Heh.  Loved this.  More!  More!

Quoting Elsa Bibat <aerolbj@i-next.net>:

 Britt Reid sighed as he adjusted his mask and 
fedora, wrinkled and calloused hands

heh.  Britt Reid, in 1998?  The guy's ancient.
Although it could have been a grandchild, at this point.

All it took was an eyeblink. Kato had not even
noticed.

Given who we learn "Kato" is, are you sure you want
this?  Of course, Britt could be mistaken.

the Shadow had arrived.
 "Good evening, Miss Allard."

Heh.  Interesting.

as he distastefully noted the telltale bulges of
several holstered guns.

Ah, yes.  As I recall, the 60's TV series had Britt
using a gun which fired sleeping darts.  I don't
know what the original material had.

inspite of having

suggest "despite having"

a master martial artist for a bodyguard. Even if he
is a grandmaster of the...what was the name... ah,
yes...Musabetsu Kakuto Ryuu, isn't it?"

Heh.  Rather unexpected twist.

 Kato looked up at the rearview mirror and smiled
that cocky, crooked smile of his, blue eye's
twinkling with amusement. "Sorry, ma'am. I think you
got the wrong guy."

Yeah, right.  "Blue eyes" (no apostrophe) and cocky
smile?  The Shadow knows, all right!

her lips. "You really should check out your friend
here, Mr. Reid. He has quite a few individuals of the
feminine persuasion looking for him."

Heh.  So this is what Ranma's doing about the multiple
engagements:  hiding in New York under an assumed name.

 Reid chuckled. "And who do you think can fill my
shoes? He's got to be smart as a whistle, sharp as
razor with a little streak of larceny in him."

Sudden sinking feeling that I know who this is going
to be...

 Joe Yazzie didn't know what hit him and his gang
until the door opened.

Compliments on this section, btw.  Many authors would
have short-changed us on this last scene, but you
wrote a good one.  Maybe you could have given us a bit
more fight description, but that's not really what
you're trying to emphasize, is it?

 The door opened slowly and she walked in.
 "oh, shit."
 The first thing that they noticed was the color.
Green.

<clip>

a brown helmet bob framing the sharp face that was
frowning in displeasure.

Yep.  Nabs it is.

So that is not Nabiki. ^_^ It's someone in a Nabiki
wig. ^_-

Rrrrriiiight.  I like the combination, though.  I had
the idea once to cast Nabs as Modestry Blaise with
Ranma as Willie Garvin; a rather similar idea.  This
may have made it a bit easier for me to anticipate
Nabs as Hornet.

a tradition for these stories beginning now:

Nice touch; I appreciate it.

The Shadow will return in...
Iron Crown

Although the question of "which Shadow?" arises...

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