Prologue

The platform slipped out from underneath the two heroes' feet. Ron made a comment about a pool with otters but Kim ignored it. She dove under and using the elastic bonding agent fended off the two sharks. After pulling her sidekick from the water she took him up the stairs to 'Drakken's' actual lair. The blue villain was ranting as he finished creating the Nano-tick. Shego was distracted, staring off at a screen somewhere. Quietly Kim stole the disc from one of the computers. She paused as she listened to Drakken's complete plan.

"Remind me to list this guy under the mad scientist category." Kim whispered.

"Mad as in angry or mad as in crazy, mad?" Ron asked a little too loud.

Kim flinched. "What do you think?" Shego asked jumping in behind them.

"Look at this! Why do I even bother with the sharks?!" Drakken cried pressing a button.

"Remote control lasers," Ron said confidently as he moved to stand in front of Kim. "I'll handle this." Kim rolled her eyes as he stood there chest puffed out thinking. "I got nothing, Kim?"

She pulled out her compact and used it to deflect the lasers as they moved. As the lasers bounced off the miniature mirror they hit several computers and vital equipment. Shego watched the younger female pull her companion u and put of the lair and turned to do the same. The little hero had potential. Now to find a way to get that potential on her side. The wheels started to turn in her head as she and Drakken escaped the destroyed lair. Yes, she could use Drakken to her advantage to get Kim Possible on her side and then she would dump him where she'd found him. Or perhaps she could use him just a little bit more to her own ends, he was easy to manipulate.

So Kim's nose was going to blow up, she was being chased by two psychos, no make that three, and she had detention, again. This just wasn't her week. She looked back over her shoulder at Drakken hover vehicle and noticed a ray gun lowering and aiming for her. Panic sent adrenaline into her bloodstream but she had nowhere to go. She called out to Ron. By the time he turned around it was too late and the gravity ray had her in its pull. Ron reached out to her but barely brushed fingers with her.

"Kim!" He cried as a tear fell from her face and flew up beside her.

She watched Ron and Mr. Barkin skid to a stop below her. Horror filled their eyes as they saw the teen hero captured by the mad scientist and his right hand woman. Drakken's evil laugh floated down and determination filled Ron. Gunning his engine he sped back to the school hoping to get to Wade for help. He knew that alone he would never get his best friend back but he hoped that Wade would be enough to give him the edge in saving her.

The moment the tick was removed Kim knew her usefulness had run out. Yet there she was in a dark room chained to a chair with no means of escape. Normally there was something, guys like Drakken always left something on her or in the room but the henchmen had done a thorough search of her and the room before removing her blind fold and leaving her there. The door opened and she realized they'd faced her away from it as she craned her neck to see the person. The person hit her hard on the back of the head for trying. As the world began to fade a bag was placed over her head and her chains removed. If it weren't for the blow to the head she'd just taken whoever it was would be on their back.

The next time she opened her eyes she was in a different room. She was no longer chained, instead on both her wrists and ankles that shocked her if she moved too close to the door. Meals were brought to her regularly by a henchman that, she assumed, also stood guard. Otherwise, she had no contact with anyone so she worked out. Doing the best she could she worked on her gymnastic skills and some of the Kung Fu styles she knew. From the ways her meals came she could count the total number of days she'd been held there like that, so far she was up to five. On the seventh day a book was brought in with her breakfast. She was halfway through it by midmorning on day eight when a different henchman came in to the room.

He sent a jolt through her before blindfolding her and pulling her from the room. He walked her from the room down what felt like a long hallway. For the first time since they day she and Ron had tried to escape the clutches of their foes, she felt the sun on the side of her face. She paused to take it in but received a jolt from her escort. When it didn't work another joined her and helped to pull her away. She didn't know where they were taking her but dread filled her as they threw her to the ground. One pulled the blind fold from her face and left her to blink away the brightness. Once she had she took in her surroundings.

"Don't even think about it, Kimmie, you wouldn't make it out of here alive." Shego said stepping closer.

"What do you want with me?" Kim growled not liking the nick name.

"Oh, it's not what I want, it's what you want. After all," she leaned in to whisper in Kim's ear, "we wouldn't want anything to happen to that happy family of yours or that goofball you called a sidekick, now would you?" She smiled as Kim's face dropped.

"No, please," Kim sobbed.

"I thought so." Shego stood and smiled. "This is how this is going to work, from now on you are my apprentice, I will teach you everything I know and in return you will follow me every command no questions asked. One misstep and boom, I'll kill them one by one. Got it?"

Kim nodded knowing it was the only way to keep them safe.