Kim Possible had fought many adversaries over the years, some putting up minor scraps, many others putting her and Ron in dire straits. But through all the years of saving the world, through all of the villains'' plots to take over the world, there was always one that she would look back on as the single most important and most beautiful of her life. Dr. Drakken, accompanied by DNAmy, had conspired to eliminate the "Kim factor" by impregnating her, thus forcing her to abort the child or take on the life altering decision of raising the child alone. But as the fates would have it, Kim wasn't fated to be alone. Drakken's sick plan had called for his long-time subordinate Shego, probably the only real opponent that Kim ever faced, to be the one to impregnate Kim, the woman that despite everything Shego couldn't help but respect, using a retrovirus and ring designed to combine their DNA into a viable embryo. But for Shego, this was too much. For Shego, this reopened a wound that she thought sealed forever. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Shego's great regret was that the meteor that gave her and her brothers their powers and orphaned them in the same day also prevented Shego from being able to carry a child. So upon Drakken's revelation of his sick plan of how he essentially raped both Kim and Shego, Shego's mind was set, this child would have a home! This child would be loved and not want for anything…and neither would Kim.
Through some very difficult times, a good deal of soul searching, and a rushed tripped to Massachusetts for a wedding, Kim and Shego realized something, that through all of the fights, all the verbal jousting, there was a deep bond that existed between them, a bond that went far past mere respect or friendship, a bond of love in its truest and most basic form. After several near-death experiences, Kim carried their child to full term and their little miracle, Grace Anne Possible, was born. And true to Shego's original ambition, little Gracie was loved dearly by all. In the "Palace" that Kim Possible, the reformed criminal and now fellow world saver Shellie "Shego" Possible, along with Gracie's nanny/bodyguard former GJ Special Agent Abigail Normal, called home, they watched Gracie grow before their very eyes. But the call of adventure, the call to save the world, the call that brought Kim and Shego together in the first place, was ever present.
And that was what put the reformed villain in her current situation. Blast it, insertions were always so long and tedious and DNAmy's lairs were the worst. And if that weren't bad enough, being forced to wade through the swaths of freakish animal hybrid minions of DNAmy's creations, all in the style of the bizarre cuddle-buddies that her women folk back home seemed to be obsessed with…how? How could anybody, even such precious gems as her wife and daughter, EVER find those freaks appealing? At least Stoppable seemed to share her revulsion, the poor schmuck near catatonic while the GJ scrub team took care of the base and taking the geneticist into custody.
"SO…MANY…FLAMINGO CROCS!" The side kick had managed to keep his pants on throughout this mission but he was thoroughly shaken at what they'd just seen.
"Easy Stoppable," Shego ran a soothing hand down his back, holding back a chuckle. Though Kimmie repeatedly objected, after six years of saving the world together, Shego still couldn't resist a little jab now and then at Ron's expense. Still…through the years of world saving as a part of Team Possible, Shego had watched Ron blossom from the bumbling buffoon who she'd encountered in her service to Drakken, and a buffoon who continually lost his pants at that, into a more than respectable fighter. Though a successful restaurateur and family man, Ron was still a dedicated member of Team Possible and always ready for a little world saving with Kim and Shego. "In just a few hours, you'll be back in Middleton at the Lotus Blades with Yori and holding little RJ in your arms."
Mention of his wife and little Ron Jr. was enough to restore at least SOME of Ron's senses. Anyone around Ron and Yori for even a few moments, as being around Kim and Shego, could tell that they were madly in love with one another. With Ron at least coherent and able to stand on his own two feet, Shego set off to see what she could dig up for GJ in DNAmy's offices. After some intensive computer science courses with GJ's academic department, adding to Shego's more than adequate skills as a hacker, her job upon successful taking of a lair was to worm her way into the systems and like the proverbial bear that went over the mountain, " see what she could see."
Like a few of the other villains Kim had faced, DNAmy fell into the category of the truly bizarre. While still taking the name of a "villain", many of the adversaries like DNAmy weren't really a serious threat to the world. More than that, with DNAmy in particular, in all her years as a hired mercenary and then as a villain, she had never encountered such a "loving" villain. But that was neither here nor there. She had a task that lay before her and she intended to do it. Cracking the encryptions proved to be of little challenge so the GJ issue external hard drive was inserted and began transferring everything of interest to either Team Possible or GJ. After perusing a meaningless folder of DNAmy posing with her vast cuddle buddy collection…GAG…a small file folder caught her eye. "Project Cradle"? What the hell! No woman ever made history playing it safe. She opened the folder to begin scanning for important material…when she saw something that made her heart stop.
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As Kimberly Anne Possible drove the sedan away from Middleton Medical Center, glancing at her little miracle seated in the car seat next to her, she couldn't help but take stock of her life thus far. Over the course of six years, she had gone from an eighteen year old high school student having to make the singularly most difficult decision of her life to having virtually everything she ever wanted. In a whirlwind of events that would make anyone's head spin, Dr. Kimberly Possible was now working her way to becoming a respected researcher and writer, apart from being a secret agent and loving wife and mother.
"Mommy," Six year old Gracie Anne Possible, muttered in a small voice. "I don't like getting a shot."
Blast it, her daughter was so cute and sweet you almost needed insulin, never mind the fact that every child had probably said those words since the invention OF the shot! "I know sweetie but it's going to make you big and strong like your Momma." At the mention of Shego, Kim felt a small pang of jealousy at having staying behind on this latest raid against the forces of evil. Under normal circumstances, wild cuddle buddies couldn't keep her from covering her wife's six when squaring off against the forces of darkness. But Abby was currently off visiting her family, helping to take care of her father who had just had a pacemaker put in. But as quickly as the pang of jealousy had arrived, it shriveled away into nothingness. What the hell was she talking about? If there was one thing that was never a chore and she would also leap at the chance to do, it was spend time with her wonderful daughter. "But Grandma was right. You were a very brave girl. Besides, getting a shot isn't all bad. When a Possible gets a shot…they get ice cream!"
Almost as if waiting for that very cue, George, Gracie's pet naked mole rat, sprang from Gracie's small backpack nestled between her legs with a squeaky "Booyah". This time Kim didn't even try to suppress the laugh that came. A gift from Ron after Kim had graduated college, George was Gracie's numero uno pal. Though having no shortage of friends, and like Ron and the late Rufus, Gracie and George were joined at the hip. The little rodent leapt onto the dashboard of the sedan, dancing in celebration, and making Gracie burst out in a fit of giggles.
After a brief stop at the nearest ice cream parlor, the sedan eased to a halt in front of the Palace, the home that Shego had had built literally from the ground up to house and protect her new family. The black Ford Mustang convertible was parked outside. Good; that meant Eme was home and the mission had likely gone well. She hefted Gracie out of the seat and carried her up the porch to the access panel, entering the pass code to gain entry.
Mommy and daughter were quickly met by the older woman, taking Gracie and embracing her daughter in a bear hug and planting a kiss on Gracie's strawberry ice cream smeared face. "Well it looks like my little munchkin dove head first into some ice cream and didn't bring any to share with her Momma. So was my baby a big brave girl when she got her shot?"
Gracie pointed to where the pink bandage was covering where she got her booster shot, wearing it like a badge of honor. Shego set Gracie down, sending her to the kitchen sink to wash her face, after which she took off like a shot to her playroom. Placing her handbag on the hook near the door, Kim proceeded to hug her wife and plant a loving kiss on her pale green cheek, somewhat similar to her daughter's skin tone. As she broke away, Kim could see a look on Shego's face that made her pause. Something was up, something very big. Nothing bad; if it were, Shego would've begun talking as soon as Gracie left the room. But Shego looked as if she were fighting an internal battle to keep the news inside.
"The mission went well Eme?" She asked. Screw the subtlety; Kim's curiosity was plastered across her face.
"Ron was a little shaken by DNAmy's latest sinister homage to your stuffed animals but all went well," Shego smiled. She'd held this in as long as she could and couldn't take it anymore. She motioned to the kitchen table and the pair took a seat. "Princess…I…look!"
Shego removed a metallic container from her Middleton U sweatshirt pocket and slid it across the table to Kim. About double the size of a ring box that you could find at any jewelry store, the box itself weighed roughly a pound and Kim could tell that it was completely sealed, cut off from the outside atmosphere. Pretty basic in design with a switch on the top to open the thing. Kim flipped the container opened…making her breath catch and her heart race. It…couldn't…be! To anyone else, it would've resembled an average and everyday joy buzzer, the kind of thing that you could find at any joke shop in the world. But to Kim and Shego Possible, this took on a completely different meaning. The device was in fact a duplicate of the very device that changed Kim and Shego's life forever, and definitely for the better.
That fateful day when Drakken had given Shego the device that unknown to her would impregnate her future wife, Drakken had in fact given Shego two devices, in case one should fail or not be adequate. Obviously one had been more than enough to do the job. But after Gracie was born and Shego had broached the subject of additional children, the pair was disappointed to discover that the second device was too degraded and proved ineffective. So Gracie was to remain an only child. But what lay before Kim was apparently a fully functional device, giving her and her beloved wife a second chance at more children.
"Eme…I…Oh Dear God, I don't know what to say!" Kim struggled to get each word out, emotions running a mile a minute. "We…we really…can have another child?"
"I've examined this device from every perspective and…and Gracie can have a little sister," Shego reached over and pulled her wife into a hug, putting all the love and compassion she had for Kim and Gracie into that embrace. Another child, she and her Princess really had the chance at another child! "What Drakken created, what he used to violate us on so many levels, we can use it to create something beautiful in every sense of the word."
Kim couldn't recall feeling this happy since recovering Gracie from Drakken's weather changing machine. But no matter how much Kim or Shego wanted this, every inhabitant of this house was a part of a family and this family had a lot to talk about.
Author's Notes:
Gracie Anne, Abigail Normal, and George the Naked Mole Rat are the creations of Poetheather1 and proudly used with her full permission. Kim Possible and all characters associated with it are the Copyrighted property of the Disney Corporation and the creation of Bob Schooley and Mark McKorkle. They are used without permission but for non-profit purposes. I have no money so please don't sue me.