I in no way profit from these writings. Kim Possible and assorted cast are the property of Walt Disney. The following fan fiction in no way reflects neither Disney's original intent nor its intended characterization of any of the parties, real or fictional, that are contained in this story.
This story is rated a hard M for language, adult situations and descriptions suitable for adult readers only.
Now that you have been warned… please read and enjoy. R&R appreciated.
The Wanderer
By: Obbiejoe
Chapter 6 – Travel and Surprises
As dusk settled the darkening sky hid the thin plume of dust being raised by a speeding bus as it made its way westward.
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Four hundred miles to the west a certain green hued woman was pacing worriedly in the quarters of her supposed captive while said captive sat before her with an expression on her face that the pacing woman found exasperating.
"How can you be so calm at a time like this Princess? Haven't you been listening to what I've been saying? Who knows what Drakken will do now? All bets are off as soon as that blue skinned idiot gets that report."
Kim smiled up at the obviously agitated woman she had called friend for almost ten years. "Calm down Sherry. I've said this once and I'll say it again, there's nothing to worry about." Then she stood and began arranging the covers on the bed in a very precise pattern. "Now come on and help, the tape we're playing ends in less than three minutes and we have to be ready."
Still with an exasperated look on her face Shego helped Kim precisely arrange the covers with practiced hands before both women began stripping off their clothes. Once naked they slipped into the bed and made one last check of their surroundings before arranging their bodies to exactly match the angles portrayed on the tape their watchers were currently enjoying.
As the final thirty seconds of the tape played out Kim whispered in Shego's ear. "Now that Ron knows I'm alive and where I am it's only a matter of time. You have no idea what my guy is capable of when he sets his mind on accomplishing something."
Shego shuddered. While there were no exact indications of who or what had torn through Drakken's supposedly unbeatable Vanguard she knew it had to be Stoppable. After what she had seen of his encounter at the mine before the battle-droids stopped functioning she knew that even Kim had no idea of exactly what he was capable of, and that scared her.
Hearing the quiet 'click' that told her the tape had ended and the camera's in the room were now capturing live images Shego turned her head to look at Kim's face. Her eyes were closed and the even breathing told her Kim had fallen asleep exactly on queue.
Shego's heart sank when she saw the smile on Kim's face that was fortunately hidden from the cameras view, it was the first genuine smile she could remember seeing in years and it spoke volumes about the diminutive redheads' true feelings. As she rose and redressed her eyes kept glancing unbidden back to the bed and she knew it was time to make a decision.
Sometime within the next few days her world was going to change. There were only two possible outcomes she could see occurring. The first would occur if the sidekick failed, with his faux Kim Possible gone it was very likely Drakken will take steps to claim the real Kim Possible as his own to feed his depraved ego, and that outcome was totally unacceptable. The second would happen if the sidekick actually did as the Princess thought and somehow freed her and took her away, that scenario was equally unacceptable. Either way one thing was certain, in the very near future she would lose the one person in the world she cared about, the one person in the world she had ever truly loved.
It had happened slowly, gradually. The protectiveness she felt growing deeper each day until she woke one day knowing that somehow she had done the unthinkable, she had fallen in love. Not only had she fallen in love but she had fallen for her one time nemesis and current supposed captive. The lovemaking sessions they taped suddenly held new meaning for her but after each session she returned to her quarters knowing that the love of her life was in love with another and her love would never be returned.
As she left the room she knew her choices were limited, help Drakken and at least keep Kim near her or help Stoppable and watch her walk out of her life forever. By the time she had reached her own room and opened the door her decision was made and she walked directly to her comm unit to set the first steps of her hastily devised plan in action.
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The sun rose the next morning to find the bus stopped beneath a grove of trees slightly less than fifty miles from the Emperor's palace. The peaceful surroundings belayed what was happening behind the dust covered widows of the bus. Behind those windows there was a flurry of activity.
During the night Anna Possible had stopped her recitation of the Hippocratic Oath and fallen into an uneasy but natural sleep. An hour ago she had risen and, while still obviously shaken, seemed to have come to terms with the demons she was fighting in her mind, at least for the moment.
The previous day Wade, with the help of Jim and Tim, had been able to covertly redirect one of the satellites and they now had a fairly clear view of the Palace and surrounding area.
Wade had reported that during the time he had been watching the Palace he had seen groups from the small village that had grown at the foot of the hill the Palace was built on move into and out of the Palace on a regular basis probably performing the menial tasks and grunt work rather than have it performed by the guards.
Unfortunatly the security precluded their using this as a way in. At every possible entrance there were two of the tireless battle-droids and a minimum of four human guards scanning everything, and everyone, who entered making entry to the Palace by any but those approved almost impossible.
Wade's escape route would also not be helpful in getting them into the Palace. He had been secreted amidst the daily collection of garbage and trundled out of the Palace by the guards themselves. If it hadn't been Shego herself who inspected the trash and allowed him to escape he would most likely be dead, or worse, right now.
While searching for a way in Camille and Joss were busily engaged otherwise. Surprisingly, Joss had turned out to be quite an artist and as Camille described the interior of Drakken's 'Palace' to her she sketched a very accurate view of what they were going to be looking at. Camille's memory of the interior of the 'Palace' was turning out to be quite a windfall.
As Joss completed sketching the layout of each floor of the palace and it was approved as accurate by Camille, Ron and Yori were committing them to memory.
Unfortunately Camille had no idea where Kim was being kept. She hadn't even known she was alive let alone being kept in the Palace. Camille had however been able to indicate the location of Shego's quarters and Ron, knowing that that was the best place to start his search, paid particular attention to this area.
An examination of the recorded tapes had shown the atrocities the villagers were subjected to by the guards and it was decided early that somehow the villages would have to be warned.
It was Yori who, after studying one of the maps, asked the question that gave them the hope of getting inside undetected. As she pointed to one of the drawn maps she looked at Camille. "Leon-san, you have indicated a hot spring bath located at this location. I fail to see any indication of a nearby area large enough to contain the necessary heating and recycling equipment, it is possible that the baths are supplied from an outside source?
Ron quickly had Wade zoom out on the shots he had of the area surrounding the Palace and after a few seconds of searching found exactly what he had hoped to find, a series of natural hot springs in the low hills just to the east of the Palace.
Having Wade zoom in on that particular area the entire group began searching for any indication the waters of the springs were being redirected to the Palace. As an engineer, it was James Possible who first spotted the odd formation of Rocks surrounding one particular pool but it was Yori who identified the hidden security measures that told everyone they now had their way into the Palace, hopefully without anyone being the wiser.
The rest of the day was spent devising a plan that would make the best use of their resources. By nightfall it was decided, Jim, Tim and Joss would provide a diversion by targeting the battle-droid guards with the EMP rockets and Joss's portable disintegrator while Ron, Yori and Camille attempted to infiltrate the Palace via whatever means were used to join the natural baths to the Palace.
There was quite a discussion about Ron's decision to include Camille to the team going into the Palace but Ron calmly explained that she was the only one with any firsthand knowledge of the layout and that, with her morphing ability, she would be able to disguise herself as anyone she wished, including the guards she was familiar with, and could actually be an asset to them by redirecting any patrols should anyone become suspicious.
James and Slim would be headed into the village itself. They were going to try and determine if it would be safe to make contact with the village leaders and give them a warning of what was going to be happening.
Anna would stay in contact with both teams using the somewhat bulky but functional communications devices Jim and Tim had cobbled together. It was decided that she would keep the Kimmunicator with her and keep in contact with Wade adding another layer to their intelligence.
With the bus left where it was for the moment Ron, Yori and Camille left a few hours after midnight to make their way to the hot springs while Tim, Jim and Joss would wait for the following afternoon to begin their long trek to the village through the woods to hide their approach. James and Slim would leave the morning after that and follow the much easier path along the road posing as wandering emigrants.
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Shego knew Drakken had received the report as soon as she got the summons to what Drakken laughingly called his throne room. As she approached she felt a shiver pass down her spine. She had read the report several times gleaning as much information from it as possible, there wasn't much except several blurry views of the aftermath taken from satellites but there had been one thing glaringly clear, Camille Leon was gone. She could only hope that the changes her earlier call had made to the report would have the desired effect.
As she waited to be announced she worried that Drakken would order her to deliver the real Kim Possible to him and had to calm herself lest she accidently activate her plasma and end up as nothing more than a smoking hole in the throne room floor.
When she was finally allowed to enter she saw Drakken sitting in the monstrosity he called his throne flanked by the ever-present pair of battle-droids. He was surrounded by lose pages of what she assumed was the report about the destruction of the Vanguard. This was proven to be true as she approached and recognized several of the satellite photos strewn on the floor around the throne.
Drakken was still holding several pages in his hands which were shaking with rage, each time he finished scanning a page it was tossed away to flutter down and join the others on the floor.
She stood there waiting for a full minute before Drakken even seemed to be aware of her, when he looked down at her he threw the remaining pages away and scrambled out of his throne to stand as they fluttered to the floor around him. When he started ranting Shego thankfully released the breath she had been holding. Her modifications to the report had apparently worked.
"I knew I should have sent you Shego. You would have never let anything like this happen. If you had been there the cheerleader's family would be dead by now and she would have had the final humiliation she so richly deserved."
Shego had to brace herself to keep from staggering with relief, by making sure the report repeatedly referred to the caged captive as 'Kim Possible' Drakken's warped mind was still convinced that the morphed Camille Leon was the real Kim Possible. "I've read the report Your Majesty, I still have no idea how anyone could have devised a way to defeat your battle-droids, especially the upgraded ones."
She was about to continue when Drakken fixed her with one of the wild stares she had been seeing more and more often lately. "Bah, don't you see Shego, somehow it was Possible, it had to be."
Shego was surprised at the convoluted twist that Drakken's demented mind had dreamed up. "But Your Majesty, she was caged and guarded by two of your battle-droids, how could she have…"
Drakken spun and fixed her with a mad glare. "I DON'T KNOW HOW! THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT FOR ME!"
She saw Drakken calm a bit before he continued. "I need you to gather whatever forces you think you might need and go out there Shego, I need you to figure out how she did what she did and then get her back. I know I can trust you; you seem to be the only one I can count on anymore."
Shego couldn't believe her luck. The stupid idiot was giving her just the opportunity she had hoped for. She could escape with the Princess and then it was just a matter of time. Stoppable was undoubtedly headed this way right now and avoiding him was at least one step in the right direction.
Shego pretended to be deep in thought for a moment before she answered. "I believe, Your Majesty, it would be best if I go with the smallest compliment possible to avoid attracting attention and possibly scaring her into hiding. I will gather two or three of the best trackers and leave immediately."
Drakken looked pleased as he responded. "See that you do Shego. And bring that little bitch back here so I can teach her what it means to defy me." Then he turned and walked back to his throne clearly dismissing her.
Shego quickly backed from the throne room hiding her smile until she was well on her way back to her rooms. She had no intention of bringing anyone with her but the Princess herself, properly disguised in a uniform naturally.
She knew Kim wouldn't come unless she gave her a good reason and she smiled inwardly as the perfect deception came to her. She would tell the Princess they were going out in search of Stoppable.
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Ron had Yori stay with Camille behind a hill that would hide them from view of any security cameras and proceeded alone. Camille herself was still breathing hard, not from exertion but from exhilaration. They had been just out of sight of the bus when Ron picked both her and Yori up effortlessly and began to run, she almost shrieked when the landscape began to blur as they began to move silently at speeds she was sure were not even possible for a human to achieve.
The complete silence of their passage had been eerie, the sound of the wind as it whistled past her was the only thing she heard the entire time, there had not been one other sound, not even the snapping of a twig during the entire time. The soft dawn light was just becoming visible when their motion stopped and she found herself deposited gently to her feet. Then it was just Yori and her standing there and she watched in amazement as Possible's ex-sidekick disappeared over the ridge of a hill at least two hundred years away.
She turned to Yori about to ask what had just happened when she spoke first. "Please sit and rest Leon-san, when the Chosen One returns we will have much to do."
As she sank thankfully to the ground she asked. "What just happened? Where are we?"
She watched Yori sink to an uncomfortable looking position next to her and motion to the hill Ron had just disappeared over. "Just over that hill are located the Hot Springs. The Chosen One is currently engaged in determining the path that will allow us to enter the Palace without detection. Please rest Leon-san, I do not expect a long delay before his return."
Camille watched as Yori closed her eyes. "But from what I saw on the map the springs were almost fifty miles from where we started, we can't possible be there already."
Without opening her eyes Yori replied. "I believe your estimate of distance is correct Leon-san but I assure you I was also correct about our current location."
Camille was sure enough about the plan that she had to question Yori's logic. "But Yori, won't entering the Palace now throw off the time table? I don't think Slim and Possible's father were going to even start for the village until tomorrow."
Yori's eyes opened and she stared at Camille calmly. "I believe the Chosen One had decided to avoid putting the others of our party at risk by infiltrating the Palace immediately."
Camille looked shocked. With the loss of the distraction the three of them would be going in the Palace with nothing to distract the guards. "B-But…But…"
She watched as Yori smiled at her cutting off her protests. "You need not worry Leon-san, simply follow the Chosen One's instructions and I assure you he will lead us to success."
When Camille showed no signs of relaxing Yori swiveled to face her. "Perhaps it will help to relax your mind if we spend the time while waiting with my teaching you a few techniques that will allow you to extract the most gratification from the time the Chosen One has promised you with your previous captor."
Twenty three minutes later Ron returned to find Camille with a wide smile on her face. He heard Yori talking to her but only caught the last few words. "…find it most effective in keeping the subject fully aware no matter how painful the process becomes."
Yori looked up as soon as Ron came close enough for her trained ear to detect his approach and she smiled slightly when she realized he was already within five feet of her, it had been years since anyone had been able to get within forty feet of her without alerting her tuned senses.
Swiftly standing Yori directed her smile at Ron. "Have you been successful in determining an entry path Ron-Sama?"
Deciding not to ask about the conversation he intruded on Ron silently moved toward them. "Yea Yori, I have. There's a maintenance door set into the rock face not too far from here and the only security I found was an old style alarm. Inside I found three Syntho-drones and one guard working on a pump. If we're going to go in we better do it soon before their missed."
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Shego looked Kim over with a critical eye. Even though she was sure no one would dare question the, when they left she wanted the Kim to look as much like the tracker she was pretending to be as possible. It was a stroke of luck that one of the best trackers happened to have a hair color so similar to Kim's that the difference was almost undetectable, especially under the helmet that hide her face.
As she circled Kim for the forth time she had to admit even she wouldn't realize this wasn't the tracker who was currently tied up in Kim's bathroom unless she looked very closely. Deciding that waiting any longer was beginning to get dangerous Shego thumped Kim on the shoulder. "Well Princess? Are you ready to go find Stoppable?"
Even thought she couldn't see her smile behind the helmets visor she heard the smile in her voice. "More ready than you'll ever know Sherry. I've been ready for ten years."
Shego knew that there would come a time when she would have to tell Kim the truth about their supposed search but had weighed the options and decided to worry about that particular problem only when she had to. Right now getting her as far away from Drakken and Stoppable was what mattered, how she was going to go about convincing Kim to stay with her was not a subject she cared to think about, not yet.
Getting past the first two checkpoints were even easier than she had hoped, as soon as she had been recognized the guards had simply waved her through without even a glance at her companion. They were only thirty yards from the last checkpoint when Shego realized Kim had stopped. Looking back she saw standing still and facing in the opposite direction.
Quickly hiding any anger she turned and made her way back to where Kim was standing. Placing her hand on Kim's shoulder she spoke softly. "Come on Pumpkin. It's only a few more yards and we'll be out of here. Don't you want to find that sidekick of yours?"
She was shocked when Kim reached up and lifted the visor of her helmet in plain view of anyone who might happen to look. When Kim turned to look at her there was a smile on her face larger than any Shego could ever remember seeing. "We don't have to go looking Sherry." The she looked back down the corridor in the opposite direction of the main gate. "He's here."
AN: Sorry for the shortness and delay of this chapter, I've kind of been waiting to see if this story gets purged since it is rated 'M'
Next: Chapter 7 – The Palace debacle