Sounds of Silence
By Omnsentinel
Chapter 1
Gathering
On a rainy night, somewhere in Middletown, a group of shadowy characters descended upon a dark industrial factory. Their entourage of armed minions followed close behind. The nameless minions scanned every shadow. Every corner and watching for any movement.
"Is this the place?" asked a well dressed, older, man with a Spanish accent.
"It looks like the right place. What are we supposed to do now? I'm getting drenched." replied a blue skinned male in a high buttoned coat.
"We wait." muttered a man with a British accent.
Not a second passed, when a tall black silhouette moved towards the group. The countless guards shadowing the main group advanced forward, each raising strange and fascinating weapons that either glowing bright colors or made the most fantastic sounds of electricity and plasma snapping at the air.
"Welcome gentleman and ladies. Please if you would be as so kind as to follow me, the master has been eager to meet you all." whispered the faceless being.
"Where did you find this person?" asked the blue-skinned male.
"I didn't, he found me." replied the older Spanish gentleman, who was being closely shadowed by a younger male.
The group suddenly found that they were alone in a large room. The shadowy person that was escorting them was suddenly gone, almost as if the darkness around them devoured any trace that it was ever there.
"Where did he go?" asked the blue-skinned male.
The room was quite large, it wasn't entirely pitch black. A few light bulbs hovered high up, in the raptors, barely flickering. The air in the room smelled stagnant.
"Shego, can you do something about the lack of lighting?" asked the blue-skinned man.
A young girl with dark flowing raven black hair stepped forward. Her hands glowing with a eerie green light. "No problem Doc." She smirked, as she raised her hands up and fired beams of green energy at spots that were almost random, but ultimately hit something that would hold a steady burn.
The room lit up with the gentle green glow of her energy. The group of villains and their guards froze with a quiet fear. The room was comprised of blackened metal that was at one time highly polished. If not for the dark crimson red rust eating away at it, they would have never known that they were machines and pipes. But that isn't what froze them in fear.
There were more then just machines in that room decaying with time. It was the unknown faces and unrecognizable limbs of what were once humans. Their faces expressing a pain that could never be described. Their limbs reaching out for salvation.
"I think we should get out of here." whispered Shego.
"I think you're right." Dr. Drakken also whispered, when the room shook, almost as if displeased. The green energy lighting the room quickly died. Leaving only the dim light from the flickering light bulbs.
"I'm glad that you all made it here tonight."
Everyone in the room looked around, almost in a panic, but no one could locate their "host".
"You all have a common enemy, a young girl. I believe that you all want her out of the picture. You have all failed to accomplish your ambitions and dreams. She is a constant nuisance, am I correct?" asked the disembodied voice.
"Yes, that is correct." replied that Spanish gentleman who was Senor Senior Sr..
"I've had enough of this nonsense. Come out where we can see you!" shouted Shego. Within seconds an angry growl echoed through the room.
A black entity appeared in between a rusted machine and one of the nameless bodies that seems fused to the walls and darkness. If not for a pair of dark red eyes they would have never known it was there. Its faint appearance sent chills down the backs of every person in the room.
"What are you?" asked Professor Dementor, who was almost dead quiet all this time. "And I think we want some form of proof that you can spar with Kim Possible. I want you to fight my men."
It wasn't seen, but everyone almost felt as if the being smiled sinisterly to that request. "Very well." It replied. "I hope none of you are afraid of the empty darkness."
Within seconds the little light they had flickering about died. "Men, activate your Night-Vision goggles. "Yes sir!" replied all of the guards.
For a few seconds the only thing that they could hear was the near quiet hum of the goggles. And then, almost if out of a horrible nightmare, the screams began. The main villains stumbled around, uncertain of what was going on, things were happening very fast. Shego clenched her fist, almost instantly making the green glow around her hands brighter, but it was all for naught, something mysteriously extinguished the glow, and leaving the group utterly blind.
"Aaaaaaaah!" cried out one of the nameless henchmen. Only the henchmen could actually see what was happening, their leaders were left blind, only to imagine the horror that was happening around them.
"It's got me! Someone help!" cried out another henchmen his voice almost shrieking like a small child. The room echoed with the countless cries of henchmen screaming as they fired their fantastic weapons into the blackness.
No more than one minute had passed and all was quiet. In a trembling voice felt around blindly, until his hands found someone or something. It felt like hair, but it also felt "wet". He reached with one hand into his coat, finding a small light, one that he had forgot about in the fray. With one click it lit up what was in front of him. "Shego?" he asked.
She had her face hidden away by her hair. She brushed her hair away, revealing trace amounts of dirt, gore and blood on her beautiful face.
And then the disembodied voice cackled in the distance. "I hope that your enemy, Kim Possible, can put up a better fight than your men. I look forward to seeing you all after I've made her all but a memory."