I don't own Kim Possible or any other Disney character. This story is not for profit, only for entertainment.
A/N: This takes place about a month after So The Drama.
Also, would like to thank ObeliskX for the prompt for this one, as well as Aorashi21 on deviantart for some inspiration!
Kim Possible: Reversal
Chapter 1 - Not Possible
"Shego!" The shrill yell of the great blue idiot echoed through the hallways, grating on her ears and instantly dampening her good mood. If he just wants me to go fetch more Cocoa Moo, I'm going to fry something off him.
"Yeah, what do you want, Dr D?" She asked, not bothering to hide her annoyance.
"I've finally done it! My greatest work of genius ever!" He cackled.
"You finally managed to color entirely inside the lines on the back of the kiddie placemat?" She suppressed the urge to shudder. The last 'greatest plan' had nearly killed everyone when it had blown up an entire mountain, and the one before that filled the lab with the most horrible stench she'd ever had the misfortune of experiencing. And then there was the whole Lil' Diablo debacle... She wondered how badly this one would fail.
"Yes! Wait, no, that's not important!" He held out an odd looking raygun proudly.
"Drew, isn't that just your Death Ray? The one that blew up in your hand?" Shego raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"I repurposed the housing, but it's what's inside that counts. Just like in -" His grin slid off his face as she glared at him.
"If you start singing that crap from Snowman Hank, so help me..." She flared her plasma a little.
"Shego, just because we're evil doesn't mean we can't..." He trailed off as her plasma burned brighter. "Uh, anyway, this is my Reverser Ray! It will finally, completely, take care of Kim Possible! Muahahahahaha!"
"Reverser Ray? Is this more of your mind control nonsense? Because I would hate to have to explain my position on that again, especially after last time." She growled.
"No, no mind control this time, just the opposite." He grinned proudly. "The Reverser Ray will make her as clumsy as that buffoon who always follows her. Finally, we shall have victory over Team Possible!"
"Where did you get the idea for this one?" Since it didn't have anything to do with robots, she was pretty sure he'd had help.
"I could have come up with it on my own." Drakken said defensively.
"Right..." The green girl went back to working on her nails.
"Well, I was looking for the latest iKillEa catalogue. I wanted to order that new sonic destabilizer for the lair. I went through the pile in the break room, and I saw last month's issue of Better Lairs and Death Traps, and it had a really neat article on team building exercises for minions, which reminds me that I -"
"Dr D, focus." She snapped. "The Reverser Ray."
"That's part of it, Shego. You see, one of the improvement tips was to identify why plans go wrong all the time and fix it. So I figured I need a way to get Kim Possible out of the picture. Then I can come up with a real plan!" He cackled.
"The ray." She repeated as she glared at him. "It still sounds a lot like mind control. And we are NOT going there again."
"Uh, first it's not anything mental, instead of altering her mind, it should destabilize her body, namely her reflexes." He stammered. "And second, the effect is only temporary. Just long enough for you to defeat her. And third, please don't hurt me!"
Shego sighed. While it would probably help her stress levels, frying Drakken could wait. The damn gun would most likely backfire anyway, so why worry about it now? She absently rubbed her side. Her comet powers had healed the damage from getting kicked into that tower, but she still felt some phantom pain from time to time. Ever since that night, the thought of fighting Kim just didn't have the same appeal. Maybe if this stupid plan actually worked like the big blue idiot said, she could get some revenge...
The memory of the rage on Kim's face squashed that thought. She might not be a hero any longer, but she had no desire to end up like the redhead. She didn't even know why she was still here with Drakken after everything that had happened.
Kimmie... I almost hope you don't show up.
'BeepBeepBEBeep!'
Kim paused in her workout and picked up the Kimmunicator. "What's up, Wade?"
"Kim, there's a sitch right here in Middleton." Her hacker friend looked away, unusually serious for once. "Drakken's back, Shego too."
Shego. Kim felt an odd mix of hate and guilt as she thought about the emerald skinned thief. Part of her looked forward to fighting the green girl again, making her pay some more for the deception with Eric, but the rest of her was relieved that apparently she hadn't hurt the other girl as badly as she'd feared. "I thought we wouldn't have to worry about them yet."
"Me too." Wade agreed. "It looks like they're out for revenge, though. Drakken took over the Bueno Nacho there and is threatening to use it to flood the town in molten cheese unless you surrender to him."
"Molten cheese?" She sighed. "This has to be his dumbest plan yet."
"Definitely in the top ten." He agreed. "Want me to tell Ron to meet you there?"
"Please and thank you." She said before hanging up and grabbing her mission gear.
She made it about halfway to the restaurant when Ron jogged up beside her, still dressed in his cheerleader gear. "Wade told me the sitch, KP. You okay about this?"
Kim kept silent for about half a block as she tried to frame a reply. "Sorta, not really. I kinna don't want to fight Shego, not after last month. I coulda killed her, Ron. If it had been anyone else..."
"You didn't though." He pointed out. He started to reach out also, but stopped, looking away.
She held back a sigh. They had tried a few dates since that night, and none of them had gone well. After the third one had failed miserably, they'd agreed to go back to just best friends, though that was taking some work. Things were still pretty awk-weird between them. And while they both wanted to go back to how things were before, neither of them had any clue how to get there.
"I nearly did." She admitted. "There was a moment where I wanted to."
Ron shook his head. "Nuh-uh. You're not like that, KP. 'Sides, you know how tough Shego is. I know you knew she could take it."
Kim was saved from replying as they rounded the corner and Bueno Nacho came into view. She glanced over at Ron, who nodded, and the pair slipped around back. They scaled the wall quickly and paused on the roof. She pulled out her Kimmunicator. "Wade, can you check the security cams and see if Drakken has any hostages?"
"He doesn't, but there is a large bomb of some kind attached to the cheese vat." He said grimly. "I'm working on the specs for it now, but be careful, Kim. It looks even more unstable than his usual stuff."
"Right, thanks Wade." She grimaced and looked over to Ron. "I'll handle Shego if you two can take care of Drakken and the bomb?"
"On it." "onnit!" Ron replied and Rufus squeaked. The naked molerat quivered in anticipation, clearly eager to see this 'cheese bomb'.
She opened the small access hatch on the room and leaped down, landing in her combat pose. Shego, who had noticed the hatch opening, tapped her boss on the shoulder and pointed. Drakken turned towards them. "Kim Possible! Get her!"
The green girl sighed and dropped into her own stance, her plasma lighting up around her fists. She didn't reply with one of her usual quips or pet names. She launched a few halfhearted punches towards Kim, but none of them even came close to connecting. "Shego, are you-?"
"Shut up, Kim." 'Kim.' Not 'Kimmie', not 'Cupcake', not even 'Princess'. Her tone was flat, uncaring.
"Is this about the Prom thing? I'm so sorry, I didn't -" Once again she was cut off, this time as Shego lashed out, a plasma-coated fist nearly clipping Kim's side.
"I said shut up!" Shego growled. She kicked Kim in the stomach, sending her flying back to crash against one of the tables. "Just... shut up!"
"That's perfect, Shego." Drakken cackled, pointing a red raygun at her as she tried to stand up from the wreckage of the table. "At last I will have victory! Mwahahahaha!"
"KP!" Ron shouted, diving towards her as the blue madman pulled the trigger. He managed to reach her just as the weapon fired. Purple rings of energy flashed out, bathing them both in a soft light. Kim bit back a scream as the beam tore into her. Dimly she could hear Ron's pained yelp next to her.
The next thing she knew, sirens cut through the air. "Shego, we need to go!" Drakken yelled.
"Did you intend for it to do that?" Kim blinked and saw the green girl glaring murderously at her boss while she pointed towards Kim and Ron. "Did you!?"
"I admit the side effects might be a bit more than expected but it worked, Shego! Why are you so upset? Victory is ours!" The insane genius backed up from his furious assistant.
Kim tried to rise, but her body wasn't cooperating. She felt slow, uncoordinated. Somewhere next to her, she could hear Ron groaning, though there was something odd with his voice.
"Drakken! You-" Shego looked up as the flashing police lights lit up the main room of the Bueno Nacho. "We'll talk about this later, and you better hope I like the answers." She turned towards Kim. "Kimmie, I... sorry." She grabbed her boss and, with a graceful leap, vaulted the counter and disappeared out the back of the restaurant.
"Wait... Shego... uughhhhhh..." She collapsed back with a groan, her body still refusing to cooperate. And her voice sounded off as well.
Her vision faded briefly to black and when it returned, uniformed GJ agents were swarming the building. One of them pointed at her and shouted, and she lost her tenuous grasp on consciousness...
She woke up again, recognizing the appearance of Middleton Hospital. She tried to get up from the bed, but her wrist was cuffed to the rail. Why am I chained up like a criminal? She tried her other wrist, but it was also restrained. She shifted and tried to sit up, but her body still felt... wrong... as well as uncooperative.
One of the nurses peered into her room, looking down at her suspiciously. "Hmm, about time you woke up." She leaned out and called down the hallway. "Doctor Director, your suspect is awake."
"Very good, give us a few minutes, please." The one-eyed woman entered the room and glared at Kim. "Now, I don't know who you are, but if you think that Lipski will be able to help you now, you're going to be sorely disappointed. Which means your only chance for a deal is to tell us what your employer did to Team Possible. We have every available agent searching for them, so time is running out for you and your partner. Be smart and help yourself."
"I'm - I'm right here." She croaked. Her voice sounded weird somehow.
"Yes, and you're not going anywhere except to jail." Betty growled. "Now... Where is Kim Possible?"
"Here!" She repeated weakly.
"Just because you worked for Drakken doesn't mean you can get away with an insanity plea. You and your crazy partner had better come up with a better story for me." The older woman shook her head.
"Sheldon is your brother." She said quietly. "When you tested me on the GJ training course, I scored 373. You are -"
"It can't be." Dr Director stared at her. "You - if you're really Kim - wait here. I need to do some tests."
"Doctor Director, what happened to me?" Kim pleaded. "What did he do to me?"
Betty raised an eyebrow. "If you're sure you want to know." She held up a mirror for Kim.
Kim stared into the mirror, not recognizing the face staring back at her. A boy looked out from it, one that looked sort of like a Possible, but not really like her. Only the eyes remained the same. She touched her brow and the image did as well. "Is that me?" Now that she listened for it, her voice sounded 'boy' as well.
"Apparently." Dr Director replied. "I take it this is something to do with Lipski."
"He had a raygun of some kind." Kim said dully. "It shot these purple rays at me and Ron... Wait, what happened to Ron?"
"He... is in the next room. At least I'm guessing that's him." The head of GJ shook her head. "We'll have to have some tests run, and we need to catch Lipski before he can use this weapon again."
Kim nodded absently, but her attention was still mostly on the mirror she held. It's not possible...
Next Chapter: What happened to Ron. Shego's reaction to the Reverser Ray.
A/N 2: At the moment, this one looks to be about 6-10 chapters in total, though that could change as I write it. Also, the updates might be a little slow, due to work, life and other projects, sorry.