Kim backed up, keeping both Claire and Shego in sight. Just because she knew for a fact that Shego didn't want to kill her didn't mean that she trusted her not to try and hurt her. Will tried to move and Shego pressed the shiv tighter against his throat.

"So, Cupcake, you have a job for us?" She asked as if she was just a normal woman out for a stroll and not some lethal thief smuggler criminal.

"I don't. Military does. Could you ah, let Will go?"

"Who?"

"Your hostage."

Claire snorted and Shego nodded. "Not happening Pumpkin. Mr. Will here is staying with us. Can't have you trying something now."

Kim rolled her eyes, but she did drop her stance. Maybe they'll fight later. "Where are we going?" She asked Will.

"Middleton Space Center. We need to get there as soon as we can." Will answered, finally giving up on keeping his neck away from the shiv.

"Lead on then." Claire said, speaking up for the first time. Kim walked besides them, refusing to let them out of her sight, and they refused to let her get behind them. Unsurprising since they have been enemies for years now. Kim frowned. She really wanted to know why the Military wanted to find two of the biggest criminals in the city! Really. Shego had turned down any kind of amnesty, seeming to prefer her life of constant danger. Something that Kim was reluctant to admit that she understood. She glanced at them, noting that Shego had taken the shiv off of Will's neck and had it pressed against his spine and keep a death grip on one of his arms.

She couldn't help but hope that this would finally knock that arrogant and annoying man down a peg or two. Or maybe even three. Kim knew for a fact that she wouldn't have been taken hostage or stayed a hostage. Useless jerk.

Will Du. Always bringing the worst out of her.

Kim breathed a sigh of relief when they finally reached the Space Center. This long awkward walk would be over and Shego and Claire would be arrested, and everything would go back to normal. Or as normal as this world is.

"General Dray. Here are Shego and Claire." Kim announced as they walked into his office. To give the old guy credit, he didn't even blink at the sight of all of them.

"Shego, Claire. Thank you for coming. It is extremely important that you're here. We have a job for you two and we are prepared to give you anything you want. Amnesty is already apart of that deal."

Shego and Claire glanced at each other and then back at the General. "What if we wanted to the city?" Claire asked. Dray shrugged. "We can give you the rank of general or something. We would have to work that out with General Director when she returns."

"Holy fuck you're serious." Shego whispered. Dray nodded. Even Kim and Will were staring in open mouth shock. Shego let Will go. "We'll have to discuss what we want our payment to be." Claire said. "That's fine. In the meantime, I will explain what your jobs will be." Dray reached into his desk and pulled out two hard drives.

"These hard drives carry the last bits of information that we have. How to build and maintain nuclear factories, connecting to some of the satellites, so much information! If humanity is to survive and not regress, we need to get these to the right people."

"So that's what Wade was working on." Kim said. She didn't think that she had spoken out loud until Dray replied "Yes Ms. Possible. This is what we had Mr. Load and your father working on."

Kim blinked and then nodded. Made sense that her father would be working on this.

Dray held up on of the drives. "This one is going to Go City, the other one is going to Los Angeles."

"Just in case one of us dies." Shego said, her tone making it clear that it was a statement and not a question. Dray nodded. "Absolute best-case scenario is that both of you make it. This way, at least one of you should survive to reach one of the cities."

"Why not have some of your mooks do it?" Shego asked.

Dray frowned. "Because the Fireflies are back and watching our every move. If they get their hands-on this", He trailed off. Kim frowned. She was sympathetic to the Firefly movement but was appalled at their tactics. She's lost count the number of times she had to help stop or clean up after an outright terrorist attack! The tweebs could have died in one of their bombings!

"So you have a couple of smugglers take care of it. They won't be watching us. How do you know that we won't betray you?" Clarie asked, a little to cocky for Kim's tastes. Dray shrugged. "I don't. I just know that when they use this tech against us, they'll get a leg up in the war. Might even win. But before we go, your last moments will be hell on Earth."

No blustering. No shouting. No change in tone. Dray kept the same as if he had been discussing the weather, and that made it all the creepier. "It's already hell out there." She said. Dray nodded. "It is. But it can be so much worse."

Shego glanced at Claire who nodded. "I'll take Go City. Claire said. I'll leave tomorrow."

"Not alone?" Dray asked. Claire snorted. "Hell no. Some people owe me favors. I'll have a crew."

She rolled her eyes. "I'll take LA then."

Dray nodded. "I'll leave the details to you two. Shego, I recommend that you take Lieutenant Du with you. He'll be of great help."

Shego barked a laugh. "Yea that useless jackass? No thanks." With that she turned and walked out, leaving a fuming Will, an annoyed General and a somewhat non-plussed Kim.

"Use everyone of your favors, 'cus we're going to live like queens after this!" Shego said, gleefully rubbing her hands together. Claire rolled her eyes. "Have to anyways, most of the way to Go City is dangerous. Even for us."

She couldn't disagree even if she had wanted to. "What are you going to do for LA?"

Shego shrugged. "Ill think of something. Might bribe some of Military to carry me half way."

"Or I could just ask them to." A voiced called out behind them. They turned around to see Kim lightly jogging her way to them. "What do you want cupcake?"

"To help you. This is way to important to leave just to you two."

Claire laughed and for once, Shego didn't. "It's a death sentence out there."

"You two survive just fine." Kim countered. "Because we're the best." She returned.

"Then it's good that I'm just as good." Kim smirked. "Maybe even better." Shego snarled and Claire had to put her hand on her shoulder to make sure that she didn't take off and attack Kim. Even though she deserved it for that line.

"Shego." Claire said quietly.

"What?"

"I think you should work with the brat."

Shego's wordless shout echoed off of the buildings and it left both Claire and Kim's ears ringing.

"You want me to work with her?!"

"You know of anyone else that could keep up with you? Even you can't cross several states by yourself."

Shego opened her mouth to say something then she closed it. Between the two of them they had enough favors and money to have help for one person. Shego snarled while Kim tapped her foot impatiently.

Whatever was going to be said next was lost in as several explosions ripped through the city. "Looks like the Fireflies are back in town. We need to leave. Now." Claire said. "No arguments. Take the brat, get to LA. Summer wait." Shego nodded. "Fine fine!" Shego and Claire embraced before and they nodded at each other before splitting apart and sprinting away from each other.

Kim was caught off guard by the sudden movement and had to double time it to catch up to Shego. "Think the Fireflies are here because of the hard drive?" She asked as she caught up the smuggler-thief.

"Naw. Bet it's just a bonus. We need to get going before they learn about it. Where's your stuff?"

"My house. Just need a few minutes to pack."

Kim and Shego took the roofs, racing each other to Kim's house. Another explosion rocked the city. Kim frowned and stared at the blackened smoke pouring into the sky.

A bad start to any mission.

Hope you enjoyed.

-C.H.