Chapter 4
Poor Planning

"Wade thinks they were running a test, so us showing up might take them by surprise," said Kim as they walked the halls of Global Justice, Kim on her watch, "It's been two days and we lost signal there. If there was more of us it could probably give us more ground. If not we can take the week and look, but we still might be outnumbered Director, is there anyone available for possible back up near India?"

"Unfortunately no, but you're cleared to take two more GJ staff if needed, so long as they are not already working pressing cases. This is only acting on a hunch, and we can't spare manpower," said the Director, Kim nodded and ended the call.

"That's better than nothing, I just wish my super suet wasn't still in repair," said Kim, looking at Ron.

"Who are we going to get on a Sunday night," sighed Ron, they looked around the office to see Joss walking out, "Joss!"

"What?" asked Kim, then she smiled at her cousin, "Joss."

"What's up?" asked Joss, "I was just heading out."

"Remember when you said you'd like to join us on a mission," said Kim, "How about Deburin. It's in..."

"India, I know. Why?" asked Joss, she looked shocked, then a weak smile, "This has to do with the missing stuff?"

"Yeah, we'll explain it on the way, if you're free," said Kim, Joss looked at her phone, "Are you?"

"Yeah, listen, I have to call Maxwell, and I'm all yours," said Joss, "Be right back."

"Kim... I really think we should ask them again," said Ron, Kim groaned.

"They made it very clear they don't want to assist us any further," said Kim, "We have Wade and he's always been more than enough. He can figure it out..."

"Kim, we lost signal when we went two days ago, and unless you want to convince Wade to come," Kim shot him a look, "Does it hurt to ask them one more time?"

"We could use Shego's powers since that's a concern. We don't know if the other two figures are henchman or if they have the same combat armor... Drakken does know... Ron. I know you're trying to be positive, but..." Kim shook her head in dismissal.

"Come on Kim. The four of us saved the world once... what's a nuclear bomb," said Ron, "I know they'll help us... just... just give me one hour. I'll meet you at the jet in one hour." He was off, running down the hall.

"Okay, fine," said Kim as she stood there alone, and sighed, "No hurry, just possible nuclear destruction... No big."

"I can't believe you convinced them," said Kim as they arrived by car to a small remote village.

"Yeah, it was... not too hard," said Ron as Shego and Drakken stood a little ways from them; sunglasses on, arms crossed, and dressed in casual clothes.

"Why are they wearing regular clothes?" asked Joss, Ron shrugged and waved his hand with a laugh.

"I didn't tell them what to wear," said Ron, Rufus was looking at him sternly, "I didn't."

"They seemed kind of tires," said Joss, Ron glared at her, "What did you say they took before the flight?"

"Zzquil or something," said Ron waving a dismissive hand, "Does it matter, they're here now."

"Okay, so Wade's signal brought us this far, but we're going to have to do some tracking. It was probably just another test run spike, which means they will probably do another in the next hour or so," said Kim, she looked at Drakken and Shego, Shego was rubbing her eyes, "You two okay?"

"Just a little foggy," said Drakken, he looked off in the distance, "An hour should clear that up."

"Yeah... or you ... know sooner," said Ron, nervously, "So glad you guys are here."

Four hours, several incidents, a small mudslide, and no less than fifteen arguments later; the group found themselves in the jungle and in another argument. Apparently, Drakken and Shego's grogginess had formed into short bursts of agitation and Kim was starting to feed into it. This time, Ron had simply stated that if they set up camp near the ridge they could get an early morning start. This had set off the more reluctant of the group. Joss, had chosen to sit down and wait for this one out. She looked at her watch, it was already five, and the sun was stifling. This was going to be a long trip. Rufus sat on her lap, mirroring the same fed up look.

"This is not a weekend trip!" snapped Shego, "We're not camping or whatever. So if you think for one second this is going to be a 'Hang out on the island till a signal' thing, you're both very wrong."

"I'm so sorry, protecting people from your inventions is such a long day," said Kim, it was hot and she was losing any patience she had left.

"Hey, my inventions are for the better," said Drakken, he was just as aggravated as Shego, "I'm sorry it's taking you two so long to do your job. Losing your touch it seems, Possible."

"Losing our touch? Oh, that's rich coming from you two," said Kim, "Did we interrupt dinner with the Campbell's?"

"No, we were going out and if it was anyone, it would be the Scott's, they are nice people!" snapped Drakken, Shego rolled her eyes and swatted his arm, the groups turned on each other now.

"The Scott's, oh my god Drew! That's exactly what they're suggesting! That we are just some stuck up suburban family," snapped Shego, ripping off her sunglasses.

"We are a suburban family!" he yelled back, matching her in volume.

"We don't have to point that out!" she replied, hands glowing.

"Ron, this was a stupid idea," snapped Kim, "These two are only going to delay us. We would have had better luck bringing your parents along."

"Maybe next time, suggest that as an option, Kim," said Ron, though he looked very frustrated, "This argument isn't helping anything. Besides, we needed Drakken and Shego's help..."

"Did we, Ron? This nostalgia thing has gotten way out of hand," said Kim, angrily, "That's right, nostalgia! They are not our enemies. They are not our friends. They are the past and we should have just left them out of this! The only reason they ever helped us before was because, they had no choice!"

"Funny how you FINALLY refer to it as the past," snapped Ron, Kim raised a brow as he fell silent.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Kim, her voice falling at Ron's eye roll.

"I can't believe you convinced me to do this," said Shego with a groan, "I still don't know how you did it. This is the stupidest..."

"I didn't convince you of anything, this was your idea," said Drakken, with an eye roll and arms flaring, "I was looking forward to having the night to ourselves!"

"I didn't..." Shego froze, and Drakken raised a brow, "Wait... you didn't."

"No," said Drakken, both began talking quietly.

"Ohm, Kim, don't be mad..." said Ron looking at Shego and Drakken, "Well more than you already are..."

"No signal," said Kim who'd gone quiet, she groaned, looking at her useless communicator, "You may be right Ron, without Wade, we only have Drakken."

"That's great, but you should know," said Ron, he gulped, "They don't really want to be here."

"I gathered as much," groaned Kim, "Honestly, why did you two even come if you don't want to help?"

"That's what we're figuring out," said Shego with a glare at the two of them, Drakken gave them a suspicious look.

"Kim..." said Ron, but Kim had lost the remaining patients.

"The sooner you two figure that out, the sooner we can get this done, and you two can run back to your perfect little facade," said Kim, Ron looked nervous now.

"We are... excuse me? Facade?" asked Shego, she glared, a twitch in her eye, "Did it ever occur to you that Shego and Drakken were our facades, Kimmy?"

"At least Drakken and Shego would be useful," snapped Kim, there was a silence in the air, and Ron seemed to be growing paler, "This Sheila and Drew thing is getting really old."

"That's right," said Drakken, his eyes narrowed, "Sheila and Drew. That's who we are. Not Dr. Drakken. Not Shego. We are Drew and Sheila Lipsky... and we had no interest in this little trip."

"None, at all," said Shego, "I remember saying as much when Stoppable came and talked to us. I remember my exact words; Drakken and Shego are retired... and yet... here we are. Why is that, Blondie?"

"Ohm," said Ron, he looked at Kim, who squinted her eyes.

"Ron? What...You didn't?" asked Kim, Ron shrugged, "Ronald Stoppable... what did you do?"

"Oh my god," said Drakken, Shego's eyes went wide, "You drugged us!"

"You drugged and kidnaped us!" yelled Shego, her eyes narrowed, "Who the hell is watching the kids."

"Ed," said Ron, Kim facepalmed.

"Haha," they all looked at a laughing Joss, who quickly covered her mouth and went back to silent laughter.

"What sick, twisted people are you," said Shego, "Five years sure as hell changed you two for the worse."

"Five years apparently changes a lot of people," said Kim, she shook her head, "Listen, we get this done, you go home, we move on."

"Forget it, we are not helping you," said Shego, she reached in her bag, "Where's my phone?"

"I don't have mine, either," said Drakken, they both looked at Ron and Kim.
"Give us our phones," said Shego calmly, though her narrowed eyes did nothing to convey calm.

"There's no service up here," said Ron, this didn't phase them.

"Give. Us. Our. Phones." said Shego, "We are going home."

"Or..." said Ron.

"No or, we're going home. Phones. Now," said Drakken, his brow furrowed in anger.

"No," said Kim, Ron was taken aback, "No. You're here now, and despite the unorthodox and illegal methods, you two can suck it up for a little bit longer and help us."

"Suck it up?" said Shego, "You drugged and kidnaped us, flew us across the world, are trying to force us into god knows what, and you left our children in the care of Motor Ed for..." she looked at her watch, "19 hours!"

"Not cool, not cool at all," said Drakken, "How many times must we say this. We are not interested in any of this."

"No fighting," snapped Shego.

"No plotting," Drakken waved his hands frantically.

"No missions," Shego glared.

"No teamwork," Drakken looked disgusted at the word.

"No Drakken and Shego," finished Shego, "Get it through your heads. We are not Drakken and Shego, we are..."

"Sheila and Drew, we get it," said Ron, holding up his hands in defense, but something had pushed Kim to the edge.

"Ever think maybe... just maybe," said Kim, Ron could see her anger rising, "That Sheila and Drew are losers... at least Drakken and Shego did stuff and didn't sit behind desks and in classrooms all day. Maybe we could get a little more Drakken and Shego and a little less of the Lipskys."

"..." Drakken and Shego looked at them with deadpan faces.

"Oh no," said Ron softly, Joss scooted back into the trees.

"Hey... Dr. D... Hold this," said Shego, handing her bag to him.

"With pleasure, dear," said Drakken, neither face changing.

"... wait," said Kim, but Shego launched, her hands glowing and all the rage of five years ago, Kim barely had time to duck or move.

It was a testament of how long it had been since she fought Shego, because Kim had forgotten which way she was going to dodge, and it wasn't going well. She hoped Ron could talk sense into Drakken, but in a change of pace, as she glanced, Drakken... was actually fighting. Kim ducked as a foot sliced over her head and a green punch swung left. Every move she made towards Shego was dodged, but every other hit from Shego wasn't.

"Out of touch, Kimmy," snapped Shego, as she backflipped away from Kim and landed smoothly, "I thought this was going to be hard."

"Sheila, this isn't helping us at all," said Kim, Shego smirked.

"Sheila? Whose she..." said Shego and they were off, Kim regretting ever saying that stupid comment.

"Okay... Okay... Hey we never really fought you know... A lot of running around... trying to avoid each other... it would be weird to fight, right," said Ron as he and Drakken walked in circles, Drakken had tossed his coat and was rolling up his sleeves, "Listen, personally I like Drew and Sheila... I mean okay, I drugged and kidnaped you... but.. HEY!"

"Things change," said Drakken's as like a whip, a long vine appeared down his arm and wrapped around his hand.

"That's cool," said Ron, and with a loud swish sound, he was dodging, "Hey! This is not the Drakken I knew!"

"Well allow me to re-introduce you," said Drakken, and they were off.

"This is going on Youtube when I get a signal," said Joss as she videotaped the whole thing with her phone, "Can you imagine the hits, Rufus."

"Oh boy," groaned Rufus as the fighting continued.

Kim dodged another blow, but barely, she had never felt more outmatched from Shego, apparently five years of bent up aggression being unleashed was way out of her skill zone. Shego swiped her leg, hitting Kim in the shoulder. The look in her eyes and snarky expression was, in fact, the Shego Kim remembered, it was an odd feeling of relief and utter terror. Kim kicked towards Shego's gut, the only opening she had. Instead, she hit Shego's arms and lost her balance as Shego spun her into the muddy river they had been fighting by. She looked up at Shego through damp hair. Shego had a look in her eyes that Kim couldn't read. Shock... Panic... Fear... Her hands still at her waist where she'd grabbed Kim's leg and spun her with. The glow on her hands faded as she had an unreadable look on her face. Shego looked over at Drakken.

"Drew!" she yelled, and Kim looked to see Ron dangling from a tree a few feet from her, and Drakken casually leaning against the tree looking at his phone.

"Yes, dear?" he responded, looking up.

"Let's go home," she said, and without another word the two began hiking back to the village, not forgetting to take Kim and Ron's money as they did so.

"Ow!" yelled Ron as the vines vanished and he fell to the ground, he glared over towards the log, "Thanks for the help, Joss."

"Hey, this was ya'll fight," said Joss, putting her phone away, "I didn't kidnap or antagonize anyone. That was all you two."

"You could have helped," said Ron.

"You could have not kidnaped and drugged them," said Kim, angrily, but less so by the second.

"You antagonized them," said Ron, "... wait... we just got our butts kicked by Drakken and Shego... and they took our wallets."

"They have to get home somehow... you again..." Joss began.

"Kidnaped them I know!" said Ron, he snapped and gave a frustrated sigh.
"Well, no signal, no help... looks like the missions a bust," said Joss, Kim and Ron looked at each other.

"Looks like it," said Kim, she looked annoyed, "I'm disappointed..."
"In me, I know... I should not have stooped to that level... but you know what, they used to drug and kidnap us all the time... This was only the tip of the iceberg," snapped Ron.

"No.. Well yes, that... but when they were on the plane... I had this elated feeling... like... I don't know," said Kim, she looked at the ground where she'd just laid, her emotions a jumble.

"Like, you know everything changed... but there's something familiar," said Ron, Kim looked at him, and he shrugged, "I know, that's how I feel... when I... nevermind."

"Ron?" asked Kim, but Ron shook his head and smiled.

"It's fine, what's the plan," said Ron, the signal beeped to life and both looked at the device, Joss stopped walking and her face was unreadable, Rufus scurried over to the device as the arrows switched on.

"Well... let's go old school," said Kim, she smirked.

"Wing it," said Ron, she nodded, Rufus made a cheerful sound.

"Great," said Joss with a slight groan, following behind them as they walked on.

To Be Continued