Now if I can get the Clubhouse to play nice, I can direct you to a new fic.... This one is going to be a pre-war thing and obviously an exploration of the Princess and Mark dynamic ... I know each chapter and what's going to happen, so hopefully I can pump out one or two every day ... yeehaa.. You can find it here: Beginning, Middle and End As it is a work in progress, you know you can tell me where I fark it up in time for me to go in and change it. Obviously it is my AU, as I don't remember any of the lead-ins to BotP, but I am trying to get it as close as I can... Have fun!! SJ

I like this, SJ. I always enjoy stories about the team's origin. In BOTP, I don't recall much about the background of Princess, other than that she was an orphan from an orphanage. I recall her not knowing her parents at all, but that may be fanon (or projecting Jun onto Princess) as opposed to BOTP canon. I love the way she is standing up to the bully, but I have to wonder about her mature manner of speech/way with words. I'm suspecting that there's something going on there, and I look forward to seeing it develop.

Ooo...very nice! I do remember that Princess says she remembers her mother in BOTP...this is the beginning of a great origin story...I hope there will be more!

Part 2 is up I pray that the clubhouse behaves for you ... because it isn't for me ... Part 2 I hope you like it SJ

Part three is up!! Clicky Here for Part 3

I love this...reminds me of the pictures I've seen from the BOTP 1/2 comic...where Mark is behind the scenes encouraging Princess in her training! And I love the idea that Mark needed someone to protect to bring him out of his "funk"... I'm looking forward to more!

SJ, I promise when I am not so busy I will get a chance to read this, but things are getting in the way (or running away) at school/on the job.

SJ - I am desperate for your secret. You can just write and write and come up with these glorious story arcs and delicate scenes and so many interesting ideas and pathways to lead us down. I don't know how you do it. You have this tremendous creative energy coupled with talent and craft - I am starting to want to know how to grow up and be you. Just saying - I'm think I'm becoming a groupie.

This is good stuff, SJ! I'm enjoying the way you've cast the team's young selves: they're definitely kids, but the personalities they'll have as adults are also clearly forming. I can just imagine Jason being a brat at that age, and Mark having a hard time finding his own purpose in the work. The conversation between Mark and Princess in part 3 is wonderful. Keep it up--I'm enjoying this story very much!

Here is a new part!!! Part 4 I hope you enjoy them a year older ... Wow!!! So glad you guys are enjoying it!!! I'm humbled and stunned and so very ... inspired by your kind words. YAAAAAAY!!!!!! Thank you!! I'm having so much fun with this!! SJ

Lookee -- I got a part five all done!!! Part 5 Enjoy!! SJ

Here's the next bit .... I'm sick today, really sick, so I'm not sure that it reads as well as I think it is ... my senses are warped... But, if I farked it up -- DO LET ME KNOW so I can fix it before I trudge on to school for the G-Force kids. Anyhoo .... Part 6 is here ... Thankee SJ

Awww...hope you are better soon, SJ! I just read the latest...and it is great! It's interesting that princess has so much intuition at such a young age. She is already the heart of the team...and you have created a great bond between her and Mark...I can't wait to see what happens in school!

Feel better SJ so you can write more and more and more! I'm enjoying it muchly.

I hope you are feeling better today, SJ. I've had raging food poisoning before and it sucks.

Thanks, guys for the "get well' messages. I think I'm over the worst of it now, I'm still queasy and nauseous, but the actual acts of icky are all done ... I hope. Anyway.. Two parts today Part 7 and Part 8 I hope you enjoy them ... SJ

SJ, this last part (Part 8 ) is really good. You've managed to pull the characters together into a believable and cohesive unit, and of course the meaning behind what they are doing has completely eluded them. I think it is in this part that you've really mastered the delicate balance of ensuring that they act like *children* (because they *are* children) yet at the same time using all of the skills and training that they have had instilled within them. This is a great job, and I'm looking forward to the next part.

I'm sorry you were sick, SJ. I hope you're feeling even better today. I want you to know I'm really enjoying this story, and eagerly anticipate the next part!

I'm feeling much, much better guys!! Thanks!! Thanks for your reviews, guys. It really keeps me going! I have completed another chapter ... Clicky clicky I hope you like it.. SJ

This is such a great "back story"! I like how you are able to draw out elements of their personalities and express them at a variety of ages as they all grow up together. Very enjoyable read. Thanks for putting it up there for us. And glad to hear you are feeling better.

:grins: Thanks again!! Here's some more Clickety Click

This continues to be a really good read, SJ! These guys are regular hellions, aren't they? But jeez, that school they're in: sounds like some kind of prison camp. Confiscating the yo-yo when it was obvious that the other girl was in the wrong? Night guards monitoring surveillance when the kids are off campus? I have to wonder just a little bit whether this school is being run by undercover Spectrans. And if you want kids to act out, one good way to achieve that goal is to treat them like little thugs. I think the school and its faculty are going to get only what they deserve, here.

Just a thought here (and SJ, feel free to smack me around if I'm wrong) but I think it was implied in the last chapter that the reason the school had so much security was that Anderson had insisted on it before sending the kids there. But yeah, it seems rather nasty in disciplinary style.

:grins: Yeah the implication was there, and it is further defined in the next chapter I'm writing (which was put on hold for a few hours because the powers that be here in the office have determined that I need to actually do some work here and gave me a nasty-ass spreadsheet to do -- hopefully I can get back to it very shortly). It seems aggressive, and probably too harsh on the G-Team, however, I wrote from my own experience at school where, even though I was a good kid, I was blamed for all mischief and disciplined accordingly. Get this, I was the bullied one and I was the one in trouble ... So it isn't totally out there. Security is tight, as it is becoming across the US and Canada. Some schools have metal detectors that kids need to walk through, surveillance is becoming key with school-shootings and the more expensive equipment that schools are carrying. I am happy to dumb it down somewhat, but really wanted to give the team some challenges to face on their first time out ... Please tell me the parts I should review and manipulate... and I'll rework those parts in the final document.... Hey, anyone feel like they want to try and beta this monster for me???? Pretty please - I'll offer anything if someone wants to help me out here ... Thanks, guys!! I am sure any die-hard swannies will enjoy what Princess has up her sleeve for the next bit I'm working on ...

Anderson is so manipulative of their interactions maybe he liked the added bonus of a school with "tough" discipline so that he could see how they would react? Whatever your intention SJ, I am hoping there are some just desserts about to be served . . . muhwahhhhhaahaa.

Oh, no, SJ, I didn't mean to suggest that the school setting was over the top. I'm fine with the team being in a high-security school setting; it's only that my suspicious mind starts wondering if there may be an ulterior reason behind the high-security setting. I agree that 1) it makes sense that Anderson would insist on a high-security setting for his team, both for their safety and to keep them from raising too much mischief, and 2) that the setting provides a bodacious challenge for the team. I also agree that schools are getting a lot more security-conscious than they used to be. My high school was one with a "prison fence" linking all of the buildings, although they didn't have anything more than that when I was there. I'm thoroughly enjoying this story, and I don't have any major problems with it thus far. Keep it up--I'm looking forward to seeing what else you get these kids up to!

I bet you all thought I was abandoning this story, right? Nope ... still at it, I just got a little busy here at the office and am quietly watching my ass as I have recently discovered I have a mole reporting on my every move ... One week ... one week to go!! Anyhoo. Here is a new bit... I am finding my swing again ... it takes a little while to find my roll again when I've been forced to abandon it for a couple of weeks ... clicky clicky Thankee SJ

I'm glad you're back to writing, SJ. It looks like the team has nearly completed their "mission". Now, I'm wondering if some plot twist will arise to thwart them... I hope you get a chance to write more soon!