Disclaimer: No one in the except for Isabella and Justin Tyme are mine... they all belong to Disney.
AN: This is a pure experiment on my part. Honest to goodness my goal is to explore most if not all of the minor characters of the KP universe. Not that I will ignore KP and Ron, but they won't be in the spotlight (hopefully) as much as Felix, Monique, Yori, and Wade (in the flesh).
Also, time wise, this is set after AsiT. Any and all critiques and hints will be most helpful.
Tyme and Time again
By
Iffert's Flame
Chapter One: Junior Blues
"Your going to Middletown High and that is final." Dr. Betty Director almost shouted into the video screen. "I need an agent that I can trust, and you are the only one available for such a dangerous assignment."
A young man's ice blue eyes stared banefully at the Director of Global Justice on the other end of the video conference. The brown hair seemed mismatched against his very pale complexion whit the over sized sweater that seemed to cover his small framed body. He didn't know why it was that Dr. Director needed him to play all of this cloak and dagger games anyway. It wasn't as if the world was going to be needed to be actually saved from anyone by Justin Tyme transferring from his current school to Middletown, Colorado. "Dangerous my flat backside, more like babysitting to me. Lord knows that the great and impressive 'Kim Possible' can take care of herself without the extra luggage of a poster boy for recruiting looking over her shoulder." He'd like to tell Dr. Director where to shove this assignment. Heck, all he ever wanted was to be a normal teen. Above average intelligence, sort of geeky, but normal none the less. "I did read her dossier you know... saving the world before bedtime seems to be her modus operandi. So why have me spy or babysit or whatever?"
Dr. Director took a moment, sitting back in the chair and lacing her hands together as if she was steeped in deep thought. A quick disappointed looked crossed over her face as her agent ranted a bit, then taking a deep breath at the end of Justin speaking she said, "Your wrong on both fronts, the assignment isn't Kim Possible, and its not babysitting." She took a quick pause to let the thought stir in the young man's mind before continuing, "I am concerned about rumors of a WEE cell working in Middleton. Yes, yes I could call Kim Possible, and she may succeed in defeating the cell, and quite possibly give WEE a black eye with such a defeat. But there is some... sensitive material... that I do not trust outside of Global Justice, and while Possible is an ally she is not an agent."
"What sort of ... sensitive material are you speaking of?" Justin answered skeptically squaring his jaw. That would be one good thing about switching schools... for the fourth time in two years... to take on WEE again. Giving those pansy Greek lettered idiots a few bruises would be a nice change of pace from the one shot wonders he had been dealing with for the past few months.
"There has been a rumor in certain circles of a young man who has access to power that could tip the balance of power for anyone who allies themselves with him. They call it the power of the Mystical Monkey Power." Dr. Director said as she watched the agent go from serious to literally falling out of the chair with laughter.
"OH, hahahahahahahA!" Justin took a moment to adjust himself back into his seat. This one was one for the books as he continued bating his boss, "Plea... please don't tell me that I'm getting uprooted out of my current assignment, sent halfway around the country to chase some stupid 'mystical' myth, just because Uncle Gemmy lost his mind doesn't mean you have to follow suit." He stopped laughing when he looked into the face of Dr. Director, which was one of pure fury. 'Maybe I stepped over the line this time.'
"AGENT JUSTIN ZACHARY TYME!" This definitely got Justin's attention as he sat straight up at attention, "While I can appreciate the lax in your attitude toward this assignment, I WILL NOT tolerate such insubordinate talk from my AGENT, is that UNDERSTOOD!" Dr. Director took a moment to calm down as Justin, who was quite intimidated simply nodded. Allowing a small smile at her victory Dr. Director continued, "Now if we are quite finished, may I continue?" The question was quite rhetorical, but Justin nodded none the less. "There is very little information on the Mystical Monkey Power, and a partially translated text talks about a Lotus-something, both used in concert is supposed to have great power fused in the 'Chosen One'. Your assignment is to shut down the WEE cell, find out what or who is in possession of the Mystical Monkey Power, by any means necessary. You may use anyone to help you in this assignment, but anything having to do with the Mystical Monkey Power must be kept Code Red Top Secret, is that understood?" Again all Justin did was nod his head, though this time he had his glint of a baneful look toward the Doctor, "Good, R & D has a few gadgets for this assignment, and as it is a long term one, you are being enrolled into Middleton High School where you will stay until graduation." Again she smiled slightly as Justin's eyes brightened at that prospect. Allowing the young agent to compose himself as she continued, "Yes, even if you wrap this assignment up tomorrow, I want you to continue to use Middleton as your base of operations for the time being."
"T... thanks." Justin sound slightly surprised at the prospect of not having to move for at least two years, the prospect of actually making and keeping friends made him even feel easier about this 'silly' assignment. "But, and believe me I'm not meaning any disrespect in this, why? I mean, Kim Possible I'm sure is trustworthy enough to help. Heck, why not include her. She's getting enough of the spotlight as it is."
"The answer is just that, her fame will keep you under the radar, by our adversaries until you can get a few good leads, or at best defeat the WEE cell before you are discovered there." Dr. Director said simply. Secretly, she worried that this would somehow backfire, but Dr. Director knew that Justin had in the past had very little stability. This would at least allow him to ground himself a bit, it would in turn make Justin a better agent in the end.
Nodding and leaning a bit forward Justin's interest picked up sharply, "So, I read Kim's files, is there any other major players in Middleton that I should know about, other then the reoccurring villains. Allies? Contacts? I mean, if I could get them to help me shut down the WEE cell, it would make life a bit simpler."
Dr. Director eased back into her chair, "I've uploaded two other dossiers, one Wade Load, her tech. He is quite young but has easily graduated college with at least on PhD." This actually raised an eyebrow from Justin as she continued. "He also has maintained Kim Possible's site for the past two years. The other is Ron Stoppable, a bit of an oddball if you ask me. Completely devoted to helping Kim on her missions. Even though he is the distraction of the duo, there are a few oddities about him." Justin nodded again letting Dr. Director continue uninterrupted, "As uncoordinated as he is, there are a few rumors that Ron has actually been responsible for protecting the world himself, by his bumbling such as destroying Drakken's doomsday machine by breaking a crucial valve by 'accident'. He is at best an enigma, and at worst a hindrance of Kim Possible's career in Global Justice. The only other thing that might be of interest is that he was an exchange student to an unknown Japanese High School for a brief period, too brief to train at anything extensive as far as martial arts."
It slightly concerned him that Dr. Director didn't know what school Ron attended, GJ was good at keeping tabs on people. 'It might be a lead' Justin thought to himself, "Anyone else?"
"Just one other person of interest in that age group, a Felix Renton..." Dr. Director began to say as she heard her agent slam his hands on the desk, but was relieved when she saw that Justin seemed to be happy with the person.
"Lex Luthor himself?" Justin said, as Dr. Director looked at him incredulously, "Sorry, inside joke. But ... but Felix ... he was the guy who beat me out of the Western Regional Science Fair two years ago with his cybernetics experimentation. We've been pen pals for a while when he moved from Idaho. So when did a small town of Middleton become the new MIT campus?" 'And what more, what does a fool have to do with this group.' He thought to himself referring to this Ron Stoppable character.
"Its a nice out of the way little town, away from the big cities that allow some of the smartest people to do some crucial work for various government and private functions. Its quite the cozy town to grow up and have a semi normal life, even for geniuses." Dr. Director nodded, "Is there any other questions?" Justin simply shook his head, "Then if there is nothing else, be packed up and ready to go next Monday, you'll be given your new 'toys' and cover story at that time."
"Yes ma'am. I'll get the job done." Justin said as he began to touch his computer screen to terminate the video conference. He hesitated for a moment as Justin noticed that Dr. Director hadn't moved to turn off her end of the video chat. Protocol deemed it that the superior officer disconnect from the chat first. He knew that there was one more thing that was going to be dropped in his lap.
"There is one more thing that I wanted to add." Dr. Director said holding her breath, "Its upon a personal note. Your sister will be accompanying you."
For a moment there was a deafening silence as Justin leaned into the view screen as if he hadn't hear correctly. Then, "Your going to drag Isabella into all of this?" Justin exclaimed as he firmly grabbed both sides of his head with is hands leaning back in a dramatic manner. "I don't believe you. She's not trained, she's not an agent, she's... she's..."
"She's family." Dr. Director said firmly, not wanting to have another argument over this. "And frankly, I'm shocked and surprised that you would have any objections to her coming with you. Especially, since you will be staying in Middleton for a few years at least."
Justin again blanched, "She's been in a private school in Boston for over three years. If this is a mission then why in the... heck, would you send her with me into potential danger?" There was no way for him to protect her twenty-four seven, it was impossible. "She's safer in Boston then with me."
"Your sister misses her brother." the response was even and almost in a growl, which wasn't missed by Justin at all. "Isabella is more then willing to accept the risks of your ... lifestyle, to be with you again."
"She's thirteen years old, I don't think that she even knows what risks that I actually take in my 'lifestyle'." Justin was barely keeping his temper in check again, the mixture of anger and fear shown through as much as he wanted to hide it. "One of us should be allowed to live a normal life. If not me then definitely Isabella."
"And she will have a normal life... in Middleton, with you attending Middleton High, as a freshman, and you as a junior." She knew that he could pass himself off as a senior but with Felix, Kim and Ron as Juniors it would be easier with Justin to blend into the hero 'scene' as it were.
In a hiss of frustration Justin resigned himself to the decision, "With all due respect, if I had my way she'd stay in Boston." 'And your a supreme idiot.' he omitted.
"With all due respect, you don't have your way, and my decision is final. Dr. Director out." With her last words she punched the view screen, literally.
As the room darkened Justin sat at the desk in quiet contemplation. Not at the assignment per se, but the fact that Dr. Director was going to let him have a chance at somewhat of a normal life. But his sister? Personal and professional commitments such as family should never be crossed. Wasn't that what Will Du drilled into him for many many months? So what was this, having a sister, who he barely knew for three years was coming with him to Middleton? And he had absolutely no say in the matter? It was all to frustrating for him to contemplate. Throwing his hands up in anger he resigned himself to grabbing one of the dossiers to study the 'major' players in this town.
At least in this case the some of the 'players' were actually major.
Getting into 'mission' mode Justin took a cleansing breath as he grabbed the first jacket. He wanted to read the dossier to get acquainted with the people on Kim Possible's team, as well as Felix. 'Goodness it would be great to see him again.' Taking another deep meditating breath, Justin scribbled a couple of notes and reminders before flipping his note pad and placing it in his back pocket.
On the other end of the blank screen sat Dr. Director. With no one else looking she place her hand over her good eye and ran her and though her hair before resting it on top of her desk. Secretly, she hoped that Isabella would become a rock solid foundation for Justin to find balance between being an agent and being a person. Isabella was so enthusiastic when she found out that she was moving into Middleton with her big brother. She hoped that Justin was ready. He had sacrificed so much in his youth, it was unbelievable that he was growing into the man that his mother would be very proud of. And Dr. Betty Director aka Betty Tyme, was very proud of her son indeed.