Disclaimer: I don't own Kim Possible, Disney does… grumble grumble…

Sayonara

Prologue

Agent Kim Possible, one of the top field agents for Global Justice, was annoyed. It was supposed to be her night off, but of course she was called into action by one of her many and varied nemeses. Typical…

"You sure you don't want any help?" asked her partner of two years.

"It's just Dementor," she reassured him, "It's no big. Well, some of his henchmen are big, but you know they don't stand a chance…"

"Yes, yes, I know. Just promise you'll be careful Kim."

"I promise, now I've got to go, I'm almost at the lab."

"Okay, good luck." With that the com-link died, and the lab in question came into view.

"Show time."

She killed the engine and leapt off the bike, heading deep into the facility to where Dementor was holed up.

She burst through the doors, landing in a combat stance; "Give it up Dementor! You're… going… down…?" she stared in confusion at the scene in front of her.

The three henchmen were on the ground, unconscious, a few guards and scientists were tied up to the side, to keep them out of the way.

There were two things the realy drew her attention; the first was a very irate Professor Dementor, who had been duct-taped to the wall, another strip of tape across his mouth muting his curses. Didn't stop him from trying though. She almost laughed.

The second thing that caught her attention was a damn sight scarier.

The man was decked head to toe in a matt-black, form fitting battle-suit. The suit itself looked like some sort of high-tech fibre weave overlayed with thicker, more solid chest-plate, spiked gauntlets and solid face-plate, he also wore three weapons she could see; two pistols in thigh holsters built into the suit and a katana across his back. None of his natural features showed, he was completely anonymous; and that scared her for some reason. He didn't seem to register as human to her.

"You must be Kim Possible," his synthesised voice seemed reassuring, yet spine-tingling at the same time, "better late than never I suppose."

Kim was about to retort when he swiftly moved towards the hostages, drawing his blade in a quick, silken motion.

"HEY! Get away from them!" she yelled, drawing her own sidearm.

"Why would I want to do that?" she couldn't see his face, but she knew he was smirking.

She began to repeat her order again when his right arm blurred, the katana dancing back and forth in complicated motions across the hostages. Kim's trigger finger moved of its own accord; two shots rang out.

The dark man's left hand was suddenly in a fist, extended towards her, his blade now sheathed. He turned to the hostages, now freed from their bonds, "Run away." They didn't hesitate.

Kim was beyond confused, she had just shot the scary freak, but he wasn't fazed at all. 'What happened to the bullets anyway?' she looked at his outstretched hand, a dull sense of certainty crept over her, 'no way… he couldn't have…'

Her suspicions were confirmed when he opened his fist, palm up. Two misshapen lumps of metal adorned his gloved hand. 'HOLY SHIT! He CAUGHT them!'

Kim took an involuntary step back. She knew she was easily outmatched and that scared her. But she'd be damned before she'd show it.

"Who are you?! How did you do that?" she ordered again, trying to retain control in a situation where she had none.

"yes, you will need something, a moniker to refer to me by in your reports…" he seemed to think for a moment, "You may call me Shade, a mildly pretentious name, I admit, but it is a fairly accurate description. I also appreciate irony."

"Irony?"

He ignored her. "As for how I did that… well…" he tossed the bullets towards her where they landed at her feet. Her eyes flickered down for a moment, when they returned Shade had gone. No sight nor sound nor even a flicker in the air noted his disappearance in that split second. She flicked back and forth trying to see where he went, but couldn't locate him.

His disembodied voice remained, whispering in her ear, "… you'll have to figure that out for yourself."

Well that was the first instalment of Sayonara, kind of an experiment for me; im going to be jumping back and forth between 'Then' and 'Now'. 'Then' being back in the first season, when the shit begins to hit the fan. And 'Now' which is nearing the end of the third season. Also Kim has been a GJ agent (part time) since 'Then'…confusing? Yeah I know.

I notice that I didn't describe Shade's armour very well. Think of it like this: take batman's suit from Batman Begins, remove all the 'batness' (cape, cowl bat themed gadged, etc) and combine it with the League of Shadows ninja armour (same movie), and you'll have it.

I'll continue this after i finish off Forgotten.

-DS