back. Shin plucked one final case off the shelf as he made his way to answer. His eyes darted over the back cover as he fumbled with the handle.

He mouthed the stylistically-printed words with an upwards jutting eyebrow.“Shaggadelic… er…” The door swung open. Honey-colored eyes and long, dark hair greeted him with a bit lip. A familiar face. He blinked at her. “… Jaxon?”

Kasumi looks up at Abyss "It is not who you think it is Abyss I am not sure what is going on..." She shakes her head She walks in as she rubs the back of her head "I was not sure who to trun to... but it is me Kasumi... Some how I am in Jaxon's body I have no idea why.." Kasumi shakes her head "I woke up like that I have no idea why to do.."

Tears comes to her eyes as she looks down "I am scared... I am so scared.." Evey thing is getting to her soon tears runs down her cheeks "Abyss what am I to do?" She covers her face as she starts to cry. Kasumi does not know how long this is going to last "I miss my own body I miss my life.. Most of all I miss Shin if I was with him I would feel better.." Kasumi sits on the floor as she wraps her arms around herself crying more "I even miss my spots... everything about my body I miss..."

Kasumi shakes her head as she looks down she never knew that she would say that. But you never miss something till you lose it. She cry's still as she closes her eyes "I wish I knew what was going on I feel so lost.. Just a hint in why this is happing. What is going on." She looks up at Abyss with tears in her eyes "I thought about calling Shin I wounder if he will understand what is going on?" She shakes her head as she sighs. Soon Kasumi's head is down again/

“Ka… Kasumi?” Words of relief blended with worry as he took a step forward to tug her up into a hug… gently. Big arms, clumsy arms. He kept the hug brief. Wasn’t sure how much control over he had over his own strength. “Don’t cry. I’m here for you… it’s Shin… ” He nearly choked up with emotion. “I’m in this big galoot’s body, but I’m still Shin. I don’t know what’s going on here, or where we are, but we can find out. Ask around, and…” He held her at arms length, looking into her eyes. Her unfamiliar, yet familiar, eyes.

She was so scared. He was worried too. But right now, that didn't matter. They'd find a way, get to the bottom of this. Whoever did this, shifted them around and stole their bodies, would pay.

Kasumi nods as she looks at Abyss soon she is being hugged she closes her eyes as she looks up at him "Shin?" She blinks a few times she breaths some. She wraps her arms around him as she closes her eyes "I do not care what body you are in.. Just I am happy that you are here.. We will get down to the bottom of this. Well look at the bright side I can ride on your shoulder."

Kasumi gives him a small smile "We found each other I am happy that we did. I mean it can not be just us.. I am not sure how long but I am happy that we are not going though it alone." She looks up at him Kasumi feeling small as she keeps her honey brown eyes on him. She was not sure what to do. Yet Kasumi was not ready to let go of him yet in his body or Abyss's it is Shin. She did not care she still has the same feelings for him.

She closes her eyes as she smiles more "Thank god.." She thinks to herself she did not know if she could not get a hold of Shin but she is with him how they ended up here in the same place who cares she is with him that ls all that matters that is all that she cares about "At that least it will not be boring for us.." Kasumi is right about that she knows that. She can not help but to smile "Abyss does not look that bad also no one will mess with you right now."

A faint laugh escaped his lips at the ‘ride your shoulder’ comment. Wait, a laugh? He hadn’t laughed at all that day. This was… obviously a good sign. So was the small smile from the Kasumi in a Jaxon-box. He nodded with relief. He was glad they'd found each other as well. "Thank goodness."

>>"Thank god.."

Another weak laugh. He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye. It seemed her crying had made him cry. But they were together now, so there'd be none of that anymore. And it definitely wouldn't be boring. He'd see to that. Another smile. God, why was he feeling like such a crybaby now? A 7 foot tall crybaby. He hugged her against his chest again, then scooped her up onto his right shoulder wryly as she commentated that nobody would mess with them.

“Indeed. Alright. So right now, I’m thinking our first stop should be Full Circle. If something’s going on citywide right now, my bet is that someone on the X-men would know about it. If memory serves, Ghost’s shop is close enough to the sanctuary. That can be our first stop. Let’s see what she has to say.” He tossed the DVD he’d been carrying all this time casually over his shoulder as he ducked down in the doorway and out into the hall. It smashed into the wall and stuck there, case embedded and wobbling. The ground shook slightly with each step as Shin tromped down the sanctuary’s hallway, towards the front desk.

Lisa raised an eyebrow at the giant and the demon-summoner as they walked by her desk. “Going out?” She asked, fingers caught mid-air over the keyboard. Big Red turned to look at her with a hint of confusion.

“Hmm? Need something?”

She shook her blond head. “No. Just thought, if you were going out you might want this— ” She tossed a plain black wallet up to the red giant. Shin caught it in the palm of his right hand, and tilted his palm up to poke at the leather.

“Huh?”

Lisa flicked her shoulder length blond hair with a sweet smile. “You told me to hold onto your wallet and your keys when you came in last night. Drunk.” Her tongue clicked on the last word to accentuate it, as if that answer were all they needed. Shin nodded slowly, flipping the wallet open to glance inside. The leather-bound item was practically empty. It held no forms of identification, no pictures. Just cash. A few crumpled 100s, some 20s, and a 10. “Your motorcycle’s in the garage,” she added helpfully. Or at least, Geo’s was. The order’s members often borrowed the bloke’s vehicles for a ride. The earth elemental never seemed to mind it, really. If they were stopped, they’d have no identification to prove the vehicles were theirs to police, sure. But really, who would stop The Order? A set of silver keys flew Shin’s way. A red hand shot out to catch them, pinning the keys between his left index finger and thumb. He held the keys up in front of Kasumi for her to take, then turned to nod appreciatively at the secretary.

“Thanks…” His eyes dropped to the name plate on her desk for confirmation of identity. “… Lisa.”

Lisa nodded. “Take care, you two. And Abyss…” She called after him as he turned to go. Shin glanced back at her with a look that spelled ‘hmm?’. “Next time you come home drunk, do me a favor… don’t hit on me.”

“… Oh.” To those close to Shin’s red cheeks, one could faintly detect a hint of further reddening. He nodded hastily at the blond woman and made for the door. He burst out from unde those golden arches into the morning sun with an exhalation of exaltation, ie a rather big sigh. "Ugh. This is almost too much." Now where did she say the garage was? He almost hated to ask if he'd even be able to fit both Kasumi and his massive frame on the same bike...

Kasumi looks at Shin with her eyes soon she is on his shoulder as she smiles some. She feels so small right now but that is not true it reminds her the first time that she met abyss landing on his shoulder. It stung a little bit yet over all not a bad metting. Soon Kasumi looks around as Shin walks she looks at Lisa as she smiles nodding to her "Yes we are.." Soon she hears eveything that is going on soon she snickers as she lets out a giggle.

Kasumi takes the kyes to the bike as she looks at Shin with her eyes on this is going to be fun today they will see Ghost in new bodys if it has not happend to her yet. She looks at blushing Shin "Aw it was not you just Abyss nothing to blush about... yet you do look cute as always when blushing." Kasumi has to tease him a little bit as she smiles huge. The sun feels nice on her skin as she closes her eyes takeing in the heat "Oh well this palce is not to bad... But I do miss home.." Shakeing her head hopeing that she can go back soon.

Yet being here with him makes it better "So I take it I am driving?" Smiles to him "I am sure I can do that." Soon Kasumi nods as she closes her eyes she moves some of her hair off of her shoulder. Everything in so much time she will have to look at the better side of things she can not brake down into tears she can not right now. She has to keep herself strong but in time she will give in to the feelings that she is having but not right now.

“Heh, I guess.” Shin smirked as Kasumi tried to console him. She even went so far as to tell him she thought he looked cute! That only managed to deepen the crimson tide washing over his face. He turned his head left, then right, as if searching out the garage, and added sneakily. “Though quite frankly, I think I prefer your own blush over my own~” Heheh, he gave as good as he received. He took a testing step to the right, and peered around a corner.

Ah, there it was! He held Kasumi steady with one hand as he veered for the vehicle, stomping quick as a massive red monkeyman can. A trash can lid crashed back down with a clang, and sent a stray cat hissing and spitting down the alley for cover. Paper crunched as Shin walked by. He ducked through a doorway, and caught sight of the motorcycles. Crouching low, he set Kasumi down. "Think you can drive one of these?" Shin questioned. He tried to imagine the seating arrangement and blushed. A massive red giant towering over the frame of a young lady as the back tire of the motor bike warped and popped. The thought hissed away from him like a deflated balloon. "Maybe if I sit on the back and wrap my tail around you to keep the whole thing steady...? Er. That might put undue pressure on the back wheel."

He shifted his eyes around the room, looking for the best bike for the job. There were a few old Harleys, a beat up black van, three good-looking bikes, one with a side-car, and—

That's when he saw It. Those OEM ‘89 wheels, that 989 oil-cooled 1200cc GSX-R 1100 engine! That was a fully custom carbon fiber GSX-R 1100 show bike!! Where had they found that?! He'd only seen one of those in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, caught it in show clips, and saw it in that one Kanye West video. Why was one of those show bikes sitting around in a junk room like this?! He crept towards it, neck hairs on end. His hands hovered over the bike like a moth to the flame, drawn to it, yet hesitant to touch. This was… an overreaction. His face fell. Both Kasumi and him would never fit on that delicate piece of machinery. He doubted he even had the right keys for the— the keys were still in the ignition. Was this really alright? It seemed like fate was conspiring against him here, forcing him to appropriate this bike.

Which was totally out of character for him! Inner turmoil raged. Get the bike, don’t get it?! But then, how would he move it? Could he really do this, could he—

“Kasumi…” Shin started slowly, turning to face the girl with a mask of grief as serious as a morgue on his face.“I’m calling on you right now to be my moral voice here… now this bike. This bike, I would dream of. No, seriously. I would die for this bike… but it isn’t mine right now. And there are the keys… we’re already in an extremely strange situation at the moment, and I have the feeling things are only gonna get stranger. Can’t we just… take… that bike? Nobody will ever have to know, right!?” It is entirely otherwordly to see a 7 foot red giant clasp his hands and smile like Shin managed, eyes pleading and wobbling with all their might!

This bike, this bike, THIS BIKE!!

"If you say 'no', I'll go with it, but just to let you know again... this bike... is my God." His hands clasped one final time, then fell heavily to his sides. Right now, he felt like there was a mountain on his shoulders... and even with the strength this big red dude held, he couldn't budge it! He was on his knees here (quite literally, in fact), hoping against hope Kasumi and him saw eye-to-eye.

((OOC: *Wibbles with puppy dog eyes.* Pretty please? He can, um, carry Kasumi and the bike to Full Circle, each over a different shoulder! Yeah! @_@))

Kasumi blushes some as she smiles "Hehe well we can do this all day hun what do you think?" Smiling as she looks at him with her eyes even not in her own body her eyes still light up the same way. Soon she is looking at the rides that is here with Shin then the bike that he is looking at.

Kasumis mouth fell open she only read about them she has not got to see one up close. Kasumi is sat down as she walks to it running her hand down the bike to see if it is here. She looks back at Shin with her eyes "Wow..." She is stunned right now she never knew that she would see anything like this in her life. She never knew that she would have it in her to take anything in her life. Yet Kasumi nodded "Shin it is a yes.. I know how to drive one.."

Soon Kasumi beams as she looks back at the bike it seems like a dream but she will get to drive it. Wow she can not wate to start it up she wants to see what this can do but she can not do to much with Shin but that is ok just driving it will be more then enough for her.

A smirk worked its way onto that big red face as Kasumi ran up to the bike and slid her hand across its seat. Her reaction betrayed any possible hesitance Shin sensed in the girl. So cute. She was in awe. He sat there on his knees, awaiting the affirmation he was sure would come his way.

>>"Shin it is a yes.. I know how to drive one.."

Shin dropped his elbow down in a red-handed fist pump. "Yes! Oh, you've made the right choice Kasumi. You won't be disappointed.”Big red cheeks beamed. He pushed up off the concrete floor, and glanced around for something that’d fit him. If she was riding that cycle, what could he ride…? “Hey Kasumi, can you toss me Abyss’s keys? I’ve gotta try em and see which bike works for me.”

The thought struck him that he was an X-man, stealing motorcycles. The moral prerogative of the title denoted he not do this, yet... it really didn't matter right now, did it? In times of need, special accommodations could be made. And Kasumi had said it was alright, yes? He ran his hand across the seat of a pitch black V-Rod Muscle bike with a grin. Let your conscience be your guide~

Kasumi's eyes looks at Shin as she blushes some looking at him as she smiles soon she nods she always dreamed in rideing a bike like this. To see what it did she never knew that she would get to drive one like it but dreams come true. She got Shin for a start and now this life could not get any better then this. Soon Kasumi snaps out of her thoughts as she nods. Kasumi tosses Shin the kyes that is in her hand "So I will follow you that is a good idea."

Kasumi smiles more as she sits down on the bike takeing it in oh it felt good. Soon she closes her eyes oh this is nice the seat felt nice. Soon Kasumi rested her hands on the bars she could not wate to drive this she felt like a little kid again she never knew that she could feel like this. It crosses her mind can it be wrong? Yet they are not in there bodys and that is odd so what they are doing is not wrogn right? Well there is no going back now. Kasumi soon shakes her head she can not think to much about it right now.

Kasumi needs to get back into her own body so does Shin they have to get back to them selves. With out her own body she knows that she will go mad. Kasumi loved her own body her red hair her spots eveything she misses it already she looks to normal for her own likeing. It crossed her mind if she can put some spots on her face to look more like herself? Kasumi shakes her head and sighs that will just look odd!

Shin's massive hand shot up to catch the keys with a jingle. As he tested them in the V-Rod Muscle, a tentative smile worked its way onto his face. The bike was just the right size for Abyss, just the right style, just the right everything... and sure enough. The key was just the right shape. It fit like peanut butter fits with the citrus tang of orange marmalade, or soy sauce fits with rice.

"Just as I thought. This one works..." Shin walked over to a rack on the wall and eyed the line of motorcycle helmets. He turned a pink hot pink helmet in his hands, then walked it over to Kasumi. "Here. This one should work for you." He nodded, then glanced back at the racks. A golden Gundam helmet caught his eye.

Let me repeat that. Golden Gundam. Hyaku Shiki. Long story made short: He snapped that helmet up. Short story made longer: he put it on his head.

With a grunt and a jerk, Shin wrapped the red monkey tail around his waist and tied it Saiyan-style. This was his weak point, yes? Shin smirked as he looped the loose extension into a light knot. Gotta protect what needs protectin’.

Shin wheeled the bike towards the open garage door, then got on and revved the engine. He glanced back at Kasumi, and nodded towards the street. "We roll."

The two motorcycles flushed out onto the New York street and cut a beeline for Full Circle.

((Continued in Floating Silence.))

Kasumi takes the hot pink helmet form Shin as she nods soon she slips it on as she starts the bike oh it sounds nice. Kasumi smiles as she starts to drive it she is likeing this she will have to take it easy even not in her body she did not want to get this girl in trouble. Soon she looks at Shin and smiles even with the tail he looked so cute!

Soon they are off the bike drives so nice as she keeps driving what is posted. This is so nice she liked this bike it is going to end up back at the mansion so she can make one of her own. She has a smile that does not stop at last she is at Ghosts shop she gets the hot pink helmet off as she follows behind Shin.