i am not rewriting the disclaimers for each chapter, so... if you didn't read them on the last page, don't bitch about things you read in this one.
... and though he couldn't see her face, he knew who she was. "SHEGO!!" Ron got into fighting stance as the woman was startled. She regained her compsure and turned to face her visitor. "Ah, master Stoppable!" She said happily and removed her mask.
"Shego's skin is green..." Ron lost his focus as he stare at the woman in thought. "This is a trick!" Ron yelled before he ran and leapt at the woman.
He expected a counter, not for her to just barely dodge and leave him sailing into the wall and shelf behind her. There, heaped at the base of the wall, a few items fell upon him from the shelf.
When he sat up, several heavily armed guards had rifles pointed at him, most had reluctantly lowered their weapons at Xia's insistance. "Master Stoppable was giving me a lesson. He is a little clumsy as well." She said with light laughter, Ron could tell that it was fake, but the guards finally bought it and left.
As soon as she heard the guards drive away she turned towards him. "What the hell is WRONG with you?!" she seethed.
Ron knew exactly who she was now. "Make up! You're wearing make up!" Ron scrambled to his feet and took a new stance. "Where are the girls and what did you do with the real queen?" He demanded.
Xia started to chuckle, then laugh to the point she was snorting. "Oh goodness, not..." 'Snort' "... this shit..." She tried to keep the lauging under controll. "I think I'm cracking up with this stress, because nothing should be funny right now." she found a handkerchief and dabbed a corner in water. She made sure Ron could see as she scrubbed hard at her cheek.
Even though he saw it, he had trouble believing it. Still, he took her offered hand and allowed himself to be helped up.
"Are you okay?" she asked with genuine concern.
This threw him, as Shego was and probably never would be kind to him like this.
"Ah, yeah. Sorry, it's... it's just, you look so much like her, ya know." he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"Yeah, me too. When my Anna requested you, i did some looking. to say the least, I was shocked." she put a hand to her breast in an exaggerated manner. then lowered it suggestively down to her hip and let it rest there. "though it was fun to dress up. used glow sticks to make make my hands look all glowy."
Ron tugged at his shirt collar and laughed nervously. "Sounds fun."
"It was." she smiled. "so, the reason I wanted to meet you separately is because of this." she set a small wood box on the ttable she had walked him to. "My people can only get so far. Even Yamanouchi and Team Possible have their limitations."
she turned the box a few times, then worked a small key out of a crack in the bottom. "What is in this simple box is more valuable than gold!" she said with all seriousness. "These are passes to the places Yamanuchi cannot go. I have already used one to get you here. Now I entrust them to you." she slipped the key back into the crack and slid it across the table to him.
Ron went to reach for it, but Xia pulled it back some. "There are exactly thirty eight passes in here, Mr. Stoppable. I will recieve a reciept for each one used. I had better get this back with the all the remaining passes. Do not tell Mrs. Stoppable of what's in the box."
Ron didn't know what to think. He nodded in understanding.
behind the queen, he saw a few familiar faces. Wayne, Ernest and their boss. they let themselves in, bowing in her presence. "My foreign liasions from Japan. they will be keeping Mrs. Stoppable and you safe on your trip. Do not leave their sight. they'll let you know when those are needed." she pointed a finger at the box. Ron took the box and stsrted to leave with the men. "And b... Master Stoppable." Ron looked back to see a mother who's hopes were carried on his shoulders. "Come back safe with our babies!" A single tear ran down her cheek highlighting the emotion in her voice. she quickly turned and hurried from the room.
"I will." he wispered, hoping it wasn't a lie.
"So gentlemen, Nacos are on me!" Ron announced walking out ahead of them.
Back on the beach, Yori sat with the silent Anna. she and the queen threw rocks out into the calm sea, no skipping, no competing for distance, just a mindless activity. Yori had skimmed and read the files, there were no real clues. None. even she felt little hope. nearly a full day and not even a ransome demand. "Any minute now, we will get some information and you wi..."
"Please don't finish the sentence." came a dreary and dull request.
"Your maj... Anna, you cannot give up hope."
"I haven't given up hope, i just don't need to get them up." she rubbed her eyes and sniffled.
"You used to be so full of..." yori had to thjnk of the right words. "Everything good! what happened my friend?"
"I saw the real world, Yori. It nearly broke me. But I wised up, now look at me." she stood and held her arms put as if presenting the grandure she owned, the island of Paluia Hantu. she dropped her arms and slouched in defeat. "Just another rich victim who lost something more valuable than her own life!" Anna kicked the sand sending a small shard flying.
"Nice kick! That got some distance!" Ron complimented with a touch of too much. "Hey Yori, who's your friend?"
"Honorable Husband, this is Queen Anna Gobels." Yori introduced him.
"Hehe, one question, which one of you is the nice one, because you look badass, but she was scary!" this got a glare from Yori, but she looked on in disbelief as Anna laughed.
"Good one, Ron!" Anna said.
"Well, you know me KP!" he said with a smile only to get a 'who?' in return.
"Kim Possible, team namesake and origional leader. she, she left us some years back." Yori's tone was sad, Anna placed a comfortinf hand on the ninja's shoulder.
"Oh." was all that Anna said.
"Hey, why are we being all mopey. I brought it up, i mean i slipped, i meanmean you laugh and sound so much like her. it's a good thing! your daughters are going to enjoy hearing that when we get them back!" Be smiled for a minute then pointed over his shoulder at Bueno Nacho. "I am going to replace my foot in my mouth with some fatty might-not-be-beef filled Mexican food. care to join me?"
after a moment Anna's stomach growled and Yori agreed as well.
as they walked up the beach, Ron tossed the shard around. "Ronald, put the rock down. "
"Aaaw c'mon! It is so cool, look at thise colors. I bet Kimberly would love it!"
"Very well, but please stop throwing it around where it might hit someone and do something better with your hands."
Ron slowed in step, dropped the shard in his pocket and slid his hands under her shirt, laxing his fingers together on her stomach. "Better?"
"Much, thank you!" Yori said with a pleased tone.
Anna sighed. "Can we get this to go? I want to go cuddle my Xia."
Yori and Ron sat opposite the queens. Ron watched as Anna ate, she had only lifted the bottom of her mask to eat. She was interesting. She had spent some time in the Israeli Army and practiced several martial arts. Most of this information came from Xia.
Unlike Anna, who sipped empty three glasses of wine, Xia seemed to find comfort in talking.
Xia had traveled all over, talked about art and museums, and had listed off a few martial arts that she knew.
they talked about how he and Yori met. Xia had a similar and less detailed story of "We met at work, and found our match."
During the conversation, some of the names Xia listed off, from her working days, Yori stowed away for later. She did feel bad about thier girls, but the more she observed the queens, the more she felt that much was kept secret. Secrets kept from her made her worry.
Xia left to speak with some of the local feds, Ron noticed Anna's breathing quicken and saw her hand grip the glass. She seemed to be focused on the conversation. When it ended she gave a shuddering sob, but that was all that escaped her hollow appearance.
Xia returned to the room only to usher Anna from the room. "It is late, and we all need sleep. There isn't any use until we pick up the trail again." Now both Stoppables noticed the wear on Xia's facade. She couldn't keep up the smile as easily. "Sorry if i don't show you to your room. It is down there." she gestured to the opposite end of the hall as she and Anna disappeared into the dimness of the hall to their own room.
As Ron and Yori entered their room, Yori closed and locked the door and swept the room for bugs. Ron used the restroom. when they met, both taking a seat at the foot of the obviously, guest bed, they spoke the same thought. Ron let Yori explain first.
"I am having mixed feeling about this mission. I do believe we are here to help with finding their daughters. I do not think they are who they say they are. I thought Anna was..." She couldn't say it, even after so long it still hurt her.
"Yeah. Me too. Who calls wade and who call Bonnie?"
"I want facts, not chit chat. You call Bonnie." Yori said with a bow as she called Wade.
"Hey, Bonnie. How's Junior? The kids?"
"They're fine! ... I think. Junior took them camping, like, for real camping, no RV or hair gel. Some sort of trancentadentalism thing he's been getting into since Papa passed."
"Your dad passed?!" Ron asked with surprise.
"Oh that will be the day, I swear!" She sounded serious. "No, wait, my mother passing would be the day. Anyway, the old man is still kicking. I'm talking about Senior Sr." She blew a stray lock of hair from her face and put on her glasses while finishing her thought. "It has only been a few days, but Junior, he jumps into things with both feet and little thought." She sounded sarcastic, but Ron saw the misting of her eyes and quiver of her lip as she looked at her wedding photo. Junior and Senior were the only two who tried their damnedest to make the day about her. Her father invited work associates for the barbar, her mother had the dress made by a designer she backed financially and invited her debutant friends.
"I'm sorry, Bon. I wish I'd known."
"Don't worry, Ron. He wanted it quiet. No big deal, humble. His urn is a can of his favorite coffee. It sits on the mantel with his photo laminated to the lid." She gave a small laugh. "So what can I help you with?"
"I need an in depth look into all air traffic and ocean vessels leaving Paluia Hantu in the last forty-eight hours. I don't care if it a kite or a surf board. We have two missing girls and no leads, Bonnie."
The cheerleader turned Villain, turned computer nerd heroine nodded affirmative and began working in earnest.
"I have two aircraft that were not accounted for by the Air Traffic Control. Several ships large enough to allow them to land about an hour out. Sorry, Ron, after that the storms make it hard to track them further." she huffed. "I'll keep looking and get back to you. I can tell you this though. They seem to be making a beeline for the Americas."
"Thanks, Bonnie, you rock!" Bonnie simply hummed in agreement and cut the line.
Ron took a moment to think about how Senior retired and Junior and Bonnie gave up crime. she got bored of being a house wife with a maid and went back to school. Where she met Wade, who was filling in for her professor. She found out that she was a natural with the devices and soon was helping Wade here and there. Junior joined the team because of her and ended up being a natural Hero.
"Any luck, my little waifu?"
"Half the names I have inquired about can be traced back to the days when GJ was NJ."
"New Jersey?"
"National Justice. It was a collective of the leftovers of the many defunct agencies started to fight the Nazies or combat Communism. Some of those remained in service until the cold war ended. The other half are most dishonorable or not as innocent as I had thought. Of the two groups combined, half are deceased."
"So, we could be getting off track with thise names?"
"I would say finding suspects." Yori replied. she handed Ron the communicator. "I did have Wade start looking into Xia and Anna just to be safe. He will look into it after Jazz's recital."
Paluia Hantu: 3.33 am.
Yori was awoke with her private phone ringing. At first she thought it was Hanna or one of the kids, but there was no number displayed.
She didn't even have time to ask who was calling. "About those girls. Go to the Laughing Cat Cafe in The Big Apple. We can really talk there. You have a reservation for McDonald and Sanders." Like that the phone hung up.
Yori woke Ron and sent him to get their team. Wade looked uo the call but insisted that he didn't know who it was. Yori felt he had been telling a lie. She let it pass in favor of completing their mission.
I am beat. looked over the last chapter, few typos. figured out the paragraph spacing issue.
well, let me know what you think, and don't sugar coat it.